Relief of Ladysmith Amid Boers Active Push
Reports from urban and Ladysmith detail General Buller crossing the Tugela and moving toward Ladysmith with the Boers massing nearby. A magistrate was captured and police and arms seized in Zululand. fires and skirmishes continue as British forces reconnoiter Bearman’s Camp.
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Spearman
Buller
Ladysmith
Tugela Urban
General Buller
Tugela
Bul
Surse Hill
End Laager
Yheld
Nautu Igistracy
Zululand
Eteria
Bearman’s Camp
Methuen’s Mount Infantry
Mount Alice
Spies and shifting fortunes in the Ladysmith theatre
London dispatch reports spies and traitors in Ladysmith as British forces adapt to modern warfare. Respondents note Dutch influence in Natal, civilian families split by the conflict, and officers countermanding unclear orders while British troops improve, adopting cover and mobile scouts to confront the Boers.
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Lysimith
London
Ladysmith
Joubert
White
Nicholson
Illinois Newspaper Men Will Meet and Form an Organization
Illinois newspaper men plan a meeting to organize a statewide association. The event is scheduled for tomorrow in Jacksonville, with possible discussions on goals, structure, and activities for the new organization.
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Wakiana
Ills
Central Illnois
Central Illinois Editorial Association
Int. Stanley
Lovington
Inois
jArecla
Subject of Conferences on Nicaragua Canal
United States Ambassador Choate conferred with Lord Salisbury at the foreign office discussing the Clayton Bulwer treaty and potential demands in return if Britain yields its stance on the canal. Details remain unconfirmed by either government.
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London
United States
Choate
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Nicaragua
Two Suicides and Military Burial Attend Public Mourning
Chicago Keb We report the death by self inflicted gunshot of Andrew Ryder 58 after an illness and labor trouble. Sioux Falls memorials honor Jonas Lien Adjutant of the First South Dakota volunteers shot in battle with the Filipinos on March 27 with a full military burial attended by 8000 to 6000 people.
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Chicago
Keb
Andrew Ryder
Ryder
Sioux Falls
S. D
Jonas Lien
South Dakota
Bankruptcy petition filed by Colonel David J Block Sr Springfield Ills
Colonel David J Block Sr filed for bankruptcy in U S district court listing total liabilities of 13085 and assets of 10 The filing follows his hotel closure due to creditor demands The piece notes the balance sheet specifics and the city of Springfield Illinois as the filing location and date February 5.
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Springfield
Ills
David J. Block
United States District Court
Clergy, Artists, and Officials Named in Brief Notices
Dr Madison C Peters resigns Bloomingdale Reformed Church pastorate in New York City. Marine artist William Stanley Haseltine dies in Rome at 64. England spends 150000000 on the South African War. If Southern states matched German density, U S population would reach 190000000. Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart dies in Edinburgh at 63. Exiled Utah congressman B H Roberts arrested in Salt Lake City. Calvin E Kendall named to lead Indianapolis schools starting Sept 1. Africa has 10000 miles of railway in operation or under construction.
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Madison C. Peters
Bloomingdale Reformed Church
New York
William Stanley Haseltine
Rome
England
Germany
Thomas Grainger Stewart
Edinburg
B. H. Roberts
Utah
Salt Lake County
Salt Lake City
Calvin E. Kendall
New Haven
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Gildersleeve
William Pinkerton
Ele Yen
New York Supreme Court
Washington
Pinkerton
Rogues’ Gallery
Thomas Hh, Smith
HW. Gildersleeve
Lizzie Randall
West Portyninth Street
Tie
Miss Randall
Board of Health
St. Louis
Chicago
Liquid air plant installed at University of Michigan
Ann Arbor reports the University of Michigan has installed the Brush liquid air plant and it is now running. The system includes a five bore power electric motor, a double compressor, and a liquefier. In other notes, actor John P Carrel Keenan of Hogan's Alley died after a stroke on a Merer hospital visit following a train alighting. Frank McDaniel, 50, died of heart trouble in Martinsville Indiana, a well known local farmer.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Charles F. Brush
Cleveland
Burlington
John P. Carre
Martinsville
Ind
Frank McDaniel
Tle
Goebel dies and Beckham sworn in as Kentucky governor
Governor Goebel died Saturday evening in Frankfort. Lieutenant Governor Beckham took the oath one hour later. Burial likely in Frankfort near the Kentucky River cemetery with Daniel Boone and other notable burials nearby. Funeral services to be held in Covington with simple rites and a state viewing at Odd Fellows hall.
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Frankfort
Goebel
Beckham
William Goebel
Kentuck River
Daniel Boone
Richard Johnson
Kentucky
Arthur and
Justus Goebel
Blackburn
S. J. Shackelforn
Court of Appeals
Lillaws
Covington
Legislative Committee
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Coyington
Arthur
Goebel Death Funeral Plans Raise Monument Fund
The remains will be in state at the Capitol hotel in Frankfort with a large crowd expected the next day. Authorities fear possible trouble from 50 000 to 80 000 visitors as the funeral is held and steps are taken to prevent clashes. Plans call for a Goebel memorial funded by state appropriation and popular subscriptions, plus a tablet at the shooting site. Committees will handle funds in Covington Bowling Green Owensboro Frankfort and Louisville.
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Frankfort
Capitol Hotel
Goebel
Kentucky
Covington
Bowling Green
Owensboro
Louisville
Frantic Kentucky Legislature Exile Sparks City Walkout
In Frankfort on February 5 the legislature sits nearly empty as Democrats flee to Cincinnati or London with attorneys advising they avoid capture. Republicans have gone toward London and the plan includes resisting arrest and not voting unless forcibly summoned. Rumors of a separate Democratic session spread, with Covington and London named, but nothing confirmed.
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Frankfort
London
Cincinnati
Covington
Arrest of Witiker Senger over mutiny incitement
Witiker was placed under arrest on incitement charges for urging state guard mutiny and for posting a notice of an injunction at Governor Taylor's office. He was released yesterday morning. The release did not follow Sheriff Sutter’s attempt to serve a habeas corpus writ on Governor Taylor.
Congress Set For Week of Budget Debates and Notices
Washington reports outline a busy week with the currency bill as unfinished business after 2 pm daily. Cafferge on the Philippine question and Butler on North Carolina suffrage, Turley against seating Quay, Spooner replying to Allen on treasury funds, and Hitt planning consular appropriation. Alden Smith may offer a minister to the South African republic amendment. Litt aims to finish the Philippine bill in two days, schedule unsettled for the rest of the week.
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Washington
Cafferge
Butler
North Carolina
Turley
Quay
Spooner
Allen
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
DHS
Hitt
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Friends of the Boers
Litt
Former Representative Ma crum Lands in New York Aboard St Paul
Former U S consul at Pretoria Charles Be Macrum, who sought recall during the Crisis in the Transvaal, arrived in New York with wife and daughter aboard the St Paul. He plans to issue a statement after consulting the State Department.
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New York
Charles BE. Macrum
United States
Pretoria
Republic
Transvaal Republic
State Department
American Line
St. Paul
Macrum
Macrym
Washington
Africa
Maerum
Explosion at Scranton powder mill kills and scorches
In Scranton Pennsylvania on February 5 George Shotwell was blown to pieces and Fred Molineux badly burned in an explosion at the Consumers Powder Company corning mill near Jessup. One other building was destroyed by concussion and the total damage runs to thousands of dollars with Molineux in serious condition. Near Berlin on February 5 K W Reitz Transvaal state secretary issues a German pamphlet A Century Full of Wrong about the rise of the Boer states. Berlin publishers plan to print 50 000 copies this week.
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Scranton
I.a
George Shotwell
Fred Molineux
Corning
Consumers Powder Company
Jessup
Molineux
Berlin
K. W. Reitz
Transvanal
Weeks Break-up A Cold Tablet at Stewart's Pharmacy
A pharmacy advertises Weeks Break-up A Cold Tablet with a cheerful refund offer if the product fails to cure the cold. Price listed as YZecents and attributed to Stewart's Pharmacy.
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Stewart's
Gildersleeve and a Chicago Scandal
Pinkerton describes Gildersleeve as an educated, well bred imposter who exploited hotels and society for money. The crowd wavers between gloom and skepticism as rumors of past deceptions surface and warrants seem unlikely. In Kenosha a tannery worker turns unusually dark signaling a rare jaundice case.
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Gildersleeve
New York
Pinkerton
Chicago
Gen Vylemen
Virginia
Kenosha
Wis
Alexander Wirtanen
Allen Tannery
Wirtanen
Saloonkeeper Charged With Murder in Keokuk Case
Chemical analysis reveals a large amount of strychnine in the stomach of William Hill who died in convulsions after drinking beer at a Keokuk saloon. Julius Courtney allegedly urged others to drink the same beer. The report also notes the aged Rev. George D. Grundy in England and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt sailing to Liverpool.
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Keokuk
William Hill
Memphis
Julius Courtney
Hill
George D. Grundy
England
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
New York
Liverpool
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Washington, Towa
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Marsh W. Bailey
Otty Hall
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Attorney At Law
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