British Forces Cross Tugela in Spearman’s Farm Dispatches
London reports from Spearman's Farm dated January 17 describe Lord Dundonald occupying hills above Potgieter's Drift with little Boer opposition. Lyttleton crossed the river and shelled trenches, while Warren's force moved west to Tricharte drift under heavy fire and found lodgment two miles toward Sproen Kop.
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London
the Times
Spearman
Times
Daily Telegraph
Lyttleton
Petgieter
Mount Alice
Swartzkop
Warren
Tugela
Wagon Drift
Sproen Kop
Bundesrath release won’t halt Reichstag seizure discussion
Tages Zeitung reports that even with the Bundesrath release, a full discussion will proceed on the seizures of the Reichstag. The piece underscores ongoing parliamentary debate and political tensions surrounding the incident.
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Tages Zeitung
German Vice Admiral Von Hender Libran’s Mission Explains Berlin
New York January 18 A Herald Berlin special reports the voyage to England of Vice Admiral Von Hender Libran is politically important with an interpellation in the Reichstag on Friday. The admiral aims to explain German public feeling to Salisbury and urge quicker action on Berlin’s demands. The mission could shape future German English relations.
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New York
Berlin
Tageblatt
England
von Hender Libran
Reichstag
Salisbury
Germany
Buller Movement Reports and Boer Artillery Duel
The Daily Mail from Pietermaritzburg cites General Buller making satisfactory progress. An artillery duel at Rensberg in the Cape Colony sees Boers fire a captured British 15-pounder until silenced, as the British press a second gun on the Boer kopjes. Colonel Plummer nears Mochudi with reinforcements from Tuli, Beira dispatches note.
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Rensberg
Renspere
Cape Colony
Colezkopf
Women Must Be Removed Warns Boer Commandant
Sterkkstroom January 18 General Gatacre warns that if the women are not removed they must face possible shooting during an attack. The area reports quiet conditions.
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Sterkkstroom
Gatacre
Senate Deliberates on Gage Sales Of New York Customhouse
In Wasnixeton on January 18 the house debated Secretary Gage's sale of the New York customhouse. Mr Sulzer urged an investigation into Gage bank dealings, while Mr Sibley defended the secretary calling the statement full and justified. The three hour session featured criticism from Mr Hepburn and a ruling that no evidence justified broad inquiry.
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Sibley
Gage
New York
Grosvenor
Ohio
Committee On Rules
Salzer
Hepburn
Rep
Milwaukee officials found in contempt for street railway vote
Judge Ludwig rules Mayor Rose City Clerk Schuengel and 24 aldermen in contempt of court over the street railway ordinance vote. The decision states the court lacks jurisdiction. The case centers on the city leadership being punished for contempt and ordered to respond to the ruling.
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Milwaukee
Rose
Schuengel
Ludwig
Dinner at the White House With 78 Guests
Dinner at the White House featured seating for 78 guests, the main corridor used for the table due to the large company, with the Marine Band providing music and the house decor appropriately arranged for the occasion.
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White House
Protests by Britain and Germany Over Nicaragua Canal Fortifications
A Washington telegraph dispatch reports Britain and Germany will protest any fortifications on the Nicaragua canal if the United States builds the waterway. Ambassadors Pauncefote and Von Holleben filed oral protests recently, with possible formal notes to follow. France, Russia, and others may join if the canal proceeds under the commerce committee's bill and Senate amendments.
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Chicago
Times-Herald
Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Nicaragua Canal
Pauncefote
von Holleben
France
Rusais
United States
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Senate Committee On
Use of Tissue Ballots Hears Witnesses At Kentucky Board
Twenty-one witnesses testified before the Kentucky Board of Contests with Democrats calling all. Twenty said tissue ballots in Pike Martin Johnson Knox and Magoffin counties showed voter marks clearly. Republicans conceded that results in these precincts did not differ materially from prior elections.
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Pike
Martin
Johnson
Knox
Magoffin
Murdered the Jailer Escapes From Howell County Jail
West Prats Missouri January 18 County Jailer Alfred Henry was killed during a feeding of prisoners by Ben Richardson and Ed Grady who overpowered him The two convicts had escaped from Tennessee and the prisoners fled locking the jailhouse doors A posse hunts the woods as authorities search for the escapees.
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West Prats
Alfred Henry
Howell County
Ben Richardson
Ed Grady
Richardson
Tennessee
Henry
Canadians Aim to Supply Iron Ore to United States
Duburn January 18. The Algoma Commercial company of Ste. Marie Ontario begins building a mail road from Little Pic to inland mines to reopen them and expand docks on Lake Superior. The Little Pic docks will handle 2,000,000 tons annually and deliveries to American furnaces exceed 1,000,000 tons of high grade hematite ore this year. The Ste. Marie works will smelt ores electrically and make nickel steel for Krupp of Essen under a long contract, a new metallurgy departure for the continent.
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Duburn
United
Canada
Algoma Commercial Company
Ste. Maria
Ontario
Little Pic
Lake Superior
Krupp
Essen
Germany
Aspirations of Filipinos for Self Government Expected
Jacob Gould Schurman, president of the Philippine commission, says the aim is to devise a government form that ensures good governance while satisfying Filipino self-government aspirations. He notes the commission's report will be four or more volumes with the first on post peace and order government in the Philippines.
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New York
The
Herald
Washington
Philippine Commission
Jacob Gould Schurman
Commission
Buller gains surprise at Pieters Drift despite prior reports
London dispatch reports General Buller’s forces surprised the Boers and occupied Pieters Drift on January 10, shelling trenches. Battles continue with Methuen in Cape Colony and Gatacre around Molteno. Mafeking siege worsens as ration cuts push desertions. Ladysmith garrison described as critical amid Highlander loss reports.
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London
the Times
Buller
Petgieter
Colenso
Charles Warren
Weneen
Cape Colony
Methuen
Gatacre
Molteno
French
Ronsberg
Plummer
Tonnage bounty law could void treaties says Edmunds
Ex Senator Edmunds warns that a tonnage bounty law would lead to abrogation of 35 treaties. Chicago board of trade bans trading in pats and calig after decisive action. Virginia house approves Jim Crow car bill requiring separate railway cars for whites and blacks.
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Edmunds
Chicago Board of Trade
Virginia
House of
Caracas Bank Directors Arrested Over Venezuelan Crisis
A Caracas dispatch reports anarchy in Venezuela with bank directors including a Frenchman M. Montauban jailed in the fortress after resisting government funding. The French chargé d’affaires notes this and the French colony urges dispatch of the Atlantic squadron to the Venezuelan coast.
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Paris
Caracas
Venezuela
M. Montauban
City Centered Kansas City and Global Political Quips
An aggregation of brief editorial quips notes Kansas City is now a central city, cheers Washington Star and Washington Post on press commentary, while Paria and Philadelphia are cited in a light take on South African excitement and the Republican convention absence.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Times
Paria
Washington Star
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington Post
The Nursery Advice for Polite Children Care
A mother influences a child’s manners and thoughtfulness through careful parenting. Guidance warns against mustard poultices for babies and suggests gentle remedies such as daily salt baths and sea salt if available.
Attack on the Boer Flank In Progress At Swartzkop Hill
London dispatch reports General Dundonald's forces advancing toward Swartzkop hill from Spearman's Farm. Lyttleton's brigade holds a position on the kopjes while Warren's division presses the enemy's left flank. The column crosses the Tugela River as Lord Dundonald's troops move north.
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London
Daily News
Spearman’s Farm
Lord Dundonald
Swartzkop Hill
Potgieters Drift
Lyttleton
Colepgo
Hildyard
Springfield
Legamel
Charles Warren
Britain frees Bundesrath after contraband inquiry
London announces the inquiry into the seizure of the Bundesrath is closed and the steamer will be released immediately. Britain says no contraband of war was found and offers to guarantee against similar incidents, a move greeted with satisfaction in German circles.
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Bern
London
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Great Britain
Bundenrath
City Officials in Contempt Over Injunction Disobeyed
The court finds the aldermen and city officials named in the restraining order in contempt for disobeying Commissioner Harper. They will be brought before the court in the morning for punishment.
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Harper
Fortune fate for Chicago window washer heir
Patrick O'Donnell, a window washer and houseman at the Hotel Grace, Chicago, has received assurance from Philadelphia that he is a principal heir to the Ball estate. His share is estimated at 2,500,000 of the 6,000,000 estate, and will be turned over within days under probate court order after eight years of court management.
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Cuicano
Patrick O’donnell
Grace
Jackson Boulevard
Clark Street
Philadelphia
Propate Court
Lawmakers Clash Over Army Appropriation Debate
During a discussion on the army appropriation Mr Cannon challenged opponents to strike the measure. Mr Williams of Mississippi defended American loyalty to the flag and accused Cannon of issuing a nonbinding challenge. The urgent deficiency bill passed with a single minor amendment.
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Cannon
Williams
Minnesota Announces 40 Summer Schools and Joint South Dakota Effort
A state circular from the department of public instruction fixes 40 summer schools. Professor D L Kiehle heads the school at the state university. A joint program with South Dakota will be at Big Stone Lake with Minnesota appointing two teachers and South Dakota six.
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St. Paul
State Department of Public Instruction
D. L Kiehle
State University
South Dakota
Big Stone Lake
Minnesota
Prosecution Closes in Molineux Murder Trial
New York January 18. The prosecution nearly ends its case against Roland B. Molineux charged with killing Katherine J. Adams. Witness Nicholas Heckman, owner of a private letterbox agency, testifies about Molineux hiring a box to receive patent medicines from manufacturers.
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Molineux
New York
Roland B. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Nicholas Heckman
Moody's Sayings Reflect Christian Identity and Records
A collection of Moody’s quips compares faith to a ship and water, noting the awkwardness of worldly influence inside a believer. It mocks reporters digging through old church records to verify a deceased man’s Christianity, highlighting public perception and memory.
Bryan Addresses Kentucky Legislature Before Blackburn Vote
Frankfort Kentucky January 18 William Jennings Bryan addressed the legislature shortly before the election of Blackburn The crowd in the chamber was the largest seen as Representative Nelson introduced Mr Bryan He accompanied by J A Blackburn and Senator Goebel.
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Frankfort
William Jennings Bryan
Blackburn
House of Relatives
Nelson
Bryan
J. A . Blackburn
Goebel
Chicago Broker Files Largest Bankruptcy Schedule Ever
Francis P Owings formerly of Chicago files voluntary bankruptcy in U S district court listing liabilities of 5 564 917 and no assets He is a stock broker and operator with no property in hand Carcage Jan 18.
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United States District Court
Francis P. Owings
New Estate
Chicago
Owings
Senate Adopts Resolutions on Gold Standard and Philippine War
In Washington on January 18 the Senate adopted two resolutions of inquiry after debate. An agreement was reached to vote February 15 on a bill fixing gold as the standard of value. A Pettigrew led challenge on the Philippine war and a Hale resolution on flour seizures by British authorities were debated and amended before adoption. Senator Jones later moved to reconsider the Samoa treaty ratification. no action followed.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Hoar
Massachusetts
Pettigrew
Lodge
Hale
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Teller
Sil. Rep
Colo
Indianapolis
Wasumeron
Jones
Ark
Tutila
Fools, Self-Made and Easy for a Pretty Girl
A Chicago Post quip on gender and folly notes it is strange how easily a man can beguile himself for a pretty girl while admitting fools are often self made. The exchange contrasts male gullibility with female agency in a witty exchange.
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Chicago Post
Sampson Captured in Ireland on Forged Check Plot
Michael Sampson landed in New York in Oceanic custody after Chicago detectives traced him to a small Irish town in County Tipperary. He allegedly obtained 10 000 on a forged check in the name of George D. May, chief of the bureau of special assessments. In a separate court ruling Judge Hutchins affirmed forging one’s own name as a precedent. James H. Bird was charged with signing and receiving 1900 on a check linked to board of trade dealings for another man of the same name.
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New York
Michael Sampson
Tle
Oceanic
Chigaga
Sampson
County Tipperary
Ireland
George D. May
Bureau of Special Assessments
Cgurcaco
Jorge
Hutchins
James H. Bird
Board of Trade
Hague Treaty Reported Favorably By Senate Panel
Washington January 18 Senate foreign relations committee agreed to report favorably the Haguué treaty negotiated last year. The treaty was not amended. The committee also acted favorably on extradition treaties with Peru and Argentine and on the treaty to continue the Mexican boundary commission. Reciprocity treaties were not considered.
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Hague
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Peru
Irish Unity Conference Held Under Harrington Leadership
A Mansion House conference on Irish unity presided over by Timothy Harrington of Dublin featured J I Redmond and Timothy Healy. Resolutions supported aligning the party along old Parnellite lines.
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Dusum
Mansion House
Timothy Harrington
Parlament
Dublin
J. E. Redmond
Timothy Healy
Ships Returned to Owners Amid War Adjustments
San Francisco January 18 government to turn over transports Olympia and Pennsylvania to owners at once. The Century is likely to be rechartered as several hundred horses and mules are allocated. Big shipped to Mantis.
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San Francisco
Olympia
Pennsylvania
Uncle Tom's Cabin Town Night Noted in Detroit Journal
The Detroit Journal quotes a one night stand remark about Uncle Tom's Cabin Town with 100000 people described as pronouncing drama with a long a, highlighting local humor and language.
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Detroit Journal
Grand jury charges healers in Nebraska and Iowa death case
Five bills return against P James of South Omaha and Mrs. B B Yates of Tabor for criminal responsibility in the death of Ethel Yates treated for appendicitis by faith cure. Also Governor Lind appoints Harry D Irwin and S D Hillman to take testimony in charges against Hennepin Register Metcalf with power of removal if needed.
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Council Bluffs
P. James
South Omaha
B. B. Yates
Tabor
Ethel Yates
Lind
Harry D. Irwin
S. D Hillman
Minneapolis
Register of Deeds Metcalf
Hennepin
Irwin
Hullman
Ring of promised love in a breezy exchange
A humorous exchange features a suitor professing endless love to a homeward heiress. He compares his affection to a ring as she gleefully responds. The dialogue turns playful with a sly aside about beginnings and ends.
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Gordon Highlanders
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Hector MacDonald
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Wanchope
Highland Brigade
Majuba Hull
the Nursery
Gunderson
West Third Street
Werren
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Third Street
Kentucky
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Marvel
Listman Mhll CO
LaCresse, Wis
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Warenous
Lafayette
Becend Streats
Berthe Bros. “Best
G. Fruetel
W. Second St
W. S. Trowbridge
Clear
Yanan
Wruck & Behling
Chase & Sanborn’s
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Stiles
H. W. Kingsbury
Geo. J
Hillyer
Center St
South Hut Street
Chasse Page
South Huff Street
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F.tur
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Ideal Mill CO
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