Desperate Fight at Spion Kop Ends With British Retreat
Special dispatch from Frere Camp reports fierce combat around Spion Kop near Tugela. Boers dominated 35 rifle pits and a heavy defensive line, while British reinforcements struggled across torn ground. After 24 hours of steady resistance, the British abandoned the summit bajo cover of night.
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Lonpox
Frere
Buller
Tugela
Spionkop
Spion Kop
Kopjes
Mount Alice
Potgieters Drift
Lyttleton
Warren
Whil&t
Goebel Assassination and Condition Report
Frankfort Kentucky January 30 Gov Goebel has been assassinated but not dead. He is probably fatally wounded. Details on second page indicate the seriousness of the attack and ongoing medical condition.
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Frankfort
Goebel
Assass
Pause in Hostilities Pointing to Free State Invasion
The report from Loxobox on January 30 notes a provisional British pause in South Africa, with potential renewed offensives led by Lord Roberts to invade the Free State. It cites possible combined forces of Methuen French Gatacre and reserves, plus artillery and naval mobilization, totaling substantial manpower and guns ready for deployment.
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Loxobox
South Africa
Lord Roberts
Free State
War Office
Lord Methuen
French
Gatacre
Ladysmith
Spion Kop Casualties Among Fifth Division Officers
A London dispatch dated January 80 reports from Spearmans Camp the Fifth division and mounted brigade suffered heavy losses at Spion Kop on January 24. Killed were officers including Staff-Captain M H Virtue Captain J M Stewart Lieutenants B R Mallock E Fraser and others from the Second Lancashire Fusileers Second Middlesex Second Lancaster and other units. Major A J Ross Captain M W Kirk Lieutenant A H Wade Captain C Morrill Lieutenants W Lawley HA Wilson and more. In addition 20 officers were wounded including General Woodgate and six are missing.
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London
Spearmans Camp
Fifth Division
Mounted Brigade
Spion Kop
M. H. Virtue
M. Stewart
B. R. Mallock
E. Fraser
Lancashire Fusileers
C. Morril
W. Lawley
HA. A. Wilson
Middlesex
A. J. Ross
M. W. Kirk
A. H. Wade
Lancaster Regiment
Pipe-Wolferstan
King’s Scottish Borderers
C. G.birch
F. M. Rachael
South Lancashires
H. W. Garvey
First Borderers
W. H. Petre
C. S. H. Knox-Gore
C. G. Grenfell
P. F. Newman
P. S. McCorquendale
Hill-Trevor
Thornycroft
Mounted Infantry
Randall
Knochshand
General Woodgate
General Wood’s Visit Aids Cuban US Ties In Santiago
General Wood’s Santiago visit ended with a Cosmo politan club reception and ball in his honor. His Cuba policy assurances pleased radical Cubans and Americans, while he inspected highways and ordered improvements and waterworks specifications prepared.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Wood
Santiago
Cosmopolitan Club
United States
Cuba
Taylor’s Position Refuses Blackburn Election Certificate
FrangéFort Kentucky January 30 Governor Taylor will withhold a certificate of election from United States Senator-elect Blackburn until the ongoing gubernatorial contest is resolved. Authorities say Taylor will govern as if he remains legally governor until a final decision confirms or rejects his claim.
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Blackburn
FrangéFort
United States
Taylor
Kentucky
Fearful Explosion Wrecks Pittsburg Steel Plant
A blast at Phillips Nimick & Co. mill on West Carson street ripped through four large boilers. One worker is dead and a dozen injured as crowds gathered in the lower city. The blast caused extensive damage and several victims were mutilated.
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Prrrspure
Steel Department
Phillips, Nimick & Co
West Carson Street
Pitts
Blackburn Election Sparks Senate Seat Question
Legislators who elected Blackburn and declared elected alongside him while he ran for governor are claimed to have been illegally chosen and thus lack power to select a senator.
Building Lift Causes Widespread Falling Debris
A building was completely lifted then steel and iron fell in all directions endangering nearby structures and people. Emergency crews responded to the scene as debris scattered across the area. No injuries or exact causes disclosed in the initial report.
Senate debate over Frye bill to establish commerce department
Jan 30 reports say Senator Cullom now favors the amended Frye bill creating a United States department of commerce and industries with a cabinet member as head. He expects Senate passage and Senator Nelson notes little opposition in the House.
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Wasamnatoy
Cullom
Ilinois
Frye
Nelson
Minnesota
United States Department of Commerce and Industries
Senate
House
New Philippine Commission to Handle Church Property
President McKinley plans to leave to the new Philippine commission the decision on church property in the Philippine islands and Porto Rico. The panel will consult municipalities and address friars remaining in the islands while the government weighs clergy subsidies under the Paris treaty. The issue is politically sensitive ahead of the presidential campaign with no actions directed at General Otis or General Davis regarding church property.
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Washington
McKinley
Philippine Commission
Porto Rico
Philippines
Spain
Paris
General Otis
General Davis
Six Fishermen Drift on Lake Michigan Ice Near Menominee
Six fishermen were carried out onto the ice around noon six miles north of Menominee Wisconsin and drifted toward the lake. A rescue boat went out but chances of saving them appeared small as they drifted with the wind and sea.
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Lake Michigan
Maninerre
Wis
Menominee
Mammoth Pro Boer Meeting in New York
A vast pro Boer gathering filled Grand Central Palace in New York on January 80 to express sympathy for the South African republics. Boer and American flags adorned the hall and speakers included Congressmen De Armond and Cochran.
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New Yorke
Grand Central Palace
de Armond
Cochran
Desirable Flats Mistakenly Listed in Ad Wrongly Headed
A voiced anecdote about Shackler, a wealthy widower, causing a scene at a newspaper office after submitting an advertisement seeking a wife. The misprint placed the ad under the headline Desirable Flats, prompting police involvement.
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Shackler
McKinley 57 as telegraphic briefs headline
Telegraphic items note President McKinley turning 57, a 90 round boxing draw in Buffalo, Ward knocked out in Newark, Rio and Santos plague declaration, Bahia governor election, Paris exposition carpenters strike settled, Hall vs Dixon draw, and heavy snowstorms with wrecks across northern and western France.
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McKinley
Eddie Connollge
Jack Daly
Buffalo
N. Y
Baltimore
Terry McGovern
Jack Ward
Newark
Rio Janeiro
Santos
Senor Veira
Bahia
Jim Hall
Tommy Dixon
Murphysboro
Tis
France
Joint Session Discusses Scale Between Miners and Operators
In Indianapolis a joint conference of miners and operators opened with the scale committee report. Miners demand 90 cents per ton on a run of mine basis while operators offer a cent per ton raise with screens unchanged and Illinois to join the run of mine system under a double standard. Talks continued without a conclusion as the session adjourned for the day.
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Indianapolis
Joint Conference of
Joint Scale Committee
Ilinois
Honors Easy Mistresyn at the door
A fragment from Tit Bits presents a household scene with a mistress asking a servant if visitors were informed she was not at home and the servant replying yes. The women visitors remark on the fortitude or impertinence of the message in a brief dialogue.
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Mistresyn
Senate Defeats Reconsideration of Samoan Treaty Vote
The Senate voted 81 to 88 in executive session not to reconsider ratification of the Samoan treaty and removed secrecy from the vote. Senators listed opposed reopening the vote included Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry, Butler, Chilton, Clark Mon, Clay, Daniel, Beitfeldt, Jones Ark, Kenney, Lindmy, McEnery, Martin, Money, Pettigrow, Rawlins, Taliffero, Tillman, Turner.
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Washington
Senate
Allen
Bacon
Bate
Berry
Butler
Chilton
Clark
Mon
Clay
Daniel
Beitfeldt
Jones
Ark
Kenney
Lindmy
McEnery
Martin
Money
Pettigrew
Rawlins
Taliffero
Tillman
Turner
Davis
Mason
Eesean
Hague
House Debates Weather Bureau Reform and Life Tenure Pension
The House debated the weather bureau reorganization bill with life tenure pension provisions for older staff. A test vote failed 57 to 73, leaving the measure unfinished. Much of the day centered on Sulzer's resolution to probe Secretary Gage, with renewed attacks from Richardson and Sulzer and defending statements by Hopking Hil and Dalzell.
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Washingtor
Weather Bureau
Sulzer
Gage
Rues
Ways and Means
Richardson
Tenn
Salzer
M. Y
Hopking
Hil
Dalzell
Massive Migration Drives Cape Nome Gold Rush Route
Estimates from Tacoma indicate about 15 000 prospectors aim for Cape Nome with two thirds departing from Tacoma Seattle and San Francisco. Dawson miners plan portages of up to 200 miles to beat rivals as nearly 80 steamers with 800 to 1000 passengers each prepare May departures.
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Tacoma
Wash
Cape Nome
Puget Sound
Dawson
Seattle
San Francisco
Yukon River
Yukon
Mecca
Noasato
Dutch Harbor
Behring Sea
Wiped Out by Fire Destroys Morristown Business Center
A devastating blaze in Morristown Minnesota on January 30 destroyed Charles Birds drug store and spread to nearby shops and residences. The wind fueled flames consuming the post office bank hotel millinery shop harness shop meat market and Masonic and Woodmen halls. The loss estimates reach into the millions and several structures including homes were left in ruins. An unrelated note from the Chicago Post discusses jewel losses at summer resorts and fashion of keeping gems in safe vaults while discussing Bathers at Newport and Bar Harbor. A column on Henry Ward Beecher’s fast horse era ends with a reference to his mare auction.
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Morristown
Minn
Charles Bird
Bird
Henry A. Dorn
Newport
Bar Harbor
Hotel Plassas
Ocean
Chicago Post
Henry Ward Beecher
New York
Plymouth
Howard
Beecher
Ambitious yet unable to fulfill the contract
Boward expresses disgust as Beecher ponders the matter and concludes that she is only worth her ambition. The subject is described as a washy animal who does her best but cannot carry out the agreement.
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Boward
Beecher
Supreme Court closes two thirds of Iowa saloons
Des Moines reports a Supreme Court decision ruling the 1897 code repealed earlier mulct laws and nullified old consent petitions. Saloon licenses filed before Oct 1, 1897 may be closed and fined for contempt, affecting nearly all Iowa saloons. In Des Moines a new petition has been secured, others may follow.
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District Court
C. A. Bishop Preideing
Ill
Supreme Court
Waterman
Sound money based on work certificates proposed by Solomon Sloan
Solomon Sloan argues for a currency backed by work certificates rather than metal or fiat. He envisions eight hour work certificates used for taxes and wages, with value tied to labor and universal daily dollar equivalents. He claims such a system would prevent corners and simplify prices and salaries.
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Wall Street
Dees
England
BoLouoy
Color and dress at a Chicago establishment declared uniform
The Chicago Post reports a manager says no order was issued to force workers to wear dark colors. A circulated rumor prompted a protest, and employees discussed the effect on dress standards. Since then, black and dark gray dominate, nearly forming a uniform.
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Chicago Post
Samples and window models of heavy and tiny wringers and anchors
The New York Sun notes that laundries use large power driven wringers with up to twenty four inch rolls, while tiny four to five inch examples exist as complete, showroom models. Anchors show weights from 7,000 pounds downward, with pocket sized plated anchors used as eye catching window samples to demonstrate function.
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New York Sun
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Over the Land
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Geo. J
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Leeb
West End
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Reto
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New York Herald
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North American Review
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