Difficult Tasks for New Leader in South Africa
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts will hand over command to Lord Kitchener in South Africa while the queen approves Kitchener as lieutenant general. Cape Colony posts bolster defenses as Botha and De Wet may be pressed for negotiations. editorials urge restraint and a political settlement.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Lord Witchener
Lord Kitchener
Sudan
Durban
Natal
Pietermaritzburg
Lord Wolseley
Supreme Command
Kitchener
Morning Post
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Bloemfontein
Orange River
Botha
de Wet
Alfred Milner
J. H. Hartmyer
Barba
J. B. Robinson
Dw Wet
Legislative Council
Windsor Station
Otter
Buchan
Macdonald
Thousands View Remains of Senator Davin at St Paul
Thousands filed through the Minnesota capitol to pay last respects to Cushman Kellogg Davis former governor and U S senator. The procession included First Minnesota guards Battery A and a police escort. The line stretched hours long until doors closed at 3 pm, then the casket was taken to the hearse.
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Senator Davin
St. Paul
St.,paul
State Capitol
Cushman Kellogg
Davis
Senate of the
Minnesota
Farrington Avenue
First
Minnesota National Guard
M. L. Merrill
Thirteenth
Minnesota Volunteers
Battery A
Minnnesota
Capitol
Weather Freak Bargains At The Overstocked Clothing Sale
Weather has disrupted plans for selling cold weather apparel. Overstocked stock has led to price cuts just above cost to attract buyers. The sale features men and boys suits, overcoats, coats, jackets, capes, skirts, and complete sizings with prices clearly quoted.
Preston Todd Dies During Chicago Football Game
Condensed dispatches report Preston Todd fell dead while playing in a football game in Chicago. Fire caused light damage in the files room of the treasury department in Washington. An effort to import reindeer from Lapland into Alaska failed. Oscar Borz of West Point was reported dying at Bristol Pennsylvania from hazing. Lieutenant Commander Southerland urged a national naval reserve. Charles Stewart Smith was named representative to a New York committee for city purification tasks.
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Preston Todd
Chicago
Treasury Department
Washington
Lapland
Alaska
Oscar Borz
West Point Military Academy
Bristol
Southerland
Naval Militia
Naval Reserve
Charles Stewart Smith
Kidnapped Girl Safe After Narrow Escape
Marguerita Kelly a 14 year old girl reported kidnapped near Wilkesbarre Pa arrived in Cleveland on December 1 and told how she eluded pursuers to be restored to her aunt Mrs Katharine Kelly of 76 McLean Street Cleveland Mrs Kelly had guardianship appointed by the probate court after the mother’s death but Mrs Kinney of Miners Mills resisted giving up the child despite Marguerita’s wish to live with relatives in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Marguerita Kelly
Wilkesbarre
Katharine, Kelly
McLean Street
Great Siberia Seen As Rich Village Area With Untapped Wealth
Consul Smith reports from Moscow that Siberia has transformed from icebound wastes to a thriving region with peasant farms and growing mineral wealth. Cities of 10 000 to 50 000 are rising, hotels and electric services flourish, and travel from Moscow to Irkutsk offers luxurious compartments at a low fare.
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Siberia
Smith
Moscow
State Department
Siberian
Irkutsk
St. Petersburg
Tennessee
Biberla
Krasnoyarsk
Cuban Company Organized
SANTIAGGO Cuba Dec. 1 Sir William Van Horne with his party left Santiago for Cienfuegos en route to Santa Clara and Uavant He plans to return in February The Cuban company is now fully organized and Sir Williams work will remain in Santiago as assistant superintendent of construction He praised local business support for the Central railroad project.
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Santiaggo
Cuba
William van Horne
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Santa Clara
Uavant
William
Central Rilroad
Grinnell Yale Professor Declines College Presidency
Professor Frank K. Binders of Yale declines the presidency of Lown College due to duties at Yale. He states it will be impossible to accept, and no other candidate is under consideration. The trustees had elected him earlier in the fall to succeed Dr. Ivorge A. Gates.
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Proftersnor Sanderse
Grinnell
Dee
Frank K. Binders
Yale
the Lown College
Ivorge A. Gates
Discouraged Man Kills Himself in Chelsea
Hugh Masterson aged 47 killed himself with a throat cut in Chelsea Massachusetts after unemployment and unpaid bills tied to a diphtheria outbreak that afflicted seven of his children and himself. One child died from the disease.
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Himaed
Chelsea
Mass
Hugh Masterson
Gunning Accident Fatal for George Balog in East Kingston
George Balog of East Kingston was fatally wounded when his shotgun discharged in a rowboat during fox hunting prep. He jarred the gun, the triggers struck the seat, and both barrels fired perforating his lungs.
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Kingston
N. Y
George Balog
East Kingston
Speyer Council Adopts Tablet for Villard Birth Home
The Speyer municipal council adopted a resolution to place a commemorative tablet on the house where the late Mr Henry Villard was born marking the birthplace memorial.
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Villard
Berlis
Speyer
Henry Villard
Western enterprise advances abroad in Tomsk and Krasnoyarsk
The text notes early progress as American mowing machines appear in Tomsk and a policeman rides a United States bicycle through Krasnoyarsk. It suggests beginnings are small but show a wind of progress toward development under western influence.
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Tomsk
United States
Krasnoyarsk
Wedded Twice and Widowed Before Twenty
Mrs How ard Gould a Scranton native born Edith Woodling left home for New York two years ago to marry James W Garvey Jr who was ill with consumption She became a widow at 18 when he died Five months later she married Howard Gould a repertory company actor in Wilkes Barre and returned to Scranton for the families blessing
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Howard Gould
Gould
Edith Woodling
Scranton
New York
James W. Garvey, Jr
St. Luke's Hospital
Gardeners Honored Remembered Louis Menand
Gardeners Once Honored chronicles the high esteem for historic apprentices who earned the blue apron and compared in learning with university graduates. Louis Menand of Albany New York, a notable broadly educated gardener, died at ninety three after a life devoted to flowers and public affairs.
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Louis Menand
Albany
N.Y
Burgundy
France
Impecunious Author Misses Dinner Engagement
The Impecunious Author. Mark Twain forgot a dinner invitation a few evenings ago, a lapse noted by the Chicago Times-Herald as typical since many authors have strong reasons for remembering such engagements.
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Mark Twain
Chicago Times-Herald
High-Priced Robin Penalty in Rhode Island
A Providence resident paid a $25.45 penalty for killing a robin. Rhode Island game laws protect robins year round, and the fine signals strict enforcement for avian protection.
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Providence
R.I
Rhode Island
Cannibals Attack Trader Ship in South Seas Horror
The Mascotte arrived at Kemall after Herman Matzke’s murder. Cannibals looted the copra house, killed 16 natives, jailed 20, and destroyed 80 villages as Captain Macco and crew fought back. The German ship Zealder and warship shelled Komali.
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South Seas
Savage Islands
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
New Ireland
Kemall
Admiralty Group
Herman Matzke
Macco
Massette
Kusai
Carolines
Zeadler
Komali
Congressman Dayton Urges Navy Half England Strength
West Virginia Representative Dayton, a member of the house naval committee, argues the United States should have a navy at least half as strong as England. He says the U S should spend about 100 million dollars annually on the navy and that battleships symbolize national pride and defense.
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West Virginia
United States
England
Dayton
House Naval Committee
Navy expansion debate and cadet plan for Annapolis
The speaker urges building the navy domestically to benefit American shipyards and workers. He notes the need for officers and supports Crowninshield's proposal of two cadets per congressional district and four from the state at large for ten years at Annapolis.
Personal Crisis Reports in the Army 1898 1899 Compared
Surgeon General Sternberg prepared statistics comparing personal crisis reports and homicides in the army for 1898 and 1899 with the decade 1888 to 1897. The data show fewer homicides in 1898 1899 than the prior decade, with varying per thousand ratios and army strengths noted.
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Sternberg
Crystal Palace Reglazing Brings Major London Project
The Crystal Palace in London has been reglazed at great cost using a new principle that eliminates wood frames and uses large glass panes set in lead frames. The system allows the metal to be worked to form an absolutely watertight joint. Estimated cost reaches $100,000 and the project is near completion.
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Crystal Palace
London
Connecticut Man Granted Divorce Over Midnight Judge Stay
A Connecticut man receives a divorce after his wife remained at her judge until midnight. The Chicago Times-Herald quips she may have staged the stay to prompt the breakup.
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Connecticut
Chicago Times-Herald
Apaches at Work in Colorado Fields and Railroads
A historical note states that the Indians of Colorado are becoming civilized as Apache people are described working on farms and on railroads, reflecting a shift in traditional roles and labor.
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Colorado
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South Sea
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