De Wet in Retreat and Boer War Updates
Lord Kitchener reports Knox drove De Wet from Bethulie on the Smithfield road and Boer positions were retaken. Dispatches note fighting near Bronkhorst Spruit and a surrounding of 2,500 Boers with 80 killed. Roberts arrives in Durban to cheers while Liberal leaders debate South Africa events. A Worcester publisher is jailed for sedition amid tensions.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Bloemfontein
Knox
Bronkhorst Spruit
Pretoria
Viljoen
Erasmus
Durban
Lord Roberts
Irish Association
J. M. Robertson
South Africa
League of Liberals
Robertson
Daily Express
Porto Rico Measures and Church Rites Refused
In San Juan Porto Rico the executive council backs bills on trial by jury and council pay while Mir. Tacob-h-Holinders treasurer proposes revenue measures and William H Hunt seeks council compensation. In New York Frank Tuscan burial sparks clash as Father Lambert bars consecrated ground due to alleged non sacramental status.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Executive Council
Senor
Jose C. Bar_bosa
New York
Frank Tuscan
Hackensack
J’ather Lambert
St. Mary's Parish
Tuscaniara
Customs Violations and Explosions Reported Across Cities
In a Treasury report the supervising special agent cites $4 876 in seized goods and 54 arrests for customs violations in five years with penalties totaling 1 1 and 369 246 for improper classification. A dynamite bomb damaged Bands theater at Harvard College, no injuries. Six miners injured in a Wilkes-Barre gas explosion at the Maxwell mine. Mrs Franklin Allen, 60, burned to death at Wallingford home amid unclear circumstances.
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Washington
Hhis
Secretary of the Treasury
Boston
Harvard College
A.C. Collidge
Wilkesbarrh
Dev. G
Maxwell
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Ashley
Wallingford
Conn
Franklin Allen
Miners Dig Their Way Out After Cave In
Imprisoned 32 miners three thousand feet underground in Dunmore near Scranton escape a coal mine collapse. Five acres of surface sunk into the Nay Ang Coal company pit blocking exits. Outside crews and inside workers cooperated until the men hacked a passage to freedom with shovels and picks. None were injured.
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Scranton
Dunmore
Nay Ang Coal Company
Praise for our troops and Boer settlement on Long Island
General Chaffee forwards Sir Claude Macdonalds praise of the October review of American troops in Peking. A real estate firm announces a Boer farmer colony on Long Island Nassau county plans 23 families by December 28 and a total of seventy families with 5 to 25 acres each.
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Claude Macdonald
Boys In Blue
Washington
General Chaffee
China
War Department
United States
Conger
Peking
Claude
Long Island
New York
Hicksville
Synseet
Nassau County
Boer Refugee Aid Committee
England
J. 8. van Buren
Roy
F. C. Jensen
C. F. Vanderpoel
Philadelphia
Means
S. Veruip Martens
G. W. Vanshaner
H. P. Townsley
Life Association of America
Adirondacks Snow Bound Strands Northern New York
Snow fell one to two feet in northern New York and the Adirondacks, bringing totals near four feet in two weeks. Strong winds piled drifts and delayed rail travel, with two New York sleepers eight and seven hours late. Lumber camps are blocked by deep snow.
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Adirondacks
Plattsburg, N. Y
New York
Adirondack
Delaware and Hudson
White House Dinner For Paris Expo Commissioners
President and Mrs. McKinley hosted a formal White House dinner for the United States commissioners to the Paris exposition and their wives. The state dining room plus adjoining rooms were decorated and the Marine Band provided music. An associated dispatch notes a U.S. chargé d’affaires and officers of the Kentucky contingent invited aboard the British guardship Tinogene for a Bosporus excursion.
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Jassonw
Washington
White House
McKinley
United States
Marine Band
Kentucky
Constantinople
Binaco Griscon
Colby MM. Chester
Bosporus
Cleveland Man Robbed on Main Street in Shenandoah
Joseph Loskosky of Cleveland was waylaid on a principal Shenandoah street and robbed of 200 dollars in cash and a gold watch. He had come to the city with a brother, whom he was trying to locate at the time of the attack.
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Dew
Joseph Loskosky
Cleveland
Tie
Lace Finishers Strike at Newman & Sons
Sixty women lace finishers employed by Newman & Sons corset makers strike over wage dissatisfaction in New Haven. The walkout disrupts production at the Chelsea Street plant.
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New Haven
Dev.t
Newman & Sons
New York Markets Hold Steady Amid Mixed Commodities
Market notes show firmer wheat and corn on cover shorts and strong pork and butter prospects. Rye and oats stay steady while turpentine and refined sugars trade calmly. overall tone remains cautious with moderate volume across staples and foods.
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New York
Minnesota
Western
F. C
Cember Shorts
Ena
Cort Et Alet
State
PORK
Prime Western Steam
State Dairy
Anne 'S
Pennsylvenia
Steinbach Christmas Cheer Chats Brighten Asbury Park Stores
Steinbach stores buzz with ante Christmas bustle and vast displays. New consignments arrive as price pruning unfolds to clear space for holiday goods. Ocean Palace tableau and Mammoth display promise festive window scenes for families this week.
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Steinbach
Asbury Park
Ocean Palace
Mammoth
Odd Facts and Figures From Around the World
A collage of curious notes on timber coverage in Washington and Paris cleanliness, a glimpse of Parisian scavengers, an old tablet depicting a golf like pastime, vast Australian colonies with Queensland’s size and sparse population, child age laws across Europe, blood circulation estimates, and brief humor clips.
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Washington
Paris
Carchemish
Queensland
Australia
Russia
Germany
Austria
Hungary
England
Portugal
France
Belgium
Italy
Spain
Norway
Greece
Denmark
Holland
Sun dog delays voyage from Lisbon to Philadelphia port
The Portuguese bark Ven turosa under Capt. Laureiro arrived off Point Breeze after 65 days at sea. He claimed calm weather but explained the long voyage by a sun dog misled the crew, causing a temporary miscalculation of their position and a near 400 mile drift before sun sight corrections. An aviation firm plans whisky drop balloon tours in Cayton.
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Laureiro
Lisbon
Point Breeze
Tropics
Wineang
Cayton
Mixiature
Plans A Pastors Bureau in Brooklyn
Rev. J. N. Taft, a Brooklyn pastor, forms a ministers bureau to match jobless clergy with churches. He emphasizes no profit motive, strict record checks, and fair placement rules, charging a small employment fee and operating on business lines to solve pastorless church issues.
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Brooklyn
J. N. Taft
Connrmon Crane
Not an Expansionist
Not an expansionist dialogue outlines a lovers plea and a denial of marriage. He asks for a yes while she cites lack of confidence and ability to support a husband. The exchange echoes a historical newspaper snippet from Chicago Daily News.
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Chicago
Ews
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DE Wet
Bethulie
Liberal League
Africa
Worcester
Cape Colony
J. BE. DeLong
Worcester Advertiser
Jersey City
Pennsylvania
Ching Tung
Yin Wah
Buffalo
Romaine
Towne
Davin
ST. Paul
Pioneer Press
Charles A. Towne
Duluth
C. BK. Davis
Lind
Davis
Jan Ee City
AGS
THE
Steinbach Company
Brassey
Biles
Brooklyn Life
Sundog
Sai
Santa Claus
Surprise Clothing Store
Cookman Avenue
Ewest
Eeereeeren
Eneee
Orchereesererseyense
Asbury Park,n. J
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