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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1900
Page
3
A hospital patient in New York died after being killed by a nurse. The incident occurred within the hospital setting and authorities are reviewing the case. No further details on motive or charges were provided in the readable text.
New York police report follows coroner announcement that murder in the first degree is likely against three Bellevue hospital nurses for beating patient Louis Hilliard to death. Witness Thomas Minnock testified the nurses twisted a sheet around Hilliard’s neck and nurse J R Davis threatened him. Prosecutors say the act shows premeditation and shifts the charge from manslaughter to murder.
In Omaha on December 20 police identify Daniel Crowe as a suspect tied to the Cudahy abduction. Mrs. Mack Cooper and 25 other hotel witnesses help match photos to Crowe. Detectives seek Lizzie Burns, an alleged friend of Crowe, last seen employed at a South Omaha hotel. Other items note a New York City cashier appointment and a detective charged in a separate case, with a broader note on per capita wealth calculations.
Fragmentary OCR suggests a daily edition is offered at six cents per week with delivery by a carrier. The text references a Peave and a delivery arrangement, but lacks clear dates or full names.
Wires from Shanghai report Empress Dowager of China secretly appointed a 15 year old as Tung Hsu New Emperor after Tai-yuan adjournment. The boy was taken to Xian-fu in the imperial yellow chair. Endorsed by reformists, Kwangu’s return to Peking prompts court factions to seek support.
The Portuguese consul met Lord Roberts on his arrival in Gibraltar and conveyed the king of Portugal’s regrets that no Portuguese warship could be sent to greet him.
A massive gale hits English shores from Thames to Cornwall with many ships wrecked and crews lost or saved. The Primrose Hill broke apart near Holyhead with one survivor. ships driven ashore at Bude and Trevine. dockyard tugs and lifeboats aided as telegraph lines fail. In France a parallel coast storm causes deaths and shipping damage.
Berlin reports praise American iron works for leading global efficiency and blame US competition for sending unfavorable iron market news. The Berlin merchants and Vossische Zeitung annual reviews assert American imports caused price breaks in Germany.
Major Grover Botha, brother of Commandant General Louis Botha, arrives in Rome with dispatches for Mr. Kruger. He predicts the South African war will last for years and asserts Steyn planned the invasion of Cape Colony and that Afrikander revolt is near.
African explorer Major Alexandre Alberto da Rocha Serpa Pinto died in Lisbon on December 20. Born April 30, 1846, he was noted for polar and African expeditions.
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