Battle Rages Near Krugersdorp Invasion Spreads
From Krugersdorp to Colesburg reports detail heavy cannonading north of Krugersdorp and Boer incursions in Cape Colony. Troops and mounted units pursue hostile bands as Kitchener confirms movements and guards rail hubs while Kruger denounces Britain in Amsterdam meeting with 5,000 schoolchildren.
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Cape Colony
Orangy River
Lord Kitchener Nas
Colesburg
Phillippopolis
Orange River Colony
Great Britain
Kruger
Nieuwe Kerk
South Africa
Kiger
Palace of Industry
Terrible gas explosions wreck three houses injure seven in Braver Farts
Two natural gas explosions in Braver Farts Pa destroyed two dwellings and damaged a third. Seven people were injured as gas in the cellar and water pipe spread fire from the Fort Pitt line valve. Estimated loss about $10,000.
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Mia
Celia Cox
Barns
H. A. Moore
Fort Pitt
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Brings Unprecedented Mail Load
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arrived with 690 cabin and 64 steerage passengers and an unusually heavy mail. Postal clerks report 275000 letters handled on the voyage, 5825 registered letters, and 2276 mail sacks. About 40000 letters were pre paid inefficiently, with four clerks and two assistants needed daily for sorting on the steamer.
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Wilhelm der Grave
New York
Ateamer
Death of Oscar L Booz Spurs Cadet Hazing Inquiry
At West Point a military board continues examining the death of Oscar L Booz a former cadet amid allegations of brutal hazing by fellow students 1898 witnesses recount severe acts including forced eating of prunes molasses and bread and inquiries target first class cadets and academy officers
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Board of Inquiry
West Point
N. Y
Military Court of
Nari Mn
Seasi
Oscar L. Booz
Military Academy
Booz
Charles B. Hall
William Cowles
Kansas
Herbert J. Krum
Ohio
Court
David H. Bower
Iowa
Dean Wanted in New York for Cruel Treatment of Insane Patient
Edward O. Dean, formerly with The News and Courier, faces a New York coroner's warrant alleging cruel treatment of an insane Bellevue patient. A discharge preceded arrest warrants for three nurses. Dean, a Spartanburg area native from a prominent South Carolina family, had left journalism for Alaska mining.
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Onanieston
Edward O. Dean
News and Courier
New York
Bellevue
Dean
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Dusiness
Alaska
C H Hooper Injured by Large Splinter Accident
Charles H Hooper suffered a severe injury in Birmingham Alabama when a wooden chute splinter pierced his back and neck. He crawled to a store office, was taken to Copeland Berry infirmary, and doctors removed the splinter. his condition remained dangerous.
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Birmingham
Brrntxattam
Ala
Charles H. Hooper
Copeland- Berry
Professor Frye Defiant Against American Heirs in Cuba
Havana December 20 Professor Frye superintendent of public schools in Cuba issues a proclamation denouncing the government and intervention by the Anglo-Saxon race He calls for erasing offensive lines from the Cuban hymn Bay Amia and replacing them to incite resistance to foreign influence or to complete independence.
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Cuba
Havana
Frye
Diaro de la Marina
Spain
Sharp clash with Filipino insurgents reported from Cavite
A cable from Admiral Remey filed at Cavite recounts a raid where 15 troopers of the Fourth Cavalry and 5 gunboat crew members landed at Limbanes. They surprised about 80 insurgents, skirmished for half an hour, killed 13, captured 12 rifles, and destroyed stores. One soldier was wounded.
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Wastunxatoy
Remey
Cavite
Navy Department
Fourth Cavalry
Basco
Limbanes
Minority Makes Report on Hopkins Reapportionment Bill
The minority on the house census committee proposed a 860 representation total, naming a substitute bill with gains for several states and larger increases for Minnesota New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The report lists gain details and cites the signed members Burleigh Russell Heatwale Crumpacker Griffin and Wilson.
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Wasnixnton
House
Messrs
Burleigh
Russell
Heatwale
Crumpacker
Griffin
Wilson
Hopkins
Arkansas
California
Colorado
American Heirs Targeted by London Claim Agents
London reports reveal American heirs chasing unclaimed property in the English chancery court. The court lists 200 million dollars in property with 150 million trusts for wards, and a remaining 50 million widely claimed or awaiting rulings. A ring of claim agents has profited for years.
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Venezuela
Pruselan Bank
Kentucky
Port Said
London
English Court of Chancery
Choate
Anti foreign outbreaks worsen amid provincial unrest
In Pexixo on December 19 the situation across provinces grows worse with fears of renewed anti foreign outbreaks. Citizens suffer from winter pressure and blackmail by allied native workers blamed on foreigners. Desperadoes jailed at San-Chow-Fa by General Mei move toward the Chi-Li-Shang-Tung border.
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Pexixo
Mei
Chi-Li-Shang-Tung
Laws Regulating Transporta tion and Sale of Game
The U S department of agriculture will issue a bulletin on transporting and selling game. Prepared by Dr T B Palmer and H W Olds it compiles state laws, shows seasons closings, species restrictions, bag limits, and nonresident licenses.
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Department of Agriculture
Wasnixaton
United States Department of Agriculture
T. 8. Palmer
H. W. Olds
Attempted Robbery at Nebraska Treasury Fails
Night Watchman Good reports three men attempted to rob the Nebraska state treasury in Lixcotx at 3 a.m. Two shots were fired, one hitting his coat lapel. The robbers fled. the treasury vault remained unopened and uninsured, with the office in disorder. Also advertises Syrup of Figs as a laxative for children.
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Capitol
Lixcotx
Neb
State Treasury
Good
State Capitol
Treasury
Fruit Men in Convention in North Carolina Horticultural Society
The North Carolina Horticultural Society met in Asheville at the Swananoa hotel with President J Van Lindley presenting an annual address naming western NC as the apple country. The meeting endorsed Albemarle Pippin and other varieties as best for the state and urged Congress to boost appropriations for vegetable physiology pathology and state agricultural support. A medical ad promotes One Minute Cough Care from H R Palmer & Sons.
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Inwal
North Carolina Horticultural Society
Asurville
N. C
State Horticultural Society
Swannanoa
J. van Lindley
North Carolina
United States
Ben Davis
Congress
Congress To Make Increased Appropriations of $25,000 To the Division of
Department of Pathology
State Agricultural Department
Cudahy Boy Kidnapping Ends With Ransom Payment
Omaha police report the Cudahy boy was abducted and returned home after father E E Cudahy paid 25000 in ransom. A messenger carried the money to a designated spot, the boy was delivered blindfolded around 1 am five miles south of South Omaha, with no clue to the abductors. The case remains under police investigation as details emerge.
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Omaha
Douhue
Cudahy
E. Undahy, Sr
Rendesvouy
South
Regulus
Columbia Hotel Burned In Major City Fire
Fire last night destroyed Columbia shop and several buildings in Main and Assembly streets, including the Hotel Jerome. Losses totaled about 60 000 for the hotel and furniture with 20 000 insured, plus other properties such as King rack et store and Van Metre shop suffering heavy damage.
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Conomuara
D. C
Columbia
Sherman
Hotel Jerome
J. M. van Metro
Main
Assembly Street
Main Street
King's
Cop Carroll
J. M. van Metre
J. AL Platt
Meyers’ Carriage Factory
Carolina Hall
Long’s
King
J. A. Plate
Carolina Ball
Tory
van Metre
Warned to Leave County Miss Bassett Quits Brown Park
Miss Anna Bassett, living with her father in LaDore, Routt county, received a death threat warning to leave Routt county within days or be killed. The note postmarked Oborenny Wy dated Nov 15 was disclosed as the Bassett family relocates, with all members except the father leaving Brown Park country.
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Bassett
Brown Park
Haypey
Colo
Routt County
Anna Bassett
LaDore
Routt Roounty
Oborenny, Wy
Miss Bassett
Craig
Powers Held Responsible Over Tuscaloosa University Row
A Tuscaloosa university embroglio sparks censure and pity for the president. Report claims he favored the white resolution before trustees and publicly, and pledged resignation after a pivotal meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxtoominy
Ala
Tuscaloosa University
Bas Ees
Negros Go to Hawaii for Sugar Plantation Work
A travel agent led a party of about ten thousand negro laborers from Nashville toward Honolulu to work on sugar plantations. The group sails from San Francisco on an Occidental steamer on December 26, with plans to depart from there by the Louisville and Nashville and Southern Pacific routes. The item notes related travel and labor arrangements amid broader regional news.
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Axtwert
Hnvo
Red Star Line
Nederland
Nashvitte
R. O. Bean
Southern Pacific Railroad
Honolulu
San Francisco
Louisville
Nashville
Southern Pacific
Mr. Bean
San
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Loxpon
Johannesburg
Kitchener
Lonpos
Pretoria
Orange River
Rhenoster Hock
Venterstadt
Steynsburg
Europe
Kaiser
DeWitt
C. H. Hooper
Professor Frye
Gorosnono
Fitzgerald, Savannan
Emory Speer
Fitzgerald
Minority
Mouse
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Asaanii
Puento
Clyde Gray
Anna Rust
Divide
Gray
Thomas
Pueblo
el Paso
Bay Shore Road
Wetvurxa
John Reese
Kaiser Wilhelm
Jean DeResche
Don Francisco Gonzales de Goce
Queretaro
Mex
Bremen
Shouthampton
Cherbourg
Burns
Whitney
Ted Sloan
Tommy Burns
Sloan
William OC
England
Liverpool
Queenstown
America
Glasgow
Clyde
Era
Scotland
Caracas
Doc
Benjamin Harrison
Hritiah
Guiana
Republic
Potavam
Sanden
Hypotheken Aktien Bank
Miabi
Port Sato
Allen
Wasnixatox
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Nebraska
Wastuxatox
Philippines
Porto Rico
United States Supreme Court
Wasumatox
Wasuixatox
Wasmnatoq
California Fig Syrup Co
H.R Palmer & Sons
Bent
Mr. Cudahy
Diar Zhao
Perry Davie
Perry Davia
Castoria
Cat
C. A. Scudder, Jeweler
Tuscaloosa
Hawaii
Wishsporo
Fairfield
Blarke P. Martin
Rocky Mount
Martin
Wil
Cubs
Ireland
St. Paul
By Commission
Tone
Barsto
H. R.palmer & Sons
Richardson
New Curnaxs
Gulfport
H. K., Palmer & Sons
Peter Sherman
North Stratford
N. H
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