METHUEN READY TO FLANK BOERS
London January report notes Methuen plans to flank the Boers near Kimberley with Pilcher from Douglas and Babington from the Modder river. French holds a precarious position near Colesberg Junction while Roberts may order concentration at De Aar or Orange River.
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London
Molteno
French
Colesbury Junction
Orange River
South Africa
Associated Press
Plicher
Douglas
Methuen
Babington
Modder
Methune
Kimberley
Lord Roberts
DeAar
Daily Telegraph
Artack
Dangers Real and Fantastical in Womanly Health
A period-era advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for uterine disorders and general women’s health, claiming it cures drains pains inflammations irregularities and weakness. It presents a testimonial from Piss Widder of Hill Date Farm praising relief after pregnancy and health decline, urging readers to consult Dr. Pierce.
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Rv, Pierce
Buffalo
Pierce
Widder
Hill Date Farm
Hoosea
Foosburg
Papers note public support for war over club life in Britain
Comment notes that amid public opinion it is easier to go to war than to remain at clubs, which appear deserted. England and Scotland volunteer en masse, with private subscriptions funding gear. Counties donate up to £30,000, provinces near £600,000, and London £120,000 for city troops.
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England
Scotland
London
Boers Shell Kimberley As City Attacks Continue
Kimberley December 24 Royal Artillery returned fire after Boers shelled the Premier mine area and fort. Shells landed amid smoke with no casualties reported. Cecil Rhodes supplied new clothing to Boer prisoners as Reichmann assigned to observe operations in South Africa.
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Royal Artillery
Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes
Reichmann
Washington
Carl Reichmann
Seventeenth Infantry
Secretary of War
South Africa
Choate visits Salisbury over Delagoa Bay seizures
The US ambassador Joseph H. Choate met with British premier Lord Salisbury at the foreign office to press official representations on Delagoa Bay flour seizures. No decision was given on whether food is contraband of war, but Britain promises equitable treatment of US commercial rights and a prompt ruling.
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London
United States
Joseph H. Choate
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Delagoa Bay
Choate
Mr. Choate
Associated Press
Lord Balisbury
Richard Webster
Sullivan May Lose Some Men In Joint Ballot
A Mississippi legislative caucus of about seventy members faced a twelve vote majority on a joint ballot. Ninety votes are needed to elect. McLaurin appears assured of at least 130 votes, while Lowery trails due to management and factional splits. The legislature will decide whether the long term senator is chosen next Tuesday or the following Tuesday.
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Telve
Lowery
Sullivan
Mocro
McLaurin
Yallabusha County
McLaurin Attacks Mormons in Mississippi Speech
Mississippi Governor McLaurin denounces Mormon growth in the state and urges laws against the doctrine. He condemns polygamy as dangerous and notes missionaries cloak their teachings in gospel. The message to the legislature sparks surprise during reading.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
McLaurin
Canal Commission Ready for Work on Isthmus Route
The Panama Canal Commission, appointed by President McKinley, sails Saturday to Greytown then to the Pacific side to study the Nicaragua and Panama routes. The panel will be at the Isthmus about three months, examining all feasible paths and proceeding by land when needed.
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New York
McKinley
Panama
Atlas Line
Walker
United States Navy
Hmary RB. Johnson
University of Pennsylvania
W. H. Burr
Columbia University
George 8. Morrison
United States
Greytown
Nicaragua Canal
Pacific
Atlantic
Isthmus
Savannah Harbor Case Opens as Contractors Face Trial
The Greene, Gaynor, and related Gaynor defendants, indicted for defrauding the United States of 575,760 over Savannah river and Cumberland sound works, begin examination before US Commissioner Shields. The mysterious accuser reappears, Gillette testifies about a 30,000 check from the Gaynors and prior contracts, setting the stage for further defense.
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New York
Benjamin D. Greene
John F. Gaynor
William T. Gaynor
Edward H. Gaynor
United States
Savannah River
Cumberland Sound
Shields
John ¥. Gaynor
Gaynor
Cassius M. Gillette
United States Engineer Corps
Abram J.rose
Rose
Gillette
3. M. Carter
Burnett
Gillette Ondte
Orwin
Savannah
Inp Tisteentt
Baldwin
American claim in British seizure explained before Hay
New York January 3 American interest in the British seizure of flour and provisions bound for Delagoa Bay is outlined by Mr Eddy of Flint Eady Co before Secretary Hay. He argues shipments to a neutral port are contraband and notes the matter concerns principle over money. He describes prewar shipments, direct sales to South African dealers, and potential Boer entry via Delagoa Bay.
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New York
Delagoa Bay
Eddy
Flint, Eady & Co
Hay
Department of State
Mr. Eddy
Transvaal
Hopkins
South Africa
London
Natal
Arthur May & Co
State Department
Corner in hemp is broken opens Philippine ports
New York January 3 Secretary Root cable to General Otis to open southern Philippines ports to break the hemp corner. Manila hemp price at 14.5 cents and Mexican sisal at 14 cents. opening ports expected to push Manila hemp to 10 cents. London speculators and smugglers blamed. natives said to be cooperative. Mexican sisal thriving as Manila hemp, only fiber suitable for marine rope, remains in demand.
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Root
New York
Otis
Philippines
American Manufacturing Company
Manila
Philippine
London
Sulzer Resolution Delayed In House Over Treasury Bank Ties
In Washington on January 3 the House, in a brief session, debated Mr. Sulzer of New York’s resolution demanding Treasury Dept records on deposits and dealings with National City bank and related banks since 1897. The measure was referred to Ways and Means, while questions of personal privilege and a separate Roberts resolution were noted. A McRae joint resolution on Philippine sovereignty was also introduced.
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Treasury Office
Washington
House
Sulzer
New York
Treasury Department
National City Bank
Committee On
Gaines
Tennessee
Roberts
Tressury
House of Representatives
Treasury Department of the United States
Tanover National Bank
City of
Ways and Means
Representative McRae
Arkansas
United States
Philippine Islands
Resolution to Report Sulzer Measure For Treasury Info
January 3 A committee led by Chairman ayne and associates discussed the Sulzer resolution after adjournment. They plan to report the measure soon with changes to omit named banks and broaden the inquiry to all banks, avoiding personal inferences. The report aims to pass promptly with debate delayed until treasury information is provided.
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Sulzer
F Washmeter
Secretary of the Treasury
Davis May Be Out Of A Job Resignation Of Webster Davis
Washington January 8 Webster Davis assistant secretary of the interior will not resume duties and his resignation is expected He is now in South Africa Friction has long existed in the interior department and his leave of absence was to mark the end of it
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Webster Davis
Washington
South Africa
Interior Department
Davis
Georgia
Fulton County
Luther, Sr
Hulsey
Eugenia E Clarke
Marsal J Clarke
Four Persons Die By Gas In New York Carousal
In New York on January 3 the bodies of George F Gallagher, a former New Orleans police officer, and Nellie Walsh were found in a Second Avenue apartment. They died from gas asphyxiation during a New Year’s celebration. A tattoo on Walsh’s arm read George Frank Gallagher New Orleans La. Another two men, Wiro Walpuski and a window cleaner found injured by gas on Twenty Fourth Street, were identified as participants in the same incident and are believed to have died by their own hand.
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New York
George F. Gallagher
Nellie Walsh
Second Avenue
Gallagher
New Orleans
George Frank Gallagher
Twenty-fourth Street
Wiro Walpuski
Morocco
Actress Minnie Seligman Cutting Seeks Divorce
Minnie Seligman Cutting, noted actress, filed for divorce from husband Robert Cutting in the circuit court. Through her attorney ex Governor Johnston she alleges desertion. married July 28, 1892 at Mammoth Beach New Jersey and separated October 18, 1898. He has remained away since.
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Minnie Seligman Cutting
St. Louis
Johnston
Circuit Court
Robert Cutting
Mammoth Beach
N. J
Prominent Southernner Dies in California
Stockton California January 8 Peter S Wilkes attorney and former Confederate Congress member is dead at his home aged seventy four He was born in Tennessee and moved to Missouri where he graduated in 1852 He was elected to the Missouri state legislature a week after graduation During the last year of the war he served in the Confederate Congress After the war he fled to Mazatlan Mexico and returned about twenty five years ago to Stockton California
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Confederate Congress
California
Stockton
Cal
Peter S.wilkes
Tennessee
Missouri
Wilkes
Mazatlan
Mexico
Republicans and Populists Plan Fusion in North Carolina
In Raleigh on January 3 special report states Cyrus Thompson, Populist chairman, called a January 1 meeting to discuss fusion likely in late April after the Democratic convention set for April 17. The Republican convention is scheduled for May 24. Reported plan repeats past fusions with injunctions as a tactic to counter the new election law.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Cyrus Thompson
Carte Blanche
War policy debate spurs Pettigrew and Foraker measures
Senators clashed over wartime policy and financial bills. Pettigrew's resolution questioned Otis and Aguinaldo talks, while Foraker introduced a Porto Rico government bill outlining a governor, supreme court, insular legislature, and citizenship extending to residents with a US delegate.
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Pettigrew
Secretary of War
Senate
General Torres
Philippine Army
General Otis
Aguinaldo
Otis
Porto Rico
Foraker
Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Tresisland
Committee Hears Claims On US Spain Citizens
Washington January 3 The senate committee on foreign relations reported on Senator Bars resolutions about claims of U S citizens against Spain The committee lists a schedule of claims totaling over a million dollars and notes the total is uncertain due to records The remedy suggested is diplomatic negotiations.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Spain
State Department
Tragedy at Christmas Dance in Montgomery Alabama
Details the shooting death of Lester Carter at a Madison county farmhouse dance. Carter, seen with Miss McLemore, was shot shortly after she left him in the hall. Claims point to Miss McLemore’s father as the killer. Second arrest of Jim Taylor follows as Brice McLemore stands trial.
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Leslie Carter
Montgomery
Ala
Lester Carter
Taylor Farmhouse
Madison County
Carter
Miss McLemore
McLemore
Huntsville
Jim Taylor
N. P. Taylor
Brice McLemore
Stewart
Richardson
States Object of the League General Counsel Willett Interviewed
Anniston Alabama January 3 Special A reporter of The Constitution called on Mr JF J Willett in Anniston to learn the extent and object of the Commercial Travelers and Hotel Men's Anti-Trust League now attracting nationwide attention. Willett said the league, elected general counsel and committee chair in New York, includes over thirty thousand commercial travelers and many hotels. The league aims to defend against trusts, not a political movement, by policing and punishing parties that foster trusts. Drummers, with about ten face to face talks daily, are central to its influence, with the aim to check trusts and limit their growth. headquarters are at the St James building in New York City.
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Willett
Anniston
Ala
JF J Willett
Willetta
New York
Wallett
League
Asn
United States
Commercial Travelers and
Aéens
William Hoge
St James Ding
New York City
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Pilcher
Colesberg
Douglass
Dover Farm
Joubert
Ladysmith
War Office
London Volunteer Corps
Honorable Artillery Company
Ireland
Sidney Robert Greville
Prince of Wales
Lord Pallabury
Schomberg McDonnell
Salisbury
Savannah Harbor
Gaynor Brothers
Commissioner Shields
Eastern
Delagos Bay
B. W. Grove
Messrs
Aldrich
Chandler
Hawkey
Hawley
Hoar
New Hampshire
Committee
Liebig Company
Hood
Kesia Westbrook
Cheboygan, Mich
Es Hood
DR. Tanner & CO
Gould
Decatur Street
Atlanta
Tutt
Lemore
Taylor
BIC Blaz
Caines
A W
Terday Fe
Garresy
Harris
Rome
Esram
Guyer
Acrops Harris
Jalvara
Ave
Mas
Hove
Arnind Hy
Tory
Inxford
Edgar Modoh
Ted
ABS
Niewspapen
Bachive
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