Invasion Check Reported in Cape Colony Boer Move
Lord Kitchener reports Boer movement into Cape Colony checked with eastern column north of Zoutpansberg and west column turned toward Brittstown and Prieska. French and Clements engage Boers south of Magaliesberg while Beyers and Delarey commandos are pursued near the Magaliesberg. Capetown warns of rail damage dynamite stockpiles and suspected colonial forces joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Cape Colony
Zoutpansberg Range
Brittstown
Prieska
Dewet
Senekal
French
Clements
Magaliesberg
Potchefstroom
Gordon
Sliphantsnes
Rpridstown
de Aar Junction
Beyers
Delarey
IxXreuse
Colville
Vilafontein
Cape Town
Trans
de Agrand
Bloemfontein
Victoria
Outpans
Fletermaritzburg
Daily Mail
Doctor Stabbed by Patient at Battle Creek Sanitarium
Dr J H Kellorg superintendent of the Battle Creek Adventist sanitarium was stabbed by a patient who is the wife of Dr Patant a Dallas physician. Officials say the injury is not serious though Mrs Patant has shown signs of insanity and recently arrived at the sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
J. H. Kellorg
Poisoner Convicted in Sigourney Murder Case
Sarah Kuhn was found guilty of first degree murder by a Sigourney jury for poisoning her husband. The jury recommended life imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary, with sentence deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Iowa
Sarah Kuhn
Held for Trial in Amery as Theft Suspect
Amery Wisconsin December 25 Frank Roe bek is charged with stealing Abe Johnson's camp property on the 19th of the month. Deputy Sheriff Fox arrested him and brought him to town where he was held for trial on December 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amery
Wis
Frank Roebek
Abe Johnson
Fox
Balaton Completes Water Works System
Balaton Minnesota December 25 completed a full water works system and the village council has accepted it. Balaton now features one of the finest water supply systems in Southwestern Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balaton
Highwayman Killed as Officer Riordan Stops Robbery
In Chicago on December 25 Policeman Timo thy Riordan killed known highwayman Edward Dunaven during a street robbery. The duo had just assaulted and robbed John Darnenmann of $12 before their confrontation.
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Chicago
Timothy Riordan
Edward Dunaven
John Darnenmann
McDonough Torpedo Boat Destroyer to Be Launched
The McDonough, a torpedo boat destroyer under construction at Fore River Engine Works in East Braintree Massachusetts, will be launched today with Mrs Lucy McDonough Reed to christen the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonough
East Braintree
Mass
Fore River
Lucy McDonough Reed
Watchman Found Dead in Louisville after Robbery
John Kappleman a private watchman was found near his workplace with his brains beaten out. His pockets had been rifled of wages he had received the night before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
John Kappleman
Congress Adjourns for Holidays After Death of Frye’s Wife
In Washington on December 22 the Senate, honoring the death of Mrs. William P. Frye, adjourned until January 3, 1901. Senator Fairbanks led the session. Rev. Dr. Milburn gave the invocation. a conference on business order followed. the house adjourned briefly for the memory of Representative Wife of Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
William P. Frye
Fairbanks
W. H. Milburn
Frye
Virginia
Williamsburg
Gen Lee Says US Flag To Remain In Cuba
Gen Fitzhugh Lee told the Merchants Exchange in St Louis that the Stars and Stripes now float over Matanzas El Caney Morro Havana and that the flag will stay there prompting astonishment and speculation about Cuba's future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Matanzas
el Caney
Morro
Havana
Venezuela Is Meek Promises for American Interests
Washington December 22 assurances come from Venezuelan diplomatic representatives that American interests will be protected in the dispute between miners and Aspinwall concessionists. The formal order assigning Hartford under Capt Hawley to a Venezuelan port has achieved the effect. U S Minister Loomis is authorized to insist on American rights in the mining privilege dispute between rival companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aspinwall
Hartford
Hawley
United States
Loomis
Schley Near Retirement From South Atlantic Command
Washington reports Rear Admiral W. S. Schley will be detached from his post as commander in chief of the South Atlantic station in the coming spring and ordered to return to the United States. The move precedes his retirement in October upon reaching sixty two years of age after a tenure at the station since November of last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. S. Schley
South Atlantic
United States
Schley
Murder at Cubitas Store Connects Three Week Slayings
In Cubitas near Santiago Cuba a storekeeper is found murdered with a blunt instrument after a robbery. Police report the killer resided in the city and did not use a machete, the usual weapon of the region, marking the third murder in three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Cuba
Cubitas
Preliminary hearing for Crawford saloonkeeper in Little Bat killing
Chadron Neb Dec 22 The preliminary hearing of J W Haguewood for killing Little Bat Sioux scout was held yesterday. The defense claimed Little Bat was quarrelsome and armed but the court refused bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Bat
Chadron
Neb
J. W. Haguewood
Crawford
Paris Chamber Delays Interpellation Motion
The chamber of deputies, at the request of Premier Waldeck Rousseau, voted 309 to 192 to postpone M Lassès motion to interpellate the government on the Major Culnet incident. The decision shelves the Nationalist attack and grants the government a vote of confidence by finishing all other orders of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Waldeck- Rousseau
M. Lasses
Maj. Culenet
Stabbed to Death at Mansfield Mines
Crystal Falls Michigan December 22 Fedalia Cesche a Mansfield township clerk and prominent Italian was stabbed to death at the Mansfield mines. His slayer is at large. Two men have been arrested on suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Falls
Mich
Fedalia Cesche
Mansfield Township
Mansfield Mines
Albany Navy Cruiser Grounds in Subig Bay Floated Off
A cable from Admiral Remey reported the cruiser Albany went aground in Subig bay but was later floated off. This shipping note confirms the incident and recovery status with no injuries mentioned.
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Washington
Navy Department
Remey
Albany
Subig Bay
Accident Fatality In Public Roadside Incident
Bevel Hagel a new arrival from Russia died from an accidental shotgun discharge as he removed it from a buggy in Harvey New Died December 22 after the mishap.
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Harvey
N. D
Bevel Hagel
Russia
Two Boys Killed in Wagon Coal Mine Car Accident
In Akron Ohio on December 22 a mine descent party was struck by a wild mine car. Fred Miner aged fifteen and Harry Miner aged fifteen were killed while three others were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Wagner
Fred Miner
Harry Miner
Li Hung Chang Health Deteriorates in Old Age
London dispatch reports from Pekin that Li Hung Chang’s health, affected by advanced age, is causing widespread anxiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Li
London
the Times
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Washington War Official Shot by Former Clerk in Daring Office Tragedy
In Washington on December 25, Frank Morris, auditor of the war department, was shot in his Seventeenth Street office by Samuel MacDonald, a former disbursing clerk. MacDonald wounded Morris then shot himself, later dying from his injuries after an emergency operation. Cusick was mildly injured and MacDonald had plotted revenge after a February payroll dispute and a salary cut.
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Washington
Frank H. Morris
Ohio
War Department
Winder Building
Seventeenth Street
Samuel R. MacDonald
Mr. Morris
MacDonald
Morris
Cusic
Cusick
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
Sherman
Vanderlip
Fire in Summit Hill Burning Mine Under Control After 42 Years
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania officials say the burning mine at Summit Hill started forty two years ago is now under control. Two large drilling machines have honeycombed the ground to the west of the burning area as calm fills the holes and a solid mass is expected to confront the fire. The fire has already consumed about thirty five acres of premium anthracite coal land and is moving toward Lansford.
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Pennsylvania
Tamaqua
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Summit Hill
Lansford
Street Car Strike Grips Scranton Transit Past Christmas
In Scranton Pennsylvania all 300 Scranton Railway car and barn employees obeyed a strike starting at 6 am. Only two Lackawanna Railway cars operated, crewed by Superintendent Patterson and dispatchers, foremen, and clerks. Rain limited ridership and no disturbances occurred.
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Scranton
Scranton Railway Company
Lackawanna Railway
Patterson
Postal Clerks Suspended in St. Joseph Irregularities
Postoffice inspectors in St. Joseph Missouri have suspended three of the oldest clerks on charges of destroying mail matter after two weeks of secret probing. Patrons complained they could not receive publications, prompting an investigation. The offense is punishable by imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Postoffice
Five Shetland fishing boats missing after Aberdeen storm
A Aberdeen dispatch reports five Shetland fishing boats missing since last week’s storm and fears that twenty seven fishermen may have drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aberdeen
Shetland
Nebraska Snowstorm Delays Trains Across Lincoln
A heavy snow storm blanketed Nebraska with four inches in Lincoln and continuing snowfall. The blizzard like conditions slowed rail traffic and delayed trains across the region on Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Treaty Signed by McKinley Amid British Agreement Hopes
Amendments to the Hay Pauncefote treaty certified to the state department and sent to the White House for the president’s signature. The amended document will go to London by tomorrow’s steamer. Officials believe Lord Salisbury may accept the changes, and Lord Pauncefote has signaled Britain’s readiness to approve after current discussions fade.
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Pauncefote
England
Washington
State Department
Secretary of State
White House
London
Lord Salisbury
Lord Pauncefote
Hay
Two Bandits Implicated in Cudahy Abduction
Omaha reports a development in the Cudahy kidnapping noting two bandits involved, with one outlaw eliminated. Eddie Cudahy identified a dark complexioned man with a black mustache as not matching the suspect after a confrontation in Donahue's office.
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Young Cudahy
Omaha
Cudahy
Maud Munshaw
Donahue
Eddie Cudahy
Gales Off England Halt Shipping. Heinrich Reaches Queenstown
In the English Channel vicinity a gale slowed shipping. The German vessel Heinrich, Captain Sanger, could not sail beyond 250 miles west of Ireland and must dock for repairs as the crew worked exhausted at pumps. The British steamer Karoon, Captain Freeman, from Philadelphia, reports passing a Leyland line steamer off the Irish coast during the gale, listed at a 45 degree angle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Queenstown
Heinrich
Sanger
Ireland
Karoon
Freeman
Philadelphia
Dee
Cork
Leyland Line
Tornado Strikes Alabama Causing Deaths and Destruction
News arrives of a tornado in western Noxubee county and western Pileckens Sumter counties Alabama. One house on the Sparkman place is destroyed a Ross place residence wrecked with furniture lost. John Windham storehouse barns destroyed several mules killed two named Negroes Wash Oliver and an unnamed man killed.
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Alabama
Macon
Miss
Noxubee County
Pileckens
Sumter
Sparkman Place
Ross Place
Cooksville
John Windham
Nancy
Wash Oliver
Cloak for Political Plans in Nearer Orient
Novoe Vremya urges Russia to watch Germany's activity in the Near East warning that German and Turkish moves in the Persian Gulf may mask political aims. paper notes Germany's industrial drive as veiling strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Orient
St. Petersburg
Turkey
Persian Gulf
Novoe Vremya
Death for Kidnappers proposed by Illinois assembly
The Illinois general assembly to convene in January will be asked to make kidnapping for ransom punishable by death. Spurred by the Edward Cudahy case in Omaha and the $25,000 ransom paid, Chicago representatives are drafting bills to extend the gallows penalty to similar crimes in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois General Assembly
Edward Cudahy
Omaha
McCoy Declares Return to Heavyweight Route
Kid McCoy spoke at the New York wharf amid plans to face major heavies Jeffries Fitzsimmons Corbett and Sharkey. He cited offers from Hot Springs and Cincinnati to fight Sharkey and said he will not return to the middleweight class.
Fire destroys Hotchkiss building and two firms in Bridgeport
In Bridgeport Connecticut on December 25 the Hotchkiss company building burned down causing an estimated loss of 380000. The blaze also affected the Ives Manufacturing company and the Connecticut Clasp company which occupied the same structure and suffered stock losses. About 400 workers were employed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Hotchkiss Company
Ives Manufacturing Company
Connecticut Clasp Company
Romania declines Russia loan offer amid conditions
London reports Russia proposed a 16 million loan to Romania to ease its financial crisis but Romania declined the offer due to attached conditions that would undermine Romania's independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
London
Roumania
Vienna
Daily Express
Train Wreck Near Texarkana Kills Fireman After Cow Collision
A Texas and Pacific passenger train from Laredo and Fort Worth derailed ten miles west of Texarkana Arkansas after striking a cow. The engine left the rails and overturned. The fireman is dead.
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Texarkana
Ark
Texas & Pacific
Laredo
Fort Worth
Here
Manitoba cabinet grows to five with new minister
Winnipeg December 25 The Manitoba cabinet has been increased to five members with Robert Rogers sworn in as minister of public works and McFadden taking the provincial secretaryship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Robert Rogers
McFadden
Kidnapping of Edward Cudahy Jr Ends in Return
In Omaha, Edward Cudahy Jr was freed after a ransom of 25000 in gold was paid by his father. The boy, held for 36 hours, described a masked gang guiding him away by carriage to a distant location. Police and Pinkertons sought the conspirators, who numbered six, with a key sister-target motive emerging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Edward Cudahy
Cudahy
Melville
Eddie Cudahy
Missouri River
Police
Mr. Cudahy
Mrs Katharine Spaith Dies at 18 in Lancaster
Mrs Katharine Spaith aged 18 is dead in Lancaster Pa. The Spaith family is well known with relatives in Two Harbors Minnesota and at Two Warvers Minn. She lived three miles south of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Spaith
Two Warvers
Minn
Lancaster
Far West
Two Harbors
Spaith
Murdered Woman Found in River Near Tiltonville
The body of a richly dressed young woman about twenty with bracelet and three rings bearing the initials A K was found in the river at Tiltonville Steubenville Ohio on December 22. Her throat showed wounds suggesting foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
A. K
Tiltonville
Smallpox Closes Lake City Schools in Iowa
Lake City Iowa has shut public schools due to smallpox. Two cases reported in the city both occurred in children who had attended school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake City
Iowa
Grinnell
Roosevelt joins Oyster Bay lodge and other brief items
The report notes Governor Roosevelt elected a member of Matinict Lodge No 806 in Oyster Bay L I. It cites British shareholders profits in American breweries for 1900 nearly one third greater than 1899. Count von Bluhal, a German field marshal, died at Quelléndorf. Influenza in St Petersburg yields highest weekly mortality in a decade. Diplomatic ties between Mexico and Austria, suspended after Emperor Maximilian’s execution, seem unfounded.
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Roosevelt
Matinict
W Lodge
Oyster Bay
L. I
Count von Bluhal
Quelléndorf
Duchy of Anhalt
St. Petersburg
Mexico
Austria
Maximilian
Markets Daily Grain and Live Stock Prices Across Cities
Grain and live stock quotations from Saint Paul Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee Chicago Sioux City and South St. Paul dated Dec 25 show wheat and corn prices by grade, oats and rye values, and cattle hogs and sheep quotes. The reports list No 2 Northern wheat at 69 to 73 cents, corn around 33 to 39 cents, and mixed livestock values with varying ranges across centers.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Sioux City
Iowa
Texas
South St. Paul
Miss Alta Rockefeller Arrives After Deafness Cure
Miss Alta Rockefeller arrives in New York aboard the Campania with fiance E Parmelee Prentice of Chicago and aunt Miss O M Spellman. She had been treated by Dr Miller of Vienna who reportedly cured her deafness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alta Rockefeller
E. Parmelee Prentice
Chicago
OU. M. Spellman
Campania
Imports of Specie and Goods in New York
The week ending December 25 saw imports of specie totaling 8,825 in gold and 27,787 in silver. Gold and silver exports to all countries reached 1,467,185 in silver bars and coin plus 142,000 in gold. Dry goods and merchandise imports into New York were valued at 1,120,099.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Youth Fatally Shoots Father in Wentworth Avenue Home
In Chicago on December 25 Albert Albertson aged 17 shot and killed his father at the Wentworth avenue home to stop abuse of his mother and prevent a beating with a poker. He was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killes
Chicago
Albert Albertson
Wentworth Avenue
Albert
Ship Iveria Wreck Causes Seven Drownings Near Sweden
The sailing ship Iveria was wrecked Friday near Godberg Sweden. Seven crewmen were drowned and three survived the calamity. Two of the three survivors died on a nearby uninhabited island while the remaining man was rescued yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Iveria
Godberg
Sweden
Navy Begins Winter Cruise Into Southern Waters
The battleships Kearsarge and Massachusetts depart Newport News on the annual winter cruise of the North Atlantic fleet. They will be joined later by the Alabama and torpedo fleet in Southern waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Kearsarge
Massachusetts
North Atlantic
Alabama and Torpedo Fleet
Cardinalate for Archbishop Martinelli Reported
Reports from Rome confirm Archbishop Martinelli will be elevated to the cardinalate, with the appointment expected next month. The papal legation in Washington relays the news as definite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinelli
Washington
Rome
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Johannesburg
Congress
Venezuela
Ss. H. MacDonald
Hin
Muridlcver
MaceDonald Mas
Long Horne
M'Kinley
Cudahys
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