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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1899
Page
6
British forces report ongoing losses while Safe-Guarded Investment warns of monthly 1 percent returns. At Zing Co Ltd Made Military seeks to control Luzon’s northwest, with new garrisons forming and ports slated to open around January 1. Movements of the forces are underway.
A British report states the Gcount of Tugela at 30 with killed or wounded figures. The article notes wounded coverage across miles and references the armistice request by British forces.
Gatare copies Weyler imposing concentration measures and fears a repeat of the dread results. The item notes concern over similar policies causing displacement and hardship in affected areas.
Helen Gould contributes 500 dollars to the fund aiding Lawton's widow. The total may reach fifty thousand dollars as contributions continue to arrive.
Total Lawton fund subscriptions reach 14329.55 by noon Christmas Day and may rise to 50000. Secretary Root and Adjutant General Corbin urged about 150 bankers and business leaders in New York, with major pledges from William Vanderbilt J Pierpont Morgan G P Huntington Thomas F Ryan and Helen Gould. Chicago merchants report 1900 raised and San Francisco citizens 830 so far.
Alexander H. Reve ll, in charge of the Chicago fund for General Lawton's family, telegraphed Adjutant General Corbin that the total raised in Chicago by this evening is 2102 dollars. Among today’s subscriptions was 100 dollars from the Hon. Robert T. Lincoln.
A movement among the National Association of Spanish American veterans aims to raise a monument honoring Major General Henry W. Lawton. The effort centers in Lawton’s home region of Lancaster Pennsylvania and begins December 2.
In Pietermaritzburg on December 25 the Hon. Mrs. Goldman daughter of Lord Peel and sister of Mrs. Rochfort Maguire is highlighted among nurses tending wounded British soldiers. Her husband accompanied her and was delayed by an accident in Ladysmith. Mrs. Goldman later led mercy work from Pietermaritzburg with her husband at her side.
In a Transvaal service the preacher claims natives cannot own land, prompting audience chants of Same law in Natal and protests over Boer denial of native marriage rights. A mention of Chamberlain sparks hoots as the doxology ends and the benediction is given in the name of the Prince of Peace.
Lowell report states smallpox patient John F. Ryan is in critical condition tonight. Doctors say without improvement within a few hours the patient cannot live.
It is reported in Sydney that bubonic plague has appeared in Noumea, capital of New Caledonia. Ten Kanakas have died and four white residents have been attacked as the disease spreads.
Police investigate a fall on Boylston Street near Charles Street that left Daniel Casey 11 Wharf Street in a coma with a fractured skull. A 24 year old man seen with him is sought as a potential accomplice in what may become a manslaughter case.
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