British and Boer Forces Clash Amid Move Toward Ladysmith
Dispatches from Pretoria and London detail heavy fighting as Methuen reports desultory fire turning to major cannon exchanges. Boers retreat from key positions near Magersfontein while British forces suffer thousands of casualties and rely on balloons for observation. Multiple reports cite reinforcements, river battles, and shelling of farmhouses, with evolving control around Colenso and Tugela defenses.
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Pretoria
Cronje
Finnbart
Modder River
Methuens
War News From Colenso And Orange River Fronts
London reports limited new detail on Struggle near Colenso with signs of a possible major battle as 38 guns hold good positions and Boers adopt Magersfontein tactics. Reports note McDonald to lead Highland Brigade in Cape command and Tucker to Cape to command a division. Casualties include Captain Bradshaw and three men killed with several wounded. Further dispatches cite patrols near Ramah and Zoutspan drift with Boer resistance and a retreat to Coemansberg.
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London
Colenso
Barton
Magersfontein
War Office
Zoutspan Drift
Methuen
Orange River
Hector McDonald
Omdurman
Mounted Infantry
Bradshaw
Yorkshires and
Lancashires
MacFarlane
Ramah
Oberholding
Coemansberg
Gregson
East Kents
Meldrim ex-postmaster guilty of embezzling 500 dollars
Savannah report states W. P. Carter former Meldrim postmaster and Populist official pled guilty in federal court to embezzling 500 dollars of postoffice funds. He was sentenced to two years in the Ohio penitentiary. A mercy plea cited friends' promised support that failed to materialize. An unrelated item notes a San Francisco coal bed examination.
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Savannah
W. P. Carter
Meldrim
Southern Pacific digs coal bed in Sonora near Benson route
A company sends experts to inspect a Sonora coal bed about 60 miles from the Sonora railway line from Benson, Arizona to Guayamas. The coal deposit cost the Southern Pacific 500000 dollars. The branch to the site cost 1500000 dollars. Newport Ten December 15 Rev Warren Randolph past of Central Baptist church Newport formerly Indianapolis pastor dies aged 94. Tyler Texas December 15 another smallpox case at Cotton Belt hospital. patient moved to pesthouse.
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Mexico
Sonora
Benson, Ariz
Guayamas
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Newport
R. L
Warren Randolph
Central Baptist Church of
First Baptist Church of
Indianapolis
Tyler
Tex
Cotton Belt Hospital
Dr William I Seymour to Visit Bryan Optical Clinic
Dr William I Seymour will be at the Exchange Hotel in Bryan from December 18 to 23 offering free eye consultations. Renowned as the state’s leading optician, he will examine hundreds of cases and provide his diagnostic methods with a full line of optical instruments.
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Wm. I. Seymour
Bryan
Exchange Hotel
Seymour
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