Filipino General Samson Surrenders and Lopez Hanged for Treason
Manila reports General Samson and all Boho insurgent chiefs surrender with 28 cannon and 65 guns. Senor Lopez, arrested in Batangas for treason, is hanged after reportedly ordering a massacre of 173 Spanish prisoners who were to be led to safety. only 30 Spaniards escape. Governor Taft departs for San Francisco amid demonstrations as Col. Dougherty’s column burns insurgent barracks in Laguna and Batangas. one American private wounded in Batangas engagement.
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Manila
Taft
San Francisco
United States
Grant
Samson
Bohol
Batangas
Twenty-first Infantry
E. T. Conley
Subig Bay
Laguna
Batangas Province
Dougherty
Laghna
Senor Lopez
Sixto Lopez
Aguinaldo
Insurrection in Venezuela Rumbles Eastward as Rebels Arm
Reports from Fort de France on December 25 describe a serious revolt against the Castro government. General Mendosa and General Cedeno lead forces toward La Victoria near Caracas and aim to rescue Ramon Guerra from Puerto Cabello fortress. Insurgents receive more arms while Venezuela braces for further clashes near Barquisimeto and Falcon.
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Fort de France
Castro
Venezuela
Luciano Mendosa
Cedeno
General Mendosa
Arasua
General Cedeno
Puerto Cabello
la Victoria
Caracas
Ramon Guerra
Puert Cabello
Barquisimeto
Lara
Falcon
Restaurador
Trespo
General Matos
Banrigh
Senor Matos
Antwerp
Vila de Coura
Carabobo
Valencia
Falke
Porto Cabello
Utrecht
Laguary
Vatican denies Scalbrini papal delegate report
Rome December 25 There is no truth to a report that Monsignor Scalibrini archbishop of Piacenza was selected as papal delegate to the United States and begged the pope to decline. The Vatican says no such appointment was intended. New Haven December 25 Yale receives 30000 from Herbert K Smith Melissa Smith and Ernest W Smith to fund a memorial for Isaac E Smith and support current academy expenses.
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Rome
United 43
Monsignor Scalbrini
Piacenza
United States
Martinelli
Vatican
Monsignor
Scal ®Rini
Washington Post
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Herbert K. Smith
Melissa Smith
Ernest W. Smith
New York
Edward C. Smith
Yale
Corporation of the University
Isaac E. Smith
Turmoil in Macedonia Provokes Diplomatic Pleas
Constantinople on December 25 reports rising murder and looting in Macedonian villages. Assassination and outrages by armed groups threaten inhabitants, prompting consuls to seek action from embassies and foreign ministers to pressure the Porte to stop the violence.
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Constantinople
Macedonia
Rathbun Accepts Sentence in Manslaughter Case
Jeffersonville Ind Dec 26 Newell C Rathbun who was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to the Indiana reformatory for from 4 to 21 years for causing the death of Charles Goodman in this city last month will not ask for a new trial.
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Rathbun
Jeffersonville
Ind
Newell C. Rathbun
Indiana Reformatory
Charles Goodman
Mining expert Clarence H. King Dies in Phoenix
Clarence H. King a renowned mining expert and engineer died in Phoenix Arizona on Christmas Day from pulmonary trouble at age 58 He helped organize the United States Geological Survey and was widely recognized in his field.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Clarence H. King
United States Geological Survey
Inquest Held on Albert Jones Case in Tyler
The inquest into the killing of Edward Glaze in the county last week was conducted before Justice McKay. Albert Jones was denied bond and remanded to jail after the proceedings.
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Tyler
Tex
Albert Jones
Edward Glaze
McKay
Jones
Tragedy at Panola canal plant wagon accident
Lake Charles La Dec 25 John Murphy an employee of S A Robertson fell from his wagon while hauling a load of lumber to the Panola canal plant and was run over suffering fatal injuries.
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Lake Charles
Panola Canal
John Murphy
S. A. Robertson
Suits Filed Against Insurance Firms Over Market House
City Attorney Sam filed 11 suits totaling 40000 dollars against multiple insurance companies over coverage for the market house. The action aggregates the claims across all defendants and emphasizes financial recovery sought by city authorities.
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Houston
Sam
Paris Fatal Laundanum Overdose Death at Pecan Gap
Paris Texas December 25 T BE McCreary dies at home in Pecan Gap from an overdose of laudanum.
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Paris
Tex
T. BE. McCreary
Pecan Gap
London urged to press Chile-Argentine dispute
New York December 25 report from The Tribune's London correspondent says the government is expected to reply favorably to Chile's request for Britain to use its influence to hasten a settlement of the dispute with Argentina.
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New York
London
The
Tribune
Chili
Chilean dispute sighted as Argentina moves posts
The Tribuna reports from Buenos Ayres that the second Chili proposal is acceptable and both governments will sign a protocol. Argentina will withdraw its police station from Cerro Palique and transfer it to Los Morros, eastward. Chile will move its station to Puerto Consuelo, keeping the contested zone intact.
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New York
The
Tribuna
Roca
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Cerro Palique
Los Morros
Chill
Puerto Consuelo
Christmas Eve at Potsdam With Kaiser William
A Berlin dispatch to the London Times via the New York Times reports Emperor William's Christmas Eve celebration at Potsdam. All the Kaiser's children attended except Prince Adelbert who was in the Mediterranean. Nine Christmas trees stood in the Muschelsaal and a large gingerbread cake was presented to the Kaiser by the Forst Foot guards at 5 PM.
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New York
Berlin
London Times
Emperor William
New Palace
Potsdam
New York Times
Adelbert
Mediterranean
Muschelsaal
Forst Foot Guards
Beaumont Tragedy: Jefferson Wilkerson Shot Dead
Beaumont Texas December 25 Jeff Wilkerson a switchman was shot near the Trinity and Crockett streets intersection. Will Smith known as One-Eyed Smith a bridge carpenter was arrested and jailed. Wilkerson died from a head wound with the ball lodging at the brain base. Wilkinson’s face was powder burned. He is about 36, leaving a childless wife and recently moved from Galveston four months ago.
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Beaumont
Tex
Jeff Wilkerson
Trinity and Crockett
Will Smith
Smith
Wilkerson
Wilkinson
Galveston
Pioneer Guide Dead in Colorado at 74
C. C. Bangs a well known Colorado pioneer guide and Indian fighter and friend of wit Carson died in Altona Boulder county aged 74. He came to Colorado from Missouri in 1860 after a Mexican war veteran and grip caused his death. He leaves one son and three daughters with two daughters in Salt Lake and others in Denver.
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Denver
Wit Carson
Colorado
Altona
Boulder County
Colo
Bangs
Missouri
Salt Lake
Fires in Texas and Mexico Burn Large Cotton, Homes, Goods
A roundup from Granbury to Ridgeway reports extensive fires. About 75 bales of cotton burned on a railroad platform. total on site and cars around 600 bales. Loss to platform and cars about 300 dollars. Mrs. Wilson’s residence at Bolivar destroyed, valued around 2000 with no insurance. W F White Produce Company egg and poultry house at Bonham partly burned, loss 1500 insured. Frank B James commissary at Montclove, Mexico, burned for 150000 in Mexican currency. Grand Saline cotton yard fire destroyed 90 bales, loss 4000. R W Harris Co store at Ridgeway burned, loss 2000 with 1250 insured. Lyons reports Mexican weevils revived by heat after being found in driftwood. farmers see potential for winter pests after freezes.
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Granbury
Tex
Bonham
Frank B. James
Montclove
Mex
Grand Saline
F. P. Lybrand
R. W. Harris & Co
Ridgeway
Expulsion of A. R. Jones Co. brokers upheld by judge
Chicago December 25 Judge Hanecy affirmed the expulsion of Arthur R. Jones and Michael J. Ryan from A. R. Jones & Co brokers on the board of trade. The temporary injunction sought to restrain enforcement of the expulsion was dissolved. The two men will appeal.
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Chicago
Arthur R. Jones
Michael J. Ryan
A. R. Jones & Co
Board of Trade
Hanecy
Tuley
Gypsum Firms Unite as United States Gypsum Co
Chicago December 25 the consolidation of 25 gypsum companies forming the United States Gypsum company with 10 million dollars in paid up capital aims to expand plaster manufacturing over lime use. Ennis Texas December 24 Ed Drake white man seriously wounded in a bowels injury with intestines damaged. John Watson a local Black man arrested as crowds gather amid Christmas shopping excitement.
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Chicago
United States
Ennis
Tex
Ed Drake
John Watson
Goebel reward act constitutionality tested in Kentucky
Suit filed in Franklin circuit court challenges the Goebel reward commission act of 1900 which appropriated 100000 dollars for capturing Goebel murderers. Plaintiff David M. Covington of Leslie County sues as citizen and taxpayer.
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Frankfort
Franklin
Goebel
Wm. Goebel
David M. Covington
Leslie County
Casualties in Damant’s clash at Tafel Kop reported heavier
London reports confirm the December 20 engagement at Tafel Kop Orange River Colony saw three British officers and 29 men killed and five officers and 35 men wounded as Boers in British yeoman dress defended the kopje against Col. Damant’s advance guard.
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London
Col. Damant
Tafel Kop
Orange River Colony
Rock Island Railroad plans 76 mile line extension
Guthrie O T December 25 The Rock Island Railroad company filed with the territorial secretary a notice to extend its line from Anadarko O T to a point on the main line near Addington I T amounting to 76 miles of railroad construction.
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Guthrie, O. T
Rock Island Railroad Company
Territorial
Anadarko
O. T
Addington
I. T
Drowned Worker in Cotton Belt Lake Near Redwater Mill
John Haviland an employee of the Imperial Lumia company at Redwater, twenty miles west of Texarkana, fell into a lake near the mill and drowned.
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Texarkana
Ten
John Haviland
Imperial Lumia’ Company
Redwater
Here
Creek Indian Confesses to Tulsa Farmer Murder
Guthrie Oklahoma December 25 Soda Fife a Creek Indian is alleged to have confessed to the murder of Louis Wilson a prosperous farmer near Tulsa in May 1897 this startling confession adds a new twist to a long unsolved case.
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Guthrie
O. T
Soda Fife
Louis Wilson
Tulsa
Monroe Edge Offers Bargain City And Country Properties
Monroe Edge, land agent, advertises 40 acres near oil mill with city and outlying parts, a new house, wells, sheds, and 40 acres for sale cheap. Also lists multiple city lots, 5 room houses, stables, cisterns, and a large boarding house. Encourages quick contact and notes 14,000 acres of farm and ranch lands and weekly papers for details.
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Oil Mill
City Mill
City
A. B. Ballard
Free Baptist Church
College Road
Jeff ‘Franklin
Oi Park
Bon Ton
For Sale Listings Near Allen Academy
South half of block near Allen Academy priced at 550 dollars, about 1.25 acres near the pear schoolhouse in the southeast town with a small new cottage tenant house and well on premises priced at 1000 dollars. A six room house and one lot on the town’s west side priced at 1250 dollars, brick cistern on premises, four blocks from main street. Also other city property.
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Oi Mill
J. & G. N. Depot
Allen Academy
Ain Street
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Lopez
General Meduso
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Switchman
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E. Grieser
Texas
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Lyons
J. B. Jones
Rock Island Extension
Monroe Edge
Bryan Property
City Market
Messrs. Smith & Adams
John W. Hicks
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
J.D. Franklin
Main Street
Brogdon
J. D. Franklin
W. A. Watkins
City Mall
Bryan
J. R. Astin
Astin & Bethea
Criminal
Astin
Andy
Nabors Brothers
J. F. Parks
Sable
Nabors Bros
John Wiitman
Ood
Seg
Paul Jones
J. E. Ponder
Bexposition
Louiaville, Ky
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Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos. W
Liza
Dray Line
F. A. Lee
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