British Loss Great Fears Big Casualties In South Africa
London reports Lord Kitchener says General Rundle’s forces at Zoefontein were rushed by De Wet’s commando on December 24. Colonel Firmans gamp, about 400 men with two guns, suffered heavy casualties as De Wet’s attack penetrated a blockhouse complex near Bethlehem to Lindley. Two light-horse regiments pursue the Boers.
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London
Lord Kitchner
Johannesburg
Rundle
Firmans Gamp
Zoefontein
DeWet
Orange River Colony
Vereeniga
Volksrust
Harrismith
Kroonstadt
Bethlehem
Lindley
Firmans
Prankers Fire Back Injures Teens Near Robertson Gin
In Coper Texas Christmas prankers wandered the county at night taking wagons and buggies. J. W. Skelton spotted them and fired three buckshot shots injuring Y. Johnson and two men named Duckworth and Benyon. Benyon wounded in the arm and the others shot in the body. Johnson and Duckworth not expected to live. Sheriff Turbeville arrested Skelton who says he mistook them for thieves.
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Coper
Tex
Robertson Gin
J. W. Skelton
Y. Johnson
Duckworth
Benyon
Johnson
Turbeville
Skelton
Accident Shatters Terrell Youth in Firework Accident
Terrell Texas December 27 George Treadway a young man was accidentally shot six miles northeast while a group of boys fired fireworks a pistol discharged the ball struck the seventh rib area and lodged beneath the skin surgeons report the wound serious and unknown if internal organs were damaged. fog caused a Cincinnati collision the southbound express failed to stop at Hartwell striking a freight train injuring one passenger and two railroad men the wrecking train later killed Patrick McCoy and fatally injured William Nipper and Louis Tinbrink.
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Terrell
Tex
George Tread- Way
Cincinnati
Chicago
Hartwell
Patrick McCoy
William Nipper
Louis Tinbrink
Planter Pipkin Kills Brother-in-Law in Arkansas
In Forest City Arkansas John Pipkin a planter and merchant fatally shot his brother-in-law John Manus after a prior shooting at Pipkin’s store in which Pipkin and his two sons were wounded. Manus returned the next day and was killed.
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Little Rock
Ark
John Ptpkin
John Manus
Forest City
Manus
Pipkin
Christmas Eve Shooting Kills Former City Marshal
In Wynnewood Idaho Territory December 27 a group of young men were throwing tin cans while firing target rifles. Asa Aughtrey former city marshal was shooting and Doyle Norman postmaster’s son stood behind him when a gun fired accidentally striking Aughtrey in the back of the head and killing him instantly.
Miles Accepts His Censure in Washington
Lieutenant General Miles resumes command at the war department amid a controversy. He plans to proceed with prearranged official and social duties, aiming no delay to his future plans. In Savannah, Wm. Kavanaugh and Jack Diegan were fatally shot at Levan's cafe by bartender W. T. Dorrie, who fired in self defense after Diegan provoked him.
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Miles
Washington
Army
War Department
Savannah
Kavanaugh
Jack Diegan
Levan
Congress Street
W. T. Dorlie
Diegan
Main's
Circus
Dorrie
Piegan
Shot for a Burglar in San Antonio Mystery
Jo Stiby necromei collector for the San Antonio post office was shot and killed by B. H. Light who mistook him for a burglar in San Antonio on December 27. Local authorities investigated the fatal incident and no further details were released.
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San Antonio
Jo Stiby
B. H. Light
Letter From Mrs Sampson Sheds Light On Admiral Sampson Illness
John B Weeks of Champaign reports a letter from Mrs Elizabeth B Sampson stating Admiral Sampson is too ill to understand letters and would thank him for sympathy notes. She says the admiral is worn out after a long life of duty, physically comfortable but mentally exhausted, and notes events connected to Palmyra and West life.
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Urbana
John B. Weeks
Champaign
Sampson
Elizabeth B. Sampson
Cotton Manufacturing Surges in United States 1900
A census bureau report shows the cotton industry value at 326,974,882 dollars in 1900, up 25 percent since 1890. Establishments reached 1,051, capital employed 467,240,157 dollars, salaries paid 7,535,129 dollars, wage earners 302,861, total wages 90,384,532 dollars, and materials costs 176,551,527 dollars, all higher than a decade earlier.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
French and Austrian Notices Reach Europe
Paris confirms Venezuela seizure of Senor Matos property affecting Secrestat’s claim. France says Matos leased property to Secrestat and will not pursue enforcement now, expecting a quick settlement. Secrestat left Bordeaux to settle matters in Venezuela. In Vienna, Emperor Francis Joseph orders expulsion of baccarat principals after a 500000 dollar loss at the Vienna Jockey Club as gambling remains illegal.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Port of Spain
Trinidad
France
M. Secrestat
Bordeaux
Venezuela
Senor Manuel A. Matos
Castro
Senor Matos
Secrestat
Austria
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Jockey Club
Count Potocki
Pallavicini
John
Joseph Potocki
Russia
Storm Raging West Delays Trains and Telegraph Service
Storms across the northwest and mountains near Missoula Montana disrupt rail and telegraph lines causing widespread delays. In Betram Texas two youths Harwood Wright and Charley Reed fought on a road near town Wright was fatally stabbed and died. Reed was arrested.
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Salt Lake
Missoula
Mont
Betram
Tex
Harwood Wright
Charley Reed
Wright
Reed
Shootings at Franklin Hack Ride Leaves Two Injured
A hack carrying Black revelers to a festival in Franklin Tex was fired on by a man who shot into the crowd with buckshot. Addie Scott, a colored woman, was mortally wounded and is not expected to survive while Ballard, a young Black man, lost an eye and is seriously hurt. Albert Frances was arrested and jailed.
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Franklin
Tex
Dee
Addie Scott
Ballard
Albert Fraces
Hand to Hand Conflict near Batangas Involves Army Unit
Washington reports from Manila that company F of the Twenty first infantry endured a fierce hand to hand clash in a gorge six miles south of San Jose Batangas on December 23. Twenty two of the enemy were killed and two soldiers were wounded by bolo. Private Carney suffered six bolo wounds to the neck and shoulders and Patrick A Connelly sustained a severe wound on his left cheek. In Houston a smallpox case was quarantined after health officials linked it to imported infection.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Twenty-first Infantry
San Jose
Batangas
Patrick A. Connelly
Carney
White mob outbreak follows Christmas fight in Childersburg
In Childersburg Alabama on Christmas day a deadly clash between whites and a Black group left J Bird and his son Reuben dead and white boy and Tom Holly wounded. George Bird and Reuben Bird Jr aided their dying father before Reuben was killed. Negroes were jailed at Talladega and later captured by whites. The incident erupted from a disputed crap game and a white man advised the fight to stop. Conservative citizens prevented wider riot.
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Birmingham
Ala
Childersburg
Talladega
J. Bird
Reuben Bird
Tom Holly
George Bird
Holly
Bird
Georrge
Reuben
George
Reubent
George Woods
Charner Woods
Bird Agun
Governor John H. Rogers Dies in Olympia
Governor John H. Rogers died at 8 p.m. in Olympia Washington from a severe pneumonia attack on December 27. Born September 4 1838 in Brunswick Maine he held roles as drug clerk teacher editor and politics before becoming Washington governor in 1896. Lt Governor Henry G McBride will become governor.
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Washington
Olympia
Wash
John H. Rogers
John R. Rogers
Brunswick
Boston
Jackson Miss
Illinois
Wichita
Kan
Kansas Commoner
Kansas
Rogers
Henry G. McBride
Pan-American delegates near arbitration consensus in Mexico
In Mexico City on December 27 delegates at the Pan American conference nearly reach a unanimous arbitration agreement based on The Hague convention. Argentina shifts toward acceptance of a non compulsory plan among signatories, with Jan 5 eyed as the closure date for the conference.
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Pan-American Congress
Mexico
Shooting at a Dance in Nacogdoches Texas
In Sharpsville or McCune a dance night ended in a shooting. Bud Johnson was struck with a bottle, Jesse Crawhorn was shot in the stomach and breast and is not expected to live. Johnson surrendered to authorities. Guthrie Indian School news notes Governor Porter aiding a bill for Indian boy admission to West Point.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Sharpsville
McCune
Here
Bud Johnson
Jesse Crawhorn
Johnson
West Pett
Guthrie
O. T
Pleasant Porter
Congressman DeGraffenreid
Texas
Congress
West Point
Aged Negro Dead in Guthrie Fire
Simon m 9g, a 102 year old negro former slave on General Anna’s plantation, died when his cabin burned in Guthrie Oklahoma. He was crippled for life at Vicksburg during the siege when General Grant’s forces attacked.
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Guthrie
Simon m
General Anna
Vicksburg
Grant
More Sense Than Diplomacy in Argentina Chile Accord
Buenos Ayres dispatch reports the Nacion praising the Argentina Chile arrangement as a triumph of common sense over diplomacy. The Pais notes that delaying ending the armed peace would hurt both countries and slow Argentine outward movement for 20 years.
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Buenos Ayres
Nacion
Chili
Pais
Famous Steeplejack Lawler Dead at Age Forty
New York December 2. Known as Steeple Joe Lawler, the original steeple climber, died in Gougerneus hospital. He was forty and reputed to have ascended more steeples and mentored more apprentices in the dangerous trade than any other man in the country.
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New York
Lawler
Gougerneus Hospital
Jack
For Sale: South Half Block Near Allen Academy
Classified notice describing multiple properties for sale including south half of a block near Allen Academy with about 1.25 acres near the schoolhouse in southeast town, a small new cottage, a six room house with one lot on the west side, four blocks from Main Street, a brick cistern, and a brick price listings with distinct amounts. Including rent-ready tenant house and city property.
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Allen Academy
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Main Street
Brogdon
W. A. Watkins
Bryan
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Astin & Bethea
Astin
G. G. Green
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Green
Wabors Brothers Buccerborse
J. F. Parks
Nabors Bros
John Wiitman
Paul Jones
J. E. Ponder
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GSE
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