Memorial to Burns at Mauchline Completed in 1890s
The Glasgow Mauchline Society announces completion of a Burns memorial tower and cottages at Mauchline. The project honors Robert Burns with a charitable emphasis, aided by donations and local residents, and includes a museum with relics such as Burns’s nursery chair. Burns’s granddaughter, Mrs. Sarah Burns Hutchinson, praises the memorial as a premier tribute.
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Manchline
Robert ‘Burns
Burns
America
Burns Memorial Association
Glasgow Mauchline Society
Glasgow
Mauchline
Bailie John Marr
J. P
Jean Armour
Mossgiel
J. Seiper Gemmill
Thomas Anderson Battegate
Eugh R. Wallace
Cloncaird
William Wallace
Daisy Barnes Hutchinson
Thomas Killin
Bain
Cheltenham
Horses and leather craft through ages emerge in tales
A Washington Star quote recalls horses needing special training and company to work on track. A separate note discusses Cordovan leather, its Moorish origins in Spain, spread to France and Italy, and Dutch wealth, then decline and a revival by two young American women in modern decorative schemes.
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Spain
France
Italy
Netherlands
Whims of Race Horses at Bennings Track
An old trainer recalls a thoroughbred with strong whims who demanded being ridden by a stable color clad rider. He notes horses, like people, require tailored handling and mood matching to perform.
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Bennings Race Track
Gild Leather Hangings By Boston Sisters
Two Boston sisters Misses Mary and Clara Ware revive gilded leather hangings for walls. They studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and, while in Venice, studied old gilded leather techniques and began their revival.
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Boston
Mary
Clara Ware
Boston Museum
Bicycles Used For Tiger Hunting Reported
A description notes bicycles employed in an unusual tiger hunting method, with a newspaper account detailing this latest use. The piece highlights the adaptation of bicycles to track, pursue, or corner tigers as part of historical hunting practices.
Peculiar Horses Show Varied Whims and Tactics
The writer muses on horse behavior noting that some horses fight to stay in the lead while others surge only when overtaken. Some are driven by the whip or spurs, while a few refuse to respond under certain conditions.
Tall Government Chimney Construction Reaches 223 Feet
The tallest and largest chimney south of New York is being built for the United States Bureau of Printing and Engraving. When finished it will stand 223 feet high.
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New York
United States Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Apple District to Ship 40000 Barrels from Huron County
It is estimated that 40 000 barrels of apples will be shipped out of Huron county Ontario this year.
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Huron County
Ont
Tiger slays pig after chase near Castlewood estate
In Johore, a tiger carried off a pig from a coffee estate at Castlewood. Sultan’s trackers pursued the big cat, locating it within a half mile of the shed. The sultan rode out at four, and a single shot through the tiger’s forehead ended the pursuit.
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British India
Castlewood
Johore
The Alhambra in Spain A Fortress of Ancient Splendor
The Alhambra in Spain is described as the most curious place in the world. Originating as a fortress, it was built to house 40 000 men, begun in 1248 and completed in 1314.
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Alhambra
Spain
Gatacre's 4000 Fight in Stormberg Defeat Believed Serious
Gen Gatacre with about 4000 troops including Northumberland fusileers and Irish rifles attacked Boer positions near Stormberg. After a dawn engagement and heavy fire the British retreated to Molteno with significant casualties and many missing, regarded as a serious setback in the campaign.
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Molteng
Cape Colony
Gatacre
Potter’s Kraal
Molteno
Stormberg
Irish Rifles
Stormberg Range
Molteso
Kopje
Northumberland Regiment
London
Lorenzo Marquez
Ladysmith
Mstcourt
Ex Confederate Joubert hailed from Louisiana, says Fontaine
Capt. J. Anderson of the Georgia railroad reverses a letter by Col. Lamar Fontaine of Lyons Mississippi. Fontaine claimed Gen Joubert the Boer commander is a Louisiana native from a prominent family and led a Louisiana regiment under Stonewall Jackson. Fontaine notes Joubert went to Egypt after Appomattox and later to South Africa.
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St Louis
Gd. J. Anderson
Georgia Railroad
Lamar Fontaine
Lyons
Miss
Joubert
Louisiana
Col Fontaine
Jauberta
Stonewall Jackson
Appomattox
Cs. Fontaine
Col. Jouberb
Egypt
South Africa
Railroad Safety Appliance Extension Hearing In Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission heard railroad representatives and labor groups on extending the deadline for equipping lines with safety appliances beyond January 1, 1900. John K. Cowan cited 211,268 freight cars lacking safety gear in 1899, now reduced to 150,000–175,000. labor spokesmen urged only a few months more time. President Knapp reported mixed inspector findings on hand-held couplers, with higher failure rates than claimed, while Wabash’s Ramsey disputed the 25 percent out of order figure.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lhe
John K. Cowan
Baltimore & Ohio
B. Daz Clark
Order of Railway Conductors
Wayne McVeagh
Knapp
Ramsey
Wabash
Cuban reception of McKinley message pleases Havana
Havana reports widespread satisfaction with President McKinley’s congress message among Cubans across factions. Leaders hope Congress will guarantee Cuba’s independence and end American troop presence, while concerns about trusts and potential American governance linger.
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MccKinley
Havana
McKinley
Congress
Collazo
McMinley
Cuba
Burglar Shoots Clergyman and Wife in Racine Home
Rev D. B. Cheney of the First Baptist Church and his wife were shot and seriously wounded by a burglar who entered their Racine home yesterday. At gunpoint they were forced to surrender money, then the intruder fled, leaving the clergyman and his wife likely fatally injured.
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Racine, Wiss
D. B. Cheney
First Baptist Church
Consolidation Planned for Major Auto Firms Under Whitney Control
The Commercial Advertiser reports a proposed merger of the Electric Vehicle Co General Carriage Co International Power Co and several smaller cab firms into a single large company to be controlled by William C Whitney The negotiations began two months ago and have progressed to near completion in major cities nationwide
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New York
Commercial Advertiser
Electric Vehicle Co
General Carriage Co
International Power Co
Richard Croker
Auto-Truck Company
William C. Whitney
Newark man arrested in large fraud scheme across states
New York December 12 United States marshal Garside Post Office Inspector Snow and deputies jailed Olmvier W Boo per of Newark N J on $5000 bail. He faces charges of using the mails for swindling as investigators describe a nationwide operation run via Realty Corporation Co Realty Loan and Title Co Four Percent Mortgage Co with dozens of complaints. The scheme promised 4 percent or less loans then extracted fees and misled victims across states and even churches and lawyers.
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New York
Olmvier W. Booper
Newark
N. J
United States
Garside
Post Office
W. B Snow
Miller
Franklin Syndicate
Roper
Realty Corporation Co
Realty Loan and Title Co
Four Per Cent Mortgage Co
Snow
Realty Loan and Title Fund
Realty Loan and Trust Co
Four Per Cent Co
Reese Is Released From Jail In Contempt Case
Reese national executive committee member of the United Mine Workers was freed on habeas corpus from jail in Fort Scott Kansas. Judge Thayer issued the writ in St Louis, bond of 3000 dollars provided by Topeka bankers. He returned to the coal fields to continue his contempt proceedings fight.
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Fort Scott
Kan
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