British Losses in Five Engagements Reported
Lord Kitchener wires details of five engagements with British casualties surpassing 100 killed or wounded. De Wet and Botha press the British. actions include Langberg, Bland Spruit, Lake Banagher, Begin deryn, and the Tafelkop fight with Damant. The report notes multiple officer wounds and Boer losses, plus captured guns and prisoners.
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London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
de Wet
Botha
Dartnell
Campbell
Langberg
Bland Spruit
Commandant Krieze
Cornet Mahon
Transvaal
Mackenzie
Smith
Lake Banagher
Beginderyn
Britz
Tafelkop
Orange River Colony
Damant
Keyter
Kitchener
Daman
Magglesdeel
Hamilton
Railroads plan cutoffs to move terminus to Salt Lake City
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific pursue new lines to make Salt Lake City the terminal, routing via Echo Cookville Park City and Emigration canyon with grade reductions. An Interstate Commerce Commission report shows railroads earned net $555 million on 192,193 miles in the year to June 30 with higher freight and passenger income and dividends up.
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Salt Lake
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Nevada
Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Utah and
Wyoming
Emigration Canon
Echo
Utah
Cookville
Park City
Salt Lake Valley
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Woman's nerve blocks jail escape in Walla Walla
Dighit prisoners overpower the jailor as he locks cells, but Mrs. Rees wife of the sheriff steps forward with a revolver and drives the inmates back to their cells. In New Hampshire the Very Rev B M OCallaghan aids Admiral Cervera's sailors on Seavey's Island sending a gold plated casket with autographs and pictures.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Concord
N. H
Admiral Cervera
Seavey
Pastor Leads Petition for Arbitration in Boer War
Rev Charles M Sheldon and his large congregation in Topeka Kansas united to petition Congress to declare for arbitration to stop the Boer war He supports arbitration and favors President Roosevelt and Queen Wilhelmina of Holland as arbiters He cites English public opinion shifting toward arbitration since the war began
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Topeka
Kas
Charles M. Sheldon
Congress
Mr. Sheldon
England
Roosevelt
Wilhelmina of
Holland
Suspected Robber Ided in Christmas Eve Assault
Eau Claire Wisconsin December 25 Ilott J Carter arrested tonight identified by George Sypher as the man who beat and robbed Sypher and another boy and left them gagged and bound in a burning building on Sunday Carter has served sentences for shooting cattle and has been in an asylum He claims he can prove an alibi.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Ilott J. Carter
George Sypher
Sypher
Carter
Tragic Drowning and Suicide After River Ride
In Middlesboro Kentucky on December 25 Charles Preston aged 30 took young Jessie Marionsleigh for a river ride on Powell River near the Cumberland mountains. The boat capsized and the girl drowned. Preston in his shock killed himself in front of the mother. The Leader office advertisements note prompt printing.
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Middlesboro
Charles Preston
Jessie Marionsleigh
Powell River
Cumberland Mountains
Preston
Germany to Observe Monroe Doctrine in Venezuelan Crisis
Berlin reports claim Germany will follow the Monroe doctrine to keep peace with the United States even as it weighs a Venezuelan response. Cologne Volks Zeitung cites Von Holleber and a Likely misattributed Bismarck quip, noting Europe’s growing acceptance of US tutelage in South America.
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Berlin
Germany
Venezuela
United States
Cologne Volks Zeitung
von Holleber
Prince Bismark
Hamburger Nachrichten
Bismark
Neverthelss
Cologne
Volks Zeitung
Europe
South America
Glass factory blast in Kokomo kills Zacharias Chapman
A glass explosion at the state glass factory in Kokomo Indiana today killed worker Zacharias Chapman and injured several others as the pot house was wrecked. The disaster halted operations and prompted an investigation into the cause and safety measures at the plant.
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Kokomo
Ind
Zacharias Chapman
A Child Heroine in St Paul Fire Save
Eight year old Maudee Peterson risked her life to save her sister's home from fire. She climbed onto a table, seized burning clothing near a lamp, and carried the flames to the door while firemen arrived. Her actions likely saved three nieces aged 6, 4, and 2.
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St. Paul, Minn
Maudee Peterson
Maude
Charles Hanley
Marconi Thanks Edison Signal Hinting Wireless Link
In St Johns Newfoundland on December 25 Marconi sent a cable to Thomas Edison thanking him for a kind letter and hoping to soon demonstrate wireless telegraphy between the United States and Europe. He wished Edison a merry Christmas.
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St. Johns
N. F
Marconi
Anglo- American Telegraph Company
Thomas A. Wdison
United States
Europe
Rich Cut Glass and Fine Decorated China Items
An assortment of luxury goods including rich cut glass and fine decorated china. The collection features gilt clocks and candlesticks, pearl handled items, statues and art pieces, mounted canes and umbrellas, gold picture frames, Lewelsa Ware vases, leather purses and cases, and cuckoo clocks.
Filipinos’ death sentences upheld in US court martial case
The War Department affirmed the court martial verdict condemning three Filipino insurgents for the murder of five American prisoners during the Filipino war. Timoeto Dahlan and Manuel Gonzaleas received death by hanging, while Clemente Del Cruz had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment with hard labor.
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Washington
War Department
Timoeto Dahlan
Manuel Gonzileas
San Miguel de Mayumo
Ulacan
Gorzaleas
Thirty-fifth Infantry
Miguel de Mayumo
John. Hickman
William Smith
Hamlet Jarvis
Elmer Dane
Hank H. Wilson
Christmas visits and travel noted in Laramie area
The report lists residents and visitors including James Merrill in Laramie, Howard Ross and Louise Ross in Denver, J D Negus of the Union Pacific, George Daiber in Chicago, George Dillon from Denver, Beeler and Tynan spending Christmas season, Governor Richards returning from Chicago, Anna Williams to Omaha, and multiple others visiting family. Public closures for Christmas and a laundry ad conclude.
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James Merrill
Laramie
Howard Ross
Douglas
Jessie Smith
Denver
J. D. Negus
Union Pacific
George Daiber
Chicago
George Dillon
Louise Ross
Beeler
Colorado Springs
Tynan
Governor Richards
Anna Williams
Omaha
Herbert Lacey
Rathbun Found Guilty In Insurance Death Case
Jeeffrsonville Ind. December 25 Newell C Rathbun was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Charles Goodman. The jury returned a verdict after failing to reach a verdict since Saturday afternoon. Rathbun faces a prison term of two to fourteen years. Goodman died from laudanum poisoning in a lodging house and a body was shipped to Little Rock Ark as Rathbun to swindle an insurance company. Authorities traced the body identity after an arrest in Louisville and the case remained surrounded by mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeeffrsonville
Ind
Newell C. Rathbun
Charles Goodman
Goodman
Little Rock
Ark
Rathbun
Louisville
Cleveland Health Statement on Former President’s Recovery
Mrs. Grover Cleveland says reports of his recovery are misleading. He remains in fragile health, has not left his room for nearly five weeks, and continues to need care despite seeming improvement.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
B. Dickinson
Sherman Hill
Laramie
Tie Siding
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