War Dispatches Signal Decisive Action This Week
British forces in Ladysmith send bulletins detailing beer weakness and map findings amid a crisis of war. Dispatches indicate decisive action planned for the week ahead.
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1899
Page
1
Ohio State Reformatory Receives Budget Update
Gov Bushnell approved the annual trustees report showing 1 171 829 66 spent on the Ohio State Reformatory during twelve years of construction. Trustees seek 100 000 to complete equipment. Seventy two prisoners were paroled that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio State Reformatory
Bushnell
Ohio Lake Erie Ship Canal Plan Rejected
A proposed canal scheme tied to Lake Erie funding is not supported by officials. The report notes misaligned budgeting and questioned outlay justification, prompting a halt to the project review and calls for alternative transportation solutions.
Furniture to be returned after gambling raids in Muncie
Muncie Indiana December reports that police raids on gambling rooms resulted in confiscated furniture being hauled to the station and slated for burning, but Mayor Tuhey ruled the first case not guilty after no witnesses could confirm furniture usage for gambling. Police face embarrassment as wagon loads of furniture are returned and gamblers cheer the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Tuhey
Want Stretcher Bearers Mrs Langtry Says She Would Go
In a special cable from London Dec 9 it is reported that British flank moves threaten to push into Boer territory as Cronje and Joubert hold the line. The siege is weakening the Boers with dwindling ammunition and fewer first rate marksmen. Reports claim capital dashes from Kimberley and a looming clash near Spytfontein and Frere Camp.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Cronje
Joubert
Pretoria
Kimberly
Imperial Light Horse
Kimberley
Spytfontein
Frere Camp
War Office
Buller
Deputies Shot in Corbin Riot Near Depot
A night riot near the Corbin passenger depot leaves Deputy Marshal Hartford dead after gunfire exchanged with Floyd Chadwell and others. City Marshal Bingham and deputies pursued Chadwells with militia possible. Floyd Chadwell fled from Clay County as citizens hunt him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Corbin
Floyd
Ed Chadwell
Ellige Bingham
Henry
Hartford
Chadwells
Mr. Hartford
Floyd Chadwell
Bingham
Laurel Avenue
Clay County
Farmer Hangs Self in Barn Over Wife's Insanity
David Utz, a well to do farmer five miles north of Wabash Indiana, died by hanging in his barn this afternoon. His wife had suffered insanity for some time and was jailed while awaiting admission to Logansport asylum. Worry over her condition prompted the act.
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Commercial Tribune
Wabash
Ind
David Utz
Logansport
Chicago Lawyer Bound Over on Ohio Widow Charge
Chicago lawyer Hon. Robert L. McCabe was bound over in Delaware Ohio to the Court of Common Pleas in 500 dollars after a prolonged justice court trial. Carrie T. Mann, a Chicago widow, filed the charge. McCabe waived trial and posted bond. his father was Dr. L D McCabe a former Wesleyan professor and university president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Delaware
Robert L. McCabe
Chicago
Court of Common Pleas
Squire Owens
Carrie T. Mann
McCabe
L. D. McCabe
War Captain E P Wood Ill With Typhoid at Home
Commander E P Wood, famed for commanding the Petrel at Manila Bay, lies seriously ill at his residence with typhoid fever in Washington in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
E. P. Wood
Cavite
Manila Bay
Worked to Death After Long Hours at Drum Lynn Iron Works
Chester, Pa December 9 Special Dispatch to the Commercial Tribune reports William Rice a forty five year old puddler at the Drum Lynn Iron Works collapsed and died at home after work. He had a bank account but left a one room shed with a poor family situation. Coroner Fry found overwork and improper nourishment contributed to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial ‘Tribune
Chester
Wiliam
Rice
Lynn
Iron Works
Fry
Mrs Lowndes Reception at the Maryland Executive Mansion
In Annapolis on December 9 Mrs Lowndes wife of Governor Lowndes hosted the first Thursday reception at the Executive Mansion assisted by her daughter in law Mrs Lloyd Lowndes Jr The pair wore jet gown with lace and diamonds and sable robe respectively as the governor and bride shared honors at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Annapolis
Lowndes
Executive Mansion
Inlaw
Lloyd Lowndes, Jr
Ohio
Little Girl Halts Strike At Altoona Silk Mill
In Altoona Pennsylvania a girl staying in her room defied 800 striking workers and helped prevent a city-wide tie-up at the silk mill. The planned general strike by 800 operatives collapsed as most workers returned to work while about 100 remained at issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Ohe
Baeerk
Taylor Kirk Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Washita County justice on December 9 finds Taylor Kirk guilty of first degree murder for killing his sister on July 4. The jury delivered the verdict despite coerced testimony from his brother and another sister that the death was an act by Kirk himself. Judge McAtee imposed the death sentence.
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Rono
O. T
Taylor Kirk
McoAtee
Kirk
Washita County
Students Bunt Turkey Tale Turns Real Murder Trial
Four Washington and Lee University students from Connecticut Ohio Indiana and Illinois near Lexington Virginia claimed a successful turkey hunt. A farmer learned later a “wild turkey” was a store bought specimen that had been sold for 170 dollars and shot at on a stake for about half an hour ending in its death.
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Connecticut
Lexington
Discrediting Story On Major Logan Death
In Youngstown on December 9, family and relatives dispute a San Francisco dispatch claiming Major Logan was killed by his own men. Robert Bentley, Logan’s estate administrator, says a copy of General Otis report shows he was killed in battle by Filipinos. Mrs Logan and her mother plan to travel to Coronado to await the body, shipment date from Manila unknown.
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Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
Logan
San Francisco
Robert Bentley
Otis
Buck Pleads Guilty in Union Funds Embezzlement
Jay A. Buck former treasurer of Midland Lodge Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers admitted embezzling 1600 dollars from the union. He pled guilty in Muncie Indiana and received a sentence of fourteen years in Michigan City Prison.
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Iron Workers’ Lodge
Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Jay A. Buck
Midland Lodge
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin- Workers
Board of Trade
Michigan City
Great Searchlight at Kimberley Signals Mine Turnover
A beacon atop the De Beets mine has been converted into a signal tower. The new installation serves as a daytime landmark and aid for navigation around Kimberley, reflecting industrial use of existing structures.
Death of General Gregorio Del Pilar in Philippine fighting
Manila report details the death of General Gregorio Del Pilar, Aguinaldo's bodyguard, killed by Major Peyton C. March's 33rd Infantry near Cervantes on December 3. The fight left many rebels dead or wounded, with American forces expanding control in Abra and surrounding towns.
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Manila
Gregorio Dély Pilar
Aguinaldo
Peyton C. March
Thirty-third Infantry
Cervantes
Young
Vigan
March
del Pilar
Joe Was
New York
Philippines
Byrnes in hot pursuit in Philippine conflict report
General Otis reports from Manila that Young at Vigan escaped and Aguinaldo’s guard suffered heavy loss in a December 3 engagement near Cervantes. U.S. forces, including Batchelor’s Battalion and MacArthur’s Twenty-fifth Infantry, press a rapid pursuit with native support as Navy moves toward Aparri and forces consolidate along Zambales and Subig Bay. Negros revolt viewed as minor. Byrnes in rapid pursuit of dissidents with Hughes moving toward Capiz.
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Washington
War Department
Otis
Manila
Young
Vigan
Aguinaldo
Cervantes
San Jose
Bangued
Howse
Batchelor
Bayonbong
Navy
Aparri
MacArthur
Zambales
Grant
Subig Bay
Lawton
Bulcan
Negros
Byrnes
Hughes
Panay
Capiz
Judge Overrules New Trial for Clifford Morris
In Muncie Indiana Judge Lemer overruled a motion for a new trial for Clifford Morris who was convicted of murdering Elmer Hamilton and sentenced him to twenty one years in state prison. The defense argued prior petty crimes should have been excluded but the judge followed the law and Morris will be sentenced Monday with an appeal likely to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Lemer
Clifford Morris
Elmer Hamilton
Morris
Lefer
Supreme Court
Legislature Adopts Resolution on Electing U S Senators
The Georgia lower house on December 9 addressed a memorial to Georgia’s U S Representatives urging vote and efforts to secure Senator Clay’s bill for a constitutional amendment providing for election of United States Senators by the people. There was no dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Congress
Clay
United States
Trefry Plans Eucalyptus Projects in Cuba
Nelson G. Trefry of Toledo has pressed the U S Government to plant eucalyptus trees in Cuba as a sanitary measure. He has pursued the effort alone and received a letter from General Wood proposing extensive experiments. Trefry will be invited to Cuba to oversee the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Commercial Tribune
Nelson
G. Trefry
Cuba
Wood
Trefry
Washington
Ohio Society Accepts Harvard Offer on Serpent Mound
The Ohio Archeological and Historical Society trustees in Columbus decided to accept Harvard University's offer to transfer custody of the Serpent Mound exhibit to Ohio. The transfer, slated for Adams County, aims to place the famed serpent remains under Ohio care. Ruthie Hayes was rejected from a related appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ohio Society
Ruthie Hayes
Lashbrook Plans Move to Tobacco Business After Mob Cremation
James Lashbrook sold all household furniture, farming tools, and stock in Maysville Kentucky, signaling a move to Cincinnati and possibly a tobacco business. Locals expect no punishment for mob participants in the Coleman murder case, with a newspaper correspondent noting lack of available names.
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Commercial Tribune
Maysville
James Lashbrook
Dick Coleman
Coleman
Lashbrook
Cincinnati
Mason County
Sixth Officers Gain Promotions From Kellogg’s Promotion
Washington December 9 The appointment of Colonel E R Kellogg Sixth Infantry and Colonel G S Carpenter Eighteenth Infantry as Brigadier Generals of regulars will promote Lieutenant Colonel Charles Miner Sixth Infantry to Colonel of that regiment and Lieutenant Colonel J M Sapno Fourth Infantry to Colonel of the Eighteenth Infantry. Other promotions follow with Majors Davis and Baldwin raised to Lieutenant Colonels and retirements causing transfers to fill vacancies in the Signal Corps and First Lieutenant grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
E. R. Kellogg
Sixth Infantry
G. 'S. Carpenter
Eighteenth Infantry
Chas. Miner
J. M. Sapno
Fourth Infantry
Chas. L. Davis
Eleventh Infantry
Frank B. Baldwin
Infantry
Colo Robert’ Ei Raig
Sighal’ ‘Corps
James Allen
Ru EL Thompson
Jine
Army
Amalgamated Meatcutters to Meet in Cleveland 1900
The Executive Committee of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butchers Association scheduled the next convention for Cleveland on the first Monday in December 1900. Homer D. Call was named the association’s representative at the American Federation of Labor. Delegates toured packing and slaughtering facilities at the Union Stock Yards observing meat preparation.
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Chicago
Amalgamated Meatcutters’ and Butchers’ Association
Cleveland
Homer D. Call
American Federation of Labor
Union
Crispi Undergoes Cataract Operation in Rome
Sig Crispi was operated on for cataract in Naples today. A final operation is planned in a fort night at Rome, with doctors reporting progress and readiness for completion.
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Rome
Sig. Crispi
Naples
Sixty Bodies Taken From Carbonado Mine After Damp Explosion
A Carbonado mine explosion trapped about eighty workers. Sixteen bodies recovered with sixty still inside as relief efforts failed to enter promptly. The Carbon Hill Coal Company employed 400, producing 200000 tons yearly.
Opposed to Payne Plan in Republican Committee Row
Judge J Kagaaad named as proxy for the meeting in Washington where General Clayton is the Arkansas member. Judge McClure leads opposition to Committeeman Payne of Wisconsin seeking reduced Southern representation in the Republican National Convention. McClure departs for Washington tonight for the committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
J. Kagaaad
Major Rafter's Pay Stopped in Tartar Inquiry
The pay of Major John A. Rafter, surgeon of the Twentieth Kansas Volunteers, was stopped at General Shafter's request and with Secretary Root approval. Shafter directed suspension until provisioning accounts for sick soldiers aboard the troopship Tartar are settled, while Captain Rafter protests he bears no responsibility for the vessel's conditions.
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Washington
John A. Rafter
Twentieth
Kansas Volunteers
Shafter
Root
Surgeon Rafter
Rafter
War Department
Palmer named among Paris Exposition board choices
The National Suffrage Association in Indianapolis asks President McKinley to appoint a woman to the Paris Exposition Board of Commissioners. They request Mrs Bertha H Palmer appear among the appointees, citing her effective leadership of the World's Fair Lady Managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
National Suffrage Association
McKinley
Bertha
H. Palmer
Denmark Seeks Sale of Danish West Indies for 3 Million
Washington dispatch reports the Danish government offers to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States. The price is cited as 3,000,000 dollars with the matter under State Department review and assistance from the American Embassy in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robbery at Clinton Priest Home with Fire Setting
Four masked men assaulted Rev Father John Stanton in Clinton Indiana early today. They forced him to surrender valuables and then compelled him to build a fire they sat beside until daylight before fleeing. No clues available.
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Clinton, Ind
Confederate reunion dates set for Louisville this spring
Word from General John B. Gordon commanding the United Confederate Veterans announces the annual reunion will be held in Louisville from May 30 to June 1.
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Louisville
John B. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
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