Horrors of War at Elandslaagte Described by Times Correspondent
A Times correspondent at Ladysmith details the battlefield after Elandslaagte, describing severities of shellfire, weary burial parties, and corpses among Highlanders and Manchester troops. He notes the laager wreckage, wrecked wagons, and heavy horse slaughter as evidence of fierce fighting.
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London
Times
Ladysmith
Elandsjangte
Schiel
Manchester Regiment
Thondon
South Africa
Buller
Colenso
England
Imperial Volunteers
Lord Roberts
Charles Sherston
Maxwell Sherston
Glencoe
Admiralty
War Office
Michael Hicks-Beach
The
Daily Mail
White
Smith
Lawton’s Successor to Be Named After Manila Funeral
Washington reports the vacancy created by Gen. Lawton’s death in the volunteers won’t be filled until after Manila funeral services. Possible appointees include Gen. John Cates Gen. S. B. M. Young or Gen. Troyd Wheaton. Brig. Gen. A. R. Chaffee may command in the Philippines. Promotions follow: Lieut. Col. Peter A. Vroom to colonel Maj. Charles H. Heyl to lieutenant colonel.
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Washington
War Department
Lawton
Manila
United States
John C. Jates
S. B. M. Young
Troyd Wheaton
Philippine Islands
A. R. Chaffee
Brooke
Cuba
Philippines
Peter A. Vroom
Charles H. Heyl
Whites and Blacks clash on Nemper County road
Meridan Mississippi reports a six mile north Nemper County overland road fight between nine armed blacks and whites. One white man Oscar Ford was mortally wounded and two others injured as a dispute over right of way sparked the clash. A sheriff and 25 deputies organize a posse to pursue the alleged black assailants amid widespread excitement.
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Meridian
Miss
Nemper County Overland Road
Oscar Ford
Copper Ore Vein Struck in Black Hills Shine
The Vigilante Mining Co reports a copper ore vein five miles from Custer South Dakota on the 300 foot level with a 10 foot width. Superintendent Bush is in New York with samples as excitement mounts over this find.
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Custer, S. D
Vigilante Mining Co
Black Hills
Custer
Bush
New York
Glass Trust Claims 87 Percent Control of U.S. Factories
Indianapolis report details the National Glass Co circulars claiming control of 87 percent of U S glass tableware factories. It says property valued at 5 416 million 89 thousand and a 4 million capital fund with 4 265 thousand gross revenue last year. Net profit 407 thousand 238 dollars, with bonds to raise working capital and potential dividend gains near 500 thousand annually after debt service. Indiana plants named include Canton Glass Marion Beatty Brady Dunkirk Central Glass Summitville Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Greentown Model Flint Glass Albany.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Glass Tableware Trust
The
National Glass Co
H. C. Fry
Indiana
Canton Glass Co
Marion
Beatty-Brady
Dunkirk
Central Glass Co
Summitville
Gen Laws Remains Placed in Paco Cemetery Chapel
Manila reports Gen Lawton’s remains were placed in the Paco cemetery chapel after private home services. Staff and 4th cavalry escorted the body to the grave. public services planned later. Also notes a Saratoga grounding near Estrella Point and the death by suicide of James Duane Taylor at the Grafton hotel in Washington.
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Paco Cemetery
Manila
Strikes Idle 1200 at Hamp ton and Hyde Park Collieries
Scranton Pa Dec 22 1200 men idle as driver boys strike at the Hamp ton and Hyde Park collieries of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Co after demanding eight hour pay for ten hour work during dull times.
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Scranton
Hampton and Hyde Park
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Co
Lipm Elected Rear Commodore Of Royal Ulster Yacht Club
London December 2 Sir Thomas Lipm has been unanimously elected rear commodore of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club.
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London
Thomas Lipm
White House Christmas Plans Quiet Amid McKinley Health
Senators and representatives visit the president to extend holiday greetings as Mrs. McKinley remains ill. Grace McKinley and Sarah Duncan will stay at the White House with Abner McKinley and his wife. Gifts arrive for the president and staff, with Mrs. McKinley crafting many items herself.
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Washington
Representative Richardson
House
Representative McClellan
New York
Representative Stallings
Alabama
Executive Mansion
White House
Boston Bank Fails Under Heavy Losses to Depositors
Controller Dawes appointed Special Examiner Daniel Wing as temporary receiver of Globe National Bank of Boston after heavy withdrawals and loss in assets tied to Squire failure and mining stocks. Directors and stockholders face large losses. panic avoided by delay in guaranty.
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Washington
Dawes
Daniel G. Wing
Globe National Bank of Boston
Wing
Boston
Maverick Bank
Christmas in Bohemia and a world of notices
Prince Hohenlohe will spend Christmas with his son in Bohemia. Berlin church authorities require chorals from towers on December 31. Oscar Straus leaves Constantinople for the United States. Treasury notes show available cash 292,196,310 and gold reserve 241,422,437. Marconi tests wireless telegraphy with German postal authorities on Boerkam Island. Grene Manufacturing Co. of London Ontario assigns with liabilities totaling 210,000 and assets 75,000. Comte de Foucard recalled for promotion. Gen. Kitchener arrives in Cairo, lauded by Lord Cromer, then to Alexandria. St. Petersburg reports 20 percent cereal rise this winter and 17 percent above five-year average. Halifax sees 170 applications for Canadian contingent. Chicago Automobile Club formed with Armour, Herrick, Insull, Pulsifer, Sheriff. Woman’s National Sabbath Alliance plans letters to New York stores not advertising in Sunday papers. Lee Harpe zinc plant fire at Iola, Kansas. two workers killed. Dr Edward H. Williams dies in Santa Barbara. Crescent City jockey club posts prizes for best riding percentage. contest opens Jan 3, 1900. Gardiner in Binghamton shoots wife and kills himself. motive linked to desire for newspaper pictures.
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Central Agricultural Bureau
St. Petersburg
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Automobile Club
Chicago
Springfield
J. Ogden Armour
Ir. Walter Herrick
Samuel Insull
F. K. Pulsifer
Andrew R. Sheriff
Woman's National Sabbath Alliance
New York City
The
Allianece
Lee Harpe
Iola
Kan
Lanyon Zinc Co
Jesse Matthews
J. J. Schaub
Santa Barbara
Cal
Edward H. Williams
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Pennsylvania
Williams
Wisconsin
Norway
Sweden
Street car dynamited amid strike disturbances
Springfield reports a Consolidated line street car blown off the track by suspected strikers. No passengers were aboard, and the motorman and conductor were not injured. Other items note deaths of Gen James M Lewis, Natick shooting of Lewis Perry, and pool rooms closed by Chicago police.
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Springfield
Chicago
Ripley
Wood assumes governor general role in Havana
Gen Leonard Wood formally takes charge as governor general at 9 AM. He accepts the resignation of Gen Brooke's advisory cabinet after an overnight conference, a move that earns public approval.
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Havana
Gen
Leonard Wood
Brooke
Montreal Banker Found Guilty in Ville Marie Bank Case
Ferdinand We mieux, former Ville Marie Bank manager, was found guilty of preparing and sending false statements to the government about the bank's condition. He was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. The bank's president remains jailed and two directors face trial.
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Montreal
Ferdinand Wemieux
Ville Marie Bank
Markets Report Mixed Prices Across Commodities
Cincinnati December 21 price listings for frovr-Spring fancy winter categories and assorted grains. Wheat oats cattle sheep and lamb quotations show varied bidding from top shippers to common grades with figures and weekly futures terms.
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Cincinnati
de City
Couy
Painting of the Holy Child Spurs Acoma War Tale
Special Albuquerque letter recounts how a sacred painting of St. Joseph and the Holy Child Jesus sparked prosperity and rival claims between Acoma and Laguna pueblos in New Mexico. The tale describes Acoma's impregnable mesa, Spanish friars, and the dramatic demand for the image across tribal lines.
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Jesus
Joseph
New Mexico
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London Times
Atlanta
Gov
Candler
Bates, Young
Wheaton
Volunteers
Mortrelly
Jamestown
N. D
J. T. Butler
Edgerly Bank
San Diego
Great Dewey
Butler
Pittshburgh
Pittsburgh
North River
Thirty-fourth Street
Harvest Queen
Andrew M. Church
Winslow Robinson
Stapleton
S. I
Edward G. Williams
Brooklyn
Porto Rico
San Juan
San Juan de Porto Rico
Barnado
Santiago
James H. Blank
New Orleans
Maria Herrera
the Glass Trust
Ward
Santiago de Cuba
Ward Line
Saratoga
Merrimac
Lieut. Hobson
Estrella Point
James Duane Taylor
Wagner Palace Car Co
Grafton Hotel
Sing Sing
Samuel Goldberger
Eighth Assembly
Kitchener
Malta
Alexandria
Lord Kitchener
Cairo
Isis
Boutellie
C. A. Boutelle
Maine
Young's Hotel
Choynski
McCormick
Milwaukee
Wis
Dee
Joe Choynski
Jack McCormick
Milwaukee Athletic Club
Paris
Jean Lamoureu
Handel
Bach
Commodore
Boston Bank
Globe National
Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Davis
Prince Hohenlohe
Bohemia
Berlin
Oscar S. Straus
Turkey
Constantinople
Signor Marconi
Boerkam
Ems
R. Grene Manufacturing Co
Ont
Comte de Foucard
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Crescent City Jockey Club
Jockies
Binghamton
N. Y
John Edward Gardiner
Gardiner
James M. Lewin
St. Louis
James M. Lewis
Board of Police Commissioners
State of
Missouri
Lewis
Natick
Mass
Lewis Perry
Lizzie Morse
West Natick
Perry
Bradbury
Augusta
James W. Bradbury
Charley “Goff
Gen. Wood
Acoma
Albuquerque
N. M
Acoam
Cliffs
Philadelphia
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Rock Island
Dracherfels
Eichrenbreitstein
Alfred the Great
William the Con
Spain
St. Joseph
Acomans
Mexico
San Jose
Queror
Helen
Wes
Sireburs
Laguna
Joan of
Zaguna
Lagunas
Acomas
San ‘Jose
OLD Catholic Church
Acoma, N. M
Joseph and the
Holy Child
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