Exodus from Indian Territory as 3000 Families Move to Oklahoma
Perry Oklahoma December 28 On January 1 every lessee of land in the Indian territory must leave or face ejectment by U S authorities The exodus already started with more than 3000 families migrating to Oklahoma and 150 leaving Whitfield in one day The new congressional law shuts out Indians from leasing lands affecting farmers cattlemen merchants and towns across Chickasaw Cherokee Seminole Creek and Choctaw nations Local fear grows as populations shrink and business declines Congress will be asked to repeal the law.
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Perry
I. T
Indian Territory
United States
Five Civilized Tribe
Oklahoma
Whitfield
L. T
Congress
Indians With Smallpox in Indian Territory and Crow Creek Agency
Washington Dee 28 Smallpox among Indians in the Indian Territory and at Crow Creek agency in South Dakota has grown serious Congress will be urged to provide 50000 to stamp out the epidemic The department lacks funds to forward vaccine points and quarantine stations are staffed by physicians Agent Wright reports, prompting urgent congressional action. Also Missouri teachers ask Congress to fund free public schools in the Indian Territory until local taxation can sustain them.
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Washington
Dee
Indian Territory
Crow Creek Agency
South Dakota
Congress
Wright
Department
Jefferson City
Missouri State Teachers’ Association
United States
Braznell mine disaster victim identified in Brownsville
In Brownsville on December 28 another victim of the Braznell mine explosion was recovered. The body was severely decomposed and emitting a foul stench as it was moved, with Hungarians accompanying the remains claiming it to be Andrew Zamicky, missing since the disaster day.
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Brownsville
Braznell
Moeve
Andrew Zamicky
Senate Fracas and Oil Lands in 19th Century Dispatches
The senate privileges on elections committee will review the Quay contest after holidays with aims to decide in January. John Hammond leads a Philadelphia group buying 2300 acres of oil miners and timber land near Allegheny Tennessee for development and wells. A race riot in Ridgeland, Buford County, South Carolina. two Black residents and a white man killed with others injured. Dwight Moody’s grave site at East Northfield marked by flowers as visitors pay respects. Admiral Schley arrives in Buenos Aires and plans to stay there.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges On
Senate
Quay
Pennsylvania
Knoxville
Fenn
Ohio
John Hammond
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Tennessee
Columbia
D. C
Ridgesland
Buford County
Ridgeland
Endured Hardship On Ill Fated Lake Superior Barge
The crew of wrecked whaleback Barge 115 tell how they rode out the disaster after breaking from the Colgate Hoyt near the Ontario island. They camped in a ruined cabin, built rafts that sank, and trekked five miles inland before following the Canadian Pacific track to Middletown and finally reaching Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Fie Island
Ontario
Lake Superior
Colgate Hoyt
Hagher
Key
Middletown
Letter of Condolence from McKinley to Brumby Family
Marietta Georgia December 28 Mrs A V Brumby mother of Lieut Brumby who died recently has received from President McKinley a letter praising her son's navy career and noting his heroism and duty. The message recalls Brumby raising the first American flag over Manila and references Admiral Dewey's commendations and the sorrow of the nation.
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Navy
Manila
Dewey
McKinley
Branding of Seals Sparks Inhuman Branding Claims
Ottawa reports on a special sealed branding study by Collector Milne of Victoria for the Department of Marine and Fisheries. He notes sealers observed branding wounds as inhuman and sores with offensive appearance after branding.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Milne
Victoria
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Boutelle Said Suffering From Bright's Disease
A Portland man cites a physician friend saying Congressman Boutelle is in final Bright's disease stage with delirium and convulsions due to araemic poisoning, causing symptoms resembling insanity.
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Bangor
Portland
Boutelle
Bright
War in the Spring Probable in Orient Mail Reports
Mail advices from the Orient say Russia and France plot to encroach on Chinese territory and threaten England while Japan buys large rice imports. The reports predict war breaking out in the spring.
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Victoria
B. C
Orient
Russia
France
England
Japan
Fire devastates Spielman Pros. vinegar yeast plant
Chicago reports a major blaze at the Spielman Pros. & Co. vinegar and yeast factory located at 93 99 East North Avenue. Four of five floors burned with contents. Damage estimated at 100000 dollars, insured.
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Chicago
Spielman Pros. & Co
East North Avenue
Fire destroys Raepcke Leicht Lumber Co complex in Chicago
A Wednesday night fire at the Raepcke Leicht Lumber Co yards at Illinois and Seneca streets wiped out the planing mill pail factory office building and lumber yards. The total loss reached 176000 with seventeen horses burned. The damage was insured.
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Chicago
Raepcke-Leicht Lumber Co
Illinois and
Seneca Streets
Fire destroys Wan business district in North Dakota
A dispatch from Fessenden North Dakota reports a fire destroying the business portion of Wan with damage estimated around lions twenty five thousand dollars. Minneapolis confirmation notes the sudden blaze and the local Lions Club involvement.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Fessenden
N. D
Saya
Lions
Churchill Reports Resolve at Chievely Camp
From Chievely Camp Natal Winston Churchill reports all ranks trust Sir Redvers Buller and vow to succeed next time despite a strongly fortified Boer line. He notes 12 000 Boers, heavy guns, trenches and difficult terrain as Ladysmith relief remains urgent while Christmas shelling continues.
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London
Winston Churchill
Chievery
Redver Buller
Ladysmith
Chievely Camp
The Proposed Fenian Raid Alleged Bluff to Canada
P J McManus in Philadelphia says a public Academy of Music meeting will discuss the Fenian raid claim. A county A O H meeting next Friday will finalize plans for a roughly $50,000 hospital relief ship fund to aid relief.
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Philadelphia
P. J. McManus
Academy of Music
The
Canada
Lockett Attacks Insurgents Near Montalban
Manila report says Col. Lockett with 2,500 troops and artillery moved against a strong insurgent force near Montalban. The operation aims to disrupt enemy positions and push back advancing bands.
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Lockett
Montalban
Manila
News in brief on Boer War and Philippine action and a Tennessee family tragedy
Reports indicate General Buller may attack the Boers anew at Modder river and Tugela while Boers fortify Ladysmith. Chievely dispatches say remobilization at Frere and potential moves before Lord Roberts arrival. Separately American forces rout insurgents near San Mateo with 1,000 attackers and 4 wounded. in Alabama a drunken family quarrel ends with Jed Hardin and his uncles dead or dying.
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Modder River
Tugela
Daily News
Cape Town
Charles Warren
Warren
Natal
Pietermaritzburg
Frere
Colenso
Lord Roberts
Churchill
Ladysmith
White
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jed Hardin
James
John C. Hardin
Bishops Mountain
Alabama
Guntersville
Russell
James Hardin
J. C Hardin
New York Board To Raise Price Of Napper Co Stock
The New York board of directors, meeting on Wednesday, decided to advance the price by 2.50. The action pertains to the Napper Company and affects its listed stock value for the near term.
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New-York
The
Naper. Co
Secret Irish political order reported in Indianapolis
Indiana dispatch notes a secret Irish nationalist organization in Indianapolis with about 300 members, operating in small sections under an executive, using signs and passwords. a few alumni of Fenian activity are mentioned. Separate item reports Edward Madden returning from Cape Nome with 2,000,000 dollars for a Paris Exposition, while another tale describes two giant quarry blocks shipped to Indianapolis for state soldiers’ monument statuary.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ireland
England
Canada
Thomas O'Neal
Indianapolis Brewing Co
Kokomo
Edward Madden
Cape Nome
Alaska
FE. A. Callender
K. F. Marden
Madden
Tedford
Perry- Matthews-Buskirk Stone Quarry Company
State Selciers’ Monument
Awakening at the Undertaker's During Death Prep
Rodney Poltinghouse restored to consciousness in an undertaker's parlor while being prepared for burial after a saloon fall. Investigating coroner arrived as he revived, earlier believed dead from heart failure.
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South Bend
Fnd
Rodney Poltinghouse
Tie
Boltinghouse
Tragic Bonfire Fire Claims Muncie Toddler
In Muncie Indiana on December 28 a three year old boy named Lester Morrison was playing with a bonfire and his clothing caught fire. He ran home naked and collapsed at the doorway as his clothes burned away. He died in a short time.
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Muncie
Ind
Lester Morrison
Health chief warns widespread smallpox in Indiana counties
Richmond Ind December 28 Dr Ty Henry Davis president of the state board of health says smallpox is prevalent in numerous Indiana counties and urges the utmost precautions for all residents. The statement calls for vigilance and preventive steps across communities.
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Richmond
Ind
Ty Henry Davis
State Board of Health
Indiana
Petersburg man raises fund for soldiers monument
Evansville Indiana December 28 William Berridge of Petersburg collects donations to build a soldiers monument in Petersburg public square. The project requires about 15000 dollars and contributions arrive liberally. In Shelbyville on December 28 Courtney Caldwell’s car crash injures him severely and may claim his mother’s life.
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Evansville
Ind
William Berridge
Petersburg
Shelbyville
Courtney Caldwell
Caldwell
Fire destroys Dewald and Kang stores in Fort Wayne
Fire at 5 am Wednesday gutted the wholesale and retail dry goods store of George Dewald & Co and the crockery store of M F Kang in Fort Wayne Indiana. Total loss estimated at 200000 with 135000 insured.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
George Dewald & Co
M. F. Kang
Cattle Theft Near Kempton Reported In Indiana
A wholesale cattle robbery near Kempton south of Kokomo is reported with four teen head of fat steers stolen from the Fickle farm and shipped from a small station. The cattle would bring about $800. Logansport witnesses a habeas corpus bid for Mose Vandyne Henry Fox and Mrs. Oliver Slagel in the Stephen Whitmore murder case. In Cumberland a man named Charles Tichenor is charged after fatally wounding John Lucas with a billiard cue during a saloon fight.
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Kokomo
Ind
Kempton
Here
Logansport
Mose Vandyne
Henry Fox
Oliver Slagel
Stephen. Whitmore
Indianapolis
John
Lucas
Cumberland
Charles ‘Tichenor
Tichenor
Chan
Telegraphic Briefs From The Era Of Global News
Summary of diverse items: William H Payne of Des Moines named assistant superintendent of railway mail service. Treasury shows available balance 295,254,368 dollars and gold reserve 239,965,638. Paget sails from New York to join Lord Cheshire’s rough riders. Glasgow accepts 150,000 pounds bid for tramway feeders. Lord Curzon reports famine relief for 2,451,000 Indians and no rain increase. American Negro Academy meets in Washington at Lincoln Memorial church. Fire off Vulcan cargo extinguished in Hamburg. cotton bales damaged. Southern Educational Association opens in Memphis with 700 delegates. Duel ends fatally between Schla bitz and Kisslig of 112th regiment on Swiss frontier. US textile mills total 299 for 1899, vs 262 in 1898. German cold isolates Scherrebek to Roem by frozen North Sea. Dr B Thomas O Callaghan dies in Jersey City. British ship King George damaged near Cape Horn. Osiek Poland murders: nine family members killed. Civil marriages authorized in the Philippines by Gen Otis under Secretary Root approval. Protestants may wed civilly. Catholics unaffected.
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William H. Payne
DesMoines
Railway Mail Service
Schlabitz
Kisslig
Mulhausen
Schla Lite
United States
American Wool and Cotton Reporter
Germany
Scherrebek
Roem
North Sea
Island in Clay County Sparks Annexation Debate
A South Dakota controversy centers on the island in the Missouri river forming in Clay County. The land, created by river shifts, houses “outlanders” who can be taxed but cannot vote, fueling a historic dispute over annexation to Clay County and Vermilion control.
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South
Dakota
Missouri River
Clay County
Missouri
Vermilion
Nebraska
South Dakota
Secretary of State
Stockton torpedo boat launched at Trigg shipyard
A large crowd gathered in heavy snowfall at Richmond Virginia's Trigg shipyard to witness the launch of the torpedo boat Stockton, a sister vessel to the recently launched Shubrick.
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Richmond
Trigg Shipyard
Stockton
Dr Joseph Rhodes Buchanan Dies At 85 In San Jose
San Jose California December 28 Dr Joseph Rhodes Buchanan a noted writer on medical and occult sciences is dead at age 85. The obituary notes his prominence in research and public lectures across his long career.
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San Jose
Cal
Joseph Rhodes Buchanan
Market Report Indicates Mixed Prices Across Commodities
A historical market summary shows varied figures for commodities like wheat and cattle. Prices include No. 2 red wheat at 70 cents, cattle shippers at 34.30 to 5.35, and packers and butchers ranges across several categories, reflecting mixed market activity.
The Monks of Mount Athos in Strict Isolation
A German scholar describes Mount Athos as a highly conservative Christian community with monks and hermits living in seclusion. He notes the diverse nations represented among the residents and the strict adherence to their rules.
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Mount Athos
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