Prisoners Freed in Northwest Luzon Rescue Mission
Washington reports complete success of operations in Northwest Luzon to free American prisoners taken by insurgents. Capt. Conhauser and a 25th regiment detachment captured Mount Arayat stronghold Commanche. three Americans wounded, insurgents suffered unknown losses. several prisoners released including Lieut. Gillmore, and a list of Yorktown and Urdanetta crew rescued with next of kin details.
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Manila
Maga- Jang
Pampanga
Conhauser
Commanche
Mount Arayat
Washington
Otis
War Department
Luzon
Athough
Lieut. Gilmore
Cals. Vunre
Howze
Vieran
Romertean
Schwan
Wheaton
Colum
Germany
Urdanetta
Benjamin V. Greene
San Francisco
Re. Greene
Los Angeles
Cal
Edward Burke
Boston
New York
Hannah Moore
Dorchester
Mass
George Danie Powers
Smartsville
M. Betancue
Oakland
James Farley
Newark
N. Ob
P. Farley
Yorktown
J.C. Gillmore
Wiliam Walton
Mannheim
John Ellsworth
Portsmouth
N. Hi
Lyman Paul Edwards
Landsman
Peru
Ind
L. Bb. Edwards
Mexico
Paul Vandol
France
P. Vandort
San Luis Obispo
Silvio Brisolez
Licolo Brisolez
Albert Peterson
Louis Peterson
Fred Anderson
Buffalo
N. Y
Christiana Anderson
William H. Rinders
Holland
M. H. Nyhous
Orrison W. Woodbury
Lynn
John G. Woodbury
Lymn
Densoll
G. A. Venville
Capt Carl Reichmann Named Military Attache to Boer Army
Leavenworth Kansas January 6 Capt Carl Reichmann of the 1th infantry recently appointed United States military attache to the Boer army. A German-born officer who came to America in 1851 he rose from private to captain through the regular service and served in Santiago and the Philippines. He has written four pamphlets on military art and is said to join Gen Otis on his staff before heading to South Africa.
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Department of Military Art
Reichmann
Spamn
Bureau of Military Information
Adjutant General's
Washington
Santiago
Philippines
Otis
South Africa
A Daring Robbery at Neosho Falls
Six men rode into Yates Center Kansas overnight and attacked the Neosho Falls store of J Bishop. Two burglars blew the safe while four acted as guards. They escaped with $1000 in cash and substantial other loot after about forty minutes. No shots were fired.
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Yates Center
Kan
Neosho Falls
J. Bishop
Twegedy
Notable Dr. Hammond Dies in Washington On Heart Failure
Washington reports the death of Dr. William A. Hammond ex surgeon general of the army from heart failure after a hurried ascent to his home. He once led a sanitarium here and had a storied career including a removal and later restoration to army rank as brigadier general retired. In Columbus a fire at the Commercial hotel block threatens many stores with losses over 100000. Chicago notes Helen Gould and Marshall Field supporting a movement to retain the Women’s Temple with a 1000 dollar donation.
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Washington
William A. Hammond
Army
Hammond
United States Army
Chicago
Helen Gould
Marshall Field
Fort Mafeking Battle Tragedy of Outnumbered British
London dispatches detail a futile assault near Mafeking where Capt. Sandford and Capt. Vernon were killed, Lieut. Paton and several officers wounded. The action, led by Col. Baden-Powell, saw heavy Boer fire, with armored trains and multiple regiments engaged, ending with high casualties and a temporary halt in hostilities.
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London
War Office
Forestie
Walker
Yown
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Protectorate Regiment
Bechuanaland Rifles
Lordon
the Times
Col
Grametree
Gametree
Muaim
Hotchkiss
Williams
Lord Charlies Bentinck
Panvera
Lape
Hore
Vernon
Sanford
Lieut
Paton
Scout Cooke
Green
Sandford
Red Cross
Carnegie pledges $50000 for Emporia college library
Emporia Kansas January 6 Andrew Carnegie promised the college of Emporia fifty thousand dollars for a library building once the current debt is cleared. Funds have been raised to meet all obligations of the college.
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Emporia
Kan
Andrew Carnegie
College of Emporia
Miss Morrison James takes stand in Leiden murder trial
In Chattanooga on Friday the defendant Miss Julia Morrison James testified sensationally in her murder case against Frank Leiden, manager of the Plaster of Paris Co. She admitted killing him claiming years of perceived abuse and an indignity in the toilet. She said a blank interval followed the moment Leiden confronted her with a cane and foul insults. She added she always carried a pistol in her bosom.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Julia Morrison James
Frank Leiden
Plaster of Paris” Co
Leiden
Braznell Mine Horror Verdict Slates Negligence
Uniontown Pa January 6 The coroner s jury after three hours deliberation Friday evening found the mine foreman negligent for allowing work in an unsafe condition and the fire boss negligent for failing to give a daily verbal report to the foreman The jury also deemed both the mine and the boss incompetent to perform their duties No prosecutions yet decided upon pending inspectors conference with Chief Inspector Roderiel The inquest focused largely on expert testimony about the explosion s cause and prevention.
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Uniontown
Braznell
Harreer
Dewey Arch fund grows with Rockefeller pledge
John D. Rockefeller pledged 5000 toward the Dewey arch fund and a New York banker added 2000. Since January 1 the committee has gathered over 10000 in pledges and cash, with total subscriptions and pledges around 200000. In 1899 there were 9593 failures totaling 123 182 679 liabilities as commercial defaults rose to 90879 889.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Morris murder jurors sue for fees in county case
Indiana report notes the twelve jurors from the Morris murder trial seek 850 each for services. County commissioners voided the claims, citing 2 per day and 24 hours constituting a day, leading to a test case in superior court. Also covers famine labor talk in glass industry, a West Lafayette fire killing John Lynch and 21 horses, a grain elevator blaze at Hillisburg, and Monroe Walters death after amputation at St Josephs hospital.
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Muncie
Ind
Morris
Lafayette
West Lafayette
John Lynch
Record
Churches and towns report January notes across Indiana
January 6 items from Laporte to Plymouth report a pastor’s resignation and travel, a new gas firm planned at Converse, factory fuel costs affecting business, Lemuel Bieney’s apoplexy, a diphtheria outbreak abating in Wanatah with school resume planned, a buggy collision injuring Fire Chief Featheringill and Fireman Nunnemacher, and Plymouth reporting a diphtheria quarantine at Anna Brown's home to prevent an epidemic.
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New Albany
Ind
Featheringil
George Nunnemacher
Plymouth
Anna Brown
Board of Health
Spencer county woman fatally burned after lard accident
Evansville Indiana January 6 Mrs Maggie Racine of Spencer county was fatally burned while rendering lard late Friday. She threw herself into a nearby barrel and was later found by her son in a tragic kitchen accident.
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Evansville
Ind
Maggie Racine
Spencer County
Robbery Report At English Details Masked Men
English Indiana January 6 A young merchant Tilden Hammond reports to the town marshal that he was approached by three masked men who robbed him of 150 dollars.
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English
Ind
Tilden Hammond
Edmund Irvin Dies In Buggy Near Raleigh
Edmund Irvin dies of heart failure in his buggy near Raleigh Indiana while visiting relatives. He lived in Tawton Michigan. Meat Prices Rise Sparking Complaints in Lebanon Indiana as retailers hike meat costs.
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Dunreith
Ind
Edmund Irvin
Releigh
Tawton
Mich
Countess Von Landsberg secures divorce in Munich
Short specials report a Fort Wayne resident, Countess Von Landsberg formerly Miss Hellberges, obtaining a divorce in Munich. The item is part of a broader collection of scattered European and U.S. notices from the era.
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Countess von Landsberg
Miss Hellberges
Fort Wayne
Ind
Munich
United States
Canada
Prunier Suit Awards Damages in Adultery Case
New York jurors awarded Mrs. Malvina Prunier of Burlington Vermont $15,000 in her suit against Mrs. Lillian Ash of New York for $75,000 damages over alleged alienation of her husband Fred J. Prunier. In Halifax ten typhoid cases were found aboard the steamer Montezuma arriving from New Orleans to embark Canadian troops for South Africa, with quarantine ordered.
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New York
Malvina Prunier
Burlington
Lillian Ash
Fred J. Prunier
Prunier
Halifax, N
New Oreleans
South Africa
Burglars Target Home of Mrs Ellen Tranter
In Pretoria January 6 an English woman recounted that burglars attempted to break into Mrs Ellen Tranter s home. A revolver was used and one intruder appeared to be wounded, leaving a noticeable blood trail the next morning.
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Ind
Ellen Tranter
Pretoria
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Brooklyn
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Big Blaze
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Amory
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Carnegie
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Braznell Mine
New York City
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Clark & Hillis
Hillisburg
S J. Wayne
Monroe Walters
St. Joseph's Hospital
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Lemuel Bieney
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Emperor William
Robert T. Lincoln
Norman B. Reame
Geoge M. Pullhan
Budge Batten
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J. W. Lummins
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Townley Bros
National
Flint Bottle Manufacturers’ Association
Cape Town
Webster Davis
Department, of the Interior
American Window Glass Company
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Ahnois Steel
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Chase
Cartas
York
J. W. Davis
Rico
Ponce
Senate Committee On Privileges, and Elections
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Ducuesne Eka
Newport News
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Thomas Downey
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Daily Chronicle
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