Burgher Meeting Seeks Amnesties and Transvaal Reforms
An influential burgher gathering drafted an address to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and the legislative council. It urges general amnesty, retention of pre war Transvaal regulations, government cattle imports at cost, and abolition of the South African constabulary. Botha DeWet and Delarey advocate moderation and organization for the government. General Botha notes $525,000 raised in America and Europe for Boer relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Transvaal
Chamberlain
Botha
DeWet
Delarey
America
Europe
Murder and suicide follow rejected marriage proposal
Mount Vernon dispatch reports Alfred King, a Chester Hill coachman, killed the 4 year old daughter of J. M. Finlay after Lizzie Cannon refused his marriage plea. King then shot himself, police finding the headless child in the nursery and the coachman dead in the hallway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
N. Yu
Alfred King
L. H. House
Park Avenue
Chester Hil
Lizzie Cannon
King
J. M. Finlay
Miss Cannon
Four Bank Robbers Overtaken After Shootout in Eagle
In Eagle Wisconsin a posse of citizens pursued four bank robbers who had stolen a horse and sleigh toward Mukwonago. One robber was fatally shot, another captured after a gunfight. The wounded man carried nitro glycerin and burglars tools. the other two fled but are surrounded and expected to be captured. The robbers refused to give names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Wis
Mukwonago
Mail train collision near Ada Ohio injures and kills
Fast mail train No 19 west bound crashed into No 35 Crest line Fort Wayne accommodation at Ada Ohio after the latter left the station and ran 400 feet. Three railroad employees were killed and seven others including five crewmen and two passengers were slightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania
Ada
Ohio
Brown
Schwab Brother Announces Charles M Schwab Recovering
Joseph F Schwab says Charles M Schwab president of United States Steel has fully recovered from illness and will return to the United States in March to resume duties as head of the steel group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Schwab
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Big Steel Combination
Physician Certificate Required for Coal Purchases in Toledo
Local coal dealers in Toledo Ohio now demand a physician’s certificate proving illness in the purchaser’s home and showing that coal is needed as a safety measure for the patient. The rule aims to prioritize vulnerable households during the coal shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
War Secretary seeks 300000 for Philippines relief
Secretary of War Kent has sent to Congress via the President a request for a 300000 appropriation to relieve distress in the Philippines caused by cholera and rinderpest and by crop failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Congress
Philippines
Cholera Strikes U S Army Camp on Leyte Island
Cholera outbreak hits American garrison on Leyte Island. Nine men of Company K Eleventh Infantry contracted the disease and five died. Ormots Post placed under quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Manilla
Leyte
Company K
Eleventh Infantry
Ormont
Beeen
Bank Robbery Strikes Louisville Ohio River Bank
The Louisville bank on the Ohio River was burglarized with a safe drilled from the rear. About 4200 dollars were stolen while the alarm was bypassed. No clues have been found for the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
Louisville, Ry
Pleiades Overdue Ship From Seattle Falls Behind
Yokohama dispatch notes the American steamer Pleiades under Captain Purrington sailing from Seattle on December 4 is now thirteen days overdue bound for Yokohama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Pleiades
Purrington
Seattle
Wash
Train Collision Kills Seven at Cochrane Station
A collision between a passenger train and the rear of a freight train on the Monongahela division of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Cochrane Station Penn. leaves seven dead one dying and five injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cochrane Station
Penn
Self Appointed Bishop Agilpay May Reunite With Mother Church
Philippine reports suggest Agilpay, a self appointed bishop of an independent Catholic church, is likely to return to the main church, potentially ending a religious schism and restoring unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Agilpay
Methodist Thank Offering Fund Reaches 20 Million Total
The Twentieth Century Methodist bank offering totals 20,634,960 dollars, excluding Sunday and watch night collections. Disbursements go to educational institutions debts on churches charities indigent clergy and church extension. Beneficiaries include Syracuse University Ohio Wesleyan American University Boston University and other colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Edmund M. Mills
Syracuse University
Ohio Wesleyan University
American University of Washington
Boston University
Cornell
Iowa
Baby Burned in Denver Fire Box at Hotel Cremation Claim
A baby girl, hidden in a pasteboard box, was placed in a hotel boiler room fire box at the Brown Palace in Denver on December 16 by two men who asked a firefighter to burn it. Fireman W. CL Hughes assisted. bystanders Carl Johnson Ed Chaubel and Fred Anderson witnessed the box. Hughes was arrested. the baby’s fate remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Brown Palace
W. CL Hughes
Carl Johnson
Ed Chaubel
D’red Anderson
Hughes
Joe
Charied
Johnson
Carpenter Burns $1,900 In Furnace Accident
John Leavy from Pittfield Massachusetts, a carpenter and contractor, burned up a 1900 dollar windfall after cashing a $900 check and placing the money in his pocket. He later found the money missing and believes he shoveled it into the furnace while tending the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leavy
Pittfield
Mass
Tle
Arming to Fight Eviction in Kentucky Land Dispute
Kentucky settlers prepare to resist a Chicago land syndicate that has bought the James Reynolds patent spanning Wolfe Morgan and Breathitt counties. Surveyors will mark boundaries early spring and settlers intend to organize armed defense to prevent eviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Chicago
United States Land Syndicate of Chicago
James Reynolds
Wolfe, Morgan and
Breathitr
Ohio Mother Delivers Four Quads in Toledo
Mrs Stanislaus Spychalski gave birth to four boys in Toledo. The infants named Samuel Jones and Theodore Roosevelt, are reported well and strong. The family previously had twins who died and another child 91% months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Chicago
Toledo
Stanislaus Spychalski
Samuel Jones
Theodore Roosevelt
Castings Trust Collapses In Major Consolidation
The planned $20,000,000 malleable castings consolidation faltered as top backers from E.R. Gary and Max Pam with United States Steel withdrew support, ruling out a timely firm linking. Separately, engineer George B. Askew of the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad was struck by a vertical beam at Big Elk Creek near Elkton Maryland, swept into a flood and drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castings Trust
E.R. Gary
Max Pam
United States Steel Corporation
George B. Askew
Philadelphia, Battimore and Washington Railroad
Big Ek Creek
Elkton
Bank President James H. Robbin Found Dead Near Silverton
The body of James H. Robbin, president of the Bank of Silverton, missing after the bank’s closure, was found three miles from town. He had shot himself. He was about 45, leaving a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James HH. Robbin
Bank of Silverton
Colu
Wie
Etvyer
Fire at Dallas plant kills stable boy and 23 horses
J. 12 Williams perishes with twenty three horses in a blaze at Anghes Brothers Extract Company in Dallas. A warehouse holding 500 barrels of styrar glucose and other chemicals and goods also burned. In California report, C. L. Fair valued at 3,040,187. his death in a France car accident alongside his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Anghes Brothers’ Extract Company
Dallas
Texas
C. L. Fair
Superior Court
San Francisco
Charles T Fair
Bank of Silvertop Closed After President's Disappearance
Bank of Silvertop Colorado shut by cashier A I Munde amid president James H Robin's disappearance. Bank capital 30000 with liabilities around 880000. Mississippi post office at Indianola closed by cabinet order until postmistress Minnie W Cox, a Black woman, is safe after threats. sheriff and mayor refuse to guarantee her safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Robin
Bank of Silvertop
Colo
A. I. Munde
Mississippi
Indianola
Miss
Minnie W. Cox
Sagasta, Former Spanish Prime Minister, Dies at 75
Senor Praxedes Mateo Sagasta, former prime minister of Spain and noted statesman, died in Madrid at age 75 after a period of bronchitis illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Sagasta
Senor Praxedes Mateo Sagasta
Spain
Madrid
B. & C. Passengers Injured In Ohio Train Crash
A Baltimore and Ohio engine crashed into a sleeping car at Sterling Ohio injuring two passengers I L Clapp of Lodi and Samuel Gault. It is claimed the engineer was asleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Sterling
Ohio
I. L. Clapp
Lodi
Samuel Gault
Robbers Encounter Near Eagle Wisconsin
Early morning clash four miles from Eagle Wisconsin leaves one burglar fatally shot, one captured with two bottles of nitro glycerin and burglar tools, two others escape into the woods after stealing a horse and cutter from the Wift ham livery stable. A posse pursued, robbers fired, and one was captured while two fled.
Attempted Mail Train Robbery Near Gouverneur
An unsuccessful robbery on a United States mail train occurred near Gouverneur Illinois after two men halted a Cranyverneur bound car. They ordered the postal clerk to surrender valuables, triggering an express messenger to respond. One robber jumped from the speeding train and the other was captured. identities remain unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Watertown
Ogdensburg
Gouverneur
Pwower
Cranyverneur
Stack
Murderer Kills Child Then Shoots Self in Mount Vernon
Albert Ming aged 25 entered John Finley’s Mount Vernon home and slashed the throat of Finley’s 4 year old daughter Velen Marian, killing her. Ming then shot himself dead. A nurse in the house was the sole other occupant, and Ming had been rejected by her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
Albert Ming
John Finley
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Lisbon Panic After Reservoir Bursts In City
A Lisbon dispatch reports the city in panic as northern reservoirs burst flooding low districts and killing many. Many buildings were destroyed and residents displaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Attorney General Proposes Trust Evil Remedy and Discrimination Law
Knox asks Congress to enact remedies against trust evils and a law barring discrimination in interstate commerce of illegal combine products. Action by Congress seems unlikely. China pays on silver basis for January indemnity, Shanghai totals paid. He cites inability to accept the protocol interpretation from the International Bankers' Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Senntor Hoar
Littlefield
Congress
China
Tuotai
Shanghai
International Bankers’ Association
Lena Lillie Indicted for Husband’s Murder in David City
After a ten day preliminary hearing Lena Lillie was held to district court in 10000 dollars bond at David City Nebraska for the killing of her husband on October 24. Bond posted. In Chicago eight families were left homeless by a Douglas apartment fire that caused ten thousand dollars in damage and forced twenty four others to relocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Chicago
German Ambassador Seeks Extended Leave Over Illness
Dr. Von Trole ben, the German ambassador in Washington, has applied for a prolonged leave of absence due to illness. He is reported to be suffering from influenza and will be away for an extended period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holleben
Dr. von Troleben
Washington
Ife
Race Tension Spreads Over Colored Postmistress Case
Amid regional strife originating in Indianola Mississippi a demand spreads across the South to depose negro postal clerks on Southern routes. The controversy centers on a colored postmistress and related racially charged pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
Miss
South
Timber supply outlook and virgin forest depletion warned
At a Washington meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Retailing, Prof Booth from the Agricultural Department warned that virgin timber in the United States cannot meet three decades of growing demand. He argued the stock would be exhausted within thirty years under current utilization. Even with full stocking and good forestry, supply would only endure for a limited time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americat Association For the Advancement of Relea
Washington
Booth. Lenawo
Agricultural Department
United States
Unite States
Prospectors Fatal Lead In Gold Ledge Find
David Thompson, a long time prospector in the Black Hills, reportedly found a vein of rich free gold ore near Denwood South Dakota. He died from a ruptured blood vessel while examining the ledge, ending seventeen years of fruitless searching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
David Thompson
Denmdwood
S. 1
Hiss
Hivess
Aged Couple Endures Brutal Robbery in Springfield Township
Levi Eicher and his wife in Springfield township Wiz were assaulted by masked burglars who burned Mrs Eicher’s feet to coerce disclosure of a hidden strong box containing 225 dollars. The intruders bound the couple to a bed with ropes, fled with a horse and saddle, and left them injured. a witness named Wieher identified one of the thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Eicher
Springfield Township
Wiz
Church Forms Secret Society In Cleveland
Rev. C W Carroll of Lough Avenue Congregational Church organizes the Society of Christian Brethren with twenty six male members. Proceedings will be secret and known only to the initiated. Each member vows to pray for friends at least twice daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Order of Christian Brethren
C. W. Carroll
Lough Avenue Congregational Church
Society of Christian Brethren
Weather experts tout forecast savings and Florida frost warnings
Moore claimed weather forecasts cost 1,250,000 annually but frost warnings in Florida saved millions for residents and a cold wave alert saved shippers four million. Hotel Somerset fire in Chicago killed four, trapping victims on the fifth floor before one jumped to death. J C Lowe, a Kansas Industrial School for Boys teacher, was convicted of second degree murder in his wife’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totel Somerset
Chicago
J.C. Lowe
Kansas Industrial School For Boys
Topeka
Hunter Is Acquitted in Guatemala Murder Case
W Godfrey Huurtey Jr son of the retiring Guatemalan minister is acquitted by a local court in Guatemala of the murder of William A Vita gerald an American citizen and former Grand Rapids resident, advices say from Guatemala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Guatemala
W. Godfrey Huurtey, Jr
Courh
William A. Vitagerald
America
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nominee Moves to Portugal and Switzerland Post
Charles Page Bryan of Chicago to be minister to Portugal with Dr. David Jayne Till to replace him as minister to Switzerland. Francis B. Loomis, then minister at Lisbon, will move to the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Charles Page Bryan
Chicago
Portugal
Switzerland
David Jayne Till
Francis B. Loomis
Lisbon
State Department
Fire Destroys Big Hotel at Atlantic Highlands
The Portland Hotel the town’s largest and finest structure was destroyed by fire. Burning embers traveled far and endangered the business district, but heavy rain prevented further spread. Estimated loss about 50000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Six Crew Die of Yellow Fever Aboard Ship
The British ship Comblebank, arriving at Fort Townsend Washington from Panama, reports six crew members dead from yellow fever during the voyage. The vessel is placed in quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comblebank
Fort Townsend
Wash
Panama
Uses Malls to Defraud Irene Arousell Identified
Mrs D O Hazelvigg of Marietta Ohio identified as Irene Arousell who sought money from men responding to a husband advertisement in a scheme run through malls. The case notes a prominent oil man's wife alleged to be behind the fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. O. Hazelvigg
Marietta
Ohio
Irene Arousell
General A L Pearson Dies in Pittsburg
Gen. A. L. Pearson former national commander of the Union Veteran Legion and co founder of the organization died in Pittsburg from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Pearson
The
Union Veteran Legion
Pittsburg
Castro Abdicates and German Seizure Reported
Cipher dispatch from New York states President Castro has abdicated or will abdicate soon as Germans seize the La Guaira custom house. The report places Cuba and Venezuela developments in a rapid regional crisis context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
New York
la Guaira
Jury Acquits Miss Dunlap in Murder Case
The jury at Aledg finds Tona Dunlap not guilty of the murder of Allie Dool. The acquittal ends the trial and clears Dunlap of charges in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ury
Miss Dunlap
Aledg
Tona Dunlap
Allie Dool
Congress Debates Trust Laws and Statehood Bills
Both houses resume work after a recess with debates on a trust law compilation under the Attorney General, duty changes on anthracite coal, a single statehood proposal for Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and a wide range of minor measures. The House passes the general staff bill 152 to 52 and debates pensions, while the Senate contends with militia reorganization and silver coinage reform for Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Lodge
Mass
Culberson
Texas
Platt
Conn
Jones
Ark
Nelson
Minn
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
House
West
Committee On Finance
Moar
Deveridge
Warner
Messrs. Cooper
Wis
Lamb Vado
Morreil Pat
Burk Pro
Cassell Pao
Adams Pao
Mallory
Afr Stewart
District of Columbia
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Tbawaii
Hawaii
Knox on Monopolies and Proposed Laws
Attorney General Knox tells a House Judiciary subcommittee that regulation of trusts is the goal, not destruction of industry. He outlines three decision areas and urges penalties for discriminatory interstate trade practices, with federal power to halt transportation of goods from violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Committee
Knox
House Committee On Judiciary
Littlefield
Pittsburg
Congress Faces Broad Debates On Trusts Wars Canals And Navy
National Capital House committee backs Fowler currency bill while Curtis says no definite trust legislation this session. Cullom’s trust bill likely to die in committee as Hepburn and Morgan seek canal commission costs. Denials issued over alleged presidential fencing injury. War Department proposes radical army uniform changes. Curtis notes Roosevelt as arbitrator crediting German Emperor. Mint director estimates 1902 gold and silver production. Cuban reciprocity treaty faces Senate ratification and House passage. Panama canal treaty signing delay risks patience. Nicaragua talks loom. Navy expansion urged with six new ships. John H Kimple to replace W A Richards as assistant land commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Capital House
William E. Curtis
Congress
Cullom
Hepburn
Morgan
Wood
War Department
Af Board
House
Senate
William E.curtis
United States
Nicaragua
John H. Kimple
Ohio
W. A. Richards
Land Office
Binger Herrmann
President Roosevelt on trusts and remedies
Roosevelt outlines administration stance on trusts and monopolies. He backs rejection of deregulation beyond necessary controls and calls for swift legislation against discriminatory pricing and rebates. The plan aims to curb intrastate abuses, extend penalties to carriers, and empower federal courts to restrain unlawful interstate and foreign transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Ixnox
Judiciary
Senate
Amma Calve to Wed Jules Bois in Paris Announcement
Paris reports that prima donna Amma Calve will marry journalist Jules Bois soon. The wedding will not delay her next United States engagement, and she will fulfill appearances next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amma Calve
Paris
Jules Bois
Fler
Mme. Calve
United States
Damage in Memphis from heavy rains and other notices
Heavy rains around Memphis Tennessee caused five hundred thousand dollars in damage. Ars Lyte Ward aged fifty three of St Louis turned on the gas. Wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio lines in Oakland Massachusetts injured six passengers. Rockefeller donated nineteen hundred thousand dollars to Chicago University. King Edward to visit Ireland next year. Miss Clara Barton elected president for life of the National Red Ocean Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparke
Memphis
Tenn
Ars. Lyte Ward
St. Louis
Oakland
Rockefeller
Chicago University
King Edward Will
Ireland
Clara Barton
National Red Ocean Society
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Corydon
Indiana
Thomas & Ellis, Publishers
Sandiehead
C. M. Schwan
Louisville
Ormsby
Eagle, Wis
Peersons
Wiftham
Ile
Sheap
Juneau
Wares Hoonah
Alaska
United States Penitentiary
McNeils Tshand
Isiaas
Isaac
Consolidation Coal Company
Maryland
Jairmount Coal Company
West Virginia
Somerset Coal Company
Pekin
Conger
Andrew Carnegie
Soo
Dupor
James AL Carnes
Mobile
Mobile Bay
Ovtlun
Church
Weather Bureau
Trusts
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