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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
4
Brownsville reports 15 dead recovered and 12 missing in the mine disaster. Pit Boss Thomas Jones confirms unsafe use of naked lights and unlocked safety lamps despite regulations. Superintendent Boyer and manager Brazwell dispute orders and responsibility as rescue work proceeds.
Senator Morgan charges Gov. Johnson with misrepresentations about the Alabama university mineral lands sale to Sloss Sheffield. He asserts Alabama stock ownership linked to a New Jersey monopoly and warns the governor of state and federal law limits. A London dispatch reports Me thuen forces at Modder river with brothers in peril.
London Times correspondent notes Colonel Baden-Powell’s siege actions in Mafeking. New 94 pounder gun updates, shifting fire, and repeated shelling strike Masson’s fort and local buildings while residents endure famine and rationing. Nuns remain at risk protecting the convent as civilians aid in trenches and relief efforts.
Botanists report a new tobacco plant named Nicotiana Srocktons described by A L Stockton on Socorro Island Morhan's Mentaly. Mr Brandegee compiled the discovery noting about the 100 species known.
The great Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski performed at Carnegie Hall to a packed crowd of mostly women. Critics noted a transformed mood after his marriage, with renewed vigor, power and color in his playing, especially in Chopin and Schumann, signaling a revived vitality in art and life.
A Chemnitz Tegezblast summary, via J C Monashan U S consul, outlines Russia's enormous land area of about 6.2 million square miles, population around 430 million, 2.5 million standing army, vast railways and fleets, and famine relief needs. It argues the United States can supply machinery and tools to accelerate Russia's development.
W IL Becker sacrificed a house costing 25000 to completes his plan to spare maple and elm shade trees around a Union Square building. He refused to remove the trees and the mansion was leveled instead. Also reports a 35 mile northwest gale on Lake Michigan with ice-coated steamers from Cleveland arriving Milwaukee port.
The Jolo treaty text shows an agreement between Brigadier General Bates representing the United States and the Sultan of Jolo plus Rajab Muda Attik Calbi and Jaoakanain. It covers sovereignty, religious rights, land purchases, trade, communications, ship access, arms, piracy, slavery freedom, and protection, to be approved by the governor general and the US president. The document is dated August 20, 1899, in Jolo and translated in English and Sulu.
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