Africa’s vast tablelands and rising La Porte port dream
A collage of era topics notes Africa as the continent of plateaus with southern tablelands near 8500 feet and northern elevations around 1300. It praises La Porte Texas as a future Gulf Coast seaport, forecasts growth, and lauds Magnetic Starch and Grain-O as household aids while touching on Turkish women’s rights and other odds and ends.
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Africa
LaPorte
Texas
United States
Cidea
la Porte
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston Bay
Tesac and
Lias
Filipino insurgent moves and prisoner surrenders near North Locos
Dispatch from Manila reports Aguinaldo in disguise leading about 500 men toward Cabugaon while an insurgent major surrenders 100 fighters guarding 23 American prisoners at Cabugaon. General Young’s forces spread in six to seven mountain parties near Lanay as Dinlas clashes with 120 insurgents occur. two Americans and several Filipinos killed. Captain McCalla’s Newark occupies Claveria and Pantelona with 100 rifles surrendered.
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Manila
Associated Press Afng
North Locos
Manitong
Aguinaldo
Salsona
Cabugaon
Cagayan
Young
Lanay
Tino
Swigart
Third Cavalry
Dinglas
McCalla
United States
Newark
Hag
War Cloud in the Orient Over Kuang Chou Bay Dispute
Hong Kong advices warn of an imminent Franco-Chinese war over the French leased territory at Kuang Chou bay on the Tonkin border. China demands smaller gains, while France seeks a larger opto port. Marshal Su, famed for his earlier victory, leads 30,000 troops with imperial orders to uphold China’s claim.
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Hong Kong
Kuang Chou Bay
Tonkin
China
Marshal Su
Clang, Shan
Kuang Chou -Bay
Pekcin
Moorish arrest sent to U S consulate in Tangier
The American consul reports Moorish authorities have arrested Thomas J. Hunter of Atlanta charged with defaulting in accounts as auditor for the Atlanta & West Point Railroad. Authorities say he mislaid between 20 000 and 27 000 dollars. Hunter left Atlanta in October. indictments and warrants are out.
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United States
Gummere
Tangiers
State Department
Thomas J. Hunter
Atlanta
West Point Railroad Company
Hunters
Barges Lost In Lake Suspected To Have Sunk
Captain James Burr of American Steel Barge No 13 recounts that barges 116 and Colgate Hoyt, towed by the McDougall, likely went down in the open lake after their tow parted last Monday night. Barge No 137 was recovered at Houghton. About fifty men aboard across the three tows, with twenty on each barge, remain missing.
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James Burr
American Steel Barge Company
Houghton
Michigan
Colgate Hoyt
McDougall
Sao
Supreme Court Affirms Sunday Church Subscription Collectible
The Iowa Supreme Court rules that a church subscription signed on Sunday is collectible. Donald of Fort Madison, defendant in a suit by the First Methodist Episcopal Church, appealed a Lee County district court decision. He argued the obligation entered on Sunday was illegal and lacked consideration, but both defenses were overruled.
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Supreme Court of Iowa
M. Donald
Fort Madison
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Lee County
Donald
England Must Do or Die in Natal War Course
A London dispatch dated December 18 reports the War Office posting that General Sir Redvers Buller will command in South Africa with Baron Roberts and Lord Kitchener in key staff roles as Britain mobilizes for the Natal campaign. A separate Kentucky accident at Alliange Post Office, Floyd County, leaves Nelson Hamilton and three children dead when a blasting accident causes a powder explosion.
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England
Leet
London
War Office
Natal
Geral
Redwera Buller
Baron Rooerts
Kandahar
Waderford
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Avait
Fagr
Alliange
Floyd County
Kentucky
Nelson Hamilton
Hamilton
Wheat Crop of 1899 Reported by Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department reports the 1899 U S wheat crop at 547 300 000 bushels or 12 3 bushels per acre. Winter wheat yields 201 7 million bushels and spring wheat 255 8 million bushels. Special agents visited every major wheat state and acreage changes reflect their investigations.
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Vogue
Department of Agriculture
United
Quay Appointment Question Faces Senate Committee
The senate committee on elections likely will delay a report on M. S. Quay's seat in the Pennsylvania Senate beyond the holidays. Counsel for Quay presented a strong case against his appointment at the hearing before the committee.
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Quay
Senate Committee On Elections
Police Chief Murphy Shot in North Dakota Arrest Fateful Double
Moorhead Chief Murphy and burglar Collins were wounded during a confrontation on the North Dakota side of the Red River. Collins fled after the shooting but fell, leaving his revolver within reach. Murphy then fired, striking Collins in the head. Both men were hospitalized in Moorhead at death’s door.
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Murphy
Moorhead
Mino
Collins
North Dakota
Red River
Collings
Ape Ll
Children Burned to Death in Ky House Fire
Three Reynolds children aged six three and one were burned to death in Nicholas Kentucky when locked in their house while parents visited a neighbor. Parents returned to find house collapsed and victims dead. Other notes report Mrs Craven pursuing a U S Senate widow claim and a separate train accident near Marfa Texas killing two women and injuring a daughter of Mrs Duncan.
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Perth
Bamwel Reynolds
Nicholas, Ky
Jealous Father in Tacoma Lodging House Shootings
Adam Orist, lodging house proprietor in Tacoma Washington, shot his wife and killed his eight year old son then wounded another child aged five before turning the gun on himself. The motive is stated as jealousy.
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Oring
Adam Orist
Tacoma
Wash
Bia
Pittsburg Typographical Union Walks Out Over Membership Demands
Members of Pittsburg Typographical Union No 7 strike the Pittsburg early newspapers offices though contracts run to December 24. They push that machinists serving linotype machines who belong to Duquesne Judge No 199 of the International Association of Machinists join the typographical union. Meanwhile Lieutenant Brumby, famed aide to Admiral Dewey, dies at Garfield Hospital after weeks of typhoid illness. his close ties with Dewey are noted as a shock to the admiral.
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Pittsburg
Typographical Union No. 7
Duquesne Judge No
International Association of Machinists
Typographical Union
Thomas Brumby
Fay Leutenant
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Garfield Hospital
Washington
Brumby
Suc & Strang
Stocks Plunge As Clearing Banks Force Money Rate Drop
A panic on the New York Stock Exchange last Monday drove prices down as investors dumped shares amid cash shortages. Clearing house banks offered about 10 million to push rates to 6 percent, triggering a sharp rally later. many major stocks fell, with American Tobacco, Metropolitan, and Sugar among the notable losers. The day saw about 1,050,000 shares traded, a record for a single session, and market nerves remained high into close.
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Stock Exchange
New York
Bears
London
Transvaal
Metropolitan
Peoples’ Gas
Sugar
Continental Tobacco
Tennessee Coal
Manhattan
Leather
Northwestern
New York Central
Great Northern
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
Union Pacifics
Northern Pacifier
Atchison
Rumor of Buller Crossing Tugela River in London
London reports a hitherto reliable correspondent says General Buller crossed the Tugela after stiff fighting. Methuen's communications cut, Bombay troops may be sent to Durban, four regiments and artillery to reinforce Buller within a month. Volunteers answer official calls with zeal as news from Cape Town remains sparse.
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London
Buller
Tugels
Daily Mail
Agela
General Methuen
William Lockhirt
India
Bombay
Durban
Baller
Cape Town
Cape Argus
Thgela River
Barton
Colenso
Wetmore Forms Tabasco Company to Rival Trust
W C Wetmore, ex president of Liggett Myers Tobacco, files incorporation papers in Peerson City Missouri for the W C Wetmore Tabasco Company with capital 917250000. Plant machinery already installed in St Louis and factory to begin operation soon in opposition to the trust.
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W. C. Wetmore
Liggett & Myers ‘Tobacco Company
Peerson City
W. C. Wetmore Tabasco Company
St. Louis
Explosion at Pen Argyl Quarry Kills Worker J Arnold Parsons
A quarry blast at Pen Argyl Pennsylvania killed 23 year old J Arnold Parsons. He was preparing to set off a blast when wind blown powder ignited and ignited the charge, causing fatal injuries instantly.
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J. Arnold’ Parsona
United States State
Pen Argyll
Parsons
Battle reports and court case summarize turmoil
The dispatch notes British retirement at Magellfontein under heavy Boer artillery fire and Buller’s war losses at the Tugela River totaling 1097 with 62 killed, 667 wounded, 348 missing. A separate Osceola, Iowa case sees Mrs. Julia Crosby plead guilty to murdering her husband and facing about twenty years in prison.
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Tugela
Tuegla River
Magellfontein
Julia Crosby
Osceola
Woodbine
Buller
War Office
Tugela River
President Commutes 20-Year Term for Four Soldiers
President commutes sentences of four American soldiers from a Washington regiment serving prison terms in a Philippine case. The court had imposed capital punishment but the presidents action shortens the punishment to imprisonment.
Advance in Freight Rates Seen Across Railroads
Advance in freight rates will take effect January 1 on all railroads past and west of Chicago. The rise averages 35 to 40 percent affecting sugar, soap, coffee, flour, coal and farm implements among thousands of everyday items. East of Chicago the increase shifts many goods into higher classes, while shippers consider legal action against the move. Railroad officers defend the rise by noting higher costs for ties and engines.
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Ure
Juua
Chicago
Rhil T
Irish Denounce War at Dublin Pro-Boer Meeting
A pro-Boer protest in Dublin drew a large police presence as Maud Gonne and James Connolly attempted to address crowds. The wagonette parade sang anti‑British songs and displayed a Transvaal flag near Dublin Castle before police seized it. Davitt Redmond and others condemned the war, with sharp remarks about Chamberlain and Britain.
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Dublin
Ireland
Trinity College
Joseph Chamberlain
Maud Gonne
Joan of ‘Aye
James Connolly
Connolly
Wagonette
Joe Chamberlain
Empire
Dublin Castle
Transvaal
Michael Davitt
William Redmond
Davitt
Europe
Great Britain
Monaco
Mr Redmond
Chamberlain
War Department Takes Action on Fort Crook Killing
The War Department will handle the case of a soldier killed near La Platte Nebraska by two Tenth Cavalry sentinels. Federal jurisdiction is established as U S District Attorney Summers was asked to defend, preventing Nebraska state court martial.
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War Department
Fort Crook
Tenth Cavalry
la Platte
Neb
Griggs
United States
Summers
Omaha
Merriam
Nebraska
Maine Victims' Bodies to Be Brought Home From Cuba
The Texas warship, under Captain Sigsbee, has arrived at Havana and will depart Thursday. Coffins from Colon cemetery will be sealed in metal caskets with disinfectant, and Father Chadwick will identify them on extraction, marking each location with a chart. The Richardson county tax case on the Rule Bridge dispute proceeds to the supreme court after a railroad injunction. The tax involved totals $1,241.
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United States
Texas
Sigsbee
Havana
Colon Cemetery
Maine
Chadwick
Supreme Court
Richardson
C. H. &Q. Railroad
Military officers and royal family listed in czar’s mousehold
A fragment lists ninety eight officers of vaticua ranks eighty two to the army and fifteen to the navy along with nineteen royal family members. It touches on soap quality chapped hands theater snow machines and various ad style notes.
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Ceara Honnoncla
Czar Fg
Vaticua
Army
Mavy
Gallita Gamblers Panic Spurs Banking Conference
Boston and New York bankers met in Boston to plan drastic stock exchange actions. The conference agreed to back solid stocks if no other remedy United, aiming to avert a gamblers panic in the financial market.
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New York
Boston
The
Stock Exchange
Chicago Grand Opera House Illness Forces Short Intermission
Bul Smith Russell, performing Monday evening at Chicago Grand Opera House, left the stage after a brief illness in the first act. He retired to the dressing room with his wife and a companion, and was later driven to his hotel. The manager said Mr. Russell is suffering from nervous dy.
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Bul Smith Russell
Hig Man
Ner
Nf H
Bergee
Hia’ Hotel
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