La Porte Improvement Projects Progress Nearing Completion
La Porte Texas advances future water shipping point on Galveston Bay with wharves and tracks nearing completion. General manager I R Holmes oversees improvements from Sylvan Hotel as February 1900 sale approaches.
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F. Porte
Teresa
la Porte
Texas
Galveston Bay
Gulf of Mexico
I. R. Holmes
Mr. Holmes
Sylvan Hotel
Vist Itors
Americans Push Southern Front in Philippines Battle
Manila reports a first phase of a southern advance as two battalions of the Thirty-ninth infantry land near Cabuyao. Two Americans killed and four wounded. 24 enemy dead found in a house. One hundred fifty prisoners and four six pounder guns captured. Gunboat Laguna de Bay bombarded Cabuyao before disembarkation. Rebels evacuated to Santa Rosa pursued by U S forces. Congress units stir nearby as Manila braces with three thousand troops in city.
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Manila
Aguina Aldo
Bontoc
Thiry-ninith
Cabuyao
Laguna de Bay
Cuscoes
Santa Rosa
Silang
Calamba
Calemba
San Pedro Macati
Pasig
French Victory in Colony Seizes Colesberg from Boers
General French leads a night march to outflank the Boers and seize Colesberg, with infantry, cavalry, and artillery advancing in concert. British dispatches praise the tactics and urge larger cavalry forces to front. Also reports of glass factories reopening, River Steamer Linda sinking, Cradker breaking leg, and Cardinal Gotti named as Leo XIII’s successor.
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Aerate French
Tuen
Osnore
Rensburg
Cape Colony
French
Colesberg
Colésberg
London
South Africa
Heirt
Old Settlers Quarrel Ends in Shooting at Alliance
E. Clough was shot by J. A. Kime at Clough's Alliance home. Three shots from a revolver at close range pierced the neck. the wound is not dangerous. A warrant for Kime's arrest is issued and he surrendered to the sheriff after the incident. The clash stems from a government survey land dispute in township 24, range 47. County Judge Hewitt will preside at Kime's hearing.
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E. Clough
J. A. Kime
Alliance
Clough
Kime
Hewitt
Dole Sceptical Over Plague Threat In Honolulu
President Dale of Hawaii minimizes alarm over Black Plague reports. He trusts the board of health to stamp out the disease quickly, while physicians split on the diagnosis and public opinion ponders Chinatown conditions and Japanese residents in the quarantined area.
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Dale
Hawaii
Board of Health
Honolulu
Chinatown
Cole to be brought back by guard from Los Angeles
A warrant for Charles H. Cole, former Globe bank of Boston president, reached Los Angeles. The U.S. marshal received AG directive to transport Cole to Boston under guard. He waived a preliminary exam. four counts allege embezzlement of 5400 on August 7 and 100000 on August 17, with two counts referencing those actions.
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Bunker
Los Angeles
Charles H. Cole
Globe Bank of Boston
Cal
United States
The
Cole
Boston
Murder verdict and execution order in New York case
Willam Newfeld was found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of his cousin Mrs. Nathan Krogman. He faces execution in the week beginning February 3. The victim’s jewels appeared in pawnbrokers across the city, tied to Newfeld as her cousin who pawned them.
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New York
Willam Newfeld
Nathan Krogman
Explosion Kills Bathurst in Salona Lime Works Office
An accidental dynamite blast in the aweigh master's office of the Bellefonte Limestone Co. at Salona killed Grant Bathurst assistant postmaster at Rote Pa. aged 35 and injured two others. Bathurst leaves a wife and child.
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Grant Bathurst
Rote
Bellefonte Limestone Company
Salona
Bathurst
Tragic Denver to Cheyenne Train Crash Kills One, Injures Fourteen
A Union Pacific Cheyenne flyer rear-ended the Boulder Valley train near Brighton Colorado Friday morning. One express messenger Wintela Randleman of Denver died in the wreck and fourteen passengers suffered injuries ranging from cuts to head traumas. Conductor McAllister helped quell the blaze as two cars burned. wounded were treated in Brighton and Denver area hospitals.
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Union Pacific
Boulder
Margaret Young
Marsfeld
G. Hurst
Brighton
E. Y. Davis
Denver
W.G. Tompkins
Bradley
Alderson & Co
Kansas City
Payne
Laramie
Wyo
McCanna
Bredt Laws
Michael Regan
Thomas McGovern
John Kennedy
John Carrington
Frank Sloan
Jerry Tannery
McAllister
Boulder Valley
Cheyenne
Banker Hurst
Cwls
Myer
Mississippi AG charges insurance firms with law violations
Attorney General Nash files a bill of information in Hinds County Circuit Court accusing insurers doing business in Mississippi and aligned with the Southeastern Tariff Association of violating state trust and restraint laws. He seeks cancellation of their franchises and a halt to their operations in the state. Estimate estimates $25,000,000 in policies carried by the thirty named firms.
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Nash
Jackson
Miss
Hinds County
Southeastern Tariff
Mississippi
Boers Fortify Colenso Position With Fortified Trenches
Pietermaritzburg dispatch from December 30 reports the Boer position at Colenso growing stronger as disciplined forces use known country to choose battle scenes. Trenches and bomb proof works crown the hill with underground connections and machine guns. Mines may be laid and Boer shell fire remains effective.
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Pietermaritzburg
Colenso
Married a Diamond King in Durban News
Miss Celia Bueter of Deadwood writes from Durban Natal that she has wed a diamond king of Johannesburg named J Rees. She describes fleeing Johannesburg with companions, leaving belongings behind, and notes threats of violence as Dutch factions threaten to burn the city and blast mines. Mrs Rees is an artist of renown, born in Nebraska City Nebraska.
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Wraupyaal
Deadwood
Celia
Bueter
Deadswood
Durban
Natal
Johannesburg
South Africa
J. Rees
India
Court fines Mrs Eddy foe contempt in libel case
Boston judge finds Mrs Josephine Woodbury in contempt for publishing parts of her declaration in the Mrs Eddy libel suit and interviews about the case. She pays a $50 fine. Other brief items note a Baltimore murder case, a Nebraska train collision verdict, a Port Jervis bank robbery case, a Colorado rail crash, a New York fire chief promotion, and assorted regional notices.
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Woodbury
Boston
Josephine Woodbury
Uraley
Cuphesfree
Herry
Mary Eddy
The
Christian Science Church
Sirs
Cascarets praised in wide reader testimonials
A flood of reader letters extols Cascarets as a pleasant mild laxative that relieves constipation and biliousness. Prominent testimonials from Mrs. Gaber in Chicago and others across Buffalo, Emerson Street, or Pa, Oklahoma, and Canada celebrate relief and a safe, effective experience with Cascarets, urging readers to buy from druggists and request a free booklet.
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America
Gaber
Larrabee St
Chicago
Albert Bo Burt
Andover
C. W. Durbin
Emerson St
Buffalo
Meadle
Eunice J. Smith
Rich Valley
Enj
Honshtatown
Ind
Charles H. Nye
Cincinnati
Ohio
M. Rew
Wacelle
Iowa
Andrew Woodruff
Daysville
N.C
Tom Holt
Wellwood
Manitoba
John Wiesmink
Allegan
Mich
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicazo
New York
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Parkersburg
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Grafton
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Menélek
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Solomon
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Fox
Seng Ito
J.B. Teitlebaun
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N.M
Ilinois
J. W.grove
Denver Relatives Union
Philippines
Pisa
D. C. Albright
Miffinburg
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California
Baker's
Brent Fant
Cocoa
Coste
Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Masa
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
Wilson
Chauncey M. Depew
Russell Sage
Thomas Edison
Madison Peters
General Morritt
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Missouri Pacific
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Port Jervis
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Scannell
Edward F. Croker
New York City Fire Department
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Tammany Hall
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Louis E. Goldsmith
Port Jarvis
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General Kitchener
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State Election Commission
Spelmann Brothers Company
Chi- Garg
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el Paso
New Orleans
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Chamber Commerce
W. J. Berg
Tray
P . Agt
Ellicott
Hull
F. J. Cheney 4 Co
Woledo
F. J. Cheney, &Co
Toledo
Cruigiste
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Sycoa
Hale Bidelaiag
Aia Wai Baokhorn
Bartindl
Bhotun
Remington
Doutle
Genuiie Rogers
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