Kruger Will Not Attend Berlin Visit Amid Boer Tensions
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William cannot host Mr Kruger due to prior arrangements and the Boer leader plans to travel from Cologne to Holland. Cape Dutch leaders condemn the war in South Africa as British oppression while protests urge protecting astronomical instruments from Peking observatories.
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Cape Town
Ilenborch
Cape Colony
J. X
Iman
South Africa
J. W. Sauer
Public Works
Alfred Ner Ake
Britain
Repubs
William
Kruger
London
France
Churchill Says His Visit In US Will Be Brief
Queenstown December 3 Winston Spencer Churchill a passenger on the Cunard line steamship Lucania left Liverpool for New York and said his stay in the United States would be short to hurry back to parliamentary duties. He backed Lord Roberts on sending 20 000 more regulars to South Africa noting that any slack would revive Boer spirits.
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Queenstown
Winston Spear Churchill
Cunard Line
Lucania
Liverpool
New York
United States
Africa
Rd Roberts
Lord Kerts Views Majuba and Laing's Nek Route
Ladysmith Natal December 3 Lord Kerts arrived Friday and inspected Majuba and Laing's Nek en route He praised the town's gallant courage calling it a glorious memorial of its pluck and endurance and the relief force's determination and bravery
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Roberts
Ladysmith
Natal
Lord Kerts
Majuba
Laing
Nekile
Sugar price up at national market
New York December 3 The National refining company advanced the granulated sugar price to 5 53 cents per pound in the latest market update.
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New York
National
Powers' Representatives Near Agreement on China Demands
Washington reports administration officials are confident that the powers at Peking will reach common ground on demands to China after the Boxer uprising. The State Department coordinates with U S diplomats across Europe to align with the U S stance that any demands must be fulfillable by the imperial government.
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Washington
Peking
State Department
United States
Twenty Annual AFL Convention to Convene in Louisville
Federation of Labor reports the twentieth annual American Federation of Labor convention to open in Louisville on December 6 with delegates from England and every state. Expected attendance ranges from 250 to 300, with Samuel Gompers and John L. Lewis attending.
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Federation of Labor
Louisville
American Federation of Labor
England
Samuel Gompers
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Cuba Unifies Rural Guards under Central Command
Havana December 3 General Woods issued a decree uniting provincial rural guard groups into a single island wide Rural Guards of Cuba. The force will be commanded centrally and can be deployed anywhere on the island to quell emergencies and preserve future peace.
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Havana
Women’s Christian Temperance Union Convenes in Washington
About 500 delegates attend the twenty seventh annual convention in Washington with regular sessions opening. A key topic is discussion of a resolution regarding the canteen system in the army and the event is anticipated as highly productive for the organization.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Washington
Waingtom
The
Italy Faces 19 Million Lire Budget Deficit
In Rome the minister Rubini announced the 1900 01 budget shows a deficit of 19 000 000 lire with 13 000 000 lire charged to the China expedition. He noted revenue growth may reduce the deficit before year end.
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Italy
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Rubini
China
Federation planned to unite B and O railroad unions
Delegates from divisions along the Baltimore and Ohio from Baltimore to Chicago representing the engineers conductors firemen trainmen and railway telegraphers met in Newark Ohio to form a federation on the B and O system. The proposed federation aims to be effected in about two months.
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Baltimore and Ohio Federation
Newark
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Chicago
Brotherhood ‘of Locomotive Engineers
Order ‘of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of
Order of
Baltimore and Ohio
Prisoners Headed for McNeill’s Island from Nome
The steamship Centennial arrived from Nome with 22 federal prisoners bound for McNeill’s Island to serve various sentences. Also arriving were the steam schooner Santa Ana with the Seven Sisters wreck crew and the steamship Cleveland missing to the north and west in a fog.
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Nome
Port Townsend
Wash
Centennial
McNeill’s Island
Santa Ana
Seven Sisters
Cleveland
Linrock
Col H C Symonds Dies At 70 In California
Colonel H C Symonds, West Point graduate and former professor, died of paralysis at Los Gatos aged 70. A Civil War commissary at Louisville he handled millions in army supplies. His classmates included Generals Sheridan Scho field and McPherson.
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Col. Symonds
San Jose
Cal
H. C. Symonds
Los Gatos
West Point
Sheridan
Schofield
McPherson
Louisville
William Halley a St Joseph Guerrilla Veteran Committed
William Halley, once chief lieutenant to Quantrill, sent to the insane asylum in St Joseph, unable to recover. He helped burn and sack Lawrence, Kansas, and has long served on the local police force.
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Quantrell
St. Joseph
William Halley
Halley
Lawrence
Kan
Federal Court Blocks Public Sale of Florida Central and Peninsular
In Pensacola on December 3 Judge Swayne granted an injunction against the public outcry sale of the Florida Central and Peninsular railroad. The railroad’s property had been levied on and advertised for sale for taxes.
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Pensacola
Fla
United States
Swayne
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
Parker Ondene Matched For Denver Return Bout
Denver's Decce Parker and Baltimore's Joseph Gans are matched for a 10 round return fight at the Colorado Athletic Club on January 4 with a $2,000 purse and winner take all.
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Parker Ondene
Denver
Decce Parker
Joseph Gans
Baltimore
Colorado Athletic Club
Storming the Towns In Colombia Rebels Advance
Advices from Colon report continued rebel activity across Colombia with insurgents capturing Chagres. Government troops retreated after heavy fighting, while reinforcements were ordered to Porto Colombia and Sabantila. Martial law persists in Colon as fears shift toward concentrating against Colon rather than Panama.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Colon
Don
Newton
Colombia
Chagres
Porto Colombia
Sabantila
Siead
Panama
United States
Croft
Feontcint
Uiser
Atrepid
Trains Collide in Mexico Twenty Die and Sixty Hurt
A terrible wreck on the Mexican Central railway between Tamancha and Symon south of Jumilico killed twenty and injured about sixty. Two trains, one with 1509 construction workers and a freight train of 55 empty cars, collided at 30 miles per hour. Three engines and about 40 cars piled 30 feet high. Two American train employees fled to avoid lynching.
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Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
Tamancha
Symon
Jumilico
Detectives Withdrawn After Crank Letters Alarm Duke and Duchess
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester and Eugene Zimmerman spent the day quietly at Holland House. Detectives Vallely and Shipp were sent to meet them at the pier due to two threatening letters alleged to be from a crank, Captain McCluskey said.
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New York
Duke of Manchester
Duchess of Manchester
Eugene Zimmerman
Holland House
McCluskey
Vallely
Shipp
Bay
Triple Killing at Parkdale Station Ends in Deaths
News from Parkdale Arkansas reports two Killian brothers, local merchants, shot Station Agent Phillips after a business dispute. Following a confrontation at his boarding house, all three men fired pistols and died almost instantly. The incident sparked a deadly railway related feud and police investigations.
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Alexandria
Parkdale
Ark
Killian Brothers
Phillips
General Wilson to Take China Report to Washington
Brigadier General James H. Wilson will depart San Francisco for Washington on Tuesday with the report from the Paoting Fu expedition. He will be accompanied by Lt. S. G. Turner of the Tenth Infantry, one of the two American military attaches who joined the expedition, who notes it had a good moral effect.
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Wilson
San Francisco
James Hi. Wilson
China
Thomas
Washington
War Department
S. G. Turner
Tenth Infantry
Turner
Congress rushes key measures in short session to early action
Leaders press war revenue tax cut army reorganization river and harbor and appropriation bills. Democrats plan a provisional army bill substituting for permanent reform. Oleomargarine tax faces dairy-backed opposition with two day review. Saturday pays tribute to Rep Harmer as longest-serving member and Father of the House. Senate mourns deaths of Senators Davis and Gear.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Harmer
Pennsylvania
Strike Called Off By Tampa Trades Assembly
After a long session the trades' assembly canceled the general sympathetic strike in Tampa Florida. Unions agreed to support the International Cigarmakers union with sizable donations from their salaries.
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Tampa
Fla
Trades'assembly
International Cigarmakers’ Union
German decree tightens English study in gymnasia
Emperor William's reform decree orders higher schools to boost English in gymnasia. English will be equal to Greek in lower classes and replace French as an obligatory subject in the top three classes, with French made optional there.
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Berlin
William
Home Ruler Daniel MacAleese dies in Dublin
Daniel MacAleese member of the house of commons for North Monaghan division is dead. Born in 1834 he edited the Belfast Morning News under B Dwyer Gray and later edited the Ulster Examiner. He was a Home Rule advocate aligned with the anti-Parnell faction.
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London
Daniel MacAleese
House of Commons
North Monaghan
Belfast Morning News
B. Dwyer Gray
Ulster Examiner
Tle
Four Convicts Die as Prison Wall Collapses in Nashville
Four convicts two white and two colored were killed and several others injured when a prison wall collapsed during removal work at the old Nashville prison on December 3. Authorities say the men were engaged in tearing down the wall when it fell.
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Nashville
Old
Fire destroys Chattahoochee Brick plant near Atlanta
A blaze leveled the Chattahoochee Brick company plant near Atlanta except for the stock code building where several hundred convicts are housed. Loss estimated at 60000 dollars, partly covered by insurance.
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Atlanta
Chattahoochee Brick Company
Death toll climbs to twenty one in Thanksgiving crash
San Francisco reports two more deaths from the Thanksgiving accident, bringing the total to 21.
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San Francisco
Archbishop Martinelli to lead midnight consecration service
Washington officials report Archbishop Martinelli the apostolic delegate will attend St. Patrick's church services in Washington at midnight on December 31 to consecrate the new century to God. The pope granted special permission to hold a solemn mass at midnight on December 31 to close the century and repeat for the entire new century.
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Washington
Martinelli
St. Patrick’s Church
Policeman Patrick McGloin Found Dead in East River
Mystery surrounds the death of Patrick McGloin a 64 year old policeman found floating in the East River He was assigned to duty at the House of the Good Shepherd and had answered the morning roll call before leaving for the home.
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New York
Patrick McGloin
East River
McGloin
House of the Good Shepherd
Federation Endorsed by Missouri Pacific Telegraph Operators
Telegraph operators on the Missouri Pacific railroad at Atchison Kansas voiced unanimous support for joining the federation with conductors engineers firemen and other train men organizations. Officials stated the federation likely to be formed on the line soon.
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Indorsed
Atchison, Kan
Dec
Missouri Pacific Railway Telegraph
Czar Nicholas Shows Signs Of Improvement
Livadia Russia December 3 bulletin states the czar had a very good day slept well his appetite is returning and his strength is gradually increasing indicating a satisfactory condition while recovering from illness.
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Livadia
Russia
Nicholas
Weather Too Warm Paralyzes Minnesota Lumber Industry
Minneapolis December 3 report says lumbering operations across Minnesota nearly halted due to unseasonable warmth and a dry spell. If weather does not improve, lumbermen warn of heavy winter losses and reduced output.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Boots and Shoes at Unbeatably Low Prices
Fall In Line. Duck Boots and rubber boots offered at low prices. Hand made kid boots 3.00 to 3.50. Women’s shoes 2.50 to 2.75, sold at 2.00. Felt boots and various ball brand rubbers available. Heavy shoes for women and children described with leather soles and counters at the lowest prices.
Senate Swearing In and Shipping Bill Moves Ahead
The ceremony will welcome Mr. Dolliver and Mr. Dillingham to Senate seats replacing Gear and Ross. Frye plans to push the shipping subsidy bill Tuesday or Wednesday, aiming to displace the Spooner Philippine measure, with talks of a friendly accord with Senator Morgan on the Nicaraguan canal bill set for the 10th. There is discussion of Hay-Pauncefote treaty in executive session and efforts to abandon the Davis amendment to fortify the proposed canal.
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Emony
Eaekers
Dolliver
Gear
Dillingham
Ross
Vermont
House of Representatives
Frye
Morgan
Committee On Foreign Relations
Davis
State canvassers meet in Frankfort to tally returns
The state election commissioners in Frankfort convened as a canvassing board to formally canvass the election returns. With no known contests, representatives from both leading parties Attend to witness the count.
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Frankfort
Turken German agrees on Bel Sea coaling station
Constantinople Dec 3 The Turken German dispute over a Bel sea coaling station is settled with Germany signaling it only seeks a station during the Chinese crisis.
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Constantinople
Bel Sea
Germany
Miner capture ends hunt for accused child killer
Ashland Kentucky December 3 1913 William Gibson is charged with burning his two year old stepdaughter to death with a poker. Reports say he was captured by miners in Rush Kentucky and held for a reward. Officers have given up the chase as captors hide him in mine shafts and demand a higher payout from Governor Beckham who offered 500 dollars now sought at 1000 dollars.
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Whurderer
Gibeon
Ashland
William Gibson
Rush
Beckham
Steamship brings rescued crew from waterlogged Bolivia
New York reports the steamer Olbers under Captain Braithwaite arrived from Brazilian ports via St Lucia with Captain Haakonson and 14 seamen from the Norway bark Bolivia. The Bolivia, abandoned at sea in a waterlogged state, left Darien on November 20 and sailed from Sapelo on November 23, sustaining 48 hours of rough conditions.
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New York
Olbers
Braithwaite
St. Lucia
Haakonson
Bolivia
Darien
Sapelo
Actress Georgia Cayvan Stricken By Illness in New York
New York December 3 Miss Georgia Cayvan the actress has been ill for weeks in the Sanford hall san itarium of Flushing Alabama. She suffers from nervous prostration and is said to be on the verge of physical wreck nearly blind. Little hope for recovery is now entertained. Cayvan is a native of Bath Maine.
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New York
Georgia Cayvan
Sanford Hall
Flushing
L. al
Cayyan
Bath
Coal Boats Sink After Collision Near Huntington
Three Pittsburg towboats Toi Dodaworth and Volunteer collided 20 miles above Huntington. About 20 coal boats carrying 500000 bushels of coal sank. Estimated loss runs to 100000 dollars. Ownership rests with the Pittsburg coal combine.
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Huntington
Dee
Toi
Dodaworth
Volunteer
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Combine
Powers Appeal Filed From Goebel Conspiracy Verdict
The appeal of ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers from a life sentence verdict by a Scott county jury for alleged complicity in the Goebel murder conspiracy was submitted to the Kentucky Court of Appeals on briefs.
Notable railroad official dies in Kansas City
Kansas City dispatch reports J. J. Fletcher age 53 traffic manager of the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis road died here from Brights disease. He previously served as general agent for the Big Four based in St. Louis.
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Kansas City
J. J. Fletcher
Fort Scott
Memphis
Bright
Big Four
St. Louis
Trustee's sale of defiance county real estate in bankruptcy
District Court of the Southern District of Ohio will auction the Reinhard Co. bankruptcy estate real estate in Defiance County. Parcels include sections 13 7 18 with specific fractional and acreage descriptions totaling over one hundred acres, appraised at 1673 dollars. Cash terms with bids sent to the trustee in Columbus Ohio.
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District Court of the United States
Southern District of Ohio
Herman Falter
Reinhard « Co
Once County
Ohio
Defiance County
Reinhard & Co
Township
Section Eighteen
Lae
Noutheast
Ottawa and
Defiance Pike
Ottawa
Tegaidity
Jetter
Columbus
Columbus, Unioe 8 > Terms of Sain, Cash
Fred Co
Damkruptcy
Reinaard & Canary
Rich woman funds deafness cure device for public use
A wealthy donor awards 810000 to a visubstitute project after being cured by Dr Nicholson's artificial drums. The grant aims to supply deaf individuals with free access to the technology, enabling those with hearing loss to obtain the treatment at no cost.
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