Rebels Threaten Cape Colony as Boers Advance Near De Aar
Dispatches from London and Wellington report Boer forces marching toward De Aar and Britstown, with Lord Kitchener sending troops and warnings that Cape Colony battles may widen. Loyalists push for martial law while New Zealand pledges to keep and reinforce its contingent in South Africa.
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Mdon
Phillipn
Colony
Cape
Capen
Lord Kitchener
Kitchener
Standard
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Daily Mail
Ess
Steynsburg
Venterstad
Burghersdorp
Marquette remains reportedly found near Frankfort
Milwaukee reports surprise over a claim that Father Marquette’s bones were located near Frankfort in 1878 by Father Jacker. The discovery challenges the belief that Marquette’s remains were in possession of Marquette college in Milwaukee for two decades.
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Marquette
Ilwaukee
Father Marquette
Frankfort
Marquette College
Father Jacker
St. Ignace, Ich
Massacre of Chinese Reformers Reported From China
Vancouver reports a cable from W A Cumrow stating 1500 reformers were killed in Cichili Yangtze region. Twenty seven leaders were beheaded and treachery ended the movement in Central China on December 18.
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Vancouver
B. C
China
W. A. Cumrow
Chinese Reform Association
America
Cichili
Yang Tse
Missionaries Report Boxer Attack Near Peking
Boxers about 35 miles east of Peking killed 12 Catholics and burned eight temples, according to missionaries reporting from the area on December 26.
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Peking
Boxers
Paris Christmas Tide Brightens City With Festive Cheer
Paris on December 26 enjoyed clear weather as crowds filled boulevards to browse toy booths and Christmas novelties. Beneficiaries received meals and gifts, while Mme Loubet donated 7,000 francs for relief of needy widows.
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Paris
France
Mme. Loubet
Stabbed Three Soldiers at Ft. Washington
In a drunken frenzy at Ft. Washington private James L. McDonough fought to escape arrest by sergeant J. P. Staab and four privates. He stabbed three soldiers with a bayonet concealed under his coat. Staab was dangerously wounded in the left breast. another soldier suffered a shoulder wound and a third a wounded arm before McDonough fled.
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Washington
James L. McDonough
Ft. Washington
J. P. Staab
McDonough
Davidson Brothers In Shootout At Vergennes
In Vergennes near Carbondale Illinois Joe and Jake Davidson quarreled with farmer Henry Fox at a saloon. Joe fired killing Fox’s abdomen, wounding bystander Joe Pyatt. A posse pursued the brothers. near town three men halted them after a running fight, both brothers wounded, one fatally.
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Carbondale
Ill
Vergennes
Joe
Jake Davidson
Henry Fox
Joe Davidson
Fox
Joe Pyatt
Tippey
Crain
Nolt
Boutelle Announces Resignation From House Seat
Captain Charles A. Boutelle of Bangor Maine will resign from the house around March 4 under an understanding with President McKinley. Congress authorized his retirement to the navy list, a resolution pushed by Senator Hale and Maine delegation will take effect before that date.
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Boutelle
Washington
Charles A. Boutelle
Bangor
House
McKinley
Congress
Hale
Maine
Navy
Bishop Hale Dies in Cairo After Illness
Bishop Charles Reuber Hale coadjutor of Springfield diocese died in Cairo from valvular heart disease. Born March 14 1837 in Pennsylvania, he held the post since 1892 and had been ill for two years. Interment will be in Philadelphia. no children survive him.
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Hale
Springfield
Ill
George
Seymour
Charles Reuber Hale
Episcopal Church
Cairo
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Crowe Sought in Cudahy Kidnapping Case
Police in St. Joseph Missouri say Pat Crowe, linked to the Cudahy kidnapping, is believed to be in the city and officers are actively searching for him.
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Crowe
St. Joseph
Pat Crowe
Cudahy
Race War Threat Looms in Cementville Standstill
Jeffersonville Ind December 26 a race war looms at Cementville five miles north of the Pan Handle road as armed blacks clash with whites who stay indoors Sheriff Rave declines to return to the scene after an initial quieting attempt and Kendall man fights to protect his saloon and dry goods store as threats of a bloody riot continue with no direct telephone line to the town and a railroad line used to relay updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Cementville
Lee Ranger
John Redmond
Sam Kendall
Kendall
Ranger
Montgomery
Trial of Cornelius Alvord Jr. Opens in Bank Defalcation Case
In New York federal court Cornelius Alvord Jr. faces a $690000 defalcation claim from the First National Bank of New York. Restitution to date hinges largely on Mrs. Alvord’s jewels valued at about $150000, while home sale proceeds in Mount Vernon were small.
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New York
Cornelius Alvord, Jr
First National Bank
United States District Court
Mount Vernon
Stranded Steamer Antillia Floated Off Shoals
The British steamer Antillia, ashore on Great Egg Harbor shoals in heavy fog, was floated by four wrecking tugs. She proceeded to New York under her own power after being salvaged. The ship left Nassau December 19 for New York with a small cargo and two passengers were rescued by a life saving crew.
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New York
Great Egg Harbor Shoals
Nassau
Girl Still Missing In Pueblo Missing Case
Police fail to find Maggie Hoel three days after she vanished from her uncle's Pueblo home. Impressions grow that she left voluntarily with speculation she fled to avoid an engagement to be married.
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Pueblo
Col
Maggie Hoel
Father fatally shoots son after domestic dispute in Montana
In Great Falls area on December 26 Jacob Werten fatally wounded his son John after his wife was mistreated and the son defended her. Werten surrendered to authorities after the shooting.
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Great Fally
Mont
Jacob Werten
John
Werten
Silk Theft Hits Quincy Store Stash
Burglars broke into the Kespohl Mohrenssecher company store in Quincy Illinois and stole 95 bolts of silk valued at 4000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Iil
Kespohl-Mohrenssecher Company
Was it Youtsey's Box of Cartridges Found in Auditor's Vault
A cartridge box with eight metal patched smokeless powder cartridges, matching the bullet from the hackberry tree linked to Senator Goebel's shooting, was found in the Kentucky auditor's vault. Henry Youtsey, accused in the Goebel assassination, was a former auditor’s clerk with access to the vault. George Barnes testified seeing Youtsey with a box of cartridges.
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Kentucky Auditor’s Office
Frankfort
State Auditor’s Office
Senator Goebel
Henry Youtsey
Goebel
Auditor’s
George Barnes
Youtsey
A Noisy Christmas in Louisville
Christmas day in Louisville echoed a New England Fourth as cannons and fire crackers boomed. Charitable societies provided dinners and entertainments for several hundred children and deserving families regardless of color.
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Louisville
New England
Elks Feed 500 Needy in Roanoke Christmas Dinner
In Roanoke Virginia the Elks fed 500 of the city’s poor at Assembly hall. Long tables were set as 500 guests watched a meal costing over 1500 dollars. The annual Christmas cheer program began in Roanoke years ago and has spread to other communities with Elks.
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Elks
Roanoke
Roanoke Elks
Assembly Hall
Order of Elks
Railways to Consolidate Under New System
Reliable reports from Charleston Illinois state that the Clover Leaf line Toledo St Louis and Western and the Missouri Lima and Northern and Ohio Southern railroads will merge into a single system. President Norton is named to head the merged network which will exceed 6000 miles in extent.
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Charleston, Ill
Toledo, St. Louis and Western
Clover Leaf
Missouri, Lima and Northern
Ohio Southern
Norton
Prince of Oldenbourg Opens People’s Palace in Petersburg
In St. Petersburg on December 26 the Prince of Oldenbourg, head of the government temperance committee, declared the people’s palace open. After the inauguration ceremony he and 20 senior officers, including commanding generals, high officials, nobles, and ladies, dined with peasants and workers’ families.
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People’s Palace
St. Petersburg
Prince of Oldenbourg
Government Temperance Committee
The Moat of It Interesting News Notes From All Quarters
A roundup of perilous events from around the globe reports assassinations in Garland City Arkansas the drowning of Captain James Wilson aboard Inchcape Rock a New York trolley collision with injuries a Toronto fire fatal to Robert Lithco family and deaths from electrocution in East Liverpool Ohio.
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Globe
Planter Owens
Garland City
Ark
James Wilson
New York City
Robert Lithco
Toronto
John Hamilton
East Liverpool
Dick Lamberson
Little Rock
United States
Uba
Dowager Lucy Churchill Found Dead at Osborne
London report of the dowager Lucy Churchill senior lady of the bedchamber and confidante of the queen found dead in her Osborne bedroom. She complained of cold after retiring but no serious symptoms appeared and the illness was not considered grave.
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Lady Churchill
London
Lucy Churchill
Osborne
Wisconsin's Col Henry B Harshaw Dies in Milwaukee
Colonel Henry B Harshaw former Wisconsin state treasurer died at his daughter Mrs Dr Thomas H Hay home in Milwaukee cancer of the tongue. He hailed from Oshkosh and served in the Iron Brigade during the Civil War.
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Milwaukee
Henry B. Harshaw
Wisconsin
Thomas H. Hay
Harshaw
Oshkosh
Iron Brigade
Two Montpelier Men Killed in Ohio Rail-By Buggy Collision
Charles Gannon and Wayne Crawl of Montpelier, Ohio, were en route to a Christmas dance in Blakeslee, Ohio, when a Wabash express train struck their buggy near Butler Indiana, killing both men instantly.
Local Frick manager charged with embezzlement in Indianapolis
Thomas Wetb Jay, manager for Frick Manufacturing of Waynesboro Illinois, arrested on embezzlement charges after S B Rinehart reports a shortage not to exceed 38000. Rinehart, company president, states funds missing alleged.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Wetb Jay
Frick Manufacturing Company
Waynesboro
Lil
Powler
S. B. Rinehart
Coke price war tightens furnace coke contracts
Producers in Pittsburg report a price war for furnace coke with delivery links to early next year. Some non Connellville producers are selling furnace coke as low as 1.40 dollars per ton.
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Pittsburg
Lake Washington Ship Canal Plans Ready for Canal Contract
Seattle reports completion of general plans for the Lake Washington ship canal and says a contract for a preliminary channel will be let shortly after January 1. The work will be funded within a congressional appropriation of 170000 dollars.
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Seattle
Lake Washington Ship Canal
Congress
Incorrect arrest clears Merrill Wakefield in Rivens case
Decatur Illinois reports Merrill Wakefield was released after being arrested for the Warrensburg murder of Dick Rivens when the coroner's jury found Anderson Burnside, a farm hand, guilty. Burnside has fled the area.
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Decatur, Ill
Merrill Wakefield
Dick Rivens
Warrensburg
Anderson Burnside
Burnside
Destructive Fire Hits Euclaire Business District
A fire in Euclaire, 15 miles east of St. Joseph, destroyed half the town’s business section. Guarded by officials, damage is estimated at about 50 000 dollars.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Euclaire
G.u
Plague Death Toll In Mysore State Rises
Lord Curzon reports that since bubonic plague appeared in 1898, 25,000 deaths have occurred in Mysore state. Weather forecasts call for fair conditions and westerly winds on Thursday.
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Calcutta
Lord Curzon
Kedlestone
India
Mysore
French Detachment Fights Boxers Near Hung Tsu
A French force of 100 men marching toward Hung Tsu opened fire when Boxer units fired on them across a frozen creek. Lieutenant Contal was killed and another officer wounded before the French burned the village.
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Tien Tsin
Hung Tsu
Contal
Sara Bernhardt Presents Hamlet in New York City
Sara Bernhardt’s Hamlet opened at the Garden Theater in New York, a faithful English French translation by Morand and Schwab. The production drew an interested audience and was warmly received despite differing conceptions of tragedy. Coquelin did not appear until the final act as the first grave digger. Bernhardt was recalled many times.
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Sara
New York
Sara Bernhardt
Hamlet
Garden Theater
Eugene Morand
Marcel Schwab
M. Coquelin
Mme
Bernehardt
Notorious gang member arrested for shoplifting
Pittsburg police arrested J. E. Clark and his wife in Allegheny on shoplifting charges after officers found substantial property in their possession. A search revealed Clark had a prior arrest in St. Louis on murder charges and suggested his real name is J. C. O'Neil, possibly linked to the Blinky Morgan gang active in the area years ago.
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Pittsburg
J. E. Clark
Allegheny
Clarke
Beemn
St. Louis
J. C. O'Neil
Blinky
Imperial arrests signal crackdown on Qing troublemakers
Shanghai reports the government has arrested Prince Tuan and Prince Chaung on the Shan-Si Shen-Si border. Yu Hsien is ordered to return to Sian Fao for execution. It appears authorities may bow to the joint note demands to punish the instigators of the trouble in Ching.
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Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Prince Chaung
Shan-Si
Shen-Si
Yu Hsien
Sian Fao
China Accepts Joint Note Conditions Within Month
Foreign ministers in Peking agree China will accept the joint note’s terms within a month. The note left for the Dowager Empress and the emperor soon after its presentation, but slow wire service may delay delivery until December 27.
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China
Peking
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Fate
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Lanta
Indiana
Son
Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
Dexter
Herbert Romine
Lester
John Hawes
William Campbell
Ernest Margquette
Mullet Lake
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New Ship Canal
Busness
OAK Hub
The
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