French Canadians seek independence amid anti British sentiment
Ottawa dispatch notes rising French Canadian hostility to British rule fueled by Africa war and calls for an independent state in America. The Maine tragedy concludes with 165 burials at Washington National Cemetery as Marines escort the funeral, Chaplain Chadwick presiding. President McKinley, Cabinet members, naval officers attend the solemn service.
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New York
Ottawa
Canada
Africa
Quebec
France
St. Lawrence
America
Maine
Washington National Cemetery
Marine Band
Father Chadwick
Sigshee
B McKinley
Pinnacle Rock Falls at Cumberland Gap Tennessee
A Cumberland Gap dispatch reports Pinnacle Rock, a landmark overhanging Cumberland Gap, toppled recently. The several hundred ton mass shattered hillside and damaged property but did not threaten town lives. Cause of the fall remains unexplained.
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Cumberland Gapp
Tenn
Cumberland Gap
Fort White Florida quiet after threats of uprising
The threatened negro uprising over the killing of Tom White by the marshal at Fort White is averted as citizens arm themselves and demonstrate force. Several shots were fired into residences by unknown assailants believed to be negros. Armed guards prevent incendiary violence.
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Fort White
Fla
Tom White
Man Charged in Wife Murder case in Mooresville
Jesse Springer was arrested in Indianapolis for causing the death of his wife. The woman died at her parents home in Mooresville after Springer and another woman allegedly took her there and left her on a doorstep to die. Police have investigated for several days amid the case’s mystery.
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Jesse Springer
Indianapolis
Mooresville
Springer
Pettit Says He Recruits For Hospital Service In Boer War
The United States District Attorney will start an investigation into reports that men were recruited by Pierre Pettit at Cincinnati for the Boer war effort. Pettit claims he enlists solely for hospital service allowed by law. He says once in the Transvaal they may do as they please.
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United States
Pierre Pettit
Cincinnati
Pettit
Transvaal
Privy Council Proclaims Warning to British Subjects
The Privy Council at Windsor Castle issued a proclamation by Queen Victoria warning all British subjects not to aid the Transvaal or Orange Free State by selling or transporting merchandise there under penalty of law. The proclamation was gazetted.
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Privy Council
Windsor Castle
Victoria
Transvaal
Orangeree
Civil War in New Guinea Reaches Major Violence
News from Victoria B C via the steamer Aorangi reports a bloody civil war among Kiriwani natives in New Guinea. The head chief was defeated, eleven villages were destroyed, and there was heavy slaughter in the fighting.
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New Guinea
Victoria
B. C
Aorangi
Kiriwani
Pope May Urge Peace Talks With Catholic Powers
A Rome report says Pope Leo plans a formal appeal to Austria France Belgium and Spain to use good offices for a swift, mutually honorable peace between the South African combatants.
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Pope
Poice
Rome
Leo
Austria
France
Belgium
Spain
South Africa
Cleveland in Gout Sufferings
Former President Grover Cleveland endures rheumatic gout with slow improvement and persistent distress, as medical observers report the ailment remains stubborn and not rapidly abating.
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Cleveland
Substantial Fires and Notable Losses Across Cities
A roundup of large property losses includes a fire at Eastern milol vitals in Germantown Pa causing 60 000 dollars loss, fully insured, and an Eniontown coke region explosion claiming at least thirty two lives. A riot in Morrisania New York left one man dead and two wounded while a New York restaurant scene saw Joseph Wittgenstein die suddenly at 60. Wages rose 2 percent for 1 800 miners in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley mills, and a large brick building at 134 146 William Street New York burned with damages near 380 000. Prominent financier Anson Phelps Stokes gains Yale stake as Cassie and Olivia Stokes fund new admin building.
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Milot Joseph Flings
Germantown
John P. Lovell Avis Company
Boston
Barnes & Ball
Morrisanis
N.Y
New York
Joseph Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein
Louisiana
Lehigh and Wilkesharre Coal Company
Silver Brook Coal Company
Elanelton
Bragnell
Eniontown
May Otters
William Street
Tagen Ta. Packard
Prvestment and Security Company
Diceob Day Vandergrift
Wittsburg
Buffalo
N. Yo
Montgromerys
Cather
Cassie
Olivia Stokes
Multiple Local Disasters And Crimes Across States
Reports from Lima Ohio to San Francisco California recount a string of fatal accidents including a scaffold collapse in Tit Ohio and a wreck near Bear Mouth Montana. The murder of John Lennon in California and a poisoning fire in Rock Creek Ohio are noted amid robberies in New Albany Indiana and a mass locomotive accident near Chicago. Authorities address legislative naval enlistment rulings in San Francisco and a Chinatown brawl in Marysville California. A Chicago death toll emerges after gunfire in Mexico and a husband wife shooting in Indianapolis. The Siegel Litman Dry Goods Company is mentioned in passing.
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Lima
Oho
Lewis Crier
Siettle
Cunninghan
Sugarkind
Tex
Tit
Ohio
Ro Ro Bever
Ele
Anna Bowers
Matt Rickey
Ningusher
O.T
San Francisco
Cal
John Lennon
San Jose
Northern Pacific
Bear Mouth
Munt
Trina
Los Angeles
Rock Creek
Southwesterm Limited
Sharon
George Tlaneaek
New Albany
Ind
Han
Chiemgo Ue
United States Engress Company
St. [Ual
Mississippi Valley Lumberman
Minneapolis
de Haven
United States District Court
Ben Eddleman
Indianapolis
John A. Toover
Siegel-Litman Dry Goods Company
Multiple Tragedies and Fires Hit Augusta and Beyond
Fire destroys Berry flour mill at Augusta, loss $116,000 with $85,000 insured. Georgia iron works land sawmill owned by Perkins Manufacturing also burned, loss $175,000, $95,000 insured. Electrician Peter J Colbert shoots wife then dies. wife injured but to recover. Suspects arrested in New York and Kentucky. several homicides and suicides reported across the South and Midwest. Trade and market data wrap with various city figures and commodity prices.
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J. OM. Berry
Augusta
Georgia Iron Works
Perkins Manufacturing Company N
Peter J. Colbert
Jacksonville
Holbert
Samuel Renfro
Elizabethton
Tenn
New York
Tie
J. E. Sanders
Chicago
Memphis
Sanders
A. F H. Sanders
Illinois
Clay County
Alex. Fisher
Ples Fisher
Wayne Tatfeld
Elias Matfield
Anse” Hatfield
George Trafield
Bear Creek
George Brasear
Matowan
W. Va
Wayne Hatfield
Minnesota
Admiral Dewey
Lizzie Slummons
Winchester
Sam Wheeler
Fort Wingate
N. ML
Great Northern Railway Canping
Quebec
UVO
Chapman & Co
Buffalo
Cape Hatteras
Ariosé
Tratteras
Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Wall Street
United States
Canada
Deed of trust filed as store faces debts in St Louis
The firm is reported to owe about $225,000 with assets roughly the same. In Topeka Kansas Maggie Drayer age 14 was shot and killed at the Taylor home while playing with popguns when Mrs. William Taylor discharged an old musket. The accident caused a fatal chest injury to the girl.
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St. Louis
Maggie Drayer
John Drayer
Topeka
Kan
William Taylor
Taylor
Europe uneasy as British rule threatened in Africa
London press reports secret treaty terms allowing Germany to seize Asiatic colonies from Portugal and land north of the Zambesi while England takes Delagoa Bay. Germany gains Africa land, Portugal gets 20k sq km and 1,000,000 people, Britain secures Delagoa Bay for 12 months. Kruger may attack, turmoil feared. Daily Mail criticizes British leadership and calls for better strategy and manpower. Churchill describes Boer positions as strong with trenches and riverine defenses.
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London
Germany
Portugal
Zambesi River
England
Delagoa Bay
Lokal Anzeiger
Africa
Zambesi
Cecil Rhodes
Cape
Cairo
Deingoa Bay
Great Britain
Delagon Bay
Kruger
Delagon
London Daily Mail
Cape Town
Dhvily Mail
Transvaal
Red Cross
Daily Mail
Michael Hicks- Beach
Lord Landsdowne
Wolseley
South Africa
Lord Wolseley
Landsdowne
Walseley
Warren
Natal
Baller
Roberts
Capy Colony
Tocho
Buller
Pietermaritzburg
Chieveley
Tidler
Vowls
G.gug
Fifth Division
Winston Churchill
Lugela
Imusketry
Churchill's Escape From Pretoria Reported by Morning Post
The London Morning Post details Winston Churchill's escape from Pretoria where he sealed a prison wall, walked past town pickets, boarded a freight train bound for Delagon Bay, and hid under coat sacks. He remained undiscovered until the train reached its destination sixty hours later.
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London Morning Post
Winston Churchill
Pretoria
Churchill
Delagon Bay
Washington frets over Canadian raid plot amid Christmas quiet
Officials warn Welland and Trish societies plot a raid similar to 1865 Fenian attempts as neutral law demands. Government vows to prevent armies formed in the United States from invading warring nations while President McKinley and family spend a quiet Christmas at the White House. Express wagons deliver boxes to the Laurai?l as the day unfolds.
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Washington
Welland and
Trish
Canada
High
United States
Great Britain
McKinley
Abner
White House
Executive Mansion
Lauri
President faces broad protests over clemency for oleomargarine looters
The president is receiving widespread protests against pardoning Joseph Wilkins and Howard Baotler, two butter dealers jailed for removing labels and selling oleomargarine as butter. Dairy groups and the National Dairy Association protest. shipments of letters to Santa Claus illustrate public interest. Pearl cultivation experiments and Admiral Dewey’s birthday are also noted along with a potential Pacific coast trip and the launch of the Ohio.
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Washington
Joseph Wilkins
Howard Baotler
National Dairy Association
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