Six Hours' Fight and alleged fate of peace agents
Report from Pretoria dated January 12 details Boer attacks on Kaalfontein and Zurfontein stations with small garrisons of 120 at each. British trenches held as Boers withdrew, three peace commissioner agents captured at Lindley were flogged and shot under Dewet's orders. Reinforcements to follow. lines to be restored.
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London
Dan
General Dewet
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Daily Mail
Dewet
Kaalfontein
Zurfontein
Zorfontein
Cape Colony
Pretoria
Irene
Olifantsfontein
Beyer
Prétoria
Dewet’s Langer
Lindley
Rebels Press Desperate Assault on Panama City
The British steamer Texan reports fierce Jan 10 11 fighting outside Panama as rebels, reinforced and well supplied, try to breach the city while government troops contest the advance. Losses are heavy on both sides. Martial law grips Colombia as unrest grows.
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Kingston
Colon
Panama
Lund
Colombia
President Improves and Takes Short Ride in Sun
Washington January 14 The president continues to improve and was able to take a short ride with Mrs McKinley yesterday The weather was bright and sunny though his physician orders continued rest from official duties and it is not expected he will resume work for at least a week
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Washington
Woman Held for Murder in Husband Killing in Kansas City
Mrs. Lulu Prince Kennedy shot and killed her husband Philip H. Kennedy on Thursday evening after he claimed their marriage had been forced. She was bound over to the grand jury with a recommendation to hold for murder in the first degree.
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Kansas
City
Lulu Prince-Kennedy
Philip HW. Kennedy
Grand
Rowe to Repay County Forgiven in Mexico Release
Relatives report Chester Rowe former Poweshiek county treasurer has been released in Mexico and will repay the county. No further details given about repayment terms or timing.
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Rowe
Grinnell
Chester Rowe
Poweshiek County
Mexico
China appoints plenipotentiaries amid treaty talks
The peace commissioners signed a note of powers with Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching amid tensions. Li Hung Chang, reportedly ill, is seen as essential. Ching Tung is tentatively favored by some envoys. Negotiations are to be held in Peking with protests over Chang Chih Tung’s appointment and a possible third plenipotentiary. Russians plan to turn over the railroad to Germany.
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Prince Gling Sugueu
Li Hung Chung
Li Hung Chang
Bright
Prince Ching
Chang Chih Tung
China
Sheng
Ching Tung
Peking
Vancouver Dispatch Describes China Mediation Hope
Captain C B Lockhart of the London Times reports from China that Yuan Shikai may be sincere as mediator but any agreement will be temporary. He predicts the Empress Dowager will raise a modernized force by spring and that a new struggle between Boxers and allied forces will contest the throne next summer. He travels via New York toward London.
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Vancouver
B. C
C. B. Lockhart
London ‘Times
China
General Gaselee
New York
London
Ji Hung Chang
Prince Tuan
Prince Tui
Notable murder trial opens in Paterson N J
The trial of Walter McAllister Death Campbell and George Kerr for the murder of 18 year old mill girl Jennie Bosschester began in Paterson New Jersey. The defendants faced overwhelming evidence after knockout drops and assault. Jury selection finished in about an hour. Meanwhile Lord Roberts in London postponed city receptions amid South Africa turmoil.
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Chieter
Paterson
N. J
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Walter .C. “McAllister
William A. Death
Andrew Campbell
Jennie Bosschester
George J. Kerr
McAllister
Death
Campbell
Apa
Jennie Bossehieter
Italian Warships Train at Shanghai Amid World News
Italian consular report from Shanghai notes warships at San Monday for target practice. Allies reportedly plan to move into Shan S province. A French force allegedly defeated Boxer forces west of Pao Ting Fu, with 1,600 killed.
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Shanghai
San
Shan S
Pao Ting Fu
Passengers Jump to Death From Koeln Near New York
Purser reports two people aboard the North German Lloyd steamship Koeln fell or jumped overboard en route to New York. The deceased are identified as Edward Herrmann and his wife Freda. Investigators believe the act was by their own hand.
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New York
Koeln
Edward Herrmann
Freda
Pinkerton Detectives Seek Pat Crowe in Omaha Abduction Case
Vancouver reporters note Pinkerton detectives have arrived in the city to arrest Pat Crowe, alleged abductor ofEdward Cudahy of Omaha. Crowe is believed to plan a voyage to Australia aboard the Miowera.
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Vancouver
Pinkerton
Pat Crowe
Edward Cudahy
Omaha
Crowe
Australia
Saved From the Sea by Faraman
After a night of suspense all aboard the French steamer Russie from Oran Algeria are rescued near here following a perilous Monday incident. Passengers and crew are reported safe with no casualties. Local authorities coordinated the rescue and log the event as a successful return to port.
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Faraman
Russie
Oran
Algeria
Senate Conferees Named On Treaty Bills And Army Reform
Senate action includes appointing Thornton Platt and Jones as conferees on treaties with Cherokee and army reorganization measures. House advances reapportionment from 357 to 386 members by 165 to 102. River and harbor bill faces slow progress as Jan 9 14 sessions pass with battles over the army bill and pensions.
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Senate
Thornton
Neb
Platt
Conn
Jones
Ark
House
Burleigh
Telles
Hawley
Touse
Hepburn
Cushman
Wash
Americus V. Rice
Congress
Ohio
Senator Davis
Minn
Teller
Colo
Eagan
United States Army
Wagan
Colorado
District of Columbia
Trade review shows firm staple demand and textile hesitation
R G Dun in New York reports textiles show hesitation while staple products boots wool and other goods remain firm with fair demand. Nationwide merchandise distribution is strong and payments are prompt. wheat exports rise to 3 255 053 bushels and corn shipments reach 4 543 149 bushels with prices higher. Failures for the week total 324.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Atlantic
Chicago
British Casualty List From Belfast Engagement
Official list from Belfast shows 29 killed 57 wounded and 72 missing. Other BOER attacks at Wonderfontein Nooitgedacht and adjacent fronts likely caused greater losses than Lord Kitchener reported.
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Belfast
London
Wonderfontein
Nooitgedacht
Lord Kitchener
Wheat and cattle prices show mixed moves in Chicago trade
Wheat held firm briefly before closing lower May at 44 74. Corn eased slightly with mixed quotes. Provisions ended higher. Chicago live stock yields mixed, with cattle steady in parts and hogs and sheep showing uneven or firmer spots amid varying receipts.
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Chicago
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Receipts Reported at Kanaag
Cattle receipts reach 6,000 natives and 2,100 Texans with varied prices for steers cows stockers and feeders calves and bulls. Hogs receipts 8,000 with top at 5.30 and mixed packers selling 5.15 to 5.25. Sheep receipts 2,500 show western lambs 5.20 to 5.50 and western muttons 4.35 to 4.40 with yearlings and ewes also listed.
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Kanaag
City
Cattle and Hog Prices At South Omakha Market
Cattle receipts 3700 slow and 10 cents lower with native beef steers 4.00 to 5.35, western 3.73 to 4.40, Texas 3.00 to 3.75, cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.15, stockers 3.00 to 4.50, calves 4.00 to 6.25, bulls 2.50 to 4.00. Hog receipts 4000 slightly lower with heavy 5.15 to 5.20, mixed 5.15 to 5.17, light 5.10.
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South Omakha
Texas
A Sure Thing for You and A Wealth Distribution Plan
A medical remedy ad touts Cascareta Candy Osthartio as a guaranteed cure for constipation and liver issues with refunds if not. Meanwhile Newton resident Frederick Swinhart plans to disburse his wealth to relatives during his lifetime, with 75 claimants already filing receipts.
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Frederick Swinhart
Newton
Cascar ets and quack cures in a historic Lexington notice
An 19th century item features Cascar ets candy cathartic touting quick bowel relief and health benefits at 10 cents, warns of imitations, while a Lexington Virginia note describes the old home of Stonewall Jackson now a crowded tenement and a flourishing Sunday school, with Krause's Cold Cure offered at 25 cents by City Drug Store and a fashion note on Russian toques for winter wear.
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Stonewall Jackson
Lexington
General Jackson
Fashionable outerwear fabrics and styles offered at Central Pharmacy
The notice promotes new jackets coats and redingotes in thinproof suttings with fabrics like whipcords serges cheviots oxford tweeds in black and color blends. Also advertises a remedy claim with money back guarantee and prices 26 and 50 cents.
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AL. J. Williams’ Central Pharmacy
Oxford
Love's Tea Clears Complexion Says Portland Reader
Port Townsend Oregon Sept 7 1900 Mr O F Woodward reports clearing two weeks use of Love's Tea with a white spotless complexion. Mrs M E Thomas of Oak Street endorses the remedy and notes it is sold at City Drug Store A Calcutta flood tale describes a tram halted by a large fish in Dalhousie square as it swam the street.
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Port Tuand
Orn
O. F. Woodward
Calcutta
Dalhousie Square
Dynamic Tabules Promise Quick Cold Cures in San Francisco Ads
San Francisco readers are urged to try Munzu's Dynamic Tabules and Menpex's Dynamo Tabules claiming rapid relief from colds and coughs. Testimonies from Banouay Henry and Emma L. Houtta praise fast results, with purchases offered by Inland Drug Co. and local agents.
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Munzu
San Francisco
Menuhen
Self
Nome
Washington Street
Francisco
Stops the Cough and Cures Cold Quickly History Snippet
Patent claim advertises Latative Bromo Quinine tablets that promise to stop coughing and relieve a cold in one day. The price is listed as Trice cents with a no cure no pay guarantee.
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Beyer Invest Kaalfontein
Peace Commission
England
Prince Ching and
London Times
Mill Girl
Jennie Boss
Roberta
Lord Roberts
Rank Green
South Africa
Osborne
Work OF Congress
Review OF Trade
Texas Fed
Texas Bulls
Kansas City
Catarre
Krause
City Drug Store
M. E. Thomas
Oak St
Dillon, Montana
Anderson Bros
ING Sale Stable
Dillon Brewery
J. L. Weiser
Prop
Superior
Dillon
HN Houte
Burlington
Burlington Cara
Denver
R. F. Neslen
Salt Lake City
L. W. Hahn
Sart Laxe
Uran
Knapp Bros
Dillon, Mont
Telephone
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