Deserting Comrades and Stormberg Defeat Details
London dispatch reports no fresh news from South Africa beyond Gatacre disaster signals. It suggests heavy Boer action, Grobles mayku commander, and British casualties with 600 prisoners. Pretoria notes Plumer’s Rhodesia relief column reached Gaberones unopposed.
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London
South Africa
Gatacre
Stormberg
War Office
Molteno
Pretoria
Lorenzo Marquez
Plumers’ Orce
Rhodesia
Mafeking
Gaberones
Tragedy at Sea Near Colchester In Heavy Gale
A steamer and a barge, the Amazonas and the Armenia, are caught in a fierce gale five miles off Colchester Ontario as hundreds watch from shore. Rescue boats struggle but high waves prevent close approach, leaving the fate of the vessel and crew uncertain.
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Colchester
Ontario
Here
Amazonas
Armenia
Buffalo
Night Sessions Set For Currency Debate In Congress
Washington reports the House agreed to night sessions on currency bill debates Wednesday through Friday from 8 to 10 30 p m to allow fuller participation. In the Senate the privileges and elections committee was authorized to seek papers on whether Senators Clark Montana and Scott West Virginia hold seats. The president sent Jos A Gill Kansas to the federal court in Oklahoma and executive session confirmed Leonard Wood as major general of volunteers and Herbert Putnam as librarian of Congress.
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Washington
Richardson
Tennessee
Hepburn
Iowa
Grosvenor
Ohio
Senate
Clark
Ontana
Scott
West Virginia
Jos. A. Gill
Kansas
Federal Court of
Baseball Struggle Over League Size At New York Meeting
Baseball magnates and managers gather at the Fifth Avenue Hotel for the annual winter meeting. A major topic is shrinking the league to eight clubs with teams from Baltimore Louisville Cleveland and Washington among the possibilities. Col John S Rogers backs rotating two eight club organizations with shared national scope.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Boston Owaizers
Pittsburg Outfielder John Mc Carthy Sold to Chicago
This morning John Mc Carthy the Pittsburg outfielder was sold to Chicago with the consideration not made public.
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John McCarthy
Pittsburg
Chicago
Southwest Poultry Exhibition Opens in Dallas
One thousand birds from Texas Mississippi Arkansas Oklahoma and Indian Territory are shown at the first annual Southwestern Poultry Pigeon and Pet Stock Association exhibition in Dallas. The event organized in February features top birds across all fancy breeds with turkeys geese and pigeons highlighted. The show runs through Saturday.
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Dallas
Tex
Southwestern Poultry, Pigeon and
Southwest
Bryan and Hogg Return From Gulf Coast Trip
W J Bryan and Ex Governor Hogg arrived back in Austin from a gulf coast hunting trip. Bryan has gained weight and plans a second political book due before his eastern tour next spring. Hogg said he would decline a Democratic vice presidential nomination if offered.
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Austin
Tex
W. J. Bryan
Hogg
Gulf Coast
Bryan
Chicago
Freight wreck near Monmouth Junction claims two lives
A fast freight train derailment four miles west of Monmouth Junction results in two deaths Engineer Steipgler of Jersey City and Fireman Heineker perish during the crash A brakeman Sengbaum is badly injured wreckage blocks the line for hours
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Princeton
N. J
Pennsylvania
Monmouth Junction
Steipgler
Jersey City
Heineker
Sengbaum
Roberts case special committee meets to review subpoenas
In Frankfort Kentucky the special committee on Roberts of Utah met at 10 this morning to consider reports from sub committees on subpoenas and procedure. Roberts plans to present a more formal demurrer to the committee or election commissioners jurisdiction while Goebel may still contest his seat. The inaugural parade began at 11 15 led by police governor staff militia and officials. The defeated democratic candidates for state offices have served notices of contest on the new incumbents.
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Washington
House
Roberts
Utah
Goebel
Frankfort
Republicans Gather in Washington for Key National Meeting
In Washington a large group of prominent Republicans arrives for the executive committee gathering of the national republic an league and the forthcoming national committee meeting. Delegations from Galveston and Chicago press for convention sites. Chicago offers up to 75 000 dollars to support the committee and secure the convention.
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Washington
Republic
National Republican League
League
Republican National
St. Paul
Cincinnati
Galveston
South
Louisville
Chicago
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Hamilton Club
National Capital
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Thousands of Acres Road Work In Progress
A fragment indicates road work on thousands of acres of land with plans affecting access and infrastructure. Workers and officials are unnamed, with sparse details about location and timeline.
Capitan coal prospects attract Southern Pacific interest
Supt. Martin and Chief Clerk Targett report strong Capitan coal fields after a tour of White Oaks area. Veins of semi anthracite five to six feet thick found with no faults. SP likely to start development soon, aided by Colorado Coal and Iron expert R C Hills and possible use of White Oaks beds for Mexican Central supply.
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Southern Pacific
Herald
Sonora
el Paso
Capitan
Martin
Targett
White Oaks
G. Qd
S. P
White Oaks Roai
George Crocker
Crocker
Ss. P
Bitter election in Anthony yields winners for city offices
Special Correspondence reports a bitter acequia election in Anthony New Mexico with W. M. Snow elected president. Geo. W. King wins secretary, Dionisio Alvarez treasurer, and Beningno Telleg mayor.
Chautauqua split over policy in Western federation
Deliberations in St Louis between Western Federation leaders decide the future of western Chautauqua assemblies. A bitter policy dispute splits the federation into liberal and conservative factions led by F. M. Shaw with backing from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Minnesota and Colorado associations.
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ST. Louis
Mar
Western Federation of Chautauqua Associations
F. M. Shaw
Boulder
Colo
Assembly
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Minnesota
Colorado
Notable Mobile Wedding at Trinity Church
In Mobile at Trinity church a notable wedding united Amante E. Semmes daughter of Judge O J Semmes and granddaughter of Admiral Semmes with Percy Finlay a prominent businessman. The ceremony drew attention from local social circles.
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Semmes
Mobile
Ala
Trinity Church
Amante E. Semmes
O. J. Semmes
Admiral Semmes
Davy
Percy Finlay
German navy debate stalls as budget bill faced
In Berlin today the central party leader Liebern told the Reichstag his group would not commit to the new naval program until the naval increase bill had been enacted. The exchange underscored tensions over military spending and parliamentary timetables.
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Berlin
Des
Reichstag
Liebern
Bark Indian Empire Burns at Rimac River Mouth
The English bark Indian Empire lies burning to the water’s edge at the Rimac River mouth. Crew assistance comes from the cruiser Prote as the vessel loaded with coal sustains the fire despite efforts to save it.
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Lima
Indian Empire
Rimac
Prote
Abyssinian King Menelik Seeks Loan for Exposition Trip
Paris reports King Menelik of Abyssinia has asked Paris and St. Petersburg for a loan to attend the State Exposition next year. He offers a mortgage on a new copper mine in his mountain kingdom as guarantee.
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Paris
London
Menelik
Abyssinia
St. Petersburg
Insurgent Forces Driven to Mountains in Bulacan
General Otis reports in Manila that insurgents in Bulacan are scattered and pushed east to the mountains. American casualties total about 100 in killed wounded and prisoners, with substantial insurgent property, weapons, and records captured as troops pursue them in the hills. Also noted is the release of 3,000 Spanish prisoners this month and A. W. McGill jailed for assault and battery.
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Washington
Otis
Manila
Bulacan
Target Practice as Iowa and Philadelphia Maneuver in Southern California
The battleship Iowa and the cruiser Philadelphia sailed today for target practice and maneuvers in Southern California waters near San Francisco.
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Iowa
Philadelphia
California
San Francisco
Owa
Phil
Adelphia
Kentucky inaugurates William Taylor as governor
Frankfort Kentucky December 12 William Taylor was inaugurated governor of Kentucky as successor to William O Bradley. The certificate was granted him Saturday by the state board.
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Frankfort
William Taylor
Kentucky
William O. Bradley
State Board
Robbery at Ortiz mine halts near Cerrillos
In Cerrillos New Mexico on December 10 a masked robber stopped a mine superintendent RA F Bigot and a driver as they traveled from the Ortiz mine It demanded his button and seized about fifty one ounces of gold before ordering the pair to continue to town no clue to the culprit was found.
Trusts Win in Ohio Supreme Court Ruling
The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the attorney general's bids to oust insurance trusts as illegal. The first decision in a line of trust cases found the evidence insufficient to prove monopolistic restraint, allowing the trusts to remain in the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Monett
Condemned Man Seeks Portrait With Family Before Execution
Geronimo Parra, awaiting execution, shows interest in having his likeness made with his family. Jailor Lyons promises to arrange a photo session on a day prior to the scheduled hanging.
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Geronimo Parra
Lyons
Midcontinent Liberal Religions Congress to Convene in Sinai Temple
Chicago reporters note the mid continent meeting of the congress of liberal religions opens this evening at Sinai Temple. Delegates from Baptist, Congregationalist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic, Unitarian, Jewish and Universalist churches join under Rev. Dr. Hiram W. Thomas, president, to search for a common denominator among faiths.
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Chicago
Congress of Liberal Religions
Sinai Temple
National Liberal Congress of Religion
Hiram W. Thomas
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