Gold and phosphate traces found near Deeath and a vast Vestvius edifice uncovered
An Alabama geologist reports possible gold and phosphate near Deeath within fifteen miles of the city, while workmen near Round Prairie uncover a near pristine mammoth skeleton with a nine foot tusk. Fresh Vestvius excavations reveal a 24 room edifice with frescoes older than Pompeii and a Kaiser funded offer for the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Deeath Saya
Vestvius
Pompeii
Berlin Museum
European staffs weigh Boer model for new corps
Several European general staffs study feasibility of organizing special corps after the Boer model. The main difficulty remains the limited supply of horses for commands across governments, except Russia. An equine census in Russia reports over 16,000,000 horses fit for war purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Pensioned Civil War veteran dies after pension loss
Lorney L Salley, a 70 year old Civil War veteran from Freeport Indiana, had pension cut to ten dollars and refused food for weeks. He died on Thanksgiving day after family irregularities surfaced during his pension review. Paul Releke and his wife in California man a Sierra Nevada signal station guarding snow sheds above a railroad. They keep a lookout with field glass to detect fires that could endanger the sheds and tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorney L. Salley
Freeport
Ind
Paul Releke
California
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Rocky Wilds
Boer Farm Burnings Prompt Plan for Land Company
A Pall Mall Gazette correspondent in Johannesburg reports on burning Boer farms and proposes forming a company to buy ruined properties for English settlers. He claims Boer prisoners will return to ruined homesteads with stock losses, leaving them dependent on land purchases offered by speculators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
Johannesburg
Westhute
Bequest Split by Time Law for Mount Joy Minister
Rev David Conway of a Mount Joy Presbyterian church planned a rend to donate 5000 to his church before death but state law required a thirty day lead time. He signed a bond transfer of 4700 in bonds held at a local bank. The bonds could not be delivered before his death. The bank stored them until a court decided that the bonds must be added to the estate and divided among Conway's relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Joy
David Conway
Conway
Market Woman Recovers 49000 Francs Hidden by Mouse
A market woman named Jacques found a parcel behind a loose brick in Parla lodgings containing notes cash and securities valued at 49000 francs. She took it to police and may claim the fortune if the owner does not come forward within a year. Within half an hour of the discovery the finder received a marriage proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques
Hey
Parla
France
Mob lynches Black man in jail yard after raid
A mob of about 100 men from Rockport forcibly entered Roaneville Indiana and hanged Hollie Simons's implicated third suspect in the courthouse yard. The tone suggests a swift outside of legal process with no shots fired as Sheriff’s deputy was absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanevile
Ind
Rockport
Iin
Dail
Sherif Benjamin Hudson
Raymond Cher‘ry
Roli
Imegra
Vote on Treaty Clears Senate, Sets Next Thursday
The Senate approved proceeding to vote on the Tay-Pouncefote treaty with amendments to begin at 3 p.m. on Thursday. Senators Money and Munson spoke, Money arguing U.S. independence in policy and noting shifts since 1850, while Mason urged defense of the canal as the waterway’s defense may be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fterneen
Senale
Money
Munson
Mazon
Lodge
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Isthmus
Orient
Mason
RIX-NOVAR DAY FOR MEINERS
National organizer Saya It Will Be Obtained Without Striking details a six hour miner day. Fred Ditcher, UMW national organizer, spoke at Beranton trader union meeting promising no strikes this region by April 1 and readiness to mobilize miners from Maine to California. He projected unity efforts in Indianapolis to organize two women’s auxiliaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Beranton
Anaxs
Fred Ditcher
United Mine Workers
Maine
California
Andianapolta
Informal Colorado Vote on Senate Candidacy Sparks Debate
In Denver, a secret political group organized an informal poll to gauge public support for two U S Senate candidates, Gov. Thamas and Y M Porter son. Advertisements appeared statewide soliciting voters’ opinions on who should be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State
Senate
Denver
Cute
Colorado
United States Senate
Gov. "Phamas
Y. M. Porter+ son
Boers, British clash near Orange River in heavy fight
London reports heavy losses as 4500 Boers under Dewet attacked a British line near the Orange River. Dewet briefly broke through at Chaba N Chi but was compelled to retreat leaving a 16 pounder and fifteen wagons. Huansbrock’s force failed at Saringkantsnek with 40 casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran
Rive London
Evening Standard
Orange River
Dewwet
Thatsa N'chu
Sau
Tewet
Chaba N'Chi
Dewet
Nes
Huansbrock
Saringkantsnek
War Office
Call for Cavalry to Reinforce Boer War Effort
London dispatch states Lord Kitchener urgently requests 6,000 cavalry to be dispatched at once. He notes infantry struggle to pursue agile Boer forces, with resources strained by over 225,000 men in the South African campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kitchener Hoe
Nader
Panay Island Village Hit by Insurgent Fire
Dispatches from Manila report Canatuan village on Panay burned by insurgents Saturday night. Assistant Surgeon Frederick A. Washburn Jr and 16 troops held principal buildings amid strong winds. Americans suffer no casualties. A new political party under American regime forming with platform favoring American sovereignty and limited native autonomy. Thirty rebels captured in San Palra Maced suburb. 70 prisoners taken, 20 identified as insurgents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panay
Manila
Talla
Canatuan
Frederick A. Washburn, Jr
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
San Palra Maced
Twentieth Infantry
Gatnes
Woman Fights Burglar in Schi fting attack in Chicago
Miss Lilian Beatty once of San Francisco fought a burglar last night at Dr E Lyman Dennison’s residence 860 State street Chicago. She struggled for about half an hour through three rooms unaided until loss of blood weakened her. The thief chloroform failed to work and beat her with shears before injuring her and stealing $50 worth of surgical instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Chicago
Lilian Beatty
San Francisco
Nes
E. Lyman Dennison
State Street
Miss Jhatty
Conference on Conciliation and Arbitration Opens in Chicago
At Steinway Hall a mixed group of labor and capital leaders met in Chicago to discuss ending strikes through conciliation and arbitration. Sessions featured papers by Franklin McVeagh Henry W Hoyt Carroll D Wright and Samuel Gompers voicing opposition to compulsory arbitration and favoring voluntary boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Post
Steinway Hall
National Board
Franklin McVeagh
Henry W. Hoyt
National Founders Association
Carroll D. Wright
Samuel Gompurs
Partfying Purse. Police cracked down after expedition ends
The work of purifying Parla continues under day by day police scrutiny in response to abnormal criminal conditions following the expedition. There were 608 new arrests and ongoing enforcement amid the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parla
Dispatch reports L Hung Chang ill with influenzia
A Berlin dispatch dated December 10 reports L Hung Chang suffering from influenzia. It denies a claim that the dowager empress Bulng is travelling to Cheng Tu in Beechun province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Alig Agri
Berlin
Hung Chang
Bulng
Cheng Tu
Beechun
Widow of Davis lauds press for sympathy and eulogies
Mrs. Anna Agnew Davis, widow of Senator Davis, expresses deep gratitude to the press for widespread sympathy after his death. She notes newspapers, even those opposed to his party, offered broad, generous tributes that sustained him during illness and are deeply appreciated by her and the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnegates
Newapupeun
St. Paul
Minn
Anna Agnew Davis
Davis
Tam
Fire and Dynamite Destroy Threshing Machines Case in Belle Plaine
In Belle Plaine Iowa a district court trial reviews the State against William Peterson for malicious destruction of Tharp and Pitts property. Tharps loss a threshing outfit to fire, another destroyed by dynamite placed in grain bundles, and a third attempted attack with stones. The events center on enmity rooted in Renton county business disputes and the dramatic attacks risked the workers’ lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Towa
Belle Plaine
Wiliam Peterson
Tharp & Pitts
Renton
Peterson
Suvon
Fire wipes out major Sheboygan plant and damages others
A huge fire destroyed the Zarhetzehe and Son plant in Sheboygan. High winds fanned flames toward the Malcolm Manufacturing furniture plant, threatening a broader blaze. Fire departments from Milwaukee and Manitowoc aided. about 20 workers may lose jobs as the plant, largest in the state, could not be rebuilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zarhetzehe & Son
Sheboygan
gVis
Dee
Zschetache & Sau
Ble
Malcolm Manufacturing Company
Born
Milwaukee
Manitowoc
Indians Ignite Gasoline FireKills Woman and Children
A fire caused by leaking gasoline on the river bank near the Benton Transportation company led to the deaths of a mother and four children and severe burns to another father, mother, and child. War Bonnet, now dead, had allegedly been selling gasoline to locals and a match sparked the explosion destroying the house and its contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D
Benton Transportation Company
Ryer
Wiemarel
Manitou Island Steamer Crew Rescued After Lake Michigan Capsize
The steamer Manhattan reached Manitowoc with W A Shields and William McAutey, both loghousekeepers on Squatty Island, and Mrs Shields and her niece Mary Pravis. They were picked up Saturday after capsizing near shoals while sailing to the mainland. Lucien Morden of Montague, Mich., drowned. Rescued men were frozen and may require amputation of a limb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Michigan
Manitowoc
Wis
Dee
Manhattan
W. A. Shields
Wiliam McAutey
Squaty Island
Lucien Morden
Montague
Mich
Tleta
Imiba
Plunge Down Embankment Near Murray Iowa Tragedy
An engine carrying twelve men and five crew plunged down a fifty foot embankment on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy line near Murray, Iowa. John Dozle was killed and four others badly hurt, two likely fatally, as the train’s weight caused the trestle to fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Murray
John Dozle
Syndicate Buys 10000 Acres Idaho Pine Lands
Marinette Wis Dec 18 The purchase of over 10000 acres of government pine lands in northern Idaho by a syndicate led by Gov Scofield has been completed. The tract lies in Shoshone county along the north fork of the Clearwater River and contains more than 250,000,000 feet of white pine timber. The buyers estimate the cost near $60000 and plan a sawmill on the site next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette
Wis
Idaho
Gav. Scofield
Shostione
Ryling
Clearwater River
Snake River
Columbia
Northwestern detectives uncover alleged regional theft syndicate
Dec 18 in Grinnell Iowa private detectives say they found a large thieving plot spanning the Northwestern line. Mat Verzog was arrested in Toledo as a fence for cracks. Herzer earlier jailed in Marshalltown for receiving stolen goods. grand jury quashed, then he was later charged in the broader scheme. Detectives link Murray and McCatie to the gang, with Verzog suspected of aiding them from jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Om¢Inis
Dural
Grinnell
Iowe
Northwestern
Mat Verzog
Toledo
Herzer
Marshalltown
Tama County
Murray and McCatie
Serzog
Stolen Postal Bags Found in Kenosha Cellar
In Kenosha Wisconsin Post office cellar five mail bags were found by Postmaster Frantz while sorting old records. More than a year old, two bags were opened with contents missing while three remained filled with papers and Christmas packages. Washington notified. vault delivery to proceed today. no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
Dee
Postefice
Frantz
Washington
Police Seek Teens over Elopement in Fargo
Police in Fargo pursue William Long and Bertha Whitner from Frazee Minnesota after an alleged elopement with a fifteen year old girl named Prather of the Girl A Negra. The father accuses Long of abducting the teen bride and officials report Moorhead had the couple before moving to Fargo to marry, with the youth irking the father.
Robbery at Grand Opera House Manager’s Home In St Paul
In St Paul on Saturday evening a burglar entered Theo I Hays manager of the Grand Opera House and seized money and jewelry valued at about 1500. Mrs Hays possessed one of the Twin Cities’ richest diamond collections including brooches rings earrings and neck chains. A lucky chance prevented further theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Theo. I. Hays
Grand Opera House
Land sale near complete. 20,000 acres to New York syndicate
Nig Sole of Land Miller S D reports Charles Craw tree of this town nearly closed sale of 20,000 acres scattered in Hand county to a New York capitalists syndicate. Eastern buyers visited six weeks ago and expressed pleasure. Deal would remove most of the cheap deed land from the market as settlers are to be put on and land improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nig Sole
Miller
S. D
Charles Crawtree
New York
Graham brothers sentenced for wool theft in county court
Robert and Albert Graham, sons of a prominent local farmer, pleaded guilty in the state circuit court to stealing a large quantity of wool from a neighboring farmer. Judge Jones sentenced them to six months each in the Sioux Falls penitentiary after wool was brought to Sioux Falls and offered for sale to a local dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woal 'Phievers
Sioux Falls
Robert and
Albert Graham
Jones
Pioneer Jerry Corbett Dies In Lonely Blue Earth Home
Jerry Corbett, one of Faribault county's oldest pioneers, died in Blue Earth after living in a waning twilight. He supported himself by wedding work in later years but became too crippled to move between houses, dying alone in a deserted, squalid room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Earth
Minn
Jerry Corbett
Faribault County
Minn. farms exploit winter hay and wood market
Tom Farbault reports strong demand in Farbault Minnesota as farmers sell hay at ten dollars per ton with the best stock scarce. Wood prices stay solid with maple at six to six and a half dollars per unit and oak at five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Farbault
Minn
New Rural Routes Established in Bushly and Rush City
The December 15 notice from Tush City Minnesota shows Rural Delivery Routes Nos. 2 and 3 established. Carrier assignments include Dr Macken and Harry Stevens on No. 2 with J Morton and William Taylor as assistants. Rush City also reports three flourishing routes with local carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tush City
Minn
Bushly
Macken Aio Cnarrier
Harry Stevens
Adams County Clerk Office Robbed Amid Petition Forgery Claims
In Friendship Adams County burglars stole petitions favorable to the Princeton and Wisconsin River railroad proposal, with claims that signatures were forged. Counsel has been retained by clients who will commence...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porgern Kuh
Portage
Wis
Dee
Adams County
Friendship
Princeton & Wisconsin
Witver
Tt In
Criies
Elients
Cosmence Milgatlen
Pioneering North Woods Lumberman Dies at 83 in Taylor's Falls
M M GC Folsom DHAD reports death of William Henry Carpenter Folsom in Taylor's Falls Minnesota at age eighty three years five months and twenty eight days after a six week stroke. Born June 22 1817 in St John New Brunswick he moved to St Croix valley in 1845 and built a prolific career as a lumberman sawmill operator steamship builder wagon manufacturer merchant and early Taylor's Falls pioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor's Falls
Minn
Folsom
William Slenry Carpenter Folsnnw
St. John's
N. B
St. Croix Valley
Point Douglass
Stillwater
Aveola
St. Croix Falls
Mysterious disappearance of boy’s daughter found in Mankato
The eleven year old daughter of J Shipman, a Worth Star Boot and Shoe salesman from Minneapolis, vanished Saturday afternoon. Despite extensive searches through Saturday night and Sunday, she was found the next morning at the City hotel in Mankato with two grips. Her family has no known relatives in Mankato, deepening the mystery of her travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil
Mankato
Owatonna
Man
Rich gold quartz strike in Virginia City Madison county
A Canadian duo led by C. A. Ramours report a rich discovery at the old Kearsarge quartz mine at the head of the gulch in Virginia City Madison county. Experts assess millions of dollars in ore in sight with the deposit promising significant gold quartz riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte, Mont
Dee
Virginia City
Madison County
C. A. Ramours
Canada
Kearsarge
Texperts
Davours
Forty Thousand Dollars Heir In Wandering Case
Winona Minnesota reports L H Willcox of Louisland Missouri seeks inheritance for a son of James Meacham. Meacham married a Sparta girl eighteen years ago through a matrimonial ad, lived with her a year, then deserted her. She died a year later and the son's paternity remains disputed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltttes
Yountzy Meneha
Winona
Minn
L. H. Willcox
Louisland
James Meacham
Meacham
Sparta
Move of J I Case Threshing Plant to Milwaukee Planned
Milwaukee December 1911 reliable authority states the J I Case Threshing Machine Company of Reenie will relocate a large plant to Milwaukee or a nearby site within city limits. Michard T. Robinson secretary confirms the firm could expand in Racine and notes strong interest in other local industries making Milwaukee move natural.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mibwretsees
Milwaukee
J. 1 Case Threshing Machine Company
Reenie
Michard T. Robinson
Racine
Convicted of Chand Larceny Case in North Dakota District Court
In Perry and Wade Norton grand larceny trial, Perry found guilty while Norton’s case was continued to next Monday after all state evidence was presented. Norton, eighteen, has been jailed three months awaiting trial. he refused a guilty plea and faces trial on charges of stealing wheat and oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forman
N. D
Perry
Wade Norton
Norton
Heart on the right side ends a youth’s life in Vargo
Lonnie Timmins, a fifteen year old boy in Vargo, died from heart failure after attempting to join a gym club. Reports note his heart was located on the right side, an unusual condition, and hindered his defense of the gym club’s location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vargo
N. D
Lonnie Timmins
Clunn
Kenosha council rejects Milwaukee Electric franchise
In Kenosha Wisconsin on December 19 the city council refused to grant a franchise to the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light company. The decision blocks the immediate plan to build a line linking Milwaukee to Chicago, halting the project for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fen Inc
Kenosha, Wis
City Counell
Kenosha
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Milwaukee
Chicago
Train collision in South Milwaukee kills two men
A collision between two sections of a broken freight train at South Milwaukee killed two men and possibly three. Two oil cars were wrecked and the severed arms and legs of two men were found among the debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
South Milwaukee
Two Meet Venti na well tragedy claims two lives
Dec. 1 reports state William Wise and William Proberling were killed in an iron well accident. While hoisting them to the top the rope snapped, sending both men to the bottom during boring operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
William Wise
William Proberling
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Phil Ainsworth
Elgin
Paris
Round Prairie
Vegan County
Oswald d'Aur~ Mene
Kruger
Itt
M. d'aAurniene
McGhud Mudeiue 18
Hynghid Ab
Boonville, Ind
Beng
Ife
Meiners
News of the Northwest
NAD
Tueves Comdine
Polich
MM. GC
Folsom Dhad
Decorah
A. H. Meader
Ny Ragor
Mabel
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