Miss Florethy Dene Actress Dies in London
Snippet notes the death of Miss Florethy Dene the actress in London and mentions her US tour in 1893 as a model for Ford Leighton artworks. It also covers diplomatic notes on Hay circons notes and global events, including plague concerns and political updates from San Francisco to Washington.
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Florethy Dene
London
United States
Ford Friderick Leighton
Yeinier
Chanses City Star
Gen. CorLin
Maj.en. Lawton
China
Hay
Honolulu
California
San Francisco
Ariington
Havana
Texas
Selina
Wapatch
Chiveley Camp
Buller
Ford W. Peek
Heral
Uss Hasd
Pook
Kidd
Wood
Milap
Indein
Walsenburg
Fet
Milsap
Mexico
Castle
Salo Maso
Hichisend
War
Tennessee
Nashville
Corporation of
Ealing
Transvaal
Great Britain
Delagea Bay
Maj. Hamner
Worrester
Mass
South Africa
Julius H. McAfee
House of Representatives
Washington
Spaich
Kaiver Pehe
London anxious as Boer war fronts sharpen for Ladysmith
A Cape Town dispatch notes General Baller rushes to renew his laurels ahead of Gen Roberts, while Kitchener earns praise as a brilliant organizer. The frontier war is described as an engineering effort of organization, with telephone use proving valuable for rapid communications. Also, Gov Gen Davis sails to Washington for consultations, and a Sem eon Gold Mining Co claim in British Columbia yields a 12 foot oxidized quartz ledge grading to 22 dollars per ton in gold and 0 silver.
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London
Baller
Roberts
Ladysmith
Cape Town
Tommy Atkins
Robs
Cape Colony
Kitchener
Greely
És Tully
Davis
Puerto Rico
Naitle
United States
Ponce
Washington
Asth
Gold Standard
Marital romance and urban fires in late news
Reports include Celia Ries marrying W J Rees in Durban and fleeing refugees. fires destroy Lindsay and Mac raga and Daniel slogan stores in Savannah. bankruptcy of Greater American Exposition Co. in Omaha. a fatal Union Pacific crash near Shelton, Nebraska. a Bathgate skater’s record at Lake Minnetonka. and various military and local incidents across the United States.
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Celia Ries
Mise Bueter
Deadwood
M. D
Durban
Natal
W. J. Rees
Johannesburg
Nata
Wich
Rees
Nebraska City
Neh
Lindsay & Macraga
Daniel
Hroughton
Barnard
Savannah
Jia
Menger
Omaha
New
Greater American Exposition Co
Indursts
John Freeman
King’s Crossing
Ind
Minn
Tim Donoghue
Newburgh
N. Y
Monrovia
Cal
East Twenty-fourth Street
New York City
Wall-Paper
William Campbell & Co
Union Pacific Railroad
Shelton
Neb
Willan Lippincott
Frasher
Rik
Washington
Cuba
Manila
Isl
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Cabuyao
Laguna de Bay
Knoxville
Pittsburgh
John Young
Margaret Jackson
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Kennedy fires money after insanity claim and bank recall
Porter A Kennedy, a leading farmer, drew $5 000 from the First National Bank and later declared he burned the funds after being declared insane. He is sick and critically ill. In Indianapolis a three story dry goods building on Washington Street burned, Brosran Bros. lost about $65 000 with two thirds insured. owner Edward Schurmann faced multiple thousands in damage.
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Urezil
Ind
Porter A. Kennedy
First National Bank
Kennedy
Indianapolis
Washington Street
Meridian
Wilde Streets
Brosran Bros
Edward Schurmann
Bishops Named For Fort Wayne Diocese Candidates
The rectors of the diocese of Fort Wayne submitted Rome with three bishopric candidates. Rev. John Schoenhoett of St. Lawrence Price Hill named most worthy, Rev. John H. Guending of Fort Wayne as second choice, and Very Rev. F. A. O'Brien of Kalamazoo Michigan as third.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Gid Errsulters
Dioeese
Fort Wayne
Rome
John Schoenhoett
D. D
St. Lawrence Church
Price Hill
John H. Guendjing
F. A. O'Brien
Kalamazoo
Mich
Oldest Pioneer Abijah Bowmink Dies in Jay County
Abijah Bowmink one of Jay county’s oldest pioneers died at Mr. Rigby’s home near West Grove Portland Ind. His death closes a life connected to early county surveys and settlement. He and his father helped locate land around Pennsile and contributed to early Jay county exploration and development.
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Portland
Ind
Abijah Bowmink
Jay County
Rigby
West Grove
Pennsile
Dse
Wayes
Jay. Moe
Tragic death on Nickel Plate tracks near New Haven
Fort Wayne December 20 188? Thomas Bresks survivor of General Lawtons company in the Phirtierhea rt was found dead on the Nickel Plate tracks near New Haven. Several trains had passed over him and fragments of his heavy were strewn along the track for a quarter mile.
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Fort Wayre
Thomas Bresks
Gen. Lawton
New Haven
Child crashes buggy in Caldwell tragedy
In Caldwell County a buggy accident involving a boy, his mother, and a sister left the child fatally injured when the buggy overturns after hitting a putter. The mother sustained severe head injuries and the younger girl received minor bruises.
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Ind
Bea
Court Caldwell
Caldwell
Fatal accident injures Kalmbach in Wearyville incident
John Kalmbach of Wearyville was handling a double barreled shotgun with one barrel loaded when it discharged. The blast destroyed one eye and blew off several fingers. Emergency responders transported him for medical care.
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JdeiFersonville
Ind
John Kalmbach
Wearyville
Two Milk Sickness Deaths Reported in Delong County
Rochester December 29. Two more deaths from milk sickness occurred at Delong in this county. Victims are Henry F. Lorg and his wife and their son is near death. The deaths happened within a few hours of each other.
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Rochester
Delong
Henry F. Lorg
Fire destroys Princeton High School building in Indiana
Fire leveled the Princeton High School, a large brick structure erected in 189, costing $22,000 with capacity for about 78 students. Insurance coverage amounted to only $8,000.
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Princeton
Ind
Fire devastates Greencastle sawmill and hardwood plant
A December 29 blaze destroyed Chartes HORarriha’s sawmill and hardwood turning plant in Greencastle Indiana. The facility was described as the most complete of its size in central Indiana and was a flourishing business prior to the fire.
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Greencastle
Dnd
Chartes Horarriha
Indiana
Spf
Goshen Man Commits Suicide After Divorce Suit
Frank Medlem of Goshen Indiana killed himself by cutting his throat after filing for divorce from his wife. He visited his wife on Thursday morning then went to his mother's home and ended his life.
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Goshen
Ind
Pec
Frank Medlem
Robbers Loot Cran Airline General Store at New Albury
A Cran on the Airline west of New Albury Indiana sees a nearly wrecked Jefferson Peekeds store after a robbery. The armed band secured 4 dollars in cash and 200 dollars in notes before escaping.
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New Albury
Ind
Jefferson Peekeds Genera
Cran
Train Hits Dairy Wagon in Lovansport. Man Escapes Hurt
Lovansport Indiana December 29 Samuel Smith riding a dairy wagon was struck by a Vandalia passenger train. The wagon splintered and both horses were killed. Smith escaped with only a scratch on his right hand.
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Lovansport
Ind
Samuel Smith
Smith
Liberty Postmaster Stricken With Paralysis
Capt Silas D Rvarn postmaster of Liberty Indiana is stricken with paralysis and in critical condition. His children have been telegraphed for in anticipation of a turn for the worse.
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Liberty
Ind
Silas D. Rvran
Boy Is Killed by Electric Car in Muncie
Muncie Indiana December 29 Ralph Lingle aged 13 was killed when an electric car struck him as he skated on the river ice and moved onto the track unaware of the approaching vehicle. Bedford Indiana December 29 David O Harris stands trial for the killing of George Brown at Besmour last June. Indianapolis Indiana December 29 The Indiana State Teachers Association elected Robert I Hamilton of Huntington as president.
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Muncie
Ind
Ralph Lingle
Bedford
David
Harris
Lawrence
George Brown
Besmour
Indianapolis
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Robert I. Hamilton
Huntington
President's Reception At White House Opens Social Season
More than 3,500 guests passed the White House line with 2,000-plus citizens waiting in the cold, as President McKinley greeted crowds. Mrs. McKinley appeared briefly amid formal ceremony, while the army led the procession and Admiral Dewey followed for the navy. The diplomatic corps, led by Lord Pauncefote, provided a brilliant display of uniforms before American officials and the public.
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Washington
Jan
Cuba
Arctic
White House
United States
McKinley
McKiniey
Milus
Adjt
Corbin
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Mellville
Navy
Lord Puuncefote
Supreme Court
First refusal to deport contract laborers shocks Galveston
In Galveston on January 2 a steamship company refused to deport 15 Slavonians found by the U S immigration bureau as contract laborers. Immigrant Inspector Levy had brought them from Mississippi. the ship Roland refused to receive them. Warrants issued for S C Spencer and the captain. Spencer arrested. Contractors face potential penalties under the 1891 law, with vessels’ clearances possibly withheld.
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Galveston
Tex
United States Immigration Bureau
Levy
Mississippi
Lloyd
Roland
S.C. Spencer
Austria Hungary currency laws abolish florin and kreuzer
Vienna reports new currency laws take effect removing the florin and kreuzer with the krone as the new unit. The krone will equal half a kreuzer and after a gold standard the krone is worth one franc five centimes. A church fire devastates Eden Baptist church at Stormsberg Nebraska.
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Austria-Hungary
Vienna
French forces trap and capture Colesberg in night flank strike
Gen. French defeats the Boers and occupies Colesberg after a rapid mobile operation. Cavalry and artillery swung around the Boer right while infantry and field batteries feinted the front, forcing a disorderly retreat to the east. British losses are reported light.
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Kensberg
D. C
French
Colesberg
Colesberg Captured After Boer Position Routed
British forces under Gen. French moved by detour to hills near Colesberg. Artillery duel followed. Boers retreated after a Hotchkiss gun fell. Colesberg fell to British, wagons and stores seized. British losses described as slight, Boer losses heavy.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Rensburg
French
Colesbery
Colesberg
Achtertapg
Norval's
Hoek Spies in the Yeomanry Reported
London reports allege Boer spies have enlisted in the yeomanry. Lord Chesham says Dr. Leyds agents infiltrated units, with two accepted then exposed, and Thornycroft’s horse also found to hold seven spies. Commanders told to watch for traitors. no punishments yet.
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London
Yeomanry
Lord Chesham
Leyds
Thornycroft
Spira
German steamer Bandsrath seized and towed under guard
The Imperial mail steamer Bandsrath of the German East Africa line, seized by the British cruiser Magicanne for contraband of war, has been brought to Durban and is guarded by marines. US, German, Russian and Austrian attaches return to the front after holidays in Durban. The White Star liner Majestic with 2,000 troops arrived from Liverpool.
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Durban
Magicenne
Delago
United States
White Star
Majestic
Liverpool
London Report Hints King Carlos Speech on South Africa
Lisbon corre spondent of the Standard says the King Carlos speech in the cortes today will address the South Africa situation at length but it is doubtful it will favor England over the Transvaal in any notable way.
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London
Lisbon
The
Standard
Carlos
South Africa
England
Transvaal
General Southern Advance Gains Ground in Luzon Campaign
Manila reports the first movement of a southern advance as two battalions occupied Cabuyao under shrapnel fire. US gunboats bombarded the town and troops debarked from cascoes, pursuing insurgents toward Santa Rosa amid heavy road fighting. American forces burned surrounding areas and captured enemy launches and rice cascoes.
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Manila
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Cabuyas
Laguna de Bay
Santa Rosa
Silang
Cabuyao
Catamba
Complete Cuban military reorganization anticipated
Washington January 2 predicted a sweeping Cuban command shake up this month with a collapse from six to two departments. Gen Wilson is ordered to Washington and will not return to Cuba while Col Davis arrives from Porto Rico to aid Congress on new government plans for Puerto Rico and Cuba. The Oriente lacks a permanent commander as four departments near Santiago and Puerto Principe consolidate under a brigadier general chosen by Secretary Root based on Gen Wood’s recommendation with HQ at Santiago.
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Washington
Cuba
Wilson
Matanzag
Santa Clara
Con. Davis
Porto Rico
New York
Congress
Forto Rico
Department
Santiago
Puerto Principe
Cormander
Anti Goebel faction opens new headquarters in Frankfort
In Frankfort Kentucky the anti Goebel lobby expanded with many arrivals including ministers temperance leaders and notable figures. Ex Congressman W C Owens General Basil W Duke Senator Gee H Alexander Senator Thomas H Hayes and ex Secretary of State John W Headly took charge at the formally opened anti Goebel headquarters.
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Frankfort
Anicicebel Democrats
Dutch rising rumors threaten Cape Town and Milner
Reports from Cape Town on January 2 describe ugly rumors of a Dutch rising aimed at seizing Cape Town decks and capturing Governor Sir Alfred Milner. The movement centers on Paarl with A'rikander band meetings in Paarl and Heidelberg Clonwilliam districts said to be coordinating and armed with Mauser arms.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Alfred Milner
Paarl
A‘rikander
Hiehmond
Willine‘ton
Clonwilliam
Explosion Destroys 17 Homes in Knoxville Borough
An overnight explosion of sewer gas in Knoxville near Pittsburgh, Va., wrecked 17 frame houses and damaged stables and several more dwellings. No injuries reported though two women were prostrated.
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Pittsburgh
Knoxville
John Young
Jiuraget Jackson
Prosperity Highlighted by Vanderlip On Iron Trade Growth
Frank A. Vanderlip, assistant secretary of the treasury, notes dramatic iron and steel trade gains in the United States since 1890s. Imports fell from 71 million to 12 million while exports rose toward 4 million by 1899, with pig iron prices nearly doubling from 11 to 24 per ton and mills running at full capacity.
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Saturday Evening Post
Philadelphia
Frank A. Vanderlip
the Treasury
United States
Vanderlip
European textile firms eye U S factories amid tariff clash
The piece argues the Dingley tariff worsens conditions for American producers, while European manufacturers like Bruhm's in Gera plan U S factories. It notes foreign firms expanding in Passaic and predicts more plants, reflecting rising competition and trade tensions.
Grace discusses US economic gains under American policy
In a Jeffersonian piece from Findlay Ohio the author highlights rising exports of manufactured goods, increased banking deposits, and growing gold reserves as signs of prosperity. The article credits a strictly American administration and notes potential tariff politics ahead of the next election.
The Sadness of Prosperity in a Money Driven Era
An excerpt reflects on the emptiness amid wealth and political defeat, quoting John R. McLean on the emptiness of prosperity and the discontent in a money driven era. The fragmentary text critiques a candidate defeated by a platform of calamity and chronic discontent.
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John R. McLean
Calcintall Enquirer
German Textile Firms Plan U S Branch Plants
Reported move by German silk and woollen manufacturers to erect production branches in the United States as tariff and market conditions force diversification. The shift is tied to the Dingley tariff and hopes to capitalize on American capital flows, with Democratic leaders like Senator J W Daniel of Virginia cited in commentary.
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Gera
Prussia
Crefeld and Batile
United States
America
Daniel
New York
J W. Daniel
Virginia
K. Kraska
Bryan
McKinley
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