Week's History Condenses Wars and Tragic Accidents
Summary of global and domestic incidents: General Santa Ana’s insurgents attacked Subig bay. American marines reinforced. heavy enemy losses and nine American casualties. Col Lockett routed insurgents near Montalban. four Americans wounded. rebel losses heavy. Aguinaldo’s relatives surrender at Bontoc. U.S. infantry captured Cabuyao with enemy dead and many prisoners. four Americans wounded. Multiple accidental deaths and injuries unfold: shootings in Illinois, electrocution, mine and rail incidents, fevers and ice-related deaths.
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Aguinaldo
Major Marek
Thirtythird Infantry
Bontoc
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Cabuyao
Laguna de Roy
Weather Chief Proposes Civil Service and Pension Fund Bill
W H Moore head of the weather bureau drafts a bill to give civil service status to department employees and create a pension fund drawn from their salaries. Russell Sage attacks Secretary Gage for depositing funds with the New York National City bank.
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W. H. Moore
Weather Bureau
Department
Russell Sage
Gage
New York National City Bank
Multiple 19th century incidents and filings in brief form
The report lists varied items: theft of 5800 in beer stamps from Conrad Seipp Jr.'s buggy, a fatal shooting between Patton and Cisco in Kentucky, a Wyoming camp assault by Lucius Miller, and other killings including in Michigan Washington and West Virginia. It notes arrests, a street car hold up, and a range of legal notices involving Sash and Door makers P A Russell Co, Lovell Arms Co, A Richardson Shoe Co, Susil A Isaacson, and financial insolvencies. It also cites iron ore output for 1899, a Panama Canal company in New Jersey, insurance firm admission in Wisconsin, Madison merchants closing evenings in 1900, and assignments by Castle Silk and Ware Lincoln.
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Conrad Seipp, Jr
Chicago
James Patton
Iiarlan Cisco
White Oak
Patton
Cisco
Lucius Miller
Union Pacific
Hanna
Wyo
Troy Pendleton
Bert Morten
Kalamazoo
Mich
Missoula
Mont
Vandalia
Edward Spencer
Benjamin Eddleman
John
James Carter
Brad Lynen
Flynn Lick
Tenn
Lynen
Charles J. Durham
K. M. King
Arvada
Col
Denver
A. J. Corrigan
Peter Kuntz
Great Falls
Chicago Police
P. A. Russell & Co
Sash and Door Miukers
Lovell Arms Company
Boston
Globe National
A. Richardson Shoe Company
Janesville
Wis
Susil A. Isaacson
Lake Superior
New Jersey
Panama Canal
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Insurance Company
Lincoln
Neb
Wisconsin
Madison
Castle Silk Company
Franklin
N. J
Ware & Lincoln, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers
Brockton
Mass
Lave Ade
Mishaps and Disasters Report Fatal Accidents
A farmer in Fet wood Wisconsin Israel Litto died from a head injury after a falling log. In Middletown Connecticut a fire killed three colored children in their parents home, Tixon. A mine explosion at Phoenix camp Greenwood British Columbia killed John Nelson and injuring Stanley Mcleod. Mrs Andrew Ford of New Albany Indiana 28 was accidentally shot by her uncle John Cooper.
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Frank Moore
William Moore
Blue Mound Township
Lls
Cecil Baldridge
Micopolis
William Behringer
Chicago and Northwestern
Menominee
Mich
Escan
Soboba
California
Joe Frye
Edward Overton
Phoenix
Carterville
Daniel Keefe
Morrison
Brown County
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Walter Paten
Wilhelmina Hitzky
Chicago
August Peguth
Thomas Gary
Henry Brandle
Columbus
Harry Martin
Monon
John Freeman
Frankfort
Ind
William Ellis
Barboursville
W. Va
Chicago Coated Boards Company
Israel Litto
Fetwood
Middletown
John Cooper
British forces in South Africa report mixed frontline actions
Dispatch from Ladysmith notes Hunter with 500 volunteers destroying a 6 inch gun a howitzer and a Maxim with one Briton killed as Boers retreat. Reports say Kitchener reaches Gibraltar from Egypt and Roberts cannot yet reorganize. Magicienne seizes Bundesrath in Delagoa bay. French defeats Boers and takes Colesburg.
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London Daily News
Ladysmith
Telegraph
Hunter
Lord Kitchener
Gibraltar
Egypt
London
Lord Roberts
Magicienne
Delagoa Bay
Pretoria
Transvaal
Lourenzo Marquez
French
Colesburg
Notable 19th Century Figures Die Across Cities
Colonel James S Casey aged 67 dies in New York from nervous exhaustion at St Luke's hospital. William B Gaile Boston criminal lawyer dies. Dr Joseph R Buchanan writer on medical occult sciences dead in San Jose. Thomas Mackellar senior member of MacKellar Smith and Jordan dies at Germantown Pa. Mrs Florence Mansfield Worth wife of Brig Gen William Worth dies at Fort Hamilton New York. Milbecker Austrian composer dies in Vienna after paralyptic strike. George W Metzel founder of the Improved Order of Heptasopis dies at Stewartstown Pa.
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James S. Casey
St. Luke's Hospital
New York City
William B. Gaile
Boston
Joseph KR. Buchanan
San Jose
Cal
Thomas Mackellar
MacKellar, Smith and Jordan
Germantown
Florence Mansfield Worth
William 8. Worth
Fort Hamilton
N. Y
Milbecker
Vienna
George W. Metzel
Steawartstown
Fires claim multiple Southern and Midwest properties
A series of damaging blazes reported across Wisconsin Georgia Pennsylvania Kentucky Indiana and Arkansas destroyed homes mills stores and a furniture outlet. Losses cited include about 2500 in Portage Wisconsin 175000 at Georgia iron works in Augusta fully insured 60000 at Germantown Pennsylvania 25000 Hart place Versailles Kentucky 16000 Greencastle Indiana 150000 total and 80000 in Little Rock Arkansas with half insured.
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Frank Race
Portage
Wis
Georgia Iron Works
Perkins Manufacturing Company
Augusta
Joseph Fling
Germantown
J. H. Camden
Hart Place
Versailles
Charles H. Barnaby
Greencastle
Ind
Lindsey & Morgan
Daniel Hogan
Savannah
Little Rock
Ark
Garr Mother and Daughter Die on Same Indiana Farm
Lucy B. Garr eighty seven and Miss Millie Garr fifty five died within fifteen minutes of each other at the Garr homestead near Kokomo Indiana after living on the same farm for fifty five years. The report notes tranquil passing and mutual companionship in old age.
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Lucy B. Garr
Millie
Garr
Kokomo
Ind
John W. Springer
National Live Stock Association
Fort Worth
Tex
Elkhorn
W. Va
Kid” McCoy
Peter Maher
Coney Island
Prado
Iowa State Teachers Association Seeks Three New Normal Schools
Des Moines reports show the Iowa State Teachers association pushing for three additional normal schools and a four year county institute program. Delegates urged liberal state college funding and compulsory education while criticizing board actions at Mitchville and advocating universal industrial boarding schools.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Educational Council
Mitchville
State Board of Control
Iowa Academy of Sciences
C. C. Nutting
The
State University
W. H. Norton
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Bruce Fink
Lafayette
SS. W. Beyer
Iowa
Iowa Speaker Contest in Iowa House May Decide Senate Race
Des Moines reports the speaker election in the Iowa house is seen as pivotal to choosing the senator. Gear faction claims control of the Republican caucus and support for Bowen. Cummins faction cites pledged supporters for Eaton and notes inroads on Gear votes.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Gear
Cummins
Gear People
D. H. Bowen
Cummins People
J. M. Anderson
Warren County
Eaton
Representative Wise
Black Hawk County
Iowa State Teachers Association elects officers in Des Moines
The forty fifth annual convention elected W. C. Riddell of Des Moines as president and G. I. Miller Boone as first vice president. A. K R. Sale Mason City and William Bell Creston named as other vice presidents. Inez Kelso Corydon joined the committee at large. A resolution was adopted favoring restricted education.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
W. C. Riddell
G. I. Miller
Boone
A. K R. Sale
Mason City
William Bell
Creston
Inez Kelso
Corydon
Gear managers claim votes in senatorial fight
Des Moines Iowa December 30 claims by Gear managers in the senatorial fight report seventy six votes in the joint caucus with fifty nine needed to nominate. The statement notes five members this week support Bowen joining those who last week backed Gear and Bowen for speaker.
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Gear Managers
Des Moines
Gear
Bowen
Indian girl freed as judge backs Tama reservation case
Federal Judge Shiras issues a lengthy opinion in the Tama county reservation Indian case. He sustains the Indians at every point and censures the Indian agent, ruling in favor of Selah Puec Ka Chee and granting habeas corpus to secure her release.
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Dubuque, Ia
Shiras
Tama County
Selah-Puec-Ka-Chee
White Wins 15-Round Glove Contest In Sioux City
Tommy White defeats Dick Green in a full fifteen round bout at the Grand Opera House with referee George Siler scoring on points. Green achieved a clean knockdown in the second round.
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Sioux City
Tommy White
Dick Green
Grand Opera House
White
George Siler
Green
Swartz Sought After Skipping Town In Diamond Frauds
In Council Bluffs Iowa on December 30 authorities seek Joseph Swartz a Kansas City sportsman. He reportedly pawned diamonds then redeemed them and soon pawned paste diamonds totaling about 2800 dollars before fleeing.
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Council Bluffs
Joseph Swartz
Kansas City
Ben ton gents' furnisher makes assignment in Sioux City
Sioux City, Iowa, December 30. F J Benton, a menswear dealer, has filed an assignment. Liabilities total about 13,000 dollars with assets around 4,000 dollars.
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Sioux City
F. J. Benton
Bills Over a Century Old Show Cambridge Undergrad Spendings
A Richmond or St Louis Republic report recaps a Cambridge undergraduate’s 1788 bill for groceries and room supplies. It details tea costs, a new teapot, hearth brush, pail, mop, Dutch Holland goteh, candles, sugar, salt, and even sand for a sanded floor, highlighting frugal meals and dated prices.
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Cambridge
Hyson
Congo
St. Louis Republic
Coveted Scraps of Autographs Across History
The article surveys legendary autographs including seven Shakespeare signatures and items tied to Marie Stuart Columbus and Chatterton. It notes a Tudor Montaigne translation autograph in the British Museum valued at over 3000 guineas and cites sales and near-misses among collectors and dealers such as Bernard Quaritch and a Chicago dealer.
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Shakespeare
Montaigne
British Museum
Alfred Morrison
Cariteu House Terrace
Marie Stuart
Guise
France
Vatican
Bernard Quaritch
Columbus
Chicago
Chatterton
Avon
Collier’s Weekly
Dream Evidence Traces Crimes Across Continents
A Philadelphia Times report recalls multiple cases where dreams led to arrests or confessions. A St Louis woman Mary Thornton named George Ray as her husband’s killer, a Gravesend sailor’s murder by a peddler, and a Rennes shop safe burglary traced by a dream. A Boston forger was captured after a banker’s daughter described a man “like Mr Blank” in a dream.
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St. Louis
Mary Thornton
George Ray
Mee
Drew
Gravesend
Rennes
France
Lome
Boston
Blank
Maine Street
Papa
Hamlet
Heaven
Horatio
Philadelphia Times
Jimmy and the Baby Coffins from a 12 Year Old Craftsman
Jimmy a 12 year old who helps his mother by delivering milk also makes small pine coffins selling them to undertakers at 50 cents each. A neighbor shows him a newborn baby and he jokes he will craft a coffin for his future use.
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Jimmy
New York Commercial Advertiser
Boers as Pioneers of the Great Trek and Exploration
The piece extols the Boer pioneers from 1837 and earlier, praising their endurance and exploration of unvisited lands. It contrasts their feats with sensational travels of foreign explorers and notes their historical significance in opening new territories for white settlers.
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Africa
London Mail
Waving to wed ends in divorce
A Nashville Banner quip notes a rumor of a young woman in a neighboring town who waved at a stranger and married within three days, then two days later waved a flatiron at her husband and the next evening he returned home waving a divorce.
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Nashville
Spanish Charity Across Communities
Spanish communities of about 50 000 are described as self supporting and highly charitable feeding pauper populations of 5 000 or more. The text emphasizes broad communal generosity and social aid without a poor tax.
The Value of Stimulants and Health Balance
An 19th century discussion from Lancet explains stimulants aid function and mood, noting craving arises from blood imbalances. It argues health and proper blood composition reduce desire for alcohol tea or coffee and produce gentle stimulation and well being.
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Lancet
Remembering the Stage and Pathos in Daudet’s Tale
Jean Francois Raf faelli recalls Daudet arguing against clinging to a single sentiment on stage. He cites a black-clad widow in an omnibus whose tale of five lost children, including one swallowed by a Nile crocodile, shifts audience reaction from pity to laughter.
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Jean Francois Raffaelli
Daudet
Nile
New Lippincott
Why He Is a Waiter
Du Bois in The Philadelphia Negro highlights racial barriers in job hiring. A University of Pennsylvania mechanical engineering graduate loses several positions due to skin color and ends up a waiter at the University Club serving white graduates.
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W. E. B. du Bois
Philadelphia
du Bois
University of Pennsylvania
University Club
Author Hall Caine Dined By Aldine Club Of New York
The Aldine club of New York hosted Hall Caine several years ago and invited a leading American author. Dinner cards circulated requesting autographs as the author planned to send an ecard to Caine and hoped to quote from his writing in a future speech.
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Hall Caine
Aldine Club
New York City
Mr. Caine
Caine
New York Mail and Express
Pendulum Advice From An Austin Clock Joke
A Texas Siftings humor item reports a Black narrator asking a jeweler to fix a pendulum while leaving the rest of the clock intact. The punchline lies in the pendulum guiding the rest of the clock and the speaker claiming practical knowledge despite illiteracy.
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Onion Creek
Tex
Darky
Austin
Texas Siftings
Liver Complaint Boarding Crisis
In a humorous exchange, Fuddy and Duddy discuss Harris who is plagued by a liver complaint. Duddy notes Harris seeks a new boarding house where liver is not a staple of the meals.
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Fuddy
Harris
Duddy
Ihe
Boston ‘Transcript
Editor Refutes Neighbor’s Fire Story Claim
A puffily defiant caller insists the prior complaint about the nearby blaze is incorrect. He emphasizes misspelling of his name with two s's and notes he makes soap rather than shoe blacking, challenging the newspaper’s account.
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Philadelphia
North American
Arabs Welcome With Multiple Handshakes And Embraces
Arabs show friendliness by shaking hands six to eight times when meeting. Distinguished Arabs go beyond this and embrace each other several times, signaling warmth and respect in social greetings.
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Washington News
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Barrett
Remley
Association
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