Kitchener Reports Boer Movements in Cape Colony Checked
Lord Kitchener reports Boer forces in Cape Colony checked with eastern force north of Zoutpansberg and western column turned toward Britstown and Prieska. British and colonial troops tighten pursuit while lines of communication suffer from bad weather. Boer losses and captures noted as operations continue.
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War Office
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Zoutpansberg Range
Britstown
Prieska
de Wet
Senekal
French
Clements
Beyers
Magaliesberg
Polschfstrom
Gordon
Aliphant
Nek
Dewar Junction
Vo Gays
Heyers
Delacey
Wkreng
Tragic House Fire Claims Mills Child in Jarvis
In Jarvis on December 26 the three year old daughter of J C Mills druggist and G N W telegraph agent died after a fire started by the child lighting matches. The grandmother and family attempted rescue but the flames proved fatal.
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Jarvis
J. C. Mills
G. N. W. Tvepraph
London painter F R Vickersgill dies at old age
London commemorates the death of Frederick Richard Vickersgill, painter and keeper of the Royal Academy from 1873 to 1887. Born in London in 1820, he passed away the prior Friday, leaving a notable mark on British art institutions.
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London
Frederick Richard Vickersgill
Royal Academy
Round World Chronicle Reports Diverse 25 December Updates
A roundup from Kingston to Moscow notes Pare the bank robber losing a leg, election protests dropped in Halifax, CPR shops closing for holidays, a telegraphers strike called off, and notable deaths and political hints across Canada and Europe. Also reports blizzards in the Northwest, Count von Bülow’s death, Prince Oscar’s recovery, and Sienkiewicz’s 25th literary anniversary in Moscow.
Family of five in May Street overcome by coal gas
The Campbell family of five on May street, Fort William, were overcome by coal gas on Sunday with two members in critical condition. In Washington, Indiana, F H Morris, War Department auditor, was shot in his Windes building office by ex clerk McDonald and is fatally injured. Windsor reports shareholders vote to wind up British American and Detroit and Lareau Mining firms, assets to Canadian Lareau Mining.
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Baltimore
Jennie Wall
Lawson
Trinidad
Capeenry
Fort William
Daniel Campbell
May Street
Washington
F. H. Morris
Indiana
War Department
Windes
McDonald
Morris
Windsor
Detroit and
Lareau Mining
Lareau Mining Company
William St. John Broderick
South Africa
Imperial Yeomanry
War Office
Australia
New Zealand
London
Cape Town
Huntstown
de Aar
First German Bach Music Festival Planned in Berlin
Berlin announces the first German Bach music festival to be held on March 21 with an exhibition of manuscripts, pictures and instruments in conjunction with the event. Queenstown reports the British steamer Haddonhall towed in with its propeller missing after sailing from Swansea for Baltimore on November 28 and later in tow from Galveston to Bremen. Albany notes Gov Roosevelt’s removal of Col. Asa Bird Gardiner as district attorney of New York County and the appointment of Eugene J. Philbin to fill the vacancy.
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Berlin
Queenstown
Haddonhall
Swansea
Baltimoore
Springwell
Galveston
Bremen
Albany
N.Y
Gov
Roosevelt
Asa Bird Gardiner
New York County
J. M. Hammond
Eugene J. Philblin
State County Charities
Trolley Collision Injures Shoppers Near Lebanon Anneville
Two Lebanon street railway cars crowding Christmas shoppers collided Saturday between Lebanon and Anneville. Several people were injured, with some seriously. An 11 months old baby was trampled and not expected to recover.
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Lebanon
Anneville
Passengvers
Lake Champlain Reaches Quarantine After Eight Day Voyage
The steamship Lake Champlain arrived at quarantine in Halifax after a ten days voyage from Queenstown. Quarantine steamer Argus with Port Physician Jones and Col. Foster went aboard at once and began discharging the crew.
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Halifax
Lake Champlain
Queenstown
Argus
Jones
Col. Foster
Senate adjourns to January 1901 in Washington
Washington noon today the senate adjourned until January 3, 1901. In Constantinople December 25 the imperial trade contract for a cruiser by Cramp Shipbuilding and an initial £100,000 deposit were not issued yet amid a German embassy protest to the Porte over payments to the Cramp firm before Krupp gun debts are settled.
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Washington
Senate
Constantinople
Otto- Innian
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Porte
Cramps
Brillant Victory Brings Brabant to Front in Open Revolt
Gen Brabant ordered to the front with his colonial division as Cape Colony faces open revolt near the Orange River. In Cape Town and London dispatches, Boers rout, derai led trains, and marches toward the Transvaal are reported amid plans to reinforce Yeomanry and police.
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Cape Town
Thorndale
French
Baden- Powell
Transvaal
London
Daily Mail
Cape Colony
Orange River
London Skyscrapers Pursue Record Heights and Big Rent
London plans for a 30 story tower at 455 feet aim to top the world’s tallest office buildings. American investors seek permission to build amid limited land, with a project cost around £250,000 and land value about £300,000. The 21,000 ton structure would house 550 tenants paying about £44,000 yearly, with seven lifts and electric cooling and artesian water.
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London
Charles T. Yerkes
Chicago
New York
Egypt
Trafalgar Square
German Brutality Reports From Ling-Ching
A Pekin dispatch says German troops visited Ling Ching last Saturday and killed sixty Boxers and other imperial assistants, shot thirty more, and captured two hundred. Looting of houses and shops is alleged while negotiations were underway, and much of the countryside remains defenceless as foreign troops are absent or inactive.
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London
Pec
Morning Post
Pekin
Ling Ching
Theyalso
Ashanti queen mother rebel king Kakafu captured
Kumassi dispatch reports loyal chiefs have captured the Ashanti queen mother and the rebel king Kakafu and hope to seize remaining rebel leaders soon.
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Kumassi
Kakafu
North Monaghan MP Thomp son elected unopposed
London December 24 Dr E C Thompson has been elected without opposition to the house of commons for the North Division of Monaghan succeeding the late Mr Daniel MacAlees.
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London
E. C. Thompson
House of Comsmons
Monaghan
Daniel MacAlees
Global Dispatches Chronicle Deaths and Diplomatic Moves
Ex Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts dies. Porto Rico bills adopt jury system. Archdeacon Boddy marks ordination jubilee in Canada. Empress of China reaches Yokohama from Vancouver. New Zealand to dispatch another South Africa contingent. George Vansant appointed Toronto jail governor. Alfred Deroyd Leviroyd assets liabilities listed. Royalist arrives from Japan after gale. sailor lost. Martial law extended in multiple Cape towns. Lord Lansdowne treaties Russia rail control Pekin to Shan Hai Kwan. Brian Fenwick seeks divorce. Militia officers honored by council. Toronto art students total 1032. Windsor drownings. Rene Dupont promotes repatriation talks.
Fire damages Mathews Picture Frame Factory on Temperance Street
A fire at the Mathews Picture Frame Factory on Temperance Street caused about 855 000 in damage to stock and injured 17 or 18 workers who jumped from a second story window. No fatalities were confirmed.
Chicago and Northwestern to enact pension system
Chicago officials announced a permanent pension plan for 27000 railroad employees, effective January 1, 1904. The program mirrors the Pennsylvania lines in many respects and will cost the company about $300,000 annually.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Road
Pennsylvania Lines
Wanover Fire Toll Revised After Insurance Coverage
The Wanover Ontario blaze now estimated at under 200000 dollars with Knechtel Furniture loss at 150000 and 80000 insured. No further casualties. missing men have been found safe this morning.
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Ont
Knechtel Furniture Company
Berlin Banker Sternberg Found Guilty and Sentenced
Berlin reports Sternberg millionaire banker found guilty after a long trial for unnameable immort alities. He receives two and a half years in prison and loses citizenship for five years.
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Berlin
Thomas Dunn Offered Mayoral Nomination in Vancouver
Vancouver reports Mr. Thomas Dunn a leading merchant was tonight offered the nomination of the Citizens association for mayor. The offer was accepted provisionally contingent on an aldermanic ticket including active businesslike men and excluding old women.
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Vancouver
Thomas Dunn
Citizens’ Association
Destructive Fire Destroys Knechtel Furniture Plant in Hanover
A blaze at the Knechtel furniture factory in Hanover Ontario destroyed the two acre complex and neighboring buildings. Loss estimated near 1 million dollars with over 200 workers unemployed. Firefighters were aided by neighboring towns but several lives feared lost and the cause remains unknown.
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Ont
Knechtel
Canada
Daniel Knachtel
J. SS. M Knechtel
Toronto
Waechtel Furniture Factory
Grenutzner Furniture Company
Undertakinn Establishment
P. Poechlman and Company
B. F. Ahcons
Graff and Weppler
W. Rolloff
Fr. Maureer
Charles Doepel
Pepler
Waechtel Company
Walkerton
Palmerston
Chesley
Neustadt
Daniel Ixnechtel
Skwnechte
Torono
Will Land at Halifax From Liverpool with Contingent
The Lake Champlain, carrying the first contingent under Col Otter from Liverpool, passed Cape Race inward at 10 am. All aboard are well. Expect Halifax arrival Saturday night despite rough weather. disembarkation planned around 2 am Sunday. Elder Dempster reports orders to land troops at Halifax and St John arrangements canceled.
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Montreal
Lake Champlain
Liverpool
Col. Otter
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Dempster Company
Militia Department
St. John
Walifax
Woman Reveals Secret of Belgian Murder Ring
London dispatch reports a woman in Ostend claims her husband committed a seven year old crime linked to a murder by three Belgian workmen at Vautimond. One man got life, two were guillotined after trial. Investigators consider her claim credible.
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New York
London
Ostend
Daily Mail
Vautimond
Soumayre
Gambling Ship Planned Off English Coast
An English syndicate plans to convert an obsolete Atlantic liner into a floating Monte Carlo casino. The ship to be moored off Brighton just outside the three mile limit will shuttle to railway stations, costing about 250000 dollars for the vessel and outfit with more pledged to the stake bank.
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London
English Channel
Brighton
Stake Bank
Dawson City Dreams in Big Construction Plans
Victoria reports capitalists see Dawson City as a lasting hub with the Maska Commercial company planning machine shops and boat building plants. Soon after, the Alaskan Exploration company proposed a million dollar street car system, signaling a bold growth push.
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Victoria
B. C
Dawson City
Maska Commercial Company
Alaskan Exploration Company
Feavey Plans Great Lakes Steamship Line
Minneapolis December 19 Frank S H Feavey the grain elevator capitalist is organizing a steamship company with lake capitalists to operate on the Great Lakes. Contracts are closed for four freighters at Cleveland at a cost of 1.5 million dollars to run between Duluth and Buffalo carrying grain ore and general freight.
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Frank S H. Feavey
Great Lakes
Weavey
Cleveland
Duluth
Buffalo
Telegrams and Cablegrams From Port Said to Ottawa
A scrambled wrap of wires and notices from December 29 reports naval movements at Port Said, diplomatic shifts in Ottawa, and local officials in St. Catharines and Windsor with assorted appointments and charges. The item also notes mail cargo aboard the Majestic bound for the Americas and various global dispatches from Washington, London, Madrid, and New York with political and economic snippets.
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