Invading Canada Plans Reported by Boer Sympathizers
A Washington dispatch claims Holland and Hibernian groups in the United States plan four invasion armies against Canada. Chicagoans lead the first force, with recruits from Minnesota and the Dakotas, aiming for Winnipeg via the Red River valley. Other armies would attack Ontario Quebec and the Maritimes from New York, Maine, and Ohio or Michigan allies. Funds are reportedly raised in New York by Holland society figures including A. A. Van Wyck and Robert Roosevelt.
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Chicago
the Chronicle
Washington
New York
Dominion of
Canada
Pittsburg
Detroit
Minneapolis
United States
Transvaal
Manitoba
Ohio
Michigan
Detroit River
St. Clair River
Georgian Bay Country
Ontario
Quebec
Maine
Halifax
Esquimault
British Columbia
Gotham
Holland Society
A. A. van Wyck
Greater New York
Robert B. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Earthquake Ravages Southern California Towns
An 4:26 am tremor wrecked San Jacinto and damaged Hemet killing six Indians and injuring residents. Homes and business blocks suffered widespread ruin as hotels and public buildings cracked. Aftershocks shook Los Angeles with plate glass breaks and crevices in civic buildings as residents fled to open streets.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
San Jacinto
Hemet
Johnson
San Bernardino
Riverside
Orange
San Diego
Court House
Invasion Planned by Fenians in Dunkirk
A Dunkirk special says Fenians are organizing to invade Canada. Local knowledge indicates Dunkirk has been called to recruit for New York's 125,000 man enrollment, with about 500 already mustered and 100 more expected. Reports claim two carloads of arms are hidden near the city, long kept by Dunkirk Fenians.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Dunkirk
Canada
New York
Dr. Weeks
Severe Santa Ana quake rattles San Diego coast
A strong earthquake hit San Diego at 4:25 am, the severest here in fourteen years. Buildings shook, plaster fell, and some furniture broke, but no serious damage was reported. A high oceanfront wave followed the tremor with no damage observed.
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San Diego
Cal
Haynes Campbell Wedding At St Patrick’s Church
Miss Collie Mu Haynes of this city and Harry G Campbell of Cleveland Ohio were married this morning at Father Delaney’s parochial residence. Rev Father Delaney officiated in a small gathering of relatives and friends. A wedding breakfast followed at 36 West Williams street before the couple left at 11 15 on the Wabash train for Detroit and Chicago. The bride is a well known and refined woman. the groom works at Fletcher Hardware Company.
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Father Delaney
St. Patrick's Church
Collie Mu Haynes
Harry G. Campbell
Cleveland
Ohio
West Williams Street
Markets Report December Grain and Provision Prices
Chicago markets opened firm on wheat and corn with modest gains before easing. May contracts fluctuated as receipts mounted. pork and lard held firm amid a light trade. Close prices show mixed gains and losses across wheat, corn, oats, and standard contract levels for pork, lard, ribs, and flax.
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Chicago
India
Minneapolis
Duluth
N. W
Pork Prices and Beef Quarters Listing
Pork on foot priced at 3.00 with 3.75 shown, Pork dressed at 4.60 and 4.75, Dressed beef forequarters at 7.0, Beef hindquarters at 7.0 and 7.1. The OCR fragment lists varied meat prices and quarter types.
Siegel Hillman Dry Goods Files 200000 Debt Trust
St Louis based Siegel Hillman Dry Goods Corp files a deed of trust for 200000 to secure creditors. Thomas H McKittrick of Hargardine McKittrick Dry Goods named trustee and will oversee operations. Major creditors include Fourth National Bank St Louis and Corn Exchange National Bank New York.
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St. Louis
Siegel- Hillman Dry Goods Company
Thomas H. McKittrick
Hargardine-McKittrick Dry Goods Company
Fourth National Bank
Corn Exchange National Bank
New York
Wiped Out in Fire at DeWald and Kaag Stores
Fire at 4:30 this morning destroyed the four story DeWald dry goods building at Calhoun and Columbia, with 150000 in stock loss and 20000 for the building. Kaag's crockery shop next door also burned, costing 15000 in stock and 10000 for the building. Insurance totals 105000 on stock and building for DeWald, 7000 on Kaag. DeWald’s is the oldest northern Indiana dry goods house and will be rebuilt.
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Weekly Sentinel
George DeWald & Co
Calhoun
Columbia Streets
M. F. Kaag
DeWald
Chicago Livestock Market Receipts and prices
Chicago livestock prices and receipts are reported with cattle and hogs trading mixed. Catte-Receipts reach 8500 with steers and Texans steady to strong, cows and canners up to 10c, bees and stockers varied. Hoge receipts 12000 today, 30000 tomorrow, market strong to 10c higher but closing slightly easier.
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Chicago
Texas
Christmas Misfortune Strikes Rubeck Family
In South Wanatah and New Haven on Christmas Day Nickel Plate brakeman William Rubeck, 64 Boone Street, suffered a severe arm crush and shoulder fracture while coupling cars. Doctors amputated below the elbow at St Joseph hospital after initial care. Fellow brakeman G B Dillon sustained ankle injuries during the stop, with no broken bones.
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William Rubeck
Boone Street
Rubeck
South Wanatah
St. Joseph Hospital
J. M. Dinner
G. B. Dillon
New Haven
J. M. Sinnen
Dillon
Insane Notion Cited on Economy Delusion
Dr Samuel Smith of the Eastern Indiana hospital describes a wealthy farmer in Richmond who believes he must save money by not eating The staff helped him by placing a dollar for each meal The man now pays for meals with joy and his health improves, easing fears of ending in the poorhouse The Indianapolis News reports this anecdote
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Samuel Smith
Eastern
Indiana Hospital
Richmond
Indianapolis News
New York Produce Market Roundup December 26
Butter receipts reach 9952 packages with market strength noted. Western creamery and June creamery prices listed. cheese receipts 5810 packages with several grades shown. Eggs receipts 5550 crates steady market with ungraded Western at 21 to 23 cents. Sugar raw and refined price ranges recorded with various types cited. Coffee dull at No 7 grade 63 4 cents.
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New York
Western Creamery
Fort Wayne Market Prices for Various Commodities
Fort Wayne market reports list prices for flour oats wool hides and fats among other items. Spring wheat per barrel ranges 4.40 to 4.60, winter 3.50 to 3.60, corn meal 1.00, flax seed 1.10 to 1.25, butter 0.20 to 0.72 per pound, lard 0.44 to 0.60, chickens 0.61 to 0.07 each, and other seed and seed products with noted ranges.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Graham
Ford's Nearest Heir To Receive Vast Wealth
Boston dispatch reports editor Daniel Ford will leave most of his fortune to his only daughter Mrs. W N Hartshorn after his funeral. The Youths Companion will continue unchanged under Perry Mason & Co with partners Drake Upham Wendell Stockin Kelney. Funeral services are private this afternoon.
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Boston
Daniel 8. Ford
W. N. Hartshorn
J. M. E. Drake
Perry Mason & Co
Mr. Ford
Mr. Drake
James B. Upham
Seth Wendell
Edwin Stockin
Charles E. Kelney
Drake
Ford
Indiana's paupers a census of county asylums shows totals
The state board of charities reports 3 133 inmates across county poor asylums as of October 31, including 2 012 men and 1 121 women. Of these 346 are married and 2 603 are unmarried or widowed. Native born inmates total 2 192 with 629 foreign born. Main causes include feeble minded 438 men and 480 women, insanity 364 men and 167 women, old age 413 men and 211 women, and crippled 403 men and 138 women. Merion county leads with 240 inmates, followed by Allen 110 and Vanderburg 105.
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State Board of Charities
Indiana
Derf
Merion County
Allen Lias
Vanderburg
Vigo
St. Joseph and
Tippecanoe
Woman Accuses Husband of Old Murder in Pittsboro
In San Francisco on December 26 a woman identifying as Mary Ford was arrested for drunkenness. She claimed her husband John L. Ford murdered Mary Flaherty in Pittsboro, Pa., nine years ago and has never been arrested. Police planned to hold Ford while verifying the accusation.
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San Francisco
Mary Ford
John L. Ford
Mary Flaherty
Pittsboro
Ford
Fort Wayne and Jackson Rail Company Annual Meeting
The Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad company announces its annual stockholders meeting for the election of Directors and other business. The meeting is set for January 25, 1900, at the offices of the company.
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Fort Wayne & Jackson
Broad Company
Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad Company
Ammonia Quenches Fires In Two Notable Incidents
Reports from the National Druggist describe ammonia as a powerful fire quencher. In a cottonseed pile near spontaneous combustion, half a gallon smothered the blaze. In Savenay France, ammonia water poured into a gas fire halted the inferno almost instantly, leaving a black plume and rapid cooling effects.
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Savenay
France
Aimes
New Recording Instruments Track Mind Body Links
Washington reports a surge of tools to record psycho physical conditions and control the tongue and other organs. Plethysmographs sphygmometers laryngographs palatographs and palatographic devices promise objective insight into mental and physical states, with tests for sleep medicine and willpower influence. Authors like Hertel Paliana Kotelman and Arthur MacDonald back these advances and foresee wide clinical use and clearer diagnoses.
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Hertel
Paliana
Kotelman
Arthur MacDonald
Jeffries
Sharkey
Bearded Lady's Adventures In Lakeview Panics Neighbors
Rosie Davis a bearded lady en route to a circus engagement lost her way in Lakeview. She sought a back door for directions triggering a fright, two hysterical women and a man fleeing for police. She moved on, another house prompted a faint, police arrived with a wagon and the public spectacle ended.
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Rosie Davis
Chies
Lakeview
Serch
Curious Wreck at Brookfield Ind Causes Broad Damage
A local freight train backed into a siding to let a fast freight pass with the switch left open. The fast train collided at thirty miles per hour, driving the stationary engine tender off its trucks and telescoping a coal filled cattle car. A hog car was crushed by a corn car, animal deaths reported and locomotives interlocked, requiring dynamite to separate.
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Brookfield
Ind
Gasoline Drunkards Threaten Local Boys In North Penn Area
The Philadelphia Ledger reports gasoline intoxication among small boys near North Penn village in Swamppoodle. Police puzzled by sleeping youths found in vacant houses and sheds and brickyards. Some had become juvenile debauchees from inhaling fumes. A patrolman spotted a boy on a gasoline lamp post with a sponge for a Sunday spree.
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Philadelphia Ledger
North Penn Village
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