Cape Colony Front Near Krugersdorp Fighting Reported
A large Boer force reportedly occupies Colreburg south of Philiposis and near the Orange River frontier. Heavy cannonading heard north of Krugersdorp and a pitched battle was imminent between British General Clements and General Delarey. Kitchener dispatches troops pursuing Boers crossing the Orange River at Rhenoster Hoek with mounted units around Venterstadt toward Steynburg.
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Cape Colony
Colreburg
Philipposis
Orange River Colony
Johannesburg
Krugersdorp
Transvaal
Clements
Delarey Kitchener
London
Kitchener
Pretoria
Ivo
Orange River
Rhenoster Hook
Rhenoster Hoek
Venterstadt
Delarey
Northern Pacific telegraph operators seek wage hike and shorter hours
The grievance committee led by Geo Hampton visits St Paul to present a new schedule. They demand a 10 percent wage increase in large cities or $5 monthly, and $5 to $15 monthly rises in smaller towns based on hardship. Night operators seek eight hours thirty minutes to eight hours with lunch, while day operators push for nine hours and forty minutes with dinner, aligning with clerks who work nine hours and half a day Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Telegraph Operators
Geo Hampton
Tacoma Wash
St Paul
Northern Pacific Road
Two Days Battle Report From Colombia Ends in Government Victory
Washington reports a cablegram from Bogota stating a two day battle at Girardet point on the Magdalena River resulted in a decisive government victory. About 600 killed and many wounded. Other government wins are announced as a major strength boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partment
United States
Beaupre
Bogota
Girardet Point
Magdelene River
Colombia
Multiple World News Briefs From December 21
A string of terse reports from around the world dated December 21 includes: Potsdam arrests Councillor Commerce Sanden formerly with Prussian Hypothekationsbank and confining him to Moabit prison. Beaver Falls gas explosion wrecks homes and injures several. Madrid cabinet to present plan to sell United States of Cagayan and other Philippine islands. Amsterdam crowd hails Kruger as Britain blamed for losing birthright. Omaha ransom paid by Edward A. Cudahy Jr. for his abducted son. Antwerp notes 13,000 on strike with unions leavening labor. Red Star Line seeks terms to load Nederland. St John Coldbrook mills burned, loss $100,000. Chicago Santa Fe railroads engineers and related unions discuss strike stance. New York Customs reports a 165-grain black pearl from London valued around $15,600, largest ever imported.
Global notice of varied fin de decembre items
Shipping and rail items across the world. Reports from Winnipeg Oakville Ottawa Toronto Philadelphia London and Paris describe fires earnings treaties and political moves with notes on a boxing match and a church funeral. Turkeys and ships crossing oceans appear alongside diplomatic statements and military actions.
Franco Canadian Line to add four steamers for subsidized service
Montreal reports manager Poindroitn to Paris to strike a deal with directors to launch four new steamers. Government will pay a subsidy of 50000 dollars yearly for five years for a fortnightly Havre to Montreal and Quebec route in summer and monthly Halifax and St John in winter. Laurier arrives in New York with party for rest and shipping commerce. The Nevshee Vremya notes discontent in armies including German forces under Von Waldersee.
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Montreal
Poindroin
Paris
Havre
Quebec
Halifax
St. John
St. Petersburg
Nevove Vremya
von Waldersee
Boers Raid Cape Colony Reported As Forces Move
London reports dec 20 that General Knox abandoned pursuit of De Wet due to Cape Colony disruption. 3000 restive regiments enter, Phillipstown reached, De Wet northwest of Ladysdorf with 4500 men. raids at Phillipstown and Craddock area threaten Burghersdorp. Casualties cited at Nooitgedacht: 82 killed or wounded, 44 missing.
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London
Knox
de Wet
Cape Colony
Orange River
Regerbocks
Phillipstown
Se Wet
Ladvorand
Winderg
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Colesburg
Kimberley
Herczog
Odendalstroom
Lethule
Burghersdorp
Craddock
MacDonald
Nooitgedacht
Cudahy Boy Kidnapped in Omaha Case Under Probe
Edward A. Cudahy Jr., 15, son of Omaha packing magnate Edward A. Cudahy, vanished after leaving home with books. Police indicate a ransom demand of 25 000 dollars and a letter from the kidnapper JACK claims the boy is safe and will be returned upon payment.
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Omaha
Neb
Edward A. Cudahy
Packer
B. Dustin
Cudahy
BE. A. Cudahy
Sou
Jack
French Gun Secrets Denial Ties to Sigis Honor
Paris December 20 The French government denies involvement by the American embassy in Paris disclosures about gun secrets. It offers the Legion of Honor to Lieut. W S Sigis former US naval attaché, described by La Presse as the man responsible.
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Paris
United States War Department
Lieut. W. S. Sigis
United States
la Presse
Electric Car Fatality Claims Toronto Widow
Mrs. Alice Evans widow of Alderman G M Evans was struck by an electric car at Queen and Carter streets near her Grange avenue home. She was exiting the car after Christmas shopping when another car coming opposite ran over both legs and she died within the hour at an emergency hospital.
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Toronto
Alice Evans
Ald
G. M. Evans
Queen and
Carter Streets
Grange Avenue
Interurban collision kills motormen and injures passengers
Indianapolis reports a head end crash on the Greenfield and Indianapolis interurban near Jim Indiana. Motormen Emery Scott and John Ghisseck were seriously injured. six passengers died or were badly hurt as trains sped in fog.
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Indianapolis
Greenfield
Jim
Ind
Emery Scott
John Ghisseck
Empress of Japan sails from Hong Kong to Vancouver
A flotilla of global news items reports the Empress of Japan's noon departure from Hong Kong for Vancouver. Other items note stock trades set a record high, a Quebec judge's death, a fatal bar dispute, a riot over interracial marriage in Pittsburgh, and elections and accidents across Canada and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
PR. SS
Vancouver
Southington Man Sentenced to be Shot on Christmas Day
News from Southington and Rome report Lima Skinner a Southington native in the 43rd Volunteers near Tacloban Leyte Philippines has been sentenced to death by firing squad for sleeping at his post on sentry duty His father John P Skinner 71 travels to Washington to seek clemency Meanwhile in Rome the pope confirms several bishops and Utah reports a growing smallpox outbreak with nearly a hundred cases in Scofield and spreading in Clear Creek Sunnyside and surrounding counties.
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Southington
Conn
McArthur
Lima Skinner
Philippines
43Rd Volunteers
Tacloban
Leyte
John P Skinner
Washington
McKinley
Price
Utah
Scofield
Clear Creek
Sunnyside
Carbo County
Montreal Alderman Lareau Dies Fron t
Montreal official Alderman Lareau is dead. A serious grain freight blockade hits Portland Maine. Morrison eball hangs at Regina per Dominion cabinet decision. Ice destroys Coldbrook mills near St John New Brunswick. Beaver Falls gas explosion wrecks several houses. Thomas Lennox and two daughters killed near Barrie Ontario. Trooper Mulloy to receive British pension. China requires definite government to curb anti foreign outbreaks.
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Portland
Waine
Dominion Cabinet
Regina
Coldbrook
St. John
N. B
Mulloy
China
Multiple Disparate 1900s Events Reported Across North America
A digest of various incidents and notices includes a fire in Blyth Ontario, Sir Charles Tupper’s Winnipeg banqueting, four steamers to ply Canada to Havre, cattle tuberculosis in Boissevain, a $1 million streetcar system planned for Dawson, injuries from a Jim Indiana streetcar collision, drowning deaths at Hat Lake Copper Mountain, Mrs Evans of Toronto killed by an electric car, Christian fatalities in Turkish provinces, Morocco settling U.S. claims, Lord Strathcona named Aberdeen university rector, $50,000 for a seat on the New York Exchange, Britain’s China demand accepted by all powers, Paul Antoine dies from self-inflicted injuries, Midland Ontario blast furnace christened by Premier Ross, train robber Barnes commits death by suicide, and 16,000 U.S. farmers arriving in Canada with $7 million in goods.
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Canada
Havre
Boissevain
Dawson
Jim
Ind
Hata Lake
Copper Mountain District
Evans
Toronto
Lord Strathcona
Aberdeen University
New York Exchange
Great Britain
China
Paul Antoine
San Francisco
Midland
Ont
Premier Ross
Shipping and Health News From Across Canada
Li Hung Chang suffers influenza while the steamer City of Topeka runs aground in Linn Canal. Fort William Port Arthur navigation remains open. M P Joseph Martin lies seriously ill in a Vancouver hospital. Several Atlantic liners delayed by storms now run days overdue. The steamship Alpha foundered north of Nanaimo. Charles Norstrom CPR sectionman killed by a freight train near Rat Portage. CPR plans to electrify the Rossland Robson line.
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Topeka
Linn Canal
Fort William
Port Arthur
Joseph Martin
Vancouver
Charles Norstrom
Rat Portage
Rossland
Robson
Turmoil and disasters headline wide ranging report
The notice covers diverse items including a governor’s death in Toroyal, a slain colonel in London, Parliament prorogation, a Halifax church fire, a potential Senate speaker, a NSW wheat estimate of 17 million bushels, a Portage la Prairie scare, a Paris exposition loss of two million francs, a lynching in Rockport Indiana, and German policy in China.
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Halifax
Senator Power
Senate
New South Wales
Portage la Prairie
Notable deaths and incidents span empires and storms
Lord O Hagan of Ireland is dead and Paddy Ryan ex heavyweight champion is dead. A locomotive boiler near Buffalo hurst killed two men. Two boys spent a night in a blizzard near Elkhorn, one frozen to death. Morine Newfoundland leader backs annexation to Canada. Earnscliffe former Macdonald residence badly damaged by fire. Rosebery criticizes ministers in cabinet pursuing mercantile interests. Washington expects Britain to reject the Hay Pauncefote treaty amendment.
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Lord O'Hagan
Ireland
Buffalohurst
Paddy Ryan
Elkhorn
Newfoundland
Mr. Morine
Canada
Earnscliffe
Sir John A. Macdonald
Lord Rosebery
Washington
Britain
Airship progress signals future of zeppelin fleet
The Philadelphia Inquirer and New York World highlight steady improvements in air navigation and the Zeppelin airship. They call this a major advance toward steerable flight lasting minutes, predicting airships could rival ships on waters and push the dream of rapid global travel closer to reality.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Count Zeppelin
Heauld
New York World
Scraps of Science and Moon Size Misleading Notions
A fragmentary science note claims grape seeds cause appendicitis and toothbrass brixtles are a curse in many cases. It also discusses perceived Earth size from the Moon and the illusion of Earth compared to the Moon, with odd ratios of diameter and surface area.
IRE BROKEN BEIRUT
Mrs Winfield and Theo contend with unrequited love in a melodramatic tale set around a moonlit window. Theo laments Harry Strathmore’s presumed marriage to Violet while fate prepares a new, dramatic turn the next day.
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Dr. Melville
Theo
Harry Strathmore
Violet
Theo Lester Becomes Companion at Culver House
Theo Lester is sent to Hag aystown as a companion for Mrs Culver's daughters Iris and Isabel. Mrs Winfield's offer to fund Theo's education at a Florida school is rejected as Theo plans to support herself as a governess and pursue music. Theo meets Iris and Isabel, faces their hostility, and learns of Colonel West from a maid's wary warning.
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Harold Winfield
Europe
Theo
Harold
Mrs. Winfield
Mrs. Winter
Florida
Lester
Chester
Isabel Culver
Irs
Colonel West
Iris Culver
Eslaves
Malionaire West
Isabel
Iris
Culver
Fris Lester
Pid
India
Madame
Sara
Siss
West
Dr Chase Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine Promoted
An advertisement extols Dr Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine as a preventive for consumption and a cure for severe colds bronchitis and asthma. It cites testimonials from J J Dodds and Wm Davidson praising recovery and urges purchase from Edmanson Bates & Co in Toronto.
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Dr. Chase
Chase
J. J. Dodds
Pleasant Avenue
Deer Park
Ont
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
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Omansg
Krogerdorp
Clement
Welarey
Ec 21
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Potsdam
Commerce Sanden
Hypothebia Btion Bank
Moabit Prion
Pittsburg
Beaver Falls
Madrid
Dee
Chamber
Cagayan Island
Philipine Group
Amsterdam
Mr. Kruger
Nelve Kerk
South Africa
Edward Cudahy
Antwerp
Red Star Line
Nederland
Tdec
Coldbrook Tron and Steel Company
Chicago
Tec
Santa Fe Railway System
New York
Winnipeg
She
There
Selkirk
Oakville
Dev
Henry Wilson
Colborne Street
Ottawa
Albert Hudson
Anegra i
West York
W. J. Hi
R. Turner
M. L
Major Turner
Pargland
Philadelphia
Franklin-Baker Colpany
Liverpool
Cunard
Saxonia
America
James J. Jeffries
Gus Ruhlin
Cincinnati
Daily Express
Vienna
Turkey
Choate
Charles (. Beeman
Boston
Geo. McFadden
Patsy Sweeney
Manchester
Patsy Hales
Thomas McCormick
Grand Avenue
South London
Pekin
Civic Committee
Hill
Thorne
Somerhill
Newport News
Ipswich
Lizard
Stee Star Line
Westernland
Bhofl
Southampton
Manila
Herbert R Evans
44Th Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Tonoxigan
Cebu
the Hague
Pec
Wilfrid Laurier
Winderz
Novyove Vremyra
Russia
Sydney
Earl of Hopetown
Commonwealth of Australia
William John Lyne
Lyne
Salem
Mass
Schomer Oriel
River Hebert
Norwich
Salem Willows
Shamokin, Pa
Natal Colliery
Shamokin Coal Company
New London
Bailey
Newport
R. I
Long Island Sound
Old World’s News
Stock Exchange
Joseph Alphonse Qouimet
Supreme Court
Jie
St. Eustache
Crawford
Baptiste
James Garnier
Keagius Wood
Bill Wood
Lower Allegheny
Roy
St. Johns
le Heureux
Clinton. Ont
Blyth
Hamilton
Drug and Fancy
Canadian Express
Smith's Jewelry
Mason Hotel
National
Asphalt Copany
Venezuela
New Orleans
Channing B. Barnes
Thos. J. Chisholm
Butter and Cheese Association
B. C
Yale Cariboo
Galliher
Foley
MccKane
McKane
San Siatieuen
Geo. Goschen
Viscount Goschen of
Hawkehurst
Matthew White Ruscales
Viscount Ridlevy
Wensleydale
Guimmery
Tangiers
State Department
Marcus Eszagui
Morocco
Chicane Limited
Lizzie Kerns
Jane
Vere Gould
Killarney Lakes
Henry VIII
Cork
Fargo
N. D
Lonnie Timmons
YMC. A
Rome
Monsignor Keane
Catholic University At
Dubuque
Alderman Lareau
Thomas Lennox
Barrie
Sir Charles Tupper, Bart
U.S
Chicago Limited Mail
Louisiana
Li Hung Chang
Alpha
Nanaimo
Governor Green
Toroyal
Col
Robert Lewis
Rockport
Earth
Beirut
Laura Jean Libbey
Culver Mansion
Hagarstown
Theo Lester
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