England approves Roberts and Mitchener plan for South Africa
London reports strong approval of Field Marshal Roberts and Gen Lord Mitchener appointments to lead a reinforced British force in South Africa. Estimates place volunteers at 50 000 joining an army near 260 000 with second campaign to begin in Cape Colony within six weeks. Officers wounded 38 and missing 18 amid transport and mobilization efforts.
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England
South Africa
Lord Rob
War Office
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Buller
Abyssinia
South Africa Or En Route Thither
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Cape
Liverpool
Cape Colony
Lord Roberts
Prince of Wales
Lord Wolesley
Waoland
British losses at Colenso tallied in 7 630 figure
London dispatch reports Gen Buller suffered 82 killed 667 wounded and 348 missing at Colenso. Officers among the dead include Captain A H Goldie and Lieutenant.
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London
Forth Christian church pastor uses fable on primaries
Rev G A Anderson of the Fourth Christian church illustrated political primaries with a fable at Englishs hotel. He warned that saloon interests supplant principle, urging church members to vote in primaries and support stricter liquor laws. Mary E Root filed suit for divorce from...
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G. A. Anderson
Fourth Christian Church
English’s
Brent
Anderson
British losses reach total of 7630 in campaign
British casualties across the campaign are tallied at 7,630 including killed wounded prisoners and missing, reflecting heavy sustainment of losses throughout the fighting.
United States Recruits Offered for South Africa Service
Ottawa dispatch reports Dr. Borden has two offers to raise regiments in the United States for service in South Africa. One proposal comes from New York and the other from Idaho. Names of the proposers are withheld.
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Ont
United States
South Africa
Borden
Militia
New York
Idaho
Queen Delays Departure as Cleric Urges Royal Intervention
In London on December 18, Rev. Powell Parker urged the queen to act personally to end the war by speaking in her own tone. The queen postponed leaving Windsor to Osborne, Isle of Wight, previously set for Monday. Paris papers praise England’s pluck after Buller’s Natal defeat.
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City Temple
Powell Parker
Windsor
Osborne
Isle of Wight
Paris
Buller
Natal
England
American film crew films Colenso bombardment in Durban
In Durban on December 18 an American moving picture company crew works at the front capturing footage of the naval bombardment of Colenso. The soldiers and guns are observed as heavy shelling continues.
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Durban
Menh
American Moving Picture Company
Colenso
Lord Kitchener Leaves Omdurman for Cape Town Route
General Lord Kitchener departs Omdurman on Tuesday heading to Cape Town via Cairo, signaling a major shift in operations as he moves to the southern destination.
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Omdurman
Cape Town
Cairo
Roberts Named Commander in Chief for South Africa
Loneton December 18 Field marshal Lord Roberts to lead the forces in South Africa with Kitchener as second in command. Buller remains in command of his forces and concentrates on the Boers in Natal. A major campaign is planned for January with up to 100900 troops, amid a critical situation as rebellion spreads north of Buller.
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Loneton
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Kitchener
Buller
Natal
Boers Lose Heavily in Reconnaissance
London dispatch reports Buller’s forces suffered a heavy Boer loss during a reconnaissance of the Tugela river position, framed as a British success by The Evening News. The cable notes the report is the first from its correspondent since the Tugela repulse on Friday.
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London
the Evening News
Buller
Tugela River
Street Car Case Again Taken Up Before Grand Jury
The grand jury resumed the street car investigation Monday morning with bankers and assistants as witnesses. Edward N. McKee of Indiana National Bank testified on deposits and withdrawals linked to the street car company. General manager McGowan faced questions while others like J W Groenwaldz and C C Kuhn offered testimony. Real estate broker Charles E Coffin and several other bankers were summoned to connect property purchases to the franchise approval.
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Edward N. McKee
Indiana National Bank
Street Railroad
McGowan
Street Car Company
McKee
J. W. Groenwaldz
Capital National
C. C. Kuhn
Merchants
James
Somerville
Fletcher's
State Bank
Grand Jury
Charles E. Coffin
Park Board
Coffin
Van Cleve Bound Over In Pocketbook Snatching Case
Jacob Van Cleve, a colored man, was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of snatching a pocketbook from Ida Lynch. The hearing occurred Monday before Judge Daly, with bond set at $1,000.
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Jacob van Cleve
Ida Lynch
N. Davidson Sr
Daly
Doctor Sadler Files Bankruptcy Petition
Dr William C Sadler of 129 S Tinois street has filed a bankruptcy petition with debts totaling 201 60 dollars. The filing headlines a financial distress case as reported.
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Bo’sted
S. ‘Tinois-st
Currency bill clears House in large vote
The House passed the currency bill 190 yeas to 150 with 11 Democrats voting yes. Republicans welcomed the result with cheers as Bartlett Georgia Democrat appeared on crutches and was sworn in before roll-call. The vote came during a day largely consumed by the currency bill business.
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Overstreet
Sofex
Seooooo
Bland
Missouri
Bailey
Texas
Wheeler
Stallings
Mississippi
Alabama
Ikentucky
Henderson Announces House Committees Listing
Speaker Henderson named the house committees on Monday. Steele heads ways and means and military. Hemingway appropriations. Overstreet judiciary and banking and currency. Crumpacker insular affairs. Landis foreign affairs. Watson naval affairs. Miers invalid pensions. Faris chairs manufacturers.
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Washington
Henderson
Steele
Ways and Means
Heminway
Overstreet
Crumpacker
Landis
Watson
Miers
Faris
Manufacturers
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis Area
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the five hours ending at 8 p.m. on December 19 notes occasional rain tonight and rain Tuesday with possible snow in the afternoon. Temperatures shown include 40 at 7 a.m. 46 at noon and 49 at 2 p.m.
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Indianapolis
City Ends Street Car Loop Near Union Station
City officials report a street car loop around the tunnel at Union Station was ordered removed because the track sits two feet above grade. Service has not restarted. Between torn up tracks the company is paving with sand and boulders while a wide side space is leveled with chopped asphalt. A city ordinance requires restoration to original pavement conditions after any permanent street work. The franchise also obligates paving between the tracks and 18 inches on either side with similar material to the rest of the street.
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Union Station
Controversy Over Police and City Hall Changes Rages
Chairman Roth of the Board of Safety faces claims of mobbed changes among janitors engineers and electricians at police headquarters. Discharges followed resignations and reassignments with saloon influence alleged. A boycott against Schnull & Co. and Roth's past role in school matters are noted.
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Quigley
Roth
Bertillon
Herrick
Perrott
Millard Laporte
Raiks
Woodside
Efe
Sergts
Hagerman
Lund
Warren
Polster
O. K
Fred Mack
Board of Safety
Mack
Taggart
Clerk Davis
Davis
Sam Morss
Schnull & Co
Mary Colgan
Bohra of Health
Miss Colgan
Engravers Seek 45 Hour Week Scale in Chicago
The Engravers union asks for Chicago scale with the 58 hour clause dropped and a 45 hour week. Finishers and otchers seek 321 a week, line workers 18 a week, starting January 1. They are allied with the typographical union and show broad backing. No serious trouble is anticipated. Previous proposals were rejected as too high.
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Engravers’ Union
Chicago
Typographical Union
Prominent Bellefontaine Man Dies Suddenly
Bellefontaine Ohio reports the sudden death of 72 year old Vance Marquis a leading local businessman. He collapsed Sunday while on his way to church near the Grand Hotel cafe. His death is attributed to heart failure and has shocked the community.
Open Door Policy in Orient Tied to Philippine Trade
A cabinet member states the administration will use Philippine trade to back an open door policy in Asia. No free trade with the United States and the Philippines, but the Philippines will offer open access to nations with similar privileges in China. The Porto Rico question raises fears of a precedent, yet the policy aims to extend equal trade to France Germany Russia and Britain in their China possessions.
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United States
Philippines
Islands
China
Pacific
Atlantic
Porto Rico
France
Germany
Russia
Chinese
Hoar Declines Manila Meeting Over Philippine Policy
Senator Hoar, invited by ex Senator Edmunds to discuss the Philippine question in Washington, declines citing a preference to speak in the Senate. He argues Filipinos should be treated like Cubans and warns that last winter’s treaty caused harm but steps can still be reversed before broad imperial commitment.
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Waskington
Hoar
Edmunds
Senate
Congress
Two Yank ee s Recapture d Washington Dispatch
Two of the Yorktown crew Ryders and Woodbury have been recaptured and are safe in American hands. Seven of the 14 captured with Lieut Gilmore were last heard of Nov 29 near Vigan. The Manila dispatch reports Ryders and Woodbury wounded and walking toward Manila with others killed or missing.
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Y&ktown
Ryders
Woodbury
Lieut
Gilmore
Baler
Vigan
Manila
Yorktown
Weedbury
Baombong
Hhe
Nygard
McDonald
Dillon
Morrissey
Venville
Watson
Important Letters Seized and Forwarded by Gen Otis
Manila dispatch reports Gen Otis has forwarded to Washington a number of important letters found in captured archives. The letters allegedly show Aguinaldo enjoyed active moral support from prominent expansionists in the United States. Also noted is a clerical detail about a Madison hotel employee moving to the Oneida.
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Manila
Otis
Washington
Finepino
Aguinaldo
United States
Ghost of Maggie Mitchell Haunts Merrill Street Neighbors
Aging neighbors report daytime apparitions of Maggie Mitchell 16 who died by carbolic acid two weeks prior. Witnesses claim the deceased’s ghost appears in windows and rooms, with several sightings by locals and one minister planning a sermon on the mystery.
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Maggie Mitchel
Merrill
Maggie
Bertie Freeman
Miss
Matory Gow
Ed Campbell
Mageté Mitchel
Chas. F. Williams
South Calvary
Baptist Church
Election contest begins in court over city clerk and police judge race
In circuit court Judge Allen hears the challenge by Republicans Charles Elliott and John Wall. Contested ballots and official tally sheets are examined as attorneys, with keys to trunks of ballots, safeguard the evidence in a bid to determine if John F. Geckler is city clerk and W. C. Daly police judge.
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John F. Geckler
W. C. Daly
Judge Allen
Charles Elliott
John Wall
Nesses
Geckler and Daly
Bell and Spencer
Herod, Matson
Noel and
Hovey
Spencer and
Matson
Safety Deposit Department
Indiana National Bank
Geckler
Indianapolis Street Railway Extends Shelby Street Line
On petition of General manager McGowan the Board of Works granted permission to extend the Shelby street line south from Beecher street to the carparation line near Garfield Park. The route will serve Greenwood and Indianapolis interurban traffic entering the city. The Greenwood company has not yet received permission to enter. Also noted is a paving cost of 18 622.91 for wooden block pavement and a street asphalt petition from Nobble to Pine on New York street.
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McGowan
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Board’ of Works
Shelby-st
Beecher St
Carpair
Garfield Park
Greenwood and
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Company
Greenwood Company
Board of Works
Organ recital moves ministers with touching tale
Blind organist Charles Hansen and Rev. Virgil W. Tevis presented a Mercer church recital in Meridian Street M E church replacing the ministers meeting. Tevis spoke of great composers while Hansen played, his performance ending in triumphant chords amid crowd sympathy for his loss.
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Virgil W. Tevis
Broadway, M. E. Church
Meridian St. M. BE
Tevis
Agal
Arou Ee
Mr. Hansen
Wagener
Linst
Beethove Mozart
John Bawards Charged in Police Court
A damaged OCR fragment reports a police court case involving a person named John, with unclear charges described as burghy and swarved. The readable text indicates a court appearance or indictment but lacks complete details.
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