British Pressure on Filibustering Probes and Boer Sympathy
Washington notes a British embassy request to curb filibustering expeditions to South Africa as U S neutrality pressures rise. The Bermuda linked to 800 US recruits for the Boer side is under watch as Berlin confirms 40,000 Mauser rifles shipped to the Transvaal before the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
South Africa
State Deparment
Bermuda
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Lorenzo Marquez
Gustav Theilkuhl
Berlin
Germany
Transvaal
Pretoria
Boers Cross the River South of Tugela Guards Fire Damaged Bridge
London reports Boer forces south of the Tugela River. British guns destroyed the river bridge, forcing Buller to regroup toward Frere. The Tantallon Castle carries siege artillery to Durban for upgrades at Chieveley as disease and horse losses affect both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Buller
Tugela
Frere
Tantalion Castle
Cape Town
Tantallon
Durban
Chieveley
Ladysmith
Butler Recall Sparks British Cross-Examination in War News
London reports say Gen Sir William Butler faced recall over pro Boer sympathies and warned government of Boer strength before the war. Despite earlier attacks, new disclosures allege he warned of misinformed British intel and urged against attacking the two republics. Parliament may demand accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William J Butler
Butler
Cape Colony
Francis Walker Forestire
England
Parliament
British Intelligence Department
Transvaal
Creuser
Krupp
Kitchener Heads to Ceira Front Near Care Town
Gibraltar dispatch reports Gen. Gord Kitchener arriving en route for Ceira, where he will confront Geo. Roberts and proceed to Care Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchener
Gibraltar
Gord Kitchener
Alae Ceira
Geo. Roberts and Proseel
Bombardment of Ladysmith continues as Boer forces attack
Dispatches from Ladysmith report renewed heavy bombardment with limited official updates. A Ladysmith report dated Dec 28 notes a Private in the Tenth Mountain Battery killed, eight Gloucestershire soldiers killed or wounded, and five officers with two men wounded in the bombardment. A Dec 25 dispatch records three wounded and three dead. Pretoria notes Gen Joubert resumes command Dec 17. In Cape Town Methuen holds Modder River. Gatacre says 130 colonial police occupy Drodrecht as Boers retreat.
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London
Ladysmith
Tenth Mountain Battery
Gloucestershires
Fifth Lancers
Pretoria
Methuen
Cape Town
Modder River
Gatacre
Drodrecht
Stormberg
Moon Missing After Lynching Suspect Arrested
Scottdale Ink reports Freeman Moon, arrested Friday for alleged mob involvement in Marion Tyler lynching, is missing after a night in jail. Deputy Cal Gohin’s affidavit and the warrant are with Squire Crawford and sheriff’s office refuses comment. Authorities say no bond or hearing has occurred as the prisoner is unaccounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsburg
Ink
Moon
Saloon law breakers arrested in string of cases
Five saloon keepers were arrested Monday and Tuesday. Fred Roseman at 747 North Noble Street was fined ten dollars. John E. Ferris of 22 West Washington Street and Joseph Gates of 132 North Capitol Avenue had cases continued to December 29. Martin Hertz of 1401 English Avenue arrested for keeping blinds over his window and William Brentlinger of 814 South New Jersey Street for keeping open after closing time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Roseman
N. Noble Sr
John E. Ferris
W. Washington Sr
Joseph Gates
N. Capitol Ave
Martin Hertz
English
Quigley
Pat Ward
N. Senate-ave
Chicago
M. P. Fort
Deters
Fort
Ward's
Ward
Pete
Phil Unger
Isalian Kesper
Russell Ave
Nim
Criminal Court
Pool
Sol Larber
State
Prospect St
Indianapolis
Th “Peool
Herancourg
Fred Lichtenauer
Washington
Paul Bonner
Merrill
West-sts
Boylan
Capitol-ave
Russell-ave
Barney Coyle
S. Meridian-st
Fred Ahrens
Morris
East-sts
Thomas Ward
Charles Seitz
Beville-ave
Waton-st
Peter Ivory
Twlnefs Southstsy
Lowing
Beming
Lawton Fund Progress in Washington Work
The Lawton fund contribution on Tuesday brings total to 14879.45 dollars in Washington. Several large gifts are pending and other cities are raising funds that may arrive later. The committee aims to reach fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Fund
Filipino Army Reports Civil War Skirmishes and General Lawton Death
Dispatch from General Otis describes ongoing engagements after the San Mateo fight, noting General Lawton killed and multiple units wounded or captured. Maj. Spence’s column captured 125 cattle and ponies in the Bataan mountains. various insurgent actions and retaliations are detailed across Luzon provinces.
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Washington
Cen
Ot¢s
San Mateo
Lawton
Kinan
Twenty-Ninth Infantry
Brecknridge
Seventh Infantry
Montalban
Cotchett
Eigventh
Zambales
Bell
Lieut
Read
Lieut. Meade
Calamaba
Bataan
Comfort
Maj
Spence
Capt
Nayson
Sulugene
Rassing
Otis
Census supervisors meet in Chicago to review test plan
Vincent Clifford and about 20 supervisors met Fred Wines to discuss census instructions and new testing. Proposed inclusion of dwellings and businesses plus livestock counts, with rewritten application tests to gauge takers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Clifford
Chicago
Fred Wines
Wines
Is Mamie Carter a Footpad in Court Case
Judge Daly continued Mamie Carter, colored, on charges of loitering until December 28. She is believed to have robbed a man of $20 in an alley near Osgood Street and Washington Street Monday night. The victim declined to prosecute after recovering the money. Carter is also suspected in a separate $918 Maplest robbery on December 18 and has just completed 215 days in the workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maplest
Notes Stolen From Knox County Man Recovered
Two years after $80,000 in notes were stolen from Robert McBee by pick pockets he received an express package from Lexington Kentucky containing the stolen papers with a merry christmas card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Robert McBee
Lexington
College Association Postpones First Meeting
The Indiana college association meeting at Denison was postponed from 11 a m to the afternoon. Members include residents of Indiana colleges and professors, with the forenoon session canceled and the afternoon session starting at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana College Association
Denison
Indiana
Mrs Jenkins Suit Seeks Substitution in Ripley County Case
A motion to allow a substitution of plain tiffe in Lulu Jenkins versus the Ripley county sheriff was argued before Judge Baker on Tuesday. Jenkins alleges damages after her husband was lynched by a Ripley county mob, but Chicago court rulings questioned her status as administratrix in Tinois, potentially blocking federal court jurisdiction unless another interested party is found to pursue the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Jenkins
Ripley County
Baker
Jenkins
Ripley
Chicago
Tinois
Lawton’s Body To Return Home On Transport Thomas
Gen Lawton’s remains will be shipped to the United States aboard the transport Thomas. The funeral is set for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spruce
Fien
Lawton
Thomas
Manila
United States
Reese’s Hearing Set in Topeka Federal Court
Reese, organizer of the United Mine Workers, arrested at Pittsburg Kansas for violating a federal injunction, and later released on habeas corpus, will have a hearing in the U S district court in Topeka Wednesday. President Mitchell believes he will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Reese
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg
Kan
United States ‘Court
Topeka
Mitchell
Jealous husband shoots wife then kills himself
At about 12 30 a m Tuesday Mr and Mrs I P Sergeant of 506 W Vermont street were awakened by two shots in the dining room. Hoover shot his wife a 20 year old telephone operator then killed himself with a 38 caliber revolver. The wife lay wounded but not brain shot and may recover the doctor said. The jealous quarrel dated two years with threats to kill.
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Hoover
J. O. Hasty
Nasty
Sahm Smith and Fanning Appointed to Board of Public Works
The new Board of Public Works for Mayor Taggart includes Albert Sahm Joseph T Fanning and Joseph W Smith. Sahm is city Democratic secretary and credited with Taggart's re election. Fanning chairs the city committee. Smith active in Democratic circles and a Columbia club member. The board also names city engineer air force superintendent of streets and other office staff sharing duties.
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Taggart
Board of Public Works
Albert Sahm
Joseph T. Fanning
Joseph W. Smith
Col. M. A. Downing
W. Scott Moore
Reire
T. J. Montgomery
Mr. Sahm
City Democratic Committee
Cleveland
Janning
Strawboard Trust
Smith
Columbia Club
Scottish Rite Masons
Mystic Shrine
Assessment Bureau
Works Board
Spencer
Board
Reddington
TWO PENSION FUND TRUSTEES
Two new trustees of the police pension fund will be elected Tuesday from 2 until 7 p m. Four officers were nominated last Tuesday John Long Gerber Martin McGuff and S Irish. Night men vote 2 to 5 o'clock day men 2 to 7. Election board includes Patrolman Raftery Joseph Stevens and Sergeant Schwab. There will be 171 votes cast altogether.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
poHce Pension Fund
John Long
Gerber
Martin McGuff
S. Irish
Raftery
Joseph Stevens
Schwab
Postmaster Describes Drunken Man With Daughter in Indianapolis
Fortville postmaster T. W. Gardener testified in Indianapolis on Tuesday about a man who, while intoxicated, dragged his six year old daughter through saloons and left her ill at Brightwood. The man gave a fictitious name Stevens and claimed Fortville residence, though Gardener finds no family by that name in Fortville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Gardener
Fortville
Indianapolis
Brightwood
Stevens
Gardener
Coroner and doctor probe man found thawing after death scare
Coroner Kortsch and Dr Selbach traveled from Rock Falls to a Wisconsin field to inquest Michael Khile a 60 year old Bohemian laborer. He lay in an open field from midnight to 7 am and was presumed frozen to death but woke up at a farmhouse just before the inquest began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EU Claire
Wis
Kortsch
Selbach
Rock Falls
Michael Khile
Khilo
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis Area
Indianapolis and vicinity will see cold fair weather through the 26 hours ending 8 p.m. December 27. Tuesday night and Wednesday will be clear with low temperatures around early morning readings and higher daytime temperatures. Forecasts show morning lows near seven in the morning, noon readings around five, with late afternoon temperatures near two in the afternoon.
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Cinity
First Greenwood electric car runs with 117 aboard
The first Greenwood to Indianapolis electric line trip carried 117 people from Greenwood to the J. M. & I. crossing, three miles south of Indianapolis. Cars will run hourly once the Belt Road connection is finished, with a full city run expected in about 40 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Indianapolis
Southport
D. Henry
Johnston
Tom Newsom
Jos. J. Irwin
Columbus
C. F. Coffin
Grafton Johnson
A. B. Hogue
Puliznan
D. W. Robinson
Massilon
Charles Hester
Charles Calvin
John Foster
Greenwoad
Shelby St
Co. PF
Indianipelis Company
Internvban
Ticket Rush at English's for Maude Adams Play
A $3 000 rush formed Tuesday morning as crowds lined English's box office for seats to Maude Adams in the little minister. Report says early buyers created long lines with no repeat speculative purchases. By noon 3095 dollars in tickets were sold and many seats remained available for latecomers as word of Adams’ appeal spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English’s
Maude Adams
Tittle
Leary
Grau Opera Company
Tie Buoks
Miss Adams
Mansfield
Miller
Columbus
Lucas Expected to Die After Cumberland Incident
John Lucas, struck with a billiard cue on Saturday night in Cumberland by Charles G. Tichenor, is sinking rapidly and is not expected to survive without urgent intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lucas
Cumberland
Charles G. Tichenor
Christmas Shots Chronicle A Series Of Fatalities Across Louisiana Texas And Maryland
A torn row of brief but grim notices reports multiple homicides and suicides across Louisiana Texas and Maryland. Victims include Jom Fagin Joe Elkins Amede Domenge John B. Commange coat Love Walter Meyers Katie O Neill and others in varied incidents involving fight, ambush, accidental death and a self-inflicted gunshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Morris
Amede Domenge
Royville
John B. Commange
New Orleans
Bill Dawes
Géorge Thompson
Mat Hopkins
Coat Love
Clarksville
Tex
Charles Pillinger
Decatur
Dallas
Charles Miller
Walter Meyers
Albert Hall
Edward Cea
Baltimore
Carl Pfeffercorn
Katie O Neill
Franklin
Livingstone
Day Seeks National League Umpire Supervisor Post
John B. Day, former New York team manager, is a likely candidate for the National League supervisor of umpires. Day has been prominent in baseball for nearly two decades and is tied to the game through its major leagues and umpiring ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day
New York
John B. Day
Insane man threatens restaurant keeper after alleged ouster
Claude B. McLaughlin 32 laborer is declared insane after Tuesday claim he was tossed from a window by a restaurant keeper. He threatens to kill the restaurant keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude B. McLaughlin
Incorporations Listed For Fairview Tipton Mount Vernon and Elkhart
Fairview Cemetery Company of Tipton with capital 2500, Fuhrer Ford Milling Company of Mount Vernon with capital 35000, Home Telephone Company of Elkhart with capital 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview Cemetery Company
Tipton
Fuhrer-Ford Milling Company
Mount Vernon
Home Telephone Company
Elkhart
Lap robes and blankets at lowest city prices
Shrawmyer Nilius, 37, of Monument Place offers lap robes blankets and driving gloves with coachman caps advertised as the lowest prices in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrawmyer Nilius
Monument Place
Anise
Ponder's Photo Studio and Art Store Opens in Town
Ponder's Photo Studio and art store at 229 Massachusetts avenue invites shoppers for Christmas presents. The shop promises a broad selection of photos, frames, and art supplies in a festive, gift ready setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponder’s Photo Studio
Massachusetts
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Gen. Butler
McKinley
Great Britain
Scott County
THE
Mittee
Mamie
College Association
Mrs. Jenkins
John A. Hoover
Sahm, Smith and
Fanning
Sahm
Josiph Fanning
Flynn
Garrard
Tom Hedian
Dode
Civil Service Committee
Ine
Pear
Terra Hauce Brewing Company
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Lucas
Tichenor
Jom Fagin
Joe Elkins
Pickering
Grand Hotel
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