Somali Campaign Proclamation Against the Mullah
Major general Sir C. Agerton issues a proclamation to Somali tribes calling for aid to expel the Mullah Muhammad-bin-Abdulla from the Protectorate. The Mullah is believed to be in the Nogal Valley or Haud near Galadi with about 2000 rifles and 8009 ponies. Dolbahantas oppose him. A Russian sold 160 cases of rifles and four million rounds to a Polish Jew for 270,008.
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C. Agerton
Saya
Mullah
Muhammad-bin-Abdulla
Daily Telegraph
Aden
Nogal
Haud
Galadi
Gaya
Mission to Tibet Advances as Forces Prepare
Reuters reports no fixed date for the British Tibet advance while Colonel Macdonald leads preparations. Vast transport and stores are shipped to the Sikkim frontier and warm clothing is dispatched. Macdonald, a China veteran, may have urged bringing Canadian coats from Tientsin. Base at Siliguri, 30 miles south of Darjeeling.
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Reuter
Tibet
Macdonald
Sikkim
China
Tientsin
Siligari
Darjeeling
Hottentots Rise as German Troops Attack Near Sandfontein
A Windhoek telegram reports Captain Koppy with third company and Witbois assaulting Hottentots near Sandfontein south of Warmbad on November 21. German casualties none, Hottentot losses heavy, natives recovered German daggers and ammunition, cattle seized. Bondeszwartz retreated inland to the Orange River in British territory after October clashes.
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Sandfontein
Koppy
Bondeszwartz
Orange River
Lunatics at the White House
Two men of weak intellect were arrested near the White House in Washington on Wednesday and sent to the Hospital for the Insane. One planned to hypnotize President Roosevelt while the other conceived a scheme to regulate the solar system, carrying a dangerous knife.
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White Honea
Washington
President Roosevelt
White House
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Solicitor Arrested in New York
A telegram reports David Jones a solicitor of Llanrwath North Wales arrived aboard the Noordam was arrested in New York at the British Consul-General Sir Percy Sanderson's request on a charge of embezzling 6000 from a trust fund. He claims loss from South African securities and that he came to borrow funds to cover the deficit. He will not contest extradition.
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New York
David Jones
Llanrwat
North Wales
Noordam
Percy Sanderson
America
Great Ottawa fire destroys university building
A large blaze engulfed the Roman Catholic University in Ottawa, with about 500 people on site at the time. All escaped unharmed, but two priests, a student, and four female servants were injured by jumping from windows. Estimated damage reaches half a million dollars, with 178000 dollars recoverable by insurance.
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Roman Catholic University
Ottawa
Negro bank opens in Richmond with a Black woman as manager
A savings bank for negroes opens in Richmond Virginia with a coloured woman named as managing director. Deposits come from as far as New York Pennsylvania Maryland and Georgia and exceed 15000 on the first day amid wide interest.
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Nzaro Bank Manacexzss
Richmond
Virginia
Negroea
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Morgia
Philadelphia
Oing Wall
Tsu Banx Painurs Iy
City
John Brown and Co
Ankers
Abchurch Lane
London Bank- Tuptey
Scorrisa Navan
Dunfermline
Whife
Russia Japan talks delayed as talks stall at high level
Reports from Tokio say Japanese Minister Kurino pressed Count Lamsdorff for a reply to final Japanese proposals. Lamsdorff suggested he travel to Alexandroev to seek Sanation of Emperor Nicholas’s draft reply by Alexeieff and Varon von Rosen, but illness of the empress halted the move. The Emperor's Diet opening on the 8th is awaited for possible progress. Washington says Japanese Minister Takahira thinks a Far Eastern settlement treaty may be near, though he has not been briefed recently.
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Voronasza
Tokio
St. Petersburg
Kurino
Count Lamsdorff
Japan
Alexandroev
Nicholas
Alexeieff
Varon von Rosen
Dinister
Rueasaia
Rioting in Athens over Oresteia translation sparks deaths
Serious rioting occurred in Athena after a modern Greek rendering of the Oresteia at the Royal theatre. An innocent person was killed and eight wounded amid clashes between two language camps in Greece. Students threatened to disrupt performances unless vulgar phrases were cut.
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Athena
Royal Theatre
Greece
The Cotton Crop in United States Stuns Markets
The USDA statistician pegs this year’s cotton crop at 9,962,039 bales, down from 10,417,000 last year. New York Stock Exchange chaos follows the release with rapid climbs and wide price swings as brokers rush bids. Similar frenzies erupt in New Orleans, Manchester, and Liverpool as March prices rise, then ease, amid heavy buying, profit taking, and renewed interest from Europe.
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United States Department of Agriculture
New York Stock Exchange
New Orleans
Milla
Europa
Manchester
Liverpool
Mafia Plot Rumors Shake Philadelphia Arrests Reported
A Wednesday Philadelphia telegram states 15 men tied to the Mafia Society were seized on arms conspiracy and death threats charges following complaints by Italian merchants and bankers alleging blackmail. One arrestee confessed they all belong to the Mafia.
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Philadelphia
British ship in a typhoon drowns three men
Despatches from Hongkong report the 11.M.S. Waterwitch caught in a typhoon near Formosa channel. Two second class petty officers and an ordinary seaman were washed overboard with several crew injured as the vessel nearly wrecked.
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Hongkong
M.S
Formosa Channel
Post Office Frauds in America Report Reveals Conspiracy
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow’s report on the postal investigation shows a 1893 conspiracy to defraud the government spreading through divisions as wholesale robbery in contract letting. President Roosevelt backs prosecutions and notes that overall losses ran into millions, while conspirators pocketed only a small share.
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Bristow
United States
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
The Czar and His Court
Brewin reports that Grand Duke Alexander Michailovitch plans to oppose a court camarilla seen as abusing influence with the Czar. The group allegedly gained vast forest land in Korea by underhand methods and sought war with Japan to profit from the conflict.
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Korea
Japan
Rand Bank Robbed in Johannesburg Heist
A gang of masked men robbed the Randifontein Robinson Bank in Johannesburg on December 4, gagging the manager and his assistant. Three thousand pounds were stolen.
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Johannesburg
Robinson Bank
Randifontein
Collapse Of Toledo Cathedral Roof Feared In Madrid Telegram
Paris reports that Toledo Cathedral roof has fallen in according to a telegram from Madrid. The structure is noted as a masterpiece of architecture and serious danger to the remaining sections of the building is feared.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
Madrid
Toledo
Foreign epitome from a fragmented 1900s news page
A sweeping collage of items including a Brooklyn music academy fire, Prussia horse deaths, a strangulation case in Kraosnavodsk, a Dresden marriage annulment trial, U.S. recognitions of King Peter, a Paris metro fire, a New York fraud case involving J Orden Godet, a Dreyfus retrial note, a Louisiana lynching report, Kaiser’s honors and a forged telegram, Bismarck dismissal gossip, and an anecdote about a heated ink-bottle incident involving the Kaiser and Bismarck.
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Tula Academy of Music
Brooklyn
Berlin
Prussia
Baku
Kraosnavodsk
Russia
Prince
Princess Frederick of
Boulevards
New York American
J. Orden Godet
Eleanor Anderson
Rennes
Belcher
Louisiana
Robert Adler
Adler
House of Hohenzollern
Herr Vegas
Frederick
Bismareck
Eed
Windthorst
Kaiser
Bismarck
Chancalor
Moritz Egidy
Albert of
Saxony
Legacy for Mr Roosevelt in will of New York uncle
Mr Roosevelt receives a $30 090 legacy from his late uncle Mr Gracie in New York. The notice also touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming fifty years of use by mothers for teething children, soothing gums and curing ailments though the claims are presented with period tone.
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Roosevelt T
Roosevelt
Gracie
New York
Winslow
M P S In France Visit By British MPs
British members of Parliament visited France in a provincial tour starting in Paris and including Bordeaux, Médec and Chateau Lafite vineyards, a gala in Bordeaux, and supper hosted by local unions. Telegraph from Lord Knollys thanked the Bordeaux bodies for peaceful exchanges guiding future diplomacy. The group then went to Toulouse, Marseille, and Nice with visits and civic receptions.
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France
Paris
Bordeaux
Médec
Chateau-Lafite
Gironde
Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce
Lord Knollys
Eing Edward
Toulouse
Marseilles
Nice
Great French Heiress Takes Control Of Vast Fortune
Princess Marie Bonaparte has come of age and assumed control of a fortune likely exceeding two million pounds. Granddaughter of the Monte Carlo founder M Blanc, she inherits wealth from him and sits in a lineage linked to aviation and aristocracy. Her father Prince Roland Bonaparte is noted as a savant and traveler. The princess presides over a Paris establishment in Avenue d Jeena filled with treasures from a historic era.
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Marie Bonaparte
M. Blanc
Monte Carlo
Prince Roland Bonaparte
Marie Bonaparti
Paris Aero Club
Avenue d’Jeéena
Thames Dam scheme aims to turn river into 40 mile dock
Parliament will be asked to authorize a board to build a dam from Gravesend to Chadwell across the Thames to form the harbour of the Thames. The plan seeks 5,000,001 in borrowing with a 3,658,000 cost estimate. It would stop tides, create a 65 to 32 foot navigable depth, and allow ships of all tonnages to reach London Bridge without dredging.
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London
Thames
Board of Commissioners
Gravesend
Chadwell
Teddington Weir
Teddington
London Bridge
Chilian battleships bought by England official notice
The Admiralty announced it has purchased two battleships under construction at Elawick and Parrow for the Chilian Government for 1,875,0091. inclusive of repairs. The offer follows earlier discussions in Parliament about a 2,200,0001. price and is described as an advantageous bargain for the country.
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Admiralty
Elawick
Parrow
House of Commons
Thames Conservancy Purchases Land for New Towpath
The Thames Conservancy has bought Thames-side land from Sir William Clayton for a public towpath near Marlow. The deal, negotiated largely in Santiago, includes transfer of two Chilean warships and an expenditure of 1000 pounds to create a natural slope to the water’s edge benefiting riverside pedestrians.
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Thames Conservators
Thames Conservancy
William Clayton
Marlow Mills
Marlow Point
Conservancy
Countess Russell Seeks Divorce Amid Cruelty Adultery Claims
The Globe reports Mabel Countess Russell seeks divorce from William Brown alias Prince Athrobold Stuart de Modena, alleging cruelty and adultery. Brown faced charges for falsifying a marriage entry at Portsmouth and making a false statement. Winchester Assizes convicted him and sentenced him to two days. A reconciliation was later announced by the countess.
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the Globe
Mabel
Countess Russell
William Brown
Prince Athrobold Stuart de Modena
Brown
Portsmouth
Winchester Assizes
Justice Lawrance
The Stranding of the Landrail Court Martial
The court martial on Owen Young Hewett boatwain and officer of the watch on H M S Landrail, grounded on the Holland coast, concluded aboard H M S Edinburgh in Sheerness harbour. Commander Sparks and Lieut Aldridge said Hewett was hard of hearing. The court found the charge proved and sentenced him to a severe reprimand and dismissal from his ship.
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Owen Young Hewett
Boatawain
H.M.S. Landrail
Holland
H.M.S. Edinburgh
Sheerness
Sparks
Lieut
Aldridge
Will of Julian Rix Decrees Burnable Paintings
The will of American landscape painter Julian Rix provides that paintings deemed unworthy be burned, appointing Clarke as judge. Clarke counters that he has never seen a Rix painting he would burn, underscoring a clash over the artist’s legacy. The text shows garbled extra material unrelated to the will.
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Wiil
Julian Rix
Clarke
Hix
Ship Sophocles Struck by Lightning in Biscay Storm
The Aberdeen Line steamer Sophocles, arriving Plymouth from Sydney and the Caps on Thursday, was 30 hours late due to severe weather in the Bay of Biscay. It was struck by lightning Monday night. the main pole and mast track were scorched. A nearby thunderbolt splashed water like a cannonball.
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Aberdeen Line
Sophocles
Plymouth
Sydney
Caps
Bay of Biscay
Linar
New Way to Collect Old Debts Inspires Caution
An elderly dialogue on debts ends with advice on managing finances and a plug for Seigel's Syrup as a cure for indigestion. A Dartmouth man cites relief after using the remedy, while the broader counsel warns that nature, a strict creditor, exacts payment for excesses and ill choices.
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Bob Sharpe
Lat
Bob Sharpa
Nature
England
Seigel
Nervous Dyspepsia Cure Promoted by Stuart’s Tablets
An old advertisement extols Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a radical cure for indigestion and nervous dyspepsia. It emphasizes no wild claims, highlights digestion aid, rest for the stomach, and improved sleep and appetite, with purchase options via mail order from F A Stuart Co in London.
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Humbuggery
Decapito
Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Temple-chambers
Temple-avenue
London
Wit
Cure Drunkards With Secret Remedy Warned in London Ad
An old London advertisement claims a mysterious Ward Chemical Company cure for drunkenness will reclaim the drinker without effort from the person. It promises free samples by mail to prove its tea and coffee based aging remedy, citing testimonials and urging immediate response.
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Ward Chemical Company
Century House
Regent-street
London
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