Chamberlain outlines civil government for Boer republics
London dispatch reports Joseph Chamberlain announcing in the House of Commons that civil government would be granted to the two Boer republics and that farm burnings and harsh military measures would be limited. He guarantees equal laws for Boers and Britons, aims for Pretoria Bloemfontein and Johannesburg municipalities, and predicts February inauguration. An amendment by A s quith is noted as largely conceding the speech. The session adjourned after Viscount Cranborne spoke.
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London
Mr. Chamberlain
House of Commons
Asquith
Bast Firestre
Chamberlain
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Johannesburg
Joseph Walton
West Riding
Barnsley
Yorkshire
China
Viscount Cranborn
German Reichstag debate on Kruger reception
Berlin December 7. In the Reichstag Count Posadowsky-Wehner said Mr. Kruger was turned away from German gates out of regard for another power. He regretted the question was not raised with Count von Buelow present. The Chancellor would not bow to popular currents and must preserve Germany’s peace and safety.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Herr Roesicke
Kruger
Germany
Count von Posadowsky-Wehner
Count von Buelow
De Wet's Force Hard Pressed In Transvaal Pursuit
Dispatch from Bloemfontein dated December 7 confirms Gen. De Wet's main force is hard pressed near Aliwal North. Gen. Knox captured the Krupp gun abandoned by De Wet at the Caledon river as Krox trailed him. After Sterk Spruit fight De Wet moved east then north along the Orange river toward Rouxville. 300 of his horses lay dead or dying.
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London
Kitchener
Bloemfontein
Aliwal
North Cape Colony
de Wet
Knox
Caledon
Belfast
Allwal
Sterk Spruit
Caledon River
Ondal Drift
Orange River
Rouxville
Krox
Smithfield Road
McKinley’s Message Questioned by London Paper
The Saturday Review attacks President McKinley’s future view of the Philippines, declaring his message contains no truth or substance. It cites critic Yerick H. B. Bawyer and references a “hideous orgy of murder, plunder and slave raiding in Mindanao” as part of its commentary.
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Tandon
McKinley
Courttess
Yerick H. B. Bawyer
Philippines
Midanao
Hungarian Man Executed for Crime Against Widow and Daughter
A Hungarian man underwent execution this morning in Prcosenses Prison for a brutal crime against a wealthy widow and her daughter in 1897. The case, described as serious and notable, ended with the penalty carried out as prescribed by law.
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Aveet Cooncel
Rehule
Peruna praised by hotel owner and clients in testimonials
A Richmond Hotel proprietor from Midland Beach New York testifies Peruna is an excellent family remedy for colds and catarrh. Letters from Mrs Long Norwalk Conn and Mrs Courter describe cure of croup and nasal breathing. Washington lawyer T T Lienallen declares catarrh cured. Peruna advertised as prevention and cure with free book offer.
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Harry M. Stevens
Midland Beach
L. I
New York
Richmond” Hotel
C. E. Long
Atwood
Colorado
Hartman
Nellie Courter
Center Avenue
Norwalk
Conn
T. T. Lienallen
Washington, D.C
W. G. Lienallen
U.S
Lienallen
Berlin Murderer Goenczi Invented Alleged Witnesses
The killer was tracked from Berlin to Brazil and arrested in Rio de Janeiro last year. Goenczi targeted miserly victims who hid large sums in Koenig Graetzer Strasse. He claimed a fictitious man named Loewy in his defence, convincing several people they had seen him.
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Berlin
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Goenczi
Koenig-Graetzer Strasse
Loewy
French Chamber Defeats Inquiry on Colonial Cruelty
Paris December 7 The Chamber of Deputies defeated a motion for a parliamentary inquiry into slavery and cruelty in the French colonies. Premier Waldeck-Rousseau denounced opposition tactics and said a commission would threaten the colonial administration. The Senate meanwhile passed a naval bill and debated building twenty cruisers to deter Britain. General Mercier called for army training for possible invasion plans, stressing no desire for war with Great Britain.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Senate
Combes
Great Britain
Marine
M de Lanessan
France
Mercier
England
Berlin says Pekin note adjusted for United States
A Berlin official disclosed after London reports that Germany has accepted a revised Pekin note. He said minor points remain and Germany still seeks the severest punishment, fearing Chinese resistance. The response aims at peace and harmony with the Chinese court and China.-----
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Pekin
Foreign Office
Count von Buelow
United States
Conger
America
Germany
Prese
Lokal Anserger
Nerlin's Increase Census Note Sparks Debate
Devlin and Dee report on a census return indicating changes in a northern region. The fragment suggests figures or classifications rising, prompting discussion among local officials about population shifts and policy implications.
AFL Convention Averts Clash and Clears Compromise
At the 20th annual AFL session in Louisville the anticipated clash among brewery workers engineers and other unions was averted by a compromise. The credentials report was adopted seating Ward of Roxbury and colleagues from the Brewery Workmen. A conference of 25 delegates discussed a strong voluntary arbitration clause to shield employers and workers from strikes and lockouts. the effort could unite metal trades under a robust alliance.
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Louisville
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Thomas F. Tracy
Boston
Ward
Roxbury
Brewery
A. F. of L
Martin Fox
Cincinnati
Moulders’ Union of North America
Geo. H. Warner
New York
International Association of Machinists
Robert T. Kerr
Brooklyn
Brotherhood of Blacksmiths of America
Lew R. Thomas
Pittsburg
Patternmakers’ National League of America
J. G. Gilthorpe
Kansas City
E. J. Lynch
New Britain
International Union
John Mulholland
Toledo
International Association of Metal Merchants
New England
Inhuman Torture Story From Pao Ting Fu Massacre
Major John M. Gould, father of a missionary, received from the Adjutant General Heist an official report regarding the reported inhuman torture by the Boxers at Pao Ting Fu. The dispatch confirms details of the massacre and the fate of foreign missionaries.
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Pao Ting Fu
Portland
John M. Gould
Southern Industrial Convention Holds Final Session in New Orleans
The fourth and closing session of the Southern Industrial convention was held in New Orleans with Secretary Thompson reading a letter from China’s Wu Ting Fang noting that the previous year China bought about 9 million dollars of U S cotton goods. Resolutions urged Congress to fund hyacinth nuisance eradication in Southern streams. Memphis was chosen for the next gathering with Hargrove and Thompson re-elected.
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New Orleans
Thompson
Wu Ting Fang
China
United States
Europe
South America
Canada
Mexico
Congress
Memphis
H. H. Hargrove
Louisiana
H. P. Thompson
Silver Anniversary Bishop McLaren to Be Presented With Cup
Chicago December 7 The silver jubilee of Rt Rev William Edward McLaren bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Illinois begins with four days of services starting tomorrow The loving cup gift arrived in Chicago from Providence carved with sacred symbols Bishops Whipple Gilleaple and Spalding attended the consecration 25 years ago and are among the few living prelates and priests from that ceremony
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Chicago
William Edward McLaren
Ilinois
Providence
McLaren
Illinois
Whipple
Minnesota
Gilleaple
Western
Michigan
Spalding
Colorado
Fire destroys joint storehouse in Peterboro
In Peterboro New Hampshire on December 7 a large jointly occupied storehouse owned by Samuel Anderson and the Peterboro Shank company caught fire. The Shank section was wholly destroyed while Anderson's half was badly damaged. Total losses cited are 2590 for Anderson and 500 for the Shank company, with 2500 of insurance.
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Peterboro
N. H
Samuel Anderson
Peterboro Shank Company
Shank Company
Anderson
Shank
Young Farmer Brook Kills Self in Melancholia
Rochester New Hampshire December 7. Bijah Brook a well to do farmer aged 14 from Meaderboro Corner three miles from the city shot himself with a revolver this afternoon while in a state of melancholia. He leaves a daughter and three sons.
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Rochester
N. H
Bijah Brook
Meaderboro Corner
Bodies Found On New Hampshire Beach After Ship Sinking
Incoming tide washed ashore three of the five crew members from the Gloucester fishing schooner Mary A. Brown which ran ashore at Hampton Beach on Wednesday morning.
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Portsmouth
N. Ho. Dee
New Hampshire
Mary A. Brown
Gloucester
Hampton Beach
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You may have noticed our Courier page filled with ads from local businesses. This message confirms their listings and invites readers to support the merchants who support the paper.
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The
Courier
Diplomatic Strain Escalates Between Portugal and Holland
Dec 7 Lisbon and The Hague report top officials depart their posts amid a quarrel over the exequatur for the Dutch consul at Lorenzo Marquez. Portugal and the Netherlands accuse each other of neutrality violations in the Transvaal, with London and Berlin watched closely as Kruger and credentials move between continents. Queen Victoria’s allies and King Charles's toast frame a broader European tension.
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Lisbon
Netherlands
Portugal
The
Hague
Lorenzo Marquez
Holland
King Charles
Queen Victoria
Royal Palace
Harry Holdsworth Rawson
Tagus
England
Jungland
Rawson
Great Britain
Count de Selir
Herr Post
Transvaal
Africa
Holand
Delagoa Bay
Hollands
Lord Salisbury
Wilhelmina
Italy
Kruge
Europe
Dom Paul
Oor Paul
Gelderland
Poer
Kruger
Heved
Porto Rican Natives Routed for Honolulu Sugar Plantations
A trainload of Porto Rican natives, including men and children, arrived from New Orleans to be sent to Honolulu to work on Spreckles sugar plantations. Guarded by labor agents, they were moved to a desert staging point 309 miles east to prevent escapes and slated to sail from San Francisco after a contract with Claus Borecklen for 2000 workers.
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el Paso
Tex
Porto Rico
Southern Pacific Railway
New Orleans
Honolulu
Spreckles
San Francisco
Great Desert
Aey
Claus Borecklen
Cherbourg Arsenal Fire Destroys Workshops and Relics
A blaze at Cherbourg Arsenal on December 1 destroyed several workshops and a number of historical relics, including Napoleon's launch. Estimated damage runs to two million francs.
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Cherbourg
Napoleon
Cry for Help Letter Promotes Pinkham Medicine
A 1899 correspondence from Hampton Virginia describes chronic ovarian and uterine pain. A reader reports severe back and side pain, fatigue, and limited mobility, praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after four months of use.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
S. J. Watson
Hampton
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Dee
A. F
Hutcherson
Sixth Cavalry
Pitkin
Miss Gould
Miss Morrill
Boxer
Bishop McLaren
Loving Cup
Cherbourg Arsenal
Vydia E. Pinkham
J. Watson
Hampton, Va
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Bowler Bros. (Limited
Bsos
Worcester, Mass
Lintay
Lowell
St. Vincent's Hospital
Worcester
Mass
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