American advance looms in Cavite province
Manila reports an imminent American move in Cavite south of Manila amid fierce insurgent activity. Upwards of two thousand insurgents under arms near Imus and Novaleta threaten entrenched positions with artillery. Heavy garrison, food shortages, and a planned bomb plot against foreign consuls are noted as tensions rise in Luzon.
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Manila
Cavite
Imus
Novaleta
Schwan
San Francisco de Malabon
Batangas
Notre Camarines
South Camarines
Luzon
Calamba
Mount Arayat
Recarte
Lawton
Funeral of Gen Henry W Lawton aboard transport Thomas
The Dec 30 funeral of Gen Henry W Lawton killed at Sen Maceo on Dec 18 was held with ceremonies. The body moved from Paco cemetery to Sunea Pasig and then to the transport Thomas, which sails this afternoon. A six horses caisson bore the casket and a large procession accompanied the remains.
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Manila
Henry W. Lawton
Sen Maceo
Paco
Sune‘a
Pasig
Thomas
Marrin
Simon
Haberkam
Okum
Mohrhusen
Lawton
Hall
4Th Cavalry
Pierce
United States
Lockett Wins Again Near Montablan in Insurgent Fight
Cel Lockett leads a second assault northwest of Montablan driving insurgents from their position. One American officer and five soldiers wounded. Insurgents suffer heavy losses. troops seize rifles ammunition and provisions. Transport Zafiro arrives Manila bringing General Tirano who resents Hood as military governor. Natives request removal of Macabees friars and colored troops amid rising antipathy. Sixty eight sick from Major Bachelors command head to Manila.
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Manila
Lockett
Montalban
Zafiro
Tirano
Colonel Hood
Cagayan Province
Cagayan
Hood
Aparri
Bachelor
Neutrals Rights Comment on German Ship Seizure
Berlin officials say silence is needed on the status of the seized imperial mail steamer Bundesrathe of the German East Africa line and related seizure actions. An official forest service officer, interviewed by the Associated Press, notes current curbs on discussing the matter.
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Berlin
Cru
Marcenne
German Forest Office
Associated Press Today
German government weighs seizure of neutrals rights
Foreign Secretary Count Von Buelow held talks at the foreign office and reported to the Emperor as Germany considers seizure steps. The cabinet will meet this afternoon to weigh actions, amid negotiations with Great Britain that may affect neutral rights deemed of utmost importance.
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Great Britain
Germany
Count von Buelow
Foreign Office
Bad Beef Outbreak On Transport Rio De Janeiro
Washington reports a court of inquiry may review the ptomaine poisoning outbreak aboard the Rio de Janeiro bound for Manila. On Oct 22 to 24, 289 enlisted men and two officers suffered illnesses linked to canned goods and suspected tainted beef.
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Washington, D. C
Honolulu
85Th Volunteer Infantry
C.J. E. H. Plummer
Manila
Fay
Sydney
San Francisco
Beef decay aboard Rio de Janeiro prompts inquiry
Washington report notes no official word on the beef decay aboard the Rio de Janeiro. The surgeon-general will supply Gen Weston with the report, then it goes to the commissary office in San Francisco. Officers are hard to reach since the vessel has left government service. beef came from a San Francisco firm linked to prior spoilage on the City of Sydney.
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Washington, D. C
Rio de Janeiro
Weston
San Francisco
Chicago
Sydney
Shelling Ladysmith Boers Bombard Town in Distress
London reports ladysmith bombarded by boers with shells damaging the Devon shire mess tent and killing Captain Dalzel while wounding seven lieutenants. later messages say boers firing pudding shells and fortifying positions as british reconnaissance engages near Dordrecht and Coleshberg.
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London
Weenen
Ladysmith
Devonshire
Dalzel
Dent
Twiss
Tringham
Caffyn
Byrne
Seafe
Kane
War Office
Cape ‘Town
Methuen
Coleshberg
Storkstroom
Dordrecht
Shanghai foreign concessions extended amid Anglo American France accord
Controversy over Shanghai concessions ends as British American and French zones are extended. The French concession grows, British American areas merge into an international settlement, while American missions remain outside the enlarged zones. Shanghai, a major foreign trade port, hosts around six hundred thousand residents with foreign courts police and militia in the settlement.
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Washington
Shanghai
China
Great Britain
United States
France
Wihang Poo
Old City
Shanghais
Boutelle’s Condition Improves Says Boston Doctors
Bangor Maine December 31 doctors treating Congressman Boutelle report his symptoms show improvement and strong hope of complete recovery. Rumors attributing to Dr D A Robinson that Boutelle may recover physically but not mentally are denied as unfounded. Robinson did not discuss Boutelle in Boston and has urged ultimate recovery according to attending physicians.
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Bangor
Congressman Boutelle
Boston
D. A. Robinson
Boutelle
Robinson
Mr. Boutelle
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Promises Health Boost
An advertisement extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a purifying, vitalizing tonic that enriches the blood and helps readers avoid suffering, claiming it never disappoints and offers better health through its use.
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Hood
Congress Set To Begin Real Work After New Year
Washington expects a busy week as the Senate resumes on Wednesday with work concentrated on financial legislation led by Senator Aldrich and the Quay case. Debate likely to focus on foreign policy including the Philippine question and the Samoan treaty while the House shows lean activity and limited pressing bills. The Wagner property sale and Pullman stock transfer are noted as imminent transactions involving railroad interests and sleeping car companies.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Finance
Chandler
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Ness
Roa’s
Pullman Company
Wagner Company
Record year for Maine corporations tops prior highs
Augusta Maine December 30 reports the Maine secretary notes 695 corporations organized this year, the highest total since records began with 512 in 1895. Mining ventures boosted activity as copper and gold booms fueled fees, with state receipts rising to 39075 up from 24570 and 28445 in earlier years.
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Augusta
Maine
Dutch disaffection stirs Cape Colony unrest fears
Cape Town reports authorities braced for insurrection by disloyal Dutch colonists as British home guards train and patrol across districts. Treason case against De Beers solicitor Michan grows in importance while Boers raid near Lord Methuen's position and patrol clashes spark helmet orders.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Michan
DeBeers Company
Denmar
Lord Methuen
DeAar
Duke of Edinburgh
Wisterra Road
Mulway
Multiersolei
Klapmuts
Gage Won’t Resign From Treasury Department
Washington reports Secretary Gage has no plan to resign and intends to stay at the Treasury head through the current administration. He may retire to New England after. unlikely to seek reappointment if McKinley is re-elected, while most of his cabinet likely changes after March 4, 1901.
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Washington, D. C
Gage
Treasury Department
New England
McKinley
Long
Wilson
Root
New Yand
Senate
Hay
Griggs
Smith
Hitchcock
Died at 103. Mary Harrington Outlived Eight Children
Newport Illinois December 31 Mrs Mary A Harrington died at 103 retaining her faculties to the end. Born March 17 182? in Castletown Ireland she lived in Newport 37 years and Fair River 13 years. She had eight children and saw six die of old age. devout Roman Catholic.
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Newport
R. IL
Mary A. Harrington
Castletown
County Cork
Ireland
Falr River
New Bedford
Joseph Harrington
Attempted Robbery Halts Carriage as Shots Are Fired
In Cumberland between Berkeley and Ashton a highwayman sprang from bushes, firing three shots at Michael Cronin and Peter Lambert. Cronin dodged the gunfire, struck the robber with his whip, and fled to Berkeley where police were alerted. Cronin reported seeing two men in the brush near the scene.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Cumberland
Berkeley
Ashton
Michael Cronin
Peter Lambert
Cronin
Boiler Explosion Kills Four Near Elizabethtown
Four railroad contractor workers at Heller and Cresson site one mile west of Elizabethtown died as a boiler burst this morning. Seven were injured. Deceased include Donald Haldeman of Bainbridge and Burt Harris. Tony, an Italian, was hurled 150 feet. another victim named Sherbaulin of West Donegal.
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Lancaster
Penn
Elizabethtown
Heller & Cresson
Donald Haldeman
Bainbridge
Wit Sherbaulin
West Donegal
Burt Harris
Tony
Mrs Eddy Gifts Son Large Black Hills Home
Leadville South Dakota December thirtieth Mrs Mary Baker Eddy of Boston Christian Science has given her son George Clover of this city a Christmas present consisting of a ten thousand dollar check and a clear title to a fifteen thousand dollar dwelling house described as the most palatial in the Black Hills.
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Leadville
S. D
Mary Baker Eddy
Boston
Hag
George Clover
Black Hills
Prisoner Morphed To Death Jump Tragedy At Jail
Alfred Me Pec 20 John Morrissey 45 imprisoned for vagrancy at York county jail attempted suicide by leaping from the second corridor to the basement suffering a fractured skull and brain congestion. He is unlikely to recover. He is the third inmate in three years to die by similar means in the jail.
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Alfred
Pec
John Morrissey
York County
Unconfirmed Ladysmith sortie deepens British suspense
London reports no confirmation of a Ladysmith sortie. Boer claims of a Mafeking sortie appear designed to mislead. No word from British sources arrives and fear grows that Col Baden Powell’s silence signals a worsening position.
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London
Ladysmith
Col
Baden Powell
Boers Cut Off By Flooded River Near Chieveley
Owing to the flooding of the Tugela river a large party of Boers has been cut off on the south side. They are reported to be in the hills to the right of Chieveley near Frere Camp Natal on Saturday December 20.
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Frere
Natal
Tugela River
Chieveley
New Year Greeting From Kimberley to Queen
A Cape Town dispatch dated December 24 reports Col Kekewich relaying New Year greetings from Kimberley to Queen Victoria. Mayor Henderson writes that inhabitants endure hardships with loyalty to the throne, while the War Office asks the Queen to acknowledge the message and express gratitude for the defense and the loss endured.
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London
Fica
Cape Town
Kekewich
Modder River
Kimberley
R. H. Henderson
War Office
Secretary of State For War
Col
Pullman Co Wins Injunction Denial in Merger Case
In Chicago on December 30 Judge Tuthill refused to grant an injunction sought by stockholder Truman A. Taylor to block the consolidation of the Pullman Palace Car Co and Wagner Palace Car Co under the Pullman name. The court found the complaint lacked sufficient grounds to issue the order, though the suit alleged the merger would create a sleeping car monopoly in violation of the anti trust act.
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Chicago
Superior Court
Tuthill
Truman A. Taylor
Pullman Palace Car Company
Wagner Palace Car Company
Pullman Company
Tuthiil
Sleeping Car Busi
France threatens trouble with colonial office over defect
There is no chance of legislation for weeks to fix the defect, leaving France free to provoke the colonial office and causing fear she will do so.
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France
Colonial Office
Likely Arrest of Gen Mercier Dominates Paris News
Reports in Nationalist circles say the government plans to arrest and prosecute General Mercier before a second high court. Premier Waldeck-Rousseau allegedly to announce his arrest in the chamber of deputies as the session opens. Mercier, a senatorial candidate, opposes discussion to avoid harming government candidates. Trial expected to end mid next week. Deroulede and Guerin likely to be convicted. Journal des Debats questions charges’ seriousness and supports Berenger law clemency for first offenders.
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Paris
General Mercier
Chamber of Deputies
M. Waldeck- Rousseau
High Court
Deroulede
Guerin
Journal Des Debats
Theigaro
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
New Year Honors List Names Fewer Peers in Britain
London January 1 The Queen's New Year honors publish fewer names than usual. Sir Ot Lubbock and Sir Henry Safford Northcote receive peers. Baron Cromer and Lord Montague Rowton among privy council appointees. Mr Charles Norton Eliot becomes knight commander of St Michael and St George. Naval Captains Stuart and Sturdee named companions. G Buchanan and H Cunningham made Bath companions for Venezuela arbitration work. Captain Wm Abney designated knight commander of the Bath. Dr Thomas K Brunton named knight.
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London
Ot Lubbock
Henry 8Afford Northcote
Bombay
Baron Cromer
Egypt
Lord Montague Rowton
Wm. Wither Bramston Beach
Andover
Hants
Privy Council
Chas. Norton Eliot
The
Bath
Amng
Thos. Kuder Brunton
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Hamburg and South American liner refloated after grounding
The Hamburg and South American line steamer Peto, ashore near Dungeness after a heavy storm, was pulled off the rocks at about 10 this morning by five tugs. The ship, bound for Santos from Rotterdam, suffered no serious injuries and proceeded to Rotterdam in tow of two tugs.
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London
Peto
Santos
Rotterdam
Dungeness
PULLMAN TRANSFER TO VANDERBILTS MEN OF OWN PARTY
Boston and Maine holdings move to the Vanderbilt group as Pullman and Wagner Palace Car companies consolidate. William H Vanderbilt Frederick K Vanderbilt W Seward Webb and JP Morgan named directors. Capital stock rises from 54 to about 74 million with 200 000 shares issued. Possible transfer of Boston and Albany and Boston and Maine stakes to Vanderbilt interests.
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New York
Pullman
Wagner Palace
Wmn. K
Vanderbilt
Frederick K. Vanderbilt
W. Seward Webb
J. Perpont Morgan
Pullman Company
Chicago
Vanderbilts
Robert T. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Wagner
Pullmans
Boston and
Albany
Maine
New
Territory
Purves Accepts Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Pastorate
Dr Purves, professor of New Testament literature at Princeton theological seminary and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, formally accepted the pastorate of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. The announcement was made at all services this morning by Rev Dr John Dixon, assistant secretary of the board of home missions of the Presbyterian Church.
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New York
Purves
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
John Dixon
Board of Home
Presbyterian Church
Princeton Theological Seminary
First Presbyterian Church of
Princeton
Fatal heater incident claims two in New London
Mrs. Fannie G. Bushnell aged 73 died four hours after her clothes accidentally ignited while starting a heater in New London Connecticut. Her daughter Mrs. Edward Potter was badly burned and not expected to survive.
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New London
Conn
Fannie G. Bushnell
Edward Potter
Population of Greater New York Tops 3.55 Million
The annual board of health report shows Greater New York's population at 3,550,053, an increase of about 100,000 from the previous year.
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New York
Board of Heath
Greater
Grave Fisheries Dispute Fears Complications Between Britain and France
In St. Johns Newfoundland on December 31 grave complications are feared between Great Britain and France over the expiration of the Newfoundland fisheries modus vivendi. The parliament is closed so there is uncertainty about immediate action.
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St. Johns
N. F
Great Britain
France
Newfoundland
Watch the Little Colds With Dr Wood's Pine Syrup
A health warning promotes Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a remedy as minor colds can worsen into serious illness. The message urges vigilance and treatment with the syrup.
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Dr. Wood
Cole Starts East Former Globe Bank Chief Arrives Boston
Charles H. Cole former president of the Globe National Bank of Boston is in custody of a U S deputy marshal and started east tonight at 6 o clock. He is due in Boston Wednesday afternoon and told a Globe correspondent he hopes to see him again in Los Angeles under different circumstances.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. Cole
Globe National Bank of Boston
U. S
Eas
Boston
Cole
Globe
Two men frozen to death in Philadelphia stables
Philadelphia reported two men found frozen to death in uptown stables and a third man found on a sidewalk unconscious, later revived at a hospital after thawing.
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Philadelphia
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