British attack at Gamtree near Mafeking fails
Despatch from Mafeking dated December 26 reports Col Baden-Powell leading an assault on Gamtree fortress two miles from Mafeking. Despite armored train support and heavy artillery, Boer fortifications held. Captain Sanford and Vernon and Lieut Paton were among those killed or fatally wounded, with many wounded. The action ended without capture and a Red Cross ambulance operation followed.
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Vernon
Sanford
Lieut
Paton
Scewt Cooke
Gamtree
Red Cross
London
Georgianna Curzon
Sarah Wilson
Mafeking
Daily Mail
Om Rensburg
Baden-Powell Reports From Mafeking In Early Telegram
The War Office received Col Baden-Powell’s December 26 dispatch via Gen Forestier-Walker from Mafeking. He describes a morning attack to push back the cordon, heavy enemy fire, and a fortified fort that resisted escalade. Casualties include six officers killed, Captain Fitzclarence among the wounded, with three troopers captured.
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Londoan
War Office
Forestier-Walker
Caps Town
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Protectorate Regiment
Bechuanaland Rifles
Warrison
R. I. Vernon
Co. Fanford
H. C. Paton
Charles Fitzclarence
Porestier-Walker
Zulus May Fight Over Fading Natal Peace
Natal on January 5 reports rising Zulu restlessness. Many Zulus face starvation and looting has occurred as tensions heighten. Authorities fear broader conflict with the Boers near Pietermaritzburg and surrounding areas.
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Pleterrmaritzburg
Natal
Ready for Him at St Helena Kruger Residence Report
The Sun prints from Lorenzo Marquez a Pretoria rumor that Longwood on St Helena is being renovated for President Kruger after the war. The news has sparked bitter feeling in Boer official circles.
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New York
the Sun
Lorenzo Marquez
the Diggers News of
Pretoria
Longwood
Napoleon
St. Helena
Kruger
British sortie from Mafeking described as failed
A Mafeking despatch dated December 26 reports a British sortie against Boer earthworks that failed. Eighty attackers faced heavy fire, with 21 killed and 33 wounded, and the troops retreated after the assault was thwarted. The event was first announced from Pretoria on December 30.
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London
Pretoria
Fever Infected Troopship May Delay Embarkation
Halifax January 5 A medical consultation including army surgeons is set for tomorrow to decide if it is safe to embark troops on the steamer Montezuma after typhoid fever was found aboard the vessel.
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Halifax
N. S
French Indemnity Standstill Sparks Santo Domingo Tensions
France delays payment demand after a French subject's murder. Santo Domingo faces embargoed revenues and protests as the French consul rejects instalment offers. A French warship may arrive while U.S. and allied ships are positioned across Caribbean ports.
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Heureux
France
San Domingo
Improvement Company
Santo Domingo
Boismare-Caccarelli
U. S
Machias
Detroit
Key West
New York
St. Thomas
Texas
Vixen
Hampton Roads
Indiana
Massachusetts
Lancaster
San Juan
Amphitrite
Port Royal
French vs Chinese clash ends in French rout in China
Victoria B C January 5 reports from the Orient on the Queen Adelaide that French troops suffered a ignominious rout with 30 killed in a battle with natives in Kwong Tueg province Southern China amid ongoing Franco Chinese boundary disputes. Earlier a separate clash killed about 100 Chinese and French officers were slain during surveying prompting shelling of a village and seizure of a Chinese warship, with Taotan of the district briefly held. Marshal Su then arrived at Kwagh Chow Bay to uphold Chinese rights.
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Marshal Su
Kwang Chow Bay
Yellow Fever Decrease Reported in Havana
Surgeon Major Davis notes a marked drop in yellow fever over the past year despite unfavorable last two months of 1899. Gen Sanguily backs Gen Wood as well timed and warns Brooke's continued rule could trigger uprisings. Wood orders monthly departmental accounting reports as six of 38 sugar plantations in Pinar del Rio grind this season after war destruction.
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Havana
Davis
Sanguily
Gen. Wood
Brooke
Pinar del Rio
Webster Davis to visit Pretoria despite cost to health
London dispatch cites Cape Town dated January 5 with Webster Davis assistant secretary of the interior in Washington saying his South Africa trip is for health but he will travel to Pretoria regardless of personal inconvenience.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Cape Town
Webster Davis
Department of the Interior
Washington
South Africa
Pretoria
Imperial hospital fund appeals for Cape Town base
London reports a major appeal by Duchess of Marlborough Countess of Essex Lady Georgianna Curzon and others to US and Canadian people to fund a hospital at Capetown for the imperial yeomanry during the South African war. They have 10000 pounds and seek 380000 pounds for 150 beds with beds named for donors. The Duke of Marlborough plans to depart for South Africa with four horses four mules and a new cart.
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London
Duchess of Marlborough
Countess of Essex
Georgianna Curzon
Madame von Andre
Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Fund
Associated Press
United States
Canada
Capetown
Duke of Marlborough
South Africa
Imperial Yeomanry
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Wantage
Cape Town
Lady Essex
Adele Beach Grant
New York
Imperial Hospital
America
Great Western mail steamer Ibex sinks after collision
The Great Western line mail steamer Ibex struck Black Rock near Guernsey at 6 this morning and sank. All 82 passengers were saved. one sailor drowned. The steel vessel of 1150 tons, built in 1891, left Weymouth for Guernsey last night.
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London
Great Western Line
Black Rock
St. Sampson's
Guernsey
Ibex
Weymouth
Oyster Pirates Fire On Greenwhich Oystermen
In Greenwich Connecticut on January 5 oystermen faced pirate activity as a black sloop attacked oyster beds. The Connecticut Oyster Growers Association has offered a large reward, and armed locals engaged, firing on the pirate boat as it escaped after anchoring near beds. Fred Palmer and others attempted capture with a small armed boat. the sloop slipped away.
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Greenwich
Connecticut Oyster Growers’ Association
Fred Palmer
Greenwich Cove
Austrian Prince Croy Seeks American Wife in Cincinnati
Prince Croy of Austria registered at the St. Nicholas hotel in Cincinnati says American women are beautiful. He is a captain in the Austrian army and touring for pleasure. He notes marriage may come unexpectedly and hints he might bring a wife back to Austria after meeting many notable women in the city. Mrs. Longworth provided a carriage for him to her home, and he will be extensively entertained during his visit.
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Cincinnati
Prince Croy
Austria
St. Nicholas Hotel
America
Actress Julia Morrison James Murder Trial Reopens
The Chattanooga case in circuit court resumed with stage manager W J Patterson testifying again. Electrician Josephs followed, stating Leidenheimer was shot by Miss Morrison before he spoke and that Leidenheimer made no move to strike her.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Julia Morrison James
Frank Leidenheimer
W. J. Patterson
Opera House
Josephs
Leidenheimer
Chaplain Shields Case Proceeds at Court Martial
In San Francisco on January 5 the court martial for Chaplain Shields U.S.A. heard all evidence. Medical depositions from doctors who treated him in other states testified that he was ill and stimulants were prescribed. The session closed with Shields denying the charges in a general statement.
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San Francisco
Cal
Chaplain Shields
Shields
French Fleet Ordered to Sail for Santo Domingo
Paris reports the French government has ordered the naval squadron at sea to move to Santo Domingo. The move follows unrest over the Boismare Cacarelli claim of 56000, tied to a 1895 treaty ensuring monthly indemnities for damages to French citizens and their families. The treaty allows action against the revenue-collection concession if payments fail.
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Paris
Atlantic
Santo Domingo
Boismare—Caccarelli
Heureux
Hayti
Germans Talk Of Coalition With Russia And France
German press discusses possible anti British coalition with Russia and France after seizure of the Bundesrath. Anti British demonstrations grow. officials hint Britain to explain seizure. Arms shipments to the Transvaal and the Hans Wagner seizure are reported.
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Berlin
Berliner Tageblaut
Berliner Neueste Nachrichten
Hamburger Correspondenz
Berliner Post
Germany
Russia
France
Pan-Germanic League
Foreign Office
Associated Press
England
Great Britain
Durban
Delagoa Bay
Portugal
Hanover
Transvaal
Pretoria
Lorenzo Marquez
China
Berliner Tageblatt
Papenburg
Muhlmann
Hans Wagner
Hamburg
German Red Cross Society
Bundesrath
Herzog
Colonial Society
Zeitung
Charlottenburg
Sloan and Martin Arrive in Chicago for Coast Racing Plan
Ted Sloan travels with Skeets Martin and J De Munn Smith to Chicago to visit foster parents at Kokomo Indiana then heads to California to race for Lord William Beresford with the Prince of Wales in secondary consideration. He plans to return to England March first to pursue Shaftesbury theatre interests and DeWolff Hopper project, aiming to retire from turf eventually.
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Chicago
Ted Sloan
England
Sloan
London
DeWolff Hopper
They Say Hyomei Cures Catarrh Testimonial
In Boston on April 20 a letter from a long time catarrh sufferer describes decades of throat involvement and sleeplessness. After using Hyomei for two weeks the illness vanished and remained gone after four months, with a request for endorsement from Eben D. Jordan of the firm.
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Boston
Mass
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Eben D. Jordan
I Was Cured of Consumption by Hyomei Claim
A 55 year old man writes that after coughing since eighteen and being given up by three Medford doctors, he was cured completely in September by Hyomei and has had no relapse. Mrs Anna K Hbys provided address 244 Main St.
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R. T. Boom Co
Medford
Anna K. Hbyl
Main St
Allan
H. Morris
M. D
Franklin St
R. T. Boomn Co
Boston
Remarkable Recovery Attributed To Hyomei Remedy
A patient recovering from a severe cold and chest pain credits Hyomei with a life saving improvement after attempting the vapor inhalation. The account suggests a rapid turn of health following the treatment, noting initial skepticism. The text frames Hyomei as an extraordinary remedy of significant effect from a medical provider.
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R. T. Booth Co
Hyomei praised by singing teacher in Boston
A Boston teacher of singing, AXE&LINA DE Bera Loraren, writes that Hyomei preparations from R T Boor Co are the best for throat and lungs. She reports pupils’ success, cures for bronchitis and deafness, and urges continued use, praising Hyomei’s value.
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Boston
Messrs. R. T. Boor Co
Europe
America
Axe
Lina DE Bera Loraren
Tremont St
Hearing Restored After Hyomei Inhaler Trial
A. W. Clarke of Plumer Street Everett Massachusetts reports spending a fortune on catarrh remedies before using the Hyomei inhaler and Special Balm for eight days. He states his hearing is restored and he can hear across the table again.
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R. T. Booru Co
A. W. Clarke
Plumer St
Everett
Mass
Postoffice Burned at Gonie News of Rochester Fire
The Gonie post office in Rochester New Hampshire was destroyed by fire at 2 a m causing a $5000 property loss. Nelson Gauthier a grocer discovered the blaze in the rear of the postoffice building. The store stock and postoffice contents were ruined and adjoining M I Drew general merchandise stock was slightly insured but not covered on its stock.
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Rochester
N. H
Gonie
Nelson Gauthier
M. I. Drew
Long Seeks Chicago Return To End Baseball Career
In Chicago Herman Long has written to Manager Selee of the Boston team requesting a deal to play in Chicago next year and finish his career in his hometown.
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Herman Long
Chicago
Til
Selee
Boston
Four Die in Dynamite Explosion Near Rockwood Tennessee
Chattanooga Tenn Jan 5 Word reached here today of the killing of four men on the Tennessee Central railroad eight miles from Rockwood They were unloading dynamite when a quantity of it exploded Local authorities investigated the fatal blast and identified the victims as railroad workers from nearby stations.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Central Railroad
Rockwood
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Guarantee Offer Promoted
All druggists guarantee Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and will refund money if not satisfied after using two thirds. The remedy is advertised as best for la grippe coughs colds croup and whooping cough and safe to take. It is claimed to prevent cold from developing pneumonia and is on sale by all druggists.
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Steyn
J W. Davidson
Atty At Law
Monmouth
S. Johnson & CO
Princée ‘Croy
Chaplain Shield
Petrus Joubert
Kelly-Kenny
Africa
L'Rench Fleet
Hyomei
Elvira E. B. Gibson
Eben D. Jonvan
Medford, Mass
Mae. Goodhue
Keene, N. H
Hyomeii
Physicians
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C
Francis H. Wilson
Brooklyn
Trenton
New Jersey
Emory N. Yas
R. T. Booth Company
Ithaca
N. Y
Cee
Michige Hee
Keystore
Michigan
Carbon Works
Wetroit, Mich
Lowell Wall Paper CO
Church Street
Mercantile Printing
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