British Critics Target Hicks Beach Over South Africa War Costs
London reports attack on Sir Michael Hicks Beach chancellor of the exchequer for parsimony delaying funds to equip and transport the British Army in South Africa. The Daily Mail accuses him and others of blunders hindering military effort as pressure grows over Delagoa Bay and Transvaal strategy.
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South Africa
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
Sin Hicks Beach
Mike
London
Germany
Portugal
Zambesi River
England
Delagoa Bay
Lokal Anzeiger
Africa
Zambesi
Cecil Rhodes
Cape
Cairo
Selagoa Bay
Great Britain
Kruger
Delagea
London Daily Mail
Transvaal
Daily Mail
Michael Hicks- Beach
Lord Landsdowne
Wolseley
Landsdowne
Slicks Beach
Warren
Natal
Buller
Roberts
Cape Colony
Bullew
Pietermaritzburg
Chieveley
Winston Churchill
Cheley
Tugela
Churchill Escapes Pretoria Prison Wall Seals Train Exit
Winston Churchill reportedly escaped Pretoria by sealing a wall while a guard faced away then walking past town pickets. He boarded a freight train to Delagoa Bay with coal sacks, wasn’t searched, and remained hidden until arrival sixty hours later. A Coney Island court case featured a rooster named George Dewey whose crowing determined ownership. Hunting in NC and VA reports plentiful quail, ducks, wild turkeys, and red deer.
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London Morning Post
Winston Churchill
Pretoria
Churchill
Delagoa Bay
Omer
Coney Island
George Dewey
North Carolina
Virginia
Roberts polygamy debate and Moody tributes across papers
A collage of editorials frames Brigham H Roberts as a polygamy issue and Utah political influence, while Dwight L Moody is lauded as a Christian hero. Across papers, opinions praise his moral resolve and condemn Roberts, with references to Utah politics, church influence, and international dispatches about South Africa and Natal.
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Roberts
Sulu
Milwaukee Sentinel
Salt Lake
Washington
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Brigham Hr. Roberts
House of Representatives
Utah
Chicago News
Congress of the
Minneapolis Journal
Congress
Denver Post
Purvis named successor to New York church pastor
The Rev. George T. Purvis of Princeton will succeed Dr. John Hall of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. Elsewhere, New York City groups plan tree planting, Croker funds a Maine sailor monument, a mushroom vaccine could counter snake venom, mint director reports record gold handling and rising global gold production.
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George T. Purvis
Princeton
N. J
John Hall
Fifth Avy .E Presbyterian Church
New York
Connecticut
Evergreen Cemetery
Bill” Anthony
Maine
Mint
Push British at Ladysmith Besieged Town Bombarded
Boers hammer at White's forces in Ladysmith with Maj. A G King Capt. Wathen and Oakes Lieut Hulse and Lieut Col Fawcett wounded. nine NCOs and men killed ten wounded. A picket of hussars east of the camp was surprised with two British killed and seven horses lost. Rumors swirl about Delagoa Bay and British moves to pressure Lourenzo Marques and Portuguese ports.
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White
Pietermaritzburg
Ladysmith
A G. King
Wathen
Oakes
Hulse
Fawcett
Chievely
Natal
Delagoa Bay
The
London Times
Portugal
Berlin
Lisbon
America
Delagoa Brey
Lourenzo Marquez
Transvaal
Fifteen Men Perish as Bark Sinks in Ocean Storm
Norfolk reports the loss of an unknown bark with fifteen men after a severe Saturday night storm. The Noranmore, a 10,000 ton Johnston liner, arrived twenty three days from Liverpool bearing news of the sinking and the brave effort of Captain Richardson and his crew to rescue the doomed crew.
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Norfolk
Johnston
Noranmore
Liverpool
Richardson
Initiation Fatalities Reported After Royal League Induction
Alexander Johnson of Chicago suffered a brain blood clot after an initiation into Avon Dale Lodge No. 128 of the Royal League. He lay between life and death for over a week, delirious and weak, while the secrecy oath kept his employer in the dark.
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Alexander Johnson
Chicago
Order of the Royal League
Johnson
Avondale Lodge
Rebels Attack Subig Held By Garrison Recovered
Manila dispatch reports Gen. Santa Ana leading about 300 insurgents to Subig garrison. Marines from Olongapo reinforced the post and Filipino attackers were driven back with several fatalities among the insurgents. American losses were zero. A company of the Forty-sixth Volunteer Infantry and additional Marines were sent from Manila to reinforce Subig garrison.
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Manila
Minister Chases Prowler During Mari Annette Christmas Service
Rev Dr H W Schefeler of St Pauls Episcopal Church Mari Annette Wisconsin interrupted his sermon to pursue a thief who emerged from a house with pockets full of valuables. He tackled and handed the suspect to police. The man received a six month penitentiary sentence.
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Weaps
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Marinette
Wis
H. W. Schefeler
Global Economic Snippets and Global Notes
Sweden screens rail investment totals at 175.54 million dollars while London plans 15 million for drainage works. Americans buy 7 million worth of millinery in Paris yearly. Italy’s Parliament House deemed unsafe for occupancy. Great Britain’s mentally ill costs rise 2000 dollars yearly. German theater project eyed in London. Switzerland reports electric railway at high sea level. India’s famine spans 350000 square miles affecting 80 million people. Russian government orders court officials to learn Oriental languages. In Barcelona 9000 of 12000 taxpayers paid. Japanese mills favor American cotton for longer staple.
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Sweden
London
Paris
Great Britain
Switzerland
India
Barcelona
Spain
The Gospel of Grace and Saints in Song
A midwestern periodical collects moral and religious musings on grace equanimity and devotion. It recounts a sage Eskimo anecdote on faith and notes Miss Jennie Wilson the crippled hymn writer whose verses set to music by notable composers have gained wide appeal.
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Jennie Wilson
Dayton
Olio
Broad snapshot of religious outreach and individuals in early 1900s
The text surveys hymn publishing by a woman noted as Miss Wilson and her life near South Whitley Indiana, then lists religious developments: Skaguay Alaska church, Iceland Christianity milestone, a Hindus building a college in Benares with Annie Besant interest, a 100 scholar Sunday school in Uganda, McKinley's church trusteeship, Milwaukee Hebrew Educational Society led by Rabbi Caro, Czech Bohemian monument funds for John Huss in Prague, Tombs gospel mission serving 25,000 prisoners, and a multi denomination board guiding chaplain services.
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Skaguay
Alaska
Iceland
Annie Besant
Benares
So‘ty
Episcopal
Ivana
Uganda
Africa
McKinley
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Canton
Ohio
Hebrew Educational Society of
Milwaukee
Caro
John Huss
Bohemian National Church
American Inventions and French Mechanical Practice
An American observer contrasts U S inventors with French pretensions, noting Americans’ practical tool use and hands on skill. A Guadeloupe manufacturer compares two American machines favorably on interior quality, adjustment, efficiency, and cost despite rough exterior.
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United States
France
Guadeloupe
Better Left Unsaid Kiss Brings Cold Goodbye
After a kiss and a compliment, she asks if he shaves himself and comments on his rough face. He answers yes then leaves, burdened by a cold heavy lump in his breast.
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George
Where She Was Foolish in Wives Screams Ferocious Switch
A dramatic quarrel unfolds as a furious wife laments to Frederick Harrison that he should have married Edith MacMahon instead of her. Harrison retorts that Edith would not have him, while she dreams of a different fate.
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d'Uzes
France
Cliquot
DP Uzes
Rochebouart-Mortemart
Duc d’Uzes
Frederick Harrison
Edith Macmahon
Underground travel declines at London rail system
The London underground railroad shows reduced use with a drop of 300,000 passengers in the past six months. Officials note shifting travel patterns and propose measures to boost ridership.
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London Underground Railroad
The Finest Wardrobe and Truth Telling
The German Empress is said to spend more on clothes than any royal lady. A truth teller who speaks with caution is less trusted than a graceful flatterer.
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