British Push Through Wepener and Dewetsdorp Front
Reports describe heavy fighting as British forces under Pole-Carew and Mreneh push Boers from positions near Dewetsdorp and Wepener. Casualties mount at the Pretoria arsenal when a Bellefont explosion kills ten workers, mostly French and Italian, with no treachery suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Wepener
Dewetedorp
Dewetsdorp
Thabanehn
Pole-Carew
Mreneh
Roberta
French
Vaardeberg
Aliwal
S.S. Cronje
Bloemfontein
Twers
Brandfort
Chaba Netu
Natal
Tintwa Pass
Buller
Transvaal
London Daily Mail
Lourenco Marques
Womatipoort
Delagon Bay
East Africa
Uransenal Diy
Pretoria
Machine Guns Used On Rebels In Philippine Fight
Reports from Manila describe a battle where eighty Filipinos were killed as American forces from Gen. Bell’s column engaged bolomen near Neuva Cacoras. American detachments of the Forty-fifth and cavalry from the Thirty seventh repelled bolomen. no American casualties were recorded. Gen. Bell vows ruthless retaliation to end guerrilla warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Neuva Cacoras
South Camarines
Bell
Forty-fifth Regiment
Pilipinas
Lieut
Balch
Thirty Seventh
News Paryer Fragments and Curious Anecdotes
A garbled jumble reports various items including Dewey candidacy chatter and a debate over second place honors between Schley and Sampson. Also notes a horse injuring a woman and the owner paying damages, plus odd local curiosities about a Chicago woman promising silence and Milwaukee divorce talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chain Trust
Duke of Marlborough
Bloemfontein
Dewey
Friends of
Schley
Sampson
Condition of crops shows improvement in winter wheat
The weekly weather crop report notes generally favorable temperatures with heavy rains in the South causing floods and replanting in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana. Moisture and warmth boost central valleys and Southern states wheat growth with Texas heading and good yields. seeding nears completion in North Dakota Montana and the northern wheat regions. oats show encouraging seeding progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabam
Mississippi
Louisiana
Wien
Wansis
Nebite
Missouri
Moeh
Montana
Dirkota
Minesot
Missomurd
Mike
Rocky Mountain
Wanst
Oklahomaa
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Texas
California
North Dakota
Death in Chicago labor riot at Baker Vawter plant
A Chicago strike at Baker-Vawter lithographers led to violence as Peter Miller was killed by superintendent IL. CG. Baster and John McGuire was wounded. George T Gubbins, president of the Bricklayers' Union, was arrested for rioting as tensions flare over a January strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker-Vawter Company
Chicago
Peter Miller
CG. Baster
John McGuire
George T Gubbins
Bricklayers’ Union
Baker-Wawter Company
Railroads, passenger services, and rate changes across the nation
The Burlington may parallel the Northern Pacific to Ogden. The Canadian Pacific joins routes to abolish commissions. The Marion to Thebes extension opens for passengers. Nickel Plate plans a new Chicago New York run. Lake Shore launches Chicago Boston service in 26 hours for 2050 miles. Sisters of Charity half rate tickets sold by Central Passenger Association lines without clergy certificates. Western roads to Denver Pueblo Colorado Springs adopt half rates like Rock Island. Chicago capitalists buy Munising Railway amid timber land expansion. Justice Shiras cites Ashland as Eastern Northern Pacific terminal, boosting timber lands. Six Western land grant railroads threaten suit for troop transport during Spanish American War. dispute over party rates. Rockefeller reportedly controls Missouri Pacific to merge with MK&T. A train with thrashing machines travels west from Racine with a private car and brass band. Central Passenger Association adopts composite tickets for first and second class to curb sleeping-car abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Ogden
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Marion
Thebes
Lake Shore
Chicago
Boston
Sisters of Charity In Uniform
Central Passenger Association
St. Louis
Kansas City
Colorado
Rock Island
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Michigan
Shiras
United States Supreme Court
Ashland
Duluth
United States
Rockefellers
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Chise
Ottawa Hull Fire Devastates Industrial District
A massive blaze swept Hull and Ottawa destroying the industrial district and jolting Canada with an estimated 15 to 20 million dollars in losses. About 7,000 workers lost jobs and 20,000 people became homeless as flames raced five miles through Hull and into Ottawa along pine mills and factories. The disaster disrupted power, transit, and Parliament operations with three deaths recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Hull
Piull
Quebec
Ottawa River
Ottawa-Chandiore
Ottawa
Chaudiere Falls
Rochesterville
Hintonburg
J. B. Eddy
Booth, Bronson
Hull Lumber Company
Gilmour & Tugeson
McIxay
Gilmour
Parliament
House of Commons
Chit Benoit
Canadian V Pacific Railway
Church and Clergy Chronicle Across Cities
More than 200 applications are on file for the vacant pulpit of the Presbyterian Church at Atchison Kaw. The Forsyth Street Methodist Church in New York marked its 111th anniversary. The Rev Father Ducey of St Leo's New York leads special services for worshipers. A marble tablet for Dr John Hall was placed at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. Descendants of Hawaiian missionaries make up about one twentieth of the white population excluding Portuguese. The Rev Dr Rainsford of St George's New York urges teaching love of country to the poor first to foster religious feeling. Catholic volunteers raised 31345.49 to support Theological Sanctuary of St Charles Borromeo at Overbrook. The Rev Arthur Crane of Charleston S C has been exposing gambling houses in sermons, drawing disapproval from many in his congregation. Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church faces home shortages while calling Rev Dr Purves, hindering housing for a suitable manse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Atchison, Kaw
Forsyth Street Methodist Church
New York
Father Ducey
St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church
Aoters
John Hall
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Hawaiian Islands
Rainsford
St. George's Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
St. Charles Borromeo
Overbrook
Arthur Crane
First Baptist Church
Charleston
S. C
Purves
Spotted lemur and colonial curiosities headline our colonies
An assortment of colonial notes reports the spotted lemur from the Philippines, duties of shoe shipments from Honolulu, Manila commands in the Asiatic squadron, betel chewing habits in Sulu, and the shortage of physicians in Puerto Rico towns like Wayuya and Utuadd with high death rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Sultan Kiram
Sulu
Quay Denied Seat by Senate Vote in Pa
The Senate rejected Matthew S. Quay 33 to 32 on the governor's appointment, with a packed gallery and speeches by Spooner and Daniel. Key Republicans Bard Hawley McCumber Platt Proctor Quarles Ross Simon Teller Wellington voted no. Pettigrew was absent and West voted no, sealing the R selves' defeat. The final roll call mirrored the earlier tally as the resolution declaring Quay not entitled to a seat passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Matthew S. Quay
Pennsylvania
Spooner
Daniel
Frye
Chandler
Quay
Pettigrew
South Dakota
West
Bard
Burrows
Hale
Hawley
McBride
McCumber
McMillan
Platt
Proctor
Quarles
Ross
Simon
Teller
Wellington
Pritchard
Gallinger
Depew
Hanna
Foster
Kean
Lodge
Thurston
Kenney
Caffery
Ekins
Chilton
Fairbanks
Malpa Hoar
Pettus
Kyle
Rawins
Aldrich
Beveridge
Clark
Mont
Bacon
Cuba
Porto
Perkins
Cal
House
Settle
Kentucky
Connecticut
Hong
Northwest
Secretary of War
Porto Rico
Post Office
N. Y
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
Ala
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Scott
Morgan
McComas
Turley
Tenn
N. H
Colo
Mr. Allen
Neb
New York
New Orleans
Kansas City
Newton
Kan
John M. Stotsenberg
Nebraska
Philippines
Coal Trust Consolidates Power Under Vanderbilt Morgan Cassatt
Three railroad magnates form a dominant coal trust controlling all U S anthracite and bituminous trade. Vanderbilt, Morgan, and Cassatt align to bottle up the market with Morgan traveling to London to finalize details. Vanderbilt Cassatt steer the major railroads including New York Central and Pennsylvania, Morgan controls Reading Lehigh Valley and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Vanderbilt-Morgan-Cassatt
Coal Trust
J. Pierpont Morgan
W. K. Vanderbilt
J. P. Morgan
A. J. Cassatt
Mr. Morgan
London
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt-Gassatt
New York Central
Delaware and Hudson
Pennsylvania
Norfolk and Western
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Big Four
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Erie
Ontario
Western
Quirky presidential and political trivia from a 1900s Washington paper
A column lists diverse facts about public figures and rulers. Griggs is praised as a crack shot while McKinley enjoys chess. It notes workers retired in Dalton Mass, monarchs averse to guns, and Maine politics with Reed busts. Details include Nelson born in Norway and a 100 mile Ottawa cap to prove independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sawyer
George Gould
England
President McKinley
Gen. Crane
Dalton
Mass
Sweden
Belgium
Turkey
William Dickey
Maine
Joseph L. Mhyers
Ohio
Coshocton
Littlefield
Washington
Nelson
Norway
Reed
Floretta Vining
Hull
Ingalls
Boston
Eliot
Haryain
Cambridge
Indiana
Mount
Senate and House Debates On War Aid and Statehood Conflicts
The Senate considered war department funding and naval construction while debating seating Nathan B. Scott. House members passed postoffice and census bills, with gains for extra compensation for letter carriers and payroll limits. The Hawaiian government bill advanced and pension measures passed as Congress wrapped two busy sessions.
Dewey Visits Columbus and Other 1900s Notables
The record notes Dewey's planned June visit to Columbus, Ohio and a series of scattered incidents. It mentions a Texarkana revival, Emil Santani shooting his foot, the death of Rev. A. S. Biddeson in Fort Worth, and two fatalities linked to a Boston tourist party. It also references a Scottish Antarctic expedition, a Welsh relief effort, and a heated South African War discussion on a Ghent Brussels train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Columbus
Ohio
Salvationists
Texarkana
Texas
Emil Santani
Dallas
Rev
A. S. Biddeson
Fort Worth
Boston
Joe Castillo
Adena
Trists Anthe Industries
South Pole
Bethesda Hospital
Associati
Ons
Deaco
Wilhelmina
Hollang
South
Cousts
Ghent
Brussels
Allpox Ip
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Roberts
Werener
Milwaukee
Tub
Mee Tall
Aguinaldo
Europe
Malay Islands
New Guinea Islands
Orient
Honolulu
Tion
George C. Remey
Admiral Watson
Wayuya
Utuadd
Porce
Merican Beauty
Dens
Powerful Coal Trust
Zola
Griggs
Mr Hernon
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