Great Boer Victory Report From Noostee Dacht Gen Clash
Lord Kitchener reports severe fighting with British forces compelled to retire after attacks near Noostee Dacht Gen. Five British officers were killed including Col Legge and Captains MacBean Maurdock Atkins, with heavy casualties among troops as redoubts and settlements faced Boer assaults and repulses at Lichterburg Bethlehem and other locations.
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Viord Kritchener
Hekpoort
Col Legge
Twentieth Hussars
Maccrbean
Maurdock
Atkins
Lord Kitchener
Lichterbure
Leimmer
Bethlehem
Rede
Josma Eten
Briehiend
War Office
Fragmented Narratives Tie to Civil Unrest and Cable History
A garbled text fragment references the Boston era and Civil War era themes with mentions of the Twenty earth Volunteer Regiment, a Mondn coast fort, and a cable ship Burnside. It hints at arrests, civil disturbances, and fortifications, with scattered references to military units, rope lines, and communications along a northern coast.
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Matia
Cieneral Mothe
Twenty-earth Volunteer Regiment
Burnside
Negros
Sore N Sapa
Berger Oshards
Reign of Terror Strikes Exposition Ends in Crime Wave
Report describes a surge of robberies and criminal activity after the exposition closing. Police have arrested several suspects. street car and public area incidents are noted with victims and property losses.
Gen Harrison Lectures On Annexed Territories At Michigan Univ
Gen Harrison spoke Friday evening to the Students' Lecture Association at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on the relation of annexed territories and their inhabitants to the United States. He argued the expansion was of people not lands, that inhabitants are U S citizens, and that constitutional tax provisions apply to the territories. He warned that uniform federal duties would be undermined if foreign goods entered Porto Rico free.
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Ann Arbor
Phirrison
Associaton
Michigan University
United States
Harrison
Congress
Porto Rico
Fragmented OCR Journal Note Teases Local Trades
A garbled OCR page fragment mentions a steamer and various trades, with broken phrases about meters, markets, and a feud reference. Readable names or places are scarce, but the snippet hints at a maritime or transit item linked to local commerce and a dispute.
Morrison case ends with defense claim of self defense
A dramatic Morrison murder trial recounts Miss Morrison’s defense that Mrs Castle invited her inside and assaulted her with a razor. Morrison says she seized the weapon in self defense, fatally wounding Mrs Castle. jurors later deliver verdicts after days of testimony and debate.
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Cevetul
Miss Morrison
Tas
Scranton Bribery Probe Expands With More Councilmen Arrests
Reports indicate ten more Scranton councilmen will be arrested on bribery charges. Prosecution led by Teague grows stronger as developments in recent days bolster the case. Claims say fourteen councilmen were paid $23 monthly, with evidence said to suffice for convictions even without detective testimony.
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Scranton
Pal Speedal
Teague
France Bans Absinthe in Unanimous Chamber Vote
The French Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved a resolution to prohibit the manufacture and sale of absinthe. The alcohol is blamed for societal ills including crimes and mental decline driven by its wormwood base and alleged insanity effects.
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Chamber of Deputies
France
Fire at State Normal School Claims Six Students
A blaze at the Fredonia State Normal and Training School Friday night killed six female students and the tranitor, causing about 200000 dollars in damage. The tragedy shakes the town as authorities investigate the cause.
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Fredonia
N. Y
State Normal and Training School
Young Lady
Congress Adjourns for Centennial Washington Celebration
Both Houses adjourned to join the centennial events marking the removal of the capital to Washington. Senate opened at 11 a m with Mr Hanna speaking on ship subsidies and American merchant marine growth. House debated adjournment and revenue measures amid a long session finishing with district court and railroad terminal bills.
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Washington
Senate
Hanna
Great Lakes
Tanna
Old World
High Seas
United States
TSA
Amercan Line
Cunard
White Star Hnes
Great Britain
Nicaragua Canal
Baird
Leveridge
Rye
Poster Hansbrough
Lindsay
Mason
Mct
Umber
McKin
Rockefeller Gifts to University of Chicago Record $1.5 Million
At the University of Chicago convocation President Harper announced John D. Rockefeller donated 1.5 million dollars. One million endowment in the university’s name becomes its perpetual property. The remaining 500 thousand funds immediate needs and general purposes.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Harper
John D. Rockefeller
Mob hangs prisoner in Boonville after Rockport arrest
Joseph Rolla, implicated in the Hollie Simons murder, was transported from Rockport to Boonville where a mob seized him at the jail. He was taken to the courthouse and hanged at about 8:30 p.m. witnesses say the crowd included thousands of townspeople. Rolla had confessed to part in the crime after coming to Boonville. details indicate he struck the victim while others aided the attack.
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Ind
Joseph Rolla i
Hollie Simons
Rockport
Anderson
Rocksport
Evansville
Court House
Spencer County
Rolla Ina
Roeckport
Joseph Rolla
Simons
Frigger
Ex-President Cleveland Urges Democrats to Return to First Principles
Atlanta special reports ex President Cleveland says the Democratic party has wandered after strange gods and needs rehabilitation on Democratic plans. He argues voters deserted last election and urges a sincere return to old time doctrines to regain future victories.
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Cleveland
Democratic Party
Hope Bank Looted in Bartholomew County Robbery
In Hope Indiana two men entered Kennedy's Bank through a rear door blew the safe with nitrogive and carried off about 1000 dollars. A confederate waited outside with a carriage and fled after being spotted by the night operator. A posse forms as officials link the Tuesday robbery to a Monday post office safe blow in Flat Rock.
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Shelbyville
Tod
Kennedy’s Bank
Hope
Bartholomew County
Flat Rock
Hopkins plan to fix House representation basis
The Hopkins bill proposes a House of 357 members with fixed membership and a 204 868 population basis. It would reduce seats for Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maine Nebraska Ohio South Carolina and Virginia while increasing seats for Louisiana Minnesota New Jersey New York West Virginia and Texas. The measure faces party opposition and is not expected to be voted on before the holidays.
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Washington
W House
House
Indiana
Kansas
Kendicks
Maine
Nebraska
Ohio
South Carsling
Virginia
Thieis
Louisiana
Minneto
New Jersey
New York
West Virginia
Texas
Battle Near Tonoxigan In Cebu Wounds Five Dozens
Manila cable reports Lieut. Herbert L. Evans and fifty men from the Forty fourth Volunteer Infantry attack an entrenched position at Tonoxigan Cebu on December 7. The Americans suffer three men wounded while the enemy loses twelve and many wounded amid heavy fighting.
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Manila
Herbert L. Evans
Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry
Wih
Tonoxigan
Cebu
Ex Governor Horely’s Existence Shaken by Loss in Helena
Helena Mont special notes ex Governor Horely struck by family tragedies. Emily Leslie, daughter of ex Governor P. H. Leslie and a Kentucky native, died Friday after a pneumonia illness. Telegram later announced the death of his eldest son, Dan J. H. Leslie, from St. Louis. The ex governor, already widowed, is in a second year of illness and the losses are believed to affect his health.
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Helena Mont
Emily Leslie
P. H. Leslie
Montana
Kentucky
Leslie
St. Louis
Dan J. H. Leslie
Centennial Celebration of Washington Seat of Government
Washington marked the centennial of the federal seat with a grand national holiday. A brilliant military parade and a presidential review from the Capitol east front highlighted ceremonies in the House hall, with McKinley and Cabinet leading the events. Governors, lawmakers, diplomats, and vast crowds joined in the capital’s most impressive outdoor observance.
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Washington
National Capital
Capitol
House of Representatives
Congress
District of Columbia
McKinley
Supreme Court
Th Capitol
White House
Lord Salisbury Pessimism Clouds South Africa War Outlook
Cape Town dispatches report Boer raiders in two columns advancing toward Craddock and Philips town while General MacDonald fights near Burgersdorp as rumors of Boer defeats spread. Lord Salisbury warns progress must be pressed despite doubts and plans a delayed thanksgiving for Lord Roberts return.
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Colony
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Philipstown
Colesburg
Kimberlex
Herzog
Orange River
Odendalstroom
Bethulie
Burghersdorp
Craddock
MacDonald
Burgersdor
Cape Colony
Aliwal
Cape Rifles
Brabant
Joss
Knox
Rover Commando
Conference of the Nations Union of Conservative Associations
Lord Salisbury
England
Rai
St. Pauls
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Osborne
Daily News
Lord Saliisbury
Lord Kitchener
Cleveland Likes Mr Harrison Speech Says It Enlightens
Former President Grover Cleveland, asked by an Associated Press correspondent in Princeton New Jersey, said he had read a liberal synopsis of Mr Harrison's Ann Arbor speech and regards it as the best deliverance yet on the subject. He adds it clarifies what territorial expansion means to the republic and what it threatens to the people.
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Div
Haye Punter
Phetise Pri Revenue
Hatuller
Casper TeisFert
Pletase Monde
Kentucky
West Virginia
Forrder
Texas
Greer
Gu&hiabama
Lit-tee
Maine
Go Hill
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Mir
Resistaar
Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Associated Press
Harrison
Ann Arbor
Cleveland
Chaffee Orders Regimen Gear Reforms for China Relief Effort
Washington dispatch reports General Chaffee commends the China relief expedition and issues orders to replace soiled campaign hats and leather articles, require hats and capes to avoid decorative wear, tone down blue shirts with collars down, conceal underclothing, and discard suspenders.
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Washington
Chaffee
China
Nereos Artiy
Man Recovers Story After Skull Trepanation
In Susquehanna Pennsylvania a crew cutting railroad ties near Cascade had an accident. Thomas Gifford was struck on the head by an ax and fell unconscious. Surgeons trepanned his skull and removed pressure from his brain. He then regained the story he had started a month earlier.
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Susquehanna
Cascade
Thomas Giffard
Gifford
Great Gold Discovery in Virginia City Montana
In Madison county at the Kearsarge mine at the head of the gulch C A Damours a young chemist has struck a mother lode of quartz gold experts say a million dollars in ore is in sight and the greatest gold quartz deposit may have been uncovered the long worked gulch has yielded vast placer gold in the past with big stakes now riding on this new find
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Kearsarge
Ald
Neely Case In Supreme Court Extradition Questioned
Washington special reports the Supreme Court began hearings on the extradition of Charles W. F. Neely the alleged embezzler. John D. Lyndsay argued two constitutional questions including the US right to extradite without a treaty and the President's authority to establish and maintain a military government in Cuba post Paris treaty.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Supreme Court of the
Charles W. F. Neely
Supreme Court
John D. Lyndsay
New York
Neely
Robbers Strike Two Women in Chicago Home
In Chicago three diamonds, watches and gold coins valued at four dollars were stolen by two men who assaulted Mrs. H. H. Alpin and Mrs. Nada Hart at 47 Washington boulevard. One woman was beaten unconscious and the other dragged as detectives closed in, but the robbers escaped.
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Chicago
H. H. Alpin
Nada Hart
Washington Boulevard
Chinese Trick Delays Diplomacy Over Imperial Authority
Washington reports that Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang lack credentials to act for the Celestial Empire. Some governments see a Chinese ploy in smart diplomacy. Earl Li offers to secure authority, delaying action by perhaps twenty days.
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Washington
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Earl Li
Oldest Orange county resident dies in Goshen
Diana Horn Beck, a Black woman born in Montgomery, Orange County, New York, dies at 116 years old. Her mother in 1795 was the daughter of an African king brought to New York by Dutch traders.
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Goshen
N. Y
Diana Hornbeck
Orange County
Montgomery
Dian
New York State
Morrison Granted Bail in Eldorado Murder Case
Judge Shinn allowed Jessie Morrison to post $5,000 bail for a second trial in Eldorado Kansas for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castile. Bondsmen are not yet secured, but her elderly father ex Probate Judge Morrison hopes to arrange them soon. The case cannot proceed until next spring, and an additional county jury is unlikely to be secured.
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Eldorado
Kas
Shinn
Jessie Morrison
Olin Castile
Morrison
Col Bryan Plans Weekly Paper Defending Kansas City Platform
Col Bryan announces start of a weekly newspaper named Commoner to defend and promote the Kansas City platform principles.
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Col. Bryan
Commoner
Kansas City Platform
To Expel Foreigners Appeals Stir Hong Kong Cabmen
A January call to expel foreigners circulated by cabmen in Hong Kong. Notices urged the public and secret societies to act while crowds read them without any disorder.
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Hong Kong Cabie
Ett
War revenue reduction bill clears House with amendments
The war revenue reduction measure passed the House on Saturday after approval by the Ways and Means Committee. An express receipt amendment was defeated.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Fiendish Torture at Currysville Miner Rally Ends with Sheriff
A mob of drunken miners in Currysville brutalized a colored boy after mock trials branding him with a red hot poker and threatening further torture. He was saved by sober heads, the sheriff transported him to town, and the saloon keeper was absent. The incident prompted state mortality statistics noting November deaths and public health figures.
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Sullivan
Currysville
Dudley
Terre Haute
Shelburn
Hatter Place
Sober
Ilinois
State Board of Health
Prowling Burglar Shot In Indianapolis
Albert Hester a colored paroled convict was shot and killed by Harry Sherer in the rear of Sherer's home Tuesday night He fled across yards and fences before dying in a shed minutes later Sherer was arrested but released when authorities ruled the shooting justified.
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Albert Hester
Indianapolis
Harry Sherer
Hester
Solomon Erb
Eric
Sherer
Pence Declared Third District Road Supervisor Despite Mix Up
County commissioners settle a November race in Carter township naming Henry Pence Democrat as road supervisor after a printing error listed Tom Freon instead of Lon Fuson. Democrats challenged the certificate but Pence remains the eligible voter choice and will serve as supervisor.
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Muncie
Henry Pence
Carter Township
Lon Fuson
Tom Freon
Lon
Fuson
Pence
Purdue Trustees Raise Freshman Entrance Standard
Purdue University trustees voted to begin in September 1802 raising the freshman admission standard by excluding plane geometry. The policy, already in practice for years, places students with geometry and rhetoric preparation into the advanced freshman class. this year 60 percent of 27 freshmen qualified. Tuition remains free for state residents, with lab material fees. non residents pay $25 tuition plus other charges.
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Lafayette
Purdue University
Staite
Man Gored by Bull at Buck Creek Farm
Moses Cole a one year widower residing at Buck Creek was killed Sunday afternoon when attacked by a bull in the barn lot. He was found dead with the animal still mauling him after neighbors struggled a half hour to separate the beast breaking its nose and knocking out an eye. Cole's body suffered severe injuries including broken legs.
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Moses Cole
Buck Creek
Qouth
Cole
Death at shooting match shocks Fort Wayne crowd
William Hamilton age 22 died in Aberte township during a shooting match when his brother, who loaded the rifle, forgot to mention it. While testing the weapon by placing the butt on the ground and kicking the hammer, Hamilton slipped, the hammer fell, and the charge entered his mouth tearing the back of his head.
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Fort Wayne
William Hamilton
Aberte
Wiliam
Man Guilty in manslaughter case at Richmond trial
William Gates, the young man on trial for manslaughter in the death of James R. Meek, faced a jury verdict this week. The jury found him guilty after deliberations, and sentencing will proceed.
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Richmond
William Gates
James R. Meek
Brakeman Dies After Being Cut By Train
W O Hubbard brakeman on the Illinois Central Chicago division fell while boarding a moving train at Newton. Fifteen coal cars passed over him. his body was cut in two. He had worked for the railroad about five years and resided in Newton.
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Sullivan
W.O. Hubbard
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Newton
Comb catches fire at Indianapolis home injuring Miss Matt George
A celluloid comb worn by Miss Matt George caught fire from a grate at her aunt Mrs Bertha Crane's home 23 Pacoma Avenue Indianapolis Monday night. Arthur Crane smothered the flames with his coat. scalp burns were severe but not serious.
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Matt George
Bertha Crane
Pacoma Avenue
Indianapolis
Arthur Crane
Disappearance of Boone Leads to Suspicion of Foul Play
Boone age 25 vanished after a payday in a saloon. He was found later in a vault behind a loan office with $5 missing, no injuries observed, suggesting knockout drops. He left a widow and eleven children. Indiana Railroad plans a $100000 capital stock. directors include Banker Francis G., Nathan Burford, Lorenzo McDonald, Will Dudding, Christian Kirkpat, Elmer Bunford, and William Rowan. The new line will run from Greenfield east through Henry County.
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Boone
Ten Gaga
Bote
Indiana Railroad Company
Francis G. Banker
Natha Burford
Lorenzo E. McDonald
Will (. Dudding
Christian M. Kirkpat
Elmer J. Bunford
William R. Rowan
Greenfield
Hengy County
Juror Andrew J. Adamis Found Dead in Boarding House
Terre Haute reports juror Andrew J. Adamis was found dead in his bed Tuesday morning at a boarding house serving as his jury temporary residence. Authorities say asphyxiation resulted from gas escaping from a burner left on by a burglar, with Adamis described as a family man from Ng township.
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Terre Haute
Andrew J. Adamis
Ng Township
Tragic Fire at Mining Camp Claims Young Life
Four miles east of the city at a mining camp a 14 year old daughter of coal miner Frank Christy was burning ashes from a stove when her clothing caught fire. It burned off her clothing and roasted flesh fell away as she suffered burns. She is expected to die from the injuries.
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Sulivan
Frank Christy
Bald eagle is shot after catching farm hen near Bruceville
Vincennes special reports a six foot eagle swooped into the barnyard of F S Willis near Bruceville Monday morning and seized a full grown hen. Willis, nearby with a large stick, struck the bird on the head then stomped it to death with his boots.
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Vincennes
Fiem
S. Willis
Bruceville
Mr. Willis
Senator-Elect Darbys Wife Burned In Liniment Fire
Waterloo report says Mrs A Byron Darby wife of Senator-elect Darby suffered severe burns to face head after liniment on stove ignited and flames burned her clothing. She was rushed to medical aid but believed unlikely to survive.
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Darby
Waterloo
A. Byron Darby
Trapper Truman Kaskins Reports Large Winter Mink Haul
The noted Kankakee trapper Truman Kaskins says he has trapped over 90 mink and muskrat this winter near Finglish lake, continuing his long record since 1849. An 1800s era note records various local incidents including school discipline and hunting activity.
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Kankakee
Finglish Lake
Terre Haute
Uderstood
Huntington
Webster Lake
William Hamock
Lepair
Ier
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