Enthusiasm Rises in South Africa as Generals Roberts Kitchener Appointed
Dispatches from Cape Town report heavy firing near Stormberg linked to Gen Gatacre’s efforts to reopen Indwe collieries. London notes troops and public mood lift with Roberts to supreme command and Kitchener as chief of staff. Delicate Dutch disaffection in Victoria West described as overdrawn.
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Cape Town
Cradock
Stormberg
Gatacre
Indwe
Cape Colony
London
South Africa
Roberts
Kitchener
Victoria West
Illinois Republicans Gather for State Central Meeting
Prominent Illinois Republicans from across the state attend the annual love feast in Springfield under the state central committee. Officials announced candidates for governor lieutenant governor attorney general and state treasurer. Speeches by Cullom Tanner Reeves Yates and others followed. Peoria chosen as convention site with April 10 set as the date.
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Springfield
Ill
State Central Committee
Charles S. Ranwells
Elbridge G. Hancey
Chicago
Walter Reeves
Streator
Richard Yates
Jacksonville
W. A. Northcott
Greenville
Orville F. Berry
Carthage
Charles A. Works
Rockford
H. O. Williamson
Galesburg
Cullom
Tanner
E. G. Haneey
James A. Connelly
H. J. Hamblin
Peoria
Lockett Victory and Philippine War Dispatches
Reports from Manila and Washington recount Col. Lockett’s assault on a mountain fort near Mont Alban with multiple battalions and captured arms, ammunition, and food. Also notes emissaries Aguinaldo’s peace terms and a Philippine congress mission to McKinley, plus Maj. Hamner's Manila appointment and Seattle sail date.
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Washington
Otis
Mont Alban
San Mateo
Manila
War Department
Lockett
Schuyler
Lieb. Enslow
Matson
New York
Journal and Advertiser
Philadelphia
McKinley
Aguinaldo
Jessup Luigi T. de Fernandez
Agoncillo
Filipino Congress
Fernandes
Lucio Lem Lejera
Juliet Franciscus Lopez
Omaha
Neb
Maj
Hamner
Department of the
Blizzard Rages in Northwestern Pennsylvania
Corry Pennsylvania reports a 24 hour blizzard the worst in years with eight inches of fresh snow and four feet on the ground trapping villages. Roads rail lines and mail routes are blocked and trains run hours late. No lives reported as the thermometer hovers near zero.
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Corry
Pennsylvania
Findlay Lake
New York & Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Summerdale
Angola
Erie
Blind man Franklin B. Livingston freed after self defense ruling
Baltimore reports Franklin B. Livingston, who killed his wife Dora Livingston on Christmas night, was discharged by Judge Stockbridge. The coroner's jury found self defense and the coroner’s commitment was deemed defective, noting Livingston was attacked and choked Dora to save his life.
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Baltimore
Franklin B. Livingston
Dora Livingston
Stockbridge
Livingston
War Rant for Charles H. Cole Arrives for Embezzlement Charge
The war rant for Charles H. Cole former Globe Bank of Boston president. embezzlement charges totaling 1 000 000 across four counts. US marshal to escort Cole to Boston under guard after he waived preliminary exam. travel begins today.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles H. Cole
Globe Bank of Boston
United States
The
Cole
Boston
Indiana Surgeon Killed With Cuban Boy In Railway Accident
Dr Wicklife Smith surgeon of the 161st Indiana regiment and Francisco Sousa were killed when a Wabash train struck their carriage three miles from Delphi. The pair were bundled against the cold and did not hear the approaching train. The horse survived. Smith was a well known state figure and friend of poet James Whitcomb Riley and Governor Mount.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Wickliffe Smith
Indiana
Durbin
Francisco Sousa
Delphi
Michigan House Rejects Senate End to Special Session
Lansing reports the house refused to adopt a senate resolution to end the special session and adjourned to Tuesday. Gov Pingree sent a message urging higher railroad tax rates to raise annual taxes from about 1.04 million to roughly 2.5 million dollars.
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Lansing
Mich
House
Senate
Pingree
Republican leaders reply to Dorot? contest head note
Frankfort Kentucky December 30 The address of the republican leaders in reply to the Gobel leaders indorsing the contesting candidates in the democratic state ticket was given out Friday night It replies to democratic charges of fraud and makes sensational counter charges It is signed by Gov Taylor Chairman Barnett Senator De Boe Congressman Pugh and others including all members of the state central committee
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Frankfort
Goebel
Taylor
Barnett
de Boe
Pugh
State Central Committee
German steamer runs aground near Dungeness during gale
A large German mail steamer remains aground in East Bay off Dungeness Kent as heavy seas crash over her. The ship's name is unconfirmed and lifeboats cannot reach the vessel. Passengers’ safety fears rise as rescue efforts stall in the storm.
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London
East Bay
Dungeness
Kent
Ex- congressman Michael Griffin dies in Wisconsin office
Eau Claire Wisconsin December 30 Ex Congressman Michael Griffin head of the state tax commission died suddenly Friday evening of apoplexy in his office He was a prominent Republican and had been mentioned as a potential governor candidate He chaired the last state Republican convention and served in the last Congress.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Michael Griffin
State Tax Commission
Drowning Sacrifices Mark Ardmore Flooding Tale
An Ardmore Oklahoma family accident left Mrs Chapman and their daughter drowned after attempting to cross a swollen stream. The shock claimed Mrs Chapman's mother as well, relaying a tragedy that hit the household hard. In Minneapolis a separate note reports Mrs Mary Baker Eddy gifting her son George Glover a $10,000 check and title to a $15,000 residence in the Black Hills.
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Ardmore
I. T
Charles Chapman
Minneapolis
Minn
Mary Baker Eddy
Boston
George Glover
Black Hills
Denver Train Crash Kills One Injures Fourteen at Brighton
The Cheyenne flyer on the Union Pacific collided with the Boulder Valley train in Brighton at six am. One man died and 14 were injured. Conductor McAllister of the Boulder Valley train was driven to jump into the flames and had to be restrained.
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Denver
Col
Union Pacific
Boulder Valley
Brighton
McAllister
Fire destroys Savannah stores on Broughton and Barnard
Shortly before midnight the Lindsey and Morgan furniture store and the Daniel Hogan dry goods shop on Broughton and Barnard streets were destroyed by fire. Losses total about 159000 dollars with roughly 60 percent insured.
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Savannah
Lindsey & Morgan
Daniel Hogan
Broughton and
Barnard Streets
Death of E. V. Smalley in St. Paul
Minneapolis report notes the sudden death of E. V. Smalley at St. Paul shortly before 1 a.m. on December 30. Local authorities prepare details for notification.
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E. V. Smalley
Minneapolis, Minn
St. Paul
Mrs Florence Mansfield Worth Dies at Fort Hamilton
Mrs Florence Mansfield Worth wife of Brig Gen William S Worth United States Army retired died Thursday at Fort Hamilton New York. The obituary notes her family connections and residence reflecting a 20th century local death notice.
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New York
Florence Mansfield Worth
N. William S. Worth
United States
Fort Hamilton
N. Y
Canadian seal catch rises to 35344 in past season
Washington reports that Canadian sealing vessels hauled in 35344 seals this season, up from 28552 the previous year reflecting an increase in activity and total harvest.
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Washington
National Hardwood Lumber Assn to meet in Cincinnati May 3
Cincinnati officials announce the National Hardwood Lumber Association will hold its next national convention in Cincinnati on May 3. The decision was confirmed by the association’s committee in a December 30 meeting.
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Cincinnati
National Hardwood Lumber Association
Castle Silk Co. of Franklin NJ Makes Creditor Assignment
New York Dec 30 The Castle Silk Company of Franklin New Jersey filed an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Reported liabilities reach 60000 while assets total 52691 in the tallies.
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New York
Castle Silk Company
Franklin, N. J
Test of Sea Water Gold Extraction Yields Tiny Amounts
A London test of a new plan for extracting gold from sea water produced only 0.002 gram from a tubful, indicating minimal practical yield.
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London
Specials from the era include railroad deaths and finance
The report notes Chesapeake & Ohio engineer John Wise died by asphyxiation in a tunnel at Hinton West Virginia with two colleagues possibly dying. It also lists Charlies 8 Kendall of New York filing for bankruptcy with liabilities of 385 875 dollars, mainly unsecured. Other items cover a Catholic pastor and university regent Sylvester Malone's death at 79, famine relief in India, Alaska agriculture talk, Navy recruiting in Cleveland, a Cairo Illinois execution, tobacco factory collusion on the Pacific, railroad crashes near Palmer Lake Colorado and Columbus Ohio, Pierot charged with neutrality law violations, New York tax on call loans for insurers, a bank robbery surrender in Port Jervis New York, window glass plant restart in Hartford City Indiana, Puerto Rico governance moves, and a Burlington Iowa fire worth about 150 000 dollars.
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Chesapeake & Ohio
John Wise
Clifton Forge
Hinton
W. Va
Charlies 8
Kendall
New York
Sylvester Malone
SS. Peter and Paul
Brooklyn
Board of Regents
University of New York
India
Wilson
Alaska
Navy Department
Cleveland
R. L. Russell
William Martin
Cairo
Ill
Joseph Landrum
Martin
San Francisco Examiner
Eastern Tobacco
Tobacco Trust
Pacific Coast
Colorado Midland
Santa Fe
Palmer Lake
Edgar Jones
M. Pierot
New York Bureau of Internal Revenue
New York City
Lewis E. Goldsmith
Port
Tate
River traffic suspended due to ice in St. Louis
Heavy ice on the river halts all traffic in St. Louis. The piece notes the need to wear an overcoat only once weather turns cold enough to be beneficial, humorously urging timely dressing for the season.
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St. Louis
Bragging Tendency Among Men in Business
A fragmented remark notes that no man dislikes bragging about his business and that many immediately boast when discussing their ventures. The aside hints at a cultural trait encouraging self-promotion in professional life.
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Fulton, Desplaines and Wayman Sts
East Second Street
F. A. Neidig
Mus. Lumber & Box Co
Muscatine, Iowa
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Lourenzo Marques
William
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War Office
Sarah Wilson
Pietermaritzburg
Ladysmith
Rifle Brigade
Pretoria
Great Britain
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Hollis
State Department
Kimberley
Modder River
Kamperdam
Ottos Kopje
Kimberley Fort
Lazaretto Ridge
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Col. Chamier
Royal Artillery
Swart
Alewyns Kop
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Derdorpoort
Kaftir
Illinois
Springacld
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America
Cole Formalliy
Kentucky
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Puerto Rico
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