Pilcher defeats Boer laager captures 40 prisoners
Cape Town reports Col. Pilcher’s unit defeated a Boer laager at Sunnyside on January 1, capturing 40 prisoners while suffering two privates killed and Lieut. Adie wounded. Belmont dispatches describe a coordinated march by Canadians and Queenslanders under Col. Pilcher that seized the laager, with 14 tents, rifles, and camp equipment taken and Boer casualties heavy. London confirms Gen. French's column actions near Colesburg and notes possible strategic gains as Remington guides advance toward Achterlang and Norvals Pont.
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London
War Office
Cape Town
Belmont
Cape Colony
Dover Farm
Toronto Company
Col. Richards
Col. Pilcher
Maj
de Rougemont
Poers
Queensland
Monnday
Cooks Farm
Adie
Butler
Lieut. Ryan
Toronto
Double-Quieck
Picher
Laager
Berks
Maider’s Farm
Colesburg
Royal Laboratory
Colesberg
Norvals Pont
Ali Remington
Achterland
Rensberg
French
Irench
Remington
Achterlang
Norvals Pont Bridge
Bethulie Bridge
Gatacre
Methuen
Douglass
Hamburg
Hamburger Correspondenz
Hans Wagner
Delagoa Bay
Foreign Office
Pretoria
Malagro
Gordon Chesney Wilson
Sarah Wilson
Mafeking
Site Chosen for Washington Equestrienne Statue in Paris
Paris council selects the intersection of Avenue d Iena and Avenue du Trocadero for the Washington statue. The pedestal is approved and Daniel C. French sculptor. Gen. Horace PorterOversaw the project with funds raised by patriotic American women. An unveiling is hoped for July 3.
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Paris
Washington
Avenue d’Iena
Avenue du Trocadero
Place du Trocadero
Palais du Trocadero
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Elysees
United States
Horace Porter
Daniel C. French
Massive Mare Island land slide cripples sea wall
Vallejo reports a serious landslide on Mare Island waterfront. A 150 foot section of the sea wall slid into the bay, taking 900 tons of granite work cement and earth with it and loosening 1090 feet more of wall. Heavy rains soaked backfill, causing the failure. Estimated damage reaches 75000 dollars plus time loss.
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Vallejo
Cal
Mare Island
Commission Heads Stay Behind in Manila Debates
President Schurman will not return to the Philippines with the commission due to duties at Cornell. Admiral Dewey’s return is doubtful. Mr. Denby and Prof. Worcester will remain on the commission after finishing the report to aid in establishing civil government in Manila.
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Washington
Schurman
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Manila
Cornell
Admiral Dewey
Denby
Prof
Worcester
Nebraska Senator Allen Denies Fusion Presidency bid
Washington reports quote Senator Allen of Nebraska denying any bid to be the fusion presidential candidate. He states he would not accept a nomination even if unanimously offered, while predicting that Mr. Bryan will be the nominee for the Democratic populist and free silver parties.
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Washington
Allen
Nebraska
Bryan
Goebel Beckham Contest Notice Served on Taylor Marshall
In Frankfort Kentucky on January 3 the notice of contest by Senator Goebel and J C W Beckham against Governor Taylor and Lieutenant Governor Marshall was served Tuesday afternoon. Nine grounds of contest are included in the notice.
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Frankfort
Goebel
J. C. W. Beckham
Taylor
Marshall
Water Flow Begins in $33 Million Chicago Canal
Water turned into the collateral channel at nine o'clock Tuesday, starting the flow toward Lockport and the Desplaines River. The gradual increase toward the full 300 000 cubic feet will require time as dredge work nears the main canal.
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Chicago
Lockport
Desplaines
Illinois
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Michigan
Sanitary District
Census figures show sanitary district real estate value
The federal census reports 1 090 80 as the valuation and the equalized assessed value of real estate and other taxable property in the sanitary district for 1S at 218 299 977, about one tenth of the real value.
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Sanitary District
Lawton Relief Fund Surpasses Expectations
Gen. Corbin announces Lawton fund subscriptions total 39 263 35 by noon Tuesday, not including some outside city agents. The amount already exceeds the original goal and will cover the mortgage on the Lawton homestead at Redlands and provide for the children's education. Subscriptions close on the 5th of January.
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Washington
Gen. Corbin
Lawton Relief Committee
Lawton Fund
Lawton
Redlands
Open Door Policy Promises Open China Understanding
Washington January 3. The cabinet session briefed on Secretary Hay announces that negotiations with major European powers and Japan toward a shared open door policy in China have been eminently successful with favorable responses from Great Britain and others.
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Washington
Hay
Europe
Japan
China
Grea
Criteri
Germany
France
Russia
Italy
United States
Root
London
The
Daily News
England
Far East
Daily Chronicle
Plan of Situation in South Africa Water Canal
Plan describes controlled water flow into a canal to avoid bursting the system. It notes delays and potential river and lake impacts, outlines historical and financial details of Chicago’s canal project, and mentions related international diplomacy and a burst water main in Omaha with substantial damage.
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South Africa
Indiana farmers gather for state industrial congress
Indianapolis Ind Jan 3 Upward of 500 farmers attend the state industrial congress uniting 14 associations of cattle sheep hogs horses chickens bees and horticultural and agricultural boards. The report notes sympathy with the Boers as representative Brombach of Darke county in Columbus Ohio introduced a goodwill resolution that stalled under the rules.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Columbus, O
Brombach
Darke County
England
Prohibition State Committee Sets April Convention Dates
Indianapolis January 3 At a prohibition state committee meeting the state convention was called to meet in Indianapolis on April 24 and 25.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Prohibition State Committee
SPECIALS: Earthquake hits Akhalkalak district and more
Earthquake devastates ten villages in the Akhalkalak district. NSW gold yield for 199 rose to 509 418 ounces, up 168 925 from 189. Mississippi legislature convenes after noon. Hon rud Rus se of Lauderdale elected speaker. Cuba’s Mendoza administers oath to cabinet in Havana palace. Surgeon General Sternberg learns hospital ship spurt sails Manila to San Francisco with 286 sick soldiers. Massena Iowa wiped out by incendiary fire. loss about 20 000, partly insured. Wisconsin battleship nearing trial, main battery praised as heaviest yet. Mint reports calendar year coinage at 139 243 191 dollars. Oftio river and tributaries frozen. Ohio River iced over. Fire in First Avenue New York destroys five-story tenement. Loretta Leonard among dead, 11 injured. Pittsburgh wages rise 5 to 10 percent for 25 400 men across major mills.
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Tiflis
Russia
New South Wales
Mississippi
Rud Russe
Lauderdale
Havana
Cuban Supreme Court
Senor Mendoza
Sternberg
Manila
San Francisco
Massena
United States
Wisconsin
the Mint
Wheeling
W. Va
Cincinnati
Ohio
First Avenue
New York
Loretta Leonard
Edward Leonard
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Secl Company
Jones & Laughlins
National Glass Companies
Hanna Will Act as Chairman of National Party, Convention
Cleveland report cites a high-level source claiming Senator Hanna will be both temporary and permanent chairman of the Republican national committee and convention. It suggests President McKinley supports Hanna's lead and that health concerns no longer block his bid.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Leader
McKinley
Hanna
Sioux City Man Writes 2177 Words on Postal Card
A Sioux City man penned 2,177 words on a postal card and wasted his time. The same amount of effort directed properly could have earned him a couple dollars and the credit of being an industrious citizen.
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Cherokee Times
Sioux City
Odd Household Tips on Meat Soaking and Freshening Rooms
Practical kitchen and bedding hints describe soaking beef hearts in vinegar and water to tenderize and using a drop of blue water to brighten glass. Additional advice suggests sprinkling sachet powder in feathers to freshen a perfumed bed.
Chicago Markets Special Dispatch Ad
J Toner and Company brokers with H E McKay as manager issue a market dispatch from Chicago dated January 3 1900. A Muscatine office is listed with the post office telephone linkage to Chicago Illinois.
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Ad. J. Toner & Co
H. E. McKay
Muscatine
Chicago
Muscatine Market Prices January 3 1900
Market report from Muscatine Iowa lists prices across commodities including wood lime cement coal flour grain and produce. Wood and coal ranges, wheat corn oats rye and hay values, live stock poultry dairy and leather goods with mixed market signals noted as weak to strong.
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Transvaal
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Schoeman
Brussels
Dejeune
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la Fontaine
Universal League of Peace
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Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Gulf
Sanitary District of
Lemont
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Will Counties
Board of Trustees
Eighty Seventh Street
Cook County
City of
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OE Aar Junction
Kimberly
Moers
Cmethuen
Ladysmith
Modder River
Whit
Indiana Industrial Congress
Indiana
Chioe
Just What
He Is
Kansas City
Liverpool
Muscatine Markets
Iowa
Graham
the Star Clothing Co
P. S
Halstead & Son
Mulberry Street
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