Boer Entrenchments Extend Forty Miles in South Africa War
London reports say Boer fortifications stretch about 40 miles with trenches overlapping British lines as Buller’s forces gain mobility. Expected Tugela river battle next week, while Col. Pilcher evacuates Douglas to Belmont with loyalists, Canadians escorting refugees.
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Cyphergat
Tugela
Lord Methuen
Buller
Paris
Ladysmith
Col. Pilcher
Douglas
Belmont
Cape Colony
Lyddite
Colenso
Chieveley
Joubert
Italy Backs Open Door Policy on China
Washington dispatch reports Italy has agreed to the open door policy toward China. Italy responded promptly after Draper’s return, completing formal considerations with the other powers. Officials say final terms will be drafted into precise form, with no public statements on exact terms until completion.
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Washington
Italy
China
Hay
Draper
United States
Mr. Draper
Rome
State Department
Department
Michigan Legislature Adopts Adjournment Plan
Lansing Jan 5 The house approved delaying adjournment to Saturday as senate plans to concur. Gov Pingree opposed taxes and other measures with most senators against them. The municipal street railway ownership joint resolution failed 52 to 36. Senate to fix final adjournment. no business after noon today. Senate sent mining tax bill to banks and corporations. House asked Pingree to propose funds for Ingham county grand jury costs 45 to 43.
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Mich
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Pingree
Gov. Pingree
Ingham County
Chinese Victory Near Wang Cham Reported
News from Canton says natives clashed with French forces near Wang Cham. The Chinese reportedly routed the French with 30 French dead. Chinese losses not given. The engagement occurred on the 10th and 11th of last month. The viceroy sent three gunboats and 1000 soldiers to restore order and asked the Tsungli Yamen for guidance on delimitation with Paris.
Former Globe Bank President Charles H Cole Charged
Charles H Cole former president of the Globe National Bank arrived in Boston from Los Angeles with United States marshal. He waived reading of the complaint pleaded not guilty and the case was continued to January 18. Bail set at 50000 and posted.
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Boston
Charles H. Cole
Globe National Bank
Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Crane Sworn In as Massachusetts Governor
W Murray Crane was inaugurated as governor of Massachusetts on Thursday with all state officers-elect taking oaths. Crane’s address focused entirely on state matters.
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Boston
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Huntsville Bill Aims to Create Permanent Army Post
General Wheeler drafts legislation to establish a permanent army post in Huntsville Alabama. Congressman J F Stallings will introduce the bill with backing from Alabama’s congressional delegation.
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Huntsville
Ala
Wheeler
J. F. Stallings
Alabama
Senate action on Gage inquiry and banking bill in brief session
In Washington on January 5 the House adopted a Sulzer resolution seeking full information on Secretary Gage and New York banks with no opposition. The Senate also passed a resolution by Allen on bank conversions, aiming to reassure monetary standards and boost national bank note circulation, before adjourning after an executive session.
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Sulzer
Gage
New York
New York Custom House
Congress
Allen
Hanover
National City
United States
Aldrich
Ex-Adjutant General Marsh Arrives for Arraignment in Fraud Case
Lansing, Jan 5 Ex-Adjutant General Arthur F. Marsh and his wife arrived from Brockport New York. Marsh will be arraigned under the indictment charging complicity in the alleged fraudulent state clothing transaction. During the trip he was under surveillance but no warrant was served.
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Lansing, Mich
Arthur F. Marsh
Brockport
N. Y
Marsh
Aldrich outlines monetary bill at Senate hearing
Senator Aldrich explains a two percent bond plan and gold standard aims while pledging no silver roll back. The finance bill proposes a gold backed currency with a 15 million gold reserve and notes redeemable in gold, plus debt conversion powers and global monetary cooperation.
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United States
Treasury
Aldrich
Secretary of the Treasury
Canal Commission backs river water flow to basin
Col. Isaac Taylor, chairman of the drainage canal commission, said the commission has no objection to directing water into the drainage basin if confined to the channel and not allowed to pass Lockport controlling works. He warned that forcing it down the river would trigger legal action.
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Peoria
Isaac Taylor
Drainage Canal Commission
Lockport
President McKinley Grants Parole To Cassatt
Dispatches report President McKinley pardoned E. R. Cassatt former president of a national bank at Pella Iowa for looting the bank. Cassatt, once a state senator, has served four years and nine months of a nine year sentence and is in poor health at Knoxville Iowa where the pardon was conveyed.
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Des Moines
McKinley
Washington
Knoxville
E. R. Cassatt
Pella
State Senate
Albany Woman Pardoned by Governor Roosevelt
Chiara Cigna Vale who murdered her husband in New York City in 1886 and was serving a life sentence at Auburn has been pardoned by Governor Roosevelt. The case drew wide attention and the Italian ambassador Baron Fava pressed for clemency in Washington.
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Albany
N. Y
Chiara Cignavale
New York City
Auburn Prison
Goy Roosevelt
Baron Fava
Washington
Earthquake Devastates 13 Villages in Achalka'ak District
Towns across the Achalkaak district report shocks with six villages leveled. Rescue teams have recovered 800 bodies as death toll climbs in Tiflis Transcaucasia.
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Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Achalka'ak District
Wesleyan opens term as donor funds $50,000 endowment
President Bashford announced at the opening of the new term of Ohio Wesleyan University that a lady in Indiana who wished to remain unnamed donated fifty thousand dollars to the university endowment fund.
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Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Bashford
Indiana
Frenchmen Sentenced by High Court for Banishment or Confinement
Paris high court sentenced M. Buffet and M. Deroulede to ten years banishment while M. Guerin and M. Saluces drew ten years confinement in fortresses or banishment. Buffet spoke of backlash against the government and urged no pity. Deroulede vowed to return and praised the army as he faced exile. Guerin offered no repentance and urged courage. Buffet and Guerin agreed briefly before Deroulede claimed conspiratorial ties. Deroulede was sent toward the Spanish frontier, Guerin moved to a fortress on Oléron, and Buffet to Belgium.
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High Court
Senate
MM. Buffet
Deroulede
M. Guerin
M. Saluces
M. Buffet
M. Deroulede
Guerin
Loubet
San Sebastian
Oleron
Belgium
Banks Prepare to Ship Two Million in Gold From Clearing House
New York on January 5 reports two million dollars in gold to be taken from the clearing house by banks today. Arrangements were made Thursday and, barring new orders, this amount is seen as the total for next Saturday's gold shipments.
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New York
Oil Company Manager Killed by Switch Engine in Topeka
J F Crennan manager of the Topeka branch of Standard Oil was run over and killed Friday by a Santa Fe switch engine in the railroad yards He was en route to his office and it is believed his foot caught in a frog providing the accident factors
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Topeka
Kan
J. F. Crennan
Standard Oil Company
Santa Fe
Crennan
Rev. John G. Fee Dies. Berea College Founder
Richmond Kentucky January 5 Reverend John G Fee founder of Berea College at Berea died Thursday aged 84. The institution served both black and white students and was instrumental in advancing education in Kentucky.
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Richmond
John G. Fee
Berea College
Berea
Temperance meeting and reform notes in Columbus Junction
The Columbus Junction temperance meeting drew a good crowd led by women. E F Brockway outlined the State Temperance League aims and called for residents to deposit 50 in the bank as a reward for reporting violators. Ice harvest progress and favorable weather for the Republican administration are also noted.
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E. F. Brockway
State Temperance League
Paderewski Returns with New Wife and Hair in a Tangle
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes Paderewski arrives with a new wife and a tangled hairdo. The Washington Post quips that a short haired pianist would be a novelty, and if marriage won’t bring that, the hope may be abandoned.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Paderewski
Washington Post
Chicago Markets Special Dispatch Note
J Toner and Co brokers with H E McKay manager announce Muscatine office contact details and Chicago post office telephone as of January 5 1900 in a brief market notice.
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J. Toner & Co
H. E. McKay
Muscatine Office
Chicago
Muscatine Market Prices January 5 1900 Muscatine IA
Market listings include wood lime cement coal flour and grain prices plus dairy live stock and poultry rates. Prices cover butter eggs cheese honey sugar beeswax hides leather potatoes celery cabbage lemons bananas and hardware lumber nails and finishes. Also includes cough remedy Mull's Lightning Cough Cure at 25 cents.
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Potatoes—inc Bu
New Holland
Pioneer Cure Promises Relief for Kidney and Bladder Trouble
A Texas resident from Spanish Fort praises Mull's Pioneer Cure after five years of kidney and bladder illness. One small sample provided relief, and the user now advocates the product, noting prices of 25 cents and one dollar at druggists.
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W. Cc. R. Williams
Spanish Fort
Texas
Why caregivers favor women for childcare roles
The piece questions societal bias that relies on girls rather than boys for looking after young children. It argues gender expectations shape labor choices and invites reflection on equal caregiving potential across genders.
Probate Notice in Muscatine County Iowa
State of Iowa Muscatine county probate notice announces that on January 4 an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Coritian Kiepper deceased was publicly read by the District Court clerk and will be heard for probate on January 30 at the January term. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Kisactown January 4 1900 Carskadden Burr attorneys. J W Beuts Clerk of the District Court.
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Iowa
Muscatine County
District Court
Coritian Kiepper
Said
Uscatine
Carskaddan & Burr
J. W. Beuts
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