Loyal Englishmen Arm y Officers Besieged by Applicants
Britain readies to enroll up to 200000 volunteers as crowds flood offices after Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener take command. News notes war finance strength. Tugela and Tugela River action teased with no full debriefs. Hartford statute revision commission meets to plan revisions with public hearings to come in spring.
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Great Britain
Buller
London
War Office
Frere
Clery
Briers
Hart
Tugela
Barton
Modder River
Merhuen
Arunrtel
Gatacre
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Bun
Cape Town
England
Pension Plan At Pennsylvania Railroad Sets 1900 Rollout
Philadelphia reports official plan to pension 950 employees on January 1, 1900 with future retirements on the first day after reaching age 60, and a new hire age cap at 85. Pension equals 10 percent of each year of service based on the last decade's average salary. Also covers safe recovery of American prisoners and a Yale student at Pierson Hall with typhoid.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
General Lawton Shot in Philippines Dispatch Says
A Manila dispatch reports General Lawton was killed by Filipino sharpshooters during a mission to San Mateo where 300 insurgents are entrenched. Generals Grant and Lawson coordinate cavalry and infantry to clear rebel forces in Zambales and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Manila
Lawton
Eleventh Cavalry
San Mateo
Grant
Venat Bay
General Lawson
Lockett
Sargent
Corenamo
Zambales
Subig Bay
Don Francisco
Aguinaldo
Layxon
Thirty-second Regiment
4Umbales
Smith
Admiral Sampson Joins James A. Garfield Post at Lyons
Palmira New York December 19 Rear Admiral William T Sampson was mustered in as a member of James A Garfield Post No 198 Grand Army of the Republic He long sought to join at his birthplace and traveled from Rochester to Lyons meeting Col Frederick W Clemming and Col A P Seeley at his sister Miss Hannah Sampsons home a quiet visit with relatives attendance included comrades from adjacent posts A photograph of the dollar bill accompanying his application hangs in the posts room.
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James A. Garfield
Lyons
N.Y
Palmira
N. Y
William T. Sampsson
Grand Army of the Republic
Rochester
Frederick W. Clemong
A. P. Seeley
Hannah Sampson
Admiral Sampson
Lodger Prepared for Suicide in Hotel Room
A woman in brown skirt and velvet cape registered at the Bradford hotel on Sunday night. Early morning gas fumes led staff to discover her with a rubber tube to her mouth, the tube connected to the gas fixture. She carried a brown paper parcel as her only baggage and was taken to hospital after remaining conscious. Police assume the act was a suicide attempt.
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New York
Bradford
East Eleventh Street
Plymouth Aground In Dense Fog Off Rikers Island
The Plymouth of the Fall River line went ashore on a reef north of Rikers Island with about 600 passengers aboard. A five foot hole was torn in the forward boat well as fog hindered navigation. the crew marshalling efforts and tugs from Maine and Worcester aided, with most passengers staying aboard to be towed back to Pier 19, North River. The ship listed on arrival, with two fathoms of water fore and aft and eight feet amidships, valued at 31,000,000, as operations continued to secure passage for those aboard.
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New York
Plymouth
Fall River Line
Rikers' Island
Line
Priscilla
Boston
North River Pier
Rikers’ Island
Big Brick Combine to Control Boston Brick Industry
The Union Brick company, latest in the brick trust wave, aims to expand the common brick industry. Chartered in New Jersey, Boston’s Alexander Porter will be president with R W Whitney as treasurer. Directors include S A Carleton O W Norcross Parry G B Parry M W Sands F Parmen ter W A Sailborn and E H Capen. The firm will oversee at least 69 brickyards across New England north of Connecticut and Rhode Island east of the Hudson and south of Saco.
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Boston
the Herald
Union Brick Company
New Jersey
Alexander 8. Porter
R. W. Whitney
Trensurer
S. A. Carleton
National Security Bank
Bay State Brick Company
O. W. Norcross
Norcross Bros
Worcester
Ao. Parry
Parry Brick Company
Cambridge
G. B. Parry
Mechanicsville Brick Company
New York
M. W. Sands
F. ©. Parmenter
East Brookfield
W. A. Saiborn
Exeter
N. H
E. H. Capen
New England
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Hudson River
Saco, Mo
Pay for New Haven Employes Rise Question
New Haven railroad officers say they have no official knowledge of demands by conductors and trainmen for overtime pay or reduced hours. Overtime pay was granted on the Berkshire and Northampton division, and the company plans to equalize pay across the system. No strike threat is known, and none is likely. The overtime issue has gained prominence with rising freight traffic.
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New Haven
New Haven Railroad
Berkshire and
Northampton
Headless Body Found Floating in East River
A disembodied male body, headless and nude except for shoes, was recovered from the East River. Police suspect possible connections to a recent steamship disaster and will investigate findings by Captain Allaire. Also noted, Lt. Bishop of the Naval National Guard is gravely ill at Seaside Park. his wife arranged home care to avoid disturbance. In London, two guides who failed General Gatacre at Stormberg were found shot on the battlefield.
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New York
East River
Allaire
Bridgeport
Nathaniel W. Bishop
William D. Bishop
Naval Battalion
CO. N. G
I. DeVer Warner
Seaside Park
London
Daily Mail
Frerecamp
Gatacre
Stormberg
Shipments of ammunition to England questioned
Bridgeport reports that alarms over New York to England ammo shipments for the Boer war were raised to Secretary Hay but found baseless after inquiry. Hay suggested risk of contraband, while Bridgeport Cartr idge Co states no orders filled or to be filled. Also notes boxing results in Cincinnati and a Bryan letter regarding a possible New Haven trip.
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Bridgeport Cartridge Company
Bridgeport
New York
England
South Africa
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Hay
Austin
Texas
Alexander
New Haven
Conn
Nebraska
New England
Washington
W. J. Bryan
Murder and other notices from December reports
In Columbia South Carolina Wallace Kelley a colored man accused two white men Robert Styles and Thomas Nobles of assaulting his wife. A preliminary hearing ended with a dismissal and Nobles allegedly stabbed Kelley leading to the latter’s death. Meanwhile Mrs Hovey of Hartford is linked to a suspected poisoning case in 1898 connected to the Molineux murder trial. Rockville votes to reduce police staffing. Navy plans a ceremonial funeral for Lt Brumby and Bernard Quaritch, famed art dealer, dies in London at 82.
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Columbia
Wallace Kelley
Greenville County
Robert S. Styles
Thomas Nobles
Kelley
Washington Nobles
Mra. Hovey
Hartford
New York
the Herald
Roland B. Molineux
Katherine 3. Adams
Fred Hovey
Adams
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Ugatock
Krevisers
Ses
MIT
James P. Andrews
United States
Sroopa
General Young
Gillmore
Howze
Hunter
Ilocos Province
Yale
Ccharles Dupree
Pierson
Plainfield
N. J
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Linskey’s Pharmacy Union City
Hudnut
Zanzibar
Frank H Judd & Co
Maple Streete
Manila Dispatch
Tor Aguinaldo
Sampson
G. A. TR
Suicipe
Mahmoud
Hitan
Runn
Constantinople
Mahmud Pasha
Marseilles
M. Delcayse
Mahmud
Constantinoyse
George Dixon
Terry McGovern
Broadway A. C
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Dixon
Willimantic
Onurtis Huebner
Coventry
Willimantic and Vicinity
Secretary of the Treasury
Simmons
BIG Brick Combine
New Wayland
Tion
Mgovern
Cincinnati
Terry MceGovern
People’s
Charles Mason
Chicago
McGovern
Mason
Freckles O’brien
New Orleans
O'Brien
William J. Bryan
Aly
William Jennings Bryson
Carolina
Sation
Rockville
Common Council
Navy Department
Brumby
Garfield Hospital
McCrea
Atlanta
Bernard Quaritch
Veader
Warren
East Main
Spring Streets
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Moriarty
Waterbury Furniture Co
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