Boers Celebrate as War Activity Urged by Leaders
Reports from Kalikop and London on December 24 describe De Wet and ex President Steyn urging renewed war efforts. Boer casualties since December 16 total 45 killed, 25 wounded, 10 captured, and 85 surrendered, with ammunition and stock seized amid ongoing operations. De Beers reports 22,750,060 profits for 10M year, and optimism that war’s end may be near.
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Steyn
If 18
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War Office
Ipport
Tans
Cape Town
de Beers Diamond Company
Kimberly
Sawyer Milling and Power Co Revives Sawyer Mills
Winsted December 24 The Sawyer Milling and Power company with 500000 capital stock organized in South Dakota to revive cotton duck manufacturing at the Sawyer mills at Opplebrook River One half of capital subscribed by Samuel B Baker New York Cyrus B Whitcomb New York president Herman Whitcomb New York secretary The company to furnish 250000 worth of cotton duck annually The Colebrook River duck is cited as the world standard Delays due to the death of former superintendent Porter Carpenter and dam damage from a recent freshet postpones startup to January or later Plans call for dynamo lighting and a steam heating plant to be installed
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Sawyer Milling and Power Company
South Dakota
Opplebrook River
Suimael B. Baker
New York
Cyrus B. Whitcomb
Herman
Porter Carpenter
Deadly trolley wreck near Allentown claims six lives
A trolley car on the Coopersburg branch of the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley Traction ran away on a snowy grade three miles below Allentown. Six people were killed and 10 or 13 seriously injured. the dead include Tobias Kessler Lanark and Irvin Renner among others. Queen Alexandra’s illness noted in London with plans for a royal recovery.
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Coopersburg
Philadelphia
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Irvin Renner
Zion Hill
Albert Yeager
Jacob Fetzer
Frank Wesley
Traction
Ambrose Reinhard
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Stocker
Leidich
Pfeiffer
Death in electric chair for Polish killer Umilian
Boston December 24 Pranciszek Umilian a Polish resident was executed in the electric chair for the murder of Jack Jedrusick on Monroe Keith farm in Granby. He remained silent throughout imprisonment and after the first current was applied seven minutes passed before death. The motive involved a disputed marriage and a missing man whose body was later found in a well.
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Pole
Jack Jedrusick
Umilian
Jack
Amilian
Mianroe Keith
Granby
Umilan
Poland
Jedrusick
Unulian
Man in line for electric chair faces possible insanity ruling
John Schmidt, Columbia county nursery laborer sentenced to death at Clinton prison, may escape execution as court and warden records show a long confinement in a dark cell and recent claims of religious mania. A commission probes Schmidt's mental state. if found insane, his life could be spared.
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John Schmidt
Columbia County
Clinton
Cunnamora
Nan
Smith
Court of Appeals
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Deyn
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Schmidt
Schmide
Odell
Theimall
Ice water swims by Professor Sugarman in Mohawk river
Prof Sugarman formerly noted for winter swims in the Mohawk river continues the practice residing in Fort Plain New York. He and witnesses describe the frigid plunge as his amusement even when temperatures near zero. He fears no ill effects and claims icy bathing beats all others. Bristol reports smallpox prompts vaccination of workers at local plants. Weather notes describe mild statewide temps with unsettled conditions ahead.
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Utics
N.Y
Sugarman
Mohawk River
Fort Plain
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Professor Sugarman
Death in a tunnel fire near Liverpool in December
Seven bodies recovered from a three car train fire in a tunnel near Diguley station as creosoted sleepers fed flames. Dense smoke hampered rescue. four of the dead identified, two passengers hospitalised with severe burns, others slightly hurt. Officials fled during the blaze but later returned. The train and surrounding cars were destroyed.
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Diguley
London
Trial of peasant in France for murder of five children
Paris reports the trial of peasant Briere for murder of his five children at Sorauces near Chartres. Found guilty without extenuating circumstances, he was sentenced to death. Neighbors said Briere, a widower with five children, sought to remarry after the killings, but a young woman he courted refused. The murdered children were found inside the home. one might have been found wounded outside. He claimed burglars attacked him.
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Briere
Sorauces
Chartres
Brere
Bishop's Son Marries on a Dare in St Louis
Dr. H E Walden son of Bishop Walden of Cincinnati married Miss Bessie Simms after a dare at a supper table. The couple wed in the Rialto building with a clergyman present, a wedding supper paid by guests, then left by train for the East. In New York, Charles R Flint resigns from Rubber Goods Manufacturing to pave the way for an international crane rubber company, with A L Kelly named president.
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HE. CG. Walden
BE. C. Walten
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Bessie Simms
Waden
UC Cond
Miss Simme
Miss. Simms
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Walden
New York
Charles R. Flint
Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company
International Crane Rubber Company
A. L. Kelly
Providence
RBL
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