British Are Blocked In War News From Ladysmith
London reports at year start note little fresh South Africa news. Despatches describe sporadic Boer shelling, fortifications, and prophecies of a major forthcoming battle. Observers discuss railway plans to cut Boer supplies and international law issues over a German ship seizure.
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London
South Africa
Victoria West
Modler River
Blomfontein
Pretoria
Bandesrath
Berlin
Crumpin Disappearance Baffles New London Police
Richard Law Crump a 29 year old New London resident and Williams College graduate vanished after leaving Albany for New York on October 14. He was last seen at Grand Central Station with two valises. Relatives fear publicity and police have a large force on the case. Crump’s brother John G Crump once a judge and newspaper editor died by his own hand in June 1984.
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New London
Richard Law Crump
American Library School
Albany
New York
Grand Central Depot
Forty Second Street
Manhattan
Crump
Williams College
Bay
John G. Crump
Vom'nom Plens Court
London
Shot Himself to Avoid Arrest at Central Hotel
Pittsburg Jan 1 Detective William Shore went to arrest Frederick E Becker for forging his aunt's name to a check. Becker shot himself through a lung as Shore knocked and Becker answered Who's there Then he jumped through a transom and is not dead. Also noted: Henry Norwall appointed in bankruptcy case of Ewen McIntyre Co and Mrs David Tord reportedly died after wishing a happy new year at Fishkill Plains.
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Pittsburg
William Store
Central Hotel
Frederick E. Becker
Shore
Becker
Bill Shore
Ballat
Ewen, McIntyre & Co
New Haven
Jan
Henry G. Newton
United States
Henry Norwall
Walnut ‘Greet
Boston
Mass
Shepard, ‘Norwall & Co
Ewen, McIntyraé&Qo
Chapel Streat
Wico
Poughkeepsie
David Tord
Fishkill Plains
As -Waa
George W. CC
Cabana Names New Cuban Cabinet Members
General Wood completes cabinet selection in Havana with six advisers. Diego Tamayo y Tejeda serves as secretary of state and government, Luis Estevez y Romero as secretary of justice, Juan Bautista Hernandez Barreiro as secretary of public education, Enrique Jose Varona as secretary of finance, Jose Ramon Villalon as secretary of public works, and Juan Rios Rivera as secretary of agriculture industry and commerce. Insurgent figures predominate among appointees, representing the island's regions.
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Totaay
Havana
Wood
Diego Tamayo Y Tejeda
Luis Estevez Y Romero
Bull Gores Professor After Roadside Attack
Ferdinand Curtis of Norwalk Connecticut runs a Brookfield private school. A bull charged the team on the way home from the station. The bull tossed Curtis, fractured ribs, and then gored a horse, tumbling over a 460 foot embankment and breaking its neck as a railroad train passed. A rope and tackle removed the carcass in time for the Pittsfield Express.
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Ios
Ferdinand Curtis
Norwalk
Conn
Ferdiinand Curtis
Brookfield
Forged Check Charge Against Henry M Melton
Henry Marens Melton of Stamford New Jersey faces $300 bail on larceny charges after using a forged check for $59.75 to settle a debt with Mrs. Margaret Smith. The case involved misrepresented signatures and a prior partial settlement, with additional abandonment and mental-illness defenses raised by counsel.
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Henry Marens Melton
Entoy
New York
Henry Marens
Santarium
Stamford
Genn
Margaret Smith
Marens
Yale Professor Irving Fisher Retires From Yale
New Haven January 1 1899 Prof Irving Fisher a Yale faculty member and professor of political economy retires due to ill health His residence on Prospect Hill is up for sale and he will travel to a warmer climate His chair will be filled by Prof Henry Crosby Emery of Bowdoin College In Lawrenced notes he is 27 years old becoming Yale youngest professor.
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New Haven
Irving Fisher
Yale
Fisher
Prospect Hill
Henry Crosby Emery
Eilaworth, Moe
Bowdoin College
Bloomfield
William Johnson
Wedessday
Walter Pier
Ellis Jones
Sympathy for Boers Sparks New York Mass Meeting
New York January 1 United Irish societies gathered at the Academy of Music to express sympathy with the Boers and repeal efforts. Congressman Sulzer praised Kruger, warned against imperialism, and denounced Anglo-American secrecy with strong support for independence and anti-British sentiment amid calls for policy alignment with democratic principles.
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Fitzgerald
Suizer
Sea Bay
England
Klondite
New York
Academy of Music
Eni
A Aiaili
Death of Julius Pinney in Stafford
Julius Pinney a well known Stafford resident died after a year's illness. Born October 9, 1845 in Staffordville he helped run Eaton and Pinney general store and served one term as Stafford representative in the state legislature. He later worked with William H. Cheney in South Manchester and the Willimantic company store, organized the Citizens' Gaslight company and was a borough warden in 1892. He had not been active in business in recent years.
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Stafford
Julius Pinney
Staffordville
Lucius Pinney
South Manchester
Eaton & Pinney
William H. Cheney
Juror Verdict in Hough Murder Case Brings Life Term
Middletown jurors found Hough guilty of murder in the second degree. The panel, after multiple ballots and a lengthy discussion, delivered a life sentence while four jurors refused to disclose their exact vote count. Hough’s lawyers claim potential insanity and seek a stay of judgment to pursue appeals.
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Middletown
Jan
Hough
Supreme Court
Transvaal Agent Boasts We Can Endure Blockade
Dr Linds the Transvaal diplomatic agent in Europe states the Republics have no reason to fear England s commercial blockade They depend on Europe only for luxuries and can do without them He compares Boers to revolutionists says crops are not rotting for lack of workers and asserts ready arms can sustain a multi year fight He predicts England will yield first as they supply most ammunition
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Ttis
Africa
Duke of Connaught
England
Transvaal
Orange Free States
Sulzer
Boer Republic
United States
The
Klondike
Paul Krager
Hss
Washington
Gilded Court
St. James
Rrngsela
Dr. Linds
Europe
Transaaal
Orange Free State
Almeriaung
Dr. Leyda
Death of Yar mouth Steamship pres Baker at Boston
The Hon Loring Baker president of the Yar mouth Steamship company was found dead in his berth on the midnight New York train’s arrival in Boston. Born at Yarmouth Nova Scotia in 1881 he rose from merchant to maritime leader and served as a Liberal member of the Nova Scotia parliament since 1878. He was visiting New England due to Mrs Bakers ill health and had been mentioned as a potential governor of Nova Scotia.
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President Baker
Yarmouth Company
Boston
Maes
Hon. Loring &. Baker
Yarmouth Steamship Company
New York
Baker
Yarmouth
New England
Nova Scotia
Queen's New Year Honors Published Amid Fewer Names
London January 1 The queen's list of New Year honors reveals fewer names than usual. Sir John Lubbock and Sir Henry Stafford Northcote are created peers Baron Cromer is appointed British diplomatic agent in Egypt Lord Montage Renton and William Wither Bramstone bench Conservative from Hants gain titular honor. Naval Captains are designated and Samoa mission figures are recognized. details are sparse and the document notes the shorter roll.
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London
John Lubbock
Henry Stafford Northcote
Bombay
Baron , Cromer
Egypt
Lord Montage
Renton
William Wither Bramstone
Hants
Comra
Aemy
Pry Gharizs- Norton
Eliot
Rum Bee
Igh Sion
St. Michaels
St.Gee
Vhael
Mevar
Venezu
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