Churchill Reports Confidence as Buller Plans Fresh Boer Assault
From Chieveley camp Churchill states all ranks trust Sir Redvers Buller and seek success next time. He notes Boer positions with trenches and guns dominating river approaches, 16 miles of difficult terrain to Ladysmith, and implies pressure on leaders as Lord Roberts and Kitchener may arrive.
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Lord Roberts
Kitchener
London
Morsing
Churchill
Chieveley
Reivers Kuller
Ladyeaich
Belated Boer Threats And Rising Dutch Disaffection
London reports suggest General Buller may plan another move against the Boers as they strengthen Modder River and Tagela defenses. Dutch disaffection spreads, with Dutch farmers arming and sabotaging infrastructure while calls for reinforcements grow amid looming colonial unrest.
Receipts for Boer Relief Reported by Treasurer
George W. Van Sielen, treasurer of the American Transvaal fund, said he received $50 daily in small gifts from across the country and $00 for Boer widows and orphans. He argued aiding widows and orphans is better than sending comforts to soldiers. London dispatch notes Cape Town claim of Boer food stores imported by speculators, expecting mining to resume in war.Herr Schlesinger of New York Equitable Assurance reports Boers hold large food stocks imported by speculative capitalists amid war expectations.
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New York
George W. van Sielen
Transvaal
London
Daily Chronicle
Cape Town
Herr Schlesinger
New York Equitable Assurance Society
Pretoria
Christmas Day shelling near Umbulwana and Ladysmith
On Tuesday December 26 at Chieveley Camp 5 am British fleets shelled the Boer position with Lyddite for about two hours. Ladysmith also bombarded Umbulwana mountain while 103 degree heat bore down. Lord Dundonald led three regiments of regulars and mounted volunteers as Boers retired across the Tugela after British forces captured 500 cattle.
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Trenoheasa
Umbulwana
Chieveley
Bazan
Colenso
Ladysmith
Captain Waring Surrenders to Authorities at Governors Island
Captain John K. Waring of the Second Infantry U.S. Army returns to New York and is placed under arrest at Governors Island after missing since October. He faces questions over financial transactions in Cuba with Captain Fred Van Liew, who was court-martialed and dismissed. Merritt reports Waring ill and living at Bensonhurst since the arrest order.
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Governors Island
New York
John K. Waring
Second Infantry
U. S
Cuba
Merritt
Waring
Matangas
Fred van Liew
Bensonhurst
Hepburns Canal Bill Faces Push in Congress
Chicago December 28 Congressman Mepbara of Iowa vows to press the government canal project, aiming to pass the Hepburn bill this session. He says it will ignore the $1,000,000 winter appropriation for a survey and begin immediate construction, with Speaker Reed previously blocking it through the rules committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
Ohcago
Mepbara
Iowa
Nicaragua Canal
Warner Miller
Chicago
Hepburn
Reed
Committee On Rules
Spain to Repatriate Families of Prisoners in the Philippines
Premier Silvela announced after a cabinet session that United States Minister Bellamy Scorer reported U S aid for repatriating the families of Spanish prisoners held in the Philippines. In Hamilton Ohio Julius Bansen to receive 100000 from Robert Wilhelm Bansen estate. Bansen was a German scientist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Silvela
Cabinet
United States
Bellamy Scorer
Philippines
Hamilton
Jaulius Bansen
Brunhoff Manufacturing Company
Robert Wilhelm Bansen
Julius Ebonsen
Panama Canal Company of America Incorporation
The Panama Canal company of America with authorized capital of 930000000 was incorporated here late yesterday afternoon in Trenton.
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Panama Canal Company
Trenton
Panama Canal Company of America
World and local brief notes from the era
The British government ends its oversight of Samoa. Harvard College’s new Cambridge boathouse is destroyed by fire with a loss of 37000. Cuban planners circulate a pro immigration circular in Spain. One thousand Missouri teachers back a memorial for free public schools in Indiana territory. The American Negro Academy meets in Washington. The National School of Dental Technics holds its seventh annual convention in Philadelphia with thirty two colleges represented. Lewis Case Ledyard of New York donates 5000 to the Lawton fund in memory of his nephew Lieutenant A C Ledyard killed in Negros. In Alabama near Guntarsville Jed Hardin fatally stabs two uncles during a drunken quarrel, and is killed by a bystander.
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Samoa
Harvard College
Chiaries
Cambridge
Mass
Spain
Missouri
Congress
Indiana
American Negro Academy
Washington
National School of Dental Technics
Philadelphia
Cal Joes
Lewis Case Ledyard
New York
Lawton Fund
A. C. Ledyard
Negros
Jed Hardin
James
John C. Hardin
Guntarsville
Ala
Jed
Fire destroys two stores in Fort Wayne blaze
A wholesale and retail china and dry goods firm in Fort Wayne burned yesterday, with the Dewald store the origin. Total loss about 200000 with 185000 insurance. The Kaag and EKaag blocks and stock valued at 34000 14000 and 10000 respectively also damaged. both firms expect to reopen after clearance.
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Fort Wayne
M. F. Kang & Co
George Dewald & Co
Dewald
Dewald Concern
North West
Leaders of United Mine Workers meet in secret
At Indianapolis on December 28 leaders from Ohio Indiana Illinois and Pennsylvania held a secret meeting at the Occidental House. Delegates arrived unannounced and the session was kept quiet with no public-interest topics disclosed. President Mitchell said the talks related to issues to be brought before the January 15 miners and operators convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Occidental Horgys
Mine Workers Journal
Mitchell
Boy Hoodlum? No Farmer Killed In Accident
Rushville Indiana December 28 Stephen Lucas a 17 year old farmer boy was instantly killed while hunting near Goddard Church four miles southwest of the city. He and William Goddard were exchanging guns when Goddard's gun discharged the load entered Lucas head and tore off the back of his skull.
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Rushville
Ind
Stephen Lucas
Goddard Church
William Goddard
Goddard
Lucas
Hole in His Head Claims Life at Princeton
Daniel Johnson a 65 year old Indiana man died after a cartridge exploded while he tried to remove a cap from a loaded shotgun cartridge in a vise. He leaves a wife and several children. The incident occurred near Princeton, Indiana, on December 28.
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Daniel Johnson
Princeton
Ind
Johnson
Mayhem Charge Follows Glass Blower Assault
Logansport Indiana December 28 reports Frank Cantley a Alexandria glass blower faces mayhem charges after brutal attack on Mr and Mrs O M Porsonnett. Cantley claims intoxication and lack of memory of the act. Also in Atlanta Indiana December 28 Miss Della Leonard sues John W Whetstone for 10000 damages over a broken marriage contract and paternity claim. Bedford Indiana December 28 notes two giant quarry stones shipped to Indianapolis for the state soldiers monument statuary groups.
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Logansport
Ind
Frank Cantley
Alexandria Glassblower
O. M Porsonnett
Atlanta
Della Leonard
John W.whetstone
Miss Leonard
Mr. Whetstone
Bedford
Indianapolis
North Side park to be renamed Lawton Park in Fort Wayne
A Fort Wayne council resolution proposes naming North Side park Lawton Park to honor General Lawton. The 15 acre city park is described as among the state's finest and the measure is expected to pass. In Kokomo the case of Edith Quick of Peru, jailed for husband murder, reports a narrow escape from steam suffocation after a radiator break.
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Fort Wayne
North Side Park
Lawton Park
Lawton
Kokomo, U68
Edith Quick
Peru
Indiana Republicans Love-feast Draws Prominent Workers
The Indiana Republicans held a love-feast at the Denison hotel in Indianapolis with many prominent party workers and candidates for state offices in attendance. Chairman Hernly opened the gathering, Senator Fairbanka offered congratulations, and Senator Beveridge forecast Republicans redeeming pledges from St. Louis before next fall's elections. James S. Dodge and other notable workers spoke.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Republicans
Denison Hotel
Indiagua
Hernly
Fairbanka
Beveridge
St. Louis
James 8. Dodge
Brosnan Bros Dry Goods Store Sanitation Fire Destroyed
Indianapolis December 28 Brosnan Bros dry goods store on Washington street was completely ruined by fire with water and smoke. Fire department saved the building and adjacent shops but the Arcade clothing store and William Heerle’s fancy store suffered smoke damage. Loss estimated between 50000 and 75000 dollars.
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Brosnan Bros
Mammoth
Indianapolis
Taylor appoints Kentucky election board members in dispute
Governor Taylor named W. E. Mackay and A. M. J. Cochran as state election commissioners. The Republican electors expect a contest, while Clerk Shackelford will swear in Democratic appointees, making mandamus actions likely. Dems fear court help but regret resignations of Pryor and Ellis.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Taylor
W. E. Mackay
A. M. J. Cochran
Shackelford
Poyntz
Pryor
Ellis
Dispensation Rules for Mixed Catholic Protestant Marriages
Archbishop Kain reports a Rome decree on indulgences does not limit bishops and archbishops from issuing dispensations for mixed marriages. Monsignor Martinelli, apostolic delegate, replied to the archbishop clarifying the issue.
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St. Louis
Kain
Monsignor
Martinelli
Washington
Rome
Death of Joseph Wittgenstein in Manhattan Restaurant
Joseph Wittgenstein aged 60 died suddenly of heart failure while eating oysters at a restaurant on upper Broadway New York. Born in Louisiana he was a planter and during the Civil War served as provost marshal under General Butler. He later helped arrest Butler for defiance of a court summons and joined filibustering expeditions in Nicaragua with General Walker.
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New York
Hart Place at Versailles Burns Down in Absence
Lexington Ky Dec 28 The Hart place at Versailles the grand residence of J H Camden famed thoroughbred breeder burned to the ground yesterday afternoon in his absence with an estimated loss of 25000 dollars.
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Lexington
Hart Place
Versailles
J. H. Camden
Markets Review of Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Prevailing prices on December 27 show dull to steady trading in grains with wheat around 69 cents per bushel in Indianapolis and near 69 1/4 to 70 in Chicago. Corn and oats are mostly steady, while cattle and hog values vary by market with cattle at roughly $3.25 to $3.40 and hogs around $3.35 to $4.40, plus fluctuating lamb and sheep quotes. Livestock prices in Cincinnati New York Chicago reflect active to firm conditions in some categories and weaker or lower in others.
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Chicago
Park
Cincinnacoi
Battle near Montalban routs insurgents in mountains
Colonel Lockett leads 2,500 troops with artillery against insurgents entrenched five miles northeast of San Mateo. After a three hour battle the enemy suffers large losses, four Americans wounded, and the attackers pursue through the hills. The force is linked to those driven from San Mateo when General Lawton was killed. Washington reports planning to ship home Major General Lawton Major John A Logan Jr and Major Armstrong on the transport Thomas leaving December 30 for San Francisco.
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Hilla
San Mateo
Lawton
Manila
Lockett
Montalban
Forty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Leckett
Washington
Ludington
Miller
Quartermaster’s Department
John A. Logan Jr
Armstrong
Thomas
San Francisco
Democracy May Choose Milwaukee or Kansas City for Convention
Elliott Danforth reveals southern sentiment shifts away from Chicago as the 1900 Democratic convention site. He notes leaders prefer Western cities, with Milwaukee leading, and that antitrust and anti imperialism issues gain traction over free silver. He predicts a united Democratic Party nationwide next year.
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Chicago
New York
Elliott Daufurih
Democratic State Committee
Abo. South
Junica EK. Jones
Danforth
South
Milwaukee
Kansas City
North Carolina
Pipeline Reservation Bargain in Pipestone Negotiations
Col James McLaughlin U S Indian inspector recounts Yankton Sioux talks for the Pipestone reservation in Minnesota The Yanktons own the quarry since 1858 with title confirmed in 1893 They sought 3 090 000 but agreed to 25 000 in cattle and 75 000 cash The Indians keep exclusive quarry rights for the prized pipestones used for sacred carvings
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Minneapolis
James McLaughlin
United States Indian
Minn
Greenwood
Missouri River
Yankton
United States
America
Fire destroys Raeptke Leicht Lumber complex in Chicago
A blaze consumed the Raeptke Leicht Lumber company complex including the planning mill pail factory office building and lumber yards in Chicago. The loss is reported at 176000. Dr J R Buchanan has died in San Jose California at age 85 a noted writer on medical and occult sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Raeptke-Leicht Lumber Company
San Jose
Cal
Joseph Rhodes Buchanan
Protestants Can Now Marry In the Philippines
General Ot issued a decree authorizing civil marriages in the Philippines. It allows Protestants and non Christians to marry civilly while Catholic rites remain unaffaced. The action mirrors American practice and does not alter Catholic marriage rights.
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Philippines
Washington
Boot
Catholica
United States
Admiral Schley's flagship arrives in Buenos Ayres
Schley at Buenos Ayres Dec 28. Admiral Schley's flagship the Chicago has arrived and will remain there until further order.
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Schley
Buenos Ayres
Washington
Chicago
ALL LESSEES OF LAND IN INDIAN TERRITORY MUST LEAVE
A Perry Oklahoma Chronicle dispatch reports that on January 1 every lessee of land in the Indian Territory must vacate or face ejectment by U S authorities. Thousands of farmers and cattlemen are affected as laws bar Indians from leasing lands, provoking widespread exodus and alarm in Chickasaw Creek Seminole and Choctaw areas. Congress may seek repeal.
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Indian Territory
Chicago
Chronicle
Perry
O. T
United States
Five Civilized Tribe
Oklahoma
Whitfield
L T
Congress
The Mikado Prepares to Go to War With Russia
News from Victoria and a Shanghai report indicate rising tensions between Russia and Japan with talks of spring hostilities. Japan mobilizes naval forces as rice purchases and transport plans hint at potential action in Korea.
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Czar
Russia
Victoria
B. C
London
Orient
Japan
Korea
Shanghai
Masampo
Scott's Emulsion for Children Content and Benefits
Discusses Scott's Emulsion for children highlighting minerals like lime and soda for strong bones and teeth. Emphasizes growing bodies need easily digested fat found in milk and cream, and stresses attention to the forming stage of development.
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Scott
Scotts Emulsion For Children Health Booster
Scotts Emulsion of cod liver oil and the hypo phosphites of lime and soda is advertised as easier to digest than cream and capable of making children strong, rugged, and hearty. The ad notes a price of one dollar and is issued by Scott and Bowne, chemists of New York.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Chemise
New York
Fresh meat plan for Manila using Australian beef
The navy and Philippine authorities plan a daily fresh meat ration for American troops in Manila. Three ships Culgoa Celtic and Glacier will transport beef and mutton from Brisbane to Manila on a ten day cycle with refrigerated capacity enhanced for this duty.
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Secretary of the Navy
Philippines
Washington
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Manila
Brisbane
Australia
Glacier
Celtic
Tsongkong
Angeles
San Francisco
Miraculous Cure Hailed By Manchester Man
Mr W A Hines of Manchester Iowa reports near fatal lung trouble from exposure and consumption. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery for curing chest and lung disease after years of hemorrhages and weakness. He states it never fails and urges readers to try it with free trial bottles at D Kavel’s Drug store.
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W. A. Hines
Manchester
D. Kavefel
Aunt Lucinda Reflects On Narrow Escape From Marriage
In a chatty reminiscence, Aunt Lucinda recalls avoiding an old suitor she never truly engaged to marry. A bystander jokes about her near engagement, noting she escaped a possibly unhappy union after years of acquaintance.
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Lucinda
Famine Relief Report From India and Advertisements
The viceroy of India reports no rain increase and 22 461 000 natives receive relief. Castoria ad copy features claims and multiple product slogans. New Orleans tax note references regional valuation and a skin salve promise for burns and ulcers.
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India
London
Lord Curzon of
Keddleston
Calcutta
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Guerul Buker
Frere
Colonso
Lord Roberta
Caurcuill
Mudder River
Griquiland
Kuraman
Magerefentein
Times
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Sterkstroom
Cape Colony
WIRE
W. Grove
Mine Workers’ Union
Edwin Lucas
Girls’ Industrial School
Woman's Prison
New York Livestock
Toledo
Locketti
Pipestone Reservation
J. R. Buchanan
Quay
Senate Elections Committee
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate
Children's Home Societies
Qchicago
Children Home Societies
Crow Creek Agency
South Dakota
National Treasury
Treasury
Springfield
Ill
Arkansas
State Association
Spielman Bros. & Co
Foley
Scotts Emulsion
Castoria
New Orleans
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