British Repelled Near Dordrecht Under Heavy Boer Fire
London reports describe deadly Boer shelling around Ladysmith and Colenso as British maneuvers near Dordrecht face disruptions. Dispatches note failed reconnoitering parties, wet conditions, and reinforcements for both sides while 25 000 Boers threaten the line with ongoing activity and African labor movements affecting Cape Colony.
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London
Ladysmith
Buller
Daily Telegraph
Frere
Cdenso
Colenso
Tugela River
Cape Colony
Delagoa Bay
Johannesburg
Sterkatroom
Mont
British Prepare Final Ladysmith Sortie Reported
Despatches from Ladysmith via Pretoria claim the British plan a final sortie and are destroying heavy cannon. Transvaal agents have hoarded milk sugar and coffee, with large orders shipped by French and German steamers. Prices rise sharply and a famine threat looms as the British halt goods from coast ports.
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Ladysmith
London
Daily Mail
Lorenzo Marques
Pretoria
Transvaal
English Troops Retire After Superior Force Engagement
London reports from the Cape Town general officer confirm Methuen's position remains unchanged. Boer forces retreat toward Colesberg and Dordrecht after British reconnaissance engages superior numbers. Montmorency withdraws to Dordrecht with 60 men assisting in defense. One casualty is recorded as seriously wounded. Dispatch adds Kimberley notes three months of food, fruit, vegetables, and plentiful water from Kenilworth.
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London
War Office
Cape Town
Montmorency
Dordreicht
Jen
Daily Mail
Kimberley
Kenilworth
Boers Cause Sparks Toledo Robert Emmett Club Mobilizes Aid
The Robert Emmett club of Toledo launches a moral and financial aid movement for the Boers pledging volunteers if England needs them. Fifty five single men offer services. others are urged to contribute. In London Ladysmith reports Boer bombardment and fortification, with casualties, while Kansas City Germans express sympathy and back Mason Sulzer Cowherd lawmakers.
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Robert Emilliette Club
Toledo
Jan
Robert Emmett
Emmett Guards
Spain
England
Mass meeting in New York backs Boers against England
The united Irish societies of New York and nearby areas filled the Academy of Music for a massmeeting showing sympathy for the Boers and opposition to England over the South African war. Senator Mason of Illinois, Congressman Sulzer, Congressman Cummings of New York and others spoke.
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New York
United Irish Societies of
Academy of Music
England
Mason
Illinois
Sulzer
Cummings
Bechuanaland Farmers Back Boers in Looting Drive
The Daily Mail dispatch from Cape Town reports that ninety five percent of Bechuana farmers in the Vryburg district joined the Boers to loot stores across the region north of the Orange River.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Cape Town
New Party Conference Forms Plan for Christian Political Action
The cen tury conference of Christian men and women meeting in Chicago at Willard hall discussed forming a Christian party under the Young People's Temperance Federation political action department. Rev W D P Bliss urged national unity under Christian reform while Wallace R Struble pressed for a united Christian party at a national convention. Details on the convention site to be announced.
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Chicago
Political Action Department
Young People’s Temperance Federation of American
Willard Hall
W. D. P. Bliss
California
Social Reform Union
Wallace R. Struble
United
Farewell Service Honors Dr W P Thirkield in Atlanta
Inter denominational farewell at Biggell church honors Dr W P Thirkield longtime president of Gammon Theological Seminary and new Epworth League general secretary. Bishop Gaines presided and delivered the address as Thirkield prepares to depart for Chicago next week.
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Atlanta
W. P. Thirkield
Gammon Theological Seminary
Epworth League
Biggell Church
Bishop Gaines
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Thirkield
Chicago
Amnesty Proclaimed by King Humbert in Italy
Rome reports King Humbert grants amnesty to those convicted or charged with crimes against public security and labor freedom as well as political press offences. The pardon covers participants in riots that unsettled Italy earlier this year. Masonic memorial services marked Washington’s death anniversary in New York.
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Rome
Humbert
Italy
New York
George Washington
Purves Accepts Pastorate At Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Brief items note Rev Dr Purves has formally accepted the pastorate of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. Other short telegraphs report wages for Etkhoen West Virginia collieries, a Racine Wisconsin wagon founder’s death, a Chicago cereal mill plan, a British consul resignation in Kansas City, a settlement over Shanghai concessions, a Russian naval fleet policy, and a patent medicine claim for curing la grippe in two days with Laxative Bromo Quinine.
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Dr. Purves
Fifth Avenue
New York
Presbyterian Church
Etkhoen W. Va
Z. G. Fish
Fish Brothers
Racine
Wis
Lotta Head
Clinton
Mills
Chicago
Philip B. Burrough
Kansas City
Great Britain
Frances
United States
Shanghai
China
Bomb Plot Foiled as Manila Awakens to Uprising
In Manila four explosives, firearms, and 6500 rounds of ammunition were found in a central house while police investigated Recarte the insurgent leader. The plan aimed to bomb foreign consuls during General Lawton’s funeral, triggering international crisis. An American advance in Cavite is expected with reports of 2000 insurgents near Imus and strengthened positions at Novaleta and Mount Arayat.
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Manila
Recarte
Lawton
Escortas
Aguinaldo
Cavite
Imus
Novaleta
Schwan
San Francisco de Malabon
Mount Arayat
Cagayan
Llocos
Dagupan
San Fernando
Vigan
Laoag
Aparri
Lloicos
Tinio
Gillmore
Beef Famine Threatens the Klondike at Dawson
Letters from Dawson warn of a beef famine ending December with no fresh meat left. Beef sells at a dollar a pound as meat scarce. Moose and caribou herds are down since Yukon settlement and even Indians struggle to find game. Fresh beef shipped on ice cannot reach Dawson before March 1.
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Dawson
Tacoma
Klondike
Yukon
Serious Complications Over Newfoundland Fisheries Crisis
In St Johns Newfoundland, grave complications threaten between Great Britain and France as the fisheries mora vivendi expires. The colonial legislature cannot meet for weeks, while Parliament faces delay in passing any remedy. France may provoke trouble with the colonial office, heightening tensions.
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France
Great Britain
St. Johns
WN. F
Colonial Office
President Loring E Baker Found Dead Aboard Ship
Hon Loring E Baker president of Yarmouth Steamship Company was found dead in his berth on the overnight New York train as it arrived in Boston. Local authorities started inquiries into the death with Baker’s associates notified. The tragedy occurred shortly after midnight and details are developing.
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Hila
Boston
Loring E Baker
Yarmouth Steamship Company
New York
Parliament Readies New Push Against Franco-American Treaty
In Paris on January 1 the parliamentary opposition and agrarianists prepare a renewed campaign against the Franco-American commercial treaty despite a favorable customs committee report. Deputies from agricultural areas protest minimum tariff grants and fear advantages to American rivals in farming implements cycles machines and wool exports.
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Paris
Agriculturalista
Customs Committee
United States
Wood appoints Cuban secretaries to back administration
Havana reports General Wood has named his secretaries and hopes rival offices will bow out to allow work. Press praise the selections and the secretaries express confidence in a successful Wood administration. Senor Tamayo says the team can lay foundations for the Cuban government and people would not have joined without faith in Wood.
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Havana
Six Hundred Feet to Death Falls Johnson in Calumet Shaft
Andrew Johnson died after plunging 600 feet down a shaft at the Kearsarge mine in Calumet. Partner John Sinco is held on $8,000 bond while a coroner's jury investigates, with suspicions Sinco may have pushed him or been responsible.
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Andrew Johnson
Calumet
Mich
Kearsarge
John Sinco
Sinco
Boutelle improving in Boston doctors report recovery hoped
Bangor reports a letter from Boutelle’s Boston physicians saying his symptoms show improvement and strong hope for complete recovery soon. Savannah item: Mike B Burke, white, 41, a printer, arrested for choking his mother Delia Burke, 64, in squalid two room home.
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Bangor
Boutelle
Boston
Savannan
Mike B. Burke
Delia Burke
Fees Collected by Secretary of State in 1899
Indianapolis reports the secretary of state will hand to the state treasurer about $55 000 from 1899. Of this 18000 comes from incorporations and 7000 from court reports commissions and other small items. The office issued 818 certificates reflecting incorporation increases decreases and consolidations.
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Indianapolis
Traasurer
Insurance Companies In 1899 Con trib contributed to State Revenue
Indianapolis Jan 1 The insurance department of the state auditor's office will pay into the state treasury for six months ending Jan 1 1900 one hundred six thousand eight hundred eighty nine dollars and nineteen cents Of this seventy four thousand six hundred five nine dollars and sixty nine cents came from taxes on insurers and thirty one thousand seven hundred eighty three dollars and fifty cents from agent fees The six month total revenue from insurance companies was two hundred twenty three thousand five hundred ninety one dollars and forty nine cents
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Indianapolis
Insurance Department of the State Auditor's Office
State Treasury
Boiler Explosion at Sausage Mill Kills Woman in Geneva
In Geneva Indiana on January 1 a boiler exploded at the John Haviland sausage mill, wrecking two buildings. Mrs Millette, 64, was killed by flying debris as she sat near a street window. Nancy Maclin, a domestic at the Millette home, was seriously injured. Several men left the factory before the blast. cause is unknown and no insurance coverage reported.
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Spjares
Geneva
Ind
John Haviland
Millette
Nancy Maclin
Wealthy Merchant William C. Kiser Dies by Own Hand
West Point Ind Jan 1 William C Kiser a wealthy merchant aged 54 committed suicide yesterday afternoon by shooting himself on the upper veranda He told his wife he was going for a book and despondency from long illness is given as the cause The act was done with his left hand holding the gun and a stick in his right to pull the trigger.
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West Point
Ind
William C. Kiser
Funeral of Major W Smith Held at Delphi
Major W. Smith late surgeon of the One Hundred and Sixty first Indiana regiment was buried this afternoon in Delphi. Rev Biederwolf of Logansport officiated as chaplain with sorrow expressed by Governor Mount Colonel Dorbin Major Olds and medical friends. James B Ryan brother to Thomas F Ryan noted in Indianapolis.
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Ind
W. Smith
One Hundred and Sixty-first
Indiana
Biederwolf
Logansport
Governor Mount
Dorbin
Olds
Thomas F. Ryan
Indianapolis
Behring Sea Islands
Cleveland
Montana
Harrison
James B. Ryan
Ryan
Five suits filed by ex-employees over Havens & Gisddes fire
At Terre Haute Indiana five lawsuits have been started by former workers injured in the December 19 1898 Havens and Gisddes store fire that destroyed more than a million dollars in goods. The complaints allege the building was unsafe and seek about 30000 in damages.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Havens & Gisddes Company
Montejo Defense Reveals Manila War Errors Before Court Martial
Adaurable Montejo testifies at a courts martial in Chicago about the Manila defeat. He blames the Spanish government for unpreparedness and says Admiral Dewey fought with plan and pencil, leaving Montejo vulnerable. He cites scant torpedoes and a short cable as part of the defense argument.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Montjo
Manila
Dewey
Montejo
Admiral Dewey
Telets
Mosteje
Hong Kong
Wat Hardin Seeks Strong Kentucky Democratic Unity
General P. Wat Hardin, former 1896 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, returns from the northwest to say Kentucky must be organized to avoid remaining a bellwether. He cites past losses due to undemocratic measures and warns that Goebelism is not true democracy, urging decisive action to regain the state.
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Kentucky
Louisville
P. Wat Hardin
Northwest
Hardin
North
New Strikes in Alaska Promise Rich 1889 Gold Rush
Tacoma reports two great Alaska gold discoveries near Dawson in 1889. Rich dirt tests reach up to 90 cents per pan with several bench claims claimed. Swift water Bill Gates among early claimants and Golovin bay creeks yield new rich finds and earnings of up to 1000 dollars daily in September.
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Alaska
Tacoma
Indian River
Dawson
Swift Water
Bill Gates
Golovin Bay
Golovin
Reporter Hilliard Johnson Found Dead in Bath Tub
San Francisco reporter Hilliard F. Johnson of The Chronicle was found drowned in a bath tub at his lodgings. The tub contained water and authorities suspect he fainted and fell in.
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Hilliard F. Johnson
San Francisco
Hilliard F Johnson
the Chronicle
Johnson
Bank Robbery Hits Tolono Five Thousand Stolen
Tolono Illinois January 1 The Bank of Tolono private with president R A Bower and cashier M A Bower was entered by burglars Saturday and 4500 cash taken from the safe About 500 in stamps and postal funds held in a deposit box by Postmaster Campbell were also stolen. In Assumption Illinois a fire destroyed the Illinois State Bank vault remains intact and contents may be saved A clothing store and three other businesses burned total loss about 50000, insured for about half.
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Tolono
Ills
Bank of
Assumption
Illinois State Bank
Dewey to Visit Savannah About March Twentieth
Admiral George Dewey回复s Savannah reception committee with plans to visit the city around March 20 accompanied by Mrs. Dewey. The notice notes the visit is pending and will draw local excitement amid civic events.
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Savannah
George Dewey
Washington
Whale in the Thames Captured in London Grave Bottle Nose Giant
A bottle nose whale about 66 feet long and 11 feet across its body was captured near Albert Docks in the Thames at Galpon's Reach. Tug boats pursued for hours as the monster spouted water and was beached high and dry. about 50,000 watched. The carcass will go to the British Museum.
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London
Thames
Gal- Hon’s Reach
Asaya
New York Journal
Albert Docks
Trip Cock Point
Silvertown
British Museum
International Journal of Petrology Proposed by Global Committee
Yale professor L V Pirsson and J P Iddings of Chicago reported to the seventh international college of geology that the committee has chosen Vienna’s F Becke as president for an international petrology journal. The journal may publish in French German or English and will be managed by a congress appointed committee with an editor and two assistants who will receive salaries.
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New International Journal
L. V. Pirsson
Yale
J. P. Iddings
University of Chicago
Seventh International College of Geolosis
F. Becke
Vienna
New Haven
New York Evening Post
Congress
Cure for Long Cough Promised by Dr King's New Discovery
Annie F Springer of Philadelphia reports a complete cure of a long standing hacking cough after using Dr King's New Discovery. She praises relief from chest pain and sleep disruption and urges others to try the remedy with free trial bottles at C Knoefel's Drug Store.
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Annie F. Springer
Howard Street
Philadelphia
Dr. King
C. D. Knoefel
Buckshead With Locked Horns Battle in Canterbury Woods
A Canterbury woods battle between two bucks ends with one shot killed. The hunter finds the horns of the two deer locked together and drags the fallen foe, then shoots the exhausted survivor. He removes the heads and brings them to McAdam with the antlers fused beyond separation.
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Canterbury Woods
McAdam
St. Andrew's Beacon
SoASBT Bears the Twentonian Hivays Bought tare atee
An expert reports eighty one species of fish in the District of Columbia waters. The New England lobster season runs from spring to the first frosts in December. Doctors’ bills can be reduced by Foley’s Honey and Tar for infants to prevent pneumonia or croup.
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Tare Atee
District of Columbia
New England
Foley
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