Boers Take British Post in Cape Colony Fighting
London dispatch reports Lord Kitchener’s telegram detailing Boer actions in Cape Colony. Casualties reach about 60 killed and wounded with 200 prisoners. Boers push into the region while British columns pursue near Utrecht Carnarvon and Standerton rail lines. Fresh commandoes enter the colony as De Wet remains at large and Kimberley holds, with locals divided over support for the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Deer
Tytticton
Kitchen
Reeves
Bel- Tast
Thelvetin
Machidadlerp- Lydenburg
Liverpool Iment
Tord
Kitchener
Cane Colony
Utrecht
Carnarvon
de Lisle
Thorneycreaft
Veniersdorp
Clements
Rustenburg
Standerton
Vani Scaticon
White
Senekal
Wnox
3Ove
de Wet
Helvetia
Datv- Mil
Lord Nitehener
England
Kimberley
Lydenburg
Cape Colony
Zeerust
Ottoshoop
Tate ‘atenbuFs
Keelig Versdorp
Ite
Magalies Berg
Nooitgedacht
Ribhonde
Durban
Dee
Canada
Natal
Johannesburg
Burghersdorp
Colony
Sknaapdaar
Stevnsburg
de Wat
Lonndlon
Rey Wnestad
Colville
Warrant Issued for Dr Te Water Over Seditious Speech
London dispatch reports a warrant issued against Dr Te Water, ex Lehreiner Cabinet member, jailed on charges of delivering a seditious speech at Graaf-Reinet inciting rebellion amid the Boer invasion. The Telegraph correspondent says this marks the start of a broad crackdown and martial law spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Te Water
Lehreiner
Graaf-Reinet
Cape Town
Daily Telegraph
Chamberlain declines Maoris for South Africa service
London dispatch reports Mr. Chamberlain has declined the Maoris’ service for South Africa according to a Wellington, New Zealand source. The note frames a cautious stance on colonial forces and cross imperial recruitment amid wartime pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Burlington man James H. Birch Jr. returns from South Africa
James H. Birch Jr., a Burlington Vermont manufacturer, arrived aboard the Minneapolis from London after spending most of the year in South Africa. He traveled widely in the country reaching Bulawayo before the war. Birch notes his experiences and plans following his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Birch, Jr
Burlington, Vt
South Africa
Minneapolis
London
Bulawayo
Mr. Birch
Today’s Market Prices and Page Layout Notes
Wheat No 2 red 80c corn No 2 mixed 45c oats No 2 mixed 28c cotton middling 105-? iron Northern No 1 foundry $16 butter Western creamery 95c. Commercial affairs page 11 amusements page 7 arrivals at hotels and out of town buyers page 3 court calendars page 10 losses by fire page 3 marine intelligence and foreign mails page 3 real estate page 11 weather report page 2 yesterday’s ire page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pire
Pire.—Page 3. Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails
Weather Report
South Africa Market Hope Touted by Analyst
The analyst predicts South Africa will become a top market for American manufactured goods and expects the crisis to clear by March as Lord Kitchener directs British strategy. He criticizes Lord Roberts as lenient and says the guerrilla war may end swiftly. He also notes limited British and Boer atrocity reports and sympathy for Gen. Colvile amid War Office tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Lord Roberts
Colvile
London
Henry Wolvile
War Office
Yeomanry
Lindley
Lake Megantic_forced back to Queenstown amid gale damage
The British steamer Lake Megantic, carrying Canadian mails and hundreds of passengers, endured a twenty hour gale off Queenstown. Steering gear failed, lifeboats were lost, and a crew member was killed. Capt Taylor returned to Queenstown then planned to sail for Liverpool with tugs sent from Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beohy
Cant
Taylor
Queenstown
Beaver Company
Lake Mégantice
Liverpool
Lake Superior
Mersey
Philippine Rebels Taken in Luzon Scoutings
Philippine scouts report heavy insurgent captures across Luzon with American troops sustaining no casualties. The Fourth Regiment seized sixty natives in Cavite while Gen Wheaton reports captures and fires at Gremorio's camp near San Antonio. Gen Funston notes five insurgents killed near Gayasan, with dozen killed and eight wounded elsewhere. Detachments search Mount Arayat and raid insurgent camps, capturing papers from their leader’s camp at Forty-first Infantry location. Capt Mendoza and thirty men surrender at Sandico command. Eleventh and Ninth Cavalry destroy camps in Camatines district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maniba
Luzon
Cavite
Wheaton
Gremorio
Penisula
San Antonio
Funston
Gaysan
Moriones
Grant
Mount Arayat
Alejandrina
Forty-first Infantry
Aliaja
Mendoza
Sandico
Camatines
Filipino Veracity Questioned by Capt Newton
WEST SUPERIOR Wis Dec 30 In a Philippines letter Capt Harry W Newton recalls rising native aggression during the year and cites a brutal incident where twenty two of a Twenty fourth detachment were captured with sixteen falling into enemy hands One man was mutilated and skinned alive while still alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Superior
Wis
Philippines
Harry W. Newton
Mexican Bandits Killed in Chihuahua Dispatch
An American mining man G. E. Keerney, travelling to his mine in Paral district Chihuahua with thousands of dollars for miners, was attacked by two Mexicans. He fired at close quarters and killed both assailants in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Chihuahua
Mexico
G. E. Keerney
Paral
Keerney
Matrimonial Swindle Pair Arrested in Milwaukee
Charles Bach and Emma Bucher were arrested on a new matrimonial agency swindle. Bucher texted and engaged men then dropped them to claim money or jewelry, while Bach allegedly did the same with women. Police have names of three witnesses. A Michigan farm youth pledged a diamond ring she returned as a paste gem worth 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Charles Bach
Emma Bucher
Michigan
Result of Flying Leap on Forty second Street Car
Jacob Stockinger of 44 Sutton Place rode a westbound Forty second Street car and signalled the stop. Timothy Carlos of White Plains leaped to board the still moving car and fell as Stockinger tried to aid him. Stockinger broken leg and possible skull fracture. Carlos nose broken and other injuries. Both taken to Fower Hospital. Conductor William McNamara arrested on disorderly conduct charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Stockinger
Sutton Place
William McNamara
Timothy Carlos
White Plains
N. Y
Stockinger
Carlos
Fower Hospital
Cudahy Kidnapper Fully Identified by Witness
John Smith a broommaker at Schneider wind Broom Factory positively identified Pat Crowe as the man who rented the Schneiderwind house on Grover Street used as a prison for Eddie Cudahy during the $25 000 ransom case Smith known Crowe for ten years and said he would recognize him anywhere The motive remains the same and detectives seek the buggy used by the abductors as part of the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Dec
John Smith
Schneiderwind Broom Factory
Pat’ Crowe
Schneiderwing
Grover Street
Eddie” Cudahy
Smith
Pat Crowe
Crowe
KE. A. Cudahy
Packer
Met
Cudahy
Sls South Thirty-seventh Street
John C. Cowin
Gilty
Bulet
John S. Cowin
Mr. Cudahy
Gen. Cowin
Kidnapped Boy Reported Missing in Michigan Copper Region
The five year old son of Mrs. Raymond Thiery of Pollar Bay is kidnapped in Houghton. Authorities, with a large posse, search the copper region hoping to intercept the suspect before he crosses the state line toward Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton, Mich
Raymond Thiery
Pollar Bay
Copper
Canada
Indiana's oil output records year 1900 surpasses prior
Wabash Indiana December 30 special to The New York Times reports the Indiana oil field had its most prosperous year in 1900 with 2923 wells drilled, 740 dry. The rise over 1899 equals 740. Total well costs reached 4 740 800 dollars and dry hole spending 1 624 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Wabash
Ind
Indiana
Maine Divorces Tightened as State Eyes Reform
Special to The New York Times Bangor Me December 30 Maine moves to curb migratory and carpet bag divorces with a uniform procedural bill. The measure bans star chamber hearings and requires open court sessions. A decree nisi for absent defendants becomes final only after six months to allow objections and prevent false testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Maine
Star Chamber
Denmark Denies Sale of Danish Antilles to Germany
Copenhagen officials deny Germany negotiating to buy the Danish Antilles. A high official says if the islands are to be sold the purchaser will be the United States, and no other power, with the implication that all will be sold or none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Germany
Antilles
United States
Speedy Service to St Louis by Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers a short line to the West and Southwest in its daily service from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Adv
London Stock Market Faces Fresh Bankruptcies and Falls
London brokers expect six more firms to suspend tomorrow amid gloom over the market. Bear selling from Adelaide and Whitaker Wright shares provoked a sharp decline, with London and Globe Finance Corporation attempting to squeeze bears but unable to fund large share blocks. Financial News notes possible £800,000 needed, while a group reportedly offered £500,000 to ease the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Whitaker Wright
London and Globe Finance Corporation, Limited
Daily Telegraph
Lake View
Adelaide
The
Financial News
London and Globe Finance Corporation
On- Group
New Vancouver Railroad Aims From Vancouver Eastward
Victoria Vancouver and Eastern Railway Company forms to build a line through the Kootanai mining district in British Columbia. Government pledges subsidy restoration of 4000 dollars per mile for 50 miles. Survey work to begin once subsidy is renewed. Route from Vancouver to Princeton via Fraser River and Tulameen River headwaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Washington
Victoria, Vancouver and Eastern Railway Company
Vancouver
Kootanai
Old Dominion
British Columbia
New Westminster
Frazer River
Frazer
Hope
Coquehala
Coldwater
Otter
Tulameen
Princeton
Midway
Grand Forks
Ready to Wed Ninth Husband Evansville Story
Mrs George Boyden of Newburg Warwick County has married nine times in twenty years. Her eight prior husbands met deaths or divorces after marriages. three suicides followed marriages and two died naturally. Last night her husband, recently divorced but reconciled, kissed her farewell and leapt into a cistern. He had not remarried when she hinted at a new union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
George Boyden
Newburg
Warwick County
Boyden
New. Haven
Conn
Bessie Small
Isaac Alpert
Alpert
Frommer
Commerce Street
Gane Aes
Lee
Colorado Gold Production Reaches 29 Million in 1900
Colorado ends the century with gold output totaling 29,226,108 dollars, near the previous year's peak but higher than conservative early estimates. The 1900 bullion mix shows gold at 26,265,467 dollars, silver 13,993,508, copper 1,401,722, and zinc totals adding further, with gains across multiple districts and a potential 32.5 million by next year if the trend continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Colorado
United States Mint
Century's Progress Shown by Pennsylvania Limited Equipment
The Century's Progress is exemplified in the equipment of the Pennsylvania Limited. It leaves New York daily for Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Limited
New York Daily
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
China Accepts Powers Joint Note Amid Terms Quest
Peking December 30 Chinese plenipotentiaries are ordered to sign the preliminary joint note while seeking best terms. The Emperor instructs full agreement but aims to limit legation guards and army posts along the railway, and to avoid forts, preferring disarmament. Li Hung Chang’s health limits action as Prince Ching takes lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Dee
Li-Hung-Chang
Prince Ching
Chinese Emperor negotiates halt to hostilities in Peking dispatch
The Havas Agency reports from Peking that Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang presented an imperial edict to foreign envoys stating China accepts a joint note and authorizes them to negotiate and seek a suspension of hostilities. A second dispatch says Emperor Kwang Su wishes the court to return to Peking by late February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Ching
Li-Hung-Chang
China
Li-Kung-Chang
Havas
Emperor Kwang Su
Peking
Chinese accept joint note conditions amid unrest in China
Dr Morrison reports from Peking that the Chinese have accepted all terms of the joint note and will send a formal envoy to begin negotiations, with military operations to cease. Li Hung Chang is improving but shaken as five expeditions operate and reports show rising disorder and opposition to decentralizing authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Times
Peking
Morrison
Li-Hung-Chang
No Negotiations on China Indemnities Arbitration
In St. Petersburg on December 30 it is reported there have been no negotiations between the United States and Russia regarding arbitrating China indemnities. The issue will not be pressed until talks in Peking proceed, though Russia is believed still inclined to support arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
China
United States
Russia
Peking
Imperial Court Reported Returning to Peking
Reports from Shanghai claim the Imperial Court plans to return to Peking with ninety carts dispatched to Tai-Yuen-Foo to fetch the imperial party. Emperor Kwang-Su is said to summon Hu-Ping-Chih to Sian-Foo to accompany him. Meanwhile a Mohammedan rising in Kan-Soo spreads as Hu-Nan troops brace for rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Peking
Tai-Yuen-Foo
Kwang- Su
Hu-Ping-Chih
Shan-Si
Sian-Foo
Kan-Soo
Hu-Nan
Missionaries Long Journey Meets At New York Pier
Secretary and treasurer Rodgers of the Albany City Tract and Missionary Society awaited the steamship New York at the American Line pier for his daughter Mary, wife of missionary Frans August Larsen of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Larsen, born in Stockholm, Sweden, had never been in America before after eight years in China and Mongolia, where he served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodgers
Albany City Tract and Missionary Society
American Line
New York
Mary
Frans August Larsen
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Mr. Larsen
Stockholm
Sweden
America
China
Mongolia
Escaped Kalgan family flees Boxer massacres via Mongolia to Albany
Mrs Larsen relates a perilous escape with her husband and twenty four others from Kalgan on June 11. They traveled by camel carts and horses into Mongolia then Kiatchka and the Trans Siberian Railroad to St Petersburg. From there they visited Stockholm and plan to go to Albany and her father’s home at 78 Livingston Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalgan
Watch City
Larsen
Larsens
Mongolia
China
Great Wall
Mary
Catherine
Campbell
Mrs. Larsen
Kalgar
Cygisul Campbell
Malgan
Whalgan
Kiatchka
Siberia
St. Petersburg
Stockholm
Albany
Livingston Avenue
Protest by Dr Morrison on German harshness in China
Dr Morrison wires The Times from Peking detailing a strong protest against German actions in China. He accuses Berlin of harrying civilians to raise funds for military expenses and criticizes Count von Waldersee for breach of faith over occupation areas. He warns of a spring expedition to Sian-Foo and unrest in the Yangtse valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Peking
Morrison
The
Times
Count von Waldersee
Li-Hung-Chang
Chi-Li
Tsang- Chau
Yung-Ching
Sian-Foo
Yang-t'se
Germans Kill Forty Chinese Troops Near Man-Chang
German forces killed forty Chinese troops near Man-Chang northwest of Pao-Ting-Foo. They suffered no casualties. The incident fuels mistrust among natives who fear a forced serious engagement with German forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Man-Chang
Pao-Ting-Foo
Chinese plenipotentiaries directed to sign joint note
Washington officials welcome word that Chinese plenipotentiaries may have signed the joint note but Wu Ting Fang expresses uncertainty on its meaning. He believes the Emperor may want friendly talks with envoys to refine terms and seek the best outcome within the stated lines and others noted in the cable. No new word from Conger on the note’s status since his recent cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Peking
Conger
Mr. Conger
Public game preserve eyed in Pike County lands
Pennsylvania plans a large public game preserve by purchasing unsettled lands at tax sales in Bloomingrove and Porter Townships Pike County. Wealthy New York clubs have barred locals from hunting and fishing, prompting a Forest Commission stance that lands are for all citizens under law. Local sportsmen recall Hazen v Bloomingrove Park Association and Milord residents plan to seek charter revocation in Pike County Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Jervis
N.Y
Pennsylvania
Bloomingrove
Porter
Pike County
New York
Forestry Commission
Charles Hazen
Bloomingrove Park Association
Hazen
Ploommore Township
Milord
Penn
Mrs Nation Refuses Bail in Wichita Case
Carrie Nation, noted temperance advocate, refuses bail. She says she will not leave jail until cleared of charges and accuses the W C T U of withdrawing efforts for her release. Nation warns she will demolish saloons and furniture in other Kansas cities if released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Carrie Nation
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Fire Aids Escape Attempt From White Plains Jail
About 100 prisoners at the Westchester County Jail in White Plains staged a fire in a lower tier as two inmates allegedly ignited straw and led others to help burn and flee. Jailer Johnson refused entry into the cage, insisting the escape plan would fail. prisoners suffered burns but failed to gain escape. Burnz, jailed for life for murder, appeared calm, hoping for Sing Sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
Westchester County
White Fiains
Edgar Channing Burna
Randall Ward
Peekskill
Gus de Wett
Mount Vernon
Johnson
Myndert .Starin Jarvis
Frank Jarvis
Burnz
White Plwiss
Jarvis
Breese
Brunz
Sin Sing
Penny Lunchrooms Boost Chicago Hunger Relief Plan
Chicago report details St. Luke's Society experiment at 20 Clark Street lunchrooms offering 1 cent meals with coffee and buns. Aimed at feeding up to 30,000 daily, the plan envisions 725,000 to 30,000 daily meals as rooms expand citywide before winter. Society seeks to curb liquor and drug addiction through accessible food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iminger
Penny
Clark Street
St. Luke's Society
Miller
Forward Movement Department
St. Luke Society
United States
Canada
Chicago Volunteers of America feed 5000 at Christmas dinner
Five thousand hungry men women and children were fed at the Christmas dinner given by Post No 1 of the Volunteers of America in Chicago. The fourteenth annual event drew newsboys as preferred guests with subscriptions funded by prominent donors. Brig Gen Fielding presided as volunteers served from long parallel rows of tables with turkey potatoes cranberry sauce pie and cake until late evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Volunteers of
America
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Philippine
H. W. Newton
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Danish Antilles
Sale
NEW Vancouver Railroad
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Kootenai
Mally
de Cologan
Li-Hung- Chang
Paris
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