De Wet’s Three Years War praised as vivid heroism and humor
A review extols Christiaan De Wet’s Three Years War as an engaging, candid memoir of the Boer leader. It traces his rise from private to commander in chief, notes sharp humor in hardship, critiques Cronjé’s laager error, and condemns Prinsloo’s surrender, praising De Wet’s loyalty and wartime resilience.
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South Africa
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
Charles Scribner's Sons
Christiaan de Wet
Orange State Army
de Wet
Nicholson
Nek
Vereeniging
Poplar Grove
Vechtgeneraal
C. R. de Wet
Cronjé
General the Wet
Funeral of Salem H Wales Attended by Notables
The funeral at St Thomas Church yesterday honored Salem H Wales father in law of Secretary of War Root. Burial followed at Southampton Long Island. Attendees included Union League Club members Cornelius N Bliss George F Baker Henry Bedlow and many others with honorary pallbearers named T S Thomas Charles Stewart Smith Horace Russell and others.
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Salem H. Wales
St. Thomas's Church
Fifty-third-st
Fifth-ave
Ernest M. Stires
Wales
Cornelius N. Bliss
George Bethune Adams
George F. Baker
Henry Bedlow
Supreme Court
James A. Blanchard
William H. Bridgman
Herbert P. Brown
John Proctor Clarke
Henry Clews
William E. Dodge
Joel B. Erhardt
D. O. Mills
John W. Griggs
McDougall Hawkes
Thomas IL. James
Edward C. O’brien
William H. Perkins
George R. Sheldon
William M. Sherman
John Chappin
Whitelaw Reid
William R. Willcox
George S. Terry
T. S. Thomas
Charles Stewart Smith
Horace Russell
William F. Havemeyer
Henry F. Dimock
William L. Andrews
Daniel F. Appleton
Frederic c. Wagner
Verdi’s Rigoletto shines at the Metropolitan Opera House
The Met opened a Verdi program with Rigoletto starring Mme Sembrich in a acclaimed turn. Carlo Dani impressed as a gentle tenor while Signor Scotti’s performance drew mixed reactions to the old fashioned marionette role, as Sembrich’s superb singing carried the evening.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Mme. Sembrich
Carlo Dani
Verdi
Gilda
Sembrich
Philharmonic Society at Carnegie Hall Begins Second Concert
The second concert of the Philhar monic Society is at Carnegie Hall tonight following a public rehearsal yesterday afternoon. The varied program includes Beethoven Coriolan Overture Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Liszt Festklinge Saint Saens Violin Concerto middle movement and Weingartner Second Symphony. Soloist Maud MacCarthy received mixed praise for her performance. Weingartner's symphony blends ultra modern and classical styles with a striking if not thrilling approach.
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Philharmonic Society
Carnegie Hall
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Liszt
Herr Weingartner
Richard Strauss
Coburn & Co Failure Delays Navy and City Projects
In Boston on December 5 a major delay threatens municipal and government work as the contracting firm F G Coburn & Co fails. Estimated liabilities total 150000 dollars with 310 creditors and assets around 62000 dollars. The firm had contracts for two Boston hospitals a Cambridge schoolhouse and two large Charlestown Navy Yard shops. Creditors seek completion of these contracts amid centerbank closure.
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Boston
F. G. Coburn & Co
Central National Bank
Cambridge
Charlestown Navy Yard
Bishop Burgess Pictures Coney Island Moral Revival Plan
At Trinity Church, Bishop Burgess of Long Island urged transforming Coney Island into a wholesome paradise with music healthful amusements and church homes for men and women. He warned against moral graveyards and urged the city to wake to charity beyond capitalists and reflect on a true Jerusalem.
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Coney Island
Bishop Burgess
Long Island
Trinity Church
Satan
New York
Society of St. Andrew
Tiberius
Jerusalem
Obituary of Alonzo Carr Borough Leader and Pioneer
Alonzo Carr of The Bronx died between Wednesday night and Thursday morning after a long illness free of distress. Born November 26, 1830 in Newburg he worked in wholesale groceries then moved to the Harlem area where he built a notable career in hay and feed and grocery trade. A Civil War Union supporter he funded bounties for enlistees and served as a school trustee and volunteer fireman. Carr helped fight canal nuisance near Mott Haven and remained active in local affairs with Morrissania roots and North Side Board of Trade ties. Funeral at 690 East One Hundred Thirty Sixth Street at 2 p m today conducted by Rev Kephardt.
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Alonzo Carr
Bronx
Mr. Carr
Newburg
Odell
Deyst
John Bodine
Harlem
Carr
Union
Mott Haven Canal
Old Town
Morrissania
North Side Board of Trade
Mott Haven
Mr. Kephardt
Navy officer who witnessed Lincoln assassination dies
B W Loring, retired first lieutenant in the United States Navy, died at his home in Owego New York on December 5. He was a witness to President Lincoln’s assassination and helped carry the injured president to the house where he later died.
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Owego
N. Y
B. W. Loring
Leutenant
United States Navy
Lincoln
The Passing Throng and Public Health Debates
A compiled column notes Professor G H Winthrop of Baltimore urging a federal push for pure food reforms citing borax and salicylic acid in meat preservation and calls for rigorous investigation. It also covers New York telephone service complaints, high rates, and delays, plus a New London trader’s account of Azorean Portuguese Black farming colonies near Norwich promoting industrious, educated communities.
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G. H. Win- Forters
Baltimore
Day
Hoffman
Department of Agricuture
Germany
New York
D. J. Santry
New-London
Azores
America
Norwich
Mrs Croll, Chicago-born Alice Maude Whatacre, dies in London
London reports the death of Mrs. W L Croll born Alice Maude Whatacre of Chicago. She and her husband Mr Croll had long resided in London, with her noted presence in musical circles.
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London
W. L. Croll
Chicago
Alice Maude Whatacre
Death of U S Minister Buck in Japan Duck Hunt
Yokohama reports United States Minister Alfred E Buck died suddenly from heart paralysis during a duck hunting trip with the Emperor as hosts. He collapsed after resetting a net, with no groan. Buck had a weak heart and funeral set for the day next. Secretary Ferguson oversees the legalities.
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Yokohama
United States
Alfred E. Buck
Buck
Shinhama
Philadelphia thief sentenced to fifteen years in penitentiary
George Dickinson alias Wescott, a burglar captured after a violent police encounter, was convicted today and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. Police say he admitted about twenty five robberies, with about ten thousand dollars in loot recovered.
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Philadelphia
George Dickinson
Wescott
Dickinson
Doanty
Widow of Brooklyn Lawyer Meeker Dies at 255 Jefferson Ave
Jane E Meeker died suddenly of heart failure at her Brooklyn home 255 Jefferson Avenue on Tuesday morning. Born in 1833 in Metuchen New Jersey she married David E Meeker in 1851 and was a longtime active member of the Reformed Church led by Rev Porter. She leaves one daughter Mrs E S Campbell of New Jersey.
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Jane E. Meeker
Jefferson Ave
Brooklyn
David E. Meeker
S. M
D. E. Meeker
Meeker
Metuchen
N. J
The
Reformed Church
Porter
E. S. Campbell
New Jersey
Potter sacked by union blocked from earning living
Yates and Grape lawyers for William Potter obtained an injunction from Supreme Court Justice Howard. The order directs Frank C. Sheffer, president of the Painters and Decorators Local 62, not to treat Potter as expelled for militia membership and for rioting during a Hudson Valley Railway strike, enabling him to work while the case proceeds.
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Schenectady
N. J
Yates & Grape
William Potter
America
Hudson Valley Railway
Frank C. Sheffer
Supreme Court
Howard
Sheffer
Potter
Swampscott Composer Dr Henry S Cutler Dies at 82
Dr Henry S Cutler a renowned composer and conductor died at his Swampscott summer home. Credited with introducing vested male choirs in the United States he formerly served as organist and choirmaster at Trinity Episcopal Church New York. His hymn The Son of God Goes Forth to War remains his best known work.
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Mass
Henry S. Cutler
Trinity Episcopal Church
New York
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Cutler
Trinity
Another Conviction for Perjury in St Louis Case
After two days of trial Charles Denny a brewer and Suburban Street Railway director and former House member was found guilty of perjury in the Suburban bill affair and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Judge Krum claimed lack of knowledge of a $75 000 deposit for vote buying. Folk argued Denny knew the money existed and thus lied before the grand jury.
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Charles Denny
Suburban Street Railway Company
House of Delegates
Krum
Denny
Lincoln Trust Company
Grand Jury
Circuit
Crew of Alice Reed Arrives After Wreck Off Amagansett
Captain Huntley and the crew of the Alice Reed arrived in New York after their ship ran ashore at Amagansett Long Island. A gale pushed them off course and breakers tore the vessel apart as it struck the outer bar. The crew were saved with all hands, including a small dog carried ashore inside a coat. The wreck lies in five miles of scoured coast with salt cargo.
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Alice Reed
Amagansett
Long Island
Captain Huntley
Billy
Notable Obituaries From Across United States
Charles T Messenger president of Messenger Hardwood Lumber dies from injuries in a runaway accident at Evanston Hospital. Harry Haskell pioneer lawyer and Illinois Wesleyan founder dies at eighty four in Bloomington. M Bellouin secretary to Bishop Tikhon found dead in San Francisco from heart paralysis. Charles Hubbs ex Assemblyman for Montgomery County dies at Rural Grove aged eighty five. survived by brother David Hubbs bank president.
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Charles T. Messenger
Messenger Hard Wood Lumber Company
Evanston Hospital
Bloomington
Harry Haskell
Central Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois Wesleyan University
San Francisco
M. Bellouin
Tikhon
New York
Canajoharle
N. Y
Charles Hubbs
Montgomery County
Rural Grove
Root
David Hubbs
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Cobleskill, N
Redlands Highland Orange Land Company Incorporated
The Redlands Highland Orange Land Company capitalized at 4 500 000 was incorporated in Jersey City yesterday by F P Fay F J Harrington and W J Williams. The company will purchase and deal in farm dairy orchard ranch garden plantation forest nursery vineyard and water bearing lands and carry on a farming dairy and seed raising business.
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Jersey City
F. P. Fay
F. J. Harrington
W. J. Williams
Progress in Russia shows workers seek betterment with state sanction
In St Petersburg a first meeting of workers to discuss improved conditions will occur next Sunday with government approval. Interior Minister von Piehne met a deputation and pledged support. Prince Dolgoroukoff, chair of Soudja District, was deposed and banned from public activity for five years over revolutionary resolutions. Soudja granted the prince its freedom with a banquet. Dispatches note Russia’s push for constitutional reforms stems from agricultural inquiries. Voronezh and Tula committees face arrests by order of Interior Minister von Plehwe for urging a national congress and land remissions.
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Prince Dolgoroukoff
Soudja
Russia
Voronezh
Committee of
Tula
von Plehwe
Katonah Cemetery Body Removal Error Clarified
The Tribune notes a correction stating the article should refer to Katonah Cemetery rather than Kensico. Kensico Cemetery lies about three miles from White Plains, near Long Island, and is not within the Croton watershed.
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Tribune
Katonah Cemetery
New York
Gould to seek injunction over Colorado Fuel and Iron voting
Denver decoded by The Times says George Gould plans to apply for an injunction in New York to stop stock voting at the Colorado Fuel and Iron meeting next Wednesday. He reportedly bought significant Fuel and Iron shares through brokers and cannot identify former owners. If transfers aren’t completed by the books closing Gould cannot vote the stock.
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the Times
George Gould
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
New York
Gould
Newark Man Denied by New Law in Trail with Poachers
Mr. Andrew Albright of Newark New Jersey fights a recently passed law. The note hints at anecdotes about his encounters with poachers and lake pictures, previewing in tomorrow's Tribune.
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Newark
N. J
Tribune
Sothern to Own Welsh Estate on Mt Snowden Slope
Chicago dispatch reports E. H. Sothern, currently at Powers Theatre, will own a Welsh country estate on the west slope of Mount Snowden. The 2000 acre property includes a chalet and hotel he vacationed at, with a price of £15,000.
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E. H. Sothern
Powers Theatre
Wales
Mount Snowden
Great Britain
Wiley to Lecture on Chemistry and Public Health
Dr H W Wiley head of the U S Bureau of Chemistry and Nutrition conducts nutrition research in Washington. He will read The Relation of Chemistry to Public Health at the Hundred Year Club meeting at Hotel Majestic Seventy second Street and Central Park West Tuesday at p m. Discussion to follow by Dr Lederle Dr Cyrus Edson Dr Samuel Wallian Clark Bell and Dr G Lenox Curtis among others.
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Bureau of Chemistry
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Washington
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Central Park West
Lederle
Department of Health
Cyrus Edson
Samuel S. Wallian
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Dietetic and Heienic Gazette
Clark Bell
Edico- Legal Society
G. Lenox Curtis
Rear Admiral Rodgers Relinquishes Command and Heads East
Rear Admiral Frederick K. Rodgers former commander in chief of the Asiatic Squadron relinquished his post and began travel today to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He is to use the New York as flagship with Rear Admiral Casey at San Diego and the Wisconsin available.
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Frederick K. Rodgers
Asiatic Squadron
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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San Diego
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New York
Monsignor Mooney Said Considered as Auxiliary Bishop
A rumor circulated that Archbishop Farley recommended Monsignor Mooney of New York for auxiliary bishop of the diocese. Confirmation was not possible. Farley’s private secretary denied a concession allowing five acts before pallium arrival, stating it merely permits performing archbishop functions without tying power to a set number of occasions.
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Monsignor
Mooney
New York
Silk Flags to Be Unfurled at Annual Dinner
In Society of this city a section of historical flags made of silk and hand embroidered will be formally unfurled at its next annual dinner. Tomorrow's Tribune notes The Pennsylvan purchased a collection…
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Tribune
Pennsylvan
Champion steer sold for over 1900 dollars at Chicago expo
Shamrock grand champion sold to Richard Weaver of New York City at 56 cents a pound on the hoof. Weight 1905 pounds, price 1010. The grand champion carload of 15 Angus steers sold to a Pittsburg firm at 1444 cents per pound, weight 22550 pounds. Village Belle I wins senior champion class and best cow. rabbits hunt party described for tomorrow's Tribune.
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Shamrock
Richard Weaver
New York City
Pittsburg
D. R. Hanna
Village Belle I
G. M. Casey
Ruperta
Weather report summarizes yesterday storm and weekend forecast
Washington reports the storm center moved northeast with hurricane force winds off the South Atlantic and South New England coasts. Temperatures drop along the Atlantic coast, record lows in North Dakota, and snow flurries in the upper Midwest. Saturday outlook includes fair eastern districts, increasing cloudiness in the West, and brisk winds along coasts with storm signals on New England.
New England and Mid-Atlantic Weather Summary
Weather outlook for New England to day and Sunday calls for fair skies with snow in northern areas and diminishing northwest winds. Eastern New York and the three states show fair to day and Sunday with scattered snow in the north, rising temperatures, and easing northwest winds. District of Columbia Maryland, and nearby regions expect fair conditions with light northwest winds becoming variable. Western Pennsylvania reports snow flurries today then fair Sunday with fresh west to northwest winds. Western New York has snow and warmer today, then Sunday fair with colder, fresh west to northwest winds. Barometer and temperature readings are shown. Tribune weather notes include a self recording barometer diagram and a 24 hour Bureau record for temperature compared to last year. Despair is often the creature of a spirit drowned in care. Dr D Jaynes Tonic Vermifuge is recommended.
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Delaware
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Marriages and obituaries listed for December 1902 in New York
Notices of marriages and deaths published with full names and addresses. Beadle Harry H. Beadle aged 74 will be interred at South Congregational Church near Court and President streets. Billings Adeline Sudden death December 4 at 413 West 147th Street. Brightman Catherine E widow of Henry A. Brightman died in New Canaan Connecticut. Carter Martha Howard Thurston widow of Charles M. Carter funeral at 226 Commonwealth Avenue Boston on December 6. Broader lists include Lawrence Lorton union in Trinity Chapel and other notes.
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Harry H. Beadle
Corner Court
President Sts
Brooklyn
Brightman
New Canaan
Conn
Catherine E
Henry A. Brightman
Newport
R. I Carter
Martha Howard Thurston
Charles M. Carter
Boston
Commonwealth Ave
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Mess
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