De Wet’s Three Years War a Red Blooded Boer Saga
Review praises Christiaan De Wet’s Three Years War as a vivid personal diary of a former private turned general. It chronicles his views on Cronjé’s laager, Prinsloo’s surrender, humor amid hardship, and a call for loyalty to the new order, highlighting De Wet as the Boer ideal.
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South Africa
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
Charles
Christiean de Wet
Orange State Army
de Wet
Nicholson
Oaenelay
Poplar Grove
Vechtgeneraal
Prinsloo
M. Prinsios
C. R. de Wet
Cronjé
England
Funeral of Salem H. Wales at St Thomas Church
The funeral of Salem H. Wales was held yesterday at St Thomas Church Fifty third street and Fifth avenue conducted by Rev Dr Ernest M Stires. Wales father in law of Secretary of War Root attended with many prominent business men and Union League Club members. Burial took place at Southampton Long Island.
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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 Agams
George F. Baker
Henry Bedlow
Supreme Court
James A. Blanchard
William H. Bridgman
Herbert P. Brown
John Proctor Clarke
Henry Clews
William E. Pcr
Joel B. Erhardt
D. O. Mills
John W. Griges
McDougall Hawkes
Thomas L. James
Edward
Potter Challenged by Union as Militia Member Faces Ban
Schenectady New York December report states William Potter expelled by Local No. 62 Painters Decorators and Paperhangers for militia membership and Hudson Valley Railway strike involvement. An injunction directs Frank C. Sheffer not to treat Potter as nonmember, preventing loss of livelihood. Sheffer offered no comment. Also noted is a St Louis conviction of Charles Denny for perjury linked to the Suburban Street Railway deal, with two years in penitentiary after testimony of good character and dispute over $75,000 deposits.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Ates & Grape
William Potter
No. 62
America
Hudson Valley Railway
Frank C. Sheffer
Supreme Court
Howard
Sheffer
Potter
St. Louis
Charles Denny
Suburban Street Railway Company
House of Delegates
Krum
Denny
Lincoln Trust Company
Redlands Highland Orange Land Company Incorporated
The Redlands Highland Orange Land Company with capitalization of 34500000 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 seed raising band carry on any business.
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Redlands-Highland Orange Land Company
Jersey City
F. P. Fay
F. J. Harrington
W. J. Williams
Removal of Bodies From Katonah Cemetery Error
A Tribune note corrects a Thursday article naming Kensico Cemetery instead of Katonah Cemetery in reporting on the New York Watershed Commission removal of bodies. Kensico Cemetery lies near White Plains and Long Island sightlines, not within Croton watershed.
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Tribune
Katonah Cemetery
New York
Denial of Andrew Albright in Newark Faces Law
A Newark New Jersey resident, Mr. Andrew Albright, has been denied under a newly enacted law. The story promises details of his battle against the measure, anecdotes about encounters with poachers, and lake pictures, with more to come in tomorrow's Trib-.
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Andrew Albright
Newark
N. J
Sothern to own Welsh country estate on Mount Snowden
Chicago dispatch reports actor E. H. Sothern, in residency at Powers Theatre, will acquire a 2000 acre Welsh estate on Mount Snowden's west slope. The property includes a chalet and hotel used by Sothern for vacations, valued at £15,000.
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Chicago
E. H. Sothern
Powers Theatre
Wales
Mount Snowden
Great Britain
Rear Admiral Rodgers Relinquishes Command En Route East
San Francisco December 5 Rear Admiral Frederick K Rodgers former commander in chief of the Asiatic Squadron has relinquished his command and started today for the Brooklyn Navy Yard Rear Admiral Casey now at San Diego and the Wisconsin have been advised that the New York flagship is at his disposal as his DP
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San Francisco
Frederick K. Rodgers
Asiatic Squadron
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Casey
San Diego
Wisconsin
New York
Historical silk flags to be unfurled at annual dinner
The society plans to display silk flags hand embroidered for the next annual dinner. The Tribune notes preparations in the city as readers await the formal unfurling and related ceremonies. A related item mentions a Pennsylvanian purchase of a collar.
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Nin Society
Tribune
Pennsylva
Verdi's Rigoletto Shines at Metropolitan Opera House
The Met staged Rigoletto with Mme Sembrich delivering an adored performance and Carlo Dani debuting a gentle tenor. Dani's vocal restraint contrasts with German colleagues' loud declamation, while Sembrich's haunting aria elevates the production though Gilda remains a colorless figure who dies offstage in a status-quo ending.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Mme. Sembrich
Carlo Dani
Verdi
Gilda
Sembrich
Philharmonic Society concert at Carnegie Hall evening review
The second concert of the Philhar monic Society at Carnegie Hall offered a varied program including Beethoven Coriolan Overture Mendelssohn violin concerto Liszt Festklinge Saint Saëns second violin concerto movement and Weingartner Second Symphony. Soloist Maud MacCarthy drew mixed praise for a modest performance. Weingartner’s score showed modern touches shaded by classical influence with vivid color and vigor but limited idea.
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Philharmonic Society
Carnegie Hall
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Liszt
Herr Weingartner
Richard Strauss
Coburn & Co. Failure Delays Navy and City Projects
Boston December 5 A major contractor F G Coburn and Co fails delaying municipal and government work. Mobilities reach about 150 000 with half due to Central National Bank and the rest to 71 creditors. Assets estimated at 62 000. The firm built two Boston hospitals a Cambridge schoolhouse and two large Charlestown Navy Yard shops. Efforts seek creditor completion of contracts. Failure linked to Central National Bank closure.
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Boston
F. G. Coburn & Co
Central National Bank
Cambridge
Charlestown Navy Yard
Philadelphia thief sentenced for multiple robberies
George Dickinson alias Wescott, arrested after a tense clash with a policeman, was tried and convicted in Philadelphia and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. Police linked him to sixty robberies but secured evidence in twenty five. About $10,000 worth of loot was recovered.
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Philadelphia
George Dickinson
Wescott
Dicknson
Dickinson
Crew of Alice Reed Reaches City After Shipwreck
Captain Huntley and crew of the Alice Reed arrived in New York after the vessel ran ashore at Amagansett Long Island during a gale. The ship broke apart with the main and foremasts failing, crew saved, and a small dog saved from the surf. Cargo was salt and no salvage effort was planned.
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Captain Huntley
Alice Reed
Amagansett
Long Island
Billy
Alice Read, Yates & Porterfield
Gould Seeks Injunction Over Colorado Fuel and Iron Stock
Denver reports The Times states George Gould plans to file in New York for an injunction to prevent voting stock at the Colorado Fuel and Iron meeting next Wednesday. Gould, who has reportedly bought substantial stock through brokers, aims to block voting if transfers aren’t completed before the books close.
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Denver
The
Times
George Gould
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
New York
Gould
Wiley to Lecture on Chemistry and Public Health
Dr H W Wiley chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Bureau of Agriculture lectures on The Relation of Chemistry to Public Health at the Hundred Year Club monthly meeting at the Hotel Majestic Seventy eighth and Central Park West on Tuesday at p m. Discussants include Dr Lederle Dr Cyrus Edson Dr Samuel Walian Clark Bell Dr G Lenox Curtis and others.
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H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Bureau of Agriculture
Washington
Hundred Year Club
Hotel Majestic
Seventyee
Central Park West
Lederle
Department of Health
Cyrus Edson
Samuel 8. Wailian
The
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette
Clark Bell
Edico- Legal Society
G. Lenox Curtis
Monsignor Mooney Seen As Possible Auxiliary Bishop
Rumor circulated that Archbishop Farley recommended Monsignor Mooney of New York as auxiliary bishop. If true, Mooney would likely be appointed, though confirmation was not possible. Farley's secretary denied any special concession allowing limited acts before the pallium, clarifying it permits full functions without a cap.
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Farley
Monsignor
Mooney
New York
A Moral Graveyard at Coney Island Vision
Bishop Burgess urged transforming Coney Island into a paradise with wholesome amusements and a church backed home for men and women. He warned against moral graveyards and contrasted secular charity with spiritual renewal, while lamenting capitalist indifference to such works.
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Coney Island
Bishop Burgess
Long Island
Trinity Church
Satan
New York
Society of St. Andrew
Tiberius
Jerusalem
Obituary for Alonzo Carr Bronx pioneer and civic leader
Alonzo Carr a longtime Bronx resident died between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Born November 26 1830 in Newburg he worked in wholesale groceries and later hay and feed stores. A Civil War supporter a school trustee and volunteer fireman he helped abate the Mott Haven Canal nuisance and promoted borough improvements. Funeral today at 2 pm at his home 690 East 136th Street with Rev Kephardt officiating.
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Alonzo Carr
Bronx
Mr. Carr
Newburg
Odell
Deyst
John Bodine
Harlem
Carr
Union
Mott Haven Canal
Old Town
Morrisania
North Side Board of Trade
Mott Haven
Mr. Kephardt
Widow of Brooklyn Lawyer Meeker Dies at 88
Jane E Meeker died suddenly of heart failure at 255 Jefferson avenue Brooklyn on Tuesday morning. Born in 1833 in Metuchen New Jersey she moved to Brooklyn in 1851 and was active in the Reformed Church under Rev Porter. She leaves a daughter Mrs E S Campbell of New Jersey.
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Jane E. Meeker
Jefferson Ave
Brooklyn
David B. Meeker
S. M
D. E. Meeker
Meeker
Metuchen
N. J
The
Reformed Church
Porter
E. 8. Campbell
New Jersey
Dr Henry S Cutler Dies In Swampscott Mass Composer of Vest
Dr Henry S Cutler a Swampscott resident and former organist choirmaster at Trinity Church New York died at his summer home. He conceived the vested male choir idea during King Edward VII's 1860 visit to this county inspiring a national trend. His hymn The Son of God Goes Forth to War is among his best known works.
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Swampscott
Mass
Henry S. Cutler
Trinity Episcopal Church
New York
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Cutler
Trinity
Notable Obituaries From Across the Nation
Several prominent figures died today: Charles T. Messenger of Messenger Hard Wood Lumber Company in Chicago after a runaway accident injuries. Harry Haskell, 84, Bloomington lawyer who partnered with Adlai E. Stevenson and helped found Illinois Wesleyan University. M. Bellouin, secretary to Bishop Tikhon, San Francisco, died of heart paralysis. Charles Hubbs, 85, ex Assemblyman of Canajoharie Rural Grove and longtime justice of the peace, survived by brother David Hubbs of Cobleskill bank family.
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Chicago
Charles T. Messenger
Messenger Hard Wood Lumber Company
Evanston Hospital
Bloomington
Harry Haskell
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois Wesleyan University
San Francisco
M. Bellouin
Tikhon
New Yor Canajoharie
N. Y
Charles Hubbs
Montgomery County
Rural Grove
Root
David Hubbs
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Cobieskill
Progress in Russia Seeks Worker Meetings Sanctioned
In St Petersburg a petition to the governor aims to hold a first meeting of workmen next Sunday to discuss better conditions with official sanction. Interior Minister von Piehne accepted the deputation’s thanks and pledged support. Prince Dolgoroukoff, ousted from Soudja district, faces five years police supervision for revolutionary acts. The town granted him its freedom and a banquet. Dispatches note broad Russian demand for constitutional reforms and local liberty. Veron and Tula committees see members arrested by order of Interior Minister von Plehwe for calling a national congress and waiving peasant land payments.
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St. Petersburg
von Piehne
Prince Dolgoroukoff
Soudja
Russia
Veron
Committee of
Tula
von Plehwe
Champion steer sold for over 1000 dollars at expo
Shamrock the grand champion steer sold at 56 cents a pound live weight to Richard Weaver of New York City. Weight 1305 pounds, price 1010 dollars and 9 cents. Grand champion carload of fifteen Angus steers sold to a Pittsburg firm at 1444 cents per pound, total weight 22550 pounds. Village Belle I won shorthorn cow class over Ruperta, also taking senior champion class and best cow of any age.
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Chicago
Shamrock
Richard Weaver
New York City
Pittsburg
D. R. Hanna
Village Belle I
G. M. Casey
Ruperta
Far Western rabbit hunt party celebrated with vivid photos
Graphic account with excellent photos of a large rabbit hunting party in the Far Western States, organized to exterminate rabbits. Describes the event and atmosphere as it prepares for tomorrow's Tribune.
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Tribune
Passages On Food Safety And Telephony In Early Reports
The item cites Professor G H Winfor ters of Baltimore urging a government probe into meat preservation using borax and salicylic acid, warning of health risks. It also covers New York telephone service complaints about delays and high local call rates, plus observations by Captain D J Santry on Azorean Black colonial farming communities near New London and Norwich.
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G. H. Win- Forters
Baltimore
Day
Hoffman
Department of Agriculure
Germany
New York
D. J. Santry
New-London
Azores
America
Norwich
Death of United States Minister Buck in Japan
Alfred E. Buck, the United States minister, died suddenly in Yokohama from heart paralysis during a duck hunt on the Shinhama preserves. He collapsed after motioning to reset a net, with no groan or word. Buck had long suffered heart weakness. Mrs. Buck was absent from the party. Buck was esteemed in Japan, and government flags fly at half mast. Funeral set for the day following. J. M. Ferguson oversees the funeral arrangements.
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Yokohama
United States
Alfred E. Buck
Buck
Shinhama
Japan
Ee J. M. Ferguson
Weather report from Washington on yesterday's storm and forecast
The storm centered southeast of Nova Scotia moved northeast with hurricane winds off the South Atlantic and South New England coasts. Forecast calls for fair weather inland with snow in upper lake region and light rain on the West slope, colder in New England and Middle Rocky Mountain region, and variable winds along coasts. Storm signals remain on the New England Coast.
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Carolinas
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South New England
Nova Scotia
Maine
Pennsylvania
New York
Upper
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
North Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
New England
Middle Rocky Mountain
North Bakora
Plains
Lake Regio
Weat
Missouri Wall
Mississippi
Missouri
Middle
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
European
Grand Banks
Forecast for Today and Sunday for Northeastern States
Fair to day and Sunday across New England and Eastern states with snow in northern portions. Temperature rising gradually in eastern New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. D.C. and Maryland see fair weather with light to variable winds. Western Pennsylvania and Western New York show snow flurries today, then fair tomorrow with winds shifting west to northwest. Tribune local observations include barometer and temperature charts with Perry’s Pharmacy readings and Weather Bureau data for the past 24 hours.
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New Jersey
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District of Columbia
Maryland
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The
Tribune
Perry
Aia
BEADLE Lorton Billings Carter funeral notices and weddings
Lawerence Lorton ceremony at Trinity Chapel on December 4 1902. Beadle Beadle Beadle and Stiger listed among names. Beadle on December 3 1902 Colonel Harry H Beadle aged 74 funeral at South Congregational Church Essen North Carolina December 6 1902. Billings Adeline G widow of Edward K Billings funeral at 413 West 147th Street December 4 1902. Carter Martha Howard Thurston widow of Charles M Carter funeral at 228 Commonwealth Avenue Boston December 6 1902 with burial in Lancaster Massachusetts.
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Beadle
Harry H. Beadle
Corner Court
President Sts
Essen
N. C
Billings
Adeline G
Edward K. Billings
West 147Th St
Boston
Newport
Carter
Martha Howard Thurston
Charles M. Carter
Bos “Ton
Commonwealth Ave
Burtil
Lancaster
Mass
Hotels listed for Tribune readers abroad reading rooms
A notice catalogs hotels in Europe and the Atlantic region where Tribune readers abroad may use reading rooms. It lists venues in London Paris Italy and more and includes post office notices on foreign mails and shipment deadlines for December 1902 with specific closing times for parcels and regular mails and remarks on supplementary mails and overseas routes.
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Nurenberg
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Colin
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