London War Dispatches and South Africa News Fray
The Times column reports mixed signals from Magaliesberg and De Wet operations, noting French cavalry advances and slow communications with Knott's headquarters. Instances include Cape Colony raiders, Kitchener’s perceived indifference, and Roberts poised to reinforce. Also details retirement talk at The Daily News and local London society as Chatsworth hosts winter sporting events.
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London
Magaliesberg
French
Belarey
Witwatersrand
Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener
Crescent Shipyard Busy at Elizabethport with Govt Vessels
Elizabethport Elizabeth N J Jan 8 Special There is great activity at Lewis Nixon s Crescent Ship Yard where seven hundred workers are employed Twenty vessels are now being built including a monitor and cruiser six Holland submarines two torpedo boats for the United States Government six launches for the warship being built at the amps shipyard a large sidewheel steamer for Old Dominion Steamship Company two water towers for New York City and an auxiliary schooner yacht for a Florida citizen WEINLEY MAY NOT BE INVITED.
Army of Tennessee objects to President McKinley at Confederate reunion
In New Orleans on January 8 a large Army of Tennessee meeting adopted a protest urging Memphis to drop plans to invite President McKinley to attend a Confederate reunion in Memphis in May. General George Chaleron led the resolution, arguing the association could not be congenial with the president.
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New Orleans
Army of Tennessee
Memphis
McKinley
George Chaleron
Anseciation
Memphis Brothers
Mr. McKinley
Army of
Ublican
Disaster looms as steamer Aussie sinks off Faraman
Marseilles reports the mail steamer Aussie from Oran stranded near Faraman in a violent storm. Fifty passengers and forty crew aboard, vessel heeled to starboard, waves sweeping over her. Desperate rescue attempts by lifeboats and tugs have failed. weather remains hurricane force with nightfall approaching and no aid yet reaching the ship.
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Marseilles
Oran
Faraman
Ehip
Besson
Toulon
Travailleur
Far Aman
Owl Triggers Burglar Alarm At New Rochelle Church
Priests of St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church in New Rochelle alarmed by a nocturnal owl that perched on the church burglar wire. Police and clergy rushed to the scene after the alarm sounded but found no intruder. The owl flew off as officers investigated the churchyard and sacristy.
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St. Gabriel’s
New Rochelle
Iselin
Rome
Holy Land
Kellner
Timmons
Santiago de Cuba Removes Mayor in Corruption Inquiry
Telegraphic orders remove Isidro Grinón from office and appoint Giro as interim mayor after a commission probes irregularities in municipal affairs. White party critics allege widespread corruption while Cubano Libre urges celebration of reform amid contrasting defenses of improved accounting methods.
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Santiago de Cuba
Sefior Isidro Grinon
Santiago
Sefior Giro
Chamber of Commerce
Cubano Libre
Roosevelt on his way west to hunt through six weeks
Vice-President elect Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Chicago from the East at 4 30 p m with friends. He went to the Auditorium Annex and later took a Rock Island train for Colorado Springs to begin a hunting trip expected to last about six weeks. He will return before the inauguration and declined to discuss politics or business.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Auditorium Annex
Rock Island
Colorado Springs
Washington
Waves to light buoys off Holstein coast
Berlin reports the Rheinisch Westphälische Zeitung says an electrical firm has successfully tested wave power to generate buoy lighting. One buoy is already in operation off the Holstein coast, showcasing new maritime energy use.
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Berlin
Rheinisch Westphaelische Zeitung
Holstein
Delaware and Hudson to be turned over to New York Central under lease
Vanderbilt interests shrug toward control of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad with J Pierpont Morgan and allies arranging stock acquisition to secure a Central New York absorption. A lease form with stock guarantees, possible bonds, and close traffic ties to Saratoga and Lake Champlain regions are contemplated amid a rising stock market and a 685 mile system from Albany to the Canadian border and into Pennsylvania coal country.
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Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Vanderbilt
J. Pierpont Morgan
Jersey Central
Delaware and Hudson
New York Central
Beech Creek
Pennsylvania
William Rockefeller
Vanderbilts
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
New-York Central
Mr. Morgan
Saratoga
Lake Champlain
Lake George
Points
New-York
Boston
Albany
Central
Rouse’s Point
Binghamton
N. Y
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Honesdale
The
Delaware and Hudson Company
R. M. Olyphant
W. H. Tillinghast
Alfred van Santvoord
A. E. Orr
Chauncey M. Depew
James W. Alexander
John Jacob Astor
R. Somers Hayes
Frederic Cromwell
James R. Taylor
Horace G. Young
Attack on Panama Feared by Revolutionary Movement
Washington reports Consul-General Gudger says Colombian government indicates revolutionists are nearing Panama and preparing for battle. The State Department plans vigorous action to protect American interests if bombardment threatens the Isthmus, with naval protection steps coordinated through the Navy Department. The Philadelphia and the Iown are bound for Acajutla and Panama, possibly arriving by the 14th, with the ship likely to stay near Panama amid any trouble.
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Washington
Gudger
Panama
State Department
Navy Department
Philadelphia
Iown
Acajutla
South American
Grip Epidemic Grips City with Rising Death Toll
An early 1901 report details a severe grip epidemic sweeping Manhattan and Brooklyn, with 36 grip deaths in the week ending January 5, 1901, and rising pneumonia and bronchitis deaths. Physicians blame crowding, dirty uptown streets, and variable treatments, while noting widespread hospital strain and advice to stay indoors.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Pei
Cosby
Board of Health
Europe
Keller
Department of Charities
Richmond
Henry P. Loomis
East Thirtyfourth St
Grip Epidemic Strikes Chicago With One Hundred Thousand Cases
Chicago reports an estimated one hundred thousand grip cases amid a severe outbreak. Health officials warn the disease rivals the first epidemic of 1891 in severity and spread. Fifty off duty medical examiners are deployed to public schools to track absences, with truant officers reporting suspected cases to medical inspectors.
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Chicago
Health Department
Harris
Board of Education
Reynolds
Commissioner of Health
Metropolitan Street Railway President Leaves for South
H. H. Vreeland, president of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, departed for Aiken South Carolina on Sunday afternoon to recover from a grip attack. He expects to be away about ten days.
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H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Aiken
S. C
Vreeland
Four Die In Fire At East 113th Street Tenement
A blaze in a five story brick building at No 357 East 113th Street last night killed four residents of the top floor flat Antoinette Mora Louis Donato Mora Francisca Mora and Francisca Mora a 32 year old sister in law. Firemen fought the flames for an hour and a half and the cause remains unknown. The building owned by Michael Constable sustained about 4000 in damage. The Italian occupants on the upper floors escaped or were rescued.
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East One-hundred-and-thirteenth-st
Mora
Antoinette
Donato Mora
Louis Donato
Francisca
Joseph Mora
Antoinette Mora
John
Frank Simone
First-ave
Cashman
Croker
Michael Constable
Devery Defies Board as Promotions Go Forward at Police HQ
Chief Devery appeared at a late afternoon Police Board meeting uninvited, glowering at President York while rumors swirled of an attempt to remove him. The board, citing budget limits, agreed fifty two sergeants could be promoted without overspending, and notified Devery of the appointments before public announcement.
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Police Board
York
Sexton and
Hess
Chief Devery
Herlihy
Board Room
Devery
Police Headquarters
Mr. York
Herlihey
Inspector Cross
Kipp
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E. T. Cook
the Daily News
New-York Tribune
CABLE
Tribune
Earl Roberts
War Office
Kruger
Daily News
Massingham
Lloyds
Daily Chronicle
Cook
Chronicle
Asquith
Henry Norman
West End
Central London Tube
Duke of Norfolk
Reuter
England
South Africa
Chatsworth
Prince of Wales
Arthur Balfour
Muriel Wilson
Tigers
Philbin
Tammany Committee
Lewis Nixon
Tammany Hall
Cme of
Tammany
Gambling Commission
Richard Croker
Committee of Five
Nixon
Martin Engel
Nixy Nixon
Engels
Nixson
John C. Sheehan
Titus
Detective Bureau
Crescent Shipyard
Elizabethfort
Weinley
Jayne
Samuel R. Callaway
William K. Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
Joan Pierpont Morgan
Robert M. Olyphant
Algeria
Roosevelt
Evans
Grand Central Station
Advi
Vanderbilt Interests
Demic
L. Emmett Holt
West Fiftyfifth St
Uptown
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. A. McCorkle
Clinton Sr
Joseph H. Hunt
Bedford-ave
Quincy St
Kings County Medical Society
Harlem
Ment House
West 23d Street
Rockwood
Broadway
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