Telegraphic News of the World brief collage
Over 500 British prisoners reach Pretoria. Buller destroys the Colenso footbridge. British forces plan advance while England wary of Boer pressure. Cuba prisons reveal harsh conditions. Political moves include senate action on a currency bill and Clark case perjury. Global events touch Africa Asia Europe and the Americas with fires, disasters, and sports results.
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Stormberg
Pretoria
Buller
Colenso
Armour
Canning Department
Chicago
San Francisco
Washington
Senate
Plague in Honolulu Claims Six Deaths in Chinese Quarter
The Centennial confirms bubonic plague in Honolulu with six deaths so far and confinement to the Chinese quarter under strict quarantine. Inter-island traffic suspended and citizens raising funds to fight the outbreak, while the Newport arrives from Manila with no news. Rat populations aboard vessels are cited as major spreaders and efforts focus on capturing and sacrificing them before docking.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Captain Eagles
Newport
Manila
Boers Fortify Colenso Trenches Bomb Proof
A Pietermaritzburg dispatch notes the Colenso defences as fortified with bomb proof trenches. Continental officers have shifted tactics to a disciplined Boer army using trenches, underground passages, and tramway lines for rapid gun movement. Forts bristle with machine guns and mines may be laid to control approaches.
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London
Daily Mail
Pietermaritzburg
Colenso
British heavy guns pummel Boer lines near Ladysmith moves
At Bulwana hill a Boer gunfire pressed Ladysmith all morning without reply. British heavies then struck at Boer trenches forcing a retreat into the hills. Patrols saw the enemy in force on the left. nine Boers were killed in a skirmish and six wagons were captured.
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Cheveley
Natal
Bulwana Hill
Ladysmith
Buller
Irish revolutionary groups vow force against Britain
The Evening Post quotes a Clan na Gael officer saying England can be forced by physical force and that Irish activists may sink Canadian expeditions bound for South Africa. He claims quick mobilization to attack Canada, compares their arms to those used in the Spanish war, and notes Springfield rifles and bayonets are at hand.
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Great Northern
England
Butler
Seventy-first
New Yorks
Buffalo
N. Y
Canada
Cronje
New York Prison Association
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Clark
Montana Supreme Court
Wellcome
Laurier
South Africa
Potter Palmer
McKinley
New York
Irish Revolutionary Societies
Great Britain
The
Evening Post Today
Clan-na-Gael
United States
Movement in Philadelphia seeks Boer war aid
The Movement in Philadelphia reports a general push to aid the Boers against England. A special assessment is urged on all 25 000 members of the Order of Hibernians in the city, with a $25 000 return expected to swell a national $1 000 000 fundraising drive. Frisco coal supply impacts Hawaii and San Francisco.
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Pittsburg
Louisville
C. A. Burling
William T. Sampson
Rochester
N. Y
Weis
Dayton
Kruger
Africa
Philadelhia
Philadelphia
Trieb
England
Order of Hibernians
Frisco
San Francisco
Newcastle
Australia
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Americans Buy A Canal Transfer Plan Emerges
New York reports the Panama Canal Company of America formed to transfer the canal to American control. Key financiers include August Belmont & Co., Kuhn Loeb & Co., Levi P. Morton, Charles R. Flint, and J. E. Simmons. A French-backed path toward an isthmian canal remains, with Walker chaired commission studying routes in Central America. The French see Americanization as fair to both nations amid a $200 million outlay and about 400 shareholders.
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New York
Panama Canal Company of America
August Belmont & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Levi P. Morton
Charles R. Flint
J. E. Simmons
Fourth National Bank
Edward Sweet
George Sheldon & Co
Baring, Magoun & Co
George W. Young
United States Mortgage & Trust Company
San Francisco
the Herald
Baron Openheim
Paris
America
France
Panama Canal
Nicaragua Canal
United States
Central America
Canal Commission
Nicaragua
Panama
Canal
Jamaica
New American Company
Great Northern Increases Capital for Pacific Coast Expansion
The Great Northern directory increases its capital stock by 7.5 million dollars to acquire new properties and extend improvements on the Pacific coast. Included in the plan are the Sioux City and Northern and Pacific Short Line properties in Iowa and Nebraska.
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St. Paul
Minn
Great Northern Directory
Pacific Coast
Sioux City & Northern
Pacific
Iowa
Nebraska
Sousa's Band Chosen as Official American Band for Paris Expo
Commissioner General Ferdinand W. Peck selects Sousa's Band as the official American ensemble to perform at the Paris Exposition next year. The announcement comes from New York on December 30.
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Sousa
Paris
New York
Ferdinand W. Peck
United States Commission
Christmas Poisoning Hit Barboursville Family Dead
In Barboursville West Virginia three members of the Man ford Pollock family died after a Christmas dinner poisoning. Authorities probe remains ongoing as family members fall ill.
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Barboursville
W. Va
Manford Pollock
Returning in bands natives ask for assistance
Insurgents retreating to mountains return in small bands to towns not held by Americans terrorizing natives and Chinese residents seeking American protection. Cavalry and detachments report signs of dispersed prisoners complicating rescue for General Young and authorities in Manila and nearby zones.
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Manila
Dagupan
Vigan
Wessel
Trinidad
Carnivon
Namacpacan
Hare
Thirty-third Infantry
Young
Wheeler
Paranaque
Foreign Vessels Bought by U S Blocked from Documentation
Port Townsend January 1 The navy sold the steamship Scipio to private owners who cannot document her as American. The treasury circular states that breaking up the ship and selling material in the United States would not count as importation and thus would be exempt from duty.
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Port Townsend
Jan
United States
Navy Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Heustis
Treasury Department
Spaulding
Plague Scare Hits Gaelic Quarantine Landing
The steamer Gaelic reached San Francisco from the Orient and was quarantined over plague fears. Cabin passengers were allowed to land as towboats ferried between the ship and city. Honolulu reports no new plague cases. two San Francisco deaths attributed to the plague are disputed or uncertain.
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San Francisco
Orient
Honolulu
Board of Health
Prominent Stockman Robbed Near Klein Hotel
Walsenburg Colorado on January 1 a prominent stockman W J Milsap was seized by two men as he approached the Klein hotel and robbed of 12900 dollars largely from his coat and vest pockets. Garments torn from him and the criminals remain at large. Milsap was en route to Mexico to buy cattle.
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Walsenburg
Colo
W. J. Milsap
Klein Hotel
Mileap
Mexico
Big Liner Is Ashore in Severe Gale Off Kept
A large German steamer believed to be a Hamburg American liner ran aground in a fierce east bay gale, about a quarter mile off Dungeness. Heavy seas hinder rescue attempts as life-boats cannot reach the vessel and passenger safety is feared. The position is described as very serious.
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London
East Bay
Dungeness
Kept
Secret treaty to partition Portuguese holdings reported
A Berlin dispatch claims a German English Portuguese secret treaty will carve up Portugal’s colonies. If Delagoa Bay arbitration favors England, Portugal may pay £1.9 million, with Germany taking Asia and northern Africa, and Britain gaining Delagoa Bay. Rhodes’ railway motive cited with 25 million marks payment to Portugal.
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New York
Herald
Berlin
Lokal Anzieger
Messrs. Blaesi-Hensley
Goldan
Delagoa Bay
England
Portugal
America
Kruger
Delagoa
France
Russia
Enlgand
Germany
Asia
Africa
Mozambique
Cecil Rhodes
Burial of Maine Heroes at Arlington After Havana Move
At Arlington Cemetery the Maine dead from Havana aboard the Texas were laid to rest with religious services and war honors in the president’s presence. A cabinet officer recalled that their lives cost Spain its colonies, yet the scene remained solemn and patriotic. In Seattle, two masked men robbed a Ballard streetcar. a passenger fired back, wounding one bandit and killing the other, whose body was found nearby.
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Texas
Modder River
Methuen
Northern Pacific
Idaho
Geer
Oregon
Lawton
Countess of
Canavarra
San Francisco
Winston Spencer Churchill
London
Delagoa Bay
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Maine
Havana
Army
Navy
Spain
Seattle
Ballard
C. 5
Plimpton
Ballard Street
Big Buffalo Mine Promises Rich Find Near Baker City
In Baker City Oregon on January 1 a sensational strike was reported at A Geiser’s Big Buffalo mine two miles west of town. Samples from the 80 foot ledge yielded gold values from 18 to 102.75 dollars per ton and five ounces of silver per ton. Geiser, former part owner of the Bonanza mine, predicted outcomes could rival the Bonanza if results hold.
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Big Buffalo
Baker City
A. Geiser
Geiser
German farmer kills wife then commits suicide near Rothwell
Pierre Dentzer a 50 year old German farmer near Rothwell 100 miles from Winnipeg shot his 19 year old wife in a temper then carried their infant to a neighbor before returning home. Police found the woman dead inside the house and a cross marked on the floor where she was shot. Dentzer then blew out his own brains.
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Rome
St. Peter's
W. J. Thomas
Chillicothe
Kan
Thomas
Winnipeg
Pierre Dentzer
Rothwell
Dentzer
Nine Freight Cars Plunge From Cajon Creek Bridge
At Cajon creek bridge north of San Bernardino nine cars on a Santa Fe west bound freight derailed and plummeted into the creek. Six cars carried cotton, one telegraph wire, one general merchandise and sulfur. The cave caught fire destroying contents and framework. No fatalities reported.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Cajon Creek Bridge
Is City
Murderous Collector Seizes Furniture. Woman and Children Shot
Jan J Samuel Mills, a collector for an installment house, tried to seize furniture from Mary Ven able’s house this afternoon. In the struggle he shot the woman and her three children, all seriously wounded. Mills was a ls
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Cha Teno
Jan. J
Samuel Mills
Mary Venable
Mills
Buller’s Sphere of Action Narrows to Natal
Cape Town dispatch says Colonel Otter, commanding the Canadian contingent, will join the staff of an army unit bound for Natal indicating Buller’s operations will soon be confined to Natal and the campaign actions shift accordingly.
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Buller
Cape Town
Otter
Anerey
Natal
Bullers
Boston Council Adopts Boer Sympathy Resolution
The Boston common council, after a spirited debate, adopted a resolution expressing sympathy for the Boers on January 1. The vote and remarks highlighted local officials support amid international conflict.
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Boston
Common Council of
Contraband of War and the Foodstuffs Debate in Britain
Lord Rosebery urges the Times for clarity on treating foodstuffs as contraband in wartime. The Times editorial notes uncertainty over seizures and cautions against setting a dangerous precedent while stressing policy should hinge on immediate wartime needs.
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London
Lord Rosebery
The
Times
the Times
Lord Roseberry
Great Britain
New York Fire Destroys Seven-Story Block
Two seven story buildings at 425 to 435 East Twenty fourth street housing William Campbell & Co. wallpaper, New York Hygienic Ice Co., and Manhattan Electric Light were wrecked. Loss around 500000 with three firms insured. Campbell 400 workers displaced. Firefighters Degnan Shaughnessy Bessinger and Lee Potter severely burned. Bellevue hospital for some.
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New York
East Twenty-fourth Street
Wall-Paper
William Campbell & Co
New York Hygienic Ice Company
Manhattan Electric Light Company
Campbell Company
Andrew Degnan
Joseph Shaughnessy
Joseph Bessinger
Shaughnessy
Bessinger
Bellevue Hospital
Lee Potter
General White Fevers and Pension Claims Reported
General White has a fever but is convalescent near Ladysmith. General Joubert is again in command of the Doers here, with authorities confident yet reticent. About 2 000 claims have been filed for pensions for disabilities from the Spanish American War.
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