Boers raid Cape Colony as McDonald fights invaders
Cape Town reports two Boer commando incursions about a hundred miles apart near Philipsburg and Burghersdorp while General McDonald directs defenses west of Burghersdorp as Boers retreat toward the Orange River. In New Orleans a train robber Barnes kills himself after a fatal wound, leaving dynamite and letters behind.
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Cape Colony
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Philipsburg
Colesburg
Kimberley
Herzog
Orange River Colony
Burgherndorp
McDonald
Burghersdorp
Orange River
Chinese Issue and Beijing Note Developments
A report from Lonpos says Ambassador Choate met with Marquis of Lanadowne and Henry White at the foreign office on December 18 to discuss the Chinese question. Pekin despatches cite a Daily Mail correspondent predicting a spring settlement is unlikely and Europe may face complications. Britain, Basia, and Germany are ready to alter the preamble of the note, with the United States still uncertain, and a signature agreement expected in three to four days.
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Lonpos
Choate
Marquis of Lanadowne
Henry White
United States
Foreign Office
Lennon
Daily Mail
Europe
A. U
Great Britain
Basia
Germany
Useful and Ornamental Christmas Gifts and Furnishings
Retail ad notes Christmas gifts including couches patent swing rockers lamps and iron beds. Promotes newest designs and claims sales superiority with many colors and affordable prices.
Controversy Over Pennsylvania Rail Terminal Bill in House
In Washington the House spent the day debating a bill to shift the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal and elevate its tracks across the mall, arguing it would seize 3.5 acres of government land and mar the mall from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. Tomorrow at 11 am debate resumes. Senate attention remains focused on the Hay Pauncefote treaty in executive session with no major open-session action. In Boston Harvard senior Shirley G Ellis, long rumored kidnapped by classmates, reappeared at night unaware of the media uproar after learning of himself in newspapers. He had visited his brother in Lynn, who is ill.
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Channing B. Barnes
Barnes
Ilavis Central
United States
Limited
Illinois Central
Wickliffe
St. Louis
Murray
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Washington Monument
Senate
Boston
Shirley G. Ellis
Harvard
Oambridge
Elhie
Lyno
Allotment of Warships Reported by Board of Naval Construction
The board assigns contracts for new battle ships and cruisers to Cramps Newport News Union Iron Works and Fore River Works. Seven vessels remain to be allocated with expectations that Cramps Newport News and Union Iron Works each receive one more cruiser and Bath Iron Works gets one battleship.
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The
Union Iron Works
Bath Iron Works
New Hampshire Grange Opens Annual Meeting in Dover
Gov Frank W Rollins addressed the New Hampshire State Grange gathering in Dover urging united action by residents to protect forests and preserve greenery from disfiguring signboards during the annual meeting in City Hall.
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Dover
N. H
New Hampshire State Grange
Frank W. Rollins
Sons and Daughters of
New Hampshire
Admiral Romey Reaches Cavite With Brooklyn
They reach Cavite as Admiral Remey aboard the flagship Brooklyn arrives after a typhoon rescue mission. The cruiser Yosemite lost sailors in Guam. the Justin aided recovery at Osrite.
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Wasnixaron
Remey
Brooklyn
Cavite
Colher Justin
Agilera
Yosemite
Guam
Thaesee
Osrite
Morocco pays indemnity for U.S. citizen murder
Consul General Gummery in Tangiers informs the state department that the Moroccan government has paid the five thousand dollar indemnity demanded by the United States for the killing of Marcus Escagui a naturalized American citizen in Morocco last spring.
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Waxtxeton
Gummery
Tangiers
State Department
Morocco
United States
Marcus Escagui
Weather Indications for New England
Washington December 18 forecast calls for fair weather across New England Wednesday and Thursday with a likelihood of fresh south to west winds in the northern portions. A new Wednesday disturbance is probable affecting the area.
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Washineton
New England
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Salt Rheum Claims
A reader from Cove Point Maryland reports chronic salt rheum of the body improving within two days after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and states she was cured and never had skin disease again. The notice urges prompt treatment and cleansing the system of humors to prevent recurrence.
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Ida BE. Ward
Cove Point
Hood
Hood's Sarsaparilia Promises to Cure All Eruptions
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilia as a universal cure for skin eruptions, promising to keep the pledge and claiming unequaled effectiveness. It urges readers to take the remedy for relief.
Norfolk Navy Yard Fire Destroys Construction Building
A Norfolk navy yard building housing the construction department was entirely destroyed by fire. Chief loss includes 7090 drawings and 100,000 feet of live ash lumber. Total damage estimated at 200,000 dollars as fire crews fought to save surrounding structures. Origin of the blaze remains a mystery.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Stabland
Yard Department
Portsmouth
Boston
Cutter and Catter
Charlestown
Wakefield
Roxbury
Regulars to Replace Volunteers in the Philippines Dispatch
Mania December 18 reports volunteer regiments in the Philippines will be sent home to the United States and discharged in roughly arrival order. They will be replaced by regular soldiers. The notice urges advertising in the Henaup columns to reach local readers.
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Philippines
United States
Weather Prophet Predicts New England Blizzard and Cold Snap
De Voe, the New Jersey weather forecaster, warns of a severe blizzard striking the New Hogland states on December 21 with a formation on December 20 west of the Mississippi and a center over Chicago by December 23. He also predicts sloppy weather on Christmas and a cold, blustery day on December 26. The piece notes holiday purchasing trends in New York and Boston, including leather goods and Japanese curios, plus local civic notes about the Portsmouth YMC A. and Major Harry Taylor’s new wartime office assignment, with a humorous aside about a man claiming to walk from Winnipeg to England.
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de Voe
New Jersey
New
Hogland States
Mississippi River
Chicago
New York
Boston
Metropolis
New Organization Formed at Portsmouth Gas Company
At the annual meeting the Ports mouth Gas Electric Light and Power company elected directors Wallace D Lovell Newton Muse Albert E McReel Exeter Edwin L Pride Somerville Frederick M Lise Portsmouth Charles J Tewney New York The board organized with Lovell as president Charles H Tewney as vice president and Albert E Meliel as superintendent.
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Portsmouth Gas, Electric Light and Power Company
Wallace D. Lovell
Newton
Muse
Albert E. McReel
Exeter
Edwin L. Pride
Somerville
Frederick M. Lise
Portsmouth
Charles J. Tewney
New York
Charles H. Tewney
Albert E. Meliel
Langton Birth Announcements in Dorchester and Kittery
In Dorchester Massachusetts on November 18 a daughter was born to Marenee A L and Edith E Langton. In Kittery Maine on December 1 a daughter was born to Chester E Langton and Mure F Langton. The Herald has the latest news.
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Mars
Marenee A. L
Edith
Langton
Lancrox
Kittery
Dee
Chester E
Mure F. Langton
the Herald
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