Armored Train Ambush Threatens British Forces
Intelligence from Natal via London reports an armored train ambush where Boers reportedly killed and captured over 100 British, including a Churchill family member. Southward Boer movement aims to sever British communications. Ladysmith safety reassured though reports of widespread fire and cannon bombardment circulate.
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Natal
London
Ladysmith
Lord Randolph Churchill
Winston Churchill
Gou
Joubert
War Office
Naval Disasters Recalled From Charleston Wrecks
The wreck of the Charleston cruiser recalls major naval disasters. Notable losses include the February 1898 Maine explosion in Havana Harbor with 268 dead and the 1893 Victoria rammed by Camperdown with Vice Admiral Tryon and 352 aboard. Earlier events list Huron, Missouri, Trenton, Vandalia, Nip sic, Adler, and Eber, with multiple lives lost in storms and magazine explosions.
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Wreeck
Charleston
Guy Offhcers
Maine
Havana Harbor
Victoria
Camperdown
Manenters
Tryon
United States
Huron
Coas
North Carolina
Missouri
Gibraltar
Trenton
Vandilia
Nipsic
Adler
Eber
Apia
Los
Russia Japan friendly stance quells Corea conflict fears
Russian minister to Corea Alexander Pavloff and the Japanese ambassador in Washington dismissed London reports of a Russia Japan war over Corea as groundless. They cited two formal compacts signed in St Petersburg and Tokyo guaranteeing Corea’s independence and denying any sovereignty dispute between the two powers.
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Paolo
London
Russia
Japan
Corea
Washington
Alexander Paoloff
Count Cassini
Pavloff
St. Petersburg
Tio
Tokio
Corean
Millions in the Schools Report Shows Large Attendance
The United States commissioner of education releases the 1895 enrollment figures for public and private schools, highlighting a large aggregate attendance across the nation. The report emphasizes nationwide participation and ongoing growth in school enrollment.
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Commissioner of ‘Education
United States
British Boers clash disrupt rail line amid heavy losses
The report describes Boer forces turning up rails, firing on British troops, and wrecking a large gun on the train. It notes allied plans for a 200000 strong army under Gen Baier, with multiple infantry divisions, cavalry, and lines of communication units, plus vast field artillery and machine guns. It also mentions colonial deployments, garrison forces, and evolving tactics as the South African conflict unfolds.
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England
Baier
Artilery
Vetiliers
Royal Horse Artillery
Sshins
Durban
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Kimberley
Plunmers
Rhodesign
Frontier
Rhodesia
South Africa
Chicago Man Tries to Die in California Attempt
E R Howe of Chicago attempted suicide in Santa Ana California firing a pistol toward his head. The wound passed beneath the eye and he claimed he was without friends and did not care to live. Physicians expect recovery.
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Chicago
Santa Ana
C al
E. R. Howe
Jonging
Ridgeway Hotel Burns In Explosive Fire
The Bass House in Ridgeway Pennsylvania a four story hotel was nearly completely destroyed by fire. Authorities believe a natural gas explosion used for lighting and heating caused the blaze. The building valued at about 310 000.
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Ridgeway
Bass
Lightweight boxer Harry Hatfield Dies After KO
Harry Hatfield, a Brooklyn lightweight who was knocked out by Jack Tox in a Pelican Athletic Club prize fight, died after failing to regain consciousness following the count.
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Harry Hatfield
Jack Tox
Pelican Athletic Club
Brooklyn
Rain of Fire Observed Only in Select Cities
Reports from several cities say the Leonid meteor shower was visible at only three locations Tuesday night due to cloudy skies. At Harvard University 147 meteors were seen, including 58 were bomids, with one recorded minute by moment, while about twenty five small meteors appeared at the naval observatory in Washington. Yale watchers faced disappointment after three nights without clear skies, as did crowds in New York Chicago and Cincinnati. Professors Keeler Youne and others note obscured skies and a long-standing anticipation of a grand meteor display failed to materialize for most observers.
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Keeler
Lick Observatory
California
Harvard University
Cambridge
Sass
Leo
May Revolution in Telegraphy Demonstrations in Chicago
Anton Pollak and Josef Virag, inventors of rapid-sending automatic telegraph devices, arrived in Chicago from Budapest to demonstrate their system. They plan tests attempting to send 606 words over about 600 miles, inviting electrical experts from Chicago and nearby colleges to attend.
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Anton Pollak
Josef Virag
Chicago
Buda Pesth
Hungary
Quartermaster issues circular on Christmas boxes to Cuba Porto Rico
Regulating soldiers presents Lidington extends to Cuba and Porto Rico the same privilege as the Philippines. Christmas boxes must be delivered to Maj. F. B. Jones at pier 29 Columbia stores Brooklyn before December 15. Boxes capped at twenty pounds. Berlin papers revive Napoleon prophecy that South Africa will be the British Empire’s grave.
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Lidington
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
F. B. Jones
Pier
Columbia
Brooklyn
Berlin
Napoleon
South Africa
Financial growth shown in ten year banking data
The advance sheets of the annual report reveal bank counts and deposits across national, savings, state and private, and trust companies. National banks rose from 3,329 to 2,744,450 depositors. total deposits climbed to 6.77 billion dollars, with national and savings banks driving most gains. The report also notes education funding trends and remarks on President McKinley’s forthcoming annual message.
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Erro
Dawes
Loan and Trust Companies
Saat
John A Logan Slain in Philippines Charge
Major John A Logan the son of the Black Eagle of Minois dies leading a victorious assault on rebel trenches at San Jacinto Provident Cunsoles. Official dispatch from Germany confirms his death Tuesday, shocking his mother Mrs Logan and his widow. Gen Corbin sent Maj Johnson to convey the news at the White House, where Mrs Logan fainted. President McKinney offered condolences and tried to comfort the grieving family.
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Major Fa
Tn Trenchents
San Jacinto-Provident Cunsoles
John A. Logan
Minois
Philippines
Oris
War Department
Maj. Logan
Gen. Corbin
Maj. Johnson
White House
Miles Annual Report Signals Army Transition to 1901
The annual reports of Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Surgeon General Sternberg were released by the War Department. Miles advocates discharge reforms for volunteers and notes the army remains in transition with a force adequate through July 4, 1901. Sternberg calls for a larger medical corps and highlights deaths from disease and injuries in the period May 1, 1898, to June 30, 1899, totaling 1,285 regular army deaths with 22 percent from disease and 5.55 percent from injuries. volunteers’ deaths are included in overall counts.
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Nelson A. Miles
War Department
Manila
United States
Secretary of War
Otis
San Francisco
Sternberg
Spain
Desperate Battle Fought With Filipinos Near San Fabian
The Thirty third infantry fought a sharp two hour engagement five miles from San Fabian. One American officer and six soldiers killed, one officer and ten men wounded. Americans captured twenty nine Filipinos and one hundred rifles, found eighty one insurgents dead in trenches and fields. Maj. Logan mortally wounded while aiding a wounded corporal. hospital steward killed. Filipino sharpshooters hid in trees and trenches, holding off the attack until close range. Insurgents retreated toward Dagupan. pursuit hampered by exhaustion and ammunition shortage. Maj. Marek battalion entered San Jacinto. Minio commanded veteran forces believed to be from Tarlao.
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San Fabian
San Jacinto
John A. Logan
Maj
Cronic
Maj. Afarsh
Dagupan
Maj. Logan
Yard
Green
Coun
Marek
Tarlav
Minio
Widow of dead soldier in San Jacinto tragedy
Widow of Maj John A Logan receives official notice of his death leading his battalion at San Jacinto. The Logans, once to spend winter in France, face mourning with two children. Logan’s heroism praised, remains to be returned near his father in Washington. Other brief items cover killings, political brawls, rail tragedy, and regional events.
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Youngstown
Ohio
San Jacinto
Philippines
National Soldiers’ Home Cemetery
Washington
Some of Love's Vagaries in City Gossip
A Philadelphia woman sent her rival poisoned ice to ruin her, a New York woman saw her sweetheart arrested for theft then marry him, and a man in Alabama sues his wife for desertion after finding her admiring fashion styles.
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New York
Wrecked Cruiser Charleston Lost on Northwest Luzon Reef
The United States cruiser Charleston, patrolling Luzon’s north coast, wrecked on a reef Tuesday, November 7. All 380 crew were saved. The ship, built in 18S, displaced 3,730 tons and carried five propellers and two masts. It had pursued contraband arms shipments to Filipino insurgents and had recently joined Admiral Dewey near Manila after a Mare Island overhaul.
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Charleston
Luzon
Guam
Dewes
Manila
Sing Francises
Asiatic
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Gherlesten
Naval chase ends with Itata cargo surrender to U.S. forces
In 1891 the mer chant vessel Stata aided the congressional party in Callf and sailed from San Diego May 6 with a U S marshal aboard. At sea she loaded arms from the Robert and Minnie for Chilean insurgents. The Charleston pursued for 25 days, reaching Tocquei to learn the Itate would be handed over. It was surrendered to Admiral McCann and escorted to San Francisco, avoiding wider Lato-American conflict.
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Stata
Congressional Party
San Diego
United States
Charleston
Tovique
Iquique
McCann
San Francisco
Eastern leaders emerge after hectic gridiron Saturday
Saturday results shuffle standings with Harvard Yale and Princeton leading the East. Pennsylvania edged Michigan in a close 40 to 14 contest, while Chicago crushed Northwestern 76 to 0 and Wisconsin routed Illinois 21 to 1. Brown blanked Massachusetts 38 to 0 as Carlisle and others posted uneven outcomes.
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Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
Chicago
Northwestern
Harvard
Dartmouth
Yale
Pennsylvania State
Princeton
Carlisle
Columbia
West Point
Lafayette
Cornell
Beloit
Minnesota
Brown
Massachusetts
Ilinois
Masgadousetts Institute of Technology
Quakers
Badgers
Universalists raise 200000 for church extension fund
The Universalists announce a drive to raise two hundred thousand dollars to fund church expansion. Meanwhile the Methodist Church plans to establish a college at Skagway Alaska. Jerry Neaules’s mission in New York marks its twenty sixth year as New York Episcopal churches show enthusiasm for Earl Gulick a boy Joist.
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Universalists
Methodist Church
Skagway
Alaska
Jerry NeAules
New York
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Uller
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Hawaii
Commissiner Herris
Sam
Commissioner of Education
McKinley
Secretary of the Treasury
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Treasury
Toot
Congress
Santiago
Dewey
Matila
Buimty
Manila Bay
Court of Claims
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The
John 4. Logan
Miles’ Annual Report
Logan
Meek
Carlettsburg
John Marion
Johns Adking
Olympia
Downing
Barnett
Senatobis
Tenn
Thomas
Erie Raihway
Vanderbilts
Gen. Nunez
Gen
Riviera
Flavami
Texas
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Ensley
Senorito Luz Diaz
Diszy Mexico
Francisco Rincon Gallardo
Win Alghison Men
Lucon
Itata
Chili
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