Queen Alexandra Condition Worsens As Bulletin Reports Progress
London December 23 The Associated Press reports Queen Alexandra remains under constant medical attendance with anxiety rising over her condition. A bulletin states she is progressing favorably but upheaval in Christmas plans at Windsor Marlborough House alters the royal schedule and families prepare for Christmas at Marlborough House and elsewhere.
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London
The
Associated Press
Queen Alexandra
Wupon
Senavingham
Sharp Fighting Across Orange River and Transvaal
London reports intense clashes as 2,000 mounted infantry near beginders clash with 300 Torrs and 40 armed natives. British casualties are described as severe with few details. Dewet’s attack on Be Landberg is repelled. Botha’s raid on Col Demant at Tafelkop wounds Demant and costs two officers and 20 men. Boers suffer 27 men killed.
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London
Kitchener
Orange River
Transvaal
Ting Dewet
Landberg
Dewet
Kpitieh Lowe
Botha
Demant
Tafelkop
Governor Jane Declines Treasury Portfolio Offer
The official announcement from The ¢ House states Governor Jane of Massachusetts declines the treasury portfolio tendered by the president due to business and domestic reasons.
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Jane
Massachusetta
Treasury
St. Louisan
St. Louis
Charles F. Wenneker
Roosevelt
Indictments Quashed in Pythan Matters
Chicago reports Judge Dunne quashed two indictments against John Hinsey former secretary in the Knights of Vythias endowment rank for perjury arising from false affidavits about funds. In Muncie Indiana a large Blue Front hotel at Fowlerton burned down with total loss. owner named as L. C. Herman of Muncie.
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Chicago
Dunne
John Hinsey
Supreme Lodge, Knights of Vythias
Muncie
Ind
Blue Front
Fowlerton
Herman
Ferry Runs Aground In Heavy Gale At Ladington Harbor
In a midnight collision with a submerged bar the Pere Marquette car ferry No 16 disabled its machinery and main steam pipe. Coal passer Mike Taft of Chicago was scalded to death and two others severely burned. All 33 crew were rescued over four hours as seas froze and wind chilled the deck. The vessel likely is a total loss.
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Ladington, Mich
Ladington Harbor
Tuldoight
Pere Marquette Car Ferry No
Mike Taft
Chicago
Marine Hospital
Taft
Alger Undergoes Gall Stone Operation
Detroit December 24. General RB A Alger underwent gall bladder surgery after long suffering from stones. Surgeons said he recovered from the shock and stood the operation well though his condition remained serious. The operation removed an infected gall bladder and drained surrounding adhesions. Surgeons from Detroit Baltimore and Chicago participated.
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Detroit
Mich
RB. A. Alger
General Alger
Alger
C. G. Jennings
H. W. Longyear
H. C. Walker
FE. L. Shurley
William Oster
Baltimore
J. B. Murphy
Chicago
Tragedy Follows Nightmare Killing Mother by Krause
Cleveland police report Henry C Krause of 30 Rogers Street killed his mother during a nightmare and then described visions of Jesus and being on a cross. He was found insane and questioned after a night of prayer and fear. The mother Emma Krause lay dead with severe injuries in their home. In Sioux City Emma Stilwell, aged 26, burned herself to death during religious excitement, kerosene and a match cited as the method.
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Cleveland
Henry C. Kranse
Rogers Street
Central
Kranse
S A. m
J. H. Wefel
Krause
Jesus Christ
Felhaher
Mother
Henry
Mnother
Hinsteners
Bradley
Sioux City
Emma Stilwell
Parsons
Kan
John E. Bull
Farce Ends Farce Gen Miles Rough Call Down
Washington reports a sharp reprimand to General Miles after a sequence of letters between Secretary Root and Miles over remarks on the Schley court findings. Root charges Miles with improper public commentary while Miles maintains his views reflected public interest and not military action.
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Washington
Schley
Army
Navy
Reot
General Miles
Navy Department
St All
Maclay
Miles
United States
Root
Cincinnati
Dewey
Schier
Coward
Pultroon
Man Deposits Old War Money At Danville Bank
David Long, a 70 year old laborer, walked into the Second National Bank in Danville and deposited nearly $1,500 in old war issue currency dating back thirty five years. The bills, crumpled and feathery with bits of straw, had to be sent to Washington for exchange, and Long offered no explanation of their origin.
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Danville
Fie
David Long
Second Naional Bank
Washington
Long
Sullivan Found Guilty in Chicago Conspiracy Case Verdict
Alexander Sullivan convicted of conspiracy in Judge Smith's court and fined 2000 dollars for attempting to shield James J. Lynch, indicted for jury bribing, from Chicago authorities. Sullivan posted a 10000 dollar bond and a new trial is anticipated after the holidays with arguments to follow.
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Chicago
Alexander Sullivan
Verret
Peesures
Council Bluffs
Doyle-Burns
James Doyle
Portland Mining Company
Burns
Gasoline Explosion Devastates Paper Plant
Fire caused by a gasoline can detonates in Hamilton while an worker cleans machinery, wiping out the Champion Coated Paper works. Loss estimated from three quarters of a million to a million dollars with enameled paper, valuable machinery, and extensive content destroyed. around four hundred people affected.
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Hamilton
Champion Coated Paper Works
Terrible fires claim lives in Mexico and Pennsylvania
A fire near Summerville Jefferson County Pennsylvania kills four Ashbaugh children and injures several relatives including Herman and Mrs Ashbaugh. In Zacatecas Mexico a market fire collapses a building killing fifteen or more workers. Pittsburg reports three days of deadly disasters including seven steel plant deaths at Sanger, Minick and Co with twenty injured.
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Dubois
Summerville
Jefferson County
John Ashbaugh
William Ashbaugh
Maybel Ashbaugh
Harry Ashbaugh
James Ashbaugh
Herman Ashbaugh
Herman
Mexico
Pittsburg
Sanger, Minick & Co
Crucible Steel
William Reed
Ford B. Reed
John P. Brown
Alvin K. Pershing
Yesterda
Mie
Hoar cites wireless telegraphy through ages at New England Society dinner
Massachusetts Senator Hoar invoked a wireless telegraphy motif at the New England Society banquet in Brooklyn, referencing Marathon and Thermopylae, the Mayflower, the Revolution, 1861, and speculating Aguinaldo may have heard the message, noting distant receivers exist only in spots like South Africa.
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Massachusetts
Kruger
Aguinaldo
New York
New England Society
Brooklyn
Hoar
Marathon
Thermopylae
South Africa
United States
Murder Over Hay Sparks Double Homicide in Lawton Area
John Roberts shot and killed George Higginbottom and his brother John Higginbottom near Lawton Oklahoma twenty two miles northwest of Lawton after a quarrel over hay. He fatally wounded their father G N Higginbottom and then rode away.
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Lawton
O. T
John Roberts
George
John Higginbottom
G. N. Higginbottom
Roberts
John
Flint Man Returns from Alaskan Gold Fields to Seek More Wealth
O A Schulz of Richfield township left home ten years ago for Tacoma and the Alaskan gold fields where he staked claims. He has earned about 100000 in two years and wears a 1.75 ounce nugget worth 28 as proof of his mine. He plans two more years there then will sell and return to Flint to live with his parents.
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Flint, Mich
Genesee County
O. A. Schulz
Richfield Township
Tacoma
Wash
Dawson City
Flint
Leading Teacher Missing in Brazil Indiana Case
The report says Harry Cromwell a leading county teacher near Perul Indiana is missing presumed fatally harmed and robbed with his body hidden in an abandoned mine. Searchers include his brother Henry Cromwell and many friends but no body found yet.
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Brazil
Ind
Harry Crom Well
Cromwell
Perul
Stance
Henry Cromwell
Internal Revenue Ice
Pope Delivers Christmas Address to Cardinals in Rome
The pope met cardinals in Rome on December 23 and offered Christmas greetings. He delivered a lengthy address condemning excessive liberty of thought, criticized socialism and agitation for divorce, and urged unity within the Christian church across its factions.
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Rome
War Comes Next as Chili and Argentina Sever Ties
Secretary Hay received a cablegram from Wilson at Santiago de Chile confirming diplomacy failed to settle the dispute between Chile and Argentina. Argentina withdraws its minister, leading to complete diplomatic break.
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Argentina
Ashington
Chili
Legation
Washington
Hay
Wilson
Santiago de Chili
Schley Heads to New York for Holidays with Daughters
Washington, Dee. Sehley left here today for where he will spend the holidays with his daughters.
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Hero
Santiago
Washington
Dee.Sehley
Transports Arrive. Manila-bound Troops Reach New York
The steamer Manila from the Philippines arrives in New York with 206 soldiers and 38 cabin passengers. Also aboard are John Philip Sousa and his band among other performers.
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McClennan
New York
Philippines
Trasport
McClennen
Manila
Philadelphia
Southampton
John Philip Sousa
Sousa
Dorothy Hoyle
Maude Reece Davis
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