Filipino Plot Uncovered in Manila Bomb Plot at Funeral
Four explosive bombs along with firearms and five hundred rounds of ammunition were found in a central Manila house as authorities sought insurgent leader Recarte amid plans to attack foreign consuls during General Lawton's funeral. Officials warned of a broader plot to trigger an outbreak. the funeral cortege avoided the area, dampening the plan. Captain Morrison doubts a full uprising due to perceived native hesitation.
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Manila
Recarte
Lawton
Escorta
Aguinaldo
Morrison
Eviction Demand Shocks Indian Territory Lessees
Special from Perry I T reports a new federal move forcing every land lessee in the Indian Territory to abandon the territory by January 1 or face ejectment. Thousands of farmers across the five civilized tribes must vacate as Congress bars Indian leasing, threatening regional business, population declines, and prompting efforts to seek repeal.
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Perry
I. T
Indian Territory
United States
Five Civilized Tribe
Oklahoma
Whitfield
Congress
Con “Gress
Forty-Six Counties Pay Up Taxes With Record Revenue
Forty six counties settled with the State auditor and paid $704 405 into the State treasury this year up from $687 065 last year an increase of $317 342. Tax funds distributed across State tax benevolent debt educational and school funds show gains especially in the school fund which rises by $9 743.
Fate of 1990 Predicted By French Seer In 1900
Octave Azanne seeks precise forecasts from a rival clairvoyant claiming 1990 will exceed 1870 in horror. Blood and mourning foreseen across the world within a year of a peace congress. Two major figures, Victoria and the Pope, expected to die. the Pope to be replaced after a two day conclave by Cardinal B. U S will face Philippines troubles and antiives resistance.
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Paris
Mme. DeThebe
Octave Azanne
R&c
Mme
Thebe
Victoria
Pope
Cardinal B
United States
Philippines
Plague Report Hits Honolulu From Manila Voyage
San Francisco special reports bubonic plague raging in Honolulu the capital of the Hawaiian Islands. Army transport Centennial and Newport arrived from Manila via Honolulu bringing the news. Plague reportedly entered on a vessel from an infected Chinese port. American officials administer Honolulu on a modern scientific basis. risk to Asiatic quarters only.
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San Francisco
Centennial
Newport
Manila
Tionolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
China
Mount on Trusts and Governor Mount’s Indianapolis speech
Governor Mount addressed the Hotel Keepers Association in Indianapolis on trusts. He warned that some capitalizations are used to skirt law and regulate prices, while praising legitimate investment but opposing monopolies. He cited insurance and rail lines, urged restraint of trusts as contrary to public welfare.
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Governor Mount
Indianapolis
Tax Board
Fire Underwriters’ Association
High Handed Methods in New York Lecture Cancelled
Attorney General Jank S Monnett of Ohio was to lecture on trusts at Cooper Union for the People's Institute but hundreds were sent away as the talk was canceled. An institute officer said donors tied to Standard Oil contributed 560000 toward the institute and threatened to withdraw 500000 if the lecture proceeded. Trustees, angered, complied to keep the funding.
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New York
Jank S. Monnett
Ohio
People’s Institute
Cooper Union
Monnett
Standard Oil Company
People's Institute
Lawton Fund Seeks 50000 To Aid Widow Kids
The Washington special reports the Lawton fund total at noon Christmas Day 14329.55 and a committee will continue collecting until January 2. Goal is to place General Lawton’s widow and children beyond want, with early hopes of reaching 50000. New big donors include Vanderbilt 1000 Morgan 1000 Huntington 1000 Ryan 1000 and Helen Gould 500.
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Washington
Lawton
California
Boer recruitment reported in Kansas City crowd
The British vice consul Mr Burroughs says Boer agents are recruiting in Kansas City under promise of free transport land and citizenship after the war. Recruits are to be sent to Philadelphia where Boer agents operate, though few have been sent so far. Consul Burroughs notes many men applied for enlistment in the British army.
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Kansas City
Buuroughs
Philadelphia
Washington
Burroughs
Priests May Margy Berlin Cable
Clerical newspaper from Carlsruhe reports the Roman Catholic Church abolishes priest celibacy in Latin America. It cites a July 10 papal encyclical translation. The South American Bishops Council in Rome last spring requested this indulgence.
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Berlin
Carlsruhe
Latin America
Boers Routed by sortie near Bulwer Bridge claim
Dispatches report a Boer laager at Bulwer Bridge repulsed by a British sortie in which one British soldier was killed. British gun bombardments on Colenso and Ladysmith continue as Lord Roberts arrival awaits. Dutch disaffection grows, while transport woes and wagon shortages threaten British mobility.
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London
South Africa
Laurenzo Marques
Laager
Colenso
Bulwer Bridge
Tugela River
Ladysmith
Joubert
Daily News
Heliograph
Hunter
Buller
Tugela Bridge
Lord Roberts
Daily Chronicle
United States
Lord Kitchener
Atbara Bridge
the Times
War Office
Cape Town
Filipino Envoys Seek Earliest End to Philippine War
Filipino Congress special envoys Jessup Luis de Fernandez Lucio Lejara and Julio Franciscus Lopez arrived in Philadelphia to seek an audience with President McKinley They propose surrender terms if deemed reasonable and predict war could end within one or two months if granted The envoys cite Aguinaldo's loss of army support and suggest arms from two nations could reach the Filipino Congress to sustain the fight.
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Philadelphia
McKinley
Aguinaldo
Filipino Congress
Jessup Luigit de Franandez
Lucio Lejara
Juliet Franciscus Lopez
Philippines
Franandez
Hong Kong
British sortie at Mafeking plagued by heavy losses
Dispatches from Pretoria dated December 27 report Mafeking’s December 25 sortie against a Boer fort ended with 169 British killed or wounded while the Boers lost two killed and seven wounded. Captains Kirkwood and Grenfell were captured near Colenso. Other notes include British prisoners Vernon and Sanford killed and Lords Edward Cecil and Cavendish-Bentinck wounded.
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Lourenzo Marques
Pretoria
Mafeking
Kirkwood
Grenfell
Colenso
Ladysmith
Edinburg
Pre
Delagoa Bay
Modder River
Loer
Malapo
Vernon and
Sanford
Boden-Vowell
Edward Cecil
Cavendish-Bentinck
The Times Calls Tough Action on Dutch Treason Plot
The Times urges stern treatment of disaffected Dutch colonists involved in a plot to aid Boer prisoners escaping. It supports enforcing treason penalties against involved persons and property to deter such schemes.
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the Times
Britain Faces Isolation As War Fears Grow
London observers note Britain’s greatest army in South Africa remains stalled by two small republics while domestic finance falters unseen since the Baring crash. European tensions rise and Americans are urged to strengthen friendship, with The Globe citing a vast crop in America's favor.
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London
Great Britain
Africa
Europe
America
Globe
Indiana educators open forty sixth annual state meeting
The first session of the forty sixth annual Indiana State Teachers Association met Tuesday night in the State House hall. The crowded auditorium drew representatives from all educational branches and counties, with eight hundred fifty teachers registered by Wednesday evening and total active attendants estimated over one thousand.
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Indiana State Teacha Association
House of Representatives
State House
Dowie to Form Volunteers of Zion Guard in Chicago
Dr John Alexander Dowie plans a 360 member military unit named Volunteers of Zion with rifles and uniforms as his bodyguard. Governor Tanner issued permission for a Sunday parade through Chicago streets amid prior Zion Guards protests and safety concerns.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Tanner
Dowie
Volunteers of
Zion Guards
Gage Courts Victory In Congress Inquiry Clash
Washington report notes Secretary Gage welcomes a potential Congressional probe into his move to deposit internal revenue funds with a New York bank. He asserts Cabinet and President support, denies knowledge of any planned bank, and says he would not join such an institution. Gage plans to retire from active business after his term ends.
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Washington
Gage
Internal Revenue
New York
Dallas Christmas shooting sprees leave city in turmoil
In Dallas Texas special four Christmas frays produced bloodshed. Charles Miller shot Walter Meyers in the street and surrendered after claiming self defense. Edward Cecil is mortally wounded after being shot by Albert Hall who also wounded Murray. A negro damaged a Chinese restaurant with a dynamite cracker and attacked the proprietor, who fired killing an innocent bystander. Three other white men were shot by footpads across the city, all injured.
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Dallas
Tex
Charles Miller
Walter Meyers
Edward
Murray Cecil
Albert Hall
Boston Common Council Proclaims Sympathy for Boers
Boston Common Council adopts a resolution praising the Boer nation and its fight for independence from British rule. It congratulates President Kruger and the Boer people on early successes and hopes for a complete Boer victory in the war.
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Boston
Common Council of
Wruger
Stock Panics Director Roberts Comment on Wall Street Flurry
Washington special quotes Director of the Mint Roberts explaining that money supply cannot prevent stock panics or monetary stringency. He cites margins and speculation as driving forces, notes Transvaal war effects on gold flows, and forecasts rising gold output in 1900 with Cripple Creek and Klondike contributing.
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Washington Special
Roberts
Mint
Bank of England
Transvaal
London
South Africa
Colorado
North America
Cripple Creek
Alaska
Klondike
Highwaymen Shot Dead After Ballard Street Car Hold Up
In Seattle, two masked robbers attempted a Ballard street car hold up with eight passengers aboard. Plimpton fired from the rear, wounding the robber who fled. a front platform passenger also fired. The other robber fled into the woods after the exchange, bullets pierced two others, and one robber was later found dead near the scene unidentified.
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Seattle
Wash
Ballard
Plimpton
Pathos in Manila Letter to Logan Family
Mrs John A Logan receives a sympathy letter from Mrs Lawton in Manila written after Major Logans death. It conveys heartbreak and support, recalling Logans bravery and the shared grief of the families, and pledges loving care for Jack and his family.
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Washington
John A. Logan
Lawton
Manila
Major Logan
General Lawton
General Wheaton
Mr. Lawton
Jack
Dewey's Birthday Observed as Admiral Reaches Sixty-Two
Washington observers note Admiral Dewey turns sixty two today and faces retirement at his discretion if not promoted. He marks the day quietly at home and receives a combined birthday Christmas gift. The couple visited the Zoo to view a black bear named Billy sent by Bemidji Minn. citizens with an offer to rehome the animal.
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Washington
Dewey
Boer forces claim crushing Tugela battle defeat of Buller
From Pretoria December 26 the Schalkburger report states Buller’s relief column battled near Tugela and Colenso, was driven back, with British artillery damaged and nine cannon carried across the river. Villebois and Braum praise the engagement as superb. Nine ambulances carried the dead and wounded.
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Pretoria
Schalkburger
Buller
Tugela
Bulwer Bridge
Villebois
Braum
Europe
Botha
Trichart
The Cause of Silver in Chicago Special
Former United States Senator Dubois of Idaho, a silver Republican leader, in Chicago says a longer Transvaal war will favor the silver cause. He argues there is not enough gold for world money and calls the war a key campaign influence. He notes a New York panic aligned with the gold standard bill and links it to silver free coinage debates.
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Chicago
United States
Dubois
Idaho
Friends of Silver
Transvaal
New York
Wise Men
Churchill’s Escape From Pretoria Recounted by Churchill
Winston Churchill describes his escape from the Boers at Pretoria. He left prison at night climbed walls hid in coal sacks boarded a goods train and rode toward Delagoa Bay for five days avoiding bridges and stations. He reached Delagoa Bay and evaded Boer search losing weight. He vows to pursue the war with unflinching vigor.
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London
the Post
Winston Churchill
Pretoria
State Schools
Delagoa Bay
Middleburg
Komati Poort
Churchill
Seizure of American Flour Off Delagoa Bay
Secretary of State Hay orders a thorough investigation into reports of cargoes of American flour seized by cruisers off Delagoa Bay in Portuguese South Africa. The American consul at Lourenzo Marques is directed to inquire fully and protect commerce. Ambassador Cheate will press London for British Foreign Office explanations. Outcomes depend on forthcoming findings.
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Washington
Hay
Delagoa Bay
South Africa
Lourenzo Marques
Cheate
London
Foreign Office
Rumors of Impending War Between Russia and Japan
From Victoria reports indicate a growing belief in Japan that Russia will engage in hostilities with Japan in the spring. The City of London news arrives of Japanese naval activity and rice purchases, with a Shanghai note claiming Russia has sent three warships toward Masampo, elevating tensions between the powers.
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Victoria
B. v
London
Orient
Russia
Japan
Korea
Shanghai
Masampo
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