British losses at Ladysmith reported as heavy in lettered dispatch
A London special dated January 12 says in the Ladysmith action of January 6 British losses reach fourteen officers killed and thirty four wounded with over 800 other ranks killed or injured. Boer losses estimated 2000 to 3000. The Sixth division awaits Lord Roberts at Table Bay as Fearless seizes Maria L at Port Elizabeth.
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London
Ladysmith
Table Bay
Lord Roberts
H. M. S. Fearless
Port Elizabeth
Pietermaritzburg
Frere
Colenso
Lorenzo Marquesanuary
Transvaal
Buller
White
Springfield
Tugela
War Office
General Buller
Potgieter's Drift
Tugela River
Secretary Gage Replies to Critics on Treasury Management
Secretary Gage forwards a detailed reply to Senate and House resolutions on national bank depositories. The document includes an exhaustive exposition of treasury administration and 9000 words plus departmental reports and over 1000 letters.
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Gage
Senate
Allen
Nebraska
House
Sulzer
New York
Treasury
Department
Fire in Milan School Ends With Narrow Loss of Life
A fire at Milan Michigan public school destroyed the building as 300 pupils were inside. panic rose before discovery but Preceptress Clara Eayes of Adrian and Professor C H Marrack helped evacuate children. Two girls Edith Cavenaugh and Emma Bentley were badly burned. Eayes escaped by jumping from a window. Building valued at 10000 dollars.
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Milan
Mich
Clara Eayes
Adrian
C. H. Marrack
Edith Cavenaugh
Emma Bentley
Miss Eayes
Banks Designated for Temporary Revenue Deposits
The secretary of the treasury has closed the second group of banks that deposited bonds and agreed to participate in temporary deposits of internal revenue funds. This group includes about seventy five banks with about $10,000,000 in bonds, bringing the total to roughly $27,000,090. The designation offer has been open since December 18 and no more banks are expected to be designated.
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secretary of the _treasury
Internal Revenue Funds
Fatal Card Game Riot at Pound Gap Ky
In a blind tiger at Pound Gap Kentucky a card game led to a fray. John and Taze Hall and Arch and Henry Leap opposed Henry Sutherland Berry Long and Henry Campbell. Two hundred shots were exchanged. Taze Hall and Henry Leap were killed. Dave Sutherland and Henry Campbell mortally wounded. Arch Leap and Henry Sullivan wounded.
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Pound Gap
John
Taze Hall
Arch
Henry
Leap
Henry Sutherland
Berry Long
Henry Campbell
Henry Leap
Dave Sutherland
Arch Leap
Henry Sullivan
Postmaster Plan Seeks Civil Service Rule Amendment
The postmaster general will seek presidential approval for a rule change allowing reinstatement of employees temporarily separated due to post office or free delivery service suspensions now reestablished. The president has informally signified approval of the amendment.
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Civil Service
Hartford Sets Sail From San Francisco for New York Cruise
The Hartford flagship of Admiral Farragut sails from San Francisco to New York under Commander Hawley. The historic battleship carries a crew of 540 sailors aboard its long voyage.
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Hartford
Farragut
San Francisco
Io New York
Hawley
Tragedy in Boyd County Ends in Double Death Near Spencer
Reports from Boyd County describe a fatal shooting then suicide between neighbors M Nelson and M Jacoby. Jacoby, a county supervisor, lured Nelson to a shed then shot him, later dying from a self-inflicted wound. Coroner ruled Jacoby insane. both men well respected. Letters alleged accusations of money misuse and another family, denied in dated note.
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Spencer
Boyd County
O’neill
M. Nelson
M. Jacoby
Jacoby
County Board of Supervisors
Nelson
Butte
M. H. Jacoby
Milton Nelson
Steamer Wrecked on Reef Near St Johns Newfoundland
A large steamer, possibly a passenger ship, wrecked on a reef in St Marys Bay about five miles from shore. The vessel lies head low in the water and is on fire aft. Several people were swept from the deck during daylight, with others seen in the rigging as night fell. Fear remains that additional casualties will occur before morning as no new details were available at 9 PM.
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St. Johns
St. Mary’s Bay
Young Boy Guilty of First Degree Murder in Kansas
John Kornstett, sixteen, was found guilty of first degree murder for killing his cousin Nora Kornstett ten. The girl vanished in June while near a field where Kornstett plowed and was later found unconscious in a well. He admitted throwing her into the well after an assault.
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Anthony
Kan
John Kornstett
Nora Kornstett
Kornstett
Tanner Seeks Senate Seat In Illinois
Springfield dispatch reports Governor Tanner confirmed he is a candidate for United States senator against Senator Cullom. Both men will seek endorsement from Sangamon County Republican Committee amid calls to the governor's office and executive mansion.
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Springfield
Ill
Tanner
United States
Cullom
Sanpanon County
Republican Committee
Farm Foreclosure Ends in Homicide at Grand View Missouri
Thomas Westlake a farm hand fired a shotgun at J H North Furniture collector Wood E Mitchell of Kansas City as Mitchell attempted to foreclose a mortgage on hogs at C D French farm near Grand View Missouri. Mitchell died instantly. Westlake had ordered him off the property and refused.
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Wood E. Mitchell
J. H. North Furniture and Carpet Company
Kansas City
C. D. French
Grand View
Moe
Thomas Westlake
Mitchell
Westlake
Alaska Governor Presses Extension of General Land Laws
Governor Brady of Alaska and a delegation from Cape Nome testified before a Washington house committee on public lands. He spoke on Alaska’s general conditions and urged extending the general land laws to the territory.
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Brady-of-Alaska
Cape Nome
Alaska
House Committee On Public Lands
Washington
Finnish immigration to the northwest grows this year
It is estimated nearly 55 000 Finlanders will immigrate this year and settle in the northwest. After losing to Terry McGovern, George Dixon said he would never again enter the prize ring. The National Union Bank and National Bank of Commerce of New York, both controlled by Mutual Life Insurance Co., have consolidated. Three Browns died after entering a lake opening at Lake of Bays near Black Point Baysville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Terry McGovern
George Dixon
National Union Bank
National Bank of Commerce of New York
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Thomas
Margaret
Jane Brown
Lake of Bays
Black Point
Baysville
Ont
Buller Advances Near Ladysmith Amid War Strains
London reports Buller advancing after crossing west of the Colenso line, with Ladysmith besieged by disease and heavy casualties. Dispatches note fever and dysentery decimating garrison as Buller pushes toward Tugela crossings and White’s outposts.
Banker Is Shot In Cresco City And Killed
Maj John S Stone a renowned Oklahoma lawyer and president of the People's Bank of Kingfisher was shot and killed at Cres centr City twelve miles west of Guthrie by J E Walcher who afterward made his escrow Walcher had mortgaged property to Stone to secure a loan and later mortgaged the same property to the Capital National Bank of Guthrie Walcher was arrested while still under bond The shooting followed his attempt to foreclose the goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Stone
Oklahoma
People’s Bank of
Policeman Shoots Burglary Suspect Near Home
Police officer Joseph L. Tischart shot and killed burglar John Burke in Chicago after a half mile pursuit from three highwaymen who were looting a nearby alley. Burke died instantly. his two companions escaped.
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John Burke
Chicago
Joseph L. Tischart
Burke
Fire Threatens Colorado Springs Store District
A May clothing store fire in Colorado Springs, fanned by high winds, destroyed three buildings and jeopardized the business district. Losses are estimated at $150,000.
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Colorado Springs
May
Bank Robbery in Owensville Burglars Blow Safe Open
About 815000 was reported. the McGinnis bank in Owensville Indiana was entered and the safe blown. The explosion wrecked the building and about 15000 was rumored stolen. Bank officials declined details as burglars fled on a handcar.
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McGinnis Bank
Owensville
Ind
Boston Clearing House Votes to Sell Collateral
At a meeting of the Boston clearing house association it was voted to sell the collateral held as security for the $3,500,000 in clearing house certificates issued to the Globe National bank before its collapse.
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Boston Clearing House Association
Globe National Bank
Soldier Willis Rosser Indicted for Assault in New York
A New York grand jury indicted Willis Rosser, a soldier, for assault in the first degree after he shot Mr. Slater. Rosser recently killed a man in San Francisco, was tried, and acquitted.
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New York
Willis Rosser
Slater
Rosser
San Francisco
Fairmont City Patrol Aims to Repair Sidewalks
The city marshal plans sidewalk repairs when no disturbances are reported, focusing on maintenance and safety rather than enforcement, to improve pedestrian access in Fairmont.
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Fairmont
General Bates Moves in Luzon South of Manila
General Otis reports to the war department on operations in Luzon south of Manila. Bates’ command, with the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-ninth Regiments, advances near Calamba under Bullard. January 1, Bullard’s two battalions attack insurgents, seize Cabaquo, followed by Binan. enemy losses include thirty killed and many wounded, twenty prisoners taken, three Americans lightly wounded.
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Otis
War Department
Luzon
Manila
Bates
Calamba
Bullard
Thirty-ninth
Cabaquo
Binan
Chicago River Purifier Lets Water Be Bottled For Drinking
Ten days after the Chicago river was diverted through a narrow sluiceway of sixty thousand cubic feet per minute the water sample from Wells Street was chemist approved as fit for drinking after bottling. The purified river water is described as better than water from Lake Michigan previously supplied to the city.
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Chicago
Wells Street
Lake Michigan
Insurgents Routed by Col Bullard at Santa Thomas Road
Manila dispatch reports Col Bullard with the 39th Infantry attacking entrenched insurgents on the Santa Thomas road from Calamba in three columns. Twenty four rebels killed sixty captured. Filipino retreat toward Lake Taal with wounded. One American killed and two officers slightly wounded.
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Manila
Women Burned to Death in Louisville Home
Mrs Mary Theobold aged fifty eight and her daughter Lucinda aged twenty eight were badly burned at their Louisville Kentucky home when a lamp exploded in front of a stove. Mrs Theobald died from burns while attempting to save her daughter whose fate was not certain.
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Mary Theobold
Lucinda
Louisville
Miss Theobold
Mrs. Theobald
Springfield embezzler Max Deitring arrested in Illinois
Max Deitring from Springfield Illinois was arrested by Sheriff GC M Wood of Sanpamon County Illinois. The sheriff departed for the east with the prisoner to avoid a writ of habeas corpus. Deitring’s attorney claims the proceedings are illegal.
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Max Deitring
Springfield
Ill
GC. M. Wood
Sanpamon County
Illinois
East
U S and Portugal sign protocol to activate reciprocity pact
Special Plenipotentiary Jasson and Senor Duarte signed a protocol to implement the reciprocity arrangement agreed last spring between the United States and Portugal. The treaty awaits proclamation until ratification in Lisbon.
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Jasson
United States
Senor Duarte
Portugal
Lisbon
Luigi Crispi Sentenced for Jewelry Theft in 1896 Case
Luigi Crispi, son of the renowned Italian statesman Francisco Crispi, was Friday sentenced to four years in prison for stealing jewelry from Countess Cellere in April 1896. His career has been marked by notoriety.
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Luigi Crispi
Signor
Francisco Crispi
Cellere
Hindman shooting leaves preacher dead and wife’s sister killed
In Hindman Knott County Kentucky a preacher Preechek killed Mrs Lucinda Isaacs sister of his late wife then shot himself in the abdomen. He may recover according to physicians. The motive given is Isaacs’s refusal of his marriage proposal.
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Preechek
Wesley. Hall
Hindman
Knott Countys
Lucinda Isaacs
Isaacs
Man Appoints Dubuquean as Paris Exposition Superintendent
John McDonald of Dubuque Iowa has been appointed superintendent of the agricultural annex to the Paris exposition. He will sail February 11.
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Towa Man
John McDonald
Dubuque, Ta
Halifax Troops Ordered to South Africa
News in brief reports troops from Halifax sent to South Africa. Townsend, ex secretary of state of Ohio, is described as dead. Elis Misher was hanged for rape in Seguin Texas. A Utica North Carolina dry goods store fire caused $75000 damage. Foreclosure proceedings started against the Ferris Wheel Company in Chicago. French chamber motions sought to suspend import duties on coal and iron. A severe blizzard hits northwest New Mexico as the worst on record.
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Charles
Townsend
Ohio
Elis Misher
Seguin
Texas
Utica
N. C
Ferris Wheel Company
Chicago
Burglaries Hit Two Tecumseh Stores in Sunday Night Heist
Authorities hold Milo Stollard on suspicion as investigators probe two Tecumseh burglaries. Seaver Bros drug store lost about $70 in cash from tills and an old safe left open. Walter Bros cigar factory saw only minor money missing. Entry came via cellar door and trap door. transom forced at Seaver.
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Tecumseh
Seaver Bros
Seavers
Milo
Stollard
Consolidation of Banks in Harvard Complete
The Union State bank buys the First National bank of Harvard including building fixtures and business. The First National will liquidate voluntarily. depositors entitled to full payment on demand and time certificate holders may cash now or wait for maturity with principal plus interest. Jesse F. Eller to oversee closing. Union State strengthens though directors remain unchanged.
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Harvard
Union State Bank
First National Bank of Harvard
Jesse F. Eller
National
Russell Sues Toogood For Ten Thousand Dollars
John Russell sues John Toogood for 10000 in Fremont district clerk office alleging a brutal August 28 1899 assault on the public highway. He claims rupture internal injuries a broken jaw nose arm teeth injuries and incapacity for work with substantial medical bills.
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Fremont
John Russell
John Toogood
Nickerson
Mercer Bill Aims to Macadamize Fort Crook Road
Washington reports Congressman Mercer introduced a house bill to macadamize the Fort Crook road from the city limits to Fort Crook. The South Side Improvement Club welcomed the plan which follows a graded route along Missouri river bluffs. The measure authorizes $60 000 for a sixteen foot wide paving project.
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Washington
Mercer
Fort Crook
South Side
Missouri River Valley
Sarpy
Douglas
York Court House Sewer Plan Aimed To Ease Nuisance
A joint meeting of the city council committee and the board of supervisors discussed a proposed sanitary sewer from the northwest corner of the square to a point on Beaver creek southeast of town. The line would run a little over a mile and serve the court house and business district. Estimated cost ranges from 6000 to 8000 dollars.
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Court House
York
City Council
Board of Supervisors
Beaver Creek
County Commission Probes End With Clean Records
Polk county commissioners report three weeks of sessions to settle with county officers. They affirm records are kept correctly. Dr. L. M. Shaw has served as county physician eleven years. Dr. Carrie Heald appointed as physician. Clerk of Court Campbell names ex-clerk B F Brown as deputy. Brown served eight years as clerk of the district court.
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Polk County
L. M. Shaw
Carrie Heald
Campbell
B. F. Brown
Brown
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