British Losses Hit 198 in Methuen's Second Battle
London reports General Buller confirms 198 casualties in Methuen's second battle at Gras Pan or Fastin, with the Yorkshire and naval brigade bearing the heaviest tolls. Dispatch notes disputed reports of Boers in Natal and cautions that sharp fighting may resume along the southern frontier as Gatacre threats loom.
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London
Buller
Gras Pan
Fastin
Methuen
Yorkshire
Lanccers
South Africa
Flowey Nest Kioof
Natal
Gatacre
Theough
Stormberg Mountains
Boers Reported Retiring From Natal Front
Dispatch from the Natal governor states Boers are retreating from Weenen toward Ladysmith after finding Allied lines strong. British troops occupy a ridge three miles north of the Mooi River as General Buller arrives and telegraph communications with Ladysmith are restored. River floods hinder movements.
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London
Colonial Office
Natal
Pietermaritzburg
Weenen
Mooi River
Ladysmith
Buller
Lstcourt
Rail bridge at Freeze destroyed as Boers retreat
Sunday report from courtside notes the Freeze bridge wrecked by Boers dwindling in number. A general advance on Colenso is ordered and a flying column leaves to intercept raiding parties. Ladysmith messenger warns of a countrywide attack planned for today. General Joubert expected to contest Tyula river crossing.
Derbying South Africa battle reports a day
Durban reports detail General Hildyard s forces at Bescon Hill with 15 killed and 42 wounded as West Yorkshire regiment suffers heavy casualties Major Hobbs captured and several missing Boer losses at Belmont listed as 10 killed and 4 wounded dispatches note burghers ordered to fall back on Warrenton a Terrible cruiser contingent sails with two 47 deck guns to the front
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Durban
Hildyard
Bescon Hill
West Yorkshire Regiment
Hobbs
Kroger
Joubert
Belmont
Warrenton
Hamilton
Duff
Ladysmith
Terrible
Pretoria consul may be expelled by Boers report
Journal Washington special says Consul Maccum at Pretoria may face expulsion by the Boers. The United States government will stand by him.
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New Yorks
Journal
Washington
Maccum
Pretoria
Boers Occupy Stromberg Cape Colony
Cape Town reports that Boers occupied Stromberg in the Cape Colony early Sunday morning amid ongoing hostilities.
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Strumberg
Cape Town
Stromberg
Cape Colony
Sanday Morning
Mailing Clerk Arrested in Temple Post Office
A day mailing clerk at the Temple Texas post office was arrested by inspectors on charges of abstracting money from letters. He resisted, struggled fiercely, and required police aid before being overcome. Postmaster Darling assisted during the arrest.
Kentucky muddle deepens over Goebel election law
Governor Bradley denies being informed by President McKinley that troops would be furnished if asked for. Republicans seek repeal of the Goebel law through an anti Goebel alliance. Democrats vow to strengthen it with amendments including removing ballot devices and forcing voters to scratch out names. A national seating rumor circulates about the next Kentucky governor.
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Frankfort
Bradley
McKinley
Republican Party
Death of Well Known Jurist Judge McClellan
District Judge H. McClellan died at 7 AM in his West Seventh Street home. He served Lamar Fannin and Red River counties as district judge since 1904. A 42 year old native, he was a prominent attorney and respected by many. His funeral will be conducted by the Masons this afternoon.
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Larham
Ho. McClellan
West Seventh Street
McClellan
Lamar
Fannin
Red River
Beaumount Suit Seeks 20860 Damages Over Boy's Death
Albert de Villeneuve and wife sue in Beaumont district court for 20860 dollars in damages after their son Raune was killed June 56 in the city. Defendants are the Texas and New Orleans Railway and Wells Fargo Express. Raune, a messenger in the railroad freight office, tried to board a moving freight train and was struck by a Wells Fargo Express track wagon, knocked under the train and killed.
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Beaumont
Tex
Albert de Villeneuve
Raune
Texas and New Orleans Railway Company
Well-Fargo Express Company
Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company
Wells-Fargo Axrpress Company
New York Banker Gourdain Arrested in Lottery Swindle Probe
Louis A. Gourdain a banker with an office in the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building was arrested on Chief of Police Devery order on a charge of swindling. He is described as a well known lottery man from New Orleans and linked to a scheme similar to the Franklin syndicate in which W F Miller had ties.
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New York
Louis A. Gourdain
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Franklin Syndicate
W. F. Miller
Devery
Gourdian
New Orleans
Revenue receipts rise in fiscal year 1900 report
Commissioner George K Wilkon of the internal revenue bureau reports to the secretary of the treasury that for the year ended June 30 1900 total receipts from all sources reached 73 484 473 dollars, up 103 617 000 from the prior year and 3 484 573 above last year s estimate.
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Washington
George K. Wilkon
Internal Revenue Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Riot at Thirty-ninth Street and Indiana Avenue
Riot between union sewer laborers and black nonunionists in Chicago injures several. one striker, William Tuck, may die. Police arrest 23 black individuals. Pietoin razors and clubs used as glass in nearby store windows are broken.
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Chicago
Thirty-ninth Street
Indiana Avenue
William ‘Tuck
General RB Vance Dies at 71 in North Carolina
General RB Vance aged 71 and brother of late Senator Z 13 Vance died at his home in Alexander ten miles from Ashville after long diabetes. A Confederate veteran he served in Congress for 12 years representing the district.
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Ashville
N. C
RB. C. Vance
Vance
Congress
Alexander
Hardwick bill to limit Negro vote defeated in Georgia House
The Hardwick bill to restrict African American suffrage in Georgia was overwhelmingly defeated in the lower house by a 137 to 3 vote. The proposal aimed to disenfranchise black voters, but failed to advance.
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Atlanta
Hardwick
Cuban Situation Discussed At Cabinet Meeting
Washington report notes the Cuban situation was discussed at the cab inet meeting with officials outlining positions and potential actions under consideration. The briefing described U S concerns over Cuba and possible policy steps to address tensions in the region.
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Washington
Cabinal
Island affairs dominate at talks with the president
General Wood discussed eighteen serious issues on the island with the president, outlining key concerns and seeking guidance on governance and security.
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Wood
Frank James case ends with guilty plea in manslaughter
In Greenville Texas on November 29 the district court accepted Frank James plea of guilty to manslaughter and assault to murder. The jury imposed two year terms in each case.
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Greenville, Tex
Frank James
James
Burglars Grab Firearms at Bonhiain Hardware Store
In Bonhiain Texas the J C Munn hardware store was entered by burglars taking about 140 dollars of goods mainly firearms and fifteen pistols. In New York Admiral Dewey denies presidential candidacy urging support for McKinley and criticizing hero talk.
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Bonhiain
Tex
J. C. Munn
Ohio towns roil over murder of constable and marshal
In Mansfield Ohio on November 29 intense excitement grips Chicago Junction area after Constable William Smith is shot in the head and Plymouth Marshal J W Conklin is critically wounded by Ezra Moore a farmer during an execution attempt. Moore seized a shotgun and opened fire killing Smith.
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Mansfield, O
Chicago Junction
William Smith
J. W. Conklin
Plymouth
Ezra Moore
Moore
Mail fumigates ordered at Indian Territory offices
South McAlester LT Nov 24 report: postmaster general orders fumigation at South McAlester McAlester Krebs Alderson Wilburton Cherryvale Hartshorne Calvin and Atoka due to smallpox spread and a feared epidemic with coming cold weather.
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South McAlester
Indian Territory
McAlester
Krebs
Alderson
Wilburton
Cherryvale
Hartshorne
Calvin
Atoka
Creek country cattle case moves toward action soon
Prosecuting Attorney Soper has orders from Washington to initiate action against cattlemen who moved herds into the Creek country. The cases have lingered and the forthcoming legal contest is expected to be highly notable in Indian Territory history.
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South McAlester
Soper
Washington
Mack backs Hill support for Bryan Chicago platform
Norman Mack, Democratic leader in Erie county, announced that David B. Hill would support the nominee and platform of the next Democratic national convention even if the nominee is William Jennings Bryan and the platform reiterates the Chicago stance. He said he had spoken with ex-Senator Mill recently and received assurance.
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Buffalo
Norman Mack
Erie County
David B. Hill
W. J. Bryan
Chicago
Mack
Mill
Judge Elbert Dead in Galveston Nov 29
Judge Samuel H. Elbert former governor of Colorado died at his temporary residence in the Denver Recurvey. He suffered from Bright's disease and came to Galveston about two months ago seeking criminal relief unavailable in Colorado. He had been ill since.
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Galveston
Samuel H. Elbert
Colorado
Denver
Elbert
Brigit
Tragic Train accident near Lovelady injures boy
In Lovelady Texas an International and Great Northern freight train struck eight year old Boyd Percy near the depot. The boy’s legs were crushed and amputated bilaterally. Officials say he is expected to survive, though gravely injured.
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Lovelady
Tex
Great Northern Freigh
Boyd Percy
City to host next Democratic National Convention
After the Democratic National Convention the Kansas City general committee in charge of the movement plans to add 10 000 to a 47 000 fund and to spend 10 cents of the subscriptions immediately.
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Kansas City
Wuhu
City
Bank Safe Blown Open in Bluff City Robbery
Robbers exploded dynamite at the State Bank in Bluff City Kansas Saturday night wrecking the safe and front end. They escaped with about $10,000 in gold and some silver and pills. It marks the eighth Kansas bank robbed by safe crackers in three weeks.
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Bluff City
Kas
Kaneas
Wrote About the President
A garbled note from an office clerk cites writings to the SupremeExecutive on a political matter. The fragment references Daw eon and a Whaate entity amid unclear context and dates.
Ex Gabgreseman Dead in City
Former congressman and lawyer George W Cooper 4 died in this city from diseases. He served late 19th century and had practiced law since 1890s.
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George W Cooper
Cooper
Immense Prodigy Must Loancied Becomes Beau- Something
Immense prodge to loancied as hulls loom large in a misread report. The item appears fragmentary with unclear nouns and dates, offering limited readable facts about a hull and a beauman reference.
President's Message Near Complete For Congress Next Week
The president’s annual message is nearly finished and ready for transmission to Congress. It will be unusually long due to many topics. Proofs have been submitted and sections sent to the public printer. The timing may shift due to the vice president’s death and the ensuing adjournments in both Senate and House.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Americans Escape as Insurgents Retreat From Mangularen
Manila dispatch reports seven Americans and 94 other prisoners escaped during Filipino withdrawal from Mangularen in Pangasinan province. Among the escaped are Captain Green and Ciro Powers, Thos Edwards, Charles Bird, Henry James, John Desmond, and Fr Huber. Two Americans, David Scott and William Sherby, remained with the insurgents. four deserters are with the Filipinos. Colonel Bell arrived with troops and learned insurgents had retreated toward the mountains, leaving Mangalaren fortified but abandoned.
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Manila
Mangularen
Pangasan
Green
Ciro. Powers
Oregon
Thos. Edwards
Charles Bird
Sixteenth Infantry
Slenry W. James
Twelfth Infantry
John Desmond
Magnal Corps
Fr Huber
Lowe
David Scott
Twenty-fourth Infantry
William Sherby
Hospital Corps
Howard
Martin
Ford
California
Watts
Toward
Ile
Bell
Thirty-fourth Volunteers
Mangalaren
Avno
Fowler
Alejandrino
Beil
Filipino Congress President Surrenders to MacArthur
Bautista pres to MacArthur renounces all ties to the insurrection and declines a supreme court judgeship. He claims the Filipino congress and cabinet are dissolved and urges soldiers to lay down arms as truth spreads.
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Manila
Bautista
Filipino Congress
General MacArthur
Supreme Court
Lucy
Manila steamer Mananense escapes catastrophe at sea
The transport Man anense with Levenant Colonel Webb Hayes and detachments of the Thirty first Infantry arrived in Manila after 12 days of billeting with buckets. The unseaworthy steamer endured a typhoon with engine failure and scarce provisions, rolling three days offshore.
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Manila
Mananense
Levenant
Webb Hayes
Tares
Thirtyfirst
Receiver for the Fair is Appointed in Dallas Suit
W H Gaston and others filed in the Fourteenth district court seeking a receiver for the Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition association. Judge W J J Smith appointed John H Gaston receiver, who took oath and bonded $25 000. The suit aims to protect bondholders and stockholders as Manchester Trust Company holds a judgment against one of the association's outstanding bonds.
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Dallas
W. H. Gaston
Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition Association
Fourteenth District Court
W. J. J. Smith
John H. Gaston
Fair Association
The
Manchester Trust Company of Manchester
Eng
Sulvciation
Postmaster Robbed as Robbers Slay Deputy Marshal in Rural Oklahoma
In Wit Durton Oklahoma, two robbers knocked down Postmaster M A Cox, took 300 dollars, and fled. Deputy US Marshal Henry Peckinpaugh, who hailed the distress, was shot and killed as he pursued the robbers. Deputies Harvey and Cox were sent to the scene to hunt the perpetrators.
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Fiartshorne
Cox Hat
Horne
Peckingpaugh
Tag
Cox
Peckinpaugh
Harvey
Bridge Watchman Killed at Trinity Bridge
Tyler Texas November 29 Jacobson Cotton Belt watchman at Trinity bridge was run down and killed by an extra freight train on Cedar Creek bridge. He had just inspected the river bridge and started on a velocipede to Malakoff for quinine not knowing what followed. His remains were brought by passenger train and interred here. He had served the road in various capacities and left a wife.
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Tyler
Tex
Jacobson
Trinity Bridge
Cedser Creek
Malakoff
Fetal Gas Explosion Kills Rockwall Youth
Theophorus Hartman, son of former County Judge Hartman, died instantly in Rockwall Texas on November 29 when an acetylene gas generator exploded as he and his brother Horace attempted to operate it. The deceased was a well known citizen.
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Rockwall
Tex
Theophorus Hartman
Hartman
Horace
Democratic caucus to pick House candidates set Sunday
Congressman J D Richardson announces that the Democratic caucus to choose the speaker and other officers for the next House will be held at a, likely Sunday after noon, in Cruces Washington. The statement notes Tennessee representative Richardson authorized the message and sets the timing for the gathering.
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Washinton
J. D. Richardson
Tennessee
Democratic Caucus
Yellow fever case aboard Burnside lands in New York
The United Bates transport Burnside arrived from Havana with a yellow fever case on board. The patient is P. B. Reider of Reading Pa., a discharged soldier. The ship is held at quarantine for disinfection.
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New York
United Bates
Burnside
Havana
P. B. Reider
Reading Pa
Croker Sails for Europe on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Richard Croker left Hoboken on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse bound for Europe. A group of personal and political friends accompanied him to the steamer’s dock to bid farewell.
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New York
Richard Croker
Europe
Hoboken
State Trust company seizes Harper and Brothers under $3.5 million mortgage
The State Trust company, acting as trustee, has taken control of Harper and Brothers of New York under a mortgage totaling 3.5 million dollars. Total liability reaches about 5.5 million dollars. The firm asked the trustee to assume control.
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New York
State Trust Company
Harper & Bros
Anti Christian Uprising Reported in Shantung District
North China Daily News dispatch from Coo Foo Shantung records a series of anti Christian risings in the Chi Nang Fa district as of Nov 29. The report notes native unrest and clashes linked to religious tension in the region.
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Shanghai
North China Daily News
Coo Foo
Shantung
Chi Nang Fa
Forgery Suspect Bob Young Sentenced in Galveston
In Galveston on November 29 the criminal court found Bob Young guilty of forgery and, without leaving the box, the jury sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary.
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Galveston
Bob Young
Electric car fatally strikes butcher in Austin scene
In Austin on November 20 John Gallee a local butcher was killed when an electric car ran him down and his brains were crushed by the wheels. A separate report from York November 29 notes Captain Evans denies drafting charges against anyone.
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Austin
John Gallee
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