Victory for the Boers Reported in Bloemfontein Dispatch
London dispatch from Bloemfontein quotes Lord Kitchener as saying Delarey and about 500 Boers attacked a Pretoria to Rustenburg convoy at Luffelspoort. They burned half the convoy and killed fifteen, wounded twenty three, including Lieutenant Baker. Boers suffered losses from case shot at close range, and DeWet moved toward Odeidal after crossing the Caledon at Karree Pont drift on December 5. General Knox pursued. the Caledon drift was held by guards.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Bloemfontein
Delarey
Pretoria
Rustenburg
Luffelspoort
Baker
Commandon Nek
DeWet
Caledon
Karree Pont
Odeidal
Knox
Eagan Restored to Duty as War Orders Remit Sentence
Secretary of War announces remission of the remainder of Commissary General Charles H. Eagan's sentence and restoration to active duty in Washington. A simultaneous order states Eagan's retirement under the thirty years' service provision, promoting Acting Commissary General John Weston to the vacancy. The case stemmed from his remarks during the canned beef scandal.
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Eagan
Isis Bank
Secretary of War
Charles H. Eagan
Washington
John Weston
Hagan
Miles Names
Sail to South America Ordered for Admiral Kautz Fleet
Admiral Kautz received orders to sail without delay to South America. The Iowa and the Philadelphia departed San Diego on Saturday amid surprise among naval officers. A coal allocation for the flagship was cut from 1,009 tons to half before departure.
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San Diego
Cal
Kautz
South America
Iowa
Philadelphia
To Pen Up Boers in Johannesburg Reconcentration Plan
Johannesburg reports preparation of race course accommodations for 4000 farm residents under reconcentration policy. Authorities will herd residents into a laager and strictly supervise them. Gazette notices conscription of all able bodied British subjects for Rand Rifles service.
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Johannesburg
Rand Rifles
Navy Seeks Record Ship Contract Bids For Warships
Bids were received by the Secretary of the Navy for a $42,000,000 contract to build five battleships and six or more armored cruisers. Battleships cost $3,600,000 each and cruisers $4,000,000 apiece. The ships are described as superior to anything afloat.
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Secretary of the Navy
Eighty Days Missing Schooner Cora S McKay Crew
Provincetown special notes eighty days since the three masted Schooner Cora S McKay was sighted last. Thirty crewmen remain, nine aboard town. Fifteen widows and fifty four orphans left behind by the loss.
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Provincetown
Mass
Cora S. McKay
McKay
Fatal Coal Fall at Luke Fidler Mine in Swampkin
Paul Prebles and Frank Andrews were killed when a large coal mass collapsed from above while they worked on a breast of coal in the Luke Fidler mine owned by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company in Swampkin Pennsylvania.
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Paul Prebles
Frank Andrews
Luke Fidler
Swampkin
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
The Fiend Captured In Infant Death Case
John Gibson of Cataletisburg is jailed in Marysville Kentucky charged with killing his infant step daughter by a hot poker. He claims the burns were to simulate small pox to mislead investigators.
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John Gibson
Cataletisburg
Marysville
Hie
Kruger Abandons Journeys and Arbitration Efforts
Brussels correspondent reports Mr. Kruger has abandoned all proposed journeys to other capitals and all further efforts to secure arbitration, signaling a setback in mediation.
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Kruger
Brussels
London Standard
Czar Recovers and Returns to State Affairs
The St. Petersburg correspondent for the London Times reports Emperor Nicholas has recovered and is once again attending to state business.
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Czar
Emperor Nicholas
St. Petersburg
London Times
Hobson Remains Very Ill in New York Hospital
Lieutenant Hobson's condition remains unchanged as he lies severely ill. Despite hundreds of letters and telegrams arriving, none are delivered to his room and visitors are barred by his physicians.
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Hobson
Lieutenant Hobson
New York
Rockfall at World- Herald mine kills three in Aurora
A heavy blast in the World- Herald mine at Aurora Missouri triggered a roof bowlder fall killing three men and seriously injuring two others. The accident occurred when the blast loosened rock above the crews working inside the mine.
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World- Herald
Aurora
New York plans for permanent Dewey arch abandoned
A sprawling Eastern summary notes the Dewey arch plan in New York is scrapped as a severe gale rages along the New England coast causing heavy shipping damage. It lists fires, deaths, bankruptcies, murders, and various incidents from Maine to New Jersey, with multiple named individuals and places.
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New York
New England
Portland
H. E. Goodman
Chicago
Wintondale
Plymouth
Andrew Bushes
Mary
Andrew Talada
A. K
Narberth
United States District Court
Multiple Chicago Robberies and Public Notices Across States
Five highwaymen robbed a crowded Chicago car and beat the conductor while Edward Wright lost 317 dollars. Henry Zimmerman, Chicagoan, jailed in St Paul for forgery. A Southern Pacific freight train collided near Suisun killing five and injuring twenty two. Two killed and four injured in Grannis Arkansas by boiler explosion. John Pynn, Utah postmaster for 38 years, resigns at 85. A Harlem Chicago crossing accident leaves one dead. American Car and Foundry of Detroit lands 600 car order for Northern Spain Railway due March 1. Reuben Lockman of Wyoming commits suicide on his dog’s grave. Whipple murder verdict not guilty in Bemidji amid indignation. Seattle Great Northern to run line to Vancouver to vie with Canadian Pacific. Manila police chief position offered to St Louis chief, accepted. Richard Novak, 14, convicted of murder in Chicago. Frank Robertson, 43, dies by own action in Wichita. Actress Miss Jennie Williamson dies in Cincinnati and marries on deathbed. Baltimore and Ohio workers strike at Tiffin over wage cut.
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Henry Zimmerman
Chicago
St. Paul
Minn
State Reformatory
Southern Pacific
Suisun
Cal
Charles Harris
P. D. Batson
Grannis
Ark
John Pynn
St. George
Utah
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Harlem
American Car and Foundry Company of
Detroit
Northern Spain Railway
Reuben Lockman
Wyoming
Whipple
Bermidji
Seattle
Great Northern
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
John W. Campbell
St. Louis
Manila
Richard Novak
Kan
Hancock County
Illinois
Roosevelt
Rough
Jennie Williamson
Dewey
Cincinnati
John Burke
Baltimore and Ohio
Tiffin
Ohio
Jim Crow Cars Upheld by Supreme Court Ruling
The United States Supreme Court ruled for Kentucky in the case against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, allowing exclusive Jim Crow cars for colored passengers. Justice Harlan dissented, arguing no state may classify citizens this way.
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Tom Dodsworth
Volunteer
Pittsburg
Huntington
W. Va
Henry Johnson
Main Street
Paris
Henry Lawson
Lawson
Judy Jackson
W. H. Cox
Chattahoochee Brick Company
John Chapman
Id. Faulkner
United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
United States
Kentucky
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Fire destroys Moensted oleomargarine plant in Aarhus Denmark
Fire at the Moensted oleomargarine factory in Aarhus causes about 1,000,000 kronen in losses. Other items report Rev. Parker broadcasting in London, bolomen surrender at Vigan, a girl kills a toddler in Lille, German losses near Pao-Ting-Fu, and Royal returnees.
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Moensted
Aarhus
Denmark
Joseph Parker
London Sun
Mr. Sheldon
Topeka
Captain Green
Thirtythird Infantry
Vigan
Island
Luzon
Lille
France
Tientsin
Pao-Ting-Fu
The
Royal
Wreck on Mexican Central Railway Feared Heavy Losses
A terrible wreck between Tamanacha and Symon on the Mexican Central Railway is reported to have killed a score of people and left about sixty injured. The item notes the disaster’s scale and impact amid other distant notices.
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Tamanacha
Symon
Root
House Committee On Military Affairs
Manila
United States
Vigan
Market Reports Unite Across Cities for Livestock and Grains
Regional market notes list cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and clover seed across multiple markets. Prices vary by city reflecting shipping grades and product type from No 2 red wheat to No 2 white corn and creamery butter.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Congress Opens Busy Session with War Tax Growth
The Forty-sixth Congress began its second session with the President's message read and officials honoring the late Senators Davis and Gear. Proposals in committee include army reorganization, steamship subsidy, Nicaragua canal, Pacific cable, rivers and harbors, public buildings, and war tax amendments as Congress plans to adjourn March 4.
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Washington
Senate
House
Davis
Minnesota
Congress
McKinley
Gear
Frye
Henderson
Daly
New Jersey
Hoffecker
Delaware
Dolliver
Senator Gear
Dillingham
Senator Ross
Vermont
House of Representatives
Prince of Wales Wears Spectacles and Noted News
Odds and Exnas report the Prince of Wales now wears spectacles. An estimate suggests only about 1,000 buffalo remain alive. Caribou hunting in Newfoundland is described as remarkably good. The Navy Department sold the old monitor Nantucket and the tug Cheyenne. Miss Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain, plans to become a professional singer. Amos Dice of Galion Ohio, intoxicated, shot his wife and died by suicide. reports indicate she will recover.
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Prince of Wales
Newfoundland
Navy Department
Nantucket
Clara Clemens
Mark Twain
Amos Dice
Galion
Ohio
Terms Agreed Upon in Chinese Negotiations
The crisis phase ended as nations reached a harmonious compromise on Chinese demands before peace talks. The deal reduces punishments from twelve executions to authorized penalties and moves indemnity to The Hague arbitration.
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Conger
Huy
Li-Hung-Chang
Prince Ching
State Department
United States
Tuan
Russia
Germany
Baron von Ketteler
Permanent Court of Arbitration
the Hague
Harrison
Fuller
Griggs
Gary
Delaware
France
Berlin
Pekin
Religious notices and missionary updates across the country
A convent in Thibodaux Louisiana is dedicated for Carmelite nuns. Sunday schools have given nearly 200000 dollars to foreign missions. China saw 856156 Bible copies circulated last year, up 15 percent. Rev Fred W C Merer becomes pastor of First German Baptist in Milwaukee. C D Skenny plans a 25000 dollar Catholic church in Elkridge. Rev George L Perin aims to raise 200000 for Universalism in America.Dr Edward Everett Hale remains active with Boston Associated Charities. Many clerics seek missionaries for China but no new workers are sent. Dr Meyer of London praises US Bible zeal. James Wallace of Macalester College offers to resign after debt clearance. Presbyterian synod names him president.
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Thibodaux
Louisiana
China
Fred W. C. Merer
New Braven
Boston Associated Charities
Meyer
London
England
United States
James Wallace
Macalester College
Minnnesota
Presbyterian Synod
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Fort Lee
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Hackensack
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Margaret A. Beck
Boston
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Upton Moore
Heiley Heaton
Charles Mohr
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George M. Weingard
Kansas City
W. A. Simpson
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Middlesex and Somerset Traction Railroad
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Northwestern Railway Company
Thomas McMullen
A. E F. Chambers
Excelsior Springs
W. L. White
Grand Rapids
Michigan National Guard
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Peru
Ind
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Western
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Southern
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Jacksonville
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Costa Rica
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Guatemala City
Frank Pears
Dawes Commission
Hassan Pasha
Gen. Williams
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Bradstreet’s
Shorts
Market Reports
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Mr. Payne
Spooner
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Ladrones
Guam
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Jonathan P. Dolliver
Charleston
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Hall of Military Affairs Committee
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Marsh
B. H. McCalla
W. O. Wise
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Parker
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