Defeat at Colenso and Buller’s Reverse Daily War Dispatch
London reports reveal General Buller’s retreat after shelling the Tugela positions near Colenso. 1,097 British troops are counted as killed wounded missing or prisoners with guns abandoned. Dispatches detail Hart’s gallant but fail to force passage and heavy artillery losses.
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London
Frere
Buller
Colenso
Tugela
Tegula
War Office
Chievely Camp
Chievery
Hart
Sildyard
Hyttleton
Connaught Rangers
L G. Brooke
Hildyard
Donga
Senofeld
Nrce
Lord Dundonald
Barton
Chievely
General Lawton Moves on Insurgent City San Mateo
Manila December 19 General Lawton left Manila with the Eleventh cavalry under Colonel Lockett and infantry battalions to capture San Mateo where Geronimo has about 30 insurgents. Reports say Grant’s forces nearly cleared Zambales and captured insurgent strongholds with navy aid.
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Lawton
Manila
Layson
Zambales
Mejor Smith
Seventeenth
Hughes
Leapiz
Romblon
The Thunderer on Britain’s Great Dangers
The Times warns that Britain faces greater dangers than in the Crimean war or Indian mutiny. It notes unprecedented isolation and suspicion toward the empire, urging calm, imagination, and urgent power to retrieve the situation and defend supremacy at South Africa.
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London
the Times
Great Britain
South Africa
House approves currency bill 190 to 150 in Congress
The currency bill passed the House by 190 to 150 after a week of debate. Republicans united with 11 Democrats in support, while most Democrats opposed or were paired. Notables voting for included Clayton Driggs Fitzgerald Levy Ruppert Scudder Underhill Wilson McAleer Denny Thayer. General Wheeler serves in the Philippines. Speaker announced committee selections after the vote.
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House
Washington
Messrs
Clayton
Driggs
Fitzgerald
Levy
Ruppert
Scudder
Underhill
Wilson
New York
McAleer
Pennsylvania
Denny
Maryland
Thayer
Massachusetts
John Walter Smith
Stallings
Alabama
Joseph Wheeler
Wheeler
Philippines
Committee Assignments Move House Power Centers
Speaker Henderson announced major reshuffles in the House with new chairmen in key panels. Brosius leads ranking and currency. Grosvenor heads merchant marine and fisheries. Southard takes coinage. Cooper forms insular affairs. Ways and Means adds McCall Long Newlands Cooper. Appropriations for foreign affairs gain new members. Military Affairs expands with six Republicans and three Democrats. Insular Affairs appears as a chairmen dominated panel.
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Washington
Henderson
House of Representatives
Brosius
Pennsylvania
Grosvenor
Ohio
Southard
Cooper
Wisconsin
Ways and Means
McCall
Long
Newlands
Silver
Texas Sigsbee Plans Maine Victims Coffin Removals
Havana reports Captain Sigsbee and Captain Greene discuss exhuming Maine disaster victims from Colon cemetery. Work began to place coffins in metal caskets with disinfectant. guards will move them to the naval wharf for transfer to the Texas by night or dawn. Father Chadwick to identify coffins with a chart of locations.
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Maine
Havana
Texas
Sigsbee
Greene
Naval Station
Colon Cemetery
Naval Wharf
Father Chadwick
Spain Premier Silvela Denies Russia Alliance Report
Premier Silvela told the Madrid chamber that rumors of a Spain Russia alliance over Ceuta are unfounded. He stated Spain will not cede its African possessions now or in the future.
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Silvela
Russia
Madrid
Rebellion Shakes Northern Regions Amid British Reverses
Dec. 18 report from Sterkstroom notes widespread unrest across the north and Basutoland as natives grow disturbed and lose heart over the British setbacks and perceived weakening stance.
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Sterkstroom
Basutoland
Piano recital invitation at Baldwin store
You are invited to be present at our store three doors east of Sullivan Co bank between 9 a m and 5 p m next Saturday to listen to piano music by little Bessie Dooley. D H Baldwin and Co J B Vaughn Manager.
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Sullivan Co Bank
Little Bessie Dooley
D. H. Baldwin & CO
J.B. Vaughn
Bid Notice for Coal Deliveries in Sullivan County
The Sullivan County Board of Commissioners will on December 27 1899 receive sealed bids for coal delivered to the County Infirmary Jail and Court House. Blank bids and bonds are at the Auditor's office. The board may reject any or all bids. Witness the county auditor J R Riggs and the seal dated December 8 1899.
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Board of County Commissioners
Sullivan County
Indiana
Sullivan
Board Ofounty Commissioters
Bord
Board of Commis- Sealsioners
J. R. Riggs
Non Territorial Expansion Offers Farm Buy Options in Wisconsin
A land agent advertises purchase of farms along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway in Marinette County Wisconsin. It promises cheap prices long payment terms and good climate water markets and abundant work as an alternative to renting a poor farm. C E Rollins 161 La Salle St Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Marinette
Wisconsin
C. E Rollins
la Salle, St
Chicago
Farm lands in central Wisconsin offered for sale
A rush this summer for unoccupied farm lands along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway in central Wisconsin. Good quarter sections priced from 700 dollars per acre with one third cash and the balance on long time at current interest rates. Details from W. E. Powell General Immigration agent 555 Old Colony Bldg Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
Wisconsin
W. E. Powell
Old Colony Bldg
Chicago
Reep's Drug and Pie House Ad Promises Low Prices
A local ad declares Tam spending dollars yearly on advertising to save dollars on pianos organs and sewing machines. It claims prices are nearly half of traveling agents with guaranteed quality. It invites readers to choose instruments themselves and notes latest sheet music at cut prices.
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Tam
83 Acre Farm Adjoins Pleasantville for Real Estate Trade
Ad reads 83 acres adjoining Pleasantville all in cultivation with good improvements and ample water. Will trade for real estate near Sullivan. Address box Sd Pleasantville Ind.
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Pleasantville
Sullivan
Adress Box Sd
Ind
Piano ad touts $200 instrument with bold guarantee
The ad claims the $200 piano is the best in the state and backed by a strong guarantee. It notes agents receive $75 more for certain grades and contrasts with a $50 parlor organ described as below competition. The message invites inspection and mentions Druc and Piano House.
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Keep
Druc and
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