Press dispatches report high society and rail leadership shifts
Scattered items describe social aspirations in Cincinnati and Louisville, the deferral of a prize presentation due to officer reassignment, and Charles M. Hays rising to president of Southern Pacific with a 55000 yearly salary. Widespread mentions cover Prohibition cases, a Scottish Self-Control Society, and artistic neglect in Ireland and Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Hays
St. Louis
Southern Pacific Railroad
Duke of Sutherland
Anachronistic View of Annapolis as Naval Academy Seat
Fragmentary passage discusses General Washington and routes from Mount Vernon to Boston, noting Annapolis as the seat of the United States Naval Academy and reflecting on changes from old hemp places to newer improvements. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Earth
Mav
Vernon
Boston
Annapolia
United States Naval Academy
Rebels Pursued as Americans Sweep Luzon
Reports say Gen. Alejandrino and three insurgent officers led a force of thirty men and were pursued along Mount Arayat by the Flat Volunteer Infantry and mounted detachments. Captures include insurgents in Cavite and Gaysan, with casualties and burnings reported. The Philippine commission advances a school bill and proposes 600 American teachers at monthly salaries of 75 to 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macy Prisco
Philippines
Mapila
Fred Grant
Oporta
Alesandrino
Mount Arayet
Alejandrino
Philippine Commission
Washington
Foday
Luzon
4Th Infantry
Cavite
Wheaton
San Antonio
Funston
Will Try Teslas System New Wireless Telegraph Trial
Washington December 31 Nicola Tesla invited by Rear Admiral Bradford to submit a wireless telegraphy system for navy trial. He claims his method may equal or surpass Marconi and will be tested before a final decision on a naval installation. Bradford plans thorough investigation into available systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nicola Tesla
Bradford
Bureau of Equlpment
Tesla
Washlington
Signor Marcon
Naval Service
Marconi
Signor Marconi
Department
Local Pair Ties Knot Amid Jailhouse Robbery Fallout
Miss Bertie Arthur of Anderson wed Walter Richy, an inmate at the county jail awaiting transfer to state prison for a recent Bowles dry goods store robbery. The ceremony occurred in Nuncie with word of the unusual union reaching Muscle as a curious note of the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter Laver
Nuncie
Ind
Bertie Arthur
Anderson
Walter “Dehter
Richy
Bowles
Chinese peace talks move to immediate foreign representatives meeting
Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching informed Senor de Coogan that the government accepts the powers demands in the preliminary note and seeks best terms. They urge a meeting of foreign representatives and pledge to adhere to the note while reducing roving guards and army posts along rail lines and avoid fort destruction. Chinese mistrust grows over German actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peklu
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Senor de Coogan
Boers Capture Helvetia Post In Natal Campaign
Dispatches report the Helvetia garrison south of Lydenburg was surprised and captured by Boer forces. Casualties were heavy with about fifty killed, forty six wounded, and two hundred captured. Col Kitchener pursues with a small force, while Helvetia is being reoccupied by Reeves reinforced from Belfast. The Neutgedacht engagement near Greylingstad saw 130 Boer losses after a stout British stand. Mrs Roosevelt declines join Daughters of the American Revolution sparking nationwide controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briftlah
London
Clements
Magallenburg
Kitchener
Helvetia
Countcy
Lydenburg
N. G. Lyttleton
Botha
Kitehemer
Pretoria
Dee
Tuttleton Raporta
Hoers
Reeves
Belfast
Machadodorp-Lydenburg
Liverpool Regiment
Greylingstad
Colville
Aizty
Gald
Neultgedacht
Kidnaped Boy Sparks Copper Country Search
Eddie Thiery, five years old and son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Thiery of Dollar Boy near Houghton Michigan, was kidnaped Saturday afternoon by William Sullivan a well known Copper country resident. A sheriff s posse scoured the area as the abductor remains at large amid questions of motive rooted in a demanded trust position. Also reported Ortiz Sonora Mexico December 31 The deportation of 400 Yaqui women and children to Guadalajara proceeds by river and land routes with government escort troops overruling, as they are moved to various cities in Central and Southern Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Kootenay
George Graves
Nalton
Michigan
Houghton
Mich
Eddie Thiery
Raymond Thiery
Dollar Boy
William Sullivan
Copper Country
Thiery
Sullivan
Fagol
Ortiz
Sonora
Mex
Guadalajara
Mexico
Manzanillo
Menzanilln
Thirteen London Firms Collapse in Promoter Scandal
A vast London collapse unfolds as the London and Globe Finance Corporation fails, dragging thirteen firms and about thirty Stock Exchange members into ruin. High society figures including Lord Dufferin and Lord Pelham Clinton faced losses as Whitaker Wright’s mining ventures disintegrated, with an estimated British investor loss possibly reaching 25 million dollars. The blow unsettles markets and alarms traders about broader financial exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ernest Terah Hooley
Napoleon
Threadnecate Street
City of London
London and Globe Flanace Corporation
Marquia of
Dufferin
Ava
Canada
Paris
Lord Dufferin
Grance
Hooley
Earl de la Warr
Whitaker Wright
Wright
Lord Pelham Clinton
Duke of Newcastle
United States
Countess of Warwick
Still Unexplained Motive in Richardson Murder Case
The Stil-Mystery in St Joseph Missouri centers on who killed Frank Richardson on Christmas Eve. Robbery seems unlikely and enemies are few. witnesses discuss links to Goldie Whitehead and a settlement with her, but no solid motive or beneficiary has emerged. Richardson, 42, left a 35 year old widow and three sons aged 15, 12, and 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
St. Joseph
Bec
Savannah
Frank Richardson
Fridey
Goldie Whitehead
Stanberry
Charles Stanton
John
Frank
Howell
Quarantine at Smallpox Inn Soldiers' Home Leavenworth
Smallpox quarantine ordered at the Soldiers' Home in Leavenworth Kansas after two cases were found. A veteran who spent Christmas in Kansas City is blamed for bringing the disease, with a second veteran also infected. About 3500 residents exposed as authorities rush to contain the outbreak. The mosquito fleet, aiming to reinforce the Philippines coast guard, passed Cape Henry before nightfall Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smallpox Inn
Leavenworth
Kan
Dee
Kansas City
Mosquito Fleet
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Philippines
Cape Henry
Deaths and injuries from early 1900s incidents in Oklahoma and Missouri
In Guthrie Oklahoma James Cood er aged 78 died by his own hand after long illness and despondency. In Joplin Missouri miner George Green was fatally injured when a rock fell from a shaft side striking his head and breaking his skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AW Okighams
Guthrie
Okla
James Cooder
Dover
Joplin
Queen City
Ming
Carterville
George Green
Mfner
O Green
Great Gale Wrecks and Drowns Off British Coasts
A severe cyclone along English and Irish shores disrupts telegraph service. The four masted Primrose Hill wrecks near Holyhead with 33 dead and one survivor. Pegasus ashore at Lavernock Point. other ships reported lost or damaged. Wales bears the worst damage as storms lash coastlines, with rail and ship casualties and multiple vessels missing or wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pegasus
San Francisco
Avis
Lavernock Point
Ieboata
South Wales
Thames
Walworth
Surrey
Great Western Railway Company
Milford
Waterford
Victoria
Folkston
Calais
Clivedin
Taunton
Watchet
Bude
Cornwall
Stracombe Harbor
Pugna
Trevin
Cardiff
H. M
Black Prince
Queenstown
H. M. &.Teaser
Portsmouth
Wales
Portland
Weymouth
Enecuri
Bilboa
Boulogne
Held Captive by Cannibals in Australia
An American named Ben Bridge and his native servant were captured by cannibals while traversing Central Australia. Kept for nine years, Bridge was treated as a mascot and deity due to his white skin, and escaped only after a long period of surveillance. The narrative blends frontier exploration with sensational survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Ben Bridge
Australia
Bridge
Excape
De Wet's Raiders Press Rumors In South Africa
Reports from Cape Town say General de Wet was cornered near Senekal with a large commando after an attempted southward breakout. Gen Knox blocks areas between Ladybrand and Windburg as eastern Boer forces retreat toward the Orange River amid ongoing harassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senckal London
de Wet
Kitchener
Cape Town
Tee
M[britetown
Senekal
Freksburg
Windburg
Knox
Ladybrand
Win
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Hanover
Duisburg
Chasseurs
Thomas Drew
Royal Hibernian Academy
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Adama
John Reynolds
Clover Leaf Railroad
Deomar
Reynolds
Roop
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Spain
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Mallpck
Chak
Kwang Su
Faringa Ministera
Chlacce Eaveys
Manohs
Mia Roosevelt
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Deleg Atea
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Mount Vernon
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