Stormberg battle unsettles British forces in South Africa
Describes Gen Gatacre's forces advancing toward Molteno and Stormberg, the Boer position described as impregnable, and a sharp artillery duel. reports British retreat and ongoing reconnaissance in force with 4000 men. Notes casualties, missing, and potential gun losses.
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Molteno
Cape Colony
Gatacre
Potter’ Kraal
Stormberg
Northumberland Fusileers
Royal Irish Rifles
Frere
Natal
Ladysmith
Schalk- Burger
Louis Botha Zre
Colenso
Transvaal
Winston Churchill
Estcourt
Chively
Churchill
Buller
Stormberg Range
Putterskraal
Offiers
Arundel
Pretoria
Modder River
Filipino War Update From Manila Fronts
Gen Alejandrino reportedly surrendered to Gen McArthur near Aguilar while Maj Spence of the 32d Regiment captured an insurgent camp in Tasaan district. Records of a Filipino treasury were found at Mangatarem. Several Americans missing or captured, including a mail orderly and three travelers. Insurgents attacked a wagon train near Baliuag with 18 killed and nine captured. In Vigan the center plaza and church were retaken by American forces after insurgent gains.
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Manila
Oregon
Subig
Alejandrino
McArthur
Aguilar
Maj
Spence
Tassan
Dinalupan
Mangatarem
12Th Infantry
San Fernando
Angeles
Bamban
Baliuag
16Th Infantry
Vigan
Fire Devastates Central Augusta Block. Million-Dollar Loss
A Sunday morning blaze in Augusta Georgia origining in a dry goods store consumed a solid downtown block for four hours. The J B White wholesale and retail store sparked the fire triggering alarms from Macon to Savannah. Arlington Annex and Masonic Hall were destroyed, Arlington Hotel guests evacuated, with many merchants losing samples but guests saving belongings.
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Augusta
Alington Hotel
Arlington
Terrific Explosion Rocks Bolivar Hollow Pennsylvania
A nitro glycerin magazine at Pensylvania Torpedo Co in Bolivar hollow near Thadford exploded Sunday with a blast heard thirty miles away. The blast wrecked the magazine creating a deep crater and scattered debris. No deaths reported. Separate Rockdale Texas incident reports two killed and two wounded at Black Diamond coal mines after May shooting.
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Thadford
Penslyvania Torpedo Co
Bolivar Hollow
Olean
Salamania
Ellinocottville
Rockdale
Tex
Black Diamond
Here
River gunboats readied at Chatham for South Africa
Two shallow draught river gunboats are being prepared at Chatham for service in South Africa. Each will carry two six pounders quick firers and four...
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London
Chatham
South Africa
Landscape Artist John A Sumner Dies Suddenly
Middletown Connecticut December 11 John A Sumner a landscape artist formerly of St Louis died suddenly Sunday at age 74 His death is reported as unexpected with no further details provided from the record.
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Middletown
John A. Sumner
St. Louis
Senate Week Preview Highlights Boers Sympathy Speech and Finance Debate
Washington December 11 The week in the Senate aims for routine business and short sessions with prep work in committee rooms. Senator Mason opens with a speech on sympathy for the Boers in their war with Great Britain. Republicans push to reorganize the Finance Committee before tackling the finance bill after Christmas holidays. The foreign relations committee plans to consider reciprocity treaties midweek.
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Washington
Senate
Mason
Great Britain
Finance Committee
Committee On Foreign Relations
Committee On
United States Mints Report Record Coinage and Deposits
Washington reports for the last fiscal year show mints and assay offices handled more bullion and produced more coinage than any prior year. Gold deposits reached 143.5 million dollars, domestic deposits 76.9 million, and gold coinage totaled 108.2 million. Silver dollars minted from bullion were 18.25 million with subsidiary silver at 9.47 million.
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Washington
Roberts
Mint
Niagara Steamer Foundered Near Long Point Lake Erie
It is now certain the Canadian steamer Niagara capt. Henry McClory foundered last Tuesday about eight miles east of Long Point, Lake Erie, with all hands totaling 16. Tugs from Port Colborne and Buffalo recovered wreckage near the presumed sinking site and returned with findings indicating the loss.
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Long Point
Lake Erie
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara
Henry McClory
Longpoint
Port Colborne
Niagara wreck and political debates shadow Lake Erie gale
The article notes a deadly Lake Erie storm hitting the Niagara with deck and cabin damage, wreckage found near Long Point and experts saying the ship sank in deep water. Meanwhile Congress prepares a floor battle over the currency bill with Representative Overstreet leading the debate and party lines forming around the gold standard stance.
Race to fill Hayward seat heats up in Nebraska
Omaha Neb December 11 The contest for the Hayward vacancy grows hotter as William V. Allen or G M Hitchcock editor of the Omaha World Herald emerge as leading candidates The late announcement of W H Thompson of Grand Island renders his bid too late to matter in the race
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Omaha
Neb
Hayward
William VY. Allen
G. M. Hitchcock
Omaha World-Herald
W. H. Thompson
Grand Island
Bremen Man Confesses to Series of Assaults on Directors
In Bremen on December 11 Ernest Grabe confessed to prior attacks on four others, including fatally injuring one, after he assaulted Herr Bremermann, a director of the German Lloyd Steamship Company, and wounded him severely in the head.
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Bremen
Ernest Grabe
Herr Bremermann
German Lloyd Steamship Co
City Mills Implement 10 Percent Wage Increase
Fall River on December 11 reports the new wage schedule raising mill workers pay by 10 percent, taking effect Monday in all local mills.
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Fall River
Mass
Deep Water Ways Commission to Send Lake Level Plan
Detroit on December 11 details emerge that George Y. Wisner chair of the Deep Water Ways Commission says its preliminary recommendations favor dam construction in the Upper Niagara river to sustain higher lake levels and will be sent to the secretary of war on Monday.
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Detroit
Mich
George Y. Wisner
Deep Water Ways Commission
Secretary of War
Niagara River
Omaha Politician Groves Killed by Local Man
Charles R. Groves, longtime Omaha resident and Republican committee member, was murdered Sunday night by Tom Collins. Groves died after being shot, with authorities labeling the killing cold blooded and premeditated.
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Omaha, Neb
Charles R. Groves
Omaha
Republican Committee
Tom Collins
Grove
Explosion Kills 32 in Carbonado Mine
An explosion in a Carbonado Washington mine killed thirty two workers. Two men were rescued at five o’clock Sunday morning after being trapped overnight. Five others were injured in the incident.
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Carbonado
Wash
McGovern to Meet Santry in Six Round Fight
Chicago boxer Terry McGovern the 116 pound champion was matched Sunday to fight Eddie Santry of Chicago in a six round bout scheduled for January 29 in this city.
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Chicago
Dee, Jr
Terry McGovern
The
Eddie Santry
Brutal Lynching of Dick Coleman in Maysville
Dick Coleman, accused of murdering Mrs Mary Lashbrook, was seized by a mob of about 5 000 in Maysville Kentucky. They hanged him from a sapling after binding him and piling brush and timber around him. Coleman confessed to the Lashbrook murder before the mob killed him.
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Havana
Cuba
Santiago
Maysville
Dick Coleman
Fitzgerald
Dawson
Donovan
Court House
James Lashbrook
Second Street
Lashbrook
Coleman
Covington
Post
Death of Senator Hayward Shocks Nebraska City
United States Senator Hayward died at 6 20 Tuesday morning in Nebraska City at age 59 after a career as a lawyer and land investor in Nebraska and Kansas. His bid for governor failed two years ago, and his senate victory followed a bitter caucus deadlock ending a long political fight.
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Nebraska City
Neb
United States
Hayward
Nebraska
Kansas
United States Senate
Poynter
Republican, Mr. Hayward
Paris to Bordeaux Fastest European Train Sets Record
The Paris to Bordeaux route covers 9634 miles in six hours forty two minutes at 52.2 mph including stops. The London Tramway and Railway World organize an international tramways and light railways exhibition, first of its kind in Europe.
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Paris
Bordeaux
London Tramway and Railway World
Europe
New Pass in Rocky Mountains Inspires Health Hope
A party of explorers finds a pass thought impossible in the Rocky Mountains, while readers learn that dyspepsia can be helped. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is praised for aiding digestion, regulating bowels, and energizing the liver with regular use.
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New Pass
Rocky Mountains
Honest boy returns postal card story from Chicago Evening News
A Chicago Evening News clipping recounts a man praising a former messenger who sent back a postal card two years after buying a card with a penny. The note on the back claims the sender started in business with the penny and prospered, thanking the giver.
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Chicago Evening News
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward for Cured Cases
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the Toledo firm will pay $100 for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, sworn December 6, names the Toledo company and notes the product is taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for 75 cents with testimonials available.
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A. W. Gleason
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Two-Headed Calf Born on Local Farm
A farmer reports a cow on his operation giving birth to a two headed calf in a rural setting. The incident draws curiosity from neighbors and local livestock handlers. No further details about the farm or individuals are provided in the text.
Solid Trains to Northern Michigan From Chicago
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway now runs solid palace sleeping cars dining cars and first class day coaches from Chicago to Calumet Houghton Hancock and other Copper Country points with direct connections to Marquette Negaunee Ishpeming. Passengers from the East South and Southwest gain a desirable route via these trains and all coupon ticket agents sell tickets via the railway.
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Michigan
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago
Calumet
Houghton
Hancock
Coppee
Marquette
Negaunee
Ishpeming
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Winter Tours and Ticket Information across the Southwest
Information on long limit low rate round trip tickets to California Arizona Texas and Mexico plus one way first and second class rates via sleeping car lines is available from Southern Pacific agents in Chicago Cincinnati and Buffalo. Also a quotation on marriage as the art of living together and parting is attributed to Puck.
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California
Arizona
Texas
Mexico
W. G. Neimyer
L Western
Southern Pacific Co
Clark St
Chicago
W. H. Connor
Chamber Commerce Bldg
Cincinnati
W. J. Berg
Pass
Ellicott Sq
Buffalo
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Multeuo
West Vanburen Street
Wilkesbarre
Nanticoke
Susquehanna Coal Company
Agusta, GA
England
United States Mints
W. S. Taylor
House
Representative Overstreet
Ind
Parry Sound
McClory
McGovern and Santry
Senator Hayward
Pines
Philadelphia
Chicago Chronicle
Puck
Ayer
Williams
Cleveland
Ohio
Carters Ink
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