British Disaster at Magaliesburg in War Update
Loypox Dec 18 Lord Kitchener reports heavy casualties in a clash near Commando Nek with General Clem ents force. Boer attacks were repulsed as Dewet drove toward the Thirabancu area. British units claimed several captures including a 15 pounder and wagons.
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Magaliesburg
Loypox
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Pretoria
Clements
Commando Nek
Northumberland Fusiliers
Cape Town
Thabanchu Dewet
Thornycroft
Dewetsdorp
Prisoners Released From Magaliesburg Action
Lord Kitchener reports five officers and 816 men captured at Magaliesburg have been liberated. Schepers Nek was attacked on December 13 as Cdlesel Bomfield advanced toward Vryheid, with Boer forces suffering heavy losses and arming pockets captured. The Vryheid engagement on December 10 cost the Boers 100 killed or wounded while British losses totaled six killed, 19 wounded, and 80 missing. Be a forces split, moving south and west toward Rustenburg.
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Magaliesburg
Lexpos
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Cdlesel Bomfield
Vryheid
Schepers Nek
Sanday
Kitchener
Rustenburg
Boers Granted Permission to Settle in German Southwest Africa
Fifty Cape Colony Boers and their families will move from Amsterdam to German Southwest Africa after The Lok Anzeiger reports the German government approved land purchases in Damaraland and Great Namaqualand. They plan to depart Amsterdam on January 5.
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Afr Prams
Lok
Brabant's Horse Loose Heavily Near Zastron
A Brabant's horse levy of raw recruits engaged a superior Beers force near Zastron on December 13 in the Orange River Colony. The action left 4 killed 16 wounded and 120 captured.
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Brabant
Aliwat
Cape Colony
Zastron
Orange River Colony
Great Britain Presses Ottoman for Armenian Claim Settlements
London seeks indemnity from the Ottoman government for British subjects amid Armenian disorders. Government sources say Britain will use energetic measures to secure compensation and a prompt settlement.
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Great Britain
Constantinople
United States
Notice of Application for Probate of Will in Beadle County
In Beadle County Court in the matter of Francis A Brown deceased notice is given that on Friday January 4 1901 at 2 PM in Hurons court office probate of the will and the petition for letters testamentary will be heard. Heirs Sarah J Brown Amy H Brown Frances A Brown Charles J Brown George H Brown and Helen Brown may appear to contest.
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South Dakota
Beadle
Francis A. Brown
Sarah J. Brown
Amy H. Brown
Frances A. Brown
Charles 3. Brown
George H. Brown
Helen Brown
Huron
Francis A. Inoue
Dakota
J . Azewell M. Simuon
James Beggs
James Beges
Richards Trust Company
C. N. McInvarny
Amanda Beggs
Change Offices as Waldersee Plans International Commission
London reports that Count von Waldersee forms an international commission with a German president to establish civil administration and tax collection in Pekin and to ease the return of the Chinese court. The Chinese government is blamed for Boxer influence and misjudgments, with Sir Claude MacDonald noting the siege history and a Swedish missionary aiding both sides.
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Lonpox
Shanghai
Morning Post
Shen Si
Kan Sua
Yun Nan
Que Chow
Kan Su
Tung Fu Hsiang
Kan Snn
Count von Waldersee
Peking
Ching Hin
Claude MacDonald
Legations
Sir Claude
Wanted prices for shelled corm and hay for sale
Wanted at once 509 bushels shelled corm. Call for prices from Huron Roller Mills J W Kelley and Son. For sale fifty tons of good hay in round stacks cut before frost thirteen miles southwest of Huron on Seller Ranch H G Steele Seller Ranche
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Corm
Huron Roller Mills
J. W. Kelley & Son
Huron
Seller Ranche
H. G. Steele
German Press Sees Hay Victory in Chinese Negotiations
Berlin reports that Secretary Hay has won a diplomatic victory by securing more moderate terms in the preliminary note to Chinese plenipotentiaries. German disappointment grows as Emperor Wilhelm favored harsher terms to show Germany’s power.
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Berlin
Hay
Germany
William
Detachments Occupy Chinese Town Without Opposition
Telegraph from Peking reports two Allied detachments under Colonel Lohscheidt and Major Falkenheyn moved against Chinese regulars at Tsang Chou 95 kilometers south of Tien Tsin. They occupied the town without resistance and were returning to Tien Tsin by December 3.
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Berlin
Count von Waldersee
Peking
Tein Tsiu
Lohscheidt
Falkenheyn
Tsang Chou
Tien Tsin
Temporary Allied Troop Disposition on Shan Hai Khan Rail
In the British House of Commons Lord Cranborne stated that allied troops on the Shan Hai Khan railroad are stationed only temporarily and that Britain is safeguarding its interests. In Paris Colonel Picquart protests against an amnesty bill, saying he would be among those pardoned forgeries.
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Roberts Supply House
Minneapolis, Minn
Shan Had Khan Railway
London
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Lord Cranborne
Shan Hai Khan
Picquart
Paris
Dreyfus
Chamber of Deputies
Notice of Tax Sale Redemption for Mary Cantrall Land
On November 7, 1898 the NW quarter of section 26 in township 113 range 65 in Kelley County South Dakota, 160 acres, taxed to Mary E Cantrall, sold for 1897 taxes to F. M. Wilcox. Certificate held by C. H. Kamel now owner. Redeem by sixty days after service. amount due 44.84 dollars plus costs and accrued interest.
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Clarissa Cantrall
T. E. Cantrall
Nancy A. Mallory
Henry E. Mallory
Edwin A. Mallory
Thomas J. Cantrall
Robert H. Cantrall
William M. Cantrall
Charles H. Cantrall
Emma Vandeventer
Mary Cantrall
Mary E Cantrall
Keadle
South Dakota
F. M. Wilcox
C. H. Kamel
John M. Sheffer
Annie L. Geonare
J. M. Sheffer
Beadle
Riegel
Iowa
New England Loan & Trust Company
New England Loan and Trust Company
Saidue
Hit
Oramel A. Richardson
Minnehaha
Charles H. Knapp
S. E
S. W
Able
Free of Davis, Lyon & Gates
Sioux Falls
Charlel H. Knapp
W. B. McCroskey
Iowa-Dakota Land Cou Y
Beadie
A. E. Merrill
A. Riegel
Charles A. Stillman
Henry C. Wilson
Easy C. Wilson
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