British Press Reports Boer Resistance and Queen Victoria Plan
Dispatches from South Africa say Lord Kitchener halted the Boers but did not expel them from Cape Colony. Dewet’s capture may determine the effect of a new knighthood order Star of Africa to honor South Africa service. A separate note says 49 Foster Iowa children reportedly drowned while skating. reports vary. Chinese peace terms face opposition with fears permanent legation guards would block the emperor’s return.
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Cape Colony
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Foster
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Prince Tuan
China
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Kwang Su
Boers Attack Burghersdorp Repulsed After Heavy Fighting
A small Boer party attacked Burghersdorp on Dec 74 and was repulsed after heavy fighting. Skirmishes reported elsewhere as Colonel Grenfell lines with Kruitzinger’s 700 men. Kruitzinger abandoned Maxims and carts. Ninth Lancers suffered eight casualties including Lord Frederick Blackwood at Plasterheavel. Martial law declared in Beaufort West and Carnarvon.
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Cape Town
Grenfell
Kruitzinger
Ninth Lancers
Plasterheavel
Lancers
Lord Frederick Blackwood
Beaufort West
Carnarvon
Celebrated Christmas Attacks On British Lines
Boers attacked garrisons along the Natal lines between Standerton and Ingogo on Christmas Day. Utrecht faced a forceful assault after a demand for whisky cigars and luxuries was refused. All British positions repulsed the attacks with minimal casualties.
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Natal
Standerton
Ingogo
Utrecht
Dewet Attacks Near Leuwkop As Forces Engage
Lord Kitchener reports Knox with Barker Pilcher and White in action against Dewet near Leuwkop. De Wet seeks to break through and move south, with Boer forces split between Restport Spruit and routes toward Prieska and Strydenburg, pursued by British troops.
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Pretoria
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Pilcher
White
Dewet
Leuwkop
Cape Colony
Strydenburg
Yeomanry Released After Capture in Cape Town Dispatch
The Evening Standard reports that a Yeomanry squadron entrapped by the Boers at Britstown was released after being relieved of horses and equipment. Ten Yeomen were wounded in the engagement.
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Evening Standard
Cape Town
Britstown
Croker Receives Tax Inquiry Summons
Richard Croker returns from Carlsbad and Nice to Wantage and is summoned to appear January 2 to answer inquiries regarding his income for income tax purposes.
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Lonxpon
Richard Croker
Carlsbad
Nice
Wantage
Murder and Robbery Suspected in New York Oculist Death
Dr. Ulysses Higgins Brown of Syracuse was found dead in an areaway at 200 West Forty-fifth street. Police say the injuries suggest sandbagging or strangulation and consider it a possible murder and robbery case.
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Ulysses Higgins Brown
Syracuse
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West Forty-fifth Street
Make Kidnapping a Capital Crime
St Louis December 29 officers of Missouri prosecutors adopted a resolution at their meeting in St Louis to urge the state legislature to make kidnapping a capital crime.
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St. Louis
State of
Missouri
Decree Fixes Salaries for Cuban Sheriff Clerks
Lavana December 29 decree assigns salaries to clerks of sheriffs bailiffs and other officers effective February 1 and ends the fee system that has been heavily abused in Cuba.
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Lavana
Cuba
Prominent Indiana Mason Victim of Mysterious Shooting
William H. Smythe grand secretary of the Indiana Masonic order was shot in his Masonic temple office at noon. A blonde woman reportedly entered asked for the phone and fired three shots striking Smythe in the head. Doctors say he cannot recover. Police searched the temple but found no trace of the assailant. self destruction was considered unlikely by his family.
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Indiana
Masonic Temple
Lewis A. Coleman
Snythe
Smythe
First Blow Struck in Scranton Railway Strike
William Patterson, newly appointed superintendent of the Scranton Railway, faced a violent clash as striking workers and sympathizers blocked his car in Scranton Pennsylvania on December 29. Potatoes were thrown, he was knocked from the vehicle, and burly strikers forced him into a saloon while others protected the crew and escorted the stalled car to the barn.
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Scranton
William Patterson
Scranton Railway Company
Patterson
Edward
Joseph Pently
More Stringent Laws Rise From Cudahy Case Agitation
Agitation for tougher kidnapping laws spreads from Omaha to Pierre with the South Dakota legislature meeting next week likely to face many bills. Current statutes punish kidnapping with up to ten years in the penitentiary though the practical term may be six years after good time deductions.
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Pierre
D. Pierre
Omaha
Carrie Nation Destroys Saloon Fixtures in Wichita
Mrs. Carrie Nation, president of the Barber County W T U, entered a Wichita Carey hotel bar room and smashed a $200 painting and a $100 mirror with a stone. She previously ruined mirrors in Kiowa saloons. She says no law exists to prosecute her. She is jailed on malicious destruction of property charges.
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Kan
Carrie Nation
Barber County
T. U
Carey Hotel
Family quarrel ends in fatal wound in Wisconsin
McCoy charged with murder after alarming family quarrel in Viroqua Wisconsin results in the death of his father in law. bullet lodged beneath the shoulder blade in the lung during the confrontation. Police report indicate a fatal injury from a gunshot as the family dispute escalated.
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Wbult
Indian Ace Myton Search Yields No Ludian Found
Reports from Washington on December 28 indicate state officials have not located Ludian during a search connected to Indian agency matters. The hunt for Ludian continues as authorities assess the situation.
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Washington
Inian Ace Myton
Uiawhurs
Flying Column of Cavalry to Scour Country in China
Pexina report notes a 100 strong British garrison increase at Yang Tsun and a 1000 cavalry flying column to scour the region between Tien Tsin and Yang Tsun under Field Marshal von Waldersee. Colonel Tullock to stay behind to destroy recently held towns as Boxers are found to use them as headquarters. British fear no major Boxer trouble due to lack of arms.
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Yang Tsun
Tien Tsin
von Waldersee
Tullock
Russian government set to take over Manchurian railroads
Viadivostock correspondent reports the Russian government to seize control of the Manchurian railways with Commander Keller delivering the roads. Chinese forces are said to have suffered losses around 4 000 900 roubles as troops move from southern ports.
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Novoo Vremya
Viadivostock
Keller
China
Boer Leaders Hold Conference on Surrender Terms
Reports from Bloemfontein claim Generals Dewet and Haasbroek and President Steyn discussed surrender terms. The chatter suggests they would offer to quit the fight if rebels are spared punishment and the leaders are not deported.
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Orange River Colony
Dewet
Steyn
Haasbroek
Duplex Telephony Adopted by Chicago Telephone Company
Chicago Telephone company adopts a practical duplexing system that lets two conversations share one wire with an auxiliary telephone. Instruments will be installed immediately at major wholesale stores and offices using the telephone.
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Chicago
Carcaco
Chicago Telephone Company
Mexico City Bank Failure Hits Local Business
The banking firm Francisco Negrietti & Co of Guadalupe collapses amid financial stringency with reported liabilities of 2 300 000. Assets, if properly handled, may exceed claims. The failure shocks city and highlights mounting economic stress.
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City of
Mexico
Francisco Negrietti & Co
Guadalupe
Will Sail Boston's Cup Defender
Captain Hank Haff chosen as sailing master of the Boston America cup defender. He brings extensive cup race experience having sailed the Volunteer in 1897 and the Defender in 1898.
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Boston
Hank Haff
Chile and Argentina sign protocol on Ultima Esperanza dispute
London reports the Buenos Aires Times correspondent that the governments of Chile and Argentina have signed a protocol agreeing to take no aggressive action over the Ultima Esperanza territory in Patagonia.
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Chile
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
The
Times
Ultima Esperanza
Pataugonia
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