De Wet Seizes Zefontein Camp and Kills Britain 56
War Office reports De Wet's Boer force rushed Colonel Firman’s camp at Zefontein on a moonlit 2 a m attack. Six officers and fifty men killed. eight officers wounded. four missing. Also details Kitchener raid on Bothaville, and pursuit by Teapertat Light Horse.
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London
War Office
Zefontein
Firman
de Wet
Zofontein
Lord Kitchener
Bothaville
Harwich
Watney
Elands River Bridge
Scarlat
Teapertat Light Horse
Broken Country
Scheepers Defends Himself in Brief South Africa Trial
Commandant Scheepers testified in his own defense denying six of seven murder charges and arguing the seventh victim was a native spy. He admitted whipping natives aiding the enemy and claimed looting and burning were reprisals under De Wet. He said he treated prisoners humanely.
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Graafe Reinet
Cape Colony
Scheepers
de Wet
Will Sell Its Canal in Panama Negotiations Begin
Panama Canal Company secretary general S M Lampre arrives in New York to renew talks on selling the canal property. Forecasted price around 40 million dollars, though exact figure not fixed. Isthmian commission report and director notes guide valuation discussions as negotiations proceed.
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Paris
S.M. Lampre
Panama Canal Company
New York
L' Aquitaine
Havre
United States
Panama Company
Associated Press
Isthmian Commission
Detai
Notched sample fragment from wartime talks with Lampre
A fragment notes that with M. Lampre in America the mandatory who is empowered may delay submitting the definite price for departure from France until negotiations proceed. Details are vague and fragmentary.
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M. Lampre
America
France
Denmark Faces Pressure Over West Indies Sale
In Copenhagen the government weathered a quarrel over selling the Danish West Indies. Public sentiment is disputed, with a plebiscite favored by many. The foreign minister plans to ask for U S secretary Hay’s permission to arrange a referendum rather than decide in Copenhagen. A new company is formed to improve the islands’ economy if sale falls through, led by notable bank directors and East Asiatic Company leadership.
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Copenhagen
Dec
Danish West Indies
Hay
C. Brun
Washington
Heide and
Glenckstadt
Anderson
The
East Asiatic Company
London Festivities to Open Parliament Pageant Jan 16
London prepares a brilliant pageant for January 16 as King Edward to open Parliament in full state and peeresses spared mourning. Lord chamberlain signals a festive season ahead with costly entertainments leading to the coronation in June. Preparations are well advanced with royal use of gilded decor.
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London
Edward
Murder Confessed in Greenport Hallenbeck Slaying
Harvey Bruce twenty one and brothers Willis Fred Van Wormer aged twenty, twenty three, and twenty six confessed to a Christmas Eve murder of Peter A. Hallenbeck, wealthy Greenport farmer, shot thirteen times after the men tied a horse at the barn and approached the house. The confession was witnessed by Mayor Charles S. Harvey and County Treasurer George H. Macy. The coroner's inquest, Monday will reveal full particulars. circumstantial evidence pointed to the Van Wormers and Bruce, all from Kinderhook.
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Hudson
N. Y
New York State
Harvey Bruce
Charless. Harvey
George H. Macy
Peter A. Hallenbeck
Greenport
Bruce
Willis
Burton
Fred van Wormer
Kinderhook
Hallenbeck
Pontates
van Wormer
van Worthers
Croker's Man Defeated In Seventh District Nomination
The Board of Election Commissioners sustained objections to Joseph F. O'Grady's nomination for Congress in the Seventh district and ordered Belmont's nomination to be filed under the Democratic emblem. Four candidates remain: Montague Leslie, Perry Belmont, Fritz Lindinger, and J Bennett. Belmont’s case will be taken to the Supreme Court.
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New York
Board of Election Commissioners
Belmont
Elopement tragedy at Locust Fork shocks Alabama
In Locust Fork Alabama an attempted elopement ends in gunfire injuring Jim Snow and Jake Hood. The girl's father J B Hood is accused of opening with a double barreled shotgun as James Glaze, Hook and others arrive. Snow is critically wounded Hood also seriously wounded.
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Birmingham
Ala
Locust Fork
Jim Snow
Jake Hood
J. B. Hood
James Glaze
Glaze
Jake Hook
Snow
Hood
Woman Murdered in Rochester Apartment
The corpse of Mrs George McCarthy was found on a coal box in her Rochester apartment. Her infant daughter lay across her breast suffering from hunger. Mrs McCarthy was last seen Thursday evening with her husband who has since vanished. Her face showed discoloration and there was blood from her nose. Authorities are investigating.
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Rochester
N. Y
George McCarthy
North Carolina lynching delays state assault trial
In Raleigh on December 2 a telegram reported Governor Aycock signing a special Northampton court order to try Peter Mitchell, a Black man accused of assaulting a white woman, but citizens lynched Mitchell before the trial could proceed.
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Raleigh
N. C
Aycock
Northampton
Peter Mitchell
Jacinda HM
Mitchell
Samme
Jackson
Insolvency Sinks Two Asphalt Giants in New Jersey Receivers Named
The Asphalt Company of America and the National Asphalt Company face insolvency and receivership after default fears on fixed charges due January 1. ReceiversHenry Tatnall and John M Mack named by Vice Chancellors Emery and Stevens with John F Shanley also cited. Bonds total about 54.9 million. company stock and bonds have plummeted.
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Philadelphia
Asphalt Company of America
National Asphalt Company
Henry Tatnall
Franklin National Bank
John M. Mack
Emery and
Stevens
Newark
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler
Mack-Widener-Elkins
William F. Harrity
National
National Company
John F. Shanley
Andrew Kirkpatrick
United States Circuit Court
Kirkpatrick
De Wet's Big Coup and Global Tensions Highlight Today
Page previews run through Governor Shaw's views, Venezuela in Straits, warship launch, Savagery of Filipinos, Sugar Tariff Fight, Real-estate News, Live Stock Markets, and a broad mix from literature to society notes.
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de Wet
Shaw
Venezuela
Indiana
Sporting
W. T. Malott
Hitt
C. T. A. Annual Meeting
After Street Railways. Mayor Seeks Strict Enforcement
Mayor Wells proposes a January message to the Municipal Assembly urging investigation of street railway ordinances and stricter enforcement. He argues franchises were granted to serve the people and should be enforced, likening street car magnates to banana peddlers in compliance.
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ST. Louis
Under Many Disguises Frank Rause Is Alleged To Have Used The Mails
Milwaukee dispatch reports Frank Rause alias O W Lloyds alias Mrs O H Saunders under arrest for using the mails to defraud. He allegedly masqueraded as tramp business man stylish woman and hunchbacked boy. officers unsure of gender. Aimed at jewelers nationwide with recovered goods including a $1000 shipment from Rich Allen Co of Chicago and about $4000 more retrieved. Arrested at Randolph Wisconsin by Post Office Inspector Ralph Pird.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frank Rause
O. W. Lloyds
O. H. Saunders
United States
Rause
Rich, Allen & Co
Chicago
Post Office
Randolph
Ralph Pird
Six Men Die in Coal Shaft Disaster at McAlester
At McAlester Coal Company shaft No 1 six of eight men were killed when the cage dropped about a hundred feet. The victims were all Russians named Alexander Romanchok Michael Pertke and H Ket chok. Two others were only slightly injured after being thrown between the cage and buntings.
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Hartshorn
I. T
McAlester Coal Company
Alexander Romanchok
Michael Pertke
H. Ketchok
Venezuela in Straits As Revolution Feeds Tensions
Reports from Caracas say Germany and Venezuela growl at each other as Castro’s revolution spreads. Coro and Barquisimeto grip insurgents. telegraph lines fail. Ban Righ carries war materiel toward Margarita as Marietta heads to San Juan to join the North Atlantic squadron.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Caracas
Germany
Venezuela
Castro
Coro
Falcon
Barquisimeto
Lara
Curana
Carupana
Barcelona
Bermudez
Domingo Managua
Mendoza
Carabobo
la Victoria
San Juan de Los Moros
Antonio Fernandez
Senor Martos
Ban Righ
Margarita
Caribbean Sea
Washington
Marietta
San Juan
Porto Rico
Culebra Island
Machias
Argentinian displeasure over arbitration pact in Chile dispute
Washington reports say Chile and Argentina reopened their quarrel after Santiago signed a peace protocol placing the matter to arbitration. The Argentine minister balked at terms previously agreed and informed Buenos Aires he could not concur on all points. The dispute centers on two contested provisions and prompts official irritation in Argentina.
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Washington
Santiago
Buenos Ayres
Foreign Office
Argentine Chilean Rift Over Ultima Esperanza Pact
Argentine officials delay signing a protocol with Chile in Ultima Esperanza while Chile cites longstanding control. Buenos Aires protests spark street demonstrations as Chilean charge d'affaires Infante defends maintaining Chilean jurisdiction and peacetime status quo. President Roca faces opposition to any settlement.
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Ultima Esperanza
Edward
England
Buenos Ayres
Chile
Argentina
Roca
Infante
Ultima Esparanza
Argentine minister Portela to depart for Buenos Aires
Senor Portela the Argentine minister to Chile has not pressed for changes to the protocol signed by both nations and will depart for Buenos Ayres on Sunday.
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Santiago DE Chile
Senor Portela
Chile
Buenos Ayres
Battle details from Colombia fight near Honda reach papers
Dispatches from Barranquilla and Panama recount a December battle near Honda where General Leovigildo Rodriguez defended a small garrison against a larger insurgent force led by General Maria. Government reinforcements arrived, the insurgents were routed at Carnoll near Mariquita, and many died or fled toward Guayaquil. Reports claim allegiance and proof of Salvadoran aid, with further clashes noted at Fusagascua and Cumaca as government forces gain the upper hand. The Liberal color devices were quoted as refusing quarter.
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Colon
Colombia
Baranquilla
Honda
Leovigildo Rodriguez
Maria
Londone
Laciguente
Magadelena
Guayaquil
Panama
Alban
Salvador
Tumaco
Benjamin Herrera
Tonosi
Santiago de Veragua
Castro
Barranquilla
Republic
Bogota
Fusagascua
Cumaca
Maclay Ends Rift in Civil Service Case and Schley Saga
Ed gar S Maclay says he will drop the matter after reading the President Proctors letter and that the Sampson Schley dispute is closed. Rear Admiral Schley meets with counsel to discuss civil action over the Maclay history and notes no public developments. He declines White House New Year invitation and plans a Baltimore visit with his sister.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Edgar S. Maclay
Proctor
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Schley
Richmond
Isador Rayner
Teague
Baltimore
Maclay
Admiral Schley
Rayner
Indianapolis Journal
White House
Schley Defended as Braver Than Critics at Arctic Club Dinner
At the Arctic Club dinner in New York Amos Bonsal of Philadelphia defended Admiral Schley from cowardice charges. He praised Schley's Arctic pack entry and Greely rescue, noting that no man with such courage should be accused, while honoring Greely and listing attendees from the Kane and Miranda expeditions and other Arctic explorations.
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New York
Arctic Club
Marlborough
Amos Bonsal
Philadelphia
Arctic
Antarctic
Admiral Schley
General Greely
Schley
Greely
William H. Brewer
Geo H. Danie
Henry M. Les Frederick A. Cook
Henry Walch
Miranda
Lianae G. Bryant
Charles A. Moore, Jr
Francis Long
James Dwell
Miranda Party
Club
Baldwin
Peivciainntatibae
Gov Shaw's Asset Currency Address Sparks Treasury Talks
Governor Shaw outlines views delivered last April on asset currency and supports a gradual income in circulation. He aligns with some ideas of Lyman J. Gage and favors trusting banks. He posits currency elasticity could be achieved by expanding the money supply.
Governor Shaw on asset currency interview denial
Des Moines Iowa December 2 Governor Shaw denied giving an interview on Secretary Gages treasury policy though he praised Gages administration and discussed elastic currency. He cited a Norfolk speech in 1901 showing cautious support for asset currency with safeguards and tax aided elasticity, while stressing no personal endorsement. He later said he would not discuss these issues further and clarified his remarks. Secretary Wilson congratulated him with a welcome letter to the Cabinet.
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Des Moines
Shaw
Norfolk
Neb
Bankers’ Journal
Washington
Wilson
Iowa
Dowie to settle claim against Lemuel Stevenson
Chicago report states John Alexander Dowie will settle the claim of Lemuel Stevenson, an English lace maker, before next Thursday after a judge set a decision date. Stevenson's attorney received word that Dowie is ready to make a reasonable settlement. A private conference followed and a receiver for the Zion race was hinted if no out of court agreement is reached. Stevenson claimed Dowie owed about 150 dollars and the other amount was disputed.
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Chicago
Dec
John Alexander Dowie
Lemuel Stevenson
Tuley
Edwin Logan Reeves
Stevenson
Samuel W. Packard
Dowie
Deowtle
Dowse
Zion
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the Treasury
Lyman J
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