Explosions Level Three Homes In Beaver Falls
Two natural gas explosions in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania wreck three houses and injure seven people including Frank Barns and his family. A three year old died from burns and a one year old was critically burned. others named include Mrs Barns Mrs Moore and Mary Moore. The first blast originated in Celia Coxs house near the Barns, gas in the cellar traveling via a water pipe. Fire followed destroying the adjacent home and a second explosion struck H A Moore house across the street.
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Beaver Falls
Frank Barns
H. A. Moore
Henry Cooper
Mary Moore
Celia Cox
Barns
Proclamation to Enforce War Laws in Philippines
General MacArthur plans a proclamation warning residents of the Philippine archipelago that strict war law compliance will apply to civilians and combatants alike. It condemns insurgent abuses and states that noncombatants will lose POW privileges if rebels persist in kidnapping and assassinations.
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Manila
MacArthur
Philippine Archipelago
United States
Brush With Filipinos in Cavite Province
Cable from Admiral Remey reports fifteen troopers and five Basco crew landed at Limbanes Cavite. They surprised eighty insurgents in a half hour skirmish, thirteen rebels killed, twelve rifles captured, stores destroyed, one soldier wounded.
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Washington, D. C
Remey
Navy Department
Cavite
Basco
Limbanes
Dressmaker Receives Irish Title in Light Society Twist
Montreal woman Mme Vere Goold, famed dressmaker who employs thirty, becomes Lady Vere Thomas St Leger Goold of Old Court Ireland as her husband inherits the fifth baronetcy after the fourth baronet died in Australia. The Goold family history traces back to Henry VII with a 5500 guinea loan to George III.
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Montreal
Que
Mme. Vere Goold
Vere Thomas St. Leger Goold
Old Court
County Cork
Ireland
Vere Goold
Australia
Henry VII
George Goold
George III
Goolds
Lisbon
Paris
Swine Die From Cholera in Zion City Region
In Zion City near Waukegan Illinois hundreds of hogs are dying from a cholera outbreak. An old tale recalls Dowie cursing swine at a spring visit, with pigs reportedly fleeing as he cursed the herd. Farmers fear pork shortages as hog numbers decline.
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Waukegan
Ill
Zion City
Dowie
Zion
Man Thrown Forty Feet in Crossing Accident
George Leona of Menominee County lies in dying condition after a crossing collision on the Northwestern line near Waucedah Michigan. He was driving a team and failed to notice the approaching engine. Both horses were killed and Leona was thrown forty feet.
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Menominee, Wis
George Leona
Wallace
Menominee County
Waucedah
Mich
Leona
Calumet & Hecla Slashes Mine Force By About a Thousand
Houghton Michigan report states Calumet & Hecla reduced its workforce by nearly 1000 in the last ninety days affecting mills surface work and mines. Local estimates of 1200 to 1500 out may be high but indicate a major downsizing at the large ore producer. The piece also notes advances in chemistry including osmotic pressure theory and affinity with emphasis on specialization and progress.
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Houghton, Mich
Calumet & Hecla
Prof
Wislicensius
Chicago Tribune
Sign Chinese Note as Boxers Fall in China Crisis
London reports the joint note of the powers, signed in Pekin by all ministers, will be presented to Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang. Field Marshal von Waldersee says Boxers suffered fifteen killed near Yung Ling as Chinese regulars fled Pang Do Ling’s forces. US allows only a delegation guard as Conger is instructed to sign the agreement, aiming for a month’s end signing.
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London
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Pekin
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Berlin
von Waldersee
Conger
United States
China
Chini
Chili
Congress
Beer dumped into Charleston sewers amid crowd demand
In Charleston on December 21, dispensary constables dumped fourteen hundred bottles of export beer seized by Tillman spies into the sewers. A crowd of Black bystanders pleaded for a drink as raids depleted the holiday supply. The act aimed to clear space at police headquarters where many bottles were stored.
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Charleston
S. C
Tillman
South Carolina
Blind Tiger
Boy with a Match Touches Sears Warehouse Fire
A boy lighting a match near a leaking gasoline can sparked a blaze at Sears Roebuck five story warehouse 171 179 West Adams Street Chicago causing $50000 damage. No injuries reported as occupants escaped at first alarm. Toronto factory fire injuries total about twelve with four seriously hurt and one fatally possible. loss about $50000.
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Chicago
Ill
Sears, Roebuck & Co
West Adams Street
Toronto
Ont
Matthews Bros
James Davis
Fred Hitchcock
Thomas Magee
Peter Park
Girls Chased by Bears in Flooded Maple Ridge
Minnie McDonald and Lillian Blayney, Maple Ridge youths near Vancouver, fled rising floodwater when two large bears sprang from the woods. The girls under pursuit hid in a hollow log and were found by a search party after 1 AM Thursday.
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Vancouver
B. C
Minnie McDonald
Lillian Blayney
Maple Ridge
Caving at Pennsylvania Coal mine in Pittsburg
A cave in at the Raving mines of the Pennsylvania Coal company begun yesterday continued today. The collapse caused a thirty foot section of the main street in Pittsburg to fall into the mine, marking the most serious cave in the anthracite region's history.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Coal Company
John Owens Hanged for Murder in Paris Illinois
John Owens alias Radcliffe was executed by hanging in Paris Illinois today for the murder of James F. Hogue. About 200 people witnessed the hanging as he maintained his silence about his identity to the end.
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John Owens
Paris
Ill
Radcliffe
James F. Hogue
Wolcott Former Governor Dies After Illness
Roger Wolcott former governor of Massachusetts dies at 3 40 p m after a several days battle with typhoid fever in Boston. The death ends a long public career in state service and politics.
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Boston
Mass
Wolcott
Storm wrecks and distressed steamers in Irish Sea area
The Dec 21 report notes the Cutie still anchored off the Skerries after extraction efforts failed. Somerhill and Westernland anchor at Weymouth, with Somerhill damaged and tugs aiding. Clan MacFarlane abandoned on a sandbank near Southport, and another large unidentified steamer with a red funnel on Sharkin Island rocks. The New England suffered injuries to crew. Belfast and Belfast Lough endure severe gale conditions with extensive damage and downed telegraph lines. The Ailswald, from Penarth to Bermuda, identified as the ashore vessel near Sharkin Island.
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London
White Star Line
Cutie
Skerries
Queenstown
Liverpool
Somerhill
Westernland
West Bay
Weymouth
Clan “MacFarlane
Tocopila
Channel
Southport
Skibbereen
Sharkin Island
Dominion Line
New England
Boston
Scotland
Mersey
Belfast
Belfast Lough
Ailsawald
Bovey
Peniarth
Bermuda
Ailswald
West Hartlepool
Newcastle on-Tyne
Lunn & MacCoy
Coast Storm Grounds Multiple Vessels From Norfolk to Miami
A fierce Atlantic storm leaves several ships aground along the coast. The gunboat Annapolis ran ashore near Redean buoy off Norfolk with tugs attempting to refloat her. the Rapiden was afloat after grounding. Cruiser Albany floated off after grounding in Subig bay. The Mound Oswald coal carrier lies ashore near Elbow reef south of Miami. A three masted schooner is reported ashore near Cape Henry and a schooner Jennie Hall reports a drowning. Weather hampers lifeboat efforts across Virginia, North Carolina, and Delaware coasts.
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Norfolk
Annapolis
E. V. McCauley
Katie
Chesapeake & Ohio
Rapiden
Capes Hatteras
Henry
Cape Enry
North Atlantic
Virginia
Charlotte
Albany
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Remey
Subig Bay
Miami
Fla
Elbow Reef
Philadelphia
Hen and Chicken Shoal
Cape Henlopen
Martial Law Extended Amid South Africa Turmoil
London reports widespread Cape Colony rebellion causing alarm in British ranks. Gen. Kitchener asks for 30 000 mounted troops as reinforcements while plans lag. Capetown notes martial law in northern districts with about 2000 Boers invading, Dutch sympathizers feared. London prepares mass drafts. Colesberg records moved to Cape Town for safety. Dewet commands 6000 troops with 18 000 horses at Dewetsdorp.
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London
Cape Colony
Lord Salisbury
Kitchener
South Africa
War Office
Capetown
Lord Kitchener
Aldershot
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Colesberg
Colesbury
Orange River
Phillipstown
Bloemfontein
Dewet
Dewetsdorp
Banker Sternberg Found Guilty in Morality Trial
Berlin reports banker Sternberg a wealthy financier convicted after a lengthy trial of unnameable immoralities and sentenced to two and a half years in prison plus five years loss of citizenship.
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Berlin
Dewet’s Escape Deemed Magnificent Daring in Boer War
From Darmstadt to Sloemfontein reports recount Gen. Dewet’s bold breakout at Springhaunek pass as 2500 Boers fled British lines. President Steyn and Piet Fourie led the charge, overcoming fortified posts and heavy fire to reach safety despite losses.
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Sloemfontein
Dewet
Hansbroeck
Thaban Chu
Knox
Haasbreeck
Victoria Nek
Springhaunek Pass
Nek
Steyn
Peit Fourie
Big Gift to Toilers at Crane Company
Chicago announces a distribution of over $100,000 to about 3000 Crane company employees on New Year’s Day. Every worker receives 5 percent of annual wages with no discrimination. amounts range from $20 to $500 depending on salary, ensuring a share for all.
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Crane Company
Chicago
Crane
Esterhazy in Dire Poverty Amid Dreyfus Fallout
Paris December 21 Maj Count Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, once central to the Dreyfus case, has fallen into utter misery as his ex wife sues her mother, the Marquise de Betancourt, for an allowance.
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Paris
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
Dreyfus
Marquise de Betancourt
Esterhazy Letter From London Reveals Distress
A letter dated London shows Esterhazy describing extreme poverty and starvation. He pleads for his wife to tell their children he adores them while claiming innocence against “scoundrels” who accuse him. He fears death from privation and implores mercy.
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Esterhazy
Lonon
Mosquitoes Implicated in Yellow Fever Spread
In Hanava Marianao a board of physicians reports progress on yellow fever study. Experiments inoculate American soldiers and indicate mosquitoes spread the disease after biting an infected person for about fifteen days. Four cases involve bitten non immune patients. five soldiers exposed to infected clothes show no symptoms. A dinner honors Dr Finlay, originator of the mosquito theory.
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Hanava
Marianao
Finlay
Paris chamber delays interpellation on Cuignet incident
The Chamber of Deputies, at the request of premier Waldeck Rousseau, votes 309 to 192 to postpone Laisses motion to interpellate the government on the Cuignet incident. The move shelves the Nationalists attack and grants the government a confidence vote.
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Darmstadt
Bunndesrath
Foreign Affairs Committee
Great Britain
Transvaal
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
M. Lasses
Maj. Cuignet
Mexico in a Money Panic
El Paso reports a Mexican silver drain as exports to China and Japan total about 50,000 dollars daily for five months. Banks seek to mask the outflow and urge the government to curb exports with a duty. George W. Hilsinger of Banco Minero notes banks hold gold and foreign currency as collateral, not silver.
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el Paso
Tex
China
Mexico
Japan
George W. Hilsinger
Juarez
Banco Minero
Chihuahua
Catfish Sold as Columbia River Salmon Scheme Unfolds
Clinton Iowa December 21 Mississippi river fishermen expose a fraud selling catfish as Columbia River salmon. A whistleblower says the scheme is in an experimental phase but will expand with a Chicago based factory planned for spring.
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Clinton
Chicago
World's Largest Hop Yards Located Across California
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that California hosts the world's largest hop yards in Sonoma Sacramento Mendocino Alameda Yolo Yuba and San Joaquin counties with a combined 7500 acres and over 9 million vines. Pleasanton in Alameda hosts the earths largest field with 365 acres and 445000 vines. Hop picking requires seasonal hand labor and offers fair pay though risks include hop poisoning and resin staining of hands.
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Sonoma
Sacramento
San Joaquin
California
Mendocino
Alameda
Yolo
Yuba
San Joaquin Counties
Feather
Pleasanton
Alameda County
San Francisco Chronicle
Market Reports from Milwaukee and New York Egg and Dairy Prices
Milwaukee the egg market eases with fresh cases at 21 4c and 21 4c for old, 17 19c for held fresh, and high receipts of 214 cases. Butter weak with heavy dairy receipts. fancy dairy scarce, low grades slow. cheese steady with steady to firm New York quotes. Chicago dull for butter and eggs with modest poultry demand.
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Milwaukee
New York
State
Pennsylvania
Rio
Chicago
Milwaukee Livestock Market Report Figures Mixed Prices
Hog receipts 16 cars market steady light weights 4.70 to 4.85 range. cattle receipts 1 car steady butcher steers 1050 to 1300 pounds 4.50 to 5.00. cows 2.65 to 3.25. calves veal 4.00 to 5.25. milkers and springers no demand. sheep 1 car steady 3.00 to 3.75. Chicago hogs 24,000 cattle 38,000 sheep 8,000.
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Milwaukee
Markets by Telegraph Core Prices Across Cities
Milwaukee and Chicago market notes show grain and provisions moving slowly with wheat at 69% to 73% cents on various contracts. corn around 34% to 36 cents. oats mid 20s with firm rye and barley. pork and lard higher near 11.15 and 7.17. Regional closing prices span Minneapolis to New York with mixed on December and May contracts and noted receipts.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
New York
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Texas
Liverpool
Omaha
Hair-Cut on Railroad Fall at Dayton Bridge
J Zuchfield fell from a railroad train on the river bridge near the Union depot at Dayton Ohio while stealing a ride. The wheels passed over his head and cut his hair neatly as if done by a tensorial artist. He was uninjured except for a head bump and walked off dazed and amazed.
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J. Zuchfield
Union
Dayton
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Lady Vere St. Leger Goold
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Lu Tai
Boy
British Columbia
Roger Wolcott
England
Rapidan
de Cape Henry
Dam Neck
Jennie Hall
Samson
Trinidad
Baltimore
Sternberg
Springhannek Pass
Count Esterhazy
Medical Board
Cuba
Republic
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