General Lawton Killed in San Mateo Battle
Special to Evening Journal reports Major General H W Lawton shot and killed while addressing troops at San Mateo amid an attack near Lewes. Lawton left Manila Dec 18 with the Eleventh cavalry led by Col Lockett and battalions of the 29th and 27th infantry under Lieut Col Sargent. Insurgents from Aeronomo were known to be in the area.
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Manila
H W. Lawton
San Mateo
Lewes
Lawton
Lockett
Col
Sargent
Aeronomo
Sioux City
J. H. Morton
Davenport
Farley
Morton
Boston
New York
The
Herald
Washington
Senate
Allen
Nebraska
Smallpox Outbreak Reported in Independence Iowa
Special to Evening Journal from Dubuque dates Dec 19. Chas Page has contracted smallpox and is quarantined at a local Independence hotel. The case prompts health authorities to monitor contacts and enforce isolation.
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Evening Journal
Dubuque
Independence
Chas Page
Michigan governor urges tax equalization in extra session
Lansing December 19. The special session opened with a reading of the governor's message calling for equal taxation of all property at true cash value. He asserts long‑standing inequality demands immediate action and cites railroad property values in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin to argue Michigan railways should pay far more tax. He notes a 1898 Republican platform clause praising Pingree’s equalization efforts.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Indiana
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Pingree
Snively Comments on Chicago Drainage Channel Dispute
Clarence F. Snively, president of the Illinois canal commission, says the group has acted on the best legal advice to serve the state amid friction with Chicago sanitary trustees. He notes a settlement may come if Chicago offers six feet of water to the canal summit for navigation and invites scrutiny of official acts.
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Peoria, Ills
Clarence F. Snively
Illinois Canal Commission
Canal Commissioners
Sanitary Trustees
Sanitary District
Chicago
Will leaves $100000 estate to church after wife's death
Alfred Gray son drew a will granting his $100,000 estate to the Methodist Episcopal church after his wife dies. Mrs. Grayson refused the will and sued for her one third. She died before final issue. Her heirs now seek to set aside the marriage's will.
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Bedford
Ind
Alfred Grayson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Glass eating alleged in Sanderson case witness testimony
Marshall Michigan December 19 restrained by Judge Smith F Fr Stevenson a chemist of Detroit testified he fed three dogs ground powdered glass and ate it himself He said the glass did not hurt the dogs Examination of stomachs and intestines showed no laceration
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Marshall, Mich
Smith
F. Fr. Stevenson
eDfoit
Sanderson
Stevenson
Fire Damage Hits Wisconsin Farm House
William Kruse near Sun Prairie Wisconsin suffered about 4000 in fire damage to his farm house. A Duluth Shoe Company factory and warehouse burned causing 150000 loss with one fireman killed and two injured. Mrs Magdalena Birk died suddenly while riding an Eyanss top avenue car toward her home.
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William Kruse
Sun Prairie
Wis
New York Herald
Mme. de Falbe
Prince and Princess of Wales
Bournemouth
Lewis Isbell
Ilinois
Quinn Chapel
Chicago
William
Magdalena Birk
Double for Corbett in Cheney shooting case cited
A Racine report claims Henry T. Corbett of Milwaukee, jailed on vagrancy charges, may be the Cheney home shooter after Mrs. Cheney and others identified him from a photograph. Janesville police report a photo matched a man who robbed Geo M. McKey’s house, triggering further doubt about Corbett’s whereabouts and alibis.
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Racine, Wis
Henry T. Corbett
Milwaukee Picture
David B. Cheney
Wisconsin
Magersfontein Battle Tides Turn against British
Long war report detailing tugela actions and Boer artillery advantage at Magersfontein. British forces under Hart and Hildyard attempted river crossings, faced heavy fire, and withdrew with losses. Coverage notes Roberts appointment parallel and implications for South Africa campaign.
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London
War Office
Magersfontein
Daily Mail
Nauwpoort
Cape Colony
Vaar Kop
Geenral French
Arundel
Lord Roberts
Majuba Hill
Wages Rise in New Ireland Mills Affect 300,000 Workers
The new wage increase in the cotton and woolen mills of New Ireland took effect yesterday and benefits more than 300,000 mill employees. A U S agriculture note states that apple production more than doubled from the previous year, with a large yield reported nationwide.
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New Ireland
United States
Change of Scene in Dublin and Also of Part of the Actors
In Dublin the colonial secretary Joseph Chamberlain received a university degree from Trinity College amid mixed cheers. He thanked students for demonstrations after the ceremony and urged tolerance and patience while recalling past hardships. Students earlier sang patriotic songs and paraded with royal standards, but attacked the Mansion House flag.
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Dublin
Joseph Chamberlain
Trinity College
Chamberlain
Betty Balfour
South Africa
England
Crimea
College Green
Mansion House
Two Men Torture a Priest in Clinton Robbery Case
In Clinton Indiana last week two robbers held Rev Father Stanton for two hours in his home and tortured him with an electric battery. The men suspected to be prominent physicians caused townwide alarm as detectives search for the culprits and motive remains unclear.
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Terre Haute
Ink
Father Stanton
Clinton
Nine on board lost as whaleback One Hundred Fifteen sinks
The whaleback barge One Hundred Fifteen, missing on Lake Superior since the previous Wednesday, is declared lost with nine crew members. The Colgate Toyt towing the barge and the Vigilant searching vessel ceased efforts. Captain Boyce, Mate Stynop, and Cook Buckner named among the missing.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior
Arthur A. Boyce
Michael Stynop
William Buckner
Colgate Toyt
Lake Erie
Tig Vigilant
Panic on the Stock Exchange as Banks Act to Stabilize Prices
Panic conditions hit the New York Stock Exchange with mass selling driven by a cash squeeze. Clearing house banks offered 10 million to push rates to 6 percent, halting the slide as bears covered and bids surged. The market closed irregularly with two bankruptcies noted and fears of wider insolvencies amid rising industrial consolidation.
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New York
Dee
Stock Exchange
Disfavor Soils Industrial Combinations Amid Market Turmoil
In a sweeping assessment the market notes outline widespread disfavor toward industrial combinations in Wall Street since last spring’s price collapse. Allegations cite over-capitalization and high property costs, with fears of legislation and heavy trust commitments affecting liquidity and collateral values. Reports tie the Boston and Des Moines disruptions to a broader fear that the trust movement faces adverse forces.
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Wall Street
Trust Company
London
Boston
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American School of Osteopathy
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Marsh W. Bailey
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Attorney At Law
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Frank Rogers
R. F. Riley
Smouse
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