Boers Attack Rail Lines as Kitchener Holds Front
From Natal to Cape Colony reports say Boers conducted Christmas attacks on British garrisons along lines of communication but were repulsed with light casualties. Kitchener retains hold but Dewet remains elusive as martial law is proclaimed in Beaufort West and Carnarvon.
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Newcastle
Natal
Standerton
Ingoguo
Utrecht
London
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Dewet
Cape Town
Beaufort West
Carnarvon
Foreign press factions clash over Chinese peace terms
Chinese newspapers dispute punitive measures for royal figures and fear an emperor return if legation guards remain. In Peking the British add 100 troops at Yangtsuo amid Boxer tensions while Chinese authorities blame Boxers for murders near the Temple of Heaven. A U.S. cavalry detachment departs to probe reports of Christian burnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Universal Gazette
Tung Fu Hsiang
Prince Tuan
China
Peking
Yang-tsuo
Temple of Heaven
Sixth
United States Cavalry
Ninth Infantry
Fifth Artillery
Kelly
Mystery in a Murder Unknown Woman Shocks City Leader
Indianapolis report of William H. Smythe shot three times in his Masonic Building office. An unknown woman fired. Smythe survived briefly and spoke of his son Dr. Elmer F. Smythe who would name the woman, but the son denied knowledge. Attorney A B Coleman found Smythe. No witnesses.
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Indianapolis
William H. Smythe
Elmer FE. Smythe
Smythe
A. BR. Coleman
Recom
Steverson Building
Coleman
Truth About the Beckwiths Ends Notoriety for Lincoln Kin
Warren Beckwith, son in law of Robert T. Lincoln, returned to Cres ton from Chicago to resume his Burlington clerical job after spending Christmas with his wife. He says divorce rumors about his wife are false and notes plans for his wife to stay in Cres ton later in the week. He laments the frequent publicity about him and his wife.
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Lincoln
Creston
Warren Beckpwith
Robert T. Lincoln
Chicago
Burlnngton
Beckwith
Himee
Kvtinai
Kidnaping Case and Two Deaths Reported in Brief Dispatches
Indianapolis reports Sydney Miller seven year old son of Samuel D. Miller and grandson of ex Attorney General W A H Miller was recovered after being kidnapped by his mother. Mrs Miller released the child and was not arrested. Creston Iowa notes the death of Adolph Boehline's daughter amid conflicting medical opinions and an ensuing public funeral. LaCrosse Wisconsin records Joseph Hieh an Assyrian peddler injured after being thrown from a moving train while attempting to steal a ride, breaking his leg and suffering other injuries.
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Indianapolis
Sydney Miller
Samuel D. Miller
United States
W. A. H. Miller
Creston
Dee
Adolph Boehline
Omaha
Lost & Daughter
Croup
LaCrosse
Wis
Joseph Hieh
Tunnel No. 2
Lillioit
Iheb
Editor Sentenced to Penitentiary for Perjury
Al Wood editor of The Saturday Advertiser was arrested and taken to the state penitentiary in Winterset for perjury after a four year legal delay. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled against him just the day before.
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Fort Dodge
Missing Tonhose Infant Sparks Kidnap Fear in Judd Iowa
In Judd Iowa on December 28 a 0 year old boy, son of Louis Tonhose, has been missing since Tuesday. The father offers 500 dollars for the child and 1000 dollars for the kidnappers. In Green Bay Wisconsin Bishop Mesmer adopts Kis orders requiring some church services to be in English.
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Judd
Louis Tonhose
Green Bay
Wis
Mesmer
Kis
Marquette
Child Labor Report Urges Stronger Illinois Laws
Chicago December 28. State Factory Inspector Louis Arrington’s annual report to Governor Tanner shows children in factories outnumbering adults. He presents staffing figures and calls for broader, more thorough child labor laws than currently in force.
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Chicago
Louis Arrington
Tanner
John Howard Jones Dies at 64 in Chicago
Chicago report on the death of John Howard Jones aged 64 who served as agent for the Northwestern Associated Press from 1868 to 1875 and for the Western California Associated Press for much of that period. His dispatches on the 1871 Chicago fire brought him fame and he later led the West Division postal district in Chicago.
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Chicago
John Howard Jones
Northwestern Associated Press
Associated Press
Jones
West Division
Hogs and cattle prices mixed on Chicago markets reports
Chicago markets wrap shows hog receipts near 82 000 with barrows and gilts trading from 4.20 to 5.02 per cwt and most sales around 4.87 to 5.00. Cattle and calves offer wide ranges by class with steers from 5.30 to 6.10 for choice to extra and cows 1.75 to 4.50, plus stockers, heifers, bulls, and veal calves listed. East Buffalo and St Louis quotes span hogs calves and sheep with minor shifts, while grain futures in St Louis reflect steady wheat, higher corn, and strong oats dynamics.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Board of Trade
Jealous Wife Huntoon Arrested in Boston Conspiracy Plot
Mrs. Carvie Sinclair Huntoon 26 years old, known socially in Concord, is arrested on charges of conspiring to kill her former husband Walter C. Huntoon. Police recount her plan to hire a young man from Dorchester, provide a loaded revolver and a $5 payment, and decoy letters to secure the crime. The scheme unraveled after the man reported the meeting at the state house rear to authorities.
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Concord
N. 11
Carvie Sinclair Huntoon
Walter C. Huntoon
Dutton
Boston
Locke
Mrs. Huntoon
State House
Marshal Locke
Marshal Rand
Young Dutton
Nation raids saloons in Kansas defying arrest
Carrie Nation journeys through Kansas smashing saloon fixtures with iron and stones, destroying a $3800 Cleopatra at the Bath painting and vowing to enforce the liquor ban herself. She seeks Governor Stanley to defend her case, later telegraphs Jerry Simpson and plans more raids if officers fail to intervene.
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Wichita, Kans
Carrie Nation
Carey Hotel
Cleopatra
Bath
Glovernor Stanley
Bin
Stanley
Jerry Simpson
Medicine Lodge
Kiowa
Medicine
Nation
Kansas
tTo
Wichita
Carey
Tie
Barber County
Topeka
Released convict details Pittsburg tunnel escape plot
Frederick Simons of Titusville claims the Pittsburg penitentiary tunnel was meant to aid J. C. Boyd escape. He details talks with a convict named Jack and Boyd offering $1000, the 30 000 payoff, and the attic door break in at the shoe shop. The tunnel ran 300 feet from Sterling Street to a yard stone. Boyd, a real estate forger, reportedly profited from forged mortgages in Philadelphia. Irene Black wed Willard L. Jones after a rapid courtship and mutual photo exchanges.
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Pittsburg
Frederick Simons
Titusville
J. C. Boyd
Simmons
Jack
Boyd
Oil City
Sterling Street
Philadelphia
Alex. Berkman
H. C. Frick
Reckless pair in morphine double suicide attempt
Miss Ida Blackman a 28 year old domestic from Quincy lies near death in Decatur after she and lover William McConnell a 28 year old barber took morphine in a planned joint suicide at a hotel. Dr Hill saved McConnell as whisky counteracted the drug and Miss Blackman remains critically ill.
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Decatur
Ill
Ida Blackman
Maiden Lane
Quincy
Wii McConnell
McConnell
Hill
Man Surrenders After 1875 Michigan Murder Confession
Sacramento police report L Green confessed with his brother John to murdering Bill Feeny at Clare Station, Michigan in 1875, describing a lake burial and $600 theft. Later recanted under morphine influence, yet dispatches corroborate Owen Feeny as the slain man and body later found with throat cut.
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Sacramento
Cal
L. Green
John
Bill Feeny
Clare Station
Isabelle County
Mich
Feeny
Clare
H. Green
Owen Feeny
Green
Horse injures eight year old in Sheboygan incident
Sheboygan Wisconsin, December 28, Raymond Melger, eight, was seriously injured when a horse stepped on him. A calk in the horse shoe penetrated his eye risking blindness. He also suffered a fractured collarbone and internal injuries.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Raymond Melger
Free Text Books Debate Moves Michigan Law Revisions
Lansing reports Superintendent Hammond urges minor amendments to the free text book law to allow taxpayer-initiated questions at annual meetings and fix ambiguous passages. He notes 88 percent of Michigan pupils receive free texts under 1889 law, with 671 districts serving 96,770 students and 134,616 in sixteen free text book cities. Lincoln Nebraska hosts a large Nebraska State Teachers Association meeting addressing school legislation and potential reforms.
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Lansing
Mich
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Hammond
Michigan
Muskegon
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
D. W. Batson
Kentucky Woaleyan College
Horwuse
Holiday Rates Offer One and One Third Fare
The hh and N W Ry will sell round trip tickets at one and one third fare on December 22 28 24 25 and 31 and January 1. Tickets good until January 2 2001. Tickets sold to all points within 200 miles of selling station.
Regional Rail Fare Offer Promises Quickest Service
One and one third fare to all points within 200 miles. On sale December 22 to 25 and January 1 to 2 for return. Tickets marketed by agent Eb Stewart promising the quickest travel.
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All Pointe
Eb Stewart
City Bus Line Call Up Service Contact Details
A notice instructs callers to use phone number one at Hotel Allen to place bus line orders. The instruction states that orders will be promptly attended to by Frank Rogers.
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Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
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Pat Crowe
Cudahy
Grover Street
J. L. Conor
J. J. Connor
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Aman
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Delue
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Indian Bureau
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Hank Haff
Wdiefer
New York
Job Vs. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company
Liverpool
Scotlan Yard
Hooaag Tuinel
Nebraska Teachers In Council
Racine
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Hiagins
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Citizews’ Savings Bank
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I. M. Sprovann
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M. L. Logan
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Baird & Bailey’s
O. F. Wright
Store
Ashby
Nicola
Cass
H. Knecht
Harwood
South Side
Bailey
Tel
Evening Journal
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Orn'satore
Washington Town
W. E. Anderson
Klein
Iowa
Marsh W. Bailey
City Hall
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Madison Medicine Co
Madison
M. Lombardo’s
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M. Lombardo
Mauare
T. J. Dempsey
Washington National Bank
Purplus
W.R. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Cotober 6
A. H. Walllace
A. Warr
Wm. Buarr
C.M. Keck
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
Keck
D. R Robinson
Frank
FE. Townsend
D. C
Columbian School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, MO
Dixon & Matthews
Postoffice
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Kemble Flower Co
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R. F. Riley
Outen
Perros
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