Firing at Mafeking Jeers in Boer War Dispatch
A Broadside from London reports a costly sortie at Mafeking with three officers and eighteen men killed and one officer with twenty three wounded. It notes Buller’s eager advance and a hot, ongoing conflict around Ladysmith Co lenso and springfield with Boer provisions shortfall rumors.
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Baden-Powell
Mafeking
London
Daily Telegraph
Frerecamp
Ladysmith
Colenso
War Office
Forestier- Walker
Cape Town
Protectorate Regiment
Bechuanaland Rifles
R. J. Vernon
H. C. Sanford
H. C. Paton
Charles Fitzelarence
German Press Sees Anti British Coalition Talk Rising
German papers debate a possible anti British coalition with Russia and France over the Bundesrath seizure. Officials avoid pledges on Britain’s search rights while reports claim German rifles reach the Transvaal and the Hans Wagner cargo includes powder and dynamite seized by the British at Delagoa Bay.
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Berlin
Berliner Tageblatt
Cologne Volks Zeitung
Berliner Neueste Nachrichten
Hamburger Correspondenz
Berliner Post
Germany
Russia
France
Pan-Germanic League
Foreign Office
Great Britain
England
Bunderath
Hanover
Transvaal
Pretoria
Lorenzo
Indiana Joint Committee on Gubernatorial Contests Organized
The joint committee on contests for governor and lieutenant governor in Frankfort Indiana organized with Representative Hickman as chairman of the governor contest and Senator Coleman for the lieutenant governor contest. Evidence must be filed by January 15 and proof will end that day with nine days allotted for argument before the board.
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Washington
House
Roberts
Carlisle
B. F. Butler
Daniel W. Voorhees
House of Representatives
Taylor
Taylor Interrupted: “Mr. Roberts
DeArmond
Littlefield
Beers assigns for creditors in New York millinery firm
Charles Beers surviving partner of F Bianchi Co a wholesale millinery firm at 657 Broadway New York has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors The firm had an estimated commercial rating between 200000 and 800000 In Lafayette Ind twenty eight applications are before the board of trustees of the Indiana Soldiers Home for the post of commander to succeed General Jasper Packard
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New York
Charles Beers
F., Bianchi & Co
Broadway
Lafayette
Ind
The
Indiana Soldiers’ Home
Jasper Packard
Police Close in on Sioux City Murderer Hidden in Covington
Sioux City police tighten case against John EB Robson killer now believed in hiding across the Missouri at Covington. Chief O Shaughnessy guards name until arrest as officers raid William Nead home uncovering a secret panel and hidden passage to a floor hideout, found vacant with a bed coffin bucket water and a straw cistern.
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Sioux City
John EB. Robson
O'Shaughnessy
Covington
Missouri River
William Nead
Embezzlement at Butler Canning Works Net Exceeds 20000
Chicago dispatch reports William H. Curtis manager and treasurer of Butler Canning Works Butler Indiana embezzled over 20000. He allegedly collected funds from wholesale grocers and diverted stock valued at about 25000 while overdrawn 800 at the Butler bank. Officials say books must be checked to determine total loss. EF B Dunton says company funds remain sufficient to endure the crisis.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
William H. Curtis
Butler Canning Works
Butler
Ind
McLaughlin
Major
Central Station
Curtis
Canning Works
EF. B. Dunton
Nun Suddenly Missing During Kenosha Retreat
Sisters of St. Mary mourn the disappearance of Sister Augusta Henderson at Kemper hall Kenosha Wisconsin no trace found since Tuesday evening theories abound with no facts to support them also reported a separate incident in Kalamazoo Michigan where Charles Root killed his wife and himself in a Texas township farmyard scene witnessed by two children aged five.
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Kenosha
Wis
Sisters of St. Mary
Kemper Hall
Augusta
Augusta Henderson
St. Louis
Sisterhood
Kalamazoo, Mich
Charles Root
Texas Township
Hiram Smith Dies in Neenah One of Fox River Valley Pioneers
Hiram Smith, aged 80, died Thursday evening in Neenah Wisconsin. Born September 10, 1829 in Otego New York he was among Neenah’s first settlers and with his brother Ed started the area’s first paper mill, the Neenah mills, forty six years ago.
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Neenah
Wis
Jan
Hiram Smith
Smith
Otego
N. Y
Neenuah
Ed Smith
Fox River Valley
Neenah Mills
Tunnel Cave-In Halts Monon Line Between Bedford and Owensburg
A serious cave in on the Bedford and Bloomfield branch of the Monon railroad occurred at the tunnel between Bedford and Owensburg. Seventeen timbers failed and hundreds of tons of dirt and debris filled the tunnel, halting train traffic.
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Bedford
Ind
Bloomfield
Monon
Owensburg
Largest shoes ever made delivered to Finnish youth in Michigan
In Hancock Michigan a massive pair of shoes for a 14 year old Finnish worker near Boston is noted. He weighs 200 pounds and measures 6 feet tall, requiring a No 18 shoe. In Green Bay a 9 foot long and 12 inch diameter ecoluum stone sculpture is shipped to Paris for the Ohio exhibit.
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Hancock, Mich
Houghton County
Boston
Green Bay
Wis
Duck Creek
Verdict Returns Guilty in Stevens Riot Case
Pana Illinois January 6 A jury found Henry Stevens colored guilty of inciting the riot on April 18 1890 in which seven people were killed and several wounded. Sentencing not yet set.
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Pana
Ills
Henry Stevens
Dynamite Explosion Kills Four in Tennessee Rail Accident
News from Chattanooga reports a dynamite blast eight miles from Rockwood on the Tennessee Central railroad killed one worker instantly and caused two more deaths within hours. The incident occurred while unloading dynamite.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Pourine
Tennessee Central
Rockwood
Rescue of American Prisoners Reported in Luzon
General Otis announces to the war department that Colonel Hare and Colonel Howze with all American prisoners have arrived at Vigan Luzon northwest of Manila. The statement lists rescued sailors and officers including Gilmore and Howze, and notes killings of several crew members in Urdanetta and Yorktown parties.
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Washington
Otis
War Department
Luzon
Gilmore
Manila
Hare
Howze
Vigan
Schwan
Wheaton
Cavite
Luther R. Hare
Thirty-third Infantry
Robert L. Howze
Thirty-fourth Infantry
South Locos
Navy Department
Watson
Colonel Hare
William Juraschka
Benjamin J. Greene
Edward Burke
Geo
Daniel Powers
James Farley
J. ©. Gilmore
William Walton
John Ellsworth
Lyman Paul Edwards
Paul Vandoll
Sailemaker
Silvio Briselet
Mexico Allows U S Navy Target Practice on Mexican Coast
The United States asks Mexico for permission for Pacific coast ships to practice maneuvers and firing. Mexico responds by not only granting the request but promising to facilitate the exercises along the coast.
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Washington
State Department
Neavy Department
United States Navy
Pacific
Crow to seek US Supreme Court action over Mississippi pollution
Missouri Attorney General Crow announces plans to file in the United States Supreme Court to stop Chicago from polluting the Mississippi River. He argues the health of St Louis citizens and riparian residents are at stake and Missouri has jurisdiction to protect the river up to the main channel. Meanwhile a Springfield streetcar dynamite blast shakes the city. ten passengers escaped serious harm with police scouring for suspects.
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Jefferson City
Crow
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago
Mississip River
Chicago Canal
St. Louis
Missouri
United States Supreme Court
STATE TREASURER SUED FOR FRAUD AND LOANS
State Treasurer George A. Steel faces multiple suits in Clinton county and at least one in St. Johns for about 12 000 dollars plus interest claiming he knew and passed paper placed in banks while directing the bank. Other suits allege similar fraud tied to a financial statement and his management of his father’s affairs.
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St. John’s
Mich
George A. Steel
John C. Hicks
Steel
Clinton County
Third National Bank
New York
St. John’s National Bank
J. C. Hicks
George Steel
Third National
Havana Veterans Split on Maso Banquet and Wood’s Reign
In Havana General Wood faces ongoing petitions as Dudley and Runcie pursue prison cases. Sanguilly backs Wood, warning Brooke could trigger uprisings. Veterans plan a universal suffrage conference while debating banquet motives tied to the Cuban National party. Some ex-officers seek work via the Havana Centre of Veterans as funds limit aid.
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Havana
Wood
Dudley
Runcie
Davis
Sanguilly
Gen. Wood
General Wood
Brooke
Hlavana
Maso
Cellazo
Matanzas
Massacre reports reach Congo Mission board in Nashville
A Nashville dispatch to The Times reports Rev. L C Vass and Rev. H P Hawkins detailing a raid in Luebo Congo Free State where state troops burned fourteen villages killed ninety or more natives, some victims possibly eaten by cannibals, with bodies mutilated. The Zappo Zaps are described as a state protectorate tribe collecting tribute. Missionaries plan to send collected evidence to Boma and Europe.
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New York
Times
Nashville
Tenn
Southern Presbyterian Board of Missions
L. C. Vass
H. P. Hawkins
Luebo
Congo Free State
Africa
Boma
Europe
Vass
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Harry V. Reynolds
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Beaver Dam
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State Board of Agriculture
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South Bend
Farmer
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Lake County
Farmers
W. W. Stevens
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Des Moines
Lowa Implement Dealers’ Association
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Sheriff
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Nichols
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Fort
Green Bay Reformatory School
Lebanon
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Juta
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Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
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Casey Bros
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Orrin
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P.W. McElwain
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J. R. Burroughs
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
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W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's Clothing
Washington, Stowa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
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H. Sanford
Selephone
T. J. Dempsey
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W. KR. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Quadtan
J.P. Anderson
Washington County
Ings Bank
Jos. Knck
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Kmox
Marsh W. Bailey
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Downstatia
Opposatte City Hall
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Orrick
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
Ranr
Toewlt. Spercentu
Jos. Pollard,jr
Washington, JA
Lemmon
Ecientif
Upridan
L. D. Robinson
East Side
C.S. Lemmon
Mr. Lemmon
L., D. Robinson
Rocky Mountain
Burlington
Philadelphia
Fox
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
O. H. Keck
Frank 8
Swart
J V. Henderson
E. C. Keck
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
City Feed Store and Feed Yard
G. Mason
Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
R. F. Riley
Smouse
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