Telegrams in Brief Report Multiple Military and Social Updates
General Wood arrived at Havana and a burial for Lieutenant Brumby took place in Atlanta. A national funeral may honor General Lawton. his widow is assured a $2000 yearly pension and a home. General Brooke may not reach Washington from Cuba before February 1. The Maine dead were buried in Arlington on December 28. Ten customhouse officers were arrested at Havana for fraud. Corporal Harvey Roberts died at Columbia barracks Quemados on dysentery. In New York, 500 attended the New England Society banquet, Admiral Sampson spoke for the navy. General Wood notified the War Department of William Hays death at Puerto Padre from remittent malaria.
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General Lawton
Brooke
Washington
Cuba
Maine
Texas
Arington
Havana
Wood
War Department
Harvey Roberts
Company F
Eighth Cavalry
Columbia Barracks
Quemados
New York
New England Society
Admiral Sampson
Navy
William Hays
Tenth Cavalry
Puerto Padre
Chevallier
Anton de Kontski
General Wood
Minnesota
Weney
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Carnegie
Philadelphia
Carlisle Indians
University of California
Salvation Army
Chicago
Swift & Co
Puerto Rico
Pingree
Michigan
Valparaiso
Ind
Orph Fravel
Erie
C. A. Boutelle
Naval
San Jose
California
Illinois
Bryan
Candler
Georgia
Purvis
Princeton
Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Senate
Alhambra
Syracuse
N. Y
National Salt Company
Georges Creek
Myersdale
Robert Bonner
Demorest’s
Ledger Monthly
Federation of Bohemian Women
McKinley
Michael J. Brown
Mercy Hospital
Wellington
Waterloo
James Oliver
South Bend
Hubbard
Stilwell
The
Guardian Trust Company
Immense list of 1899 news items across US Atlantic
The long dispatch reports diverse events from December 1899 to early 1900 including Dewey’s age at Christmas, immigration uptick in November, baseball league prospects and finance hints, coal shipments to Europe, fire losses in Hastings Minnesota, navy prisoner issues, Hague treaty, New York office trust, Brazilian post, Porto Rico relief, labor disputes, and various political and social notes from cities like Chicago New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Boston
Baseball League
Western Baseball League
Roland Reed
Italy
France
Hastings
Minn
Navy Department
Senate
New York
Charles Page Bryan
Brazil
Dixon
Texas
Newport News
Maine
Canada
Navy
Holland
Leopido Aranaud
Chicago
Porto Rico
Typographical Union
Rockefeller
Central
Ripley
Beloit
Kenosha
Boer British War War News and Notable Details
Reported actions include Boer insurgents driven from an island, Tugela river damming, and Britons seeking recruits in Hungary. British efforts to stop Boer supply lines via Delagoa Bay are noted, with front news scarce since Dec 18. Contributions from Britons in Kansas City totaled 7022 for wounded families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jezor
England
Hungary
Tugela
New York Council
Hughes
Leapiz
Romblon
Delagoa Bay
Winston Churchill
Gatacre
Cape Colony
Buller
Transvaal
Ee Oa U Babjeets
Great Britain
Kansas City
South Africa
London
Paris
Daily Mail of London
Dr. Leyds
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F. W. Kehl
Madison
Wis
Dancing Academy Finest
West
Dancing
John P. Halbach
Washington Ave
Illinois Sewing Hiachine CO
Rockford, Ilinos
H. B. Vlieland
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Coleage James Clark
Eee
Pone H Munn Co
Scientific American
Scientifec
All Newsdealers
Orsnn
F &St
Washington, D
Washington, D.C
Letenist Nfiden'sbington
D. G. Siggers
Lawyer
Lieutenant Brumby
Atlanta
Lawton
United States
Eastern Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
Central Trust Company of
John M. Meddins
Lancaster County
Nebraska
Petit
MI Commission
Harry Gray
Julius Morrison
Frank Leyden
Chattanooga
Canton, Sr
Karl Schlater
House
United States Glass Company
Pittsburg
Illinois Supreme Court
Harding
Glucose Trust
Post Office Department
Buffalo
Frank Fay
Thomas Cook
Cook
Cornelius N. Bliss
Interior
Root
de Young
Woodruff
Eugene L. Hote
Milford
Ill
N. H. Ingersoll
Brainerd
Ted Sloan
E. C. Bald
Cunard
Campania
Liverpool
San Jacinto
Hermit
Reading
Miles
Gorman
1St
Wisconsin Cavalry
M. Etheridge
Dallas
Edwin Q. Harrel
North Texas
Louis Schneeberger
Baltimore
Bay City
Mich
McEwen Bros. & Co
William Pepper
Gilliopolis
Ohio
Luke Darst
Darst
Portland (Me
Charles McKinney
Mount Pleasant
Milwaukee Normal School
L. D. Harvey
Marshall, Micf
Detroit
Alger
Natick
Mass
Lewis Perry
Lizzie Morse
Binghamton
John Edgar Gardiner
Gardiner
American Express Company
Clevland City Railway Company
Ridgeland
S. C
Baltimore Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Maryland
Hopkinsville
Ermine Johnson
Brander
Campbell
Old Fort Omaha
Quartermaster Hathaway
National House
Chicago Drainage Trustees
Illinois and Michigan Canal Commissioners
New Jersey Board of Pardons
Thomas McLaren
McLaren
Hudson County
J. Caswell Grave
Richmond
Bruce
Johns Hopkins University
United States Fish Commission
Alice McGonigle
Newcastle
Del
Samuel Golderger
Tammany
Sing Sing
Jeremiah Kendrick
Citizens’ State Bank of
Sioux Center
Iowa
Guaranty Surety Company of
San Francisco Examiner
Crocker Estate Company
van Ness Avenue
Sutter Street
Albert D. Shaw
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Anna Bowers
Grho Killige Ure Rickey
King Fisher
Wichita, Kan
Ha Boutelle
Drrd.w. Still Dentist
Waunakee
Shuttleworth & Dibbla
Pioneer
Madison, Wis
Henry Lefebvre
Middleton, Wis
Chneider Brothers’ Drilling Co
Saltimore
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