Cape Town Prepares for Boer Prisoner Transfers and Contingencies
Military authorities in Cape Town brace for possible contingencies and decide to transfer Boer prisoners from camps to transports. Town guards form as businessmen urge martial law and press for suppressing loyalist newspapers while Monarch lands guns for northward service. Enlistment rises as mounted units prepare to guard passes and rail tunnels amid ongoing Boer activity in the Transvaal and Bechuanaland.
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Cape Town
Cars Town
Fransports
Paralise
Colesberg
Kritschinger
Middleberg
Active Recruiting Boosts Hope in Cape Caqlany Caysey
Advices from Gang Town report a more hopeful tone as local forces recruit widely and London shows promise with Lord Roberty likely to take the great office. Sydney notes a rush to join the new contingent near 000 volunteers and Lord Kitchener warns against reliance on military protection amid unconfirmed battle rumors near 80 miles north of Maijesfontein.
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Cape Caqlany Caysey
Loynoy
Gang Town
Logal
London
Lord Roberty
Gwat
Sydney
N. G
Anxiouy
Loxpon
Cape Town
Maijesfontein
Tragic Rumors Sweep Capitals Over Joint Note
The Journal reports in Berlin and Paris that both capitals show willingness to sign a joint note at once. A rumor claims Count von Waldersee was killed by an allied officer, a report not confirmed and considered uncertain by ministers and officials.
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Court von Waldersee
Pinis
Lée Journal
Ander
Count von Waldersee
Hannor
Berlin
Chinese Envoys Ready to Approve the Joint Agreement
Foreign ministers meeting in Peking report Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching prepared to sign the joint note when ready. Chinese acceptance seen as not explicit enough and signing conditions discussed with British minister Satow abstaining.
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Peking
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Ernest Satow
Legation
Pan
Wei
Peking Dispatch Criticizes German Actions in China
A Herald report from Peking accuses German efforts in Tang-Hin of looting and punitive taxes on villagers. Lt. Col. Wirt, under General Chance, faced German forces over alleged murder claims, with orders to cooperate but later withdrawal. The piece questions American involvement.
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Ultterior
New York
Herald
Peking
Wirt
Sixth Cavalry
Tang-Him
Chance
European and American missionaries accused of looting in China
Reports from Pe king and London allege missionaries pushed expeditions to protect native converts while seizing loot opportunities. J Willard cites American officers' testimonies, without naming them, to support charges across several incidents. The piece also notes Berlin apologies, imperial concessions, and other unrelated items.
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Loxney
Daily
Mail
J. Willard
Peking
China
Willard
Pettigrew Son Improves Amid Hospital Stay
Frank Petti Pettigrew Jr., son of U S Senator Pettigrew of Southakota, shown to be regaining strength in a Kansas City hospital after an illness tied to Sebanitet. Preliminary reports indicate his condition is improving.
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Foyng Pettigrew
Kansas City
Frank Petiigrew
United States
Pettigrew
Southakota
Duke Henry Leaves The Hague Over Royal Marriage Dispute
Berlin dispatch reports Duke Henry of Mecklenburg Schwerin left The Hague frustrated by parliamentary debate on his future role in Queen Wilhelmina’s marriage. Controversy centers on precedence and funding with Wilhelmina proposing Parliament grant £10,000 a year to him only if she outlives. Dutch sentiment favors no public allowance, given the queen’s vast wealth.
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Henry
Wilhelmina
Hague
Loxpon
Berlin
Merklenburg-Schwerin
Wilhelmina‘of
Holland
England
Victoria
Prince Albert
Saxe-Coburg
Duke Henry
Prince
Bane
Usband
Prince Congart
Fatal Accidents End Lives of Two La Crosse Residents
In La Crosse Wisconsin on January 4 Rebecca Smith aged over eighty died after her dress caught fire while starting a kitchen stove flare up. John Thiel also eighty died after a streetcar struck him while he walked home from church.
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la Crosse
John
Thiel
Manufacturer Held for Importing Workmen Without Strike Notice
John A Gauger, a wealthy manufacturer, held for importing laborers into Chicago without informing them of strike troubles at his plant. Officials hail it as a union victory and note it tests the new law making such importation a crime. the constitutionality will be tested in a forthcoming suit.
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Core4go
John A. Gauger
Humberman
Criminal Court
Justice Woods
Chicago
Telegraphers Strife Threatens Railway Order Dissolution
The Record reports post strike unrest among the Order of Railway Telegraphers connected to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe system. Out operators sued by M M Dolphin president. officials seek to expel those who refuse to leave their keys, aiming to punish dissenters.
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Santa Fe
Cureago
Order of Railway
Atchison, Topeka
M. M. Dolphin
Order
Dolphin
Scranton Councilmen Arrested on Bribery Charges
Scranton Pennsylvania January 4 Edward J Coleman common councilman and John J McAndrew and Thomas J O'Boyle select councilmen were arrested on warrants sworn by the Municipal League accusing them of bribery and soliciting bribes in connection with city franchises telephony and tree railway grants four other council members have resigned to avoid prosecution and four more are under arrest
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Scranton
Municipal League
Edward J. Coleman
John J. McAndrew
Thomas J. O'Boyle
Censetag
Western Rubber Shoe Company to Fight Rubber Trust
Attorney Milin J. Foreman announces formation of the Western Rubber Shoe company in Chicago with a capital stock of 1 million dollars. The backers include six Chicago practical shoe men and one in New York, with the full capital already deposited in a Chicago bank.
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Chicago
Rubber Trust
Milin J. Foreman
Poison Strikes Family in Nicollet County Minnesota
An entire Ferpecook family of New Sweden Nicollet County reportedly dies from tainted poison sickness with the father and eldest daughter dead. twelve members remain ill and doctors fear no recovery. The report notes Mr Pettigrew Anga introduced a resolution to demand copies of all Philippines government instructions since May 1 1895 and related orders.
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Nicollet County
Minn
Trighping Polsonjog
St. Peter
Ferpecook
New Sweden
Ffare
Pettigrew
Wasnixday
Gan
Petti
Philippines
Cadet Johnston Tops Exams In Wide Range of Subjects
Cadet Edward M. Johnston from Oregon led the semi annual exams observing top marks in engineering ordnance and gunnery law history and other subjects in the first class.
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Edward M. Johnston
Oregau
Alleged Limitation of Suffrage in the South Investigated
Washington report on January 4 describes a heated House debate over a privilege resolution by Olmsted of Pennsylvania to investigate alleged disfranchisement in Ohio Mississippi South Carolina and North Carolina. The move sparked a party line defeat 31 to 82 amid filibuster and absentee pairing. Hopkins remains confident on reapportionment while pressing the bill regardless of the resolution.
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Washington
Olmated
Pennsylvania
Fopisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
House
Republicana
Olmsted
Colleaguag
Hopkins
Army Bill Replaces Subsidy Measure in Senate Debates
In the first Twentieth century session the army reorganization bill supplanted the shipping subsidy as unfinished business. Senate actions moved the subsidy back to the calendar while debates focused on a large permanent army versus a temporary force for the Philippines. Retirement amendments for generals Lee Wilson and Shafter were discussed, and a House bill to create a Department of Education was introduced, along with land-law extensions to Hawaii and a $3 million army subsistence deficiency estimate.
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Wasninegoy
Devate
Senate
Pettigrew
South Dakota
United States
Philippines
Lee, Wilson
Shafter
Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Daniel
Fitzhugh Lee
James H. ‘Wilson
Department of Education
Hansbrough
Hawaii
Death of James Richards Prominent anti slavery figure
James Richards aged 82 died in Cleveland after a life marked by anti-slavery work before the Civil War. A Massachusetts native who moved to Ohio in 1840 he aided the underground railroad and once owned a farm on Wade Park site later sold to the city. Also noted two carloads of Black workers left Montgomery for Hawaii to work on sugar plantations.
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Dounty
James Richards
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Richards
Wade Park
Hawaii
Montgomery
Ala
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
Cure a Cold in One Day Claim Cited
Advertises a remedy promising quick cold cure using Laxative Bromo Quinine. Claims money back if it fails with signature of E. W. Grove and Pap let. All druggists.
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E. W
Grove
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