Remarkable events of 1899 sweep across seas and lands
A condensed chronicle notes 1899's world stage with Spain’s Cuba loss, Philippine and South African wars, the Dreyfus trial, Samoa disputes, major fires, floods and notable deaths. It lists battles, treaties, riots, shipwrecks, and political shifts from January through December, highlighting Dewey, Hobart, Ingersoll, Faure, and Gonzales era figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Western Hemisphere
England
Transvaal Republic
South Africa
United States
Philippines
Samoan Islands
Alfred Dreyfus
France
Kirksville
New Hichmond
Wis
Felix Faure
Garret A. Hobart
Robert G. Ingersoll
Cleveland
Pana
Carterville
Ill
Grand Opera in Conflicting Irish Dialect at Capital Square Theater
Detroit press reports a comic exchange between Mrs Mulganey and Mrs O Hoolihan about paying to attend the grand opera. The dialogue mocks expenses and language while noting the audience’s humor at the theater.
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Shquare Theater
Detroit
Ree Press
San Francisco Schools Class Japanese Children as Whites
In San Francisco, Japanese children are not segregated on school rolls and are classified as whites rather than a separate racial group. The policy affects student assignment and integration within the city’s public schools.
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San Francisco
Returning in bands natives ask for assistance
Manila reports insurgents evacuating coast towns retreating to mountains and terrorizing locals and Chinese seeking American garrison protection. Hare loses track of prisoners, Wheeler moves south, Namacpacan garrison strengthens to avert Christmas threat. Otis wires Lockett attack on Mont Alban stronghold yields prisoners and arms recovered.
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Manila
Dagupan
Vigan
Wesesel
Trinidad
Namacpacan
Hare
Thirty-third Infantry
Young
Wheeler
Paranaque
Washington
Otis
War Department
Lockett
Forty-sixth
Schuyler
Forty-fifth
Dorst
Twenty-seventh Infantry
van Deusen
Mont Alban
San Mateo
Enlow
Matson
Purchases of Foreign Vessels Complicate U S Documentation
The Scipio case shows how navy purchases of foreign ships for Spanish American War use lead to denied American vessel status and potential duty questions. Treasury circular explains materials from such vessels sold within the United States are not importations and thus exempt from duty.
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Port Townsend
United States
Navy Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Heustis
Treasury Department
Spaulding
Plague Scare Hits San Francisco As Gaelic Arrives
The Gaelic reached San Francisco from the Orient and was quarantined amid plague fears. Cabin passengers landed while towboats ferried between ship and port. Honolulu reports no new plague cages. two deaths linked to the scourge are claimed by the board of health, with other cases doubtful or malicious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers Pass
B.C
Columbus
Ohio
Buckingham Theater
Loulaville
Philadelphia
Manila
Botkin
James A. Sexton
Leshy Er Sle
Washingon
Cuba
You Caprivl
German Empire
United States Senate
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Rairie du Chien
Wis
Chiccago
Front Street
New York
Mat
Herington
Kan
Baxter Stove Works
Mansfield
Kelly Block
Cleveland
Toronto
Caloocan
Miller
Trollo
New York City
Albany
N. Y
Digby
Cincinnati
Chicago
Brooklyn Navy Yard
M. Felix Faure
France
Eimile Loubet
Paris
Port Washington
Lord Herschel
Washingtton
Sagasta
Madrid
George Dewey
McKinley
Congress
East
Tennessee
la Goubran
T. DeWitt Talmage
Washington
Porcupine River
B. C
Mazumu Gomes
Pasig
Herbert Putnam
Boston
Palmetto
Joseph Medill
Hot Springs
Ark
St. Louis
B. P. Hutchinson
Lake Geneva
Queen Rgent
Spain
Windsor Hotel
Toew
York
Havana
Martha Slace
Sing
Little River County
Malicton Tanus
Port Arthur
Armour
Chi- Ago
Baines
Rowena Lee
Mississippi
Carutheraville
Stella
English Channel
Malolos
San Francisco
Orient
Honolulu
Board of Health
Walsenburg Stockman Robbed Before Hotel Entry
Walsenburg Colorado January 1 W J Milsap a prominent stockman was seized by two men as he prepared to enter the Klein hotel and robbed of twelve thousand dollars. The money was in his coat and vest pockets and the garments were torn from him. No trace of the criminals is found. Milsap was en route to Mexico to buy cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsenburg
Colo
W. J. Milsap
Klein Hotel
Large Hamburg liner aground in heavy gale near Fat Bay
A large German mail steamer, likely a Hamburg American liner, went aground in a terriff gale off Fat Bay near Dun-geness. Heavy seas pound the vessel and life-boats cannot reach her. Fears for passenger safety and a serious position are reported.
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London
Fatbay
Dungeness
Kept
Americans Buy A Canal In Bid To Favor American Route
New York reports the Panama Canal Company of America is formed to transfer rights from the French to American control. Key financiers include August Belmont & Co and Kuhn, Loeb & Co among others, with plans tied to the Nicaragua route and a U S commission assessing routes. The project, begun by the French in 1884, employs thousands and has about two fifths of the canal completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Panama Canal Company of America
August Belmont & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Levi P. Morton
Charles R. Flint
J. E. Simmons
Fourth National Bank
Edward Sweet
George Sheldon & Co
Baring, Magoun & Co
George W. Young
United States Mortgage & Trust Company
San Francisco
the Herald
Baron Openheim
Paria
America
Panama Canal
Nicaragua Canal
United States
Central America
Canal Commission
Nicaragua
Panama
France
Canal
Jamaica
New American Company
Hilton Paintings at Auction in New York 1880s
The late Judge Hilton's extensive art collection, nearly 300 modern French paintings valued above 500000 dollars, heads to auction. Masters include Meissonier Cort Daubigny Gerome Vibert Makart Munckasy Bourgereau and Tissot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton
New York
Judge Hilton
Meissonier
Cort
Daubigny
Gerome
Vibert
Makart
Munckasy
Bourgereau
Tissot
Christmas Poisoning Claims Three in Barboursville
Barboursville West Virginia December 28 three members of the Man ford Pollock family died that night after being mysteriously poisoned during their Christmas dinner.
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Barboursville
W. Va
Manford Pollock
Alaska Tax Boosts Federal Revenue Says Skagway Alaskan
The Skagway Alaskan reports that since July Alaska residents paid 153 276 40 in license money to the federal treasury as a special business tax in Alaska. It notes this revenue is in addition to tariff duties and internal taxes and emphasizes the unique nature of the levy on Alaskan commerce.
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Alaska
United States
Dawson
D. W. Bullock
Bennett
Dumbalton
Selkirk
Stewart River
Dumbolton
McDougall & Burns
California
Oregon
Burns
Whatcom County
King County
Seattle
Umatilla County
Milton
Atlin Mining Boom Promises Big Spring Output
Charles Christopher anchors a claim that Atlin will pulse with at least six hydraulic plants opening in spring. He foresees gold output surpassing 5 million dollars next year, after a year with 1.5 million extracted locally and royalty collections around 700 thousand.
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Atlina
Charles Christopher
Atlin
The Worst and Best? Trade Review on Wall Street Decline
R G Dun and Co notes that a sharp Wall Street drop followed a year of exceptional business, with booming capital use and reduced stock speculation. Weekly exchanges rose 83.7 percent from last year, and 60.4 percent from 1892, while farm receipts fell and cotton and wheat fluctuated. US failures totaled 220 vs 258 last year, and Canada 26 vs 31.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Wall Street
New York
United States
Canada
Pacific Coast Trade Prices For Fresh Produce and Staples
Market reports list onions and potatoes at varying per sack and per box rates. Prices cover beets turnips carrots cauliflower cabbage peaches apples pears prunes watermelons butter eggs cheese poultry hay corn flour millstuffs and feed items with regional notes on timothy hay and Pacific Northwest sources.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Market Prices for Wheat and Farm Commodities
A list of current prices from Wheat to Millstuffa and dairy products. Wheat ranges 51 to 6520% with Bluestem at 540 per bushel. Flour and graham vary from 2.15 to 3.00 per barrel. Livestock and produce include butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, potatoes, vegetables, wool, mohair, mutton, beef, veal, and millstuff, with regional notes for Walla Walla and San Francisco markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Valley
Graham
Shorts
Oregon
Hope
Wool—Valley
San Francisco
Nevada
Northern
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Philippine Islands
Dreyfus
Samoa
Macomb Mo
Senate
Dunellen
N. J
O—Mcvoy
Sharkey
Memphis
Dingley
Maine
Andelina
Tacoma
John Russell Young
Apia
Sugrove Court
Arthur
Peloponnesan
Greece
Balabac
Johnstown
Adelina Parth
Baron Cederstrow
Brecon
Wales
A. H. Garland
Miurtial
Gen
Chas. P. Eagan
West
Wallace Andrews
Justice
J. Field
Yellowstone River
Glendive
Ontana
Illinois
Maria
Tripoli
Sheridan
Wyo
Eliza Tost
Nantucket
J. Oglesby
Iilinolw
H Wier
Kangaroo Island
Dawson City
Newtown
Soldier River Valley
Iowa
Indiana
Kentucky
Wardner
Idaho
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Ute Reservation
Chickasaw Nation
W. C. Whitney
Wade
S—Russell & Co
Thresher
Masaillon
K. P. Flower
Exeter
Francisque Sarcey
Princeton
Pawnee Bill
Michigan
San Isidro
P. L
Aguinaldo
Manacles
Cornwall
Buffalo Grain Shovelers
Erath County
Texas
Don Emilio Castelar
St. John
N. B
Rosa Bouheur
Waterloo
Grandview
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Coney Island
New Richmond
Dupuy
Herman
Neb
Stettin
Germany
Glace Bay
C. B
Crgins
H. B. Plant
Margaret Olwill
Lake Erie
Homestead Mills
Pittsburg
J. P. Newman
Robert Bonner
Phillippines
George W. Julian
Lindell Hotel
Lincoln
Brookyn
R. A. Alger
Eilthu Root
Polobeery
East Toledo
Ulysses Heureaux
San Domingo
A. L. Luetgert
Joliet
Tupper Lake
Elihu Root
Bridgeport
Conn
Bar Harbor
Rennes
M. Labor
Chas. A. Pillsbury
Minneapolis
Admiral Dewey
Olympia
Ceram
Molucca Islands
Columbia
Shamrock
Glencoe
Elandslangte
Charleston
Luzon
Mildred Hazen
Joubert
Ladysmith
John A. Logan
Garret Robart
Hymant
George R. Davis
Charles Coghlan
Modder River
Senator Hayward
Dick Coleman
Mayaville
Stormberg
Carbonado
Wash
Magersfontein
Buller
Tugela River
Thos. M. Brumby
U. S
Henry W. Lawton
Colonel Hare
General Wheeler
New Caledonia
Melbourne
Victoria
Noumea
St. Paul
Minn
Clieat Northern Directory
Pacific
Sioux City
Sousa
Ferdinand W. Peck
United States Commission
Paria Exposition
Pacific Coast News
White Pass
White Pass & Yukon
P. O’ Regan
Skagway
Glacier
Oregon Hopgrowers' Association
Salem
Northwest Notes
Chambers Creek
Fort Steilacoom
Linn County Christian Endeavorers
Brownaville
Pacific Coast Trade
Genttle Markets
Portland Market
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