Anxiety at Cape Town as Boers invade South Africa
London reports Lord Kitchener aims to drive Boers north with no surrender. Aldershot prepares mounted troops for a Jan 6 departure. Treason court in Colesburg moves to Cape Town due to Boer proximity. Colesburg district roils with anti British sentiment amid a south Orange River rebellion flare. A yesterday clash at Philipstown near Sand Drift is noted.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Aldershot
South Africa
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Wring
Colesburge
Colesburg
Orange River
Philipstown
Sand Drift
Boers Retreat Across Cape Colony As British Advance
Government memorandum reports Boer forces moving from the Orange River to Burghersdorp and Steynsburg. British positions hold Steynsburg Burghersdorp Stormburg Rosmead Nasunpoort, with reinforcements sent to De Aar and Hanover. The Boers retreat with limited fighting and possible De Wet involvement.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Orange River
Burghersdorp
Venterstad
Steynsborg
Steynsburg
Stormburg
Rosmead
Nasunpoort
Colesburg
Phillipstown
Houktkraal
Mando Units and Rebels Operate West of the Orange
A report notes mando units and smaller commandoes active in the western Orange River Colony alongside a number of rebels. The piece highlights ongoing colonial conflicts and irregular forces in the region.
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Mando
Orange River Colony
Kruger Addresses Meeting in Amsterdam Church
Mr Kruger spoke to a crowded Nieuwe Kerk crowd calling Britain’s gold sale of birthright and warning continental powers would bear Cain’s brand unless they acted in South Africa. He then visited the palace of industry where 6000 schoolboys sang him in. He departed for The Hague amid renewed enthusiasm.
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Amsterdam
Kruger
Nieuwe Kerk
Great Britain
South Africa
Palace of Industry
Hague
Boers Reported in Colesburg Frontier Area
Cape Town dispatch reports Boer occupation of Colesburg near Phillippolis along the Orange River frontier. A mixed force of about 1,000 men was sent northward yesterday evening as locals grow uneasy.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Colesburg
Phillippolis
Orange River Colony
Czar Addresses Kruger in Marseilles Note Response
Berlin dispatch cites The Frankfurter Zeitung stating the czar in replying to Kruger's Marseille note announcing his arrival in France addressed the message to "Mr. Kruger."
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Gas Explosions Wreck Homes Injure Seven in Beaver Falls
In Beaver Falls Pennsylvania on December 20 two natural gas explosions wrecked three houses and injured seven people including three Barnes children and several nearby residents. A valve gate on the Fort Pitt gas line broke letting gas accumulate and ignite causing one house fire and a second blast across the street with extensive damage and injuries.
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Beaver Falls
Frank Barnes
H. A. Moore
Henry Cooper
Mary Moore
Fort Pitt
Cascade Tunnel Penetrated By First Passenger Train
Great Northern train No. 4 traversed the Cascade tunnel at 1 27 this morning and emerged eleven minutes later marking the first passenger passage. President Hill did not attend and no ceremony selected the honored train. The tunnel runs 13 813 feet and cost several millions.
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Seattle
Wash
Great Northern
Cascade Tunnel
Big Tunnel
President Hill
Senate Votes 55 to 18 on Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Amendments
After hours of debate the Senate ratified the Hay-Pauncefote treaty as amended with a 55 to 18 vote. Foraker amendments passed. other proposals were defeated. The roll calls showed divisions over fortifications and canal protections as Lodge secured a clarifying addition.
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Washington
Senate
Foraker
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senator Elkins
United States
Yeas
Bacon
Bard
Bate
Berry
Beveridge
Butler
Clay
Cockrell
Culberson
Daniel
Elkins
Mallory
Martin
Mason
Money
Penrose
Pettigrew
Sullivan
Tallaferro
Teller
Tillman
Towne
Turley
Turner
West
Aldrich
Allison
Burrows
Carter
Chandler
Cullom
Deboe
Dillingham
Fairbanks
Foster
Frye
Gallinger
Hale
Hanna
Hansbrough
Hawley
Hoar
Jones
Nevada
Lindsay
Lodge
McBride
McComas
McCumber
McEnery
McLaurin
McMillan
Morgan
Nelson
Perkins
Pettus
Platt
New York
Pritchard
Proctor
Quarles
Scott
Shoup
Spooner
Stewart
Thurston
Warren
Wellington
Wetmore
Walcott
Mr. Butler
Senator Lindsay
Mr. Mason
Senator Hard
Allen
Benater Bilkins
Harrows
May
Harris
Nev
Kean
Kenny
MacBride
N. Y
Depew
Sewell
Rawlins
Clark
Simon
Chilton
Dellivere
Hoaker
Caffery
Connecticut
Arkansas
Kyle
Kenney
Dolliver
Heitfeld
Treaty for a US UK canal agreement overview
The document records a treaty between the United States and Great Britain to facilitate a ship canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific. It outlines US control of construction and neutral navigation rules, with provisions on wartime access, belligerent conduct, and immunity of canal works, signed in Washington in February 1900 by plenipotentiaries.
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United States of America
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
India
Pacific
United States
John Hay
Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Pauncefote
G. C
The
Great Britain
Constantinople
Suez Marine Canal
Senate
Washington
London
Cure for Cold Promises Quick Relief
Advertisement claims Hromo-Quinine Tablets stop coughing and cure a cold in one day. Product named doCure offers no pay option at a price of 25 cents.
Tantoran Race Results at San Francisco Track
At Tantoran San Francisco on December 20 six races are reported. Jerich won the six and a half furlong selling race with Prestidigitator second and Ordnung third in 1:22. Wallenstein led the mile selling race with Astor second and Jennie Reid third in 1:46. Adan won five and a half furlongs purse race with Edna Brown second and Merida third in 1:10. Greyfeld captured the mile and sixteenth handicap with Greencock second and opponent third in 1:04. Alas won the mile selling with Walkenshaw second and Lamachus third in 1:45. Sea Lien won seven and a half furlongs selling with Lady Meddlesome second and Donator third in 1:37.
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San Francisco
Tantoran
Jerich
Prestidigitator
Ordnung
Greencock
Opponent
selling—Alas
Walkenshaw
Lamachus
Belle of Orleana Wins First Race at New Orleans Meet
Weather cloudy and track slow in New Orleans on December 20. Results list six races with times and placements including Belle of Orleana winning the mile selling race, Georgia Gardner taking the seven furlongs, and Strangest winning the mile and a sixteenth. Other winners include Ben ator Beveridge, Indian, and Ma in.
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New Orleans
Belle of Orleana
Silver Coin
Lady Cura
Georgia Gardner
Balic
Algier
Senator Jones denies resignation of DNC chair
Washington December 20 Senator Jones of Arkansas chairman of the Democratic National Committee said there is no foundation for reports that he contemplates resigning the chairmanship.
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Washington
Jones
Arkansas
Democratic National Committee
Power to Tax Expands Across United States in High Court Arguments
In Washington on December 20 the closing Philippine and Porto Rico cases were argued in the U S Supreme Court. Charles H Aldrich urged limiting sovereignty to the Constitution, insisting the power to tax extends to the entire United States and territories are bound by constitutional limits. He contrasted with the idea of foreign territories remaining outside U S sovereignty and stressed liberty and constitutional principles.
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Washington
Porto Rico
United States Supreme Court
Charles H. Aldrich
Chicago
England
United States
Aldrich
Justice Marshall
Loughborough
Blake
Philippines
Spain
Philippine Islands
Congress
Mr. Aldrich
Justice White
Jefferson
Jefferson Hmself
Louisiana Purchase
Justice Gray
Louisiana
Justice Brown
Mr Aldrich
Mc.Kinley
Porto Ricco
Justice Shiras
Justice Harlan
Mansfield
Congress of the
America
Glucose Trust to Form $3 Million New Jersey Plant
KE T Bedford of Standard Oil signals plans by several large Glucose Trust backers to organize a $3,000,000 glucose company in Shady Side New Jersey. H H Rogers C M Pratt William Rockefeller and E T Bedford are named as leading interests. The plant would process 20 000 bushels of corn daily with Gaunt as manager.
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New York
KE. T. Bedford
Standard O11 Company
Shady Side
N. J
Glucose Refining Company
Mr. Bedford
H. H. Rogers
C. M. Pratt
William Rockefeller
E. T. Bedford
Mgr. Gaunt
Hast
Great Corn Belt
Chicago
Majestic Sets Sail With Huge Malt Cargo for Atlantic Crossing
The steamship Majestic departs New York bound for Europe carrying 2,008 bags of malt and 114 sacks containing 18,946 registered packages. The vessel is said to bear the largest mall ever shipped from the port and will reach the other side the day after Christmas.
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New York
Maestic
Atlantic
Majestic
Negroes Sail for Honolulu and Sugar Plantations
About 200 negro men and women will depart Nashville in the morning heading to San Francisco then sail to Honolulu to work on sugar plantations. The move is chronicled as a large labor migration reported by a Nashville dispatch.
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Honolulu
Chicago
Nashville
Tenn
San Francisco
Destructive Costa Rica Storm Impacts Rail and Farms
News from Kingston reports a severe storm last week across Costa Rica damaging miles of railroad track injuring fruit plantations and cutting off Port Simon communications. Full extent unknown but believed serious threatens regional disruption.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Costa Rica
Port Simon
Crumpacker Seeks Fewer Southern House Seats
WashingtonDecember 20 Representative Hopkins filed the majority plan to fix House membership at 357 for the next decade while Burleigh and Crumpacker push a minority report calling for 386 or 3874 seats. The debate centers on reapportionment fairness and the method to allocate representatives by population fractions.
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Washington
Hopkins
Committee On Census
House
Burleigh
Maine
Representative Crampacker
Indiana
Massachusetts
Virginia
Messrs
Russell
Heatwale
Crumpacker
Griffith
Wilson
Minority Report
Colorado
Florida
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
North Dakota
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New Jersey
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Colesberg
Fles
Bolrs
Czar
Beter
Mackintoshes
Madras
Pereale
North Main Street
Butte
Wolcott
Thurstor
North America
Davis
Foreign Relations Committee
Baker
Supreme Court
Marshall
Islands
Glucose Trust
Siegel
Siege Clothing Company
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