Reformist Kang Yu Wei Demands China Punishments
Kang Yu Wei, Cantonese reformer and former adviser to Emperor Kwong Su, praises American troops in Peking and urges punishment of empress Dowager’s circle. He insists the emperor be restored, officials be arrested, and foreign relations settle with Western powers. He cites empress dowager figures and viceroy allies as the real obstacle to reform. Sir Claude Macdonald and Lady Macdonald face reported looting accusations in Berlin, tied to treasures moved from the imperial palace to the British legation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Li Hung Chang Hag
Chaffee
Chili
Conger
United States
Kang Yu Wei
Kwang Su
Kang Ya Wei
China
Prince Tuan
Prince Ching
Yung Lu
Yung Li
Chao Shu Chiao
Munng Ru
Moyn Kuen
Huiong
Legation
Baron von Ketteler
Yang Lu
Claude
Berlin
Deutche Zeitung
Sir Claude Macdonald
Macdonald
Governors to Attend Capital Centennial Ceremonies
Eleven of the original thirteen states will be officially represented at the capital centennial ceremonies next Wednesday in Washington. Governor Roosevelt will attend with his staff, joined by governors Jones Arkansas Thomas Colorado Tunnels Delaware Bloxom Florida Shaw Iowa Powers Maine Rollins New Hampshire Voorhees New Jersey Gregory Rhode Island McMillin Tennessee Tyler Virginia Atkinson West Virginia Otero New Mexico Barnes Oklahoma Smith Maryland Steuvenberg Idaho Crang Massachusetts Stone Pennsylvania Scofield Wisconsin Russell North Carolina Mount Indiana Lee South Dakota.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jones
Arkansas
Thomas
Colorado
Tunnels
Delaware
Bloxum
Florida
Shaw
Iowa
Powers
Maine
Rollins
New Hampshire
Voorhees
New Jersey
Gregory
Rhode ,Island
McMillin
Tennessee
Tyler
Virginia
Atkinson
West Virginia
Otero
New Mexico
Barnes
Oklahoma
Smith
Maryland
Steuvenberg
Idaho
Crang
Massachusetts
Stone
Pennsylvania
Scofield
Wisconsin
Russell
North Carolina
Mount
Indiana
Lee
South Dakota
Railroad Plans For Cuba
Sir William Van Horne arrived in Havana to inspect the proposed Central railroad route. His company, already operating between Santiago and San Luis, plans a 335 mile link from Santa Clara. A 40 meter land strip along the route is being purchased. They expect completion in about 18 months and aim to employ 5,000 workers with Spanish immigrants and families to colonize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plana
Cuba
Havana
Sir William van Horne Hias
Central Railroad
Sir William
Santiago
San Luix
Santa Clara
Urgent Call to Hold Treasury Post by Baltimore Leaders
President Homer of Baltimore’s clearing house and 30 leading bankers meetings with Secretary Gage at the treasury to urge him to accept the president's invitation and remain as head of the treasury department for another four years.
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Gage
Washington
Homer
The
Baltimore Clearing ‘Home
Clearing House
Savings Banks
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association of Baltimore
Treasury Department
Roberts Welcomed in Port Elizabeth during Cape visit
Lord Roberts arrived by the Canada and was greeted by hundreds who lined the streets at dawn. He toured the town, heard several addresses, and reboarded the ship for departure. In Manchester New Hampshire smallpox cases rise with 11 new infections. total nearly 20 in Mc Gregorville district as health officials warn of a worsening outbreak. In Bern forty national council members back a regulation urging Britain to accept arbitration in the Transvaal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
McGregorville
Pound of Health
Bern
National Council
England
Transvaal
BIDDERS PLENTY In 850 Million Naval Construction
Secretary Long presided at the bid opening for about 50 million in naval contracts as eight bidders vied to share in the 850 million program. Notables from Moran Brothers to Fore River—plus many smaller firms—attended. The bids, reflecting altered ship specs, may favor Morans and Fore River, with the Pacific coast entering as a potential bidder.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Hichborn
Melville
Admiral O'Neill
Henry Scott
Charles
Edwin Cramp
Mr. Trigg
Richmond Locomotive Works
Morse
Newman
John Lindsay
New York Shipbuilding Company
New Delaware River Concern
Clarke
Miles ‘Tool Company
Louis Nixon
Crescent Works
Congress
Fore River Company
Pacific Coast
Morans
Long
Trade Conditions Show Conservative Progress In Cereals
R G Dun & Co reports a steady but unexciting trade pattern with a confident tone. Lending firms operate near full capacity with orders in many industries, while wage adjustments in steel are manageable. Prices remain steady and holiday trade brisk, with South among the cheerful regions as cotton and rice fetch strong prices. Bank clearings improve, New York up 21.8 percent from 1890 and 45 percent from 1898. other leading cities show gains. Iron and steel demand softens but contracts flood as prices rise, prompting mills to retain labor. Cereals gain strength after declines, wheat rises on foreign demand and prompt covering. Receipts and exports in cereals rise. weekly failures fall in the U S and Canada.
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New York
R.G. Dun & Co
Trade
Orn
Atlantic
United States
Canada
British Army Estimates Put At 92 Million Pounds
Condensed dispatches report the year’s British army estimates total 92 million pounds. Other items note new goldfields on Yellow River in Alaska, two freights wrecked near Salisbury Massachusetts, and an American bank with eight million dollars capital organized in Rotterdam.
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Yellow River
Alaska
Borton
Maine
Salisbury
Mass
Rotterdam
Buenaventura
Colombia
Stratton
Independence
Napoleon
Cherbourg Arsenal
Richard Baker
London
William Lenton
South Park
Wash
Enormous Postal Receipts and Yale Defeat Reported
Washington reports postal year receipts totaling 102 million with expenditures at 107.7 million and stamped paper issued valued at 97.7 million, up 7.5 million. In Cambridge, Harvard defeats Yale for the third straight time in an intercollegiate debate at Sanders Theater.
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Washington
Assistnt Postmaster General
Harvard
Yale
Cambridge
Mass
Steinbachs Christmas Cheer Chatter Brightens Asbury Park Stores
Christmas display and price pruning sweep through Steinbach stores in Asbury Park as new consignments arrive daily. The shops urge early shopping to beat crowded shelves with special cuts on dress goods clothing cloaks and other staples to free space for festive goods. Window tableaux at Ocean Palace and Mammoth promise family-friendly displays next week drawing in children to view the scenes.
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Steinbach
Asbury Park
Ocean Palace
Mammoth
Large Immigration Increase Reported by Immigrant Office
The annual report shows 448 572 immigrants arrived last fiscal year with 304 148 males and 144 424 females. Including cabin passengers 514 207 would be total arrivals, with 424 700 from Europe and Japan 340 percent rise. The report urges government physicians at foreign ports and raising head taxes to deter public charges.
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Washington
Commissioner General of Immigration
Canada
Asia
Africa
Switzerland
Spain
Spanish Islands
Austria-Hungary
Russian Empire
Finland
Italy
Japan
United States
Knox After De Wet Squeeze Tightens Frontline
London dispatch reports General Knox pressing De Wet east and northeast from Odendaal. A captured ammunition wagon is noted and most British prisoners at De Wetsdorp freed except officers. Boers attacked a nearby infantry post near Belfast while a flag of truce exchanges occurred.
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London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
de Wet
Odendaal
General Knox
de Wetsdorp
Belfast
Aliwal North
Cape Colony
De Wet Forces Exhausted After Pursuit in Orange River Route
British patrol engaged Boer outposts after Sterk Spruit fight. A prisoner claimed two Krupp guns abandoned near Caldon river. De Wet’s column laagered and trekked hard, crossing the Caledon, moving along the Oran ge river north bank toward Allwal North then Rouxville. General Knox tracked the march. hundreds of dead and dying horses noted along the Smithfield road and Orange river.
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de Wet
Caldon
Aliwal
Cape Colony
Sterk Spruit
Caledon River
Odendal Drift
Orange River
Allwal
Rouxville
Knox
Smithfield Road
Gold Badge Presented to Mra by Exposition Mission
President De Young and Thomas I. Walsh presented to President McKinley a gold badge for Mra on behalf of the Paria exposition commission. The badge, crafted by Parisian goldsmiths, was lauded as one of the finest pieces and the most beautiful he had seen.
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Mra
McKinley
Washington
de Young
Thomas I. Walsh
Paria Exposition Commission
Jhim_a
Smothered Her Dade in Northeast to Sharon Ride
In Poughkeepsie New York on December 5 a four week old baby died in its mother Mrs Benjamin Millon’s arms during a five mile carriage ride from Northeast to Sharon station. The shawl wrapped baby suffocated as the mother traveled, and upon arrival she found the child dead.
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Dade
Poughkeepsie
Diverse notes on religion, education and travel
A miscellany notes include religious outreach among Hungarian mill workers in New Hartford, New Zealand Maori schooling aid, Bowdoin church attendance rules, Jeanne de Lestonnac’s Catholic lineage, Siberian churches and bells, a dramatic sea voyage, French army pigeon service, and brief quotes on gender and folly from Chicago and Detroit items.
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New Hartford
Conn
Constantinople
New Zealand Education Department
Bowdoin College
Jeanne de Lestonnac
Leo
Jeanne Eyquem de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
Jeanne da Lesteanne
Order of the “Filles de Notre Dame
Siberia
A Gale at Sea Thrilling Atlantic Ocean Description
W J Stillman recounts a violent Atlantic voyage with towering waves that lifted the ship, a wave overtook the vessel, and the stern was caught as the old craft began to rise, making the sea’s fury vividly felt in a dramatic chart of peril aboard.
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W. J. Stillman
Atlantic
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Downage
Steinbach Company
Knox After
Oswego
Osweego
N. Y
York
Ulst
Prime -Western Steam
State Dairy
Penneylvenia, Co
Petson
Bendy
New Orleans
France
Cavalry
Vanguard
Detroit Free Press
Chicago Daily Newa
Atlantic Ocean
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