Chicago meeting backs Boer relief and peace talks
An immense audience in Chicago's Auditorium heard speeches supporting the Boers in the South African war and urging withdrawal of British forces. Speaker Cockran urged peace, argued Boer resistance may yield terms short of independence, and called for a committee to present sentiments to the president. Proceeds aided Boer women and children as admission was charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
WW. Bourke Cochran
Hiram “W. Thomas
People's Church
Theodore Brentano
Murray F. Tuley
American Transvaal League
Cocktan
Pretoria
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
House of Commons
Joan
Einglard
Boerspldier
England
Transvaal
Providence
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Carl Schurz
Cuba
South Africa
America
Hnghai
American Congress
Washington
C Jl
Yates
Apis
R.neals
South Tric
Gold Coinage Report for Fiscal Year Ends June
The annual report to Washington notes total U S coinage 176,999,182 pieces valued at 136,340,781 dollars with gold producing 99,005,715 dollars and silver dollars 24,298,850 dollars. Bullion stock of silver dollars declined from 83,268,054 to 52,562,927 standard ounces. Deposits of gold reached 153,101,490 dollars, including 27,909,489 in foreign coin from Britain and Japan. World gold and silver coinage totals for 1900 are given along with domestic uses and subsidiary coin limits under law.
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Washington
George
EL Roberts
Treasury
Great Britain
Australia
Japan
United States
North America
Marx Shooting Case and Flight to Washington Report
A detailed narrative recounts Herbert Marx’s involvement in a fatal shooting near Oak Grove, with two armed assailants identified as Taylor and Stiff. After confrontation, Marx fled, aided by neighbor Griffith, and an inquest returned a verdict of justifiable shooting. The account notes later movements to Fredericksburg, Washington, and interviews with Colonel Washington and Representative Jones.
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Herbert Marx
Ghot
kNies
Buit
Use
Oakvin
Brooklyn
Oak Grove
Virginia
Onuge
Herbert ‘Marx
Herbert
Fredericksburg
Rappahannock
Stedmer
Washington
Jones
Ernest Marx
Commonwealth
Robert J. Washington
Taylor
Tha Shouse
Stiff
Heffiin
Marx
Erbert
Griffith's
Tara
Douglas
George
Thompson
Ee “Marx
Griffith
Mary
Colonel Washington
Leestown
Rappahennock
Mars
Trains Crash Down Embankment in Georgia Fire Engulfs Cars
A Southern railway wreck near Macon left the baggage car and Pullman burned while the first class coach tilted over a track end. Passengers including several women were rescued through windows as the second class coach slid into a culvert. Freeman of the railway, injured, spoke of the scene as crews freed the wounded and moved wreckage. The Brazil family of the Walter Main Circus sustained injuries but plans to travel on a special train. The incident disrupted travel but no fatality list was confirmed in initial reports.
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Southern Railway
Southern Railway Depat
Tittle
Bral Stattora
Bréve
J. G. Harrison
Tattnatl Square Baptist Church
Weather Bureau wireless system marks major progress
The annual report by Willis J. Moore, chief of the U S Weather Bureau, notes extensive advances in wireless telegraphy across the coast with stations along Virginia and North Carolina and soon between the Farallon islands and the mainland. It also details extended forecast work with reports from Europe and the Azores, and wind forecasts for eastbound steamers. The cotton region service expands to Oklahoma and the Indian Territory with plans for California fruit and wheat service.
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Washington
United States” Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
Farallon Islands
Tatoos Island
Pacific
British Isles
Europe
Azores
Nassau
Bermuda
Turks’ Island
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
California
Fruit and Wheat Service
Moore / pointe
Mexicans On The Message Press Comment On Roosevelt
A Mexican press summary from Mexico City on December 8 warns Mexicans not to expect Europe’s help against American aggression. The piece says the United States stands on the Monroe doctrine and peace in the hemisphere, pledging sincerity by recalling aid Mexico gave during its war with Napoleon. It characterizes Roosevelt’s message as arrogant and partisan, praising the Monroe doctrine’s interpretation.
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Roosevelt
Mexico
la Atria
Europe
United States
Terrapo
Messare
Polyheres McKinter
Heosavelt
Fagin and insurgent clash reported near Manila
Reports from Manila in December describe Native scouts fatally injuring American sergeant David Fagin of the Twenty fourth colored infantry during clashes with insurgents led by Fagin. A Filipino general Isidoro Torres faces a military sentence, later disapproved by General Chaffee who questioned orders and responsibility for the incident.
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Manila
Bengalor
Nueva Bella
David Fagin
Twenty-fourth
Colored) Infantry
Fagin
Frederick W. Altataetter
Isidoro Torres
Comperal Fieldner
A! Malolos
Bulacan
Chaffee
Porres
Torres
Manila Merchants Refuse to Sell for Mexican Silver
United States Philippine commission moves to pay suppliers in gold as Manila merchants refuse silver. Officials consider taxing silver imports and adjusting the exchange ratio to 50 cents per silver dollar, while awaiting authority for a Philippine currency.
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Manila
United States Philippine Commission
United States
Philippine Commission
Islands
United States Congress
Rizal Memorial Celebrations Ordered In Philippine Schools
Manila December 8 Superintendent Atkingon of public schools directs all islands to observe Rizal Day with memory recitations. Paterno has urged donations for a memorial monument honoring Jose Rizal, to be funded by scholars parents and teachers. Washington reports the US Navy preparing to join the North Atlantic squadron and head to Havana, with other ships due to arrive. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic mentioned as cure for malaria districts.
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Philippine Schoole
Rizal
Manila
Atkingon
Paterno
Washington
Béarsarge
Ork
Jeft
North’ Atlantic
Havana
Sithinstant
Boch
Annval
London and Berlin Stocks Rally on Roosevelts Message
The past week brought brighter outlooks on the London and Berlin exchanges aided by President Roosevelt’s message and the Prince of Wales speech along with heavy South Africa captures. Iron and coal shares stayed firm, with markets in New York Paris and Berlin showing ease in money and prospects for easy money after January. Domestic rails improved, silver remained critical, and Consols rose on news of a potential Transvaal loan. In Berlin, industrials faded while foreign routes and banks advanced with iron shares supported mostly by US reports. Ocean steamship stocks dipped after Roosevelt’s address but recovered late. Manchester cloth markets stayed unsettled amid cotton crop fears and varied opinions on U.S. output.
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London
Stock ‘Exchange
Roosevelt
South Africa
New York
Paris
Berlin
Wall Street
United States
Transvaal
Ukewize
Heparesa
Océanic Steamship Companies
Congress
Frankfurter Zeitung
Treasury
National’Zeitung
Vossische Zeitung
Manchester
Liverpool
China
Levant
South America
Indictments Filed in Miss Off Mill Case Stir Political Debate
Jackson readers learn that federal agents are pursuing an alleged off mill trust in Mississippi amid widespread indictments. mill managers say evidence is weak and arrests unlikely, charging the probe serves partisan aims to bolster Republicans in Washington. two Oxford mill men arrested for refusing to answer questions are released on habeas corpus guarantees.
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Jackson
Miss
Off Mill Trust
Povernment
Republican-Leadeyalty
Washington-run
Oxford
Indian grazing land ejectment shocks cattlemen
Ardmore Ind December 8 Par ment cattlemen of the Chootam natl will be ejected from grazing lands as intruders by the Choty tribal government with inter department backing. Thousands of cattle face ejectment notices as the move aims to allot grazing land and replace past refusals to cede the lands.
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Ardmore
Ind. T
Chootam Natl
Choty
Inter Department
Patterson Denies Jurisdiction In Mantle Case
December report notes Patterson's attorneys claim their client, having landed in the United States, is beyond the reach of the collector of customs and the Shuster authority governing Philippines matters. The case of the Englishman linked to Sixto Lopez remains before the supreme court as efforts to compel departure continue. Two more convicts escaped Fort Leavenworth reach the prison from Lawton while others remain at large. A separate item notes plans for a possible July boxing match between Terry and Young Corbett.
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Patterson
Shas Manlia
Leavenworth
Kas
Barnes
Fort Lar Worth
Lawton
Okla
Lemon. Clark
Feadera
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Cuckras
Camp Plah
Wsing
Hathaway
Tee
Cali
Atrantay
Roberts
Monsignor
Scalabrini
Piacenza
Italy
Cardinal Martinelli
Grove
Grea
Prince of Wales
Masarte
Sydney
N. N
Alfred
Benjam, & Co
Ssig Bros
Breast
Evecie
Wemak
Ty Oo
Gaphi
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