Busy short session ahead with key bills ready
Washington reports leaders plan vigorous action on the war revenue tax cut army reorganization river and harbor and several appropriation measures. The house will rush the army bill with possible substitutes and the omage to Harmon of Pennsylvania will be observed with eulogies Saturday.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Harmon
Pennsylvania
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Krager's Berlin visit canceled due to Emperor William engagements
Perlin Dec 8 Mr Krager drops planned Berlin visit after notification Emperor William cannot receive him because of prior engagements. The Boer statesman will go to Holland instead. The Cologne Gazette says Germany does not wish to intervene in South Africa and would view Krager seeking support as a grave political misstep.
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Perlin
Germany
Krager Charged With Encouraging Guerrilla Warfare
Report states Krager is charged with encouraging useless guerrilla warfare and disregarding Germany's counsel. The press largely mirrors this stance.
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Enias
Krager
Germany
London Papers applaud William snub of Kruger
London morning papers react with enthusiasm to Emperor William’s abrupt snub of Mr. Kruger amid his France visit. The telegram to Luxembourg followed Kruger’s frontier dispatch, with German press claiming no steps were taken to gauge Kruger’s consent. Boer delegates acknowledge a setback and Kruger appears disheartened.
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Loxpon
London
Emperor Willam
Kruger
France
Germany
Great Britain
William
Luxembourg
Mr. Kruger
Not Liked in France Prompted by Kaiser Kruger Refusal
Paris reports Emperor William's decision not to receive Mr. Kruger shocks readers. Morning papers rail at the Kaiser, some defending the Boer leader, others denouncing the German ruler as The Echo de Paris calls him no longer a modern Lohengrin.
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Paris
William
Kruger
Kaiser
Echo de Paris
Mexico Rail Disaster Claims Score of Lives
A wreck near Simon Mexico fifty miles south of Jumilico killed about twenty and injured sixty. Two trains carried 160 construction workers and 55 empty freight cars. three engines and roughly 40 cars piled 380 feet high. Two American rail workers fled to avoid lynching as authorities confirm the incident as Mexico's deadliest wreck.
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San Antonio
Tex
Simon
Jumilico
Mexico
Rile Attitude Driven by German and English Interests
An enigmatic remark links an adversary’s stance to the parallel interests of Germany and England, suggesting a strategic alignment or influence shaping current policy. The statement frames a broader tension between major powers and hints at underlying motives guiding public and diplomatic positions.
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Rile
Germany
England
General Paget Defeats Boers Near Rietfontein
Reports from Bloemfontein describe a battle on November 28 29 near Rietfontein where General Paget led British forces against Commandants Villejoen and Erasmus. The Boers reinforced with three guns attacked. Paget counterattacked, the Boers were repulsed with heavy losses, and Paget pursued them as New Zealanders showed notable gallantry with five of six wounded officers.
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Paget
Rietfontein
Bloemfontein
Villejoen
Erasmus
Czar Nicholas Reports Good Day and Improving Strength
A Dec 3 bulletin from Livadia states Emperor Nicholas spent a very good day and slept well. The czar's condition is very satisfactory with appetite returning and strength increasing. Temperature 97 degrees and pulse 72.
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Livapia
Nicholas
Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis Funeral in St Paul
The funeral for Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis was held at his home on Farrington Avenue with private but well attended services. Reverends Andrews and Sedgwick led a simple ceremony with music by a mixed quartet. delegations from civic and state bodies joined mourners as a large procession carried the casket to the cemetery. The senatorial committee included Senators Hansbrough, Carter, Pettigrew, Nelson, Cullom and Spooner with most of Minnesota’s House delegation present.
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St. Paul
Cushman Kellogg Davis
Farrington Avenue
Lilam
Map
O Aim
Charles
Andrews
Theodore Sedgwick
Florence Marion Pace
Jane Huntington Yale
Harry E. George
H. E. Phillips
Hansbrough
Carter
White men barred from Chippewa logging plans
Indian Commissioner Jones stated that no white laborers will be allowed to participate in winter logging on Chippewa reservations in Minnesota, except foremen as required. Reports of thousand-man crews by large operators are denied.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Jones
Minnesota
Consecrate the Century Midnight Service Planned
Arch bishop Martinelli will join Mgr Martinelli in St Patricks church to consecrate the new century at midnight on December 31. The pope granted permission for a solemn mass at midnight to bless the closing year and inaugurate the new century with similar services expected nationwide.
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Mgr. Martinelli
Wasa Hinaton
Martinelli
St. Patrick’s Church
Contract Signed for Ottoman Cruiser by Cramp Shipyard
Hassan Pasha Ottoman marine minister and General Williams of Cramp Ship Building Co Philadelphia sign a contract to build a cruiser for the Ottoman navy valued at 350000 pounds. The sum includes 28000 pounds indemnity to the United States for losses during the American massacres. Captain C M Chester of the USS Kentucky and other officers are expected to visit Constantinople.
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Constantinople
Indians Seek Relief for Turtle Mountain Outbreak
Smallpox has broken out among the Turtle Mountain Indians in North Dakota. Surrounding towns are quarantined against them and the Indian office lacks funds to prevent spread. The Indians cannot leave the reservation and require government care. Congress will be asked for an appropriation to meet all demands, with a relief bill likely to be submitted early next week.
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Washington
Turtle Mountain
North Dakota
Indian Office
Congress
Lowry Candidate Emerges as Davis Successor
G G Hartley of Duluth says Thomas Lowry of Minneapolis will seek the United States Senate seat now held by Cushman K. Davis. Hartley returned from New York with Lowry and told the Duluth Evening Herald of the plan.
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G. G. Hartley
Thomas Lowry
Minneapolis
New York
Duluth Evening Herald
Lowry
Cushman K. Davis
United States Senate
Immigrants From Puerto Rico Allowed to Land in New Orleans
Under directive from Washington, Puerto Rican workers who arrived on the Arradia and were bound for Hawaii sugar plantations were permitted to land in New Orleans without restrictions or bond requirements. They boarded a special train to San Francisco and proceeded onward.
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New Orleans
Washington
Arradia
Hawai
San Francisco
Administration Officials Hope for Common Ground With Powers
Washington officials remain hopeful that the powers at Peking will agree on demands to China that are within its ability to fulfill. The United States urges restraint and adherence to a principle that avoids overreaching ultimatums. State Department notes no recent word from Mr. Conger.
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Peking
State Department
United States
Conger
Vandalism Reported as Astronomical Instruments Seized
Dr Morrison of The Times reports from Peking that French and German generals with Count Waldersee’s approval have removed two centuries old Jesuit instruments from the wall of Peking. Half will go to Berlin and the rest to Paris. The act is blamed on preventing exposure to injury with the court unlikely to return.
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London
Morrison
The
Times
Peking
Count von Waldersee
Berlin
Paris
Hill's Monster Ships Headed For Oriental Trade
New London reports the Eastern Shipbuilding yard in Groton laying keels for three Great Northern railway ships. Each 680 feet long and 73 feet wide, they carry 33 000 tons dead weight, boast five decks and 20 000 ton register, twin screws and triple expansion engines. Top speed 14 knots normal, 16 17 knots under pressure. capacity for 1 000 passengers. Cost 1 750 000 dollars per ship, total 5 250 000 for the trio, with completion in two years.
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Conn
Great Northern Railway
Eastern Shipbuilding Company
Groton
Thames
Taxing Richard Croker Faces High English Income Tax
London dispatch reports Richard Croker taxed on a 100000 pound income under England’s Boer war rate. The levy targets temporary residents and citizens, with Croker advised to appeal to avoid a 5000 pound payment. He went to Wantage for a private hearing before a local committee and then returned to London.
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London
Richard Croker
England
Croker
Wantage
Fire destroys twenty Fulton business houses in Kentucky
A major blaze in Fulton Kentucky on December 3 burned twenty business buildings including the Kirk dry goods house the opera house post office and the Meadows hotel. Losses are estimated at 800 900 with one man Boyd Reed fatally injured after leaping from a third story window and burglars suspected to have started the fire looting several properties.
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Boyd Reed
Kirk Dry Goods
Opera House
First Puerto Rican Delegate Visits New York to Learn English
Frederick Degoetan, Porto Rico's first delegate to Congress, arrived in New York aboard the San Juan on Saturday night. He will stay several days to visit friends before heading to Washington and expressing a strong wish to study English.
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New York
Porto Rico
Congress
Frederick Degoetan
City
San Juan
Washington
South Africa War Fears and Boer Successes Dominate London
London reports South Africa remains the focus as General Dewet wins at Dewetsdorp with 400 British troops and two guns. Public opinion ranges from indifference to panic while Canadians back Kitchener as the effective leader against Boer resistance. Lord Roberts is praised yet seen as too humanitarian for current duties.
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London
South Africa
Dewet
Dewetsdorp
War Office
Beer Succe
Kitchener
Lord Roberts
Kitchener Reports British Actions in South Africa
London dispatch from General Kitchener dated Bloemfontein Nov 30 confirms fighting between Generals Pilcher and Dewet and places General Knox near Catapple? burg north of Bethulie. Boers attacked Bushof Nov 29 and were repulsed with heavy British casualties including Colonel Lloyd and five officers killed and fifty wounded.
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London
Kitchener
South Africa
Bloemfontein
Pilcher
Dewet
Knox
Catafelburg
Bethulie
Bushof
Van Sant Wins Minnesota Governor Race By 2858 Vote Margin
Complete returns show Van Sant with 162,647 votes to Lind 150,289 for governor reflecting a 2,358 vote lead. McKinley electors total 187,289 to Bryan 111,135 with Beltrami County pending. McKinley carried 76 of 81 counties.
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van Sant
Lind
Beltrami
McKinley
Bryan
Lumbering Halted by Warm Weather in Minnesota
Lumbering operations across Minnesota are virtually at a standstill due to unseasonably warm weather. Swamps remain unfrozen, logging cannot proceed safely, and despite high wages and many workers ready to work, a sudden snow may worsen losses this winter.
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Minnesota
Minneapols
English Displaces French In German Gymnasia
Emperor William decrees reform of higher schools giving English priority in the gymnasia. English becomes equal to Greek in lower classes and displaces French as an obligatory study in the upper three classes. French becomes optional in the upper levels.
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Berwin
William
Child burns to death after clothing ignites in fire
In Osceola Wisconsin the two year old daughter of Gustave Haastom of Avery died after her clothing caught fire from newspapers used to stoke the flames. Other children were nearby when the accident happened.
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Osceola
Wis
Gustave Haastom
Avery
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