Crisis in China Prompts Expected Reforms and Envoys’ Stance
London dispatch cites The Morning Post with Mr. Conger predicting reforms in China while envoys refuse to officially recognize the empress dowager. The report notes a potential yearlong extension after a joint note by Senor de Colgan and rising tensions as French born villages retaliate against Boxer attacks.
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London
Conger
Peking
Morning Post
China
Senor de Colgan
French troops burn Thi'Lebeou area after boxers attack
Paris reports a French detachment under General Balloud defending Peking area repelled by Chinese regulars and Boxers at Thi'Lebeou. The punitive force captured the village and nearby settlements, with Chinese casualties estimated at 1000 and French losses zero. Christian Chinese families reportedly maltreated amid the operations.
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Li Hung Chang
Paris
Havas
Peking
Ballaud
Thi‘Lebeou
Pao-Ting-Fu
Balloud
First Formal Meeting on Global Note with Prince Ching
United States Minister Conger reports from Peking that on December 24 Prince Ching presented credentials to diplomats, Li Hung Chang absent due to illness, as officials receive the international note. Officials avoid predicting how long China will study the terms, which warn the occupation of Chili and Peking may continue until compliance.
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Wasington
State Department
United States
Conger
Peking
Prince Ching
Ching
Li ‘Hung Chang
Chili
Unclear Occupancy Ends as China Indemnity Guaranties Feared
The document states occupancy from a military viewpoint is terminated with no renewal planned. It notes other powers may face difficulty withdrawing due to securing satisfactory guarantees that China will pay indemnities.
Americans First Enter Forbidden City Claims Settled
Washington December 27 Brigadier General Heywood commandant of the marine corps forwarded to the navy department a letter from Captain Charles D. Long serving with the marines in China stating that American marines were the first to enter the Forbidden City. The letter settles long standing controversy over which nation reached the sacred precincts first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Heywood
Marine Corps
Navy Department
Charles D. Long
China
Forbidden City
Sheng to go to Peking for negotiations
A Shanghai dispatch to The Times says Sheng will travel to Peking to assist in negotiations following an appointment.
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Longpon
Shanghai
The
Times
Sheng
Peking
Apaches on War Path Reported in Chihuahua State
A Chihuahua capital dispatch says Apaches threaten the state, with Grannan and Granty residents organizing to resist. Indians are roaming the mountains, robbing isolated ranches, and stealing cattle, possibly from a White River escapee group.
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Paorxix
A. T
Chihuahua
Mex
Grannan
Granty
White River Reservation
Paucity of South Africa Dispatches Worries London
Londons, Dec. 27. Obscure South Africa reports raise new anxiety as Cape Colony areas extend southward. Kitchener shows little success against the Boers and dispatches hint at misunderstandings that let the enemy hold key positions. General Clements’ Magliesburg efforts are doubtful and the Daily Mail urges more troops as censorship risks lull.
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Londons
South Africa
Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Britstown
Burghersdorp
Brabant
Clements
Magliesburg
The
Daily Mail
Pettigrew threatens filibuster over shipping bill in senate
South Dakota Senator Pettigrew openly vows to fight every bill to block the shipping measure. He suggests an extra session to push through funding and warn that Hanna backed campaign debts. Pettigrew says opposition to army reorganization and other appropriations could trigger delay. The trio plan to oppose the shipping bill until expiration of their terms March 4.
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Wastixoton
Senate
Hanna
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Senator Allen
Butler
Boer Prisoners at St Helena Still Hopeful for Independence
A letter from George Gardiner describes a visit to General Cronje and about 2,000 Boer prisoners at St. Helena. He notes they sing church songs, refuse to concede defeat, Cronje's poor health, and that the prisoners suffer scurvy from scarce vegetables.
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St. Helena
Bostos
George Gardiner
South Africa
Cronje
England
Oronje
Government Proclamation Allows Loager Surrenderers to Stay
Lord Kitchener through a Pretoria dated proclamation announces Burghers who surrender may live with their families in government loager until guerrilla fighting ends. Property and stock taken on surrender will be respected and paid for if requisitioned by military authorities. Maori inclusion in New Zealand compliment noted despite initial promise not to employ blacks.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Johannesburg
Pretoria
New Zealand
Pot
Yeomanry Squadron Surrenders to Boers Near Britstown
Dark Town Dec 27 A squadron of British Yeomanry said to have trailed the Boers from Britstown is reported entrapped with several casualties. The remaining force was captured. General Kitchener has left Naauwpoort and moved north. His rapid troop concentration calms local unease.
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Britstown
Kitchener
Naauwpoort
Boers Seize Wagons Carrying Christmas Luxuries
Dec 27 Methuen’s camp reports two wagons seized by Boers carrying Christmas luxuries intended for Lord Methuen’s camp in Transvaal.
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Methuen
Zeerust
Transvaal
Lord Methuen
Navy to repair Bennington in the Philippines
The navy department orders the gun boat Bennington repaired in the Philippines rather than returning to the United States. Its light draft makes it highly useful in Asiatic waters, so a long voyage home was deemed unnecessary.
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Philippines
Washington
Navy Department
Bennington
Asiatic
Not A Car Moves Strike of Scranton Motormen Continues
Scranton Pennsylvania December 27 The fourth day of the Scranton Railway strike shows the tieup as complete as day one with no passenger cars in operation only suburban trips for mail delivery. Company superintendents run those trips. Strikers’ picket force is organized and any arriving rail traveler is questioned. The company has imported nearly 200 men from New York Brooklyn and Syracuse but few remain.
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Scranton
Scranton Railway Company
New York
Brooklyn
Syracuse
Cuban Constitutional Convention Moves Toward Military Rule
Havana reports the Cuban constitutional convention is coalescing around a military government with restricted suffrage. Leaders aim to finish by January 15 and present the draft to the U S Congress on February 1, following bitter secret sub sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
United States Congress
Extradition bid for Rockefeller denied by Roosevelt
Governor Sayers sought extradition of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil leaders from Texas to answer anti trust charges in McLennan county. Governor Roosevelt replied that he will not grant the request unless it is conclusively shown the fugitives were in Texas at the crime time.
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Austin
Tex
Sayers
Roosevelt
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
District Court
McLennan County
Texas
Missing Boy Case Tangles Indianapolis Police
The daughter in law of former Attorney General Miller abducts her own son prompting an Indianapolis police search. No trace of the fugitive has been found.
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Miller
East
Chilling Kidnapping Case Sparks Statewide Chase
Indiana dispatch reports ex attorney general Miller family in hot pursuit as wife and child vanish after a planned departure from Indianapolis. Authorities pursued via Big Four and Knickerbocker routes toward New York with no trace found by nightfall.
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Indianapolis
United States
Miller
Samuel Miller
W. H. Miller
New York
Duluth Land Office Records Lead Nation in Receipts
Duluth Minnesota led all U S land offices with receipts totaling 176103 for the year ended June 30 1900. Devils Lake North Dakota posted 175142. The gains reflect rapid settlement in Northern Minnesota and rising land value for agriculture and timber. Counties in the Duluth district include Cook Aitkin Lake Itasca Carlton and St Louis.
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Duluth
General Land Office
United States
Devils Lake
N. D
Minnesota
Cook
Aitkin
Lake
Itasca
Carlton
St. Louis
Wilcox Claims Record Mileage Payment from House
Robert H. Wilcox, Hawaiian Islands delegate, received a mileagerecord $1,000 payment for his Washington trip. The 20 cent per mile rate was for the direct route, with Honolulu to Washington listed at about 6,000 miles. He also earned $1,000 for the return trip, paid promptly by the House sergeant at arms.
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Washington
Robert H. Wilcox
House of Representatives
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Wilcox
Expected by dan. 3, Cuicano convention watches for Christ
Thirty people from across the United States gather in Cuicano to observe signs they believe indicate the second coming. They will stay in session until January 8 to await the event they vigilantly anticipate.
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Cuicano
United States
Rockefeller Jr Gives 250000 for New York School
Report from the Baptist churches of New York states John D. Rockefeller Jr. has subscribed 250000 dollars to found a new New York school for poor boys and girls. The institution is under construction and expected to open in March.
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Young Rockefeller
New York
Baptist Churches of
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company
New York Institution of Learning
Bryan addresses Jeffersonian club in Lincoln
Lincoln Neb December 27 The Jeffersonian club banquet at the Lincoln hotel drew nearly 200 Democratic and Populist leaders from Nebraska and guests from other states. The event marked W J Bryan’s first public appearance since the election and he received a warm, enthusiastic reception with close attention and frequent applause.
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Lincoln, Neb
Jeffersonian Club of
Lincoln
Lincoln Hotel
Nebraska
W. J. Bryan
United Mine Workers to Meet in Hazleton for Home Project
Hazleton on December 27 reports the United Mine Workers seventh district will convene Saturday to decide on building a home for National President John Mitchell who led the recent strike. Miners pledge to fund the project with all needed money.
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Hazleton
United Mine Workers of the
John Mitchell
Champion Wrestlers to Meet at Madison Square Garden
Ernest Roeber the American champion and Paul Pena the French champion, set to wrestle for the world title on the night of Wednesday February 6 at Madison Square Garden after their Dec 17 match was arranged.
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New York
Ernest Roeber
America
Paul Pena
Madison Square Garden
Leprosy in Luzon Thirty Thousand Cases Reported
Washington reports about 30,000 lepers in the Philippines with a government plan to isolate the affected. A health board led by Surgeon L Edie requests a commission to choose suitable islands for segregation aimed at checking spread, noting historical introduction in 1633 and a large concentration in the Visayas.
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Washington
Philippines
L. Edie
War Department
Edie
Japan
Visayas
West Point Hazing Inquiry Resumes After Christmas Recess
At West Point on December 27 the military court of inquiry reopened to examine twelve present first class cadets tied to the Breth hazing case. Generals Brooke Bates and Claus led questioning about silencing testimony. all witnesses denied any such talks and said cadets wanted full disclosure.
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West Point
N. Y
Military Court of Inquiry
West Point Military Academy
Brooke
Bates
Claus
Breth
Iowa Teachers Meet at Des Moines Convention
About one thousand teachers attend the 46th annual session of the Iowa State Teachers association in Des Moines. It is round table day with eleven divisions debating problems of their interests. Prof. C. B. Cosgrove of Cedar Falls spoke on Sequence of Studies and Prof. W. R. Harper of Chicago gave an address on The Trend of Popular Education.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
C. B. Cosgrove
Cedar Falls
W. R. Harper
Chicago
Indian Policeman Seizes Whisky Jugs in Ardmore Raid
Ardmore Indian policeman Willis raided the express office and seized 25 jugs of whisky sent as Christmas presents from Texas. A later raid smashed more jugs and he boasted Ardmore would have a dry Christmas. The express company will take the matter to the interior department.
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Wichita
Kan
Ardmore
Willis
Express Office
Texas
Express Company
Interior Department
Races Invites Considered for Emperor and Prince of Wales
London reports The Daily Express says the New York Yacht Club will invite Emperor William the Prince of Wales and President McKinley to witness the cup races. Sir Thomas Lipton notes the Prince might accept, if extended.
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London
New York Yacht Club
The
Daily Express
William
Prince of Wales
McKinley
Thomas Lipton
National Democratic leaders plan 25000 precinct societies
J. H. Johnson, chairman of the national Democratic executive committee, and Secretary Walsh are in Chicago to prepare for a committee meeting. The plan calls for organizing 25,000 Democratic precinct societies nationwide with Johnson overseeing the work in Chicago.
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J. H. Johnson
National Democratic Executive Committee
Walsh
Chicago
Johnson
Autograph Letter Confirms Cleveland Voted for McKinley Denial
The Atlanta Journal reported a dispute with another Atlanta paper over Cleveland's 1896 vote. In response to a telegram, an autograph letter from former President Cleveland says he did not vote for President McKinley.
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Atlanta
Cleveland
McKinley
Atlanta Journal
Minnesota Teachers Open First Educational Session
The Minnesota Educational association held a preliminary afternoon session at Central Presbyterian church with the graded school section presiding by Bert Raseell. About 700 teachers attended the meeting in Str. Pau on December 27.
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Minnesota
Str. Pau
Minnesota Educational Association
Central Presbyterian Church
Bert Raseell
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Magliesberg
Mr. Pettigrew
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Rockefeller
Apolis Police
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Luzon
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