Cape Cod tragedy sinks fishing schooner Cora McKay
In Provincetown a fierce North Atlantic storm sinks the three masted fishing schooner Cora McKay with a crew of twenty nine sailors and a boy. No survivors are reported and fifteen widows plus fifty four orphans are left mourning. The full list of dead includes Roderick W Matheson Manuel Thomas H P Jansen Joe Velon Luther Jansen Antoine Prada Joel Days Manuel Silva William Bent John Souza Marion Prada John Williams Peter Souza Joe Bent and others. the disaster unfolds as families await word. Page 3 Seventh Column mentions further details not yet available.
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Provincetown
North Atlantic
Galveston
Cora
McKay
Roderick W. Matheson
Manuel Thomas
H. P. Jansen
Cook
Joe Velon
Luther Jansén
Antoine L. Prada
Joel Days
Manuel Silva
William Bent
John Souza
Marion Prada
John Williams
Ummarried
Peter Souza
Joe Bent
Joe Bent 2A
Joseph Enos
Samuel Sents
Manuel Costa
Manuel Valentine
Joseph Dantes Or
Charles
Alex
Laurence
William Miller
Alfred Landry
Simon Goyteha
Benjamin Sampson
Frank Mombouquette
Peer Tease Middleton
al McLean
Mahtat Spee Amm
Corme Te Revine
Anita Ton
Army Bill Passes House with Canteen Prohibition Added
The House approved the army bill 166 to 133. A prohibition amendment, pushed by the WCTU, barred sale of intoxicants at posts, exchanges, or canteens and within army premises. Also adopted were measures to abolish the army canteen and to retire or promote several generals.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Shafter
Fitzhugh Lee
Wilson
Messrs. Hall of
Penn
Sylvania
Underhill
Clayton
New York
Mr. McCall
Rep
Massachusetts
McCall
Mann
Illinois
Littlefield
Maine
United States
Fitzgerald
Mass
Klutz
General Shafter
Jet
James H. Wilson
Rebellion in Cape Colony Looms Over Worcester Congress
London reports a rising mood in Cape Colony as Afrikander congress gathers at Worcester. Troops guard Worcester with artillery ready to quell any outbreak. Meanwhile Boer forces strike British sailors, killing and wounding, while Knox hunts Dewet as Transvaal and Orange Free State tensions mount.
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London
Cape Colony
England
Worcester
Cape
Kitchener
Knox
Dewet
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Boers Attack Convoy Near Buffelspoort
London war office dispatch from Bloemfontein dated December 6 reports General Delarey with 500 Boers attacked a convoy from Pretoria to Rustenburg at Buffelspoort on December 2, burning half the convoy and killing fifteen, wounding twenty three including Lieutenant Baker. Boers suffered losses. Rustenburg and Commando Nek troops aided and drove them off. Dewet crossed the Caledon near Karepont Drift on December 5, with Knox in pursuit as the drift held by guards and the river flooded.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Bloemfontein
Delarey
Pretoria
Rustenburg
Buffelspoort
Baker
Commando Nek
Dewet
Caledon
Karepont
Odendal
Knox
Afrikander congress assembles near Worcester in Cape Colony
About 6000 Dutchmen gathered at the Gun Tree Plantation on the town’s edge to join an Afrikander congress. Horsemen rode in overnight as speeches criticized Sir Alfred Milner the British high commissioner. Expected speakers include J W Sauer who may steer proceedings toward pressuring Milner for guidance on ceasefire and policy.
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Worcester
Cape Colony
Gun Tree
Cronwight-Schreiner
Alfred Milner
J. W. Sauer
Public Works
Congress
Gome
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