Summary of National Bank Circulation and Global Events
The weekly digest reports the Comptroller of the Currency’s December 1899 circulation figures for national bank notes totaling 246 million dollars with monthly and yearly changes, plus a breakdown by bond-backed and lawful-money-backed issues. It notes abolition of slavery in Manila under Captain Leary and a Cape Town dispatch of a defeat at Sunnyside laager. Secretary Root acts to ease hemp shortages by engaging Gen. Otis on Luzon port exports to prevent price shocks for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank
Comptroller of the Currency
United States
Root
Gen
Otis
Luzon
Philippine
Navy opens Cleveland recruiting rendezvous policy interior enlistment
The Navy Department will open a recruiting rendezvous at Cleveland Ohio to enlist men from the interior as far as possible. Lieut R L Russell heads the Cleveland office with Medical Inspector M H Simons and Acting Warrant Machinist J L King as assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Navy Department
Ohio
Interior
R. L. Russell
M. H. Simons
J. L. King
Gold and Silver Production in United States 1899
Director of the Mint Mr. Roberts reports preliminary 1899 US production figures totaling 73,424,170 dollars in gold, up 8,001,170 from the previous year. Silver production is estimated at 74 dollars with a 3 dollar rise for the year.
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United States
Roberts
Mint
Civil Service Law Shows Higher Compliance, Low Removals
The Civil Service Commission plans to report this week that civil service law adherence is higher than ever. The year’s statistics show removals average just under 2 percent of all classified positions. A London dispatch notes Gen. French’s success against the Boers at Colesberg provides a hopeful moment amid South Africa campaign gloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
London
French
Colesberg
Hay
South Africa
Important Surrender at Bontoo Satisfies Manila Contact
Aguinaldo relatives and eighteen Filipinos surrendered to Major March at Bontoo. The group yielded two Spanish and two American prisoners. Fort Wayne events list concerts and recitals at the Masonic Temple from January 8 to 12. A fire in Fall River, Massachusetts, cremated the coachman known as Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Aguinaldo
Major March
Bontoo
Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Ind
White Horse Tavern
Fall River
Miah
John Dodge
Famed Oliver
Great Canal Opens Linking Lakes to Gulf at Chicago
The $633 million Chicago sanitary canal opened after delays and opposition. Water was diverted from Lake Michigan to the Des Plaines and Illinois rivers toward the Mississippi, creating a vast ship canal designed to move large volumes of water and connect the Atlantic coast with the Gulf of Mexico. Construction began Sept 3, 1892, with initial earthwork at Lemont.
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Chicago
Lockport
Desplaines
Illinois
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Pete Joliet
Florida
Lake of the Illinois
St. Louis
Lake Michigan
Ilineis
Atlantic Coast
Great Sanitary Canal
Lemont
Cook and
Will Counties
Value of Delagoa Bay to Britain and Boer risks mapped
The article presents a map showing Delagoa Bay’s strategic value to Great Britain. It includes a table of sea and land distances illustrating how transferring Lorenzo Marques to Britain would deal a decisive blow to Boer hopes. Distances cited include Cape Town to Kimberley and Durban to Ladysmith, among others.
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Great Britain
Delagoa Bay
Lorenzo Marques
Britain
Cape Town
Kimberley
London
Queenstown
Pt. Elizabeth
East London
Durban
Delagon Bay
McCoy Knocks Out Maher At Coney Island Show
Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy stunned 6 000 fans at the Coney Island Sporting Club by stopping Peter Maher of Ireland in the fifth round. Maher showed less scientific form than his opponent though he once appeared on equal terms before McCoy asserted dominance late.
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Indiana
Kid” McCoy
Norman Selby
Coney Island Sporting Club
Peter Maher
Ireland
Maher
McCoy
Sharkey
Jeffries
Trishman
Peter
City sewer project through Illinois and Mississippi valleys
The article recounts the Chicago sewage canal project with $33 million spent and thousands employed to build a canal linking the city to Lockport, despite opposition from Joliet and St Louis. It details route, falls, and dam controls at Lockport, plus historical disputes over health impacts and engineering challenges.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Gulf
Illinois
Mississippi
Joliet
St. Louis
Chicago River
Robey Street
Lockport
Yale University Pieds and a Fading City News Snippet
A fragmentary column cites diverse facts: Yale University enrollment at 2,517, plus incidents in Ohio with Mrs. Gondy burned to death at Bridgeport and Mrs. William Packard found dead in Akron. Also mentions a burglary for $300 in stamps from the Nanda New York post office and New York forestry land purchases.
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Nues
Yale University
Chicago
Automobile Club
Gondy
Bridgeport
Ohio
William Packard
Akron
Nanda
N. Y
State Forestry Commissioners of
New York
Catskill Mountains
Population nears nine figures as census due
The United States may surpass 100 million in the 1900 census, though estimates place the total just under that mark by about 12 million. Current figures show about 76 million residents before new territories and recent wars are added, with nations like China and the British Empire far ahead.
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United States
Spain
Sai
Gage
the Treasury
Maine
California
Alaska
Key West
Hawaii
Cuba
Porto Rico
Guam
China
British Empire
Russian Empire
George Washington
Philippines
Panic in Sacred Heart Church Fire Alarms Mass Crowd
A New Year mass at Sacred Heart Church Holyoke Mass faced panic when altar drapery touched a candle triggering flames. About 1 300 worshipers crowded aisles and vestry as prayers and calm actions saved lives and prevented a disaster. Injuries were not serious. A report notes wider world news items.
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Holyoke
Sacred Heart
P. B. Phelan
Church of the Precious Blood
Rebel Plot Busted as Insurgents Target Consuls in Manila
Authorities uncovered a Manila plot by insurgents to throw bombs at foreign consuls during General Lawton's funeral to provoke international trouble. Four bombs, firearms, and 500 rounds were found as troops curb uprisings near Imus and Calamba. The public fears rumors of Aguinaldo leading an outbreak, while Americans bolster occupation and demand stable government.
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Manila
Revarte
Baturday
Lawton
Scolta
Aguinaldo
Morrison
Cavite
Teliable
Imus
Luzon
Calamba
Mount Arayat
Cagayan
Hoco¢e
Signal Corps Men Lost in Philippines Disappearances
Manila dispatch reports ten signal corps members under Lieut Duffy missing south of Vigan and believed captured by insurgents. Wires cut and poles destroyed during a relay line mission. Aguinaldo’s wife and others surrender at Bontoc. U.S. Major March’s battalion takes prisoners as Cabuyao falls. casualties include Americans killed and wounded, plus enemy dead and captured arms.
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Philippines
Manila
Signal Corps
Lieut
Duffy
Vigan
Lenoir
Aguinaldo
Maj. March
Thirty-third Infantry
Bontoc
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Cabuyao
Laguna de Bay
Colleges News Highlights From The Era
The report notes rising female enrollment at Cortell and plans for a Washington DC women's college. It cites Yale real estate over 11 million dollars and Columbia gifts of 32 thousand. Amherst seeks Italian and Spanish courses. Cornell enrollment at 2 240 compared with 2 088 last year. Bowdoin adds a fourth year in its medical program and Johns Hopkins introduces a Malay language course by Prof Haupt.
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Cortell
Washington, D. C
Yale University
Columbia University
Amherst
Cornell
Bowdoin College
John Hopkins University
Haupt
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Teracity
Telegraph Tates
Leary
War Office
Tra
Miles
M'Coy
Big Peter
Frank Sidney
Fieldsboro
Del
Sidney
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