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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1902
Page
1
Report from Yokohama via Victoria notes the U S government plans a 10 cent duty on tea held to bond even if withdrawal is after January 1. Merchants, jobbers, and grocers oppose action, fearing market disruption as the duty stems from the Spanish war era tax and a surge of bonded tea.
Pietro Mascagni the Italian composer will appear in Chicago as temporary director of the Thomas Opera. He will resume his tour of the United States and seek a new manager with funds to finance a successful journey.
Dispatches from Fez and Tangier report rebels seizing the field as Moroccans rise against the sultan. Royal troops abandon arms and stores, retreating to Fez with the pretender’s forces advancing. Times correspondent cites loyalist fears of civil war if Fez falls and the sultan cannot feed and defend the city.
Reports from Caracas say Vicente Gomes plans a bold stroke against President Castro. Venezuelan revolts resume, with 1200 rebels under Generals Wern and forornment forces engaging near Coro as government troops commanded by Gepark Heferens Castillo hold positions.
Fragmentary text reports captors named Boners and Invaders seizing a fort and executing captives. It mentions a messenger arriving from a Bor e re and a bunged note, with vague references to beheadings and reformation.
Vienna reports Archduke Leopold refuses to yield on his rights as an Austrian subject. Emperor Franz Joseph demands resignation while Leopold vows to pursue every legal remedy to contest exile and defend his claims to Austrian status.
Reports from Toklo and Victoria indicate the SBsvruta cabinet may resign on the eve of a planned vote, risking a dissolution of the diet and a new PM. Rumors of a permanent squadron deployment to Bequimalt and Tarepe circulate amid denials from the Japanese foreign office.
Advices aboard the steamer Tartar say Boxers are rising in Szechen and another assault occurred at Chengtu in November. Some rebels reportedly improved their positions while a second body attacked the town of Suen, causing continued turmoil.
Dispatches describe sixty lives lost as a storm or collision affected vessels in the Malacca Straits. Reports mention Kiang Yan and Kiong Yan sinks with sailors missing, crews of Hokkun Maru facing fireless voyage, and Japan's wartime activity with several vessels seized or damaged.
Paris December reports that Admiral Gervaix clashed with M. Messler chief of cabinet under Minister Polletan at the ministry of marine. Messler struck the admiral with his fist and was removed from the office. The matter is to be discussed by the council of ministers tomorrow. Admiral Gervaix, until his retirement, was the senior officer designated to command the French navy in wartime.
Nashville December 25 The Presbyterian Church announces the death of Dr D Rankin editor of foreign mission publications after six months in the Orient. Rankin had served as editor and travelled with mission fields and had Nashville roots for many years. The report also notes separate items about the German capture of the Bavarian Dutch East Indies families and other brief dispatches.
Fragmented report indicates a meeting or event involving Prince Oldenburg and several named individuals. Text is garbled but suggests an organizational gathering with multiple participants and evolving membership in a group referenced as a project or association.
Humbert family members arrested in Madrid were moved to a Paris trial. The train faced a late departure from the frontier delaying arrival to daylight. Crowds at stations along the route watched as security moved the prisoners from the Madrid train to a French carriage and continued toward Paris amid tense vigilance.
Tokio reports the imperial diet reassembled and the house of representatives dissolved by imperial order while the house of peers was prorogued. Elections are set for February due to opposition from party leaders against the government's plan to raise the land tax for the coral program.
The Indies of the American legation sed Lieutenant Grant Miles and the party were entertained today by the dowager empress and the emperor. United States Minister Conger hosted an Alpine dinner for the general. The minister will entertain Chinese officials to meet Gen Miles tomorrow.
The note from Washington expresses hope that arbitration can settle the Venezuela dispute and lift the blockade. It reports Venezuela and European claims to be referred to The Hague, with the United States acting as intermediary to complete a basis for a full settlement.
Venezuelan officials hold long conference with United States envoy Mr Bowen in Washington to seek an arbitrator for the Caracas issue. Senor Baralt reports Roosevelt declined, recommending submission to The Hague. Venezuela urged commission representation, and possible appointment of Bowen or Russell to lead the delegation.
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