European Powers Employ Dilatory Tactics in China
Washington reports five nations led by Russia, Germany, Britain, France and Japan pledge joint action for a prompt settlement of the Chinese question. The note seeks a solution acceptable to all imperial governments, with hints of possible Hague arbitration or an international conference.
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China
Washington
United States
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
France
Japan
Hay
Pekin
Europe
Celestial Empire
Conger
Plan to Redeem New York Vigilance Committee Proposed
Bishop Henry Potter urged creation of a 25 000 member vigilance committee to cleanse New York of vice. He called for a central three to five member leadership group and stressed persistence over emotion, urging unity across religions nationalities and politics to guide reform.
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Potter
New York
Henry €. Potter
St. Paul's Chapel
Vice
San Francisco
Irrigation Congress Discusses New Arid Crop Strategies
In Chicago the Irrigation Congress debated permanent organization as Thomas I. Walsh was named president. Frederick Coville described arid land crops and new introductions such as Kaffir corn and Kiushu rice, highlighting their economic impact and the shift toward crop growth in arid regions. The talk covered drought resistant alfalfa, date palms in Southern Arizona, and a federal seed fund supporting crop diversification.
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Chicago
Irrigation Congress
Committee On Permanent Organization
Buffalo
Colorado
Thomas I. Walsh
National Association
Frederick V. Coville
United States Department of Agricule
United States
Kansas
India
Russia
Department of Agriculture
Turim
Arizona
Congressional
Department Ofulture
Japan
Department
Louisiana
Kruger's Visit Draws Enormous Cheers in France
Paris reports a massive welcome for President Kruger as trains from Marseilles to Dijon discharge cheering crowds. The event inflames pro Boer sentiment and risks public disorder despite police measures, with army reactions and political tensions mounting in France and across Europe.
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Paris
Kruger
Marseilles
Dijon
Cie
Plac
Europe
England
Booker T. Washington on Lynching and Education
Boston reports Booker T. Washington condemning Colorado lynching as a missed chance to curb mob violence. He argues general education in books industry and thrift can deter such outbreaks and unite public sentiment toward enforcing the law regardless of race, warning against degradation from participating in or witnessing lynchings.
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Boston
Booker T. Washington
Colorado
Mr. Washington
Save the forests and store the floods at irrigation congress
Chicago November 23 report details the National Irrigation Congress with Elwood Mead presiding. Scipio Craig proposed the motto save the forests and store the floods and a resolutions committee to draft aims for arid land reclamation.
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Chicago
National Irrigation Congress
Elwood Mead
Wyoming
Scipio Craig
California
Congress
United States
J. Bradford Prince
New Mexico
Hiram M. Chittenden
United States Engineer Corps
Ard
Secretary of War
Interior
Kruger Receives Grand Ovation in Marseilles Arrival
In Marseilles Kruger is greeted by vast crowds as he returns from exile. He thanks the press and local committees, denounces the Jameson raid, pledges to resist Boer oppression, and asserts hope in divine justice while praising French hospitality and the city’s cheers.
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Africa
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Kruger
Free State
National Grange Adjourns Sine Die After Routine Business
The National Grange adjourned sine die in Washington on November 25 after transacting routine business. A resolution to create a department of commerce with Cabinet representation was referred without recommendation, and the group urged the President to confer with its legislative committee on agricultural legislation including the oleomargarine bill.
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Washington
National Grange
Department of Commerce
The
Orange Agriculture
Grange
Prominent Lady Praises Pernua Catarrh Cure Letter
Mrs M A Theatre of Minneapolis writes from 1838 Jackson Street praising Peruna for chronic catarrh lasting over six years. She reports lasting health improvement and claims the cure removes the disease’s cause, with digestion and nerves improving as catarrh recedes. The ad promotes Peruna and offers books from The Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio.
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M. A. Theatre
Rebecca Lodge
John Lodge
Woman’s Relief Corps
Jackson Street
Minneapolis
Minn
Mrs. M. A. Theatre
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Company
Ohio
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Gifford Pinchot
Busine
Addison G. Foster
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
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Pate
Selves
Jon
Tes
Seilles Committee
Dence
Larchand
Tour Pashoda
Jameson
Security
Carter
Oman
Cay
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fiDou
UNION
MADF
UMASS
Poe
Casa ‘Douglas Shoe Co
Brock
McKinley
Bryan
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