Indignation at Afrikander Congress amid Milner attack
Six thousand Dutch residents gathered at Gum Tree Plantation Worcester Cape Colony to protest Sir Alfred Milner. S C Cronwright Schreiner condemned Milner as governor, while 1500 Canadians and Australians camped nearby with ten guns. Three resolutions urged ending war, self-government, and constitutional action, submitted to Milner.
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Worcester
Cape Colony
Gum Tree
S. C. Cronwright-Schreiner
Alfred Milner
South Africa
Sir Alfred Milner
Congress
Chamberlain Attacked as Parliament Opens in Bitter Speeches
London dispatch reports the fifteenth Parliament of Queen Victoria opened with fierce personal invective against Joseph Chamberlain over South Africa and China policies and the Boer War. Liberal leaders lambasted him, Campbell-Bannerman denounced private letters, and Balfour vowed mercy toward noncombatants amid a tense session.
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London
Queen Victoria
Westminster
Joseph Chamberlain
South Africa
China
Lord Rosebery
House of Lords
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Mr. Chamberlain
Clark-Ellis
Arthur J. Belfour
Treasury
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
George J. Goschen
Matthew White-Ridley
Henry
Mr. Ellis
Cade
Ellis
Mr. Balfour
United States Army
Great Britain
Boers Fate Sealed as Salisbury Defies World in Lords
London December 6 Lord Salisbury warned the House of Lords that independence for the Transvaal and Orange Free State must be crushed. He declared the British government would not yield and must project strength to humiliate opponents. The speech followed the Queen's Speech read in the Commons and the Lords session opened by the Lord Chancellor.
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London
Salisbury
House of Lords
Transvaal
Orange Free State
England
Lord Rosebery
To- Say
William Court Gully
House of Commons
Black Rod
Michael Bid- Sulph
Commons
Lord Chanellor
Earl of Halsbury
Lord Salisbury
Lord Roberts
Kitchener
South Africa
Transvaalers
Free
China
Great Britain
Lord Kimberley
Europe
New-York Tribune
CABLE
THE
Tribune
American Senate
State Department
Suez
Foreign Office
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
West Indies
Port Royal
Santa Lucia
England and the South Africa War Debate in Lords
Debate in the House of Lords features Lord Lathom and Lord Rosebery amid concerns over South Africa policy and China, with ministers defending the war and reaffirming no independence for the Transvaal and Free State. The Address is agreed, while the Commons session opens with motions on sessional orders and electoral provisions.
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Lord Rosebery
China
Lord Salisbury
Joseph Chamberlain
England
Duke of Devonshire
Lord Tweedmouth
House of Lords
Army Reorganization Bill Passed Amid Amendments Debates
Washington December 6 The House passed the Army Reorganization bill 166 to 133 after a long session with Democrats split and several amendments adopted. A key fight centered on a canteen ban on intoxicants at military posts, which passed 159 to 51. The measure removes retiring generals provisions and adds medical and support staff for the Philippines while expanding officer ranks and retirement rules. The Oleomargarine bill was postponed to tomorrow.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Messrs. Hall
Pennsylvania
Underhill
Clayton
New York
McCall
Mann
Illinois
Littlefield
Maine
Messrs
Grosvenor
Ohio
Hay
Dem
Slayden
Tex
Fitzgerald
Mass
Pearce
Parker
N. J
Bartholdt
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Convention
Bartholdi
Shafter
Fitzhugh Lee
James H. Wilson
Philippines
Signal Corps
Ex Governor Campbell Owes Hoffman House Judgment
A judgment for 1359 dollars was entered yesterday against ex Governor James E. Campbell of Ohio in favor of the Hoffman House Company. Campbell, who recently resided at the New Amsterdam Hotel, avoided interruption when visited. Lawyer George Robinson had sought Campbell’s whereabouts to serve a protested check drawn on the First National Bank of Hamilton, Ohio, which Campbell later paid along with protest fees.
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Delft
Utrecht
Holland
Mark Twain
Mackay
St. Nicholas
J. Lewis Parks
Our Country
Baron Gevers
The
Society of Colonial Wars
George Morrison
St. Andrew's Society
James A. O'Gorman
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
J. Rutgers Planten
Netherlands
John W. Vrooman
Holland Society
George Gray Ward
St. George's Society
James E. Campbell
Ohio
Hoffman House
New-Amsterdam
Fourth-ave
Twenty-first-st
Campbell
John P. Caddagan
Hoffman House Company
Whitney offers to introduce moose to Adirondack forest
Albany December 6. At the Forest Fish and Game Commission meeting William C Whitney of New York submitted a note showing strong interest in introducing moose to the Adirondack forest and offered help to make it happen He also proposed elk be introduced and would donate animals from his Lenox farm to start the project A special committee of President Wadsworth and Commissioners Wood and Middleton was named to confer with him.
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Europe
New York
Albany
Forest, Fish and Game Commission
William C. Whitney
Adirondack
Mr. Whitney
Lenox
Wadsworth
Wood and Middleton
England's War Estimate Sealed at Cabinet Table
London reports the government laid a supplementary war estimate before Parliament seeking about 13 million pounds for South Africa and 3 million for China. Sir Charles Dilke may move an amendment to shift part of South Africa costs to the Netherlands Railway and to the late Transvaal Government's mining rights.
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Telegraph
South Africa
China
London
House of Commons
Charles Dilke
Netherlands
Transvaal
Nansen Fund Reaches One Million Kroner No More Collections Planned
Christiania reports the Nansen Fund has topped 1,000,000 kroner after Dr. Nansen's Arctic return and will not seek further donations. Depleted stocks complicate the Christmas season. An unrelated Waterman advertisement promotes Fountain Pens from L. E. Waterman Co. in New York with evening hours.
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Christiania
Nansen
Dr. Nansen
Arctic
Waterman
L. E. Waterman Co
Broadway
New York
Kruger Arrives in The Hague Amid Welcoming Receptions
At the Dutch capital Kruger was greeted by officials and crowds as president of the Transvaal, with Chamber leaders voting to welcome him. A ministerial and civil reception followed, including speeches likening Kruger to William the Silent and pledges of sympathy from the Dutch nation. Kruger spoke of defending his country while contrasting it with violence against civilians.
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The
Hague
J. G. Gleichman
Kruger
Dr. Spink
South Africa
William the Silent
Prince of Orange
Great Britain
Hotel Des Indes
Baroness van Harinxma
Zevenaar
Mr. Kruger
Transvaal
Boers Attack Convoy. De Wet Advances In South Africa
London dispatch reports General Delarey led about five hundred Boers in an attack on a Pretoria to Rustenburg convoy at Buffelsport December 3. Half the convoy was burned, fifteen killed, twenty three wounded including Lt. Baker, Boer losses heavy, guns sent from Rustenburg, Boers driven off. General De Wet crossed the Caledon December 5 toward Odendal. General Knox pursues. Kareepont Drift held by Guards. river flooded.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Bloemfontein
Delarey
Pretoria
Rustenburg
Buffelsport
Baker
de Wet
Caledon
Kareepont
Odendal
Knox
Improving New York Harbor Buttermilk Channel Deepening Plan
Washington reports the War Secretary forwarded a survey of Buttermilk Channel New York Harbor with maps. The Bay Ridge Red Hook project aims forty feet depth at mean low water and 1200 foot width. Estimated dredging cost about 1.9 million dollars. Rock removal in place of bowlders over five cubic yards may be addressed in contracts, with quantity estimates to follow if present. Major Marshall favors channel dimension increases as feasible government work.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Congress
Chief of Engineers
Buttermilk Channel
New- York Harbor
Bay Ridge
Red Hook
Marshall
United States
Pittsburg Limited Train Ad with Pullman Sleeping Cars
An advertisement promotes the Pittsburg Limited on the Baltimore and Ohio line from New York to Pittsburg. It lists 9 percent first class and $850 second class, departure from New York South Ferry at 4 53 p m and Liberty Street at 7 p m, with arrival in Pittsburg around 5 a m. The train offers Pullman Buffet Breweing Room Sleeping Cars. Also mentions Evans' Ale and Evans' Stout as noted branding.
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Washington, D. C
Nec
New York
Central R. R
New Jersey
Liberty Street
South Ferry
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pullman Buffet Brewing Room
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Isaac M Kapper
Nassau Island
Montauk Club
Brooklyn
George Brower
St. Nicholas Club
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St. Nikol
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Commonwealth of New York
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Isaac M. Kapper
Charter Revision Commission
William Rbvenport, Dent
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William J. Carr
St. Patrick's Society
Controller Coler
Saw’ San Limited
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David B. Hill
Bird
Coler
William F. Sheehan
Elliot Danforth
John C. Sheehan
Henry D. Purroy
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Joseph H. Choate
Earl of Lathom
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New-York Harbor
Evans
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