London’s Ambiguity Over Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Delays
London reports the American Embassy has no new instructions on the amended Hay-Pauncefote text and will proceed only with deliberate diplomacy. Colvile’s resignation amid Lindley and Sanna’s Post disasters fuels social pressure as cars and power lines fail during a central London outage.
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New-York Tribune
THE
Tribune
London
Foreign Office
Senate
Lord Pauncefote
Lord Lansdowne
United States
Colvile
Spragge
Yeomanry
Lindley
Woodhouse
House of Commons
Brodrick
War Office
German Press Decries U S Senate Treaty Break
The Kreuz Zeitung calls the Davis amendment to the Hay Pennеф Fate Treaty a slap for England and accuses the U S Senate of reckless disregard for the law of nations. It warns England could retaliate with a Fashoda incident, contrasting British press tone with 1898 hostility to France.
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Senate
Berlin
Kreuz Zeitung
England
United States Senate
Law of Nations
Spain
McKinney
United States
France
Manila War Campaign Attacks Reach Mindanao Regions
A December push by the 40th Infantry in Northern Mindanao reports Jemeniz town and inland insurgent holds captured. Langarin in the coast fell to a hundred troops who dispersed the enemy and killed and captured several. General MacArthur’s proclamation spurs arrests of alleged insurrectionists in Manila with at least one prisoner shot during escape attempts.
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40Th
Mindanao
Jemeniz
Langarin
Cagayan
Robbe
MacArthur
Jersey City
Garteck
Bristol
New York
Pegasus
Bailey
San Francisco
Queenstown
Sharpness
Penarth
Cardiff
Lavernock Point
New Emperor of China Report From Shan-Li
Private advices from Shan-Li say the Empress Dowager secretly named a new emperor Tung Hsu a 15 year old boy taken to Sian-Fu in the imperial chair. Emperor Kwang Su to return to Beijing with reform party aid amid the Geopolitical motion. Berlin dispatch notes von Madai column to assist Gruber expedition. American detachment to join from Peking. Chinese defeat by the French scattered south.
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London
Shan-Li
Shanghai
the Standard
Tai-Yuen-Fu
Tung Hsu
Sian-Fu
Kwang Su
Peking
von Madai
San- Ho-Hsien
Gruber
Tien-Tsin
Yuen-Tien-Tsien
Hiang-Ho-Hsien
De Wet Holds Ground in South Africa Relocation
The report says General De Wet failed to break through to the south and is now at Senekal with a large commando, holding the area between Ficksburg Senekal and Winburg. Knox holds between Ladybrand and Winburg, while eastern Boer units are harassed toward the Orange River. Yeomanry captured near Brits town have been released.
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de Wet
Senekal
Ficksburg
Winburg
Knox
Ladybrand
Orange River
Britstown
London
General de Wet
South Africa Company
War Office
Johannesburg
Kleinfontein
British Officers Resign Over Lindley Disaster Findings
London reports Lt Col Spragge resigns as Lindley Yeomanry commander with other resignations gazetted. The War Office asks Major General Sir Henry Colvile to resign for the Lindley failure but he is reinstated at Gibraltar and seeks a court martial. Hon Ivor Churchill Guest, MP, Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry member, from Plymouth.
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West End
Henry Colvile
Lindley
Sanna
Grenadiers
Guards
Brodrick
Spion Kop
South Africa
Colvile
War Office
London
Spragge
Yeomanry
Ivor Guest
M. P
Associated Press
British War Office
Gibraltar
England
Ivor Churchill Guest
Lord Wimborne
Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry
Plymouth
South Africa War Seen Lasting Years In Rome Dispatches
Major Grover Botha arrives in Rome on way to The Hague carrying dispatches for Mr. Kruger. He predicts a protracted South African war, claims Steyn planned Cape Colony invasion, and foresees a likely revolt by the Afrikaners.
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Rome
Grover Botha
Louis Botha
Hague
Kruger
South Africa
Steyn
Cape Colony
Returning Canadians Arrive at St. Vincent
The Roslin Castle arrived at St. Vincent Cape Verde Islands with returning Canadians on board. The steamer will sail tonight for Halifax.
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ST. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
Roslin Castle
Halifax
Arrival of Lord Roberts Returns to Gibraltar Aboard Canada
The steamer Canada carrying Lord Roberts arrived in Gibraltar from South Africa. The Field Marshal landed at noon to a great welcome and the Canada will resume its voyage tonight.
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Gibraltar
Canada
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Field Marshal
Danish West Indies sale under direct US Danish talks
Copenhagen correspondent reports direct negotiations for selling the Danish West Indies. The Danish Minister in Washington will soon submit a proposal for American Senate consideration.
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London
Germany not after St John denial of rumor on coaling station
Berlin declares Germany has no plans to acquire any Danish West Indies island. A Copenhagen letter claims a German syndicate including Herr Ballin seeks land on St John for a coaling station if US and Denmark talks fail. Berlin says the Foreign Office sees the letter as pressure on Washington and confirms Germany has no involvement with such a project. St John is a 42 square mile Danish island with about 1100 people and cattle and bay rum exports.
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Copenhagen
Germany
Island of
St. John
Denmark
United States
Herr Ballin
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Bornholm
Danish Antilles
Saint Jan
Island
Danish West Indies
St. Thomas
Storm's awful work floods Channel with wrecks
A fierce December storm batters the Channel coast with many ships wrecked and dozens of sailors dead or missing. Vessels drift ashore at Holyhead and Portland breakwater towns report heavy damage. telegraph lines fail across Southern England and Ireland as rescue attempts continue.
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London
England
Ireland
Holyhead
Wilson
Liverpool
Vancouver
Coast
Primrose Hill
Penrhos Rocks
South Stack
Hibernia
Enecuri
Portland
Weymouth
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Encourt
Penpol
Salina
Dublin
Aberavon
Briton Ferry
Channel
Great Western Railway Company
Milford
Waterford
Eddystone Light
Plymouth
Taunton
Watchet Harbor
Wales
Thames
Oswestry
Capricorn
Bude
Cornwall
Ilfracombe
Ragna
Trevine
Cardiff
H. M. S. Black Prince
Queenstown
H. M. S. Teazer
Portsmouth
Maria
Falmouth
Queen of Cambria
Odell Plans Economy and Reform for New York
Governor-elect Odell meets with Senator Platt and George W. Dunn in a late night conference signaling support for retrenchment and reform across state departments. He plans a single headed Police Commission, reorganized insane asylums and Fish and Game bodies, payroll cuts of at least $60,000, and reduced counsel within state commissions.
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Senator Platt
George W. Dunn
New York
Odell
Mr. Odell
Colonel Dunn
State Fish and Game Commission
Cohen
Dunn
Newburg
Snyder
Ulster
Committee On Commerce and Navigation
Assemblyman Brennan
Brooklyn
John D. Post
State Committee
Assembly
William Barnes, Jr
State
Montreal Traces Johnson to Liverpool Voyage
Relatives of the Rev James Le Baron Johnson ex curate of Grace Church New York learned in Montreal that he sailed from Halifax for Liverpool on December 15 aboard the Tunisian. He registered at the Windsor Hotel as Mr and Mrs Montgomery and stayed at Beaver Hall Hill House as Ruggles. Johnson left Montreal with a woman four days after arriving, after securing first class tickets. Bishop Potter confirms Johnson’s deposition from the Protestant Episcopal Church following his resignation.
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Montreal
James le Baron Johnson
Grace Church
New York
Johnson
Halifax
Liverpool
Allan Line
Windsor Hotel
Ruggles
Man Freed After Door Traps Passenger In Brooklyn Elevated
A well dressed passenger was caught by the side door slack of his trousers as an elevated car on Lexington avenue in Brooklyn closed its door. Trainmen could not unlock the door from inside and a Bridge platform man supplied the outside key at Chauncey Street station to release him.
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Brooklyn
Bridge
Chauncey-st
Pullman estate value climbs under executors
The second accounting of George M. Pullman’s estate, filed in Chicago Probate Court, shows receipts and expenditures since January 10, 1899. Executors Robert T. Lincoln and Norman B. Ream report the estate grew from 9 million to about 15 million since Mr. Pullman’s death in October 1897.
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Chicago
George M. Pullman
Robert T. Lincoln
Norman B. Ream
Grand Duke of Oldenburg Reported Overworked
Oldenburg announces that Grand Duke Peter I is suffering from overwork. Born July 8, 1827, he ascended the throne February 27, 1853 after his father’s death. Heir-apparent is Prince August. The Oldenburg line has connections to Denmark, Scandinavia, and Russia.
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Peter I
Grand Duke of
Oldenburg
Prince August
House of Oldenburg
Denmark
Scandinavia
Russia
Wittekind
Charlemagne
Guardian Appointed in Garner Estate Settlement
Peter B. Olney named guardian ad litem for three Gordon-Cumming children amid probate proceedings of William L. Garner estate valued around 3 million dollars. Executed by William E. Thorne with Coudert Brothers and Hornblower handling heirs and interests.
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William Gordon-Cumming
William L. Garner
William E. Thorne
Mr. Garner
Florence Josephine Gordon-Cumming
Sir William Gordon-Cumming
Altyre
Ferres
Scotland
Rue de Reud
Paris
William B. Hornblower
Gordon-Cumming
Coudert Brothers
Heuitfelds
Nathan S. Smith
William E Thorne
Peter B. Olney
Guardian Ad Litem
W. L. Garner
Garner
Olney
New-York Yacht Club
Frost Thorne
Adele Hunter
Cohoes
Haverstraw
Rochester
Wappinger’s Falls
Reading
Penn
Marcellne M. Thorne
New Orleans
Holy Trinity Church
Chelsea
Arthur Wilson
Tranby Croft
Prince of Wales
Sir William
Palisades Blasting Stopped by Joint Commission Plan
The Palisades Commission reports cessation of blasting after cross state talks and surveys. New York and New Jersey funded surveys, title work, and options to acquire land along the Palisades from Fort Lee to Sneden's Landing. Blasting halted Christmas Eve with future plans for an interstate park and base cliff driveway.
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New Jersey
Palisades
Hewitt
New-York Commission
Yance
New-Jersey Commission
C. C. Vermeule
Joint Commission
Fort Lee Ferry
Parenees
Co Jon
New York State
New York City
New-York
Fo* Lee
Huyler
Sneden's Landing
Ottoman battleship Assar-i-Tewfik rebuilding at Kiel
Berlin December 28 The Ottoman Government contracts for reconstructing the battleship Assar-i-Tewfik at Kiel wharf Germany for 270000 pounds The Cologne Gazette notes Germany would expect equal treatment if US damage claims from Armenian outrages are granted Read about liquid air in tomorrow's Twentieth Century in Eagle-Adver.
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Berlin
Assar-i-Tewfik
Germania
Kiel
Cologne
Germany
United States
Eagle—Adve
Devery Fights On At Police Leadership Crisis
The article reports Chief Devery’s determination to stay in office amid Tammany Hall pressure and potential retirement. It covers his allies at Police Headquarters, Croker’s expected decision, and the looming reshuffle of top posts. It notes ongoing Herlihy trial proceedings and the broader probe into vice protection in the city precincts.
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Police
Mulberryst
Bulldog
York
McLaughlin
Brooklyn
President York
Sexton
Richard Croker
Police Board
Cooney
West Thirty-seventh-st
Sixty-eighth-st
Lantry
Fifty-first-st
Flood
Tammany Committee of Five
Mr. Croker
Croker
Shreve
Tammany
Hess
Abell
Tammany Committee
Piatzek
Keller
Cortright
Nicholas Brooks
Herlihy
Civil Service Board
Red Light
W. M. K. Olcott
Roger A. Pryor
Louis J. Grant
Inspector Cross
Twelfth Precinct
Bowery
Robert L. Paddock
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