British Losses Heavy in Taifel Kop Action in Orange Free State
British forces under Colonel Damant suffer 3 officers and 29 men killed and 5 officers and 35 men wounded in the December 20 engagement at Taifel Kop. Lord Kitchener reports 45 Boers killed, 25 wounded, 310 prisoners, 35 surrendered. Artillery is withdrawn from South Africa as guerrilla warfare limits its usefulness. A new burgher corps named national scouts is authorized by Lord Kitchener with fresh wings in the southern and eastern Transvaal.
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Pretoria
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Shaw to Enter Cabinet Secretary Pick in Treasury
Washington reports declare Governor Lesle Shaw of Iowa will be appointed secretary of the treasury to succeed Ly man J. Gage with Wilson remaining in agriculture. Transfer date depends on mutual timing, likely January, as Shaw accepts the tender but no formal notice has been issued.
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Lyman J. Gage
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Gage
Iowa
Des Moines
United States treasury
Cummins
Count von Bülow in Germany Faces Hunger Law Clash
Count von Bulow, Germanys troubled chancellor, defends the proposal for new hunger laws in the reichstag. Opponents fear the measures will raise import taxes and make bread pricier, adding to the burdens of German workers.
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COUNT VON BULOW
GERMANY
Europe
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Trenton commemorates 125th Battle anniversary with sham clash
Trenton New Jersey marks the 125th anniversary of the battle with a sham battle in the city center and a parade of military and civic groups. Festooned streets flank trolley lines as Second and Third Regiments participate along with Second Battery Camden and Second Troop Red Bank. General Voorhees and Professor Woodrow Wilson of Princeton spoke at the indoor ceremony.
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Red Bank
Voorhees
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton College
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Filipino General Surrenders on Bohol Amid Sweep
Filipino General Samson and all insurgent chiefs on Bohol surrender to American forces, yielding 28 cannons and 45 guns. In Batangas Province an engagement with a detachment of the Twenty first Infantry left one American private badly wounded and several insurgents killed. Colonel Dougherty's column advances through Laguna Province burning insurgent barracks and capturing prisoners as insurgent losses mount.
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Batangas
Twentyfirst Infantry
Edgar T. Conley
Dougherty
Laguna
Colonel Dougherty
Parkhurst Foundered Likely Missing Vessel Near Gloucester
Eight men are believed lost with the schooner Eliza M. Parkhurst from Gloucester after a gale on November 25. Captain John D. McKinnon commanded the ship which sailed November 24 from Bay Islands for Gloucester with six crew and passenger Lawrence MacDonald. The Parkhurst is presumed to have foundered in heavy seas off Newfoundland and is now listed missing by its owners.
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Gloucester
Mass
Eliza M. Parkhurst
John D. McKinnon
Bay of Islands
New Foundland
Lawrence MacDonald
New Jersey Treasurer Dead After Stroke in Newark
New Jersey State Treasurer George B. Swain died at his Newark home from apoplexy. Born March 6, 1835 in Warren County, he had served as treasurer since 1894 and held roles with the German National Bank of Newark. Governor Voorhees to name an interim successor as the legislature meets January 14. about $2,000,000 was on deposit in banks.
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New York
Geoge B. Swain
New Jersey
Swain
Warren county
German National Bank of
Trenton
N.J
Voorhees
Maclay Dismissed by Roosevelt for Naval Criticism
Washington December 26 President Roosevelt ordered Edgar Staunton Maclay discharged from the Brooklyn Navy Yard for refusing to resign. Maclay, author of a naval history, had sharply criticized Admiral Schley, calling him a coward. Secretary Long sent a dispatch to Rear Admiral Barker confirming the removal.
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Schley
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Long
Edgar Staunton Maclay
Brooklyn
Barker
Maclay
Washington, D. C
A. S. Barker
Navy Yard
New York
Edgar S. Maclay
Christmas Day in the McKinley Home
Mrs. McKinley spent Christmas alone at her Canton, Ohio home declining an invitation to dine with the Barber family to avoid reminders of past tragedies. Relatives report her condition improving and she exchanged Christmas gifts with friends while receiving flowers from across the country.
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Race riot in Harlem leaves whites wounded and blacks arrested
A racially charged clash in Harlem yesterday involved about 100 Black residents and an equal number of White attackers. Dozens fought with revolvers, knives, and stones, four Whites including a policeman badly hurt, fourteen Blacks arrested, and police chased rioters into tenements.
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Salvation Army Christmas Dinner for 150,000 Guests
Salvation Army in Cleveland distributed meals and baskets to about 5,000 people on Christmas Day with 2,000 served at Central Armory and 3,000 aided by baskets. A telegram from F. Booth Tucker extended New Year greetings to Mrs. Herrick and Col. Herrick for their support of workers.
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Cleveland
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Myron T. Herrick
Herrick
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Pennsylvania
David Lloyd
New Ca
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