Anti-British Sentiment Grows in German Press
German papers debate German-British seizure fallout as anti-British demonstrations spread across cities. Pan-Germanic league organizes protests while officials note Britain has yet to answer Germany’s seizure explanation and avoid accusing Britain of coercion.
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Bexin
Berliner Tageblatt
Cologne Volkszeitung
Berliner Neuste Nachrichten
Hamburger Correspondenz
Berliner Post
Germany
Russia
France
Pan-Germanic League
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Great Britain
Choate Talks With Salisbury Over Seizure of American Goods
Secretary Hay reports Ambassador Choate had a highly satisfactory meeting with Lord Salisbury in London about seizures of American goods by British warships. Salisbury listened, considered the representations, and promised swift attention and a decision.
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Salisbury
Washington
Jan
Hay
Ambassador Choate
London
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Choate
State Department
Prize Court Releases Mashona After Cargo Warehoused
Cape Town dispatch reports the British schooner Mashona, seized near December with American flour for the Boers, was released by the prize court but its cargo ordered warehoused while the case goes to trial.
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London
Cape Town
Anti-Foreign Demonstrations in Shan Tung Kill Several
News from Shan Tung reports large anti foreign riots with looted missions and killed priests and missionaries. Imperial troops clashed with rebels in a pitched battle leaving over one hundred rebels dead. American mission board families at Tung Chang suffered looting and property loss totaling 4,000 taels. Four American Presbyterian mission families also robbed and homes destroyed.
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Victoria
B. C
American Mission Board
Tung Chang
Thsu
American Presbyterian Mission
Government bans nationalist papers from barracks and clubs
Paris reports the government will bar specific nationalist newspapers from military institutions and clubs. Marshal de Gallifet will prohibit their circulation in barracks, arguing some papers incite mutiny while others seek to overthrow authorities.
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Paris
Marshal de Gallifet
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Denmark Offended Reopens Talks on Danish Antilles Purchase
A Berlin cablegram reports Denmark remains offended by a past treatment and shows no disposition to revive negotiations for the purchase of the Danish Antilles despite repeated U S attempts to renew talks.
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The
Tribune
Berlin
Post
Copenhagen
United States
Antilles
Denmark
Bank Clearings for 99 Show Big Rise in United States
Bradstreet's review reports 1899 bank clearings at 93.505 billion dollars, up 25.005 billion from 1898. New York leads with 60.762 billion, followed by Boston and Chicago in the top three.
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New York
Bradstreet
United States
Boston
Chicago
Senatorial Fight Sees No Major Shifts in Early Clash
Des Moyes Jan 8 reports no major developments in the senatorial contest as Gear and Cummins claim control. Officials discuss potential entry of other candidates if Eaton wins the speakership.
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Gear
Cummins
Eaton
Yale Alumni of the Northwest Banquet Honors Hadley
President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale was guest of honor at the 16th annual Yale Alumni of the Northwest banquet at the Aberdeen hotel. Ninety Sons of Eli attended the event.
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St. Paut
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Northwest
Aberdeen Hotel
Sons of
Old Eli
Drunken Quarrel Ends in Slaying at Piute Camp
In Pineyville Oregon on January 8, Matthew Wewa killed his wife Happie after a drunken quarrel at a Piute Indian camp. He fatally wounded his brother Charlie and two squaws named Tyler and Susie, then killed himself.
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Piute
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Happie
Charlie
Tyler
Susie
Gatacre presses advance as Boers retreat near Cyphergat
General Gatacre clashed with invading Boers at Cyphergat near Bushmanshoek. British artillery drove the retreating enemy from Molteno and Cyphergat. Cyphergat is listed as reoccupied. At Tugela Bridge, Thornycroft patrols report Boer force with five missing including a lieutenant.
French May Retire and Reinforcements Reported
London reports no new war developments as General French holds a static position near Colesberg Junction. His plea for reinforcements ends any hopes of crossing the Orange River and may force concentration at De Aar or Orange River. Dover Farm dispatch notes Lt Col Pilcher's safe return from Douglas amid intensified Ladysmith cannonade.
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Molteno
French
Colesberg Junction
Orange River
Lord Roberts
de Aar
Daily Telegraph
Dover Farm
Pilcher
Douglas
Boers Hold Colesberg In Bitter Frontline Skirmish
Reports from Colesberg district show British forces under General French failing to occupy Colesberg as planned. British casualties in two days total six dead and twenty wounded while guns remain active and a supply train near the front was destroyed, possibly by a traitor.
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London
Colesberg
French
War Office
Rensburg
Russia Strictly Neutral England Need Not Fear Intervention
St. Petersburg correspondent reports Emperor Nicholas assured the British ambassador that Great Britain need not fear intervention amid South African complications. Indirectly suggests France will abstain from creating difficulties for England.
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St. Petersburg
the Standard
Nicholas
C. C. Scott
Great Britain
France
England
Britain Rejects Delagoa Bay Annexation Plan
A representative of the Associated Press reports good authority that Great Britain will not seize Delagoa Bay. The British government does not plan any such move despite press and public pressure.
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London
Associated Press
Great Britain
Delagoa Bay
Deep Iron Deposit Near Harmony Found by Assayers
Specimens of iron ore from the well of August Miller three miles west of Harmony have been pronounced the genuine article by expert assay ers. The ore lies about 800 feet deep and would require substantial capital to develop the mine.
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Harmony
Minn
August Miller
Series of Earthquakes Predicted
It is believed by scientific circles that North America may experience a series of earthquakes in the coming months. The seismic circle reports a developing pattern across the region.
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City of
Mexico
North America
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