Parliament Opens Amid Bitter Personal Attacks at Westminster
London reports the eighteenth parliament opens with fierce animosity toward Joseph Chamberlain. Liberal leaders including Rosebery and Campbell-Bannerman attack him over the Ellia letters and policy on South Africa and China. Chamberlain defends his integrity and denies treachery, then faced with an adjournment motion.
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London
Queen Victoria
Westminster
Joseph Chamberlain
South Africa
China
Lord Rdsebery
House of Lords
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Ellia
Queen calls special session to fund overseas campaigns
Lonpox December 7. The queen informs Parliament that further provision is needed for expenses of armies in South Africa and China. A special session is summoned to approve the necessary acts, with no other public matters to be discussed until spring.
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William Court- Gully
House of Commons
Black Rod
Michael Riddaulph
Commons
House of Lords
Earl of Halsbury
South Africa
China
High Price for Beef at Fat Stock Show Sets Records
Prices at the Fat Stock Show soared with steaks at 6100 each and roasts at 610 per pound. Schwarts child & Sulzberger of New York bought B. A. Pierces Aberdeen Angus steer Advance at 1.50 per pound, weighing 7,430 pounds for a total of 2146. A carload of 15 Angus cattle bred by W. H. Kerrick of Bloomington, Illinois, sold for 8469, the highest price per carload to date.
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Bloomington
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Public Whipping Ordered by Indiana Judge
Four boys who stole a barrel of apples from a freight car were whipped in public after Judge Winfrey instructed their fathers to administer the punishment in the corridor of the lockup. The fathers used an old bicycle tire, delivering a hard thrashing witnessed by many onlookers.
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Deco
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Galveston Storm Jetties Repair Bill Estimated
The War Department reports from the board of engineers on Galveston storm damage. Repair costs reach 1.5 million dollars for Galveston jetties and 176 thousand for Brazos river jetties. Fortifications incur about 992 thousand dollars in damages.
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Galveston
Washington
Secretary of War
Senate
Board of Engineers
Brazos River
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Names Leaders
At the morning session of the convention the old officers were re-elected. President Mrs TL M eres, vice president of large Anna A Goods, corresponding secretary Mrs Bucganna M. D Exley, recording secretary Mrs Clara Hoffman, assistant recording secretary Mrs Frances E Herasbnigg, treasurer Mrs Helen Marker.
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de .T. PF
Mre
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Anna A. Godons
Mra Bucganna
M. D. Exley
Mra
Clara ©. Hoffman
Frances E. Herasbnigg
Helen Marker
Netherlands Chamber President Authorized to Welcome Kruger
At the opening of the second chamber President J. Gleichman announced that Kruger would soon arrive and take up residence. He proposed that the chamber authorize him to welcome Kruger to the country in formal fashion.
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Kruger
Hocus
J. &. Gleichman
Proposal Adopted Amid Cheers and Bravos
A proposal was adopted amid cheers and Bravos, with expressions of cordial sympathy implied in the surrounding dialogue and reception. The change was greeted positively by attendees.
Bill for Metric System Adopted by United States
Washington December 7 The bill reported favorably by the house committee on coinage weights and measures provides for the adoption of the metric system as the legal standard in the United States. The measure sets January 1 1903 for metric weights to become legal and January 1 1908 for government departments to use metric only in business except land surveys.
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Shafroth
Colorado
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House
Treasury
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Government of the United
Wallert Pleads Guilty in Arlington Family Murder
Theodore Wallert pleaded guilty to first degree murder in a district court in Henderson Minnesota. He requested a statement and will be sentenced next Tuesday. Judge Caldwell is opposed to capital punishment, suggesting a life sentence is likely for the killing of his wife and four stepchildren last summer in Arlington.
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Henderson
Minn
Wallert
District Court
Caldwell
Thaodore Wallart
Wallart
Northwest
Arlington
Danish Commission Recommends Universal Agricultural Duties
A Danish 1899 commission on foreign agricultural product protections reports for and against duties. The majority of seven favors duties on all agricultural horticultural and forest products except fodder, estimating 9 million crowns revenue. The minority of three proposes a mix of import duties and export bounties, predicting an 8 million crown revenue increase.
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Copenhages
Telegraphers Strike Ties Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Trains
A strike by the Order of Railway Telegraphers on the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe at 11 a m tied all trains between Galveston and Purcell. Operators demand rule revisions and higher pay. Officials offer wage arbitration but refuse rule changes. Affected line expected to resume service within hours.
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Partition Seen as Only Solution in Chinese Question
London dispatch reports the French German and Japanese ministers wait for instructions while Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang seek a clearer edict. A growing impression across nations says peace is impossible and a spring campaign resumption seems likely with partition as the sole remedy. Two American missionaries accuse German forces at Cho Chan of looting converts as they do others.
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Peking
Morning Post
Prince Ching
Hung Chang
Cho Chan
Invasion of England Not Imminent Says Mercier
Paris telegraph report cites General Mercier in The Daily Mail interview denying any imminent or desirable invasion of England. He described his senate speech as theoretical and historical and expressed hope war would not occur. He added his wife is English and his personal feeling toward England is friendly.
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Senate
England
Army Reorganization Passes in House amid Party Split
The House approved the army reorganization bill 166 to 138 after a long session. Three Democrats Hall Pa Underhill and Dayton N Y voted with Republicans for the bill, while Rep McCall Mass voted with Democrats against it. Amendments included a canteen ban on alcohol at posts and changes to retirements and ranks for Civil War veterans. Delegations from the WCTU watched the fight.
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House of Representatives
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Lord Roberts Speech Before Departure From Durban
Lord Roberts aboard the Canada sails for Cape Town after a Durban sendoff with flags all around. Miss Roberts travels from Johannesburg with her mother and sister, while the field marshal urges fellowship with former enemies and promotes liberty and peace.
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Engagement Near Roeinpruit Affects Pretoria Route
Lord Kitchener reports General Delarey with 500 Boers attacked a convoy from Pretoria to Rustenburg at Buffelspruit on December 8. The Boers burned half the convoy killing 15 and wounding 28 including Lieutenant Baker. Boers suffered losses and were driven off after reinforcement from Rustenberg and Commande Nek. General De Wet crossed the Caledon Drift toward Oudendal. General Knox pursued. The Caledon river drift was held by Guards and flooded.
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War Office
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Delarey
Pretoria
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Buffelspruit
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Nek
Dewet
Karyeoport
Oodendal
Knox
British Prisoners Loose and Dewet’s Outpost Contact
A British patrol encountered a Dewet outpost and captured a prisoner who said Dewet was exhausted from trekking and had abandoned a Krupp gun by the Caledon south bank. He added that most British prisoners at Denersdorp were freed except officers. Trade cuts halt wagon payments to Burghers until resistance ends. civilian and native traffic to Cape Colony nearly halted. German leaders push anti trust bill to regulate monopolies with imperial supervision.
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Cape Colony
Alfred Milner
South Africa
Sir Alfred Milner
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Denersdorp
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Islands Annexed by France Reported in Pacific
The state department states that on August 16 the islands Kumter and Jermelite in the Pacific were annexed by France under a protectorate. The islands, of small commercial importance, were placed under French protection in March 1889.
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France
Protectorate
Professor’s Odd Exchange Cited in Cleveland Plain Dealer
A cryptic quip attributed to a professor in a Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment describes a curious interaction with Bil Nags. The wording appears garbled but hints at a reprimand or unusual behavior in a campus or scholarly setting.
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