Transports reach Cape Town and fires devastate Troy Kansas
Three transports arrived at Cape Town while Troy Kansas was wiped out by fire. Updates cover Queen Victoria's Bristol visit, Frey of Santa Fe resigning after January 1, and deaths of William Durfee and John H. Haswell.
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Troy
Kansas
Queen Victoria
Bristol
Frey
The
Santa Fe
William Durfee
Middletown N. Y
United States
Pettit
Dusseldorf
Germany
Hepburn
Towa
Congress
New York
Wall Street
American Sugar Refining Company
American Bible Society
China
Andrew Carnegie
Tucson
Ariz
Northern Pacific Railroad
Transportation Subcommittee
United States Industrial Commission
Chicago
India
John H. Haswell
Albany
N.Y
Stanford
Southern Pacific
Huntington-Speyer
Turbulent World News From The Era Of War And Trade
Reports quote rapid leather price rises, Estcourt siege, overdue ships in San Francisco, reinforcements for Otis, a $12 million wireless firm, heavy Boer casualties near Ladysmith and slight British losses, church missions to new territories, Spokane strip ruling, a Jane Falkenburg wreck, and fevered race for the Republican convention.
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Estcourt
San Francisco
Otis
Ladysmith
Protestant Episcopal Church
Supreme Court
Northern Pacific Railroad
Spokane
Barkentine
Jane Falkenburg
Cape Flattery
Year 1899 foreign commerce nears record high
Washington reports that the United States may post its highest foreign trade total of the century in 1899 driven by robust exports in the first ten months and strong gains in manufactures mining and forestry, despite reduced breadstuffs. Imports for ten months ending October total 658.9 million, up from 527.7 million last year.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Heavy fights near Londons near Natal and Columbia river projects
The dispatch notes early reports from Ladysmith with Boer forces possibly delaying a relief offensive. It outlines three Boer strategic options to threaten the railway and cites a potential 10,000 strong march south under Joubert and Botha. In Washington engineers back a 40 foot river channel improving Columbia mouth, with plans for an 80 foot extension to Portland, and Burlington Railway expansion from Alliance to Ogden.
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London
Ladysmith
Natal
Tugela
Sie
Ennersdale
Weenen
Estcourt
Weston
Moor River
Joubert
Botha
Washington
Columbia River
Congress
Columbia
Portland
Leonids to Return in Two Years Says Astronomer
Washington November 20 An astronomer Dr L J Lee of the government service reports the Leonids shower will not occur this season The period of passage is two years not one and the meteors will return mid November 1900 The display will be as brilliant as Humboldt observed in 1709 and similar to the 1863 counter part
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Washington
L. J. Lee
Dr. Lee
Humboldt
Venezuela
Adulteration of Food and Election Conspiracy News
The Senate committee led by Senator Mason probes food adulteration with Dr. Edward H. Jenkins citing widespread fakery in spices jellies coffee and drinks. Philadelphia arrests for fraudulent election returns. Huntington gains control of Southern Pacific assets. Rattler reported overdue off Kodiak after long voyage amid storms.
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New York
United States Senate Committee
Mason
Illinois
Edward H. Jenkins
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Jenkins
Canada
Insurgents Hard Pressed In Philippine Campaign
Reports from Manila describe advancing American columns under Lawton and Young pushing through San Jose toward northern provinces as insurgents retreat toward the Binguet mountains. The Castine's sailors occupy Zamboanga Mindanao as naval forces brace for broader operations and protect Chinese merchants amid scarce transport and flooded terrain.
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Lawton
San Jose
Young
Major Swigert
Third Cavalry
Pozarrubia
Dagupan
Binguet
Tayud
Aguinaldo
Mindanao
Castine
Zamboanga
Very
Long Will Not Resign Says Secretary of the Navy
Secretary Long denies plans to resign and focuses on issuing sailing orders to Rear Admiral Schley. The Chicago is ordered to South Atlantic waters to coal at Rio de Janeiro and other ports as needed to reach Buenos Aires, inspecting vessels and prioritizing repairs on the Wilmington.
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Long
Allen
Schley
Navy Department
Chicago
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Ind
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Tie
Hay
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Japan
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Angel Island
Kentucky
Taylor
Pretoria
State Department
Panay
Birmingham
Ala
Omaha
8. D
Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
Colombia
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
W. A. Jones
Kansas City
Leonhauser
Capas
Burlington
Alexiance, Neb
Ogden
Senator Mason
Samuel Salton
Joseph G. Rodgers
Capitol Police
Clarence Messer
Congressional Library
Rodgers
George Kirkland
W. H. Cook
Second Ward
Kirkland
Huntington
Examiner
Collis P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Company
Pacific Improvement Company
Speyers
Croker
Hopkins-Searles
Croker and
Stanford Securities
Alaska
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Rattler
Kodiak
Herman
Luna
Twenty-fifth Infantry
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O’donnell
Burt
Neuva Vizcaya
Admiral Watson
Gilmore
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Natizuen
Helena
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