Monday, December 24, 1900. Banning a hereditary right of slaughter.

The Eight Nation Alliance presented their twelve conditions for reform to the Chinese government.  Included amongst them were that China was to reduce its military, punish Boxer rebels, and pay $500,000,000 to the eight nations over a period of 60 years.

Secretary of War Elihu Root barred the hereditary right of slaughtering which had been granted a monopoly to the descendants of the Countess of Buena Vista in Cuba. They's sue, but lose.

Horse drawn street cars came to an end in Boston in favor of electric trolleys and elevated trains.

Pope Leo XIII conducted ceremonies to close the Holy Year, with the closing of the holy door in St. Peter's Basilica a year after it had been opened.

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Sunday, September 23, 1900. AM.

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Friday, April 27, 1900. Root: You've got to fight, for your right, to . . . .

United States Secretary of War Elihu Root predicted that the United States would go to war in a few years while delivering an address at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where the birthday of the late General Ulysses S. Grant.

He stated:  

The American people will, within a few years, have to either abandon the Monroe doctrine, or fight for it, and we are not going to abandon it. If necessary we will fight for it, but unless there is greater diligence in legislation, in the future than in the past, when the time comes it may find us unprepared.

The audience was stunned.

Newly appointed Governor of Puerto Rico Charles Herbert Allen arrived at San Juan on the USS Dolphin.

Sunday, April 22, 1900. Battle of Koussér.

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