• The presidential election of 1900 turns out to be the most
expensive in US history. One report estimates the cost to have reached $5
million. (North America)
• Authorities in New York report an increase in the number of cocaine
users. (Northeast/US)
A US Army transport ship, The Kilpatrick, sets sail for Manila loaded with
Christmas presents for US soldiers in China and the Philippines.
(Northeast/US, Asia)
• Having tended to the battered and homeless for two months, Clara Barton
announces that the Red Cross can now leave Galveston, Texas.
(Southwest/US)
• In Britain, the "Khaki" election results in victory for the
Conservatives, who retain power under the Marquis of Salisbury.
(Europe)
• The 2,500-seat Symphony Hall opens in Boston. The facility was designed
by McKim, Mead and White of New York at a cost of $750,000. Attendees at the
inaugural performance enjoyed a performance of a chorale by J.S. Bach and
Beethoven's Solemn Mass in D. (Northeast/US)
• Britain annexes the Transvaal in Africa. (Africa)
• Prussian Bernhard von Bulow becomes chancellor of Germany. He succeeds
Chlodwig Karl Hohenlohe who resigned 2 days earlier. (Europe)
• Austrian Sigmund Freud publishes "The Interpretation of Dreams,"
calling dreams "the royal road to the unconscious." Freud maintains that dreams
contain repressed desires that would otherwise be censored in a wakened
state. (Europe)
• Seventeen French fishing vessels go missing off the coast of Newfoundland during a hurricane, causing over 400 casualties. (North
America)
• In Jamaica, celebrations take place to mark the establishment of a
direct line of steamers running between Jamaica and Bristol. Jamaican Govenor
Sir Augustus Hemming presided over a banquet in Kingston to mark the occasion.
(Central America/Caribbean)
• French engineers secure a contract to construct the Seoul-Wiju Railway in
Korea. (Europe, Asia)
• Tremors are felt as far as the Andes as an earthquake rocks
Caracas, Venezuela. (South America)
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