British Forces Repulse Two Boer Attacks Near Mafeking
Special dispatch from Bechuanaland reports April 2 near Mafeking the garrison sortie and Col Plumer cavalry strike against the Boers at Ramatlabama both attacks repulsed. Plumer’s force meanwhile marches from Gaberones toward Mafeking, reconnoitering Zeerust area with rumors of a relief column.
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London
Lurenco Marques
Mafeking
Plumer
Ramatlabama
Gaberones
Bechuanaland
Trasvaal
Zecrust
Plumber
Lobatski
Snyman
Boer detachments threaten Bloemfontein rail line
London reports 500 to 1,000 Boer horse detachments active south and east of Bloemfontein, threatening the Bloemfontein railroad though wire and rail communication remain intact. General Gatacre’s forces may engage near East Springfontein as Roberts withholds pursuit to guard the line, citing remount shortages now easing.
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London
Bloemfontein
War Office
Roberts
Cape Town
Free State
Simonstown
Deadly wreck on Fort Worth and Denver line near Magenta
Two men die and several injured after a train derails at Magenta south of Fort Worth. Mail clerk John F. Dane dies beneath wreckage. J J Kuntz, a passenger, also killed. Fire consumes the derailed cars as passengers flee. Other injured include A M Scroggin, Frank Lane, James French, Herbert Bhonebreak, Engineer McNeil, and Fireman Dobbs. Express Messenger J B Chapman initially reported killed but later found safe.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Denver City
Magenta
John F. Dane
Denver
John J. Kuntz
A. M. Scroggin
Independence
Frank Lane
James French
Herbert Bhonebreak
el Reno
O. T
McNeil
Dobbs
Express
J. B. Chapman
Colorado Snow Breaks Wires and Halts Transport
Snow has fallen for 24 hours in Colorado causing wires to sag and break across Denver. Telephone, light, and trolley lines are down in multiple areas, telegraph and long-distance services are disabled, and street cars are stopped on many routes.
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Denver
Colorado
Convention Hall Burned In Kansas City Disaster
Kansas City suffered a major fire that destroyed Convention Hall, once slated to host the Democratic National Convention on July 4. The blaze, aided by a stiff breeze, also damaged the Second Presbyterian church parsonage Lathrop school residences and adjoining flats. Loss estimated at 400000. insurers approve immediate payment and local efforts aim to rebuild for July.
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Kansas City
Second Presbyterian Church
Lathrop
Central Street
Twelfth Street
Convention
Commercial Club
Hall Association
Kansas City Lumber Company
Minneapolis
Convention Hall
Metropolitan Opera House of New York
Leary to be relieved by own request as Guam governor
Washington reports that Captain Leary will be relieved from his Guam governorship solely at his own instance. In his letter from Agana dated February 8, he requests relief upon completion of his sea cruise on July 24, 1900, citing 24 years at sea and domestic reasons.
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Washington
Captain Leary
Guam
Navy Department
Department
Rk, Leary
Boers Surrounding Bloemfontein as British Consolidate
Bloemfontein reports indicate Boers aim to encircle the town and sever southbound rail links while Lord Roberts concentrates forces. Four 4.7 inch guns and four naval 12 pounders are emplaced on high ground overlooking the plain. The cavalry camp is repositioned northeast of the city.
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Bloemfontein
Thabanchu
Lord Roberts
Kuree Siding
Sunday Closing at Exposition in London Debate
In the house of Lords Lord Kinnaird urged government support for United States style Sunday closing of park exposition exhibits. Premier Lord Salisbury said the government has no authority to intervene and that the matter rests with exposition authorities.
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Exposition
London
House of Lords
Lord Kinnaid
United States
Lord Salisbury
Japanese Press Cautiously Warned by Russia Tactics
From Yokohama dated March 23 and transmitted via Williams Head Quarantine, Japanese thinking on the Russia situation shows moderation yet clear concern. Reports say Russia uses court advice and a large loan to insinuate influence on Ceres, signaling serious strategic moves.
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Yokohama
Williams Head Quarantine
B. C
Russia
Ceres
Capture of British Detachment Reported Near Bethanie
Lord Roberts reports five companies captured by Boers near Bethanie after being surrounded by a strong force. Royal Irish Fusiliers and Ninth mounted infantry held out from April 3 to 4 before surrender. Gatacre moved to Reddersburg. Cameron Highlanders sent to Bethanie. lines near Bethanie railway may be interrupted briefly.
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London
Lord Roberts
Bethanie
War Office
Bloemfontein
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Ninth Regiment of Mounted Infantry
Reddersburg
Villebois Mareull Killed in Orange Free State Action
Lord Roberts reports from Bloemfontein that General Villebois Mareull and seven Boers were killed after a battle near Boshof in the Orange Free State. Eight wounded and fifty taken prisoner. The dispatch notes the enemy could not escape the surrounding forces.
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Villebois Mareull
London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Methuen
Boshof
Orange Free State
Kimberley
Villebois
Work of Revolutionists In Peru Endangers American Consul
Edward Gottfried of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, former consular agent at Truxillo Peru, files a sworn statement with the State Department alleging that in summer 1898 at Huamucho about fifty or sixty Peruvian revolutionists seized him tied his thumbs, stretched him in the air and demanded 5000 sols and 25 rifles within 15 minutes or face chastisement in flying stocks. The incident left him insensible from agony. The administration plans to seek restitution and an apology.
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Chicago
Washington
Edward Gottfried
Wilkesbarre
Truxillo
Peru
State Department
Huamucho
Gottfried
Burman frontier fights and Lehigh lab fire reported
Oriental papers say Chinese enmity toward foreigners targets Britons in China with raids on the Burman border. A clash near Rangoon left 84 Chinese dead, 6 British wounded as Indian police and Gurkhas engaged the main force. Separately, Lehigh University’s physical laboratory in Bethlehem was burned, causing about 200000 dollars in losses with 50000 dollars insured.
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Vancouver
B. C
China
Japan
Yokohama
Hertz
Rangoon
Bethlehem
Physical Laboratory
Lehigh University
Tragedy at St Helena Farm Ends in Double Death
On April 9 in St Helena California farmer W IT Alexander shot his wife then killed himself by slashing his throat with a razor. Local authorities report a domestic tragedy with both deaths confirmed at the farm.
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California Farm
St. Helena
Cal
W.it. Alexander
Outlaws Ambush Deming Officers in Chiricahuas
Phoenix reports detail an ambush of Officers Scarborough and Birchfield by three outlaws in the Chiricahua mountains. Scarborough was shot in the leg and Birchfield wounded in the arm. The pair, aided by local civilians, held off the attackers until dawn. Scarborough was evacuated to Deming. his wound may prove fatal. A large posse pursues the presumed retreating outlaws.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Scarborough
Deming
N. M
Birchfield
Chirucusa
San Simon
Plague Cases Reported in Honolulu Harbor
Honolulu reports two plague cases on March 25, a Japanese fisherman and John Hurley, with no further cases since. The steamer Cleveland reached Hilo March 28 after 10 sail days. many steerage passengers may sail to San Francisco. A riot at Pauhaua plantation saw police arrest eight Japanese gamblers as hundreds surrounded officers. A cane fire burned 530 acres on the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. plantation March 20.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
John Hurley
Cleveland
Hilo
Carmichael
Pauhaua Plantation
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company
Petitioners urge lower freight differentials before ICC
St Louis petitioners continued before the interstate commerce commission with evidence for a smaller freight differential between the Middle West and Pacific coast. Hardware merchants from Petaluma San Jose and Oakland testified that Pacific coast jobbers formed a combination to restrain trade by excluding Eastern and Middle West competition thereby raising prices. Several witnesses supported the existence of such a combination.
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San Francisco
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Petaluma
San Jose
Oakland
Disturbances in Panama Raise US Transit Concerns
A Washington dispatch reports Panama disturbances are serious with interruptions to mail service due to troop operations and possible street fighting. The State Department has not provided details while the US pledge to safeguard transit between Colon and Panama is noted as crucial. A Cuban railroad syndicate led by Sir William C. Van Horne plans an 800 mile line across Cuba pending approvals and capital.
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Panama
New York
The
Herald
Washington
Colombia
Department of State
United States
Colon
New Cuban Railroad
Cuba
William C. van Horne
Nez Perces Smallpox Efforts in Idaho Settlement
Washington April 7 officers of the marine hospital service agreed to handle the smallpox situation on the Nez Perce settlement in Idaho. They will cooperate with Indian bureau agents and inspectors and will set detention camps to stamp out the disease and prevent spread.
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Nez Perce
Washington
Marine Hospital Service
Idaho
Indian Bureau
Possibilities of the Pacific The Western coast seen as future trade hub
A Chicago based article argues the Pacific coast is the center of global commerce. It notes rising Asia Oceania trade, Alaska gold discoveries, and expanding markets in Australia New Zealand Russia and China. Seattle Portland and Tacoma compete for dominance as Eastern capital flows into the Northwest.
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Pacific
Chicago
West
Pacific Coast
Orient
Tropics
Alaska
Australia
New Zealand
Russia
Asia
Oceania
Northwest
Seattle
Portland
Tacoma
Pacific Northwest
Eagle Valley Farmers Plan Cooperative Cannery in Oregon
Farmers in Eagle Valley Oregon organized a cooperative cannery project after a schoolhouse meeting where $3000 was pledged toward a total $5000 plant cost. The cannery aims to buy all offered fruit, benefit Baker City and local farmers, and boost home consumption. A separate water diversion plan near Lava Island would route Deschutes water eastward to desert lands.
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Eagle Valley
Baker City
Deschutes
Three Sisters
Lava Island
New Oregon church to rise at Cottage Grove
A Methodist Episcopal church is planned at Cottage Grove Oregon with an estimated cost of eight thousand dollars. Other items note Harvard Yale intercollegiate debate praise for Harry Yeomans of Spokane, a fertilizer plant expansion at Fairhaven Washington, a controversial sermon in Albany Oregon, and various regional notes on agriculture, shipping, and a Sherman county girl injured by a kite incident.
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Cottgae Grove, Or
Washington
Harry Yoemans
Spokane
Harvard
Yale
Albany
Jesus
Bellingham Bay
Canfield
California
France
Belgium
Fort Bellingham
Wash
Wallowa
New Orleans
Corvallis
Hamburg
Germany
Holder
Sherman County
Bradstreet's Review on Trade and Prices This Week
Bradstreet's reports a quiet week in distributive trade with strength in agricultural products and provisions. Wool activity rises, sugar market remains confined to refiners, carpets and upholstery show heavy bookings, and wheat shipments reach 2,962,849 bushels. U.S. business failures fall to 178, Canada 25, and Japanese approval for general business is refused to 60 foreign insurers.
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Bradstreet’s
United States
Dominion of Canada
Pacific Northwest Market Prices Headline
Seattle markets list extensive price ranges for produce and staple goods. Onions, lettuce, potatoes, and greens show widely varying per sack and per unit costs, while dairy and poultry quote multiple price points. Grain, flour, millstuffs, and feed items appear with ton or per barrel rates, and fresh meats show specified dressing and cut prices.
Portland Market Prices for Wheat to Tallow
Port land market reports grain and farm product prices across wheat, flour, oats, barley, millstuff, hay, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, potatoes, vegetables, hops, wool, mohair, mutton, lamb, pork, beef, veal, tallow and grease. Prices shown include wheat from Walla Walla and Valley, butter at 45 to 50 cents, eggs 12 cents, and live turkeys at 10 to 11 cents per pound, with many items priced per ton or per hundredweight.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Eastern Oreyton
San Francisco Market Prices Report
Wool prices show varying rates by region with 12 15c to 12 16c per pound in several districts. Butter and dairy items list prices such as Fancy creamery at 180 and 16 16. per pound. Millstaffe middlings and bran quoted at $17.00 to $90.00 and $12.50 to $13.50 respectively.
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Nevada
Oregon
Yaleley
Northern
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Tron and Steel
Sloss Iron & Steel Company
Sloss- Sheffield Iron & Steel Company
Sloss-Sheffield Company
Grant Allen
Ruina
Villebota Mareuil
Lehigh Laboratory
New Mexico
NEWS
Hawaii
Menominee, Mich
Spies
Olga Nethersole
Northwest News
Northwest Notes
Blodgett & Greenbaum
Fairhaven
Bradstreet
Acific Coast Trade
Portland Market
San Francisco Market
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