Caracas Fleet Seizure and Arrests Stir Caribbean Crisis
A Caracas dispatch reports the British and German fleet seized the La Guayra Venezuelan fleet and an ultimatum will demand compliance. Arrests of British and German subjects in Caracas follow, seen as retaliation. Reports from Kingston say Castro is defiant and may expel foreigners and close La Guayra port. Five British ships stay ready at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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London
Caracas
Venezuela
la Guayra
Washington
Carracas
Germany
England
United States
Bowen
State Department
Kingston
St. Vincent
Indefatigale
Catsio
Castro
Retribution
Vineta
Gazelle
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Venezuelan Crisis Eases as Arbitration Scene Shifts
London reports depict the Venezuelan crisis as less alarming with Lord Lansdowne signaling no immediate danger. Cas tro’s arbitration offer is welcomed as a sign of retreat from his position, while Britain and Germany appear unlikely to accept arbitration and U S involvement looms as a potential stabilizing factor.
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London
Lord Lansdowne
Castro
United States
Venezuela
Great Britain
Germany
Genoa
Berlin
Schecter
Labelle and Fournier to Be Executed January 21
Vancouver dispatch reports La Belle and Fournier, condemned for the Bouhtllette murders and three others, will be hanged together on January 21. Earlier plans set La Belle for this month and Fournier for a later date. Ottawa suggestions aim to synchronize their executions on one date.
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Labelle
Fournier
Vancouver
B. C
Dawson
la Belle
Bouhtllette
Ottawa
Four Prisoners Sent to MacNeil's Island Penitentiary
From Seattle four United States prisoners were moved to MacNeil's Island federal penitentiary by Deputy Marshal Stringer yesterday afternoon. Fred Jones and Frank Smith receive four months each for selling liquor to Indians. James Kelly is jailed one year for smuggling Chinese people across the border. W Wing Wong gets three months for smuggling opium.
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Seattle
United States
MacNeil’s Island
Jasl
Stringer
Fred Jones
Frank Smith
James Kelly
W. Wing Wong
Denmark Seeks Government Aid for St. Louis Exhibit
Copenhagen reports eighty Danish firms have promised to exhibit at the St. Louis exposition and business interests urge the government to provide funds for official representation.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Great Nile Dam Completed at Assouan
Cairo December 12 to celebrate the completion of the Nile dam in Assouan with Duke and Duchess of Connaught present. The ceremony opened sluices and laid the last coping stone marking a major engineering achievement. The project, by John Aird & Co., spans 1.25 miles with 180 sluice openings and a reinforcing dam at Assiout. It will irrigate lands to support two crops annually and expand sugar cultivation. Estimated total cost about 25 million dollars.
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Cairo
Egypt
Great Nile
Assouan
Duke
Duchess of Connaught
Edward
Duke of Connaught
Assiout
John Aird & Co
Likely Losses Sighted in Alaska Shipping Mystery
Seattle reports fear that the sailing schooner Gen Siglin and the steamer Dawson City are lost with around 30 or more lives at stake. The Bertha has explored toward Kodiak but found no sign of them since November 27. If not afloat, a possible grounding near the Aleutians could allow survivors to reach shore and seek a mail steamer to Juneau.
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Seattle
Alaska Commercal Company
Bertha
Copper River
Cook
Gen. Siglin
Dawson City
Kodiak
Siglin
Kadiak
Nome
Aleutian Archipelago
Alaskan
Juneau
Clerks Strike for Higher Pay on Santa Fe Railway
In Topeka on December 12 a movement grows among Santa Fe clerks seeking a general wage increase. The push targets freight and passenger officials with Second Vice President Paul Morton leading the department, though the plan lacks definite shape and reach.
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Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe Railway
Paul Morton
Pirates at Work Near Manila Coast
Desperate pirates led by an American operate along the Philippine coast close to Manila. The brig Marcia was seized and $17,000 cash belonging to two Chinese merchants was taken. News came via the Shawmut freighter's arrival.
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Seattle
Philippine
Manila
Shawmut
Marcia
Butte Politicians Bound Over in Sensational Montana Case
C E Alsop and George Casey were bound over to district court after arrest on charges tied to Senator Clark's county Democratic convention. Charles W Clark, second son of the senator, is ill in California but will return for trial. Hearings for Alsop and Casey not yet set. The cases are among Montana's most sensational.
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Butte
Mont
C. E. Alsop
George Casey
Clark
Charles W. Clark
California
Los Angeles
Aleso
Casey
Montana
Arbitration Talk in Congress Proposes Venezuela Claims
Washington December 12 a House joint resolution by Mr Shaforth of Colorado would authorize the president to seek arbitration with Great Britain and Germany over Venezuela claims and guarantee payment of any awards.
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Washington
Shaforth
Colorado
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Minto Not Resigning as Canada Governor General
Lord Minto reportedly not resigning the governor general post. Don Arthur Elliott MP cites a London dispatch to the Tribune stating there is no basis for the resignation rumor.
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New York
Arthur Elliott
M. P
the Tribune
London
Lord Minto
Canada
Treaty Signed for Cuba United States Commercial Reciprocity
A Cuba United States commercial reciprocity treaty has been signed by General Bliss and Secretaries Zaldo and Montes. It awaits only the signatures of Hay and Que sada and ratification by both senates. The pact offers a uniform twenty percent tariff reduction on Cuban goods entering the United States and lists itemized reductions by each side. President Palma hosted a palace dinner in Bliss’s honor as protocol was signed and Bliss prepared to depart for New York.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Bliss
Zaldo
Montes
Hay
Senor Quesada
Palma
General Bliss
Zaide
Montez
New York
United States in the Philippines discussed by Greeley and Schurman
Brigadier General A. W. Greeley and Cornell President Schurman led a Nineteenth Century club talk on the Philippines. Schurman argued the U S flag stay implies Luzon and the Visayas become states. Greeley called the Spanish-American War a mistake but pledged duty as a soldier and avoided further comment on conquest.
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New York
A. W. Greeley
Schurman
Cornell University
Nineteenth Century Club
United States
Philippines
Roosevelt
Alaska
Luzon
Vizayas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Greeley
Warrant Out for Police Commissioner Lilienthal
Spokane reports a warrant for Police Commissioner Lilienthal on charges of refusing to prosecute city gamblers. He demurred and was released on recognizance. The Stockholm gambling hall's special officer S W Greene sought the warrant amid prior tensions with Lilienthal over conduct. The Stockholm license was urged for revocation by the commissioner. The Stockholm proprietor warned that closing his house would force all gamblers to quit.
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Spokane
Lilienthal
S. W. Greene
Stockholm
Taft to be named for Supreme Court seat and commissions changes
Reports from Washington say Judge William H. Taft currently governor of the Philippines will replace Justice Shiras on the Supreme Court when he retires. General Luke Wright may head the Philippine commission and W. W. Rockhill could join the commission to fill a vacancy at the Bureau of American Republics.
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Washington, D.C
William H. Taft
Philippines
Shiras
Luke Wright
Taft
Philippine Commission
W. W. Rockhill
Bureau of American Republics
Moros Attack Camp Vickers Repulsed With No Loss
In Manila on December 12 a Moros force attacked Camp Vickers on Mindanao Island after days of inactivity. The Americans repelled the assault without casualties as the attackers, believed from east of Lanao, were driven off after a midnight surprise attempt. Captain Pershing has not yet visited the region.
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Manila
Vickers
Northern Pacific to Build Riverside Station Depot
A Northern Pacific official said the railroad will soon begin work on a substantial frame depot at Riverside station near the end of Pacific avenue. The new depot will accommodate freight and passenger traffic for years to come.
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Everett
Northern Pacific
Riverside
Pacific Avenue
Silk cargo arrives in Victoria largest across Pacific
The Em press of India reported from the Orient that 3,100 bales of silk worth over 2,000,000 dollars have been brought across the Pacific, the largest silk cargo ever landed.
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Victoria
B. C
Empress of India
Orient
Pacific
Cholera Spreads Around Lake Moros
Manila dispatch says cholera is spreading around Lake Moros with authorities warning a serious epidemic may follow. Local officials report rising cases and cautious measures are being taken.
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Manila
Lake Moros
Exposé of fraud in Pacific timber land schemes exposed
Secretary Hitchcock and Land Commissioner Hermann release a letter detailing how Oregon and Washington timber and mill operators mislead entrymen. The scheme uses solicitors and capitalists to pressure land purchases, with fake prospects and rushed affidavits, and no public record of the transactions.
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Spokane
Oregon
Washington
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Hermann
Pacific Coast States
Ready for April completion of Northern Pacific link
Seattle reports contractor Peter Larson returning from the 22 mile connecting branch between Coulee City and Adrian. Progress is rapid and the line is expected to be finished in about four months and ready for operation by the Northern Pacific.
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Seattle
Peter Larson
Northern Pacific
Betwen Coulee City
Central Washington
Adrian
Great Northern
Transports Purchase Battle Between Boston Company and Hill
Washington reports say President Winsor of the Boston Steamship Co and J J Hill arranged to bid for two army transports. The plan would let the government sell or lease the ships back at appraised value, with two appraisers set by the War Department and the company. Secretary Root’s review is incomplete and the matter may not be settled this week.
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Washington
Winsor
Boston Steamship Company
J.J. Hill
War Department
Army
San Francisco
Secretary of War
Root
New York
Ludington
Boston
Hill
Steamship Company
Seattle
Vice Press
Pacfic
Athe
Fame
Ying
Eastern and Western Lumber Buys Brock Camps
Portland December 12. A large timber land deal closes with the Brock logging camps and timber lands in Cowlitz county Washington sold to the Eastern and Western Lumber company of Portland. The purchase covers over 100 million feet of stranded timber for a price of 115000 dollars.
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Portland
Brock
Cowlitz County
Wash
Eastern and Western Lumber Company
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Pirates AT Work
Shafroth
Minto
Senate
President Schurman
General Greely
Moros
Coulee City
THE
Aberdeen Brewing Co
Telephone
W. B. Lowrie
M. Demerer
Washington Abstract Company
Chehalis County
Grays Harbor
G Street
Aberdeen State Bank
Aberdeen
Billings
St. Louis
M. P. Benton
Pioneer Square
Seattle, Wash
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Pacific Hotel
H. A. Tereda & CO
G ST
Zelasko Block
Star Meat Market
James Barrett
Propr
F Street
Aberdeen Livery and Transfer CO
W. T. McBride
Grayé
Harbor
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