Li Hung Chang and World News From the Era
Cyclone wrecks Willspoint Texas. Ex president Harrison gravely ill. Dewet and 400 Boers flee north. Russia pledges no seizure of Chinese lands. Japan orders new battleship to Yokohama. Megler cannery at Brookfield damaged 15000 by fire. Kitchener seeks surrender from Hoers. England defends canal treaty terms. Chaffee blocks Boxer chiefs decapitation. Cubans cling to independence. Platt act contested. Miles to Cuba for post inspections. Centralia Shingle plant fire. loss about 5000. Copenhagen denies US-Danish West Indies talks ended. Oregon sails home May 1. Wisconsin to replace. Peru cabinet crisis looms. Cebu insurgents near surrender. 31 rebels captured near Lake bay. Botha seeks peace with Milner and Kitchener. Sagasta forms new Spanish cabinet. Sanger to be asst secretary of war. Chandler named head of Spanish claims commission. Portia Knight sues Duke of Manchester. Altoona miners threaten strike April 1. Glasgow reports 42 new smallpox cases. New Zealand to referendum on joining Australia. New York Italian chamber studies California Italy lemons. Beach Tousey will contest will. Portuguese cruiser sent to Oporto amid anti clerical protests. Cornwallis West studying electricity near Glasgow. Manila police risk removals. Fort Stevens digger rescued after six hours. Denver cattle growers meet. Chinese silk industry employs millions. Canals to adopt electric traction. Great Salt Lake faces possible drying due to irrigation.
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Willspoint
Tex
Harrison
Dewet
Russia
Japan
England
Yokohama
Megler
Brookfield
Wash
Kitchener
Hoers
State Capitol Struggle Over General Appropriation Bill
All day Thursday the legislature wrangled over the general appropriation bill with both houses passing their versions and preparing a conference committee. The senate bill totals 2 087 261 and the house 2 172 547 95, a 85 286 95 difference in favor of the senate. The session’s appropriations reach 2 500 000 including state officers and institutions though excluding several earmarked items. Senate Tolman presided in committee of the whole as two amendments for 1000 each for the reform school and soldiers' home were found.
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Senate
House
Tolman
Spokane
Reform School
Soldiers’ Home
Legislature Passes Multiple Bills Including Public Libraries and Oil Inspector
The house approved Senate bills on library gifts authority and horseshoer exams replacing prior measures, and fixed 10 hour days for female workers. It indefinitely postponed a holiday for schools and passed a state oil inspection bill, while an effort to block free passes for officials failed. Other actions covered fish traps, county boundary definitions, grazing fees on reserves, and food fish laws.
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House
Senate
Preston
Committee On Labor and Labor Statistics
Stewart
Puget Sound
Kitsap County
Gunderson
McCoy
Congress
York
Pierce County
Governor to appoint five for Lewis and Clark centennial commission
A concurrent resolution passed both houses Monday authorizing the governor to appoint a five member citizen commission to cooperate with the exposition commission and to report to the next legislature once appointed.
Locomotives Nears Completion at Nahcotta Shops
Locomotive No. 2 finished and in good running condition. work continues on No. 1 with similar changes. A. Lawrence, 76, had right leg amputated between hip and thigh at Colfax last week. he recovered enough to smoke a pipe two hours after surgery, but recovery remains unlikely due to age and weakness. Several eastern landbuyers visited Rockford seeking dairy lands. E. A. Bryan, president of Washington Agricultural College, and Pullman citizens praised the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company for free transportation to the college institute for farmers and residents.
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Nahcotta
A. Lawrence
Colfax
Rockford
E. A. Bryan
Washington Agricultural College
Pullman
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Insurgents Told to Surrender Guns for Prisoner Releases
Manila report states General MacArthur orders department commanders to free one prisoner for each gun surrendered. An insurgent who hands over a weapon can name the prisoner to be released unless exceptional detention is required. Trias expected to surrender after negotiations. Naval movements include Buffalo, Zafiro, and a Philippine drill near Pe Chi Li gulf with several American ships. The Asiatic fleet totals 54 vessels.
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Manila
MacArthur
Department
Trias
Luzon
Buffalo
Cavite
United States
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Zafiro
Philippine
Brooklyn
Pe Chi Li Gulf
Kentucky
Oregon
New Orleans
Albany
Monterey
Monadnock
Asiatic
Deported to Guam as insurgent sympathizers shipped from Philippines
General MacArthur orders deportation of insurgent sympathizers and Katipunan members from the Philippines to Guam. They are placed under surveillance or custody on transport and later held during ongoing hostilities until a peace declaration ends the conflict. A second batch followed on another ship under similar terms.
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Washington
MacArthur
War Department
Department
Philippine Islands
Henry B. Orwing
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Guam
Philippines
United States
Polace
Katipunan Society
Rebel Camp Surprised Near Manila by Gunboat Action
Lieutenant West aboard the Laguna de Bay surprised an insurgent camp on Talim Island Lake Bay east of Manila and captured 31 insurgents. Daily surrenders in various localities reported, with talks ongoing for Cebu island surrender. The US Philippine Commission probes Senor Mamje Manila judge for alleged fraud aiding Enriquez estate administrator.
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Manila
West
Laguna de Bay
Talim
Lake Bay
Cebu
United States Philippine Commission
Senor Mamje
Court of First Instance
Enriquez
United States warns Denmark over Danish West Indies sale
London dispatch reports the US government sent a note to Denmark nearly threatening in tone. It states the US will not permit transfer of the Danish West Indies to any foreign power and will demand proper guarding of neutrality and respect for its sphere of influence if Denmark refuses to sell.
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London
United States
Copenhagen
Daily Mail
Danish West Indies
Denmark
Postoffice Changes and Closures Across Pacific Northwest
Mishawaka Oregon postoffice to close March 15 with mail redirected to Vinemaple. Boston postoffice renamed Mora in Clallam county Washington. Elk postoffice in Spokane county Washington moved two miles northwest with no postmaster change.
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Washington
Mishawaka
Clatsop County
Vinemaple
Boston
Clallam County
Wash
Mora
Elk
Spokane County
Indemnities Discussed by Ministers in Pekin
The ministers' committee completed a report on indemnities under laws aligned with Roman and English systems. Debates centered on paying claims from reputable individuals in full versus scrutiny, with a case cited of a man seeking 10 000 for self and family nerves and 20 000 for destroyed property. Negotiations proceed, with expectations of completion in two months aside from lengthy commercial treaties.
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Pekin
Rockhill
Chaffee
Yin Tschang
Count von Waldersee
Robert Hart
Tsin Tau
Shanghai
China
Russia
Cuban constitutional panel split on Platt amendment
Havana reports show the relations committee of the Cuban constitutional convention split between radicals Silva Villamena and Gualberto Gomez and conservatives Tamayo and Quesada. Tamayo favors full acceptance of the amendment and may issue a minority report. The session was short and quiet as strikes end with stevedores paid 250 dollars for day work and four dollars for night work.
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Havana
Silva
Villamenda
Gualberto Gomez
Tamayo
Quesada
Senor Tamayo
Gomez
Carmen
Ward Line
Redding Discovers Mindanao Gold Dust Worth $1850 An Oz
Frank W. Redding once of Newark and member of the Astor battery in the Spanish war has reportedly found gold dust on Mindanao in the Philippines. He sent samples to his brother William F. Redding in Newark, who had the US assay office report the dust as 897 fine and worth $1850 per ounce in crude form.
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New York
Frank W. Redding
Newark
Astor Battery
Mindanao
Philippines
William F. Redding
United States Assay Office
Exports of American Corn Rise Sharply Since 1895
American corn exports average 173 million bushels annually since 1895, up 254 percent from the prior five years, reflecting a substantial growth in overseas demand for U.S. grain.
Armistice Talks Between Kitchener and Botha
London dispatches report General Kitchener granting General Botha a seven day armistice to confer with Boer leaders. Meetings at Gun Hill and Middelsburg are cited with discussions on surrender terms likely ending the war, while General Dewet’s forces would also surrender.
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London
Laurence Marques
Kitchener
Botha
Pretoria
Gun Hill
Middelsburg
Bothr
Dewet
Portland delegate pushes Utah fair support for Lewis and Clark exposition
Willis Duniway spoke to Utah's House and interviewed state senators to back the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition. Both houses approved a concurrent resolution suspending rules to aid the Utah exhibit and authorize Governor Wells to appoint three commissioners to report funding needs to the next Utah governor.
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Salt Lake
Willis
Duniway
Portland
Utah
House of Representatives
Hein O Utah
Wonderful cave discovered near Chehalis in Lewis County
A Chicago explorer, J. F. Forest, reports a vast cave five miles east of Chehalis with a subterranean beach, ancient boats, brass tools, and the mummified remains of two giants about 7 ft 10 in and slightly shorter. The discovery suggests ancient, prehistoric craftsmanship and long-ago construction.
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Tacoma
Chehalis
J. F. Forest
Chicago
Lewis County
Grain production per person differs sharply US leads
The data shows the United States produced 2200 pounds of grain per inhabitant while England produced 360 pounds, illustrating a wide gap in national agricultural output. The figures highlight disparities in farming efficiency and resource allocation between the two countries.
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United States
England
Floods isolate Hungarian villages and flood Budapest
The Vienna correspondent reports Danube floods isolating several Hungarian villages and causing extensive damage. The lower Budapest area is submerged up to five feet as bitter cold drives wolves from the Carpathians. twelve people have been killed in the past four weeks.
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London
Vienna
Daily Express
Danube
Budapest
Carpathian Mountains
Personal crisis reports rise in German Empire last year
The German Empire logged 10 700 personal crisis reports in the prior year, reflecting ongoing social strain and public welfare work across the realm.
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German Empire
Fiji Sunday Schools Count Forty Thousand Pupils
Forty thousand native pupils attend Sunday schools across the Fiji islands, reflecting widespread religious education in the colony.
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Fiji
Fiji Islands
Mystery of English Earl C B Howland in Pittsburgh
The unsolved case centers on C B Howland who died of typhoid at Allegheny General Hospital. Claims he was the Earl of Wargrave rest on letters naming Cecil Sherbrooke Beaumont Howland.
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Pittsburg
C. B. Howland
Harrison
Allegheny General Hospital
Earl of Wargrave
Cecil Sherbrooke Beaumont Howland
Soldiers Run Highwood In Fort Sheridan Drunken Rampage
Two hundred Fifth Infantry soldiers on leave from Fort Sheridan caused a panic in Highwood. After visiting saloons many became drunk and fights occurred. Two gallows were wrecked and residents were kept off the streets.
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Chicago
Fifth Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Highwood
Colombia's Panama Canal Proposal To U S Trade
Senor Silva the Colombian minister to the United States has informally submitted proposals to Secretary Hay for the U S acquisition of the Panama canal. Preliminary protocols with Costa Rica and Nicaragua set the summer stage for U S Britain and Colombia talks. Colombia seeks a long term lease of canal territory, up to 200 years, with a share of tolls or a lump sum, and recognition of the French concession rights.
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New York
Herald
Senor Silva
United States
Hay
Panama Canal
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Great Britain
Colombia
Li Hung Chang gravely ill as Pekin court unrest grows
In Pekin, Li Hung Chang lies critically ill and his life is said to hang by a thread. Prince Ching and Earl Li push rumors to influence ministers of the powers while court figures endure discomfort at Sinan Fu. French missionaries report empress dowager may return the court to Pekin on accord to remove troops.
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Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Earl Li
Sinan Fu
Condition of Ex President Harrison Serious in Indianapolis
Indianapolis March 12 Ex President William Henry Harrison's health is serious. Dr Jameson reported the upper left lung inflamed with danger of spread to the rest of the lung and right lung. He noted slight worsening at 3 pm but rest and cautious prognosis for the next 48 hours.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Harrison
Jameson
Taft and party sail to organize Tayabas province
Judge Taft and United States Philippine commission members with wives and prominent Filipinos depart on the Sumner for Lucena Tayabas to organize the provincial government. The pier crowds greet them as insurgents surrender 600 rifles in Pampanga Bulacan and Bataan over four weeks. Methodist and Evangelical churches report new converts and members in Manila.
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Manila
Taft
United States Philippine Commission
United States
Sumner
Lucena
Tayabas
Luzon
Pam- Panga
Bulacan
Bataan
Methodists
Philippine Evangelical Church
Tornado Kills Three in Forest City Ark Area
A tornado last night in Forest City Arkansas killed three people and injured many. Ten miles northeast it wrecked J A Woody’s house, killing Woody and seriously injuring his wife and stepson Bob Allen. The other victims were listed as African American residents. Separate item notes hopeful outlook for Samoan crops in coffee tea tobacco and cotton.
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Forest City
Ark
J. A. Woody
Woody
Bob Allen
Bell Telephone Buys Transoceanic Coil System
The Bell Telephone Company purchased for 500000 dollars a self induction coil system that enables clear conversation between New York and London, effectively making long distance calls as easy as local ones.
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Bell Telephone Company
New York
London
Rich Strike in Republic Mine Reported at Depth
A report from Republic says Morning Glory raise yielded $1,400 ore with an eight inch streak. Assessments will cease per directors. The Butte & Boston mine shows 18 inches of ore worth over $200 per ton at 160 feet depth, per Superintendent Nickerson.
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Spokane
Republic
Butte & Boston
Nickerson
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