Weeklong Political and Weather Turmoil Across Nations
A sweeping weekly digest notes the senate passes the war revenue repeal bill while the house approves the rivers and harbors measure. Roosevelt plans to retire Gen Miles. a president protection bill clears the senate. Pennsylvania miners press for an eight hour day as wage disputes loom amid global tensions. Rock Island strengthens by Harriman holdings. Hunting ton estate valued at 29 million. Bryan marks 42nd birthday near Lincoln. Alaska envoy funds urged for St. Louis exposition. A Taku incident tribute bill and cabinet reshuffle chatter wrap the week. Fire on Hoboken waterfront causes million loss. Cleveland turns 65. Johnson resigns ill health. Manley eyed as first assistant postmaster general. Senate moves to shield the president from anarchists. Edward VIII aids London relief. Jackson asylum fire destroys facility with 40,000 loss. Prince Henry arrives. ship subsidy passes. Milwaukee collision injures ten. Cape Cod rescuers drown. Galena fire kills two children. St Petersburg student riot. Dakotas blizzard subsides. Trinity church fire costs 12,000. pension chief Evans to move up. North Dakota endures worst blizzard. Japan reports growing foreign trade.
Wonderland for 1902 book advertised by Northern Pacific
A notice describes Wonderland for 1902 published by the Northern Pacific Railway. It highlights historical scenes and mentions flour and butter price spikes in Montana and Virginia City, plus a raid on living provisions. It invites readers to send for the book via Charles B. Fee in St. Paul with six cents postage.
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Montana
Virginia City
Northern Pacific Railway
Charles
St. Paul
Minn
Taft denies Filipino cowardice testimony before house insular panel
Governor Taft testifies before the house insular committee denying reports that Filipinos are cowardly. A Chicago union station project is revealed with estimated costs between 10 million and 15 million dollars. William Hoey, longtime Adams Express general superintendent, dies by suicide in New York amid illness.
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Taft
House Insular Committee
William Hoey
Adams Express Company
New York
Ninety Five Percent Pacified Says Acting Governor Wright
Judge Wright the acting civil governor of the Philippines writes home that 95 percent of the islands show no insurrection. He notes only two provinces in Luzon and Samar have active unrest while remote areas report minor crimes. He also says progress is tremendous and American authority can be maintained with limited troops.
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Washington
Wright
Philippines
Marcus J. Wright
United States
Luzon
Samar
Taft
England
Missouri Ice Gorge Sparks Major River Overflow
A fierce ice gorge on the Missouri River near Chamberlain has enlarged the overflow to 40 miles upstream. The packed ice and a dry bed beneath the gorge hinder dynamite efforts, with 11 feet of water still present at 11 PM. The channel appears to have shifted to the west of American island, risking a permanent westward channel.
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Chamberlain
Missouri River
American Island
Rebellion Rumors Signal Chinese Turmoil Near Canton
Reports from Canton claim the viceroy received telegrams from Lung Chin on the Annam border alleging desertion of Marshal Su’s troops to the rebels. Advices place 20 000 foreign armed troops ready to aid, with rebellion seen as likely amid robberies and rice planting disruptions.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Lung Chin
Annam
Marshal Su
Boers in Western Transvaal well armed despite British troop shortages
London dispatch from Klerksdorp reports Boers in the Western Transvaal are well supplied with guns and ammunition with strong support and large stock. Their numbers boost confidence while the blockhouse system is not yet extended enough to deter them. British columns are too small to cope with fighting Boer forces.
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London
The
Times
Klerksdorp
Transvaal
Great Britain Austria and Russia Demand Order in Macedonia
A Vienna dispatch reports that Britain Austria and Russia sent a note to the Porte urging Turkey to maintain order in Macedonia. The démarche reflects Allied pressure amid tensions in the region.
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London
Vienna
Daily Chronicle
Great Britain
Austria
Russia
Turkey
Porte
Macedonia
Emperor Renames Torpedo Ship Alice Roosevelt
Wilhelmshaven March 22 Emperor William orders the former torpedo boat now guarding the harbor renamed Alice Roosevelt. The ceremony reflects tribute to Miss Roosevelt with a formal naval renaming in the port.
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Wilhelmshaven
William
Alice Roosevelt
Washington News Briefs on Industry and Local Affairs
Summary of growth in Washington industries and public notes including elections, farming, crime, education, infrastructure, and land sales. Highlights: Goldendale city elections April 7. Palouse wheat sales. state university appointments. osmotics on mining studies. Bremerton post office burglary. Spokane street sprinkling change. truant officer in Waitsboro. smugglers captured. Chinese admission debate. rural free delivery petitions. Grand Forks to Republic rail opening. land tract sales in Eastern Washington.
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Grand Forks
B. C
Republic
Spokane
Market Prices for Hides Wool Poultry and Grains
Seattle price list shows payments for hides pelts and tallow and various weights of cattle sheep hogs and calves local wool prices for Western and Eastern Washington live stock poultry butter eggs and grains with rates for oats barley wheat chicken seed and hay Puget Sound timothy and alfalfa values and field seeds Cape Town notes Cecil Rhodes decline and reactions including sympathy messages from King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Mr. Rhodes
Edward
Aleandra
Validity of Canal Title
Washington reports from March 21 detail Senate committee majority and minority views on the validity of the Panama Canal Company title and its ability to transfer canal property to the United States for 40 million dollars. The majority cites relations with France and Colombia and questions about funders, while the minority argues the title is clear and transfer rights are legally sound with Colombia’s consent possible via treaty.
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Washington
Morgan
Committee On Isthmian Canals
Senate
Panama Canal Company
United States
France
Colombia
Panama Company
United States Congress
New
Isthmian Canal Commission
Kittridge
New Panama Company
Admiralty Creates Scout Class War Vessels
London March 21 at the spring session of the institution of naval architects the president the Earl of Glasgow announced the admiralty will create a new scout class of war vessels. The design will slightly modify the torpedo boat destroyer type but grant greater sea power.
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London
Institution of Naval Architects
Earl of Glasgow
Admiralty
Turkey Refuses to Pay Ransom for Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka
Constantinople dispatch says the Turkish government refused the U S demand for repayment of 72500 dollars paid to brigands as ransom for Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Constantinople
United States
Miss Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Rioters Sentenced in St Petersburg Case
Eight of the arrested individuals have been sentenced to three months in prison for rioting in St Petersburg. Prosecutions of the ringleaders are still ongoing.
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St. Petersburg
Santos-Dumont to help organize balloon tests in St Louis
Paris reports M. Santos-Dumont accepted an invitation from the St. Louis exposition officer to go to St Louis and assist in organizing the balloon tests and select a shed site. He plans to sail for New York on the Deutschland April 4 and will bring a balloon with him.
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Paris
M. Santos-Dumont
St. Louis
New York
Wheat Losses Rise From Cold Wave Damage
The Pacific Northwest faces a theoretical 2.5 million bushel shortfall after extensive reseeding across Oregon Washington and Idaho from February frosts. Umatilla Walla Walla and Palouse areas report heavy damage with some fields wiped out while Big Bend largely escaped. Despite added acreage and reseeding costs the industry expects a $2 million loss with possible recovery if spring yields improve.
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Portland
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Umatilla
Walla Walla County
Eureka Flat
Palouse
Umatilla County
Morrow County
Dayton
Snake River
Washtuena
Ritzville
Colfax
Garfield
St. John
Idaho Line
Moscow
Genesee
Big Bend
Pacific Northwest
Walla Walla
Carnegie offers 200000 for Denver free library
Denver residents are promised a free public library if the city commits at least 30000 annually for library support. Andrew Carnegie has offered to furnish two hundred thousand dollars toward the building. The proposal depends on sustained annual funding by the city.
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Denver
Andrew Carnegie
Fire at West Forty-Eighth Street Piano Factory
A large blaze at Hardman, Peck & Co. piano factory on West Forty-Eighth Street near the North River caused a loss of about $300,000. The fire began in the packing room of the three story section and spread rapidly through the plant.
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New York
Hardman, Peck & Co
West Forty-Eighth Street
North River
Prince Henry Returns to German Soil Amid Imperial Pageantry
Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia lands at Cuxhaven after a trans Atlantic voyage aboard the Deutschland. Emperor William II greets him with a kiss and cheers as a naval salute and band performance mark the homecoming. American passengers aboard waved flags.
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Cuxhaven
Prince Henry
Prussia
Hamburg-American Line
Deutschland
Cherbourg
Prince
Emperor William
Berlin
William H. Beehler
Empire
William
His Majesty
Marine Guard
Hohenzollern
Rebels Triumph in Fang Cheng Amid Chinese Rebellion
General Ma is defeated by the Kwang Si rebels who seize Fang Cheng and loot the town. Mandarins are killed or captured as two-day fighting ends in rebel control. The rebellion spreads through Kwang Si, Kwang Tung, and Yun Nan with imperial troops wavering. Hung Ming leads the rebels, drawing imperial deserters with pay and loot.
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Hong Kong
Kwang Si
Fang Cheng
Kwang Tung
Yun Nan
Tien Pai
Wang
Leui Chau
Kao Chau
Hung Ming
Hung Sou Chen
Guevarra Surrenders as Insurrection Crumbles in Samar
Manila reports General Lukban's influence over Guevarra yields a surrender plan. General Smith and Guevarra reach an armistice to demobilize and collect 400 rifles as Guevarra guarantees peacefulness. Chaffee praises the near end of native resistance with Patangas and Laguna quieting.
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Lukban
Island of
Samar
Manila
Guevarra
Smith
United States
Chaffee
Patangas
Laguna
Pell
Boston Labor Strike Ends as Workers Return
Boston on March 20 reports the great strike of 20 000 union men ended with nearly all returning to work under slightly altered conditions. An independent strike by 74 Clyde line longshoremen is the remaining labor incident driven by two disgruntled workers.
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Clyde Line
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