Venezuelan warship Crespo sunk after battle near Camarebo
Reports from Willemstadt Curacao Feb 12 state the revolutionary Libertador sank the Venezuelan gunboat Crespo off Camarebo after a half hour duel. Crespo’s commander General Pedro Rivero Suito and crew were captured. Crespo abandoned with war material removed. Matos, Libertador leader, noted hat-bullet damage on the Crespo’s commander.
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Willemstadt
Curacao
Libertador
General Crespo
Camarebo
Venezuela
Valencia
Puerto Cabello
Tuscacas
Miranda
Restaurandor
George Gould
Atalanta
la Guayra
Bolivar
Trinidad
Vineta
Falke
Gazelle
la Villa de Coro
Crespo
Pedro Rivero Suito
Provisions Of Protocol For Isthmian Canal Zone
Washington reports authorize that the protocol prepared by Admiral Walker and Dr. Silva will not cede sovereignty over the isthmus. It proposes an eight mile wide canal zone with four miles on each side, and discusses policing and pursuit of criminals within the zone and into Colombia. The protocol will set up joint tribunals, with price to be settled as a later item, likely a lease term of years rather than perpetual.
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Washington
Admiral Walker
Isthmian Canal Commission
Dr. Silva
Colombia
Amd
Falls Under His Wagon In Snowball Incident
Ronald Merrilees, driver for Ross Dier Mercantile, suffered severe injuries when snowballing youths caused him to stumble and fall under his wagon near McLeod street in Big Timber. A front wheel passed over his back and the rear over his head and neck, but an empty wagon spared worse harm.
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Standard
Big Timber
Ronald Merrilees
Ross Dier Mercantile Company
Merrilees
Bliss Hardware
McLeod Street
Great Falls Notes motion dealer arrested on highway obstruction
W A Wiegan of Third street south and brother of Henry Wiegan was arrested on a warrant for obstructing the public highway. Constable Ringwald arraigned him, he pleaded not guilty, and posted $20 bond to await Friday hearing at 8. A deed was filed in the clerk and recorder office.
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Couch
Rachel Couch
Captain Couch
Fred Maimoor
Malls
Justice Race
F. A. Fligman
Justice Safford
Gordon Brooks
John T. Wiemer
D. A. Richardson
Northwest Territory
The
Standard
Great Falls
W. A. Wiegan
Third Street South
Henry Wiegan
Cascade
Ringwald
Thomas
Lord Dufferin dies after shock of family and finance troubles
London mourns Lord Dufferin as cause of death traced to shock from son’s death in South Africa and collapse of the London and Globe Finance company. Eldest son Lord Claude Bowes inherits the title. funeral planned private at Clandeboye on Feb. 15.
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London
Lord Dufferin
Lord Alva
South Africa
London and Globe Finance Corporation, Limited
Hamilton Temple Blackwood
Ninth Lancers
Lord Clandeboye
Foreign Office
Florence
John H. Davis
New York
Clandeboye
The
St. James Gazette
Agreement Reached on Delagoa Bay Railroad Traffic
Consul Hollis reports to the state department that Mozambique and Transvaal authorities have agreed on traffic over the Delagoa Bay line. Portuguese railway officials say trains will carry 10 tons capacity, allowing Lorenco Marquez merchants to ship daily 10 tons by rail to the Transvaal.
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Washington
State Department
Hol Hs
Lorenco Marquez
Mozambique
Huntieh
Delagoa Bay
Hollis
Transvaal
Roosevelt coinage test to ensure uniform weight
The United States assay commission appointed by President Roosevelt tests the one percent coinage at the new mint in Philadelphia. Coins from San Francisco and New Orleans mints were sent to this city for examination to secure uniform weight and fineness. The commission will finish its labors in about three days.
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Philadelphia
Uasay Commission
Roosevelt
San Francisco
New Orleans
Debates on Universal Suffrage Bill End in Suspension
In Brussels on February 12 the chamber of deputies opened the Universal suffrage bill debate. The discussion quickly deteriorated into a heated clash between right and left factions, prompting a suspension. Immense crowds cheered the socialist deputies as they left in a procession to the Muai son du Peuple, with no police clash reported.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Muaison du Peuple
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonial
Mrs Louise Gibson from Chicago credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing kidney trouble and restoring health after six bottles and accompanying Pills. She encourages others to seek confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Louise M. Gibson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Louise Gilson
Langley Ave
Chiecaga
Great Northern fights Northern Securities stock control claim
The Great Northern Railway answers in a Minnesota suit with Milton Boyden and Sophia Barth Chapman denying any plan to merge or centralize control via Northern Securities. It asserts independent management of Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Chicago Burlington & Quincy lines and notes stock offers were made for Northern Pacific and for Great Northern. The filing also references a Philippine memorial debate prompted by federal party leaders.
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St. Paul, Minn
Great Northern Railway
Milton L. Boyden
Sophia Barth Chapman
Northern Securities Company
Great Northern Railroad
District Court
Hennepin County
Ramsey County
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Great Northern Company
Northern Pacific Company
Senate
Philippines
Hoar
Philippine Commission
Commission
Press Privileges in Philippine Hearings Debate
The debate centers on access for reporters to the Philippine investigation. Senator Teller cites alleged water cure abuses in the Philippines while Senator Tillman and Mr. Lodge clash over press exclusion and star chamber rumors. Patterson supports open hearings to inform the public through news coverage.
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Colorado
Teller
Bacon
Georgia
Philippines
Tillman
Lodge
Committee On
Star Chamber
Mr. Lodge
Mr. Patterson
Patterson
Secretary of War
Oleomargarine Bill Passed in House on Feb 12
Washington reports the House approved the Oleomargarine bill with a 4 vote margin on recommit. It imposes a 10 cent per pound tax on imitation butter or cheese, with lower rates for other forms, and enacts strict inspection and labeling for renovated butter. The session also saw passage of Spanish War and Civil War claim bills totaling over 2 million dollars.
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Washington
Committee On Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
House
Congress
Court of Claims
Postoffice appropriation bill advances in house committee
The House committee on post offices and post roads nearly completes the postoffice appropriation bill. It totals 137,916,498 dollars, up 14,133,010 from the current appropriation and 3,185,022 from estimates. Major item is 11,250,000 for railway mail transport. rural free delivery rises to 7,729,000 with contract-based rural carrier pay. Fast mail service changes exclude New York Washington route but include Washington to New Orleans and Kansas City to Newton. No pneumatic tube service. clerks receive 1,000 and railroad workers 200,000 more in salaries.
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Weehington
House Committee On
New York
Washington
New Orleans
Kansasity
Newton
Kan
Washington Ways and Means Committee Referral Today
The ways and means committee today referred the matter to appropriate subcommittees for study and action. Details of the referral were not disclosed in the initial brief release.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
O-Day
A Doctor's Little Daughter Cured of Grip by Peruna
A grateful mother from Texas writes Dr Hartman praising Peruna for curing her two year old daughter of grippe including related notes about wind colic and improved appetite. Other letters mention a son with ear discharge improving after Peruna and a five year old girl recovering from a long cough and croup. Dr Hartman offers further free advice.
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Peruna
G. W. Heard
Howth
Tex
C. FE. Long
R. Robbins
Muskogee
Schafer
Pope Avenue
St Louis
Alice
Lawmakers Seek Inquiry Into Reciprocity Treaties
The House, without consulting the House of Representatives, forms a special committee of Republicans Payne Dalzell Grosvenor and Democrats Richardson Robertson. Mr Tawney of Minnesota introduced the resolution which the House adopted, and he now asks the committee to proceed with the investigation into the right of treaty making power to conclude reciprocity agreements affecting duties and revenues.
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House of Representatives
Payne
Dalzell
Grosvenor
Richardson
Robertson
Tawney
Minnesota
House
River and Harbor Bill Aims For About 60 Million
Washington February 12. The river and harbor committee agrees the bill nearing completion will stay near sixty million dollars, the level of last year’s defeated measure. Deliberations continue and item decisions remain tentative and subject to revision.
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Washington
Alki Reports Severe Storm Across Voyage to Port Townsend
The steamer Alki arriving from Skagway reports a stormy voyage with wind and snow. Alaska has unusually severe weather this season and deep snow on the mountains. The Bertha remains stranded on a soft beach but in an easy position and can be floated with modest expense.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Alki
Skagway
Alaska
Bertha
Rail chief denies Mexican Central purchase talk
P. P. Ripley president of the Atchison Topeka San Fe railroad says while passing through Kansas City from Los Angeles to Chicago that his line does not want and is not negotiating to buy the Mexican Central. He adds he does not know of any other railroad negotiating for the property.
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Rock Island
Santa Pe
Chinese Residents in Silverton Face Expulsion Pressure
Governor Orman, urged by Secretary Hay, moves to protect about 70 Chinese residents ordered to leave Silverton under threat of violence. He asks for full reports from San Juan county sheriff and pledges state aid to safeguard persons, property, and business as tensions rise and unions protest boycotts of Chinese restaurants and laundries.
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Denver
Orman
Hay
Silverton
San Juan County
State Department
Chinese Residents Forced Out In Community Boycott
The boycott led to a drastic reduction of Chinese businesses with six to eight restaurants and about a dozen laundries before. Now only two restaurants run by Celestials remain and laundries have largely disappeared. No violence has been attempted to date.
Treasury official suspends tonnage taxes near Unalaska
Assistant Secretary Spaulding telegrammed Sitka’s Collector Ivy stating that the Treasury Department unofficially instructs halting tonnage tax collection and effectively closing Unalaska ports to vessels suspected of pelagic sealing, noting the action is unauthorized by law and directing copies to be sent to the department.
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Washington
Vienna Council Delays Action On US Competition Response
The industrial council postponed a decision on reports from committees on how to meet American competition until European commercial politics crystallize enough to indicate the best method.
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Vienna
Industrial Council
Minister of Commerce
Philippine Collections At Ports Reports High Gold Totals
Washington cable message reports total gold collections at all Philippine ports for February excluding January reach 720000 dollars, nearly matching October and November, and about 10400 dollars more than August and September.
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Washington
Feo
War Department
Philippines
Renewed Disturbances Hit Several Towns
In Madrid on February 12 renewed disturbances broke out as crowds clashed with police in Bt. Bebasilan. Poph e aloned the police and the utter charged several times. A score of persons were wounded. In Barcelona a strike by workers led to several shots being fired and more incidents reported.
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Madrid
Bt. Bebasilan
Pho Phe
Barcelona
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