Gunboat Crespo sunk after clash with Libertador
A liberated report from Curacao dated February 22 describes the gunboat Crespo sunk near Cumarebo after engagement with the revolutionary steamer Libertador. The Crespo’s captain General Pedro Rivero Sutero and crew were captured. the weaponry was destroyed or removed. The Libertador and Bolivar are active nearby.
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Libertador
Crespo
Cumarebo
Venezuela
Curacoa
Camarebo
Pedro Rivero Sutero
Matos
Manual A. Matos
Nothing Heard of Bandit Fight in Vienna Tale
Vienna February 12 no details emerge on the reported clash between brigands who hold Miss Stone captive and another band. Twenty fighters are said to have fallen in the engagement.
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Vienna
Miss Stone
Anglo Japanese treaty sparks diplomatic stir in capitals
Yokohama and Pekin report the signature of a defensive alliance between Great Britain and Japan. Paris London and Berlin analyze its impact on Manchuria Korea and East Asia amid U S openness policy. Washington notes joint action not required but sees open door interests aligning with the pact.
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Yokohama
Viscount Watsura
Kamoura
Japan
Pekin
Aliance
Uchida
Prince Chine
Foreign Office
United States
Conger
Prince Chingy
Far East
Paris
Manchuria
Russia
Great Britain
Korea
England
Journal Des Debats
Che Francais
London
St. James Gazette
League of Peace
Germany
Berlin
National Zeitung
Vossische Zeitung
Neuste Nachrichten
Asia
France
Washington
Takahira
State Department
Hay
China
Tita
Manchurian
Washable Suits For the Tots
Spring styles in little boys tub suits show sailor purely Russian and nautical designs. Each style is a different charm, with options in military hints and coquettish turns. Advance models are sent. you pick styles and we place orders with makers. Goods arrive and are held until delivery. Made to order advantages with colorfast cotton weaves. Shoes for boys after March first and for men too.
Big Libel Verdict Shocks London Court
John Douglass Foster, once linked to Lord Roberts’ South Africa staff, won £2000 damages for libel against Arthur B. Markham MP. The case involved a letter by Dr. Krause accusing Foster of diamond dealings and alleged connections with illicit buying. Markham described SA company affiliations as a gang of thieves.
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John Douglass Foster
Dr. Krause
London
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Johannesburg
Hbel
High Court of Justice
Arthur B. Markham
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
Krause
Foster
Markham
Weinheit, Belt & Co
Weinheir, Belt and Co
Sander
Marconi Life Insurance Confirmed at Company Meeting
At a London meeting of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company directors said they had insured the life of Mr Marconi for £150,000. It was also announced that Lloyds has adopted the Marconi system for its signal stations.
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Aventor
London
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Count Tolstoy Nearing Rally as Pneumonia Stabilizes
Telegram from Yalta reports Count Tolstoy growing weaker but with stable temperature and pulse after pneumonia. Family remains at his bedside as hopes of recovery rise amid cautious optimism. Separate dispatch notes a fire at Caparajo, Puerto Rico, burning seventeen houses and destroying city records with no damage estimate yet.
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Yalta
Crimea
Olsto
Caborajo
Forte Rico
San Juan
Porto Rico
Caporajo
Caborojo
German Tariff Committee Overrules Government On Cattle and Meat Duties
The tariff committee in Berlin ruled against the government and adopted a radical motion to abolish all communal duties on cattle meat corn and their products from April 1 after the tariff law takes effect excluding brewing malt.
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Berlin
Tariff Committee
Egyptian Mail Service Improves with New Post Offices
The Egyptian postal administration Advises government that post offices for receipt and dispatch of registered mails have been established at Khartoum, Asmara, and twenty five other places in the Sudan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Egyptian Postal Administration
Khartoum
Kaiser Frowned On Proposition In German View
Berlin reports that Kaiser and Von Holleben opposed any interference by foreign powers in the Cuban crisis despite the 1898 Spanish–American context. The Reichsvarnzeiger published documents showing German officials urging war avoidance and a collective note to the United States, while German officials criticized Lord Cranborne and Pauncefote’s actions as unilateral steps.
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von Holichen
Emperor
United States
Spain
Germany
Reichsanzeiger
England
Cuba
von Holleben
Dr. von Holleben
Congress
House of Representatives
Pyramid Pile Cure Promoted By Mrs Hinkley
Mrs Hinkley of Indianapolis writes that a doctor advised major surgery costing 800 dollars with little chance of survival. She chose Pyramid Pile Cure and a 50 cent box restored her health. The ad claims it cures all forms of piles and offers a free booklet by mail from Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan.
Beautiful Children and Healing Testimonies for Peruna
Mrs G W Heard of Howth Texas reports her two year old daughter Ruth recovered from severe bowel derangement after a bottle of Peruna, while son Carl improved from chronic ear issues after treatment. Mina Long's motherAtwood Cole shares cough and croup relief after Peruna, and Dr R Robbings Muskogee grippe case clears with Peruna. Mrs Schafer of St Louis praises Peruna for daughter Alice four, and a baby boy’s cold and fever after Peruna. Dr Hartman invites others to send cases for free advice.
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G. W. Heard
Howth
Tex
Peruna
C HE
Lone
Mina Long
Atwood, Cole
Cie Long
R. Robbing
Muskogee
Roblins
Roblins Mrs Schafer
Pope Avenue
St. Topuls
Alice
German dispatch alters British view on Pauncefate proposal
The article notes German press reports a Reichsanzeiger dispatch changing official circles' stance on Lord Pauncefate's April 14 1898 proposal. It claims the dispatch proves statements aired previously by The Reichsangelger and that Germany has turned the tables on Great Britain, prompting curiosity about the British government’s reaction to Lord Cranborne's private comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Pauncefate
Dr von Holleben
Reichsanzeiger
Lord Cranborne
Germany
Great Britain
Unemployment Figures Reported for Berlin
A Berlin census of the unemployed taken February 2 shows 75,000 people without work and about 40,000 partially unemployed. The count reflects early results and indicates a large jobless segment in the city as February begins.
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Berlin
German Ultimatum Rumors Weakened at La Guayra
German cruisers Vineta Falke Gazelle and the British sloop Alert with the Dutch Utrecht lie at anchor off La Guayra Venezuela. Reports of a looming ultimatum to Venezuela are doubted here. Wisconsin arrives Callao and heads north. two men, Lavignac and Meyers, are arrested for a $12,000 bank theft in St Louis from the National Stock Yards Bank on January 9 with two more suspects at large.
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Willemsstad
Curacoa
Vineta
Falke
Gazelle
Wisconsin
Callao
Lima
Peru
Valparaiso
St. Louis
St Louis
Silvester L. Lavignac
Charles Meyers
East St. Louis
National Stock Yards Bank
Trig
Debate on universal suffrage bill erupts in Abusive Squabble
Brussels February 12. Debate on the universal suffrage bill began in the chamber of deputies but soon devolved into an abusive squabble between the right and left parties. The sitting was suspended as a result.
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Brussels
Chamber of Demities
Colombia Clings to Brights Two Hundred Year Lease
Washington reports that the canal protocol will not cede sovereignty over the Isthmus. It describes an eight mile wide strip around the canal with policing within Colombia and mixed tribunals. The price is to be set as an annuity, with a two hundred year lease and renewal privileges likely, despite constitutional limits.
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Washington
Admiral Walker
Isthmiah Canal Commission
Sliva
Colombia
Indictment Against Rollins Bingham Filed Twelve Years On
Kansas City February 12 Rollins Bingham faced two preliminary hearings on a forged deeds indictment from twelve years earlier. He pleaded not guilty and was released on a 3000 bond. The case is set for February 26. Bingham forged deeds to his stepmother\u2019s property, netting about 20000. He fled, vanished, then surrendered in Texas two weeks ago and asked to be brought back for trial.
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Kansas City
Rollins Bingham
Bingham
Texan
Poll Tax Returns in Madison County Alabama
Poll tax payments through January 31 were totaled at the Madison county tax collector office in Huntsville. Whites 1923, negroes 46, total 2338. An estimated 1500 men aged 21 to 45 did not pay. Of these about 1300 are Negroes. About 1400 white men may be exempt from payment, affecting the possible white vote.
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Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
Magison County
Vaccination Drive for Railroad Workers in Chicago
Chicago February 12 Every railroad employee entering Chicago from the president to the messenger bay must be vaccinated between now and Monday or lose his position. Each arriving car will be fumigated for six hours under city health department direction before passengers enter. Railroads press the war on smallpox ravaging the northwest Mississippi valley states with contagion reaching Mississippi and Alabama. Colonel R J Redding to Lecture in Athens Georgia February 12 Colonel Redding head of the Georgia experiment station near Griffin will address university agricultural students later this month.
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Waieago
Chicago
Messenger Bay
Cty
Health Department of
Northwest
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Illnois
Mississippi
Alabama
Redding
Athens
R J. Redding
Georgia Experiment Station
Griffin
Right of Treaty Power Referred to Special Committee
Washington February 1 the ways and means committee referred the investigation of the right of the treaty making power to conclude reciprocity agreements affecting duties and revenues without consulting the house to a special committee. Members include Representatives Payne Dalzell Grosvenor Richardson and Robertson.
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Washington
Waya Ahd
House of Representatives
Payne
Dalzell
Grosvenor
Richardson and
Robertson
Collections in Philippines Increase
Washington reports January total port collections in the Philippines reached 720.90 gold, close to October and November totals and about 100,00 more than August and September.
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Philippines
Washington
Errept Siass
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Gunboat
SUR
Sutero
Westminster Gazette
Whitehs
Marconi
Tolstoi
Kaiser
Pauncefote
House of Commons
Lord Princefote
Henry Norman
Lord Paunecrote
Lord Pauncefote
Austria
Count von Buelow
Dr. Vor Hotleben
Gared
Iby Psi
Ucuiaio
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
S. B. Hartman
Garl
Foleracat
Ife
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