Firmin Forces Repulsed Amid Haiti Crisis at Cape Haitien
Despite U S Gunboat Machias arriving, Haitian forces under General Saint Foix Colin repulsed General Jumeau's Firmin faction near Port au Prince. Reports say Balnac advanced on Limba and Grande Riviera capitulation expected as Cape Haitien braces for a possible attack. foreigners fear lacking protection.
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Haiti
Jean Jumeau
M. Firmin
Saint-Foix Colin
Crete-a- Pierrot
Jumeau
Colin
Cape Haitien
Albert Balnac
Limba
Nord
Grande Riviera
Cape Haltien
Machias
Colon
Firmin
Washington
Hill
United States
Powell
Haltien
Killek
Alverstone and Bigham Protest in Commons over South Africa
In London July 28 John G S MacNeal, Irish nationalist, moved to protest the appointment of Lord Alverstone and Sir John Bigham to a royal commission bound for South Africa August 19 to review military court sentences. He argued their past stance on the Jameson raid disqualifies them. War Secretary Brodrick defended the selections. Campbell-Bannerman backed the government. The motion failed 210 to 1.
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South Africa
London
House of Commons
John G S MacNeal
Lord Alverstone
England
John Bigham
King’s Bench
High Court of Justice
John Aradagh
South African Claims Commission
MacNeal
Lord Alver Stone
Brodrick
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Britain and China trade treaty conference called in London
Foreign Secretary Lord Lansdowne convened a foreign office conference to discuss the commerce treaty with China. Delegates from leading British chambers of commerce were invited to attend the gathering.
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London
Lord Lansdowne
Foreign Office
Great Britain
China
King Edward to entertain at Tresco Abbey in Scilly Isles
London reports that King Edward will spend part of his time at Tresco Abbey in the Scilly Islands aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The Dorrien-Smith estate hosts the sovereign with decorators arriving from London to fit up the Elizabethan manor. The visit follows his spring yachting trip, and Tresco Abbey is famed for balmy air and tropical plants.
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London
Edward
Tresco Abbey
Solly Islands
Dearrien-Smith
Victoria and Albert
England
Scilly Isles
Boers and Generals Attendings Stir Cape Town
Generals Botha and Delarey faced large, enthusiastic crowds at a Cape Town church service as admirers surged into the pews. DeWet arrived unannounced, slipping through streets to surprise supporters and prompt an Africander banquet plan with tickets priced at five guineas.
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Botha
Delarey
DeWet
Cape Town
Fender
de Wet
Generis Botha
Coppee Leads Fight On Loubet Over Closed Schools
Francois Coppee and M Lerolle, nationalist deputies, were arrested last week amid anti clerical rioting. They spoke at a riding school in Rue d Enghien denouncing President Loubet and government actions to close unauthorized congregationalist schools. Police kept order after a counter demonstration. Dozens injured, hundreds arrested, protests continued in Paris streets. Quiet returned by midnight as religious establishments in over fifty departments dissolved voluntarily.
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Paris
Francois Coppee
M Lerolle
Rue d'Enghien
M. Conppee
Loubet
M. Cop
Corn beetle devastates Kherson and Bessarabia crops
Odessa July 28 reports the corn beetle causing immense crop damage across Kherson districts and a large area of Bessarabia. An estimated two hundred thousand acres are ravaged, threatening harvests.
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Odessa
Russia
Kherson
Bessarabia
Strikes Turn Violent in East Galicia Arouse Gendarmes and Peasants
From Lemberg Galicia on July 28 reports describe a strike by over 10 000 agricultural workers mostly Russians. Gendarmes attacked strikers who retorted. Crops and farms were destroyed with several peasants wounded and others arrested. Rioting near Lemberg reportedly burned stores and excesses were noted in other localities.
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Lemberg
Galicia
East
Vienna
Discovery of yellow fever cause by American commission
Havana July 28 The cabinet announces that the American medical commission at Vera Cruz studying yellow fever believes it has found the disease’s cause. Cuban secretary Diego Guiteras proposed inviting further information from the commission and sending Dr Guiteras to Vera Cruz if the reply is favorable, with expenses covered.
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American Medical Commission
Havana
Diego Tayamo
Vera Cruz
Gulteras
Guiteras
Creek Conflict: Marshal Arrests Ten as Indians Bound
Report from Checotah Oklahoma Territory states U S Marshal with posse moved from Ocmulgee to disperse Creek followers after council approved a federal agreement. Ten prisoners captured, one Indian shot dying, others chained to trees before Muskogee transfer. Creek council member Barry Brunner murdered, body found near Hickory Ground.
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I. T
Ocmungee
Blake
Old Hickory Ground
Ocmulgea
Ocmulgee
Muskoges
Barry Brunner
Creek Council
Hickory Ground
Brunner
Wireless telephone by Berlin inventor Ruhmer
Berlin July 28 Ernest Ruhmer electrical inventor achieved Sunday evening telephoning several kilometers by a wireless method. He says a larger apparatus could speak 40 kilometers enough to cover a modern city. Officials note the device is not commercially practical due to size cost and delicacy but could be useful for transmitting orders at sea. The invention uses transforming light to sound waves via a searchlight and microphone.
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Berlin
Ernest Ruhmer
Rhujmer
Herr Rhumer
Legislative Councils of New Colonies To Be Enlarged
A British blue book reports that Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain agreed with Lord Milner to enlarge legislative councils of the Transvaal and Orange River by adding non official members. The councils would meet as soon as September, marking a rare cross national cooperation. Lord Milner had doubted such early cooperation between Dutch and British.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Lord Milner
South Africa
Transvaal
Orange River
London Opera Season Closes at Covent Garden
London today closes a brilliant opera season with a rendition of Rigoletto featuring Mme Melba and M Casarso. The year highlighted a revival of Italian opera in public favor, edging Wagnerian works from prominence.
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London
Covent Garden
Mme. Melba
M Caruso
Congress of Macedonians Confirms August 2 Congress
The Macedonian committee plans an August 2 session to elect a new president. Ex-president M. Saravoff returns from a year away as a candidate if permitted. General Zontscheff warns of revelations about Saravoff and the Ellen M Stone kidnapping. Turkey reportedly demands Sarayoff’s arrest.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
M. Saravoff
Zontscheff
M. Saravofe
Ellen M Stone
Turkey
M. Sarayoff
Moros Attack at Midnight Repulsed Near Manila
July 28 a party of engineers under Lieutenant Brown encamped at Matalang river was attacked by Moros at midnight. The assault failed with three Moros killed. Friendly natives report the assistant of Nauki led the attack, mistakenly deeming the camp unsentried.
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T Tootichio
Manila
Brown
Matalang River
Nauki
Chamberlain To Succeed Balfour In Cabinet
London announces that J Austen Chamberlain will succeed Gerald Balfour as president of the Board of Trade. Chamberlain is currently financial secretary to the treasury.
New York Off for Cavite with Admiral Rodgers Aboard
Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers sails from Yokohama for Cavite today aboard the flagship New York. The move comes amid rumors he may be relieved as the eastern naval command faces planned force reductions, though no definite action has been announced.
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Yokohama
Admiral Rodgers
Washington
Navy Department
Frederick Rodgers
Cavite
New York
Rodgers
Memorial Arch for Schley in Baltimore
A memorial arch will be erected in Baltimore to honor Admiral Winfield Scott Schley. The Schley Triumphal Arch Association of Baltimore City was incorporated by Dr. Henry V Walls Dr. Macher Ekstromer Charles L. Burkhart James Gorrbil and Henry G. Brady with no capital stock. The plan is to raise funds by popular subscription for a handsome arch in recognition of Maryland's hero of the Spanish war.
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Baltimore
Winfield Scott Schley
Schley
Baltimore City
Henry V Walls
Macher Ekstromer
Charles L. Burkhart
James Gorrbil
Henry G. Brady
Maryland
From Europe to America De Windt Comes by Lane
Seattle July 28 after six months across Siberia Harry De Windt of The London Daily Express reports a feasible overland link between east and west hemispheres. The party including Viscount Bellegard and Cossack Rastorugyeff faced hunger and cold yet reached Seattle aboard City of Topeka. De Windt asserts the route was far more hazardous than expected and would not repeat the journey.
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Wash
Siberia
Harry de Dindt
London Daily Express
de Windt
Paris
Hering Straits
Yukon
Dawson
Skagway
Topeka
Alfred J. Pearson
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London Express
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Arctic Ocean
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Cantine
America
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