Warship on the lakes. British craft believed on inland waters
Excitement rises in the Middle States over a suspected British warship on the Great Lakes in breach of a long standing agreement limiting each nation to one vessel under 100 tons with an eighteen pounder. The American vessel Michigan is 700 tons with 100 crew, while the British ship remains secret and possibly turtleback with a ram.
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New York
Middle States
United States
Great Britain
Great Lakes
Michigan
England
Lakes
Great Britain May Seize Cables If War Breaks Out
In a New York interview Vice President George G Ward of the Commercial Cable Company says Britain would likely take control of transatlantic cables in war and American messages could be cut or forced to go via neutral routes. He notes most cables touch British shores or route through French or neutral points and predicts censorship and censorship of cipher messages. A Western Union official echoes neutrality concerns and stresses no treaty protects cable neutrality in war. The piece also covers local public sentiment in Hamilton favoring strong national response and Monroe doctrine advocacy amid tensions with England over arbitration and Venezuela.
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New York
Great Britain
United States
George G. Ward
Commercial Cable Company
Europe
St. Pierre
Miquelon
England
France
Coney Island
Canso
Duxbury
Mass
Rockport
Rye Beach
N. H
Atlantic
West Indies
America
A. L. Brown
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hamilton
Venezuela
United Kingdom
Englind “Jt
Rai
Salisbury
Boston
United States Congress
Nantasket Beach
Winthrop Point
Fort Warren
Cambridge
Hood
General Abbott Tests Sixteen Mortar Battery On Sandy Hook
General H L Abbott reports the sixteen mortar battery fired in volleys shows high accuracy with shells landing within areas that could destroy any vessel. The test used triangulated beach volleys, with data tabulated by shot weight and range, demonstrating expected volley fire effectiveness. Ex governor Campbell of Ohio warns in New York interview that war would threaten the British Empire and leave only the United Kingdom.
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New York
H. L. Abbott
Sandy Hook
G. Gillespie
Corps of Engineers
Ordnance Department
Ohio
United Kingdom
James E. Campbell
Washington
Manhattan Island
London Stock Market Hopeful
London reports modest gains in consols as fear of a wider crisis eases. Discount rates held at 1 percent for three months and thirty days amid political tension. American railroad securities slump persists though some recovery noted. bonds remain hard to sell. Overall mood turns slightly hopeful.
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London
Congress
England
Anxiety Over US Britain Dispute Weighs on Berlin Markets
Berlin reports growing financial anxiety as stock sales rise on German, Frankfort, and Vienna bourses. Speculators push bear orders amid fears the US UK dispute will worsen monetary prospects. European press cites gold outflows and US railroad funding troubles as factors, hinting at potential tariff-war bets.
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Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Frankfort
Vienna
Berne
London
National Zeitung
S: Agrarian and Protectionist Ministry
Germany
Supposed Bombardment Threat to Boston Harbor Defended
A historic speculation warns of a British naval bombardment of Boston if war looms. It describes a secret Winthrop Point mortar battery, range estimates, and possible targets from City Hall to Harvard Yard. Experts clash over ship gun ranges and the risk to landmarks like the State House dome Trinity Church and Back Bay.
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Victoria
Majestic
Hood
State House
Bunker Hill Monument
Harvard College Yard
Eaton
U. 8
S. N
Middlesex Club
Weaver
Second
United States Artillery
Fort Warren
Boston
H. E. M. S. Hood
Nahant
Brewsters
Ames Building
Beacon Hill
Trinity Church
Franklin Park
Winthrop
American bicyclist wins two scratch mile races in Melbourne
A. A. Zimmerman defeated Pither of New Zealand and Walker of Victoria in two scratch mile races today in Melbourne. In East Fairhaven an accidental shooting killed Louis Hammond, who is held by police pending tomorrow's autopsy.
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Melbourne
A. A. Zimmerman
Pither
New Zealand
Walker
Victoria
Louis Hammond
East Fairhaven
Hammond
Sunday Gunner Shot in New Bedford
Antonio F. Lent 19, a New Bedford resident, was shot on Sunday. Details are sparse as the report continues from the Massachusetts city desk.
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New Bedford
Mass
Antonio F. Lent
NineYearOld Boy Drowns in Tannery Dam
Chester reports Henry Beauregard aged 9 drowned at a tannery dam this noon after the boy’s body was carried under the ice. Police and rescuers searched the area, with icy conditions hampering efforts.
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Chester
Henry Beauregard
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