Native plotting fears renewed dissension in Samoa
Washington reports anxiety over Samoan unrest as Mataafa followers potentially plot again. Consul Osborne awaits full advice while Germany Britain and the United States keep ships near Apia. The Berlin treaty bans new arms, with 1500 rifles once held aboard the Badger now stored at Mare Island awaiting decisions.
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Washington
Samoa
State Department
Osborne
Mare Island
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Tilley
Apia
Mataafa
High Commission
Hay
Texas Quarantine and Finance News Tangles
Attorney General Tom Smith and State Health Officer Blunt depart for Washington to defend Texas against a Louisiana bid to block interstate commerce via quarantine. Also reported are Chicago banker George Smith’s death in London and the value of New York and New Orleans real estate shifts including a Waldorf Astoria style hotel planned for Fifth Avenue.
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Austin
Tom Smith
Blunt
Washington
Texas
New Orleans
Joseph D. Sayers
Tex
Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
William K. Blunt
Milton J. Cunningham
New York
Fifth Avenue
St. Patricks Cathedral
Elbridge T.gerry
Windsor Hotel
Peace prospects hinge on Kruger disarming and franchise grant
London reports Britain may offer a peaceful settlement in Transvaal if Kruger disarms the population, grants outlander franchise, and pays indemnity. British forces reinforce preparedness as diplomacy, led by Campbell-Bannerman and Chamberlain, seeks to avoid hostilities amid growing peace optimism.
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New York
London
South Africa
Steyn
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Pretoria
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Chamberlain
Willing to Fight and Wireless Link Follows
Havana residents and many teamsters offer to serve Mr. Griffith the acting British consul general for South Africa. Offers are informal with most groups limited to three. A Marconi wireless link between Havana and Key West may soon cut cabling costs to New York by over half. News items from New York report arrest of Freeman Strain a real estate and insurance agent on charges of defrauding the government by restoring war stamps post cancellation with potential losses around $100 000. A Texas jury finds Bob Gibb not guilty in a murder case in Kaufman. Denver reports the death of George T Rich a prominent hardware dealer aged seventy.
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Great Britain
South Africa
War Office
Redvers Fuller
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon
Europe
Department of State
McKinley
Hay
Havana
Griffith
Key West
Marconi
New York
el Epoca
Freeman
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Gunther
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C. F. Moore
Bryan, Texas
Ff Soap
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Chicago
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Detroit
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Milwaukee
St. Paul Road
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Senor Collazo
Apoca
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Sica
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