Abyssinia Expedition Reaches Menelik's Capital in Abyssinia
Correspondents report James Harrison W F Whitehouse Powell Cotton and A Hutter reach Menelik II in Addis Ababa after a slow march from the Red Sea with elephants rhino and game secured along the Hawash River route. They are hosted by the Negus and later plan to continue toward Lake Rudolph and the Sobat Nile valley.
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Associated Press
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Red Sea
Africa
Wellby
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America
Bitla
Sale of Kate Chase Sprague estate objects
Auction in New York realized 44,448 dollars from Kate Chase Sprague estate items. Kate Chase’s old lace fetched 37.50 per yard. Salmon P. Chase memorabilia sold for 4.75 dollars to Henry Villard, intended for the congressional library in Washington.
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New York
Kate Chase Sprague
Washington
Kate Chase
Court of St. James
Salmon P. Chase
Henry Villard
Congressional Library
Exiled former governor in Costa Rica incident
Orleans reports Carla caya former governor of Binefielda arrived after an exciting Costa Rica episode. He left Nicaragua with Miner C. Keith, under presidential deputation to place railroad bonds with New York capitalists, was arrested money seized and exiled aboard a ship to New Orleans. He plans to return to Nicaragua.
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Carlacaya
Binefielda
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Miner C. Keith
Ze'layas
New York
New Orleans
Blood Rich Tonic Promises Quick Vitality Return
When anemia is diagnosed, this ad claims a simple remedy will restore blood to a rich red state. Pare, BCOTT & BOWNE, chemists in New York, tout a product that will renew strength and activity, promising rapid improvement.
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Pare Bcott & Bowne
Chemists
New York
Sailors and survey party flee by ship after Indian attacks
Locayo was arrested in San Jose on the president’s orders and about $2000 taken. He was escorted to Port Limon and aboard the Hispano, money turned over. Costa Rica feared he planned trouble. Weldon Roberts Melville Moxley and Joseph Stringer of the Nicaraguan canal survey party were aboard and forced to abandon their work 170 miles south of Colon after Sasardi Indian attacks.
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Locayo
San Jose
Costa Rica
Port Limon
Weldon Roberts
Melville Moxley
Joseph Stringer
Colon
Wrecked Infanta Maria Teresa Sold to Nassau Investor
Gaston Drake of Nassau Bahamas and associates own the wreck of the Spanish warship Infanta Maria Teresa off Cat Island near Bird Point. They plan to break up the wreck for metal and import it duty free, but Treasury counsel says the vessel was Spanish government property after abandonment, so wreck material would be dutiable upon import. Drake seeks free import, arguing potential profit.
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New York
Gaston Drake
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Bird Point
Cat Island
Drake
United States
Prisoner Taken Back for Bank Theft in Seattle
John KE Collins known as Harper and Murphy, accused in the theft of a roll of greenbacks from the First National Bank of San Francisco, is en route to Seattle. Police secreted him from the city prison to prevent counsel from opposing removal, with Deputy Sheriff McLeod and a detective aboard the Oregon express. He is heavily ironed to deter an escape attempt.
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San Francisco
John KE. Collins
Harper
Murphy
Seattle
First National Bank
George D. Collins
Sullivan
Oregon Express
McLeod
A Race Of Vessels Arrives First At Tacoma
In Tacoma Washington March 30 a dramatic race on the Pacific coast ended with the bark Gatherer beating the ship Snow and Burgess to Cape Flattery and arriving in Tacoma early yesterday. The two ships left San Francisco March 14 bound for Puget Sound with Gatherer loaded for Tacoma and Snow and Burgess for Port Blakeley. Over fourteen days the vessels stayed within sight of each other daily and wind favored the Gatherer after Saturday pushing speeds above 200 miles a day until pickup by the Tacoma tug.
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Wash
Pacific Coast
Gatherer
Snow
Burgess
Cape Platttery
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Port Blakeley
Cape Flattery
Fighting in Venezuela reported near Bolivar city
A Port of Spain dispatch says the Bolivar steamship failed to arrive from Bolivar in Venezuela. It signals fighting near Bolivar with General Hernandez close to the city and gunboats watching General Rolando who leads government forces there.
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New York
The
Herald
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Bolivar
Venezuela
Hernandez
Rolando
Japanese Labor Migration Sparks Alarm In San Francisco
Alarmed by rising Japanese migrant flow, San Francisco reports 3420 laborers arrived since January 1, 1899 with 1400 more due by April 7. Labor Commissioner North notes 7000 passports issued in Japan for laborers bound for the United States.
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Japan
Immigration Bureau
North
FORGE METHUEN RECALLED AS TROOPS MOUNT POLICE ADVANCE
London reports show Rae mounted troops dissatisfied after recall by Lord Roberts. Boers concentrate near Bloemfontein and in command of Glen area. Lord Methuen recalled to Kimberley with forces, while Roberts polices Free State towns and watches for potential invasion from Basutoland.
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Bloemfontein
Glen
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French
Johannesburg Mounted Police
Natal
Ganolski
Campbell
Taungs
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Warrenton
Lord Methuen
Barkley
Kimberley
Lord Roberts
Eanhardt
General Parsons
Mazera
Lady
South Africa
Cape Nome Travel Notice to Northern Ticket Office
People planning trips to the new Gold Fisida should contact the Northern Ticket Office at Park and Main streets in Butte Montana for reservations or write to W. Berruban, General Agent, for assistance.
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Reed
Lvery
Butte
Montana
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Butte, Mont
Berruban
University of California Extends Scope to Pacific Coast
Berkeley March 30 The University of California will extend its scope over the entire coast by accrediting high schools outside the state including Washington Oregon and Nevada This is the most important move since plans for the new university were made and it indicates the university will become a Pacific coast institution not a state institution alone
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Cal
University of California
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Honolulu trade figures show sugar exports dominate
Hawaiian Trade dispatches from San Francisco report Q H Berry noting last year’s customs data. Exports reached 22,638,741 with sugar accounting for 21,989,190 of that total while imports stood at 1,059,005. He added the plague era cost the treasury about 2,000,000 and hindered trade.
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San Francisco
Q. H. Berry
Honolulu
Bradstreets
General Joubert Buried With Military Honors
New York dispatch reports General Joubert buried in Pretoria after funeral held Thursday. He will be laid to rest Friday at Ryatfo teln in his private mausoleum with military honors. Captured British officers sent floral tributes.
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New York
Herald
Pretoria
Joubert
Ryatfoteln
Court Martial Named for Captain Tening in San Francisco
The court martial to try Captain P. C. Tening, resisting subsistence commissary, on serious charges will be composed of Colonel Jacob Rawles, Lieutenant Colonel Eskridge, Major Lockwood, Major Rucker, Captain West, Captain Howland, Captain Pratt, Captain Danes, and Captain Bennett. Major Stephen Groesbeck will act as Judge Advocate.
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P. c. Tening
Jacob Rawles
Eskridge
Lockwood
Rucker
West
Howland
Pratt
Danes
Bennett
Stephen . Groesbeck
Pepper Offered Secretaryship of Philippine Commission
A Washington dispatch reports Charles M. Pepper, famed New York newspaper correspondent, has been offered the post of secretary of the Philippine commission. The proposal came via telegraph, sent to him in Ponce Porto Rico, on March 30.
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New York
The
Herald
Washington
Charles M. Pepper
Philippine Commission
Ponce
Porto Iva
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