Kitchener Reports Major Success in Orange River Colony
London reports on Kitchener following Lord Roberts as Cronje surrenders at Paardeburg on Majuba Day. The article notes anniversary timing and a combined movement that repelled Dutch forces at the blockhouse line, indicating a strategic victory in the Orange River Colony.
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Kitchener
Orange River Colony
Majuba
London
Lord Roberts
Cronje
Paardeburg
Majuba Hill
Metes of the Meteor Launch with Prince Henry Visit
Prince Henry of Prussia witnessed the launch and christening of the Kaiser's yacht Meteor on Shooter's Island with Miss Alice Roosevelt as sponsor. The day featured the presentation of the freedom of New York at City Hall, a royal reception, and a night at the Metropolitan opera house, despite rain and crowds.
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New York
Prince Henry of Prussia
Emperor William
Alice Roosevelt
Shooter's Island
Prince
Roosevelt
Hohenzollern
Washington
Freedom of
Freedom of New York To Prince Henry
Low
Prince Henry
Mayor Low
Manhattan Club
Metropolitan Opera House
Week's Happenings Highlight Riots and Battles
A condensed review notes the recent Moscow riots with 763 arrests. It also reports two days of fighting in the Orange River colony where about 600 Boers were killed or captured.
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Moscow
Russia
Orange River Colony
New Survey Sought for The Dalles Portage Plan
Washington March 1 The committee on rivers and harbors will not consent to insert a portage railway scheme in the temporary expedient at The Dalles. Some members would withdraw but the prevailing view favors a canal if cost estimates align with reports. The panel plans a new survey with an appropriation to proceed.
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Washington
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Dalles
Harts
Fragmented World News Summary
Japan and Colombia figures mix with domestic policy moves as senators debate Tillman and McLaurin reprieve. Miners die in Telluride snowslides. a Mace Idaho fire kills four. The Philippine tariff bill moves to conference while boat railway funds and Oregon projects loom.
Gusher Blows Pipe Section As Oil Spreads
Beaumont Texans report a six inch oil gusher leaking after a pipe section failed near the gate valve. A strong wind drives oil over the field while rigs are shut down and guards guard the spray. Estimated loss 2000 barrels an hour.
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Beaumont
Tex
Census Bureau reports 1900 U.S. silk industry figures
The preliminary census summary shows 458 establishments with $81,082,201 capital and 65,416 wage earners earning $20,082,194. Material costs totaled $62,406,065 and the value of products reached $17,24, 258, reflecting the national silk manufacturing landscape in 1900.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Train Plunge Into Creek Kills Four in Georgia Collapse
A southbound Southern Railway passenger train passed a weakened trestle near Zetella, Griffin, killing four crew members and injuring several passengers. Heavy rains had weakened three bridge bents, and the train was approaching cautiously when the structure failed.
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Griffin
Columbus
Southern Railway
Zetella
Where They Lied Logs. Duluth Minn March
A week of unseasonable warmth in Duluth area ends heavy logging activity. Snow and ice vanish, hundreds laid off as millions of feet of lumber remain unhauled. Industry losses could reach at least ten million dollars, threatening many small loggers with bankruptcy.
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Duluth
Minn
Emalier
Growth and Happenings Across Oregon Industries
A statewide roundup notes tax sales in Clatsop County at Astoria on March 3, hops sales at Dayton and Willamette valley prices, Coos river salmon fry in Coquille, a Hillsboro board of trade to promote the area, teacher certificate successes in Calakamas, and a Portland City hall coin heist. Prohibition party status, Dayton creamery certainty, and grade improvements in Ontario schools accompany county meetings, road and bridge damage from Powder river ice melt, new post office at Timon, and bond plans to expand Ontario district schools.
Right of Way Bill for Columbia Valley Railroad Passed
Representative Jones introduced bills granting a right of way 100 feet wide for a railroad and telegraph line across Vancouver Three Tree Point Scarborough Head and quarantine station opposite Astoria. The measure would nearly complete the line from opposite Wailala on the Columbia River to the mouth of the stream, 321 miles, except the Vancouver to Kalama segment where construction proceeds under state authorization.
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Washington
Jones
Columbia Valley Railroad Company
Vancouver
Three Tree Point
Scarborough Head
Astoria
Columbia Valley Railroad
Columbia River
Wailala
Kalama
Columbia Valley Company Survey Advances Across Oregon
A Columbia Valley Company survey in Oregon signals readiness for progress pending government rights. The firm, capitalized at 5 million dollars, appears active though no construction has begun, with hopes of a north bank line near Portland and a Vancouver harbor plan. The venture claims independence from existing railroad groups and emphasizes a two day combined effort on an anniversary to push success.
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Oregon Road
Columbia Valley Company
Columbia Valley Railroad Organization
Columbia
Portland
Vancouver
Astoria
Columbia Valley Enterprise
Agricultural Prices and Trade Notes From The Region
Market prices list grains and livestock with per ton and per pound figures for wheat barley oats flour millstuffs hay potatoes butter eggs cheese poultry mutton hogs veal beef hops wool mohair with regional variation. Also notes rail land offers in the south, a court ruling on coin acceptance, and trade data with Greenland Iceland and West Africa. Also a Bohemian proposal for pre marriage medical certificates.
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Walla Walla
Bloestem
Hove
Valley
Graham
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Prince Henry Dines With American Newspaper Leaders at Waldorf
In New York on February 27 Prince Henry of Prussia dined with about 1,000 American journalists, hosted by Herman Ridder. The Waldorf Astoria ballroom and nearby Astor gallery overflowed with guests as banners and Prussian symbols adorned the elevated table. The gathering marked a notable moment in the German prince’s U.S. tour.
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New York
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Herman Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
United States
Prince Henry
Waldorf-Astoria
Astor Gallery
Rizal Province Expe dition to Clear Ladrones and Insurgents
Manila reports Governor Ores of Rizal orders an expedition of native police and volunteers to cooperate with constabulary and military to purge the province of ladrones and insurgents pouring in from Batangas and Cavite. Lieutenant Waite C. Johnson of the Fifteenth Infantry has captured Mal var s battle flag.
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Ores
Rizal
Ladrones
Batangas
Cavite
Waite C. Johnson
Fifteenth Infantry
Malvar
Congress net census bureau bill agreement reached
Washington Feb 28 The conference of the houses on the permanent census bureau bill reached agreement today The bill as agreed embodies most senate amendments though some are retained in modified form The senate civil service provision is retained All office employees at signing time except unskilled laborers will come under civil service
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Washington
Houses of Congress
Senate
Flooding Hits Towns Along Tagus and Liz Rivers
Heavy rains flood villages on the River Tagus and force Leira underwater up to six feet. The Liz River has overflowed, inundating surrounding areas and disrupting daily life in the region.
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Lisbon
Tagus
Leira
Violent Northern Ohio Wind Gusts Top 64 MPH
A severe March gale hit Northern Ohio with speeds reaching 64 miles per hour at Cleveland’s weather bureau. Telecommunication lines suffered outages as downtown plate glass windows skylights signs chimneys and trees were toppled across the area.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Plans of Boer Delegates Form Mutual Help in U S
New York Feb 25 messrs wolmarens and wessels of the boer delegation in europe arrived on the Rotterdam met by Montagu White and president krugers former pastor at pretoria with dr mueller who arrives february 14 the party will enter direct relations with pro beer committees in the united states to seek mutual understanding and organize and audit sums received on the water side
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New York
Messrs
Wolmarens and
Wessels
Europe
Rotterdam
Montagu White
Kruger
Pretoria
Mueller
Wolmarens
Pro Beer
United States
Borden Increases Wages At Fall River Mills
Notices posted in four Fall River cotton mills announce a 10 percent wage increase beginning March 17. The Fall River Iron Works employs over 3,000 workers and is owned by M C D Borden of New York, operating independently from nearby mills that granted about a 6 percent rise. Borden meets the union demand.
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Fall River
Mass
Fall River Iron Works
M. C.D. Borden
New York
Miss Stone Free After Capture by Brigands
Miss Ellen M. Stone the American missionary released after capture near Salonica has arrived in Strumnitza Macedonia with Mme Tsilka and her baby. They are all well and Stone will travel to Salonica soon to report to authorities. The first news came via telegram to the American consul general in Constantinople from the vice consul at Salonica.
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Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Salonica
Strummnitza
Macedonia
Strumnitza
Miss Stone
Dickinson
Uskub
Boers Capture a Convoy Near Klerksdorp
Lord Kitchener reports 600 Boers driving cattle attacked the outpost near Bothasberg the night of February 23. Fifteen Boers were killed and six wounded. A second dispatch notes an attacked convoy of empty wagons southwest of Klerksdorp on February 24, with Imperial Yeomanry Northumberland Fusiliers and two guns in the escort. fighting was severe with few further details.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Bothasberg
Klerksdorp
Transvaal
Imperial Yeomanry
Northumberland Fusiliers
Boers Attack Venode Blockhouse Line In Heavy Fight
In a break through attempt, Boers clash with Byng and Rimington’s columns at Venode blockhouse. New Zealand troops bear the brunt as British losses total 2 officers and 18 men killed and 5 officers and 33 men wounded.
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Pretoria
Byng
Rimington
Utah Irrigators Convene to Discuss Organization and Action
About two hundred representative irrigators from across Utah gathered in Salt Lake City in response to Governor Wells call to examine irrigation needs. The convention aims to discuss state needs, the advisability of an active irrigation organization, and potential local and national action in the interest of irrigation.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Wells
Snow wins claim to eighteenth life interest in oil wells
In New Orleans on February 27 the federal court of appeals sustained Mrs. Annie E. Snow's claim to a one eighteenth life interest in the wells of the Veatch survey, the Beaumont oil fields' richest area. She previously ran a California hotel and ignored the lands until oil was found, prompting her to seek her share inherited through her children.
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New Orleans
Federal Court of Appeals
Annie E. Snow
Veatch Survey
Beaumont
Sickness at Manila Decreasing Reported
Surgeon General Sternberg received a private letter from Colonel L Maus commissioner of public health in Manila stating that sickness among soldiers in the Philippines appears to be decreasing.
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Washington
Sternberg
L. Maus
Manila
Philippines
Eleven Thousand Join the Boers Rebels Aid War Effort
London dispatch reports in Johannesburg that 11,000 rebels from Cape Colony joined the Boers during the war, according to a Daily Mail table.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Johannesburg
Cape Colony
San Francisco Swept by Southwest Storm
A severe southwest storm hit San Francisco on February 26 bringing 60 mph winds at Penny and up to 60 mph on the bay. Ships dragged anchors, telephones and wires were down, tents toppled, and several three story buildings were blown down near the Mission district. Soldiers aided in clearing debris as wrecked tents and damaged chimneys marked the scene.
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San Francisco
City
No. 14
Point
Pasidio Reservation
Missi
Memory of Martyr Memorial Service in Washington
In Washington at the House of Representatives yesterday amid President Roosevelt and dignitaries a memorial service honored a late chief executive. John Hay delivered the eulogy as the nation reflected on assassinations from Garfield to McKinley, marking 20 years since Blaine’s similar tribute in the same hall. The solemn ceremony recalled the nation’s grief and unity in mourning.
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House of Rpresentatives
Preedent
Roosevelt
Prince Henry of
McKinley
Blaine
Ol Garfield
Pennsylvania Avenue
Buffalo
Kilauea Volcano Shows Renewed Action Reported
Observers in Honolulu report Kilauea waking up with freshly risen lava and intense heat at the crater after visitors last found signs of renewed activity. The area recorded a record cold spell with temperatures as low as 52 degrees above zero and a daytime high of 24 degrees, marking unusual fluctuations for the region.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Debate on naval estimates in Commons quotes Fo t on empire aid
London February 27 The House of Commons debated naval estimates as Arnold Fo t of the Admiralty warned at the approaching conference in London that the ocean would be used to assess colonial contributions to Britain s naval strength. The Chancellor of the Exchequer signaled the government would act.
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London
House of Commons
Admiralty
Arnold Fo
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