Canal concession annulled in Nicaragua amid payment dispute
Managua reports that Nicaragua informs Inter Oceanic Canal Co that its concession was annulled on August 3 for failing to deposit 4.4 million dollars in gold within four months after organization. The Caribbean and Pacific Transit Co may seek a new concession, while Nicaragua reserves right to grant canal construction rights to others.
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Managua
Nicaragua
el Comercio
Neca
Inter- Oceanic Canal Company
Messia
Hyre
Hyre and Cragin
Caribbean and Pacific Transit Company
Lake Silica and San Juan River
San Juan River
Atlas Steamship Company
Liverpool
England
The Russian Proposals and Dowager Empress Crisis
Reports from London and New York describe shifting positions on China crisis. British and Japanese troops march in Beijing amid debate over withdrawing forces. a Russian proposal to withdraw is under discussion but not yet accepted. Empress Dowager's anti foreign policy persists, with risk to reform efforts and possible peace negotiations.
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Borlin
Bept
Foreign Office
Russia
Berliner Post
Marshal von Waldersee
New York
Tribune
London
Tai Yuen Fu
Li Hung Chang
Earl Li
Liu Kun
Chang Chih Tung
Prince Ching
Yang Tse
Yang Lu
Hau Tung
Peking
Germany
Austria
Italy
China
Yung Lu
Hsu Tung
Tsung Chi
Tien-Tsin
Hadeen c
Biege
Shanghai
Tai Yuan Fu
Chih Chin Lofeng Luh
Hung Chang
St Petersburg
Exeland
Lord Salisbury
Li Hung Crane
Li Fiane Chang
Counei
Shan SL
Robert Hart
Chaffee
Tacoma
Imperial City
Kiring
Manchuria
Monkden
Great Britain
Paris
Taku
Amoy
The
Times
Yu-Hsien
Shang
Roberts annexes Transvaal as war in South Africa eases
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts annexing the Transvaal to the British Crown as Boer resistance continues in the mountains near Lydenburg and Ladybrand. Battles persist around Pretoria and the Water Works, with British relief efforts and De Wet’s raiding activity noted.
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Cape
Lord Roberts
Trifume
London
Transvaat
South Africa
Atack
Lydenberg
Builer
Botha
Robe
Buller
Lydenburg
Transvaal
Orange River
Eastern Free State
Basutoland
Ladybrand
Hunters
Dewet
Middleburg
Mr. Chamberlain
Birmingham
Colonial Office
New York
Tribune
Lydenburg Mountains
Vaal Krantz
Laing
Reuter
Thaba Nehu
Bloemfontein
Bruce Hamilton
Ani
Coptic Linked to Plague on Board En Route from Kobe
Letter from Kobe surgeon alleges plague infected rats aboard the Coptic during its voyage from Honolulu, with a Chinese passenger Wong Yong Sow diagnosed and dying after quarantine. Controversy centers on whether infection began in Kobe or San Francisco, and if rats aboard carried bubonic plague.
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Kona
Wood
Board of Health
Honolulu
Ir Wood
Sing Chong Company
Kaulaea
Vicwolula
Isntikely
Capele
San Francisco
Spread of the Plague Reaches Govan in Glasgow
Report from Glasgow notes bubonic plague in Govan on the left bank of the Circle after a death on Saturday. Three more suspected cases were reported. A medical bulletin on September 4 lists one new confirmed case, bringing totals to thirteen with three doubtful and 103 under observation.
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Glasgow
Govan
Increase of Navy Receives Broad Funding Outlook
Washington dispatch says Navy estimates to Congress will be the largest in history for the new establishment. Chief bureaus prepare for a fiscal year ending June 30, 1101 with $74,245,500 requested this year and possibly $80,000,000 sought by Secretary Long. Naval Constructor Hobson to return from Japan pending leave. In the Philippines, MacArthur reports insurgent activity near Carmen and Ubay with over 100 Bolomen killed in a clash near Carem. movement inland continues.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Congress
Naval Establishment
Naval Bureaus
Navy Department
Long
Hobson
Japan
United States
War Department
MacArthur
Manila
Pedro Samson
Tagilarien
Carmen
Ubay
Leback
Carem
Macahtrur
Powers Granted Life Sentence and Census Figures
Georgetown report notes Judge Gantrill overruled the bill of exceptions in the Caleb Powers case and sentenced the former Secretary of State for the assassination of William Goebel. Census data show Salt Lake City at 63,531, Albany at 94,161, with shifts from 1890.
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Georgetown
Gantrill
Caleb Powers
Wiliam Goebel
Washington
Census Bureau
Salt Lake City
Utah
Albany
N. Y
Porto Rican coin influx foreshadows currency shift
Transport McClellan arrives from Porto Rico with 179000 pesos in silver. The coin is to be minted in Philadelphia, with unredeemed Porto Rican silver estimated at about 500000 still circulating on the island. Major Sharpe praises Porto Rico while predicting judicial and political reforms may reshape the island under the new regime.
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New York
McClellan
Porto Rico
William Wiegel
United States Infantry
Philadelphia
San Juan
Ponce
Mayaguez
Major Sharpe
Department of Porto Rico
Jalsd
Hawai
Associated Press
United States
Sharpe
Congress
New Volcano Emerges Near Colima Mexico
A newly formed volcano appeared about thirty miles southeast of Colima and surprised nearby residents who fled briefly before calming. Local scientists believe the vent is small and likely temporary, with eruption prospects fading as the area stabilizes.
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Chicago
GunadaliJjars
Mexico
Colima
Amall
Credi
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Bawaiian Gazette
EL T
Walter G. Smith
A. W. Pearson
Lyle A. Picket
HL ‘Dingmand Bethel
H. Backfeld & Co, Ltd
General Commission
Queen St. Honda, Fe
Levers & Cooke
Robert Lewers
F. F. Lowrey
G M. Cooke
Fort
Hustace
King Bt
Farily
Consolidated Soda Water Works CO
Lti—Esplanade
Cor. Fort
Alien
Hollister & Co
Honolulu Iron Works Co
China Affairs
Far East
Areararrasase
Sir Alfred Gaselee
Wires
Lord George Hamilton
India
Forbidden City
Wasrnarkrarra
Nanking
Bwatow
South New York
Hongkong
Canton
Tien-Tain
Tung Chao
Kwang Tung
Centon
Beng
Seymouria
Averteras
Funda
America
Lord ‘Roberts
Capd Town
Kobe
Islands
Wong Yong Sow
Bing Cheong
James Molony
Hawaii
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