Navy Yard at Subic Bay Plans to Spend 5 Million
Washington dispatch reports the Navy Department aims to establish a large station at Olangapo Subic Bay Luzon if Congress adopts the plan. A board led by Rear Admiral Remey will prepare designs for a dry dock costing at least 1 million and shops totaling 4 million. The goal is to repair warships in American yards rather than sending them to Hong Kong.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Aave
Navy Department
Congress
Olangapo
Subic Bay
Luzon
Endicott
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Long
Taylor
Walcott and
Menocol
New York Navy Yard
Maton
Remey
Cavite
Hong Kong
Eoglish
Danish West Indies sale nearing agreement
Copenhagen reports governments closer than ever to a solution on selling the Danish West Indies to the United States with cordial U.S. involvement. Loomis aboard the Red Dune declines to discuss Venezuelan matters, saying Castro is firm and unsure about returning to Venezuela.
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Copenhagen
United States
Danish West Indies
United Statos
Loomis
New York
F. B. Loomis
Venezuela
Caracas
San Juan
Castro
General Andrade
Post offices established in Gilliam and Pacific counties
Washington reports establish Alville in Gilliam county Oregon with Allen McConnell as postmaster and supply from Condon. A post office at McGowan in Pacific county Washington six miles northwest of Astoria, with Edmond P. Noonan as postmaster, is on the route to Linaco. Hadleyville in Lane county Oregon moved slightly with Mary A. Emerson named postmaster. Berlin notes 1900 German tariff union foreign trade: imports 6,042,000,000 marks, exports 4,753,000,000 marks. Haytian tariff war begins with increased duties on coffee cocoa and dye wool.
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Mary A. Emerson
Berlin
Reichsanzeiger
German Tariff Union
Agalnst
Ngain Ag
Bundesrath
Washington notes no word on Russo Japanese Corea talks
Washington dispatches state no word from Russian authorities or officials on Russo Japanese negotiations about Corea. U S interest appears limited to keeping commerce with Corea unobstructed, with no sign of American concern.
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Washington
State Department
Corea
United States
British Columbia Gold Rush Near Rock Creek Revival
News from Vancouver reports renewed placer gold excitement in the Rock Creek area of British Columbia. Prospectors have rushed to stake claims following recent discoveries below White's bar, reviving memories of the 1860s boom and earlier rich returns.
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Vancouver
B. C
Boundary District
British Columbia
Rock Creek
White's Bar
Ramona steamer boiler blast kills four in midstream
A Vancouver dispatch reports the river steamer Ramona exploded her boiler near Victoria while en route from New Westminster to Fort Langley. Four people died outright, two deckhands missing, and six others injured including the purser and mate who face likely death.
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Vancouver
B. C
New Westminster
Fort Langley
Mra. Morrison
Mra
Baillie
Phippa
Mack
Purser
Mate Maynard
New Watuminster
Knowell
Gold in Treasury Reaches World Leading Holdings
The United States treasury now holds a record $600,278,608 in gold, with $252,074,969 against certificates and $350,000,000 as reserve against notes. The feat places the U S as the world's largest single holder, surpassing major banks including Imperial Bank of Russia and Bank of France, while noting historic highs and other nations' figures.
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New York
the Evening Post
United States Treasury
United States
Imperial Bank of Russia
Ita
Bank of France
Bank of England
Imperial Bank of Germany
Secretary Root explains Harrison discharge from army
Governor Durbin received a long letter from Secretary Root detailing the discharge of Colonel Rus sell B. Harrison. Root says he, after conferring with the president, directed the discharge and Adjutant General Corbin acted officially. The discharge took effect December 1 instead of December 16 due to inadvertence. Harrison’s services were deemed no longer needed and for no other reason.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Durbin
Root
Russell B. Harrison
Army
Harrison
Corbin
Sheriff Ed Beeler Ambushed and Killed in Arizona Fight
In Phoenix on April 19, news arrives of the Apache County sheriff Ed Beeler being mortally wounded in a fight over a month ago. Beeler fell to a volley from behind a stone wall, originally blamed on cattle rustlers but later tied to associates of a man sworn to avenge a youth.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Ed. Beeler
Apache County
Beeler
Chile to protest incursions by Argentine citizens
Chilean government awaits word from its Buenos Aires minister before filing a formal protest over repeated incursions into Chilean territory. The clashes have occurred at Seno de la Ultima and Esperanza near Punta Arenas as tensions rise between the two countries.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Seno de la Ultima
Esperansa
Punta Arenas
Accident in a drydock cripples Warren crew at Bay
At San Francisco April 20 the transport Warren during removal to Hunter Point drydock lurched as blocks slipped, injuring two men and causing scalp wounds among several. An electrician Aaron Antill suffered a broken ankle and boilermaker Ben Hall endured a crushed hip. The vessel herself remained undamaged.
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San Prancisco
Warren
Hunter Point
Ferydock
Aaron Antill
Ben Hall
Hunter's Point
Avalanche Buries Two Engines on Colorado Track
A Colorado & Northwestern passenger train from Ward to Boulder was struck by a massive snowslide and hurled into a chasm. Four trainmen were killed: Engineers Hannon and Fitzgerald, Firemen Miller and Conductor Bair. The second fireman is missing and presumed buried. None of the bodies have been recovered.
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Colorado Mountain Road
Boulder
Colo
Colorado & Northwestern Railroad
Ward
Hannon and
Fitzgerald
Miller
Bair
Plague Reaches Australian Insane Asylum Inmates
Plague reportedly breaks out at the Dunwich insane asylum on Stradbrook island near Brisbane with about 1000 inmates, many aged or incurable, prompting quarantine and sewer fumigation after rats are blamed for spreading the disease. Simultaneous notes from Milwaukee report a planned $25 million consolidation of five major engine manufacturers forming a large United States combine with Allis in leadership roles.
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Vancouver
B. C
Sydney
Brin
Brisbane
Perth
Dunwich
New Bubonic Plague Cases Reported in Cape Town
Official report from Cape Town on April 20 records ten new bubonic plague cases including two Europeans. Two deaths occurred, with advisory office noting 41 prior cases in Cape Colony among military and naval personnel before April 18.
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Cape Town
London
South Africa
Cape Colony
Misunderstanding of Orders Causes Fatal Locomotive Crash
In Cleveland yards on the Wheel ing & Lake Erie line early today a head on collision between freight and construction trains killed brakeman William Thele and fatally injured Engineer Velsenbrech. Fireman Hammond and Sylvester Bruggen were badly hurt. The accident was attributed to a misunderstanding of orders.
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Cleveland
Wheeling & Lake Erie Road
William Thele
Velsenbrech
Hammond
Sylvester Bruggen
Aguinaldo urges Filipinos to accept U S sovereignty for peace
Aguinaldo's address from Manila dated April 22 calls for an end to hostilities by recognizing United States sovereignty over the Philippine islands. He emphasizes peace as essential, notes widespread support for the American banner, and appeals to those still fighting to yield to the will of the people seeking liberty under U S protection.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Ople
Philippine Islands
United States
Bodo
Philippine Archipelago
Stationary Engine Trust Plans $25 Million Amalgamation
Philadelphia stockholders met to form a major amalgamation of four leading stationary engine manufacturers. The new group, capitalized at 25 million dollars, will launch within weeks. The Philadelphia plant valuation prompted objections as some felt the price undervalued assets. Other alleged undervaluation facts were cited as the four firms would also take less than appraised value. A Havana bank is planned with capital between 1 and 2 million dollars, connected to Morgan Trust and Cuba Company interests. A tornado struck Biscayne, Florida, injuring two and demolishing several homes.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Iron Companias
Cogil
New Bank
Havana
New York
Morgan Trust Company
Cuba Company
Pearson Appeals to the President in New Orleans
General Samuel Pearson the Boer officer, refused a writ to halt mule exports from New Orleans to South Africa, has sent a petition directly to the president seeking relief the court denied. Judge Parlange noted the political nature and suggested the matter be taken to the executive branch.
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New Orleans
Samuel Pearson
United Sates
South Africa
Parlange
Pearson
Mustering Out of Volunteer Regiments at San Francisco
San Francisco reports the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth volunteer regiments, fresh from Manila, have been mustered out. The Twenty-eighth and Thirty-fifth Infantry at the Presidio will be mustered out by April 30. Transports will sail to Manila to bring home all volunteers by July 1. The Thomas and Warren ships carry regiments and casuals under Lt. Liebler and officers assignations. The Rotecrans, fresh from Manila, released from quarantine with 218 Thirty-Seventh infantry and 260 casuals aboard. The Lawton, with three smallpox cases, also released after fumigation and safe landing.
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San Francisco
Manila
Presidio
Philippines
Pone
Thomas
Warren
Re‘eratta
W. A. Liebler
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Rotecrans
Thirty Seventh Infantry
Lawton
Fire in Butte Smelter Causes Major Damage
A fire at the Montana Ore Purchasing Company smelter in Butte started by a hot box near the generator damaged the plant, with losses around 75 000 dollars. The sampling works and stacks were ruined, but the new machinery and blast furnaces survived. Firefighters saved the facility valued over 1 million dollars, with operations expected to resume in about 30 days.
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Butte
Mont
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Butte & Boston Company
Ape Cn
New geyser appears at Lake Echo in New Zealand
A new geyser has erupted at Lake Echo Romtomahana New Zealand described as a boiling water mass half an acre wide rising in a dome with a column of water and stones, massive steam, and stones flung distances. Australian reports also note a blast along the New South Wales Railway deviation works Tarana where 70 tons of rock were moved using four tons of explosives due to rock hardness.
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Lake Echo
Romtomahana
New Zealand
New South Wales
Tarana
Gomez to Visit America Amid Cuba Relations Talks
Havana reports General Maximo Gomez plans to travel to the United States with his son Urbana. He may stay until Cuba’s relations committee returns, seeking a firm Platt amendment stance. He aims to thank the American people for aid during the Spanish-American War. Senor Palma is named as Cuba’s presidential choice.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
United States
Urbana
Cuba
Special Committee On Relations
Noways
Spain
Senor Palma
Gomes
Independent cereal plants join Great Western merger
Akron April 22 The consolidation plan to combine ten independent cereal plants nationwide is now assured. The properties will be transferred to the Great Western Cereal Company in Chicago to form a rival to the America Cereal Company, the oatmeal trust.
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Akron
Great Western Cereal Company
Chicago
Ameraica Cereal Commpany
The
Oatmeal Trust
Cuban Leader's Son Among Five Deported Men
The Rosecrans arrived from Manila with five deported men, including Santiago Maceo, son of the late Cuban leader. Maceo had gained prominence on the Pacific coast two years earlier while with Katherine Tingley, the theosophical leader, later quarreling with her over treatment as a servant. He later became a first sergeant in the Macabobe scouts.
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San Francisco
Rosecrans
Manila
Santiago Maceo
Maceo
Pacific
Katherine Tingley
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Victoria
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the Sentinel
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William Allis
BE. P. Allis Company
Pennsylvania Iron Works
Stationary Engine Trust
Tas
Florida Town
Miami
Fla
Biscayne
Here
Independent Cereal Combine
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