Salisbury's Warning On Imperial Emergency Speakings
At Albert Hall the Primrose League met with Marquis of Salisbury presiding. He warned of rising external threats and urged Britons to form rifle clubs and boost homeland defense while noting earlier views on empire and Ireland. The crowd cheered as a resolution urged readiness in imperial emergencies and peaceful preparation.
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London
Primrose League
Albert Hall
Marquis of Salisbury
Lord Salisbury
Empire
Gladstone
Majuba Hill
Gordon
Majuba
England
Ireland
Foreign Office
Spain faces hostile demonstrations over tax policy
In Madrid and Catalonia opposition to government financial plans grows into organized action. A group named National Union plans a general store closure in Madrid tomorrow to protest taxation. Demonstrations are expected in Barcelona, Tarrasa, Cadiz, Valencia, Toledo, Saragossa and beyond as authorities prepare precautions without early intervention.
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Madrid
Catalonia
Barcelona
National Union
Cattalonia
Senor Dato
Cadiz
Valencia
Toledo
Saragossa
Amateur Detectives and Sherlock Holmes as Metaphor for Disease
The text compares amateur and professional crime detection to medical diagnosis. It highlights Dr. R. V. Pierce of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute as a skilled physician who reads symptoms like the Indian reads a trail. It urges readers to write for free confidential medical guidance and notes high cure rates.
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Old Dogberry
Sherlock Holmes
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Buffela
British Annexation Reported for Orange Free State
Cape Town reports on arrival of British at the Vaal river with a proclamation claiming annexation of the Orange Free State to the Queen's dominion. Boer losses at Brandfort said heavier than first thought as patrols seized men and seized horses and guns. Roberts pursues harsher policy to curb guerrilla actions.
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Cape Town
Vaal
Orange Free State
Brandfort
Lord Roberts
British crewboarded American ship in Delagoa Bay incident
London reports no official Admiralty statement on the Sea Witch boarding by a Wasp boat crew in Portuguese Delagoa Bay. Dispatches from Lourenzo Marquez note Sea Witch in trouble and signaling for a tug, leading British authorities to place most responsibility on the Sea Witch.
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London
Admiralty
Delagoa Bay
Lourenzo Marquez
Buller Advancing On Biggarsberg In South Africa
Cape Town May 9 report says General Buller is advancing on the Biggarsberg while Boer forces withdraw. The dispatch notes movements and indicates Boer retreat as British forces press forward in the ongoing campaign.
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Cape Town
Buller
Biggarsberg
Pettitton Trial Opens in Manila Court Martial
Col James S Pettit of the Thirty first Infantry stands charged with violating the articles of war for arranging with Zamboanga s Presidente to hand over the outlaw Juan Ramos after capture to be killed. Gen Arthur MacArthur, new military governor, meets officers. Col Hall presides. Grant and others on the court. Pedro Caterno, ex Filipino cabinet head, held in a political jail, ill and incommunicado.
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Manila
Arthur MacArthur
Ayuntamiento
James S. Pettit
Thirty-first Infantry
Col. Pettit
Zamboanga
Juan Ramos
Robert H. Hall
Frederick D. Grant
Pedro Caterno
Trinidad
Painter Munkacsy Buried in Budapest Funeral
The funeral of painter Munkacsy, who died May 1 in Bonn, was held in Budapest with pomp. Military officials, deputies, cabinet ministers and Art Club members attended. Bishop Destowffy officiated and the public instruction minister delivered an oration.
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Buda Pest
Munkacsy
Bonn
Destowffy
West India regiment ordered to Cape Coast Castle for Ashanti campaign
Kingston Jamaica May reports that British War Office dispatch orders all available officers of the West India regiment to move immediately to Cape Coast Castle. The objective is to join the expedition against the Ashanti forces.
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Kingston
British War Office
West India Regiment
Cape Coast Castle
British Ship Sierra Nevada Wrecked Off Head
The British iron vessel Sierra Nevada, Captain Scott, sailing from Liverpool to Melbourne, was wrecked outside the head. Five crew members were saved while about 22, including the captain, are believed lost. The incident occurred May 9.
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Melbourne
Scott
Liverpool
Here
Japan Seeks Munitions for 500000 Man Army
Worcester May 9 A Tokyo emissary, Chokuro Kadono, arrives in the United States to arrange arms, tools, and equipment for 500,000 Japanese soldiers. Kadono travels to France and Germany to study artillery and modern weapons as Japan accelerates a vast military build.
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Worcester
Mikado
Japan
United States
Chokuro Kadono
Tokio
Mutsu Hito
Kadono
France
Otto Krupp
Essen
Germany
Orient
Asia
Russia
Great Britain
Italy
China
Empire
Pacific
Kadeno
Clyde
Glasgow
Scotland
Uncle Sam
Hooley Again On Top in Siberian Goldfields Claim
London reports the Daily Mail says Ernst Terah Hooley, famed London financier and promoter, has been granted rights to eight thousand square miles of Nertsichk region Siberia goldfields. Hooley declares a new company with five million dollars in capital and cabinet backing aims to repay creditors, asserting he is “on top” again.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Nicholas
Nertschiik
Siberia
Ernest Terah Hooley
Hooley
Howard Will Surrender in Goebel Killing Case
James Howard, accused of firing the fatal shot that killed William Goebel, arrived from Clay County to surrender in Frankfort. He asserted his innocence and planned to prove it, saying he expected no trouble with authorities.
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London
Jim Howard
William Goebel
Clay County
Frankfort
Howard
Senate Reopens Secret Session on Armor Piercing Projectile
The Senate revisited the armor piercing projectile issue in secret sessions discussing Titman’s evidence from the navy on armor tests at Indian Head. Debate focused on public test disclosures, defense department transparency, and the impact on a pending bill with calls for open discussion. Roosevelt reportedly will not pursue a national ticket nomination. he met with Root, Hay, and Long after White House talks.
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Washington
Senate
Navy Department
Titman
South Carolina
Government Proving Grounds
Indian Head
Tillman
Chandler
Hoar
Hale
Bureau of Ordnance
Printing Paper Price Inquiry Proposed By Congress
Washington May The petition of newspaper publishers on printing paper costs was presented to the Ways and Means Committee. Mr Newlands of Nevada urged an inquiry into double prices and a hearing set for the last Wednesday of May 1900. The secretary to notify publishers and paper firms to file financial statements for 1899. The matter was referred to the sub committee on customs.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Newlands
Nevada
United States
Association of American Newspapers
Congress of the United States
Committee On Ways and Means
Customs
Messrs. Payne
Dalzell
Hopkins
Grosvenor
Russell, Richardson and Robertson
Senate debates secrecy as newsroom reports force openness
In Washington May 9 the Senate ended routine business with naval appropriation talks. Hale noted a secret session yesterday and Tillman questioned continuing in secret. Vest moved for another secret session while Chandler seconded, and at 12.20 pm the Senate doors closed amid presses reporting events.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Senatte
South Carolina
Tillman
Vest
Chandler
N. H
West
McKinley Roosevelt Talk at White House Conference
Gov Roosevelt held a half hour conference with President McKinley in Washington. Roosevelt declined to comment on the talk. A close friend said the administration backs keeping his name from the Republican vice presidential nomination, believing he could aid the party more effectively in other roles.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Senate action centers on armor and plant cost debate
Washington May 9 The Senate devoted most of the session to armor and armament provisions in the naval appropriation bill. Debate focused on a proposed government armor plant and price limits, with Tillman and Chandler pushing for state manufacture to undercut private monopolies. The Senate adjourned after laying the measure aside and passing a Longfellow statue resolution. In the House, Pearson v Crawsford in North Carolina drew party line votes amid fraud and intimidation claims, with the majority against the sitting Democrat.
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Washington
Senate
Tillman
Money
Hale
O'Neil
Naval Bureau of Ordnance
Chandler
United States
House
Pearson Vs. Crawsford
North Carolina
Pearson
Oregon Springs to Power Laundry Plant near Lakeview
G Grimes owner of hot springs two miles south of Lakeview plans a laundry plant to use the vast boiling water wasted by the springs. The water runs a two foot wide by six inch deep channel to a distance of 100 yards at boiling point and is now used only for bathing. Nearby springs could supply wool washing, cutting wash costs. butchers and ranchers have used the waters to scald hogs in winter and summer. Morning Oregonian.
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G. Grimes
Lakeview
Grimes
Special Train Carries Admiral Dewey Toward Nashville
Bound for Nashville Maryland May 9 a Baltimore and Ohio special train carried Admiral and Mrs Dewey from Memphis. Dewey said he was gratified by the southern reception before departure toward Nashville.
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Memphis
Tenn
Baltimore & Ohio
Supposed Measles Case Proves Smallpox in Portland
Edward F. Copeland of 50 Paris Street was said to have measles for three days. Doctors declared it smallpox this morning and he was moved to the pest house. The house is quarantined and closed to prevent spread.
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Portland
Edward F. Copeland
Paris Street
Pension Bill Approved by President in Senate
Washington May 9 The President signed Senate bill 1477 commonly called the Grand Army pension bill marking congressional action on veteran benefits and civil service pensions.
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Washington
Senate
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Siberian
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Bon Ami
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Oregon
Nashville
Dewey
Henry LaMar
Hiram
Palmer
Lowell
A. G. Pollard & CO
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Huntington
Hall
Santago
CO. M
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Xcelsio
Shell
Brazil
Caleb L. Smith
Boston Branch Grocery
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P. R. Burtt’s, Florist
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Sunny Side Farm Products
Fish Department
Mack Hrel
Prescott St
Coburn
C. B. Coburn
Market & CO
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