Rail land dispute and troop movements under von Waldersee
Reported friction over land claimed for a railway concession near Tien Tien. General Barrow and Russian commander Wagasak discuss diplomatic handling while von Waldersee plans troop dispositions for the summer, with German and Italian forces positioned around the summer palace and Pekin. Japan to keep forces in the region. officials say no interference expected if tensions stay calm.
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Pekin
Wis
Wagasak
Barrow
M. de Giers
von Wasuersee
Chaffee
Park
Germany
Summer Palace
Peking Fu
Italy
Japan
Bashia
Count von Waldersee
Upper River Transportation Company Forms to Run Columbia Steamer Line
NORTMF YAKIMA Wash March 12 The Upper River Transportation Company has been incorporated to operate steamers on the Columbia from Priest Rapids to The Dalles and to Lewiston Idaho. Founders J M Runnell George C Blakely and T A Hudson plan a river cargo network linking wheat centers to Portland with portage rail and electric links toward Spokane. The Billings steamer is being overhaul ed for upper river service as part of a broader plan to open trade from mining districts to the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ultimata
Spokane
Portland
Nortmf
Dalles
Columbia
Pacific Coast
Billings
Pasco
Upper Columbia
Priest Rapids
Republic
Hundred Cases Epidemic Raging Near Pryor Montana
A. A. Teservation reports four smallpox cases near Pryor Montana with efforts to stamp out the outbreak. Billings and Crow Reservation communities report cases and overcrowded detention facilities. Pryor Creek and Crow Agency residents are quarantined as health officials move to isolate contacts and relocate affected Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pryor
Mont
Butte
Billings
Pryor Creek
Orr
Mr. Campbell
Dam Collapse Drowns Two in Providence Area
A misread Providence report describes a dam burst at Wauskuck north of the city that swept away two people. Debris and tangled ladders were mentioned as causing notable peril and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porvena
Providence
Wauskuck
Mutiny on Albany Sailors Rebel on American Cruiser
Ad vices say 75 sailors mutinied on board the cruiser Albany at Hong Kong last month due to money and liberty issues. They were placed in irons and sent to Cavite for trial. In Kan Su the Empress Dowager orders General Feng to quell the uprising, with gunboats aiding Canton. Fourteen brigands were executed on February 14 and four others are starved in cages publicly.
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Hong Kong
Tacoma
Wash
Goodwin
Albany
Cavite
Kan Su
Feng Tze Bai
Canton
Ball
Ingrib
Sim
Deputy Sheriff Holman Killed in Wallace Bank Raid
Milton Cal March 13 News reports Deputy Sheriff Holman of Calavesas county was shot and killed in Wallace near here after a pitched battle with two highwaymen. One bandit is said seriously wounded. Two Wallace residents were robbed. Holman and a posse pursued the robbers resulting in the fatal outcome.
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Milton
Cal
Sheri Holman
Calavesas Pousty
Wallace
Holman
Transport Logan Relieves Shafter in California Command
General Young arrives in San Francisco to take command of the department of California from General Shafter who will retire as a major general. The Logan departed Nagasaki Thursday carrying Young and the Thirty third and Thirty fourth Volunteer regiments for the voyage to San Francisco.
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Vee
Washington
Logan
Nagasaki
San Francisco
Young
Shafter
Department of California
Right Lives Lost In Boston Boiler Disaster
A Boston boiler explosion at 466 Weet Madison Street left one dozen dead and forty-two injured. Early reports say a number of workers were present in and around the plant when the device detonated. An inspector had warned of unsafe conditions prior to the incident.
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Boston
Doremusundry
Madison Street
Patiétag
Detter Inspection Department
Deremus
Death of Harrison Unconscious to the Last Moment
General Benjamin Harrison died at 4 45 pm after a quiet, painless decline. Surrounded by family and old friends, he passed as relatives remained at his bedside, though neither Russell Harrison nor McKee reached the city in time. Born August 20 1833 at North Bend Ohio, he was the 23rd president, son of John Scott Harrison and grandson of William Henry Harrison. He married Caroline Scott in 1853 and studied law in Cincinnati.
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Indianapolis
Benjamin Harrison
General Harrison
Russell Harrison
Mr. McKee
Elizabeth
United States
North Bend
John Scott Harrison
Wiliam Henry Harrison
Virginia
Caroline Scott
John W. Scott
Oxford Female Seminary
Storer & Gwynne
Cincinnati
Indiana politician and Civil War veteran profile
The article outlines the career of a Indiana figure who studied law, served as chief of the federal court, became reporter of the Illinois Supreme Court, and raised the seventieth Indiana regiment. He earned a brevet brigadier general’s commission from Lincoln, campaigned for Grant, declined a Garfield cabinet post, and served as U S senator from Indiana from 1881 to 1887 while remaining active in Republican politics and national conventions.
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Indianapollo
Federal Court
Harrison
Supreme Court of
Ilinois
Seventieth Indiana Regiment of Volunteers
Morton
Washington, D. C
Abraham Lincoln
E. M. Stanton
General Grant
Indiana
James A. Garfield
Garfield
United States
Chicago
Ill
Oe Sherman
W. Q Seiden
Willam MM
United States Commission Arrives to Organize Tayabas Gov
In Southern Luzon at Lucena a party from the American Philippine commission lands and begins provincial government formation in Tayabas. Colonel Gardner, now civil governor, advocates peaceful native relations and limited seizures, while natives embrace the federal party along with Manila supporters. The commission plans to extend to Sorosogan as a seaport vote for provincial governance.
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Luvena
Tayabas
Luzon
United States Army
American Philippine Commission
Lucena
Gardner
Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry
Cooney Gardner
Thirtieth Infantry
United States
Federal Party
Manila
Sorosgan
Rear-End Collision Kills Two in Arlington Heights
Chicago dispatch reports a rear-end collision at Arlington Heights between a time freight and a stock train on the Chicago & Northwestern. The caboose carried 14 stockmen. the crash started a fire, killing two and injuring eight. The caboose and three cars burned. animals escaped as doors were opened for relief. Local volunteers aided in rescue and firefighting.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Arlington Heights
St. Paul
Atock
Greatest Stampede Since 1898 At Alaska Mining Claims
A Dawson dispatch from March 1 reports a stampede after Alaska government claims opened February 26 the greatest since 1898. Hundreds of claims were made available first come first served with sworn proof of no prior stakes. Some stampeders misread notices and staked reserved ground. Four days of vigil with temperatures 40 below zero proved brutal for many.
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Alaska
Vancouver
B. C
Dawson
Sero
Giant trust aims to control Alaska fish industry
A report from Juneau claims a huge capital trust is forming to seize control of all Alaska canneries and fisheries. Former Pacific American Fisheries president Onffrey is in New York arranging incorporation to dominate Alaska’s vast fishery sector. Last year Alaska produced about 11,029,348 pounds of canned fish valued at $11 million and 13,000 barrels salted valued at $196,000.
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Seattle
Juneau
Alaska Territory
Onffrey
Pacific American Fisheries Company
Northwest Coast
New York City
Ito
Indory
A’ A
Weeping kan rals yr factory at Fairfield owner
Weeping kan rals yr factory, owner of the Abstahment of Fairfield, secures contracts for 2,000 tract fer sae sad cape to Crore. Spokane report from March 14 notes the messy OCR article with uncertain figures and a road naming reference, reflecting a constrained local item.
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Washington
Gugar Best Centracte
Spokane
Fairfield
Mare
China Objects to Manchurian Arms Restrictions
China protests limits on Manchurian arms imports army reorganization and Russian control of Chinese officials. Li Hung Chang reported in good health. Wield Marshal Count von Walderse left for Tianjin. General Gaselee to Wei Hai Wei then Bhagal.
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Pekin
China
Husela
Li Hung Chang
Count von Walderses
Tien Tain
Gaselee
Wei Hai Wei
Bhanghal
The Russian Agreement and China’s Protectorate
The article reports on the Russian agreement over Manchuria and China’s protectorate, noting US neutrality amid rising opposition and concern over indemnities. Special Commissioner Hockhills works to constrain Chinese demands, aligning with prior policy to avoid destabilizing concessions.
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Russia
Manchuria
Pekin
United States
Ching
Hockhills
Fire wipes out Cloverport in Kentucky disaster
A midnight natural gas pipe explosion in Cloverport Kentucky leveled most of the town, destroying property valued at $600000 and leaving about half the population homeless. Heavy losses hit American Tobacco Company. relief trains and railroad carriers rushed aid including bread and tents as 500 tents and two trainloads of relief supplies were organized.
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Cloverport
Loulaville
American Tobacco Company
Insg
Louisville, Henderson & At. Louis Railroad
Louisville
Henderson
Adjutanteneral Murray
Frankfort
Senator Platt Discusses Cuba Amended Relation
iM INTERESTS OF BOTH Washington March 15 Senator Flatt of Connecticut author of the Platt amendment relating to Cuba spoke with Secretary Root regarding Cuba He avoided commenting on Cuban criticisms but asserted that Cubans will eventually see the amendments as in their interest and not damage to their dignity or prestige.
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Washington
Senator Flatt
Connecticut
Platt
Cuba
Root
Havana
Cartela
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Bexjamin Harrison
Bigantle Cannera’ Trust
Eari Li Hung Chang Nee
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