Week in Review Highlights Deaths and Global Tensions
Actor Vohn Z Little dies in Brooklyn at 62. Pearl Harbor naval base planned. San Francisco reports bubonic plague case. Chinatown cleanup proposed. Philadelphia Chinamen unite for protection. Newark tenement fire kills many. A seven year old shoots mother in Chicago. Austi Imperialist League critic predicts anti expansion vote. Spanish American veterans discuss new Gen Henry W Lawton camp. Rand Drill and Laflin Rand founder Addison Rand dies at 68 in New York. Lila and Mattie schooner wrecked on Tillamook bar. Puerto Rico food shortages soar. German and Portuguese officials clash over Pretoria arms letters. Japan restricts foreign business. many US firms affected. Chinese tong violence in San Francisco sparks peace efforts. Senate passes diplomatic bill. Liliuokalani declines pension. Wheeler resigns. McCormick retires. Insurgents resist in Panay. Indian agent reports 297,908 Native Americans. Illinois funds Lincoln monument restoration. Mutual Life buys English war loans. Frankfort unrest grows. militia in control. St Louis Transit strike ends. Boer War showing signs of ending. Kruger appeals for ceasefire. Paris tax shifts corporate offices to Brussels. Admiral Kauts heads Pacific squadron toward Central America. Murphy pardon commuted for murder in Philippines.
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United States to organize Chinese squadron amid global tensions
A scrambled late 19th century news roundup notes U S measures to assemble a Chinese squadron, battles and occupations in Africa and South Africa, river floods in Illinois, and various political, labor, and scientific developments. It mentions Cronje prisoners to St Helena, Bloemfontein occupation, Lord Roberts, and President Wheeler endorsing University of California excavations funded by Phoebe Hearst.
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University of California
Phoebe A. Hearst
Egypt
George Petaner
Archaeological Museum
Berkeley
Boer Commander 100 LATE FOUND THE RAILWAY CUT
Reported movement shows Major Weston cutting the railway north of Bloemfontein intercepting General Joubert who was advancing south with 8 000 men to reinforce defense. Elaborate defenses were built outside Bloemfontein and hoors wounded remained in the town.
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Joubert
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Johannesborg
Mr Chamberlain
Kruger
Vaal
Eneral Buller
Critica
Daily Mail
Lourenco
Eight New Warships Authorized by Naval Committee
WashingtonMarch 17 The house committee on naval affairs sets the number and type of new warships to be funded in the upcoming naval appropriation bill. Plans include eight ships: two battleships around 13 500 tons each at 3 800 000 dollars apiece, three armored cruisers near four million dollars each, and three protected cruisers about 1 141 000 dollars each. The panel allows armor procurement up to 545 dollars per ton for emergency armor 7 400 tons for Maine Missouri Ohio. leaves sheathing to secretary of the navy. Capps testified supporting sheathing for vessels in foreign service. Separate item San Francisco March 17 Southern Pacific to relinquish Pullman car ownership April 1 absorbing sleeping car interests under a mileage plan. value reported at 1 500 000 dollars.
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House Committee On Naval Affairs
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Missouri
Ohio
Capps
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Pullman
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
Southern Peon
Valent Company
Southern Pacific
Pullman Company
Boer Sympathizers Meet at Cooper Union in New York
A mass meeting of Boer sympathizers at Cooper Union featured speakers Montagu White John Mulhol land and P Lo Weavele. Van Hoesen warned the war would end only with the demise of the Boers or the English in battle, urging support for Kruger and Boer self rule.
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New York
Cooper Union
George H. van Hoesen
Montague White
John E. Mulholland
P Lo Weavele
Orange Free State
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Johannesburg
Hluemfontein
Kruger
Wessels
Enelend
America
United States
The Cuban Problem to be Taken Up After Puerto Rico
A Washington dispatch says four weeks remain in Cuba’s treaty period for Spanish inhabitants to choose Cuban or Spanish citizenship. After April 11, moves begin for municipal elections and a convention to decide Cuba’s government with U.S. control ending. Senator Foraker backs a civil Puerto Rico government to clear the way for Cuba. Senators Platts Aldrich and Teller plan a Cuba trip to study the plebiscite planned for April 11.
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Spain
Cuba
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Senate Committee On
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Forakern
Puerto Rico
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Connecticut
Aldrich
Teller
Plats
Interview with Ito on Russo Japanese War and South Africa
The Japanese ex prime minister Marquis Ito says rumors of war between Russia and Japan are unfounded and declares an accord exists to avoid encroachment by Corea. He says Russia and Japan are friendly and England will face increased armed forces globally as the South African conflict grows. The Japanese military aim is to defend Japan, not seek colonies.
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the Herald
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Saga
Marquia Ito
Russia
Japan
Rossia
Corea
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England
Filipino War Near End, Officers Report Happy Troops
General Wheeler in Washington reports the Filipino War near its end and praises troops in Manila and Washington. He notes scattered guerrilla activity and difficulties in judging enemy strength but says the army is in fine health and well cared for, with ongoing patrols and suppression efforts.
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Wheeler
Washington
Open to the Game Bloemfontein War Office Dispatch
Bloemfontein March 19 reports Clements crossing the Orange yesterday as repairs to the Norval’s Pont railway near completion. Pole-Carew telegraphs at Springfontein, signaling a near rail return to Cape Town, while a proclamation shows strong impact amid Basuteli and Boers arrivals and calls for terms of surrender.
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Explosion at blast site injures one man in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh report describes an explosion at a blast site injuring one man. The unusual incident sparked a rush of confusion as details remain unclear and investigators begin work at the scene in Monongahela.
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