British Officers to Join Expedition Against the Mad Mullah
Two British officers Major H. A. Tracey and Captain R. P. Cobbold sail to Adis Abyssinia to advise Ras Makonnen in the campaign against the Mad Mullah. King Menelik commits 20,000 troops. Britain to send force from Berber to aid the Ethiopian army. This signals restored British prestige amid Franco-Russian influence.
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London
H. A. Tracey
R. P. Cobbold
Adis
Abyssinia
Ras Makonnen
Mullah
Berber
East Africa
Gulf of Aden
Menelick
War and Plague Shaping Pretoria Armistice Talks
London reports progress in Pretoria negotiations limited to armistice as South African reinforcements loom. A war office dispatch outlines 12 000 troops sailing next week, with two officers killed at Lichtenberg. Dewet and Steyn have split, while bubonic plague raises Cape Town fears and authorities plan removals of a third of the city area.
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London
Marehis
Pretoria
Kruger
War Office
South Africa
Lichtenberg
Lord Kitchener
Daily Mail
Dewet
Steyn
Petersburg
Bloemfontein
Smithfield
Capetown
Cape
Jis
War loan to Consols as Transvaal debt discussed
Amsterdam Daily Maul reports Mr Relty former state secretary of the Transvaal is ill. The Times says the balance of the war loan will be passed to consols after the government has already drawn funds from short term loans and bonds.
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Amsterdam
Daily
Maul
Kruger
Relty
Trangvaal
the Times
Transvaal
Strathcona Horse Steamer Numidian Overdue in Bad Weather
Halifax March 8 The steamer Numidian carrying the Strathcona Horse had not been sighted at midnight and is overdue by several days. Anxiety grows over its safety amid recent bad weather. Among the volunteers is Sergeant McHarg of Rossland.
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Halifax
Sergeant McHarg
Rossland
British House Debates Recalcitrant Members Suspension Bill
In London on March 7 the foreign office said the St Petersburg dispatch on Russia's oral promise about Manchuria had been approved by Count Lamadorff. The debate on suspending recalcitrant Irish members saw Lord Balfour press for stricter penalties while Lord Hugh Cecil proposed imprisonment, a plan rejected as too harsh. The new rule limiting suspensions passed 264 to 61 after heated exchanges and adjournment attempts.
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London
Foreign Office
Lord Camborne
St. Petersburg
Russia
Manchuria
Count Lamadorff
Gully
Jordan
Dillon
Balfour
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Mr. Balfour
John Redmond
Hugh Ec
Hugh Cecil
tAye
Lord Cecil
Manchuria Row Clarified By Russian Assurance
London reports a British ambassador’s despatch from St Petersburg quoting Count Lamsdorff denying a permanent Russian treaty or protectorate in Manchuria. He says Moscow aims only for a mediating modus vivendi with China and the restoration of Manchuria to Chinese control once the temporary military presence ends.
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London
St. Petersburg
Sir Charles Scott
Count Lamedorff
Manchuria
Russia
Charles Scott
China
Port Arthur
Rusela
Pekin
Chi Li
Count Lamsdorff
Canadian steamer ashore near Liverpool with 200 aboard
The Dominion line steamship Dominion with about 200 passengers grounded this afternoon near the Mersey lightship at the entrance to the bar. She signalled for help and the Newburgh lifeboat went to assist the vessel under Capt. Menzies as it was outward bound from Liverpool to Portland.
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Liverpool
Dominion Line
Menzies
Portland
Mersey
Newburgh
Battle near Mansheng Leaves Four Hundred Chinese Routed
Southwest of Mansheng a detachment encountered about four hundred Chinese regulars who had separated from their main force. The fighting scattered the enemy, leaving about fifty dead and two banners in the hands of the attackers.
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Mansheng
Syndicate rejects 15 million offer for key Boundary properties
In Montreal on March 7 8 H C Miner president of the Miner Graves syndicate admits an agent offered 15 000 000 for the Old Tronsides Knobhill and Grey Fagle properties and the Granby smelter. Offer refused. Agent reportedly secured an option on another large Boundary property.
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Montreal
H. C. Miner
Miner- Graves Syndicate
Toddy
New York
Leading features of the alien labor bill amendments
In Parliament the minister of Anance will deliver his budget appeal Thursday. Mr Fielding announced this. Col Prior questioned the Canadian trip of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall with Vancouver and Victoria as possible extensions. Sir Wilfrid Laurier described the alien labor bill amendments tightening penalties to a discretionary range of fifty to one thousand dollars. The bill passed first reading as Bourassa noted a South African war resolution for Tuesday. Debate returned on the transportation problem and fixed action to centralize Canada westward traffic.
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Ottawa
Anance
Fielding
Prior
Victoria
Progres
Vancouver
Col
Wilfrid Laurer
Bourassa
Bennet
Canada
A Tribute to Tommy Lord Roberts Praises British Troops
Lord Roberts, at an Army Temperance Society meeting in London, lauds British soldiers in South Africa for restraint. He notes few opportunities in campaigns but highlights exemplary conduct at Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, and Pretoria. No complaints of rudeness toward Boer women or children.
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Lord Roberts
South Africa
London
Army Temperance Society
South African
Bloemenntein
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Theirohildren
Manitoba Rail Contract Clash Cited In Debate
Winnipeg dispatch notes ex-Premier Greenway reading a last June contract with New York financiers by Hugh John Macdonald, later repudiated by Mr Roblin, claimed to be more favorable than the current N P Berlin Canadian Northern deal. Waldersee reported misdeed of burglars failing to crack Pulford’s safe with dynamite. police contact made.
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Winnipeg
Greenway
New York
Hugh John Macdonald
Roblin
Manitoba
N. P
Berlin
War Office
Canadian Northern
Denouing
Count Voned
Waldersee
Pekin
Third Cast
Asiatics
Pulford
Kroyerer
BAD OUTLOOK FOR MINING IN KOOTENAYS SAYS DREWRY
J Drewry, manager of Canadian Gold Fields in the province, warned in Rossland that mining cannot be profitable under present conditions. He said sixteen men were laid off at Sunset mine with only five for development, and insisted operations will stop until conditions improve. He urged government policy support, better smelter and refinery access, fair wages, and lower transportation costs to revive the industry.
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J. ©. Drewry
Canadian Gold Fields Syndicate
Rossland
P Sunset
Whitewater
Siam
California
Kootenays
Green
Drewry
Theseootenays
Toronto approves of charter for Crow's Nest railway
The board of trade railway and transportation committee approved a charter for a railway running from the Crow's Nest to the international boundary. One member opposed, O. W. Band, but his amendment was defeated.
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Tordmto
Board of Trade Railway and Transportation Committee
Crow's Nest Goal Fields
W. Band
Dewey Prize Money Warrant Issued for $9,750
The Treasury Department issued a war rant in favor of Admiral George Dewey for nine thousand seven hundred fifty dollars. The payment covers prize money determined by the Court of Claims for the destruction of the Spanish fleet in Manila Harbor in May eighteen ninety eight.
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Washington
Treasury Department
George Dewney
Court of Claims
Manila
Appointment Confirmed Amid Washington Rumors
Washington March 7 official word confirms Lord Pauncefote the British ambassador will continue his period of service in Washington. The reports circulating earlier this time have been clarified by the authorities.
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Washington
Lord Pauncefote
Extension Likely to Continue Amid Ambassador's Health
The extension is expected to last through the year and perhaps another, due to the ambassador's strong health and deep knowledge of key international issues. In Washington on March 7 the Navy Department reports suspending wireless telegraphy experiments for naval communication. No permanent plant has been installed on any warship, despite talks Marconi may visit the United States with potential proposals.
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Washington
Navy Department
Marconi
United States
Legislative Opposition Caucus Holds. Leadership Not Discussed
In Victoria on March, reports note an opposition caucus meeting where a general policy was outlined but leadership was not discussed. Mr McInnes seeks a labor bill replacement to win support from moderates. a Vancouver charter for the Coast-Kootenay railway is sought by Garden. Deputations address bridge reconstruction, school act amendments, and a regional tax shift with per capita grants. Trail burial marks Meakin, early Vancouver resident and hotel proprietor.
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Victoria
McInnes
Richmond
Reeve
Rowan
Garret
North Arm
Vancouver
Garden
Coast-Kootenay
Barnard
Oliver
W. F. MacFarlane
Smith
Lillooet
Taylor
Revelstoke
Atlin
Ottawa
Townley
Turner
New Westminster
Nanaimo
Commerce groups urge early ratification of France treaty
The New York chamber of commerce adopted a unanimous resolution urging the United States Senate to ratify the commercial treaty with France at an early date. The move reflects economic and diplomatic priorities as tensions ease and trade prospects grow.
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New York
Chambers of Commerce Today
United States Senate
France
Capacity Doubled At Hall Mines Smelter Plant Expansion
The Hall Mines smelter added a second furnace yesterday to double capacity and relieve demand. A mechanical roaster and briquetting machine expedite treatment, replacing hand roasting and forming calcined ore into bricks to improve draft and efficiency. The staff will grow as ore supplies arrive from the C P R yards to meet rising needs.
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Hall
Canadian Wirkletts and Other March 7 News
Multiple items from March 7 report legal moves on a liquor act appeal to the privy council, a proposed $700000 beet root sugar plant, Baden-Powell police enlistments for Halifax, E Lepage & Co. dry goods assigned with $200000 liabilities, Woodstock to become a city, timber sales postponed due to smallpox, the death of Lance lot Banks at Banks Bros. in Kemptville, a Castle soldier attacked by bubonic plague with new isolations, and the Orange River Colony education department drafting a Canadian style school plan.
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Toronto
Woodstock
Algoma
Ont
Bloemfontein
Education Department of
Orange River Colony
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