Pauncefote as British Delegate to Disarmament Congress
Washington March 10. Sir Julian Pauncefote the British Ambassador is considered for a British delegate role at the disarmament congress called by the Czar. The Foreign Office has not finalized selections, but Pauncefote’s nomination is favored in diplomatic circles. His Anglo American peace treaty work and the Olney Pauncefote treaty are noted, with a possible one year extension of his ambassadorial term to May next, ensuring service if selected. Sir Julian spoke with the State Department today.
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Julian Pauncefote
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Julian
Sir Julian
Congress
State Department
Admiralty to spend 1.26 million in new war vessels
London reports the Admiralty will allocate 1 260 000 dollars for the coming year to build new warships and finish an unfinished vessel. Naval officers complain the program is too small, especially for cruisers and torpedo boats, as France and Russia outpace Britain. They accuse Chancellor Hicks Beach of cutting estimates contrary to expert opinion to avoid a larger deficit.
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London
Admiralty
France
Russia
Great Britain
Michael Hicks Beach
Discovery of Captain Villadon Found In Cave Near Morro
Santiago de Cuba reports the body of Captain Villadon of the destroyer Pluton, sunk with Admiral Cervers's squadron, was found seated in a chair in a cave near El Morro. Sailors may have laid him there after he was wounded. The Captain of the Port will sail to Morro by tug to verify the tale and arrange burial per Spanish government orders.
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Santiago de Cuba
Villadon
Pluton
Admiral Cervers
el Morro
Port Beatt
Morro
Ready Made Fortune A Klondiker’s India Fortune
Chicago March 10 Reginald Woon seeks wealth in Alaska but a fortune of 200000 dollars awaits him in India as Dawson went a different path.
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Chicago
Alaska
Reginald Woon
India
Dawson
Wealth Heirs in India Estate Hidden for Years
To the Klondike last year, he was unaware of the wealth which is his, and lawyers and relatives are endeavoring to communicate with him to notify him of his good luck. Dawson and his wife Huen Archibald Dawson are connected to an estate in Calcutta. The will favors her children if she were dead. The estate totals £ 80,000 in real state and £ 10,000 in personal property.
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Dawson
Huen Archibald Dawson
Galcutta
London
New York
Ghicago
Dawnon
Swedish mentor Orling tests shore steered torpedo
London 11 March The Daily Chronicle reports an interview with Orling a Swedish mentor who arrived to test a torpedo he says can be steered from shore or a vessel via a new light transmission and electrical induction principle. He claims 22 knots speed six mile range return control of a steamer and possible telephone wires obsolescence. Orling is a native of Stockholm who has studied in America.
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The
Daily Chronicle
Orling
Stockhol
America
Poor Little Joe Knows Kipling's Beloved Daughter Dead
New York March 10 Mr Kipling is said to be improving though deeply affected by the death of his daughter Josephine. Dr Dunham informed him after the attendants judged risk of distress. The poet, teary, murmured Poor little Joe as he learned the worst news.
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New York
Joe
Brick and Lime Company Announces Stock Issue in West Kootenay
The West Kootenay Brick and Lime Company Limited offers 12600 shares, 5000 preference and 7500 ordinary shares with applications closing March 81. Brickyards operate at Nelson and Kalso area with lime quarries opposite Kalso. The firm plans 2,000,000 bricks this year and aims to expand with branch offices between Fernie and Greenwood. Boarding houses planned for Nelson yard and later at Balfour and East. Bricks and lime are of superior quality with strong demand.
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West
Fernie
Greenwood
Nelson Yard
Balfour and Ease
Rome Government Prepares Three More Cruisers for San Mun Demand
London report states the Italian government orders three additional cruisers to be ready for service in Chinese waters in response to Italy's demand for the San Mun concession in Che Kiang province.
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London
Rome
The
Daily Mail
Italy
San Mun
Che Kiang
Madman Leaps From Malaga Cathedral Tower
A Malaga Cathedral tower leap ends in fatal plunge. A deranged man suspended himself roughly 200 feet above ground and fell to a mass of wreckage as a crowd watched. The Daily Mail despatch from London reports the incident occurred yesterday.
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London
Daily Mail
Malaga
Spain
Cathedral of
Pope improves but weak, alarms Rome entourage
London dispatch reports the Pope’s condition as improving though physicians warn of great weakness, creating concern among his entourage.
Russia Schemes a Story of Trouble Dangerous Games by Roundabout Way
A despatch from Allahabad says a large Russian force has reached Fort Murghabi to seize Siri Kel north of the Mustagh mountains, risking friction with Britain over disputed boundary. Also reports danger of armed clash between Canadian and American miners on Alaska British boundary near Porcupine River, with Britain urged to recall Canadians.
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Sir- i-Kel
Mustagh Mountains
London
Allahabad
Inatia
Yarkand
Turkestan
Murghabi
Sir-I-Kel
Pamir
Great Britain
Pamirs
Great
Little
Central Asia
Hindoo-Koosh
Asia
SiriKel
Sir-J-Kel
Oxus
Buffalo
N. Y
Washington
Porcupine River
Alaska
British Territory
Brady
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Dominion
Porcupine
Klondike
Pacific
Irish United Movement Faces Clash Over Libel Suit
In Dublin on March 10 the feud between factional leaders Timothy Healey and John Redmond intensifies as Healey accuses Redmond's Daily Nation of Tory control and British funding. Redmond threatens libel action and to seek an injunction against Healey's Daily Interview.
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Dublin
Timothy Healey
John Redmond
Daily Nation
The
Daily Interview
Irish United Movement
Healey
Redmond
Mining Explosion at Commodore Mine Kills Miners in Creede
In tunnel No 8 at the Commodore mine Creede Colorado an explosion of several hundred pounds of powder occurred today. At least four miners are confirmed dead with six believed dead and others seriously injured. Names named thus far include Scotty Watson Frank Heda and John Larner. A large crew works to recover bodies and rescue the injured.
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Creede
Colo
Commodore Mine
Scotty Watson
Frank Heda
John Larner
Londons Testimony On Dressmaker Bill Ads Fail
In Westminster Court a trial over a dressmaker bill ended with judgment for the plaintiff. J B Lane testified his wife arranged payment via notices in American papers where they were correspondents. He said ads appeared in New York Mail and Express Cleveland World and Chicago Times Herald.
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London
Westiminster Court
J. B. Lane
Lane
New York Mail and Express
Cleveland World
Chicago Times Herald
Panama Star reports Cerrutti settlement payment
A dispatch from Colon dated March 10 states that Colombia and Cerrutti claim representatives have reached a definite settlement. Foreign Minister Cuervo Marques has arranged a payment of 1,500,000 dollars to settle all claims arising from the Cerrutti incident.
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Colon
Colombia
Panama
Pa yonia Arrival Reported Premature Off Holyhead
Liverpool March 10 The reported arrival of the Cunard steamship Payonia off Holyhead this morning in tow of two tugs is believed to be premature as no further tidings have been received up to midnight.
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Liverpool
Cunard
Payonia
Holyhead
Mysterious Bill Smith Defeats Kid Lavigne in SF Bout
In San Francisco on March 10, Mysterious Bill Smith defeated Kid Lavigne in a boxing match. Smith secured the late victory amid a tense crowd as both fighters traded punches through rounds, with Smith ultimately emerging the winner.
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San Francisco
Bill’ Smith
Kid Lavigne
A Bully Killed On Kansas City to Fort Leavenworth Route
The 28th Kansas volunteers colored marching from Santiago to Fort Leavenworth pass through Kansas City. Soldier Williams of Kansas City was stabbed to death by comrade George Ray after Williams attacked Ray. Ray was arrested following the killing.
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Kansas City
Kansas Volunteers
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Santiago
St. Louis
Williams
George Ray
Ray
Americans urged to build Nicaragua canal fast
The Daily News comments on American troops landing at La Valetta noting that apart from sightseeing and fraternizing with British troops the morale lesson is to push the Nicaragua canal immediately. It criticizes the long voyage around and says troops could reach the Pacific directly, warning this is no help to reinforcing garrisons in a crisis with a determined enemy.
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London
The
Daily News
la Valetta
United States
Nicaragua Canal
Pacific
Romancer and Promoter Wardner Captivates New York Hotel Crowd
At a leading New York hotel James Wardner, the original of Mark Twain's Gold Sellers, drew interest Saturday night per the Utica Globe. Wardner, a deft romancer and promoter, is famed for rising fortunes and sudden losses, now back on the road to wealth after prior financial flips.
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New York
James
Wardner
Mark Twain
Utica Globe
Wardner of Black Cat Island Exposed as Fraud Kingpin
The text recounts Wardner’s elaborate scams in Puget Sound and British Columbia where he built towns and banks, presided over energy ventures, and profited from fake till schemes. A San Francisco exposé ruined his con, and he later pressured a pastor to join a penitentiary chaplaincy with a manipulative letter.
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Black Cat Island
Puget Sound
San Francisco
British Columbia
Wardner
Belated Train Strands Cheyenne as Wyoming Storm Worsens
A terrible blizzard grips Wyoming on March 10 with drifting snow halting all trains including the Cheyenne and Northern, 15 days overdue since Iron Mountain. Stock losses run high with cattle and sheep hit hard, up to 50 percent on range stock though inner herd losses lower. Sixty miles of snowdrifts trigger relief expeditions that repeatedly fail to reach stranded passengers and ranchers.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Cheyenne and Northern
Iron Mountain Station
Increase in Exports Under Preferential Tariff
London report from the House of Commons states exports from the United Kingdom to Canada rose over six percent from July to December due to the preferential tariff. Secretary Joseph Chamberlain cautioned the period is short for a firm forecast. He also said Newfoundland parliaments could repeal the Reid treaty if they choose, but offered no current opinion on the contract.
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London
House of Commons
Joseph Chamberlain
United Kingdom
Canada
Newfoundland
Reid
Prince Kroto Kin Says Peace Plan Aims At German French Deal
London dispatch reports Prince Kroto kin, a Russian exile who attacked the Czar's peace proposal, claims the plan seeks a German French understanding in exchange for French Indo China, and to restore the temporal power of the Pope for his role.
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London
Prince Krotokin
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Blocked Extension Sparks Shanghai and Cosmopolitan Settlement Clash
In retaliation for blocking extensions of the French concession at Shanghai, French and Russian ministers instructed consuls to block the Cosmopolitan settlement extension. China refuses to extend citing lack of unanimous consul approval. A Times despatch from Sydney reports a hurricane on the northeast coast of Queensland with substantial fatalities estimated around 200.
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London
Shanghai
China
Times
Sydney
N. W
Queens
Readjustment of Provinsial Sabinet in Hume Cabinet
An extra BC Gazette notice readjusts provincial cabinet portfolios. Hon. G. A. Semlin remains premier, with McKechnie as President of the Council, Cotton as Lands and Works and Finance, and J. Fred Hume named Minister of Mines. Joseph Martin continues as Attorney General. The Mines portfolio becomes separate from Provincial Secretary, due to workload. Several Dominion appointed Queen's Counsel will wear silk in court. The BC Supreme Court heard Alexander vs Heath appeal, which was allowed with costs.
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Emlin
Lands and Works Department
Mines
Heme
Fred Peters
Prince Edward Island
Saylor
Nelson
Charles Wilson
Vancouver
Queen's Counsel
Forin
Alexander Vs. Heath
Supreme Court
Agoncillo Says Otis Suppressing Truths On Philippine War
London March 10 Agoncillo agent of Aguinaldo recovering from the Labrador wreck interview today reiterating he left Washington to communicate with his people freely accusing General Otis of suppressing facts and conjuring up victories while the real state of affairs is told by the Hong Kong Filipino Junta.
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Agoncillo
Aguinaldo
Dominion Line
Labrador
Scotland
St. John
N. B
Liverpool
Washington
Otis
Hong Kong
Turks and Arabs clash near Shalif in Yemen province
Despatch from Bombay to the Morning Post reports severe fighting between Turkish troops and Arab tribesmen near Shalif, Yemen. The insurrection has persisted for ten months. Turkish casualties amount to one dead while Arab losses are estimated at eight hundred.
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London
Morning Post
Bombay
Shalif
Yemen
Arabia
Chamberlain to Introduce Bill on Small House Ownership
London March 11. On Tuesday Mr Chamberlain will introduce a bill empowering local authorities to advance funds to occupiers so they can acquire ownership of small houses under the Irish Land acts and the small holdings acts.
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London
Chamberlain
Emperor William to receive Cecil Rhodes on Cape to Cairo plan
Berlin March 10 reports that Emperor William has consented to receive Cecil Rhodes in audience to discuss the Cape to Cairo railway project. The talks are expected to focus on the line traversing German territory.
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Berlin
William
Cecil Rhodes
Cape To
Cairo
Midland orders ten locomotives from Baldwin Works
London reports the Midland Railway Company has ordered 10 more locomotives from Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, strengthening its steam power fleet.
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London
The
Midland Railway Company
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Queen Maria Henrietta Improves but In Danger Yet
Brussels reports Queen Maria Henrietta is much better this evening though not out of danger. Her condition remains serious with uncertainty about her recovery.
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Maria Henrietta
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