Rhodes the Man of the Hour in Berlin and on the Nile
Cecil Rhodes draws intense press focus across Britain Germany and France as his Berlin visit signals Anglo German rapprochement and plans for Cape to Cairo. American imperial expansion sparks debate with fears of overreach while Alaska boundary and Klondike mining disputes strain US Britain talks. Queen Victoria visits Nice and Coburg Gotha succession notes punctuate a crowded foreign affairs week.
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Associated Press
Cecil Rhodes
Hapsburg
America
Rhodes
Spectator
South America
Tom Head
United States
Canada
Straits of Macellin
Great Britain
Germany
France
Berlin
Figaro
Temple
William
Mr. Rhodes
Portugal
Cimiez
Nice
Queen Victoria
Sake- Coburg and Gotha
Alfred
Lake-Coburg and
Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and
Duke of
Just What They Expected Trouble Between Minera Did Not Surprise
Washington March 17. In Washington DB O March 17 the trouble between Minera did not surprise officials. The report notes expectations were met and no new developments altered the situation.
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Minera
Washington
Washington, DB
Nanaimo Opera House Fire Destroys Several Businesses
A fire at the Wellington Opera House in Nanaimo British Columbia destroyed the Opera House Grant Jes sop's drug store a barber shop and Henderson's confectionery after a lamp toppled in a candy stall crowd of about 400 dancers fled in panic one person narrowly escaped. Total losses estimated at 20000 with about half insured.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Wellington Opera House
Grant Jessop
Henderson
Regina Standard Burned in Regina N W T
A morning fire gutted the Regina Standard printing office at 11. It was a wooden structure with interiors destroyed. adjacent buildings were saved. Plant valued at 6000, stock and library 1000, building 1000. Insurance 4000.
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Regina
Standard Printing Office
Child and Jander
Regina Trading Company
Standard Office
Library
Trade Returns For Dominion Eight Months End February
Ottawa report shows eight months ending February 28 with total trade up by 11 49 441 98 to 215 070 642 for the year, driven entirely by imports as exports fall 4 951 564 while imports rise 16 592 0 and duties climb to 16 427 128 from 14 150 116.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
More Hospital Trouble in St Catherines Ontario
The medical staff at St Catherines General resigns their positions. Doctors Armour Leitch King Merritt Sheanah and Smith resign and board accepts. Dr Jory named temporary head as dispute over interior management rules remains unresolved awaiting new staff.
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St. Catherines
Ont
Armour
Leitch
King
Merritt
Sheanah
Smith
Jory
Trading ties flourish as Canada seeks British business partners
London reports continued inquiries at the High Commissioner's office on Canada Britain trade. Requests invite reliable Canadian firms in wood pulp mica oil furniture walnut and birch logs. A Bristol firm seeks a Canadian packing house agency. Hon R Dobell sailed for Canada today.
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London
High Commissioner's Office
Canada
Mother Land
Bristol
R. Dobell
Windsor Hotel Fire Death Toll Rises With Seventy Injured
In New York the Windsor Hotel blaze leaves 16 dead 66 missing and 67 injured. Rescue teams work under rain and smoke with debris and gas blasts delaying recovery, while crowds gather and proprietor Warren Leland remains feeble. Eldridge Gerry owned the building and its insured furniture.
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New York
Windsor Hotel
Warren F. Leland
the Windsor
Eldridge Gerry
Tornado fear grips St Louis amid darkness and smoke
St Louis Missouri reports five minutes of darkness as smoke and clouds created a pall over the city and vicinity. Panic spread among jail and city hospital inmates who feared a repeat of the May 27 1896 tornado. A Rob Roy Arkansas dispatch notes a tornado there killing one and injuring several.
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St. Louis
Rob Roy
Arkansas
Spaniards in Manila Long for Home as U S Forces Cut Stay
Cable from General Rios reports critical situation for Spanish troops in Manila. Spaniards and 120 officials seek to return home while American forces render their stay in the Philippines untenable. Luzon sailed from Manila yesterday carrying soldiers and officials to Cartagena.
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Madrid
Rios
Philippines
Manila
Luzon
Cartagena
Orphan asylums in Cuba prompting donation appeal
Havana March 18 Dr Powers of the American church Missionary Society seeks a 10000 dollar donation to fund orphan asylum construction in Manila and Havana provinces. In Taguig forces attacked as two Union regiments helped push rebels before the 22nd regiment with an officer and 13 privates wounded. No American fatalities reported.
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Havana
Powers
American Church Missionary Society
Manila
Lake Carriers Association to hike sailor wages
In Cleveland on March 18 the executive committee of the Lake Carriers Association voted to raise sailors' wages by five dollars per month for the coming season. The general wage increase aims to boost prosperity and attract seafarers for the upcoming sailing schedule.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Carriers
Graves Decorated by Crowds in Berlin March 1808 Remembrance
Berlin observers mark the anniversary of the March 1808 revolution with large crowds decorating graves. Police presence was reported but no disturbances to peace occurred as mourners gathered at the sites honoring the victims.
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Berlin
Madrid Cabinet Approves Credit to Pay CuBan Debt Interest
The Madrid cabinet at its March 18 session approved a credit to cover interest payments on the Cuban debt.
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Madrid
Threat to dissolve Reichstag triggers new election plan
Berlin reports the Emperor demands the Reichstag pass the military bill as drafted or face dissolution and new elections. Prince Hohenlohe and Bundesrath oppose this threat as government supporters back the bill, amid a public vote showing strong rejection of the peace footing increase. The Emperor's mortification grows as court and political factions clash over the handling and the fate of Hohenlohe.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Gosslier
Bundesrath
Budget Commissions
Prince Hohanlohe
Prince Hohenlohe
General von Gosslier
Count Posadowsky Weinhar
Associated Press
Hohenlohe
Calgary church heads to hats ban in worship
New York March 18 Calgary Methodist Episcopal church faces a religion social issue as a posted notice requires all worshipers to remove head coverings. The rule targets women, and pastors largely agree on the hat ban though obedience remains in doubt.
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New York
Calgary Methodist Episcopal Church
Calvary Church
Indian protection bill sparks Cobdenite alarm in Britain
London march 18 The Indian Government Bill imposing countervailing duties on bounty fed sugar has caused a flutter in radical Cobdenite circles. It is openly protectionist. Secretary of State for India Lord George Hamilton told the House of Commons the aim is to shield indigenous Indian trade from undermining imports. The radicals note the measure.
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London
State of
Saturn Satellite Discovery at Harvard Observatory
Cambridge March 15 A new Saturn satellite was discovered by Professor William H Pickering at the Harvard Observatory. It lies three and a half times farther from Saturn than Lapatus with a seventeen month orbital period and a magnitude of fifteen and a half. The discovery was based on four plates from the Arequipa Bruce telescope. The last Saturn satellite find dated to September 1848 by George P Bond.
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Cambridge
Mass
William H. Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Arequipa
Bruce
George P. Bond
Harvard College Observatory
Loubet Congratulated by Paris Diplomatic Corps
Paris on March 18 President Louber received the diplomatic corps and their governments' congratulations along with Prime Minister Dupuy and Foreign Minister Delcass. The Austrian Ambassador Count Wolkenstein led a felicitations group. The president replied with brief thanks for the friendship shown.
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Paris
Louber
Dupuy
M. Delcass
Count Wolkenstein
France
Signor Martino Recalled Over China Ultimatum
In Rome on March 18 Admiral Qanevaro stated Signor Martino violated instructions as Italian Minister to China by presenting an ultimatum to the Chinese Government regarding the San Mun Bay concession and was recalled. Negotiations with China are now entrusted to Sir Claude Macdonald in Pekin, with Italy agreeing not to use force unless efforts fail.
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Rome
Senate
Qanevaro
Signor Martino
China
San Mun Bay
Italy
Claude Macdonald
Pekin
Kipling Faces Moral Danger From Public Glare
The Spectator warns that Rudyard Kipling risks moral peril as worldwide homage grows with his fame and possible death, urging a homily on The Glare of Publicity and its insidious effects.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Spectator
Kipling
Samoa topic unsettled as Berlin act blocks settlement
London reports that three powers have a tentative Samoa arrangement but warns real settlement remains impossible while the Berlin Act stays in force. The article suggests temporary patching rather than a lasting solution and notes the current moment is unfavorable for changes.
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London
Samoa
Morning Post Today
Canadian bill to swap Leeward Islands for Alaskan strip
A Ottawa despatch reports a Canadian plan to submit to Parliament a bill to exchange the Leeward Islands with the United States for an Alaskan strip as part of a larger debate on imperial possessions and potential land swaps involving the Philippines.
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London
Ottawa
British West Indies
Philippines
Canada
Leeward Islands
United States
Canadian Pacific Yardman Killed In Toronto Yard Accident
Robert Cole a married Canadian Pacific yardman was instantly killed in Toronto at the Union Depot yards when he was crushed between an engine and a passenger coach this morning. He leaves a family.
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Toronto
Ont
Canadian Pacific
Robert Cole
Union Depot
James Ross First to Order Boat for Senwanhaka Cup Defense
James Ross, commodore of the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club in Montreal, ordered a boat to defend the Senwanhaka Cup this year. Mr. Duggan will begin work on it immediately.
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Montreal
Jamoa Ross
Royal St. Lawrence
No Truth to Pope Operat ion Report in Rome
Rome reports there is no truth to claims the Pope underwent another operation today. He received several individuals in audience as usual, observers say.
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Rome
Cena
Audi
Moyie Demands Rail Station Favor From Pacific Board
In a Moyie Board of Trade letter, A. T. Clark claims Moyie, with growing ore and lumber shipments, deserves an official station and telegraphic service. He argues Moyie’s business volume justifies placement over Moyelle and other points, urging fair treatment and noting local prosperity.
Traitors Grave Found In Manila Burial Trench
Ex Corporal John W Hayes of Company D First California volunteers is reported killed while fighting in Manila. He married a Filipino and deserted to insurgent lines two days later. His body was found buried with insurgent lieutenant's clothes among dead enemies.
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San Francisco
Mail
Manila
The
American
John W. Hayes
First California Volunteers
Hayes
Raleigh salutes Spanish squadron as it departs for New York
The United States cruiser Raleigh, returning from Manila, hoisted the Spanish flag and fired a salute as she passed Admiral Camara's Spanish squadron off Algeciras. The Spanish flagship Carlos Vuelto hoisted the Anes flag and replied with a salute.
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Raleigh
Here
New York
Manila
Camara
Algeciras
Carlos Quinto
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