Various World and Local News Bits From The Hemisphere
A mixed dispatch notes events from Venezuela under Hernandez, a Nez Perce county treasurer jailed for depositing public funds, Panama Canal Company shareholders reelecting a new board, and a Portland post office expansion bill moving in the Senate. Also reported are naval movements, labor appeals in Puerto Rico, Alaska land reservations, Hawaii’s territorial government talk, Nome trade shifts, and other brief items across the Americas and Europe.
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Nez Perce County
Idaho
Panama Canal Company
Paria
Portland, Or
Senate
Iglesias
Eduardo Conde
Puerto Rico
Clarence Bay
Point Spencer
Albay
Hawaii
Dawson
Cape Nome
Sulzer
New York
Bryan
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Plague Spreads in Manila and Boer War News
Reports from the era detail plague spreading in Manila and Boer supply trains captured near Jacobsdal. Weather and political notes include snowstorms in Northern Germany and New York, a major army bill, and various public notices.
Kimberley Relief Amid British Advances in the Transvaal
London reports General French reached Kimberley with artillery and cavalry as Cronje contemplates battle or retreat. War office orders 21 new batteries while evacuations at Rensberg are confirmed. US Senate passes currency bill substitute. Lima shaken by earthquake. insurgents attack Daraga, Albay.
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London
War Office
French
Kimberley
Lorn Roberts
Jacobsdal
Cronje
Bloemfontein
England
Lord Roberts
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Cabinet
Schurman Calls U S An Asiatic Power after War
President Schurman of Cornell, addressing Ithaca business leaders, argues the Spanish-American War opened China and Asia to American commerce. He says the United States can now share its civilization and liberty, guiding 400 million Chinese toward the American flag and schools.
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Ithaca
Jacob G. Schurman
Cornell University
Business Men's Association
United States
Cuba
Kinglaund
Germany
Africa
China
Russia
France
England
Pacific
Philippines
Asia
Providence
Manila Campaign Updates and Cuban Maine Observances
Washington reports Major General Otis dispatching two regiments and artillery to San Miguel Bay while Camarines Sur sees insurgent activity and prisoners held near Nueva Caceres. Elsewhere in Havana the Maine’s second anniversary is observed with memorial services and the wreck adorned with laurels.
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Washington
Otis
Manila
San Miguel Bay
Camarines Sur
Nueva Caceres
Antimonan
Tayabas
Camarines
Luzon Island
Robbe
Luzon
Tabaco
Deonsol
Catanduanes
Samar
Leyte
Philippines
Maine
Havana
United States
McGee
Episcopal Church
Father Jones
Church of Mercede
Wood
Cronje Retreats as French Pursues from Kimberley
Reports from London dated February 19 describe General Cronje retreating toward Bloemfontein with about 10,000 men while General French with cavalry presses the pursuit after Kimberley. A Boer wagon train moves toward Bloemfontein, with British forces following. casualties are light despite bombardment. Riots in Martinique disrupt supplies as unrest grows, and Honolulu reports five plague cases with two white victims.
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London
Cronje
Lon Roberts
French
Kimberley
Bloemfontein
Lord Roserta
Modder River
Jacobsdal
Modder
Kelly Kenny
Spyfontein
Riet
Honolulu
Nonlulu
Alameda
J. W. Robertson
J. 2
Hartman
San Francisco
Robertson
Golden Shore
Puget Sound
Corn trade meeting shows cautious price move in Chicago
In Chicago members of the union boom corn trust held a meeting as they tried to push brush prices from $200 to $220 per ton but officials advised against action. Outside dealers expect a price raise at the next gathering amid reports of rising acreages. San Francisco notes a large opium shipment from the Orient aboard the steamer Coptic totaling 28,82? pounds with duty about $142,026 and value near $400,000.
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Chicago
Union ‘Noom Company
Boom Corn Trust
San Francisco
Orient
Japan learns Russia plans 50000 troops at Port Arthur
Advices from Japan via the steamer Coptic say the Japanese government knows Russia will deploy about 50 000 troops to Port Arthur within two years. Japan fears rapid Russian reinforcement could overwhelm Korea and requires transports to Chemulpo, signaling a strategic mobilization.
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San Francisco
Japan
Raesia
Port Arthur
Rassia
Corea
Chemulpo
French Defeat Rabah in Central Sudan Battle
Paris reports Rabah the central Sudan chieftain defeated by a French expedition under Gentil after a siege at Kouns between French Congo and Lake Chad. Rabah wounded and fled as French casualties included 43 Senegalese sharpshooters and 106 Senegalese wounded. Rabah’s forces suffer heavy losses and his morale collapses with estimates up to 8,000 killed.
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Paris
M. de Crais
French Congo
M. de Lamothe
Rabah
Soulan
M. Gentil
Rahah
Soudan
Kouns
Lake Tchad
Kounsa
Robillot
Tounia
Bangue
Yaqui Prisoners To Be Scattered In Mexican Interior
A Mexican gunboat carried 600 Yaqui prisoners from the Yaqui river area to Manzanillo and will transport them to Guadalajara for distribution to interior cities. They will be supervised for years to learn Mexican customs before possible repatriation. Meanwhile reports from Mexico indicate heavy combat with hundreds killed or wounded. In Washington the Philippine question resumes debate with opposition to permanent island ownership and support for free admission of island goods. Chicago experienced eight injuries, one fatally, across four fires causing up to 56 people to face danger. several rescues were performed with overheat furnaces blamed for most blazes.
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Cuba
Austin
Tex
Manzanillo
Mexico
Oaxaca
Guaymas River
Mazocoba
Guadalajara
Torres
Hacon
Washington
Senate
McKenry
Rep. la
United States
Stewart
Nevada
Territory of
Hawaii
Chicago
M. W. Littlefield
Curtis Jamieson
Frank Hampden
H. E. Bump
Locomotive boiler explosion kills two in Kansas yard
In Fopeka Kansas on February 10 two boilermaker John Ileustia and fireman Nets Linden were killed instantly when a Santa Fe round house boiler exploded. Three workers were injured including J L Beardsley Artie Sailor and Bert Shields with severe head facial and eye injuries. Beardsley was feeding compressed air into the boiler when the blast happened.
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Fopeka
Kan
Santa Fe
John Ileustia
Nets Linden
J. L. Beardsley
Artie Sailor
Bert Shields
Beardsley
Calaveras Big Tree Grove Sold in 90 Day Option
Robert Whiteside of Duluth Minnesota has secured a 90 day option on the Calaveras Big Tree grove for 100000 dollars the grove spanning 8800 mores He has already acquired 56000 acres of timber land nearby and bonded two larger tracts to the east and south A congress proposes a government park by bonding the groves of seqovia gigantea in Calaveras county
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Calaveras Big Tree Grove
San Francisco
Robert Whiteside
Duluth
Congress
McRetary of the Interior
Calaveras County
Cronje Escapes as Roberts Plans Falter Near Dekiel Wrift
British dispatches confirm General Cronje escaped while Lord Roberts' maneuvers largely succeeded. A single delay at Dekiel Wrift allowed the Boers a hasty retreat, with Cronje likely losing baggage. A convoy of 200 wagons carrying ration and forage was attacked near Colesbury, but rear guards held. Specials from Ladysmith note Boers moving toward the Free State to aid Cronje.
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London
Daily Mail
Colesbury
Gordon Highlanders
Army Service Corps
Kitchener
Javobsdal
Lord Roberts
Honey Nest Kloof
Ladysmith
Free State
Cronje
Bonded Warehouses Planned for Mexico Ports
The president orders a new bonded warehouse system at ports of entry in Mexico. Warehouse managers may lend money on deposited goods and charge storage fees. Customs duties are exempt for warehouse construction materials for five years. Banks show interest and New York investors may supply capital. The project, once defeated in Congress, is now likely to pass.
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City of Mexico
New York
Congress
Seven Stores Burned in City Fire at Bacol & Capps
Fire in the rear of Bacol and Capps general store destroyed seven brick stores in the business district of Clarksdale Mississippi. Loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars. The blaze occurred February 20.
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Clarksdale
Misa
Bacol & Capps
College Destroyed by Fire at Grand Coteau
Fire today destroyed the &J. Charles college in Grand Coteau along with a large and valuable library. The blaze caused extensive damage and is under investigation with no immediate report of casualties.
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New Orleans
the &J. Charles College
Grand Coteau
Libray
Lom
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Epitome
News of the World
Venezuela
Hernandez
Mare Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Tutuila
Miners’ Union
Cornucopia
Oregon
Corliss
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
F. O. Tait
Great Britain
MacDonald
Koederserg
Ile
Magersfontein
County of Edinburgh
Manasuan
Jersey
Point Pleasant
Oklahoma
Elijah Cone
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac
Sonora
Chaplain Wells
Siam
Skazway
Ed. Armstrong
Medford, Dr
A. J. Slamsen
National Biscuit Company
Worcester
Musa
Kaneas Supreme Court
Boller
Thomas G. Merrill
Salt Lake City
West
Leipsic
Italy
Kelley-Kenny
Will Burts
Baskett Mills
D. C
Sampson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Colorado
Silverton
Abbott-Downing Carriage Company
Concord
N. H
Martinique
Esther J. Cullen
Olympia
Wash
Vermont State Federation of Women’s Clubs
State Board of Penal and Charitable Institutions
Utte, Mont
Owen Brothers
Fairbanks
Ariz
Pearce
Tombstone
Chouton Chang
el Paso
Texas
Fort Bliss
Trinidad
Charles Lewis
Lewisville, Or
Astoria, Or
Anti-Trust Conference
Franklin Syndicate
Miller
New England
Nanaimo
B. C
Vancouver Island
Willis P. Sullivan
Phelan
Board of Police Commissioners of
Sam Leswick
Chicago Board of Trade
Baptist Hospital
Salvation Army
Booth Tucker
Vladimir Vostock
Patriotic Women
Vancouver
South Africa
Charles Loeffler
Executive Chamber
Horatio J. Sprague
Gibraltar
Schley
Rensberg
The
Cape Town
Daily Chronicle
Telegraphing
Arundel
Clements
Taaisbosch
Financial Committee
Nelson
Minnesota
House
Boutell
Ilinois
Miers
Indiana
Showalter
Pennsylvania
Grosvenor
Ohio
Gillett
Massachusetts
Briggs
Pensions
Underwood
Alabama
Lima
Peru
Galveston
Daraga
Province of
Madison
Albany
Hudson River
Thomas Shea
Bath
William Rhienhart
Joseph Vogel
van Reneslaer Island
Shea
Rhinehart
Vogel
Montgomery Island
Resolutions Committee
Belleville
North Kingston
Rhode Island
Fort de France
Rivierre Sallee
Knight
la Cocollee
Champigny
Sachet Ia
M. Hayett
Tetiiborug
Petithorng
Hreem-Corn Trust
Nussia
Fores
Roberts
Natal
Monterey
Mex
Mammoth
Fiavana
Ignacio Andrade
Amuack
Crystal Palace
Sydenhall
Breckenham
Denver
Colo
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