Steamship Servicio Route Portland to Yokohama and Hong Kong
Steamers monthly service from Portland to Yokohama and Hong Kong via the Northern Pacific Geegen Ship in connection with the O R and.
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Weekly News Briefs Highlight Rough Sea Voyage and Presidential Events
The steamer Elder endured a ferocious gale off Alaska with 100 mile per hour winds, losing control without ballast and needing 36 hours at sea before repairs in Nanaimo. President McKinley spoke at the Philadelphia Academy of Music birthday tributes to Washington. ex President Harrison addressed the Union League in Chicago.
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Academy of Music
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Union League Club
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Carpenter Steel Company
Reading
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Luther C. Billings
United States Navy
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Attempted assassination of King George in royal carriage
An unsuccessful gun attack targeted King George and Princess Maria as they rode from Phaleron. A footman was wounded in the arm, horses were shot at, and the king identified a young assailant about 20 years old while the pair escaped to the palace unhurt.
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Oregon Blown Ashore at Juneau Flats During Gale
The Oregon was driven onto the flats at Juneau harbor in a Sunday wind storm. Several horses were killed as the vessel strained at anchors and drifted ashore. Passengers endured a fierce gale with deep cold before the ship floated off at high tide without injury to the boat.
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Juneau Flats
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Rotterdam Recovers Overdue Liner La Champagne Castaways
The Holland America Line steamer Rotterdam arrived at quarantine with nine La Champagne crew and Third Officer George Uneworth rescued from a lifeboat after six days afloat. La Champagne, with 304 passengers, broke its tail-end shaft near 45.27 N 61.52 W on February 17 and was overdue by almost two weeks. Captain Perrott sent a lifeboat for help near the Newfoundland banks.
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Holland
Rotterdam
George Unaworth
la Champagne
Uneworth
Perrott
Newfoundland
Burned at Sea on Legisator Aboard Steamer Legisator
The British steamer Legislator bound from Liverpool to Colon burned February 15 through 16 after leaving Liverpool. Fireman Thomas Roberta died from burns. Second Officer James Bateman and Seaman William Angell drowned when a boat capsized. Remaining crew of 30 and two passengers Dr Mortimer and wife were rescued by the Flowergate and arrived in port. Four engineers were severely injured and hospitalized. Holden not expected to live.
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Tennant
Liverpool
Colon
Thomas Roberta
James Bateman
William Angell
Martin
John Gaffney
Fred KK. Lee
Dr. Mortimer
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Traugher
John Holden
Robert Milne
Charles Abbittson
Marine Hospital
Holden
Seven Young People Killed In Illinois Train Collision
An omnibus carrying nine people including eight young men and women was struck by a Grand Trunk passenger train at the Western Avenue crossing south of Blue Island. The collision occurred at 9 o clock, killing six almost instantly and leaving all others with serious injuries. The train was speeding and approached the crossing after a sharp curve.
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Blue Island
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Frederick Tennyson Dies in London
Frederick Tennyson, eldest brother of the late poet laureate, died yesterday in London after a period of ill health. His death follows the literary prominence of his brother and contributes to the family’s storied place in English letters.
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Alfred Tennyson
London
Cuban expedition members arrive in Tampa from Key West
General Emile Nunez Dr Nunez J Keartaya John O'Brien and five crew members part of the last Cuban expedition reach Tampa in the afternoon from Key West Mer Keartaya says conditions on the island are satisfactory to the Cuban canes.
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League Island yard swarms with recruits for Navy ships
At Watervliet Arsenal and Albany letters, ships and men bustle as Roosevelt era vessels Columbia Minneapolis Miantonomoh and Katahdin prepare for commission. Enlistment rises, projectiles ship out, and the Maine torpedo mystery looms in Havana with a court inquiry pending.
Costa Rica and Nicaragua War Threat Grows in Central America
A Panama dispatch reports Costa Rica faces imminent war with Nicaragua after President Iglesias warned war is inevitable. Over 5,000 cheered hardline policy on February 20 as troops were moved to the frontier. Prominent expatriates pledge aid including $60,000 from James Bennett. France also pledges arms. A commissioner seeks Colombia’s support for Costa Rica in a potential Central American conflict.
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Triple Alliance
Autonomists Accept Offer to Treat Insurgents in Cuba
Havana dispatch notes the autonomist central committee approved a plan confessing their autonomy scheme’s failure and offering to concede all but the withdrawal of the Spanish flag. Senor Govin led the meeting and presented resolutions for talks with insurgents, omitting independence. Transignetes remain hostile to the government as the Maine inquiry fuels anti American sentiment.
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United States
Senor Govin
Bibra
Radical Autonomist Party
Maine
Fatal Fire Claims Nine Lives at Church Street Tenement
A Charleston fire in the early morning at 160 Church Street killed nine members of the Knickmeyer family, including six children and a one month old infant. Police rescued three bodies from the top floor as flames blocked escape and the blaze was contained by the fire department.
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Branding Seals by Electricity Reported by Electrical Review
The Electrical Review cites Elmer E. Farmer’s account of branding young female fur seals with hot platinum to destroy fur value. The method uses a gasoline powered dynamo and medical cantery, aiming to deter poaching. further improvements may follow. A separate note mentions a Canadian farmer projection to supply England with wheat. In Pendleton Oregon a 22 year old worker, Clarence Dupuis, was fatally injured at a woolen mill when a shaft pulled him into moving machinery.
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Stanford University
United States Fur Seal Commission
Pribyloff Islands
Pendleton, Or
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Naval Militia Strength Grows as War Fears Rise
Washington reports a rising naval militia strength reaching 4 445 officers and men up from 3 703, with new brigades forming under Lt Gibbons. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt notes militia can man small cruisers in emergencies and support coast defense. A $50 000 appropriation will soon be distributed to states.
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Divers uncover evidence on cause of Maine explosion
Washington dispatch notes divers report from Cuba finding inner wreckage suggests explosion came from beneath the ship rather than by external force. Main 10 inch magazine intact, supporting torpedo or underwater device theory. Diver voices anger over the tragedy and criticizes secrecy around Madrid and Washington.
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McKinley warns on war prep amid Maine crisis in 1898 report
Washington press dispatch quoted President McKinley telling a senator he would not rush to war with Spain but would prepare for the future. The administration believed war might follow if the Maine explosion was proven Spanish, and Cuba could be seized by force if warranted.
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Pennsylvania National Guard Orders Full Quota Arms Readiness
Major General Snowden issues general orders to Pennsylvania officers to recruit to the legal full quota and keep troops ready to march armed within 24 hours. Orders were issued five days ago and kept secret. In Havana Cuba the outlook remains unsettled with officials disturbed amid reforms from Washington and Madrid, per a New York Tribune dispatch.
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Maine Victims Relief Bill Introduced in House
Representative Boutelle of Maine, chair of naval affairs, introduces a relief bill for Maine battleship victims. The measure, modeled on the 1890 Samoan disaster relief, provides 14 months pay to widows or children, or to parents if no relatives, with arrears and continued allotments.
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Spaniards Admit Harbor Mine Passage Claim Refuted
Havana reports Spaniards concede a long subterranean passage may exist from the navy yard to Castillo del Principe but say the entrance is now blocked and location lost. They assert the corridor does not pass beneath the harbor and that earlier records in Havana archives mention it without current knowledge of its location.
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Naval Board of Inquiry
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Warships Headed for Havana in Atlantic Passage
Las Palmas date February 26 report the Spanish armored cruiser Almirante Oquendo sailed for Havana. The Italian third class cruiser Giovanni Bausani is expected here Saturday and is bound for Cuba.
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Canary Islands
Almirrante Oquendo
Giovanni Bausani
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