Hectic National Update Covers Elections Crimes and Navy
General Ontario elections yield liberal defeat. Port Angeles reports ambush killing by Fred Edwards, then suicide. Treasury shows Feb 28 cash at 1.01 billion with month drop. Maine monument pledge linked to Morro castle ruins. Corona salvage progress noted at Lewis Island. Clara Nevada deaths and Yukon fortunes cited. Bills on government money offices and eight hour work rule discussed. Navy militia funds allotted. political battle over land claims and Northern Pacific. Military manpower available tallied. Windive Stock and Rossland consulates proposed. River and harbor bill outlooks declared uncertain. Annie Edwards murdered in Jamieson PA. Emperor William at Wilhelmshaven naval swearing ceremony.
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London
Bank of France
Port Angeles
Wash
Charles Hendricks
Fred Edwards
Treasury
Springfield
Maine
Bushnell
Morro Castle
Corona
Lewis Island
Dyea
Skagway
Miner C. Goodall
Skagway News
Clara Nevada
O'Brien
Yukon
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Utah
Navy Department
Congress
Wilson
Washington
Representative Ellis
Northern Pacific
House
Friends of
Annie L. Edwards
Jamieson
William
Wilhemshaven
Italian Poet Cavalotti Dies In Sword Duel At Rome
Signor Felice Carlo Cavalotti the poet dramatist and deputy for Cartellona was killed today in a duel with Signor Macola a deputy and editor of the Gazzetta di Venezia outside Porta Magore. The duel stemmed from a press polemic in Milan.
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Signor
Felice Carlo Cavalotti
Chamber of Deputies
Cartelona
Signor Macola
Deputies
Gazzetta di Venezia
Milan Secolo
Porta Magore
Sign
Zellino
Celiro
Signor Cavalotti
Signor Maccla
Cavalotti
Mounted Patrol Creates Eastern Washington Boundary Unit
Customs inspectors establish a mounted patrol on the boundary between Eastern Washington and British Columbia with headquarters at Northport. Enoch F. Plummer named first mounted inspector at Port Townsend. Salary is 3.50 dollars daily plus 0.50 for horse hire, covering 26 to 40 miles as possible.
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Wash
Puget Sound
Woo
Enoch F. Plummer
Huestis
Treasury Department
Washington
British Columbia
Northport
Graveyard clash leaves three injured in Texarkana street battle
In Texarkana Arkansas this afternoon a fierce street fight killed one man and mortally wounded Vinson Graviani while Pete Darigo was seriously wounded and a third man hurt. Barbers S A Gingola and son in law Mike Cannela drew revolvers as Graviani brothers and Darigo tried to intervene. More than 80 shots were fired as Gingola and Cannela fled.
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Texarkana
Ark
Vinson Graviani
Pete Darigo
Barbers
S. A. Gingola
Mike Cannela
Graviani
Steam schooner Lakme carries Corona news from Alaska voyage
From Seattle March 8 the Lakme reports the Corona floated after striking a rock at Lewis Island. The worst damage is under the forward hatch with keel turned over for 20 feet. After Victoria clearance the Corona will go to Port Townsend to unload and then head to San Francisco, avoiding a drydock.
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Seattle
Alaska
Lewis Island
Victoria
Port Townsend
Russia presses China over Port Arthur and Takien Wan
The Peking correspondent of the Times reports Russia demands China surrender sovereignty over Port Arthur and Takien Wan for the same term and terms as Germany at Kiao Chou. The Daily Mail weighs the chance that the United States may be drawn into war with Spain, warning of unpreparedness and potential Cuban independence as the only clear gain for America.
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London
Peking
the Times
Russia
China
Port Arthur
Takien Wan
Germany
Kiao Chou
The
Daily Mail
United States
Spain
America
Spain Seeks Recall of Consul General and Ship Replacement
Madrid reports Senor Gullen told United States Minister Woodford that Spain plans to recall Consul General Lee and replace American warships with merchant vessels to deny official aid to reconcentrados. Washington refused to recall Lee nor cancel the dispatch of warships, noting they are not fighting ships. London adds a claimed view that Spanish officers bought naval mines in London, with a detailed description of a mine similar to the Maine’s fate.
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Senor Gullen
United States
Woodford
Lee
Cuba
Washington
Leo
London
Havana
Havana Harbor
Maine
Debate on War Tactics After Maine Indemnity Question
Havana tension rises as court of inquiry nears a finding that a mine exploded the Maine. Officers and civilians debate U S measures including landing troops east of Havana, seizing insurgent allies, and blockading or bombarding Havana harbor. Vizcaya and Oquendo readiness signals fear of a rapid engagement.
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Havana
Maine
United States
Spain
Vizcaya
Viscaya
Almirante Oquendo
Alfonso XIII
Canal Syndicate Formed by Eastern Capitalists For Nicaragua Route
A new syndicate led by E P Cramin and T E Cooley in New York negotiates the transfer of concessions from the Maritime Company for the Nicaragua canal. Specifications to contractors will be issued within 10 days with bids expected on multiple sections. Estimated cost ranges from 65 to 75 million dollars as engineers finalize plans and bonds will be required with bids.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
E. P. Cramin
New York
T. E. Cooley
Nicaragua Canal
Cramin
Mr. Cooley
Cooley
Maritime Company
United States Engineer Corps
Atlantic
Pacific
Illinois Drainage Canal
Mr. Cramin
Alaska Bill Passed After Senate Debate on Alaska and Fisheries
Washington March 7 After days of debate the senate passed the bill extending the homestead lawn and providing for right of way for railroads in Alaska. Section 14 on bonding concessions to Canada sparked a lively debate tied to the New England fisheries question. The floor statement claimed settlement of the fisheries issue may follow the bill, though no assurances were received from influential Canadian quarters.
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Washington
Senate
District of
Alaska
Canada
New England
United States
Great Britain
Appropriation bills sent to president in private bill day
The pension and consular and diplomatic bills moved to final passage in the house on private bill day. The key action was approving about 1,800,000 dollars for war claims per the court of claims ruling, with a special order set for next Friday.
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Court of Claims
Rival Claims Over Summit Lake Spark Alaska Tension
Report from Skagway and Dyea describe Canadian flag raising at Summit Lake near White Pass triggering US resistance to duties on passes. Five Alaska-bound steamers arrive as boundary shifts and tramway disputes heighten tensions between American and Canadian authorities amid exodus from Skagway and Dyea. Portland official Horace Littlefield notes flag raising escalates US Canadian friction.
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Alaska
Utopia
Hueneme
del Norte
Protection
Queen
Skagway
KE. KR. Knapp
Boston
White Pass
Knapp
Humbert Transportation Company
Dyea
White
Chilkoot
Lake Bennett
Lindemann
Portland
Northwest Territory
Summit Lake
Horace R. Littlefield
United States
Canada
Lake
Alaska Winter Strains Mission Aid and Local Expeditions
Rev W W Warne reports a brutal Alaska winter at Haines mission Chilkat opining on starvation and fuel shortages. The Perry Humbert expedition fears 190 head of horses and oxen lost as feed runs out amid blizzards with no hay and grain scarce. He laments travelers disregard for wisdom and predicts future deaths as trails close and storms persist.
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W. W. Warne
Haines Mission
Chilkat
Alaska
William Wadhame
Perry Humbert
Clara Nevada
Cabinet anxiously awaits Maine disaster report date
Washington March 7. Telegraphed exchanges show the court of inquiry cannot fix a date for its finding on the Maine disaster. Admiral Sicard says progress depends on divers and wreckers. the board plans to return to Havana after completing Key West work while officers and crew examinations may be concluded at this sitting.
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Madrid
Washington
Secretay Long
Admiral Sicard
Court of Inquiry
Long
Havana
Key West
Sicard
Sound's Defenses Expanded as Contractors Offered Bonuses
Port Townsend Washington reports that both contractor firms building fortifications for the government at Marrowstone Point and Admiralty Head have been offered bonuses to speed their work. An additional gun pit 50 feet square will be begun at the entrance opposite the city, with underground rooms for ammunition storage. Land clearing for Point Wilson fortifications is moving quickly and construction will start there early this summer.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Marrowstone Point
Admiralty Head
Admiralty
Point Wilson
Spain buys two Brazilian cruiser ships and seeks more
Spain has purchased two 4000 ton cruisers named Amazonas and its sister ship being built in Britain for Brazil. A second pair of similar cruisers built in France for Brazil is under negotiation. Amazonas is ready to launch and the sister ship soon. Spain also seeks guns and ammunition in England and the Continent. The government is paying much of the purchase in cash and securing the rest.
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Spain
London
Armstrongs
Brazil
Amazonas
France
England
Continent
Senate to abandon Klondike relief expedition sale of supplies
The senate committee on military affairs recommended passage of a joint resolution to abandon the Klondike relief expedition authorized last December. It provides for selling the expedition’s reindeer and supplies. The committee favored selling the reindeer rather than storing them for any government department, though one suggestion proposed using them by the interior department.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Klondike
Norway
Interior Department
Matanzas Streets Stage Battle Beside Cuban City
The Herald reports Senator Proctor witnessed a clash near Matanzas between 250 insurgents and 250 Spanish troops. A messenger from General Gomez later approached the senator in the city streets, declaring his identity and mission.
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New York
the Herald
Havana
Proctor
Matanzas
Gomez
Marines Sent West from Atlantic to Pacific Coast
The Navy Department transfers marines from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A small party of two or three marines passes through Atlanta daily for three days on their way to Vallejo California, coming from Norfolk and headed to the western coast.
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Navy Department
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Norfolk
Vallejo
Cal
Senator Morgan to Seek Cuba Consular Correspondence
Washington on March 17 Senator Morgan announced plans to introduce a resolution soon requesting the president provide consular correspondence about the Cuban situation. The move aims to illuminate official views and actions regarding Cuba.
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Morgan
Cuba
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