Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week
A sweeping roundup covers naval appropriation passage, cabinet crises in Britain, labor strife in Chicago, United Mineworkers strike threatenings, bombardments near Vladivostok, graft in Indian Territory officials, a mob lynching in Springfield Ohio, Smoot trial witness claims, broad congressional influence on official rentals, the death of Field Marshal von Waldersee, Dreyfus appeal, Guam-Japan cable politics, Odell GOP chairship, eastern miners wage protests, China dismemberment fears, Russian-Japan tensions, and Pacific naval and political maneuvering.
Vladivostok Under Fire As Japanese Blockade Tightens
The legation reports Japanese warships positioning between the Russian cruiser squadron and Vladivostok, with Russian forces possibly trapped between Japanese fleets off Vladivostok and Port Arthur. Rumors say the Japanese bombarded Vladivostok all day Monday. one or two Japanese cruisers may have been sunk. Vladivostok’s defenses and provisioning are questioned, and news from Tokyo notes national sacrifices as the war continues.
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Legation
Vladivostok
Possiet Bay
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
The
Standard
Far East
Russia
Trans-Siberian
Manchuria
Tokio
Daily Chronicle
Mikado
Port Arthur Siege Shapes War Outlook from St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg analysts view the Port Arthur defense as the prologue to a larger campaign. By April Russia plans four army corps plus cavalry and artillery to engage. Port Arthur’s fleet, while crippled, remains a potential threat that will influence Japanese operations.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Russia
Japan
Sevastopol
Powag
Flood Peril Passed as Rivers Fall Around Harrisburg
Harrisburg, March 9 The Juniata and Susquehanna rivers continued to fall today and Weather Observer Domain forecast further declines for 24 hours. Gorges above and below the city remained intact with no new movement since yesterday and High Spire gorge showed no change. Conditions in the flooded district improved, and barring a sudden rise the worst may be over.
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Harrisburg
Juniata
Susquehanna
Weather Observer
Senate OKs NP Lands Sale Within Right of Way
Washington March 9 The senate passes Senator Foster s bill authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to sell surplus lands within its right of way when unused and confirms prior sales by the company.
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Northern Pacific
Portland
Washington
Senate
Foster
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Change Is Urged Forests Should Be Sold at Value
The President's commission on public lands has submitted a partial report to Congress urging repeal of the timber and stone act and the desert land law provisions. It proposes selling timber from public lands and tightening water rights administration. It also recommends housing agricultural lands within forest reserves by metes and bounds surveys and extending entry rights for homesteaders when lands revert to entry.
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W. A. Richards
General Land Office
Gifford Pinchot
Department of Agriculture
F. H. Newell
Reclamation Service
Congress
Side Hill
Shell Fire Damages Port Arthur Batteries and Rail Route
Niu Chwang reports from Port Arthur that westerly batteries suffered heavy damage from Japanese shelling amid sporadic bombardment. Civilians have been expelled, a derailed train caused by obstruction remains unclear in damage. The cruiser Askold is afloat, Retvizan may be saved, and Czarevitch stays disabled awaiting Vladivostok repairs. Niu Chwang is occupied by Cossack cavalry.
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Niu Chwang
Port Arthur
Japanesse Vet Pe
Askold
Gilchrist
Retvizan
Czarevitch
Vladivostok
Alarm in Balkans as Sultan Rejects Reform Demands
Vienna reports renewed pessimism over the Balkan crisis as the Sultan refuses to ratify the Natchovitch agreement and rejects the reform powers memorandum. The gendarmic commission shows slow progress and its civil agents reportedly broke down under strain.
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Vienna
Balkang
Transcontinental A P S Committee Recommends Circuit Rates
A committee of the Transcontinental Passenger Association today proposed to the general meeting adopting circuit rates for the St. Louis Exposition from Pacific Coast points. The plan offers $75, $67.50 direct to St. Louis and $72.50 direct to Chicago via St. Louis, with stopovers allowed. The panel also backs homeseekers' rates.
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Chicago
Transcontinental Passenger Association
St. Louis Exposition
Pacific Coast
St. Louis
Another Flood Feared as Rivers Rising in Pittsburg
March 9 report cautions Monongahela and Allegheny rivers may reach flood stage by tomorrow. Business leaders and residents in low areas brace for about a 20 foot high surge.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela
Alleghany
Japanese Fleet Bombards Vladivostok in Brief Clash
A Japanese force of five battleships and two cruisers bombarded Vladivostok for 55 minutes at 1 26 p m on March 8 before withdrawing toward Askold Island The attack caused no damage to city defenses but cost Japan about 200000 rubles in ammunition The population had been warned earlier and remained calm
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Vladivostok
Askold Island
Ussuri Bay
Tering Ussuri Bay
Vernetez
Artamonoff
Cape Maidel
Bill Aims to Open Yakima Reservation Lands to Settlement
Representative Jones introduces a bill to open about 1 000 000 acres of unallotted Yakima lands to settlement. It directs the interior secretary to classify appraise and dispose of irrigable grazing timber and mineral lands under various laws. It also protects Indian claims and authorizes allotments and tribal land set asides.
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Washington
Jones
Yakima
Prairie fire and wind devastate seven counties in Southwest
Three people died in the prairie fire and wind damage. losses exceed 500000 with burns and injuries reported across the district. Francis town destroyed, Snyder and Mount Park damage, and a six by nine mile strip burned south of Hobart. Kiowa country losses exceed 150000.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Francis
Snyder
Mount Park
Hobart
Czar Funds Rebuild War Vessels After Losses
Paris dispatch cites Figaro reporting 7.5 million dollars subscribed to naval expansion. Count Orloff Davidoff wires 1.5 million dollars for the effort. The Czar plans to rebuild the Russian cruiser Variag and torpedo gunboat Korietz from his private purse after their destruction at Chemulpo.
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Czar
Paris
the Figaro
St. Petersburg
Orloff Davidoff
Rome
Variag
Korietz
Chemulpo
Russia Orders American Coal Handling Apparatus
A rush order from Russia to an American firm seeks apparatus for coaling warships at sea. Forty five Russian vessels in home waters are slated to be in position by June to sail to Far Eastern stations if needed, carrying the invention to avoid coal regulations at neutral ports.
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Russia
New York
Far Eastern
Far East war mood under naval stalemate and coal stockpiles
London reports little change in the Far East as Japan moves forces toward Corea while the Sebastopol line blocks Russian exit. Russia plans new Baltic battleships, and Japan claims vast Welsh coal reserves to fuel its navy for years. A dubious tale says 28 Japanese sailors are lost near Chefoo with 200 rescued, amid confused reports of actions between Port Arthur and Miao.
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London
Corea
Sebastopool
Daily Graphic
Skrydloff
Port Arthur
Retzivan
Russia
Baltic
Japan
England
Tokio
The
Standard
Mikado
Itw
Daily Chronicle
Tengehau
Cheefoo
Port Ar- Lene
Miao
Laothieshau Channe
Panama Canal Commission to Sail March Twenty Second
Admiral Walker said the commission would sail for the isthmus on March 22 unless all members cannot arrange their affairs to leave then. President named Walker as chairman to avoid contest. Rear Admiral Rixey will inspect sanitary conditions and health of marines and ships, with six naval surgeons on the isthmus.
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Admiral Walker
Washington
Rixey
Panama
Walker
Anxiety for Von Waldersee in Illness Reports
Hanover March 7. Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee remains ill and weakening with intestinal inflammation diagnosed by Professors Orth and Eppstein. Dispatches from Hanover report no late improvement as Emperor William orders frequent condition updates to be wired.
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von Waldersee
Hanover
Prussia
Count von Waldersee
Orth
Berlin
Professor Eppstein
Gottingen
William
Tremendous Peru Earthquake Strikes Lima
A major quake hit Lima Peru at 6 20 this morning causing extensive damage unseen in twenty years. The tremor disrupted the city and frightened residents across the capital.
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Peru
Lima
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