San Francisco Note on Portland to Sia and Hong Wo
A brief San Francisco item mentions a route from Portland to Sia and Hong Wo with an agent referenced in fragmentary terms. The readable text provides no clear event, date, or outcome to expand.
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San Francisco
Occidental and Oriental and Pacific Mall Steamship Lines
Japan
China
Europe
Honolulu
Australia
J.B. Kirkland
Third Street
Portland
Sia
Hong Wo
Yukon railway bill rushes through committee in Ottawa
Ottawa dispatch notes the Yukon railway bill was hurried through committee in under thirty minutes with a clause requiring a British majority of directors. The bill advances to a third reading as government leaders push for early adjournment and delay further appropriation bills.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Yukon
Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works
Portland
Secretary of the Navy
Davis
McGuire
Astoria & Columbia River
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Portsmouth
N. H
Boston
League Island
Philadelphia
Algiers
Mare Island
Cal
Plans for state buildings at Trans Miss Exposition
Omaha March 22 Plans for state buildings at the Trans-Mississippi exposition advance as architects submit Minnesota Arkansas Denver Missouri Illinois Wisconsin and Nebraska designs The Georgia pine palace and Oregon building plans are in progress Thirty five states have decided to participate commissioners appointed and five more expected soon The government building 500 feet long with a 200 foot dome nears completion and annexes are planned to meet demand for exhibit space
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Omaha
Department of Publicity
Minnesota
Arkansas
Denver
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Colorado
Georgia
Oregon
New York
New Jersey
Three Deaths Resulted in Outrage Near Muskogee
In Wybark Oklahoma Territory last night six white men attacked Ed Chalmers and his wife. The woman died on the scene while Chalmers died later from wounds. The body of Matthews was found nearby with a gun placed beside him suggesting a staged scene. Deputy U S marshals investigate as authorities seek the killers.
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Muskogee
I. T
Wybark
Ed Chalmers
Chalmers
Matthews
Gibson Station
United States
British Fleet Massing Warships in Chinese Waters
Officers of the Northern Pacific steamship Victoria report that Britain is assembling a large war fleet in Chinese waters and buying coal locally for warships. Purser McDonald cites 35 to 40 British warships on the China station with Powerful among the latest arrivals.
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Tacoma
Wash
Northern Pacific Steamship Victoria
China
Japan
Suez
Siberia
Purser
McDonald
China Station
Relief train moves to aid starving Cubans
Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma collectors send 9033 dollars and 12 cars of provisions and clothing to Matanzas. The Kansas City Star manages distribution with U S Consul Brice directing at Mantanzas. Train travels Memphis route with government transport from New Orleans to Mantanzas.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas City Star
The
Star
Matanzas
United States
Brice
Memphis
New Orleans
Mantanzas
Mother Hubbard
Autonomy Offer Looms as Cuba Conflict Intensifies
Reports from Havana claim Madrid aims a last autonomy move to end Cuban insurrection. Calixto Garcia and Masso lead thousands of rebels near Sancti Spiritus while General Pando proposes a conference offering limited self rule, disarmament and steady Spanish suzerainty in exchange for peace.
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Madrid
Cuba
United States
Palo Prieto
Jacas Gordas
Santa Clara
Calixto Garcia
Senor Masso
Trocha
Sancti Spiritus
Garcia
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Pando
Ramirez
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Masso
Santiago de Cuba
Puerto Principe
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Blanca
Congosto
Manzanillo
Salvador Ruiz
Santiago de Cubia
Trochas
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Ieret
Fomento
Formal Transfer of Cruiser Amazonas at Gravesend
The Brazilian built cruiser Amazonas was formally transferred to the United States at Gravesend England on March 21 after 11 AM. Lieutenant-Commander Colwell presented the contract of sale to Commander Corres, Brazilian officers expressed friendship, and the Brazilian flag was lowered as Old Glory was raised. The ceremony drew attention for its rarity in naval history. Comdr Howell ordered coal for the San Francisco and Amazonas as she prepares to sail to Holshaven for ammunition loading.
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Gravesend
England
Amazonas
Armstrongs
Brazil
United States
Colwell
Naval Attache
Roberts
Morris
Osborne
Coast Guard
Corres
Holshaven
Navy cabinet weighs court of inquiry report amid suspense
Washington officials anticipate the arrival of the court of inquiry's report within two to three days. President and cabinet expect careful review before public release and discuss a new naval policy creating another squadron at Hampton Roads. Lieutenant Commander Marix is suspected to deliver the document, with Admiral Sicard holding authority to designate another officer.
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Washington
Navy Department
Court of Inquiry
Long
Marix
Admiral Sicard
Hampton Roads
Congress
Editorial urges cautious Anglo American alliance growth
The Daily Chronicle argues the Anglo American alliance should develop gradually not rush. It says America needs no extra help, remains capable and will receive friendly sympathy and neutrality on Cuba. It notes England would not permit the US to be crushed by European powers.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
America
England
United States
Convict Escape at Boise Penitentiary and Wrecked Lumber Schooner
Boise reports a wholesale escape at the penitentiary at 2 PM with 1% men overpowering guards and fleeing. Six fugitives were captured in the afternoon, two men returned, while five remain at large. By Tillamook a lumber schooner Arthur I of San Francisco lies wrecked on the beach at Oratown with feared loss of crew.
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Boise
Idaho
Tillamook
Oretown
Arthur I
San Francisco
Oratown
Minook Country Prospects Lift Dawson Mystique
Report from Skagway notes abundant food in Klondike for two years and rising mining output led by Dominion Sulphur Hunker and new quartz finds. Atwater reports 60 pounds mail from Minook, courier brings rich gold, scurvy limited in Dawson, and gambling houses closed amid crackdown on sure-thing games. Weather eases trail, longshoremen strike ends at 75 cent rate.
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Skagway
Alaska
Port Townsend
Ben Atwater
Circle City
Dawaeon
Atwater
Morrison
Yukon Country
H. C. Pettit
Snohomish
Wash
Dawson
Klondike
Dominion
Stewart River
Walsh Creek
American Creek
International
Minook
Lived on Dog Diet in Tanana Indians Relief
H. P. Pettit reports from Seattle that about 800 Tanana Indians on the headwaters of the Tanana River faced famine after their moose and caribou runs failed. With salmon exhausted they ate their dogs until a trapper alerted Circle City, triggering a relief expedition.
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Seattle
H. ©. Pettit
Dawson City
Circle City
Tanana River
Rival Arrives at Seattle After Copper River Run
Steam schooner Rival reached Seattle after a storm forced a stay of three days at Yakutat bay. About 600 of 1,000 Valdes landers have moved inland while others camp on Valdes ice. Rival sighted Moonlight northbound with all on board well. General Biglin discharged and returning. Blakely and consort seen no more after leaving Copper River port.
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Copper River
Seattle
Yakutat Bay
Valdes
Moonlight
General Biglin
Mafely
Sale of Goha Blocked by Parliament Impasse
A Madrid semi-official agency reports that discussing the Goha sale is futile as the sale cannot be arranged except by parliament and the Spanish chamber would not consent to selling the island at any price.
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Madrid
Today
France Demands Expanded Concessions From China
In Peking France outlines new demands including refusal to cede provinces and a coastal coal station, plus railway and mining privileges and a French director for the post office. China has not complied eight days are allowed for reply and tensions hint at possible occupation of Hai Nin. In Washington Senator Gallinger reports Cuba’s misery and warns of thousands dying from reconcentrado policy in Spain's Cuba.
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France
Ban
China
Kwang Tung
Kwang Si
Yom Nan
Kwei Chan
Tung Chau Ting
Tonquin
Pas
Siam
Yun Nan
Lei Chau Fao
Hen Chau Peninsula
Han Nan
Imperial Post Office
Hai Nin
Washington
Gallinger
Capitol
Cuba
Spain
Michigan professor cites Cuban atrocities as worse than Armenian
Professor Dean Worcester of the University of Michigan visiting the Philippine Islands says locals doubt Spanish abuses in Cuba. He argues the outrages in Cuba are far harsher than those in Armenia and would have halted them if widely believed.
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Detroit
Worcester
University of Michigan
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Armenia
Government powder works run Sunday shifts in two states
Santa Cruz California reports powder works active Sunday making government brown powder as extra men are hired likely to meet orders. In Wilmington Delaware the E I Dupont De Nemours powder works operate day and night on government hexagonal powder for big guns with a 10 ton daily capacity. Gibbstown New Jersey plant also said to be hurried.
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Ocal
Wilmington
Del
E. I. Dupont-De Mours Company
New Jersey
Gibbstown
Guatemalan Rebels Move From Mexico City Toward Vera Cruz
Twelve Guatemalan staff members of rebel leader General Morales departed Mexico City for Vera Cruz and will sail to Chapuperico with 120 tents. Morales plans to follow soon, signaling potential escalation of the rebellion. Spaniards are said to aid Morales and expect rewards if he succeeds.
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Mexico City
Morales
Vera Cruz
Chapuperico
Tenta
Idaho Railway Scheme Reaches Moscow Area
Boise reports a contract for 500000 dollars of bonds for the Moscow and Eastern railway. The line aims to reach the White Pine belt in Latah and Shoshone counties with construction to start by July 1. The route would run about 40 miles east of Moscow along the Potlatch River through a vast white pine timber area.
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Boise
Idaho
Moscow & Eastern Railway
White Pine
Latah
Shoshone
Moscow
Potlutch River
Gold and Silver From Sea Water Reported
New York March 21 about nine ounces of bullion in a one to two third gold to silver mix valued at about $540 has been received at the assay office in cones. It came from the Electrolytic Marine Lake Company of Boston and Arthur Ryan its president claims the metal was extracted from sea water at North Lubec Maine. No costs were paid for the economies of the process. An assay will determine the payment for the balance.
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New York
Electrolytic Marine Lake Company
Boston
Arthur Ryan
North Lubec
Plague Riots Reported Amid City Turmoil in Bombay
Plague reports show two hundred new cages and 216 deaths today in Bombay as unrest grows. Five Europeans attacked and Habli Mohammadan residents resist plague committee operations. Volunteers mobilized and infantry summoned, yet no clashes yet. London notes British govt surprised by Hawaii annexation report. General Pando arrives at Ciego de Avilla amid safety concerns.
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Bombay
Habli
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