Spain Prepares for the Worst Amid Manila War Threats
Madrid reports heightened tension as a U S warship squadron reportedly moves toward Hong Kong with possible aims at Manila in case of war. A high official warns Spaniards would retaliate by striking New York if the Philippines are attacked. Also noted are shipwreck divers and visits by Admiral Blanco and General Hyde with health travel notes.
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Madrid
United States
Hong Kong
Manilla
Phillippine Islands
Spain
Phillippines
New York
Globe
Spanish Press Denounces U S Demand for Cuba Policy
The Madrid based Anti-Sagasta press attacks the U S insistence on Cuba policy, arguing concessions fail to prevent conflict. It cites Spain sacrificing youth and money for honor and warns that war seems inevitable as U S demands and royal government actions are condemned.
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Spain
Mendez Nunes
Callat
Cuba
Antilla
Antilles
United States
Ruiz
Europe
McKinley
Correo Espanol
Dupuy
Republic of the United States
Woodford
Pats
Victims Identified as Warship Recovery Continues
The Ma ine wreck site off Havana saw divers resume work as a body, later identified as Quartermaster Robert Burkhardt, a German, was recovered. A grand ball at the Casino was planned to welcome Viscaya and Almirante Oquendo officers. Donations and relief shipments arrived for Matanzas victims amid tensions over volunteer battalion disarmament.
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Grand Ad
Havana
Merritt
Maine
Sigshee
Proctor
Viscaya
Almirante Oquendo
la Discuscion
Matanzas
Parker
Senator Proctor
Colonel Parker
Segurana
Lee
New York
Parrado
Robert Burkhardt
Court of Inquiry Relies Beyond Divers’ Testimony
A naval officer in Havana notes the Maine explosion court of inquiry did not depend only on divers. He hints Lieutenant Commander Wainwright’s testimony is significant for mine evidence. The Spanish court under Captain Peral may have a plan, but details remain undisclosed.
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Charles A. Scott
Orange
N. J
Ineral Blanco
Hotel Ingleterra
Proctor
General Hyde
Bath
Havana
Key West
Maine
Wainwright
Peral
Court of Inquiry in Key West Reports Uncertain Departure
Judge Advocate Marix said the naval court of inquiry in Key West does not know when it will leave. An unidentified man was buried with full honors for a dead sailor. Surviving Maine crewmen Lupkin Waters Shea and Heffron were brought from the Tortugas aboard the Bache to the barracks and are recovering. Five additional survivors left at Tortugas progress toward recovery. Stenographers were on holiday as plans appear to await Washington orders via Admiral Sicard.
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Key West
Fla
Marix
Naval Court of Inquiry
Key Week
Khey
Lupkin
Waters
Shea
Heffron
Maine
Tortugne
Court of Inquiry
Sampson
Iowa
Chadwick
Potter
New York
Washington
Sicard
Witness recalls Maine explosion with crowd scorn in Havana
Walter A Holland of Beaton and Holland, Chicago commission merchants, says he was in Havana the night the Maine exploded and heard a Spaniard predict the crew would be in hell in two minutes. He described the crowd's scoffing as sailors struggled in the water.
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Portsmouth
Walter A. Holland
Beaton & Holland, Commission Merchants
Chicago
Havana
Maine
Alger Stands by Ammunition Contracts
Secretary of War Alger defended $1,000,000 in ammunition contracts in several Congress hearings. He said a grave emergency justified acting without waiting for an appropriation bill, claiming statutory authority. He added he would personally pay the bill if Congress rules against him.
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Congress
Wallington
Alger
Congressional
Bryan Lectures on Bimetallism in Mobile
W J Bryan spoke to a large audience in Mobile on bimetallism arguing silver’s current status stems from unfavorable laws and that reform would quickly aid silver and all social classes. He dined at the Battle House after the lecture and departed at midnight for Pensacola.
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Mr. Bryan
Mobile
Ala
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Battle House
Pensuecola
Grain Elevators Burned in Christiana Fire
Fire destroyed Walter's rain elevators and warehouse in Christiana Pennsylvania as flames swept through the grain facilities tonight. No injuries are reported and the cause is under investigation. Firefighting units battled the blaze for hours, with significant smoke visible across the town.
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Christiana
Walter
Lonu
Doings of a Day in Congress Sparks Heated Alaska Debate
Washington March 3 The senate debated the Alaskan homestead and railway right of way bill with Mr West of Missouri ridiculing homesteading Alaska. The Loud bill to curb second class mail abuses was laid on the table by a 162 to 119 vote and party lines split with 47 Republicans joining Democrats and Populists.
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Alaska
Washington
Senate
House
Mr. Loud
Baker
Barney
Wis
Barrett
Mage
Beach
Bingham
Routelle
Broderick
Kaer
Brown
Hopkins
Howell
N. J
Hurley
N. Y
Kerr
Kirkpatrick
Knox
Mass
Kulp
Linney
N. C
McEwa
Olmstead
Fitney
Powers
Pugh
Allison
Miss
Davey
Fleming
Heinrichson
Howard
Love
Ogden Cla
Taylor
Ala
Underwood
Young
Republican Congressional Executive Committee Named
Washington March 3. The Republican congressional committee announced its executive lineup including J A T Hull Iowa J G Cannon Illinois D H Mercer Nebraska Redfield Proctor Vermont J H Gallinger New Hampshire John L Wilson Washington and J T McCleary Minnesota H D Loudenslager New Jersey and Richmond Pearson North Carolina McCleary also to head the literary department The chairman said the campaign will follow the 1896 platform with new issues addressed as they arise and no new platform will be adopted.
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Washington
Republican Congressional Committee
J. A. T. Hull
Iowa
J. G. Cannon
Illinois
D. H. Mercer
Nebraska
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
J. H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
John Ll. Wilson
J. T. McCleary
Minnesota
H. D. Loudenselager
New Jersey
Richmond Pearson
North Carolina
Representative McCleary
Congressional Committee
Babcock
St. Louie
Japan seeks list of Mikado subjects lost on the Maine
The Japanese minister asked the U S state department for the names of eight Mikado nationals who died when the Maine exploded. Only two sailors survived. Officials doubt ulterior aims but note Japan has long eyed the Philippines and may use the incident as leverage in tensions with the United States.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
Philippine Islands
Apain
United States
Atlantic
Philippines
Maine Relief Fund Receives Dole Donation
The Maine relief committee chaired by Mrs Long received a $600 check from President Dole via Minister Hatch in Hawaii. It is the largest single contribution to the fund, which has raised a little over $4,000 to date.
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Washington
Battleship Maine Relief Committee
Long
Secretary of the Navy
Hatch
Hawaii
Dole
Secretary Wilson Addresses Pure Food Congress in Washington
March program notes the Secretary of Agriculture endorses the pure food and drug bill while urging amendments. Critics urge stronger penalties for food adulteration and call for clearer provisions.
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Washington
Wilson
Pure Food and Drug Congress
International American bank project outlined in Chicago
A plan for an International American bank with branches in the United States Cuba and South America and offices in London and possibly Paris aims to start with 25 million dollars. Senators and representatives expect favorable foreign relations committee reports on a bill to create the bank to reduce Western Hemisphere monetary dependence on European banks.
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Chicago
The
Daily News Today
International American Bank
Cuba
South America
London
Paria
Washington
Senate
House Committees On Foreign Relations
Foraker
United States
Speedwell Capsizes in Squall off Key West
The schooner Speedwell from Marco for Key West was struck by a squall near Marquesas, capsizing with thirteen aboard. Nine drowned including Captain Collier's three children and the Nichols family from Bridgeport, Conn. Survivors included Captain Collier, deck hands Samuel Cates and Jesse Green, and passenger R. W. Bate. The wreck occurred after a sudden gale. survivors drifted three miles before rescue by a fishing sloop.
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Key West
Fla
Speedwell
Collier
Marco
Marquesa
George
Tom
Wilbur
Nichols
Bradley Nichols
Bridgeport
Nichola
Cates
Green
Mrates
Colther
Omre
Marquesas
Flummel Cites
Georgia GAR encampment honors Gobin in Atlanta
The tenth annual Georgia department Grand Army of the Republic encampment met in Atlanta with Commander in Chief General J. P. S. Gobin of Pennsylvania as guest of honor. A morning business session featured a brief Gobin speech on the Marine disaster and presidential policy. A public reception followed with Confederate veterans present and remarks by Governor Atkinson, Mayor Collier and General C. A. Evans.
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Atlanta
Georgia Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
J. P
Gobin
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Confederate Veterans of Atlanta
Atkinson
Collier
C. A. Evans
Ettner On Trial For Mail Robbery In Philadelphia Court
Henry Ettner formerly a Lancaster clerk was placed on trial before Judge Butler in the United States district court on mail robbery charges. This is his second trial after a hung jury. Hay Brown of Lancaster defends him. The trial resumes tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Henry Ettner
Posteriies
Lancaster
Brtler
United Satens District Court
Ettner
Ior
Hay Brown
Navy orders to outfit USS Lancaster at Portsmouth yard
Orders issued to prepare the United States ship Lancaster with haste at the Portsmouth yard. It is expected that the Madison and Essex will be ready for service at Portsmouth by one o clock.
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Lancaster
Portamouth
N. H
Navy Department
United States
Madiian
Essex
Portsmouth
Relief Efforts Expand for Starving Cubans and Maine Inquiry
Secretary Long reports no court orders yet on Maine disaster investigations as relief supplies flow to Cuban ports. Relief ships Montgomery and Nashville prepare to receive 75 tons from Mallory Line, while shipments from New York to Santiago Havana Matanzas Sagua la Grande total hundreds of thousands of pounds with quinine. Monitors at League Island to have engines reused for emergency service as inquiries into Maine casualties spread to German Swedish legations.
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Long
Navy Department
Court of Inquiry
Key West
Sicard
Maine
Havana
Mangrove
Treasury Department
Montgomery
Nashville
Cuban
Mallory
New York
Cuba
State Department
Santiago
Matanzas
Sagua la Grande
Barton
General Cuban Relief Committee
Oregon Committee
Omaha
Minneapolis
Manson Line
Sagua
Maine Relief Fund
Fall winds and relief for Cuba in morning weather update
Weather indications show a fall pattern with northwesterly winds and broader relief efforts for Cuba. The day also notes political moves as 2 State William A. Btone is to be dropped from gubernatorial plans and a busy agenda unfolds across local councils and civic notices.
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Spain
Cuba
Klondike
William A. Btone
Scranton
Navy Bill Debate on Emergency Supplies and Maine Inquiry
Captain Crowninshield was brought in to discuss adding men and apprentices though emergency questions were denied and Congress would act if needed. The Hawley bill to create two artillery regiments won’t be taken up tomorrow. Secretary Long declined a preliminary Maine inquiry report and said no deaths were reported.
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Congress
Hawley
Committee On Rules
Committee On Military Affairs
Long
Court of Inquiry
Maine
Trolley Car Wreck Injures Six in Atlantic City
Six people were injured near Sea View Chelsea when a passenger trolley collided with a gravel train in dense fog. Victims include Samuel Stetzer and Mrs. Stetzer with lacerations, Anthony Ostrom bruised, Elphielph Smith with leg injury, John Minnick with internal injuries, and James Reilly with a scalp wound. All were taken to a local hospital. no fatalities reported.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Sea View
Chelsea
Samuel Stetzer
Mrs. Stetzer
Anthony A. Ostrom
Pig Iron Freight Rates Set by Joint Trade Association
The Joint Trade association issues a detailed freight table for pig iron billets from Uldrichsville and Dennison to New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia with rates from 15 cents to 2.65 dollars per gross ton. Wire rods from Pittsburg to Milwaukee priced at 2.90 dollars per gross ton. New glassware rates become effective March 1 and expire April 00.
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New York
Joint
TraMec Association
Uldrichsville
Dennison
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Milwaukee
Hundred-Year-Old Robert Elder Dies After Short Illness
Robert Elder aged 100 years and 6 months died at his son's Hammonton New Jersey residence after a brief illness. Born in Ireland he migrated to America during Buchanan's presidency and settled nearby. He remained mentally and physically active and walked two miles to town when needed, ever proud of his self sufficiency and voting zeal.
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Hammonton
N. J
Robert Elder
Elder
Ireland
America
Buchanan
Gulf coast fortifications inspected by general Merritt
General Wesley Merritt and aides passed through Atlanta on an annual tour of inspection. He said the Gulf coast is fairly well fortified with some work left but overall satisfactory for defense if war arose.
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Atlanta
Wesley Merritt
United States Army
Strother
James Ft. Quinn
United States Engineers’ Service
Washington
Merritt
Gulf Coast
Revolution in Venezuela Stuns Caracas Prospect
Washington reports a coup outbreak in Valencia about two hundred miles from Caracas. No details given. The move appears aimed at President Andrade who was recently inaugurated succeeding President Creapo.
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Washington
State Department
Valencia
Caracas
Venezuela
Andrade
Creapo
Gold LANDS SEIZED AND Klondike Perilous Journey
Reports from Victoria and Port Townsend detail Klondike gold rush turmoil. Canadians raise a flag at Summit Lake and plan a customs post at Carter Lake amid martial law in Skaguay. Deaths from exposure mount as freight routes open and ships sail north carrying miners and crews toward Dyea and Skaguay.
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B. C
Skaguay
Summit Lake
Carter Lake
Queen
Port Townsend
Wash
Huestis
Land Office
Dyea
Tagish
San Francisco
Walla Walla
State of California
Tillamook
Dyca
Seattle
Halifax
Lake Huron
Minstrel Johnny Wild Dies in Troy at 62
John Wild known as Johnny Wild died in Troy at age 62. The popular blackfaced comedian was a long time minstrel with Harrigan and Hart and was closely tied to Harrigan at the time of his death.
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Troy, N. Y
March
John Wild
Johnny” Wild
Harrigan & Hart
Harrigan
Steamship Arrivals Sailed From New York March 1
Steamship news notes March 1 sailing from New York with Friedrich der Große bound for Bremen via Boothampton and Queenstown to New York. Britannia sailed for Liverpool. Spaarndam departed for New York from Rotterdam.
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Friedrich der Grose
Bremen
Boothampton
Queenstown
Britannia
Liverpool
Rotterdam
Spaarndam
Weather Outlook for the Middle States and New England
The Herald reports March 4 forecast for the middle states and New England with partly cloudy skies and near stationary temperatures. Fresh northerly to easterly winds precede fall conditions, followed by snow in the eastern di stribe, and a dangerous wind surge this evening along coasts to Long Island and Cape Cod as a southern cyclone approaches.
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New England
Long Island
Cape Cod
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