Italy seeks Chinese concessions baffling Washington diplomats
In Washington March, diplomats are puzzled by Italy's push for harbor and railway concessions in China. Some claim Rome aims to back its demands with a fleet to force an apology from the Taiping Yamèn, risking European friction. The United States plans to stay neutral and avoid entanglement, citing past noninterference in China. One theory is Rome seeks to redeem itself after Abyssinian defeat.
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Washington
Bea
Italy
China
Tialy
San Mun
Europe
Rome
United States
Russia
Germany
England
Abyssina
International labor notes and municipal probes
A survey across cities notes skilled trades and social conditions including Glasgow car fares and metal polishers in New York facing dust risks. It cites Jena’s city brewery profits, Grenoble’s ten year ty restaurant, and Parisian wage talks while reporting on strikes averted in Leeds and union actions in New Jersey and Toledo.
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Grenoble
France
Amusements Bulletin and local industry notes
The item lists shows at Third Avenue Theater Spider and My Rankos Wall with Queen City Dramatic Company and an Ingomar Ball. Sousa headed parade at Armory Hall on Thursday. Loomis bearing inventor name sold 1000 feet at 25 cents. West Bayleston Manufacturing cuts wages for 300 workers. Manchester Cotton Mills raises weavers’ wages. French state railway orders ten Baldwin engines. McLean Coal miners in Bloomington Alabama strike to enforce the agreed scale.
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Loomis
McLean Coal Company
Bloomington
Monument proposal for Tenth Pennsylvania soldiers
Mr De Yarmon of Fayette introduced a bill in the Pennsylvania legislature proposing a $10,000 appropriation to erect a monument on the Capitol grounds honoring members of the Tenth Pennsylvania who died in the Philippines.
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Harrishurg
de Yarmon
Fayette
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Tenth
Philippines
German Ambassador Von Holleben Visits Cambridge for Museum Plan
German ambassador Herr von Hollenben arrived in Cambridge to meet Prof. Hugo Munsterberg. The visit aims to support a proposed museum of Germanic arts antiques and sciences to be established in the city.
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Cambridge
Mass
Herr von Hollenben
Washington
Hugo Munsterberg
Museum of Germanic Arta
Judge Renounces Leniency in New York Court
In New York March, Judge Thomas declares lenity a failure and imposes strict sentences. Salvatore Saparina gets ten years for counterfeit money, Joseph Walters seven years in Sing Sing plus a $2500 fine, John Coleman fined $73 for luring a boarding student, Frank Woodward three years for stealing mail, James Carroll two and a half years, Charles Sauvey four years in Sing Sing for robbing the mails.
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New York
United States Criminal Court
Thomas
New York Athletic Club
Carrie Millard
New Jersey
Frank J Woodward
Elmira
Beggar's Relatives Claim Ties to Brooklyn Figures
A New York man named William J. Meserole, arrested after begging near Fifth Avenue, asserts kinship to J. V. Meserole the Brooklyn banker and Arcohibald Meserole Bias, a former congressman. He says he borrows for work only when possible and otherwise fends for himself.
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New York
Flynn
Weat Thirtieth Street
Alma
Thirty-Ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
William J. Meserole
J. V. Meserole
Brooklyn
Arcohibald Meserole Bias
University Notes Signals Indoor Meets Off and Drill Credits Cadets
University notes report the indoor meets scheduled in the symnasium have been canceled by Manager Bartow. President Graves spent last week ill with typhoid fever and is missed as his duties accumulate in Olympia. High School cadets and university units attempted battalion drill with limited numbers. Major Schoder praised the cadet drill and Captain Treen received high commendation. University grounds workers lay cement walks replacing cinder paths around the building.
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Symnasium
Bartow
Graves
Olympia
U. W
E. W. Schoder
W. of W
Schoder
Captain Treen
H. 8
Hie
Ure
Death Rate Soars in New York Area as Pneumonia Lead
The weekly death rate in New York reached 19.82, up from 18.82 a year ago. In Brooklyn the rate was 18.09 versus 17.90 last year, with pneumonia listed as the chief cause of death.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ace of Thieves Nabbed in Seattle After Seven Years
Joe Buckley, a noted petty thief, was arrested by Officer Stewart. Buckley, found with clothes belonging to A. Abrahams, is described by Detective Powers as a long-time offender with a habit of reoffending within days of release. He has been in and out of jail for over two years.
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Joe Buckley
Stewart
Huckley
A. Abrahams
Humboldt Sails North With Large Freight Cargo
The steamship Humboldt left Saturday night for Skagway carrying a substantial freight load and a long list of passengers including H. Foy F. B. C. Sunder J. A. Gerow W. A. Allan C. B. Gumerson Jim Dougherty J. Sousa F. M. Taylor A. Winter M. J. Preston Mies Preston J. A. Brown L. M. Smith and twenty second-class travelers.
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Humboldt
Skagway
H. Foy
FB. C. Sunder
BE. J. Delbridge
P. Callopy
W. W. Kine
C. B. Griffithy
J. A. Gerow
W. A. Allan
W. Shea
A. Kosciesky
A. H. Winter
A. & Winter
Jim Dougherty
J. Sousa
F. M. Taylor
A. Behrenda
H. Monroe
Carl Irner
J. A. Preston
Mies Preston
J. A. Brown
H. 8. Dupuy
F. Lewis
L. Robinson
N. D. James
F. M. Walters
Mra. Walters
Mra. L. Born
Mra
EB. J. Lucavich
Miss Lucavish
Milton El-lott
R. T. Freeman
C. Behnar
F. W. Washley
F. Begent
GO. C. Pacchus
D. A. McBiliott
A. P. Walters
M. Bach
M. Gustaveson
F. W. Killen
FE. Maden
M. B. Anthony
L. M. @Smith
B. Vogel
A. L. Berdoe
M. H. Giggey
Mra. L. W. Giggey
H. C. Lowman
Woman's World Fashion and Care Notes for Spring
The column surveys spring trends in fritters and cooking prep, then shifts to child care tips for spine checks after bathing. It highlights neckwear variety with new silk styles, Garibaldi inspired shirts, silk petticoats, feather boas, and novel coats with embroidered satins. It notes capes, wide-striped fabrics, polka dots on parasols, millinery, and dress goods.
Steamer Newport Reaches Port Before Northward Trip
The steamer Newport arrived from San Francisco and heads to Unalaska to carry mail between Unalaska and Behring Sea ports. Formerly a schooner whaling vessel for the Pacific Steam Whaling Company, it was recently converted to a steamer and may depart tomorrow for the north.
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Newport
San Francisco
Unalaska
Behring Sea
Pacific Steam Whaling Company
North
Stolen Tools Incident Leads to Arrest of Samuel Mullen
Samuel Mullen of San Francisco, claiming boat building work, was arrested for possessing stolen carpenter tools. He gave conflicting stories about how he obtained them and is described as an old, experienced thief. A close watch will be kept on him hereafter.
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Samuel Mullen
San Francisco
Births in Surviving Mothers Aged Sixty Plus Report
The 1896 Office du Travail volume records 28 boys and 99 girls born to mothers aged 60 years and over. Paris Figaro notes the data as a point of social reflection, praising the old guard.
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Office du Travail
Paris
Figaro
Manila Wounding Report Reaches Seattle Star Early
The Seattle Star cites news from Manila that Private Rodney Church of Company D was wounded on March 15, a day ahead of rivals. The Times did not publish the advisory.
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New Evening Daily
Seattle Star
Manila
the Star
Rodney Church
Company D
T. J. Church
the Times
Star hummer paper enters Everett market with quiet launch
Beattle reports a new evening paper called the Star opens on Third avenue in Everett. The Star presses a hard news stance, avoiding public promotion to gain reader trust, while rivals the Everett News and another daily omit any mention of the launch.
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Beattle
the Star
Scrippa~ Miades Telegraph
Hera Schooner Sale Looms As Puget Sound Vessel Idle
The three masted Hera, 388.91 gross tons, long idle in Puget Sound harbor, faces sale to unnamed buyers possibly to join Beattie Monotolu trade routes. Built in Massachusetts, she previously carried lumber to San Francisco and Alaska, with Captain Keanell currently in command.
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Messrs. Chapin and Newfelder
Puget Bound
Seattle
Puget Sound
Heston
Mase
Horn
Pacific Coast
Lhat Spring
Alaska
Horner & Co
Lucile
Coper River
Hera i
Premnt
Keanell
Steamer Rosalie Returns From Skagway With Passengers
The Rosalie arrived early from Skagway with thirty passengers led by C H Weta of Dawson who reports quiet conditions there. Strikes at Skagway paused as workers returned to rail lines at reduced pay. authorities jailed riot threats and saloons closed until July. The vessel picked up Dirigo passengers at Juneau, carried Dirigo cargo north, and carried 125 cases of fish from Mary Island and Wrangell for southbound shipment.
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Skagway
Way Ports
C. H. Weta
Dawson
Kiondike
United States
Juneau
Dirigo
Wrangell
Irigo
Douglas Island
Honsalie
Queen Charlotte Sound
Mary Island
Wranwel
South
City Council Faces Illegal Inspection Tour Expenditure
Councilman James sued to clarify his status and others who joined the east tour. Judge Moore ruled the $1500 expense appropriation illegal and the case may go to the supreme court. The dispute follows council debate and a countersignature dispute involving Humphrey and Parry.
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James
Corporation
Humphrey
Parry
Moore
Supreme Court
Market Quotations Show Potatoes Scarce and Prices Upward
Potatoes remain scarce and the market is firm with prices rising from 820 to 55 as buyers show good demand. Poultry and fish markets vary with halibut landed 2,000 pounds from the north. Local centers quote grain, hay, and dairy products along with numerous by the ton and per hundred weights for Seattle delivery and Puget Sound regions.
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Ceaters
Lotsa
Seattle
Shorts
Puget Sound
Washington
Egee
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