German Treachery in Samoa Sparks Naval Action
Reports from Apia dated March 28 say an ultimatum to Mataafa's tribesmen failed, rebels attacked near American and British consulates, and the Philadelphia and Porpoise opened fire. Several shore towns burned, casualties among British and American sailors. Germans blamed for arming natives. whites sought refuge aboard British ships. Washington officials call Admiral Kautz's actions prudent under stated laws and seek a peaceful settlement among the three powers.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Apia
Samoa
Matnafa
Philadelphia
Cromer Porpolae
Washington
State Department
Samos
Admiral Kautz
Stardee
Porpoise
United States
Concule
Kaute
Navy Department
Allen
Long
Preas
Herr Rose
Mataafa
Ie Got
Royaliat
Kantz
Kuntz
Secretary of Navy
Sidney
Bombardment of Apia Warns Whites to Flee Homes
An official Apia dispatch reports continued bombardment in Samoa with whites evacuated from many houses. Tupux chiefs exiled elsewhere are said to have been recalled and arms and ammunition seized earlier are said to be rearmed. Meanwhile in Denver a receivership hearing for the Atlantic and Pacific Tunnel project is slated, with Mrs. Mark Pomeroy and attorney W H Stoddard arriving to oppose rivals.
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Bilver
Waw
Berlin
Apia
Samoa
Upoba
Denver
U.S. District Court
Atlantic & Pacific Tunnel
Mark Pomeroy
Gray's Peak
Neall's trial delayed as friends repair funds
The court martial of Lieutenant J. M. Neall of the Fourth Cavalry, charged with absence without leave and conduct unbecoming an officer along with minor counts, was postponed to next Thursday to allow the defense more time. Neall allegedly embezzled about $5,000 from canteen funds and shipped it to Mexico, but his shortage has been made good by influential friends, and that charge will not be pursued.
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San Francisco
J. M. Neall
Neall
Mexico
Fourth Cavalry
Washington
Manila
War Department
Corbin
Simpson
Military Information Bureau
Hale
Harrison Gray Otis
Wheaton
Twenty-second Infantry
Third Infantry
Oregon
Nebraska
South Dakota
Colorado
Wyoming
Otis
Colum
Kansas
Montana
Third Artillery
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Contempt Sentence for Langdon Smith in Guilford Trial
Bridgeport Connecticut March court fines Langdon Smith fifty dollars and orders five days in jail for contempt over publication during Mrs. Nancy Guilford trial. The New Evening Journal editor, currently in New York, would be seized if he returns to Connecticut to serve the sentence.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Wheeler
Fairfed County
Langdon Smith
New Evening Journal
Nancy Guilford
Mimittt
Mr. Smith
New York
Connecticut
Track in Lexington to be sold for development
The historic Kentucky Association race track in Lexington will be cut into building lots after owner Charles Green of St. Louis sold all movable property at auction. The sale follows the track’s impending land sale and long local prominence in horse racing.
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Lexington
Kentucky Association
Charles Green
St. Louis
Markets Update and Army Ration Controversy
Across major western centers cattle and sheep prices are listed with receipts and market tones. A Washington hearing reports officials condemning army canned beef as nonnutritive and unfit food, with witness accounts of sour meat and chemicals used to preserve it.
The Peace Congress and Early Delegation Talks
Across multiple items the dispatch notes plans for naming delegates to the Czar e Dis armament Congress in The Hague with figures like Sir Julian Pauncefote and John Bassett Moore discussed alongside Ambassador Charles M Tower. Also reports a Little Rock racing meet with five Derby candidates Prince McLarg and Harde Parde among them, a fatal Belt Line collision near Alton Illinois injuring several including Dr E W Porter, and a Cincinnati telegraph operator William Dane killed in a yard crash plus a brief note promoting One Minute Cough Cure.
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Washington
Hague
Sir Julian Pauncefote
Olney
Julian Pounceforte
Silver Blate
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Jockey Club
Prince McLarg
Harde Parde
Wittikick
Leo Planter
Mono B
J. H. McAvoy& Co
Manila ice plant bid tops Chicago tender list
Ads from Chicago report bids opened at Division Army Headquarters for a large refrigerating and ice manufacturing plant for Manila Government use. The lowest bid came from De Lavergne Refrigerating Machine Co of New York at 195,162 dollars.
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Chicago
Division Army
Manila
de Lavergne Refrigerating Machine Co
New York
Ruling Declares Territory Not a State Under Constitution
Chicago March 30 Judge Jenkins of the United States Circuit Court frees Charles F Champion on habeas corpus asserting a territory is not a state under the constitution. Champion faced charges of shipping lottery tickets into New Mexico territory. San Francisco March 30 restaurant men form to test wine stamp law claiming it imposes hardship and was not intended for restaurants.
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Chicago
Jenkins
Unite States Circuit Court Today
Charles F. Champion
Champion
New Mexico
Bilver
San Francisco
No Senator Yet From Sixteenth Ballot in Harrisburg
The Silver State leased wire reports in Harrisburg that on March 30 the six ty-second ballot for United States Senator produced votes for Quay 83 Jenks 83 Parcell 47 totaling 198 with 100 needed to choose and 65 paired or not voting.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Harrisburg
United States
Quay
Jenks
Parcell
Missouri Governor offers Sixth Regiment for Philippines service
Governor Stephens called on the President and offered the entire Sixth Missouri regiment now at Havana for service in the Philippines to be reenlisted under the army organization law. The President promised to consider the offer. The Ninth Illinois and several other volunteer regiments expressed willingness to stay in service and go to the Philippines if they may retain their present organization with current officers.
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Hilver Star
Washington
Stephens
Missouri
Havana
Philippines
Ninth Illinois
Judge Removed and Judge to Reappoint in Brown-Nmmaba-Doniphan
The Senate voted 19 to 14 to remove Judge W. J. Stuart over a misconduct issue, though findings deny fraud. Governor Stanley will appoint a new judge or restore Stuart. Strike averted in Brazil after miners and operators reach a one year Pittsburg scale for black coal mining. Professor Andrew J. Rickoff, longtime Cleveland public schools superintendent, is dead.
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Adeona
Kas
Senate
Brown- Nmmaba-Doniphan County
Stanley
Fulloom
W. J. Stuart
Cigare
Stuart
Brazil
Ind
Pittsburg
Rickoff
Cleveland
San Francisco
Andrew J. Rickoff
Thousands Would Work Under the Census Office
The Census Office notes an extraordinary volume of job applications. Conservative counts show about 2,500 formal applications with letters and inquiries bringing potential openings to around 10,000. Focus is on issuing examination papers for the required ordeal. Also includes a separate Havana dispatch noting Secretary of War Alger’s travel from Matanzas to Cienfuegos.
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Washington
Census Office
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Rowena Lee
Kauts
Kautz
Arena
Feworto
Sydney
API
London
British Foreign Office
Associated Press
National Zeitung
Daily Chronicle of London
Andrew D. White
Cologne Cinzette
Daily Chronicle
Aga
Pinglish
Germany
Tree
Samoa Island
Smith
Kentucky
WR Nareee the
Iilver
Kuhn, Loeb & Company
Norfolk and Western Railway
Treasury
Nila
Armour
E. Bates
Irivan B. I. Clark
Nebrasaka
J. J. Boyle
H. Wells
W. W. Wilson
Charles R. Robert
Frank E. Adams
Benjamin F. Smith
E. D. (Colgan
Edward
Jaques
Townsend
Frank C. Woodruff
E. Thornton
Bobbing
Bruce Macy
C. Knapp
J, Myer
L. Reed
W. Grossman
Army
IL. Youngs
J. Carroll
Igh
J. A. Wahus
M. Spence
Twentieth
Wider 5
Medcalf
Henry Ratelin
Walter Kemp
Abblomen
Materate
E. Ebert
Tiwhieus G. Algeran
Dubo EB
Ballou
L. Walter Wyat
Jos. Dowald
A. D. Hatfield
Alex Young
Archibald Powell
Alexander Cowlter
Harrisonville
E. Bates Roper
Loper
Archie
Here
Soper
Roper
Portland
Ore
Prentice
Homer Lee
Ashland
California
Briver Azare
Memphis
Tenn
Robert KE. Lee
Lee Line
Carrutheraville
Tyler
M. T. Kelley
Chambers
Carr
Post-Dispatch
Cairo
Latot
Hilver
Texas
Lamba
Kansas City
Iamba
Omaha
Bilver Blale
Geo. A. Gampler
Ohio
First
Ohio Cavalry
Lakeland
Florida
Gampfer
Armour & Co
Gampier
Carmichael
Brigade Commissary
Morehouse
Major C. Webb
Genera Lawton
Santiago
Webb
the Peace Congress
McKinley
Oriver State
St, Louis
Springfeld
Ilinois
Haynes
Alton
Llinois
E.W. Porter
Jerseyville
Iinois
Silver State
Cincinnati
Louie
William Dane
Caboose
Neon
Tlver
Alger
Matanzas
Clenfuegos
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