Is It Official Kruger Aide Arrives in Lourenco Marques
Webster Davis arrives in Lourenco Marques en route to Pretoria and meets Governor General Ferriers who extends friendship to President McKinley. A Transvaal representative says Kruger's salon carriages will convey him to Pretoria amid European speculation on the mission's official status.
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Webster Davis
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Pretoria
Alvaro Don Ferriers
McKinley
Transvaal
Davis
Kruger
War Fervor and Naval Tensions Stir Senate Debate
In Washington and Caubaco reports, Senator Hale rings alarm over Britain’s war in South Africa, claiming it strikes at liberty while asserting American sympathy with the Boers. Across the Atlantic, Russian naval officers predict a Russia Japan war, with Germany aiding Russia and Britain opposing, as Europe braces for broader conflict.
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Senate
Hale
Rep
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Pop
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Transvaal
Great Britain
Speculation on Davis Transvaal Mission Surfaces in London
London reports that a private car carrying Webster Davis from Lourenco Marques to Pretoria triggers outcry over an official mission. Continentals seek British info, doubting a vacation for an assistant secretary. Washington denies, noting Davis abandoned plans to visit Transvaal to avoid misreading the purpose.
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Mr. Davis
Kruger
Webster Davis
Lourenzo Marques
Pretoria
Davis
Washington
McKinley
Transvaal
Webster Davis Goes On Personal Trip To South Africa
A Washington report states Webster Davis assistant secretary of the interior is on a purely personal trip to South Africa. He left the department weeks ago after a clash with Secretary Hitchcock and Pension Commissioner Evans and will likely not return, having been granted three months leave.
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the Times
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Transvaal
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Interior
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Evans
South Africa
July Fourth Warnings Grow From Stock Shortages
A July Fourth remark notes higher loss of fools on this day than other days and cites stock numbers to claim the nation has grown inadequate, with one fourth of July per year in concern.
King Oscar Presses Peace Yet Warns on Defense
In the speech from the throne King Oscar notes his commitment to peace by appointing delegates to The Hague peace conference. He adds that even with arbitration progress no nation is exempt from defense measures and neutrality obligations remain.
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Riksdag
Hague
Members Attack Pension Commissioner On House Floor
The pension appropriation bill of 145 million dollars passed the house while several members including Curtis Lentz Norton and Robinson attacked the pension commissioner over liberality of the laws. Mahon accused pension sharks of robbing old soldiers and a rider was added granting the commissioner authority to withhold attorney fees in pension cases not personally supervised by counsel.
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Commissioner of Pensions
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Kan
Lentz
Norton
Ohio
Robinson
Indiana
Mahon
Pro Boer Demonstration Draws Congress to Washington
A large Washington audience filled the Grand Opera House to show public support for the Boers in their war with Great Britain. Speakers included Senators Mason Illinois Allen Nebraska Tillman South Carolina and Representatives Clark DeArmond Cochran Bailey Carmack Cox Rhea Jones Lamb Shafroth Covener Meyer Sulzer Lentz. Sulzer presided and Mason Allen DeArmond Cochran Rhea spoke.
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Grand Opera House
Great Britain
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Illinois
Allen
Nebraska
Tillman
South Carolina
Clark DeArmond
Cochran
Missouri
Bailey
Texas
Carmack
Cox
Tennessee
Rhea
Kentucky
Jones and Lamb
Virginia
Shafroth
Colorado
Covener
West Virginia
Meyer
Louisiana
Sulzer
New York
Lentz
Ohio
Mason and Allen
Clark
DeArmond
Marlborough Goes to War for South Africa
London dispatch reports the Duke of Marlborough has left for South Africa as a staff officer. The duchess and Mrs. Belmont accompany him as far as Southampton. she will not travel to the Cape. He travels with a small retinue, only a valet likely to be replaced by camp officers’ striker.
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London
Duke of Marlborough
South Africa
O. H. P. Belmont
Southampton
Cape
Reverend Sheldon to edit Topeka Capital News week
The Rev Charles M Sheldon author of In His Steps will edit the Topeka Capital news for the week starting March 13 with absolute control of all departments including editorial and advertising.
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Topeka
Kan
Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka Capital
Chilean Minister Vicuna Arrives From Tokio en Route to Washington
C Morta Vicuna Chilean minister to the United States and Japan arrived from Tokio aboard the Doric en route to Washington. In Tokio he is said to have discussed with the Japanese foreign office plans to settle Japanese colonists in Chile and to establish a steamer line.
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San Francisco
C. Morta Vicuna
United States
Japan
Tokio
Doric
Washington
Vicuna
Chili
Colson Indicted for Wilful Murder in Kentucky
Frankfort Kentucky January 23 The grand jury reports indictments charging Colonel David G Colson with the wilful murder of Ethelbert Scott and L W Demaree.
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Frankfort, Ky
David G. Colson
Ethelbert Scott
L. W. Demaree
No decision reached on insular possessions tariff issue
A Democratic House conference in the Ways and Means room debated applying the United States term in the constitution to new insular possessions. Officials sought clarity on tariffs and immigration implications for island territories, but no action was agreed and the session adjourned to continue next week.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
House
United States
Large Sums Planned for Duluth Missabe and Northern
New York reports the Duluth Missabe and Northern will invest heavily in Minnesota this spring. Extensions and improvements include several spur lines in mining areas and 192 ore dock pockets at Duluth each with 210 ton capacity.
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Duluth
Missabe
Northern
Minnesota
Secretary Root Extends Mortgage Foreclosure Deadlines in Puerto Rico
Secretary Root issues an order extending the time to foreclose mortgages on Puerto Rico properties by six months. The extension will not apply if it conflicts with any new congressional legislation enacted in the interim.
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Washington
Root
Puerto Rico
Congress
Fire destroys Barnum & Bailey train barn in Bridgeport
Fire at Barnum and Bailey winter quarters in Bridgeport Connecticut destroys 11 circus cars and damages Italian laborers quarters nearby. Total loss estimated at about 100000 dollars.
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Bripgeport
Conn
Barnum & Bailey
Senator Carter bills to stop railroad stock watering
In Frankfort Kentucky on January 22 Senator Carter introduced a bill to prevent railroad companies from watering stock. The measure follows a recommendation by W J Bryan in Texas and is described as practically a duplicate of the Texas law on the subject.
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Frankfort
Carter
W. J. Bryan
Texas
Russia to Loan Korea 12 Million Dollars This Year
A Shanghai special reports an agreement wherein Russia will lend Korea 12 million dollars with 5 million to be paid immediately. Korea had previously sought a loan from Japan but was unsuccessful.
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London
Shanghai
Russia
Korea
Japan
Exchange concessions threaten Bulwer Bulwer treaty change
A Washington report states US and Britain may abrogate the 1850 Clayton Bulwer treaty allowing Nicaragua canal progress without treaty constraints. It notes Britain allegedly seeks Alaska boundary concessions in return, with possible broader concessions in other areas.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Great Britain
Nicaragua
Congress
Plague Rumor Ties Steamer Monmouthshire to Portland Route
A Victoria B C dispatch reports the steamer Monmouthshire running between Portland and the Orient signalled sickness aboard near Carmanah Point on Vancouver Island. The message suggests bubonic plague on board. Pullman Wages Cut Widely in Circulation
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Portland, Or
Victoria
B. C
Monmouthshire
Portland
Carmanah Point
Vancouver Island
Russian ironclad Poltava runs aground near Libau
The Russian battleship Poltava of 10,960 tons lies dangerously ashore near Libau on the Baltic. Built in St. Petersburg in 1894, she boasts 11,255 horsepower and cost $5,490,000 to construct.
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St. Peter
Weyerhauser Timber Company Incorporates in Washington
Articles of incorporation filed by Weyerhauser Timber company Tacona Washington with capital stock of 6 million dollars. The syndicate recently bought 900000 acres of timber land from the Northern Pacific company.
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Weyerhauser Company Incorporated
Tacona, Wash
Weyerhauser Timber Company
Northern Pacific Company
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