Weekly News Review of Global Events and Local Echoes
A sweeping digest notes New York conventions Mafeking investment progress and Haverhill mayor re election. It covers Vallejo yard strikers replaced by Seattle shipwrights ex governor Lord departing for Argentina and a US supreme court tax case. Also notes sugar beet industry fears island sugar, Boers retreat plans, and Cuba’s devastated industries with massive losses.
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Seattle
Vallejo Navy Yard
Lord
Oregon
Argentina
United States
United States Supreme Court
San Francisco
China
New York Coffee Exchange
Taylor
Chaplain Shields
Transports Sheridan Grant at Seattle and global war talk
News from the period reports Union Pacific engineers demand higher pay in Seattle. A Pacific Express heist in Omaha ranged from five to twenty thousand dollars. Other items note yellow fever fumigation at Astoria, a Frenchman predicting war, a Lewiston shooting, and various political and military developments including Dewey, Wood, and Farquhar.
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Union Pacific
Pacific Express
Omaha
Glenholm
Astoria
Deadly Carbonado Mine Disaster Kills 832 Miners
Tacoma dec 12 a Carbonado mine explosion at 11 this morning killed 832 men identification of the dead is nearly impossible scraps of clothing are saved for labeling frenzied relatives gather at the mine mouth to watch the bodies rushed to the coroner’s office rescue work continues despite dangerous gas and damp conditions many workers linger buried under earth and rock governors and mine inspectors will probe the blast cause and ventilation while aid funds are raised by Washington unions for victims families and workers.
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Tacoma
Carbonado
D. T. Davies
Leonard Johnson
Henry Sons
Matt Rehela
Victor Ruhinaki
John Hill
Michael Kiechinko
John Mellon
Andrew Gecey
John H. Jones
David X. Thomas
Howell Meredith
Watkin Jones
Fran M. Lewis
Daniel Davis
Rees Jones
William Wilson
Joseph Lee
Richard Dare
Ben Zeidler, Jr
August Hainut
Emil Hainut
Paul Curtiss
Adam Pavell
John Flota
Stephen Kramnoga
Matt Nuland
Jacob Sands
Rogers
Owens
Spokane
Carbon Hill Coal Company
Cascade
Northern Pacific
John Hartman
Gatacre Fails to Overcome Boer Line at Stormberg
General Gatacre with 2,000 troops including Northumberland Fusiliers and Royal Irish Rifles marched 12 miles from Sputter's kraal toward Stormberg. After a 4:15 AM start and a 7:00 AM artillery duel, the British retired, finding the Boer position impregnable and unable to reach the defenders. The column then moved toward Molteno. Separately Cape Nome miners in Seattle press legal action against alleged corporate maneuvers to sway the famous Cape Nome beach diggings in their favor.
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Molteno
Cape Colony
Gatacre
Sputter
Stormberg
Northumberland Fusiliers
Royal Irish Rifles
Nome
Seattle
Cape Nome Minsers
Cape Nome Beach
Seizure of Subig by Grant’s forces at Olongapo
The advance guard under Major Spence reached Olon gapo Subig bay December 9 with little resistance as enemy fled. Marines occupy Olongapo navy yard to hold a naval station while General Grant moves to join Major Spence and push toward Subig and the Twenty-fifth Infantry, with no reported casualties.
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Manila
Grant
Spence
Olongapo
Subig Bay
Baltimore
Oregon
Myers
Navy Yard
Navy
Subiz
Subig
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Andrew S. Burt
Iba
Debates and Legislation Dominate Washington News
The opening day of the currency bill debate features Dolliver of Iowa delivering a witty defense of the gold standard, while DeArmond criticizes Republican tactics. Lighthouses for Alaska receive a $500000 start, and Mason calls for sympathy for the Transvaal in Senate remarks. A Madrid theater bomb destroys the venue, and a Pottstown powder works explosion kills three.
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Washington
House
Dolliver
Iowa
Bryan
DeArmond
Missouri
West
Overstreet
Indiana
Maddox
Georgia
McClellan
New York
Mason
Transvaal
Great Britain
Senate
Lodge
British Army in Disaster at Gatacre Column
London reports detail the Gatacre column disaster where Irish artillery steadied the retreat under heavy Boer fire. British misdirection and underestimation of Boer strength led to heavy humiliation, with stock markets drooping on fears of wider political consequences.
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London
Gatacre
Nicholson
War Office
Stock Exchange
Cape Colony
English Press Reels at Gatacre Defeat in Stormberg
London papers deem the Gatacre disaster grave for morale and strategy. They urge prompt troop dispatch and blame poor equipment, scouting, and disaffection in the Cape colony, noting spies and possible reinforcement for Gatacre.
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London
Gatacre
Stormberg
Daily Mail
Daily News
The
Daily Chronicle
Methuen
Modder River
Free State
Sherman regrets letter on anti imperialist mass meeting
Ex Secretary of State John Sherman writes from Washington expressing regret over President McKinley's decision to deploy troops to the Philippines. He says the United States should have helped Filipinos defend their country and voices concern about the war actions.
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Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Washington
John Sherman
Philippines
United States
Philippine Islands
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