An extraordinary statement with regard to the American navy has been made by Admiral Dewey, the senior member of the American General Naval Board, and the only ...
Article : 251 wordsMUCH gratification is expressed at the fact that an honourable settlement of the disputed clauses of the Reform Bill has at length been arrived at. On the whole, the ...
Article : 3,901 wordsAn immense sensation has been caused by the announcement that Major-General. Sir Hector Macdonald, who was last year appointed commander of the military forces in ...
Article : 353 wordsA post-mortem examination has shown that the deceased officer shot himself behind the right ear, the bullet penetrating the brain in an upward direction and severing a vein. ...
Article : 276 wordsAt the Woolwich Arsenal steps are being taken by the War Office to reduce hands, and no fewer than 1000 men have received notice—in some cases extended notice—of ...
Article : 163 wordsAdmiral Dewey and the General Naval Board consider that the defence of the United States and the American possessions and commerce requires a fleet constituted as ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Government originally purchased from the Marquis of Linlithgow some 900 acres of land at St. Margaret's Hope for the purpose of establishing a new naval base ...
Article : 115 wordsAt the instance of the relatives of the late Sir Hector Macdonald, it has been arranged that, in compliance with the wishes expressed in Scotland, the funeral will take place there, ...
Article : 402 wordsThe Emperor William of Germany recently invited President Roosevelt to allow an American squadron, which is about to proceed on a cruise, to visit the German naval ...
Article : 65 wordsFurther details are published of the suicide of Major-General Sir Hector Macdonald at the Regina Hotel, Paris, yesterday. From the date of his arrival in Paris on ...
Article : 322 wordsThe Cleveland machine gun, which was tested in New York last week, has given extraordinary results. It was guaranteed by its inventors to be capable of firing 800 l1b ...
Article : 72 wordsIn replying to Admiral Dewey's unfavourable comparison of the German navy with that of the United States, Count Reventlow, of Berlin, has given a very disparaging ...
Article : 70 wordsHer Majesty the Queen left this morning on her visit to Copenhagen. His Majesty the King and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales accompanied the Queen to the port ...
Article : 106 wordsThe New York correspondent of the Times (Mr. G. W. Smalley) declares that the labour situation in the United States is becoming graver every day.' He says that strikes are ...
Article : 60 wordsA Reuter's telegram states that Admiral Dewey has, in the course of an interview at New York, expressed the opinion that the Americans ought to give Great Britain more ...
Article : 94 wordsIt is officially announced that their Majesties the King and Queen will visit Ireland in July or August. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Queen has given £1000 to the London Hospital, on behalf of which the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Marous Samuel) recently made an appeal to the public. ...
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