Edward Plan for Boer Autonomy and Amnesty Reported
London reports the government nears a plan offering Boer autonomy with amnesty for most rebels and financial aid to restore farms. Transvaal and former Orange Free State would be British colonies governed by locals, with garrisons at Pretoria. King Edward and Salisbury reportedly back the plan despite Chamberlain opposition. The war costs to be funded by diamond mines.
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London
Transvaal
Orange Free States
Cape Colony
Natal
Pretoria
Edward
Lord Salisbur
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Rosebery hints at British policy shift amid crisis
Lord Rosebery arrived in Paris and told reporters that Mr Chamberlain was only an instrument of Mr Rhodes. With Rhodes gone he warned England faces a ministerial crisis and a policy based on force has estranged Europe and cost lives. He suggested King Edward's coronation might steer policy toward justice and people's rights.
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Edward
Paris
Lord Rosebery
Paria
London
The
Patrie
Chamberlain
Rhodes
Birmingham
England
Incendiary Fire Destroys Tulalip Buildings
A fire at the Tulalip Indian Agency between 4 and 5 am destroyed the girls dormitory recitation room kitchen laundry and the old Catholic church. Loss will reach thousands of dollars. Rags and burlap saturated with kerosene were found burning under Dr. Buchanan’s residence and in the boys dormitory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulalip Indian Agency
Everett
Tulalip Indian Reservation
Buchanan
Wheat for South Africa Shipments From Northwest Ports
The Inchcape Rock will sail to South Africa with 83 520 bushels of wheat from Portland Oregon. This brings Pacific Northwest wheat shipments to over one million bushels for the season, the largest South African trade yet. An additional half million bushels may follow before season's end due to the tight Australian wheat crop.
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Portland
Inchcape Rock
South Africa
Oregon
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Cape of Good Hope
Australia
Investigation into Danish West Indies purchase opens
A special committee under Speaker Henderson voted to start hearings tomorrow morning. The panel, which will hold an open session, seeks to probe allegations related to the Danish West Indies purchase.
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Washington
Henderson
Chairman Babcock Offers to Relinquish Gop Seat
Washington March 31 Chairman Babcock of the Republican congressional committee says ill health leads him to retire from the chairmanship He asks President Roosevelt to suggest a successor to lead the committee in the falling session and beyond.
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Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
Ill
Washington
Roosevelt
Clayton May Explain
Washington April 1 Ambassador to Mexico Clayton has been granted leave of absence to come to Washington and answer charges raised by William Mealy among others accusing him of using his position to obtain valuable mining concessions.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Clayton
Washington
Wm. Mealy
LYNCHING ENDS CHRONICled KILLER OF SHERIFF IN WYOMING
Casper Wyoming March 29 Charles Woodard the murderer of Sheriff Rickard was lynched here Thursday night after a Supreme Court stay halted the hanging The sensational escape from jail and ensuing chase led to the sheriff’s death and Woodard’s capture in Montana He was brought back for trial and the lynching concludes the case with no legal process.
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Wyoming
Casper
Wyo
Charles Woodard
Rickard
National County
Woodard
Supreme Court
Woodward
Montana
Supreme Court of the State
Sealskins Seized From schooner Ward in Seattle
Seattle April 1 authorities seized 266 fur sealskins from the small schooner J B Ward arriving from Dutch Harbor. About 50 000 in value were taken with the fur stowed as fox furs and labeled to mislead. Captain Hansen is not suspected of involvement as the ship first landed at Smiths Cove.
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Seattle
J.B. Ward
Dutch Harbor
Customs House
Missouri
Hansen
Ward
Smiths Cove
Arlington Dock
Washington Hamper Bill Funds Harbor, Buildings and Fish
The sundry civil appropriation bill includes Washington items for Grays Harbor contract completion 156 775 Everett harbor work 117 000 Seattle public building 250 000 Pacific Coast surveys 107 500 Baker Lake Fish Station 3 480 Alaska lighthouse and fog signals 120 000 Alaskan seal fisheries natives food St Paul and St George 19 5000 reindeer for Alaska and extension of land survey contracting to Washington and other western states.
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Washington
Alaska
Grays Harbor
Everett Harbor
Seattle Public Building
Pacific Coast
Baker Lake
St. Paul and
St. George
Upholding Law Ticket Validity Against Scalpers
Judge Chytraus ruled in Chicago that a valid ticket remains enforceable even when handled by a scalper. Moritz Horowitz sued the Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad for damages after being ejected with his wife on a trip to Minnesota. Damages of 250 dollars were sought. the case centered on alleged constructive fraud by the railroad.
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Chicago
Chytraus
Superior Court
Moritz Horowitz
Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Minnesota
South Clark Street
Michigan Dewnpaper
Horowitz
J. C. Pond
Road
Lakeville
the Road
Three Names Considered for Cuba Minister Post
Washington March 29. Three names chief in talk for United States minister to Cuba Charles Allen of Massachusetts Gen Fitzhugh Lee and H Clay Evans pension commissioner. Gen Lees appointment is seen as most popular from a Cuban view. President likely favors Gen Lee but choice will take careful deliberation due to treaty work involved.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Cuba
Charles Allen
Massachusetts
Fitzhugh Lee
H. Clay Evans
Gen. Lee
Mayor Edwards Renominated at Helena Republican Conve ntion
Helena Mont March 30 F J Edwards was renominated for mayor at the Republican city convention Thomas Kirkendall for treasurer and E S Walker for police judge All nominations except police judge were unanimous
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Helena
Mont
F. J. Edwards
Thomas Kirkendall
E. S., Walker
Queen Alexandria to Copenhagen for Danish royal birthday
Queen Alexandria sails toward Copenhagen to attend the April 8 birthday celebration of King Christian IX born April 8, 1418. The destination marks a royal commemoration connecting Britain and Denmark.
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London
Alexandria
Copenhagen
Christian IX
Denmark
Iveys Story Sparks Alaska Canada Boundary Probe
Washington reports that Collector J W Ivey of Alaska alleges Canadian encroachments on American territory. Congress may request the State Department status of the boundary and consider a survey board to protect monuments along the Alaska Canada line.
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Washington
J. W. Ivey
Alaska
Alaska Territory
Northwest Territory
Ivey
Congress
State Department
Board of Survey
Canada
Scheepers’ execution called a brutal butchery in dispatch
A London dispatch to the Evening Journal quotes Hon. John Swift MacNeill MP alleging Commander Scheepers of the Orange Free State was executed in a barbaric manner. He claims the Boer general, weak from wounds, was tied to a chair in Graaf Reinet and blown apart by 15 Golduhaase volunteers at 10 paces, then burned as the chair was broken and the band played.
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New York
Evening Journal
London
Scheepers
Orange Free State
John Swift MacNeill
MacNeill
Graaf Reinet
Lord Kitchener
Invasion of American Trust System Threatens UK
London reports 10 percent of tobacconists signed the Ogdens agreement while the Daily Chronicle warns of grave danger from American trust practices. It argues the system depresses wages and raises prices, urging business leaders to resist to shield the nation from disaster.
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London
Ogdens, Limited
Daily Chronicle
the Chronicle
United States
Barabona Captured and Retaken in Santo Domingo Uprising
On the Dominican south coast Barabona fell to revolutionists after a severe fight in which forty were killed or wounded. A government gunboat later bombarded the town and retook it. Revolutionaries retreated to a nearby stronghold as martial law was decreed across the republic and constitutional guarantees suspended.
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San Domingo
Republic of Santo Domingo
Barabona
Dominican Congress
Hanna Pushes New Trial for Rathbone in Cuba Case
Senator Hanna plans to introduce a bill to try Estes G. Rathbone in an American court under U S law for postal irregularities in Cuba. The Post reports Hanna believes Rathbone is honest despite his conviction and argues that evidence inadmissible under Cuban procedure could aid Rathbone under U S law.
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Washington
the Post
Hanna
Estes G. Rathbone
Cuba
The
Post
Rathbone
Ballard Man Dies in Dawson Hospital
Bosworth of Ballard Washington dies in a Dawson hospital Saturday from Wrights disease. He freighted to Dominion and leaves a wife and two children living on that creek. He is said to have two life insurance policies. Embalming will occur locally and the body sent to Seattle for burial when navigation opens.
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Dawson
Seattle
Bosworth
Ballard
Wash
Dawson Hospital
Wright
Dominion
Dean of American railway men dies in St Paul
Judge John A. Chandler aged 71 longtime Milwaukee Road general agent in St Paul died suddenly from rheumatism of the heart He was 71 and the oldest railroad man in continuous service in the country known coast to coast as the Dean of American railway men
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St. Paul
John A. Chandler
Milwaukee Road
Judge Chandler
Lind to Run for Congress in Minneapolis District
Minneapolis March 31. There is a mood shift in Congressman Uncle Loren Fletcher's camp. John Lind former governor will run for congress in the Minneapolis district. Lind has been a resident of Minneapolis since leaving office. L A Rosing will be Democratic candidate for governor.
Notorious Horse Thieves Caught
Sheriff Jas. Davis of Blackfoot Idaho captured near Missoula two men named Chas. Carey and Chas. Irwin who were infamous horse thieves from Southern Idaho. The pursuit lasted since August and ended yesterday.
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Missoula
Mont
Jas. Davis
Blackfoot
Idaho
Chas. Carey
Chas. Irwin
All May Be Insured Deep Water Divers Barred From Coverage
A discussion of life insurance practices shows that most occupations gain coverage with underwriters using substandard policies. Submarine divers become the only profession universally denied, while other risky jobs face modified terms or premiums. The article notes that advances in medical underwriting still allow many with chronic conditions to obtain policies, albeit at higher costs, whereas those with advanced disease remain excluded.
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New York Sun
Cuffs Made From Household Ingenuity At Theater Date
A young man, short on clean linen after moving, improvises cuffs from ink stained fabric and other makeshift tools to meet his theater date. He contemplates borrowing cuffs from a stranger but hesitates, relying on improvised dressing aids.
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Bristol
Argus
Baltimore News
Uncrowned English Queens in Royal History
The article outlines English queens who were not crowned including Margaret of France Edward I s wife due to finances, Anne Boleyn s public coronation, and four wives of Henry VIII who never received coronations. It notes Henrietta Maria s refusal, Sophia Dorothea s non-queen status, Caroline of Brunswick s isolation at George IV s coronation, and end with her death shortly after.
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Margaret of
France
Edward I
Wales
Scotland
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Rome
Jane Seymore
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr
England
Henrietta Maria
Charles L
Sophia Dorothea of Zeil
George I
Lady of
Ahlden
Caroline of Brunswick
George IV
Westminster Abbey
End of an era as Prince of Wales coach is retired
The Prince of Wales coach, last of the London to Bristol coach fleet, was withdrawn on December 21, 1843. Coaching waned after two decades of prosperity as railways emerged, with the Bath mail coach first driven from London on August 8, 1784.
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Prince of Wales
London
Bristol
Palmer
Bath
London Chronicle
Picture Club Exhibition Raises Town Funds Each Summer
A five year old project in a New England town uses a mixed gender twelve member Picture Club to photograph local spots. Members show the top one hundred slides in a Town Hall screening with twenty five cent admission. Proceeds benefit a town object.
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New England
Picture Club
Ladies’ Home Journal
It’s Blind All Right Love and Marriage Cautions
A Baltimore American quotation humorously ponders if love is blind and recalls an incident when a parent nearly interfered during a goal. The text notes sickness causes item disposal in cups of glass and patrons cry out that it is medicine. It ends with a warning that love cannot cure a bad beginning in marriage.
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Baltimore American
Billy Rice the Old Minstrel Dies Destitute at Hot Springs
The veteran minstrel Billy Rice died at Hot Springs Arkansas after a long career that earned him a fortune once estimated at over a million dollars. Born near Troy New York in 60 years ago he spent 42 years on stage as an end man. Despite fame and wealth he left with little money and no close friends at his passing. His last words reflected his humor as he faced death with a smile.
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Burntcork
Jack Haverly
Billy West
Tilly Emerson
Billy Rice
Hot Springs
Ark
Chicago
Rice
Troy
N. Y
Indiana County Without a Railroad in Brown County
Brown County stands out in Indiana for lacking a railroad with no line penetrating the area. Talks of extending the electric line from Indianapolis to Martinsville through Needmore and Nashville proceed, while a Franklin Electric line extension is also being considered. The Indianapolis Southern steam rail- line prospect is discussed as well.
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Indiana
Brown County
Indianapolis
Martinsville
Needmore
Nashville
Indianapolis Southern
Brown County Indiana Home to Fruits and Gold Wishing
The passage notes Brown County as a thriving fruit region with one of Indiana's largest fruit farms Ireeman & Ten Kick producing thousands of bushels annually for shipment to Eastern markets. It mentions a small county jail in Nashville, a county seat, and notes mineral resources including gold in local streams, with many residents owning gold-wishing outfits.
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Nashville
Brown County
Indiana
Ireeman & Ten Kick
Remember Thou Must Die in Trappist Silence
Lippincott's Magazine notes that Trappists practice a ban on perpetual silence yet maintain limited speaking for the abbot guest master and schoolmaster. Daily chapel prayers and a public confession at chapter form a demanding penance.
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Lippincott's Magazine
Cadiz Wedding Rite Uses Hair Rose Instead of Ring
In Cadiz Spain a wedding omits a ring. After the ceremony the groom moves a flower in the bride's hair from left to right to signal her as a wife. The rose worn above the right ear marks her status in some regions.
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Cadiz
Spain
Boston seeks name for new Longfellow Bridge across Charles River
A Bostonian proposes naming the forthcoming Charles River bridge the Longfellow Bridge. The suggestion centers on honoring the famed poet whose family ties to the area are noted.
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Boston
Charles River
Longfellow Bridge
Death Has No Manners
A terse wry remark about Death taking the choicest on the plate when it comes to him, implying a blunt, thought provoking sentiment.
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Salisbury
Rosebery
Ricker
Lee
Edwards
Lady's Pictorial
Indiana County
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