Norfolk Mob Seizes Streets as Martial Law Looms
A 500 strong mob of strike sympathizers clashes with police and militia in Norfolk blocking Norfolk Railway & Light Co cars. Cars derailed, stones on tracks, fights with guards, martial law ordered as militia and police struggle to restore order. Nonunion men arrested for concealed weapons. additional regiments called in from Emporia Suffolk Smithfield and Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strets
Norfolk
Norfolk Railway & Light Company
H. H. Harmanser
Emporia
Suffolk
Smithfield
Franklin
Central Labor Union
H. Kelly
Knoxville
Porto Rico Laws Commission Submits Report
Washington reports the commission to revise Porto Rico laws has submitted its findings to the attorney general. It covers reorganization of the judicial system local government and revisions of marriage divorce wills and intestates and a new Porto Rico organic act known as the Foraker act. Local authorities would manage local affairs with insular oversight and habeas corpus reforms are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Porto Rico
New York
Massachusetts
Census Bureau reports surge in bicycle industry 1900 data
The preliminary census shows bicycle and tricycle production rising by nearly 30 million dollars from 1890 to 1900. In 1900 there were 312 establishments with capital 29,783,659 dollars, 17,525 wage earners, total wages 8,189,817 dollars, and products valued at 31,915,908 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Boer Victory Report From Vondenkop Clash
A Pretoria dispatch details a Boer victory at Vondenkop southwest of Klerksdorp. British losses total 632 killed wounded and prisoners with two guns captured. Lt Col Anderson reports a two hour battle as Boers attacked convoy left flank and rear, stampeding mules and driving confusion before reinforcements were checked.
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London
Pretoria
Vondenkop
Klerksdorp
Transvaal
Anderson
Kraaipan
Cape Colony
Delarey
Kemps
Celliers
Lemmer
Wolmarens
Potgieters
Constabulary Engagements in Morong Area Reported
Manila dispatch notes 25 Morong constabulary encountered 80 insurgents. 11 officers unaccounted for likely killed or captured. Insurgents stopped a commissary wagon but spared the escort. Ampil, captured in Cainta, is alive but under torture. General Lukban offers help if recognized for civilized conduct. Constabulary and military search ongoing with malcontents flocking from Bohol and Leyte.
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Manila
Morong
Flores
Rizal
Ampil
Bohol
Capilea
Lukban
Explosion Wrecks Canal Street Printing Office
An explosion damaged the five story Aste Press Printing building at 210-12 Canal Street in New York on March 5. Fire gutted the interior, with workers leaping from windows as flames spread. Consuelo Durante died after leaping to a court yard. losses were pegged at 75000 dollars and many residents fled in panic.
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New York
Canal Street
Aste Press Printing Company
Consuelo Durante
Ellen Stone to Lecture for Chautauquas This Summer
Indianapolis March 5 Ellen M Stone the missionary freed by brigands has contracted to lecture for the Chautauqua societies across the country for most of the coming summer season.
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Indianapolis
Ellen M. Stone
United States Cruiser Philadelphia Sails to Guayaquil
A Panama dispatch reports the United States cruiser Philadelphia left for Guayaquil today and will return soon. The move signals naval activity in the region.
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New York
United States
Philadelphia
Guayaquil
Panama
Herald
Riot Among Paris Unemployed Sparks Police Fight
Paris March 5. After an upset meeting of the unemployed at the Labor Exchange, agitators tried an outdoor rally at Place de la Republique. A clash with police left 11 officers severely hurt and many others bruised. Several rioters were injured. 20 were arrested.
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Paris
Labor Exchange
Place de la Republique
Flood Deluges Paterson Burials Postponed and Mills Closer
Severe flooding in Paterson New Jersey floods cemeteries halting all burials and forces mass relief operations at the Armory under Mrs. Garrett A Hobart. Dozens of silk mills idle sapping employment and East Jersey Water Company faces about 1.5 million dollars in losses as a Dundee Island bridge is washed away with six feared dead.
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Water Company
Paterson
N. J
Armory
Garrett A. Hobart
East Jersey Water Company
Floodwaters Swamp Wilkesbarre as Susquehanna Rises
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a rapid rise of the Susquehanna River to 31 feet 3 inches floods streets and basements. A large area including West Pittston and Plymouth is submerged with hundreds of families evacuated by boat and nine deaths reported. Property losses exceed one million dollars as washouts close rail lines and mines flood.
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Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna River
Pittston
Nanticoke
Westmoor
Firwood
Riverside
Sterling
Wyoming Valley
West Pittston
Plymouth
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Pittsburg and Allegheny Rebound From Flood Clears Roads
Pittsburg and Allegheny report resumed ordinary traffic as flood waters recede. Only Penn avenue lower Pittsburg and Woods Run in Allegheny remain underwater, expected to clear by morning. Total losses estimated around 1.25 million dollars, with Penn avenue district losses likely surpassing 300 thousand.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Penn Avenue
Woods Run
Lincoln Hotel
Twelfthstreet
Harrisburg Bridge Piers Washed Away on Susquehanna
Two piers of the historic camel-back bridge on the Harrisburg side were washed away. The aging bridge, built in 1816, is believed to be the oldest structure crossing the Susquehanna River.
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Harrisburg
Susquehanna River
British Casualties Heavy From Vondenkop Attack
An incomplete casualty list from the February 24 Boers raid on a British convoy at Vondenkop near Klerksdorp reports 5 officers and 54 men killed and 6 officers and 116 men wounded.
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London
Vondenkop
Klerksdorp
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysal Captures City of E'Raid
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysal with about 2000 men seized E'raid in Central Arabia. The force entered at night, killed the governor and 30 followers at the palace, and overwhelmed the garrison leading to surrender.
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Bombay
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysal
Arabia
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul
Oregon and Washington gain in rivers and harbors bill
Washington and Oregon receive expanded appropriations in the rivers and harbors bill. Key allocations include $550,000 for continuing improvements south of the Columbia, $1,000,000 for authorized contracts, and new or increased funds for Willamette, Columbia, Puget Sound, and Seattle area projects. A survey and route study for the Lake Washington canal is authorized with a $160,000 allocation.
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Washington
Oregon
Columbia
Dalles
Seattle
Willamette
Portland
Columbia River
The
Cascades
Upper Columbia
Snake Rivers
Snake River
Lewiston
Willamette River
Yamhill River
Corvallis
Independence
Puget Sound
Tributaries
Swinomish Slough
Cowlitz
Lewis Rivers
Okanogan
Pend d’Orielle
Olympia Harbor
Tacoma Harbor
Whatcom Harbor
Grays Harbor
Chenalis River
Shilshole
Salmon Bays
Lake Washington Waterway
Captured by Ladrones in Cavite and Cebu Tariff Meeting
In Cavite province Felizardo and 25 ladrones seized Cavite Morong president Senor Ampil and most local police. a strong constabulary force is sent to rescue him. Gov Lukban correspondence found. Cebu reports an assault on the Spanish consul by municipal police led by Senor Reyes, now suspended. Manila merchants and press denounce prohibitive tariff impacting commerce.
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Manila
Flores
Rizal
Felizardo
Cavite
Cavita
Morong
Senor Ampil
Lukban
United States Philippine Commission
Cebu
Senor Reyes
Unprecedented Mexican Storm Strikes Monterey Area
A Mexico storm battered Monterey and surrounding areas on March 4 with winds 50 to 80 mph. Damage exceeded $300,000 and over a dozen people were injured by falling walls.
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Monterey
Mex
Mexico
Morgan donates 2 million to University of the South
Nashville announces J Pierpont Morgan has given 2 000 000 dollars to the University of the South in Sewanee Tennessee. The school ranks as a leading Southern institution with about 600 students in regular attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
J. Pierpont Morgan
University of the South
Sewanee, Tenn
South
Venezuelan insurrection routed near La Frias after Feb clash
Advices from Caracas report Mochist leader Garbira with 1000 Colombians attempting a new invasion of Venezuela near La Frias on February 24. A bloody battle at Las Cumbres ended with insurgents routed and forced back across the frontier, leaving many dead on the field.
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Willemstad
Caracas
Garbira
Venezuela
la Frias
Las Cumbres
Harnessing Stable Air and Practical Farming Tips
A compact set of farm notes covering ventilating stable windows with hinged shutters, advisability of heavy versus light horses for various farm tasks, early spring plowing benefits, building a three horse evener, and using cotton seed meal and soil moisture strategies in fruit-growing. Includes humane stanchion design for safer livestock handling.
Heat in Bee Culture Warns Against Artificial Haste
The article cautions that using artificial heat to speed bee activity fails and harms colonies. It notes circulating claims to pack hives in stable manure for heat, which accelerates brood but yields weak bees that perish in cold. Packing for winter is sensible, but forcing early honey gathering leads to disaster.
Feeding Skim Milk for Hens and Hogs
The article argues skim milk yields high returns when fed to laying hens if winter eggs fetch twenty cents a dozen or more, and to hogs if mixed with corn meal is worth twenty cents per hundredweight. It notes improper feeding and stresses proper feed and stock care for health and thrift, advising dry bedding for winter comfort.
Calf Sore Throat Treated With Turpentine Steam
Advice outlines home remedy for calves with sore throat. Instructs to place one ounce turpentine in boiling water and hold under the calf's head for twenty minutes, three times daily, and to give a teaspoonful of compound syrup of squills three times daily in common syrup.
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Norfle
Streetere
Daly Commission
Statistics On Bicycle Industry
Miss Stone
Patterson N. J
Ladrones
Mexican City
Morgan
Paras
Indianapolis News
West Virginia Live Stock Breeders’ Association
C. E. Lewis
Iowa Homestead
Tribune-Farmer
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