Blizzard subsides as cold spell grips Minnesota region
St Paul reports a major blizzard over the Dakotas and Manitoba has subsided, leaving frigid weather and severe snow drifts. Railroads work to reopen lines to Minot and Charles Ferry, with coast trains expected to resume by midweek. Death toll believed low, stock losses uncertain, relief efforts aid new settlers.
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St. Paul
Minn
Dakotas
Manitoba
Great Northern
Churles Ferry
N. D
Minot
Northern Pacific
Agai
Great Worthern
Dickinson
Hero George Patton saves women from Chicago fire
In Chicago on March 17, George Patton a tenant, built a bed sheet rope to guide three women from a third floor on Fortieth street and Grand boulevard as flames trapped them. Policeman William Scanlon fell from a window injuring a leg. Firefighters rescued Patton as the blaze caused about $60,000 in losses.
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George Fatton
Chicago
St. Catharine
Fortieth Street
Grand Boulevard
Tme
William Scanlon
George Patton
Patton
Bloody Duel on a Sacramento Bridge Flares Fatal Shot
In Sacramento a bloody duel occurred on the bridge over the Sacramento river toward Washington in Yolo county. Van C Dodge fired ten shots with two pistols at Robert W Woods who returned five shots. Dodge was fatally wounded in the stomach and Woods sustained non fatal head and hip injuries. The quarrel centered on Dodge's daughter and Woods alleged prior intimacy.
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Sacramento
Cal
Sacramento River
Washington
Yolo County
Robert W. Woods
van C. Dodge
Dodge
Woods
End of Boston Strike Returns Workers to Jobs
Boston reports the great strike of last week involving 20 000 union men ends as nearly all return to work under slightly altered conditions. Only remaining labor action is a 75 strong longshoremen walkout at Clyde line wharves. At railroad freight sheds fewer than 500 workers remain unemployed.
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Boston
Clyde
Big contract for horses sold to one buyer in Missouri
St Joseph, March 17. One of the largest single horse orders in the country closed at the St Joseph horse and mule market. The contract covers 12,000 horses to be delivered at 500 per month for twenty four months, with most animals believed to be for the British army in South Africa.
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St. Joseph
South Africa
Trial Testimony Links Patrick to Rice Murder Case
Miss Alice Potts testified at Albert T. Patrick's murder trial that she was at Patrick's boarding house the afternoon Rice died, meeting Mrs. Elliott and Mabel Elliott. Patrick allegedly stayed inside 3 to 6:30 pm while pianist later testified Patrick sang hymns. Meyer, clerk and notary, described witnessing a 1900 will and related documents implicating Patrick.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
William M. Rice
Alice Potts
John R. Potts
Patrick
Rice
Elliott
Mabel Elliott
Chicago
Charles F. Jones
Margaret Elliott
Morris Msyer
Jones
Meyer
David L. Short
Plot to destroy Austrian warships shocks Pola
An anonymous letter claims a plot to destroy the Habsburg and Arpad, Austrian-Hungarian warships at Pola. A large amount of dynamite was stolen at Trieste and the government has alerted guards, with vessels now under strict protection.
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Vienna
Habsburg
Arpad
Pola
Trieste
Textile Workers Eye Wage Rise in Augusta Strike Request
Fall RiverMass March 17 The United Textile Workers executive council called a meeting for Tuesday in Augusta Ga to discuss a strike demand by Augusta operatives for a 10 percent wage increase Also on the agenda are issues in Reynoldsville Pa and Thompsonville Conn James Tansey president expects broader wage demands the Sagamore mill shut down while others resume after a 10 percent raise in nearly all mills but the weavers refuse to return until length of cuts is settled
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Augusta
Textile Council
Fall River
Mass
United Textile Workers of America
Reynoldsville
Thompsonville
Conn
James Tansey
M C. D. Bordens
Sagamore
Weavers' Association
Senate Committee Takes Up Reciprocity Treaties Again
Washington March 17. The Senate foreign relations committee votes to again take up reciprocity treaties seeking amendments to secure ratification. Debate centers on whether the House must act on tariff affecting pacts, while the committee argues presidential and Senate treaty power remains intact. Marconi Canada Agreement Reaches Satisfaction. Ottawa March 17. The Dominion government and Marconi agree to a wireless station at Cape Breton, with signing due soon, aiming for wireless links to Great Britain by next June.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Committee On Foreign Relations
Marconi
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
William Marconi
Cape Breton
Great Britain
Fugitives Guarded in Quebec. Bonds Forfeited in Georgia
Colonel Gaynor and Captain Greene vow not to return to the United States while in Quebec. Judge Speer in Savannah forfeits bonds of 40000 each for Greene and Gaynor, with sureties James B. Leary and William B. Kirk. Other Gaynors released from surveillance, bound for New York, to face May term.
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Quebec
Gaynor
Associated Press
Greene
United States
Savannah
Judge Spear
Chateau Frontenac
Washington
Speer
B. D. Greene
John F Gaynor
James B. Leary
New York
William B. Kirk
Syracuse
Chance for German Girls to Attend Existing Gymnasium
Berlin March 17 The government signals on educational reform as Dr Studt announces an experimental permit for girls to attend the existing gymnasium and to establish a girls gymnasium but disclaims responsibility for outcomes. He says universities should not admit girls except as guests, while high school education should align with modern needs to keep women in the home.
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Berlin
Diet
Dr. Studt
Baltimore to Receive Millions in Western Maryland Rail Bid
Baltimore bids opened for city holdings in the Western Maryland railroad. Four offers cited include Hambleton & Co with 36 cash and 4 million in stock, Herrick Pierce Fuller syndicate cash within 90 days, Philadelphia and Reading at 7,004,098 in cash, and William W Varney proposing 11 million with staged payments and 5 percent bonds.
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Western Maryland Railroad
Baltimore
City of
Hambleton & Co
George D. C Cook Company
Chicago
New York
Messrs
Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
Winslow S Pierce
Edward W. Fuller
Scranton
Philadelphia and Reading Company
George F. Baer
William W Varney
Salisbury on the Defensive over South Africa Executions
London date March 17 Lord Salisbury faced a Lords motion demanding details on martial law courts martial and executives in the Cane Colony. Lord Coleridge noted martial law covered a vast area with no resistance while Salisbury called it a fashion of speech yet insisted armed Cape Colony resistance justified action.
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London
Lord Salisbury
House of Lords
Earl Spencer
Cane
Coleridge
South Africa
Cape Colony
Rebels capture Guanta port in Venezuela conflict
March 17 dispatch reports Venezuelan insurgents led by General Monagas capturing the port of Guanta on March 1 with six custom guards wounded. Government troops under General Velntni recaptured Guanta yesterday as insurgents advance toward Curacao and Cumana. General Alaya leaves Coro for Caracas to assume command against the uprising while Cecil Rhodes shows worsening heart symptoms in Capetown.
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Castro
Port of Spain
Monagas
Custom House
Velntni
Curacao
Cumana
Willemstadt
Curacaa
Alaya
Coro
Caracas
Deutschland Arrives at Plymouth with Prince Henry Aboard
The Deutschland reached Plymouth at 6 35 p m on its way from New York carrying Prince Henry of Prussia and his suite He spoke of a happy American trip and looked forward to a quiet home life, while the German arrangements for his reception at Cuxhaven were shared with him after departure from Plymouth.
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France
Plymouth
Emperor William
Prince Henry
Cuxhaven
Wiliam
New York
United States
Germany
Berlin
Deutschland
England
Prince Beary
Prussia
Koeper
General Union
Herr Fox
William
Desperate Boer Charge Against Methuen in South Africa
London dispatch describes General Methuen identifying the Boer advance as it neared and notes Boer troops charging heedless of heavy fire. It contrasts Boer gallantry with British steadiness at the guns, and recounts Methuen urging his troops from point to point as shells from 15 pounders threaten the kraal. Surrender appears as the only way to avoid further losses.
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Eneral
London
General Methuen
Pretoria
Standard
Lord Kitchener
Paris
Methuen
Celliers
Kraal
Ministers Agree to Restore Chinese Government at Tien Tsin
A conference of the powers ministers decided today on restoring the Chinese government at Tien Tsin reversing the military commanders. No transfer time was fixed.
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Tien Tsin
Pekin
Buck Advises Americans to Pay House Tax Under Protest
Yokohama March 17 The United States minister Alfred Buck urges Americans to pay the house tax under protest. The government says it will submit the issue to arbitration but will proceed with tax collection in the interim.
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Buck
Yokohama
United States
Alfred Buck
Pyramid Pile Cure Promoted as Last Resort Treatment
An advertisement argues piles should not require surgery and promotes Pyramid Pile Cure as a targeted suppository that removes the disease's cause. It cites John Cullen Bryant of Haverhill Mass praising relief after twenty years of suffering and buying a fifty cent package.
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John Cullen Bryant
Haverhill
Mass
Students Riot in St Petersburg Demands Free Russia
More than 10 000 students clashed with police and cavalry in St Petersburg over measures against autocracy. Dozens wounded, around 100 arrests, as Cossack riders with whips and sabers cleared streets amid revolutionary chants. Royal carriage and nobility involved. British correspondent notes soldiers used swords’ flats. The Times cites sympathy for the movement and ongoing unrest nationwide.
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Hotel d'Europe
Russia
Autocracy
London
St Petersburg
Times
Britons Counting the Cost
London reports heavy demand for horses in South Africa leaving little reserve at the Cape. The War Office warns Lord Kitchener to curb horse expenditure as market prices rise rapidly.
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The
Daily Mail
South
Cape
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Vatican to curb Irish rising amid clerical aloofness
Rome reports a serious Ireland situation with Fenian propaganda aimed at a general rising. The Vatican is expected to instruct Irish clergy to refrain from revolutionary agitation, according to The Daily Chronicle’s Rome correspondent.
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London
Vatican
Rome
Daily Chronicle
Sagasta to Lead New Spanish Cabinet
Madrid March 17 The queen regent has commissioned Senor Sagasta to form the cabinet with Sagasta as premier General Weyler minister of war Senor Moret minister of the interior the duke of Almodovar minister of foreign affairs and Senor Canalajas minister of public works.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
General Weyler
Senor Moret
Duke of Almodivar
Senor Canalajas
Eight Hour Day Decree Published in Madrid
The Gazette issues a decree establishing an eight hour day for all workers on state domains and in state mines and workshops. Overtime is set at one eighth of the daily wage for each hour.
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Spain
Madrid
the Gazette Today
Slaughter of the Innocents Not Liable for Tetanus Deaths
Circuit Judge Fisher ruled that St Louis is not responsible for damages from thirteen children who died after tetanus from anti toxin from the health board. The judge said the city acted for Missouri and cannot be held liable for agents of the state.
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St. Louis
Bt Louis
Fisher
Board of Health
Missouri
Hill Attacks Flunktes At St Patrick Banquet
Former Senator David B Hill denounces fiunkles sycophants and courtiers who criticize democratic methods while praising royal rule. He urges U S policy of peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none. In Moorehead City a steamship on Care Lookout shoals is doomed amid high seas and failed rescue by life-saving crew.
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Albany
Thomas Jefferson
Moorehead City
Care Lookout Shoals
Jcrew
Wireless Telephone Man to Exhibit at Washington
Nathan Stubblefield, inventor of wireless telephony, travels to Washington for a public demonstration on the Potomac river on Thursday. He hints at long distance capability, plans to seek government support, and keeps technical details sealed in a polished box as his device remains unseen beyond a telephone transmitter and receiver.
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Nathan Stubbiefield
Washington
Potomac River
Stubbiefield
Murray
Stubblefield
United States
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