Dunbar resigns from Republican resolutions post
James R. Dunbar resigns as at large member of the resolutions committee for the upcoming Republican convention. In a Boston letter dated March 17 1900 he cites absence from the Commonwealth and declining to serve, signaling opposition to the national administration as the implied reason. His letter thanks Colonel A H Goetting and the committee for the honor.
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James R. Dunbar
Judge Dunbar
Boston
A. H. Goetting
Republican State Central Committee
Stepnington Street
Mass
Commonwealth
Winchester Faces Vote On Keeping Kindergartens In Schools
March 19 Winchester convenes Fortnightly Club to decide whether to abolish kindergartens sewing and Lloyd work in the public schools. Supporters cite loss of progress opponents warn of retrograde change. A special town meeting will reopen the issue next Tuesday.
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Winchester
John W. Suter
New England
John H. Suter
John T. Wilson
Lloyd
Joseph S. Nowell
H. J. Madden
Mr. Suter
Father Madden
L. W. Sherman
Rain Forecast Hits New England With Cold Snap Ahead
Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday calls for rain across New England with a colder Tuesday night. Eastern areas expect a chill on Wednesday with brisk southerly winds shifting to northwesterly.
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Washington
New England
Runaway Bath Boys Located by Inspectors arresting pair
Inspectors Wolf and Lynch arrested two Bath Maine runaways Ernest B. Dudley aged 14 of 614 Washington street and John Curtis aged 15 of 19 Richmond street. Bath chief of police notified.
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Wolf and Lynch
Bath
Ernest B. Dudley
Washington Street
John Curtis
Richmond Street
Boston Republicans Debate Mayor Hart Tax Plan On Beacon Hill
Boston Republican lawmakers spent nearly three hours discussing Mayor Hart’s proposed tax limit raise for the city. A next conference was possible as attendance varied and key figures were absent. Hart argued for a general measure to curb Boston’s many special laws and urged support for a state wide approach to debt and taxation.
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Boston
Hart
Bcston
Maxwell
John H. Colby
State House
Judiciary Committee
Beacon Hill
William H. Lott
Russell
Selfridge
Poston
A. P. Russell
G. S. Selfridge
Lott
Ross and Innes
Parker
Emerson
Saunders
Foster
Winsloe
Burlen
Engstrom
Bileller
Gilpatric
Whall
Wheeler
Bigelow
Witt
Stalker
Bagley
Colby
Swallow
General Court
Commonwealth
City Council of
General Court of
Massachusetts
Treasury
Bryan Speech Opens Democratic Campaign In Nebraska
In Lincoln on March 19 Colonel Bryan addressed the Democratic State convention denouncing trusts and imperialism while defending free silver and a national currency plan. He charged Republicans with fraud in 1896 and warned of the costly trust influence and Philippine policy shaping the 1900 race.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
James Dahlman
State Democratic Committee
Thomas J. Nolan
Nolan
Republican Party
Secretary of the Treasury
Turope
Boston City Tax Hike Proposal Seeks Higher Rate
Metropolitan affairs and taxation committees met to propose raising Boston’s tax from $9 to $12. The Mayor urged the measure as aligning Boston with other Massachusetts cities and as a step toward sound legislation, appealing to timeless justice and right. Universal experience noted.
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Hart
Boston
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
On to Pretoria by Three Routes
Reported strings describe the Boers forming a 2000 woman Amazon Brigade to defend Pretoria while Baden-Powell plans arming Kaffirs to fight the Boers outside Safeking.
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Pretoria
Baden-Powell
Safeking
Roberts poised for multi pronged move on Pretoria
London dispatch reports military experts expect Lord Roberts to launch converging advances on Pretoria from Bloemfontein Fourteen Streams and Natal. Buller faces tough Natal passes while Mafeking relief near. Plumer and reef column nearing Mafeking with food and medicines. Wilkinson speculates on surprise cavalry columns to disrupt Boer defense plans.
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London
Roberts
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Buller
Natal
Laing
Nek
Mafeking
Plumer
Kimberley
Methuen
Free State
Orange Free State
South Africa
Spenser Wilkinson
Morning Post
Lord Roberts
Corroboration of Macrum by New York Engineer
New York mining engineer E. G Woodruff, back from South Africa, validates ex-Consul Macrum’s statements in full. He testifies Macrum was faithful in duty, notes censorship of official mail, and cites Natal press claims and British use of the United States. The State Department denial shocks him as he observes Britain leveraging America. Continued on Page 4.
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New York
E. G Woodruff
South Africa
Macrum
Pretoria
Washington
Natal
State Department
Great Britain
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Lady Sarah Wilson
E. G. Woodruff
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