British War News Censored as Mafeking Besieged
London reports no decisive battle yet between Gen French and the Boers. Mafeking remains besieged on March 20 with rumors of General Buller preparing to advance. Censorship tightens at Springfontein and British plans focus on protecting surrendered burghers amid shifting Free State fortunes.
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Mafeking
Buller
London
French
Bloemfontein
the Times
Olivier
Ladybrand
Thaba Nehu
Lord Roberts
Daily Telegraph
Aris
Daily Chronicle
Cape Town
Free State
Springfontein
Reichmann
Rand mines closed in Transvaal as expulsions rise
London reports from Lourenco Marques that all Rand mines closed last Thursday. British workers and countrymen in the republic are being expelled wholesale from the Transvaal. Boers appear so demoralized that few on furlough will return to the front.
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London
Times
Lourenzo Marques
Republic
Transvaal
Cape Town Times reports convoy ambush lack of orders
The London Times correspondent from Cape Town telegraphs that the escort trailed the convoy and only realized trouble after about half the convoy had been captured. No one ahead had explicit orders to scout for danger.
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London
Cape Town
The
Times
Milner reports Boers escape after track search
Cape Town reports two small Boer parties escaped from Green Point track. One group was traced to a railway train stopped near Cape Town. they jumped from a window and fled. Gen Cronje Col Shiel lead 1,600 Boer prisoners sailing for St. Helena.
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Cape Town
Sir Alfred Milner
Green Point
St. Helena
Walter Watson Bank of Montreal executive dies at 70
Walter Watson longtime manager of the Bank of Montreal in New York and former president of St Andrew's society died in New York after a week with bronchial pneumonia at age 70.
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New York
Walter Watson
Bank of Montreal
St. Andrew’s Society
Kearsarge Heads to Sea for Final Acceptance Trial
Newport News Virginia reports the battleship Kearsarge sails for a 48 hour final acceptance trial testing turrets and seagoing performance. In Manila Gen Bates has peacefully occupied towns in Mindanao including Surigao Cagayan Iligan and Misamis.
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Newport News
Kearsarge
Manila
John C. Bates
Surigao
Cagayan, Iligan
Misamis
Mindanao
Dewey Reconsiders Presidential Run in April Message
A Washington World special reports Admiral Dewey rescinds his prior refusal to run for president saying many Americans would welcome him. He says the job is mainly to execute Congress laws and would serve if chosen though he declines to name a party or platform.
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New York
Washington
Adm
Dewey
Congress
Not a Boer Leader Capt Reichmann Noted As Observer
Washington reports War department officials discount a South African claim that Capt Carl Reichmann was a Boer leader at Bloemfontein. Reichmann, selected by Gen Miles to observe Boer tactics, may have been spotted in uniform by the British, prompting the rumors.
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Washington
War Department
South Africa
Carl Reichmann
Bloemfontein
Adjt
Corbin
Reichmann
Miles
United States Army
Slocum
United States
NY Air Brake plant idle after labor dispute at Watertown
The entire New York Air Brake Co. plant in Watertown is tied up after a misunderstanding with laborers. About one thousand workers are out of work. Workers proposed reference to the state board of arbitration, but the company said there is nothing to arbitrate and plans to close the plant for three months.
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Watertown
N. Y
New York Air Brake Co
State Board of Arbitration
Jury Calls Congress to End Delays in Greene and Gaynor Case
Savannah reports that a U S grand jury in a special presentment asks Congress to memorialize to avoid delays in the Greene and Gaynor conspiracy. Judge Speer commends the jury and notes he had complained to the president last December about the unusual delay in this famous case.
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Savannah
United States Grand Jury
Congress
Gaynor
Spee
Resignation of Webster Davis as Assistant Secretary
The resignation of Webster Davis from the post of assistant secretary of the interior was accepted by Secretary Hitchcock by direction of the president. Davis, who sent his letter to the president, had it referred to Hitchcock for formal acceptance in the regular manner.
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Washington
Webster Davis
Hitchcock
Davis
Deputy U S Marshal Tayne Escapes From Lenton Jail
Knoxville April 4 David Tayne deputy United States marshal charged with the assassination of David and Miles Woods near Duck town broke jail at Lenton and made his escape Payne is a prominent man of Polk county Tenn
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Knoxville
Tenn
David Tayne
United States
David
Miles Woods
Ducktown
Lenton
Payne
Polk County
Sigsbee Honored At Ryan Hotel Banquet In St Paul
Captain Charles D. Sigsbee of the U S Navy was guest of honor at a Ryan hotel banquet in St Paul with a rousing reception.
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St. Paul, Minn
Charles D. Sigsbee
Ryan Hotel
Senate Debates Porto Rican Tariff End With 40 31 Vote
Galleries crowded as the Porto Rican tariff and civil government bill passed in the Senate by 40 to 31 with only committee amendments. Key speeches came from Mason and Foraker while Wolcott charged Lodge with uttering unqualifiedly false remarks amid a Spooner bill dispute and Quay case tensions.
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Washington
United States Senate
Congress
Senate
Mason
Iinois
Foraker
Ohio
Wellington
Maryland
Lodge
Quay
Case
Pennsylvania
Light Chicago election yields slim aldermanic vote
Chicago reports a very light turnout with focus on aldermanic races. Republicans secured 19 of 35 aldermen while Democrats won 16. council composition shifts to 40 Republicans and 29 Democrats. Town officers mostly GOP except North and West townships. outer townships sweep for Republicans.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
Lake
Lords Debate Sunday Exhibits at Paris Exposition
In the house of lords Lord Kinnaird urged government backing to end Sunday exhibits at the Paris exposition. Premier Salisbury said the matter rests with the exposition authorities and the government has no power to intervene.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Kinnaid
United States
Lord Salisbury
Indiana wheat prospects worsen as cold spring thaws fail
Governor Mount, a scientific farmer, says wheat might fail more this season than in years past. Demand for seed oats grows as wheat land is replanted. Montgomery county may see half its wheat ground plowed up and shelby county reports 10,000 acres sown to oats amid heavy oat sales by Shelbyville merchants.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Shelbyville
Compromise Not Easy in Black Coal District
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers comments on the strike among black coal miners in Indiana. He notes miners demand weekly pay and freedom to buy powder on the open market, contrasting with bituminous district concerns. He says compromise in the black coal district is not easy.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Plumbers Unite Law Upheld In Indianapolis Case
In a decision by the superior court the plumbers' combination in Indianapolis is ruled contrary to law while the 1899 act prohibiting certain combinations is upheld as constitutional. The plaintiff contends ties forced outside purchases at higher costs due to the union.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ta- Manapolis
Coal Mines Around Linton Idle As Pay Dispute Halts Work
All coal mines near Linton Indiana are closed and about 1100 miners are idle due to unresolved weekly pay and powder questions between operators and miners. A conference set for Terre Haute on April 10 is expected to settle the issues.
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Linton
Ind
Terre Haute
Noblesville Grants 40 Year Street Car Franchise
Noblesville Indiana city council awards Central Traction Co of Indiana a 40 year franchise to operate a street car line. The company must build a $200,000 power house within three quarters of a mile of the city limits and provide street lights at no cost.
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Noblesville
Ind
Central Traction Co. of
Indiana
Quarantine in Peru Over Suspected Smallpox Case
Peru Indiana April 4 rigid quarantine set by city and county boards of health after a sharply marked supposed smallpox case. Clarence Ferrow a young man of the city is considered to have the disease and had mingled with friends up to Monday morning.
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Peru
Ind
City
County Boards of Health
Clarence Ferrow
Gas Blast Flings Doctor Through Wall Demolishes Fortville Office
In Fortville Indiana on April 4 Dr J H Vail struck a match triggering a natural gas explosion that hurled him forty feet through the rear wall and demolished the building. In Anderson Indiana also on April 4 an measles outbreak closes Franklin town schools and nearby districts.
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Fortville
Ind
J. H. Vail
Anderson, Ind
Frankton
Calvin Brown Caught Burglarizing Trinity Methodist Church
Calvin Brown was arrested in Lafayette Indiana on April 4 while burglarizing Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. He was captured by the janitor.
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Lafayette
Ind
Calvin Brown
Trinity Methodist ‘Episcopal, Church
Brown
Beckham Mount Telegrams Stir Kentucky Governance Issue
Telegram exchanges between Illinois Indiana and Kentucky leaders reveal dispute over requisitions for prisoners and recognition of governor. Mount refuses to honor requests without a clear sign from Taylor, while Beckham seeks status and replies clarify executive practice. Ohio Governor Nash also defers on a Kentucky prisoner warrant amid the contested governorship.
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Frankfort
Beckham
Mount
Indiana
Rudolph Gossman
New Albany
Ind
Democratic Officials At the Penitentiary With A Requisition From Gov. Mount
Taylor
Gov. Beckham
Gov. Mount
Gov. Nash
Ohio
Jacob Craig
Cincinnati
Covington
Nash
Kentucky
Strike in Porto Rico halts work on pier project
In San Juan the crowd of about 500 threatened native carpenters at the E. B. Jenks Co. pier, forcing 35 to quit as wages of $1.50 for ten hours shift. Leaders demand an eight hour day. A noon rally of 10 000 led to attacks on St. Thomas laborers. 150 police were inactive and infantry was deployed. union-agitators drove satisfied workers off site, natives not engaged. Company asks 25 carpenters from the U S, due on the next steamer. Soldiers guard the pier.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
E. B. Jenks Co
New York
St. Thomas
Santiago Iglesias
United States
Paris Exposition Grounds Cleared by Soldier Sweep
Paris April 4 authorities plan a 10000 soldier sweep on April 12 to clear debris from the exposition grounds and buildings as fragments of wood and stones litter the area. New York April 4 Fitzsimmons and Gus Rahlin agree to a 25 round fight with a $1000 forfeit deposited for a date to be set.
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Sera
Paris
Fitzsimmons
Rahlin
New York
Gus Rahlin
West Chester Athletic Club
Death of M. Bertrand, Academy Secretary in Paris
Paris reports the death of M. Joseph Louis Francis Bertrand perpetual secretary of the Academy of Sciences. Born 1822 he became secretary in 1874 and was a member of the French Academy.
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Paris
Joseph Louis Francis Bertrand
Academy of Sciences
French Academy
Telegraphic Brevities Summary of 19th Century U.S. and World Dispatches
A roundup notes the Cambridge Nebraska state bank closure due to bad paper, a Del DuPont mill explosion with no injuries, upcoming National Prison Association convention in Cleveland, Nebraska aid to India, a Springfield shooting arrest, a Pennsylvania coal miners strike, bankruptcy filing by Dielmann & Vineke, Cramp Co keel laying for an American line vessel, Illinois mine strike over pay, Mexico Weil and Abra claim refund, Chicago factory fire with $50,000 loss, Aguinaldo in Singapore with interviews, Dalzell renominated in Pennsylvania, French Boer combat updates, U.S. Capt Reichman’s command role, Pittsburgh coal idle impact on mills, British army disaster notes, and Filipino ambush at Palisa Pass with American victory.
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Charles Baxter
Springfield
John Vieira
Thomas McManus
Vieira
Mercer
Pennsylvania
Dielmann & Vineke
New York City
Cramp Shipbuilding Co
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Ledford
Saline County
Ilinois
Treasury Department
Republic of Mexico
Mexico
Weil and
Abra
Chicago
E. J. Davis Manufacturing Co
Pittsburgh
Lamas Post
Royal Horse Artillery
Palisa Pass
Dewey Deposits Trophy Collection in National Museum
Admiral Dewey has decided to place his entire trophy collection in the National Museum. The display will include the sword presented by Congress and the large loving cup bought by popular subscription. The aim is to allow the public to view this valuable and interesting collection.
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Dewey
Washington
National Museum
Congress
Tennessee professor Wharton dies at Nashville home
Nashville reporter notes Prof. A. D. Wharton, a state text book commission member, died at his Nashville residence on April 4. He served as a Confederate lieutenant in the Civil War and once was a classmate of Rear Admiral Schley at Annapolis. He commanded a ship sunk by Farragut at Mobile Bay.
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Nashville
Tenn
A. D. Wharton
State Text Book Commission
Adm. Schley
Annapolis
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Pioneer California business leader David J. Staples dies at 76
David J. Staples a founder and for 33 years president of the Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. in California died aged 76 in San Francisco. A 1860 delegate to the national convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln is noted in his obituary.
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San Francisco
David J. Staples
California
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co
Abraham Lincoln
British Invention Branded Over Russian Rail Intrigue
Berlin April 4 government circles call a claim that Russia is plotting against the Transcaucasus railroad a British invention. The comment follows reports tying Russian policy to railway disruption amid tensions with Britain.
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Berlin
Russia
The Markets Cincinnati April 3
Grain and live stock prices are listed with bid and track sale figures. Wheat No 2 red at 72 78c. corn No 2 mixed 41c. oats No 2 mixed 26 40c. rye No 1 northwestern 63 14c. Hogs select butchers 5.30 5.35. cattle and sheep ranges given. lamb extras 7. good to choice 6.50 6.90. veal calves varied up to 6.50.
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Cincinnati
Washington Lafayette statue to become New York monument
A Bartholdi sculpture from Paris will be unveiled in New York at a site named Washington Lafayette square near Central Park. The 40 foot statue, purchased by Charles Broadway Rouss, will be placed at Manhattan and Morningside avenues near Columbia University and St. John the Divine. The unveiling was moved from February 22 to Patriot Day April 19 with Senator Daniel as orator. a later Carnegie Hall ceremony will follow.
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Paris
New York
Bartholdi
Charles Broadway Rouss
Washington-Lafay
Ette Square
Manhattan
Morningside Avenues
One Hundred and Fourteenth Street
Central Park
Morningside Park
Columbia University
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
St. Luke's Hospital
Daniel
Carnegie Hall
Washington-Lafayette
A GOOD PREACHER Mrs Vandelia Varnan Thomas
Mrs Vandelia Varnan Thomas an ordained minister and assistant to Rev H W Thomas of the People's church Chicago speaks of her first sermon to Leslie's Weekly She notes nervousness before addressing Dr Thomas's congregation but says she is confident once on her feet She was born near Buffalo studied at Cornell and is active in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union She treats Prisoners of Plenty as a major success and emphasizes thought and work over machinery
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Vandelia Varnan Thomas
H. W. Thomas
The
People’s Church
Chicago
Mrs. Thomas
Prisoners of Plenty
Peanuts Dominate U S Consumption Despite Imports
The United States uses about 4,000,000 bushels of peanuts yearly at an approximate cost of 10 million dollars. Domestic peanut farming is rising, yet a significant share of the product still comes from abroad, especially Spain Egypt and the South Atlantic coast.
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United States
Spain
Egypt
Jay
South Atlantic
Seaboerd
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Pekin
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William Busby
Orrin Springer
Busby
Fred Smith
Springer
Smith
New Castle
David Vance
W. H. Vance
Springport
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Soldiers For Seaver
State Bank of
Cambridge
Neb
Dupont
Wilmington
Del
National Prison Association
Cleveland
Gov. Poynter
Nebraska
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Aguinaldo
Singapore
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Reichman
Kop
Washington-Lafayette Monument
Vandelia Varnamt Thomas
V. V. Thomas
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