News From South Africa Pleases Officials of the War Office
London reports on South Africa is satisfactory to the public. Mafeking relief not yet announced but likely achieved by Col. Plumer. Lord Methuen dispersing Boers rather than relieving positions. Col. Peakman clashed with 500 Boers near Fourteen Streams. Roberts to assemble stores at Bloemfontein for anticipated imperial forces. Natal operations expected within two to three weeks as Roberts advances.
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London
South Africa
Mafeking
Col. Plumer
Charles Ventinck
Cape Town
Lord Methuen
Col. Peakman
Lord Roberts
Frazer
Elsemfontein
Pote-Carew
Bloemfontein
Roberts dispatch from Bloemfontein March 18 update
Field Marshal Roberts reports guards brigade returns from Norval's Pont. Burghers surrender to Pole-Carew at Edinburg and elsewhere. Deserters bring in Maxim and two nine pounders. another nine pounder at Colesberg. Cavalry goes to Thaba Nchu to reassure and distribute proclamations. Methuen reaches Warrenton March 16. mail service to Cape Town to reopen tomorrow. Mafeking reports all well as of March 6.
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London
War Office
Roberts
Bloemfontein
Guards Brigade
Norval’s Pont
Pole-Carew
Edinburg
Belmont
Colesberg
Thaba Nchu
Free State
Lord Methuen
Warrenton
Vaal
Cape Town
Mafeking
Commandant Eloff Moves Toward Mafeking as Sharps Threat Near Lobatsi
In Lobatsi on March 17 Commandant Eloff with a small force has left Zerust for Mafeking. Commandant Schwartz leads 150 men threatening the railway near Asvagel Kop north of Lobatsi. A British patrol within 14 miles of Mafeking reports the railway and telegraph wire untouched north of Pitsan.
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Lobatsi
Eloff
Zerust
Mafeking
Schwartz
Asvagel Kop
Pitsan
Siege News From Mafeking and Boer Surrenders
A Mafeking dispatch dated March 10 says the garrison holds its own on quarter rations with occasional cattle captured amid rumors the siege may lift. Reports note 1,800 Free Staters surrendered at Edenburg and a Fourteen Streams engagement left minimal British casualties.
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Lourenzo Marques
Mafeking
Congress Week Forecast Porto Rican Bill and Other Actions
The Senate likely spends the week awaiting the Republican caucus report on Porto Rican legislation while attention turns to appropriations and Indian bills. In the House Porto Rican relief passes with Senate amendments as Loud bill on second class mail advances. Gen. Wheeler may be sworn in if resignation accepted. A China dispatch denial notes no plans for added warships or soldiers and no imminent danger to American interests.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Caucus Committee
Caucus
Joseph Wheeler
United States
China
Lincoln Conventions Set to Name Bryan Delegates
Lincoln Nebraska March 19 delegates to the democratic and populist conventions to choose delegates to Kansas City and Sioux Falls are expected to be free of major family fights. Both gatherings will instruct Bryan delegates to vote for him first last and all the time.
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Lincoln
Neb
Kansas City
Sioux Falls
Bryan
Detroit Prison Chief Captain Joseph Nicholson Dies
Detroit officer Captain Joseph Nicholson, longtime head of the Detroit house of correction, died at 74 after 21 years in prison service. He organized prison industries that ran the 600-inmate facility, generating about $60,000 annually for the city. His early years were spent as a lakes sailor.
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Detroit
Mich
Joseph Nicholson
Detroit House of Correction
Admiral Dewey and wife sail south for several cities
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey departed Washington for a southern tour visiting Savannah Macon St Augustine Jacksonville and Palm Beach. They likely will not return until late next month and may sail for Europe to attend the exposition later in the summer.
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Washington
Ships move to Bahia to escape bubonic plague
Washington March 19. News that the Chicago and Montgomery of Adm Sehley's squadron have sailed from Montevideo toward Bahia Brazil. The Wilmington will join once out of quarantine. Ships head to Bahia to avoid bubonic plague on the Platte.
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Washington
Navy Department
Chicago
Montgomery
Adm. Sehley
Montevideo
Bahia
Brazil
Wilmington
Platte
Saloon Keeper Pooley Shoots Son-in-Law and Wife in Jutte
In Jutte Montana on March 19 Thomas Pooley a saloon keeper shot his son in law Thomas Littlejohn and Littlejohns wife Lydia during a street dispute arising from a dispute over the daughter Pooley had married.
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Jutte
Mont
Thomas Pooley
Thomas Littlejohn
Lydia
Littlejohn
Pooley
United States transport Burnside arrives with troops and casualties
The Burnside arrived from San Juan Santiago and Gibara with 40 cabin passengers and 52 discharged and furloughed soldiers. Among them were 12 prisoners and 15 guards. The vessel also carried the bodies of nine soldiers.
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New York
United States
Burnside
San Juan
Santiago
Gibara
Lynching of Charles Humphreys Near Phoenix City Ala
Charles Humphreys entered the room of Miss McCoy near Phoenix City Alabama on Saturday night and was lynched by white men Sunday after confessing. He was shot to death by the mob.
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Columbus
Charles Humphreys
Miles and staff arrive in Charleston for scheduled duties
Maj. Gen. Miles and his staff reach Charleston from Washington and plan a day in Charleston followed by visits to Port Royal on Tuesday and Savannah on Wednesday to attend the Dewey reception.
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Charleston
S. C
Miles
Washington
Port Royal
Savannah
Mrs Isadore Clark Dies in Milwaukee Aged 70
Milwaukee report notes the death of Mrs Isadore Clark sister of Chicago judge Tuley at age 70. The remains will be moved to Chicago for interment at Rose Hill cemetery.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Isadore Clark
Tuley
Chicago
Rose Hill Cemetery
Gigantic Strike Sympathy Shuts Down U S Plants
Chicago reports a nationwide machinists movement after a conference with the National Metal Trades Association ends in a vow to strike immediately. About 100000 workers could be idle as plants with multimillion capital totals shut indefinitely, with Cleveland first to feel the action.
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Chicago
International Association of Machinists
National Metal Trades Association
James O'Connell
United States
Canada
Machinists
Machinists’ Union
Columbus
Paterson
N. J
The
International Association
International Union
Cleveland
Waiting to Hear From Chicago
Cleveland machinists met in this city and took no strike action. A further meeting is planned for Wednesday as workers say they are seeking direction from Chicago.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Nine Injured in Ninth Avenue Elevated Crash near Rector Street
Nine persons were injured early Sunday when a Ninth Avenue elevated train struck a dropping coal chute near Rector Street. Engineer Richard Barlow and Fireman Hutchings were thrown to the floor as the train accelerated, tearing off the cab roof. Injuries include skull fracture to David A. Findley and internal injuries to Alfred Alexander and Thomas Shelvey.
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New York
Ninth Avenue
Rector Street
David A. Findley
Hudson Street Hospital
Findley
Richard B. Barlow
Yonkers
Thomas Shelvey
Alfred Alexander
James Manning
Barlow
Hutchings
Barclay Street
Tragic Ring Accident Ends Young Boxer Career
Santa Cruz reports Frank Cass aged 18 died after a friendly bout at Levin Lakes when Bert Whidden struck him with a six ounce glove in the eighth round. Cass weighed 170 pounds, 20 pounds heavier than his opponent, and died about half an hour later.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Frank Cass
Levin Lakes
Bert Whidden
Whidden
Cass
Missouri colonists plan 400 settlers in Concho valley
A colony of 400 Missouri farmers will settle in Chihuahua in the Concho river valley. Promoters have acquired 200000 acres of fertile land and some colonists have already arrived.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Neal Dow Birthday Observed At Temperance Society Meeting
In Washington on March 19 the 68th meeting of the Congressional Temperance Society held a memorial for the 96th birthday of Hon. Neal Dow at Memorial Lutheran church with Representative Grout of Vermont presiding.
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Washington
Congressional Temperance Society
Neal Dow
Memorial Lutheran Church
Representative Grout
Vermont
Telegr ams of fires and deaths across cities
A list of brief items notes fires in Quincy and Port Gibron with huge losses, deaths of Elizabeth Moore in Cincinnati and Gen Lockhart in Calcutta, a large fire risk from a Louisville steamer, and the marriage of Henrietta Morris to Stephen Bonsal. Other entries mention War Secretary Root sailing from Havana and a Chicago firearms sale stirring anarchist rumors.
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Elihu Root
Havana
Sedgwick
Charleston
Elizabeth Moore
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Joseph
Mich
Walter L. Miller
Abbeville
S. C
United States
City of Mexico
Chicago
Notable 19th Century Unions and Homicides in America
Samuel Donnelly leads in the nomination for president of the International Typographical Union. Ellen Cole, 80, of Wheeling West Virginia, burned to death after falling into an open fireplace. Glenwood Inn at Kenova West Virginia, a premier southern hotel, destroyed by fire. Boer flags in New York City St Patrick's parade with paraders wearing Boer buttons. Frank Dinsmore sentenced to death for wife murder at Lexington Nebraska. John Lane linked to paramour. Two new anti trust resolutions in the House against American Steel and Wire and Federal Steel. Gen Gatacre’s forces reach Norvals Pont. Lord Roberts prepares march to Pretoria. Maud S the trotter dies at 26, record 2053 in 1885. Sumner sinks a Norfolk harbor barge. 15 men escape. Geo L Magill of Chicago convicted of insolvent bank deposits. John Smith shot near Red River Bridge Clarks ville Tennessee. he will die. Gen Henry Harnden dies of pneumonia in Madison Wisconsin.
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Samuel Donnelly
International Typographical Union
Ellen Cole
Wheeling
W. Va
Kenova
Glenwood Inn
St. Patrick’s
New York City
Lexington
Neb
Frank Dinsmore
John Lane
American Steel and Wire Co
Federal Steel Co
Gatacre
Norvals Pont
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Maud S
Schultze
Grain and Market Report from Cincinnati and Chicago
Market notes from Cincinnati on March 16 17 show flour and grain price ranges for spring and winter types with extras and low grades. Wheat corn oats and live stock prices are listed for Cincinnati and Chicago with bid and track quotes for No 2 red No 2 mixed No 2 yellow and No 2 hard winter.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Rebels active in Manila center threaten peace terms
Manila reports Gen Otis deems the city the most troublesome center as insurgents united with Hong Kong resist American rule. Rebels receive arms from Spanish residents while plans unfold to force Congress to grant favorable terms. Authorities detain leaders, organize garrisons, and guard wagon trains amid growing unrest.
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Manila
Otis
Hong Kong
Mabini
Flores
Spain
Philippines
Congress
Luzon
Louis Spitzel
Louis Spitzel & Co
Taylor
Calamba
Moronga
Zambanles
Mascardo
Nueva Eciga
Tarlac
Albay
Legaspi
Donzol
Kobbe
Samar
Leyte
Gen. McArthur
Lepanto
Union
Aguinaldo
Mindanao
Yorktown
Camarines
31St
Jolo
Bayambang
Western stages rise as New York lags behind
Chicago and other western cities enjoy the luxuries of the stage while New York must settle for lesser shows. The piece discusses the spread of successful productions from New York to Chicago, praises performances by Langtry and Irving, notes box office success, and contrasts eastern and western theater scenes with specific actors and productions named.
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Chicago
New York
Gotham
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