Senate debate on Philippine governance and mediation request
Rawlins of Utah spoke in routine business about U S relations with the Philippines and the Spooner bill granting the president power to govern the islands until Congress acts. He cited the 1802 Louisiana Purchase power and quoted Kent and English publicists to support his point. The question of whether any communication reached the Senate from our consul at Pretoria on mediation with the South African republics to end the war with Britain was noted as adopted routine business.
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Pretoria
Great Britain
Rawlins
Utah
Philippines
Spooner
Congress
Louisiana
Kent
Protection for the Miners in Congress Proceedings
Washington March 12 At the opening session of the house the speaker named McCleary Minnesota as chairman of the library committee with Harmer Pennsylvania deceased as vice and Powers Vermont filling the vacancy A 75000 copy printing of Hobart eulogies was approved A public lands bill expanding Alaska placer mining rights with modifications to shore rights and others passed with an amendment barring corporate seating of claims Debate over Wise Young Virginia election continued with Driggs New York supporting Young The substitute to seat Young failed 128 to 132 after a 130 to 129 yeas vote led to a heated recapitulation
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McCleary
Minnesota
Harmer
Pennsylvania
Powers
Vermont
Congress
Hobart
Public Lands Committee
United States
Alaska
Cape oNme
Lacey
Iowa
Wise-Young
Virginia
Driggs
New York
House
Young
Yeas
Open Door Policy in China Expressed by Wheeler
President Wheeler reports progress on the China open door negotiations with Secretary Bay, stating Britain France Russia and Germany have agreed to end spheres of influence. The plan aims to abolish tariffs and customs imposts, making Chinese ports free for world trade and allowing all nations a fair export market.
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San Francisco
Benjamin Ide -Wheeler
University of California
Monticelo Club
Bay
Wheeler
Secretary Bay
Washington
Wheeler Sai Fin
Hay
China
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Lord Beresford
Chicago Owns Lake Front Land After Supreme Court Ruling
Washington March 12 The United States Supreme Court today affirmed the decision of the Illinois Hindu state supreme court against the Illinois Central Railroad Company over lands on the Lake Michigan front. The ruling upholds Chicago’s claim to the lakefront property.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Lake Michigan
State Supreme Court
Railroads Company
Protest by Porto Ricans Demands Free Trade
In San Juan Porto Rico planters merchants and manufacturers failed to reach a statement protesting the tariff between Porto Rico and the United States as a revenue measure. They argue taxation on exports embargoes foreign commerce curtails profits and keeps the island dependent on internal trade seeking free trade and a broader market.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Congress
United States
Steamer Counte Sinks off Sable Island After Collision
A Yar mouth dispatch reports the steamer Counte collided with another vessel off Sable Island. The captain and 21 crew members are drowned in the disaster.
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Halifax
M. S
Yarmouth
Counte
Sable Island
Sheldon’s Daily Paper Headlines Makeover Reported
The edition notes a complete rework of content with headlines as the sole lasting feature and states the employer has forced the paper to go without its usual supply this week.
Abandon Sinking Vessel and Topeka Capital Changes
Two historic items detail a British steamer Cuvier sunk in the Dover straits after a collision with an unknown steamer, leaving most crew presumed drowned, and Rev Charles Sheldon assuming control of the Topeka Capital with a plan for a moral, nonpartisan weekly edition focusing on kingdom of God principles and significant editorial shifts.
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London
Cuvier
Quinton
Straits of Dover
Calais
France
Windsor
British advance after Boer retreat at Boers hold strong position
British forces under General Roberts pressed a daylight engagement as Boers retreated leaving heavy losses on both sides. Roberts reported 100 dead burghers and about 150 rank and file casualties among British. Despite initial Boer resistance and superior Dutch artillery, British numbers prevailed and moved toward Bloemfontein with casualties totaling 15,677 including killed, wounded and missing.
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Roberts
Free State
Times
Bloemfontein
Mafeking Relieved Rumor From Mafeking May Be True
London dispatch reports Bradford’s mayor received a telegram from his Mafeking brother dated Bulawayo March 3 stating all well. The message suggests residents may have fled Mafeking and joined Colonel Plumer, echoing prior dated telegrams from Mafeking.
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Bradford
Mafeking
Bulawayo
America's richest woman Hetty Green interview in Boston
Boston March 12 Mrs Hetty Green the famed woman millionaire voices blunt views on lawyers doctors and poor relatives She criticizes the Molineux case the Paris exposition and Jay Gould claiming fame She plans to live as long as she can says 700 relatives await her death and she will not attend the Paris exposition She ridicules the Union Club and Helen Gould and warns of crape for Gould and others in New York society.
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Hetty Green
Jay Gould
Molineux
Union Club of
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Russell Sage
Helen Gould
Helen
Newark Fire Tragedy Kills Fifteen in Tenement Blaze
In Newark on Morris and Fourteenth avenues a night fire killed fifteen people, most of them children, in a former church converted tenement. Thirteen bodies were recovered within three hours. Suspect Vito Credavo was arrested after a boarder Virginia Di Prala said she saw him and his wife in the upper floors as flames spread. Credavo denies involvement. Two victims were hospitalized, one burned and another injured escaping through a window.
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N. J
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Fourteenth Avenues
Gene
Vito Credavo
Credavo
Virginia di Prala
di Prala
Crevado
Cronje to Be Given Sword Amid Boer War Gifts
Paris reports Lucien Pallez has started work on a ceremonial sword for Cronje. The handle features a Boer figure gripping an English leopard with a Transvaal flag design, set with rubies sapphires and diamonds. A large fund has been raised for this ornate tribute.
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Paris
Lucien Pallez
Cronje
Transvaal
Extravagance Among South African Millionaires Surges
London reports amid war taxes and depression that Alfred Beit bought a Louis XVI tapestry furniture suite for £70,000 from Lady Sa ville. The set, long housed at Saville mansion Rufford Abber since the French Revolution, was copied in Paris to replace the original. Lady Saville once known in American society through her first husband who held a diplomatic post.
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London
Alfred Beit
Lady Saville
Saville
Rufford Abber
Lady Sariis
Mr. Helyar
United States
Paris
Rufford
Cashier shoots burglar in Waverly home
Springfield March 12 A. G. Moffet cashier First State bank of Waverly shot and killed a burglar at his home after entering the adjoining room The intruder lunged at him and the second shot killed him The dead man carried stolen money and a watch later identified as taken March 7 from A Y Collins Greenfield The shooting occurred around 2 30 a m
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Waverly
A. G. Moffet
First Staite Bank of Waverly
Mr. Moffet
Mnegro
A. Y Collins
Greenfield
George Kimber
Good Reports From Ranges In South Dakota
Sioux Falls reports encouraging cattle range conditions across the western part of the state. There have been few cattle losses during winter, even with 1600 young southern cattle turned loose on the White river range last fall. Native cattle fared well, and the absence of storm losses suggests a highly profitable coming season for South Dakota cattlemen.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
White River
South Dakota
Minnesota appoints Edsall as acting successor bishop
St Paul Minnesota March 12 the acting successor to the late Mahlon N Gilbert bishop coadjutor of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Minnesota is Samuel C Edsall of Fargo missionary bishop of North Dakota The standing committee made the appointment in Bishop Whipple's absence Edsall will handle limited Minnesota duties while the standing committee covers powers tied to the episcopal personality until Whipple returns a successor may be chosen at the June church council
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St. Paul, Minn
Mahlon N. Gilbert
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Minnesota
Samuel C. Edsall
Fargo
North Dakota
Whipple
Edsall
Gilbert
Church Council
Kentucky war scare over Goebel arrest fears
Frankfort March 12 reports say the wet scare subsided but leaders remain fearful of the outcome. Republicans expect warrants to arrest Republican legislators over Goebel’s assassination, prompting several to leave town. Democrats deny and warn of further arrests. Taylor may move to London for safety, but he resists. Both legislative houses met in the state house, and troops were not deployed.
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Frankfort
London
State House
Goebel’s Remains Buried in West Chapel Hill Plot
William Goebel’s remains were buried this afternoon in West Chapel Hill, overlooking the Kentucky river, after removal from the guarded chapel where they had rested since February 8. Brief services included prayer and song. The legislature attended in a body, and the chosen plot sits on the cemetery’s highest point with a monument visible across the city.
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Frankfort
William’ Goebel
West Chapel
Kentucky
Big Floods Sweep Illinois Rivers Rise With Snowmelt
The Peoria area reports over two feet rise in 24 hours with river bottoms at risk and railroad traffic endangered. An ice gorge threatens the Santa Fe bridge at Chillicothe, water reaching ties. Ottawa Illinois and surroundings flood as Fox and Sangamon rivers overflow, forcing hundreds from homes near Havana.
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Peoria
Chicago
Fox
Illinois
Sangamon
Ottawa
Haneva
Ill
Suing Carter's Partners in Savannah Federal Court
In Savannah on March 12 in U S district court the case of D D Greene E HF FL and Wiliam T Gaynor Michael A Connelly Oberlin MM Carter charged with conspiring and defrauding the government of nearly 3 1000000 was called One defendant Michael A Connelly appeared District Attorney Ervin read a New York bond letter from A J Rose saying his clients would appear before Judge Addison Brown in New York and could not be in Savannah today Connelly ready for trial without demurring to the indictment Government plans to try all cases at once
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Savannah
United States District Court
D. D. Greene
E. HF
Wiliam T. Gaynor
Michael A. Connélly
Oberlin
MM. Carter
Michael A. Connelly
Ervin
A. J. Rose
New York
Addison Brown
Connelli
Black Death In Frisco Plagues Angel Island
In San Francisco on March 12, Dr Kinyoun reports all animals at Angel Island quarantine station inoculated with plague virus from the deceased Chinese individual have died except one monkey in dying condition. Autopsy on rail and guinea pig reveal cenine bubonic plastic symptoms. Chinatown to undergo house examination and full fumigation. State Dept. learns bubonic plague has appeared at Buenos Aires port.
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Board of Health
Kinyoun
Quarpane Station
Angel Island
Chinatown
Possum Farm Planned for LaGrange by Lake Oliver
In LaGrange the city embarks on a new industry described as a freak venture similar to a local skunk farm. James Hart will supervise the possum farm, which will center on thoroughbred animals serving as the nucleus of the project. Location is on the banks of Oliver Lake in Butler, Indiana.
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Butler
Ind
LaGrange
James Hart
Oliver Lake
Cardinal Di Canossa Dead in Verona Church
Cardinal T. Di Canossa, bishop of Verona and the oldest member of the sacred college, died in Verona Italy. He was Austria's candidate in the conclave that elected Pope Leo.
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Sacred College At
Rome
Verona
Italy
Sacred College
Austiria
Leo
Goulds prepare grand Lakewood house party after foreign visit
New York reports the Gould family aims to host a lavish social gathering at Lakewood. The Count and Countess De Castellane exit the Faubourg circle, followed by Lady Mary Sackville, with the Goulds rushing from Florida to entertain. The event promises a brisk social season at the famed summer resort.
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New York
Gould
Georgian Court
Lakewood
Visible grain supply in United States on March 12
The Visible supply of grain in the United States on March 12 stands at 33,698,000 bushels of wheat, 21,060,000 bushels of corn, and 6,402,000 bushels of oats. This daily data update appears in Chicago reports.
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Chicago
United States
Rebels Grow Bold in Aparri Clash
Manila dispatches report that as Major Ward and Company of the Sixteenth regiment withdrew from Aparri in Cagayan province they were attacked at the river bank landing opposite the town. A persistent fight followed with several Americans, including Major Ward, wounded. A Cagayan valley native is believed to have initiated the attack as Tagalos harass the Americans.
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Aparri
Cagayan
Ward
Cagayan Valley
Cough and Cold Cure Ad Promises One Day Relief
An old ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to stop the cough and cure a cold in one day with a no cure, no pay offer. Price is 25 cents.
Indiana Winter Wheat Severely Damaged Across State
Indiana crop reports show winter wheat suffering from temperature swings with northern counties averaging about 50 percent of normal yield. High ground wheat is most affected and much may not regrow seed. Farmers in Whitley Allen DeKalb Steuben LeGrange Fulton and Marshall expect about half a crop.
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Ind
Indiana
Crop Bureau of
Whitley
Allen
DeKalb
Steuben
LeGrange
Fulton
Marshal
Bodies Recovered After Red Ash Mine Disaster
Charleston March 12. It is believed all bodies in the Red Ash mine have been found. Rescue work paused yesterday and resumed today with nine more bodies recovered, making 49 dead and six injured. Two injured remain hospitalized and likely to recover.
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