Russia and Britain Near Clash Over Tien Tsun Railway
London dispatches report a crisis between Russia and England over railway concessions at Tien Tsin. Both powers threaten force if the other advances, while Count Waldersee’s truce efforts fail. British ministers seek a diplomatic settlement and ordered restraint to protect the Chinese empire.
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Tsen Tsin
Russia
England
Count Waldersee
London
Yien Tsin
Great Britain
House of Commons
George Hamilton
India
Tien Tsin
Dis
Botha Rejects Peace Terms Startles London
London reports General Botha refused the peace terms offered in South Africa. Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain announced the rejection to the House of Commons, shocking the public who believed the Boer War neared end. Kitchener reportedly has him in a corner.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
House of Commons
Botha
South Africa
Botia
Kitchener
Who Will be on Top When Crash Comes
The piece discusses El Paso politics as election day nears. It centers on the mystery of the next mayor, the boss's autocratic power, and rival speculation about challengers and outcomes in a city torn by factional plans.
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Stevens
el Paso
Magoffin
Gossip ties up a possible mayoral bid and salary shifts
Rumors place Mayor B F Hammett as a potential candidate before the democratic convention, while May or Magoffin's name looms for the ballot. The city council will consider salary changes for incoming officers, with likely raises for the mayor and possible changes to the clerk and recorder roles affecting monthly pay.
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B. F. Hammett
Recorder’s
Recorder’s Court
Lord Salisbury On His Last Legs
London cables report Lord Salisbury losing vigor and mental sharpness with retirement seen as imminent. A new leader is expected to be Arthur Balfour, with Joseph Chamberlain likely to gain.
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Lord Salisbury
New York
London
the Tribune
Hill
Mr. Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Stupendous Rail road Consolidation
The World reports Geo. J. Gould proposing a western and southwestern railroad consolidation. He seeks a single company with 250 million capital to manage about 14 000 miles, including Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain St. Louis Southwestern Texas and Pacific Wabash and others.
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Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
St. Louis
Southwestern
Texas and Pacific
Wabash
International
Great Northern
Denver
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Western
Riverside Hereford Cattle Company closes $400000 deal
William Humphrey and William J. Cox returned from an apparent Mexico trip to reveal a Fort Davis negotiation. Riverside Hereford buys 3700 cattle for delivery in April May and contracts to purchase all yearlings for 1902 1903. McCutcheon brothers buy 400 purebred Hereford bulls for breeding, total value near 400000.
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William Humphrey
Riverside Hereford Cattle Company
William J. Cox
Mexico
McCutcheon Brothers
Fort
Riverside Company
Excitement Grows Over Kid Broad vs Young Corbett Fight
Denver reports intense anticipation for Friday night bout between Kid Broad and Young Corbett with Broad slight favorite at 100 to 0. Tickets and reservations surge, with out of town buyers in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico totaling about three thousand dollars awaiting sale. The winner will fight Terry McGovern, and a cattle shipment from Byrd's ranch at Dublan is bound for Fort Worth, around 1,200 head through Sierra Madre road.
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Broad
Corbett
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Terry McGovern
Pusilist
McGovern
Sierra Madre
Byrd
Dublan
Fort Worth
Mexico
Miners Threaten Dual Strikes If Tariff Orders Hit
George Hartlein of the United Mine Workers warns that a general tariff could trigger simultaneous strikes by miners and by engineers pumpmen and firemen. He says mines would flood if officials do not operate the machinery, causing enormous losses to owners.
Czar’s Health Reported Better After Illness
The Cologne Zeitung says the czar’s health has vastly improved since a serious illness. Epileptic attacks and severe headaches have disappeared, and his face is described as full and round, noting he is a new man.
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Berlin
Cologne Zeitung
Parker of Postal Telegraph dies in Evanston at 89
Leander Parker, longtime superintendent of the Postal Telegraph company in Chicago, dies at his Evanston home. Born in Canada in 1836, he served in telegraph service for fifty years and twenty years as superintendent.
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Graph Company
Evanston
State Senator Moves Senators With Sea Storm Tale
Special to The Herald reports Senator Davidson of Galveston moved colleagues to tears in Austin by recounting the September storm wreckage while lobbying for a bill to exempt the city from taxation for fifteen years. The measure faces passage. The House spent the morning debating a proposal to tax-exempt textile factories to be built in the state for ten years.
Hill denies seeking Burlington control amid rumors
President James J. Hill of the Great Northern berated claims he aims to take over the Burlington system. He stated plainly there is no basis for such speculation and he does not intend to pursue control of the Burlington lines.
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New York
James J. Hill
The
Great Northern
Burlington
Coal and Railroad Officials Refuse Talks With Miners
New York March 19 coal railroad officials and big operators refuse to conference with the miners or Mitchell and advisors. They say they are ready to treat the men fairly but will not be dictated to any longer.
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New York
Mitchell
Pension Granted to El Paso Man for Eight Dollars Monthly
Marge J. Lemmon of El Paso is granted a pension of eight dollars a month. The notice from Washington is dated March 19.
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The
Herald
Washington
Marge J. Lemmon
el Paso
Denver City and County Consolidation Signed
Governor Orman signed the Rash bill at ten this morning to consolidate Denver city and county. Denver will have one set of officers, saving the public hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, placing Denver in parity with New York and other large cities.
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Denver
Colo
Orman
New York
Arapahoe
Pork jumps to sixteen and a half a barrel in Chicago
Chicago reports the May delivery of pork rising to sixteen and a half dollars per barrel, up two dollars and a half. Market signals suggest a corner and squeeze of shorts in the pork trade.
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Chicago
Fifty Chinese Passengers Refused Landing at San Diego
Fifty Chinese passengers aboard the steamer Belgian King arriving from Hong Kong were refused permission to land by the port collector at San Diego. The incident occurred March 19 as the ship docked, delaying immigration and triggering questions over landing rights.
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San Diego
Hong Kong
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