Censor Calls for Wu Ting-Fang Recall Amid Silver Fund Scrutiny
A Pekin censor memorializes the recall of Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister to the United States, charging misappropriation of 80000 worth of Tien Tsin silver from the American fund though Wu asserts no money could be misused without Chinese government sanction. The report notes Wu’s pivotal role protecting China and his denial of impropriety while hinting at broader tensions between China and the United States.
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Pekin
Wu Ting ‘Ang
Pra Ting Fang
Washington
Wu Ting Fang
China
Hongkong Bank
America
United States
Pension bills dominate House agenda in session notes
Washington March 17 The House devoted the day to private pension bills with 229 passed the largest single-session total. A resolution sought information from the War Department on transport to the Philippines. Debate on the ship subsidy bill featured amendments aiming to cap annual payments and restrict contracts. Senate action followed with various amendments and preparations for future votes.
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Washington
House
War Department
San Francisco
Philippines
Minor
Wis
Wisconsin
Henderson Ber
Henderson Ow
Senate
Allison
Treasury
Spooner
Congress
Teller
Elkins
West Virginia
Bacon
Mallory
United States
Berry
Frye
Savannah
Missouri River
Omaha
Neb
Wood cannot attend Washington conference on Cuba transfer
Gen Wood will not travel to Washington for a crucial meeting with the president and secretary Root before the end of next week. The conference aims to finalize plans for handing control of Cuba to the native government and to set a timeline for the transfer, potentially by May 1. Wood believes the United States should not withdraw entirely and that a representative should remain in Cuba until the new government is functioning.
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Washington
Wood
United. States
United . States
Cuba
West Indian Coaling Stations Chief of Equipment on Tour
Rear Admiral Bradford, head of the naval bureau of equipment, is on a tour visiting West Indian coaling stations. The Washington dispatch notes his itinerary and official duties during the trip.
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Washington
Bradford
Naval Bureau of Equipment
No Headway on Cuban Tariff
Washington March 17 The house Republican peace conference failed to present new solutions for the Cuba issue. Opponents urged bounty system advantages and sugar beet tax cuts while claiming the sugar trust holds most Cuban sugar in warehouses and pressed safeguards against any bounty or tariff concession. A conference vote is expected Tuesday night with no agreement in sight.
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Washington
House Republican Peace Conference
Cuba
Sugar Trust
House
Peace Committee
Prize Money Appeal Case Involving Samp son Officers
The transcript of the record in the United States versus Admiral Sampson and others has been filed in the U S Supreme Court after appeal from the District of Columbia Supreme Court. The case questions entitlement to prize money for vessels and supplies captured off Santiago on July 3, 1898 by the North Atlantic squadron.
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Washington
United States
Admiral Sampson
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
United States Supreme Court
North Atlantic
Santiago
Southern Suffrage Resolution Moves to Investigate Southern Elections
Speaker Henderson and his party will report Crum's packer resolution to appoint a 13 member committee to probe election laws in the southern states and assess if the right of suffrage is abridged against the Constitution.
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Washington
Henderson
House
Crumpacker
Promotion for Crowninshield Rear Admiral Nomination
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Capt. Arent Schuyler Crowninshield for rear admiral. He also transmitted Lieut. Commander Robert M. G. Brown’s name for advancement to commander on the retired list.
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Crowninshield
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Arent Schuyler Crowninshield
Robert M. G. Brown
Washington Notes: Roosevelts Neutrality and Naval Promotions
In Washington on March 17 the Illinois delegation finished hearings on pure food bills and returned home. John son resigns as First Assistant Postmaster General citing ill health. Roosevelt urges Illinois federal officials to stay neutral in the senatorial fight. Rear Admiral John A. Howell reaches retirement at 62. Supreme Court to hear tax power case of Cook County treasurer against religious groups. Steamer Sylph with Hay and Root arrives at the navy yard. In Pittsburgh, Alexander R. Peacock moves family after threats and extortion notes.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
Illinois
Johnson
Roosevelt
John A. Howell
Naval Retiring Board
Dewey
Navy
United States Supreme Court
Cook County
Finston
Ambassador White to Resign in Berlin Reporting
Report states Ambassador White plans resignation amid unspecified expressions and events in Berlin in March. Officials unnamed indicate a formal statement forthcoming.
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White
Ok Berlin
Twenty Three Per Cent of Crop in Hands of Growers
New York March 15. Business in Boston paralyzed by strike of freight handlers and teamsters affecting 30 600 men and thousands more idle due to delayed raw materials. Settlement looks likely though a Fall River mill strike looms. Outside Massachusetts labor conditions are calmer, while coal mining shows less agitation as April nears.
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New York
Boston
Fall River Mills
Massachusetts
R. G Dun & Co
United States
Atlantic
Canada
DeWitts Little Early Risers End Bowel Troubles
The ad praises DeWitts Little Early Risers for easing biliousness and constipation by keeping the liver and bowels healthy. C E Hooper of Albany Georgia testifies the pills helped relieve his biliousness and improved his condition. The pills are described as safe thorough gentle and the very best. Houseworth Bros market this remedy.
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DeWitt
C. E. Hooper
Albany
Houseworth Bros
Senate Ratifies The Hague Pact In Peace Conference
Washington March 15 The Senate without division ratified The Hague peace conference pact governing conduct of war on land and sea. An executive session followed with discussions of General Funston and Aguinaldo methods. Senators Teller Hoar and Burton defended Funston's humane conduct.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Hoar
Funston
Aguinaldo
Committ On Foreign Relations
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Promises Fast Croup Relief
An advertisement claims Dr Bull's Cough Syrup provides immediate relief for children with croup and urges mothers to buy the medicine. It emphasizes reliability and notes a price of 25 cents.
Boy killed in Mimic Battle in Denver
In Denver on March 10 Stewart Hinl aged 9 died from a breast bullet wound in a mimic Indiana battle. James Butson 12 is arrested charged with murder. Four boys under 12 hid behind barricades about thirty yards apart and exchanged about twenty shots when Hinl was shot.
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Denver
Stewart Hinl
Indiana
James Butson
Hill
Bllison
Too Late to Get a Bride in Hartville
Charles Walstrom a Wright county farmer secured a marriage license to wed Miss Nellie Cover of Chicago through a matrimonial bureau. Cover arrived to find Walstrom absent and the wedding was indefinitely postponed at a Hartville hotel.
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Hartville
Charles Walstrom
Wood Township
Wright County
Nellie Cover
Chicago
Miss Cover
Walstrom
Blaze Threatens Bloomington Eddy Building Fire
Firemen fought a blaze in the Eddy building on North Main Street Bloomington driving flames from the fourth floor. Water flooding caused by firefighting resulted in about 30000 dollars in damage though the structure was well insured.
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Bloomington
Ill
Eddy
North Main Street
Protest at Pesthouse Arrives as Health Officers Rally
A mob gathered near the Abbot Sanitarium in Fort Wayne Indiana as health officers moved to establish a smallpox hospital. Threats blocked entry briefly until police dispatched a detail to disperse the crowd.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Abbot Sanitarium
Miss Lola Lowther to Christen S. H. Wilkenson at Chicago
Topeka March 10 Miss Lola Lowther daughter of the Rev G Lowther of the M B H church at McPherson will christen the lake steamer S H Wilkenson in Chicago She opposes champagne and will carry a bottle of Kansas water for the ceremony
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Topeka
Kan
Lola Lowther
G. Lowther
M. BH
McPherson
S. H. Wilkenson
Chicago
Lowther
Kansas
Boer Magazine Found Near Reitz with Arms Cache
A Boer magazine was found in a cave northeast of Reitz containing 300000 rounds of Martini ammo 10000 rounds of Lee Metford shells several hundred shells a complete Maxim gun and two helios.
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London
Reitz
Martini
Marconi Arrives in Montreal En Route to Ottawa
Signor Marconi has arrived in Montreal en route to Ottawa. He plans to depart for Sidney next week after arranging with the Canadian government and local firms for equipment for his station.
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Marconi
Montreal
Signor Marconi
Ottawa
Sidney
Bishop Spalding Dies in Erie at 84
Erie March 10 Bishop Spalding of the Episcopal diocese of Colorado died here in his eighty fifth year of pneumonia. He leaves a widow and son Rev. F Spalding rector of St. Pauls church this city.
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Erie
Spalding
Episcopal Diocese of
Colorado
F. Spalding
St. Paul’s Church
Laetare Medal Awarded for Dr Murphy at Notre Dame
Notre Dame Indiana March 10 announcement confirms the Laetare Medal will be awarded to Dr Murphy. The event details were disclosed yesterday with formal recognition at the university.
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Dr. Murphy
Notre ‘Dame
Ind
Merchants Prepare for Spring Amid Labor and Trade Unease
The Dun weekly review notes unsettled weather and a thaw that hampered shipments and boosted demand for structural materials. Labor worries linger in coal mines and Fall River cloth cutting, while iron and steel output slumps due to floods in Pittsburg. Grain, cotton, and leather markets stay firm but cautious amid transportation disruptions and strong coal prices.
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New York
Fall River
R. G. Dun & Co
Pittsburg
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Eight Hundred Killed in Battle at Agua Dulce
General Castro's forces report 800 killed in the Agua Dulce clash. Revolu tionists lose 550 and government 250. Indian chief Lorenzo and followers aided in the attacks with machetes. Remaining Castro command of 1000 men has been killed wounded captured or escaped.
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Colon
Colombia
Castro
Agua Dulce
Lorenzo
St Joseph to provide Kellogg Sanitarium site
The city of St Joseph Michigan will supply the site for the Kellogg Sanitarium after the Bat tle Creek fire. J H Graham offers twenty acres on the St Joseph river two miles south of the city for the new buildings. Local transit firms and railroads with citizen aid will raise the 75000 dollars required by Kellogg for the institution.
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Kellogg Sanitarium
St. Joseph
Mich
City of
Battle Creek
J. H. Graham
Dr. Kellogg
Rev Talmage Improves After Washington Departure
New Orleans dispatch says Rev T De Witt Talmage with Mrs Talmage and Dr Lawrence Shields left for Washington. Dr Talmage spent a quiet day in his room and showed steady improvement in his condition.
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T. Dewitt Talmage
New Orleans
Talmage
Lawrence Shields
Washington
Folkething Approves Sale of Islands to United States
The Folkething in Copenhagen votes 88 to 7 to approve the treaty for selling the Manish West Indies to the United States. The measure now proceeds to the Landsthing for approval.
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Folkething
Copenhagen
Denmark
Manish West Indies
United States
Landsthing
Fire destroys blocks in Winslow business district
A major blaze in Winslow Tl on Saturday morning swept through two blocks of the business district destroying fifteen business houses the bank and post office and several private homes. Estimated loss stands at 125000 with about 60000 insured.
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Winslow
Milwaukee Stalwarts Triumph Across City Rally
Milwaukee stalwarts win a city rally as March fifteenth events unfold amid a cautious Republican campaign.
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Milwaukee
Stalwarts
Tefuing
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