Indiana Republicans in Panic Over Porto Rican Tariff Fallout
Indianapolis March 5 A tide of indignation over General Harrison's Porto Rican tariff condemnation rattles Indiana Republicans. Crumpacker touted for governor and Harrison as a presidential contender stir talk of realignments as leaders fear the bill reaching McKinley. Democrats push to unite factions under Mayor Taggart and Chairman Martin amid GOP upheaval.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Harrison
Crumpacker
Indiana
House
Washington
Hernly
Republican State Committee
McKinley
Taggart
Martin
Democratic State Committee
Wabash Republicans Blast Porto Rican Tariff Bill
Wabash Indiana March 5 Republicans in Wabash county condemn the house Porto Rican customs bill. They fear party losses this year and criticise Ways and Means member Steele. A Peru convention will see a repudiation resolution. Telegr ams to Senator Beveridge urge senate opposition.
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Wabash
Ind
Wabash County
House
Steele
Ways and Means Committee
Peru
North Manchester
Beveridge
Washington
Senate
President McKinley speech jolts party line at Ohio banquet
New York March 5 The ante-campaign address by President McKinley at an Ohio society banquet drew little notice at first but reshaped political expectations as observers compare carefully edited remarks. John Bell’s courteous remark on the Nicaragua canal disrupted administration plans and heightened partisan tension.
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New York
McKinley
Ohio Society
Pesches
Gamp Bell
Nicaragua Canal
Casity Ranning
McKinley Declines Imperialism in Dinner Speech
The scene at a society dinner features President McKinley opposing imperialism while avoiding the Nicaragua canal issue, amid cheers for his bold political maneuver. Ex-Governor Campbell, present as an equal participant, could more fittingly discuss politics as the crowd applauds the strategist’s move.
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Philippines
McKinley
Nicaragua
Campbell
Alsace-Lorraine Rejects American Grape Imports
Strasburg March 5 The government of Alsace-Lorraine declined the vine growers petition to import American grapevines to revive ruined vineyards. Baron Zorne Von Buelache secretary of state for agriculture said American vines introduced blights worse than phylloxera on the land tag floor.
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Strasburg
Alsace-Lorraine
Reichsland
Baron Zorne von Buelache
Philloxera
Illustrious Prelate Dies in Dubuque Iowa
Archbishop John Hennessy died at 2 20 Sunday afternoon in Dubuque surrounded by relatives. He was famed as a leading theologian and educator, known as the apostle of American Catholic parochial schools. Funeral likely Thursday with burial beside Bishops Louis and Smyth at the cathedral. William Ryan to administer diocese affairs. Born County Limerick Ireland 1625 he came to America 1647 and rose to become archbishop in 1893 after serving as bishop since 1866.
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Dubuque
Iowa
John Hennessy
Archbishop Ryan
Philadelphia
Mgr. Ryan
Toomey
Conroy
Dolan
Archbishop Hennessy
Slattery
Louis
Smyth
Mgr
Ryan
Hennessy
County Limrick
Ireland
America
Carondelet Seminary
St. Louis
New Madrid
Carondelet
Rome
Kendrick
St. Joseph
Turpie Lowe case appeal overruled by Huntington judge
Logansport Indiana March 6 Judge Watkins special judge in the Turpie Lowe case overruled a new trial motion and the plaintiffs appealed to the supreme court. The Cass circuit court decision favored defendant Hugh Lowe in a dispute over an alleged contract adjustment tied to Tate James Turpie financial troubles. Property interests at stake are valued at $100000.
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Logansport
Ind
Watkins
Huntington
Turpie-Lowe
Plaints
Supreme Ca
Cass
Hugh Lowe
Tate
James Turpie
Three British Armies in South Africa Move on Bloemfontein
London reports a stealthy British campaign with three armies in the field across the Free State Cape Colony and Natal. Roberts' force nears Bloemfontein with Brabant and Clements guiding horns. Gatacre holds the main Boer force. Natal army inactive. Buller’s distance to the Boers affects timing. Mafeking relief looms as Plumer's northern force engages.
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London
South Africa
Free State
Cape Colony
Natal
Roberts
Brabant
Clements
Gatacre
Bloemfontein
Buller
Pretoria
Mafeking
Plumer
White
Times
D Ladysmith
Relief at Ladysmith as relief column arrives
Reporters say garrison and residents greeted the relief column with intense enthusiasm. Thousands poured from hospital wards and streets to cheer the newcomers, while women and children were celebrated for courage under siege and privations. Garrison likely held out to April 2.
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Durban
Friady
Ladysmith
Ces
General Buller Enters Town Amid Skirmish Fires
Reports say General Buller entered the town at noon with only his staff, his bronzed appearance noted as he claimed three weeks without a bed. Boer fire exchanged with the relief column, which found several corpses in the road. Belief grows that Boers are retreating to Glencoe as correspondents praise Generals White and Hunter.
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Buller
Glencoe
White
Hunter
Kruger's Appeal Amid Boers Fight for Survival
A Times dispatch from Lorenzo Marques reports persistent talks that the Transvaal government seeks peace negotiations while the Boers vow to stand at Glencoe and Laing’s Nek. Pretoria fortifications grow ahead of a possible siege as a Kronje surrender prompts urgent Boer council. Kruger urges faith and endurance, warning against cowardice, with Colenso losses tallied at thirty-one killed and 180 wounded.
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London
Times
Lorenzo Marques
Transvaal
Glencoe
Laing
Nek
Pretoria
Natal
Cronje
Kruger
Bloemfontein
Colenso
Remarkable case of a wounded soldier in South Africa
London reports Private O'Leary, shot in the head at Colenso, with a bullet in his brain left him speechless sightless and paralyzed. Despair grew until Sir William MacCormack, volunteer surgeon with the British army, removed part of the brain extracted the bullet and O Leary has since nearly regained his senses.
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London
Southampton
South Africa
O’leary
Colenso
William MacCormack
Royal College of Surgeons
Freight Trains Collide Near Chicago injuring many
A collision near Sproad View outside Chicago between two Illinois Central freight trains injured about twenty stockmen and railway workers, with two believed fatally. The rear section ran uncontrolled after a coupling pin broke, smashing into the incoming train, causing a fire and piling debris as passengers slept in a day coach.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Sproadview
Joseph Hobbs
Marcus
Iowa
Frank I. McCall
Freeport
Til
Tha Unin
Senator Gilbert Enters Republican Nomination For Lieutenant Governor
Senator Newton W. Gilbert of Angola announces his bid for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He notes district rivals Baker and Babcock, plans to support the eventual nominee, and cites limited means for statewide campaigning. Born 1862 near Columbus, he rose from farmer’s boy to lawyer, served as Steuben DeKalb prosecutor candidate, and was elected to the Indiana Senate in 1896. He authored voting machine and Spanish American War uniform laws and led sixteen bills through the last session.
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Ment
Gilbert
Fort Wayne
Charles R. Lane
Newby
Baker
Babcock
Sentinel
Senator Gilbert
Columbus
Ohio
Theodore F. Gilbert
Ellen Johnson
Johnson
Virginia
Steuben County
Angola Republican
Ohio State University
Steuben-DeKalb
DeKalb
Senate
Indiana
Lawton
Tampa
Ila Va Ag Dunes Pemaca Rolire
Senator Gilbert Seen as Likely in New Ambition
The passage notes Senator Gilbert as a forceful speaker with wide state acquaintance and a reputation for integrity and intelligence, giving friends hope he will be successful in his current ambition.
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Gilbert
Hill to Head New York Delegation to Democratic Convention
New York report says ex-senator David B Hill will lead New York’s delegation to the national Democratic convention. Delegates at large named include Augustus Van Wyck Richard Croker and Edward Murphy Jr. Van Wyck could be urged for vice president, with his delegate role aiding that goal.
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New York
the Tribune
Albany
David B. Hill
Hill
Augustus van Wyck
Brooklyn
Richard Croker
Edward Murphy, Jr
Troy
van Wyck
NEW FORT AS A PEST HOUSE
Washington dispatch says Fort Jefferson at Tortugas, built at cost of 5 million dollars to serve as a naval base, will be abandoned and converted into a pest house as Treasury and Navy cease work by April 1. The site, once deemed a key strategic base, faced quarantine concerns and health risks with yellow fever and bubonic plague anticipated.
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New York
the Tribune
Washington
Fort Monroe
Cervera
Spain
Fort Jefferson
Tortugas
Cuba
Southern Agriculturists invite Wilson to southern convention
Washington March 5 W F Thompson secretary of Huntsville Alabama chamber of commerce and Southern Industrial convention extends invitation to Commissioner of Agriculture Wilson to attend the industrial convention in Chattanooga May 8 to 11 where southern commissioners of agriculture are to be present The four topics education agriculture commercial expansion and the race problem will be discussed by prominent figures from both races with a focus on the souths industrial future Wilson may attend if duties allow.
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Washington
W. F. Thompson
Chamber of Commerce of
Huntsville
Ala
Southern Industrial Convention
South
Wilson
Chattanooga
Commissioners of Agriculture
Post mortem on Hamerick burial reveals fatal fatty degeneration
Coroner Barnett and Dr Schrader completed the post mortem on Mr. Hamerick found buried at Halle Corners cemetery last November without a permit. They reported death from general fatty degeneration and arterial hardening. The exhumation was ordered by the board of health and the undertakers who conducted the burial must bear the expense. The undertakers claimed they were unaware of any state burial permit law at the time.
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Hamerick
Halle Corners
Barnett
W. F. Schrader
Board of Health
Inferno on West Berry Street Destroys Home in Fort Wayne
A two hour battle from 4 06 am to 7 am by Fort Wayne firefighters ended in severe loss at 213 215 West Berry street. The large double frame residence suffered extensive damage and an estimated 2500 dollars in losses. The blaze started from a range chimney and spread along the upper floor. The house, owned by William Morris, was occupied by the Meriwether and McLachlan families. Both house and contents were insured. Two feet of surrounding snow hampered efforts.
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West Berry Street
Rea
Fort Wayne Department
Hilbrecht
William Morris
Active Power
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Richmond
James Merriwether
William McLachlan
Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions to Convene in New York
A landmark gathering in 1900 will bring Protestant Christians from around the world to New York for an eleven day Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions beginning April 21. Delegates from England to India will attend, representing missions across Africa Asia and the Pacific. The event aims to unite churches and expand the Protestant mission effort globally.
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Ecumenical Conference On Foreign Missions
New York City
America
Judson Smith
Boston
New York
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
France
Switzerland
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Africa
India
Australia
Turkey
Persia
Ceylon
Burma
Siam
China
Japan
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