Riot in San Juan Porto Rico shocks capital
A mob of about 1,600 demonstrated against Americans after a public school incident at a Goélock plaza. Five artillerymen and four corporals fled their post, firing to disperse the crowd while protecting Superintendent Armstrong. Gov. Allen deplored the riot. Corporal Wiscock faced arrest. no casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan de Porto Rico
Go’elock
Wiscock
Ollay
Armstrong
Pases
Intendencia
Allen
Martin C. Brumbaugh
Porto Rico
Treasury Clerk
Hiscock
Crisis in the Far East Echoes of World Tension
Article notes a crisis in Chinese affairs seen as gravely dangerous by Britain as Russia seeks a permanent foothold in Manchuria. Secret talks unfold among the United States and Great Britain to thwart Russia, with Japan expected to cooperate and Germany viewed as doubtful despite an Anglo German pact. France backs its ally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Manchuria
Orient
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
William
France
Will'gide
End of War Near South Africa Armistice Talk
A Pretoria dispatch dated March 8 reports a lengthy conference between Kitchener and Botha. Kitchener granted Botha seven days to confer with other generals, signaling an armistice to enable peace talks. London officials view the armistice move with great satisfaction and suggest it could end fighting soon.
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Sinus
South Africa
Pretoria
Kitchener
Botha
Itchener
London
Slavery Accusations Surface in Anderson County
The Anderson County grand jury told Judge Bennett that practical enslavement of negroes existed via voluntary labor contracts. It charged three major planters with false imprisonment and noted stockades held convicts and confined negroes without lawful conviction. The court vowed to handle the matter locally, citing no outside interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
Anderson County
W. C. Bennett
Columbia
Aldernon County
J. S. Fowler
P. B. Allen
W. Q. Hammond
Bennett
Attack on Kaiser in Bremen as Iron Piece Slashes Eye
Emperor William I survived an attack in Bremen when a workman, Dietrich Weiland, hurled a piece of iron at the royal carriage striking him below the eye. The wound was not serious, and the emperor continued his journey. Weiland offered no clear confession and appeared weak minded. Reichstag president Cowit von Ballestrom condemned the act and prayed for the emperor’s rapid recovery. The Prussian diet reported the wound as not serious but ordered bed rest for several days. The Reichstag observed a solemn pause during the president’s remarks.
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Bremen
Wiliam
Berlin
Dietrich Weiland
Rathskeller
Weiland
Cowit von Ballestrom
Reichstag
William
von Kroecher
Bloodhounds on Trail After Corsicana Murder
Conway Younger and about 200 residents pursued a black man after Younger’s wife was attacked and killed near Corsicana Texas. Bloodhounds tracked the suspect but locals vowed no mercy if he was captured. A 3 year old child described the assault and Younger found his wife’s body in bushes. The Youngers are highly respected in the county.
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Corsicana
Texas
Conway Younger
Younger
Youngers
Rascoe Kills Brother In Nashville Business Row
Tex Rascoe a Nashville business figure shot and killed his brother Lou amid a business dispute. Rascoe, released on bail, claimed justification. Witnesses declined to comment. Also noted, Senator Allen’s Nebraskan Senate pay status and Grand Haven Mich library fire destroying 5000 volumes with about 100000 dollar loss.
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Tex Rascoe
Nashville
Tegu
Lou
Rascoe
Grand Haven
Mich
Lancaster Ohio Suffers as Gas Supply Fails
Reported gas shortages in Lancaster Ohio force factory and school closures. Lancaster Traction Company cannot run due to fuel scarcity amid a broader supply crisis. Additional inducements offered to insurgents to surrender, with McArthur directing department commanders to release one prisoner for every rifle yielded.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Lancaster Traction’ Company
McArthur
Hag
Strange Case: Former Sergeant Darrell Charged in Cuban Murder
Darrell, once first sergeant of the Seventh United States Cavalry, arrives in New York from Naples as a prisoner of Lieut Dupuy. He faces charges of killing and robbing tent mate Henry Crouch in Cuba after their service in the Spanish war. Dupuy traced the murder across the Atlantic and the case unfolds as the fugitive is captured.
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Darrell
Maite Loys Darrell
Seventh United States Cavalry
New York
Naples
Dupuy
United States Army
Cuba
Ceutenant
British West Indies
South Africa
Dupu
Crouch
Missouri Beer Inspection Law Upheld as Constitutional
The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled the 1800 beer inspection law constitutional. It imposes 38 cents per barrel tax on beer manufactured or sold in the state, with free inspection for beer shipped out of state, and is expected to raise about $600000 annually. The decision, written by Judge Gantt, defends police powers over intoxicating liquors and allows enforcement or prohibition as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Supreme Court
Gantt
Sanger Accepts Post of Assistant Secretary of War
The cabinet swore in an informal ceremony at the White House with the president and chief justice. Col William Carey Sanger of New York is reported to have accepted the post to succeed Meiklejohn, with the change likely by month’s end. Also notes on Fifty-sixth Congress appropriations totaling 1.44 billion dollars and a Chicago swindle case involving Samuel Goldberg extradited from Boston.
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Gol. Sanger
White House
Cortelyou
Meillejohn
Nebraska
William Carey Sanger
New York
Representative Cannon
House
Representative Livingston
Cannon
Livingston
Market Quotations From Multiple Cities Today
A condensed market report lists prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Cincinnati Detroit St Louis and Toledo. Prices show bid ranges for No 2 wheat corn oats rye and regional variations in dairy and potatoes. Strong entities include city names and product categories with colorless figures.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Pat Crowe Linked to Manilla Express Robbery Suspected
In Des Moines rumors tie Pat Crowe to the Manilla express safe robbery and suggest he hid in Gov. Shaw’s county. A study of Crowe’s gang traces crimes across Missouri Valley towns to Omaha headquarters tied to the Pollock diamond heist and political influence shielding members.
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Des Moines
Pat Crowe
Omaha
Denison
Pat
Express
Manilla
Sane
Gov. Shaw
Crowens
Missouri Valley
Miss Alice Tyler Leads Iowa Library Push Statewide
Miss Alice S. Tyler, secretary of the Iowa library commission, has visited twenty five cities since October to organize better library systems. She now has a waiting list of ten towns and is preparing for summer library school at the university. The goal is a free public library in every Iowa town of 1000 or more and in every county seat.
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Alice Tyler
Alice S. Tyler
Lews Library Commission
Iowa Library Commission
Tyler
Iowa
Bootlegger Arrests Spark Window Vandalism Suspicions
Two bootleggers named Kelly and McKenna were arrested at Odebott Marcel J for violating prohibitory statutes. Later that evening unknown parties smashed panes of glass at Jotu Eb. Emsphar's wagon and Trans-Mississippi Grain Company office, managed locally by L M Gray, face potential ties to anti-saloon league efforts. No clues yet to suspects.
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Odebott
Kelly
McKenne
Marcel J
Emsphar
Trans-Mississippi Grain Company
L. M. Gray
Justice of the Peace
Gray
Anti-Saloon League
Notorious crook Peyton given sixteen years in Missouri prison
Frank Peyton was sentenced to sixteen years by Judge Ferris in St. Louis after convictions for burglary and larceny, with three indictments standing. He had confessed to killing John Robson in Sioux City to avoid Missouri jail, denied on trial, then sentenced after return. Other brief items include a Madison County divorce filing, a Union County clerk’s license issue tied to unpaid costs, a grand jury probe into blackmail and forgery in Algona, a Fort Dodge railway car house fire causing about 3000 dollars in damage, and a Democratic candidate plan to run Governor, Mayor Phillips of Ottumwa proposed.
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Frank Peyton
Ferris
St. Louis
John Robson
Sioux City
Missouri
Ile
A. Jones
Madison County
Jones
Fort Dodge
Mason’ City and Fort Dodge Railway Company
Sure Thing on Craps Plot in Boone Iowa
A dubious claim about a gambling device is traced to Boone Iowa where a correspondent in the city sends funds and sketches for a setup using a soft iron plate under a board and electric wiring to magnetize dice. The response denies involvement and redirects the would-be operator to the city’s authorities.
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Boone
Fay
Hie Scientific American
Koone
Iowa
Potica
Corset Saves Her Life in Davenport Domestic Attack
Davenport man Thomas Harrington fired a 32 caliber revolver at his wife in Big Rock Scott County. The weapon misfired on the heart, the bullet lodged in her chest but she survived. Neighbors intervened as Harrington shot at them, then was captured after exhausting his ammunition and jailed in Davenport. The wife had left him weeks earlier, her refusal prompting the assault.
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Davenport
Thomas Harrington
Yarrington
Big Rock
Scotts County
Two Women Smash a Saloon in Orford Town
Mrs Varner and her daughter in law entered a saloon in Oxford Julingon County last Friday. They wore hats under cloaks and began smashing glasses. The saloonkeeper disarmed them and ejected them. later he was arrested for assault and battery.
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Orford
Blinded by a Hat Pin in Dubuque Girl
Miss Mary Heingartner, a 11 year old girl from Dubuque, was struck in the eye by a hat pin and will lose sight in that eye. Authorities fear her other eye may also be damaged, potentially causing total blindness. In other news, Jacky Jackson and John Stovall, held on a Manila express robbery charge, were indicted by the grand jury and will face trial during the March term. John Davis received fifteen months in the penitentiary and a $600 fine for manslaughter in the shooting of Hallowell at Bussey.
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Mary Heingartner
Dubuque
Jackson
Stovi
Jacky Jackson
John Stovall
John Davis
Knoxville
Hallowell
Bussey
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Onawa
Jon Mendham
Columbus
Neb
Monona County
England
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Board of Regents
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Webster City
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Clinton
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