Blizzard and floods sweep across the nation from the Dakotas to Georgia
A brutal blizzard paralyzes North Dakota and surrounding states for 36 hours, halting all rail traffic as snow piles into immense drifts and zero temperatures grip the region. Meanwhile a Georgia flood warns of rising streams and inundated streets, with the Chattahoochee, Fiat and nearby rivers swelling and infrastructure under water.
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Vile Lake
N. D
Atlanta
Middleorgia
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Eufaula
Alabama
West Point
Columbia
Georgia
Chattahoochie
North
South Georgia
Florida
Albany
Thomasville
Columbus
Filipino War End Implied by Plan Rejected by War Dept
Washington reports General Miles urged a pacification plan using Indian campaign tactics to end the Philippine conflict without further loss of life. Secret Root denied the request and the secretary, with Roosevelt, affirmed the war was already near completion, opposing policy shifts. London notes Russo Japanese war rumors on Siberian railway traffic aiding troop movements to Vladivostock.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Army
War Department
Philippines
Mathe
BUC
Secret Root
Miles
White House
Tion
Roosevelt
Root
London
St. Petersburg
the Times
Siberian
Vladivostock
Rhodes in critical condition in Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes lies in a very critical state after a severe night. Doctors monitor his strength as oxygen is used, with London heart specialist in frequent cable contact. Once a poor student, Rhodes built a colossal fortune and shaped the idea of a consolidated South Africa under the British flag.
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Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
London
Rhodes
South Africa
Cecil
Kimberly
Orphan asylum in Denver destroyed by fire
A major fire destroyed St. Vincent's Orphan asylum in Denver on Saturday afternoon. The nursery area near the main building remained intact. Loss estimated between 70 000 and 80 000 with 24 100 in insurance. No Sisters of Charity injured. several children rescued with heroic efforts. Water shortage and high wind hampered firefighting. Fire started near 1 pm as northwest winds blew up to 40 mph. Chicago, March 17, reports: steel frame buildings in the business district may collapse within years. frames embedded in concrete may last 2000 years. exposed steel in some structures deteriorates rapidly, threatening skyscrapers and elevated roads.
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St. Paul
North Dakota
Northwest
Northern Pacific
Fargo
Red River Valley
Frankfort
Winnipeg
Great Northern
Grand Forks
Williston
Carrollton
Western Dakota
Montana
la Crosse
Wis
Kansas City
Birmingham
Ala
Piper
John Allen
Threhildren
St. Vecent’s Orphan Asylum
Denver
Sisters of Charity
Chicago
William Sooy- Smith
Chicago Real Estate Board
No Hitch With Spain
Bellamy Storer United States minister to Spain arrived from Southampton and denied rumors of recall. He said he is on a ninety day leave of absence with negotiations progressing favorably and no obstacle to the treaty of friendship with Spain. He noted major provisions have already been agreed upon.
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New York
Bellamy Storer
United States
Spain
Southampton
Storer
Madrid
Methuen’s Force Casualty Totals Revealed
An English war office release lists ten Imperial Yeomanry killed and thirty three wounded from Methuen’s force. Combined with Kitchener’s report of three officers and thirty eight killed and five officers and seventy two wounded, total casualties reach fifty one killed and one hundred ten wounded. Including 202 more officers and men, overall casualties appear to be 563 from a force about 1,200 strong, or one in four.
Tunnel found near Minnequa Bank in Bessemer menaces bank robbery
Pueblo report says a tunnel discovered under a residence in Bessemer was aimed toward the Minnequa Bank. Townspeople and Colorado Fuel and Iron officials believe burglars planned to loot the bank but the discovery halted the scheme. Investigations may proceed within the company before involving police.
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Pueblo
Colo
Minnequa Bank
Bessemer
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Belgian Doctor Reports Cancer Discovery in Animals
A young Belgian physician, Dr Lud wig Feinberg, reports an important discovery of independent animal organisms in cancer growths. He says this finding allows a diagnosis of cancer based on these organisms.
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Ludwig Feinberg
Late Washington News and Congressional Proceedings
Andrew D. White will retire next November as U S ambassador to Germany. Postmasters named at Bellevue Colorado Cape Arapahoe County Arlington Kiowa county Madrid New Mexico. Senate panel trims Philippine public land lease term to five years. Utah annexation proposal to Arizona region north and west of Colorado River center. Pensions granted to several individuals in Colorado New Mexico and Illinois. Congressional action includes Cuban reciprocity, Panama canal funding terms, and a plan to tighten private pension bill prosecutions. President Roosevelt's stance on arid lands and irrigation remains pivotal in western measures. House judiciary to define conspiracies limiting labor injunctions. Parliamentary moves on river and harbor bill contested election and revenue cutter service retirement. Metric system weights and measures act advances.
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Andrew D. White
Germany
L. Robbins
Bellevue
Colorado
E. Brown
Cape
Arapahoe
Boon Best
Arlington
Kiowa
James Wood
Madrid
New Mexico
Senate
Sutherland
Utah
Arizona
Colorado River
Louisa C. Lacy
Pagosa Springs
James H. Taylor
Roswell
N. M
Jacob Sprelkton
New
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
John Gallagher
Monte Vista
Felix Toupan
Grand Junction
John C. Hull
Santa Fe
Abraham Silver
Fort Bayard
Herbert Lyon
William A. Rodenburg
East St. Louis
Illinois
United States Civil Service Commission
Richard Dana
Boston
Crumpacker
Indiana
Hoar
United States
Randell
Texas
Orange Free State
S. M. B. Young
Department of California
Army War College
Washington Barracks
Congress
Maine
Spain
Denver
Secretary of the Interior
Philippine Commission
Hughes
Philippines
Department of Justice
Canada
Gaynor
Eene
Savannah
O. M. Carter
State Department
House
Vicks
New Chiang
House Judiciary Committee
Shafroth
Hill
Connecticut
Hill Financial
Moneyed Institute of
New York
Hill Bill
Comerce
John ©. Bell
Postoffice
Bell
Moss
Rhea
Kentucky
Revenue Cutter Service
Rport
House Committee On
Umm
Urment
Ray
Senate confirms Sloan as associate justice of Arizona Supreme Court
Short telegraph items report R EB Sloan's confirmation to the Arizona Supreme Court. Other notes list Farmers National Congress dates in Macon Georgia October 7 8 9 and 10. Princess Henry of Prussia sails for Germany aboard the Deutschland. Alice Roosevelt arrives in Havana with Senator Platt and others.
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Senate
R. EB. Sloan
Supreme Court of Arizona
Farmers’ National Congress
Macon
Georgia
Prince Henry
Germany
Deutschland
Alice Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Thomas ©. Platt
Havana
John Lawson
Milwaukee
Capetown
London Standard
Cecil Rhodes
David S. Stanley
U.S. A
Washington
William Brooks
James Roberts
Dawson Club
Cripple Creek
Sagasta
Senor Urzaiz
Finance
Ministry of Finance
Sarah Jane Peter
W. A. Peffer
Kansas
J. Mellhenny
Peffer
Peru
Ind
Frank Kiley
James
Bridget Kiley
John Hayes
Baroness de Roques
Florence Maybrick
Newark
New Jersey
Potter
George KE. Bateman
J. G. Hiesland
Batemanan
Hiestand
Arthur Bouchard
Matane
Quebec
R. C. Clowry
Chicago
Canon City
S. A. van Buskirk
Purcell
Rome
United States
Paris
Opera Comique
Rue Montmartre
Radical change eyed in direct popular election of senators
Special to the Denver News reports Senator Penrose will offer in the Senate a direct popular election amendment to the House joint resolution. It would grant two senate seats to every state and add more by population, risking unequal representation favoring large states. Supporters include Depew and Hoar. opponents call it unconstitutional and absurd.
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Washington
Denver
United States
Senate
Penrose
Pennsylvania
House
Onc
Amer’ Union
Depew
Hoar
Thawley
United States Senate
Smiuatler
New York
Tinois
Ohio
Missouri
Texas
Boston Strike Settled and Harvard Gift Reported
Boston leaders and city officials brokered an end to the freight handlers strike with about 20 000 workers returning to work tomorrow. Harvard Medical School receives 250 000 from Mrs Collis P Huntington aiding enlargement and endowment efforts tied to Rockefeller and Morgan gifts totaling over 2 800 000.
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Boston
Mareh i
Allied Breight ‘Transportation Council
Crane
Allied Freight Transition Council
Governor Crane
New York
New Haven
Harvard
Collis P. Huntington
John DD. Rockefeller
Harvard Medical School
Huntington
Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
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Dakotas
Orphan Asylum
Methuen
Washington News
Congressional
House Building Committee
Denver Mint
Colorado Springs
Squire
Dietrich
Nebraska
Panama
Panama Company
George P. Murray
Murray
Alexander Sullivan
James J. Lynch
West Chicago
Petit Jury
Francisco Archule
Coyote
Rio Arriba County
Archuleta
Federal Court of
Julia Francis Mackaye
Robert S. Holt
Aspen Mining and Smelting Company
J. B. Wheeler
Aspen Banking
Wheeler
Seattle
Wash
Hr.Tupper
Roxey White
Lake Washington
Tupper
Miss White
San Francisco
Sheridan
Manila
James Brock
Seventeenth Infantry
John J. Bland
John Henson
J. Robbins
Sixteenth Infantry
James Allen
Nineteenth Infantry
John R. Welch
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