DeWet and Delaney Consultations Hint at Possible Peace
London reports cautious optimism amid Boer leaders De Wet and Delarey believed unlikely to surrender under Schalk Burger. Observers note Lord Kitchener may permit talks, but no mandate exists from field commanders. The mood in London is guarded, though stock markets react positively to any peace prospect.
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London
Pretoria
Schalk-Burger
de Wet
Delarey
Transvaal
Lord Kitchener
Mr. Schalk-Burger
Orange River
South Africa
Pos
Netherlands
Steyn
Stock Exchange
Stylish Norfolk and 3‑piece suits lead in sizes for big boys
For larger boys the Norfolk and 3 piece suits divide honors. All these styles in special designs youll find in no other store and priced reasonably.
Cassatt Train Sets Philadelphia Jersey City Record
President A J Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with counsel John G Johnson and three others, broke the Philadelphia to Jersey City running record by four minutes, covering 90 15 miles in 84 minutes. The run surpassed J P Morgan’s 84 minute prior mark. Cassatt arrived to discuss the Pennsylvania tunnel bill with Long Island officials and others in New York.
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New York
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
John G. Johnson
Philadelphia
Jersey City
J. P. Morgan
Cassatt
Baldwin
Long Island Railroad
Pennsylvania System
Bottlers’ Strike Ended After Wage Cut Dispute
The Harvard brewery bottlers’ three week strike ended with the union voting to halt the action. The walkout began over a wage reduction for one member, while the National Association of Master Brewers met and demanded higher wages.
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Harvard
National Association of Master Brewers
Bishop Arrives En Route to Philippines on Kaiserin
New York dispatch reports Bishop Donatus Sbaretti and a suite arriving today aboard the Kaiserin Maria Theresa after calls at Genoa Naples and Gibraltar. They proceed to the Philippines.
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New York
Kaiserin Maria Theresa
Genoa
Naples
Gibraltar
Donatus Sbaretti
Philippines
Rioting by Political Prisoners Shocks Poltava Theatre Crowd
From St. Petersburg AP. In Poltava exiles in a town of 52 000 shouted Tolstoi in a theatre leading to a theatre standstill. Police arrested about sixty exiles, jailed them with criminals, and the prisoners began a food strike and riot. Criminals and prisoners embraced, red banners appeared. outcomes remain uncertain with possible escape of some criminals. Odessa demonstrations followed with calls against absolutism and arrests reported.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Poltava
Odessa
General Federation Program Reveals May Convention Sessions
Los Angeles reports details for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs centennial gathering in May. Massachusetts delegates will run at least two sessions with Mrs May Alden Ward and Mrs Anna D West guiding literature civics and education. Ellen C Sabin will preside education and Ella W Peattie will lead the press session.
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Los Angeles
Cal
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Massachusetts
Bay State
May Alden Ward
Cambridge
Anna D. West
Somerville
Ellen C. Sabin
Milwaukee
Ella W. Peattie
Chicago
A. H. Brockway
Brooklyn
Civil Service
Dimies T. Denison
New York
Death of Richard Rock the Yellowstone scout
Butte Montana reports the death of Richard Rock a longtime scout and frontiersman at his ranch near Henrys Lake after being gored by a buffalo he had raised. A veteran of the Custer expedition he is credited with warning General Custer about Sitting Bull’s forces and advised awaiting Reno. Rock had recently been sent by the government to Yellowstone Park to count remaining buffalo.
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Butte
Mont
Richard Rock
Henry's Lake
Rock
Custer
Sitting Bull
Reno
Yellowstone Park
Milwaukee Youth Hangs Self In Closet Tragedy
Milwaukee on March 24 reports 16 year old John Brown living with parents died during a risky closet pole routine. He tied a rope to a closet pole and the cord twisted, leaving him unable to free himself and choking. The boy had read about athletic benefits of the pole and attempted the stunt.
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Milwaukee
Wis
John Brown
Brown
Boston and Maine Engineer Drops Dead at Breakfast
Concord New Hampshire March 24 Henry A Conant electrical engineer for the Boston and Maine railroad collapsed and died at his breakfast table this morning.
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Boston and Maine
Concord
N. H
Henry A. Conant
Boston and Maine Railroad
Trains Crash in Fog Leave Four Dead in Youngstown
In heavy fog a head on collision on the Pittsburg Youngstown and Ashtabula division of the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago road kills four men Norman Graham James Thomas Charles Blackburn and an unnamed brakeman. Three others are injured including Cars Bishop George Weather and Frank Brown. Engines and cars are piled up suspending traffic for hours as engineers report orders to proceed despite the fog.
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Youngstown, O
Pittsburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Road
Chas. Blackburn
Erie Road
Bishop
Ashtabula
GEO
Chase Ends as Federal Agents Nab Post Office Robber
Wichita March 24. Inspector Peters tracked Geo Irons across 556 miles from Mississippi to the Pacific coast then brought him to Kansas to face charges for the Salina post office robbery on February 18, 1901. A Wichita federal grand jury indicted Irons with Albert Gibbs Ray Taggart and Albert Taggart for post office robbery. Gibbs and the Taggarts confessed membership in a gang led by Irons that targeted western Kansas post offices.
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Wichita
Kas
United States
Geo. Irons
D. W. Peters
Kansas
Peters
Salva
Irons
Albert Gibbs
Ray Taggart
Albert Taggart
Twentieth Regiment Moves East to Fort Sheridan
Chicago reports the first and third battalions of the Twentieth regiment, fresh from Manila, have completed a 10,000 mile journey and are now stationed at Fort Sheridan. This marks the unit’s first assignment east of the Mississippi, with prior postings in Texas, Kansas, and Montana. The regiment, formed in 1846 from the second battalion of the Eleventh Infantry, has seen action in Cuba including El Caney. Generals Otis Wheaton Hawkins Bates are among former commanders.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Manila
Fort Sheridan
Mississippi River
Texas
Kansas
Montana
Eleventh Infantry
el Caney
Otis
Wheaton
Hawkins
Bates
Westbound Great Northern train draws 3000 in Kalispell
Five sections of a westbound Great Northern passenger train pass through Kalispell as about 3000 people seek western homes. Over 100 travelers disembark to inspect the valley with plans to settle in the area.
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Kalispell
Mont
Great Northern Railroad
William Higgins Injured From Broken Glass Incident
William Higgins received a cut on his hand in a Prescott street lunch room and was taken to St. John's hospital on Saturday. Blood poisoning was feared as a result of the injury, believed caused by a broken glass at an earlier time.
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Wiliam Higgins
Prescott Streets
St. John's Hospital
Cherry Pectoral Endorsed By A Avoca Mother
Dated testimonial from D. P. Jolly of Avoca New York describes a mother troubled with consumption for years who was given up to die and claims speedy cure after using Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Advertisement lists prices 25c 50c and 1.00 and credits Ayer Co Lowell Mass.
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Ayer
D. P. Jolly
Avoca, N. Y
Chelmsford Town Meeting Chooses New Officers and Recommits Street Names
Chelmsford held an old fashioned town meeting with attendance near capacity in the town hall. J Adams Bartlett was chosen moderator. The street naming report was recommitted amid debate over retaining historic names. Finance adjustments raised the treasurer's salary to 500, and selectmen were elected along with town officers.
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Chelmsford
George A. Parkhurst
J. Adams Bartlett
E. D. Bearce
H. 8. Perham
Perham
Wilson Waters
Waters
Wm H. Hall
Arthur E. Reed
John P. Scoboria
Ralph W. Emerson
Ervin W. Sweetser
Joseph E. Warren
Patrick T. McMahon
Fred I. Fletcher
R. Wilson Dix
A. Heady Park
Walter Perham
Mr. Warren
Chelmster& Gas Company
P. T. McMahon
Fred L. Fletcher
R. W ¥Son Dix
William Shedd
Little One Dies at Smallpox Hospital
Marie Cecile Rochette aged 17 days died at the smallpox hospital on Saturday night, the first death there. Buried Sunday in a new lot at St Patrick’s Cemetery by the health department. Parents confined to hospital with smallpox. The child did not die of smallpox but it contributed. Nurses cared for it, it improved briefly, then collapsed Saturday from convulsions. Burial was private amid eight patients in the hospital, including a woman on the dangerous list.
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Marie Cecile Rochette
Smallpox Hospital
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Health Department
Dowager Princess Marie of Wied Dies in Neuwied
The Dowager Princess Marie of Wied died this morning in Neuwied Prussia. She was born January twenty ninth in a year not specified and leaves a lasting royal lineage tied to the Wied family and German nobility.
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Neuwied
Prussia
Marie of Wied
Judge Hadley Keeps Busy Court Amidst Drink Cases
The police court cage overflowed as Judge Hadley presided over a long docket of drunks and petty offences. Defendants from Newburyport to Bridgewater faced fines, jail terms, or probation while first offenders were released and others sent to state farms or Sherborn.
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Hadley
Italy gears up for Tripoli expedition with transport ships
A Rome dispatch notes Italy is fitting out ten large steamers at Italian ports to serve as transports for a contemplated Tripoli mission. Ammunition stockpiles await use as the government restricts leaves of absence and readies troops, with Italy viewing Tripoli as its influence and France also eyeing the region.
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New York
Tripoli
Rome
American and Journal
De Laney Says Corbett Challenge Possible If Fitzsimmons Withdraws
Billy De Laney, acting as Jeffries manager, said no official Corbett challenge had been received yet. If one arrives and Fitzsimmons withdraws, they would consider a match with Corbett or any other strong opponent, aiming to stage the fight in Los Angeles before May 10 when the carnival closes.
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San Francisco
Billy Delaney
Jeffries
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Los Angeles
Blondin murder arraignment set for Wednesday
Cambridge March 24 District Attorney Sanderson said J Wilfrid Blondin charged with his wife's murder will be arraigned in East Cambridge court and asked to plead to the indictment tomorrow at 4 PM. Jurisdiction remains unsettled as evidence indicates the killing occurred at a Green Street Boston lodging house.
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Cambridge
Sanderson
Middlesex County
J. Wilfrid Blondin
East Cambridge
Middlesex
Suffolk County
Green Street
Boston
City Library Pay Held Until Bill Approved
A special meeting of the committee on accounts is called for tomorrow to make available the 16,000 appropriation for the city library. Although the mayor has signed the appropriation, payment cannot be made until a bill is presented to the city and approved by the committee. Library employees have not been paid for several weeks.
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Committee On Accounts
Grass fire on Otis Street near Bleachers Mills
Early morning alarm from box 15 reported a grass fire behind Bleachers Mills on Otis Street with no property damage. A second alarm from box 13 at 11 30 reported a dust-box fire at Massachusetts Mills. firemen extinguished it with no damage.
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Otis Street
Massachussetts Mills
Corporation
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Eee Clothing CO
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Tolstoi
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Norman Graham
Newcastle
James Thomas
Safe
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Lowell, Mass
Circassian Campbell Margaret Christie
George Taylor
George
Newburyport
Michael Sands
Edward Martel
Bib” Martel
Welch
Martel
Lowell
John Looney
Bridgewater
Navy Yard
Martin J. Molloy
Marty
Eugene Hopkins
W. Montgomery
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Arthur I. Ferguson
Joseph Gray
Michael Harrington
Wall Flowers
Lakeview Avenue
Dennett and Curran
State Farm
William Fleming
Blondin
Judge Hadhey
Samuel Judge
Catherine Corner
Thomas J. Brown
Campbell Margaret Christie
Richardson
England
Campbell
Margaret
South
Fred la Tulippe
Ellen Cassidy
Mary Greenleaf
John Wall
James Nelligan
John McPhee
Cornelius McCabe
John Curtis
J. H. Edson
Michael, Brady
William McCarthy
Edward, Schultz
Joseph Bruneau
Kate Clune
Joseph Souza
Albert Burns
Mary WB
McDonald
Lizzie Tracy
Lizzie Brooks
Tracy
Sherborn
John Parker
Augustus Waldron
Rock Bottom
Q’sullivan Bros. Co
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