Woes of Chinese Threat to Ruling Dynasty Arms For Rebels
Marcus C. Hill, a Yokohama merchant, arrives on the Kaga Maru carrying orders to New York for arms and ammunition for Southern Chinese rebels led by Sun Yat Sen. Reports say 50,000 troops ready to join, aiming for Canton, with rebels claiming vast support and new model weapons as unrest spreads across Kwong Si and nearby provinces.
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Victoria
B. C
Marcus C. Hill
Yokohama
New York
China
Mr. Hill
Sun Yat Sen
America
Hill
Canton
Kwang Tung
Kwang Si
Nann
Ng Fuh
Yulin Chow
Pekin
Board of Revenue
Wataraso
Japan
Asharo
Tokyo
Sachiura
Mara
Iwagetan
Totomi
Kaijo Gun
Chiba Ken
Land Made Valuable Near Armour Packing Plant
Kansas City judge awards 40 acres of accretion land south of the Missouri river to K H Howe, an old fisherman, in a dispute against Armour Packing Co and Chicago Great Western Railway Co. Howe argued he held settler’s rights since 1894 when the river altered course and the island became mainland adjoining Armour land. The court majority upheld Howe claiming ownership.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Kas
K. Howe
Armour Packing Co
Chicago Great Western Railway Co
Howe
Armour Packing Plant
Armour Packing Company
Chicago Great Western
City to loan ten thousand for pest control and park beautification
Lawrence aldermen tabled an ordinance creating a $10,000 loan to combat the brown tail moth and beautify city parks. The common council, after a special session, unanimously adopted a separate ordinance approving a $5,000 appropriation for the erection of a contagious disease hospital.
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Lawrence
Common Council
Outlaw La Fontaine shot by Maine game wardens in woods
Augusta Me March 25 Details reach here on the shooting of Peter La Fontaine notorious outlaw of the St John headwaters by Game Warden H O Templeton Wardens Templeton Houston and Forrest had learned his whereabouts and pursued him to a cabin where La Fontaine sprang for his rifle Templeton fired the bullet entered his left side and he was mortally wounded He was taken to his Canadian home where his mother lives and it is believed he will never trouble the officers again La Fontaine about fifty years old had defied authorities for years crossing the Canadian border to evade capture The tragedy occurred about fifty miles from the head of Moosehead lake on the St John headwaters
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Augusta
Peter la Fontaine
St. John Headwaters
H. O. Templeton
Templeton
Houston
Forrest
la Fontaine
Canada
Moosehead Lake
St. John
Laing to sue captain for false arrest and assault
Sergt John O Laing who was acquitted of assault in a Mitten case will sue Capt A D Mitten for 5000 over false arrest and assault and battery. The police court judge ruled the incident began with a demand for a key and Laing acted in self defense when a door knob was thrown. Hogan announced the suit.
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John O. Laing
Company M
A. D. Mitten
W. A. Hogan
Laing
Mitten-Laing
Hadley
Sergt. Laing
Serat
Harrowing voyage of John K. Souther crew near Bahamas
Six sailors from the American schooner John K. Souther, bound from New York to Galveston with cotton ties, foundered near Gingerbread shoal on March 11 after heavy gales. They survived by abandoning ship in a boat, drifted 50 miles, reached Nassau, and were rescued by a sponge vessel. The schooner was built in Thomaston, Maine, in 1888.
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New York
Antilla
Montell Line
Nassau
United States
John K. Souther
Thomaston
Galveston
Gingerbread Shoal
Bahamas
Poole
Bahama Islands
City Board Sets Meeting and Exams This Week
The regular meeting of the board of aldermen is tonight. The committee on accounts has a session this afternoon. The committee on contagious hospital matters meets tomorrow at 4 PM. A civil service exam at city hall on April 1 will draw over 50 police hopefuls and a foreman for the health yard is also to be tested.
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Board of Aldermen
Committee On Accounts
Committee On Contagious Hospital
City Hall
Board of Health
Ask Him Ask Your Doctor About Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
A concise sales pitch urging readers to consult their doctor on Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Claims the medicine is a grand old family remedy and a splendid tonic. Price stated as $1. Availability at all druggists. J C Ayer & Co Lowell Mass.
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Ayer
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Sugar Industry Gets No Budget Help This Year
London March 25 Sir Michael Hicks Beach the chancellor told a West India sugar men deputation there is no prospect of special budget provisions to aid the industry before the bounty abolition in September 1903.
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London
Michael Hicks- Beach
Gale Worsens in English Channel Delays Queen Alexandra
Heavy seas rack the English Channel and Irish Sea with several vessels in distress. Queen Alexandra's planned morning departure for Copenhagen was postponed due to the gale.
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London
English Channel
Irish Sea
Queen Alexandra
Copenhagen
Young Man Attempts Suicide At Hotel Rexford
A 21 year old man named Clarence Hall attempted self harm by ingesting carbolic acid at the Hotel Rexford in Boston early Monday. He is expected to recover.
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Boston
Clarence Hall
Rexford
Murder of Newspaper Dealer Voepel Reopens Case
New York reports renewed interest in the Mrs Voepel murder as her son John is now under arrest denying knowledge of her death. An unnamed woman, wife of a Charles Street police officer, was captured at a Hudson Street pawnshop for trying to redeem Voepel s pawned gold watch and chain and held the pawn ticket in her possession.
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New York
Hudson Street
Voepel
Mine Workers Chief Delays Naming Peace Mission Committee
Shamokin Pa March 25 President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers says he will not announce the 14 men chosen to seek aid from the Civic Federations for an amicable settlement. A New York peace mission depends on operator reception. Four presidents will meet district boards with the outcome reported before further action.
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Shamokin
Mitchell
The
United, Mine Workers
Civic Federations
New York
Civic Federation
Mine Workers’ Committee
Harriman Heads Into Los Angeles Battle of Financiers
The Times reports a three cornered fight among continental interests in Los Angeles. The clash pits H. E. Huntington against Senator W. A. Clark, with E. H. Harriman joining to curb Huntington. Harriman fears Huntington trolley system threats to Southern Pacific traffic and seeks Clark alliance to block Huntington's control.
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Los Angeles
Cal
the Times
H. E. Huntington
W. A. Clark
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Huntington
Southern Pacific
Senator Clark
Japanese Former Premier Matsukata Arrives in Victoria
Count M. Matsukata, twice Japan’s premier and 14 year finance minister, arrived aboard the Kaga Maru in Victoria. He denied visiting America officially or seeking a loan, saying Japan travels for pleasure and education while credit improves and trade rises after the Britain alliance. He warned no war with Russia and predicted peace in the Far East.
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Victoria
B. C
Orient
M. Matsukata
Japan
Kingdom
America
Great Britain
Far East
Russia
Explosion Blasts Findlay Teamster At Nitro Storehouse
John Duran a teamster for Hercules Torpedo company was blown to atoms while loading a wagon at the magazine in Findlay Ohio. Seventeen hundred quarts of nitroglycerine exploded, causing a blast felt for up to 40 miles.
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Findlay
Ohio
John Duran
Hercules Torpedo Company
Postal Telegraph wins right of way for Montana wires
The Postal Telegraph and Cable company won its lawsuit against the Oregon Short Line Railroad to secure right of way for a pole and wire line from Butte Montana to other points in the state and to Ogden Utah. Work to string wires starts this week after securing routes through Idaho and Utah.
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Butte
Mont
Postal Telegraph and Gable Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Montana
Ogden Utah
Postal Company
Idaho
Utah
SURRENDER BELIEF SPREADS AMONG TRANSVAAL BOERS
In Orange River Colony on Monday March 24 the Schalkburger train carrying acting President Schalkburger and envoys passed en route to Kroonstad. Capt. Marker and five British staff members traveled with him. Locals hear that Transvaal officials favor a general surrender of Boer forces.
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Wolve Hoek
Orange River Colony
Schalkburger
Kroonstad
Transvaal
Capt
Marker
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Boers in Doubt War Mood Amid Talks
Amsterdam reports Boer delegate Abraham Fischer argues for continuing the war with favorable terms. President Steyn’s Feb 15 dispatch says the Boers once fought hope, now with confidence toward a happy end. Boer forces lack only clothing.
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Amsterdam
Abraham Fischer
Steyn
Pessimistic British view on South Africa crisis
London March 25 Sir George Goldie vice president of the Royal Geographical Society and Nigeria founder returns from a Cape investigation. He met Milner Kitchener Rhodes and Hely-Hutchinson and warns of dangerous Cape Colony conditions and growing British difficulties. He says peace rests with President Steyn, not Kruger or Boers in Europe, and cites amnesty for Cape and Natal rebels as the main issue.
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London
Sir George Goldie
Royal Geographical Society
Nigeria
South Africa
Lord Milner
Lord Kitchener
Cecil Rhodes
Walter Hely-Hutchinson
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Colony
Associated Press
George Goldie
Schalkburger
Steyn
Kruger
Europe
Cape
Natal
Sir George
Amnisty for Rebels Sought With Life Disfranchisement
In their present minds some advocate amnesty for rebels while insisting lifelong disfranchisement for all. Sir George warns against dual language use and urges English only as official. He notes generations in concentration camps learning English and predicts 100000 armed men needed in South Africa after peace.
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Sir George
South Africa
Gilman Outlines Carnegie Institution Plans in Embryonic State
New York March 25 Dr Daniel C Gilman former Johns Hopkins president and head of the Carnegie institution discusses the fledgling project He notes hundreds of letters ranging from trivial to serious and that the venture remains unannounced with no new appointments Funds arrive August work starts November and scope is to foster broader research with workers rather than students
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New York
Daniel C Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
Carnegie Institution
Earlest
Carnegie
Distress on house tax sparks foreign protest in Yokohama
March 25 Yokohama authorities have distrained funds and property from foreigners refusing to pay the house tax. They seized money from Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and Chartered Bank of India, and today at Jardine Matheson and other firms and residences. Legations report widespread complaints over the treatment of foreigners.
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Yokohama
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank
Chartered Bank of India
Jardine, Matheson & Co
Ango Japanese pact seen aimed at forcing Russian retreat
Dispatches from Port Arthur suggest the Anglo-Japanese treaty seeks to compel Russia to evacuate Manchuria. Reports note Japan has set up a Japanese-Chinese bank to rival the Russian-Chinese bank and won concessions to explore for gold in Manchuria.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Russia
Manchuria
Conference Coming In New Bedford Wage Talks
In New Bedford on March 25 a meeting of manufacturers discussed a requested wage advance and agreed to invite operative representatives to a conference scheduled for Friday afternoon.
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New Bedford
Boston Man Sentenced to Three Years for Fatal Assault
Stephen Hennes sey, 70, weak and largely unaware of his crime, was sentenced in the superior court to three years in the house of correction. He pleaded guilty prior, denied the assault on his wife at arrest, and a child in the home corroborated his statements. the woman died from her injuries.
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Boston
Stephen Hennessey
Superior Court
House of Correction
Actress Rosbed Robbed In Boston Theater Dressing Room
Margaret Rosa a well known city singer who recently performed at the Opera house and now at the Howard reported to station 2 in Boston Monday night that jewelry valued at 350 dollars was stolen from her dressing room at the theatre about 1 15 this morning.
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Margaret Rosa
Opera House
Howard
Station 2
Boston
Ladies in Court Assault Case Highlights Police Court
A battered Power woman testifies in a Auburn street assault case against Mary Danford, who admits striking her but claims provocation. Two witnesses support the Power plaintiff as the court sets bail at 200 dollars and imposes a two month workhouse sentence. Other cases include Annie Arnold with dependent children, Mary Slattery’s juvenile arrest attempt, and a separate assault with Louisa Crane. A Stanley street beer raid ends with fines for William McGann, Celle O Donnell, and Catherine Brown.
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Mary Danford
Kate Powers
Powers
Auburn Street
Danford
J. J. Hennessey
Hadley
Annie Arnold
State Farm
Middlesex Street
Mary Slattery
Church Street
Mary
Donaldson
Edward Trull
Louisa A.crane
4 Bay State Court
Thompson
Stanley Street
William McGann
Celle O'Donnell
Catherine Brown
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Mitten
Maine
Sailors Home
City Hall Notes
Sugar
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Estes G. Rathbone
Africa
A. W. Dows & CO
Gilman
Carnegie University
Gay
England
Rosbed
W. F. Co Tney
Central Street
H. F. Otash CO
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