Intervention Sought Fortnightly Peace Envoys To New York
A London dispatch reports federal peace envoys Wolmarans Fischer and Wessels heading to Naples then New York to discuss intervention. Meantime Boer forces clash with British near Washbank and at Warrenton, with Lord Methuen advancing from Kimberley toward Griquatown. The Maine hospital ship is praised by officers and crew for its care of wounded.
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London
War Office
Mafeking
Lord Methuen
Warrenton
Kimberley
Griquatown
French
Bloemfontein
Thaba Nchu
Olivier
Biggarsberg
Buller
Washbank
Lord Roberts
Morning Post
Steyn
Boers and insurgents puzzle British critics
London reports a Bloemfontein dispatch explaining the slow British advance as necessary to let a proclamation take effect. It notes the enemy breaking into isolated groups, the Free State’s finances and municipal matters demanding attention, and Methuen awaiting transports with scarce rations delaying Mafeking relief. Cape Town government buildings narrowly escaped fire.
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London
Bloemfontein
Times
Free State
Methuen
Col. Plumer
Mafeking
Cape Town
Expedition to Griquatown Leaves Kimberley
Cape Town Daily Mail dispatch reports a strong expedition departing Kimberley on Monday March 26 bound for Griquatown. The movement is expected to draw considerable attention.
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London
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Kimberley
Griquatown
French Fails to Engage Boers as They Trek Northward
General French has returned from Thaba Nehu after failing to engage the Boers who are marching north. The retreating forces regroup around Bloemfontein as tensions rise in the region.
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Bloemfontein
French
Thaba Nehu
Hospital Ship Maine praised for good work in South Africa
Major Julian M. Cabell reports from London that American doctors nurses and attendants aboard the Maine received warm hospitality. He disputes internal dissension rumors and explains the ship's return was ordered after Ladysmith relief and to free troopships from carrying wounded sailors.
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Gordon Highlanders
Springfield
Remington
Philippine Islands
Manila
South Africa
Lord Roberts
Chichister
Edward Chichester
Immortalite
London
Julian M. Cabell
Columbia Hospital
Washington
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Lady Randolph
Cuba
Thrifty fuel offer for spring and summer by mail orders
NOTICE advertising dry slabs and coarse and fine kindlings as the best cheap fuel. John P. Quinn offers delivery of thousands of cords in Lowell area by mail, telephone or in person with prompt attention.
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Lowell
John P. Quinn
Gertam
Keer Kallroad Bridge
Canada’s Patriotism and Imperial Solidarity
The Times editorial notes the Canadian Budget speech by Mr. Fielding as showcasing patriotic imperial solidarity. It discusses fiscal relations and the challenge for England to impose tariffs for colonies, hoping for a future imperial Zollverein based on free trade rather than protection.
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London
the Times
Fielding
England
Peel to join stage company as Bootle in London
Sir Robert Peel has decided to go on the stage joining the Bootle's Baby company as Bootle and perform in London and the provinces. He is a grandson of the famous prime minister of England. He lost much at Monte Carlo from an income of £115,000 a year and later faced bankruptcy. The court directed the sale of the family plate valued at £100,000.
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London
Robert Peel
Bootle’s
Bootle
Provinces
England
Monte Carlo
Chicago machinists return to work after wage settlements
More than a hundred striking machinists formerly with Siemens and Halske resume duties as the firm grants a nine hour day and a wage scale. Negotiations proceed through a shop committee, not the walking delegate, with arbitration to settle future differences. Similar settlements and renewed hiring attempts follow across other machinery shops.
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Chicago
Siemens & Halske Company
National League 1900 Baseball Schedule Announced
The Boston schedule lists games against Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Chicago, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Philadelphia again. Series details cover April to October with key dates on Memorial and Labor days and multiple road trips for each club.
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Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphias
Cincinnati
South End
Pittsburgs
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Phiadelphia
Brooklyns
Rseit
Cardinal Satolli Seen as Likely Vatican Prefect
Private advices from Rome to a Philadelphia clergyman say Cardinal Satolli will become prefect of the congregation for the propagation of the faith, succeeding Cardinal Ledochowski who has been mentioned for the papal succession. Satolli, once apostolic delegate to the United States, is thought to know U S church needs well.
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Rome
Cardinal Satolli
Cardinal Ledochowski
Congregation For the Propagation of the Faith
Leo XIII
Cardinal Satoli
Washington
United States
Coal firms announce 2 percent wage rise in Altoona
The Altoona Coal and Coke company Henrietta Coal Mining company and Frugality Coal and Coke company all notify their miners of a general wage advance of 2 percent effective April 1. Five thousand workers will benefit from the raise.
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Altoona, Pa
Altoona Coal and Coke Company
Henrietta Coal Mining Company
Frugality Coal and Coke Company
Wild Man of Borneo Dead in North Borneo Battle
British forces under Captain Harrington killed Katt Sellen, famed rebel inciter in North Borneo. A battle destroyed three stockades and forts as forces pressed the rebellion and sent shot through the defenses.
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Tacoma
North Borneo
Katt Sellen
Harrington
Former Mississippi Governor J M Stone Dies After Illness
The Hon J M Stone longtime governor of Mississippi died in the morning after a brief illness of erysipelas. At his death he served as president of the Starkville Agricultural and Mechanical College.
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Holly S Prings Mies
J. M. Stone
Misessippi
Stone
Starkville Agricultural and Mechanical College
American Jockeys Compete as Lincoln Opens Season
London reports the fat racing season opening at Lincoln with light snow. Riders Ted Sloan Skeete Martin and the Relfies took part in many races. John Reiff aboard Bertiers won the First Trial Plate amid brisk betting. In New York Hereford posted 1099 to back Bracer Roeber against Heck Olsen, with Hereford managing Roeber.
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London
Lincoln
Ted Sloan
Skeete Martin
Relfie
John Reiff
Bertiers
New York
Hereford
Baltimore
Bracer Roeber
Heck Olsen
Roeber
Foster, son of judge, dies after illness in Concord
Col Roger Eliot Foster, eldest son of the late Judge William L. Foster, died at his home in Concord after several weeks illness from pneumonia. He had been prominent in local affairs and his death comes after a period of declining health.
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N.hs
Roger Eiliot
Foster
William L. Foster
Pain Balm Promises Quick Rheumatic Relief
If troubled with rheumatism, give Chamberlain's Pain Balm a trial it will not cost you a cent if it does no good. One application will relieve the pain and it cures contusions and bruises in less time than other treatments. Burns frost bites quinsy pain in side and chest glandular swellings are quickly cured by applying it. Every bottle warranted. Price five cents to cents. For sale by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Duta
Cardinal Mascoli Dies at Palestrina Bishop of Palestrina
Nome March 3 reports the death of Caroline Camillo Mascoli Bishop of Palestrina and Prefect of the Congregation of Sacred Rites born in Italy in 1833 he was elevated to cardinal in 14.
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Nome
Caroline
Camillo Mascoii
Palestrina
Congregation of Sacred Rites
Italy
War in South Africa Ends? U S Ties Highlight Diplomacy
Washington dispatch notes U S involvement in South Africa diplomacy, with Kruger and Steyn seeking peace, Salisbury rejecting arbitration, and British forces led by Roberts and Kitchener closing in. Gen. Wheeler arrives from the Philippines. Bailey of Texas and Wheeler seek Congress seats amid party realignments. Banking rules and New Hampshire Senate fights add to a busy political scene.
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Japan
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Steyn
Great Britain
Transvaal
McKinley
Webster Davis
Pretoria
Washington
Davis
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England
Joseph Wheeler
Otis
Volunteer Army
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Undated Local Visit to Washington Mentioning McKinley
Fragmentary notice reports Hon Prank Jones of New Henpestre in Washington this week calling on President McKinley to address a political error and urging action regarding a public issue. The dated line references March but details are unclear.
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New Henpestre
Waehington
McKinley
Judicial hearing in Powers Goebel case resumes in Frankfort
Judge Moore starts preliminary hearing at 10 in Frankfort Kentucky for Caleb Powers accused as an accessory to Gov Goebel’s murder. Star witness F Wharton Golden reports illness delaying cross examination then describes threats from two men and his statements about the affair before returning to testify.
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Moore
Caleb Powers
Goebel
F. Wharton Golden
Golden
Polsgrove
Fleming
Winchester
Dr. Foster
William Steele
Gov. Brown
Powers
Campbell
Denny
Brown
Col. Campbell
Col. Denny
Railroad Crash Wrecks Fast Mail Near Cusetta Alabama
A southbound fast mail on the Atlanta and West Point line wrecked at Osanippa Creek near Cusetta Alabama due to a spreading rail. The sleeper hung over the embankment with the rear truck on rails. Dead: Reuben Slin of Atlanta, express messenger. Injured: William Blunt, baggage man. T. B. Mason, traveling man. A. E. Johnson, Winston NC. William Hagedorn, West Point. Louis Mendelsohn, West Point. A negro woman had her throat cut and her child was badly bruised.
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Atlanta
Osanippa Creek
Cusetta
Ala
Reuben Slin
William Blunt
Mason
A. E. Johnson
Winston
N. C
William Hagedorn
Louis Mendelsohn
Lawyer Dill Wins One Million for Carnegie Frick Matter
New York reports James B. Dill, a prominent corporate lawyer, will receive one million dollars as a fee for negotiating a harmonious settlement between Andrew Carnegie and H. C. Frick. The employment came at Carnegie's request to resolve the steel magnates' differences. Dill’s substantial compensation is described as eminently satisfactory to both Carnegie and Frick.
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New York
James B. Dill
Andrew Carnegie
H. C. Frick
Dil
Carnegie
Dill
Frick
Knockout Blow Claims Life Of Rutherford Coachman
John Grimes a colored coachman at Rutherford New Jersey died last night after a recent prize fight in which he received a heavy blow near the heart. He had suffered severe heart pain since the match.
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New York
John Grimes
Rutherford, N. J
Grimes
Doan's Kidney Pills Offer Noted Benefits in Lowell Testimony
A Lowell resident John A. Kelley of Merrimack Manufacturing Co. testifies to Doan's Kidney Pills easing his and Mrs. Kelley's kidney troubles for years. He notes cold-related recurrences are quickly stopped by a few doses. Pills sold by dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole U.S. agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Lowell
Dean
John A. Kelley
Merrimack Manufacturing Co
West Third Street
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Nut Ads Promote Peanuts and Nuts at Low Prices
A vintage ad touts health claims to eat nuts and grow fat, offering salted peanuts at 10 cents per pound and salted pecans and almonds at 75 cents per pound. It lists peanut paste in half and one pound jars and a selection of nuts including peanuts in shell, Brazil, filberts, and English walnuts.
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