Demand for Russian apology over flag mural and Tientsin clash
Reports from London and Peking detail Russian demands for British withdrawal or apology after removal of a Russian flag mural. General Barrow and General Waldersee hold firm, British reinforcements and troops from Australia, France, and Germany are positioning near Tientsin to preserve order. Bloodshed unlikely, with cautions from officials in London, St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Shanghai.
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Indemnity Talks Stall as Hague Referendum Remains Unresolved
The State Department backs referring indemnity discussions to the Hague commission, but ministers have not agreed, and no new instructions have been sent to Mr Rocklill due to the president’s absence. With Emperor Kwai Su missing, officials doubt the critical point has passed, while a Shanghai report suggests proclaiming Prince Chwit as regent if the emperor fails to return to Peking.
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Carnegie arrival stirs library aid bids in Southampton
Delegations from Woolston Reading and other towns await Andrew Carnegie party aboard the St Louis in Southampton as Hartley College sends 60 officials to seek library gifts. The World reports Carnegie plans a further 5 million library gift to an American city with Philadelphia as a likely recipient. announcement expected within a week.
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Legislature Delays Apportionment Bills Amid Debate
In Springfield the house postponed congressional and senatorial apportionment bills to five P.M. next Monday amid a vote to reconsider. A resolution to require all employees to attend session at nine A.M. Tuesday faced scrutiny. Senate action included executive sessions confirming governor appointments and a fight over state architect costs for Illinois University buildings. The Stevens primary bill in Wisconsin moved to third reading after an all night session. The Michigan house passed a bill authorizing De _____
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Treason Trial Executions Reported in Cape Town
In Cape Town on March 2 Mina ber, Minaber, and J A Neawoods were shot for treason and murder after a court martial verdict confirmed by Gen. Kitchener. Five others in the train wreck near Taasbosch perished, while two more received five years penal servitude. The dispatch also notes Cradock clashes on March 15 with losses on both sides.
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Aimed at the Negro Brief Description of the Menanre
The new election bill in Annapolis aims to disfranchise about 50,000 illiterate voters by ending ballots clerks assistance in polling booths. Senate passage and house concurrence push the measure toward the governor for signature, with Democrats arguing secrecy and corruption concerns in previous practices.
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Early 1900s Legislative Moves Beset by Tax and Reform Measures
A mixed bag of bills awaits the governor’s signature, including a bicentennial celebration tax, the Murdin bill to abolish Detroit’s city board of canvassers, and a graduated income tax proposal. Also reported passings include workers’ eight hour day, ground feed adulteration ban, a costly voter turnout claim, and a murder case with execution set for June.
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Cuban Question Dominates Platt Amendment Debate
Havana March 21 The relations committee will meet today to finalize discussion of the Platt amendment report Juan Gualberto Gomez predicts four of five committee members will advise against accepting the amendment and favor leaving the issue to a future republic He expects Friday's constitutional convention to adopt the report.
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Blast kills two men near Kokomo in dynamite blast
March 21 Kokomo Indiana reports state a 50 pound dynamite blast on Isaac Marlowe farm blew Marlowe and William Stamm to atoms with fragments found in tree tops half a mile away. Nearby Cloverland mine blast injures Alfred Reffitt Albert Warris Ithel Marris and Thomas Harris badly burned and possibly blind.
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Dig Through Rockies Tunnel Project Gaining Steam
A Denver to Salt Lake railway tunnel venture, begun 22 years ago by Urick Pomeroy, aims to bore from the tunnel breast a five mile stretch through the great divide. James E. Rutchford leads a Syracuse syndicate in selling rights to Clear Creek county and plans a new Denver Salt Lake Tunnel Co. The project promises to shorten all transmountain routes by about 240 miles and may be financed by rich mineral finds. The Daily News reports this as a leading 10 cent daily.
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Noted Divine Dead and Other Flood News from Chicago
Notices from Chicago and abroad report the death of Dr. Ed wards editor and Methodist church figure, a fire at R Williamson Co. causing substantial losses, a flood threat in Verona Colognela Italy, a large strike at Evans Macbeth lamp works, and the death of actor Francois Got in Paris. Multiple cities referenced with dates around March 21.
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SHORT SPECIALS
A jumble of dated notes reports deaths and appointments. John Pondler is dead. The duke and duchess of York travel to Gibraltar and Marseille. Generals and other officials are said to be surrendering in batches. Edward orders frock coats barred from court receptions. An odd mismatch of items includes a boxing match canceled for zero revenue and orange boxes in California orchards. Government and stock notes touch on appointments, retirements, and investments in Cuba and the St. Louis Commission. The war department cites a MacArthur report on Filipino spies and sentences.
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Saved Congressman's Life Dinner Tale Slams Norton Doctor
At a Washington dinner party a colleague of Representative Norton, nicknamed "doctor," recounts a story from Norton's medical days. Norton supposedly saved a near-death patient when two physicians failed to arrive, a tale ending with Norton unable to come to the rescue.
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Plan a Big Combine Nine Hetdtreda Coal Properties United
Illinois plans a gigantic coal industry consolidation with capital of at least 75 million dollars. It would include over 900 mines employing about 40,000 people, with articles of incorporation out in New Jersey. A Chicago meeting will decide final steps and district managers will govern a central board.
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