Cecil Rhodes Dies in Cape Town After Illness
Cecil Rhodes dies in Cape Town at 5 57 p m after a quiet illness his last words named his brother and others present A public funeral is planned with remains viewed at Grooteschuur before burial at Matoppo Hills London reports note his influence on the empire and the Jameson raid as a defining episode Rhodes' career spans Bechuanaland De Beers and Cape Colony with a complex legacy outlined by British press and officials
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J. W. Smartt
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South African
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Assembly of
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Rhodes
Goodbys
Dr. Stevenson
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Mr. Rhodes
Matoppo Hills
Rhodesia
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Grouteschuur
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Kimberley
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de Beers
South Africa Company
Loudoun
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British Empire
Hetel
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John Rhodes
Francis W. Rhodes
Bishop Stortford
Oriel College
Oxford
Bechuanaland
Hintish South Africa Company
de Beery Mines
Cape Colony
Matahele
Gibbon
Froude
Carlyle
Table Mountain
REARING AN END IN INSURGENCY CAPTURE REPORTED
Manila reports Noriel the only insurgent general still at large was captured by Lieut. Mumford with a small guard, handing over as prisoners including a possible Malgar disguise. Gen. Wood departs Havana as U.S. troops exit Cuba, while the McKinley assassin artifacts go to Buffalo history museum. Prairie fire kills Mrs Hand and two children near Anadarko. Pope urges prayer for peace as British and Boer conflict lingers. Captain John O Connor dies suddenly on the Great Lakes.
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Malvar
Frank FE. Mumford
Twenty-Eighth Infantry
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Norijel
Malgar
Brent
Bamford
Wood
Cunha
Washington
Leonard Wood
Havana
Cuba
Hayang
Santiago
Buffalo
N.Y
McKinley
Buffalo Historical Society
Museum of the Society
Anadarko
Okla
Here
Hattie Hand
British Columns Report Partial Delarey Action Routs
London dispatches reveal incomplete results from the combined movement against Gen. Delarey. Ward Kitchener confirms about 135 prisoners taken along with multiple guns and wagons, while Delarey seems to have escaped the cordon.
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Delarey
Ward Kitchener
Deelarey
Lord Kitchener
Offaet
Pretoria
Boon
Delarey Waa
Waa
Ine
Lichtenburg
Kekewich
W. Kitchener
Rochfort
Rachla
Rum in Africa and a Chicago windmill proposal
The report notes rum consumers in Africa source supplies via Boston. Molsey Washington recently entered bankruptcy and is under trustee control. A Chicago figure proposed building a 40 mile windmill belt to power storage batteries for lighting and heating Chicago. 1856 saw US coal output surpass Britain by 16 million tons and over $5 million value rise.
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Boston
Molsey
Wash
Chicago
United States
Great Britain
Wie
Dictionary of Samoan terms sparks curio on language
An article in Century by Mrs Strong surveys Samoan word meanings including ironic definitions for widow and mean ness while noting a playful example about an old man marrying young. Also reported is the granite pillar project in New York City with a massive pillar of granite weighing into the building plans, costing about five dollars per stone.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Uieter
Chambers and
Center Streets
New York City
May avert a strike in anthracite districts
New York March 27. A strike in the anthracite coal region is unlikely this year. Miners set demands and operators will likely meet halfway after a conference between Senator Hanna and J Pierpont Morgan. Hanna advocated arbitration and convinced Morgan to back the settlement approach.
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Hanna
J. Pierpont Morgan
Nanna
Morgan
Congressional Debate on Military Bill and Pleomargarine Move
Washington reports show General de bate's military appropriation debate wrapping up amid five minute rule discussion. Burleson criticizes Secretary Hay over Boer relief funds in Illinois, Hitt says no new developments. Senate pleomargarine bill dominates Wednesday session, Hansbrough argues oleomargarine outlawed and to be banned nationwide.
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Burleson
Tex
Hay
Illinois
Hitt
House
Gen
Miles
Philippines
Senate
Hansbrough
Morgan to Recognize United Mine Workers Willing to Sign Contracts
Morgan controls coal roads and can decide action without other magnates. He sees no objection to recognizing the United Mine Workers through contracts with workers if the current wage scale endures another year. He doubts the union is strong among miners but may agree to reasonable terms. Senator Hannis optimistic the strike will be averted, while the conciliation meeting yields little progress.
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Minera
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Henna
Johnn Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Coleagues
Thomax Nicholls
Joby J. Fahey
Thomas Deity
Mitchell
Hisself
National Civic Federation
Oscar 8. Straus
Henry C. Potter
Franklin MacVeagh
Lewis Nixon
Charles A. Moore
John J. McCook
Marcus M. Marks
William H. Pfahler
Jeues Duncan
Hanns
Wewniies
Wommlites
Wilton
Axodusiaxs
Brussells
Perrott
Verdict Renders Albert T Patrick Guilty In Rice Murder
New York March 27 A jury convicts Albert T Patrick of murdering William Marsh Rice on September 23, 1900 in a nine week trial. The verdict, after a three hour deliberation, implicates Patrick and valet Charles F Jones in a scheme to obtain a $7,000,000 estate. Patrick faces the death penalty by electric chair with sentencing set for the following week.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Patrick
Foreman Mitchell
Capt
Osborne
Goff
Francis
Sip
Madison Avenues
Charles F. Jones
Texas
Rice
8. M. Swenson & Sons
Wall Street
Stice
Jones
Mr. Rice
Ric
Race Riot Spreads Near Jasper Alabama
A report from Jasper Alabama describes a race riot 12 miles east of the town after noon Wednesday with about 150 shots exchanged. Casualties unavailable at midnight. Sheriff Moore seeks militia. Gov Jelks authorizes call as needed. Tensions stem from white violence against Black residents and armed Black locals ready to resist.
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Birmingham
Ala
Age Herald
Jasper
Murray
Moore
Jelks
Bankhead
Negro Colony
Warrior River
Multiple Obscure 1900s Notices Mentioning Died and Economic Merger
Washington reports Enrique Sans tabanez second secretary at the Mexican embassy collapsed and died in the street amid illness traces. Other obituaries note Rudolph von Keltenborn a German veteran dies at Merrill Wisconsin, aged 62, with Franco Prussian War service. Roosevelt plans a special message to Congress on May 20 about Cubs transfer to self government and tariff concessions amid tepid trade talks. J Pierpont Morgan testified in a merger case detailing the Northern Securities deal, shedding light on its origins and aims.
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Enrique Sans Tbanez
Senator Santebanez
Milwaukee
Rudolph von Keltenborn
Merrill
Wis
von Kalienborn
Prussia
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Char Hesse
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Congress
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