United States Uses Good Offices in Boer Peace Effort
Washington reports the US may act as intermediary to transmit terms for ending the Transvaal war. Kruger has appealed to Great Britain and to Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland for intervention, while US mediation aims to facilitate peace without imposing terms. Boer leaders Kruger and Steyn informed of potential terms. Britain signals no negotiations unless surrender.
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Fie
Hague
Kruger
Consis
Pretoria
Transvaal
Belgium
Hollland
Switzerland
Washington
United States
Great Britain
State Department
Hay
Uniish
Department of State
Choate
Steyn
Inl
Loujon
Fire Encloses Fifty Firetrap Tenement Catastrophe
Fifteen people including many children died when a three story tenement in Newark at Morris and Fourteenth Avenues burned early Monday. Firefighters found thirteen bodies within three hours. The building, once a church, housed tiny 3 by 10 foot rooms creating a deadly corridor system. Incendiary suspicion focused on Vito Credavo who was jailed after a boarder Virginia Diepraila told police he appeared ready to flee as smoke filled the building. Credavo denied involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N.J
Morris and
Fourteenth Avenues
Vito Credavo
Credavo
Virginia Diepraila
Diepraila
Credayo
Trouble over convict labor binds twine market
Kansas City reports trouble as the state penitentiary board binds convict labor and plans to sell twine at 10 cents a pound, undercutting retailers by a full 1.19 dollars per pound. The move could disturb the market for roughly seven million pounds yearly demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kasas City
Board of Control
Kansas State Penitentiary
Kansas
Lissrid
Kansas Penitentiary
Mine disaster claims many miners in coal pit collapse
Sixteen miners died in a coal pit explosion when the galleries collapsed burying workers. Rescue attempts followed as authorities investigated the cause of the blast and collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixtee Nimes
Iges
Excitement at Frankfort as troops bar entry to capitol
Police and civil authorities were refused entry to the Kentucky capitol as military powers took control and blocked arrests of Caleb Powers and Capt. John W. Davis. Warrants were turned over to Sheriff Sater. Gov. Taylor ordered no access. The two suspects later fled by train toward Lexington. Sunday remained quiet but tense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Frankfort
Goebel
State Executive
Caleb Powers
John W. Davis
Richardson
Executive Building
Powers
Davis
Sheriff Sater
Col. Morrow
Frenchmen Plan Klondike Auto Trip From New York
The Aquitaine brought Jeanne de Lamare, Raphael Melville and E Cram to New York from Havre. They announce a route to the Klondike by car and motorcycle, sending their five horsepower auto and three horsepower motorcycle to Vancouver. De Lamare aims to depart for Montreal Wednesday and begin the Lake Bennett to Atlin leg on April 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
New York
Aquitaine
Havre
Jeanne de Lamare
Klondike Review
Raphael Melville
de Lamare
E. Cr
Hepburn Proposes Anti Prize Fight Mail Bill
Representative Hepburn of Iowa introduces a bill prohibiting any picture or description of prize fights or betting proposals from being transmitted in the mails or via interstate carriers. Violations carry up to one year imprisonment or a $1090 fine, with exceptions for those not engaged in publication or sale of prohibited materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hepburn
Iowa
Washington
Fatal Boston Office Fire Kills One Fireman
A Monday morning blaze at the Massachusetts Macaroni Company on North Street killed Hoseman P. J. McCarthy who was on a ladder when the roof collapsed. Firefighter Christopher Curran likely fatally injured. Lieut. Walter MacLean, Tloseman Galloway, and Hoseman Cargahan injured. Property loss estimated at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ho0ston
Massachusetts Macaroni Company
North Street
P. J. McCarthy
Christopher Curran
Lieut
Walter MacLean
Tloseman Galloway
Hoseman Caraghan
Demented Woman Slays Husband in Sleep Attack
Juliet Gallagher fifty years old in a fit of temporary insanity rose at night, seized a razor, and cut her husband’s throat from ear to ear as two children slept nearby. He died before police arrived, and she is jailed. The couple were Scotch steel workers noted in Beaumont Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliet, Jr
John Gallagher
Gallagher
American Sent to Prison Kimberley Benjamin Silpent Sentenced
Benjamin Silpent born in Russia and alleged to be an American citizen received three years hard labor after being found guilty of signaling to the enemy during the siege. The case ties to wartime security and loyalty stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberley
Benjamin Silpent
Russia
Standard Oil Drops on Cudahy Oil Holdings in Ohio
Standard Oil Company through an English syndicate has gained control of the Cudahy oil interests in Ohio and Indiana and the Manhattan Oil Company properties. Estimated value around 7.5 million dollars. Holdings include 500 producing wells, Indiana pipeline line, multiple Ohio and Indiana companies, and a Walker Ohio refinery with about 400 wells and extensive field leases.
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Standard Company
Cudahy
Ohio
Toledo
Standard Oil Company
Cudahy Oil
Indiana
Manhattan Oil Company
William C. Whitney
Indiana Pipe Line~ and Refining Company
Ohio and Indiana Oil Company
Cumberland Oil Company
Cudahy Oil Company
Indiana Tank Line
Chicago
Lima
Walker
Here
Ohio and
Indian Fields
Ohio Territory
Kruger Sues for Peace Appeals to Salisbury for Cessation
London reports Kruger has cabled Lord Salisbury offering terms for an end to hostilities. Officials view the proposals as a delaying ruse and insufficient to meet Britain’s likely demands for compensation after the Transvaal crisis. Salisbury is said to have rejected any idea of restoring Transvaal independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
London
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Transvaal
Great Britain
Chilean congress doubts new paper currency emission
In Santiago Chile the current congress member argues there is no fear of a new emission of paper currency threatening the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chili
Market Quotations Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Market quotes list cattle hogs and sheep values, grain prices, and dairy items from cities including Sioux City Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Prices cover No 2 wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with ranges for different grades and shipping terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Pioneer Missionary Rev. Charles Secombe Dies at Springfield
Rev. Charles Secombe a northwest pioneer missionary died at Springfield on the 3dinst aged 83. He organized the first Congregational Church at St Anthony Falls now Minneapolis, escaped during the Minnesota Indian war, and led the Dakota church in Springfield from 1884 until recent years. He leaves two daughters, two sons, with families in Springfield Sibley Iowa and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Secombe
Northwest
Springfield
First Congregational Church
St. Anthony Falls
Minn
Minneapolis
Dakota
Charles
Sibley
Iowa
Chicago
County Institutes Assignments for Coming Summer
State Superintendent E. E. Collins releases the list of county institute instructors for summer assigns. Names include Aldrich Milbank Armstrong Faulkton Avery Woonsocket Brown Centerville Burkhead Milbank Clark Yankton Clark Tyndall Davis Clark Dempster Madison Doderer Chamberlain Dukes Huron Emery Redfield Frazee Springfield French Elk Point Fitch Aberdeen Girton Madison Green Egan Hoff Plankinton Holmes Sioux Falls Hyler Huron Jones Vermillion Kerr Brookings Kephart Vermillion Lange Salem Larrabee Rapid City Lucy Parkston Magoun Redfield McClelland Sioux Falls McClenan Madison Miller Webster Nash Yankton Horton Sioux Falls Pangborn Faulkton Pinkerton Lead City Popham Salem Ross Valley Springs Small Armour Smith Vermillion Steyer Bryant Stout Mitchell Strachan Deadwood Townsley Vermillion Tschantz Dell Rapids Tuttie Alpena Utley Tyndall Vert Yankton Walters Brookings Wark Watertown Wheeler Bowdle Williams Waterbury Young Vermillion Young Sturgis.
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E. E. Collins
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
I. D. Aldrich
Milbank
J.F. Armstrong
Faulkton
A. N. Avery
Woonsocket
3. L. Brown
Centerville
W.G. Burkhead
G. O. Clark
Yankton
S. K. Clark
Tyndall
W. R. Davis
Clark
W. Ii. Dempster
Madison
J. F. Doderer
Chamberlain
Edwin Dukes
Huron
A. Emery
Redfield
J. S. Frazee
Springfield
H.E. French
Elk Point
E.T. Fitch
Aberdeen
W. W. Girton
E. M. Green
Egan
TF. H. Hoff
Plankinton
C. E. Holmes
Sioux Falls
Watertown
B. J. Wheeler
Bowdle
G. O. Williams
Waterbury
C. M. Young
Vermillion
G. W. Young
Sturgis
Populist Convention Plans Date and Location
The Populist state central committee met at Mitchell to fix a date and place for the convention. They agreed to adjourn to Sioux Falls on May 10 to align with the national convention and set time and place for nominating state officers. Delegates are apportioned one at large per county and one per fifty votes or fraction for Lee in 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Canton
Lee
Sioux Falls
Disqualification Hinge in McClellan Case Revealed
State Supreme Court orders a mandamus to compel the circuit court to act on Wilkes qualifications in the McClellan estate matter at Sioux Falls and stays proceedings until disqualification is resolved. If proven, Wilkes cannot act and rival claimants face reopening and new administrator appointment. Also reports child’s tragic freezing death near Hill City, a Pukwana inventor’s smokeless powder patent progress, and Sioux Falls rescue league formation for fallen women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
McClellan
Supreme Court
Haney
Fuller
Circuit Court
Wilkes
Sioux Falls
Prohibition Convention Called for Huron March 27
South Dakota Prohibition party schedules a mass meeting at Huron on March 27 to elect nine delegates to the national convention in Chicago on June 27, 1900. The call is signed by K. Lewis, chairman. Caddy Cleared by Jury. Herbert D. Caddy was acquitted in Deadwood after being charged with attempted robbery at the Russell and Higby saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition Party of
South Dakota
Huron
Chicago
K. Lewis
Caddy
Herbert D. Caddy
Deadwood
M. R. Russell
Russell & Higby
Great Black Hills Fire Leaves Lead in Ruins
A March 8 blaze in Lead, South Dakota destroyed about forty buildings across Main and Mill streets. The wind fueled the fire as J. H. Searle meat market and Millie Kemp photography challenged the flames, with dynamite used to breach burning blocks. Estimated damage reached $500,000 with $160,000 insured. Fire crews from Deadwood, Terraville and Central City fought the blaze amid low water supply.
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City of Lead
City of
Lead
Dalkenberg
Upper Main Street
J. H. Searle
Millie Kemp
P. A. Gushust
Mill Street
Abe Fink Cigar Manufacturing Company
Black Hills Telephone Company
Henry Jacobs’ Hardware Company
Knester Bros
Wolf Fink
Fawcett & Delehant
J. Cranson
Bargelet
Amatican Express
Pine Street
Cotton & Andrews
O. Berg
W. C. Bower
Western Union Telegraph Office
K. ¥. Tanner
Taylor
Andrews
Homestake Lodging House
Main Street
Homestake Book Store
Hearst Free Library
Stamp Mills
Deadwood
Terraville
Central City
Co-Operative Artesian Well Promises Shared Water for Farmers
In Union Township Brule County farmers plan a cooperative effort to sink artesian wells for irrigation at shared cost. Township wells already exist but water use is limited to stock. union farmers seek a company to finance a communal artesian well for farming needs.
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Union Township
Brule County
Forty Hogs Stolen From Sioux Falls Farm
E D Clark who manages farms for a packing company in Sioux Falls has suffered ongoing petty thefts. A recent raid on a farm west of the packing house saw forty pigs and about fifty bushels of flax taken. Clark acted as detective and traced the flax to Sioux Falls markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Clark
Packing Company of
Sioux Falls
Mayor Woods Files $100000 Suit Over School Board Action
Rapid City residents react to a $10000 damage suit begun by Mayor Chauncey L. Wood against F. H. Rugg president of the city school board and I. B. Larable superintendent. The board expelled Wood’s 12 year old son without board approval, despite parental support.
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Rapid City
Chauncey L. Wood
F. H. Rugg
I. B. Larable
Wood
Death of J. W. McKenzie Noted in Chicago Telegram
A Chicago telegram reports the death of J W McKenzie formerly of Huron. He moved to Chicago three or four years ago and held cashier posts at J S Oliver division superintendent of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway and later at First National Bank before joining a brokerage firm. A separate note says J W Daley of Aberdeen drew a worthless draft for 600 dollars through Aberdeen National Bank and left with the money. The bank seized horses household goods and equity in cattle in Edmunds County.
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Chicago
J. W. McKenzie
Huron
McKenzie
Iuron
J. S. Oliver
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
First National Bank
J. W. Daley
Aberdeen
Aberdeen National Bank
Patent Office
Philippine Islands
Green Cockerham
Wallace Cockerham
Boyd
Magnolia
Miss
Bank of England
Uruguay
Brazil
Cuba
Porto Rico
Taylor
Ientucky
Irankfort
Spain
Jose Marti
Coyotes Fight and Bank Change in Britton News
Everett Howe and Bert Carver report coyotes can fight. they chased one into a hole and pulled it out, with a stag hound grayhounds and a large shepherd dog injuring the animal. The Aberdeen National Bank changed hands with Lincoln and Robert Moody owning control and Bassett becoming cashier. Brookings post office robbery attempt occurred, unknowns drilled the safe twice but failed to blow it open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Howe
Bert Carver
Britton
Postoffice
Brookings
Plunge Bath Planned by Hot Springs Owner G N Miner
G N Miner, proprietor of the Minne kahta Block and nearby springs at Hot Springs, intends to build a new plunge bath beside the well known existing one. The facility will measure 70 by 200 feet and sit 4 feet deep at the top and 6 feet deep at the bottom. Insurance Commissioner King has issued a certificate to the State Nutual Fire Association of Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. N. Miner
Minnekahta
Hot Springs
King
State
Nutual Fire Association of
Canton
Senate and House Debates Mark Turbulent Week of 1899
Senate briefed by deaths and electoral disputes as Quay and Corbett debates shape decisions. House adjourns after the Frederic Douglass Memorial bill stumbles on engrossed reading. Pension measures advance under new rules. Porto Rico tariffs and Philippine governance loom in coming votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Representative Epes
Virginia
Ross
M. S. Quay
Teller
Epes
Aldrich-Robbins
Carter
Montana
Quay
Pennsylvania
Corbett
Fairbanks
Butler
Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association
Bailey
Texas
Frederick Douglass
Washington
Scott
Philippines
Congress
House
Alabama
Lodge
Spooner
Harmer
Mr. Foraker
Messrs. Pettus
Tillman
Hoar
Mr. Mason
Committee On Foreign Relations
Gaston A. Robbins
William S. Aldrich
Richardson
Rouse
Overstreet
Lindsay
Mason
Allison
Porto Rico
Loud
California
Sulloway
New Hampshire
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Mitchell, S. D
Juvenit. Printing CO
United Stets
Yukon Trail
Seature
Wash
Abercrombie
Copper River
Alaska
St. Paul
Ust
Copper
Kiutena
Ther
Yukon
A.C. Moffett
First State Bank
Waverly
Bine Mound
Ill
Sam Baird
Litchfield
Bert Seymour
Boston
Beaumont
Tex
Anthony Hopkins
Waco
Philadelphia
Minerva
Bermuda
Ambota
Post Office Department
L. D. Bass
Union Teachers’ Agencies of America
Bureau of Civil Service Instruction
Tillsdale, Mich
Rachel Putnam
Sarah
Minnesota
St. Peter
St. Peter, Minn
State Hospital
Department of the Hospital
Cleveland
Albert E. Davis
Samuel G. Brooker
City Hall
Champaign
Lit
Jacop Ziegler
Institutes
Hill City
George Coates
John Stransky
Stransky
Great Black Hills
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