Widespread St Patrick Day Celebrations Across Empire
Loyalists across the United Kingdom celebrate St Patrick s Day with shamrocks flags and Irish emblems. Queen Victoria wears a sprig at Windsor while public life, churches and courts observe the wearing of the green. South Africa Toronto Cape Town and Dublin mark the day with parades services and greetings from the queen.
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London
United Kingdom
Windsor Castle
British Isles
St. Patrick
Mansion House
Dublin Castle
Ireland
Earl Cadogan
St. Patrick's Church
Brindle
South Africa
Cardinal Vaughan
Father Aidan
Cape Town
Trishanen
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Rudyard Kipling
Terrence
Batlybank
Toronto
Ont
Manila turmoil as Otis flags revolt and rebel networks
General Otis calls Manila the most troublesome center as the Hong Kong junta grows active. Mabini’s utterances are blamed for inciting revolt. Rebels reportedly reorganize in Morong and Zambales with Spanish aid, while Albay insurgents fare poorly for lack of ammunition. Legaspi Donzol towns return to normal as Nobbe opens 20 southern Luzon ports to boost trade.
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Manila
Otis
Hong Kong
Mabini
Morong
Zambales
Mascardo
Albay
Legaspi
Donzol
Nobbe
Luzon
Samar
Leyte
Death of Maud S trotting mare ends era
New York reports Maud S a famed 25 year old trotting mare died at John H. Schults farm near Port Chester after a storied career. She set a 2 08 3 4 mile record on a regulation track and was hailed by owners Robert Bonner and others as the greatest trotter, with later races and a retirement in 1886.
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New York
John H. Schults
Port Chester
Alix
Nancy Hanks
Director
Arion
Maud SS
Robert Bonner
Vanderbilt
Maud 8
W. W. Barr
John Murphy
Lexington
Cleveland
Maud S
Sun Day edition of Capital reports no news
Topeka Kansas March 19 The Sun day edition of the Capital contained no news pages. Eight pages are filled with Bible quotations and sermons including the sermon on the mount and a Bible history. The future policy will follow Mr Sheldon’s suggestions and adjustments to Capital operations will be announced after directors meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Capital
Sheldon
Manila Census Counts Population At 150000
Manila census taken by the city sanitary corps and received at the War Department shows the city proper housing about 150000 residents. Enumerators faced native reluctance to answer questions making the count less accurate than ideal.
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Washington
Manila
Sanitary Corps
War Department
Fires claim two Ferrin children in New York countryside
Alfred New York March 19 two Ferrin children aged nine and three perished in a farmhouse blaze in McHenry valley near the village. Eugene Ferrin saved his wife and two other children but was unable to rescue the two boys and suffered severe burns. In Calcutta British General Sir William Lockhart died Sunday at age 92.
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Alfred
N. Y
Eugene Ferrin
Ferrin
McHenry Valley
Mr. Ferrin
Calcutta
Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart
India
Fire Destroys Seven Businesses in Troy Square
A nighttime blaze in Troy Ohio destroyed almost an entire city block including seven business houses. Estimated losses range from seventy five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars.
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Columbus
Troy
Letter Carriers Organize In Wisconsin
Stevens Point Wisconsin March 19 letter carriers of the state met and organized adopting lines similar to the national group. They agreed the next annual convention would be held in La Crosse in June 191.
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Stevens Point
Wis
la Crosse
Relief on the Way to Mafeking and Pretoria News
Cape Town reports a relief column from Kimberley reached Warrenton as Doers evacuated Windsorton. London sources say Mafeking may be relieved by Col Plumer. Roberts dispatchs note burghers surrender and forts hold. Reports from Mafeking describe quarter rations, native guards, and ongoing bombardments with hopeful signs.
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Cape Town
Kimberley
Mafeking
Warrenton
Windsorton
London
Morning Post
Col
Plumer
Maj
Baillie
Guards
Norvals Pont
Pole-Carew
Holenburg
Belmont
Colesberg
Thaba Nedin
Free State
Lere Methuen
Bny
Vaal
Lourenzo Marques
Stadt
Baden-Powell
Caps Town
Cols
Drummond
Pearlman
Strams
Pretoria
Intelligence Department
Molengraaf
Himberley
Ladysmith
Orange Free State
Queen's Dominion
Gatacre
Springfontein
Clements
Norval's Pont
Brabant
Cape Colony
Daily Mail
Bloemfontein
Lord Roberts
Naples
Daily News
S3loemfontein
Lynching of Charles Humphreys Near Phoenix City
In Columbus on March 19 a black man named Charles Humphreys who entered the room of Miss McCoy, daughter of a white farmer near Phoenix City, was lynched Sunday by white men after a confession. He was shot to death.
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Columbus
Charles Humphreys
Miss McCoy
Phoenix City
Ala
Humphreys
Roberts Triumph Till Bloemfontein Fell
London reports the campaign’s first phase ended with Lord Roberts entering Bloemfontein on March 13 and raising the British flag over the presidency after relieving Kimberley and Ladysmith. Dispatches note rail links restored and Provosts ready to surrender arms as Boers stream toward Basutoland.
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London
Lord Roberts
Modder River
Bloemfontein
Kimberley
Ladysmith
Cronje
Free State
England
The
War Office
Presidency
Steyn
Orange Free State
Fraser
Jandrost
Clements
Orange River
Norvals Pont
Pole- Carew
Springfontein
Cape Town
Basutoland
Aliwal
Severe March Cold Grips Chicago and South in Frost Gale
The city and Milwaukee report zero temperatures as a frost ripples across the region. Ample concern grows for fruit and strawberry crops from Atlanta to Fort Smith with ice forming in exposed areas around Americus and Macon.
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Chicago
Atlanta
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Moorhead
Minn
Fort Smith
Ark
Mobile
Macon
Americus
Representative Ray Proposes Constitutional Trust Amendment
Washington March 16 Representative Ray of New York chairing the judiciary committee and leading a trusts subcommittee introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution. The measure directs the article to be presented to state legislatures for ratification or rejection.
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Washington
Ray
New York
House
Judiciary
British Positions Map in South Africa Hinders Boer Capitals
The map shows British dispositions 250 miles from the Boer capitals with rough terrain in the northern Orange Free State and southern South African Republic making Boer defensive warfare easier.
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South Africa
Orange Free State
South African Republic
Refusal to Attend Council Sparks Surrender Lament
The text notes a lamentation to surrender after factions refused to attend a council at Kroonstad called by President Steyn, indicating a failure to heed the government request and a move toward capitulation.
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Kroonstadt
Steyn
Arbor Day Proclaimed April 27 for Tree Planting in Illinois
Gov. Tanner issues a proclamation designating Friday April 27 as Arbor Day. He urges school and educational authorities to observe the day to improve public property, broaden knowledge of tree planting’s economic value, and uplift Illinois youth morally and aesthetically.
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Springfield
Til
Tanner
Illinois
Governing Proclamation Bans Island Porto Rico Tree Cutting
Gov Gen Davis orders shielding Porto Rico vegetation by prohibiting all felling of trees and shrubbery on public lands. All prior concessions or grants allowing removal of wood on public lands are revoked.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Gen. Davis
Death of Jd Sherman Peffer in Kansas City
Jd Sherman Peffer son of ex United States senator W A Peffer was found dead in a rooming house on East Highth street at one o clock Wednesday afternoon. A morphine box and a note saying Father I dont like to do what I am doing but I am tired were found on the bureau. The report notes suicide by his own action. Ex Banker Dreyer Sentenced in Chicago
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Kansas City
Sherman Peffer
W. A. Peffer
United States
Kansas
East Highth Street
Burned to Death in Cincinnati Shanty Fire
Lizzie Moore aged 72 a paralytic died in a fire that destroyed the shanty on Sixth street east of Broadway which she shared with her sister.
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Cincinnati
Lizzie Moore
Sixth Street
Broadway
Death of Gen. Harnden in Madison
Gen. Henry Y Harnden department commander of the G A R died in Madison at 7 10 p m Saturday night due to pneumonia after days of critical illness He led the detachment that captured Jefferson Davis and had a notable military record.
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Harnden
Madison
Wis
Henry Y Harnden
Jeff Davis
Widow Alice Weaver Dies After Gasoline Explosion Fire
The Columbus Ohio incident that killed six people began with a gasoline explosion. Mrs Alice Weaver who lost four children in the blaze died Sunday morning from injuries, bringing the total fatalities to six.
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Columbus
Alice Weaver
Liquor Law Ruling Opens Saloons to Closure Action
Judge Gaynor in district court on Wednesday ruled that saloons disregarding the mulci law may be closed and that any citizen may sue a saloon. The decision notes all local saloons have violated the law and will draw interest across Towa.
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Sioux City
Towa
Gaynor
Congress Considers Monopolies and Puerto Rico Aid
The article notes Article 11 giving Congress power over monopolies and corporations, with states able to act within US law. Washington reports include a District of Columbia appropriation of 6,608,378 dollars and a grant of Fort Hays Military reservation to Kansas for an experimental station and normal school. The Senate, after a two day debate, passed the Porto Rico relief appropriation bill totaling 2,095,000 dollars for education and public works, with amendments by Senator Alien and Senator Jones withdrawn.
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United States
Congress
Washington
District of Columbia
House
Fort Hays
State of
Kansas
Senate
Porto Rico
Alien
Neb
Jones
Ark
Norwegian man kills wife and child in Washington suburb
Washington on March 15 reports Olof Pallesen a Norwegian killed his wife Josephine and the three year old daughter Julia Hengeshbach and severely assaulted the mother Mary Hengelbach in front of their home at 1121 Twenty fourth street Northwest.
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Washington
Olof Pallesen
Josephine
Julia Hengesbach
Charles FE
Hengeshbach
Mary Hengelbach
Twenty-fourth Street
Tragedy near Winslow endures as farmer takes wife then himself
Alfred Gregory a Winslow area farmer in Pike county killed his wife and then himself at ten o clock Thursday night. He was butcher hogs and wanted his wife to heat water. She went visiting and after brooding over the matter all day he carried out the killings. They leave six children.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Alfred Gregory
Winslow
Pike County
Gregory
Democrats set May 3 state convention in Des Moines
Iowa Democrats in Des Moines vote to hold the state central committee meeting and name a May 3 convention to select delegates for the national convention in Kansas City on July 4.
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Des Moines
Democratic State Central Committee
Kansas City
Iowa Senate Passes Bills on Fees and Separate Ballots
Iowa Senate and House actions unfold across March events with measures to restore original filing fees, retroactive to 1898, mandate separate ballots for constitutional amendments, permit railroads to condemn additional depot grounds, fund state institutions, and set education and tax policies. Des Moines reports note state officers, school funding, and new department of agriculture moves.
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Des Moines
Senate
Auditor of State
Life and Fire
Iowa
Polk County
State Historical Society
Dobson
National Life & Trust Company
State University
Town City
Nermal School
Cedar Rapids
State Agricultural College
Ames
Glenwood
Appropriations Committees
Senate Committee On Educational Institutions
Crossley
House
Appropriations Committee
Cherokee
Sioux City
Dubuque
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Department of Agriculture
Towa
Shaw
House of Representatives
Barnard Murphy
Vinton
Howard Tedford
Mount Ayr
Des Molines
Supreme Court
Tve
Committee of Suppression of
Women’s and Babies Home
Germania
Harriman
Abraham Lincoln
Anti foreign sentiment grows in Peking as officials gain favor
The anti foreign party strengthens with the dowager empress rewarding hostile officials. Hen-Tung receives the three eyed peacock feather. Li Peng Hing rises after dismissal from Shantung. Yuh Sen becomes governor of Shan-Si, upsetting British interests and angering foreign powers.
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Peking
Hen-Tung
Li Peng Hing
Shantung
Yuh Sen
Shan-Si
Electrical Energy and Exhibits Across Nations
A Michigan company plans a 40 000 volt line spanning 90 miles. Electric cars surge in England while balloon wireless telegraphy aims for Portsmouth and sea land links. Paris Expo electrical displays, a staff Court of Honor exhibit, and a proposed electrically powered Usk bridge costing 225000 dollars are noted.
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Bxy
Michigan
England
Portsmouth
Court of Honor
Usk
English Electrical Review
Iowa Man to Command U.S. Asiatic Squadron in Navy
Rear Admiral George C. Remey, an Iowa native, will succeed Rear Admiral Watson and lead the United States Asiatic squadron with the largest fleet ever assembled. His command covers waters west of Hawaii including the Philippines Guam and China coast. Remey served in the Civil War and Spanish-American War and will helm the Brooklyn as flagship.
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George C. Remey
Watson
Asiatic Squadron
United States Navy
Iowa
United States
Asiatic
Admiral Remey
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Guam
China
Remey
Department
Annapolis
Marblehead
South Atlantic
Yorktown
Long Range
Sullivan’s Island
Fort Sumpter
Battery Waenmer
West Point
Charleston
Key West
Brooklyn
Will of Archbishop Hennessy Leaves Major Gifts to Catholic Institutions
The Dubuque archbishop’s will dated January 17 leaves most parish and church property to Catholic institutions. His siblings and two nieces receive houses, with specified sums of 2508 and 2000 for masses and memorials. Executors include Archbishops Ryan and Feehan, Mer Ryan, Father Johannes, and Michael Hennessy. Major legacies go to the Sisters of the Holy Ghost, the Visitation nuns, the theological seminary, and several charities, with residue to Catholic University and other diocesan funds.
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Hennessy
Dubuque
Ireland
Ryan
Feehan
Mer- Ryan
Johannes
Michael Hennessy
Sisters of the Holy Ghost
Nuns of the Visitation
Kelly
North American College
Rome
Catholic University
Archdiocesan Seminary
Listens of the Holy Ghost
Spy from Minnesota Detected at Iowa Debate in Iowa City
A Minnesota University secretary identified as G. L. Caldwell was caught taking notes during the Iowa Minnesota preliminary debate in Iowa City on the arbitration question. He was assaulted, his notes seized, and he confessed intent to steal Iowa's arguments for Minnesota. Students demand a new question before any further contest.
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University of Minnesota
Iowa City
G. L. Caldwell
Minnesota University Society
Caldwell
Towa
Minnesota
Burglars Break In At Key City Cooperage Dubuque
At the Key City Cooperage in Dubuque burglars broke into the office stealing $18 from the money box while causing extensive damage to books and papers. The theft occurred despite a warning card on the safe about reading a combination.
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Key City Cooperage Company
Dubuque
Mrr. Langworthy
Williams Wins Auction Block Privilege Ruling
Evangelist Williams won a dispute in a Clarinda jury trial over rights to auction a Shenandoah justice of the peace. The judge ruled Williams's statements privileged, allowing him to bid in the official for a nickel amid ridicule and contempt from onlookers.
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Evangelist Williams
Clarinda
Shenandoah
Town groups schedule April and May meetings in Marshalltown
Marshalltown will host three state gatherings in April and May with more to follow. On April 26 the district Odd Fellows anniversary is celebrated there. In May the Town Young People's Christian Temperance Union holds its first state convention. On May 21 the Iowa State Sportsmen's Association meets for a three days shooting tournament.
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Marshalltown
Odd Fellows of the
Young People’s Christian Temperance Union
Iowa State Sportsmen's Association
Swaledale WCTU Posts Reward for Liquor Violators
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Swaledale places 400 dollars to prosecute unlawful liquor sellers in Swaledale and Pleasant Valley township with a 50 dollar reward for evidence leading to conviction and punishment.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of
Swaledale
Pleasant Valley Township
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