Plumer’s Forces Isolated Near Gabernnes Threat to Warrenton
London dispatch reports Commandant Eloff isolating Colonel Plumer’s forces near Gabernnes as burghers mobilize in large numbers. Boer leadership warns traitors and asserts firm government stance while preparations at Kroonstadt and Mafeking relief plans unfold.
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Kroonstadt
Methuen
Warrenton
Joubert
London
Daily News
Lorenzo Marques
Pretoria
Eloff
Plumer
Gabernnes
Steyn
War Office
Cape Town
Nicholson
Bulawayo
Lobatsi
Goode
Bodle
Chapman
A. J. Tyler
Vaal
British War Office testimony on Magersfontein and Kimberley affairs
London reports show John Gordon Macneill pressing questions in the house of commons about Magersfontein Lord Methuen and Cecil Rhodes affairs. War Office secretary George Wyndham denies confirmations of officer objections and notes no investigations planned. He confirms no dum-dums or explosive bullets used. Wyndham also says Bloomfield Gough’s command ended March 15 and a forthcoming inquiry will occur after witnesses return. Separate dispatch from LaCrosse Wisconsin notes Esch pledging support for the Groat pure butter bill and Wisconsin members backing it. A Jackson Michigan engineer, John H Bailey, fell from a fast moving Lake Shore and Michigan Southern train, sustaining serious injuries.
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London
House of Commons
John Gordon Macneill
Magersfontein
Lord Methuen
Kimberley
War Office
George Wyndham
Wauchope
Cecil Rhodes
Kekewich
Wyndham
South Africa
Bloomfield Gough
LaCrosse
Wis
House
Esch
House Committee On Agriculture
Wisconsin
Jackson, Mich
John H. Bailey
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Dunne's Ruling Criticised Amid Habeas Corpus Case
Chicago lawyers condemn Judge Dunne for issuing a writ of habeas corpus that freed E. S. Dreyer moments before his Joliet penitentiary transfer. Dreyer, convicted of embezzlement, was seized from a train after a Dunne court writ reversed a prior adverse ruling by Judge Waterman.
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Chicago
Erne Defends Lightweight Title Against Gans in Bout
Frank Erne of Buffalo retained the world lightweight title by defeating Joe Gans of Baltimore at the Broadway Athletic Club. Erne dominated early, and after a decisive twelfth round Gans suffered a broken left eye. Referee White halted the bout as Gans cried I’m blind and was assisted to his corner.
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New York
Frank Erne
Buffalo
Joe Gans
Baltimore
Broadway Athletic Club
Erne
Gans
Frank
White
Erie
Dr. Creamer
Optic
Supper Declared Off In Plainwell Church Event
Plainwell Michigan March 24 local Presbyterian church society planned a big supper at the Opera House to aid expenses. Circulation advertised town businesses on borders but Rev F Z Rossiter objected to hotel and drugstore ads and the event was canceled after protests. Some members have left the church.
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Plainwell
Mich
Presbyterian Church Society
Arrow
C. E. Society
F. Z. Rossiter
TAX LAW FOR THE HAWKEYES
The Cheshire bill for taxing telephone companies is disposed of in the senate by adopting the Blanchard substitute. The substitute preserves the current assessment method but adds provisions for distribution and levying taxes similar to those used for railway property.
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Des Moines
Senate
Supreme Court
Cleveland Banker Captain Wilson Dies in Jerusalem
Captain Thomas Wilson, president of the Central National Bank and noted vessel owner in Cleveland, died in Jerusalem from pneumonia after traveling abroad for several weeks. He was widely known in local business circles.
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Cleveland, O
Thomas Wilson
Central National Bank
Jerusalem
Wilson
Cleveland
Quail served at West Superior hotel fined. deer carcass found
West Superior hotel fined 25 dollars plus costs for serving quail out of season. A county resident was fined 100 dollars after deer carcass found in his house. In Racine, a meeting for widows and orphans of English soldiers drew 1500 attendees with John Johnston of Milwaukee as the main speaker.
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West Superior
Wis
Racine, Wis
John Johnston
Milwaukee
Steunenberg Takes Responsibility for All Arrests in Coeur d'Alene
Governor Steunenberg testified he assumes responsibility for every arrest in Shoshone county by General Merriam or others and for arrests by deputies outside Idaho if done under his orders. He defended the permit system and wartime measures as necessary to preserve order during the Coeur d'Alene disturbances. Later, Allen and Lentz introduced a joint resolution to end martial law in Shoshone County and withdraw federal troops unless the permit system is revoked and habeas corpus restored.
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Washington
Steunenberg
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Merriam
Stevenenberg
Shoshone
Montana
Hays
Lieutenant Lyons
Tiger-Poorman
Ercer
Allen
Senate
Lentz
House
Coeur -Alene
United States
Senate approves Porto Rican relief bill conference report
The senate adopted the conference report on the Porto Rican relief bill by 35 to 15. Tillman attacked the measure, calling out Republican and Cuban similar “dirty work,” while Galinger supported passage and Spooner criticized Tillman’s political framing. Stewart of Nevada sided with Republicans.
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Washington
Senate
Stewart
Nevada
Tillman
Galinger
Spooner
South Carolina
Labor leaders press bill to curb injunctions in labor unrest
Washington March 24. Gompers of the Federation of Labor and A S Darrow of Chicago urged the judiciary committee to support a bill restricting the issuance of injunctions during labor disturbances as part of wartime measures on the court.
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Washington
Gompers
Federation of Labor
A. S. Darrow
Chicago
Judiciary Committee of the House
Secretary Root Replies on Alaska Gold Dredging Permits
Secretary Root transmitted to the Senate his answer to the March 21 resolution seeking details on the War Department practice of issuing permits for gold dredging off the Alaskan coast. He states that his reply reiterates what was printed in yesterday's dispatches.
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Washington
Root
Senate
War Department
Alaskan
Senate Adopts Key Measure Amid Daily Business
Washington report shows the Senate spent the day March 24 focused on passing a pivotal measure as part of its routine agenda. The session highlighted party contrasts and procedural maneuvers shaping the bill’s fate.
Captain Mahan to Be Honorary Doctor at McGill in April
Montreal March 24 Captain Mahan will receive the honorary degree of doctor of laws from McGill University on April 30. Two letters from Mahan to Principal Peterson are published, praising friendship with the United States and criticizing arbitration in political matters. He urges patience amid volatile and prejudiced voices in both nations, noting Britain’s and America’s differing challenges.
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Montreal
Great Britain
Batson Returns on Sick Leave After Philippine Service
Captain M A Batson of the Fourth Cavalry, famed for leading the Macabebe scouts in the Philippine campaigns, arrives in Washington on sick leave with a shattered foot from a pursuit of insurgents. The Macabebe scouts were his notable contribution to American operations.
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Washington
M. 8S. Batson
Fourth Cavalry
Ippines
Batson
Multiple global and domestic 1900s events reported in brief
The report lists diverse items including Walter H. Chamberlain's nomination as assistant commissioner of parents, the Delagoa day award set for March 26, Brazilian minister Chavalier de Souza Correa found dead in London, two blacks hanged in Texas for murder, Osman Pasha death denial, Lima Ohio church dinner poisoning of 150, a Tomahawk Wisconsin brickmaking plant, Loubet to pardon Baron Christiani, Scottish Antarctic expedition led by William S Bruce, Henrietta Snell will being contested, Ras Mangascia's bid to overthrow Menelek, Wesleyan University co education abolition, Richmond libel suit against a New York paper, Moroccan sultan objecting to French Oasis occupation, and Mary Magoon’s death from carbolic acid likely homesickness.
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Walter H. Chamberlain
Chicago
London
Chavalier de Souza Correa
England
Texas
Constantinople
Osman Pasha
Ile
Lima
Tomahawk
Wis
Loubet
Baron Christaini
Antarctic
Williams. Bruce
Henrietta Snell
Ras Mangascia
Menelek
Abyssinia
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Woman's College
Richmond
New York
Hinky Dink McKenna
Morocco
Oasis
Insalah
Mary Magoon
Rival Chief Announced in Winnebago Tribe Row
Tom Thunder, son of John Thunder, proclaims himself chief of the Winnebago in Black River Falls Wisconsin. He asserts White Buffalo, a Chicago Irishman, is a show chief and vows to challenge his coronation plan “when the robins come again” by tribal custom and possible tomahawk appeal.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Tom Thunder
John Thunder
Wisconsin
Iie
White Buffalo
Simon Pure
Jackson County
Kentucky
Haunted by electricity in Daleville home
In Daleville Indiana Mrs Mary Cornelius 76 and her two children report a weeks long phenomena of charged clothing sparks crackling sounds and garments clinging together without any nearby electric wires or known cause. The family is not frightened but annoyed by the events near the Middletown pike and an abandoned cemetery.
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Daleville
Ind
Mary Cornelius
Middletown Pike
Illness Hits Oshkosh Grade School Patients
In Oshkosh Wisconsin on March 24 twenty five percent of Eleventh ward grammar school pupils are reported ill with a disease resembling measles. The school enrolls about 500 students amid a recent wave of mumps whooping cough scarlet fever and measles in the district.
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Oshkosh, Wis
Eleventh Ward Grammar School
Secret marriage revealed on deathbed in Indiana case
Shelbyville, March 24. James Strickler hid his marriage to Grace Patterson for two years. On his deathbed he disclosed the wedding, which his father had opposed with threats to cut him out. Grace stands to inherit a fortune now that the secret is out.
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Shelbyville
Ind
James Strickler
Grace Patterson
Strickler
Mc Donough County GOP Convenes in Cullom
The Mc Donough county Republican convention met in Cullom on March 24 with resolutions praising McKinley and Tanner administrations and Senator Cullom. The event highlighted party leadership and alignment.
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Bushnell, Ills
McDonough County
McKinley
Tanner
Cullom
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