England Aid and Kruger Warn Women To Leave Bloemfontein
London dispatches summarize Roberts relief prospects at Mafeking and Karee Siding, with Kruger urging women and children to evacuate Bloemfontein while British forces harass Transvaal auxiliaries. Reports question Beira imports to Rhodesia and note high animal losses in the Kimberley chase.
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London
Roberts
Karee Siding
South Africa
Bloemfontein
Glen
Transvaal
Mafeking
Hasieged
Col. Baden-Powell
Portugal
Great Britain
Rhodesia
Beira
Aguinaldo Denounces US War Excesses In Open Letter
Aguinaldo writes to the Bavue des Revues detailing alleged excesses by General Otis’s army and appealing to the civilized world. He argues war is frightful and urges the world to judge which side holds right and justice, citing American casualties and sacred duties to mothers and children.
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Paria
Aguinaldo
Bavue Des Revues
Otis
Arerien
Amricanne
Carrsing
Washington
Jifergen
Steel Concerns May Unite In Pittsburg Consolidation
Pittsburg March 31. A project aims to consolidate American Iron and Steel, Jones Laughlins and Laughlin Co into one corporation. The firms are limited partnerships with similar stockholders, owning coal mines and coke ovens. Their property is valued at 380 million dollars. New Britain March 1. A small house owned by Patrick Ogra at Broad and Burritt streets burned at 12 30 this morning. Loss 200.
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Pittsburg
American Iron and Steel Company
Jones & Laughlins and Laughlin & Co
Jones & Laughlin’s Oil
New Britain
Patrick Ogra
Broad and
Burritt Streets
Pramatio Acquittal in Sensational Poisoning Trial
Viola Horlocker Enda was acquitted in a dramatic Nebraska poisoning case after a brief 15 minute jury deliberation. The courtroom crowd react ed with tears and cheers as Horlocker, fainting earlier, was supported to her feet and blessed the jury. Charles Marr, husband of the accused, faced jeers as he left the room.
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Hastinge
Viola Horlocker
Viola Horlacker
Catia Factory
Charles Marr
Himelf
Suicide on Goat Island ends at Niagara Falls
sensational account from Niagara Falls reports Hippolyte Schneider of Pittsburgh shooting himself thrice and plunging into the river near Cave of the Winds. letters found accuse actress Lillia Russell and hint at Westinghouse ties, with naturalization papers dated 1882. Schneider, once a Westinghouse machinist, left Pittsburgh after losing his job and had long pursued Miss Russell.
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Niagara Falls
Goat Island
Loma
Goat Intande
Hippolyte Schneider
Pittsburg
Madame Lillia Russell
Infanta Eulalie
Westinghouse Company
Lillian Russell
Pitteburg
New York
Schneider
Suicine Ub
Miss Russell
Maine Lord Mayor Donates 10000 To Hospital Ship Maine
A letter from Lord Mayor of London A J Newton to the American hospital ship Maine executive committee requests a 10000 dollar sterling donation from the Transvaal war fund for humanitarian work aboard the Maine. The committee says American contributions count toward humanitarian aims.
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Ludon
Maine
London
A. J. Newton
Delagoa Bay Award Sparks British American Discontent
London reports the Delagoa Bay award as highly unsatisfactory with fear of 50 percent loss to England and the United States. Critics blame arbitration delays and Anglophobia, noting drastic drops in Delagoa stock and potential protracted litigation if governments challenge the verdict. Washington awaits official copies before deciding next steps.
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London
England
United States
The
Daily Graphic
Delagoa Bay
Kruger
Portugal
Quity Mail
Washington
Poe
Enland
State Department
Berne
Deaths of two Middletown siblings in consecutive deaths
In Middletown on March 31 two siblings, Mrs John Haskell aged 66 and her brother Frederick Wilcox aged 70, died within hours of each other in connected circumstances at Court street. Wilcox, a Middletown National Bank director, died instantly after assisting the undertaker with arrangements. The notice also mentions Baltimore and a separate item about baseball, a memorial window for Johannes Williams, and a crime in Vienna where Anton Proskenhaber killed his wife by throwing her into a well.
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Paterson
N. J
Edwin R. Mason
van Routan Street
Philip Schoyler
William Colfax
Washington
Middletown
John Haskell
Court Street
Frederick Wilcos
Haskell
Wilcox
Middletown National Bank
Rocky Bill
Middeltown
Willams
Handome
John Townsend
St. Lukes
Berkeley Divinity School
Johannes Williams
Divinity School
St John
Vienna
Albert
Hungary
Anton Prossenhaver
Baron von Karsten
Proskenhacer
Poison Plot Claimed Involving Cincinnati Family
Violet Parvons a servant confessed to attempting to poison Dr. M. J. W. Ambrose family at Cincinnati. Four relatives were seriously ill but recovering. Victims included Mrs. Fannie Aiken, two grandchildren, and nurse Aliie Gavin. Poison suspected in oatmeal porridge and coffee. A stranger allegedly bribed her with 100 dollars to target Mrs. C. O Winold. Police searched for the suspect.
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Cincinnati
Violet Parvons
M. J. W. Ambrose
Fannie Aiken
Francis Winold
Harold Winold
Aliie NM
Gavin
Deitsch
C. O Winold
Accused of Killing His Baby in Poughkeepsie
Joseph Wasco was arraigned for the murder of his six week old infant in Poughkeepsie. Witnesses described prior jail time and brutal treatment of his wife and children, including jouncing the infant and breaking the baby's neck, which led to death after an autopsy.
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Poughkeepsie
Joseph Wassco
Recorder
Wasco
Mary Lescok
Johnny
John
Fire Ravages Iroquois Club and Columbia Theater in Chicago
A fire in Chicago on March 31 destroyed the Iroquois club building and the adjacent Columbia theater galleries. Four men suffered injuries from debris and three young women were rescued. By 4:15 p.m. the blaze was under control with estimated losses around a quarter million dollars. The Iroquois club is tied to democratic political initiation and includes several nationally known Democrats.
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Chicago
Iroquois Club
Columbia Theater
Los
Post office bill approved by house committee
The post office appropriation bill totals about 115 million dollars. Railways funding tops 83.87 million, rural free delivery 1.75 million, and pneumatic tube service 725 thousand. The fast mail subsidy for routes to the south and Santa Fe remains unchanged.
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Washington
Post Office
House Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
Post Office Department
New York
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Nick Nack
Chase & Sanborn
Westt
Optician
Bank Street
Waterbury
Linskey
Pharmacy Union City
Hudnuts
Lazelly, Palmer's
Spichler’s
Frank H Judd & Co
Maple Streete
AID For England
Oliver
Lord Roberts
French
Kimberley
Cronje
Waltersand Drift
Caps Town
Toyhold
Ponent
Glendive
Mont
Joseph Hurst
Dominick Cavanaugh
Harat
Horst
Cavanaugh
Hurst
Blurst
St. Louis
James Johnson
Osage Street
City Hospital
Johnson
Pramatio Acquittal
Prial
Enda
Selcide
Schneifer
Westinghouse Electric Company
East Pittsburg
Allghany
Pretsburg
Beatty
Kan
Delagoa Bay Award
Tory
Enghand
Aster
Wyden Peartine
Baltimore
Powers
William Barmie
J. Frank Ehine
J. Riss Klosterman
Union Park
Cusband
BIG Tire
Ciligago
Columbia
Foustallice
Bi Co
Waterbury Furniture Co
Moriarty’s Waterbury Furniture Co
Bicycle Excellence
Stearns
Pierce
Sterling
Rochester
Waverley
Stormer
Pennant
MARS
Louis P. Rack Y Nan
Greenburq
Naugatuck
Taylor’s Market
Water Street
Naug
the Diamond Laboratory Co
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