Boers Capture Methuen and 100 Men at Rovrains Fontein
London reports Lieut. Gen. Lord Methuen was wounded and captured by Boer forces commanded by Gen. De la Rey. Four guns, plus heavy casualties, with 38 killed and 95 wounded and 200 missing. Parliament and markets react with shock as details unfold and Kitchener dispatches confirm Methuen’s capture and bruising defeat.
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London
Lord Methuen
de la Rey
South Africa
Stock Exchange
Throgmorion Street
House of Commons
Lord Witchener
Brodrick
Pretoria
Methuen
Paris
Winburg
Liechtenburg
Grenfell
Roviraine
Fontein
Twe-Bosch
Palmjet-Ixnill
Maribogs
Kraaipan
de Wet
Lord Kitchener
Twebosch
G. R. Venning
T. P. W. Nesham
Royal Artillery
Earl Roberts
House of Lords
de la Revy
Gen. Methuen
Earl Spencer
Lord Salisbury
Kruitzinger
Celliers
Kemp
Verraso
Tromp
Intelligence Department
von Donop
Index to Departments and Page References
Stocks irregular. Wheat, corn, cotton and other commodities listed. Notes include Commercial World page, Arrivals at Hotels, Business Troubles, Court Calendars, Insurance Notes, Legal Notes, Losses by Fire, Marine Intelligence, New Corporations, Railroads, Real Estate, Society and Weather Page references for yesterday’s fires and more.
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Marine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
Nationalist jubilation stirs Labour over Methuen defeat in Commons
The Times reports Irish Nationalists in Parliament resenting Lord Methuen’s defeat and liberals split over the response. Rosebery speaks in Glasgow on Irish demonstrations and national efficiency, warning that Gladstone would not back independent rule for those who cheered a British military setback.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
the Times
House of Commons
Brodrick
Lord Methuen
Rosebergue
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Associated Press
Glasgow
Lord Rosebery
St. Andrew's Hall
Lord Kitchener
Gen. Methuen
Gladstone
Editorial responses to Methuen disaster stir British and Boer reactions
London papers praise Methuen's defense and criticize Irish MPs for jeering at dispatches. They warn the reverse will harden Boer resistance, noting heavy losses and possible ill effects of raw levies. The Berliner Tageblatt and De Telegraaf view the blow as Boers gaining momentum.
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London
Lord Methuen
Methuen
Brodrick
John Redmond
T. P. O'Connor
T. M. Healy
Daily News
Standard
Morning Post
Daily Chronicle
War Office
Holland
Germany
Berliner Tageblatt
England
de Telegraaf
Amsterdam
Mayor Low backs Apgar May 1 tunnel power change plan
Albany March 10 Mayor Low endorses the Apgar bill fixing May 1 1905 as the deadline to end steam in the Park Avenue tunnel. He proposes a substitute method allowing plan agreement or commission hearings with appeals to the Court of Appeals First Department and rapid timelines to limit delays.
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Albany
Bedell
Assembly Committee On Railroads
Low
Park Avenue
Whitman
Apgar
Court of Appeals
First Department
Louis Bedell
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Cmpany
Grand Central Station
New York City
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Railroad Commission
Supreme Court
Westchester County
J. Mayhew Wainwright
New York
Mr. Wainwright
Railroad Committee
Mayor Low
Senate
Elsberg
Senate Ways and Means
Advertisement for Johann Hoff's Extract medicine
An old cold remedy ad urges taking Johann Hoff's Extract for immediate relief and warns against cheap substitutes. The brief notes it as a trusted remedy to soothe grip or cold symptoms.
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Johann Hoff
Engineer Wisker Pleads Not Guilty in Tunnel Disaster Case
Judge McMahon overruled the demurrer by John M. Wisker’s counsel as the engineer pled not guilty to manslaughter indicted by the February Grand Jury in the New York Central tunnel disaster. Attorney Frank Moss sought to inspect Grand Jury minutes and the judge reserved decision.
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Wisker
McMahon
John M. Wisker
New York Central Tunnel
Frank Moss
Austro-Russian rapprochement gains momentum in trade push
Vienna dispatch notes growing Austro-Hungarian rapprochement as Austria-Hungary plans to fill German market share in Russia. An official from the Austro-Hungarian Consulate at Warsaw told a Vienna meeting that Austrian exporters should send many travelers to Russia and issue Russian language circulars to promote goods.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Vienna
Times
Russia
United Kingdom
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Warsaw
Saloon Keeper Shot by McCullagh Aide on Bowery
Lester Bennett, a special agent under State Superintendent of Elections McCullagh, was shot by Abe Kutner, manager of the 11 Bleecker Street saloon, near Bowery. Detective Binnings arrested Kutner after a chase. Bennett was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital with an abdominal wound and may recover.
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Lester Bennett
McCullagh
Abe Kutner
Bleecker Street
Bowery
Binnings
Mercer Street
Nutner
Fourth Street
Bennett
Kutner
Utner
Foley
Dave
Kutmer
Kkutner
lostKutner
Billy
Shaw
St. Vincent's Hospital
McMahon
Italan
Churchill
Alderman
Welling
Seventh Congressional District
Europe's View of Monroeism in The Times Dispatch
Vienna Times correspondent notes talk of extending the Monroe Doctrine to South America. The rumor links Prince Henry's U S visit to a German naval base plan in the Caribbean. The observer warns of cautious American guard and says Germany may be sea power but not in Caribbean waters.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
The
Times
New York
Prince Henry
America
United States
Caribbean
Vienna
Schleswig-Holstein
South America
Germany
Odessa Students Arrested Amid South Russia Unrest
Odessa's Times correspondent reports sixty students arrested a week ago with many more eluding capture. The detentions reflect influence from older men, with no bloodshed yet but grave conditions across South Russia. Property owners push closing liquor shops on Sundays.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Odessa
The
Times
South
Russia
Supreme Court rules Illinois anti trust law unconstitutional
The U S Supreme Court on March 10 held Illinois anti trust statutes unconstitutional due to an exemption for agricultural products and livestock. The decision arose in the case of Thomas Connelly and others versus the Union Sewer Pipe Company of Ohio with Justice Harlan delivering the opinion.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Thomas Connelly
Union Sewer Pipe Company of
Ohio
Justice Harlan
Overland Limited Leaves Chicago for California
The Every-Day Train to California known as the Overland Limited departs Chicago at 8:00 PM traveling via Chicago and North Western Union Pacific and Southern. Offices listed at 461 Broadway, 287 Broadway, and 349 Broadway.
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California
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Bus
Broadway
Ady
Italian Ministry Likely to Secure Confidence Vote
Rome correspondent reports the ministry, aided by the Extreme Left, will win a confidence vote after the upcoming debate. General strikes involving thousands of peasants are reported in Vercelli and Modena, adding pressure but not reversing the outcome.
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London
Rome
The
Times
Vercelli
Modena
Italian Chamber elects new leaders in resumed session
Rome March 10 The Chamber of Deputies opened with a full house. Signa Bianchieri, former presiding officer, was elected President by 350 of 402 votes amid cheers. Ministerial candidates Marecora and Palberti won as Vice Presidents. Questors elected were Giordano and Biscaretti.
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Associated Press
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Signa Bianchieri
Signori Marecora
Palberti
Signori Giordanm
Biscaretti
King Edward Delays Planned France Visit
The Paris correspondent for The Times reports King Edward desires to visit the South of France but is too busy at present to set a date. No immediate prospect of travel is expected.
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France
London Times
New York Times
London
Edward
Paris
the Times
Dr Leyds Returns to Brussels From London
The Times correspondent reports Dr. Leyds is back in Brussels and told a local interviewer he believes the Boers can resist. He said the Boer delegates went to the United States only to reorganize the Boer Relief Committees.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Leyds
Brussels
Times
United States
Rev J A Westman appointed administrator in Cranford
Bishop O'Connor of Newark appoints Rev John A Westman vice president of Seton Hall College as administrator of St Michael’s Church Cranford. Rev Francis J Murphy remains seriously ill. The notice highlights a church leadership change in South Orange dated March 10.
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New York Times
South Orange
N. J
O'Connor
Newark
John A. Westman
Seton Hall College
St. Michael's Church
Cranford
Francis J. Murphy
Panic on Madison Ave Car Injures Four People
A Madison Avenue car No. 1927 passing Forty-fourth Street amid construction released steam from a hoisting engine valve causing a panic. Four injured, two seriously. several with cuts from shattered glass, an ambulance and doctors treat the wounded.
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Madison Avenue
Forty-fourth Street
Guaranty Construction Company
John O'Connor
Daniel Griffin
Flower Hospital
Forbes
James Carter
Metropolitan Street Railway
Vanderbilt Avenue
Forty-second Street
Fanny Gilmore
West Nineteenth Street
William Cummings
West Sixtysixth Street
Thomas Scarbrook
Bergen Beach Avenue
Bergen Beach
Eighty-sixth Street
Godley and
Rasky
Portugal asks China for Macao extension
The Chinese Foreign Office in Peking has considered a dispatch from the Portuguese envoy requesting an extension of Portuguese possession of Macao to adjacent islands. Beijing says it cannot assent, doubting Portugal's commercial interests warranting any extension.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
the Times
Peking
Macao
Portugal
British Japanese pact banquet signals peaceful alliance
Tokio's leading commercial and industrial bodies hosted a banquet for the British Legation and Consulates to stress the pacific nature of the alliance. All Cabinet Ministers attended the event in Tokyo.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Tokio
Times
Russian Concession to China Stated by Times Correspondent
London reports Dr. Morrison of The Times says Russia will withdraw from Manchuria within eighteen months after signing the proposed convention. China demands withdrawal within one year and remains persistent on that timetable.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Morrison
Peking
the Times
Russia
Manchuria
China
Aliens Attend Lama Temple Service in Peking
A Times dispatch from Peking reports many foreigners attended Sunday services at the Lama Temple, where foreigners were once excluded but are now received with courtesy after the Boxer era.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Peking
the Times
Great Lama Temple
Japanese Diet adjourns after peaceful session
London dispatch reports the Diet of Japan closed peacefully with the lower house rejecting only one of seventy nine government bills. Sharp tensions between the two chambers marked the session as a notable feature.
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London
The
Times
Kwang-Si Revolt Not Serious Says Peking Desk
The Times Peking correspondent reports Chinese authorities have received reassuring messages from Kwang-Si. Insurrection there is less serious than feared. Burnett's Extract of Vanilla advertised.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Peking
the Times
Kwang-Si
Railroad Merger Challenge Brought in Minnesota Court
United States Attorney General files a Sherman Act case in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota against Northern Securities Company Great Northern Railway Company Northern Pacific Railway Company and others to test legality of a cross state railway merger and consolidation plan linking five thousand five hundred miles of track and control.
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ST. Paul, Minn
United States
Circuit Court of the United States
District of Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Great Northern Railway Company
Northern Pacific Railway Company
New Jersey
Great Northern Railroad
Minnesota
Northern Pacific Railroad
Wisconsin
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Great Northern Company
United States Supreme Court
Pearsall
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railway Companies
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company
Illinois
Northern Pacific Railway
Burlington System Secured by Northern Securities Case
A historical article details the 1900s effort by James J. Hill and J Pierpont Morgan to unify the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways under the Northern Securities Company. It describes the plan to transfer stock, eliminate individual holdings, and create a holding firm to control both systems and reduce competition.
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Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railway
Burlington
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Supreme Court
James J. Hill
J. Pierpont Morgan
Northern Pacific Company
Northern Pacific
Northern Securities Company
New Jersey
Great Northern Railway Company
Northern
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Rosebery
London Papers
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Madison AV
Lama Temple
Burnett
Bryan
New Corporation
Burlington System
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