Telegraphic World Briefs From Across The Globe
A condensed telegraphic roundup reports events including General Gatacre at Stormberg and Boer retreat to the Orange Free State, San Francisco arrivals, and a Manila-bound transport Grant. Notable items include Geraldine the racing mare’s death, a Cuban revolt suppression, Rockefeller funding for a Theological Institution, and a rise in US imports. Also: labor strikes, crime, fisheries, industrial consolidations, and weatherless dispatches with diverse global notes.
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Cape Colony
Orange Free State
Joe Wheeler
San Francisco
Manila
Senate passes diplomacy bill amid global war updates
The senate approved the diplomatic and consular bill as reports from abroad describe continued hostilities in the Philippines with insurgents resisting American forces in Panay. General Wheeler resignations and Admiral McCormick retirement are noted alongside Kruger appeals and European tax moves.
Boers Outwitted by Roberts Movement in War Update
London dispatches report Boer forces retreating eastward with limited resistance to French cavalry. General Roberts advances toward Bloemfontein as British rail crossings secure supply lines. Separate items note Mafeking distress, command reassignments, and peace overtures rumors. In Mississippi, smallpox devastates Jonesville with nearly 100 deaths. Bordeaux sees anti British riot. Canada to raise 100 men. eight club baseball circuit planned with Washington, Baltimore, Louisville, Cleveland leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Baden-Powell
White
Stormberg
Gatacre
Hunter
George White
The
Daily News
General Roberts
Lord Roberts
War Office
Poplar Grove
Kelly-Kenny
Keswick
Frieslick
Bailey
Twelfth Lancers
Decrispigne
Life Guards
Smith
Shropshires
Borgersdorp
Leynsberg
Clements
Norval's Point
Orange River
Besieged at Mafeking Endures Severe Plight
Dispatch from Mafeking dated February 21 describes typhoid and dysentery in the women's laager and garrison, shortages, and mass graves. Despite heavy casualties and scarce resources, there is no talk of surrender as defenders endure daily hardships and await relief.
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Mafeking
Guarded Chicago work starts amid union strike unrest
More than 300 nonunion workers resume building repairs in downtown Chicago under police guard as unions picket unfinished projects. A riot at Thirty six and Wallace streets injures six and fatally wounds William Schindler amid clashes with Walsh and McLain of Link Belt Machinery. Police arrive and restore order as Walsh is arrested. Renate Takes It Up. Washington debate over Puerto Rican tariff and civil government bill features Foraker and Pettus with lively exchanges as Mason’s discharge motion stalls.
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Chicago
Building Trades Council
Thirty-sixth
Wallace
William Schindler
Joseph Walsh
Link Belt Machinery Company
H. K. McLain
Walsh
McLain
Schindler
Renate
Washington
Senate
Foraker
Pettus
Mason
Committee On Foreign Relations
Pettis
Reinforcements Sought as Rebels Strike Aparri Burnings Reported
General Young and Hood request more troops after a reconcentrated rebel push at Aparri. A battalion of the Forty-eighth is sent north with further units to follow. Insurgents attacked Aparri for hours before being driven off, with 40 dead killed by pursuing columns in three engagements. The rebellion spreads through North Ilocos as Katapunan symbols resurface. Rebels, led by Legaspi, operate in small bands in the mountains. Iriga burned. Libmanan officials return home. Abella calls natives to submit to Americans while clashes around Albay and Legaspi continue. The gall of the insurrection grows with hemp raiding and preparations by Cavite defectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Young
Hood
Aparri
Ilocos
Tinto
Florhes
Bates
North
South Camarines
New Caceres
Legaspi
Iriga
Libmanan
Abella
Forty-seventh Regiment
Theater Francais Burned in Destructive Paris Fire
A noon blaze destroyed the Theater Francais in Paris, a national institution home to the Comedie Francais. Fire spread rapidly before the brigade arrived, collapsing the dome later. two actresses were rescued, playwright Sardou wept at the scene, and priceless art and manuscripts were lost while sculpture was saved for the finance ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Theater Francais
Fie
Theater Peancais
Comedie Francais
Madame Dudlay
Mademoiselle Henryot
M. Sardou
Place du Theater Francais
Palais Royal
France
Mazerelle
de Heuff
Ministry of Finance
Rue de Rivoli
Voltaire
Howden
Fire destroys key dry goods district buildings in Philadelphia
A major blaze in Philadelphia’s retail dry goods district started in the engine room of Shoneman Brothers at Eighth and Arch. Losses exceed 700000 with Shoneman Bros totaling about 800000, Marks Bros 300000, Myerhoff Bros and Philadelphia Feetric Equipment Co each around 200000, plus damage to several adjoining structures.
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Philadelphia
Shonmeman Brothers
Eighth
Arch Streets
Shoneman Bros
Marks Bros
Myerhoff Bros
Philadelphia Feetric Equipment Company
Destructive Fire Hits Second Presbyterian Church
Chicago's Second Presbyterian Church at Twentieth Street and Michigan Avenue burned tonight during a Young People's Christian Endeavor Society reception. The fire started in the organ on the main floor as festivities continued.
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Chicago
Second Presbyterian Church
Twentieth Street
Michigan Avenue
Young People's Christian Endeavor Society
Wheeler Urges Territorial Rule for Philippines
General Joseph Wheeler favors a territorial form of government for the Philippines arguing natives run municipal affairs and could handle broader self rule. He notes trade rivals seek Asia markets and says the U.S. should unite in a strong effort to guide the islands for prosperity.
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San Francisco
Joseph Wheeler
Philippines
England
Russia
Germany
France
Contractors Move Nonunion Workers Amid Chicago Strikes
Chicago March 12 contractors pushed eight nonunion workers past picket lines at the Ogdensburg dock corner Ohio and Kingsbury streets to resume work. Bricks were thrown and one man injured before police halted the disturbance. In Lead South Dakota on March 10 a major blaze destroyed 40 buildings forcing dynamite to clear paths as winds and water shortages hampered firefighting.
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Chicago
Ogdensburg
Ohio
Kingsbury
Lead
Will Fight to the End as Burghers Stand Firm
Pretoria reports war bulletins stating no surrender of General Cronje but insisting the struggle continues. The government notes the Free State invasion and Natal retreat to Diggersberg, claims Ladysmith and Kimberley no longer besieged, and that Dewet now commands all Natal commandos while the president visits Bloemfontein laagers.
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Pretoria
Reitz
Cronje
Free State
Natal
Diggersberg
van Reenen
Dewet
Modder
Bloemfontein
Desperado Killed in Atarique Town Battle
A Albuquerque des perado was killed during a clash while authorities tried to arrest Sandoval and Mestas who fired on the town. Mestas was captured. Debs and Harriman lead a Social Democratic national ticket seen as a step to a broad national victory.
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Desperado
Denver
Albuquerque
N. M
Samuel Sandoval
Atarique
Sandoval
Juan Mestas
Mestas
Debs
Boers Fight British Forces at Driefontein Front
The battle at Driefontein near Abraham's Kraal involved Broadwood and Kelly-Kenny’s columns, with five regiments and support from artillery and Australians. Boers held strong ridges along a 12 mile front, repelling center advances before nightfall. many dead and 40 prisoners reported.
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Wriefontein
New South Wales Mounted Infantry
Tucker
Petersburg
Kelly-Kenny
Abraham
Krager
Owe
Two Factions Armed as Kentucky Crisis Deepens
In Frankfort on March 12 Democrats and Republicans mobilize militia around the capitol and Governor Taylor’s home. About 200 state militiamen and 60 special officers confront potential arrest of Governor Beckham amid a growing guard, with a militia nucleus organized today.
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Frankfort
Capitol
Beckham
Refused to Order General Strike Chicago March 12
Building Trades Council today refused to offer a general sympathetic strike at the request of the machinists union secretary. Fatal Boston Fire March 12 claims one fireman dead another fatally injured and two seriously hurt in the Massachusetts Macaroni Company blaze on North Street. Fire losses estimated from seventy five thousand to one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Three New Bubonic Plague Cases Sydney March 12 reported today in Sydney N S W Australia.
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Chicago
Building Trades Council
Cera
Machinista’ Union
Boston
Massachusetts Macaroni Company
North Street
Sydney
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Epitome
News of the World
Honolulu
Congress
Lord Trauncefote
Arbuckle
L’otam
Mexico
Geraldine
Napa Farm
Napa
Cal
Edgar Koehler
Ninth Infantry
Tarlac
Howe Lumber Company
Lowell
Mass
Globe National Bank
San Salvador
Jose Alfarado
Charles Tupper
Canada
Alaska
United States
Baptist Social Union of Boston
Union Theological Institution
John D. Hockefeller
Cooskey
Grant
Morrel Island
Cecil Rhodes
Princeton College
New York
Woods
Cuba
Hemes
Cat Island
Bahamas
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Tampa
Fla
Tom Sharkey
Bob Wfllheimmone
American Clay Manufacturing Company
Olympia
Waeh
Puerto Rico
Ponce
Kisenna
India
Johannesburg
Queen Liliuokelani
McCormick
Kobbe
Sorsogon
Luzon
Antique
Panay
Illinois
Springfield
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
St. Louis
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Brussels
Belgium
Kantz
Pacific Squadron
Central America
George Murphy
Company C
Twenty-fourth Infantry
H. D. Morgan
United States Navy
Aguinaldo
China
Joubert
Ladysmith
Tutuila
Philadephia
Hoar
Lilivokalani
Treasury
Lone
Morrow County
H. B. Miller
Josephine County
Oregon
Chung Kiang
Lady White
Queen Victoria
Alfred C. Harmer
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
California
Mammoth Tree Grove
Calaveras County
Pure Food and Drug Congress
Isaac Jordan
Birmingham
Kingdom
Nanten
Andre
Sealing
Thomas A. Edison, Jr
W. G. Sumner
Dlam
Yale
University of Texas
Roberts
Cavalr
Jackson
Miss
Hinds County Board of Supervisors
Jonesville
Board of Supervisors
Bordeaux
Gironde
Ottawa
Borden
Strathcona Horse
National Baseball League
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Baltimore
Louisville
Cleveland
Calabanga
Theater Francais Burns
General Wheeler
Labor Disorders
Wilkie
Treasury Secret Service
Edward E. Grimmell
Medical Department
D. H. Hall
Grimmell
Pompton
N. J
Smith Fuse Manufactory
Kentucky
Kansas City
Board of Control
Kansas State Penitentiary
State Penitentiary
Kaneas Penitentiary
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