Debated resolutions on war end and South Africa fate
The text reports on a foreign congress urging war termination and independence for South Africa, criticizing Sir Alfred Milner and calling for constitutional labor. It also notes wage distribution in Harleton coal firms after a strike, and Italy’s Deputy debate on recalling Chinese troops, ending with a Berlin lese majeste case involving a 10 year old student.
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Alfred Nilmer
Fucrard
Capetown
South Africa
Alfred Milner
Berlin
Max Lenzmannn
Prussia
Emperor Wamp
War finance under debate in Commons over 16 million army estimate
London dispatch details William St John Brodrick unveiling supplementary estimates of 16,000,000 for the army. He warned expenditure to March 31 would likely exceed prior projections as ministers push for steady supplies and a strong war effort. Opposition leader Vernon-Harcourt condemned the confession, urging reconciliation with burghers rather than endless funding. The vote passed 284 to 8 with eight dissenters including Lloyd George and Healy.
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London
House of C
Henry Campbell-Bannermar
Brodrick
Lord Kitchener
Timothy Heary
England
Colonial Office
Henry
Labouchere
South Africa
Messrs
Keir-Hardie
Lloyd George
Timothy Healy
House
Six Bold Bank Burglars Loot Seville Bank
Six men robbed the Seville bank on Monday night drilling the vault and blowing it open with dynamite. Town Marshal Howard Weaver and citizen William Houtzen were captured and tied in a room above the bank while the burglars worked. About $2,130 plus papers were taken before the bandits fled on a hand car, later found abandoned.
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Marshall
Ohio
Seville
Howard Weaver
Weaver
William Houtzen
Mary Hides
Sir. Houtzen
Evans For United States Senator in Minnesota
Minneapolis reports Robert G. Evans of Minneapolis as the sole avowed candidate for the US Senate seat left by Cushman Kellogg Davis death. After withdrawals of Thomas Shevlin and statements by Thomas Lowry and Loren Fietcher, Evans secured a clear field with a county delegation ballot showing Evans as the choice by a higher vote count.
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Frans
Fietcher
Pillsbury
Evans
Hennepinounty
Great Waterway debate on a Chicago sanitary canal link
A Washington meeting of the river and harbor committee discussed a proposed waterway connecting the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes via the Chicago sanitary canal. Engineers Lyman E. Cooley and Col. Tenac Taylor and Illinois officials urged a government survey to establish a basis for broader navigation plans and future congressional action.
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Lac
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Chicago Sanitary Canal
River and Harbor Committee
House of Representatives
Illinois Valley Association
Lyman E. Cooley
Col
Tenac Taylor
Peoria
Frank Wenter
Sanitary Canal
Henry Mayo
Otawa
Ills
Merchants’ Exchange of
St. Louis
H. R. Whitmore
Cullom and Mason
Illinois
L. ©. Cooley
Chicago
Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Maro
Ottawa
Hee
Wenter
Board of Trustees
Cullom
Congress
Mason
House
Confidence game robs Jesuit institute of fifty thousand dollars
Two American sounding con artists duped Rev Father M Grosso of the Jesuit Institute in Turin by posing as guardians of a rich orphan boy and $200,000 in funds. They produced fake banknotes, persuaded the priest to place real notes in the safe, then fled with about $59,000. Police in major cities alerted as suspects flee to Milan.
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Americana
College
New York
Italy
Torin
Father M. Grosso
Society of Jesus
Father Grossope
Father Grosso
Milan
Boston Election Result and Tragic Hoboken Shooting
Boston's municipal election yielded a Democratic victory for August Belmont, banker. A false fire alarm at a Chicago Punch and Judy show panicked 1596 children, injuring many, four seriously. A Boston yacht for America's Cup defense was contracted. In Hoboken, Frank Drieseo fatally shot his housekeeper Mrs Seligman and then killed himself.
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Boston
August Belmont
Impumonia
Hempstead
Chicago
Hoboken
N. J
Murder Trial Sensation In Scranton Case
Sensation erupts in Scranton as Simon Narushas faces murder charges for John Miskus killing on March 17, 1896. Eyewitnesses describe Narushas striking Miskus with a club and transporting the body toward Tripps Crossing before dawn. Mrs. Lee counters with alibi and notes no blood on the floor.
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Simon Narushas
John Miskus
North
Joseph Lezofsky
The
Commonwealth
Miskus
Narushas
Andrew Gordon
Tripps Crossing
Sarah Lee
John Gersk
Gerske
Standard Oil Contempt Case Is Dismissed in Ohio Court
The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed contempt proceedings against Standard Oil, effectively closing a long case dating to 1890. Justice dissent noted the information lacking majority support. Attorney General Monnett had alleged noncompliance with a 1892 dissolution decree and windup orders.
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Columbus
O. Gee
Supreme
Gemfral Monner
Companias
D. K. Watson
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller
Fr. M. Fiegler
Qohin
F. S. Monnett
Allen Brinsmade
Cleveland
Monnett
Peace talks near in Chinese negotiations
Reports from Shanghai say long delayed peace talks may begin soon with a preliminary protocol in progress. Powers to keep troops until questions are settled. abolition of the Tuan heir suggested and replacement by a mature heir independent of the Tuan faction. Progressive Chinese see this as chance to end Manchu rule and push national progress.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Socialist Group
China
Signor Seracco
Italy
London
Shanghai
Times
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