Peage Reigns At Tientsin Diplomatic Settlement Reached
In a tense exchange at Tien Tsin British and Russian forces withdrew at 5 am after General Wogack agreed to Russian pullback if Britain did likewise. A railway siding dispute was deferred until diplomacy settles the matter. France's Baillaud signaled satisfactory arrangements avoiding a clash.
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Peking
Count von Waldersee
Barrow
Wogack
Tien Tsin
Port Arthur
Baillaud
Boers Open to Annexation Under Conditions
A Times correspondent reports General Dewet and General Botha told Boer forces at Seneral Sunday they would fight on but accept annexation if Britain guarantees joint English Dutch education, £3,000,000 indemnity for burned farms, no native franchise, permission for sporting rifles, and amnesty for belligerents in the field. Dewet has moved north to the Transvaal pending return.
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London
The
Times
Bloemfontein
Dewet
Botha
Seneral
Great Britain
Transvaal
Antwerp
French
Boer General's Brother Philip Botha Killed In Dornburg Fight
A Pretoria dispatch reports Philip Botha brother of Boer commander general killed at Dornburg. His two sons wounded as Boers of the Orange River Colony disband and scatter with Dewet operating near Heilbron.
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Philip Botha
London
Niord
Kitchener
Pretoria
Dornburg
Orange River Colony
Dewet
Heilbron
Insurgents Attack Agius Village In Ilocos South
Manila March 22 insurgents burned the ungarrisoned Agius village in South Ilocos. A detachment of the Twentieth Infantry pursued the marauders. Colonel Schuyler of the Forty-sixth volunteers captured eight insurgent officers and 218 men at Ternate Cavite.
Havoc from Snow Sleet Wind Ignores Telegraph Lines
Severe snow sleet and wind across the region damaged telegraph and telephone lines in Missouri Kansas and Nebraska. New poles snapped along railways including Grand Island and Rock Island, with repairs expected to take many days.
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Bt. Joseph
Kansas
Nebraska
Grand Island
Rock Island
William S Eden Files Bankrupt Petition in Chicago
Colonel William S Eden, manager of the Great Northern hotel, filed a bankruptcy petition in Chicago on March 22. He lists assets of 640,111 dollars and liabilities of 1,327,368 dollars, largely tied to hotel development and note endorsements.
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William
Eden
Chicago
Colonel Williams
Great Northern Hotel
Mother Fatally Stabbed by Son in Wisconsin Family Quarrel
In Burlington near Honey Creek Wisconsin Mrs Jonathan Piper 70 was stabbed to death by one of her sons during a drunken fight between Noah and John Piper Both men were involved in the altercation and the mother tried to break it up when she was stabbed in the back by one son The incident occurred March 22 and the family affair is being investigated by local authorities
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Burlington
Wis
Honey Creek
Here
Jonathan Piper
Noah
John
Panic at Chicago Fire Destroys Large Warehouse
A massive blaze last night razed the J. S. Ford, Johnson & Co. warehouse at Sixteenth Street and Wabash Avenue, causing an estimated loss of 200000 pounds. North, south and east walls collapsed trapping workers inside and sending spectators fleeing in a chaotic stampede. Several bystanders, including women and children, were injured as bricks fell and crowds surged for safety.
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Chicago
J. S. Ford, Johnson & Co
Sixteenth Street
Wabash Avenue
Themen
Cubans Question Final Stand on Platt Amendment
Havana reports growing doubt over the Cuban constitutional convention stance as public opinion shifts toward the Platt amendment. General Sangully’s remarks suggest a liberal outcome may be acceptable, favoring independence with limits and the possible transfer of Island of Pines to the U S. He supports U S coaling stations and port footholds as safeguards for independence.
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Havana
Sangully
McKinley
Isle of Pines
Keys
United States
Byers Requisitions $50,000 in Town Militia Clothing
Des Moines reports Adjutant General Byers issued a requisition on the war department for 50 000 dollars worth of clothing and army equipment to replace items turned over to the government when four regiments of the Town National Guard were mustered into volunteer service at the start of the Cuban war. The requisition matches the earlier inventory and government receipts.
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Des Moines
Byers
War Department
Town National Guard
Towa Guards
United States
Farmer to raise furs near Kiowa on Blue River
Belvidere Neb March 22 Interest grows as J Searson buys 80 acre farm by the Blue river near Kiowa to raise muskrats polecats and other fur bearing animals He is a longtime trapper and former Hudson Bay worker who plans a large scale venture damming the river to stock beavers otters and other aquatic fur animals An old dam on his property may help retain beavers
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Belvidere
Neb
J. Searson
Blue River
Kiowa
Searson
Hudson Bay Company
Canada
Mass Meeting in San Juan Aims at Relief Plan
The San Juan chamber of commerce calls a mass meeting of principal planters bankers agriculturists and merchants to agree on a feasible relief plan. A likely outcome is a petition to Governor Allen asking an extra legislative session and a loan of 3 to 5 million dollars for agriculture.
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San Juan
P. 1
Lawton Refuses to Reopen Race Talk
Boston March 22. Thomas W Lawton said he will not reopen the matter about a possible race between Boralma and the Abbott accident case is closed and no race will be arranged.
Caucus Vote Tangle Delays Senate Bid in Lincoln
Lincoln report details Republican caucus in which Thompson and Rosewater gained two votes each but fall short of the 64 needed to elect. Telegrams from party leaders urged adherence to national committee recommendations amid a state senatorial deadlock. Anti trust bills pass in St Paul, expanding relief and damages for business restraining conduct.
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National Committee
Thompson
M. A. Tianna
Washington
John A. Whitmore
M. Broderick
J. BE. Evans
A. K. Oleson
J. J. Mcturthy
HH. Rotwer
J. J. Mendenhall
Pf Jouvenat
Dan Swanson
Br. Steele
United States
Rosewater
Martin
Cain
McCargar
Wilkinson
Antis
Merklessoln
Jouvenat
Broderick
van Boskirk
Allen
Melklejohn
D. B
Hineshaw
W. OH
Hitwhcock
St. Paul
State Senate
Nebraska senate backs public employment office and driver terms
In committee of the whole Lincoln March 22 the senate recommended Lid dell's bill to establish a free Omaha public employment office and levy an annual license of 300 on all other employment bureaus. John son's bill to extend town driver terms to two years was also recommended for passage.
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Lincoln
Senate
Senator Liddell
Omaha
Johnson
Confession Ties H C Henderson to Omaha Kidnapping
Dallas March 22 Sheriff Johnson said H C Henderson confessed to being one of the Cudahy kidnapers. He admitted wasting most of his share while fleeing Omaha and said he would face a 13 year term for theft in Dallas. The confession followed earlier arrest in February. May Car rie Stevens, kidnapped six years ago at age five, was reunited with her mother Anna Stevens in El Paso after traveling from Danville Indiana. The former circus trapeze trainee described her six year wanderings. the woman who took her is dead.
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Cudahy
Dallas
Tex
Johnson
H. C. Henderson
Summers
Omaha
Henderson
Court House
el Paso
Carrie Stevens
Danville
Ind
Mia
Anna Stevens
Chhild
Nation Urges Crusade Against Saloon Pictures
Carrie Nation spoke to an open W A T U meeting in Kansas City urging a crusade against saloon wall pictures. She called members to stop being seatwarmers and become active workers for morality and decency.
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Kansas City
Carrie Nation
Winter Wheat Outlook Shows Generally Favorable Conditions
New York reports March 22 conditions indicate winter wheat in the central belt is generally favorable. Surveys from farm offices and reporters in the western belt note good growth, with wintering successful in Missouri and Kansas. Weather has limited fieldwork in Texas and pests in some regions raise fears.
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New York
Duis
Oranchies
Wither
Missouri
Kanfie
Oldahotia
Veros
Texas
Transfer to Civil Rule in Philippines Set for June
Washington reports the transfer from military to civil government in the Philippines is expected about June. Calenations from the War Department cite Taft commission and General MacArthur. Military will remain briefly to support civil authorities and later withdraw as native police take role.
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Philippines
Mace
Washington
War Department
Taft Commission
Mac
Arthur Tt
Prlppine Commission
Lands at risk as government sues rail line
The government sues the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Rail way to cancel land patents along the right of way claiming innocent purchasers of about 60000 acres could lose their homes if the suit succeeds. The old Santa Fe company is defendant in U S circuit court with Judge Griggs handling the case and a 1808 act cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railwou Company
Centri Walsas
United States Circuit Court
Griggs
Old Santa Fe Company
Dam Break Floods Verona Suburb. 15 Drowned
New details from Verona confirm that the March 20 dam break flooded Cologna causing extensive damage. Fifteen people drowned and several were injured and hospitalized as police and firemen continue rescue efforts.
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Verona
Italy
Cologna
Collision Sinks Tay in Flushing Roadstead
Antwerp report says the German-Australian steamer Chemnitz and the British Tay collided in the Flushing roadstead last night. The Tay sank with only two crew saved after seeking shelter amid the e storm.
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Antwerp
Chemnitz
German-Australian Steamship Company
Tay
Flushing Roadstead
Higgins to Succeed MacConnell as UP Motive Power Chief
Omaha March 22 J H McConnell resigns as Union Pacific superintendent of motive power and machinery and will retire around April 1. Samuel Higgins, now superintendent of motive power and machinery at the Lehigh Valley Road, will take over the UP post.
Severe Gales and Snow Sweep Across England
Reports from across England describe destructive gales heavy snow and extreme cold. Terrible storms lash the Channel with several vessels in distress and one adrift off the Anglesey coast.
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England
London
Channel
Anglesey
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Ita Eissot
Porto Rico
Coast Artillery
Army
Elvin D. Barclay
Huron
For Free Labor Bureau
H.C. Henderson
Jalil
Santa Fe
Galveston
Snys
Mover
Cape Itorn
Joseph
John Swift
Marseilles
Mare
Labor Unions
Labor Exchange
Muscatine, In
Kate Keen
Nola K
Mississippi
Hysell
Atull
Avery Board
L. C. Mittelstadt
Norfolk
Bucholz
Alexan Idi Hai
ZUTS
National Bank
Europe
A. Beak
P. Hanlon
F. J. Hale
W. A. Rainbolt
W. H. Bocholz
Cotton
WM. Zut
Sweetwater Rock Spring
Scranton
Sugar City Cereal Mills
Norfolk Building and Loan Ass
W. C. Hall
B. W. Jonas
W. H. Rish
Tums
James Richards
Faroam St
Paxton Hotel
H. Brummund
Dean's Paint Store
5Th St
H. H. Hull
Teeleruonne
North Ninth Street
L. Rembe
Myers Force
M. E. Spaulding
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