Death by own action shocks Paris trial set in Ceylon case
March 25 reports Sir Hector MacDonald died by his own hand in Paris at the Hotel Regina while en route to stand trial in Ceylon. He was a famed commander linked to charges similar to Krupp and faced sensational accusations. The death creates a national shock and questions about honor and disgrace in the army.
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Idaho Rancher Shot Dead by Desperadoes in Idaho Falls
March 25 Idaho Falls scene of fatal shooting of rancher Jon Brown by two highwaymen who demanded his money as he waited for a midnight train. Ex constable W G Ellis aided Brown before both suspects fled. sheriff's posse detained three men as suspects. In separate report, Cape May Marine Villa Hotel burned for an $60,000 loss.
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Street Car Strike Persists in Tacoma With Arbitration Offer
Tacoma March 25 The street car strike continues as the company runs a few cars on each line and strikers induce more workers to quit. Replacements from Seattle fill gaps while State Labor Commissioner Blackman offers arbitration services to both sides under the new law.
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National Council of Women Convenes in New Orleans
The American Woman's Suffrage Association ends its session in New Orleans as the National Council of Women prepares to open a major three day convention. Delegates from over twenty national societies join 1,200,000 women in a gathering featuring Susan B. Anthony May Wright Sewall and Anna Shaw among the leading figures. The event is expected to be the most notable in the council's history.
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American Woman's Suffrage Association
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National Council of Women
Susan B. Anthony
Mary Love Dickinson
May Wright Sewall
Fannie Humphreys Gaffney
Hannah G. Solomon
Lillian M. Hollister
Anna Shaw
Ireland
Dublin
House of Commons
Utah Sugar Co hires Japs for beet fields in Utah Idaho
General Manager T H Cutler of the Utah Sugar Company says arrangements are made for enough Japanese workers to cultivate 800 acres of sugar beets in Utah and 1 000 acres in Idaho. Also notes Maryland observes anniversary of Calvert settlement with Patriot Day style observance. Scandinavian liner Hellig Olaf sails to New York on first voyage replacing Oxcar IT damaged on prior voyage.
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Glasgow
Great Interest in Proposed Irish Land Bill
London reports heavy interest in the government backed Irish land bill as the House of Commons, crowded with MPs, debates measures to create peasant proprietors. Wyndham outlines funding, incentives, and a potential three year payment period, with 80,000 tenants already owning holdings and land transfers protected against loss. John Redmond comments on the measure’s advance but vows full study of its details.
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Wyndham
Ireland
John Redmond
Woman Nearby Hayes in Golden Gate Park Linked to Murder
In San Francisco on March 25 a woman believed to be Mrs. James O Connell, daughter of Congressman Loud, accompanied Hayes in Golden Gate Park. She tried to aid him after the shooting, fled to the Cliff House, and was found by the bartender exhausted. Hayes had telephoned for Mrs. O Connell earlier that evening, and he was betrothed to Mrs. Messner whose engagement ring was later found on him.
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Mrs O Connell Acknowledges Presence In Inquest
In San Francisco on March 25 Mrs O Connell says she was with Hayes and visited the coroner asking to be excused from the inquest. She is accompanied by Miss Grace Loud.
Burdick Case Reveals Divorce Plot In Buffalo
Buffalo reports a plot by Pennell to lure Burdick with a beautiful woman to trap him in a situation that would block his divorce suit. The woman and the man who brought her to Buffalo are under police surveillance and are expected to testify.
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Employers Ready Plan to Unite Manufacturers in Defense
Chicago reports that at the National Association of Manufacturers convention in New Orleans a plan will be proposed to weld all lad fig manufacturers into one defense against trades unionism. Promoters cite past congress defeats and urge federation, noting Chicago and iron and steel groups have already united to oppose labor demands.
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The Greatest of All the Mergers
The Evening World reports Vanderbilt & Co will retire from New York Central control, a key step in the Morgan Rockefeller plan to consolidate trunk line rail transport. The deal spans most eastern U S railways, about 76 000 miles of line and roughly five billion in capital.
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Death by own action at Sumpter
Woeldra McVickers a 21 year old night central girl at the focal telephone office in Sumpter committed death by her own hand Monday morning. She took poison and then shot herself, the bullet entering below the heart. Her parents have resided in Sumpter for two years. her father is a carpenter, her mother in a Portland hospital. cause appears linked to a love affair.
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Annual Session of Baltimore Conference Opens in Fredericksburg Md
Clerical and lay delegates gather for the Baltimore Conference of the M. E. Church South in Fredericksburg Maryland for several days of sermons and addresses. Rev. Mr. Wagner of Keyser West Virginia preached the opening sermon and Bishop A Coke Smith presided at the start. Wheat in Chicago quotes a price of per bushel.
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A. Coke Smith
North Carolina
Terrific battle in Turkey leaves field strewn with corpses
Report from St. Petersburg on March 26 describes a fierce clash between Kurdish tribes the Mertans and Shinans on the Turkey Persian frontier. Authorities report more than 1,000 dead after the battle, said to be sparked by a mutual oath to annihilate each other.
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New York New Haven Hartford Directors Promise New Wage Schedule
The directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad announced a special committee will meet employee committees to grant a new wage schedule. The action was proposed by J Pierpont Morgan and supported by Rockefeller.
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Rockefeller
Policeman Arrests Man Then Fatally Shots Escape Attempt
Washington on March 26 a policeman named Sayer arrested a Black man for a minor offense. The prisoner, alarmed, moved to escape and was shot dead by the officer. The policeman later surrendered at the station and was found violently insane. Several officers had to subdue him and take him to the hospital.
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Eacmpee
British Consuls Hit New Low in London Market
London March 26. British consuls fell again today selling at 90. They were lower than yesterday when the market reached its lowest point in 40 years.
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New York Central Chief Deflects Question on Control Change
New York March 25 President Newman of the New York Central declines to confirm or deny reports of a change in control. He offered no details and remained noncommittal when pressed about the ownership shift amid ongoing market speculation.
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Opera House Destroyed in Toronto Fire
A Toronto opera house was destroyed by fire on March 26, causing an estimated loss of 160000. A theatrical company also reported 12000 in scenery and costumes lost. Separate blaze at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on March 26 damaged Pennsylvania railway cars with costs up to 100000.
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Pennsylvania Railway
By-Products Boost Stock Raising Profits at La Grande
EB Hutcheon addresses at the Farmers' Institute in La Grande on animal husbandry and the value of finishing stock before marketing. He notes modern breeds and feeds, the surge of meat packing, and how abattoirs turn offal into valued by products, urging early marketing only after thorough finish to maximize profits.
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EB. N. Hutchison
Department of Animal Husbandry
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United States
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Pacific Northwest
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