Cuban constitutional convention meets in Havana
The Cuban constitutional convention met to discuss an amendment plan as political excitement eases. A rumored appeal to the people could trigger protests against the United States, but no uprising is feared. John Sheridan, once in charge of Havana's money order department, was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $1,300 for theft of $1,300.
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Havana
United States
John Sheridan
Money Order Department
Jon Bull
Nicaragua
Washington
Senate
Morgan
Great Britain
Tie
Vce
Roosevelt
Committee On Rules
Edward
Litchensburg Attacked Amid Reinforcement Dispatch
Kitchener's dispatch from Pretoria reports Kitchensburg under attack by Delfrey's forces with 500 garrisoned men and two guns. Maj. Fledger and Lieut. Hall reported killed as reinforcements are sent. London notes parliamentary inquiry and ongoing communications between Kitchener and Botha. Bloemfontein adds that De Wet is gunless and hard pressed.
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Litchensburg
London
War Office
Kitchener
Pretoria
Kitchensburg
Delfrey
Fledger
Hall
House of Commons
Balfour
Botha
Iis
Bloemfontein
de Wet
Mob in Corsicana Pursues Suspect After Wife Attacked
Conway Younger leads about 200 citizens in Corsicana Texas in a manhunt for a felon who attacked his wife and cut her throat. Bloodhounds are aiding the chase and the pursued man is deemed doomed if captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsicana
Texas
Conway Younger
Frye Reelected and Key Nominations Confirmed
The Senate re elected William P Frye as president pro tempore and confirmed Robert S McCormick of Illinois as minister to Austria Hungary and Captain Crowin shield as chief of the bureau of navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frye
Washington
Senate
William P. Frye
Robert 5. McCormick
Ilinois
Austria-Hungary
Capt
Crowinshield
Bureau of Navigation
Dewey Receives Prize Money From Manila Victory
The Treasury issued a war rant for $9,570 payable to Admiral George Dewey for prize money due him from the 1898 Manila Bay destruction. Other items note Miss Bridgman and Miss Jenes traveling on marriage, Brage considering moving to Washington, and Racine enforcing shore-sand protections with fines up to $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Treasury Department
George Dewey
Court of Claims
Manila Harbor
Bishop recalls pastor at Logansport amid parish protest
The bishop withdrew the appointment of Very Rev. J. H. Guendling as pastor of St. Vincent's Logansport after the congregation threatened to appeal to Archbishop Martinelli. Guendling, formerly vicar general, had been removed, prompting the recall.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Alerding
J. H. Guendling
St. Vincent's
Logansport
Martinelli
Father Guendling
Prohibitionists Reject Carrie Nation Endorsement
Kalamazoo Michigan March 7 The Prohibition state convention rejected endorsing Carrie Nation's saloon smashing. Professor F C Goodrich chaired the session Rev W A Taylor secretary One thousand thirty one dollars raised for work in the state Plan to unify state and county efforts. county share set at one fourth to counties and three fourths to the state through January 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Kansas
Kalamazoo
Mich
Carrie Nation
F. C. Goodrich
Ann Arbor
W. A. Taylor
Plainwell
Walter
Western
Adrian
Supreme Court
Drosina Stansfield
Bay City
Archibald Butters
Charlevoix
New Eden in Africa: Explorer Cherry on Central Africa trip
William Stamps Cherry, African explorer, spoke to the Chicago Press club about his journey in the Kotto region. He described new tribes, wild coffee and vanilla, abundant rubber vines, tropical fruits, and fertile lands with future rail routes linking Africa’s rivers to commerce and immigration.
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Chicago
William Stamps Cherry
Chicago Press Club
Central Africa
Cherry
Kotto
Breeas
Lindas
Temperate Zone
United States
Africa
Various World News and Figures From Early 1900s
Census reports Bombay population 770000 down 30000 due to plague. Design for naval memorial arch in Battery Park New York approved. Rockefeller gives 1106600 for a Vassar dormitory. Rosebery calls secret inquiry into war office. England budget may tax sugar imports. Fava to be recalled from Washington. Farrar recovering after Chicago shooting. Mother Shevlin dies in Chicago. City records 42 new smallpox cases. hospital total 4435 in Glasgow. Missouri to spend 1,000,000 on St Louis exhibit. Paper-bangers strike near end. 17 of 22 firms sign. China report says Beijing may execute legation staff. New Zealand to vote on joining the Commonwealth.
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Bombay
Battery Park
New York
John D. Rocckefeller
Vassar
Lord Rosebery
War Office
England
Rome
Ambassador Fava
Washington
Raymond Farrar
Chicago
Shevlin
Glasgow
Missouri House
St. Louis
Pittsburg
China
Victoria
B. C
Peking
New Zealand
Commonwealth of Aus
Grim colonial depopulation and Colombian civil-war brutality
The report describes widespread depopulation in Africa due to slave raiders, noting regions along the Kotto river after a major raid. It then shifts to Colombia where wartime brutality is blamed on both sides with massacres by Federals and the torment and execution of prisoners, including Meliton Zubia and Theophile Ortiz.
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Stone
Africa
Cherry
Kotto
Aral Ellet
Colombia
San Francisco
Mareh T
W. H. Pittros
South Americas
Putros
Chimipa
Meliton Zubiae
Bogota
Theophile Ortiz
Zubia
Woman to Whom the Hoy In Blue ts Ste ply Irresistible
Mary Rushart faced divorce after Nicholas Rushart testified his wife befriended soldiers during the Spanish American War. He found nineteen letters from servicemen in the Philippines Alaska Cuba and other places proving her alleged guilt. She confessed when confronted and he left her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rushart
Nicholas Rushart
Philippines
Alaska
Cuba
Epileptic throws at Kaiser in Bremen incident and other 1900s briefs
The Kaiser William was slightly hurt when a piece of iron was thrown at his carriage by epileptic workman Dietrich Weiland near Bremen. In Warrensburg Missouri a man Wisely was jailed for murder of Nellie Allen, a 11 year old girl. In Apollonia Wisconsin Fred Stanfest accidentally discharged a loaded shotgun injuring his wife. In Kenosha Wisconsin a double wedding occurred with Henry Blanchard and Marian Van Alstine marrying, followed by Edwin Van Alstine and Grace Blanchard tying the knot.
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Bremen
Emperor William
Rathskeller
Dletrich Weiland
Weiland
W Lend
Warrensburg
William Wise
Knobvoster
Yesterc
Nellie Allen
Apollonia
Wis
Fred Stanfest
Iis Home
Kenosha
Mageh
Henry C. Blanchard
Charles AH. Blanchard
Marian van Alstine
Edwin van Alstine
Mr. Blanchard
Grace BE. Blanchard
Gage and Critics Debate Russian Sugar Duties
Washington March 7 The Illinois Manufacturers association protested Secretary Gage over countervailing duties on Russian beet sugar. Martin B Madden argued for 300,000 Illinois workers and 1,000,000 annual production. Mundt cited an item valued at 38,000 in shipments to Russia and urged that duties would discriminate. Gage refused repeal of the order and explained it enforces Congress law.
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Washington
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Secrretary Gage
Martin B. Madden
Ilinois
United States
Treasury
Mundt
William C. Mundt
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
Russia
Gage
Treasury Department
Congress
Move Toward Illinois Constitutional Convention Already Underway
Springfield reports the first essential step toward a constitutional convention for Illinois has been taken with a joint resolution to submit the question to voters. Speaker Sherman leads the effort, aiming for a two thirds House and Senate vote and a fall 1902 referendum.
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Springfield
Illinois
House
Sherman
Cbr Br
Chicago
Cook County
McKenzie
Cook
General Assembly
Reflects on the Solons in Wisconsin Legislature
Madison Wis a sensational debate arose as the judiciary committee was asked to report a bill that would cast suspicion on every legislator. The governor may investigate spending before signing a bill and any person who helped pass it must swear to disclose information under a 1000 dollar penalty. The measure startled lawmakers who saw it as questioning their integrity and distrusting them in public eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Judiciary Committee of the Assembly
Humphrey for Bench in the Southern District
The president sent to the senate the nominations of J Otis Humphrey and Thomas Worthington for judge and attorney in the Southern District of Illinois. Gov Yates was hurried home from Washington due to his mother's serious illness in Jacksonville.
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Washington
Senate
J. Otis Humphrey
Thomas Worthington
Ilinois
Yates
Springfield
Jacksonville
Hawaii Territorial Legislature Opens in Honolulu
The first territorial legislature of Hawaii began its sessions in Honolulu on February 20. J. A. Atkins, independent and mixed heritage, was named speaker of the house. Dr. Nicolas Russell, a Hawaii resident, was elected president of the senate. Russell is a white man.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
San Francisco
Hawai i
J. A. Atkins
House
Nicolas Russell
Senate
Russell
More Railroad Men Strike at Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Iowa March 7 One hundred fifty more employes in the Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern railroad shops went on a strike today in sympathy with the machinists who struck against the introduction of the piece-work system Three hundred and fifty are now out.
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Beloit
Wis
Arthur Cady
Homer Payne
Cady
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Alfred V. Booth
Cedar Rapids
Burlingto Rapids
Northern
Oshkosh
Baraboo
Iowa
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad
Buzz Saw Kills One Injures Five In Sawmill Accident
In Galesburg Illinois today a portable sawmill castings failed and released the buzz saw killing engineer Harry Griffin and wounding five other workmen.
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Buzz Saw
Galesburg
Ill
Harry Griffin
Frederick Metz Sr. Dies in Omaha at 74
Frederick Metz Sr. president of Mets Bros. Brewing company and prominent Omaha magnate died this morning at age 74. The prominent businessman was among the state’s wealthiest men and led Mets Bros. Brewing. Funeral plans pending.
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Frederick Metz
Omaha
Neb
Frederick Metz, Sr
Mets Bros. Brewing Company
Near completion hoped for Rock Island theatre fund
The effort to finalize the subscription for a new Rock Island theatre is nearly complete with J. B. Arthurs and his committee canvassing for the final contributions. George H. Johnston, delayed by family illness, is expected to arrive soon to aid the drive. Adelbert M. Dewey, cousin of Admiral Dewey, arrives as a labor department agent to study 1899 and 1900 strikes, focusing on the arsenal machinists and carpenters disputes. A Davenport optician notes a shopper probing prices before buying a pair of glasses as a birthday present.
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Rock Island Theatre
J. B. Arthurs
George H. Johnston
St. Louis
Canv
Dewey
Adelbert M. Dewey
Admiral George Dewey
America
Admiral Dewey
Davenport
Yesterdey
United States Department of Labor
Arsenal
Carpenters
Smmer
Ken
Philadelphia Record
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Sheridan
Hayics
Hears M. Bridgzeman
Cape Town
Footh Africa
Aml
Drage
Lac
Tren- Brage
Woehinsten
Racine
Milwaukee
Exact Boats
Alstria
Muarch
Robert 5
McCormick
Aus Wis Nnice
United States Legation
Robert T. Lincoln
McCarmiv
Wbted
City
Joseph Medill
South Bend
Albert Salt
Starke County
Fuo
Freeport
Joy Powell
Woodbury
Lincoln, Neb
David Brown
Otee County
Nebraska City
Lincoln
Brown
His Critics
Cannon
Loase Committee
Livingston
Postal Service
Nicaragua Canal
Republican Party
Col. Hay
March
Hay
Tuley
Humphrey
Gov. Yates
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