Still Hope For Mafeking Move From Warrenton Reopens
A Warrenton telegram reports a Vaal river crossing secured by Lord Methuen east of Fourteen Streams with a flanking push via Boshof. Reinforcements hurry up and Mafeking may not be as hard pressed as feared as Methuen plans a northward advance when ready.
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London
Warrenton
Vaal River
Lord Methuen
Boshof
Mafeking
Pretoria
Bluff
Col. Plumer
Kitchener
Prieska
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Free State
Kroonstad
French
Oliver
Basutoland
Ladybrand
Buller
Natal
Plumer Retires to Crocodile Pools Amid Mafeking News
London dispatches report Col. Plumer has retired to Crocodile Pools and Mafeking relief seems distant. The Times second edition says the base hospital moved to Gaberones, while Boer moves hint at siege gun removal near Mafeking. General French advances toward Thabanchu with Maseru heliographic link established.
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Crocodile Pools
London
Plumer
Mafeking
Bulawayo
the Times
Gaberones
French
Orange Free State
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Kruger
Great Britain
Thabanchu
Maseru
French Minister Again Upheld In Brussels Chamber
In Paris on Friday the chamber of deputies saw M. Ferrette withdraw his interpellation about multiple Brussels chambers of commerce as a likely majority formed for the government. M. Aulan's question on decorations to unfit recipients, including M. Paquin, was resolved in favor of the government by 271 to 226.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Ferrette
Train hold up near Hamburg Iowa yields cash and watch
In Hamburg Iowa on March 26 a lone bandit robbed a train on the Kansas City St. Joseph Council Bluffs line four miles south of town at 2 am. He seized $200 in cash and a gold watch after threatening flagman Moore and forcing passengers in sleeper and chair cars to wake and surrender belongings.
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Lone Bandt
Hamburg
Iowa
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Here
Moore
Non-Union Man Slain in Chicago After Assault
Gustav Smith, 38, of 116 West Madison, died from a basal skull fracture after being found at Madison and Jefferson with serious head injuries. August Hasterok, 36, of 77 Newton, remained in serious condition with brain concussion. Police suppressed details of the incident and initial hospital reports were misleading.
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Chicago
Gustav Smith
Madison Street
August’ Hasterok
Newton Street
Smith
Madison
Jefferson Streets
Hasterok
Noble
Cornell
Irish Nationalists to Confer at All Organizations Meeting
Dublin and London will host a Great Meeting on March 26 to unify Irish groups. Friday’s session, led by John Redmond, formed a convention committee including clergy and public bodies and national organizations. Whitsuntide in Dublin is favored for the gathering, with Archbishop Walsh in Rome weighing church stance.
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Dublin
London
John Redmond
Whitsun
Walsh
Rome
Milwaukee
Wis
Democratic
Grand Avenue
Havana
Wood
Cady
Dady
Powers On Trial At Last In Kentucky Courthouse
The preliminary trial of Caleb Powers in Frankfort Kentucky at the Franklin Circuit Court began Friday morning. Powers Republican secretary of state stands charged with conspiring to kill William Goebel shot on Capitol grounds January 30. Mountaineers failed to appear as militia surrounded the courthouse and several witnesses testified without showing conclusively where the fatal bullet came from.
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Frankfort
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Capitol Grounds
Franklin Circuit Court
Beckham
Goebel
Explosion kills four at sawmill near Muncie
A boiler at John Niccum's sawmill six miles northwest of Muncie Indiana exploded on Friday killing Lon Van Buskirk engineer Thomas Sullivan farmer Clifford Van Buskirk and Marion Carey justice of the peace. Injured include James Dragston William Green and James McCreery. Windows shattered as two horses nearby survived. a log wagon was wrecked.
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Muncie
Ind
John Niccum
Lon van Buskirk
Thomas Sullivan
Clifford van Buskirk
Marion Carey
James Dragston
William Green
James McCreery
Puerto Rico tariff bill fight rattles Congress and Iowa
Washington reports Republican leaders split over Puerto Rico tariff amendment as House and Senate clash. Iowa legislators face censure over Puerto Rico stance while cattle interests seek interstate commerce reforms and postal bill defeat persists.
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Washington
Senate
Puerto Rico
House
Henderson
United States
Proctor
Elkins
Beveridge
Foraker
Iowa
Under Gonds For Loving A Married Woman Prosecutor
Chicago March 26 Mrs Orivia Schrader wife of a locomotive engineer at 708 West Ohio street accused of annoying Mrs Mary Meiselbar and her family at 665 West Huron street over affection for Louis Meiselbar. Louis testified she followed him on streets and hugged him at home triggering nightly disturbances. Bonds to keep the peace were set.
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Chicago
Orivia Schrader
West
Ohio Street
Mary Meiselbar
West Huron Street
Finerty Rages Over Missing Beer Meet Tickets
Col Finerty attacks United Irish Societies of Chicago accusing them of disunity and mismanagement of tickets for a pro Boer mass meeting. Prominent members blame political jealousy and many tickets sold or withheld cannot be accounted for. Finerty's fury follows the ticket dispute.
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Chicago
United Irish Societies of
Col. Finerty
Carnegie Company Formed With 260 Million Capital
Pittsburg dispatch reports the new Carnegie company formed by a 260 million dollar capital structure. 160 million comes from existing steel and coke partners including Andrew Carnegie Henry Frick Henry Phipps Charles Schwab and Francis Lovejoy. 100 million in gold bonds at 5 percent will cover book value. key subscribers include Carnegie over 80 million Frick 16 million Schwab 18 million and Lovejoy 8 million. Yaqui attack Mexican troops near Bacatete mountains. two hours of fighting produce no major losses. Paris reports widespread smallpox with officials ordering vaccination of city workers and limiting information about cases to protect the exposition.
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Carnegie Company
Pittsburg
New
Andrew Carnegie
H.C. Frick
Henry Phipps
Henry C. Frick
Charles M. Schwab
Francis T. F. Lovejoy
Smallpox on the Increase in United States
The week saw 1272 new smallpox cases nationwide with Louisiana recording 2015, Texas 517, California only three. New York has eleven cases while Illinois reports seventy four, five in Chicago. In Paris, the Mi-Careme procession passed without incidents as fears of Boer uniforms were curbed by Delcasse's ban.
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Washington
United States
Louisiana
Texas
California
New York
Illinois
Chicago
Louis Rice Lynched in Ripley Tennessee
March 26. Louis Rice was strung up by a mob before daybreak on the outskirts of Ripley twenty miles northwest of Brownesville. The killing follows a prior lynching and affray that claimed about five innocent negroes in the area. A mob action in the town’s suburbs carried out the execution without justification.
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Louis Rice
Brownesville
Tenn
Ripley
Here
A Successful Farmer of Western Canada
W Creamer, a 1,280 acre mixed farmer near town, rose from early hardships to broader prosperity. Since arriving in 1880 he built modern farm facilities, houses a threshing outfit, and farms 500 acres wheat plus 200 acres other grains with 40 horses, 60 cattle, and 50 pigs.
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W. Creamer
Creamer
Western Canada
Witty Victories and Odd Tales From Old Times
A collection of brief anecdotes features Princess Mary Adelaide asking Disraeli what we wait for with his reply about mutton and potatoes, Sir Augustus Harris correcting a piano, Philip Armour's four days as a brakeman, Beecher’s pun on women speaking, Archbishop Magee opposing Irish disestablishment, and a quip about the road to hell being paved with good intentions.
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Mary Adelaide
Duchess of
Teck
Mr. Disraeli
Augustus Harris
Drusolanus
Forsyth
Philip D. Armour
Chicago
Lake Shore Road
George A. Sheldon
Armour
Sheldon
York
Dr. Magee
House of Lords
Q Gladstone
MM Magee
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Vaal
Gen. Roberts
Cal Plumer
August Hasterok
Powers
Oxford
Ohio
The
Western College For Women
Indiana
Twiktdevil
Deep Sea
Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On
Commerce
H. Cowan
Fort Worth
Tex
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
T.W. Tomlinson
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Cowan
Des Moines
State House
el Paso
Bacatete Mountains
Figaro
Delcasse
Crumpacker
Valparaiso
B. D. Crumpacker
Supreme Court
Plymouth
Henry Ward Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Hell
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