Boer Army Dwindling and Raids Around Mafeking
London reports confusion over Mafeking relief as five to six thousand troops clash with Methuen near Warrenton and Fourteen Streams. A Kimberley expedition heads toward Griqua town while French reportedly returns from Thaba Nesu. Boers regain Papkuel amid looting as observers await Roberts’s next move.
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French
Bloemfontein
Thaba Nehu
Roberts
London
War Office
Mafeking
Lord Methuen
Warrenton
Kimberley
Griquatown
Olivier
Biggareberg
Buller
Washbank
Lord Roberts
Miss Goulds Chaplains in Army Pay from Private Funds
A White House visitor notes Miss Helen Gould of New York funds nine or ten informal chaplains in the army for the Philippines and elsewhere. Each minister and YMCA worker is paid about 90 dollars monthly plus expenses, totaling around 2,000 dollars per month.
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Washington
the Star Today
White House
Philippines
Helen Gould
New York
Pierson Flour Milling Plant Destroyed by Fire
Fire early today leveled the Pierson Flour Milling company's plant in Lawrence Kansas valued at about 150000 dollars. Insurance coverage stood at 80000 dollars leaving substantial loss. Several thousand bushels of wheat and several hundred barrels of flour were burned.
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Pierson
Lawrence
Kan
Pierson Flour Milling Company
Hoar Salary Bill Fixes Supreme Court Pay
Senator Hoar reports from the Judiciary Committee a bill setting annual salaries for the Supreme Court chief justice at 115 500 and associate justices at 15 000, circuit judges at 9 000, and district judges at 7 000 with no payment for expenses after passage.
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Washington
Senator Hoar
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Mayor Ash Reports Fundraising for Republican Convention
Philadelphia on March 2 Mayor Ash announced that funds totaling 83,000 are in hand for the Republican national convention and will be forwarded soon. Work on raising the fourth and final 26,000 has begun.
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Philadelphia
Ashbridge
Thi
Proposed Labor Bill Hearings Continue Before Judiciary
Washington hearings on a bill to limit injunctions in employer labor disputes were continued before the House Judiciary Committee. Gompers Morrison and Ralston spoke in support along with Fuller Szegedy. The measure would deem acts not a crime unless they would be criminal if done by one person. The committee did not take final action.
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Washington
House Committee On Judiciary
Gompers
Morrison
Federation of Labor
Jackson H. Ralston
H. BR. Fuller
H. W. Szegedy
Central Labor Union of Washington
Messrs. Gompers
Halston
Fuller
Ray
Powers on Stand in Goebel Murder Trial Cross-Examination
Frankfort Kentucky March 6 The hearing resumed with F Wharton Golden cross examining Republican Secretary of State Caleb Powers charged as accessory to Governor Goebel murder Golden testified he learned two weeks ago he could be arrested if he did not reveal what he knew and that prosecutors would seek to protect him From Powers Golden said Thomas Cromwell triggered the case and that Powers suggested he might flee Golden said he could not identify the man who was given the key the morning Goebel was killed and that he failed to locate him in the room The defense concluded cross examination and rebuttal began with the Commonwealth later resting the court adjourned to 9 tomorrow
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Frankfort
Caleb Powers
Goebel
F. Wharton Golden
Brown
Golden
Commonwealth
Thomas Cromwell
Powers
Cromwell
State House
Dixon
Fleming
Winchester
Miss Pearl Reese
Scranton Tribune
Stroudsburg
East Stroudsburg
Pocono Creek
Mies Reese
Miss Reese
Povono Bridge
Simonton
Costello
Engler
Bergner
Lycoming
Miller
Northampton County
Coyle
McCarrel
Williamsport
John B. Emery
T. J. Savidge
Harry A. Mackey
Philadelphia
Business Men's Republican League
Frank Sutseman
Charles Duggan
Gilbert
Berzner
Illegal voting alleged in Altoona primaries
Dr D K Smith and C L Getsinger face Alderman Ramey for illegal voting in the Republican primaries. Smith, a Fifth ward resident, allegedly voted in the Ninth ward though he says it was accidental. Getsinger supposedly lacks city residency. Keystone league backing may proceed against the Ninth ward election board.
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Altoona
D. K. Smith
C. L. Getsinger
Ramey
Dr. Smith
Fifth Ward
Ninth Ward
Getsinger
Keystone League
Quay
Court of inquiry clears Charleston crew in loss inquiry
In Manila Admiral Watson convened a court of inquiry to fix responsibility for the Charleston wreck. The navy department released the court’s report today, fully vindicating the Charleston officers and men and rejecting claims they were intoxicated at the time of the collision.
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Washington
Watson
Manila
Charleston
Navy Department
President receives Lady Minto and guests in Washington
The president today welcomed Lady Minto wife of the Canadian governor general. Also present were the governor general's aide de camp and Mr Morton Fryen. Senator Wolcott introduced them to the president as Mrs McKinley remains ill with a cold.
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Washington
Lady Minto
Canada
Morton Fryen
Wolcott
McKinley
Plague in Sydney Reaches Thirty-Six Reported Cases
In Sydney on March 9 the official count of bubonic plague cases climbs to thirty six with thirteen deaths. Eight thousand people have been inoculated to curb the outbreak.
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Sydney
Nsw
Queenstown Shipping News Summary
Queenstown reports vessels sailing and clearing with Kaleein Maria Theresa bound for Bremen via Southampton and Cherbourg. Lucania is bound for New York as Cevic sails for New York. Tauri departs Liverpool while Kaleein Maria Theresa proceeds to Bremen through the English Channel.
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Queenstown
Lucania
New York
Liverpool
Cevic
Kaleein Maria Theresa
Hremen
Southampton
Cherbourg
Tauri
Cardinal Camilla Mastella Noted Italian Prelate
Cardinal Camilla Mastella of Palestrina and prefect of the Sacred Bites congregation was born in Italy in 1833 and created a cardinal in 1886.
Democrats defend silver stance amid convention doubts
J C Johnson, chairman of the Democratic national committee, rejects articles linking prominent Democrats to plans to drop the silver issue. He says no authority supports such claims and that leaders including Senator Jones Walsh Abbott oppose the insinuations. He notes Weaver’s stance is not universal Democrat, and he believes the Kansas City convention will reaffirm the 1896 money platform.
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General Weaver
Kansas City
Chicago
J. C. Johnson
Democratic National Committee
Jones
National Committee
Papera
Witah
Senator Jones
Walsh
Mr. Abbott
Myself
Washington
Nebraska
Bryan
Weaver
North Dakota
Pacific Coast
United States
Burglars Loot Luzerne Post Office in Early Morning
Special to the Beranton Tribune reports that at about 8 o clock burglars entered the Luzerne borough post office and rifled the money drawer, stealing stamps and stamped envelopes worth nine dollars. An attempted safe opening with drilled door hole and explosives set off. the door broke but the lock held. Neighbors aroused by the explosion frightened off the intruders, suspected to be local men.
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Pittzion
Luzerne Borough
Five Robbers Steal 3100 Pounds at Healy’s Restaurant
Five masked men dine at Healy's on Columbus Avenue then one distracts the cashier while another takes £3100 from the safe. The group leaves unnoticed as the theft remains undiscovered for five minutes. No clues to the thieves are found.
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New York
March St
Healy's
Sixty-Sixth Street
Columbus Avenue
Wages Raised 20 Percent for Five Thousand Miners
In Altoona on March 24 the Altoona Coal and Coke company Henrietta Coal Mining company and Frugality Coal and Coke company informed their miners of a voluntary 20 percent wage increase effective April 1. The five thousand affected workers gain higher pay with no conference representation.
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Altoona
Altoona Coal and Coke Company
Henrietta Coal Mining Company
Frugality Coal and Coke Company
Application filed for new telegraph and cable franchise
Washington March 2 An application was completed to present to congress for a franchise for a new telephone telegraph and cable company. It aims to unite all firms outside the Bell system and to strike a long distance deal with the Pacific system covering San Francisco and most Pacific slope lines.
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Washington
Congress
Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company
Bell
Pacific System
San Francisco
Pacific Slope
Southern Cross Championship Opens With Weeklong Play
The annual open golf tournament for the Southern Cross championship starts here today and will run for a week. Twenty five cups are offered to the winners.
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Aiken, & C
Southern Cross
California Spring Race Meet Opens in Oakland
The Oakland meet began today in favorable conditions and will run through April 1. The event marks the big spring race meet in California with daily racing action and attendees expected to draw crowds.
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California
Oakland
Cal
March
Trolley Accident Near Bradford Claims Several In Overturned Car
Bradford March 26 One of the big passenger cars of the Olean Rock City and Bradford Electric railway ran away down a mountain side beyond Red Rock and derailed. J C Marsh of Bradford an oil well worker aged 22 was killed. Injured include W B Herts Bradford dead crushed leg broken serious Edward Norton Sterling Thorn left leg broken serious FE H Hunter Dallas Luzerne county injured J J Reardon conductor J W Wheeler motorman Lawrence Dana John Wingard and R ad ar Kerty. The track nears a steep hillside where the grade is sharp and the electrical apparatus had become disabled.
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Bradford
Olean
Rock City
Red Rock
J. C. Marsh
W. B. Herts
Edward Norton
Sterling Thun
FE. H. Hunter
Dallas
Luzerne County
J. J. Reardon
J. W. Wheeler
Lawrence Dana
John Wingard
R Ad
Ar Kerty
Shooting at Spruce Creek Sparks Riverfront Tragedy
Altoona reports a double shooting at Spruce Creek shanty when Robert Hamilton attempted entry to Louis Ayres home. Ayres shot Hamilton in the bowels and later wounded spectator John Davia in the back. both men expected to die. Ayres fled on a freight train as killings at Spruce Creek mount since railroad work began last April.
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Altoona
Robert Mamilton
Spruce Creek
Louis Ayres
Ayres
Hamilton
John Davia
Beyer Shanty
Tigue Nominated by Fifth District Democrats
In Pittston a Democratic faction nominated Hon. Michael J. Tigue for the legislature. A separate faction plans a second convention next Saturday to nominate another candidate. The district is largely Democratic and Tigue served on several key committees in the last legislature.
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Wilkes-Barre
Democratic Party
Fifth Legislative District
Pittston
Michael J. Tigue
Tigue
Porter case commuted from execution to 20-year hard labor
In Panique, Philippine Islands, Robert Porter a civilian employe of the army quartermaster department was tried by general court martial for a December assault and sentenced to hang. The president commuted the sentence to confinement at hard labor in a penitentiary for twenty years.
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Washington
Robert Porter
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
aFeault
Panique
Philippine Islands
Spring con vocation of Ancient Accepted Bottled Rite Masons opens
Kansas City reports the spring convocation of the Ancient Accepted Bottled Rite Masons opening today. Degrees are conferred in sequence from the fourth to the fourteenth today, with fifteenth to eighteenth tomorrow, nineteenth to thirtieth Wednesday, and thirty third to thirty second Thursday.
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Kansas City
Mint Aids Currency Reform Amid Coin Shortage
Philadelphia reports a severe small coin shortage with the mint rushing out twenty million coins in small denominations. Officials say the two year timetable under the new currency law will complete the program given the current surplus demand.
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Philadelphia
Alleged Bribers on the Bace in Coyle Trial
Philadelphia witness Michael J. Costello testifies in Harrisburg as ex-Senator John J. Coyle faces bribery charges over offers to Rep. Engler to support the McCarrell jury bill. The day features habeas actions, Engler’s perjury claim, and witness credibility debates in Williamsport and Harrisburg.
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Michael J. Costello
Philadelphia
Police
Wise
Mr. Costello
Williamsport
M. J. Costello
Coyle
Harrisburg
John Engler
McCarrell
Metzger
Costello
Harrisburk
Boston Railroads Back New Signal Lights Plan
Boston officials consider Prefector Louis Derr Institute of Technology proposal for a three color signal system. Yellow signals caution and green signals safe with red, while white would be discarded to improve clarity and reduce accidents.
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Boston
Louis Derr
The
Institute of Technology
Wrestler Ernest Roeber Forfeits Suit to Bind Beck Olsen Match
In New York on March date a manager posted a $1,000 forfeit to compel a further wrestling bout with Beck Olsen. The move aims to secure the rematch under agreed terms and timing.
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New York
March
Ernest Roeber
Beck Olsen
The Boer Army Strength and Puerto Rico Legislation
Rain gives way to clearing as reports outline the general strength of the Boer Army and confirm all factions stand firm on Puerto Rico legislation. Details cover trials of public figures, local legal motions, and regional industrial news amid a broad front of parliamentary and civic updates.
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Puerto Rico
Coyle
Sliver
Relief for Puerto Rico Authorized Two Million Dollar Plan
Congress approves $2,000,000 for Puerto Rico relief with General Davis empowered to direct $1,000,000. The plan prioritizes public works employment for about 25,000 natives and distribution of rations to the sick and destitute unable to work. Secretary Root notes rapid implementation and full discretion to Davis to maximize welfare.
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Washington
Congress
Puerto Rico
War Department
Davis
Root
Havana
General Davis
Judge Wins 20 Round Bout At Buffalo Hawthorne Annex
Scranton lightweight Jim Judge defeats Mike Donovan of Rochester in a 20 round match at the Hawthorne annex Buffalo. Judge leads with clean blows but is near the bell in both the 13th and 19th rounds. Donovan fights on defense throughout, costing him the decision.
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Scranton
Mike Donovan
Buffalo
Jim Judge
Rochester
Hawthorne Annex
Judge
Donovan
Brooklyn Boxer Matthewer Stops Zeigler in Second Round
Matty Matthewer of Brooklyn KO'd Owen Zeigler of Philadelphia in the second round, delivering a decisive early stoppage in the bout.
Penwarden’s Grist Mill Robbery Reported in Honesdale
Special to The Scranton Tribune from Honesdale on March 24 describes a Friday night break in at Penwarden’s grist mill. Thieves entered by removing window glass, opened an unlocked office safe, and carried off a small iron till containing about six to seven dollars in pennies. No other items were taken and no suspects are identified.
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Penwarden
Scranton Tribune
Honesdale
Eriat Mill
Lace Workers Strike Action Shifts at Wyoming Lace Mill
Wilkes Barre report states Branch No 1 of the Amalgamated Lace Curtain Operatives of America based in Philadelphia donated 500 dollars to striking lace workers at the Wyoming mill. Brooklyn weavers hired to replace them remain on the job despite a Federation of Labor notice to quit. Rumors say Brooklyn men may leave the federation and continue working.
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Wilkes-Barre
Amalgamated Lace Curtain Operatives of America
Philadelphia
Wyoming
Rabbi Isaac Wise Dies After Stroke at Age 1
The death of Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, leading reform Jewish figure, follows a stroke that first appeared last Saturday evening. He was 1 years old.
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Ncinnath
Isaac M. Wise
Miners and Operators Agree on Wage Schedule in Saginaw
In Saginaw Michigan on March date coal miners and operators reached a wage agreement with a 3 percent advance for miners. Officials expect remaining convention issues to be settled quickly.
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Saginaw. Mich
Ti Ia
Iim
Puerto Rico tariff bill stalls amid amiable caucus
Republican senators spent two and a half hours in a cordial caucus over the Puerto Rico legislation. They agreed to move ahead with the general bill including the tariff feature, discharging the harmony committee, and urged speedy action despite sharp divisions on the free list and 15 percent Dingley duties.
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Washington
Senate
Puerto Rico
Harmony Committee
Alligon
Foraker
United States
Davis
Beveridge
Hoar
Wellington
Mason
Simon
Proctor
Nelson
Kyle
McCumber
North Dakota
House
Ways and Means Committee
Molineux Appeal Delays Supreme Court Decision
Ping Sing Mare 26 Roland B Mol ineux spared his life by the action of We cove to the supreme court. The court is crowded and preparation for the hou case will not be decided soon. Molineux's wife and family remain with him in prison and receive attention within prison rules.
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Ping Sing
Mare
Roland B. Molineux
Supreme Court
Molineux
Corporations Chartered In Harrisburg March 24
The National Cable and Wire company in Pittsburgh with 10000 dollars capital. Carbondale Citizens Water company capital 8000. Penn Chair company in Towanda capital 100. The Report Publishing company in Lebanon capital 90000.
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Harrisburg
State Department
National Cable and Wire Company
Pittebure
Capital
Carbondale Citizens’ Water Company
Penn Chair Company
Towanda
the Report Publishing Company
Lebanon
Weather Outlook for Washington and Pennsylvania
Tuesday brings rain early morning in Pennsylvania then clearing. Wednesday turns fair with fresh westerly winds.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
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Lycoming County
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Engler Fleet
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Roeber
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McCoy
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Kid" McCoy
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