Boers Fortify North of Bloemfontein as British Move
London reports show Boer forces concentrating about fifteen miles north of Bloemfontein with Lord Roberts sending reinforcements. Methuen recalled to Kimberley as General Parsons moves to secure Free State towns while Kitchener may become India commander in chief after Transvaal victories.
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Johannesburg
Lord Methuen
Kimberley
Mafeking
Lord Kitchener
India
London
Gorts
Mount 1 Police
Bloemfontein
Natal
Ganotzki
Campbell
Taunge
Markley West
Warrenton
Barkley
Lerd Roberts
Kenhardt
General Parsons
Lord Roberta
Free State
Maeert
Ladybrand
Cloc
Transvaal
Archibald Hunter
Lord Roberts
Sta
Kitchener
Tally Chronicle
Glen
French
Johannesburg Mounted
Census Consideration To Count Americans In Europe
The census bureau at one time planned counting Americans in Europe but halted the plan after consulting with the state department, deeming accuracy unobtainable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Europe
State Department
Indictment Returned Against Police Captain Thomas
A New York grand jury indicted Police Captain Andrew J. Thomas of West Thirtieth Street station for failing to suppress immoral resorts in his precinct under section U4 of the penal code. The indictments were announced March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrew J. Thomas
West Thirtieth Street
Tonderloin
French Steamer Georges Croise Sunk Near Santo Domingo
The French steamer Georges Croise bound for Cuba with cattle and passengers was sunk offshore Santo Domingo. The New York arrived and rendered aid but lives were lost in the disaster.
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Santo Domingo
Georges Croise
Cuba
New York
Secret Service Identifies Poor One Dollar Counterfeit
Washington reports Chief Wilkie of the secret service announced the discovery of a very poor counterfeit one dollar treasury note with check letter KR and series 169. B. K. Luce, register, provided the information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilkie
Secret Service
Treasury
B. K. Luce
Register
Hoyt v Kingston Coal. test case on coal grading
Judge Woodward in Wilkes Barre rules Kingston Coal must pay for coal sold using smaller screen sizes not specified in the 1867 lease. Nearly $200,000 at stake. The decision is treated as a test case, with appeals to the Supreme Court anticipated and many similar suits pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Woodward
John B. Hoyt
Kingston Coal Company
Hoyt
Supreme Court
Boers Planned War Says American Reporter From Kimberley
American war correspondent Julian Ralph accuses the Boers of a long planned war approaching twenty years, detailing alleged cowardly tactics, abuse of Red Cross symbols, and violence against British troops and civilians across Kimberley Modder River Splen Kop and Jacobsdal.
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London
England
Julian Ralph
Kimberley
Daily Mall
Kruger
Steyn
Free State
United States
Splen Kop
Modder River
George L. Abram
Jacobsdal
Red Cross
A .Ictory
Natal
Five Men Killed in Washington Street Cave-In
March day disaster on the Great Northern right of way along Washington Street leaves five men dead and several badly injured when a brick masonry wall weighing hundreds of tons collapses, burying a crew of workers.
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Bookane, Waeh
March
Great Northern
Washington Street
Dallas Strike Shuts Down World’s Largest Cotton Machinery Works
In Dallas on March 2, all machinists at Munger's Cotton Machinery Manufacturing, the world’s largest such plant, walked off to refuse extra work. The strike followed authorization from the International Association of Machinists.
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Dallas
Texas
Munger
Cotton Machinery Manufacturing Works
International See of Machinists
Shah appoints Mofakham Ed Dowid h as Persian minister to United States
Washington reports the Shah of Persia has named Mofakham Ed Dowid h minister plenipotentiary to the United States. The Persian mission in Washington had been vacant for several years.
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Washington
Shah of Persia
Mofakham Ed Dowidh
Persia
United States
Pant
Steamship Arrivals New York March List
Sailed La Touraine bound for Havre. Rotterdam arrival Statendam from New York.
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New York
la Touraine
Havre
Rotterdam
Statendam
War Cloud in the Far East Escalates Amid Japan Russia Tensions
Reports from Seattle dated March 9 describe Japan mobilizing both army and navy as Russia presses actions at Nagasaki Harbor. A grand naval gathering planned for late March signals heightened war preparations, with Corea seeking external assistance and Britain’s noninterference noted in Paris commentary.
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The
Mikado
Nagasaki
Russia
Corea
Seattle
Wash
Garonne
Manila
Japan
Conrad
Korea
London
Evening News
Koga
Maranpho
Paris
Gaulsis
Great Britain
Qecupherd
Transvaal
United States
Philippines
Joubert's Funeral With Quiet Burial Planned
Pretoria reports General Joubert fell ill Sunday morning and died after severe abdominal inflammation. He lay in state tomorrow before a special train carries his body to Rustfontein near Wakkeretroora for a quiet burial requested by Joubert, without military honors. Michael Davitt has gone to Kroonstad.
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Rustfontein
Pretoria
Joubert
Wak- Keretroora
Michael Davitt
Kroonetad
Santa Fe special trains for A R Peacock to Pittsburg meeting
A Santa Fe special train speeds across the continent to deliver A R Peacock to the Carnegie Steel directors meeting in Pittsburg. The run from Los Angeles to La Junta and onward to Gouge City Emporia and Argent ine Kansas City covers 1256 miles in about 24.5 hours with rapid engine changes and short stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Santa Fe Road
Nellie Bly
A. R. Peacock
Carnerie Steel Company
Pittsburg
Los Angeles
la Junta
Gouge City
Kansas
Newton
Peacock
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Argentine
Chicago
Emporia
Kan
Lived in three centuries woman dies at 103
New York reports Mrs. Cleary Hyland aged 103 years died at her Orange New Jersey home after a long life spent in three centuries. In Plymouth Massachusetts Mrs. Felicity Pickard dies at 103 years seven months and sixteen days at her son Edy’s home after good health and clear mind until recently.
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New York
Cleary Hyland
Orange
N. J
Plymouth
Mass
Felicity Pickard
Edy
Jewett Appeal Dismissed in Bank Misappropriation Case
The United States circuit court of appeals dismissed the appeal of William Jewett of Lawrence who was convicted last year of misappropriating funds of the Lake National Bank of Wolfboro New Hampshire while acting as liquidator. Jewett, a former bank president, was sentenced to seven years in jail but has been out on bail during the appeal.
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Boston
March
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
William 8. Jewett
Lawrence
Lake National Bank
Wolfboro
N. H
Jowett
Sharkey Knocks Conroy Out in Third Round
Baltimore reports Tom Sharkey stopped Stockings Conroy of Troy New York in the third round at Music Hall under Eureka Athletic Club auspices. Sharkey landed an 8 Stiff left punch to Conroy's jaw ending the bout.
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Baltimore
Tom Sharkey
Conroy
Troy
N. Y
Music Hall
Eureka Athletic Club
Sharkey
Duke of York Accepts Irish Seed for South African Graven
London reports the Duke of York received from a Cork resident a thousand packs of Shamrock seed to be sown on the graves of Irish soldiers in South Africa, signaling symbolic aid and memorial gesture amid the conflict.
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London
Duke of York
Cork
South Africa
Outlook Brightens for Foreign Demand in Anthracite Trade
Philadelphia March 28 The outlook for anthracite coal demand by foreign markets appears promising after a leading coal firm received an inquiry from a prominent house in St Petersburg Russia. They requested lowest delivered price per ton 2240 pounds for various sizes and the capacity to supply thousands of tons by late October with duty free terms and possible return freight via Hamburg and Hull.
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Philadelphia
St. Petersburg
Russia
Perth Amboy
St. Peteraburs
Extension of election period for Spanish residents in Philippines
Washington reports Secretary Hay and the Duc D Arcos signed a protocol extending six months the time for Philippine Spanish residents to choose between remaining Spanish subjects or adopting local nationality. The original one year runs to next month. Cuba and Puerto Rico are excluded. The extension targets unsettled Luzon towns with few American troops and aims to await clearer U S status rulings.
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Washington
Hay
Duc D'Arcos
Philippines
Paris
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Philippine Islands
Luzon
United States
Dangerous Cave-In Strikes Shenandoah Homes
Residents of Line street Shenandoah woke at 4 am to a cave-in in Kehiey Run colliery workings. Plaster fell, water pipes burst, and cellars flooded as houses shifted ten to twelve inches. Owners filed damages suits against Thomas Coal Company.
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Shenandoah
Line Street
Jardin
Chestnut Streets
Kehiey Run
Thomas Coal Company
Queen’s Dublin Visit Nears. Guards Depart for Escort
London reports rapid completion of arrangements for the queen’s Dublin visit. Two detachments of life guards have left London to serve as the royal escort. Gerald Balfour, recovering from a serious illness, will depart to welcome the queen, who may be joined by Lord Lansdowne, war secretary.
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London
Dublin
Life Guards
Gerald Balfour
Ireland
Lord Lansdowne
Washington Pension Data Amid Partial Scraps
Fragmentary pension list reference names and amounts across various towns including Granville Centre Bradford Carbondale New Albany and Equinunk Wayne with payments ranging from 10 to 84 dollars. Mentions War with Spain and individuals such as Jane Li Baeres Halletead Suaquehan na.
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Washington
Philander Putnam
Granville Cetre
Bradford
James Johna
Carbondale
David Wayman
New Albany
Thadford
Geo
MK. Leeter
Equinunk
Wayne
Spain
Jane Li
Baeres
Halletead
Suaquehanna
Carnegie official rumored trip to Atlantic City denied
H. C. Frick of the Carnegie Steel Company arrived in Atlantic City with his wife and daughter Helen in a private car. An inquiry of local hotels failed to substantiate reports that Carnegie himself was coming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athantic City
N. J
March
H. C. Frick
Carnegie Btuel Company
Helen
Carnegie
State Supreme Court Rules Out-of-State Company Cannot Sue
Philadelphia March 2 The state supreme court today voids an order holding that a company incorporated under the laws of another state and failing to register in Pennsylvania cannot recover in a suit at law.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Shamokin Mill Grants Wage Increases Across Departments
Shamokin Pennsylvania workers at the Shamo kin Sik MIN company, employing about three hundred, receive a 10 percent raise in winding departments and 20 percent in warping departments as of today.
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Shamokin
March
Shamokin Sik Min
Pittsburg Editor John Beott Dies Likely of Flu at Home
John Beott long time editor of the Western Methodist Protestant and Methodist Recorder and author of several Methodism works is dying of la grippe at his home in Fiderewitla Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburg
March
John Beott
Western Methodist Protestant and Methodist Recorder
la Grippe
Fiderewitla Pa
Commission on Philippine affairs to get broader powers
The Philippine commission met in Washington and outlined staff plans for Manila. Secretary Root said the new commission would have broader civil governance powers, with a free hand in selecting civil officers, and will depart for Manila mid April aboard the Hancock after final staff details are settled.
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Washington
Philippine Commission
Manila
Philippines
Root
Arige
White House
General Wright
Judge Ide
Worcester
Taft
New York
Moses
California
San Francisco
Hancock
Army Bill Passed by the House
After four days of debate the house approved the army appropriation bill with minor changes. An amendment extends the soldiers home to officers and men of both volunteer and regular armies incapacitated since the Spanish War. War Department figures rebut claims of extravagance in the Sumner outfitting.
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Washington
House
War Department
Quartermaster’s Department
Sumner
New York
Congress
Lang to Perform The Degenerates Blocked in Pittsburg
Mayor Diehl barred Lily Lang from presenting The Degenerates at the Alvin theater next Monday week in Pittsburg. Protests from the Presbyterian Ministers' association and citizens argued the play is immoral.
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Pittsburg
Lily Langtry
Alvin
William J. Diehl
Presbyterian Ministers’ Association
Congressmen Hurt As Car Flips On Mountain Turn
Congressman Packer of Wellsboro and Postmaster Hall of Lock Haven were riding near Lo Canton when their horse drawn vehicle ran away. The wheels broke on a sharp turn, the carriage overturned, and Hall suffered a severe scalp wound with bruises to his right arm and shoulder while Packer escaped uninjured.
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Lock Haven
Congressman Packer
Wellsboro
Postmaster Hall
Locanton
Packer
Hall
Railroads to Form Joint Agency in Philadelphia
Railroads plan a joint agency in Philadelphia during the Republican national convention week to extend ticket times and spread information, officials say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bonds Offered for Exchange Totals 176075.40
Washington reports the exchange for the new two percent bonds reached 176075.40 dollars by today’s close of business. Of this amount individuals and nonbank institutions contributed 21915.60 dollars.
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Washington
Big Battle Likely in South Africa and Puerto Rico Free Trade Rejected
London signals a possible major confrontation as world tensions rise with reports of Japan preparing for war. Puerto Rico faces no free trade. Philippine Commission meets with Secretary Root. Northeastern Pennsylvania reports weather and local governance notes.
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London
South Africa
Puerto Rico
Philippine Commission
Root
Japan
Boers Denounced by Delaware Methodist Conference
The Delaware Methodist Episcopal conference, representing colored preachers and laymen from Delaware Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania, adopted a resolution denouncing the Boers as slaveholders over the apprenticeship system in South Africa. Rev Butler condemned the system noting Kaffir laborers face practical slavery in mining districts and urged abolition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Delaware Methodist Episcopal Conference
FP. H. Butler
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Mr. Butler
South Africa
Delagoa Bay Award Declares Portugal Must Pay Damages
The Berne decision of March 29 condemns Portugal to pay 15,245,000 francs plus interest to the United States and Great Britain over the Delagoa Bay Railway dispute. Costs are apportioned equally among the three parties, with bondholders and creditors to be paid from remaining funds. An authentic copy will be sent to each party through the Swiss foreign consul.
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Berne
Switzerland
Portugal
France
United States
Great Britain
Delagoa Bay
McMurdo
Cine
Bermuda Sold in Philadelphia Auction
The steamer Bermuda once noted as a filibusterer in the Spanish Cuban war was sold at public auction in Philadelphia to settle creditors for 820710. The British register for the Bermuda was withdrawn by Consul Wilfred Powell amid rumors she was chartered to carry war materials to Forts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bermuda
Wilfred Powell
Major W H Sheafer Dies in Harrisburg at 65
Major W H Sheafer, late Pennsylvania volunteers, died at his Harrisburg home aged about 65. A respected insurance man, he had a gallant Civil War record and had suffered poor health for months. His son Wood K Shearer drowned in the Susquehanna last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
WH. J. Sheafer
Ith
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Wood K. Shearer
Susquehanna River
Death of United States consul at Iquique
Washington reports Joseph W Merriam United States consul at Iquique Chile died yesterday at his post. Born in New York he was appointed from Massachusetts to the consulship at Iquique in November 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Cable
Eram
Joseph W Merriam
United Bites
Iquiquie
Chile
Merriam
New York
Massachusetts
State Department Chartered Firms List
Harrisburg March 3 These corporations were chartered today by the state department The Clarion Fire Brick Co Pittsburg capital 50090 Model Home Co of Knoxville capital 1000 Yellow Creek Coal Co Indiana capital 10000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Department
Clarion Fire Brick Co
Pittsburg
Capital
Model Home Co
Knoxville
Yellow Creek Coal Co
Indiana
Free Trade Debate Shapes Puerto Rico Policy
A Senate vote defeated a motion to strike 15 percent duties from the Dingley act on Puerto Rico imports, signaling likely passage of the main bill. Senator Beveridge urged reciprocity with Puerto Rico arguing constitutional scope supports free trade and warned against monarchic power under American authority.
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Puerto Rico
Washington
Senate
Pettus
Ala
Yeas—Reavon
Bate
Berry
Clark
Mont
Clay
Cockrell
Culberson
Harris
Jones
Ark
Kenney
Lindsay
Morgan
Peitus
Sullivan
Turley
Wellington
Allison
Baker
Bard
Carter
Chandler
Wyo
Cullom
Deboe
Fairbanks
Foraker
Foster
Frye
Gallinger
Gear
Hale
Hanna
Hansbrough
Hawley
Kean
Kyle
Lodge
McBride
McComas
McMillan
Perkins
Quarles
Ross
Scott
Sewell
Shoup
Spooner
Warren
Wettmore
Martin-Jones
Nevada
Daniel Penrose
McLaurin- Pritchard
Hoar-McEnery
Taliaferro- Mason
Turner-Aldrich
Rawlns-Wolcott
Money-Teller
Caffrey-Burrows
Pettigrew-Platt
Connecticut
Simon- Depew
Chilton-Elkins
Heitfeld-Platt
New York
Butler-Beveridge
Allen
Davis
McCumber
Mallory
Nelson
Proctor
Stewart
Thurston
Tillman
West
Beveridge
Indiana
United States
Congress
Weather Forecast for Pennsylvania Friday and Saturday
Washington reports for Friday eastern Pennsylvania expect rain or snow with the system moving through. Saturday brings a fall of precipitation and fresh northerly winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
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Athens
Cornell
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Far East
Jewett
Shamrock Geeds
Kehley Run
Pennsylvania Pensions
Frick
Secretary Root
REW
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Financial and Commercial
Common Pleas Court
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Major Sheafer
Weather Forecast
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