Broad sweep of national news and local political notes
Sioux City ministers enter municipal campaign as Representative Robinson bills pension for Sarah Harlow of Nebraska. Fireskill at Peru Indiana rescue. Lattimer, 72, frozen near Elyria. editor Allen dies at 61. Walcott issues challenge. Bryan speaks in Jackson about silver trusts imperialism. Crown prince reaches majority May 16. Root plans Cuba trip. Train robber Lon Curry killed in Missouri. Fire in Chicago kills 1 and injures 4. Sioux City Pacific RR settlement bill moves. Carter to Fort Leavenworth. Continental Creamery formed in Kansas-Oklahoma. Maine representative supports prohibition. beer stein prize. Wedding of Miss Annie Taylor to James Kimbrough Jones Jr. Deaths of Whisheim, Lorenz. Convention plans for Democratic National. Ohio court case yields state’s evidence. Japan guards own gold mines. Hog market reports mild winter. Berlin ban on Le Risa for two years. Prince Henry seeks health leave. Wisconsin seeks Hamilton burial site. Body of Prince Ludwig exhumed for European burial.
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Sioux City
Robinson
Sarah Harlow
Nebraska
Peru
Ind
Charles Hardwick
Matthew Lattimer
Elyria
O. George Wooley Allen
Evening Telegraph
Philadelphia
Joe Walcott
McCoy
Corbett
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Jackson
Mich
Col
W. J. Bryan
Hall
Potsdam
Penn
Root
Cuba
Lon Curry
Wilcox
Union Pacific
Dodson
Dayton
Edward Lorenz
United Brethren Church
Kate Engman
Wells Street
Chicago
Senate
Pacific Railroads
Sioux City & Pacific Railway Company
United States
Oberlin M. Carter
United States Army
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Oklahoma
Continental Creamery Company
Toweksa
Littlefield
Maine
Washington
Annie Gray Taylor
George Taylor
St. Louis
James Taylor
Spain
James Kimbrough Jones
J. K. Jones
Arkansas
Joseph Whisheim
Menominee
Fiisheim
Michian
Japan
Cincinnati
Berlin
Reichsanzeiger
Germany
Paris
le Risa
Prince Henry
Prussia
The
Historical Society of
Wisconsin
California
William S. Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Bee of
San Francisco
Sacramento
Prince Ludwig von Loenstein
Caloocan
Philippines
Werthelin
Battle Rages as Boers Evacuate From Dordrechts Road
London dispatch reports renewed fighting in northern Cape Colony. British Brabant’s forces press Boer positions near La Bushagne’s nest on the Dordrecht road, Boers retreating from trenches as guns open and mounts move. Roberts at Osfontein signals ongoing operational movements with Gatacre, Methuen, and rail progress cited. The analyst cautions against speculation as events unfold.
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London
New York
H. F. Provost-Battersby
Lord Roberts
Osfontein
Orange Free State
French
Capetown
Dordrecht
Cape Colony
Brabant
Labushagne’s Nest
Jamestown
North Cape Colony
Gatacre
Rensburg
Arabant
Dordreist
Stockstrom
Methuen
Kimberley
Mafeking
Ladysmith
Biggarsberg
Free State
Natal
Roberts
German Foars of Anglophobia Discontinue
Berlin reports the Berliner Post calls the Anglophobia press to stop abusing British statesmen generals and enterprises, arguing it harms. A private Transvaal letter claims Boer republics issued 46,000 identification cards to Boers in the field on January 15, representing the total federal force then.
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Berlin
Berliner Post
Hamburg
Afro-American Council Holds Conference on Suffrage Law Tests
A Washington meeting of Afro-American representatives discussed testing suffrage law legislation in southern states with emphasis on Louisiana. Attendees included T Thomas Fortune Jesse Lawson Representative White Thomas J Jones Calvin Chase Edward Cooper William H Richards Bruce Evang and other leaders from New York New Jersey Tennessee Virginia and Howard University.
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Washington
Louisiana
T. Thomas Fortune
New York
National Afro-American Council
Jesse Lawson
New Jersey
Representative White
Tennessee
Thomas J. Jones
Virginia
Calvin Chase
Washington Bee
Edward Cooper
Boers Attempt Escape on Train Near Paardeberg
Capetown reports Boer prisoners on the way from Paardeberg tried to escape from the train. Eleven hundred Cronje's men are temporarily aboard British steamers Mongolian and Manila in Table Bay.
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Capetown
Paardeberg
Cronje
Mongolian
Manila
Table Bay
Senate to debate currency bill Quay Porto Rican issues week
The senate will focus on seating Senator Quay the currency bill and the Porto Rican government this week The currency bill report votes Tuesday with further debate into the week Quay resolutions and Porto Rican provisions promise long speeches The House moves on contested elections Aldridge Robbins and Wise Young cases with anticipated Republican gains by week end
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Washington
Quay
Senate
Penrose
Spooner
Perkins
Carter
Burrows
Culberson
Turner
Pettigrew
Nelson
Depew
Foraker
House
District of Columbia
Aldridge- Robbins
Wise-Young
Virginia
Fire Disastrous Blaze Kills Five In Bowery Lodging House
A seven story Bowery lodging house at 44 to 48 Bowery burned early this morning trapping tenants. Five people died and three were injured as fire spread from the fifth floor with 122 rooms reportedly occupied. Police and a night clerk alerted inmates and sounded alarms.
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New York
Bowery
Charles Buttie
John Clark
Edward Doyle
Henry Jackson
Stephen Carney
Martin Gallagher
Edward Walker
Tax on Indian Lands Proposed to Support County Needs
Congressman Robinson introduced a house bill to require the government to pay taxes on trust Indian lands located in organized counties. The tax mirrors rates paid by settlers and aims to reimburse counties for outlays on roads bridges schools and schoolhouses located on these lands.
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Washington
Congressman Robinson
Bryan in Texas plans visits to Austin and Nebraska
W J Bryan rests quietly in Galveston after calls from intimate friends. He will depart tomorrow for Austin for two weeks then travel to Nebraska for the state convention on March 19. He jokes that March 19 is his birthday and he will turn 40.
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Galveston
Tex
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Austin
Nebraska
New Light on Philippines Trade Sees Low US Sugar Exports
War department statistics for the quarter ending September 30 show Philippine raw sugar exports totaling 1 143 349 dollars with only 85 002 sent to the United States while Japan and Great Britain absorbed most of the rest. Tobacco exports valued at 355 462 dollars also largely bypassed the U S with Spain taking the lion's share.
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Philippines
Washington
War Department
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Spano
Hamburg American Line Posts 1899 Profits Rise
The Hamburg-American Line reports 1899 profits of 18 million marks, up 4 million from the prior year. Despite the gain the company will maintain an 8 percent dividend, use the surplus to cut fleet value and insurance reserves, and propose increasing capital from 65 million to 80 million marks at the next general meeting due to expanded tonnage needs.
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New York
British Advance at Pieter's Position in the Battle of Pieter's
British forces cross the Tugela under Buller and attack Boer positions at Pieter's. Barton leads a decisive advance capturing trenches and fortifications, with Inniskillings and Kitchener's brigades pressing, while Cronje surrenders and Pieter's position falls after six days of hard fighting.
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Colenso
New York World
Buller
Baron
Kitchener
Tugela
Hart
Northcote
Pieter
Barton
Border Regiment
Inniskillings
Railway Hill
Inniskilling Hill
Ladysmith
Cronje
Argue over Kentucky governor race in circuit court
In Louisville on March 3 arguments began in circuit court over the title to the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. Democrats Beckham Carter and Castleman faced Republicans W. S. Taylor and John Marshall as counsel filed a demurrer and motion to strike, then agreed to order argument before Judge Fields.
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Kentucky
Casco
Louisville
Cronje Boards Ship En Route to Capetown
General Cronje and his wife traveled through Orange River and Simons Town with heavy security. He entered a closed refreshment room, prayed at the table, and was later greeted by General Forrestier-Walker and a Milner representative before being escorted aboard the British cruiser Doris with no public demonstration.
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Orange River
General Cronje
Capetown
Kimberley
Prettyman
Simonstown
Frderick Forrestier-Walker
Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
Doris
Congressman Sydney Epes Dies After Appendectomy
Congress member Sydney Epes of Virginia died at Garfield hospital at midnight following an appendectomy. Born in 1865, he was a journalist by trade and served in the Virginia legislature and in Congress as a Democrat. He attended the House just days before his illness.
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Washington
Sydney Epes
Virginia
Garfield Hospital
Epes
Lord Roberts Faces Reformed Boer Army Near London
Near London on March 3 Lord Roberts confronts a Boer force estimated from five to six thousand, possibly a field observation corps. Rain in the veldt aids the Boers temporarily while Roberts' transport has surprised observers. The British plan delays to await further concentration under General Joubert, with 50,000 reinforcements reportedly ready.
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London
Lord Roberts
Ostontein
Ladysmith
Leeds
Bloemfontein
de Wet
Larey
Joubert
Jord Roberts
Admiralty Board
Cape
Admiralty
Bluejackets
Secretary Root Heads to Cuba on Two Week Tour
Washington reports Secretary Root departed for a two week stay in Cuba with Mrs Root Miss Root and family, traveling by special car on the Southern railroad and boarding the Sedgwick to Havana. He will confer with General Wood during a planned island tour amid urgent issues facing Havana and Cuba.
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Washington
Root
Cuba
Anderson uses insurgent tactics near Batangas ambush
Colonel Anderson with the Thirty-eighth Infantry employed insurgents tactics by ambushing adetachments near Batangas after spying a passing insurgent force. The Americans killed twenty four insurgents wounded thirty and captured several. Some arms and ammunition were seized. The local enemy presence was reportedly dismayed by the blow.
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Manila
Anderson
Batangas
Street Duel to the Death at Brewersville
North Vernon Ind March 3 In front of Stearns store Al Fuller and school teacher Isaac Powers fought a duel over Fuller’s child correction Powers was shot through the lung Fuller sustained three wounds both men likely to die
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North Vernon
Ind
Brewersville
Stearns
al Fuller
Isaac Powers
Fuller
Powers
Secretary of State denies other powers consulted on canal convention
One secretary of state authorizes a contradiction of the printed statement that the state department had secured the assent of other powers to the provisions of the pending canal convention. No propositions in relation to the subject matter of this convention have been laid before any other country.
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Washington, D.C
State Department
Western States Protest Public Land Grazing Leasing Bill
Senator Carter of Montana presented a memorial from western governors protesting a bill to lease public lands for grazing. He said no chance of passage and urged the bill be put to rest to quiet western agitation.
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Washington
Carter
Montana
Congress
West
Guilty Soldiers Arrested After Fort Bliss Riot
A War department telegram from Fort Sam Houston dated March 3 reports conviction of participants in the Fort Bliss riot between black soldiers and jail officials. It notes Corporal Powell confessed and mentions McElry a deserter. Commanding officer M'Ribbron signs the message.
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Washington
War Department
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Adjutant General
Ft. Bligs
McEiry
Powell
Loughbrough
Fort Bliss
Canadian Pacific issues immigration pamphlets for 1900
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company released two immigration pamphlets titled Western Canada and British Columbia. The guides promise useful, accurate information about the region west of Lake Superior and appeal to settlers in Britain, the United States, and the Dominion. Free editions are distributed widely, with contact to J Francis Lee in Chicago for copies and details.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canada
British Columbia
Lake Superior
Canadian Northwest
Great Britain
United States
Dominion
J. Francis Lee
Clark St
Chicago
Ill
Avail yourself of farm opportunities in Wisconsin
The writer urges readers to emulate Boers foresight and secure better farms in Marinette County Wisconsin near the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul rail line. Promises rich crops, abundant work, good markets, fine climate, soft water, and cheap land sold on long terms. Offers land agent C E Rollins in Chicago to contact.
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South Africa
Chicago, Milwaukee
C. E. Rollins
la Sale St
Chicago
Locomotive's Remarkable Load Sets Coal Car Record
The Lehigh Valley Railroad ran a train pulled by one engine that included thirty-three steel cars of 100000 pounds capacity and thirty-seven wooden cars of 80000 pounds capacity, each fully loaded with anthracite coal. The thirty-seven wooden and thirty-three steel cars totaled 4567 net tons.
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Pittsburg Post
Leigh Valley Railroad
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