British Advance Intensifies as Boer Morale Slumps
London dispatches report Boers thoroughly demoralized with disintegration looming unless curbed. Lord Roberts pushes toward Bloemfontein as Jamestown falls, reinforcements to Natal arrive, and plans form to siege Pretoria amid strict secrecy around defensive works and railroad use.
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London
South Africa
Lord Kerts
Poplar Grove
Times
Faront
Free State
Bloemfontein
Transvaal
Lenene
Lourenzo Marques
Kruger
Lord Roberts
Cape Colony
White
Coun
Jamestown
Aliwal
Natal
Warren
Vaal
Pretoria
Kruger Opens Peace Talks With Salisbury
London reports late this afternoon that President Kruger has appealed to Lord Salisbury for a cessation of hostilities and sent by cable the terms he would accept. Officials view the offer as a delaying ruse and not a sign Kruger will concede the sweeping demands of the British ultimatum.
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London
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Trans- Vaal
British rejection of Kruger on Transvaal independence
Britain will reimburse for loss of life and large expenditures. President Kruger’s advances were emphatically rejected by Lord Salisbury who reportedly said the British government would not consider retaining Transvaal independence for a moment.
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Britain
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Transvaal
Krugers and Steyn at Front in March Fight
London March 9 The War Office releases Lord Roberts dispatch from Poplar Grove dated Friday morning March 9 reporting Presidents Kruger and Steyn at the front during the March 7 clash. They attempted to rally their troops though the rout was complete as British artillery and a strong cavalry force proved overwhelming.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Poplar Grove
Kruger
Steyn
Respite Telephoned For Innocent Man Schafer
In Helena Montana on March 9 a temporary reprieve for Joseph Schafer, the innocent man under death sentence at Butte, was telephoned to the Butte Sheriff by Lieutenant Governor Spriggs. He will sign when he reaches Butte so the Supreme Court may review Schafer appeal. The telephonic reprieve is to avoid mailing delays.
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Helena
Mont
Joseph Schafer
Butte
Spriggs
Supreme Court
Schafer
Tramp Saved From Mob Moves to Jail
In Marion Indiana on March 9 Fred Dunker the tramp who attacked Mrs Henry Wise six miles south of Marion was hidden by guards and moved to Wabash jail to protect him from an angry mob that twice sought to seize him. The mob demonstrated violently last night and nearly reclaimed the prisoner.
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Marion
Ind
Fred Dunker
Henry Wise
Wabash
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Stomach Health and Life Insurance
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the cure for stomach ills and a path to better health and life insurance. It claims the stomach nourishes the whole body, shares testimonials of recovery from long illness, and invites readers to write to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, New York for free consultations.
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Doctor Pierce
Mia
A. C. Jones
Walterboro, Colleton Co
S.C
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Treaty Amended to Allow U S Defense of Canal
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reports the HayPaunceforte treaty amending the Clayton Bulwer pact with a brief provision allowing U S forces to defend the canal. The vote was nearly unanimous minus Senator Morgan who opposed the amendment but will not block ratification. Morgan argues for broader liberal use of the canal by other powers.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Morgan
Alabama
Senate
United States
Beacon
Daniel
Afghanistan the Friend of England
The Afghan leader in a London statement says Afghanistan will aid Britain in the Transvaal war, fears Russia threaten Islam, and asserts England’s troubles are his, pledging readiness to fight for her on land or in India. He notes Afghans oppose slavery, claim they could send troops, but worry over sea travel.
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London
Ameer
Afghanistan
Russia
Transvaal
India
Russian Asia
England
Martial Law Debate Continues in Couet d'Alene Inquiry
Washington March 9 The cross-examination of James Sovereign continued before the House Committee on Military Affairs. Sovereign pressed that state authorities, not the federal government, declared and enforced martial law, citing official military telegrams that preceded government actions.
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Washington
Maroh
James R. Sovereign
Couet d
Military at Chicago strike sparks debate on order
Witness testifies that the governor's proclamation and foreign troops aimed to preserve peace but caused alarm by replacing civil methods with military dictation. He says martial law had not been heard of in labor troubles, and that the military’s role was limited to maintaining order.
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Ernor
Sovereign
Chicago
Insurgents Troubling Aparri Area Again
Manila March 9 Young and Hale request reinforcements as a battalion of the Forty-seventh regiment is sent to Aparri. Other troops will follow after rebels attacked Aparri for hours but were driven away. Rebels hold reunions in North Ilocos while the Katipunan cross reappears among natives.
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Manila
Young
Hale
Aparri
Ilocos
Quarantine Lifted in San Francisco Chinatown
San Francisco March 9 The Board of Health announced that the man who died here with suspected bubonic plague did not die of that disease and the quarantine in Chinatown will be lifted this afternoon.
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San Francisco
Board of Health
Chinatown
Double Tragedy at Oakland Involving Carter Brothers
Oakland March 9. Alexander Carter, 32, in a temporary fit of insanity shot and fatally wounded his brother Charles, 22, at their North Berkeley home. He then killed himself by firing the pistol into his mouth.
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Oakland
Cal
Alexander Carter
Charles
Berkeley
The Union Pacific offers up-to-date travel options
The notice promotes Union Pacific as the fastest, most convenient line with buffet, library, and Pullman cars to major eastern points. It highlights low fares, through service to Missouri River and Chicago, one change to New York, and invites inquiries to H. M. Clay in Salt Lake City. Also mention of Karl's Clover Root Tea and a local dentist at Lafayette hotel, plus a death notice for George Ambrose in Winnemucca on March 8, 1900.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Missouri River
Chicago
New York
H. M. Clay
Main St
Salt Lake City
Utah
Effect of Philippine Immigration on Tariffs and Industry
Speech analysis warns annexation would bring 9,000,000 educated workers into U S tariff walls, threaten American manufacturing, cotton growth, and sugar tobacco sectors. It argues Filipino access to U S markets and rapid export manufacturing could reshape industry and labor.
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Mr. Newlands
Porto Rico
Philippine
Newlands
Philippines
Japan
California
Hawaii
New England
Italy
Spain
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Archinelago
trans-Pacific
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Karl
Eagle Drug Store
H. B. McDonald
Wadsworth
Lafayette Hotel
W. Funk
Winnemucca
Ambrose
Nevada
George Ambrose
Pennsylvania
Congressman Newlands
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