Hague Treaty Provisions Bind Only Contracting Powers
The Senate, after an executive session, ratified a Hague peace treaty on conduct of land and sea war. It lists party nations including Germany and the United States and bans dum dum bullets and certain deceptive or inhumane practices, with spies defined by zone-based intent and false pretenses.
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Washington
Senate
Hague
Montenegro
Netherlands
Persia
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Servia
Sweden
Norway
Turkey
Bulgaria
New Banking Scheme Aims to Rival Express Money Orders
Charles J. Farrell, assistant cashier of Central National Bank and Indiana Bankers Assoc secretary, travels to New York for a meeting of bankers planning a unified bank money order system. The proposal envisions a nationwide network with Western National Bank as a central clearing house offering orders at a bottom rate of one tenth of one percent, undercutting express firms.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Chas. J. Farrell
Central National Bank
Indiana Bankers’ Association
New York City
Western National Bank
Train Robbery Bill Aims Death Penalty For Faced Murders
Representative Kahn of California submitted the judiciary committee report on a bill to suppress train robberies. It cites widespread depredations in sparsely settled areas where pos sesses are hard to mobilize. The measure would impose the death penalty if death results on a train, otherwise five to ten years imprisonment.
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Washington
Kahn
California
Judiciary Committee
Turkey
Greece
Spain
Berlin physician reports discovery of cancer related organisms
New York dated March 15 reports Dr Ludwig Feinberg of Berlin has identified independent animal organisms in cancer growths. The London correspondent notes the finding implies a diagnostic method for cancer.
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New York
Berlin
Ludwig Feinberg
London
Government steamer Aberdeen searches for Huronian at Sable Island
Halifax reports the Aberdeen has returned from Sable Island where it searched for the missing steamer Huronian. The captain states no trace of the Huronian was found.
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Halifax, N. 8
Aberdeen
Sable Island
Old Lincoln farm in Spencer county to be sold for taxes
Evansville Ind March 15 the old Lincoln farm in Lincoln City Spencer county will soon be sold for delinquent taxes. Proposals to turn the farm into a park have been discussed with congressional support sought. The Lincoln cottage was taken to New York and sold. Lincoln’s mother is buried on the farm and kept in good condition by county officials.
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Evansville
Ind
Lincoln
Lincoln City
Spencer County
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
New York
Gov. Mount
Ambassador Clayton In Mexico City Responds To Meely Charge
March 15 Mexico City Ambassador Clayton has left the city and his reply to Meely's charges is not available. The Mexican Herald dismisses the claim that Gen. Clayton is involved in Mexican mines as unfounded, noting no connection to the alleged act under Meely's complaint.
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Mexico City
Clayton
Meely
Mexican Herald
Gen. Clayton
TEST OF FIELD GUNS
Gen Crozier reports that recent Sandy Hook tests reduce field guns to four survivors including the ordnance department design, the Erhardt gun, and two Bethlehem works guns the Lewis and French gun. A practical field test is scheduled at Ft Riley Kansas in April.
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Washington
Chinese government to establish permanent legation in Washington
The Chinese government will have a permanent legation home in Washington. Minister Wu Ting Fang recorded a deed transferring a building site at 19th and Vernon streets, in the northwestern city section, for 15870 dollars. A residence for the minister and the officers of the mission will be erected.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
19Th
Vernon Streets
Legation
Marines to relieve battalion at Cavite Philippines
The Navy Department orders a battalion of Marines sent to Cavite to relieve the existing unit and later assume command of marine barracks at Guam with Maj. Paul Murphy in charge until arrival.
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Washington
Navy Department
Cavite
P. I
Paul Murphy
Guam
Marine Barracks
Senator Proposes Tax Refunds on Legacies for Arts
Washington March 15 Senator McComas introduced a bill authorizing the refunding of internal revenue taxes paid on legacies and bequeaths of religious literary charitable or educational character to encourage art under the war revenue act.
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Washington
McComas
Legislators Tackle Interstate Gambling via Telegraph
Representative Gillett of Massachusetts introduces a bill to shield state anti gambling laws from interstate nullification by telegraph. The measure bans dispatches intended to promote pool selling book making and related gambling activities.
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Washington
Gillett
Mass
President Mitchell Stricken During Miners Meeting
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America was taken ill while addressing a joint miners and operators meeting in Des Moines Iowa on Friday evening. He was helped from the stage and returned about ten minutes later.
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Des Moines
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Millionaire Drivers Plan Exclusive Detroit Heat Races
President D J Campau returns from Chicago to unveil plans for a series of heat races to wagon in which drivers will be millionaires. The events will be the most exclusive ever held on any track.
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Detroit
Mich
D. J. Campau
Chicago
Western beet sugar men prepare anti trust drive
Chicago March 15 ex Congress man J Hamplton Lewis leads western beet sugar men to organize against the sugar trust A company with ten million dollars capital is to be formed to carry the fight forward
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Chicago
J. Hamplton Lewis
Brilliant Royal Court Reception In London With Diplomatic Circle
London March 15 The king’s court at the palace drew a large crowd despite rain. King Edward and Queen Alexandra appeared in regal splendor with dazzling electric lighting, jewels, and gowns. The diplomatic circle included Joseph H Choate and Mrs Choate, Henry White and Mrs White, John R Carter and Mrs Eustis, and Commander Richardson Clover.
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London
Life Guards
Guard of Honor
Grenadiers
Queen Victoria
Edward
Alexandra
Princess of Wales
Royal Household
Cynthia Graham
Viscountess Castlereagh
Arthur Butler
Anson Stager
United States Army
Joseph H. Choate
Choate
Henry White
Wolseley to Sail for Cape Town on Peace Mission
Field Marshal Wolseley and Major Thorneycroft depart from Southampton on a fast British transport. Officials call it a private visit, but authority says he will meet Boer leaders, consult with Kitchener and Lord Milner, and seek terms to end the war. The king aims to finish South African hostilities before his coronation.
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London
Field Marshal Wolseley
Maj
Thorneycroft
Cape Town
Southampton
Lord Wolseley
Edward
Kitchener
Lord Milner
South Africa
Treasury to discontinue bond purchases for several loans
Washington reports the secretary of the treasury will stop buying United States bonds for the five percent loan of 1904, the four percent funded loan of 1907, the three percent loan of 1908 1918, and the four percent loan of 1925. The discontinuance takes effect after close of business Saturday.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Business Failures in the United States and Canada
New York reports 224 U.S. business failures for the week, up from 178 last week and higher than last year’s 207. Canada shows 31 failures this week, above 30 from the prior week and 28 a year ago.
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New York
United States
German ambassador Von Holleben denied recall or furlough
Berlin reports the foreign office denies rumors of a change at the German embassy in Washington. Dr. Von Holleben remains ambassador, with no plan to furlough or recall him.
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Berlin
Washington
Foreign Office
von Holleben
Triplets Born In Mattoon Healthful Newborn Girls
Mattoon Illinois March 16 Mrs Gee Herhardt of Arthur has welcomed three healthy newborn girls weighing four, four and a half, and four and a half pounds respectively all perfectly formed and in good condition.
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Mattoon, Ill
Heavy rains flood parts of Georgia and Alabama
Heavy rains across Northern and Middle Georgia trigger flood warnings for Eufaula Alabama and Columbus Georgia. The Chattahoochee River rises sharply, sewers burst in Albany, tracks on major lines flood, and trains are delayed or annulled across the region as portions of Georgia Alabama and northern Florida endure rising waters and washouts.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Eufaula
Ala
Westpoint
Columbus
Chattahoochee
Alabama
South Georgia
Florida
Albany
Central of Georgia
Thomasville
Molena
Everett City
J. Pierpont Morgan
Brunswick
Cincinnati
Mr. Morgan
Union Springs
Cordele
Constitution
Brunswick & Birmingham
Buffalo
Altamaha
Montgomery
Seaboard Air Line
Hartsboro
Cyclone kills man and devastates Georgia plantation
A cyclone swept through Monroe Upson and Crawford counties killing a Black man near Macon. Cicero Thorp's residence near Macon was blown down and many Black homes on his plantation were destroyed. The storm path ran from Morans mill to Montpelier Springs, where two brick houses and a frame dwelling were demolished leaving families homeless.
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Atlanta
Monroe
Upson
Crawford
Cicero Thorps
Macon
Moran's Mill
Montpelier Springs
Cyclone devastates Piper mining town in Bibb county
A cyclone struck the mining town of Piper in Bibb county Sunday morning wrecking 40 houses and damaging 35 more. Ed Turner, a colored man, was killed, and Joan Allen with her husband and three children were heavily injured. The storm also damaged Gurnee Junction and Bell Ellen. Mines in the area are flooded and unable to operate for several days.
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Birmingham
Ala
Piper
Bibb County
Ed Turner
Joan Allen
Gurnee Junction
Bell Ellen
General Chaffee signs site purchase for army post
Manila reports Gen. Chaffee has signed an executory contract to buy a Pasig river site seven miles inland for an army post. The parcel spans about one and a quarter by two and a half miles, bounded by the Pasig river and Laguna de Bay, on high ground overlooking Manila. Construction will start once congressional approval is secured.
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Manila
Chaffee
Pasig River
Laguna de Bay
Congress
Minister Storer Arrives in New York on St. Louis
United States minister to Spain Bellamy Storer arrived in New York aboard the St. Louis from Southampton. He denied a circulating rumor that he had been recalled, stating there was no foundation for the report.
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Minister Storer
New York
Bellamy Storer
United States
Spain
American Line
St. Louis
Southampton
Paris plans rent debtor asylum for displaced residents
Paris municipal council to test a philanthropic program creating a temporary asylum for people expelled from their homes due to unpaid rent. The shelter will offer a momentary refuge while individuals arrange alternative housing options.
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Paris
Prince Edwards Captured in Mexico Extradition Planned
New Orleans reports Prince Edwards, the notorious Negro implicated in John Gray Foster’s assassination near Shreveport and linked to a triple lynching, has been captured in Mexico. He will be extradited and returned to face charges.
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New Orleans
Prince Edwards
John Gray Foster
Shreveport
Mexico
Snowbound Railroads Paralyzed North Dakota and Canada
Snow and wind halt Northern Pacific and Great Northern lines across the region. Fargo, Winnipeg, Grand Forks, and Winnipeg see outages as telegraph wires fail and trains remain idle for days. Relief efforts focus on passenger warmth and care while services recover later.
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St. Paul
Minn
North Dakota
Canadian Northwest
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Fargo
Manden
N. C
Red River Valley
Frankfort
Winnipeg
Grand Forks
Williston
Cassellton
N. D
Dakota
Montana
Out of Provisions on Thunder Mountain Snow Trail
Elk City Idaho reports W T Murphy and J A Fields traveled from Thunder Mountain on snow shoes in two and a half days. They found four and a half feet of snow, no provisions to buy, and many travelers on the trail. Miners at Devey mine earn 3 75 a day with board but quit to prospect further. Monumental creek staking extends 25 miles.
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Elk City
Ida
W. T. Murphy
J. A. Fields
Thunder Mountain
Devey
Monumental Creek
Two White Men Wounded in Birmingham Fight
Hamp Fryant and Charles Sentell, both white, were seriously wounded in a Sunday confrontation with Peter Durrett, a Black man. Durrett tried to draw a pistol, Sentell grabbed it and shot Fryant, then Durrett fired a shotgun wounding Sentell in the legs. all four were arrested.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hamp Fryant
Charles Sentell
Peter Durrett
Durrett
Sentell
Bryant
Chinese Targeted For Stone Throw Incident In Pekin
In Pekin on March 17 a Chinese man threw a stone at Baroness Romania Avezzana wife of the Italian legation secretary prompting the empress dowager to issue an edict admonishing Chinese citizens against insulting foreigners.
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Pekin
Romania Avezzana
Legation
Cold Wave Grips Upper Peninsula as Temps Plunge
Marquette Michigan reports a severe cold wave with temperatures around zero at night and a 50 degree drop from Saturday. Sunday night sees readings as low as near zero while inland areas register 15 above.
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Marquette, Mich
Upper Peninsula
Striking Dock Laborers Win Employer Concession
In La Rochelle France a meeting of 800 strikers and employers on Sunday night accepted the demands of the laborers. Delegates from the strikers secured conformation of their terms. The event marks a notable resolve in the labor dispute at the docks.
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la Rochelle
France
Virginia Granes Endorses Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Miss Virginia Granes of Watertown New York praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in a letter describing relief from ovarian and womb inflammation after using the remedy. She notes a prior injury and claims lasting health, urging others to use the product. the advertisement includes a promise of a $5000 forfeit if testimonial is not genuine.
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Virginia Granes
Nurses’ Association
Watertown
N.Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
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