Mormon Elders Promote Proselyting in Chicago
In CuicaGco, March 3, a party of Mormon elders led by B. B. Roberts has preached in Chicago suburbs since October 1 and plans to take a colony of young people, many girls, to Salt Lake City around April 1. Meetings have been held Sunday nights in Wicker Park, alarming residents with concerns about family trouble and daughters visiting on Sundays. About 200 Northwest side residents are said to have embraced Mormon beliefs amid rising community unrest and excitement over proselyting.
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CuicaGco
B. B. Roberts
Salt Lake City
Wicker Park
Northwest Side
Riot and streetcar tracks torn up in Knoxville clash
In Knoxville Tennessee cables on Depot street were torn up by Citizens Street Railway workers trained by 200 black laborers. Police arrested workers. sheriffs arrested police and officials. Fire units dispersed the crowd with water. Lieutenant Hood shot at a man named William Arnod, likely fatally wounding him. Attorney McAdoo says federal court orders permit work to continue. Tension remains high with expectation of further trouble.
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Knoxville
Tenn
William Arnod
McAdoo
New York
The
Citizens Company
United States Court
Cavern Collapse Wrecks Wyoming Mine Area in Pa
A vast cavern opened in the Schooley mine beneath Wyoming Pennsylvania 600 feet below town causing surface caves. The surface sank up to 25 feet with 150 by 200 yard affected area and the post office and three dwellings were ruined. Seventy four miners were present and many escaped danger while ninety six mules remained entombed in the mine stable.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming
Schooley
Rate War Threat After CP Appeal Denial
Transcontinental Passen ger association chairman Cald well rejects Canadian Pacific appeal to apply 7.50 first class and 5 second class rates via St Paul and Sea route to Pacific coast. The decision risks disrupting the association and triggers potential cross country rate wars as overland lines prepare to seek relief once CP rates take effect after 10 days notice.
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CubcaGco
Caldwell
Transcontinental Passenger Association
Canadian Pacific Railway
St Paul
Canadian Pacific
American among insurgents in Manila court martial
A Madrid dispatch states an American is among insurgents arrested during the Manila uprising. The prisoners face court martial and likely execution.
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London
Madrid
Manilla
Morote and Lee Sail Havana for United States
Fitzhugh Lee Jr and Senor Luis Morote of El Liberal Madrid sailed from Havana on Mascotte. Senor Morote has been recalled.
Farewell to Canton as McKinley Heads to Washington
Canton crowds bid Major and Mrs McKinley farewell at the station with an overwhelming turnout. The escort included militia and Grand Army veterans as the couple boarded the special train amid cheers and public affection.
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Major McKinley
Grand Army
Canton
Major
Mrs. McKiney
Supreme Court affirms seizure of Three Friends steamer
The United States Supreme Court ruled the Three Friends seizure valid under the neutrality act, reversing a Florida district court. Chief Justice Fuller defined neutrality as abstention and impartial conduct while noting belligerency recognition is political, citing Cuba’s insurrection and ongoing armed resistance without belligerent recognition.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
District of St. Johns
Fla
United States
District Court
Southern District of Florida
Fuller
Presidential train passes Ohio line into Pittsburgh amid ovations
The presidential train crossed the Ohio state line at 4 48 amid a long chain of crowds from Beaver Falls New Brighton and Rochester to Beaver. In Pittsburgh thousands gathered along the route from the railroad bridge to Union Station as the train neared the city. The mayor delivered a brief thanks as the train departed.
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PittsBurg
Ohio State Line
McKinley District
Beaver Falls
New Brighton
Rochester
Beaver
Senator Quay
Union Station
Inaugural crowds swell as railroads forecast 225000 visitors
Washington prepares for inauguration day with bunting and crowds. Rail lines project 225000 strangers in the city on the 4th, with the Pennsylvania estimating 100000 arrivals this week, Baltimore and Ohio 75000, Chesapeake and Ohio 40000, and Southern tallying 5 to 10000 from two colored military units.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
New Jersey
Chesapeake and Ohio
Southern Railway
Charleston
Spain concedes no cause for U S prisoner death
Maprio March 2. Premier Canovas del Castillo at a cabinet council with the queen regent presiding said the dispute with the United States over treatment of prisoners is without importance. He stated an impartial inquiry into Dr. Ricardo Ruiz’s death in Guanabaco prison shows he died of natural causes, not beating.
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Maprio
Senor Canovas del Castillo
United States
Ricardo Ruiz
Guanabaco
President Cleveland demands release of U S citizen in Cuba
Washington telegrams reveal Consul General Lee pressing the State Department to free Charles Scott, an American arrested in Regla Cuba. Lee warns of naval show of force and cites 14 days solitary confinement before Scott’s release on March 23 after a demand from Washington. Other arrested Americans remain in contact.
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Washinetox
Cleveland
Senate
Cuba
Charles Scott
General Lee
State Department
Lee
United States
Regla
Ruiz
Key West
Guanabacoa
Scott
Municipal Elections Spread Across Iowa Cities
Des Moines and several charter cities did not hold polls. Creston elected Niemeyer mayor by 75 votes, Ottumwa backed the Democrats for saloon license restrictions, and Cedar Rapids chose a Republican mayor as part of full city tickets and partial council turnovers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Creston
Dauntless Tug Granted Temporary Injunction and Release
In Jacksonville a U S court granted a temporary injunction restraining Customs Collector Bisbee and Revenue Cutter Boutwell Captain Kilgore from interfering with the tug Dauntless. Judge Locke ordered release on a $15,000 bond, after which the tug may go to sea if her owner wishes.
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Jacksonville
United States
W. A. Bisbie
Dauntless
Monastery Partially Destroyed by Avalanche
A Paris dispatch reports the monastery of St. Bernard partially demolished by an avalanche on March 3. The left wing collapsed, monks tunneled through snow to escape, but there were no fatalities.
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Lonpox
Paris
St. Bernard
Iowa Battleship Iowa to Begin Trial Trip March 29
Chief Constructor Hichborn reports the battleship Iowa, after inspection at Cramp's ship yard, will start her trial trip on the 29th inst. Washington dispatch notes convey the expected schedule and location of the ship's trials.
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Iowa
Washington
Hichborn
Cramp
Candano Falls to insurgents in Crete battle news
March 3 report from Canea says Candano has fallen into insurgent hands after Greeks captured the fortress of Vavaro, which overlooked the town. Three thousand Mussulmans were besieged as Beys sought sultan protection. the sultan responded he cannot help and advised seeking powers. The Beys then appealed to the British consulate for aid.
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Canea
Candano
Vavaro
Tewfik Pasha
Ohio river flood keeps rising and stretches inland
The Ohio river flood worsens with stationary levels around 61 feet 2 inches at 8 am and 9 pm after 13 hours, sparking widespread suffering. Newport sees a seven inch rise in 24 hours, while Cincinnati’s Mill Creek valley bears the heaviest damage with factories and workers displaced along a six mile stretch between the Ohio and Licking rivers. Local charity and police efforts lag amid mounting need.
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Cixomnnatt
Poice
Newport
Ohio
Licking Rivers
Cincinnati
Creek Valley
Ohio River
Cumminsville
Ths Valley
Greece Defends Action in Crete As Turks Provoked Clash
At a crowded Athens chamber Delyannis pins blame on Turks for fighting that drew powers' fleet bombardment of Canea. Marine minister cites admiral injunctions forbidding sea or land attacks on fortresses or Vassos' interior advance and vows to resist Turkish troop landings in Crete.
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Athens
Chamber of Deputies
Senor Delyannis
Canea
Marine
Vassos
Seuis
Greece
Crete
Leadville Strike Set for Arbitration Board
A five member panel is proposed to resolve the Leadville wage dispute. Two members would be chosen by owners, two by miners, with the fifth chosen by the four. The pre strike wage scale would hold until arbitration issues a decision, and all parties must sign the agreement.
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Dennover
Committee of Five
Senator Reuter
Leadville
E. J. Dewar
Leadville Miners Union
Board of Arbitration
The Kaiser the Cause
The Daily Chronicle argues Britain faces a serious pow ers hitch from government missteps and Emperor William's ire. It criticizes Lord Salisbury's Crete policy announcement and the suggestion that Britain leads the concert.
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Kaiser
London
The
Daily Chronicle
William
Chronicle
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Crete
Suspects in Winona Murders Caught in North Dakota
Two part breed men Black Hawk and Louis Agaard are held on suspicion of killing the Spicer family at Winona North Dakota. They were arrested by Sheriff Shier with Indian police near Battle Creek ten miles from the crime scene. They confessed to being in Winona the murder day and to stealing a steer and selling beef to farmers to buy whisky.
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Breeds
Winona
N. D
Bismarck
Peter Shier
Emmons County
Black Hawk
Louis Agaard
Spicer
Battle Creek
Fort Yates
Cannon Ball
Standing Rock
Caldwell
Ambassadors Complete Note on Crete to be Presented
Constantinople March 38 The ambassadors finished the communication to the Turkish government regarding the island of Crete and will telegraph to their governments. The note is expected to be presented to the porte during the day.
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Constantinople
Crete
Porte
Warlike tensions sever Russia Greece relations Athens plans Thessaly
A Times dispatch from Constantinople reports all relations between Russia and Greece broken. Athens says King George will move to Thessaly with 25 000 men. Three thousand garrison troops from Janina were sent to the frontier and allegedly pillaged Christian villages.
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London
The
Times
Constantinople
St. Petersburg
Athens
George
Thessaly
Janina
CATTLE HERD FOUND TB AFFLICTED IN CROOKSTON
In Crookston Minnesota on March 1 the branch experimental station herd was tested for tuberculosis. Veterinarians found the entire herd, with two exceptions, infected. The diseased animals will be separated and killed.
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Crookston
Minn
Branch Experimental Station
Rex Arrives With Naval Pageant In New Orleans Harbor
On March 3 in New Orleans the government lighthouse tender Joseph Henry arrived amid a grand pageant. About 1,500 state troops joined two marine companies and two bluejackets from the Maine and Texas. French and American warships fired salutes as harbor fleets blew whistles and displayed flags.
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New Orleans
Rex
Joseph Henry
Maine
Texas
Janitor Murders Self in School Belfry
James Clark, janitor of the Sixth ward school in La Crosse Wisconsin, hanged himself in the schoolhouse belfry during the night. He fastened the bell rope around his neck and swung from the structure as the bell tolled twice signaling his death.
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la Crouse
Wis
James Clark
Sixth Ward
General Deficiency Bill Reported in Senate Action
Washington March 4 report states the general deficiency appropriation bill was reported to the Senate. The bill as reported totals 10,334,273 dollars, rising 1,892,245 dollars above the House appropriation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Australian outlaw Frank Butler held for extradition
Frank Butler known as Ashe and Newman, an Australian desperado, is held for extradition on murder charges. United States Commissioner Heacock presided over the extradition proceedings noting Butler’s calm demeanor since arrest.
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San Francisco
Frank Butler
Ashe
Newman
Wighderer
Lee Weller
Arthur,Preston
United States
Heacock
Butler
Devils Lake Pigment: Blind pigger to appear on liquor charge
Devils Lake North Carolina March 1 Joe Hefti a blind pigger was held to appear before United States court commissioner MecClory on a charge of selling liquor to Indians Major Hall the Indian agent at Fort Totten has begun a crusade against those supplying his wards with liquor
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Devils_ Lake
N. C
Joe Hefti
United States
MecClory
Major Hall
Fort Totten
South Carolina Election Investigation Session Delays
The ongoing South Carolina election investigation faced delays as a House session shows no action yet. A five member subcommittee including Massachusetts and Alabama members is tasked to report back with recommendations and to refer testimony presented to the committee.
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Wasninetox
Gress
Cereina
Henre Entative Murray
Af Wevet O
Massachusetts
Corliss
Macialay
A.douchef
Alabama
Tater
Virginia
Staines
Ame
House
Not Mr McCook Will Head New York in Cabinet
Colonel McCook declines offer for interior secretary or other cabinet post as McKinley forms his administration. Senator Platt confirms the decision after inquiry. McCook states he will not discuss the matter with reporters.
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Cyoonel McCook
New York
Mckonley
McCook
Secreary of the Interior
Platt
Department of Justice
McKinley
Judge McKenna
Associated Press
Richest strike in Rock Hill mine sparks union action
In Nil Desperandum mine at 657 feet depth and a 140 foot drift on Rock Hill a massive ore body yields over 400 a ton. The strike, the richest in Leadville since 1880, is from striking union miners who revived development in an area long idle after D H Moffett sunk $60,000 ten years earlier without results.
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Lrapvittr
Colo
Rock Hill
Leadville
D. H. Moffett
Senate Rejects Two Railroad Commission Bills in Helena
The Montana senate voted 11 to 8 against two railroad commission bills, one copying Iowa law and the other modeled after Wisconsin law. The house approved the senate curriculum free text book bill and concurred with a $10,000 bond issuance for the state university.
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Helena
Mon
Senate
Railroad Commission
Iowa
Wisconsin
House
State University
Will Dine With Alger In Washington
General Alger arrived in Washington and is quartered at the Arlington hotel. He will be hosted for a dinner and a reception for Washington army officers and War Department officials. Alger has leased the Lafayette square house formerly used by Secretary Lamont and will move in when vacated.
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Alger
Wasn HiInaton
General Alger
Washington
Arlington Hotel
Army
War Department
Lafayette Square House
Lamont
Harris senate railroad bill approved in committee
Toreka Kan March 1 The house has agreed in committee of the whole to pass the Harris senate railroad bill already approved by the senate. The measure grants commissioners power to set a maximum rate upon complaint with safeguards for railway companies.
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Toreka
Kan
House
Harris Senate
Senate
River strike collapses as miners return to work
Privezsere reports the river strike failed with under 1,000 miners out. Thursday most miners were idle but widespread demand for higher pay did not emerge, so nearly all diggers went back to work.
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Privezsere
Hanna Goes to Washington
Mr. Hanna and his wife and daughters depart Cleveland for Washington at 1 45 p m aboard the Pennsylvania train. He travels with his family while others stay behind.
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Hanna
Washington
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
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