Maryland special session to disfranchise black voters
A Maryland special session opens in Annapolis with Arthur Pue Gorman leading the push to amend election laws to bar illiterates from voting. The measure would affect roughly half of the state's 52,000 Black voters, risking a Democratic legislative majority next year amid a tense political clash with Republicans ready for a fierce contest.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
Maryland
United States
Arthur Pue Gorman
Senate
McComas
Alabama Legislature Adjourns After Fifty Day Session
After a fifty day session the Alabama Legislature adjourned last night with major acts: call for a constitutional convention, higher public school funding, and defeat of a uniform school textbook bill. In Nebraska the senate race produced fusionist tallies and scattering votes while Montana’s deadlock looms with Carter and Franke leading fusion votes and no anticipated election.
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Alabama
United States
Nebraska
Allen
Hitchcock
W. H. Thompson
Berge
E. Thompson
Crounee
Currie
Metkiejohn
Hinshaw
Rosewater
Martin
Scattering
Montana
Thomas H. Carter
H. L. Franke
Butte
W. G. Conrad
Great Falls
Burglary Suspect Vaccinated Before Court Hearing
William Carl entered a quarantined East 137th Street apartment and stole rings and gems from Mrs Emma Ives. Health doctors, in charge due to smallpox, vaccinated him before police arrival. detectives were kept out until vaccination. They appeared in court with swollen arms.
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New York
William Carl
Emma Ives
Board of Health
Banker Threatened Over Kidnap Plot in Pine Bluff
W H Langford president of the Citizen s Bank disclosed a letter from the Neilly gang demanding $10,000 be deposited by Sunday night or his seven year old son would be kidnapped and his eyes burned. Police were alerted. A decoy payoff was made and no one appeared. The boy remains at home under guard.
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Ark
W. H. Langford
Citizen’s Bank
Neilly Gang
City Liquor Ordinance Bans Home Drinking In Topeka
Topeka city council passes a liquor ordinance making it illegal to invite a friend home for a drink. Aiding a drinker in a home is treated as violation even without proof of sale. Penalties include fines from 100 to 900 dollars and up to 100 days in jail.
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Topeka
Kan
Samuel Moser Convicted of Murder in Pekin WI
Pekin Wisconsin March 5 a jury found Samuel Moser guilty of murder for shooting and killing his wife and three children last year. He was sentenced to twenty years plus imprisonment. The defense contended the case was unclear and a new trial was sought.
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Pekin
Samuel Moser
Sultty
Moser Wee
Moser
Ceeaton
Plans for Naval Arch to rise at Battery New York
A committee of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association reports final plans for a marble arch and water gate at the Battery. Ernest Flagg designed a white marble arch 14 feet high and 155 feet wide, topped by a 165 foot quadric, with statues of John Paul Jones Farragut Perry Lawrence and others and inscriptions honoring the navy. The project carries nearly one million dollars in funding pledged by wealthy backers and awaits official approval from Park Commissioner Clausen and Mayor Van Wyck.
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New York
United States
The
United States Naval Academy
Battery
Ernest Flagg
Clausen
van Wyck
Park Benjamin
Broadway
John Paul Jones
Farragut
Commodore Perry
Lawrence
Navy
Naval Academy
Fatal duel at Ostend ends in Durant murder
John MacWilson Durant of New York was killed in a duel at Ostend with a Russian count after an affair involving letters to the count's wife. Durant, known in American circles in Paris and Albany, had planned marriage. his body was brought to Ostend with his mother later in Glasgow. The count was seriously wounded.
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Paris
John MacWilson Durant
New York
le Fonde Tremoille
Ostend
Durant
Durant In A Restaurant, Where A Vicious Fight Occurred. Mr. Durant
Mr. Durant
Glasgow
Charles Neville Carter
Albany
N. Y
John Mac Wilson Durant
Paria
America
Paris Duel Negotiations End In Deadlock Between Parties
Negotiations over the Deroulede Buffet duel halted as seconds telegrammed their principals to quit missions. Buffets' seconds refuse to withdraw the disputed words, arguing no offense. Deroulede friends say rules require withdrawal or duel, and will not submit to arbitrators.
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Paris
Deroulede-Buffet
M. Buffets
M. Deroulede
Judge’s brief doze not enough to overturn verdict
In Chicago on March 5 the Appellate Court ruled that a judge’s moments of sleep during a trial do not warrant a new trial. The case of John Anderson, a teamster, versus the Chicago City Railway Company stemmed from injuries after a street car collision. The ruling held minor slumber during evidence is insufficient grounds for reversal.
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Chicago
John Anderson
Chicago City Railway Company
Stein
Germany and Britain Relations Clarified by Count von Buelow
In the Reichstag Count von Buelow said Emperor William’s England visit was not political or courtly but humane, aimed at his grandmother’s deathbed. He urged peaceful, equal relations with Britain, defense of German independence, and warned against foreign criticism guiding policy while stressing reciprocal tariff reform to aid the poor.
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Herr Schaedler
Reichstag
William
England
Count von Buelow
Great Britain
Germany
Kruger
Lord Roberts
Prussia
Russia
Russian Commercial and Industrial Gazette
von Buelow
Foreign Office
Herr Schaecier
Edward
Dreibund
Knights of Columbus hold annual National Council session
Delegates from twenty five states, the District of Columbia and Quebec gather in New Haven for a three day session. Edward L. Hearn, supreme knight, presides and notes 十八 years of growth to nearly seventy thousand members with seventy eight new councils added and a monthly net gain of about 1,000 members. Officers report, including Dr W R McMannis and John H Drury, with $351,160 on hand.
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Conn
District of Columbia
W. R. McMannis
New York
John H. Drury
Providence
R. 1
Daniel Caldwell
Bankers Searles Fails Ward of 2 000 000
John E. Searles the Brooklyn financier assigned for creditors to Edward E B Dwight. He holds leadership roles in the American Cotton Company American Type Founders Company Hyatt Roller Bearing and many other boards. Assets reportedly exceed liabilities but include illiquid securities. The American Cotton Company and other firms remain unaffected. Estimates of his liabilities range from 1 to 2 million.
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New York
John E. Searles
General Corporation
Edward EB. Dwight
Searles
American Cotton Company
American Type Founders’ Company
Hyatt Roller Bearing Company
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company
International Trust Company
Union Traction and Electric Company
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway
Down Town Association
American Sugar Refining Company
Western National Bank
Brayton Ives
United States
Jones
Arkansas
Brooklyn
Buzzard'’s Bay
Mass
Cleveland
Joseph Jefferson
Sugar
Merchants’ National of
Wall Street
Charles E. Hughes
Journal of Commerce
Carter Harrison Nominated for Chicago Mayor
Carter H. Harrison was named for a third Chicago mayor term by acclamation at the Democratic city convention amid cheers. The platform backs municipal ownership of public utilities and street railways, with a key issue over extending street railway franchises. George Parker is poised for the Republican World’s Fair mayor nomination in St Louis, facing two others and possible independent runs.
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Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Charles F. Gunther
Andrew J. Ryan
William Loefler
ST. Louis
George Parker
William Zachritz
Zachritz
Chauncey I. Filley
Parker
Turkey Finances Paralysis Delays China Mission Travel
Constantinople correspondent notes public business paralyzed by government poverty. The Sultan's administration cannot pay state creditors or fund travel expenses for the impending China mission, delaying dispatch due to financial straits.
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China
London
Constantinople
End to punitive expeditions urged by Chinese officials
General Yin Shang, by Li Hung Chang’s order, asked Count Von Waldersee for no more expeditions and for Chinese troops to stay within ten miles of allied forces to help curb Boxers and robbers. Waldersee replied the alliance cannot promise no more expeditions but may limit them if conditions allow. The dispute over legation quarters, indemnities, and ceremony continues amid broader reports from Peking.
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Peking
Yin Shang
Li Hung Chang
Count von Waldersee
Legation
Board of Works
Board of Revenue
Board of Ceremonials
Summer Palace
Buddha
Taku
China
Troublesome Questions In Diplomatic Talks Over China Indemnity
Reports from Peking indicate the State Department fears difficulty in reaching an indemnity agreement with foreign ministers and Rockhill works to limit demands to China’s means. The powers may direct ministers in Peking if relief seems unlikely, amid fears of dynasty loss and territorial upheaval. Reuter dispatch notes Emperor Kw ang Sun may not leave Si-Ngan-Fu, and fortifying the legation quarter could threaten court return.
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Washington
Peking
State Department
Rockhill
China
London
Reuter Telegram Company
Kwang Sun
Si-Ngan-Fu
Legation
German patrol reports clash near Jung-Hsuan- Kwan
Dispatch from Count Von Waldersee dated Peking March 4 cites a 25 man patrol under Lieutenant Colonel Wallmenich engaging Chinese forces west of Jung-Hsuan- Kwan. Germans report 3 killed and 1 wounded. Colonel Ledebur moves four companies from Pao-Ting-Fu to clear Ansuling pass to the great wall and guard it.
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War Office
Count von Waldersee
Peking
Wallmenich
Jung-Hsuan- Kwan
Ledebur
Pao-Ting-Fu
Ansuling Pass
Great Wall
Foreign News Roundup From Across Europe and Beyond
Interruption of Paris and London communications due to a gale. John G A Leishman arrives as US minister to Turkey in Constantinople. King Edward empowers knighthood while in Australia. Sagasta to form new Liberal cabinet and present members to Queen Regent. Italy Franco Russian alliance denial. Dynamite explosion near French border kills seven in Trun. Portuguese censor reports Sardao monastery incident near Oporto. Sig nor Panza possibly takes London embassy post. Baron Fava recalled. Oceanic reaches Queenstown, weather delays mail. Dreyfus returns to Switzerland after Paris stay to finish Five Years My Life.
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London
John G. A. Leishman
United States
Turkey
Constantinople
Edward
Duke of Cornwall
York
Australia
Senor Sagasta
Lst
French Foreign Office
Pioienes
Italy
Trun
Oporto
Sardao
Tribuna
Rome
Signor Panza
Baron Fava
Washington
White Star
Oceanic
Cameron
Queenstown
New York
Liverpool
Alfred Dreyfus
Switzerland
Devil's Island
Mutiny at Santa Caterina Prison in Florence
A Florence dispatch reports a serious mutiny by convicts at Santa Caterina prison. The military was deployed after ten inmates were killed and fifty-seven wounded, with the unrest attributed to the poor food supplied by prison authorities.
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Santa Caterina
London
Florence
Boers Occupy Pearson Amid Cape Colony Moves
From Cra dock Cape Colony advices report Boers have occupied Pearson on the Great River. At Craddock British forces arrest Reverend Mr Reineck of the Dutch Reformed Church under martial law. War Office orders halt recruitment of yeomanry as manpower suffices.
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London
Cradock
Cape Colony
Pearson
Great River
Craddock
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Uses and Sales Promise
Used for over fifty years by millions of mothers to ease teething for children. Claims to soothe the child and soften gums, allay pain, cure wind colic, regulate bowels, and treat diarrhoea. Sold by druggists worldwide, advertised as a life saver for fifty cents. Also promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Toothache Drops with quick cures.
Insurance Casualty Figures Mentioned In Report
The document lists a total liability of 1,185.00 and a total of 134,797.80 as the greatest amount in a single risk at 5,000 dollars.
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