Rumors Of Naval Clash At Tien-Tsin Reach London
Sensational chatter from London and Shanghai centers on alleged Russo British exchanges at Tien-Tsin and a looming naval clash with Japan. Dispatches say Russians in Korean waters and a mobilizing Japanese squadron loom, while officials deny any outbreak and stress guarded restraint at Chinese ports.
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China
Tien-Tsin
Russia
Japan
Shanghai
China Gazette
Tokio
Korea
Foreign Office
London Stock Exchange
New York
Lorne Campbell
Wogack
Count von Waldersee
Peking
Harrison
Tien- Tsin
Daily Mail
Barrow
Kobe
The
Ma-Sun-Pho
British and Russian Guards in Tien Tsin Controversy
Berlin reports in official circles that British and Russian guards still occupy disputed land at Tien Tsin. A peaceful settlement is expected as papers believe Great Britain will yield. The press sees no vital incident and fears local quarrel expanding into wider Sino foreign tensions.
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Petersburg
London
Novo Vremyne
Russia
Great Britain
Novosti
Japan
Berlin
Tien-Tsin
Vossische Zeitung
England
Kreuz Zeitung
Tien- Tain
Bailloud
Conference of Foreign Ministers
British Reinforcements Reach Peking From Taku Forts
March dispatch reports ninety Royal Marines landed at Tien-Tsin to relieve Indian troops stationed at the forts as British forces push to bolster positions near Peking amid the ongoing conflict.
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Peking
Tilen-Tsin
Taku Forts
Indemnity talks stall as powers differ on China claims
Washington officials report no nearer agreement on Chinese indemnities despite Rockhill notes. The United States favors a Hague reference, but other powers resist. Proposals hinge on compensation per missionary killed or property destroyed, with total claims likely under 250 million dollars.
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Rockhill
Peking
State Department
Hague Commission
Mr. Rockhill
United States
China
Maryland disfranchisement bill passes legislature
Maryland lawmakers pass a bill aimed at disenfranchising illiterate voters, with the Senate approving then sending to the House. Democrats claim it will eliminate ballots by clerks and shift state politics toward a Democratic majority, targeting both black and white voters and shaping future elections.
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Senate
House
United States
Wellington
Illinois Coal Operators Move Toward State Wide Combine
Reported plans aim to merge all Illinois coal mines into one company with 75 million dollars capital. A Chicago meeting will finalize consolidation to cut costs and counter strong miners unions. The plan would absorb most mines, control about 30 million tons produced last year and employ roughly 37,000 workers. Illinois Coal Operators Association discussed it, Pittsburgh agents say similar combines work well by handling large contracts.
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Springfield
Illinois
Chicago
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Pittsburg
King Edward Demands Court Dress for Deputations at St James
King Edward receives forty to fifty deputations at St James Palace bearing condolences and congratulations. He instructs future arrivals to wear uniform or court dress, amid remarks on grand mastership and succession. The Duke of Connaught presents the Freemasons’ address.
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Edward
Freemasons
Trinity College
Dublin
Duke of Connaught
Ireland
King Edward
Republic
Daily Mail
Thames
Westminster Bridge
Albert Bridge
Battersea Park
Arthur Power Palmer
India
General Palmer
Lord Kitchener
British Mission Met French Leaders Over Victoria Death
Paris March 20. Delcasse hosted Earl Carrington and British mission officials to announce Queen Victoria’s death and King Edward VII’s accession. President Loubet greeted them at the Elysee in gala carriages as cuirassiers escorted the party. Carrington delivered King Edward’s autograph, praising cordial Franco British relations, and Loubet promised stronger ties under the new king. The ceremony concluded with a return to the hotel.
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M. Delcasse
Earl Carrington
Edward
Queen Victoria
Edmund J. Monson
France
Foreign Office
Loubet
Elysee Palace
General Dubois
Legion of Honor
Libel and Slan der Cases in London Court
Libel actions by Arthur Chamberlain and Neville Chamberlain against the Star and Morning Leader opened in the King's Bench Court before Lord Alverstone. Plaintiffs seek damages for alleged attacks on commercial integrity over War Office contracts. Defendants argue the articles were fair comment on public matters. Sir Edward Clarke stresses the campaign against a certain figure.
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London
Star and Morning Leader
Arthur Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
War Office
King's Bench Court
Lord Alverstone
Edward Clarke
Lee Arthur Chamberlain
Cain One
Slander suit over claims against Arthur B. Markham M P
Wernher Bell Co sues Arthur B. Markham M P for slander over remarks in the House of Commons alleging ties to South African firms. Markham vowed to forgo immunities, Chamberlain denied using ministry connections for stock market gain. Hearing adjourned.
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Joseph Chamberlain
HB. A. Hawksley
Wernher, Bell & Co
Arthur B. Markham
M. P
House of Commons
Transvaal
Mr. Bell
Markham
Arthur Chamberlain
Chamberlains
Stock Exchange
Cuban Delegates to Vote on Platt Amendment Tomorrow
Havana reports that the committee on relations will discuss the Platt amendment at tomorrow’s meeting. Senor Juan Guaiberto Gomez says four of five members favor leaving the question to the future republic, with the constitutional convention expected to adopt that report. Senor Carlos Roloff is named Cuba’s treasurer, to begin April 1 with a $200,000 bond.
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Havana
Committee On Relations
Juan Guaiberto Gomez
Carlos Roloff
Cuba
Riot at Marseilles Dock Sparks Violent Clash
Rioters in Marseilles clash with mounted gendarmes and troops near the docks. Two thousand demonstrators, including women with children, surge through dockside streets as several soldiers and officers are injured.
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Marseilles
Hussar
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
M. Flassieres
J4ro- Kruger
Kruger
M. Millerand
Flassieres
Hussars
Fort St. James
Attempted assassination in Budapest targets field marshal
In Budapest a man offered a letter to Field Marshal Jablanczy de Centa yorgy, chief of the gendarmerie, who refused it and was shot at in the street. Two bystanders captured the attacker, identified as John A. Gal, a former lieutenant who said he was dismissed without cause and sought revenge. Prosecution begins though students report they affixed couches to lecture rooms with no urging from us.
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Buda-Pesth
Jablanczy de Centa
Yorgy
Ministry of National Defense
John A. Gal
Only Editor Ray Arrives at Michigan City Prison
George M. Ray editor of the Shelbyville Democrat arrived at Michigan City Prison under guard after an indeterminate sentence for presenting false claims. He surrendered jewelry, received number 1984, bathed, donned a uniform, and prepared for Bertillon measurements and intake processing. He joked about the courts and politics during the journey.
Detectives Join Sheriff’s Prison Transport to Michigan City
Detectives Dugan and Gerber accompanied Sheriff Luther and his prisoner to Michigan City arriving at 2 p m. They reported no incidents on the trip and the party left the city at 7 a m yesterday with Ray in good spirits. Ray professed innocence and joked along the way while writing letters and reflecting on his trouble. Upon arrival he was bathed and dressed in a checked suit as a second grade prisoner and placed in the receiving cell for the first night.
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Indianapolis Journal
Michigan City
Ind
Lake Erie & Western
Luther
McDougal
George M. Ray
Shelbyville Democrat
Ray
Shelby County
Dugan
Gerber
Indianapolis
Durbin
George H. Dunn
Lake Erie
State Prison
Grand Hotel
Uncle Sam Robbed. New York customs reform shocks Treasury
Collector Bidwell of New York met with Assistant Secretary Spaulding in Washington to discuss reorganized New York customs procedures. He presented figures showing duties on passengers aboard four steamers rose by 23,000 dollars compared with the same lines on the prior year. The change, nearly stunning officials, prompts extending the New York system to other ports. Investigations reveal many transatlantic passengers, thought to be wealthy women, were in fact regularly etc.
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Washington
Bidwell
New York
City
Treasury
Spaulding
Lynching of Jerry Bell at railroad bridge in Terry Miss
In Terry Mississippi a mob hanged Jerry Bell to a railroad bridge after arresting him in Bryan and bringing him back. Thirty minutes earlier another suspected man Charles Hollingsworth escaped after gunfire, while the mob planned to execute both.
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Anoth
Charles Hollingsworth
Bell
Bandit report near Perry ties man to Red Rock crime
Sheriff Foster and two deputies return from eighteen miles east of Perry with a wounded man named Charles Johnson. He claims to be Ben Cravens’s companion in the Red Rock murder and robbery that killed Alvin Bateman of Swartz & Co. Johnson bears buckshot injuries and says he was shot during a Monday night hold up at the Otoe reservation. Perry militia is guarding the jail amid fears of lynching.
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O. T
Foster
Charles Johnson
Ben Cravens
Red Rock
Alvin Bateman
Swartz & Co
Johnson
Otoe
Mutiny at Lansing Prison Wounds Two Convicts
Leavenworth Kan March 30 At 2 o clock this morning the last of 26 mutinous convict miners was taken from the Lansing penitentiary pit and jailed. Two convicts were shot and wounded by guards during the rescue of fifteen hostages. Ralph Clark a twenty year Highway robbery sentence will lose an arm and Alfred Hatfield serving ten years for manslaughter was wounded in the leg. The guards were not harmed.
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Kan
Lansing
Ralph Clark
Alfred Hatfield
Hatfield
Odell Refuses to Sign Police Bill Veto Threaten Over Platt Measure
Governor Odell declares he will veto any police bill from Senator Platt if it reaches him. He repudiates the new draft restoring the 1857 Metropolitan police act with added territory near New York City and states he will not urge passage or compromise.
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Albany
N. Y
Odell
Platt
Frank Platt
Thomas C. Platt
New York City
Pratt
Clay
Widow Sues Widow for Breach of Promise in Toledo
H. C. Bourguin, a business man from St. Marya, filed suit in Toledo for $2,000 against Mia Sarah B. Ruble, a young widow, alleging breach of promise. The case letters describe the claim and parties involved in the March filing.
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H. C. Bourguin
St. Marya
Mia
Sarah B. Ruble
Ohio Ohioans at White House for fall campaign plan
Ohioans pressed the White House with a broad agenda including fall campaign planning and a long list of civil and military appointments. The President discussed Ohio army appointments, political strategy, and renomination of Gov. Nash with leaders including Senators Hanna Foraker and Representatives Grosvenor Dick. The Ohio delegation planned a San Francisco trip for the battleship Ohio launch and endorsed Senator Foraker for re election.
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Burrows
McMillan
Michiggan
Civil Service Commission
Brewer
Michigan
Hitt
Foster
Foss
J. R. Willams
Illinois
Rucker and Benton
Missouri
Jones
Minor
Foraker
Root
Gage
McKinley
Ohio
Ohio Army
Pacific Coast
Congress
San Francisco
Grosvenor
New York
Ohio State
President McKinley announces Indiana appointments and chaplains
President McKinley announced a slate of appointments for Indiana including Albert W. Wishard as U.S. attorney for Indiana and Henry C. Pettit as U.S. marshal for the District of Lee yay. The list names several other federal posts and first lieutenants in the cavalry, with notes on army chaplain applications and denominations seeking recognition.
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Albert W. Wishard
United States
Indiana
Henry C. Pettit
Lee Yay
Robert S. Rocfe
Henry F. Schoenborn
Revenue Cutter Service
John A. Oliphant
Mangum
Joseph O. Trotter
O. T
Charles A. Cattermole
Willam
Beris
Frank Dubois
Paul T. Desser
Witten
Davis
Charles G. Eicher
Vernon Bartman
Lewis T. Griffith
Joseph C
John
Hill
Vernon J. Hooper
Carl K. Hexamer
Edwin P. Hayward
Arthur Jordan
Thomas W. Jackson
Loren B. Johnson
George H. Jones
Cyrus D
George K. Sims
John T. H. Slayter
Charlies H. Stearns
Edwin C. Shattuck
Willam D. Shelby
Jerome B. Thomas
Starling
Wilcox
Oscar W. Woods
Raymond E. Whelan
Prederick K. Arnold
William D. Chitty
Clarence R. Day
Chalmers G. Hall
Mar K. Hanna
Alfred E. Kennington
Pierce Capell
Edward P. Francs
Pe Lanning Parsons
Etsy Co
Raymond
C. Smither
Edgar A. Sirmyr
William Valentine
Robert O. Patterson
Twenty -Ninth Regiment
Gideon H. Williams
Seok U V
Charles L. Causter
New York World
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Met
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