Removal of McLeavy Brown Deepens Far East Turmoil
Seoul reports the Korean government dismissed McLeavy Brown, director general of Korean customs, a move Britain protests. The London view sees it as another Russian gain after past pressures in 18 and 18, with Russia opposing Brown’s loan to fund railway shares and Moscow demanding foreigners in government service be Russians.
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Yokohama
Seoul
MecLeavy Brown
Great Britain
London
McLeavy Brown
Russia
Chemulpo
Brown
Fuseon
St. Petersburg
Daily Mall
M. Pavnoff
Korea
Japan Sends a Fleet to Korea Under Tsushima Command
A Japanese squadron led by Admiral Tsuhima departed Nagasaki for Korea on Saturday. Urgent orders from General Viscount Katsoura require fort commanders to convene in Tokyo on home defense. War rumors press prices down and boost national unease amid anti-Russian sentiment and a cautious cabinet.
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London
Tsuhima
Nagasaki
Korea
Yokohama
Daily Mail
Viscount Katsoura
Tokio
Turkey Demands Macedonian Committee Dissolution
London dispatch says Turkey has addressed Bulgaria with a demand for the dissolution of the Macedonian committee. The move comes at an awkward moment and pressures Bulgaria, with Bulgarian policy previously backed mainly by Russian diplomacy, which is focused elsewhere.
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London
Turkey
Bulgaria
Athens
The
Times
Japan's stance on the Anglo German Agreement discussed
In Yokohama March, Japan's foreign minister Kato Takagaki told the House of Representatives that Count von Berlow's Reichstag remarks about the Anglo American agreement do not concern Japan. The Mikado government accepts the plain terms and will adhere to that reading, regardless of another power's interpretation.
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Yokohama
Kato Takagaki
House of Representatives
Count von Buelow
Germany
Japan
Tien Tsin Railway Siding Dispute to Be Arbitrated
St Petersburg Times correspondent reports Russian Foreign Minister Ramsdorff agrees with Britain to submit the Tien Tsin railway siding dispute to arbitration by Count Von Waldersee. Meanwhile brigands murder Rev Stonehouse of London Missionary School fourteen miles east of Tien-Tsin.
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London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Count Ramsdorff
Great Britain
Tien-Tsin Failway
Count von Waldersee
Tien-Tsin
Mr. Stonehouse
London Missionary Schoo
Republican party in Santiago backs Pratt amendment
In Havana on March 4 the Republicans in Santiago endorsed the Pratt amendment and instructed Santiago delegates Gomez and Ferrer to vote for it. Letters from General Sanguilly and the Cienfuegos mayor advised acceptance. Incidents of the prior week clarified the political atmosphere and public expectation grew that the amendment would be approved. American officials' visits and Radicals' reception of the notion influenced sentiment ahead of the next Congress.
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Havana
Republican Party
Santiago
Gomez and Ferrer
Sanguilly
Cienfuegos
Rival factions to push trade reciprocity at future convention
The Radicals resist retreat to preserve dignity while eyeing minor concessions. Conservatives rally around reducing tobacco and sugar import duties and backing any government-imposed relations. Commercial interests threaten to dominate the next convention agenda, with a possible push for a reciprocity treaty.
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United States
Tin Can Trust Consolidation Goes Into Operation
New York March 24 The Journal of Commerce reports the tin can consolidation will begin today with the transfer completed Saturday The plants will be operated for the American Can Company Meanwhile can price quotations have been withdrawn and a substantial price advance is expected The American Tinplate Company may raise tinplate prices Edwin Norton is likely to be president and W H Moore and J H Moore may join the board, with Tin Plate Company representatives also on the board.
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New York
Journal of Commerce
American Can Company
American Tinplate Company
Edwin Norton
W. H
J H. Moore
American Tin- Plate Company
Senator Harrel Ready to Impeach Beckham in Louisville Plot Claim
New Orleans dispatch reports Kentucky state senator 8 B Harrel in New Orleans claiming written pre election agreements with Louisville gamblers and touts bound Governor Beckham to pardon them. He cites conversations, a frankfort influence, and an open letter to Beckham as basis to move to impeach when Senate convenes.
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B. Harrel
Kentucky
Goebel
Beckham
Judge Barker
Jefferson Common Pleas Court
Louisville
Jefferson County Bar
Kinkead
Senator Harrel
Frankfort
Dispatch
Senate
New Orleans Picayune
St. Charles Hotel
Nicholas Discusses Political Disorder With Cabinet
Emperor Nicholas met with ministers at Tsarskoe Palace to assess a tense crisis as threats to high officials rose. Reports say riot ordinances may be enforced with force in Kiev and St. Petersburg, while demonstrations and alleged plots against the czar swirl amid stalled reforms and recalcitrant students.
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Nicholas
Tsarskoe Palace
Kouropatkine
M. N. V. Mouravieff
M. Siplagnine
Interior
Prince Viazemsky
Czar
Lagowski
Pobedonostzeff
The
Holy Synod
Nevsky Prospekt
Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan
Pittsburgh Promoters Plan Consolidation of Fur Nace Plants
Promoters aim to form a large consolidation taking over about twenty four merchant furnace plants and related leases including coke works. The deal would stop at pig iron producers with no immediate steel plants. If successful an ultimate plan envisions a giant steel plant near the center of supply with capacity around 4,275 tons daily, headquartered in Pittsburgh.
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Combine
Pittsburg
Booker T Washington Announces Tuskegee Fund Rise
Booker T Washington said after a New York meeting by the Armstrong Association for the Tuskegee Institute that $20 500 has been given or promised, including $10 0 from Mrs C P Huntington for the endowment fund. Toward the $25 000 needed for current expenses before the $10 000 promised by Brooklyn women is available, $13 800 has been received.
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New York
Booker T. Washington Tonight
Armstrong Association
Tuskegee Institute
C. P. Huntington
Brooklyn
Death by Self Destruction of Toledo Mayor W J Gilbert
W J Gilbert former mayor of Niles Mich a wealthy trusted banker friend of Charles A Johnson cashier at First National Bank was found dead by his own hand in a storehouse near his home He had been missing since Friday and had planned to attend Republican ward primaries in his office His finances and relation to Johnsons bank failure will be revealed by a full investigation He held multiple local offices and acted as guardian and loan agent in eastern capital ventures
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Niles, Mich
W. J. Gilbert
Berrien County
Mr. Gilbert
Charles A. Johnson
First National Bank
Ohio
Johnson
Gilbert
Johnson's Bank
Second Ward
Julia
Russian assassin Kapovich sentenced for life
St Petersburg March Kapovich the assassin of M Bogoliepoff Russian minister of public instruction has been sentenced to hard labor for life He will be imprisoned in the Schluesselburg fortress on an island in the Neva.
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Petersburg
Kapovich
M. Bogoliepoff
Schluesselburg
Neva
Ministers Council acts to ease student grievances
St Petersburg March 2 The Council of Ministers decision is seen as a step in the right direction and a partial remedy for student grievances.
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ST. Petersburg
Council of Ministers
Workmen clash with Cossacks in St Petersburg riot
Five hundred workers from Obouchower metal works paraded on Nevsky Prospekt and clashed with eight hundred Cossacks armed with swords. Casualty numbers are kept secret, while a plot against the Czar is alleged involving a student who informed his prominent general father. The Daily Express cites Narva Gate victims.
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London
Daily Mail
St. Petersburg
Obouchower
Nevsky Prospekt
Daily Express
Narva Gate
River of Oil Destroys Glengardner Village in New Jersey
A freight train breakup caused eighteen oil tank cars to explode and spill burning crude down Glengardner New Jersey as residents fled with children. The incline railroad acted as a channel for the blaze setting fires to homes, the Masonic Temple, and nearby structures. Loss is estimated at sixty to seventy five thousand dollars.
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New York
Glengardner
N. J
New Jersey Central Railroad
Masonic Temple
Raiding Speaker Causes Ejection From Fort Leavenworth Grounds
An unidentified woman addressed an audience of about 60 at a racant sot on the grounds of the National Soldiers Home at Fort Leavenworth. She attacked Governor Rowland for permitting a canteen, prompting the governor to summon police and have her escorted off. She was taken by car to Kansas City where she delivered rear-platform speeches at each stop on the return trip.
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National Soldiers
Fort Leavenworth
Rowland
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Will of Henry Van Wyck Leaves Gifts to Friends and City
The Norfolk will of Henry Dubois Van Wyck former Academy of Music proprietor and New York native provides legacies of 1000 to 10000 dollars to friends and faithful employees. L W Deivepeck superintendent of the Pullman Car Company in Chicago receives 1000 for kindness shown in bringing home his wife’s body ten years ago. The city of Norfolk is named partial residuary legatee to aid in extending the public library per Carnegie’s offer.
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Norfolk
Henry Dubois van Wyck
New York
Academy of Music
L. W. Deivepeck
Pullman Car Company
Chicago
Jewelry Heist at Dr Brill Home Seizes 12000 Worth
New York report details a daring burglary at Dr Nathan E Brill's residence on a Friday evening. Thieves took all jewelry from Mrs Brill's room while four servants were in the house and heard no disturbance. The Brills were away visiting when the theft occurred in a fashionable neighborhood.
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New York
Nathan E. Brill
Brills
Odell Leads Police Conference With No Legislation
New York March 24 Leading Republican politicians met in Senator Platts Fifth Avenue Hotel rooms for hours and agreed to seek no police bill this session. The conference adjourned subject to Platts call. Odell’s views appeared to carry the day and the organization leaned with him. Platt noted many favored action but veto risk kept all from moving. He warned if municipal choices shift, Tammany would remain in control.
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New York
Senator Platt
Fifth-avenue Hotel
Odell
Platt
Republican
Tammany
Assaults on Jews Spark Chicago Protective League
Twelve Jews are assaulted daily in Chicago with one death a year, per a Jewish peddlers indignation meeting. Speakers say police neglect protection, some watch attacks without intervening. A Chicago Protective League is formed to demand police protection and organize a downtown mass meeting next week.
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Chicago
Chicago Protective League
Ex–Mayor Gilbert of Niles dies by own action
Grand Rapids, Mich. March 24. Ex-Mayor Gilbert of Niles killed himself. Johnson, who knew him for years, said they were friends but not among his closest. He noted Gilbert was a bank patron with a balance under $100 at the time of the failure.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Gilbert
Niles
Johnson
Fire destroys West Park ice palace in Philadelphia
Fire swept the West Park ice palace at Fifty second and Jefferson streets in Philadelphia destroying the ice rink and ice manufacturing facility. Loss is about 199000 with 375000 insured. The York Ice Manufacturing Company of York, Pennsylvania owned the building. The winter sports season closed last night.
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Philadelphia
West Park
Fifty-second
Jefferson Streets
York
Ice Palace
Desperate Toledo Woman Attacks Self With Scissors
Mrs G Brun schnider of Toledo cut off toes and portions of ears and nose with scissors in a self destructive act. She also gashed cheeks and lacerated both arms. Found by her husband and rushed to St Vincent's Hospital in serious condition. Deliberate act amid suspected insanity due to domestic troubles.
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Toledo
St. Vincent's Hospital
Make or Break May 1 Plan in Pittsburg May Be Formed
Pittsburg March 4 The Commercial Gazette reports a tentative scheme to form a new combine of the leading blast furnaces of the Pittsburg and Cleveland valleys with a probate capital of 23 million dollars. The plan will be carried out or abandoned by May 1.
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Pittsburg
the Commercial Gazette
Cleveland
New York Clerk Brought Back After Mail Pouch Theft
Joseph A. Conlin, a Lexington Avenue post office clerk who vanished with a mail pouch valued at 40000 in money and stamps, was recovered in custody of Post Office Inspectors James and Jacobs, along with U S Marshal Shine and Detective Ryan from San Francisco. He was traced across the country and along the Pacific slope before return to New York.
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New York
Joseph A. Conlin
Post Office
Lexington Avenue
James and
Jacobs
United States
Shine
Ryan
San Francisco
Conlin
Carrie Nation Heads to Cincinnati After Leavenworth Stop
After a day at Leavenworth she reached Kansas City and then left for St Louis bound for Cincinnati to give lectures. Police guarded her at Leavenworth to prevent a joint smashing and barred her from the Opera House and the public square.
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Kansas City
Leavenworth
Carrie Nation
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Leavenworth Opera House
Monongahela Traction workers vote to extend time
Pittsburg reports the Monongahela Traction Company asked for more time to answer on reinstating several discharged workers. The issue remains reinstatement, with talks of a possible strike next Wednesday if demands are not met by the company.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela Traction Company
McKinleys Dine With War Secretary at Home
President and Mrs. McKinley hosted Secretary of War and Mrs. Root for dinner at Mr. Root’s residence in Washington on March 21. The gathering highlighted close ties between the executive and military leadership during the period.
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Washington
McKinley
Root
Boers and British Clash at Hartebeestfontein Transvaal
Cape Town dispatch reports severe fighting Friday March 2 between British and Boers near Klerksdorp in Hartebeestfontein Transvaal. Plague in Cape Town continues with about six new cases daily, predominantly among colored residents.
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Cape Town
Hartebeestfontein
Klerksdorp
Transvaal
Kruger Rumored to Visit United States Next Month
London dispatch says Daily Mail correspondent reports rumor that Mr. Kruger may travel to the United States next month if his health allows it.
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London
Geneva
The
Daily Mail
Kruger
United States
English Consols Hit Low as Botha Refusal Dampens Market
London financial news reports a weak week for consols and Kaffirs after General Botha declined Kitchener’s terms, with Tien-Tsin tensions and Anglo-Russian concerns weighing on prices. Consols fell to 9 1/2% intraday, recovered to 96% but closed near 25% as New York buyers drove the American market.
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London
Botha
Lord Kitchener
Stock Exchange
Tien- Tsin
Tien-Tsin
New York
Berlin Market Holds Firm as Trade Signals Improve
Berlin reports show unfavorable factors such as stalled negotiations between Lord Kitchener and General Botha and the Ango Russian disagreement did not shake the bourse last week. The latter half of the week saw a firmer tone with iron prices rising. The money market is expected to ease in April and speculators view the business climate as more hopeful.
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Berlin
Lord Kitchener
Botha
Bank of Spain weekly report shows silver rise and note decrease
The Bank of Spain weekly report for the week ending yesterday indicates no change in gold in hand, a 2,962,000 peseta increase in silver in hand, and a 4,013,000 peseta decline in notes in circulation.
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Madrid
Bank of Spain
All Quiet at Mars Strike Eases in Marseille
In Marseille on March 2 4 the arbitration talks ease tensions and police relax. Troops remain under arms but streets reopen with intermittent streetcar service and full lines promised. Bakers’ strike unlikely to disrupt bread deliveries. naval ships arrive to help maintain order.
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Marseilles
Linoix
Galilee
Lenosier
Dunois
Toulon
Shamrock II launch set for April 2 at Dumbarton
Sir Thomas Lipton visited Dumbarton to finalize plans for launching Shamrock II this week with the Marchioness of Dufferin christening the yacht. dredging attempts failed due to shifting bottom, threatening 20 foot water depth for ballast and fin clearance amid concerns of possible delays.
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Thomas Lipton
Dumbarton
Marchioness of Dufferin
Tman Serra
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Norfolk Decedent
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