Foraker Presses Free Trade Threat Over Porto Rico Rift
In Washington the senate clash over the Porto Rico government bill reveals Foraker threatening to abandon the current measure and push a territory plan with full rights and free trade. Republican leaders scramble to align as tariff advocates fear a shift to free trade with Democrats.
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Witnesses Describe Alleged Coeur d'Alene Pen Cruelty
L J Simpkins an electrical engineer testifies before the House military affairs committee about the riot at Coeur d Alene Washington March 13. He says prisoners were beaten robbed and threatened with hanging by soldiers and a mine official offered $10000 to implicate others. He recounts being held in the bull pen and denied access to a priest and to discuss property with a dying prisoner.
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Dewey Case Advanced to April Hearings in Supreme Court
The suit over bounty payments for Admiral Dewey and his Manila Bay fleet will be heard in the supreme court on April 9. An court order moved the hearing forward to that date. The dispute centers on the amount of bounty awarded for destroying the Spanish fleet.
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Frick Complaint Answer Filed in Carnegie Steel Case
The answer of Carnegie Steel Company Limited in the equity suit brought by Frick to determine the value of his holdings was filed in Common Pleas Court No 1. The filing denies most Frick charges and states a general and specific denial of the claims. Grosvenor of Ohio, recently confined by illness, is improving but remains bedridden under physician orders for at least a week.
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President orders Sunday observe in American section at Paris expo
Washington on March 13 reports the president has instructed U S Commissioner General Peck to ensure Sunday is observed as far as possible within the American section during the Paris exposition.
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United States
General Peck
Hay Got All He Asked Canal Treaty Not Dictated by England
London reports that no talks have occurred between Washington and London on the Nicaragua canal treaty. The British government says it will take no position until new requests come via the usual channel. The Senate amendment is expected to influence Britain to refuse further changes to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.
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United States
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Great Britain
Missing Oshkosh teen Buel Davis presumed to have drowned
Oshkosh Wisconsin reports 17 year old Buel Davis son of former public schools superintendent vanished Sunday night. Police and father searched all night. fragments found in his room point to possible suicide in the river.
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Janesville Servant Sentenced For High Value Theft
Jennie Hemstock 18, a servant of J. M. Bostwick, Janesville merchant, was fined 50 dollars plus costs by Acting Municipal Judge Patten or jailed three months for stealing a tin box with cash and papers valued at 15000 dollars. Says Sparta home.
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Iowa to gain two new sees with Sioux City as see city
Sioux City reports from a reliable source that Arch bishop John Keane will be Archbishop Henessey's successor and that Rome will receive the name. The archbishops of the country reportedly agree to create two new Roman Catholic sees in Iowa with Sioux City and Des Moines as see cities. Madison coach Phil King plans baseball practice after guiding the football eleven.
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Mobilization orders spark global military moves
Reports note Russia orders mobilization of army and navy while France eyes Klondike by car travel. Italy eyes eight million for navy. Chicago accident hits front tire with shock. Kentucky prepares one hundred sixty thousand for new militia. Montgomery county courthouse burns with most records saved. Benjamin Ide Wheeler says powers end spheres of influence in China. Richard Essig injures his mother in Chicago revolver incident. Barbadoes laborers plan twenty thousand to Saint Lucia. Northwestern University German professor Henry Cohn paralyzed at home.
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Kaiser Stands Aloof in Conflict as War Rages
London dispatches report Boer forces around Bloemfontein with 12 000 troops and eighteen guns facing British advance led by Lord Roberts. Germany declines mediation, while British public notices set the stage for a major war loan and political tensions at home.
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Wyndham in the Commons and Boers at Modder
Secretary Wyndham reports from the war office that Lord Roberts was deceived by Boers entrenched along the Modder. Most farms on the march were deserted with white flags, belongings removed in a hurried retreat, and troops ordered not to touch anything. Blomfontein invasion expected with limited resistance.
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Balfour Promises Peace Papers to Commons
In the house of commons yesterday Balfour pledged to present papers on peace proposals from the South African republics. The papers, due today, are said to confirm reports that President Kruger sought a cessation of hostilities and set out terms via cable, signed by Kruger and Steyn, with Lord Salisbury’s reply matching Associated Press dispatches.
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Newark Fire Kills Fourteen in Inferno at Tenement
A Newark blaze destroyed a two story frame tenement after a late night card game. Thirteen bodies were recovered and one more victim died in hospital. Police arrest suspect Vito Credanza amid incendiary origin claims.
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Livingston County Vet. Assn condemns Porto Rican tariff bill
Pontiac Illinois March 13 The Livingston County Veteran association unanimously passed resolutions denouncing the Porto Rican tariff bill and any duties on exports or imports from that island.
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Livingston County Veteran Association
Supreme Court Rules No Right to Fill Submerged Lake Land
The U S Supreme Court ruled the Illinois Central Railroad cannot fill submerged land along Lake Michigan between Sixteenth and Fifty-Third streets. The decision upholds state ownership and requires riparian owners to obtain state consent before altering lakefront shores, affecting shoreline wealth and navigation implications nationwide.
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Legal ruling on submerged lands limits lakefront building
Supreme Court decision constrains railroad claims to submerged Lake Michigan lands and upholds Chicago common council control. It rejects broad grants of waters and asserts city oversight over such matters, while noting no property invasion intended. Also reports violent incidents in Joliet and Kalamazoo with brief outcomes.
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Weeks' Break-up-A-Cold Tab Lets
Stewart's Pharmacy offers Weeks' Break-up-A-Cold Tab Let, a 25 cent remedy with a cheerful refund promise if it fails to cure. The brief ad emphasizes a money-back guarantee alongside a low price.
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