Boers Capture General Methuen in Western Transvaal
London reports a major Boer assault on March 7 in the western Transvaal defeated British forces. General Methuen was wounded in the thigh and captured with Major Paris. forty British soldiers killed and eighty wounded, with hundreds missing and four guns lost. Delarey led the Boer attack.
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London
Methuen
South Africa
Transvaal
Delarey
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Tast
Dedlavey
de Wet
Kitchener
Paris
Kraaipan
Twebosch
Pretoria
Northumberland Fusiliers
Royal North Walcashire Regiment
Celliers
Kemp Vermass
Tromp
Intelligence Department
Supreme Court Rules Illinois Anti-Trust Law Unconstitutional
The U S Supreme Court declared Illinois anti-trust statute void for exempting agricultural products and livestock. Justice Harlan delivered the decision in Connelly v Union Sewer Pipe Co of Ohio, noting the provision's unconstitutionality and signaling impact on business relocations from Illinois to states like New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Thomas Connelly
Union Sewer Pipe Company
Ohio
Justice Harlan
Texas
Diamond Match Company
American Tin Plate Company
Illinois
Boston Freight Handlers Strike Ties Up City Transit
Boston faces a large strike as 7,500 workers are out and up to 10,000 may join. Freight sheds are guarded while lines from the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad and the Boston and Albany branch of the New York Central are most affected. Police guard approaches with no demonstrations reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Boston and Albany
New York Central Road
Democrats to test apportionment law in courts
Bloomington March 11 officers of the Democratic state central committee plan a court test of congressional and senatorial apportionment. McLean county, once the old twenty second district, will host a county convention to nominate Col Heffernan for the lower house from both districts and then pursue the case if the secretary of state refuses to accept nomination papers.
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Bloomington
Democratic State Central Committee
McLean County
Twenty-Second
Col. Heffernan
Secretary of State
Powder Plant Explosion Kills Two at Keokuk Iowa Plant
A blast at the LE I Dupont De Nemours powder plant five miles west of Keokuk Iowa on March 11 killed two workers immediately and left a third in danger of death. Three others were seriously injured with four names named among the deceased and injured. Total damage estimated at about seventy five thousand dollars to the stone structure with a wooden roof.
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Keokuk
Iowa
LE. I. Dupont, de Nemours & Co
Frank Schneider
Egbert Javickson
Lewis Leake
James Galloway
Benjamin Hamilton
Heiress Crowns Herself At City Park Lake
Richmond Indiana March 11 Miss Clara Johnson heiress daughter of the late Pater Johnson wealthy businessman committed suicide by jumping into the city park lake. She drove to the park with her sister and vanished while the sister spoke with a friend. Her body was found about an hour later in poor health for some time is blamed for the act.
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Richmond
Ind
Clara Johnson
Pater Johnson
Wells Bubbling at Elwood Gas Field Trial
A well drilled 150 feet below Trenton rock for Elwood Electric Light and Power Co began flowing at 25 barrels an hour after being shot. Interest grows among gas and oil men as six more wells are planned immediately in this region.
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Elwood
Ind
Elwood Electric Light and Power Company
Trenton
Trains Collide at Crossing Near Neola Iowa
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific fast mail train No 2 east bound wrecked at the Milwaukee and St Paul crossing west of Neola Iowa Engineer Schultz and KMreman Gottschalk were slightly injured as they went down an embankment with the engine None of the passengers was hurt
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Crossing
Neola
Iowa
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Schultz
Kmreman Gottschalk
Boy Hangs Self in Ohio Barn
In Hamilton Ohio on March 11 Irwin Bennett age years son of A F Bennett was found hanging by the neck in his father's barn at Jones Station. The farm hand discovered him after he had been dead for some time and cut him down.
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Ohio
Hamilton
Irwin Bennett
A. F. Bennett
Jones Station
Three Die From Coal Gas in Michigan Home
Three residents Frederick Doescher 86 his wife 72 and sister in law Mrs John rink 60 were asphyxiated at their Clinton street home in Mount Clemens between Friday night and Saturday morning due to coal gas.
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Gna
Mount Clemens
Mich
Frederick Doescher
John Rink
Clinton Street
Tax Collector Returns Clear in Austin Township
Champion Tax Collector J C Hanglin reports to the county treasurer that all taxes in Austin township were collected with no delinquencies.
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Champion
Decatur
J. C. Hanglin
Austin
West Attacks Chipping Bill in Senate Speech
Missouri senator Mr. West challenges the ship subsidy bill arguing it creates a naked subsidy mainly benefiting the Atlantic route via the International Navigation Company. He claims England pays no direct subsidies and urges support for farming and mining subsidies, condemning the proposed plan as protection for shipping trusts. The piece notes concurrent House action on rural free delivery contract reforms and a conference with the Senate on diplomatic appropriations.
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Washington
West
Missouri
Senate
Vest
Atlantic
International Navigation Company
American Line
Frye
Hanna
England
Great Britain
Maine
Mr. West
Europe
House
Messrs. Hale
Cullom
Telfer
Sugar beet forces falter in House over reciprocity plan
Washington reports a slow disintegration of beet sugar sentiments in the House. Leaders struggle to rally votes as a direct challenge to the reciprocity plan wanes, with some wavering members possibly led to push a postponement. The tide, after a brief flood, appears to recede.
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Washington
Trouse
Delegation from Culeaguans meets President over pure food bill
Wintington Mareh Al Kraeme Stewart led a large delegation of Culeaguans and allied organizations to urge the pure food legislation stalled in Congress. They pressed President Raose for action and support.
Delegation Presses for Pure Food Bill Before Senate
A Washington visit by advocates urged Congress to adopt pure food legislation. President Roosevelt endorsed the movement as Senator Cullom arranged for the group to testify Wednesday before the Senate Manufactures Committee in support of Senator Mason's bill identical to the Mann bill.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Cullom
Senate Manufactures Committee
Mason
Miners Board Up for Chinese Boycott in Ouray
The Miners union adopts a plan led by Guy Orman to file a statement with the state department. It asserts the legal right of the boycott in Colorado and denies class discrimination. Merchants serving three Ouray Chinese restaurants risk losing business relations with the so called White Neighbors, the union’s secret name.
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Ouray
Col
Guy Orman
State Department
Colorado
Coast Flood Devastates La Libertad and Acajutla
Pacific Mail steamer Newport reports a sudden tidal wave striking the coast between La Libertad and Acajutla thirty miles north, sinking buildings and washing away barriers. Fifty three bodies recovered with no full death toll yet.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Mail Company
Newport
la Libertad
Acajutla
Trolley Car Collision Injures Passengers in New York
A trolley bound uptown struck a stationary hoisting engine and steam blew out windows while passengers were knocked down and scalded. A cloud of steam enveloped the car for several minutes as the roar drowned cries. not ten of about seventy to eighty passengers escaped injury.
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New York
Senator Hanna Named Umpire in Machinists Strike
Senator M. A. Hanna will be invited by the National Civic Federation to Chicago to mediate the Allis-Chalmers strike if James OConnell fails to end the long running dispute.
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Hanna
Chicago
M. A. Hanna
National Civic Federation
Allis-Chalmers
James O'Connell
International Association of Machinists
Banks Merge in Minneapolis Consolidation Complete
The Northwestern National Bank and the Metropolitan Bank are merged under the Northwestern name. Northwestern stock is $1,000,000 and Metropolitan $200,000. The move reflects business strategy, not Metropolitan distress.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Northwestern National Bank
Metropolitan Bank
Northwestern
Metropolitan
Bank directors reject reorganization after Elkhart bank failure
The directors of the State Bank of Elkhart met in Springfield on March 11 and decided not to reorganize the bank after its closing over an alleged $34 000 in Cashier Frank W Cottle accounts. They filed a Logan county circuit court petition asking Judge Myers to appoint former County Judge Schwarzgerfeger as receiver.
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Springfield
State Bank of Elkhart
Frank W. Cottle
Logan County
Elkhart
Myers
Schwarzgerfeger
Lambert Death Linked to Cocaine Poisoning in Louisville
Chemical analysis of Edward U L Lambert s stomach shows cocaine presence. Three women and a man in the West Green street house are arrested on murder charges. Lambert left home with 2000 dollars.
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Louisville
Edward UL. Lambert
Philippines
West Green Street
Lambert
Victory for Colombian Rebels
Panama March 11. Revolutionary General Herrera attacked Agua Dulce on February 20 with a strong force. General Castro resisted for four days but abandoned the town likely due to ammo shortages. Government reports say the revolutionists suffered about 700 KIA or WIA.
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Panama
Herrera
Agua Dulce
Castro
Pesthouse Blown Up Near Burgin Kentucky
Unidentified attackers dynamited a pest house under construction one mile from Burgin Kentucky. A note on a tree warned authorities not to rebuild and threatened workers with death if they tried to resume the project.
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Burgin
Mareh
Cily
Omaha Cyclone Strikes City Unprecedented Damage Reported
Omaha experiences a rare cyclone at 1 o clock morning with many houses unroofed fronts blown in and windows smashed. Early damage estimates are unavailable and some notices may be lost.
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Omaha
Neb
Express Agents Resign Over Commission Cut on Chesapeake Route
About eighty Express agents for Adams Express Company along the Cincinnati to Richmond line have resigned after the company refused to restore the old 10 percent commission, cut by 8 to 8 percent in December.
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Rdalgo
Cincinnati
Adams Xpress Company
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Richmond
Canton Iron Works Fire Wrecks Foundry at Canton
Fire at the Novelty Tron works plant in Canton Ohio destroys the foundry and pattern house, causing $340,000 in building losses and $40,000 in patterns and contents. Fire crews fought the blaze near March 1.
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Canton Iron Worka Doroed
Canton
Novelty Tron Works
Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang faces recall over $80,000 silver fund
Pekin reports a Manchu censor memorializing the throne to remove Wu Ting Fang while Washington notes Wu did not misappropriate the Tien Tsin silver fund. He claims the $80,000 was not diverted and could only be used with China’s government approval. The issue sparks talk of China bearing responsibility if recalled and punished.
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Pekin
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Washington
China
Hongkong Bank
America
Woman crushed to death in hospital elevator fall
Mrs Annie Schneider died when an elevator at a West Side hospital plunged from the operating room to a upper floor. She had been operated on for a complication and was on a cot when the cage slipped, crushing her between the elevator and the floor as an attendant tried to eject the cot at the fifth floor.
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Chicago
Annie Schneider
West Side Hospital
Judge Declines Assistant Attorney General Post
Judge A W Campbell通知正式任命为西班牙美洲战争赔偿事务助理检察官，月薪300美元。 Campbell 认为此薪不足以赴华盛顿就任，因此拒绝接受聘任。
First Vessel Clears Sturgeon Bay Canal Opening
The Goodrich steamer Iowa under Captain Stines led the season’s first passage through the Sturgeon Bay canal in Milwaukee Wisconsin on March 11. This marks the earliest opening in twenty seven years with the ship breaking through before other vessels.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Goodrich
Iowa
Stines
Woman Burned to Death in Kerosened Coal Fire Incident
Mrs An drew J. Lindsley of Rock Talls, wife of an old soldier, was burned to death by a gown ignition blamed on an explosion when kerosene was thrown onto a dull coal fire.
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OH Cruses
Sterling
Mareh Ji
Andrew J. Lindsley
Rock Talls
Oats Held by Farmers In Government Crop Report
The agricultural department reports about 30 percent of last year’s oats still held by farmers. Wheat was abundant in 1901 while corn was unusually small, and oats also ran below average. Wide use of wheat as animal feed is noted as a significant trend.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Department
Severe Iowa Storm Destroys Home and Ruins Tracks
A severe wind and thunder storm hit Bartlett Iowa on March 11 damaging buildings. One residence was blown down but occupants were not seriously hurt. A heavy rain lasted about an hour. At Oakland ten miles away the Rock Island tracks were washed out and small buildings suffered wind damage.
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Bartlett
Iowa
Oakland
Rock Island
Anthony Birthday Banquet Called Off Due to Illness
Wil Rochester N Y March 11. A meeting at the Anthony homestead decided to cancel the banquet planned in honor of Miss Susan B Anthony on her 82d birthday because she remains ill at her niece’s Philadelphia home with symptoms of pneumonia and cannot return before May 1.
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Rochester
N. Y
Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
Philadelphia
Oklahoma Man Ends Life With Dynamite Blast
Guthrie Oklahoma March 11 Knight W Joles committed death by his own action at Perry by holding a stick of dynamite under his head until it exploded. He had been arrested on a charge of burning mail which he was employed to carry. He confessed he burned papers to avoid delivering them.
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Guthrie
Knight W. Joles
Perry
Merger Attack Opens Court Battle Over Northern Securities
March 11 in St Paul the government begins action against the 400 million Northern Securities merger of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern Railway with an injunction filed in the Circuit Court of the United States.
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St. Paul
Northern Securities Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railway Companies
Cirrcuit Court
United States
Five Children Burned to Death in Shinhopple Fire
Telegram from Thomas Scanlon reports five children ages 13, 13, 8, 4, and 2 died in a deadly fire at Shinhopple Delaware county. Sister in Binghamton received the message. Mary, Thomas, Nellie, Donnie, and Michael were identified among the victims.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Thomas Scanlon
Shinhopple
Delaware County
Mary
Thomas
Nellie
Donnie
Michael
Northern Pacific Train Strike Ends in Missoula
Northern Pacific train crews abandon walkout after talks over road rules and union issues. Trains will resume normal service, with unions deeming the strike unwarranted. Paris urges 1,250,000 francs supplementary credit as deficit tops 37 million francs.
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Northern Pacifi
Missoula
Mont
Northern Pacific
France
Paris
Two Men Die in Saloon Fight Near Rush Springs
In Ardmore Ind March 13 a quarrel in a Rush Springs area saloon between Judge Green and partner James McGee escalated into a fight. Both men were killed in the confrontation. Local authorities reported no further details of the incident.
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Ardmore
Ind
Rush Springs
Judge Green
James McGee
Negro Synchad In Arkansas Foreman Assault Case
A man identified as Horace McCoy was synohed in Arkansas for assaulting Mrs. John Lemons. Count von Buelow, imperial chancellor, is reported in Berlin with influenza and confined to his room.
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Arkansas
Foreman
Ark
Horace McCoy
John Lemons
Count von Buelow
Berlin
Count von Vuelow
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Gen. Methuer
Western Transvaal
Pare Aud
Elkhart Bank
Gengur
Home Government
Aberdeen
A. W. Campbell
Knox
Campbell
Government Crop Report
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
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