Political sessions and policy clashes in Washington
March sessions discuss Philippine policy and tariff issues. Lodge defends administration on the Philippine question while Hoar and others debate Porto Rican tariffs. House seats Aldrich in Alabama district and passes private pension bills. Hawaii government provisions move toward April 5 final vote. Senate debates mediation requests, pension bills, and the free coinage of silver remains a point of contention.
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Fourteen Die in Newark Tenement Fire
A Newark tenement fire claimed fourteen lives with two serious injuries and several minor burns. Firefighters recovered thirteen bodies as the blaze subsided, and another victim died in hospital. One family was wiped out, while in another only the father survived, now in hospital and critically ill.
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Times
Interventions Sought as Boer Leaders Seek Peace
Dispatch from Pretoria reports Presidents Kruger and Steyn askingLord Salisbury for peace terms while independence of the republics is respected and rebel colonials are amnestied. Foreign consuls were convened and urged to seek intervention by their powers to curb further bloodshed.
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Daily Mail
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France cautious on mediation in Wegland crisis
A French government spokesman says France will not take the initiative to offer Wegland mediation and Russia will not join. Public sentiment in Mayland is heated, and any move could backfire, inflame tensions, and complicate the situation.
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Secret Transfer of Detainees Revealed in Kentucky
Necretly Valen Fram Biali along with Marvella and Captain Aivis were secretly moved from jail between midnight and daybreak. Sheriff Sutor escorted them overland to Vergailes where a train carried them to Louisville. At arrivals they were placed in the county jail.
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Marvella
Powers
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Vergailes
Louisville
Senate Panel Advances Diplomatic Appropriation Amendment
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations authorized reporting an amendment to the diplomatic appropriation bill. It would provide $40,000 to Queen Liliuokalani and grant an annual donation of $10,000 for her lifetime.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Pidt
Lilioukalani
Secretary of War Visits Culm on Sedgwick Arrival
Secretary Nout arrived aboard the United States transport Sedgwick at Jlavana Culm yesterday. He was greeted with a fortress salute by Ci jVapas. General Ludlow also disembarked from the Sedgwick.
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Iowa News Roundup of Murders Fires and Resignations
A chaotic dispatch details a fatal stabbing at Rutland township by Earnest Meyers after a family quarrel, multiple burnings from lamp explosions, a college president’s resignation citing his wife’s health, and a web of swindler aliases led by A B Johnson. Also noted are rail hub moves, court rulings on saloon petitions, a double sister death with a gruesome cat scene, and a major Des Moines depot project.
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Herron
Colorado Springs
Des Moines Dispatch
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St. Louis
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United States
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Henry M. Preston
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C. B. Peterson
C. J. Anderson
Kentucky Capital Crisis Deepens as Military Quarrel Erupts
Fractured authority surrounds the Kentucky capitol as military forces block arrests of Secretary of State Caleb Powers and Captain John W. Davis for Goebel assassination links. Powers and Davis are jailed in Lexington after being captured with a pardon sign by Gov Taylor. In Louisville Judge Fields rules the judiciary lacks jurisdiction in the governor contest, saying only the legislature can decide such elections.
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Cedar T Rapids
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Mahaska County
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Féld
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Des Moines
Peace prospects rise as hostilities may end soon
London reports speculation on an early peace as President Kruger appeals to Lord Salisbury for a halt to fighting. A semi official statement says no cabinet member has issued an authoritative terms, while postwar changes are expected to alter the South African republics' status and independence.
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Kruger
Lord Salisbury
The New Treaty Passes Senate Committee Recommendation
The senate committee on foreign relations reported the Hay-Pauncefote treaty with an amendment allowing U S defense of the canal once built. The committee favors the amendment with Morgan briefly opposing, and Morgan plans no Senate opposition. A detailed report by Morgan will be laid before the Senate in executive session. The committee anticipates rapid ratification with the amendment.
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Washington
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Hazleton
Pottawattamie
Iowa
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Remley
Board of Supervisors
Resignation Rumors Shake Boer Leadership at Kruger Stand
Berlin correspondent reports dissension between President Kruger and General Joubert with Joubert said to resign. Kruger expected to take command while other generals like Schillburger may also resign after Kruger's rejection of peace overture advice following the first Boer victory.
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Buller’s Casualties Rise in Ladysmith Relief Losses
From February 14 to 27 Buller’s forces report 123 killed and 573 wounded with 54 missing. The latest tally with Monday’s list brings total Ladysmith relief losses to 1,859 men.
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Loxpon
Ladysmith
Debs Nominated for President by Social Democrats
In Indianapolis March 10 the social democratic party named Eugene V. Debs of Indiana for president and Job Harriman of California for vice president.
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Social Democratic Party
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana
Job Harriman
California
Des Moines Fluctuates as Senate Passes Election and Tax Bills
Des Moines reports show the Senate passed a measure to keep polls open until 7 PM, debated land reform and a proposed woman suffrage resolution, and moved to limit speeches to ten minutes. House actions included a reform school bill, bank and trust regulation, and a measure on state education funding and voting machines.
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Fall of Mafeking Hinges on Boer Attack
London reports from Lorenzo Marques via Daily Mail correspondent say Boers expect Mafeking to fall after heavy fighting this week. Shelling from captured forts continues as Colonel Baden-Towell drove natives from the town, while Boers plan no final assault yet hoping to lift burghers spirits.
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Daily Mail
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Mafeking
Baden-Towell
British advance nears Bloemfontein as Mafeking siege ends
From Asvogel Co dated March 11 the march to Bloemfontein continues with no Boers seen along the route. British position now twenty five miles from Bloemfontein. A Boer prisoner claims Mafeking siege has been raised. Paris and Bordeaux unrest report following a pro Boer meeting with police dispersal and arrests.
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Daily New
Asvogel {Co
Bloemfontein
Mafeking
Force to moving: British pressure near Helpmaker and Waschbank
In a dispatch from the Boer camp at Bigeursberg dated March 3, General Muller resumes movement as twelve thousand British forces threaten Boer positions from Helpmakuar. A British scout party was met at Waschbank on March 3.
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South Africa
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Bigeursberg
Helpmakuar
Wasch Bank
Wheeler backs territorial government for Philippines
General Joseph Wheeler favors granting the Philippines a territorial form of government with self rule. He argues natives could run laws under a system like those used in U S territories and says municipal governments already function smoothly under native control.
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Marel
Joseph Wheeler
Philippines
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