Sheldon Becomes Editor of Topeka Daily Capital
Charles M. Sheldon assumes editorial and business control of the Topeka Daily Capital for one week. He outlines a Christian editorial policy focused on promoting the Kingdom of God, nonpartisan national and social issues, temperance, and restraint in crime reporting, with ads separated from news and a Saturday edition for Sunday readers.
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Kingdom of God
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Capital
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California
Africa
Philippines
Famine in India and Militant Ideas Dominate Editorials
The issue highlights famine affecting fifty million in India with appeals from Rev J E Abbott and Lord Curzon. It also analyzes militarism, citing Dr Richard H Thomas, and features a Kansas Prohibition recap and a Y M C A Colorado plea for a consumptives home in Denver.
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J. E. Abbott
Bombay
Lord Curzon
Baltimore
Richard H. Thomas
Kansas
Sheldon
Colorado
Denver
Peaceful turn in Kentucky as Goebel case eases tensions
In Frankfort on March 13 the crisis over Goebel’s assassination waned as arrests of Powers and Davis shifted public mood. Rumors of governor power grabs faded. fears of militia actions dropped though Republicans still brace for more warrants. Gov. Taylor remains in Frankfort pending federal court rulings while Hazelipp faces conspiracy charges in Louisville. Admiral Dewey battle phase set for Supreme Court argument April 9.
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Davis
G Gv. Goebel
Beckham
Taylor
Central Asylum For
Caleb Powers
John Davis
Hazelippi
William Goebel
Central Asylum
Bradley
Hazelipp
Grayson.county
Lakeland
Louisville
Would Have Peace
London reports peace rumors based on Kruger appealing to Lord Salisbury for a cessation of hostilities. Officials doubt the seriousness of terms, viewing them as a delaying tactic and not enough to satisfy Britain’s anticipated reimbursement for losses and costs. The Daily Mail cites Pretoria dispatch noting Boers seek an arrangement but insist on independence as non negotiable.
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London
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Transvaal
Great Britain
Daily Mail
Pretoria
Lorenzo Marques
England
Steyn
Bloemfontein
Trade conditions show pause after a year of heavy buying
R G Dun & Co reports a seasonal business hesitation with reduced volume and a pause after a year of unprecedented buying. Strikes in Chicago raise costs for many industries, cotton prices spike then ease, and monetary action debates continue. Wheat supply looks ample with steady exports and low prices. Failures rise modestly to 205 in the U.S., 8 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Chicago
Congress
United States
Canada
Social Democracy Platform and Debs Nomination Report
The Social Democratic Party reports 226 branches with 4536 members in 32 states and notes 62 delegates voting 1815 at the convention. Eugene Debs leads a platform calling for public ownership of key industries, workers rights and international arbitration. Debs was eventually nominated for president with Job Harriman as VP after a prolonged debate and final acceptance.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Theodore Debs
Social-Democratic Party
Eugene Debs
United States
Indl
Social Democratic Party
Eugene W. Debs
Indiana
Job Harriman
California
Death of Congressman Alfred C. Harmer at 75 ends long service
Philadelphia reports the death of Alfred C. Harmer, longtime representative from Pennsylvania fifth district. A congressman since 1871 except 1875 to 1877, he died at home in Germantown aged 75 from Bright's disease. He had administered the oath to Speaker Henderson on December 4 and did not return to Washington after the Christmas recess.
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Alfred C. Harmer
House
Pennsylvania
Germantown
Washington
Disaster at Red Ash Mine In Fire Creek West Virginia
A catastrophic explosion at the Red Ash mine near Fire Creek West Virginia occurring early Tuesday morning traps miners in a mile long section. Rescue efforts continue as officials report 20 bodies recovered by March 10 and 42 men were in the mine at the time with no hope of survivors among the rest.
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W. Va
New River District
Red Ash
Charleston
Call for Aid as Forces Move to Aparri Region
Manila reports Generals Young and Wood request reinforcements while a battalion of the Forty-eighth Regiment sails to Aparri. Rebels attacked Aparri repeatedly but were driven off. insurgent leaders Tinio and Flores are said to be pressed south toward Hood's territory. 68 Chinese and 40 Spaniards were killed at Calabanga, per liberated priests.
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Young
Wood
Aparri
Mocos
Tinio
Flores
Hood
New Caceres
Calabanga
Callaway Commits Suicide in Jail Before Execution
Frank B Callaway, sentenced for murder in St Louis four courts jail, took poison at midnight to avoid hanging. He had killed his wife in a busy department store eight months earlier and was to be executed Monday. He warned his cellmate by brandishing a razor and threatening both their lives.
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St. Louis
Frank B. Callaway
Four Courts
Callaway
Pauncefote to Remain as Diplomatic Post Continues
Lord Pauncefote will be continued at the important diplomatic post for the present, as cable from Lord Salisbury notes. The Hay Pauncefote treaty pending in the US Senate and other open issues are cited, with Pauncefote seen as best suited due to his familiarity.
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Washington
Lord Pauncefote
Lord Salisbury
United States
Senate
Clerk Arrested in Goebel Murder Case
Frankfort Kentucky March 10 W H Coulton a clerk in the office of State Auditor Sweeney was arrested and jailed Friday night charged with complicity in the murder of the late Gov William Goebel Warrants have been issued for Secretary of State Caleb Powers and Captain John W Davis and accuse them of being accessories. Warrants against ex Secretary of State Charles Finley and John T Powers brother of Caleb Powers have been sworn out and sent to Whitley county for service.
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Powers
Whitley County
Public Hanging in Beaumont Seen by Thousands
Beaumont Texas March 10 Anthony Hopkins was hanged Friday in front of about 5 000 people who collected 100 dollars for his mother and sent the contributions with the remains. In Waco in 1896 Hopkins killed Paul ee for which.
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Beaumont
Tex
Anthony Hopkins
Waco
Hopkins
Paul. Ee
Mountain detective Drake killed in Kentucky shooting
Lexington reports George W. Drake a famed mountain detective and U S marshal was shot to death near Torrent Kentucky Tuesday night along with a man named Ford by William St John. The dispute stems from long standing bad blood with Drake who tracked many moonshiners in eastern Kentucky.
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Lexington
George W. Drake
United States
Ford
Torrent
William St. John
Drake
St. John
Amend the Treaty Senate Committee Hears Foreign Relations
Washington March 10 The senate committee on foreign relations Friday opened discussion on amend ments to a treaty. The panel reviewed proposals affecting terms and conditions of the agreement and potential Senate action was indicated.
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Washington
Senate
Kruger appeals for U S mediation to end war
Pretoria March 13 President Kruger appeals for United States mediation to end the war urging joint action by powers through American consul Adelbert Hay. Washington says U S good offices may serve as intermediary without offering mediation. Boer appeals extend to Belgium Holland and Switzerland and Germany declines to intervene.
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Kruger
United States
Adelbert S. Hay
Hay
State Department
Washington
Lord Salisbury
McKinley
Great Britain
Adelbert Tay
Department of State
Choate
Kruger and
Steyn
The
Hague
Belgium
Wolland
Switzerland
Durban
Transvaal
Germany
London
Lord Roberts
Aasvogel Kop
Bloemfontein
Orange River District
Austro-Hungary
Italy
Mafekirs
Col. Peakman
Kimberler
Venters Vici Orange Free State
Dreifontein
Flood Strikes Sanga Mon River Bottom Lands
Havana Illinois reports the Sanga mon river floods bottom lands along its course washing away property. Hundreds of families are homeless as stock perishes and tenants lose possessions in the rising current.
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Havana
Ill
Indiana Winter Wheat Suffered Severe Temperature Effects
Butler Indiana March 12 reports from the Indiana crop bureau show winter wheat damaged by temperature swings. In the northern part of the state the average yield may drop to about 50 percent of normal.
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Indiana
Crop Bureau of
Refusal blocks Japanese market access for 60 foreign insurers
Tacoma reports oriental dispatches state that Japan refused general business permission to 60 foreign insurance firms, most of them American. The decision heightens trade frictions as insurers seek new routes.
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Japan
Tacoma
Wash
Possum Farm Plan Emerges in La Grange
March 13 report from La Grange notes the city will pursue a possum farming venture modeled after a successful local skunk farm. The push aims for notable local industry growth through science and enterprise.
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la Grange
Ind
Protest Letter From William Redmond Over Corporation
Redmond M P from Dublin writes to the clerk of the corporation protesting a matter. The letter raises objections and seeks consideration of the issues raised by the Irish politician.
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Redmond
Dublin
William “Redmond
Newark Tenement Fire Kills Fourteen in New Jersey Tragedy
A two story frame building in Newark housing twenty families burned in the early hours Monday. Fire officials say the blaze likely started incendiarily after a card game dispute. Thirteen bodies were recovered from the ruins and another victim died at City Hospital, with many injured. The disaster left entire families wiped out, including multiple Casillo and Boldi relatives, as rescue teams cleared debris and prepared coffins for the morgue.
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Newark
N. J
City Hospital
Nunziata Boldi
Salvatore Boldi
Teresa Boldi
Angela Casillo
Uggenio Casillo
Benninita Casillo
Antonio Casillo
Uggenio Cassilo
Frank Cassilo
Aggenio Casillo
Fourteenth Avenue
Vito Credanza
Credanza
Boldi
Iesse
Liberia of horrors elicited in Alene investigation
L J Simpkins an electrical engineer from Wardner Idaho testified before the House military affairs committee. He said he did not take part in the riot but was arrested by U S troops after the event as spotters were identified. Objections arose to the phrase Siberia of horrors but the committee allowed the line.
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Washington
L. J. Simpkins
Wardner
Idaho
Coller
House Committee On Military Affairs
United States
Bunker Hill Cs
Sulzer
Siberia
Goebel Buried in Hilltop Cemetery Near Chapel
The remains of Gov. William Goebel were moved from the guarded chapel to a hilltop burial plot west of the chapel overlooking the Kentucky river. A brief service followed by prayer and singing was held, with the legislature in attendance. The grave sits on the cemetery’s highest ground, and a monument will be visible from much of the city.
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Frankfort
William Goebel
Kentucky River
Wage agreement reached between employers and employees
A conference between the founders of the United States and their employés settled the wage and hour dispute. A new wage scale and a nine hour workday take effect April 1. The wage advance ranges from 15 to 21 percent over the present scale.
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Philadelphia
The
United States
Roberts drives Boers from lines near Poplar Grove
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts shifting 30 000 infantry and 10 000 cavalry around the Boer left at Poplar Grove and Osfontein. Boers retreat in confusion as British forces push toward Bloemfontein with gains of Krupp guns tents and wagons and Norval s Pont occupation. Disturbances in Boer command noted amid peace overture talks.
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Lord “Roberts
Osfontein
Poplar Grove
Lord Roberts
Daily Mails
Daily Newsman
Guards
Lord Methuen
Clements
Norval's Pont
Kelty- Kenny
Norval’s Pont
Orange River
Berlin
The
Daily Mail
Kruger
Joubert
Schalkburger
Orange Free State
French
Transvaal
Free State
Bloemfontein
Death of Hon. E. J. Phelps Former London Minister
New Haven Connecticut March 10 Former minister to England Hon E J Phelps died at his home after an illness of about two months The Vermont native studied at Middlebury College became a lawyer and later served as minister to London where he helped negotiate the extradition treaty with Great Britain He also ran for governor of Vermont in 1850 and received the largest democratic vote in the state’s history.
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Conn
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England
Edward J. Phelps
Vermont
Phelps
United States
Edward J
Middlebury College
New York
Burlington
Green Mountain
Tilden
London
Cleveland
Great Britain
Moses Accepts Philippine Commission Post
Prof Bernard Moses of the University of California met with President McKinley on Tuesday and accepted the vacant seat on the new Philippine commission. The commission now includes Judge Taft president, Dean Worcester, Luke Wright, Henry Ide, and Bernard Moses.
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Washington
Bernard Moses
University of California
McKinley
Philippine Commission
Moses
Taft
Ohio
Dean C. Worcester
Michigan
Luke Wright
Tennessee
Henry C. Ide
Vermont
California
Kentucky Senate Debates Substitution For Munitions Transfer
Senator Triplett offers a substitute to create a committee to investigate removing munitions of war from the arsenal to London. The plan would appropriate 100000 to equip a state guard under Governor Beckham and Adjutant General Castleman to recover cannon Gatling guns and other military property allegedly unlawfully held by the Republican Taylor administration.
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London
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