Bold Boer Raid Aims For Railway Cut West of Jacobedal
Loxtons dispatch from March 28 reports a Boer raiding party of about 400 crossing toward Jacobedal with plans to sever the railway 10 miles west. Commandant Olivier gathers 5,000 men and 25 wagons in rugged terrain for a defensive line. Lord Roberts faces supply troubles and delays as 10,000 transport and cavalry animals are due to arrive, with Roberts seeking to meet Lady Roberts in Cape Town in about 10 days. The war office lists British losses totaling 16,652 with 4,004 invalided home.
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Warrenton
Kimberley
Bloemfontein
Jacobedal
Olivier
Charles Williams
Lord Roberts
Basuto
Kroonstad
Reit River
Cronje
Pretoria
Cape Ports
Cape Town
Lady Roberts
War Office
British Troops Stalled by Unprecedented Floods at Vanwyksviel
Report from Carnarvon on Tuesday March 27 states a British column cannot advance from Vanwyks viel due to floods. Rebels remain at Rosberg awaiting movement north for raids on Carnarvon. Colonel Hirsch of the Canadian mounted rifles heads to Cape Town on sick leave.
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Carnarvon
Vanwyksviel
Rosberg
Hirsch
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Cape Town
Boers Massing at Biggarsberg and Kimberley Strike
Reports say Boers en trenched at Biggarsberg prepare for retreat with packed transport at Newcastle. Faure Smith notes General Clements’ column in Jagersfontein and Fauresmith met with enthusiasm and no opposition. Kimberley dispatch: 400 Free Staters occupy land between Kimberley and Paardeberg and seize a farm near Padamsfontein. Southern commandoes to join main body within 48 hours. Australian premiers urge Britain to demand absolute British rule in peace terms.
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Lapylaith
Newcastle
Clements
London
the Daily News
Fauresmith
Jagersfontein
Loxpoyx
Daily Chronicle
Kimberley
Paardeberg
Padamsfontein
Sydney
Chamberlain
South Africa
Fire at Evans barn kills coachman and more
Edward Little, a coachman for Richard Evans Jr., perished in an early morning barn fire of unknown origin. In Greenville Mississippi a mob hanged Will Edwards for the murder at Dulaney's levee camp. In Cleveland a church split ends with the resignation of Rev H O Applegarth amid Standard Oil influence.
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Minneapolis
Edward Little
Richard Evans, Jr
Little
Greenville
Miss
Will Edwards
Edward B. Johnson
Dulaney
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Leland
Northern Pacific Cars Burned in Dickinson Yard
Five and twenty empty double deck sheep cars burned in the Northern Pacific yards in Dickinson. Tramps sleeping Macara isupposed to have started the fire. Duluth Normal Contract Let in St. Paul with difficulties in bids for the Duluth normal school resolved and a contract signed by President Arkr.
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Northern Pacific
Dickinson
N. D
St. Paul
Duluth Normal School
Arkr
Normal school board locks in bid with contractors
Secretary Lewis of the normal school board and McLeod & Smith contractors finalize the original bid of 68200 dollars. The amount is accepted with no anticipated difficulties.
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Lewis
Normal School Board
McLeod & Smith
Disorder at City Hall as Teachers Oppose Davis School Bill
In New York City Hall march 28 two thousand teachers hissed Mayor Van Wyck and President Little as the Davis school bill sparked the largest disturbance yet. The mayor claimed Ahearn act raised salaries by 1 378 942 dollars and that the new bill would add 8 914 600 dollars, with principals after 20 years earning 8500. He warned he may clear the hall amid continued protests by teachers and board of education officials.
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New York
van Wyck
Little
Board of Education
President Little
Stop Outside Coaching in Football Reform
The report from Pamapetouia on March 28 outlines that while general play will remain satisfactory, sideline coaching is set for approval by the rules committee in New York. Pennsylvania backs banning field privilege tickets and suggests separate enclosures for coaches and substitutes with umpire penalties for outside coaching.
Union Leader Testifies on Attacks Aimed at Non-Union Men
Chicago March 28 George P Gabbins president of the Chicago Bricklayers and Stonemasons union testified before a federal industrial sub committee that contractors sought to provoke union men into attacking non union workers to arouse sympathy for the latter He said a Master Masons association employee urged him to incite violence but he refused and the attempt failed
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ChicaGo
Federal
George P. Gabbins
Chicago Bricklayers and Stonemasons’ Union
Master Masons’ Association
Heatwole proposes stamped envelopes rule for printers
Washington March 28 Congressman Heatwole introduces a proposal benefiting printers. It would bar the U S government from issuing selling or allowing stamped envelopes with lithographs engravings or impressions after October 1 1900 except embossed postage stamps.
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Heatwole
Washington
Conan Heatwole
United States
Root Creates Pacific Division and Four Philippine Departments
Secretary Root orders a new Pacific Division for the Philippines. The division splits into Northern Luzon, Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao Jolo departments led by Generals MacArthur Bates Hughes and Robbe, with Major General Otis still as division commander to focus on large policy and civil administration.
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Root
The
Philippines
Philippine Archipelago
Department of Northern
Lauzon
MacArthur
Department of
Luzon
Bates
Department of the Visayas
Hughes
Department of Mindanao and
Jolo
Robbe
Otis
Miles
United States
War Department
Progressing Steadily Russification of Finland Advances
A Vienna cableto The Tribune reports steady Russification in Finland. The czar demanded obedience after a landtag protest over confiscation of hereditary autonomy, issued orders for officials to take only the Russian oath, and removed General Procope. A Russian successor is expected to lead Finland without binding oath to the constitution.
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Finland
Curiaco
Tribune
Vienna
Landtag
Russia
Laeutenant Procope
Mussey Goes to Jail in Rutland Bankembezzlement Case
Charles W. Mussey cashier of the Merchants National Bank of Rutland was charged with embezzling $145,000. He appeared before U S Commissioner Merrill and is held under $10,000 bond for further examination on March 30. In default of bail he was sent to county jail. The complaint lists larceny embezzlement and misappropriation of bank lands.
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Rutand
Charles W. Mussey
Merchants’ National Bank of Rutland
United States
Merrill
Massey
Tension Between Nations Triggers Gravest Apprehension
Odessa dispatch notes Russia mobilizes nearly 250000 troops and holds Black Sea squadron in readiness. St. Petersburg and the port tensions rise as Ottoman Germany friction over Asia Minor broadens risk of serious complications. Caucasus garrisons and Armenian frontier forces quadruple for active service.
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Lompon
Odessa
Russia
Black Sea
St. Petersburg
Germany
Rugma
Asia Minor
Caucasus
Bryan urged by Nebraska Democrats to attend July convention
A Nebraska Democratic delegation at the Coates House in Kansas City discussed inviting William Jennings Bryan to attend the national convention in July. M C Harrington of North Platte criticized staying at home and urged notifying Bryan promptly upon nomination to travel to Kansas City and deliver an address to launch the campaign.
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Nebraska
Bryan
Kansas City
Cuban Senate Committee Returns From Havana Mission
The Dolphin carries the Cuban senate committee to the United States after private talks with many representative Cubans. The senators plan to report soon and will not speak for publication yet. Senators Butler and Pettigrew arrived, saying the visit is for personal curiosity.
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Havana
the Dolphin
United States
Senate Cuban Committee
Certai
Butler
Pettigrew
Prohibitionists nominate F. A. Carlisle for governor
F A Carlisle of Brookings is nominated by South Dakota Prohibitionists for governor. Mrs Edward Sumner, a Civil War soldiers relief organizer, has died in Cleveland. An explosion at Allen and White’s quarry near Waterloo New York killed one man and seriously injured two others.
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F. &. Carlisle
Brookings
South Dakota
Edward Sumner
Relief Society
Cleveland
Allen & White
Waterloo
N. Y
Dunkards head 1800 for Devils Lake North Dakota
A contingent of 1800 prospective settlers chiefly Dunkards will leave Chicago this week or next for the Devils Lake district in North Dakota. They will travel via the Wisconsin Central to the Twin Cities and then over the Northern Pacific to their new homes. Most come from Chicago with many others from Central states locales.
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Curiaco
Dunkards
Chicago
Devils Leake
North Dakota
Wisconsin Central
Twin Cities
Northern Pacific
Central States
Russian Fleet Arrives at Chemulpo Stirring Japan
A Russian squadron has arrived at Chemulpo provoking unease in Japan. Yokoyama reports on March 8 that the Russian presence raises international tensions and possible diplomatic demands.
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Chemulpo
Japan
Yokoyama
Puerto Rico Free Trade and American Integration
A proponent argues that Puerto Rico must have absolute free trade with the United States to prosper. He cites dismantling duties on bread and US goods, urges factories and investment, and believes higher wages, education, and reduced crime would follow from closer US-Puerto Rico ties. The essay frames free trade as a moral and practical step for Americanizing the island.
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Puerto Rico
United States
Minnesota
Dakota
New York
Hank
Melodrama Scene Shifts as River Ice Vanishes
In a Detroit Journal snippet a fleeing woman taunts pursuers from the riverbank as she imagines leaping between ice floes. The sheriff has shut down the ice machine, leaving only a stagey pursuit as the pursuers stand apart and exchange lines.
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Detroit Journal
No furnace needed in a flat says comic couple
A Chicago Times-Herald quip contrasts flat living with house life. A man jokes his wife handles the gas valves to avoid any danger, while claiming not to trust himself with the valves. The exchange highlights domestic humor about gas and heating manners.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Dreadful Upset Report Amid Odd Exchange
A Chicago Post item recalls a tense moment where a woman notes a dreadful upset after a misunderstanding. A man questions gossip while she says she was unintentionally struck by a moving bicycle and her humor remains unclear.
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Chicago
Rogues Gallery Photo Clash Sparks Lively Exchange
The Yonkers Herald reports a tense exchange as a chief detective threatens a picture, and a crook retorts that he will not stand for it. The brief confrontation highlights police efforts to secure a photo lineup without yielding to intimidation.
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Rogues’ Gallery
Yonkers Herald
Never Do Things by Halves
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla to improve health by tackling blood issues. It claims half-sick feelings come from poor blood and presents testimonials about tiredness relief and headaches cured after use.
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A. J. Sprague
Oak St
Fall River
Mass
Hoods.s
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