March 20.—By the order of a special Grand Jury, a Beef Trust investigation is started in Chicago.
March 21.—In John D. Rockefeller’s home, North Tarrytown, N. Y., his candidate for Mayor is overwhelmingly defeated by a butcher.
March 23.—Truman H. Newberry, of Detroit, is appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
The Delaware Legislature adjourns without electing a United States Senator.
The Maryland Supreme Court orders the Governor to submit the constitutional amendment for negro disfranchisement to popular vote.
March 25.—The Government declares its intention to prosecute the Santa Fé Railroad for giving rebates.
March 28.—President Roosevelt decides to accede to the request of the Santo Domingo Government to appoint an agent to collect the revenues of that country.
The Federal Grand Jury sitting at Louisville, Ky., indicts that city on four counts for peonage.
Dr. Washington Gladden, Moderator of the Congregational Church, enters formal protest against the Board of Missions accepting the $100,000 gift from John D. Rockefeller. In spite of this and other objections, the board accepts the donation.
March 29.—The President requests the resignation of all members of the Panama Canal Commission, also of General George W. Davis, Governor of the Canal zone. The request is complied with immediately.