Victor Hugo House Gift To Paris Museum School
During the centenary commemoration in Paris the house where Victor Hugo lived on Place des Vosges was handed to the city to serve as a Victor Hugo museum. A 1200-voice choir and bands performed as illuminations lit the square and façades with Hugo works and muse images.
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Victor Hugo
Place Des Vosges
Barreau
Hotel de Ville
Seine
Beethoven
Chapentier
Louise
Alhambra
Hugo
M. Charpentier
Captivity Tale of Ellen Stone and Companion Amid Harsh Bulgaria Trek
The article recounts Ellen M. Stone and Mme Tsilka in Bulgarian mountain captivity. Brigands moved through snowbound camps from September to November avoiding troops, sometimes permitting limited food. They deceived captives about location, spurring fear until a late November return to familiar grounds and eventual release.
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Constantinople
Ellen M. Stone
Associated Press
Banskoon
Chueltepe
Bulgaria
Kamenica
C. M. Dickson
United States
Miss Stone
Gueltens
Mme, Tsilka
Dubnitza
Elledere
Mme. Tsilka
Life raft of Condor may have washed ashore near Cape Beale
Port Townsend reports sighting a white life raft possibly from the British warship Condor 15 miles off Cape Beale on Vancouver Island. The raft appeared worn and larger than merchant vessels. A day earlier a lone mariner in a seven ton sloop near Cape Mendocino said he aimed for Puget Sound. The storm then likely overwhelmed the small craft.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Condor
E. K. Wood
Cape Beale
West End
Vancouver Island
Wood
California
Cape Mendocino
Puget Sound
Alleged Thief Arrested in Waterville Case
George Irons, wanted for a Galva Kansas postoffice robbery, was arrested in Waterville Washington by Deputy Marshal Ide and Postoffice Inspector Peters. Irons allegedly part of a band that stole 167 dollars from Galva on February 18, 1901. The gang has been hunted for months with several members jailed or driven out.
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Spokane
Wash
George Irons
Galva
Kan
Waterville
United States
Ide
Peters
Kansas City
Irons
Kansas
Canneries in a Combine Emerges in British Columbia
Vancouver March 2 reports a new salmon cannery combine nearing completion. It would include at least 45 of the province’s largest canneries modeled on the Columbia River arrangement. American capitalists reportedly back the deal with about 4 million dollars.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Columbia River
February Coinage Totals From The Mint
The monthly coinage statement reports February totals of 9 261 340 dollars with gold at 6 643 850, silver at 2 489 000, and minor coins at 128 490.
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Washington
Congress Deliberates Subsidy Bill and Postal Reform
The senate will take up the ship subsidy bill as unfinished business with limited debate, while the agricultural appropriation may take priority. In the house, postal affairs dominate the week with the rural free delivery on a contract basis and a post office appropriation bill amid controverted debates.
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The
Senate
Hoar
Cullom
Frye
Clay
Turner
West
Mallory
Tillman-MacLaurin
House
Post Office
Tillman and Pratt Deny Rumor on Roosevelt Charleston Visit
New York March 2 The Times will say Tillman ridiculed the claim he warned President Roosevelt about danger if he visited Charleston He said he did not meet Platt or advise any warning and saw no danger The Times notes Platt denies any call from Tillman and no meeting occurred
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The
Times
Senator Tillman
Roosevelt
Charleston
Senator Platt
Fifth Avenue
South Carolina
Platt
Tillman
Roosevelt to Decide Soon on Charleston Exposition Visit
President Roosevelt meets March 2 with a Charleston citizens committee urging a visit to the exposition. A final decision is expected tomorrow on whether he will travel to Charleston, a plan delayed only by the illness of his son. He will likely consider the Tillman dinner invitation and whether to proceed with the visit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charleston
Charleston officials seek presidential visit to expo city
Mayor Smythe Aldermen Rhett and Collock representing Charleston and Expo board President Wagerer Director Hemphill left for Washington to urge the president to keep his promise to visit Charleston. A telegram from Secretary Cortelyou confirms the president will meet the committee at lunch and make arrangements then.
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S. C
Smythe
Rhett and
Collock
Wagerer
Hemphill
Exposition Board
Washington
Cortelyou
Fifteen Years for Burnett Murder Verdict
Chicago March 2 The jury found Dr. Orville S. Burnett guilty of murdering Mrs. Charlotte Nicol of Nashville Tennessee and recommended a 15 year penitentiary term. Burnett’s attorneys will seek a new trial. The verdict surprised many as Judge Baker’s instructions favored the defendant.
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Chicago
Orville S. Burnett
Charlotte
Nicol
Nashville
Tenn
Burnett
Baker
May Come at Any Time Concussion Threatens Water System
A Montana Great Falls water disaster warning says a 13 inch main under Montana Central railroad could fail under train concussion. Experts warn a main break would cut water and fire protection to the city, flood freight yards, and halt rail operations with immense losses.
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Standard
Great Falls
Montana Central
Neihart
Longeway
Rinker
Rea Road
Telegraphers Contest Honors Several Telegraphists in Atlanta
In Atlanta on March 2 the tele graphers tournament awarded first prize to F. M. McClintic of the Associated Press for transmitting press matter by the Phillips code. Dallas Texas winner F G Mathews second place and W C Murray of Associated Press Atlanta took third. The straight Morse five minute event went to E E Bruckner of Dallas with 245 words, F M McClintic second and C W White of Richmond third. The Atlanta Journal gold medal for cleanest copy on typewriter went to F M McClintic. Carnegie diamond medal contest used Phillips automatic telegraph to send material to the receiving operator with increasing speed to a maximum words per minute.
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F. M. McClintic
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
F. G. Mathews
W. C. Murray
FE. Bruckner
F. M. McClintie
C. W. White
Richmond
Atlanta Journal
Phillips Automatic Telegraph
G H Mumms Extra Dry Champagne Impresses Tasting Note
Specially fine champagne praised for remarkable dryness and breedy quality, likened to the 1889 vintage and surpassing 1892. Importations show 12 359 cases in 1261 with nearly 60 000 more than any other brand, signaling strong demand and market position.
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G. H. Mumm
Horse In Backwaters Causes Two Drownings In Alabama
Montgomery March 2 Captain Charles A Allen and his brother Thomas Allen were drowned when their frightened horse plunged their buggy into deep Alabama river backwaters. Charles Allen formerly served as chief clerk in the adjutant general's office and was state ordnance officer for several years.
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Montgomery, Ala
Charles A. Allen
Thomas Allen
Alabama River
Captain Allen
Adjutant General's Office
Civil service letters defend voluntary political giving
Washington replies from Commissioner Foulke state that campaign contributions must be voluntary not coerced and that officials should not pressure employees. He argues merit system values allow free political action without harming duties or discipline and that public opinion supports moderate, voluntary participation.
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Washington
Civil Service Commissioners
Foulke
McMichael
R. Francis Wood
Philadelphia
Wood
Democratic Fund
Republican Fund
Central Arabian Uprising Seizes E Rath City
Abdul Aziz Ben Fey sul, descendant of the ali Wahabi amirs, with an army of 2000 men, captured E Rath in Central Arabia after a night stratagem. They killed the governor and nine retainers, the garrison surrendered, and Wahabi forces moved in to seek supremacy over Ibn Rashid of Nejd. Tribes flock to support Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul.
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Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul
Ali Wahabi Ameers
E’rath
Arabia
Ibn Rashid
Ameer
Nejd
Train delay, funeral for Andrew Kelly noted in Great Falls
Train No. 24 from Butte arrived four hours late after a freight derailment west of Bernice. Funeral services for Andrew Kelly were held this afternoon conducted by Father McCormick with Ancient Order of Hibernians in attendance, and the remains were taken to the depot for shipment to Sherbrooke Quebec the deceased’s former home.
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Standard
Great Falls
Butte
Bernice
Andrew Kelly
Father McCormick
Order of
Hbernians
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Port Antonio Arrives In Kingston With Trade Plan
The Imperial Direct West India steamer Port Antonio, Captain Murray, docked in Kingston carrying Sir Albert Jones, president of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and a distinguished party. They sailed from Avonmouth February 15 and were delayed by severe weather causing some damage. Sir Albert promoted a major Jamaica Britain fruit trade development plan despite Sunday observance.
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Jamaica
Port Antonio
Murray
Imperial Direct West India Service
Sir Albert Jones
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
Avonmouth
Sir Albert
Great Britain
Rhodes Death Report Denied By British Company Officials
London March 2. Officials of the British Chartered South Africa Company deny a U.S. news agency report that Cecil Rhodes has died.
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South Africa Company
Cecil Rhodes
United States
Rhodes
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