Bishop Spalding Dead Pioneer Bishop of the West
Bishop Spalding of the Colorado diocese died in Erie at 74 after pneumonia. A pioneer church builder, he organized many Western Episcopal churches, helped form New Mexico and Wyoming dioceses, and founded Arizona’s first Episcopal church in Prescott.
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Erie
Spalding
Colorado
Protestant Episcopal Church
Denver
Colo
John Franklin Spalding
Belgrade
Bowdoin College
General Theological Seminary
Christchurch
Gardiner
Oldtown
Lee
Mass
Providence
R. I
Wyomint
New Mexico
Spiding
Mexico
Wyoming
Arizona
Prescott
American School for Girls in Zendiga Japan Burned
Rev Dr Joseph Lemberger, treasurer for foreign missions, reports by cable that the Reformed church girls school at Zendiga Japan was destroyed by fire. Seven hundred girls were cared for and all were saved. Loss is about 0000 pounds with partial insurance. Established 15 years ago, the school enjoyed government favor after initial opposition. Miss Lena Zufluh, former superintendent, is in the United States. Miss Zadie Lee Widener led in her absence.
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Lebanon
Joseph Lemberger
Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
the Reformed Church
United States
Zendiga
Japan
Lena Zufluh
Zadie Lee Widener
Appeal Through the union to Roosevelt and Payne
The Chicago post office union of the American Federation of Labor drafted an appeal to President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Payne asking help for clerks seeking an eight hour day and pay increases on a graded scale from 609 to 1000 dollars. The action followed a meeting today.
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Chicago
Chicago Post Office Union
American Feeration of Labor
Roosevelt
Payne
New 1902 Fabrics And Shades Promised To Wear Like Iron
In the latest 1902 fashion notes, designers tout durable new shades and fabrics that promise exceptional wear. Analysts expect consumers to favor resilient materials for daily use and long lasting color.
Clerks Aim to Enforce Roosevelt Prohibition Edict
Clerks intend to comply with President Roosevelt’s order prohibiting government employees from petitioning or influencing congressional legislation. The resolutions will be sent to Washington immediately.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Dry Sunday Across New York Sees Mixed Observance
New York reports a largely quiet Sunday with saloon drinkers able to purchase beverages though seating and side doors were used to avoid bars. Captains patrolled, several barkeeps arrested, and on the east side few saloons closed while overall excise arrests reached 24 in Greater New York.
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New York
Sheehan
Tenderloin
Upper West Side
Lower East
Seventh Avenue
Greater
Etruria Safe in Azores After Breakup Off Fayal
The Cunard liner Etruria entered Horta harbor at 6 p m with all aboard well after a Feb 26 breakdown. A broken propeller and damaged rudder forced jury rudder repairs and delayed towing by the William Cliff and Ottawa. Passengers praised the captain and crew while awaiting Elbe to repatriate them.
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Horta
Island of Fayal
Cunard Line
Etruria
Umbria
William Cliff
Ottawa
Howe Cr
Payal
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Southampton
England
Fayal
Lockout Likely to End Today for Cincinnati Brewers Workers
The Cincinnati Covington and Newport brewery lockout, in effect for a month, nears a settlement as the United Brewery Workmen push to return without recognizing the engineers contract and to follow the American Federation of Labor decision. Over 2,000 workers were initially out, with more than 1,000 affected by tomorrow’s conference outcome.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Covington
Newport
American Federation of Labor
United Brewery Workmen
Charges Against Officials in Tennessee Race
Knoxville March 9 Charges have been preferred against United States District Attorney Wright United States Marshal Avetin Assistant Postmaster Shages and three or four minor officials for violation of rule 2 of the civil service commission The charges arose from the race for congress in the district with friends of Congressman Gibson opposed by A A Hale in an election set for March 22.
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Knoxville
Tenn
United States
Wright
United State
Avetin
Shages
Civil Service Commission
Gibson
A. A. Hale
Mystery Hattles Police in Richmond Death
William Clay, a well known contracting painter, was found beaten on a city street in Richmond's resilience section early today and died later without regaining consciousness. Police seek clues as to the killer or motive.
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Richmond
William Claytoin
Wilson Denies Cabinet Resignation Plans
Washington March 9 Secretary Wilson of the agricultural department dismissed rumors he planned to resign from the cabinet. He said the reports were news to him and stated he had no intention of stepping down.
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Washington
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Survey Advances on Denver Guthrie & Southeastern Railway
Guthrie March 9 Surveys completed and parts of the contract let for the grade of the Denver Guthrie and Southeastern railway. The line enters Oklahoma’s extreme northwest, runs southeast to Guthrie South McAlester and New Orleans. Financed by Denver capitalists.
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Guthrie, Okla
Denver, Guthrie & Southeastern Railway
Oklahoma
Guthrie
McAlester
New Orleans
Denver Capitalists
United States to Approve Sugar Convention Says London
A London correspondent to the Standard reports the United States will approve the sugar convention. It notes American minister to Belgium Lawrence Townsend has been ordered to conduct negotiations with the Belgian government on the subject.
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London
Brossels
The
Standard
United States
Belgium
Lawrence Townsend
Belmian
Premier Dunsmuir's Wife Threatened Letter Warning
Mrs. Dunsmuir wife of Premier Dunsmuir received an anonymous threat warning that he would be shot if she did not keep him at home. The premier handed the letter to the police and took no further action.
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Victoria
B. C
Dunsmuir
Cecil Rhodes Improves After Illness Visit From Kipling
Cape Town reports Cecil Rhodes, suffering from peritonitis, had a good night and shows improvement. Rudyard Kipling visited Rhodes, but was not allowed to converse with him during the visit.
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Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Rudyard Kipling
Big Coal Fields Found Near Butler's Lake
Cornelius Shields, general manager of the Dominion Coal company, announced borings near Butler's lake reveal a coal deposit estimated at least 1,000,000,000 tons of bituminous coal. The statement came from Montreal on March 9.
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Montreal
Cornelius Shields
Dominion Coal Company
Butler's Lake
Unity Collar and Cuff plant fire at North Bennington
The Unity Collar and Cuff company main building in North Bennington burned today causing an estimated loss of 60000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze amid smoke and flames.
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Bennington
Unity Collar and Cuff Company of
North Bennington
Miss Alice Roosevelt Heads to Havana For Visit
Washington report says Miss Alice Roosevelt with several friends and a maid departed at night to visit General and Mrs. Leonard Wood in Havana, continuing a line of social and diplomatic engagements.
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Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Havana
Hours gamble in Pittsburgh union rejects bridge boss pay gap
About 1 200 members of Local union No 2 of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Workers vote to reject American Bridge Company's offer. Since the Pencoyd conference January 17 18 19 the dispute centers on pay 50 cents per hour for eight hours versus 45 cents for nine hours. Some 2 000 workers are affected and a strike is feared unless a settlement is reached.
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Pittsburg
International Association of Bridge and Structural Workers
American Bridge Company
Pencoyd
Trenton Coachmen ban Sunday funerals unionwide
The Trenton Coachmen's union decided at a meeting to stop driving at Sunday funerals with support from most city undertakers. One driver was excluded after holding a funeral today. The move, backed by clergy, reflects ongoing agitation against Sunday funerals in the city.
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Trenton
N. J
Trenton Coachmen’s Union
Daylight Runs Only on Harrriman Special
The Harriman special departed Ciudad Profiro Diaz after a thirty minute stop and tied at Moncova tonight with daylight runs only. General Manager Johnson of the Mexican International joined the party here and will ride with it on his road.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Harriman
Ciudad Profiro Diaz
Moncova
Johnson
Government agrees to installments for railroad concessions
Rome reports the government will pay 1,250,000 in installments over three years toward the 1,680,000 total demanded by railroad workers. A bill approving the outlay will be introduced, and its adoption becomes a cabinet decision.
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Rome
Wreck victims reported improving health in Maxon collision
Reports to Southern Pacific headquarters indicate all injured individuals from the Maxon wreck are recovering well and in satisfactory condition. The update arrives as investigations continue into the incident near Houston on March 9.
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Houston
Tex
The
Southern Pacific
Ex Senator Reagan Out of Danger
Palestine Texas March 9 John H Reagan is now pronounced out of danger by his physicians.
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Reagan
Palestine
Tex
John H. Reagan
Cholera Breaks Out in Mecca
Cholera has broken out at Mecca according to dispatches from Constantinople dated March 9.
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Mecca
Constantinople
English guest speaks of colleges over supper in Washington
An English university man visiting Washington was invited to supper with a group of men, all but one graduates of leading American colleges. The talk centered on alma maters, each guest declaring his own, while one frank American recalled incidents from his career.
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Dr. Keeley
Dwight
Lll
West
The
Washington Post
Washington
Dccent
Prince of Panhandlers Guides Broadway Looters
A New York Telegram item describes a tall handsome panhandler who roams Broadway from Fourteenth to Forty-second streets. A dilettante and Colonel Blank discuss his charm, wit, and methodical begging, noting his daily income likely ranges from 15 to 20 or more dollars.
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New York Telegram
Rialto
Herald Square
Tompkins
Colonel Blank
Prince of
New York Panhandlers
Broadway
Fourteenth Street
Forty-second Street
A Pass on a Freight Car
Jenkins a blunt shipper seeks transport to New York for himself and wife. The manager shows a freight car pass by mistake, then confirms passenger service was never offered on the line. Jenkins discovers the error at the union station and learns the pass was for freight cars, not a passenger train.
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Chicago Tribune
Jenkins
New York
Fowler
Wind
Mr. Jenkins
Union Station
An Imposition. The Parrot and the Monk discuss ants
The anteater complains about poor board quality and lack of genuine ants. He says the waiter serves nieces and cousins and other worthless substitutes instead of the real ants he wants. He insists on receiving the genuine.
Money Scarce in London Exchange
The London stock market faced a dull week as money remained tight and banks held leverage. Lord Kitchener’s discovery of a Beer magazine near Pitt in the Orange River Colony offered a fleeting spark, but Cecil Rhodes’s illness clouded sentiment. American securities felt impact from gold movements and Northern Securities uncertainty, with Home rails weak and continental selling heavy.
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London
Stock Exchange
Lord Kitchener
Pitt
Orange River Colony
Cecil Rhodes
American Securities
Northern Securities Company
Hull
Berlin Week Stock Dull as London Affects German Markets
Berlin reports a weak week with reduced trading volume and cautious sentiment. New York and London declines dampened appetite. iron shares edged up on select price gains while coal shares dipped on output restriction talk and recovered later. Real estate building firms stood out as the week’s strongest sector.
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Berlin
New York
London
Silesia
Obituary: Mrs. Sarah Jane Peffer Dies in Washington
Mrs. Sarah Jane Peffer wife of ex Senator W A Peffer of Kansas died after a several week illness at the home of her daughter Mrs Meltheny in Washington. The body will be taken to Kansas for interment.
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Washington
Sarah Jane Peffer
W. A Peffer
Kansas
Meltheny
Brooklyn man Frank Conger dies suddenly in Detroit
Frank Conger of Brooklyn New York vice president of the American Bridge company died suddenly in Detroit Michigan on March. The report notes his prominent role in the bridge industry and his leadership position at the firm. The cause of death is not specified in the available text.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank Conger
Brooklyn
N. Y
American Bridge Company
Pasha and officers freed after arrest in Constantinople
General Chakir Pasha, brother of the late grand vizier, and the officers who were arrested by order of the sultan have been released.
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Constantinople
Chakir Pasha
Last of Storm Bound Fleet Reaches Port Townsend
The British ship Bann, last of the storm-bound fleet near the Straits of Juan de Fuca, arrives in Port Townsend after 98 days from Iquique with 84 days storm-bound off the straits. seven Utes.
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Port Townsend
Bann
Straits of
Juan de Fuca
Iquge
Oranges as card chips halt during Ramazan in Constantinople
From the London Telegraph during Ramazan the sale of oranges in Constantinople plummeted after government orders banned skambil kiat in public places and seized the cards. Cafes kept crowds awake at night as porters and boatmen played, buying oranges as stakes. The ban ended the brisk orange trade tied to the game.
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Constantinople
Testing a Diamond from the Philadelphia Record
A Philadelphia Record piece explains how to judge diamonds without expertise. It advises checking table shape, circumference, flaws with a magnifier, color desirability, and depth to estimate value and current market price around 150 to 160 dollars a carat due to war and duties.
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Philadelphia Record
Diamond Trust
Whistling Choir Introduced at Berean Baptist Sunday School
J T Lockhart of the Berean Baptist Sunday school in Augusta introduces a new whistling form of music after reading The Burgomaster. About 301 pupils joined the effort with the Rev J H Oliver approving. The plan opens with a talk on sacred melody and aims to train voices through whistling.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
J. T. Lockhart
Berean Baptist Sunday School
Augusta
Senate schedule focuses on ship subsidy and presidential assault bills
Washington content outlines a light week in the Senate with debate on the ship subsidy bill and a bill to punish assaults on the president. Senator West may not speak due to health, Mallory is expected to talk, and many speeches are anticipated. The House will move through rural free delivery, contract system, and post office appropriations ahead of a likely defeat of the rural delivery measure.
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Washington
Senate
United States
West
Mallory Wi
House
Collision near Bisbee burns two coaches and injures riders
At Lowell near Bisbee Arizona two EF and Southwestern trains collided at full speed as No. 3 backed into Don Luis junction and No. 6 approached from Douglass. Two coaches of No. 8 caught fire and burned. J. Eberhardt suffered a fractured skull while several trainmen were hurt and the engine of No. 6 was crushed. The rear trainmen escaped by jumping.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Paso & Southwestern
J. Eberhardt
Eberhardt
Lowell
Don Luis
Douglass
No. 8
No. 6
Memorial Window Unveiled by U S Minister in The Hague
The Hague March 9. At the request of local clergy Stanford Newell United States minister to The Hague unveiled a four section window in the Anglican church. The window presented by the mayor of New York honors the Hague conference work. It features Christ and allegorical figures Faith Hope and Charity.
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the Hague
Stanford Newell
United States
Hague
New York
Christ
Notable Cattle Sale in Kansas City
One of the Wests most notable shorthorn cattle sales will occur in Kansas City on March 19. The entire herd of W. H. Nelson, retiring from the business, will be offered, including three cows bred by Queen Victoria. Cattle from renowned British and Canadian herds join buyers from many states and territories.
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Kansas City
West
W. H. Nelson
Queen Victoria
Great Britain
Canada
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Beer Magazine
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