Distress Signals Ignored by Passing Vessels
Inward-bound Dutch steamer La Flandre, damaged off London and towed to Queenstown, reported three propellers gone, leaky and unmanageable after losing rudder and stern post. Despite distress signals, ships including a French steamer and Friesland passed by. Norwegian Liv attempted tow but hawser parted. West Point finally towed the ship to safety. Also includes Wisconsin resident Mrs. VanDensen praising Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets.
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Qorenstons
Antwerp
Philadelphia
Queenstown
Empire
London
la Flandre
Red Star Line
Friesland
Bucels
New York
Wilson Line
Hol
le Flandre
Liv
Rasmussen
Barey
Hampton Roads
Sie
St. Michael
Azores Islands
Lie
West Point
Monumental work advertised at Robertson Marble Yard
An advertisement urges calls to the Robertson Marble Yard at 115 Thomas St Athens GA for low prices on monumental work. The notice appears alongside assorted brief items from March including contract bids for Alabama Florida rail line, a robbery report, and a peace plan update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson Marble Yard
Thomas St
Athens, Ga
Death of Ex President Harrison Reported At Home
Ex President Benjamin Harrison dies at his Indianapolis home after a long illness from pneumonia. Hourly bulletins show decline with physicians giving little hope. Messages of condolence pour in from prominent figures including Andrew Carnegie and Senator Fairbanks as the nation mourns a life of public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Andrew Carnegie
New York
Senator Fairbanks
Night Vigil at Bedside of General Harrison
Long anxious vigil at the Harrison home as bulletins from Dr Jameson and others described the ex president’s declining condition. Watchers included Harrison’s secretary and a close friend, with physicians flagging gradual weakness yet continued brave care amid public concern and a flood of messages from across the country.
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Inpiasapouis
General Harrison
Harrison
Delaware Street
Yuen
Angiety
Tadianapolla
Bam
Henry Jameson
Janeson
Dorsey
Nor
Tibbitt
Lfelong
W. H. H. Miller
Mia Harrison
General Harrison near death as family flight delays
A Delhi-like report details General Harrison’s critical state with oxygen therapy and uncertain bedside access for Russell B. Harrison and Mrs. Mary Harrison McKee. Telegraphed arrivals and bartered bulletins reflect a city anxious for news as reporters are barred from the home and updates come only by telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell B. Harrison
Mary Harrison McKee
Washington
Saratoga
N. Y
Leoks
Acreage Increased for Texas Cotton Crop Forward
Cotton brokers in Texas estimate a larger next season with output at least one third higher across Texas, Indian Territory, and Arkansas. Farmers plan more land for cotton due to high prices, but overplanting could push prices down toward 3 cents by midseason unless weather wrecks the crop.
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Dr. Williama
Rince
Fiane Remuena
Texas
Austin
Tex
Indian Territory
Arkansay
Hall
Labor and anti Negro labor debate in Alabama and Georgia
A wartime style Alabama report notes skilled labor brought to Moxtcomenry and Ensley for steel and ore plant work, with Italians arriving from New Orleans to Russellville and Ensley, while opponents claim the Negro is unsatisfactory in skilled lines. In Atlanta a Sunday desecration crusade may expand into a Sunday league and face legal battles. An ad promotes Ely's Cream Balm for cold and catarrh with quick relief. Also mentions Kermit's Chocolates and Quinine remedies.
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Moxtcomenry
Ala
New Orleans
Russellville
Slos
Sheffield Steel and Iron Commanhity
Niles, C
Ensley
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Alabama Steel and Wire Company
Atlanta
Crusade Against
Ministers’ Evangelical Association
Plang
Ministers’ Association
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Another Horror in Texas Mob Burns Murderer to Death
A mob in Corsicana Texas burned to death John Henderson a Black man who had killed Mia Younger after overpowering guards. The crowd encircled him chained to an iron rail as oil and flames consumed him. The scene lasted about ten minutes amid jeers and threats of further lynching in nearby towns. Separately fears of mob action plagued Cantox Mississippi after acquittal and bail releases in the Gamble family murder case. A circular from Alabama Odd Fellows seeks support for a state home in Birmingham.
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Dallas
Mare
Corsicana
John Henderson
Mia Younger
Henderson
Conway Younger
Younger
Caxtox
Miss
Russell Broach
Gamble
Andrew Boyd
Alabama
Odd Fellows
Birwincham
Ala
Odd Fellow
Birmingham
Odd
Some Wildcat Concerns Debenture Schemes in Palmetto State
Debenture bonds and so called diamond contract schemes have operated in South Carolina without licenses. The state comptroller warns they lack sound business principles and notes the last company to seek a license was refused. Those investing in such schemes risk loss.
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Palmetto
Carvanza
3. C
Comptroller General's
Complications in China Alarm Friction at Tianjin Increases
Aged dispatches note alarm over British Russian friction at Tianjin over land once tied to a railroad. Foreign papers praise General Farrow’s order to continue work on the dispute ground, warning harmony of nations could be disturbed any moment in the tense scene.
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Loxpox
Tien Tsin
Farrow
Peking
First Steps Taken in Great Combine
A secret Tracy City meeting followed a Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad directors’ session as preliminary steps toward consolidating Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad with Sloss-Sheridan and Republic Iron and Steel into a $100,009,000 capitalization. Attendees gave no definite details. The rumor ties the move to a late Pennsylvania consolidation, signaling a solidified southern stand against the Carnegie combine in foreign and domestic trade. The firms already control most iron in the Birmingham district.
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CitaTtaNooGa
Tracy City
Tennessee Coal,Iron and Railroad Company
Tennessee Coal, Iron and, Railroad Company
Sloss Tron
Republic Iron and Steel Companies
Thos
Camberland Mountains
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Carnegie
Birmingham
Clemency of President commutes soldier’s death sentence
March 13 dispatches report Private George Cupples of Company D, 19th Infantry, tried at Centh, P. I., for desertion. Congress nor court martial verdict stands. president commutes to dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of pay, seven years hard labor, confinement at Manila’s Bilidid prison. Also: Alabama governor revokes requisition for H B Maddox, Miss Bolton confesses mail robbery, Wrightsville and Tennille railroad auditor resigns, fatal locomotive explosion in Pittston, Baker commuted to life, boxing permits halted, and a man killed sleeping on a track near Reipsville.
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Wasnixotoy
George Cupples
Nineteenth Infantry
Centh
P. I
Manila
Taxation of bucketshops and new citizenship questions
Washington dispatch notes an internal revenue circular preparing guidance on the 1598 act and new dollar tax on bucketshop trades. Buckshops face tightened scrutiny as March reforms take effect April for bucketshop taxes and July for others, with heightened emphasis on whether stock and product transactions are taxed similarly. San Francisco reports two Chinese laborers claiming American citizenship amid port clearance, with verification delays and land-right questions.
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New York
Washington
Journal of Commerce
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Apri
Board of Trade
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
al Mara
United Sates
Stratton
United 8As
Croup
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SyRu
Catharstia Fig Syrve Co
Cathronsiaa Fro Synor Co
Tech
California Fig Syrup CO
Cal
Louieville
Bottia
CO. E. VanDensen
Kilbourn
Wis
Chamberlain
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Smith Bros
Sam
Montcominy
Alabama and Florida
Nashville
Geneva
Mariana
Fla
Savaxwan
J. F. Quinn
Broughton Street
Suspex
Kitchener
Bocha
Ina
Castox
S. Schwartz
Clayton
Tom Reese
J. P. Spears
Ispiasavous
Jameson
General Risol
Frank Remmelt
Mellee Street
Binnea
Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
WiLitame
Dis
Ruadyari Kipling
Mr. Kipling
Pianapouts
Tibbice
Guro
Kermoit's
Jos R. Wire
Prea
Athens Foundry & Machine Works
General Foundry and Machine Works
Holbrook & Son
China
Binatsanam
Arthur Foots
Bessemer
Foote
Footes
Ko Kalin
Ino
Selwa
Selma
Southern
Smith's Crossing
Smith
The
Sussex
House of Commons
Michael Hicks-Beach
Hawainsville
Southern Railway
Enne Royal
South Whi
Caraigle
Autasta
Candler
H. B. Maddox
Cuthbert
Dothan
Maddox
Georgia
Ohattanooga
Post Office Department
Keyes
Mary Bolton
Stockville
Ienn
Joseph Bolton
Tennlle
H W. Milliman
Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad
Kansas City
Kansas City and
Grand Island Railway
Thomas
Road
Savannah
Locon
Pittston
Hayes Creek
Morgan Marsh
Wilson Albert
Robert McMillan
Nis Neck
Moxtoomeny
Samford
Lucius Baker
Tallapoosa County
Baker
Dadeville
John Cotney
Cincinnati
Pleisehminn
Wolden
Bay
Reipsville
Tom Harrison
Delvos
Bers
Fuel and Iron Company
New Mexico
Galinp
Tts
Solorato, Toeart Brough Fntor Ika
Pacis Const
MézyLeid
Broadway
Nowon
Mattox
Phillby's
Lipg Insurance
Eagh
Oficera
J.C. Elder
Clayton St
Athens
Tia
Allectiona
Parker
Praia Pa
Apt
C. Dewitt
Chicago
H. R. Palmer & Sons
P Brumby Drug Co
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