Tillman Attacks Postmaster Action and Race Policy
Senator Tillman denounces Indianola post office actions as tyrannical and unconstitutional. He argues that President and postmaster general overstepped authority and warns that enfranchisement will split races. He cites costs of race conflict, rebukes northern attitudes, and reflects on South Carolina politics and the fifteenth amendment.
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Pheitanese
Senate
Tillman
Armack
Tengan
Messee
Duaml
Thiman
Indianola
Ife
Nouth
South
Secor
Meer Ig
Rockefeller Jr Visits Atlanta to Inspect Southern Schools
John D. Rockefeller Jr arrived in Atlanta with his wife aboard the Missouri Pacific private car Atlant a. He visited Spelman Seminary and spoke with President Wickerman. His southern trip aims to review educational institutions supported by his family’s foundation, with plans to visit Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee school and continue to Montgomery and New Orleans.
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Rockefeller
Jir
Standard Oil
Atlanta
Missouri Pacific
Loyd Street
Lave
Speman Seminary
Westermng
C. +’. Wickerman
West Point
Wickerman
Montgomery
Tuskegee
Ala
Booker T. Washington
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Asheville
Southern Railway
South
Sister Slayer Identified as Wade in Toledo Murder Case
In Ohio on February 2, Johanna Sullivan cried that Al Wade is the man who killed her sister Kate Sullivan. Wade faced murder charges in a two year old strangling and robbery inside the Sullivan home just outside Toledo city limits, with crowds filling the court as testimony and a claimed identification stirred suspense.
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Ohio
Johanna Sullivan
al Wage
Kate Sullivan
Sullivan
Toledo
Johann Sullivan
Wade
Isadora Duncan to Build Greek Theater in California
Isadora Duncan has won 250000 from admirers to establish a theater named for her. The Greek temple style venue will host Duncan's dances, Greek plays, and concerts. Berlin audiences pay top prices for her performances, drawing support from high society patrons.
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Isadora Duncan
Can
California
Miss Duncan
Berlin
Coquelin
Mme. Bernhardt
Herr von Werner
Artists’ Society
House of Commons
Winston Spencer Churchill
Calima
Mexico
Manila
Queer Young Man Greets Capitol Floor Intrusion
A young man identified as Wool Clark gained admission to the state house floor in Washington on a February day. He seated near the speaker’s desk, twisted a white hat with a red band, and was escorted to custody by Assistant Keeper Kennedy. Police took him to headquarters, recognizing him from a prior Sunday incident of disruptive conduct.
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Shington
Wool. Clark
Dnor Keeper Kennedy
Capital Police
Capitol
Hea
White House Sideboard Not Taken to Saloon
Col Theodore A. Bingham ends a wide inquiry debunking claims that a White House sideboard given to Mrs Lacey Webb Hayes by Women’s Christian Temperance Union members went to a Washington saloonist. Two White House sideboards were sold at auction. one bought by a saloonist during President Arthur’s era, the other for earlier mansion use. Portraits of former mistresses are not in the cellar but along a corridor near the president’s private office, with Mrs Roosevelt’s portrait opposite Mrs Hayes.
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Whie House
White House
Incumbesmey
Arthur
Priests Duped by Insurance Swindlers in City Parish Accounts
District Attorney Krotel disclosed parish books of local Roman Catholic churches reveal priests were exploited by scammers who used subscriptions to advance dubious causes. He warned that false hope among parishioners fuels wind while the scheme grows. The report ties to broader investigations into Italian insurance frauds and notes priests may have unknowingly certified burials for non-deceased individuals. In Rome, Italian deputies prepare for duels after a heated chamber scene following interpellations on Austrian expressions by Hallan subjects.
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Italy
Catho Ue
Calvary Cemetery
Rome
Chamber
Signor Monti'gnurerie
Austria
Coal Barons Defend Strike Costs Amid Earnings Shrinkage
New York February 24 reports show Delaware Lackawanna and Western stockholders at the annual meeting denouncing the coal miners strike. President Truesdale cites a $2,108,869 drop in gross earnings and a $22,000 fall in net earnings, blaming the strike and alleged abuses by anthracite interests. Lehigh Coal and Navigation also reports 1902 declines due to the strike, with receipts at $2,595,099 and rail revenue down $1,010,170 from 1901.
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New York
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Truesdale
Pennsylvania
United States
Lehigh
Philadelphia
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad
Navigation Company
Perkins plots unravel in Paducah clairvoyant scheme
Paducah, Kentucky, February 24. A get rich quick ruse centered on Dr. A Perkins ends with his arrest. Complaints by his wife and four young associates allege obtaining money by false pretenses. Warrants foul conduct and breach of the peace, with a possible additional charge. Perkins traveled from Memphis bringing two women registered as Mrs. Perkins and several youths, advertising a staged troupe.
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Paducah
A. Perkins
Perkins
Paduenh
Memphis
Uttia
Cuban Independence Day Celebrated in Havana Carnival Finale
The anniversary of the Baire uprising, the start of Cuba’s rebellion, was marked with citywide celebrations in Havana. Business suspended, streets flaunted flags, forts fired salutes, new flags raised at Morro Castle, and a long Prado parade carried masked revelers amid multicolored streamers as the carnival season reached its peak.
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Havana
Baire
Cuba
Prado
Central Park
Eal
Czar Chosen as Umpire in Venezuelan Dispute
The Czar of Russia is proposed to name three arbitrators for The Hague tribunal to decide on preferential treatment in Venezuela's indemnities. The protocol, approved by the State Department, sets rules for proceedings in English and for selecting facts. Signing by allied powers pending, with officials hopeful and Comte Cassini notified after full agreement.
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Ister Bowen
Russia
Hague Tribunal
State Department
Bowen
Venezuela
Penfield
The
Hague
Comte Cassini
Flowen
Associated Press
Peace Court
United States
Court of Arbitration
Ita
Caracas
Heleves
Caritas
Restaurador
State of being a mother not popular in France
In a Cincinnati Mothers Association letter to U S consuls, United States Consul Skinner at Marseilles replies on the value of consular service as a career. He cites Roosevelt on racial peril, notes France’s view of motherhood, and warns education for young men in the consular field would take fifty to a hundred years to mature.
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Preeent
France
Skinner
Hires Lawyers By Wholesale In Skinner Murder Case
Raleigh February 24 Special John H Winder brother in law of Lud low Skinner who is murdered Ernest Haywood in jail seeks counsel and evidence Prosecution plans witnesses to show no altercation while defense aims to prove it occurred Eight Raleigh lawyers already hired for Haywood with more expected Prosecutors to hire from outside the area Haywoods counsel J H Poll says no further comment until court and promises more than three witnesses to back claim that Skinner struck Haywood
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Raleigh
S. C
John H. Winder
Ludlow Skinner
Ernest Haywood
Haywood
Skinner
J. H. Poll
Flaywood
Disease germs for murderers in Kentucky case denied
In Lexington on February 24 officials deny that county officials consent was secured by Dr Walter Bullock of Lexington and Dr W B Blue of Louisville to inoculate condemned murderers Earl Whitney and Claude O’Brien with disease germs for science. A telegram from Myre Co M Hagan in Nashville to Jaffer Wallace protests the inoculation. Jailer Wallage says no regulation allows it. Rumors said Louisville doctors offered large sums to permit the experiment. Dr Bullock describes the disease as little known and Blue believes there is a cure.
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Lexington
Walter Bullock
W. B. Blue
Louisville
Earl Whitney
Claude O'Brien
Myre. Co
M. Hagan
Nashville
Eurt Whitney
Jaffer Wallace
Wallage
Weather Outlook Forecast and Local News Roundup
Increasing cloudiness Wednesday followed by rain in the west portion. Thursday will bring rain with fresh north to east winds and higher temperatures. Local items mention John D. Rockefeller Jr visiting Atlanta en route to Tuskegee, a lawsuit involving Harry Saxe, and a proposed $100,000 freight depot by the Central of Georgia. Other notes cover political moves in Georgia and national incidents including accidents, resignations, and diplomatic remarks.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
American Cit King
Spellman Seminary
Atlanta
Tuskegee
Ala
Harry Saxe
Company
Aburban Turf Exchange
Berrien County
G. Vv. Gress
Pennsylvan ia Quay clash blocks statehood rider vote
Washington February 4 Special reports the Democratic Senate caucus rejected the two state admission plan backed by Republicans led by Senator Quay. Senator Clay steered caucus away from statehood riders on annual appropriations while party leaders pursued the omnibus bill as is. Sundry Civil Bill advances include higher totals and specific light station funding while provisions cut capitol extension funds.
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Jos. Ohl
Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate
Clay
Post Office Committee
Senator Quay
Quay
Senaator Clay
Georgia
Committee On Post Offices
Statehood Riders
Blackburn
Littlefield
Tme
Committee On Post Offices and Agriculture
Committee On
Républicea
Onost
Agriculture
House
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Houses of Representatives
Queen Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Cape Lookout
North Carolina
Mount Cornelia
Fla
Cape Homano
Hecht
Texas
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Roman Catholi Chrches
Carmack
Tennessee
Indlanola
Kentucky
Czar
Central Railway of Georgia
Alabama Street
Union
Brinkley
Warren County
J. F. Allen
Columbus
John T. Boifenster
Macon
Griffin
Will Fombro
Southern
Knoxville
Edward Foster
R. B. Pitts
Inman
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Swayne
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