Norfolk Strikers Clash With Troops In Citywide Turmoil
A Norfolk strike mob of about five thousand disrupted streets around the Norfolk Railway and Light Company. Soldiers derailed cars, rocks blocked tracks, and fights broke out with guards. A barber, Harmanser, was bayoneted and his wife charged a sergeant. Police and militia arrests rose as Mayor Beaman, Police Chief Veltines, and Colonel Higgins considered partial city law. Additional infantry and artillery were ordered. a trooper cutoff and continued unrest left troops in control as night fell.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Railway and Light Company
H H. Harmanser
Harmanser
E R Gale
Beaman
Veltines
Higgins
Virginia Regiment
Artilery
Mantiallen
Emporia
Suffolk
Smithfield
Franklin
Carolinas
Charlotte
Oneida
Graham
N. C
Wade Hampton
Roosevelt
Charleston
South Carolina
Floods Disrupt Rail Lines and Force Evacuations in Nebraska
An ice purge near Tourseille Nebraska raised the Platte River over its twenty year high, washing out tracks on the Chicago Rock Island Pacific line and delaying service for days. Two rail routes suffer washouts, while twenty families in lowlands flee rising waters as Missouri Pacific bridge sustains damage.
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Tourseille
Nebr
Missouri Pacific Bridge
Platte River
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Road
Missouri Pacific
Burlington
Paterson
River Street
Mat Washington
Budge
Strikers Target Street Car Line As Unionist Measure Moves
A Central Labor Union meeting backed a boycott of street cars while Councilman S H Kelley urged revoking the street railway franchise for two days. The resolution, referred to a special committee, follows a night of street violence as six Knoxville non union workers were held up and arrested for carrying concealed weapons after the strikers overpowered them.
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Newport News
Gilkerson
Central Labor Union
S H Kelley
Knoxville
McAlster Resolution Urges South East Alliance Adopted
In Jackson Mississippi March 4 the McAlster resolution promoting a political and business alliance between the south and east was adopted with near unanimity and loud celebration. The house erupted as speakers were silenced by opposition and the speaker was swept from his feet amid demonstrations of support for the measure.
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Jackson
Miss
McAlster
Owens
Bryan
William J. Bryan
Hightower
Mr. Bryan
Will of Blind Millionaire Charles Rouss Filed for Probate
The will of Charles Broadway Rouss, executed 1898, was filed in New York for probate. It leaves the Fifth Avenue house to Mrs. Rouss and $5,000 yearly, with the Virginia farm to Mrs. Lee, and names Wil lam W. Rouss as executor. Peter Winchester Rouss is to receive the residue, while brothers William and another brother get $100,000 each. The deceased’s employees praised his life and a 15 member committee will accompany the body to Winchester for interment tonight.
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New York
Charles Broadway Rouss
Fifth Avenue
Virginia Lee
Peter Winchester Rouss
Rauss
Winchester
Pennsylvania Railroad
Plan to convert Austell building into depot site
The Southern Architect and Building News will publish next Friday a new depot solution using the Austell building as the depot and the land along Alabama Street for tracks. The plan envisions converting the structure with a large shed over tracks and an entrance on the first floor, basement access, and sufficient space to serve trains for 30 to 40 years, arguing the site is practicable and advantageous.
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Southern Architect and Building News
Austell
Alabama Street
Tos Austell
Ouput
Gror
Sré
Derlareé
Southern Architect
Offtelia
Union Depot
Building News
Pickpocket gang robs ministers during Atlanta church service
A professional mixed gender gang of pickpockets robbed three ministers at the Baptist Tabernacle in broad daylight during a Bible conference. Dr Broughton witnessed the thefts and police plan to use seized overcoats and gloves to identify gang members. Two other preachers reported pocket thefts, with one man jailed and another detained at the union depot.
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Baptist Tabernacle
Bible Conference
Broughton
Tabernacle
Atlanta
J. W. Hurt
Nixth Ward
Dr Campbell
Anderson
Camphbell
Piedmont Park
William R. Roberts
Frank Casey
Roberts
Steve Wallace
Union
Lir Hurt
Neely Life in Cuba Prison Sheltered Privileges
W E Hitchcock reports from Havana that Charles F W Neely, jailed for alleged postal robberies in Cuba, enjoys favorable treatment and lighter confinement. Neely is cheerful, expects acquittal, and can furnish his jail apartment with outside meals, while prison officials regard him warmly.
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Muncie
Ind
W. E. Hitchcock
Cuba
Durbin
Havana
Hitchcock
Charles F. W. Neely
Nelly
Crescent Democratic Club tribute with tariff reform plea
Ex president Grover Cleveland sends a health note as Missouri Congressman DeArmond and New Yorker Henry George headline a Crescent Democratic Club anniversary in Baltimore. DeArmond attacks Republican policy, trusts, and taxation, calls for tariff reform to reduce duties and empower American industry, and envisions a stronger American merchant marine alongside George’s free trade stance.
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Baltimore
David A. BeArmond
Missouri
Henry George, I Jr
New York
Crescent Democratic Club
Grover Cleveland
Thomas L. Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
John DeWitt Warner
Henry W. Lamb
American Free Trade Society
Democratic Party
DeArmond
American Republic
America
Mr. George
Nordica Opera Star Delivers Phone Concert Across Kansas
In Wichita on March 4 Lilian Nordica performed for about 2000 fans. A telephone link broadcast the concert to several Kansas cities including Kansas City. Nordica reacted angrily when told of the arrangement and declared she would never sing by telephone again due to fear listeners would misjudge her voice.
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Kansas Cities
Wichita
Kans
Lilian Nordica
Kansas City
Mme Nordica
Emperor William Pleased by Alice Roosevelt Telegram
Berlin reports Emperor William expressed pleasure at Miss Alice Roosevelt telegram praising the Meteor launch. He also praised Prince Henry's reception in America and the enthusiasm shown by President Roosevelt and family. German reporters note the monarch’s satisfaction with American press relations.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Alice Roosevelt
Associated Press
Emperor Willam
Prince Henry
America
Roosevelt
United States
William
School Children Strike Over Teachers Ride With Non-Union Trains
In Zeelyville Indiana about eighty five students marched from Zeelyville school to quit classes. They fault two teachers riding inter urban cars with non union trainmen. Most children come from families of union coal miners in sympathy with a Terre Haute street car strike.
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Terra Haute
Ind
Zeelyville
Terre Haute
Brazil
Interurban
Fortune Found in Tin Can In Carbondale Illinois
A tin can in a Tamaroa building once run by Alf and Charles Froelich held $8,353 in gold. The find was made by Frank Sanford, a half brother of the Froelichs. The nearest kin is a Froelich brother at Anna asylum.
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Illinois
Carbondale
Ills
Tamarao
Alf
Charles Fraelich
Froelichs
Anna Insane Asylum
Frank Sanford
Weather And News Digest From A Southern City
Clearing west with rain in the east Wednesday, colder in the north at night. Thursday sun, brisk south winds shifting to northeast. Local notes on pickpockets at a Bible conference, depot feasibility for Austell building, Carnegie library opening, reciprocity speech by Osborn Howes, and Georgia political shifts. Forefront events include Savannah blackout, new city officials in Americas, and industrial and labor developments in the Carolinas. Foreign and domestic items cover China unrest, Roosevelt visit, tariff reform talks, and Philippine slave estimates.
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Tabernacle Baptist Church
Austell
Carnegie Publicbrary
Board of Trustees
Osborn Howes
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
Milwaukee Hosts Enthusiastic Welcome for Prince Henry of Prussia
Milwaukee, March 4. Prince Henry of Prussia arrived by special train from Chicago and was greeted by about 200000 residents. A public reception, German society tributes, and a grand illumination followed, with Governor Lafollette, Mayor Rose, and veterans of German wars in attendance. A night fire department run delighted the crowds before a banquet at the Hotel Pfister, where three toasts honored the president, emperor, and Prince Henry.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Prince Henry of Prussia
Niagara
New England
Rose
United Singing Societies
Prince
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Admiral Evans
First Wisconsin Cavalry
Ambassador von Holleben
Hill Rade
Pabst
John Johnson
Prince Caild
Hlh
Germain
Jane
P W. Deuster
Lafollette
Mil Court
Foley
Hotel Pfister
Prince Henry
Hotel Pfeister
United States
Germany
Prince Henry of
Prusza
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