Washington March Rumor Ties Hanna to 1904 Nomination
Washington reports a political incident where Booker T. Washington questioned Judson Lyons, register of the treasury, about support for the next Republican nomination. Lyons indicated he would back Roosevelt if he runs, unless Hanna seeks the nomination, a stance the president accepted as loyalty.
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Washington
Hamas
Booker FT. Washington
Judson W. Lyons
Georgia
Treasury
Lyons
Roosevelt
Hanna
Government ownership urged by Knapp at Cooper Union
Martin A Knapp, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, urged government ownership of all railroads in a Cooper Union lecture on Transportation. He attacked rate cutting and warned that public carriage should not be traded for favoritism or extortion. Hay and Root depart on Sylph for rest. Wall Street banks report a planned stock refunding scheme by United States Steel Corporation.
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New York
Martin A Knann
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cooper Union
Knapp
Steel Trust
Wall Street
United States
Stecl Corporation
Death of former governor Altgeld shocks Joliet theater crowd
Joliet March 12 Former Governor John P Altgeld died in room 58 Hotel Munroe at 7 09 this morning after an episode of dizziness and vomiting at his pro Boer mass meeting last night In his last address he supported aid for Boer women and children and accused Lord Pauncefote of meddling in US affairs The end came after a cerebral hemorrhage doctors battled to revive him Mrs Altgeld widow is prostrated with the shock and has no children
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Joliet
Tils
John P. Altgeld
Hotel Munroe
Altgeld
Joliet Theater
J. B. Herrick
Rush Medical College of
Chicago
Globe Savings Bank
Spalding
Friends of Humanity
Yates
South Africa
America
Lord Pauncefote
Washington
Artgeld
Europe
Cuba
England
Virginia court declares common law marriage invalid
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in Field versus Davis, appealed from Greene County, affirms lower court ruling and holds there is no valid common law marriage in Virginia. The case questions whether mutual agreement to be husband and wife without ceremony or license creates a valid marriage and rights to dower from the time of agreement. Written by Judge Cardwell.
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Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Richmond
Field
Davis
Circuit Court
Greene County
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia
Boers Evade British Leaders In March Skirmish Updates
Reports from Cape Town and London recount a March 10 skirmish near Paerton with Boer General Fouche failing to halt British forces. Commandant Ovenhaal and Field Coroner Vander Walt died. de Wet and Steyn reportedly met with Generals Botha near Utrecht after crossing the rail line. A Swaziland treaty reportedly allowed Boer entry if pressed.
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Pretoria
London Standard
Steyn
DeWet
Botha
Utrecht
Transvaal
Wolve Hoek
Cape Town
Paerston
Cape Colony
Fouche
Ovenhaal
Vander Walt
London
Brussels
The
Standard
Swaziland
SIAN COLONEL EXECUT ED FOR REVEALING MILITARY SECRETS
Vienna dispatch reports a Warsaw court martial condemning a Russian colonel Grimm for leaking military secrets to a foreign power. Polish aristocratic ladies are said to be implicated as accomplices. Unconfirmed rumor says Grimm was shot after sentencing. Also, Miss Roosevelt arrives in Havana aboard the Mascotte with Senator Platt.
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London
Vienna
Warsaw
Grimm
Roosevelt
Cuba
Havana
Alica Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Thomas C. Platt
Mascotte
Yampa
Fla
Hamburg-American Line to raise steamship rates
Berlin reports the Hamburg American Steam Packet Company will publish its annual report and state that an agreement with other firms to raise rates is expected. The earnings decline is blamed on reduced American corn exports and heavy domestic use by U.S. manufacturers reducing foreign market demand. A separate note from Washington says apologies were issued by the Russian commander over the clash between Russian soldiers and U.S. sailors on the Vicksburg at Nicu Chwang.
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Hamburg-American Line
Berlin
Hamburg-American Steam Packet Company
Washington
March W
United States
Vicksburg
Nicu Chwang
Barry
Boston Strike Looms as 100000 Prepare to Walkout
Boston March 12 1902 thousands of workers prepare to strike amid traffic chaos and a union dispute with the New York New Haven and Hartford line. Mayor Collins and Governor Crane push for arbitration while Senator Hanna offers possible good offices and business leaders meet to settle the impasse.
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Boston
Trades Council
Boston Central Labor Union
Eusley
Civic Federation
Crane
al- Neg Transportation Council
Meyer Collins
Lttle
Hanna
New York, New Haven
Hartford
National Civic Federation
Gées
Boston Merchants’ Association
Adams Express
Local Express Companies
Teamsters' Union
United States Express Company
Central Labor Union
Building Trades Council
Building Trades ‘Council
Collins
M. A Hanna
Washington
P. A. Collins
La Grippe Germs Carried by Air Warns Doctors
A historical note explains that La Grippe spreads through the atmosphere during epidemics and that healthful individuals resist while weaker ones fall ill. It touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a safe, effective remedy, with a Baptist minister endorsing their use for years of catarrhal trouble and La Grippe prevention.
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Stuart
L. B. Palmer
Ceresco
Mich
Peruna touted by Belva Lockwood and others as a universal remedy
Belva Lockwood lauds Peruna for cold and catarrh in a letter to the Peruna Medicine Co. She cites personal use for herself and her mother and endorses it as a safeguard against catarrh. The ad features other testimonials from Miss Flora Wilson Miss Helen Sauerbier and Mrs Lestie Carter praising Peruna as a cure and preventive for colds and related ailments with a free book offer and address for physician advice.
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Belva Lockwood
Washington, DC
United States
America
Peruna Medicine Company
Hannah J. Bennett
Belva
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Flora Wilson
Seventh Ave
New York City
Helen Sauerbier
St. Joseph, Mich
Lestie Carter
Piys
Tam
Leslie Carter
Peruna Medicne Co
Ohio
Startman
Dr Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarum
False Beard and Mustache Trial Test Delays Chemistry Test
New York march 12 Dr John H Gardner testified in the Patrick murder trial. He and the defense debated chloroform experiments with towels and sponges purchased by each side. The recorder adjourned after preliminary tests showed odor fading quickly.
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New York
John H Gardner
Tite
Albert T Patrick
Wiliam M. Rice
Osborne
Charles F Jones
Rice
Gardner
Isaac Newton Love
Post-Graduate Hospital Medical College
St. Louis Medical College
American Medical Association
Love
Hice
Moore
Patrick's Counet
Ric
Curry
Fifty Millions in Bonds for Pennsylvania Railroad Expansion
The Pennsylvania Railroad board approved issuing 50 million dollars in convertible ten year debentures at 3.5 percent interest to fund 19,000 new fifty ton steel cars, 260 locomotives, a tunnel extension into New York, and related passenger station real estate purchases for 1902 to 1909, with semi annual interest. The bonds will be gold debentures of 1000 and 500 denomination, dated November 1, 1902, maturing ten years hence.
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Philadelphia
A Ward of Directors
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Secogn
City of
New York
WRIGHT AND KELLER ESCAPE
Civil Service Commission dismisses charges against United States Marshal F D Wright of the eastern Tennessee district and Postmaster J C Keller of French Tennessee for lack of facts. Charges against John J Graham inspector of rural free delivery routes and several Tennessee postmasters are reserved for future action.
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Civil Service Commission
Woman Witness Missing in Fife Murder Trial
Savannah Mo March 12 Lydia Brinkman a key state witness in Stewart Fife’s murder case did not appear today She allegedly claimed Fife confessed to her E Norris who would testify to threats is also missing Mrs Richardson attended court as witnesses were examined Caldwell testified that Fife said he feared death by his own hand Fife’s prosecutor Charles Booker fell ill and adjournment followed
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Fife
Savannah
Lydia Brinkman
Stewart Fife
Frank W. Richardson
E Norris
Richardson
L C. Caldwell
Washington
Caldwell
Charles F. Booker
Cotton in Central Asia sees large crop drop
A report from St. Petersburg on March 12 cites a 39 percent fall in Central Asian cotton output last year. Native seed use over American seed reduced yields. total production reached 5,499,200 poods versus 7,638,000 poods in 1900. Sown area was 6.5 percent larger, with unfavorable weather worsening results.
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St. Petersburg
Van Sant Files Action Over Steel Trust Merger
Governor Van Sant orders Attorney General Douglass to sue in state courts over a suspected merger of Iron Range railroads. The bill will be filed soon naming United States Steel Corporation as a co defendant. the other railroad company operates from Duluth.
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Steel Trust
St. Paul
Minn
van Sant
Douglass
United States Steel Corporation
Duluth
Money Pool Dissolved by Railroads Amid Legal Fears
The Trunk Line Association announced dissolution of its railroads pool effective April 1. Members include New York Central and Hudson River, Pennsylvania, Erie, Baltimore and Ohio, West Shore, Delaware Lackawanna and Western, Lehigh, New York Ontario and Western, and Central Railroad of New Jersey. President Roosevelt’s hint of legal action against pooling prompted the move praised by New York Central’s Newman as a key shift in eastern rail traffic after years of rate maintenance and business division.
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New York
Tiforailroad
Trunk Line Association
United States
New York Central
Hudson River
Pennsylvania
Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
West Shore
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Lehigh
New York, Ontario and Western
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Newman
Live Baby Found In A Can In Washington
Dr Charles B Bagner a veteran Washington physician is held on $3009 bond for manslaughter in the case of a premature birth linked to Mrs Peter Blair. The infant was discovered alive in a city alley trash can near the Blair home and rushed to a hospital. Bagner admitted placing the child in the can and said it was dead at birth.
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Bagner
Washington
Charles B Bagner
Peter Blair
Hagner
Blair
Convention of Manufacturers Announces Indiana Conclave Dates
President Theodore Search of the National Association of Manufacturers said the seventh annual convention will be held in Indianapolis April 15 16 and 17. A new president will be chosen as Mr Search will not seek another nomination after serving in that role.
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Convention of Manufacturers
Philadelphia
Theodore Search
National Association of Manufacturers
Indianaoolls
Search
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