Fleet visits Japan and probably China described
The American fleet’s homeward voyage may include a stop in Yokohama with Japan inviting the battleships to visit. China is also expected to invite the fleet to Shanghai if Japan’s invitation is accepted. Senator Hale urges navy readiness amid national defense debates. A Grand Pacific Hotel fire in Chicago destroys the hotel with attendees escaping as fire crews fight the blaze through the night.
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Iton
Roet
Japan
Root
Takahira
Yokohama
China
Shanghai
Senate
Hale
Teller
Elephants Terrorize Country In South Georgia
Chief of Police Dampier of Valdosta received a telegram from a Florida circus reporting two elephants escaped and headed toward Valdosta where the circus wintered. White Springs telegrams say residents throughout the country are terrorized by the pair.
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Valdosta
Dampier
White Springs
Fla
Mrs Ward Lands Arrives in New York on Adriatic Visit
Mrs Wumphrey Ward the novelist arrived in New York with her husband on the Adriatic for a long deferred visit. She is the guest of her cousin Mrs Frederick W Whitridge, a daughter of Matthew Arnold, here in the city.
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Ward
New York
Wumphrey Ward
Adriatic
Frederick W. Whitridge
Matthew Arnold
Fire destroys lumber yard in Washington city area
Fire Friday destroyed the lumber yard of Wisinger Brothers in the northern part of the city and spread to adjoining dwellings and the old Freedmen's hospital. Damage reached $65,000.
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Lumber
Washington
Wisinger Brothers
Freedmen's Hospital
Death by own action of ex House clerk Bosford
Washington March 21 Frank H Bosford formerly a reading clerk of the house of representatives and longtime newspaper man in Michigan committed death by own action Friday in this city His death follows a distinguished career and he was widely known in state and local journalism and politics
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House
Washington
Mar
Frank H. Bosford
House of Representatives
Michigan
Abruzzi Worries Capital Over untold engagement rumor
King Victor Emanuel discusses the reported engagement of the Duke of the Abruzzi to Miss Katherine Elkins, daughter of Senator Stephen B. Elkins, amid cipher exchanges with the king. Italian officials refuse to confirm plans as the duke sails aboard the Lusitania from New York while questions swirl about Florida messages from the Italian ambassador and his wife.
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Mar
Victor Emmanuel
Florida
Italy
Willy Nilly
Washington
Duke Abruzzi
New York
Lusitania
Cunard Line
Two Officers Die in Rio Grande Duel in El Paso
In El Paso Texas mounted Customs Inspectors Charles Logan and Charles Jones fought a duel in the dry Rio Grande bed and were killed. Their bodies were found Friday. Logan was the son of the late Maj. T H Logan and brother of Capt. Frank D. Wickham’s wife. Jones was a railroad man from San Antonio and Houston before joining the customs service.
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el Paso
Tex
Charles Logan
Charles Jones
Rio Grande
Logan
T. H. Logan
United States Army
Frank D. Wickham
Twelfth Infantry
Governors Island
Jones
San Antonio
Houston
Ecustomy
Flood crest reached in Pittsburgh as waters recede
The Pittsburgh flood crest peaked at 27.3 feet on Friday with rivers stationary for hours before a gradual fall of 0.3 feet per hour began. Cold weather froze many streams limiting damage though widespread and heavy flooding affected western Pennsylvania. Cleanup plans move ahead once levels drop below 22 feet.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
New Message to Congress on Antitrust and Other Topics
Washington says a decision has been reached to send another message to Congress within a day or two. The message will reiterate the president's recommendations for amending the Sherman antitrust act and address other topics from his prior message.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Collision Fatal to Three in White Mountain Rail Crash
Woodville New Hampshire March 21 a head on crash between two freight trains on the Boston and Maine White Mountain division about a mile and a half south of Haverhill station killed Engineer E H Cross and Fireman Converse both of Concord and fatally injured Fireman A T Davis of Woodsville in the wreck Friday
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Woodville
N. H
White Mountain
Boston & Maine Railroad
Haverhill
E. HB. Cross
Converse
Concord
A. T. Davis
Woodsville
Judge Dismisses $30 Million Sherman Suit in NY Court
In New York on Friday Judge Holt dismissed the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company suit seeking 20 million dollars against the American Sugar Refining Company for alleged Sherman act violations. The action, filed in the United States circuit court, covered antitrust claims and damages.
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New York
Holt
United States
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Bulgarians Seek Work in Denver Petition Governor
Pinched by hunger and unable to relieve their wants two hundred Bulgarians sent a petition to Gov. Buchtel asking him to use his influence toward getting them employment or to send them back to their European homes in another city.
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Denver
Col
Buchtel
Cotton Crop Report Shows 1907 Bales and Linters
Washington dispatch reports the 1907 cotton crop totaling 11,261,103 running bales when counting round bales as half and including linters, with a total of 27,577 active glineries for the year.
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Washington
Mar
Censans
Affinity Revealed in Double Tragedy and Coverup
Milwaukee man George Willoughby, head of Jewell and Sherman Mills, shot his wife Florence on Prospect Avenue then killed himself. He confessed to an affair with a Chicago woman, planned the murder for months, stole chloroform, and staged a burglary to mislead investigators. Willoughby, 60, was born in Richland County.
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Milwaukee
Mar
George Willoughby
Jewell & Sherman Company
Coffee and Spice Mills
Florence Willoughby
Prospect Avenue
Willoughby
Ludington
New York
Chicago
Richland County
Michigan
Wholesale arrest of foreign laborers in Clarksburg
Wholesale arrests of foreign laborers on the alien contract law violation were made here late Friday by U S Marshal Wiott and deputies under U S Attorney Showalter. Twenty six foreigners are now in jail.
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Alleng Clarksburg
W. Va
United States
Wiott
Showalter
House Spurns Data Plan Resolution on Corporate Information
The House voted 148 to 115 to table a resolution demanding President Roosevelt release information on corporations collected by the Bureau of Corporations. Representative Hardwick of Georgia criticized the president for withholding such data and urged first hand access, arguing Congress must see the information, not rely on second hand driblets.
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Washington
Mar
House
Bureau of Corporations
Roosevelt
Hardwick
Georgia
Congress
United States
Italian Warship Etruria Recalled To Haiti Mission
In New Orleans Italian residents hosted a banquet for the cruiser Etruria. A message from the Italian government ordered the warship to Port au Prince, Haiti, to safeguard Italian citizens if disorders worsen. The Etruria plans to depart once coal supplies are secured.
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New Orleans
Mar
Etruria
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Death by own action linked to stabbing case in Evansville
Dr. H. C. Norgenson, a veterinary surgeon, was found dead in his Evansville office. Coroner's jury findings indicate death by his own action, connected to the stabbing of Mrs. Jennie Farmer earlier in the same office by Mrs. John M. Davenport, wife of an abstractor.
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Evansville
Ind
H. C. Norgenson
Jennie Farmer
John M. Davenport
Five Salvage Workers Endangered by Fire Collapse
In Minneapolis on March 21 a blaze caused 360000 in damage at the Gamble H Robinson Wholesale Fruit Company building. The collapse of the third floor endangered five salvage corps members and a police sergeant, followed by an explosion that blew out both ends of the structure.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Mar
Salvage Corps
Gamble H. Robinson Wholesale Fruit Company
Mob Slays Two Negroes in Perry Jail Escape
A mob of armed citizens tore Richard Smith and Will McMullen from the county jail in Perry Florida. They were taken to a secluded spot outside town, bound to stakes, and shot to death. The incident follows reports of violence by night riders against property.
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Perry, Fla
Mar
Richard Smith
Will McMullen
Lexington
Nicholas County
Bishop Fowler Dies in Gotham City
New York March 21 Rev Charles I Fowler bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church died at his home after a period of illness heart failure from complications. Born in 1837 in Burford Ontario he built a life of church service and education directing projects from Peking University to Nebraska Wesleyan University and raising funds exceeding 20 million dollars for church works. He led the church as missionary secretary and helped shape multiple colleges and open emergency plans while serving as bishop.
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New York
Charles I. Fowler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fowler
Minneapolis
Fowler Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Metropolitan Temple
Washington
Methodist
Fifth Avenue
Bishop Fowler
Burford
Ont
Geneses College
Syracuse University
Garrett Biblical Institute
Chicago
Northwestern University
Christian Advocate
Peking University
China
Nanking University
Methodist- Episcopal Church
St. Petersburg
McCoy College of Theology
California
Nebraska
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
Great Cleveland
Drew Theological Seminary
Madison
N. J
American University
Methodist Missionary Society
The
Church Extension Society
Freedmen's Aid
Methodist Societies
Slaying in Quarrel Over 73 Cents At Norfolk Home
John Blaylock, a Lambers Point contractor, was shot and killed by Henry Hyslop a Virginian Pilot route agent during a dispute over 73 cents at Blaylock's residence. Hyslop surrendered to police. In a separate event, a panic hit Butler Pennsylvania as a rumor spread that a black hand threat demanded 6500 to blow up Institute Hall.
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Slal
Norfolk
John
Blaylock
Lambers Point
Henry Hyslop
Hyslop
Virginian Pilot
Butler
Mar
Institute Hall
Mechling
Reporters Quit Reichstag After Interruption
Berlin observers report that press representatives assigned to cover Reichstag sessions have ceased reporting after an incident during Thursday's colonial budget debate. center leader Herr Groeber called journalists swine, prompting the boycott.
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Berlin
Mar
Herr Groeber
Iowa Farmer Murdered in Auburn Township
Otto Thie beck, a 70 year old farmer living in Auburn township Payette county, was murdered in his Auburn village home on March 21. The victim was a longtime resident of the area.
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Iowa
Oelwein
Mar
Otto Thiebeck
Auburn Township
Payette County
Auburn
Senator Bryan in Critical Typhoid Condition
News in a Nutshell reports Senator Bryan Florida is in critical condition with typhoid fever. Also notes the Cullom bill adding land to Fort Sheridan II passing the Senate, a large pension bill approved by the House, and various international and local items including Seattle events, Bermuda crops, and a request for federal investigation into the Collinwood school fire.
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Bryan Florida
Fort Sheridan II
Senate
Washington
M. Saito
Seattle
Tokyo
United States
Vitoria
South Africa
Transvaal
Murphy
Bordeaux
Bermuda
New York
Richard A. Horne
Kansas City
H. J. Groves
Kansas City Post
Municipal Council of the Foreign Settlement of
Shanghai
Donald R. Lord
West
Frank Lyle
Dowagine
Kiks
Countess Montignoso
Fredericki August
Saxony
Tosetti
London
Anna Gould
Prince de Sagan
Count Castellane
Riot at Cleveland steel plant leaves man dead
Three hundred desperate workers clashed at the Cuyahoga plant of the American Steel and Wire Company in Cleveland on Friday over jobs. A guard or crowd member was fatally shot during the riot as hunger and unemployment drive unrest.
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Cleveland, O
Cuyahoga
American Steel, and Wire Company
Senator Penrose Improves From Illness at Home
United States Senator Penrose, ill at his Philadelphia home with facial erysipelas and a heavy cold, was reported Friday to be improving.
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Penrose
Philadelphia
Mar
United States
Markets Report From Chicago And New York
Markets show wheat firm in Chicago with May at 95 4 to 96 ½ cents and July around 84 1 2 cents. Corn weak amid thin demand, oats dull, butter steady, eggs higher, and poultry prices mixed. New York market notes dull flours and firmer rye, softening wheat on Argentine shipments and weaker cables.
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Nicago
Minneapolis
New York
Argentina
Live Stock Prices From Chicago And Omaha Markets
Chicago and Omaha stock lists show cattle, hogs, and sheep values for March 20. Cattle ranges include native and western steers, cows, heifers, and calves. hogs show heavy packing, mixed packers, and barrow prices. sheep feature yearlings, wethers, ewes, and lambs with quoted ranges.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Texas
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Crest
Affinity
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Methodist Episcopal
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Lisbon
Jafuneo
Egine
Portuguese Guinea
Varella
Cleveland
Ohio
Collinwood
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