United States Consolidated Steel Company Nears Charter
J P Morgan has completed the merger plan uniting Carnegie, Federal Steel, National Tube, American Steel and Wire, American Tin Plate, National Steel, American Steel Hoop, and American Sheet Steel. The new United States Consolidated Steel Company would issue 1.1 billion in capitalization and file its charter in Trenton, New Jersey. The American Bridge Company was left out due to London listing concerns. The Lake Superior iron assets may join later.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Carnegie Company
Federal Steel Company
National Tube Company
American Steel and Wire Company
American Tin Plate Company
National Steel Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American Sheet Steel Company
United States Consolidated Steel Company
William Nelson Cromwell
Trenton
N. J
Waldorf-Astoria
Stock Exchange
John W. Gates
Francis Lynde Stetson
American Bridge Company
Morgan Concern
London
Jake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines
Rockefeller
Mesaba Range
Morgan Combination
Lake Superior
Great Combination
Independence Day Celebrated in Guba Cuba Parade of 10000
In Havana on February 24 independence day events included parades and mass meetings. A 10 000 child procession with Cuban flags was reviewed by prominent politicians. The Republican party met at the Tacon Theatre with Senor Capote urging quiet and praise for U S aid. Senor Zayas urged action by liberators machetes and Latin glory. Senor Juan Gualberto Gomez denounced annexation and warned U S power. National party talks opposed U S naval stations. In Washington Governor General Wood reported receiving the Cuban constitution and is translating it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Wood
Republican Party
Tacon Theatre
Senor Capote
United States
Cuba
Washington
Senor Zayas
Juan Gualberto Gomez
National Party
Senor Bravo
Senor Lacret
Senor Alfredo Zayas
United States Naval Stations
Building Trades Council Backs Constitution Amendment Referendum
Delegates at a regular Building Trades Council meeting endorsed a resolution urging the Legislature to require all proposed constitutional amendments be submitted to the people via petition. The legislative committee was directed to lobby Senators and Representatives. The council also endorsed the Tobacco Workers' Union label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades Council Esterday
Commonwealth
Tobacco Workers’ Union
Fruit Trees Benefit From Cold Snap in Savannah
The February 24 report from Savannah notes fruit trees benefit as sap remains low due to the cold snap, aiding crops.
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Savannah
Protestantism Protests Publicly in Manila Sessions
A large Manila gathering in Tondo and an open air event at Pasay promoted Protestantism under the Evangelical church. Rev. James B. Rodgers with Senor Buen camino and others work on church polity articles while Methodists report 258 baptisms in Manila last week. Salamanca, Cavite arrest, awaits trial. insurgent charges denied. Twenty insurgents captured near Polo, Bulacan, rumors say General Torres may have surrendered.
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Manilla
Tondo
Manila
Evangelical Church
Cavite
Polo
Bulacan
Torres
National League Schedule Meeting Opens in New York
The annual National League meeting begins tomorrow at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. President Charles Zimmer of the Protective Association arrives to present players claims to magnates, aiming to avert a potential war. President Young has drafted the season schedule, but public release hinges on resolving the American League issue.
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New York
National League
Fifth Avenue
Charles Zimmer
The
Protective Association
Zimmer
Players’ Organization
Young
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Malden Man Fatally Injured In Clinton Street Incident
Malden police found Moses Mahan with a deep head wound at the foot of a stairway in Graffam's block on Clinton street. He was unconscious and needed 15 stitches. doctors feared a fractured skull. Neighbors reported a nightlong fight but no arrests were made.
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Malden
Graffam
Clinton Street
Killion
Bushell
Muldoon
Moses Mahan
Mahan
Proctor
Crown
Sailor Dies After Wood Alcohol Drinking Incident
Mathew P. Rose a Honolulu resident and sailor staying at 161 Court Street died at 7 AM after consuming wood alcohol from a supply used by his roommate Charles H. Harden a lamplighter. Rose had refused medical aid earlier but later died at Massachusetts General Hospital after being taken there by Station 3. He leaves a mother and two brothers in Honolulu.
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Mathew P. Rose
Court Street
Rose
Honolulu
Port
Charles H. Harden
Harden
Station 3
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fire Damages 26 Poplar Street Apartment Above
A three story brick dwelling at 26 Poplar Street saw a brief blaze about 9:45 last night. Fire began on the third floor in the J Gitlan apartment, with roof and top floor damage estimated at 509 dollars. Building owned by Michael Greng'ein.
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Poplar Street
J. Gitlan
Michael Greng’ein
Society Notes on Boston Hosts and Travel Plans
World of Society highlights include Mrs. Benjamin B. Cole opening her parlor for India's Home Life of the Hindus lecture by Mrs. Louise Katharine Harnett of New York. Socials, dances, and numerous Boston hosts move to the South, Pacific, and Atlantic City with gatherings at Mrs. Converse and Mrs. Crosby homes and a Rudyard Kipling program for the South End Day Nursery Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin B. Cole
Commonwealth Avenue
India
Louise Katharine Harnett
New York
Harnett
Isaac W . Chick
Beacon Street
John Livingston Grandin
Costello C. Converse
Whitney Hall
Coolidge Corner
Robert A. Barnet
William M. Bullivant
Wallace D. Dexter
Edward C. Fletcher
George R. Harris
Joseph Henderson
Frank J. James
Fitzroy Ixelley
Charles W. Lewis
George H
Harvard
William Sumner Crosby
Gardner Road
Brookline
Haddon Hall
Atlantic City
Miss Hooper
Crosby
Hooper Estate
California
Lamont G. Burnham
Bay State Road
Washington
Gilman
J. Howard Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Ierbert A. Wilder
Mary Wilder
Esther F. Wilder
South
Frank A. Allen
Miss Allen
D. T. Brigham
Thane Street
Dorchester
Arthur Bigham
George C. Dutton
Pinehurst
Amory Sullivan
Paris
Westminster
Stanley P. Clemens
Rudyard Kipling
Walter Stokes Irons
Edith E. Torrey
Agnes Patterson
Curtis Guild, Jr
Boston
Actors’ Church Alliance
Pierce Hall
Copley Square
George Shinn
D. D
Hale Jacobs
William
Madison
Malden
S. Homer Eaton
Fair Children
Bryce A‘lan
Rudolph Agassiz
Anna Thayer
Rosamond Saltonstall
Marion Peabody
Martha Phillips
Alice Sargent
Retirement of Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn Ends Public Service
Washington reports the retirement of Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn, longtime chief constructor of the U S Navy. From a Boston Navy Yard shipwright apprentice he rose to head the bureau of construction and repair in 1898 and shaped the design of the new navy’s battleships and cruisers. He retires by age limit March 4 after years of influential service.
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Hichborn
Navy
Boston Yard
Washington
Philip Hichborn
Boston Navy Yard
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Not a murder after all chase ends with bewildered lodger
Station 3 officers pursued a supposed murderer after a Crescent place call at 11:30 pm. The suspect was found to be a lodger angered by a stubborn latch key. no arrests were made and the block returned to quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swain
Moe Auliffe
Station 3
Crescent Place
Dewet Routed by Plumer in Orange River Chase
London dispatch reports General Dewet routed by Colonel Plumer with Henniker Craddock Jeffreys and Grabbo after failed crossings at Klip Drift Read s Drift and Mark s Drift. Plumer’s forces pursued toward Hopetown capturing prisoners and horses as the Boer retreat dwindled with 409 Boers recrossing north of the river. The Orange River front is described as greatly swollen.
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London
Daily Mail
Henniker
Dewet
Plumer
Craddock
Jeffreys
Grabbo
Orange
Brak
Klip Drift
Read's Drift
Mark's Drift
Kameel Drift
Welgerenden
Zuurgat
Hopetown
Owen
Boston man seeks niece Rachel Ahlstrom missing since stepfather's death
A man calling himself Horatio Marcellas, claiming to be a Boston letter carrier, asked police to locate his niece Rachel Ahlstrom age 12. Rachel is the stepdaughter of Dr Christian Ahlstrom who died of gas at the Boulevard Hotel. The man says his rich Oklahoma-based brother Isaac is the father. Police said they would try to locate the girl.
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New York
Horatio Marcellas
Boston
Rachel Ahlstrom
Ahlstrom
Christian Ahlstrom
Boulevard Hotel
Marcelas
Isaac
Oklahoma
Rachel
Materialized Washington At Temple Draws 200 Believers
At the First Spiritual Temple more than 200 believers gathered as the spirit of George Washington was advertised to materialize. Through medium Mrs. N. J. Willis Washington spoke for an hour on current issues including opposition to territorial expansion and the U S policy in Puerto Rico Cuba and the Philippines.
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George Washington
Lawson's Offer Signals New Naval Boat Design Details
The article explains the Lawson boat's construction with extensive belt plates and frames, noting seventy-seven frames, 26 foot beam, 24 foot depth, and an estimated 20 foot draft. It compares the Lawson vessel to the Columbia and Bristol boats, highlighting mast placement, nickel steel mast step, and weight considerations amid competition with Herreshoff’s rival design.
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Columbia
Boston
Thre
Lawson
Bristol
Herreshoff
Resignation Planned at Pleasant Street Baptist Church
The Rev Woodman Bradbury resigns from Pleasant Street Baptist Church Cambridge Worcester to accept a call to Old Cambridge Baptist received ten days ago His last sermon here will be March 10.
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Worcester
Woodman Bradbury
Pleasant Street Baptist Church
Old Cambridge Baptist
Private Convent Burns in Manchang Fire
A private convent in Manchang run by Mary Frances Mergece was burned down at 8 30 tonight. Most furniture was destroyed after a lamp exploded starting the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Douglas
Manchang
Mary Frances Mergece
Weavers Union Holds No Action on Olneyville Extension
In Providence on February 24 the general meeting of non-union and union weavers at Olneyville did not act on extending the organization. The Textile Union is already organized and the executive committee planned a meeting for tomorrow or Tuesday.
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Providence
Olneyville
American Woollen Company
Tuesay
Walsh Twins Christen in Fort Hill Community Event
In Fort Hill Boston two newborn nephews of ex Senator Quinn, Richard and Maurice Walsh, were christened at St James Church. About fifty friends attended as the Walsh family welcomed a third generation in the Quinn household at 30 Wendell Street amid remarks by ex Senator Quinn and local residents who trace the Fort Hill district history.
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Old Fort Hill
Quinn
Richard
Maurice Walsh
Wendell Street
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Broad, Milk, Lincoln
Summer Streets
Fort Hill
Wharf Street
Walsh
Father McQuaid
St. James’s Church
John
Richard Walsh
James Birmingham
Philip H. Quinn
Timothy F. Quinn
Sharon
John J. Sullivan
Joseph Lewis
Thomas Co. Sutton
Misses May
Sadie Sutton
Dr. McGillicuddy
John Morrison
Patrick J. Shea
Blind Worcester beggar worth four thousand after arrest
Michael Mc Feeney, a blind beggar, and his wife were sent to the Worcester poor farm after the almoner found Mrs. McFeeney exhausted. Bank books and a certified check showed McFeeney’s wealth at 3200 dollars. He claimed he spent money aiding his wife after she suffered two paralytic shocks and said he once practiced as a veterinarian in Syracuse, New York.
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Worcester
Michael McFeeney
McFeeney
Syracuse
N. Y
Fire damages Read's bakery and Briggs's block in two alarm blaze
A two alarm fire in Read's bakery on Bank street and Briggs's block in the rear caused 3000 and 500 in damages respectively. The blaze, the first two alarm incident since the May 1899 conflagration, was caused by grease igniting as the baker fried doughnuts.
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Attleboro
Nathan
Read
Bank Street
Briggs
Calypso to Train Fishermen Near Newfoundland
The British admiralty will dispatch the third class cruiser Calypso to the Newfoundland coast to train fishermen for the naval reserve, reinforcing wartime manpower and local defense efforts.
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London
British Admiralty
Calypso
Newfoundland
Naval Reserve
Fire destroys Penn Yan cold storage warehouse
Fire at Penn Yan destroyed the cold storage warehouse and its contents. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars, partially insured. occurred on February 24 in Syracuse area context.
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Penn Yan
Syracuse
N. Y
Arch Bishop Martinelli to Be Named Cardinal
The report that Arch bishop Martinelli apostolic delegate to the United States will be created a cardinal is confirmed.
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Martinelli
Rome
United States
Maud Gonne and Major McBride in Boston Irish event
Maud Gonne and Major John McBride concluded their Boston visit with a reception at the Hotel Essex and a public event at Hollis Street Theatre. The gathering featured Irish organizations, a Boer flag, speeches by General Collins and Major McBride, and a rousing reception from about 100 ladies plus a large crowd.
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Maud Gonne
John McBride
Boston
Miss Gonne
Hotel Essex
Mary Cavanagh
M. H. Hughes
Catharine Mullen
Mary MacNealy
Catherine Sheridan
Charles McCarthy
Major McBride
Thomas P. Collins
General Committee
P. A. Collins
Hollis Street
W. S. McNary
J. J. Teevans
Terence Cavanagh
William Cronin
John A. Ryan
John Dillon
Auxiliary Committee
Mr. Collins
General Collins
Transvaal Brigade
Religion in the College Address Sparks Question of Service
Professor F. G. Peabody of Harvard challenged graduates at New Old South Church with a talk on The Religion of a College Student. He framed the inquiry as not seeking personal salvation but asking what good one can do after leaving college. The address opened a series on The Message of the College to the Church.
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F. G. Peabody
Harvard University
New Old South Church
Sermon on Christ's Teaching Concerning Marriage and Divorce
The Rev. Walter Cailey preached at the Baptist Tabernacle Bowdoin square on marriage as a sacred bond. He urged unions of companionship over social motives and stated divorce is scripturally justifiable only on one ground, urging Christians not to seek legal separation otherwise.
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Walter Cailey
Baptist Tabernacle
Bowdoin Square
World record falls at Fresno motor-paced race
On the national racing circuit at the Velodrome a world record was set in the 10 mile motor-paced race by Stone with a time of 16 minutes 48 5 10 seconds beating Newkirk by 19 seconds and Nelson’s Los Angeles mark. Lawson of Buffalo won the mile professional race in two heats. John C. Hickey resigns as third vice-president of the State AFL branch and Bartenders Local Union leader in Lynn to focus on private business.
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John McBride
Ireland
England
Miss Gonne
Limerick
New York
United Irish League
John Daly
Irish World
League
Father McFadden
County Mayo
Theing
Fresno
Cal
Stone
Newkirk
Nelson
Los Angeles
Lawson
Buffalo
Lynn
John C. Hickey
The
American Federation
Pair of Women Pass in Pittsburg Gas Tragedy
Ellen O'Malley is dead and Margaret Maney is unconscious after both were found in a room with a red hot gas stove releasing unburned gas. Authorities report the women were likely victims of asphyxiation from gas exposure.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Ellen O'Malley
Margaret Maney
Sermon Compares Carrie Nation to John Brown
The Rev Charles E Davis at Tremont Street M E Church yesterday morning likened Carrie Nation to John Brown noting her peaceful nature yet driven by a fierce spirit in the war against wrong. He framed her as carrying the same earnest zeal in confronting societal evils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Nation
John Brown
Charles E. Davis
Tremont Street
M. E
Funeral Held For Rev. E R Butler At Beachmont Church
The funeral for Rev. E R Butler pastor of the Church of the Unity Beachmont was held yesterday afternoon. The Rev Edward Horton D D conducted the church services. Interment followed at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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E. R. Butler
Church of the Unity
Beachmont
Edward Horton
D. D
Forest Hills Cemetery
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Collins
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Hell
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Cailey
Bowdoin Square Tabernacle
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Chester H. Graves & Sons
Eastern Drug Company
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