Hale Threatens 16,000-Ton Ships Feud Sways Naval Bill
Washington dispatch details the fight over the naval appropriation as Senator Hale of Maine clashes with Roosevelt on 16,000 ton battleships. Roosevelt presses for rapid shipbuilding while Tillman threatens delay over South Carolina claims, and new Delaware senators Allee and Ball receive ovations.
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Perkins
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Funail
House
Senate
Tillman
Enate
South Carolina
Crowninshield quits navy amid retirement request
Washington reports two major communications from the European station. Rear Admiral Arent Crowninshield seeks retirement, and Lt. Henry Ward resigns from the navy. Crowninshield to be removed from active duty. Admiral Cotton to command the European squadron and head to Europe.
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Navy
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Navy Yard
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Raleigh
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Caribbean
Mobile
Ala
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Espana
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Dewy
Atlantic
Gulf
Illinois
North Atlantic
Two Young Children Attempt Elope in Indiana
In Silver Lake Kosciusko County, Devon Etty aged 7 and Ruth Arnold aged 6 slipped from home at dusk with intentions to marry. After two hours they were found at a farmhouse. when asked why, he hugged her and said they were to be married, she tearfully agreeing.
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Commercial Tribune
Dublin
Ind
Indiana
Silver Lake
Kosciusco County
Devon
Étty
Ruth Arnold
Little Raws
Ruth
Ice Cream Makers Form New Combination
A group of five ice-cream manufacturers formed a combination today in Cobhocton New York. Prices were advanced by five cents a gallon, following a recent local milkmen combination cited as the cause.
Tobacco price war erupts with giveaway offer in New York
In New York the tobacco battle intensifies as Acker Merrall Condit cuts prices and United Cigar Stores launches a price war. A trust window notice proclaims free imported cigars for all customers on their books, prompting skepticism that the move is a staged tactic to squeeze independents.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
New
Trust
Havana Tobacco Company
Henry Clay-Bock Company
Havana Commercial Company
Cuba
Acker, Merrall & Condit
Bock -Paneteios
Childless wife buys Indian baby in Kentucky sale
Mrs Nat Hart of Lexington bought a 10 month old full blooded Indian girl in Kentucky. The novelty drew many friends and was reported from the Indian Territory. Hart wrote that she solved the childless issue by purchasing the infant for a small sum.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Nat Hart
Kentucky
Panama Canal Becomes American, Roosevelt Says
President Roosevelt and cabinet discussed Panama Canal status. Knox reported acceptance by Cromwell of the United States option on the canal company property, assuring completion of the purchase and U S control once ratification proceeds, with construction to continue in the interim.
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Roosevelt
Knox
Nelson W. Cromwell
Panama Canal Company
United States
Canal Company
Senate
Panama
Paris
M. Bo
Cromwell
Tron
P. C. Knox
Isthmian Canal Commission
William Nelson Cromwell
New Panama Canal Company
Panama Canal
Colombia
Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans
Alaskan Boundary Treaty Ratified by Cabinet
In Washington on March 3 the cabinet announced the exchange of ratifications of the Alaskan boundary treaty concluded today, marking formal approval of the agreement between nations.
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Washington
Bryan denies he will lead a party revolt
William J. Bryan said in an interview he will not bolt the Democratic convention or lead an independent movement if Gold Democrats capture the National convention. He called the idea absurd and said he had not made such statements.
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Pittsburg
William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
New York
Bryan
Police Captain Boyd Suspended Over Indictment
Police Captain Sam Boyd of the Fourth District was suspended after a conference with Chief Keiley and Police Board President Harry B. Mawes. The action followed official notice of a grand jury indictment for neglect of duty related to resorts housing young girls as prisoners.
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ST. Louis
Sam Boyd
Keiley
Harry B.mawes
Police Board
Boyd
General Wil Booth Sprains Knee Delays Atlantic Departure
New York March 3 General Wil Booth Commander in Chief of the Sal Army sprained his knee in a downstairs accident at army headquarters. The injury is not serious, but fatigue from a long country trip will keep him from sailing tomorrow as planned and his departure is postponed.
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New York
Wil Booth
Sal Army
Jubilee in Rome as Pope Leo XIII marks jubilee
Rome witnessed a vast Jubilee celebration for Pope Leo XIII with 75 000 in St Peter's. The Pontiff appeared in white amid imperial guards and Swiss papal guards in historic dress, blessing the crowd as bells rang and tribunes glowed with decoration.
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Leo XIII
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St. Peter’s
Omder of
Malta
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St. Peter's
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Sistine Choir
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