Electric roads all the new tunnel roads in London
A London dispatch reports C T Yerkes may have acquired a controlling interest in the Metropolitan District railway as part of a plan to electrify London’s transit. The scheme, under consideration for months, favors an American system over Ganz. Parliament is weighing two bills to grant construction powers with joint stations at Charing Cross and Bank and possible branch lines to Westminster and Victoria.
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New York
Ate Herald
London
C. T. Yerkes
Charing Cross
Huston & Hampstead Road
Chicago Street Railway
Metropolitan District Railway
Yerkes
KR. W. Perks
District Railway
Mrchase
Stock Exchange
Cecil
Perka
Yerks
Mesars
Abel and
Davies
Chapman
Tp Lo
Ganz
Wideher-Elkins Syndicate
Chicago Street Railways
Charing Cross Euston & Hampstead
Baker Street
Waterloo
Westminster
Victoria
Everybody to Blame Wolseley Speaks in House
New York report notes Lord Wolseley’s parliamentary speech on March 15 addressing Boer War blunders and denying he should be scapegoated. observers say the march toward accountability remains unsettled as Wolseley hints at final remarks in the house.
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New York
Lord Wolseley
South African War Dispute In London Circles
London correspondent reports sharp tension over the Boer war approach as Lord Wolseley, Lord Lansdowne, and Mr. Chamberlain face scrutiny. Government figures are blamed for underestimating South African military needs, while the intelligence department defended itself amid miscalculations. Ambush blame spreads through the cabinet, with both Lansdowne and Wolseley resisting scapegoating.
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London
the Tribune
America
Lord Wolseley
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Rosebery
Oer
Loris Wolseley
Lansdowne
Mr. Chamberlain
South Africa
Lord Lans’downe
Population of India Shows First Stationary Decade
Calcutta reports complete census returns placing India's population at 294000000 with a seven million rise in ten years. Excluding recently counted Baluchestan Shoustaks China hills and Sikkim, net growth falls to 14 percent due to census changes, indicating a stationary population amid famines disease and falling birth rates in native states.
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Calcutta
India
Baluchestan
Shoustaks
China Hills
Sikkim
Callahan Requests Crowe for Abduction Case
Omaha March 15 The Callahan defense for James Callahan charged as an abductors of young Cuddahy filed a motion to continue the trial set for March 20 The attorneys urge Pat Crowe be present per Callahan affidavit and the motion will be argued before Judge Baker in district court Saturday
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Omaha, Neb
James Callahan
Cuddahy
Pat Crowe
Callahan
Baker
Head Off the Russians British appeal to US in Manchuria
London dispatch notes the British foreign office fears Russian moves in Manchuria and urges Washington to distance itself from Wu Ting Fang and Russian diplomacy. The Globe hints Britain seeks US help to curb Russia, restore prestige, and maintain open doors for British trade, while boosting southern cotton mills.
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London
Globe
Russia
Manchuria
United States
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
China
Would-be Bank Robbers Fire On Halifax Cashier
Harrisburg March 15 Charles W Ryan cashier of the national bank of Halifax Pa was shot and seriously injured yesterday by two robbers who entered the bank and demanded the cash box He refused and they fired and fled One clerk Tenac Leiter was slightly wounded A posse captured the robbers who gave their names as Henry Rowe and Weston Kelter formerly mine workers in Lykens They will be brought to the jail in Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Chas. W. Ryan
National Bank of Halifax
Tenac Leiter
Henry, Rowe
Weston Kelter
Lykens
Still After the Duke in Portia Knight Suit
London counsel deny a duke of Manchester remark about breach of promise suit. The letter claims the duke questioned the action as unjustified and suggests it was dropped. The breach of promise case proceeds, with courts to decide its justification.
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London
Portia Knight
Duke of Manchester
Chicago To Test Underground Conduit For Wires
Five Chicago companies including Westven Union and Postal Telegraph joined city electrician in proposing a common conduit to house all wires. The three foot square conduit, to be built on Archer avenue, would be city owned with shared costs and rights for the firms. An ordinance to bury wires citywide may follow if the experiment proves successful.
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Chicago
Tigres-Herald
Westven Union
The
Postal Telegraph
Chicago Telesphone Co
Chicago Evison Co
City of Chicago
City Electrician
Ellicoot
Archer Avenue
Bluecoot
Tam
Harrison funeral in Indianapolis with state militia display
Acting on Governor Curtiti s orders telegrams were sent to Maine and other territories announcing General Harrison s body would lie in state in Indianapolis on Saturday. A large militia guard will assemble at the capitol with 70th Indiana as honor guard and Grand Army posts assisting. The funeral remains private on Sunday.
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Indianapolis
Curtiti
Charles FB. Wilson
Maine
Union
Harrison
Indiana
Gore
Harrison Home
McKee
Harrison Street
Capitol
Hartiton
State House
Seventieth Indiana Regiment
Guard of Honor
G. A. R. Post
Lawton
Governor Mount
Hospital exam May reveal causes in Wadman death
In New York March 14 the postmortem at Manhattan state hospital found three broken ribs and a injured left lung possibly from perforation with facial and body discolorations. Embalming made cause of death hard to determine and internal organs were sent to Cornell University for microscopical study. Numerous affidavits claim Wadman was in perfect health when he fled the ship.
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New York
Hersert
Wadman
Manhattan State Hospital
Cornell University Medical School
Burn Gambling Outfit Blotted Out by Religious Coalition
In Patton Michigan on March 15 a gambling house frequented by young men was closed after a meeting of the WCTU and church groups. By dawn a crowd of over one hundred, mostly women, carried out the sale of pool and billiard tables and yards, then smashed the equipment with axes and burned the debris.
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Patton
Mich
W. C. TU
Americans Receive Legion of Honor Honors in Paris
Paris March 11 Americans named chevaliers of the Legion of Honor for the Paris exposition include Colonel Charles C. Long James Deering Humphreys noted artist and Mrs Puig an engineer.
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Paris
Charles C. Long
James Deering Humphreys
Mra. Puig
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Stockholders' Meeting
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