German Prince Henry in Milwaukee Welcome Tribute
The German American Germania club hosts Prince Henry of Prussia in Milwaukee with a grand reception at the Hotel Pfister. Crowds cheer as illumination lights Grand Avenue and city hall tower while toasts honor the United States and Germany. Navy and army veterans recount shared bonds. Prince Henry expresses thanks and hopes for enduring friendship.
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Siegel
Rosenkranz
Carl Schurz
Germany
Columbia
Willian
Milwaukee
Athens
Prince Henry
Foley
Pfister
Grand Avenue
Wisconsin Street
City Hall
Court of Honor
St. James Episcopal Church
United States
Luther
Rose
East
Prince Henry's Chicago Visit Includes Minnesotan Welcome
Prince Henry toured Chicago under bright skies, greeting crowds with cap tips after a rest at his hotel. Governor Van Sant led a Minnesota German residents’ delegation praising the prince, who pledged to forward the emperor’s goodwill. A wreath was laid at Lincoln’s tomb before a Germania club luncheon and reception.
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Chicago
Prince Henry
West
Prince
Robert T. Lincoln
Harrison
Admiral Evans
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Rookery Building
Minnesota
van Sant
Lincoln’s
Lincoln Park
Lincoln
Germania Club
Banhe
Prince Henry Train Speeds Through Chicago at Dawn
A train bearing Prince Henry and party passed Chicago on the way East at 12:40 this morning, marking a swift transit through the city. The outing highlights the royal visit route as the entourage continues onward.
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Chicago
Prince Henry
Masonic Emblem for Prince Henry to be Presented
The March 4 issue will note that Prince Henry will receive a valuable Masonic emblem during a banquet at the Hotel Somerset. Worshipful Master Hanser of Germania lodge will present the square and compass adorned with gold and diamonds valued at 319000. The gold came from a nugget found by Mrs. Goodwin's husband, a longtime Mason and former Connecticut grand treasurer.
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Prince Boston
Prince Henry
Hotel Somerset
Hanser
Germania Lodge
P. C. Woodwin
Germany
Honor memory of Emmet at Irish Nationalists meeting
Chicago March 4 Irish Nationalists gathered to honor Robert Emmet and to discuss Ireland’s woes along with the South African war. Ex-Congressman John J. Lentz of Ohio urged intervention for the South African republics while Judge Edward F. Dunne of Chicago praised Emmet and led the program.
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Chicago
Ill
Ireland
Robert Emmet
John J. Lentz
Ohio
Edward F. Dunne
Passe lands the robbers at Belvidere Illinois
Eight farmers captured James A Lille r and Daniel Butler after an eight mile chase. The pair, found looting a general store and the post office at Herbert, were cornered in a railroad pumping station and besieged for four hours before surrendering.
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Belvidere
Ill
James Aliller
Daniel Butler
Herbert
Knights of Columbus Open National Convention in New Haven
The Knights of Columbus began their national convention in New Haven with Supreme Knight Edward L. Hearn presiding. The group plans to discuss a new constitution that excludes saloon keepers and liquor dealers from membership. National Secretary Colwell reported 609 councils, 32,790 insured members, and 46,016 associate members as of December 31, 1901.
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New Haven
Conn
The
Knights of Columbus
Edward L. Hearn
South Farmingham
Mass
Colwell
Wittmer Wins Two Falls Over Tom McCarthy in Muncie Match
Charles Wittmer defeated Tom McCarthy of Cleveland in a three fall bout in Muncie Indiana. Wittmer won the first fall in eighteen minutes, McCarthy captured the second in twenty five minutes, and Wittmer secured the final Graeco-Roman fall in thirteen minutes.
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Tom McCarthy
Cleveland
Muncie
Ind
Charles Wittmer
McCarthy
Wittmer
Kid Thomas Knocked Out in Denver Bout
Buddy King of Denver, colored, knocked out Kid Thomas of Chicago in the third round of a ten round scheduled match tonight in Denver.
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Kid Thomas
Denver
Col
Buddy King
Kid ‘Thomas
Chicago
Changes on Grand Trunk
F. H. Guigan, formerly Wabash western division superintendent, named Grand Trunk manager with Chicago offices. John J. Cotter resigns as Wabash St Louis division trainmaster to take Denver & Rio Grande division superintendent post.
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Springfield
Til
F. H. Guigan
Svestern
Wabash
Grand Trunk
Chicago
John J. Cotter
St. Louis
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Cruiser Trip to Ecuador
The state department probes disputes between American railroad contractors and Ecuadorian workers. Ecuador’s labor laws favor laborers against employers and agents. American protests to the minister fail. Congress may seek relief. Navy patrols discussed but no orders issued.
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Washington
State Department
Ecuador
Sampson
Department
Congress
Hcuadorian
Navy Department
Reappointment of Webster Flanagan as tax collector
General wire report lists multiple terse items: Webster Flanagan in line for reappointment as collector for the Third Texas district. farmer Andrew Berquish dies after drinking hot water. violent clash in Lemberg Galicia over priest arrest. prairie fire near Fort Cobb Oklahoma destroys homesteads. Metropolitan Trust seeks sale of Little Falls Dolgeville railroad bonds. various deaths including John Wurster suicide linked to a disputed engagement. Philadelphia Record plans under Bailey after Singly. missing Union Pacific clerk B E Ford. Henry B Perkins commits suicide amid ill health. foreclosure order against United States Milling plant with minimum sale. Amsterdam diamond firms Heyman and Graanboom troubled. Scrimger suicide near Lexington Illinois. Martin Curley mystery burial in Worcester.
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Webster Flanagan
Internal Revenue
Texas
Andrew Berquish
Escanaba
Mich
Lemberg
Galicia
Bordnikie
Russian Poland
Metropolitan Trust Company of
New York
Justice Scripture
Little Falls & Dolgeville
Central Hudson
Pisco Lake
John Wurster
Leoni Township
John W. Bailey
Philadelphia Record Publishing Company
Bailey
William M. Singly
The
Record
Singly
B. E. Ford
Union Pacific
Omaha
Ford
Henry B. Perkins
Warren
Chicago
Henry B. Perkins, Jr
Jacob
Mary
Olive
Samuel Smith
Cincinnati
United States Flour Milling Company
Pitney
Jersey City
Amsterdam
Heyman
Graanboom
United States
Antwerp
Thomas E. Scrimger
Lexington
Iil
Union League
George Scrimger
Methodist Church
Champaign
Illinoois
Rebults follow ads in the Republican want columns
Parsed notice notes that Rebults follow ads appearing in the Republican want columns, reflecting classified placement trends and reader response within the newspaper's advertising section.
Flood Outbreaks Endanger Bridges Across Missouri River
March 4 reports from Lincoln Nebraska describe the Platt river floods. The Missouri Pacific bridge at Oreapolis is said to have gone out and the Burlington bridge nearby is threatened. Five feet of water cover the Rock Island bridge at South Bend as an ice gorge to the west looms. Wabash River near Evansville Indiana rises toward 34 feet with danger lines likely passed by Wednesday noon.
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Missouri Pacific
Oreapolis
Burlington
Rock Island
Lincoln
Neb
Platt River
South Bend
Evansville
Ind
Wabash
Water Falls in Paterson Floods of New Jersey
Water conditions in Paterson New Jersey showed a rapid fall in the flood waters between midnight and 10 am today marking a marked improvement in the flooded section of the city.
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Paterson
N. J
Floods in East bring heavy losses and displacement
Flood conditions in the East are easing but northeastern Pennsylvania faces severe damage with over twenty lives lost and 5 million dollars in property wrecked. In the Wyoming valley 18 thousand homeless watch backwater, while Paterson and Passaic report rescues and fatalities. Rail delays spread through New York and New England as mills shut and workers lose jobs.
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New York
Wrooming Valley
Pennsylvania
Hudson
Albany
Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
Paterson
N. J
Passaic
New England
Prisoner Ellsworth Faces Convulsions After Tragedy
Earl A. Ellsworth, jailed in Woodstock Till, suffered severe convulsions during a struggle with Sheriff Keyes. Four men restrained him on his couch as a physician was summoned. After defaulting into another convulsion he required morphine, attended overnight by an uncle, with relatives fearing mental decline. Probate court assigns Fremont Hoy to manage the Ellsworth estate and insurance funds valued around $16,000.
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Woodstock
Till
Earl A. Ellsworth
Keyes
Ellsworth
Benjamin F
Alice Ellsworth
Gillmore
Fremont Hoy
M. D. Hoy & Son
Gotham a wide open town on Sunday in New York
New York on March 4 reports scarce enforcement of excise laws as District Attorney Jerome’s threats to hold police captains accountable for violations lagged. The city saw 29 arrests in Manhattan and the Bronx, 11 more than last week, with no arrests in the tenderloin. The sandwich provision was often observed, though sandwiches were sold for a price.
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New York
Jerome
Manhattan
Bronx
Tenderloin
Automobile Association Organized in Chicago
The American Automobile association was organized today with W. E. Scarritt of the Automobile Club of America named president and M. Butler of the same club as secretary.
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Chicago
American Automobile Association
W. E. Scarritt
Automobile Club of America
M. Butler
French Catholic Group Wins Court Injunction Over Church
The Canadian Religious association, a French Catholic group that built St. Ann's Church at North Brookfield Massachusetts to worship in their language, has secured a Supreme Court injunction preventing the trustees from permanently closing the church amid a long running dispute.
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The
Canadian Religious Association
St. Ann’s Church
North Brookfield
Mass
Supreme Court
Rock Island Road the Cause of the Collapse
The piece traces the collapse of Western Freight associations to railroad managers fears over Moore brothers stock speculation on Rock Island. It details tariff fights with the Interstate Commerce Commission, concessions to packers, and the Northwestern's exit from freight pools. It ends with Rock Island earnings dipped in January due to weaker freight and strong passenger gains.
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Western Freight Associations
Moore Brothers
Rock Island
Northwestern
Chicago Tribune
Missouri River
Rock Island Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Rock Isand
Cable Company Board Expands at Annual Meeting
At the Commercial Cable annual meeting in New York the board increased from 13 to 15 members, reelecting all existing directors and adding W. Seward Webb and Edwin Lawley. Vice President M G Ward discussed wireless telegraphy and asserted submarine cables will keep commercial supremacy despite wireless advances. He noted Atlantic messages now take two to three minutes, warned that delays or errors damage sender objectives, and argued wireless speed does not yet match wired transmission.
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New York
Commercial Cable Company
W. Seward Webb
Edwin Lawley
M. G. Ward
Marconi
Atlantic
Gomez Appeals for Harmony in Havana Visit
March 4 in Havana. On General Maximo Gomez's Manzanillo visit, General Bartolome Maso former Democratic presidential candidate urged the public to back the new government and aid national reconstruction.
Populist Convention Delegates Named in Illinois
Springfield Ill March 4 The state committee appointed 35 delegates to the Peoples party convention at Louisville on April 2. The delegation is headed by John A Hoop of Chicago.
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Springfield
Ill
State Committee
People’s Party
Louieville
John A. Hoop
Chicago
Iowa House Rejects State University Tax Levy Bill
In Des Moines March 4 the Iowa House refused to pass a bill for a one fifth mill levy to build up the State University of Iowa and buy land and new buildings. The Senate passed seven municipal bills and touched on pest houses, county charges for contagious diseases, and voting powers in cities. Senator Hubbard's bill increasing penalties for receiving stolen goods also passed, with a maximum five years in prison or a $500 fine.
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Des Moines
House of House of Representatives
Senate
State University of Iowa
House
Secor
Jones
Mahaska
Stuckslager
Shiloh Commission
Twenty Eighth General Assembly
Buchanan
Temple
Nagle
van Buren
State Board of Health
Trewin
Hubbard
Murdered by the Boxers in China Massacres
Reports received aboard the Empress of India recount two Chinese attacks on missions in Kan Su and Kang Shi. Fathers Van Mirhaeghe Bougaerts Julien slain, Julien’s body mutilated, servants killed. Viceroy dispatches troops. two captured pirates buried alive.
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Victoria
B. C
China
Empress of India
Kan Su
van Mirhaeghe
Bougaerts
Prince Tuan
Kang Shi
Julien
West River
Mine Workers in Session Opens Three Day Iowa Meet
Des Moines March 4 The state Convention of the Thirteenth district United Mine Workers of America covering all Iowa and Putnam county Missouri began a three day session. The program centers on opposition to mine operators not agreeing to the miners joint scale committee's demands and aims for a compromise.
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Des Moines
United Mine Workers of America
Iowa
Putnam County
Ex-Treasury Chief Gage Heads to Florida for South
Lyman J. Gage, former secretary of the treasury, departed New York for Palm Beach and other Florida stops after a week in the city. He plans three to four weeks in the South and, before leaving, sent a letter to United States Trust directors accepting their formal offer of the presidency of the institution.
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Lyman J. Gage
the Treasury
Palm Beach
Florida
New York
South
Roing
United States Trust Company
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