Prince Henry Welcomed Across Capitals and Cities
Prince Henry of Prussia arrived in Washington to a hearty reception from President Roosevelt and officials. He toured the Capitol and White House events and later joined a gala in New York with Miss Alice Roosevelt, receiving the mayor's freedom of the city. The tour continued through Mount Vernon ceremonies, a rain ride with the president, and sharp crowds from Washington to Indianapolis as he traveled by rail to lookouts and civil war sites.
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Washington
Prince Henry
Hay
Long
Count Quadt
White House
Roosevelt
Prussia
Capitol
House
Senate
New York
Meteor
Shooter’s Island
Alice Roosevelt
United States
von Holleben
Hohenzollern
Kaiser Wilhelm
Citizens’ Reception Committee
Low
Metropolitan Club
Metropolitan Opera House
Prince Henry of
Sherry’s
Fifth Avenue
Ambassador von Holieben
Admiral Evans
Arion Society
Herman Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
Ambassador von Holleben
President Roosevelt
Rock Creek Valley
Annapolis
Indianapolis
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Nashville
South
Fisk University
Louisville
Boynton
Evans
Bowling Green
Union Station
Mayor Head
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Teacher Fatally Shoots Colleague Then Drowns
Fletcher Barnett, a Camargo area school teacher, entered a nearby schoolhouse and shot Miss Eva Wiseman, killed her. He fired at pupil Bert Hopewell, then wounded himself twice, leaped into a well and drowned after a failed suicide attempt. Barnett had sought Miss Wiseman's hand.
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Decatur
Ill
Fletcher Barnett
Camargo
Eva Wiseman
Bert Hopewell
Barnett
Glass Tank Failure Halts 200 Workers at Bauer Factory
In Muncie Indiana on February 27 a tank at the Bauer window glass factory in Eaton burst, releasing 500 tons of molten glass and forcing about 200 workers from their jobs temporarily. Local officials and factory supervisors assessed the scene for safety and containment.
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Muncie
Ind
Bauer
Eaton
Boer Delegates Arrive in New York
Boers Wolmarans and Wessels arrive in New York aboard the Rotterdam along with Dr De Bruyn secretary of the Boer embassy.
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New York
Rotterdam
Messrs. Wolmarans and
Wessels
Dr. de Bruyn
Five Trainmen Dead in New York Central Collision
Rochester report says a westbound passenger train hit a steam derrick seven miles west of Auburn on the Auburn branch of the New York Central late Monday night. Five trainmen died, two were seriously injured, and two are missing.
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Rochester
N. Y
Auburn
New York Central
Cardinal John C. Albrinck Dies in Cincinnati at 72
Father John C. Albrinck vicar general of the Cincinnati diocese and pastor of Holy Trinity church died in Cincinnati on Tuesday at age 72. Known for his leadership, he served in the Catholic Church for decades. His passingShapes mourning across religious communities in Ohio.
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Cincinnati
John C. Albrinck
Catholic Church
Holy Trinity Church
Four Lives Lost in a Fire at Standard Mine
Spokane reports four men killed and about a dozen injured in a blaze that destroyed the Standard mine boarding and bunk houses at Mace Idaho. Sixty workers slept as flames spread in the boarding house on the second floor and escape was cut off. most injuries occurred during the attempted escape.
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Spokane
Wash
Standard
Mace
Idaho
Mrs Snow wins eighteenth life interest in Beaumont oil wells
In New Orleans the federal court of appeals sustained Annie Snow's claim to an eighteenth life interest in the Veatch survey portion of the Beaumont oil fields. She had ignored the waste land until oil was discovered, then claimed a share inherited through her children. The case involved 120 wells and multiple company disputes, with Snow prevailing after years of litigation.
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New Orleans
Federal Court of Appeals
Annie Snow
Beaumont
Isdell Ends Life in Minneapolis Hotel Shooting
N J Isdell of Pony Montana a wealthy man shot himself at the Hotel Nicollet in Minneapolis on Tuesday morning. He had been despondent over his inability to break a drug habit.
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Minneapolis
Minn
N. J. Isdell
Pony, Mont
Nicollet
Isdell
Mortgage Filed for 3.5 Million in Toledo
A mortgage of 3,500,000 dollars to Commonwealth Trust Co. of St. Louis was filed yesterday in Toledo. The Toledo Railway and Terminal Co. of Toledo is the borrower.
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Toledo
Commonwealth Trust Co
St. Louis
Toledo Railway and Terminal Co
County Recorder’s
Civil Service Commission Distance From Political Pressure
Commissioner Foulke defines the civil service stance on government employees political activity in letters to Philadelphia officials. He argues that soliciting campaign contributions by those in authority is improper but that employees must remain free to contribute if they choose. He emphasizes voluntary campaigns and that duties must not be affected or bring scandal to the service.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Foulke
McMichael
Francis Wood
Philadelphia
Wood
Democratic Fund
Republican Fund
Stockholders of Omaha Loan and Trust Co. to Lose All
W K Potter receiver reports liabilities $1 190 335 while assets match. Capital stock of 500 000 will be a total loss and creditors face heavy shrinkage. Real estate nearly 1 000 000 but mortgaged for over half. 300 000 collateral to bills payable and trusts. Mortgage loans totals and guarantees amount to about 2 500 000 with 400 000 collateral for 229 500 debenture bonds. Company policy of guaranteeing loans drained resources and forced liquidation after 17 years of operation.
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Omaha
W. K. Potter
Omaha Loan and Trust Co
District Court
Ten Shipwrecked Sailors Rescued Off Florida
A party of ten shipwrecked sailors from the schooner B A Woodside were landed at Palm Beach after being picked up Saturday about 200 miles east of Savannah by the steamer El Cid. Capt B A Brown and First Mate Sherman Martin led eight crew members as a northeast gale blew the vessel off course, it sprang a leak and sank, leaving signals seen by the El Cid as the men clung to the wreckage for three days. One crewman had a broken leg. All have since recovered.
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Palm Beach
Fla
el Cid
Savannah
B. A. Brown
Sherman Martin
B. A. Woodside
Fernandina
St. John
Porto Rico
Texas man wins Carnegie diamond medal in telegraph test
In Atlanta on March 3 the American telegraphers tournament concluded at 5 am. F. M. McClintic of the Associated Press Dallas won the Andrew Carnegie diamond medal for best all around telegrapher with 517 words in ten minutes. C. W. White Richmond Virginia was second and J. G. Johnson Louisville Kentucky third. Judges considered Morse quality and speech across events.
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iAtlanta
Andrew Carnegie
F. M. McClintic
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
C. W. White
Richmond
J. G. Johnson
Louisville
McClintic
Mr. White
Mr. Johnson
Burglary clash injures Mattoon police chief
In Mattoon Illinois a dawn gunfight between police and burglars left Police Chief Lyons with injuries that will cost him an arm. Two burglars were wounded, one fatally.
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Mattoon
Ill
Lyons
Bandits Seize Cavite Town Leader Amid Manila Pursuit
In Cavite province Felizardo and 25 armed men entered Cainta Morong, capturing Senor Ampil, the town president and much of the police. Gov. Flores pursues the band, aiding a strong constabulary to secure Ampil's release and prevent possible killing.
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Manila
Flores
Rizal
Felizardo
Cavite
Caiita
Morong
Cainta
Senor Ampil
Ladrones
Liberal forces routed at Rio Frio after four hour engagement
Colon, Colombia, March 3. Liberal forces under Gen. Villa appeared at Rio Frio February 21. After a four hour engagement with government troops the rebels were routed with 50 men killed or wounded.
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Colon
Colombia
Villa
Rio Frio
Painters Vote Strike in Pittsburg District
About 1,800 painters in the Pittsburg area were ordered to strike after a mass meeting on Sunday. The walkout follows boss painters refusals to raise wages from 2.80 to 3.25 per hour to 3.60.
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Pittsburg
Steamship Etruria Overdue From New York
News from London reports no word on the Cunard steamer Etruria which left New York February 22 bound for Queenstown and Liverpool. Her best eastward record set her to reach Queenstown by 10 12 p m February 28.
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Overdue
London
Cunard Line
Etruria
New York
Queenstown
Liverpool
Refusal to Accept Sword by Maj. Jenkins
Warrenton Va March 3 Maj Micah J Jenkins declines to accept the sword proposed for presentation in Charleston South Carolina when the president visits that city The decision ends the effort to honor Jenkins with the ceremonial gift.
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Warrenton
Micah J. Jenkins
Charleston
S. C
Terrible Destruction From Widespread Floods
The article reports severe flooding across Pennsylvania and neighboring states with Pittsburgh Allegheny areas under water in places. It notes Ohio River levels at Davis Island dam falling to 26.8 feet and estimates flood damages around 1.25 million dollars, plus multiple towns like Harrisburg Scranton Wilkes-Barre Trenton Paterson and Wheeling suffering extensive impacts and evacuations as trains roads and power systems are disrupted.
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Allegheny
Penn Avenue
Pittsburg
Wood's Run
Davis Island Dam
Harrisburg
Susquehanna River
Pennsylvania Steel Works
Steelton
Iron and Steel
Lochiel
Scranton
Lackawanna
John Gallagher
James O’malley
Easton
Lehigh River
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Wilkesbarre
Pittston
Nanticoke
West Moor
Firewood
Riverside
West Pittston
Plymouth
Wilkesbarre and
Wyoming Valley Traction Co
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Maud Chunk
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railway
William P. Reilly
Richard Breckett
Luzerne
North Street
Reilly
Breckett
Rebels besiege Avlona as Albania seeks independence
Reports from Politische Correspondenz describe a rebel siege of the Albanian seaport Avlona and widespread tax refusals by 26 Albanian towns to assert independence from the Turkish sultan. Anarchy is said to rule in El Bassan and Tirana as authorities release prisoners.
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Albania
Vienna
Politische Correspondenz
Turkey
Avlona
el Bassan
Tirana
Rathbone’s Counsel Pleads In Cuban Postal Fraud Case
Havana March 1 The Cub postal fraud hearing heard Senor Lanuza Rathbone’s counsel argue the case is political and that Rathbone has been treated unfairly. He said the court holds the honor of the United States and perhaps Cuba’s fate in its hands, surpassing the fiscal remarks.
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Cuba
Boiler Defect Cited in Penberthy Plant Explosion Verdict
Detroit jurors find the boiler defective after investigating the November 26 explosion at the Penberthy Injector Co. plant that killed 30 people and censured the makers.
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Detroit
Mich
Penberthy Injector Co
Two Killed and Three Injured in Plant Roof Collapse
In Chicago, two men died and three were injured when the furnace roof collapsed yesterday at the South Chicago Furnace plant. Rescue crews aided workers and investigators began examining the site for the cause.
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Chicago
South Chicago
Drowning of Capt Charles A Allen and Brother in Alabama River
Capt Charles A Allen and his brother Thomas Allen of Montgomery died when their buggy was knocked into the Alabama River by a breaker from the river. The accident occurred along a high embankment with 15 feet of backwater on each side, and their horse reared and toppled the buggy into the water.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles A. Allen
Thomas Allen
Alabama
Owens Pottery Plant Burned. Massive Loss in Zanesville
The J. B. Owens Pottery Co. plant in Zanesville Ohio was destroyed by fire on Sunday causing about 300000 dollars in damage with roughly half insured. Four hundred workers lost their jobs as the works are to be rebuilt immediately. A Kearns Gorsuch Co warehouse also damaged by fire about 20000 dollars.
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Zanesville, C
J. B. Owens Pottery Co
Kearns-Gorsuch Co
Owens
Terrific Explosion Destroys Lichty Music Store and Adjacent Factory
A late night blast in Reading Pennsylvania leveled the four story Lichty music store and the adjoining three story Mrs Mary Roland umbrella factory. Both buildings and contents were destroyed and several people were unaccounted for including Mrs Roland a friend and the night watchman. Acetylene is blamed for the explosion.
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Reading
C. H. Lichty
Mary Roland
Roland
Lichty
Storm Disrupts Communications in San Francisco
A heavy storm swept San Francisco and surrounding areas Saturday night causing major damage to telephone and telegraph lines. Communications with interior points and the east were cut for several hours as winds toppled poles.
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San Francisco
Five Die as Cleveland Bakery Plant Floor Collapses
A Cleveland Baking Co plant on the fourth floor collapsed on Saturday killing four young women and a man and injuring ten others. The disaster occurred in Cleveland on March 3 as rescue teams responded to the scene.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Baking Co
Government February receipts exceed 341 million with surplus
The monthly statement reports February 1902 receipts at 41 159 739 and expenditures at 39 099 290 leaving a surplus of 2 060 449. Washington notes the surplus reflects government finances for the month.
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Washington
Public Debt Decreases in Treasury Statement
The treasury report shows the public debt, minus cash, at 1,004,556,052 as of last Friday, down 1,370,846 for the month.
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Washington
Treasury
Michigan Youth Heals Many With Supposed Power
A Michigan youth named John Griffit, recently living near Gilead, is described as possessing a divine gift to cure disease. He reportedly has cured over 400 cases by laying on hands while praying, offering services free of charge, and claiming visions tied to his dreams. He biases his work to certain lunar periods and is not affiliated with any church or baptism.
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Michigan
John Griffit
Gilead
Griffit
Discoverer Claims New Gold Extraction Process
William L. Long, after six weeks in Salem Oregon, says he has a cheaper gold extraction method yielding about three times as much gold as a conventional smelter. He tested ore including Ashland tailings and earned 90 dollars per ton versus 40 dollars per ton previously.
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Regonian
William L. Long
Salem
Ore
Prof
Winn
Denver
Long
Ashland
Phenomenal Colonist Excursions to Pacific Coast Open Now
March and April offer exceptionally low colonist rates to the Pacific Coast and intermediate points with summer round trips under one cent per mile one way. Contact W. H. Connor, Union Pacific Southern Pacific Bus., 53 East 4th St., Cincinnati Ohio, for details and postal reply.
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Great West
W. H. Connor
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
East 4Th St
Cincinati
Ohio
Coronation Seating Provokes Gentle Ruffled Wit
A satirical note argues that only twenty inches of sitting space will be allotted to each peeress at the coronation. The quip imagines the aged grandees as living monuments to roast beef and ale, while a joke about a policeman suggests someone will be pinched.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Earliest Russian Millet Seed Offer From Salter Co
Plant plenty of millet to yield 5 to 8 tons of rich hay per acre. Prices: 50 lb $1.90, 100 lb $3.00. Low freights. John A. Salter Seed Co., La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Maternal Love and Tidbits in Bits
A compact collage notes a motherless boy seeking care and a playful response about a mother figure. It also references phrases about soothing waters and a relief remedy, mentioning Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops as readers’ familiar cures.
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Hale
Pike
Not What He Required Dyspepsia Bottle Exchange
A paraphrase of a Chicago Daily News exchange shows a druggist touting a dyspepsia remedy to a victim. The victim refuses the bottle saying he has all the dyspepsia he wants at the moment.
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Chicago Daily News
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold
Ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents. Contains brief claim of curing cough and cold with over the counter remedy.
No Solo for Music at Wagner Recital
Quote captures Miss Pertie Goodwin exclaiming at a Wagner recital that her foot fell asleep amid the noise. A brief reader-memoir style snippet from the Chicago Daily News, with an aside about Piso's Cure mentioned by J W O'Brien of Minneapolis in 19bv.
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Miss_Pertie Goodwin
Chicago Daily News
J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Judge Notes T Joined a Chess Club
The judge records that T joined a chess club as part of the explanation. Bramble and Thorne are referenced in a casual tone. The line implies a personal anecdote about overcoming insomnia through joining a chess club.
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Thorne
Putnam Faceless Dyes and a Poor Heater Quote
A Philadelphia Bulletin praise quote describes PUTNAM FACELESS DYES as easy to use with no mass or failures. Another line notes a voice lacking warmth and mentions the dye’s claimed wide range. An aphorism about small doors leading to great things closes the excerpt.
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Putnam
Philadelphia Bulletin
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