Forest Park University Destroyed by Fire in St Louis
Fire destroyed Forest Park University a private school for women in St Louis, with about 300 students enrolled. The four story wood building burned rapidly after an alarm, all occupants escaped uninjured, and no fire escapes were present. The institution, founded in 1861 as Kirk Seminary by Mrs. Cairns, was the first U.S. university chartered solely for women.
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Forest Park Seminary
St. Louis
Institution
So Louis
Forest Park UniVersity
Womens
Freendays
Crow & Detective
WIM
Nore
Slaby
Instituton
Kirkand Semminary
Kirkwean
Na Suced Cairns
Thursde
Forest Park
Alia to be hanged in July after murder verdict
Judge Whitney denied Giuseppe Alias motion for a new trial after his conviction for killing Leo Heinrichs in St Elizabeths Catholic Church. Alias drug his bruised head to court as he spoke through an interpreter saying he did not do anything. The execution date was set for the week starting July 12.
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Denver
Greely W. Whitney
Guiseppe
Leo Heinrichs
St. Hlrabeth
Alia
Night Riders Kill Farmer in Kentucky Territory
In Carlisle Kentucky March 24 a band of night riders killed prominent farmer Sarham Hedges near the town. The attack occurred as Hedges awoke to trouble and firefighters or neighbors attempted to intervene. a volley struck him as his wife reached his side. The assailants fled without setting fire to the home or barns. Hedges was a well known independent tobacco farmer.
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Carlisle
Sarham Hedges
Kentucky
Hedges
Bhants
Fred Cave
Helgeurt
Heidzes
Wes
Crew Desert aboard Kiora in Panama Canal voyage row
Fifteen crew members of the British steamship Kiora deserted at Thompsons Point New Jersey while the ship lay with dynamite aboard. They refused to return to duty citing the vessel as a floating danger and death risk if an accident occurred off the Panama Canal construction area.
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Philadelphia
Thompsons Point
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Construction Department
Panama Canal
Thes
Woman Killed by Trap Gun in Kenton Hen Coop
March 23 report says Mrs. FO. Burdette was killed while gathering eyes in a hen coop by a trap gun set in the coop. Thieves who had been bothering the chickens are suspected.
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Kenton
FO. Burdette
Praise for President at Philadelphia conference
March 23 Philadelphia reports praise for President as ministers and Bishop Bart Cranston denounce party politics. The speaker cites Theodore Roosevelt and calls for strong leadership to distinguish right from wrong amid concerns over corporate power and national direction.
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Philadelphia
Bart Cranston
Washington
L. C
Abruzzi Sails for Europe Amid Engagement Reports
The Duke of the Abruzzi, linked to the king, sailed on the Lusitania amid unconfirmed engagement rumors with Miss Katherine Elkins. He refused to confirm details, noting no interview was planned and that the Elkins family had remained quiet.
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Elkins
New York
Duke
Abruzzi
King of Aly
Katherine Elkins
Europe
Lusitania
Stemship
Tan
Luigi Sarto
Legation
Washington
Secret Service
Senate approves subsidy bill for steamship lines
Washington March 22 The senate passed the ship subsidy bill allowing 3 per mile for 12 crews on select routes to South America the Philippines Japan and Australia with a total award of 891 10 vessels of 76 knots. Amendments set 2 per mile for 12 knot vessels and cap subsidies to match government fuel service receipts with two extra ports east of Cape Charles if multiple lines sail Atlantic to South America.
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Washington
Senate
South America
Philippines
Japan
Australia
Atlantic
America
Cape Charles
Wholesale Exodus of Poles In Loom Mills
Springheld March 22 A wholesale exodus of Polaniers to Europe will follow a 10 percent wage reduction in the Bleopee and Holyoke cotton mills. Seventy percent of the 4,500 operatives affected are Polish. Steamship agents said they have sold all steerage and second cabin accommodations for outgoing passengers for six weeks.
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Springheld
Alass
Europe
Bleopee
Holyoke
Minnesota Governor Johnson Named Chief Speaker at Jefferson Dinner
New York March 93 reports that Governor Johnson of Minnesota will be the chief speaker at the Jefferson dinner of the National Democratic club to be held soon. It notes that William L. Sarvan has not been invited to amend, though he will be in the state at that time.
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Johnson
New York
Governor Johnson
Minnesota
Nactional Democratic Club
Ageidf
William SL Rvan
Indiana Conference Arranged With Miners and Operators
Verve Hane lsd reports an Indiana miners meeting arranged in Ten days. Marcel 93 and Indiana soft coal operators issue a call for a joint conference to discuss a wage scale and related matters.
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Indiana
Verve Hane
Marcel
Tenday
White House conference on proposed labor and antitrust reforms
A high level White House conference in Washington discussed legislative plans including mandatory employers liability, widening injunction powers, Aldrich financial reforms, and Hepburn antitrust amendments. Participants included President, Senator Aldrich, and Representatives Payne Dalzell Hepburn. session paused during congressional daily sessions.
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Washington
White House
Daving
Alirich
Payne
Dalzell
Hepburn
Aldrich Financial Dil
Cdngress
Hoon
Congress
Italian Publication Barred From Paterson Mails
Postmaster General Meyer bars the weekly Italian newspaper Question Sociale from the mails, citing immorality and harm to public welfare. The Paterson post office will refuse admission to issues claiming it advocates serious wrongdoing by military personnel and police, and supports anarchistic extremism.
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Paterson
N. J
Wallington
Meyer
United States Army
Mass arrests in Peking target reformers and revolutionists
On March 17 authorities began sweeping arrests of reformists and suspected revolutionaries in Peking. By March 23 news reports say at least 100 prominent detainees have been seized, including four officials and a member of Wang Wen Shao's family. Most prisoners are educated abroad and had recently arrived from outlying provinces. Police act under a December throne order to suppress public meetings and monitor places where revolutionists may gather.
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Peking
Wang Wen Shao
Board of the Interior
Drowned While Fleeing Police After Stabbing Incident
Chicago March 23. Nicholas Fortune twenty five fled police after stabbing a woman who had refused him. He jumped into Stony creek at Bine Island to escape. Fortune drowned from cramps. The wounded woman Mrs Donato de Diavea. her infant niece, six months old, were also injured.
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Chicago
Stony Creek
Bine Island
Nicholas Fortune
Donato de Diavea
Wotan
Power Companies Consolidate in Wisconsin Northwest
Marinette Wisconsin March 23 a major waterpower consolidation nears completion. Owners on the Menominee and Peshtigo rivers have merged and plan a holding company to control all the power boosting Marinette and Menominee into a leading Northwest manufacturing center.
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Wis
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Menominee
Northwest
Eminee
Peshtigo
Stoessel and Nebogatof Share Prison Accommodations
In St. Petersburg on March 25 the imprisoned Lieutenant General Stoessel, jailed ten years for cowardice and treason over Port Arthur, occupies a room in the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress next to Admiral Nebogatof, who serves a similar sentence for surrender at the Sea of Japan.
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Nebogatoff
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
St. Peter and St. Paul
Nebogatof
Fapiin
Home Grown Noblemen Discuss Fortifications Bill
The discussion centers on whether government should raise noblemen for American girls, with a claim it might be cheaper than sending the girl to Europe. The dialogue hints at controversial defense funding and social mobility ideas circulating in the house.
The Rajah and the Salem Pepper Venture
A 1790s Salem tale follows Captain Carnes aboard the Rajah seeking wild pepper along Sumatra. Jonathan Peele shares tips, and the ship returns with a cargo of pepper worth a fortune, turning a single voyage into a large profit while merchants scramble to imitate.
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Radplo D. Maine
Outing Magazine
ITO
L . Copay
Ahatos
Eudes
Mr Peele
Agate Sud
Captain Carnes
Volaber
Sumares
Lecy
Jonathan Peele
Jonathan Carnes
Sawaschayuer
Simons
Bonanza
Joucttan Carnes
Jonarhue Peele
Salem
Cam
Kajal Wes Ac
Sumatra
Carnes
Hey
Bencoolen
India
The Tears He Shed
A Washington Star columnist recalls a congressman recounting a tale of a lawyer named Hathaway known for wiping his eyes. The tale centers on a divorce case where Hathaway's emotional reaction became a running joke among colleagues.
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Ming
Hathaway
Rathaway
Maple Court Ladies Rally to Aid Charitable Fund
In Maple Court Mrs Morse finds Mrs Washington hosting neighbors and discussing a hard winter. Washington jokes about the charity bread and coal fund at the corner, noting ladies are ready to work as the season grows rheumatic.
Fire Eaters duel over honor in Napoleonic era
A vivid tale from late 18th century Strassburg follows Captain Fournier and Captain Dupont as their quarrel escalates from insults at a funeral to repeated duels. Their bloodied contests stretch over years, earning scars and a stubborn feud that ends with Dupont rising to general and continuing to seek a final clash.
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Stburg
Hus
Fonnier
Strassburg
Sato
Blume
Moreau
Dupont
Fournier
Bia
Parbley
Ami
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