Two West Points and Stuyvesants in American History
Henry Haake discusses The Two West Points with Gen.ris Schaff in Atlantic Monthly, contrasting the cadet experience with the enduring inner test of destiny. He recalls Peter Stuyvesant’s legacy and notes Japan’s submarine concept, while France funds U S securities, signaling strong investment prospects.
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West Point
Adet
Gen.ris Schaff
Atlantic Monthly
Vans
Stuyvesants
America
Peter Stuyvesant
Robert Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
New Shakespeare Authorship Debate Faces Fresh Speculation
The piece discusses a claimed new author replacing Bacon as the writer of Shakespearean works. It notes public skepticism and says readers still credit Shakespeare as the author. It also mentions a Tennessee woman who disguised as a man to serve as a cavalry sergeant and other social anecdotes.
Portland city hall and police buildings destroyed by fire
A Friday blaze in Portland Maine caused about 1 million dollars in damage to city hall and the adjacent police buildings, with Greenleaf Jaw library loss at 10000. Over 700 people attended a Jubilee in the city hall auditorium and there were few injuries, led by Chief Engineer Melville Hidridge. In Baltimore Maryland a separate fire claimed three firemen including Lieut. Frederick Harman and injured 16, with mayor estimating 100000 dollars in damage.
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Portland
City Hall
Greenleaf Jaw
George Horton
Frederick Harman
Wiliam B. Pugh
Charles Friiman
J. Barry Mahool
Amendment Eases Crop Data Security in Congress
In Washington the house passed an amendment to the penal code bill making it a crime for any government officer or employee to disclose advance crop statistics. The session featured a clash between Dalzell and Randell over public service corporate ties and ended with Clark declaring Bryan would be nominated at Denver and Boutell asserting Cannon’s potential nomination at Chicago.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Dalzeil
Pennsylvania
Randell
Texas
Speaker Cannon
Chicago
Bank cashier commits suicide after false bank report
W L Bockemohle, cashier at the Bank of Ellinwood in Ellinwood Kansas, killed himself Friday night after his arrest for making a false statement about the bank's condition in December. Bondsmen surrendered him and were leaving when he fired a pistol from his porch. The Bank of Ellinwood had been in operation for 23 years. his father founded the bank. Leslie M Shaw resigns as president of Carnegie Trust Company amid differences with founder Charles C Dickinson. hints at possible political move.
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Great Bend
Kan
Leo Bockemohile
Bank of Ellinwood
Ellinwood
Docksmohle
Dond
Hockemohle
Bank of Elmwood
Leslie M. Shaw
New York
Carnegie Trudst Company
Treasury
Washington
Shaw
Charles C. Dickinson
Trust Company
Chess Master Tehigorin Dies In St. Petersburg
Famous chess master T. Tehigorin died in St. Petersburg on Sunday. Born in 1850, he played in numerous national and international tournaments and was frequently among the leading winners.
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St. Petersburg
T. Tehigorin
Tehigorin
Burglary Strikes Kalamazoo Jewelry Store
Burglars entered the F. R. Darcy jewelry shop in Kalamazoo Saturday night and took goods valued at $10,000 including diamonds and watches. Police urge any leads on stolen jewelry and suspect sightings.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
F. R. Darcy
Morse Bank Is Closed After Run On Deposits
New York report states the National Bank of North America will be liquidated under Comptroller Ridgely with Charles W. Hanna named receiver. President Havemeyer cites heavy withdrawals. all depositors to be paid in full. Morse Bank, once the leading institution, had reorganized late last year and earlier this month.
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New York
W. F. Hayenmeyer
National Bank of North America
Havemeyer
Ridgely
National Bank
Charles W. Hanna
Morse
Alfred H. Curtis
W. F. Havemeyer
C. W. Morse
Curtiy Tw Ing
Poisons Her Little Son in Despair in Wisconsin
In Burlington Wisconsin Mrs George Stetson gave her nine year old son Kenneth a large laudanum dose and then drank the remainder herself in a suicide attempt Friday. The boy is dead and the woman is believed to be near death. Since her husband left for Little Rock Arkansas seeking health she has lived with her father Richard Ral. Despondency over finances and her husband’s illness is blamed for the act.
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Burlington
Wis
Kenneth
George Stetson
Little Rock
Ark
Stetson
Richard Ral
Fire Panic Strikes Theater Near Grand Opera House
In Des Moines a fire alarm spread to the Evansente theater adjoining the Grand Opera house Sunday evening causing a small panic. Several women fainted and a number were injured though only one woman in the balcony was seriously hurt.
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Des Moines
Evansente
Grand Opera House
Thres Killed by Dynamite Blast in New Jersey
Three men were killed instantly and five others seriously injured by a premature dynamite explosion in the Bergen Hill section of the Pennsylvania tunnel at Hoboken, New Jersey, on Sunday.
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New York
Bergen Hill
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Homestead
N. J
Night Riders Whip Resident in Hopkinaville County
About 75 night riders visited Saturday night and severely whipped a man from his home in Hopkinaville Kentucky. The attack occurred in the Era vicinity as the assailants used bugsy whips against the victim. Police reported no arrests by press time.
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Hopkinaville
R. H. Dodgers
Mrs Eddy Moves to Brookline Home Near Mother Church
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science left Concord New Hampshire by special train Sunday for a Brookline Massachusetts house recently purchased by the denomination to serve as her permanent residence. The move with her secretary Calvin Frye and guest Archibald McLellan was quietly planned with Eddy weighing the decision for years to be closer to the denomination headquaters.
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Concord
N. H
Mary G. Baker
Eddy
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Pleasant View
Chestnut Hill
Brookline
Mass
Christian Science Denomination
Boston
Alfred Farlow
Christian Science Publicity Bureau
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science
Lawrence
Ouida dies near Florence after years of poverty
Rome reports the death of Misa Louise de la Romee known as Ouida. She passed away Friday night at the home of her maid Solina Cervelli near Florence. Old age caused the death but years of hardship after her fortune faded hastened the end. Only the servant remained with her in the final two years.
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Rome
Misa Louise de la Romee
Ouida
Solina Cervelli
Florence
Adair Sided With Labor Case Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held the 1898 act prohibiting railroad discrimination against labor union members unconstitutional. Justice Harlan authored the opinion ruling Adair could dismiss a worker for union membership while upholding rights to contract, with Justice McKenna dissenting. The case arose from Coppage v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad and stemmed from a district court ruling fined Adair $100 for threatening to discharge a locomotive engineer.
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Washington
Congress
McKenna
Supreme Court
United States District Court
Kentucky
Adair
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co
Coppage
Faller
Chicago
District Court
Harlan
Holmes
Js Tea Llolmes
Boys confessed to break in loot at Anton Opperman saloon
Three boys aged 6, 8, and 12 confessed to breaking into and looting the Anton Opperman saloon with a hatchet. They described forcing a hole in the cellar floor to reach the loot of cigarettes whisky wine and tobacco, and the burglary occurred early Sunday morning.
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St. Louis
Thomas Olsten
Rank
Warry Ar Fer
Sussel
Anton Opperman
Harry Arter
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female illnesses citing Mrs. Ellsworth of New York and Mrs. Boyd of Pennsylvania. It claims relief from displacements inflammation ulcers and other symptoms and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
F. Ellsworth
Mayville
N. Y
W. P. Boyd
Beaver Falls
Cuticura Cures Lady's Running Sore and Tetter
A Chattanooga woman reports Cuticura remedies cured a neck sore and facial tetter after failed prior treatments. She states two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box of Ointment cleared symptoms, matching with earlier success for her hands and two babies.
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Liliie Wildher
Eleventh St
Chattanooga
Tenn
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