Witchcraft Trial in Germany Reveals Superstition
In Kaiserslautern a trial for witchcraft concluded with a farm laborer named Hirmer accused of neglect. He claimed the horse was bewitched as mane and tail were found plaited by unseen hands. A local witch doctor Hartwig was condemned as an impostor to four weeks in jail.
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Tromppa
Kaiserslautern
Upper Palatinate
Germany
Hirmar
Koslbl
Hirmer
Hir-mor
Fray
Konlbl
Hartwig
Harvard Yale Debate Set For This Evening in New York
Dual intercollegiate debate between Harvard and Yale teams held here this evening. The topic argues that New York City should own its street railway system including elevated, subway and surface lines.
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Harvard
Yale
New York City
Strike Inevitable Amid Mine Wage Standoff
In Scripps News items from March, 50 January? officials and operators move toward a wage agreement. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers reports at least half of operators willing to sign the proposed 1903 scale. A convention resolution limits strikes to operators refusing to sign, signaling possible compromise though tensions remain high across central and southwest districts.
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Scripps News Association
Mapon
Carmens’ Union
Washington
Presiden
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Robbins
Roosevelt
Baer
Iowa
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Officials deny San Francisco oil monopoly claim
Washington March 20 Commission J A Garfield and other officials deny the circulated tale that the California department inspected to exclude all but Standard Oil. The officials refute the accusation and call it untrue.
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Scripps News
Washington
J A. Garfield
San Francisco
California
La Grande City Council Action on Park Land and Finances
At a special meeting the La Grande council referred park land fencing and deed issues to Ways and Means, considered a water supply proposal, and adopted a budget reference plan. Mayor Stoddard’s financial message reviews 14 years of city finances and bond expenditures with receipts and warrants noted.
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Stoddard
Ladies’ Park Association
Ways and Means
O. Kr, & N Company
Grande Ronde Electric Company
City of
la Grande
Levee Break Floods Mokelumne Lands Near Sacramento
The Mokelumne levee on the San Joaquin border broke during the night. Thousands of acres of wheat are flooded and likely ruined while pasture lands are submerged. A deep gully a quarter of a mile long has been carved, threatening stock grazing in the area.
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Beripps News Association
Lodi
Cal
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Fight on train ends with two arraigned in Inland City
Laborers Harry Swan and Gust Nelson were arraigned in the justice court after a disturbance on a train from Elgin to Inland City. The brawl damaged car furnishings. police later caught the men in Island City and they faced a ten dollar fine plus costs, which they could not pay, so they were jailed.
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Harry Swan
Gust Nelson
Justice of the Peace Court
Elgin
Inland City
la Grande
Chef Rayburn
Walden
Island City
Justice of the Peace
Grain Markets Chicago Opening Powers Wheat Corn Oats
Chicago grain prices show wheat opening at 7 percent with a 77 percent close. Corn opens at 44 percent and closes at 44 percent. Oats start at 30 percent and finish at 50 percent.
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Chicago
Inquest Opens Into Mrs Le Doux Murder Case
Stockton March 50 The coroner's inquest into the alleged murder of Albert McVicar by Mrs Emma Le Doux revealed key evidence. A local chemist report found a two ounce cyanide of potassium bottle less than half full in the Le Doux valise and a san Francisco semist reports stomach contents saturated with the same poison tying the case to the alleged crime.
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Scrippe News Association
Stockton
Emma le Doux
Albert McVicar
Ray
San Francisco
Football reform code meeting aims for final adoption
The American Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee meets at Murray Hill Hotel in New York seeking final adoption of a new ball code. The group aims to complete work after the last gathering and require university representatives to report back before a definite settlement is announced.
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Scrippe News Associatton
New York
Murray Hill
Missionary Meeting Opens in Newark Presbyterian Church
The annual spring gathering of the Women's Missionary Society of the Newark Presbytery began this morning at South Park Presbyterian Church Newark New Jersey. Reverend Dr Lyman Whitney Allen welcomed delegates. Several speakers will address the session and a conference for young people will be held.
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Scripps News Association
Newark
N. J. Mar
Women's Missionary Society of the
Newark Presbytery
South Park Presbyterian Church
Lyman Whitney Allen
South Park Church
Salle
Qopie
Mob blocks execution at Brajdimore courthouse yard
Report from March 4 recounts an angry mob surrounding the Brajdimore courthouse where a prisoner named Reinhard, accused of murder, faces an attempted execution delayed by crowds. Police and sheriff’s deputies struggle to maintain order as barricades fall and people fill trees and rooftops.
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Brajdimore Courty
Aray
al Éged
Reinhard
Tiil
Emai Tes
Cave mine collapse in Lenz leaves twenty entombed with five rescued
In Lenz France on March tenth a mine cave collapsed trapping twenty miners. Explorers report food was brought down and air limited. five more miners were rescued alive today after days of confinement. A separate dispatch notes a Student Conference of the Young Women's Association opens in Capitola with delegate Bertha Conde leading.
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Serippe News Association
Lenz
France
Thirkean Minerea
Wall
Scrippe News Association
Santa Cruz
Mat
Andinal Studesite
Young Women's Association of the
Pacific Slope
Capitola
Sumymér
Thinaly
Bor Delagates
Bertha Conde
Question on appeal to the President over recall of city council
An Indianapolis report describes a proposed appeal to the President regarding a recall of council members and signatures from local residents. The draft discusses measures to transfer railroad right of way to a local contractor for an unspecified company amid political maneuvering.
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Ascopps
Indianapolis
Mar
Robbins
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Maae Hd
Peters
Diamond Brand
Mos
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Specal
Peter End
Newlin Drug Company
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