Tolstoi and Turin to Roosevelt and More News
A digest of scattered events from the past week includes a limited general strike call in Turin Italy and a fatal shooting of 15 year old Sam Wallasen at a Leadville party. It notes progress in Justice Gray and Theodore Roosevelt, records by swimmer Howard F. Brewer, and political moves toward admission bills for New Mexico Arizona and Oklahoma.
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Count Tolstoi
Turin
Italy
Leadville
Sam Wallasen
Justice Gray
Supreme Court
Theodore Roosevelt
Howard F. Brewer
Chicago
House Committee On Territories
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Daniel Alexander
Salt Lake
Mount Vernon
Ill
Richard Gilliam
William Emerson Richmond
Billy Emerson
Boston
Belfast
Ireland
New York
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Seasion
Madrid
Barcelona
Liverpool
England
London
Herald
Washington
St. Louis
George Child- Tose
Henry Meyer
Emma Meyer
Park Avenue hotel and armory blaze claims 19 lives
A fire at the Park Avenue hotel and the Seventy-first regiment armory in New York killed 19 people, with 15 dead and many injured. The victims include guests such as Norman Acton and Sophia Beach, plus several named officials and residents. authorities report $750,000 in damages. Memorial services were held for Mrs. Rebecca Foster, the Tombs Angel.
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New York
Park Avenue
Seventy-first Segiment Armory
Norman Acton
Alabama
Charles L. Burdette
Hartford
Conn
National
Rochester
John E. Walker
Columbia
Tenn
William H. Earnhardt
Chicago
Sophia Beach
Bellevue Hospital
Tombs Prison
Rebecca Foster
Interior chief Hitchcock Likely to Resign Soon
Washington reports Senator Hitchcock of the interior department may retire within months after Secretary Long. He has enemies among western senators who protested to the president and disagrees with the president on forest reserves and land grant railroads. Potential successors include ex Senators Carter and Wolcott, or a border state or southern appointee.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Secretary Long
Department of Commerce
Interior
Carter and
Wolcott
Clark survey nears end for San Pedro to Salt Lake line
United States Senator W A Clark of Montana is finishing the final survey for the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake railroad. Chief Engineer C H Hawgood reports about 800 miles total length with 600 surveyed and part built. Cash funding could cost $20,000,000, raised by stock assessments rather than bonds.
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San Francisco
United States
W. A. Clark
Montana
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake
C. H. Hawgood
San Pedro
Salt Lake City
Park Avenue hotel fire claims Tombs angel Mrs Salome Foster
New York February 24 shows a sad incident of the Park Avenue hotel blaze with the death of Mrs Salome Foster widow of John W. Foster who for years aided female prisoners in the Tombs and other city jails. Her income supported the deserving.
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New York
Park Avenue Hotel
Salome Foster
London Paupers Weather Affects Officials Contribution
London officials report that the unusual cold spell this February 22 delays work and reshapes plans. A partial attribution to Le Casteau Chew highlights the impact on local governance during the severe winter.
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London
Western Girl Sings in Berlin Opera Debut
Berlin February 23 Miss Rosa Belda of San Francisco sang Traviata at Theater Des Westens. It was her first appearance in Germany and she was favorably received. After three weeks here she will go to Milan to sing in grand opera.
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Berlin
Rosa Belda
Francisco
Theater Des Westens
Germany
Milan
Prince Henry's U S Tour Itinerary Timeline
Detailed schedule traces Prince Henry's long United States visit from March 1 to March 11. Stops include Pittsburgh Columbus Cincinnati St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Niagara Falls Rochester Syracuse Boston Albany West Point New York City Philadelphia and more with receptions dinners balls and official decrees. The prince meets mayors German consuls university leaders Harvard MIT Lincoln statue and the president.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Union Station
Eads Bridge
St. Louis Club
West End
Forest Park
Union Depot
Auditorium Hotel
Associated Reception Committee
First Regiment
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Park
Milwaukee
Exposition Hall
United States Singing Clubs
Court of Honor
Hotel Pfister
Niagara
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Rochester
Syracuse
Albany
West Point
Boston
City Hall
State Capitol
Senate
Assembly
New York
Weehawken
University Club
Grosse Deutsche Gesellschaft
Broad Street
Twenty-third Street
Prince Henry Arrives in New York Amid Military Salutes
Prince Henry of Prussia arrived as a guest of the nation, greeted by New York officials and representatives. A twenty one gun salute greeted Kronprinz Wilhelm as it steamed toward the harbor, with Admiral Evans and his staff meeting the prince aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm and exchanges of cordial greetings marking the welcome to the United States.
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New York
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Prince
Germany
Wilhelm
Atlantic
Robley D. Evans
Illinois
Nina
Converse
Frederick Chapin
Frank T. Evans
Ebeur Paschwite
Washington
Kronprins
Fort Wadeworth
Prince Henry
Admiral Evans
Fort Wadsworth
Kronprins Wilhelm
Richter
Kronprinz
United States
Evans
Tompkinsville
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Olympia
Ilinois
Miss Stone Released From Captivity in Macedonia
Miss Ellen M. Stone the American missionary and Mme Tsilka with her child were released by brigands near Selonika and arrived at Strumitsa at 3 Sunday morning. Stone and Tsilka are well and will travel to Balonika. the release is tied to a Macedonian political cause rather than simple ransom. Spencer Eddy says the kidnaping was a political move to aid Macedonia’s struggle against Ottoman rule.
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Constantinople
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Strumitsa
Miss Stone
Mme, Tanska
Mr. Dickinson
Salonika
Salonika- Uskub
Balonika
Barton
American Board
Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Mr. Eddy
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Cuba Gete Reduction and a Havana Reciprocity Motion
Washington Feb 25 The house ways and means committee adopts a resolution declaring Republican members favor a reciprocity pact with Cuba allowing up to a 20 percent tariff reduction with president negotiating and caucus approval due Tuesday night Detroit Feb 24 Jamen Meman and Gee Meman found dead in a Park Place rooming house gas stove leak suffocation implied by escape from gas stove
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Cuba
Detroit
Mich
Jamen Meman
Park Place
Gee
Noted Outlaws Under Arrest in Mexico Return to Trial
Tombstone Arizona February 24 Two famed train robbers Bert Alvord and Bravo John have been arrested in Sonora Mexico by rural officers. They will be extradited and brought to this city for trial on train robbery charges.
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Tombstone
Ariz
Bert Alvord
Bravo John
Sonora
Mexico
William Steckley Dead
William A. Jeckley former Philadelphia mayor died in New York City at age 79 after a paralytic illness. The obituary notes his public service and pleads for civic virtue in a closing sanctimonious line.
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New York
William A. Jeckley
Philadelphia
Free Fight On The Senate Washington Birthday Row
A wild scene in the Senate chamber on Washington's Birthday as Senators Tillman and McLaurin fought, Tillman striking McLaurin above the eye and McLaurin countering with a blow to Tillman. Teller of Colorado attempted to intervene as Warren and Scott helped separate them. blood was drawn and both were cited in contempt with no recognition to speak or vote until the contempt order is lifted.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Tillman
Senator McLaurin
Teller
Colorado
South Carolina
Tillman
McLaurin
Tenator Tillman
Nijman
Wpa
Warren
Scott
Laying
Mr. Lay
Mr Lage
Supreme Court decision on Minnesota Northern Securities suit
Decitaten of Supreme Court. J Paul Feb 25 The announcement of the United States supreme court's decision against the state of Minnesota for leave to file a suit against the Northern Securities company was received in this city today without surprise. President Hill of the Northern Securities company refused to discuss the opinion, Governor Vam Sant and Attorney General Douglas declined to comment. State officials expect further action after Knox announced federal suit under the German act.
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Supreme Court
J. Paul
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Hill
Vam Sant
Douglas
United States
Knox
Sixty Four Men Killed in Montenegro Frontier Clashes
On the Montenegro frontier near Cettinje Albanian irregulars clashed with regular Turkish troops after the assassination of Albanian chief Mulazeka. Sixty four men were killed or wounded. fighting continued. Washington reports Harry S. Newham beam offered the position of first lieutenant general to succeed Will Name Ji of New Jersey. no final decision yet.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Montenegran
Mulazeka
Washington
Harry
Newham Beam
Will Name Ji
New Jersey
Newt
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MEMS
Noyes
Circuit Court of Appeals
Allegheny Mountains
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Columbus
South Terminal Station
Somerset Hotel
Harvard University
State House
Shaw Memorial Drive
Public Library
Cambridge
Memorial Hall
Harvard Union
German Museum Association
Munsterberg
Naional
New York City
Inge
Statue of Liberty
Brooklyn Bridge
the Battery
North River
Jersey Shore
Arrett
William Steckley
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