Prince Henry of Prussia Tours Lookout Mountain and Cities
Prince Henry of Prussia visited Lookout Mountain and Nashville Bowling Green and Louisville on a rail tour through Tennessee Kentucky Indiana. Crowds welcomed him warmly as Fisk Jubilee singers performed in Nashville and a gift cane from The Hermitage was presented, with Governor McMillin and Mayor Head leading ceremonies.
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Indianapolis
Prince Henry of Prussia
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis
Alabama
Tennessee
Nashville
Kentucky
Louisville
Bowling Green
Indiana
Admiral Evans
Tenn
Prince Henry
Union Station
J. M. Head
South
Fisk University
Europe
Berlin
McMillin
Mayor Head
United States
How To Save Your Silver With Electro-Silicon Polish
A housekeeper is urged to mail address to Electro- Silicon Co at 30 Cliff St New York to receive a trial quantity of silver polish. The ad claims the polish never scratches or wears and preserves brilliancy. A full sized box costs 15 cents in stamps and is said to have been on the market 35 years in many countries.
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Sam
Electro- Silicon Co
Cliff St
New York
N. Y
Prince Henry Tour Sparks Large Indianapolis Welcome
About 15 000 Indianapolis residents gathered as Governor Durbin and Mayor Bookwalter greeted Prince Henry. Ambassador von Holleben presented the Prince, who then addressed Mr and Mrs Ogden Mills by telegram inviting them to breakfast in New York on Saturday.
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Louis
Indianapolis
Durbin
Bookwalter
Prince Henry
von Holleben
oVernor Durbin
Ogden Mills
New York
Tillman Denies Threats Over Roosevelt Charleston Visit
Senator Tillman of South Carolina, in New York, ridiculed claims that President Roosevelt would face danger if visiting Charleston. He denied meeting Senator Platt or advising him to warn the President, saying he reached New York after 4 pm and would not see Platt. He asserted the President would be treated with utmost courtesy.
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New York
the Times
Tillman
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Charleston
New York Times
Thomas Y. Platt
Fifth Avenue
Senator Platt
TelegraphersTournament honors at Atlanta contest
In Atlanta on March 2 the Phillips code telegraphers tournament awarded first prize to F. M. McClintic of the Associated Press for press matter transmission. F. G. Mathews and W. C. Murray of AP Atlanta placed second and third. E. Bruckner won the Morse five minute event with 245 words. McClintic also won the Atlanta Journal gold medal for cleanest copy on a typewriter. Carnegie diamond medal contest used Phillips automatic telegraph to reach 65 words per minute.
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Atlanta
F. M. McClintic
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
F. G. Mathews
W. C. Murray
E. Bruckner
Tex
C. W. White
Richmond
Atlanta Journal
New England League Sets Emergency Meeting at Savoy
President Murnane calls abrogated meeting of the New England League at the Savoy on Thursday at 10 o'clock. Schedule committee finished its work and ratification tops the agenda. Clubs plan earlier gathering and extended spring trips for Dover Manchester and Lowell. Hassett from Portland reappointed as umpire for the coming season.
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Boston
Murnane
New England League
Savoy
Dee
Dover
Manchester
Lowell
James E. Hassett
Portland
No Strike Tomorrow For Boston and Albany Workers
Boston March 2 There will be no strike tomorrow by freight handlers and clerks on the Boston and Albany division of the New York Central railroad. The action followed the discharge of James Sheehan, a union member and strike committee participant in the recent Teamsters versus Brine dispute. The unions met and pledged to seek settlement through the State board of arbitration and master teamsters with the company.
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Boston
Boston and Albany Division
New York Central Railroad
James Sheehan
Teamsters’ Union
Brine Company
State Board of Arbitration and Master Teamsters
The Stranded Wilster Wreck Scene in Thick Weather
Gloucester March 2 Conditions at the Wilster wreck site show little change as tugs and wrecking barges attempted to reach the steamer. Thick weather and a rapidly falling barometer forced them to turn back to port.
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Gloucester
Wilster
Snowslides bury men near Cole mine in Telluride
Telluride Colorado March 2 two snowslides struck near the Cole mine. Several workers cleared debris and were rescued with minor injuries. Henry H. Martin is missing after the slides. Rescue efforts continue as of reporting.
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Telluride
Colo
Cole Mine
Henry H. Martin
Liberal Forces Under Villa Routed at Rio Frio
Colon, Colombia March 2 Liberal forces led by General Villa attacked Rio Frio in Magdalena February 21 after a four hour engagement with government troops. Rebels were routed with 50 men killed or wounded. The government plans to raise 11.5 million pesos to fund war and related expenses and will distribute it among supporters of the liberal cause.
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Colon
Columbia
Villa
Rio Frio
Department
Magdelena
Rivers Swollen By Rapid Thaw Across New England
Flood reports spread across New England as Merrimack and Nashua rose above high water marks. The thaw is ending in southern New England but rivers feeding mills may idle hundreds of workers as brave streams threaten mills and transportation with lingering high water and widespread rain. Weather remains gloomy with light rain and mist.
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Boston
New England
Penobscot
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Massachusetts
Dam breach floods Nashua river area near Clinton
Ten feet of the dam above the Clarendon mills at Oakdale gave way this morning causing flood conditions along the Nashua river north of the dam. The Wachusett dam stock planks were removed and the mill pond lowered six feet to prevent further damage. Meadows overflowed and gravel washed away but no major damage reported.
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Clinton
Clarendon
Oakdale
Nashua
Metropolitan Board of Engineers
Wachusett Dam
Ice Jam at Merrimac Threatens River Shoreline
Merrimack river floods beyond record levels as ice jams back up water near Deer Island. Dynamite blasts disrupt ice to protect homes. Wonnasquam Boat club boathouse swept away. Merrimac Hat factory and other buildings flooded. bridges endangered as water and ice rise overnight.
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Merrimac
Merrimack
Deer Island
Harriet Prescott
Wonnasquam Boat Club
Merrimac Hat Company
Rivers flood Nashua area as rain swells water levels
Nashua on March 2 reports warm rain driving Merrimack and Nashua rivers above high water marks. Mine Falls dam stood 18 inches below the record at dark. The Merrimack rose three inches an hour in the afternoon. Cellars along the riverfront were flooded.
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Nashua
Merrimack
Mine Falls
Heavy rain floods Nashua river halting Boston and Maine service
On March 2 Hudson reports heavy rain swollen the Nashua river making all Central Massachusetts division bridges between South Clinton and Oakdale unsafe. Trains in that division were cancelled and passengers rerouted via Ayer. Assabet river overflows, forcing many local factories to stay closed tomorrow.
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Hudson
Nashua
Central Massachusetts
Boston and Maine Railroad
South Clinton
Oakdale
Ayer
Assabet
Flooding Dams Northfield Vermont Delays Roads Bridges
Northfield Vermont reports flooding as high water covers Water Street up to five feet in places. Townspeople use boats on the street while large amounts of cut lumber float downstream. Highways are damaged and some foot bridges are missing in surrounding villages.
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Northfield
Amateurs or professionals suspend Colby and Westboro teams
Boston March 2 The registration committee of the N E A A U suspends Colby College and Westboro Seminary basketball teams of the Ariston club of Vinal Haven pending an amateur status inquiry. Charles H M Schmidt billiardist is suspended for competing in an unsanctioned tournament last week.
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Boston
Colby College
Westboro Seminary
Ariston Club
Vinal Haven
Charles UH. Schmidt
Flood Swells on Ohio River Raise Tide in Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia on March 2 the Ohio river sits at 49.7 feet and climbs slowly, not more than an inch per hour, while adjacent towns seek higher ground. Snow and rain persist since noon, with the Big Sandy already rising at Whitehouse and the Guye n and Twelve Pole stations largely steady.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River
Whitehouse
Guyen
Twelve Pole
Rhodes Plans Rest at Drakenstein Estate
A Cape Town dispatch to the Daily Mail reports Cecil Rhodes’s health causing unease. Rhodes intends to take a few weeks of complete rest at his country estate in the Drakenstein district.
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London
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodes
Drakenstein
Bridge Washed Away at Harrisburg Damaged Camelback Span
High water washed away the second and third piers of the Camelback bridge on the Harrisburg side early this morning. The historic structure, built across the river, suffered collapse of waterfront supports prompting emergency measures as officials assess damage and potential closures. The bridge is a notable city landmark and traffic disruption followed in the wake of the accident.
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Harrisburg
Flood Hits Harrisburg and Susquehanna Area
In 1816 the river flood damaged parts of Harrisburg with the Roches bridge at risk. The $1,000,000 Pepompeny bridge at Rockville was unharmed. Steel mills and iron works in South Harrisburg closed due to water, forcing residents to upper floors. About 200 people sought safety in Lochiel schoolhouse as waters receded.
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Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Roches
Pepompeny
Rockville
Pennsylvania Steel Works
Tee On
Lochiel
Paterson Flood Swamps City After Fire
Paterson faces record floods after a recent fire. The Pas saic river overflow floods a mile of riverfront and half a mile inland inundating the poorer quarters. Rogers locomotive works and several silk mills are in the flooded district. About 600 families displaced, with hundreds rescued by boats and barges. One death reported so far.
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Paterson
Passaic
Rogers Locomotive Works
Brutal assault and robbery in Jamaica Plain
Miss Olive C. Lee of 55 South Street Jamaica Plain was attacked near Burroughs and Brewer streets, robbed of a pocketbook containing a few bills and change, and severely battered. She described the assailant as six feet seven inches tall with a brown mustache, wearing a brown undercoat and a black derby, no overcoat. The incident prompted police warnings about a familiar highwayman active in Back Bay Roxbury and Jamaica Plain.
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Boston
Olive C. Lee
South Street
Jamaica Plain
Burroughs and
Brewer Streets
Back Bay
Roxbury
Station 13
Treacherous Ladrones Capture Cavite Town Leader
In Cavite province Felizardo and 26 armed men seized Cainta presidente Senor Ampil and most police. Governor Flores pursues the band amid fears for Ampil's safety. captured letters with General Lukban shed light on insider conspiracies involving Filipinos and foreign merchants. A remonstrance meeting urged against tariff, with funds planned to cable Washington.
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Manila
Flores
Risal
Felizardo
Cavite
Cainta
Morong
Senor Ampil
Lukban
Samar
Washington
Billy Rice Dead Minstrel Veteran Dies in Hot Springs
Billy Rice a veteran minstrel died in Hot Springs Arkansas after a long illness from dropsy. He spoke of past experiences and stories of minstrel life. Once earning large salaries he lived a Bohemian and destitute life, few attended his bedside.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Billy Rice
Rice
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul Captures E Riyad in Arabia
Bombay reports Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul leads a 2009 man force to seize E Riyad, entering by night with 50 riders to kill the governor and topple Ibn Rashid’s Nejd rule. Garrison surrenders. banners attract many tribes joining Feysul’s Wahabi cause.
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Bombay
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul
E’ Riad
Arabia
Feysul
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysui
Ibn Rashid
Ameer
Nejd
The Etruria Overdue at Queenstown After Eastbound Voyage
London reports no news on the Cunard liner Etruria 30 hours overdue at Queenstown. The vessel left New York February 22 for Queenstown and Liverpool under Captain Stevens. Her expected arrival was February 28 at 10 12 p m. the Umbria recently arrived in New York said it communicated with the Etruria February 26 via wireless in latitude 44 20 north longitude 41 40 west.
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London
Blondin Trial Inconclusive On County Action
In Boston on March 2 at the attorney general's office a conference among Parker Stevens Sanderson and state police officers considered whether Suffolk or Middlesex should press action against Wilfred Blondin, the alleged wife murderer. No decision was announced. A gold watch with Blondin initials pawned in Hanover street was recovered by district officers, yielding $15 to Blondin before his flight last June.
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Boston
Parker
Wilfred Blondin
Stevens
Suffolk County
Sanderson
Middlesex County
Letteney
Rhoades
Proctor
J. Wilfred Blondin
Hanover Street
Rhoades and Proctor
Blondin
Striking Woolen Weavers Meet at Olneyville
Providence March 2 A mass meeting of the striking weavers from four major mills of the American Woolen company at Olneyville approved rejecting a plan to single out double looms on fancy work and referred an extended hostilities proposal to the executive board with power to act without further public plan details.
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Providence
American Woolen Company
Olneyville
Wood Gays
Sailors Rescued After Three Days Adrift At Sea
A crew of nine from the schooner B. R. Woodside was rescued by the steamer El Cid after three days lashed to rigging as a northeast gale drove them 200 miles east of Savannah. Captain Brown and First Mate Serman Martin survived with eight crew members aboard Fernandina to St. John bound lumber voyage.
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Palm Beach
Fla
el Cid
Baker
Savannah
Brown
Serman Martin
B. R. Woodside
Fernandina
St. John
Porto Rico
Millionaire Henry Perkins Dies By Self Inflicted Hanging
Warren Ohio March 2 Hon Henry Bishop Perkins a prominent Warren philanthropist and bank president killed himself in his office adjoining his home. The body was found by a family member shortly before noon. Illness and the death of a favored Yale graduate son a year ago are believed to have driven him to the act. Perkins born in Warren spent life there leading First National Bank of Warren and influential in railroad and state affairs. He was said to be worth several millions.
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Warren
Ohio
Henry Bishop Perkins
Yale
Perkins
First National Bank of
Cebu President Assaulted By Cebu Police
Manila dispatch reports Cebu Governor cablegram stating municipal police assaulted the Spanish consul at Cebu port. The attack is said to have been instigated by Cebu president Senor Reyes, who has been suspended pending an investigation ordered immediately.
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Manila
Philippine Commission
Cebu
Senor Reyes
Morgan donates $2 million to University of the South
Chicago wire reports that J Pierpont Morgan gave two million dollars to the University of the South at Sewanee Tennessee, a historic gift announced in the Chronicle special from Nashville.
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Chicago
the Chronicle
Nashville, Tenn
J. Pierpont Morgan
University of the South At
Sewanee, Tenn
Pleasure of anticipation outshines trip to Boston
A Boston reader recounts a rail journey via Tewksbury Winchester and Medford, praising the new cars for easy riding and ample ventilation. The two hour trip from Merrimack Square to Park Square cost 25 cents, matching the usual Lowell to Boston fare.
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Boston
Tewksbury
Winchester
Medford
Merrimack Square
Park Square
Lowell
Unexpectedly Vacated Modern House For Sale
One half of a modern nine room house with separate hot and cold water bath sunny and pleasant. Rent is 16 dollars monthly. For sale to settle an estate three acres of land in a choice residential city area priced at 4700 dollars. Contact T. H. Elliot 64 Central Street.
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T. H. Elliot
Central Street
Tea growing in the United States and tea imports
The Pinehurst experiments chief outlines benefits of U S tea cultivation including shorter transport, war risk reduction, and tariff protection. He warns of supply disruptions from global friction or plant disease, and notes the existing ten cent duty, comparing Britain and France boosts. Tea’s low price persists in hard times.
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Pinehurst
United States
Ceylon
Asia
Great Britain
France
Pearson’s
Omar at the Dump
Poem fragment noting a worn corset and an old shoe on a scrap heap as symbols of lost innocence and remembered heartbreak. The verse hints at a maiden, a dozen suitors, and a wounded heart from past romance. The piece evokes regret and social commentary through vivid imagery and regional tone.
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Battle Fields
Colorado
Merrimack and
The
Susquehanna
Ladrones
Cavita
Morong Province
B’riad
Etruria
Millionaire
Morgan, the
Liberal
America
Weiling
Etamme
Hernani
Butterick
O'Donnell & Gilbride CO
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Streets
Omar
Chicago Record-Herald
Sapolio
Benson
Ason
Seabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists
N.Y
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