Russo French Declares Support for Anglo Japanese Pact
The Russo French joint declaration, dated March 16 and to be printed by the Official Messenger, lauds the Anglo Japanese convention as upholding essential principles of policy in the Far East. It warns against disruptive actions by powers that could threaten China's integrity and notes Russia and France reserve the right to defend their interests and preserve the status quo and regional tranquility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Offic
France
Russia
East
China
Patrick trial witness recants will signing in Rice murder case
In New York on March 19 David Ah Short testified again in the Patrick trial that Wil l M Rice showed him the 1900 will and urged secrecy before death. Clerk Trendley testified writing Rice initials on paper matched signatures deemed genuine by a bank official. A handwriting expert from Boston said one hand likely wrote all disputed signatures. The defense closed its case in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David Ah, Short
Albert T. Patrick
Will. M. Rice
Asant
Osborne
Mr. Rice
Morris Meyer
Rice
Short
John Trendley
W. M. Rice
Hermon
Swenson and Sons’ Bank
Recorder
Charles French
Boston
Patrick
The Boston Strike Heats Up Amid Settlement Talks
Boston March 19 The longshoremen union reports the Metropolitan Steamship line has offered to reinstate 50 strikers immediately with back pay and fill vacancies as they occur. Eight weighers still remain refused though union leaders hope for a satisfactory adjustment. Governor Crane intensifies mediation with Lieutenant Governor Bates to aid conciliation efforts amid official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Metropolitan Steamship Line
Crane
Bates
Eight-Hour Day Drive In Fall River Masons
Fall River masons press for eight-hour day, seeking $2.89 for eight hours and a June 9 start for pay, with April 7 as a target. The Builders' Association offers the raise if terms are accepted, and a conciliatory meeting is planned after a partial report from a committee. The local union numbers 390 masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Masons of
Masons’ Union
Builders’ Association
Fall River Builders’ Association
Crowninshield Confirmed as Rear Admiral by Senate
Washington March 19 The Senate in executive session confirmed Capt A S S Crowninshield as rear admiral. There was no comment on the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Capt. A. S.S. Crownshield
Farmer shoots wife in quarrel near Pittsfield
Henry Nye, 50, a Stephentown New York farmer, shot and killed his wife Mary, 34, during a Tuesday night argument at their home near the Massachusetts line. An armed posse pursued Nye, who fled into the woods with a shotgun. jealousy is given as the motive as residents recount years of trouble that led to the fatal act.
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Pittsfield
Henry Nye
Stephentown
N. Y
Massachusetts
Mary
Nye
Provisional government eyed for Danish West Indies
Washington reports the cabinet has discussed acquiring the Danish West Indian islands and favors establishing a provisional government at the outset. An officer will dispatch to act as provisional governor, while a permanent scheme is prepared for Congress and possible installation before year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Congress
Danish Upper House Ratifies Danish West Indies Sale
The Lans thing in committee and executive session voted to ratify the treaty for sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. Opponents held a large meeting with several members present. Fresh proposals urged a direct West Indies steam line and extensive sugar plantations, with 3,500,000 crowns subscribed.
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Copenhagen
Lansthing
Moody Receives Warm Haverhill Navy Secretary Reception
Congressman William H. Moody, newly appointed secretary of the navy, drew about 2000 attendees at a city hall reception in Haverhill amid poor weather. City official George H. Carleton presented an engraved testimonial, Moody thanked the crowd, and many shook his hand as they extended best wishes for his navy tenure. An Odd Fellows banquet will follow tomorrow night with grand officers in attendance.
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Mr. Moody
Navy Department
Miss Stone’s Ransom Sparks Balkan Tension in Vienna
Vienna reports warn of serious trouble in Macedonia as the porte mobilizes 35,000 troops for Macedonia and Albania. The agitation appears driven by Boris Sarafoff, ex-head of the Macedonian committee, using Miss Stone’s ransom to fuel his campaign.
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Vienna
Neues Weiner Abendblatt
Macedonia
Porte
Albania
Boris Sarafoff
Macedonian Committee
Miss Stone
Murderer Will Lance Hanged in Aberdeen Mississippi
Aberdeen Mississippi March 19 Will Lance a murderer was hanged today He blamed gambling and illicit whiskey making for his downfall When the drop fell his head was jerked from his body and the sentence was carried out with finality by the execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Miss
Will Lance
Lance
Kaiser Wilhelm II and Prince Henry Arrive at Kiel
The German battleship Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived at Kiel at 5 30 p m with Emperor William and Admiral Prince Henry aboard. They were greeted by salutes and cheers from the naval squadron in the harbor.
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Kiel
Emperor William
Prince Henry of Prussia
Cecil Rhodes Stronger After Midnight Bulletin
Capetown reports a midnight bulletin stating Cecil Rhodes has taken nourishment and is slightly stronger while resting. The note confirms he is sleeping at the time.
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Capetown
Cecil Rhodes
Monomoy life savers widows and children relief effort
Boston March 19 report outlines a relief fund for the Monomoy life savers families. Six widows and fourteen children rely on small stipends as a Cape Cod community committee seeks aid. initial subscriptions approach 7000 dollars with hope to exceed past campaigns. The report details each family’s circumstances, noting destitution risks and lack of private support, and calls for broader outside contributions. The fates of Captain Eldredge's family and others are described, with emphasis on the need for ongoing support and a strong public response.
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Boston
Cape
Eldreege
Monomoy
Eldreddge
Cape Cod
George W
Surfman
Foye
Edgar C. Small
Ernest
Marjorie
Small
Valentine Nickerson
Mr. Nickerson
Elijah Kendrick
Bessie
Harry
Osborn Chase
Arthur Rogers
Arthur
Army transport Warren sails again to Manila
Honolulu reports the Warren fully ready for sea and set to depart for Manila. Rumors about her condition circulated as the chief engineer and first assistant resigned over disagreements with Depot Quartermaster Williamson about repairs. Hankua district endured the severest week of rain, totaling over 82 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Honolulu
Warren
Maxila
Williamson
Hankua
Rhode Island Soldiers Memorial Plan Proposed
Providence March 19 At today's session of the General Assembly Senator Freeman of Central Falls introduced a resolution urging a joint special committee to study proper recognition of Rhode Island soldiers buried at Andersonville Ga He favors erecting a suitable memorial at a reasonable cost.
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Providence
R. I
General Assembly
Freeman
Central Falls
Rhode. Island
Andersonville
LYNCHING REPORTED NEAR VIDALIA PARISH PRISON
Natchez Miss March 19 John Woodward a Negro murderer was lynched early today within 300 yards of the parish prison in Vidalia La.
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Natchez, Miss
John Woodward
Vidalia
New York Exchanges Vote on Good Friday Holiday
The cotton exchange voted to observe Good Friday and the following Saturday as holidays. The stock and produce exchange will decide tomorrow, while the coffee exchange has yet to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cotton Exchange
Stock and Produce Exchange
Coffee Exchange
Old educator dead at Oberlin College president
Oberlin Ohio March 19 ex president James H Fairchild died tonight after 68 years with Oberlin College and 33 years as its president making him the longest serving college official in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Ohio
James H. Fairchild
Oberlin College
United States
Democrats Call for Con Resolutions to Aid Boer Peace Efforts
Democratic members of the House caucused and unanimously adopted a resolution backing the South African republics and Orange Free State. They urge Congress to appeal to Britain to accept peace overtures, seek a just settlement, and uphold strict neutrality while enforcing neutrality laws.
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Washington
House
Congress
Hay
Virginia
Robertson
Louisiana
Randall
Texas
Sulzer
New York
House of Representatives
Congress of the United States
The
United States
South African Republic
Orange Free State
Sympathy of Congress Boosts Boer Envoys Return
Boer envoys Wolmarans and Wessels said in New York that their alliance with the Irish has been profitable on the battlefield and in Parliament. They expressed gratitude to the Dutch, Irish, and Germans and urged sympathy from the U.S. Senate and House to aid their cause with Europe. The pair will sail for France tomorrow.
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New York
Messrs
Wolmarans and
Wessels
France
Wolmagrahs
United States
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Prices Current Lowell Market March 10 1902
Prices current for Lowell retail market supplied by Munn and Co. grocers J B Dover and Co four penn D W Horne and Co coal Killpartrick ros fruit F E Putnam 15 Prescott Street ash provisions and vegetables. Groceries list current prices and sources reflecting regional trade and商品 costs for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Munn & Co
J. B. Dover & Co
Penn
D. W. Horne & Co
Killpartrick Ros
F. E. Putnam
Prescott Street
All Saints Chelmsford Holy Week Services Announced
Middlesex County Chelmsford notices list Holy Week services at All Saints with times 4 p m on Saturday and midweek services Wednesday Friday Saturday at 4 p m and Thursday at 10 a m Palm Sunday services at 10 and 10 45 with palm distribution after the service Unitarian church also notes preaching by the pastor Glenn Tilley Morse scheduled for four o clock events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints
Glenn Tilley Morse
Unitarian Church
Westford Town Meeting Voters For Three Year Clerk Term
Westford residents approved electing the town clerk for a three year term starting next March by a unanimous vote aside from one dissenting voice. The town directed the selectmen to name principal roads and report next year. Elections and appropriations passed with little contest except for assessor and school committee seat. A special Middlesex meeting in Lowell will discuss milk prices and cooperative buying. The town kept liquor licensing option unapproved by 52 to 9 votes.
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Middlesex North Pomona
Odd Fellows Hall
Bridge Street
Lowell
Carrie Jones Leathe interred at Woodlawn cemetery
The remains of Mrs. Carrie Jones Leathe were brought to Acton Centre for interment in Woodlawn cemetery after a brief grave service led by Rev. F. P. Wood. She leaves a husband, daughter, and sister Mrs. Edna Martin, and was held in high esteem as a Christian woman.
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Carrie Jones Leathe
Woodlawn
F. P. Wood
Edna Martin
Charles Tuttle
M. A. and
Lowell Street Railway Company
Y. P. C. E. Society
Sara Wood
Lizzie Nickerson
Wollaston
Sudbury March Meeting Talks Millbridge Repair Funding
Warrants for the annual March meeting in Sudbury outline new business to consider a town appropriation to help pay for rebuilding Millbridge at South Sudbury as part of a state highway extension from Wayland to Marlboro. The plan calls for a steel bridge with stone abutments costing about 1600 dollars, with the town asked to cover half. The meeting may also decide on a road commissioner for three years amid seven or eight candidates. A citizens caucus and church dinner are noted, and Richard O'Brien died at 49 after a pneumonia illness, buried in Saxonville. The Wood Printing Company of Concord Junction has the contract for annual reports.
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Millbridge
South Sudbury
State Highway Commission
Wayland
Marlboro
Highway Commission
M. E. Church
Tower Hall
Richard O’brien
Saxonville
Wood Printing Company
Conecord Junction
Distribution This Week Promised for Readiness
Officials say the product is expected to be ready for distribution this week, signaling progress toward market release. No additional details accompany the brief update.
Tewksbury Club Holds Annual Meeting and Fellowship
The 20th Century club met at First Congregational church for its March annual festival with an organ recital by Mrs. Wm. H. Lee. Officers were elected by Australian voting: President Henry M. Billings, vice president Benjamin Spaulding, secretary Rev. Herbert Yeoman, treasurer Spaulding, with a slate of directors. The evening featured toasts, songs, and a final “America” sing. Separately, a public hearing before the Board of Selectmen to grant a license for a melting and refining plant on Trull Street drew mixed evidence and opposition from North Tewksbury residents. The Tewksbury polo team defeated the Lowell “Small Five” 11 to 0 in town hall play.
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20Th Century Club
First Congregational Church
Wm. H. Lee
Henry Billings
Douglas
Wm. H.see
John Fleming
Billings
Jannette Pike
J. Herbert Yeoman
Benj. &Aulding
A. B E. Blaisdell
G. E. Crosby
John Flemings
Henry M. Billings
Benj. Spaulding
Herbert Yeoman
H. M. Billings
John Fiemings
Wm. Hale
A. ©. Kingsbury
America
Board of Selectmen
Darius Whithed
Trull Street
Blaisdell
Mr. Whithed
North Tewksbury
Wier
Lowell
Edward W. Rull
Dea
Joshua Clark
Ed. W. Clark
H W. Foster
John Jessup
Tewksbury
Town Hall
Briggs
Staples
Brown
Baldwin
Kelley
Concord Window Display Showcased Allen French Novel
During the past week Concord residents praised the window display at the old corner book store. The display featured the latest edition of Allen French's The Colonials with its original cover and design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Allen French
The
Town Meeting Transacts Business at New Town Hall
Town voters convened Monday March 17 to elect officers for the year and approve budgets. Officials include Moderator Hon F A Patch town clerk E B Cobleigh selectmen and overseers of poor G W Burroughs EB B Cobleigh and J S Braman assessors D W Cobleigh treasurer and several committee posts. Budgeted appropriations cover schools highways poor library town charges and cemetery needs. A six member committee will study old town hall disposition while liquor license voting yielded 42 total ballots with 14 for yes and 28 for no.
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New Town Hall
F. A. Patch
E. B. Cobleigh
Albert Littlefield
G. *W Burroughs
G. W. Burroughs
EB. B. Cobleigh
J.S. Braman
D. W. Cobleigh
Chas
E. Bradford
N. E. Whitcomb
J. A. Walker
A. Littlefield
C. L. Woodward
Mrs. Co
H. Burroughs
C. T
Selectmen and Co
H. Waite
Wetherbee
J. H. Whitcomb
A. W. Wetherbee
Este
Dea
Samuel A. Childs
Ayer
West Acton Vacation Continues and Smallpox Precautions
West Acton notes report the high school vacation continuing into the second week. Raleigh Beach returned to work in Stoneham but was sent home due to smallpox fears, then resumed. John E. Beach came home from Harvard woods after vaccination left him ill. A grandson to H. A. Littlefield arrived, hinting at a future storekeeping path. The Ladies Benevolent Society met with readings and music. Death is reported for Mrs. Charlotte E. Tuttle, wife of Geo. W. Sanderson, described as a mother in Israel. Hope is for no further smallpox cases in the village.
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Raleigh Beach
Stoneham
John E. Beach
Harvard
Bolton
Blanchard & Gould
Guy Littlefield
H. A. Littlefield
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
D. H. Hall
Jas. Richardson
Helen Knowlton
Hattie Davis
Katie Richardson
Flora Lawrence
Bessie Smith
A. W.armstrong
Hyde Park
Delette H. Hall
Eugene L. Hall
Armstrong
Charlotte E. Tuttle
Geo. W. Sanderson
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FAR Eastern Policy
Pus
Far East
Masons
Courier
Wife
Woods
Provisional Government
Danish West Indies
MOODY
Prince Henry
Rhode Island
Mississippi
Gress
England
Young Hyson
Java
Rio
Japan
Malaga
Ples
Iibe Iu Campbell
Campbell’s
Campbell’s Mills
Mass
Sawyer Crystal Blue Company
Broad Street
Middlesex County
Chelmsford
Westford
Acton Centre
Sudbury
Edward F. Bigelow
Stamford
Nature Department of
St. Nicholas
Walter A. Carr
Frand’s Block
Fred Sohier
George Sohier
Groton School
J. C. Hunt
Wood Street
Frank McManus
Main
A. Urquhart
Black's
Walden Street
Company I
Edward Connors
Punkatassett Farm House
Russell Robb
Monument Street
Boxboro
West Acton
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