Tusks of Elephants: 450 Pound Old Male Tusks Noted
Dr. G C Schillings cites Africa travel details tusk sizes. An 1898 Kilimanjaro near kill near Zanzibar yielded tusks with a combined 450 pounds. Largest tusk known sits in Britain, another in the United States. Tusks over 100 pounds rare and vary by species and individual.
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G. C. Schillings
Africa
Kilimanjaro
Zanzibar
British Museum
London
United States of America
Equatorial
Rowland Ward
Mules Travel Far Regions Under B B Wenger’s Care
B B Wenger of Royalton Penn owns two mules famed for travel and endurance. He completed a round trip from Royalton to Jonestown and back, with one leg described as notably steady and reliable.
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B. B. Wenger
Royalton, Penn
Jonestown
President Roosevelt urges settlement to avert miners strike
National convention of United Miners to be held March 15 after Roosevelt letter to John Mitchell urging further efforts to avert the threatened April 1 strike in the bituminous fields. Mitchell Robbins Perry Bush present as coal interests meet in New York.
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National Convention of the United Miners
Presient
New York
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
United Mineworkers of America
United Miners
Mitchell
Frank L. Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
W. C. Perry
Southwestern Coal Association
B. E. Bush
Gould Railroads
White House
Washington
Mr. Robbins
National Civic Federation
Treopore Roosevelt
Indianapolis
3000 Dead Reported In Train Blast
Telegrams from Vladivostok to Japanese papers describe a train loaded with soldiers blown up and plunged into a river. Reported deaths reach 3,000 though likely exaggerated. A January 25 clash between Cossacks and Japanese prisoners left about 1,500 killed or wounded. One third of the wounded were hospitalized. others lay in the snow. A Mongol prince, Poluta, has been granted travel permission to the United States from Peking. Japan marks March 10 as a war anniversary date.
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Tokio
Vladivostok
Japan
Poluta
Peking
United States
Des Moines Senate votes for popular election of senators
After a five hour acrimonious debate the Iowa Senate adopted the Lewis resolution authorizing Governor Cummins to call a convention of state representatives in July to consider amending the U S Constitution so senators are elected by the people rather than by state legislatures.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Lewis
Cummins
States
The
Union
United States
France and Germany urged to discuss Moroccan question at conference
Algeciras correspondent M Revoil, French rep to the Moroccan conference, handed a note to Herr von Radowitz urging that Morocco be discussed at the gathering. This aligns with February 22 French Foreign Office declaration to avoid direct talks with Germany and let the conference address policing of Morocco and establishment of a state bank.
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Algeciras
M. Revoil
France
Herr von Radowitz
Germany
Morocco
Benjamin Franklin Statue Arrives for Paris Suburb Erection
Havre by cable reports a $10,000 statue of Benjamin Franklin gifted by John H. Harjes, arriving from America. It will be placed at the end of Rue de Franklin 4 in Passy, recently renamed in honor of the statue.
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Havre
Benjamin Franklin
John H. Harjes
Paris
America
Multiple Headlines in 1904 News Sheet Mention Various Scandals
A long Atlantic news digest notes alleged plots in the Berthe Claiche case, banker resignations from Kuhn, Loeb as Baltimore and Ohio directors, Collier’s expose plans against Mann, Hoffmanns Atlantic crossing for a son, veteran reunion dates in New Orleans, and various political, crime, and international items including quarantine rules, accidents, and diplomatic tensions.
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Berthe Claiche
Ignis Gerdron
New York
Fuee
Mar- Kuhn, Lobe & Co
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Robert Collier
Collier's Weekly
Colonel Mann
Mann
Josef Hoffmann
Atlantic
America
Italy
George P. Eustis
United Confederate Veterans
New Orleans
Stephen D. Lee
the Veterans
R. J. Hynicka
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Ohio State Senate
Pennsylvania Bridge Company
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Waycross
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
John Hanley
Chicago
Louisiana
Cuba
Central America
Montgomery
California
Hanover
McKeesport Lodge
McKeesport
A. G. Hammond
Third
U. S. Cavalry
Presidio
Nott W. Flinch
University of Chicago
Cora Carpenter
Tiffin
Pennsylvania
George Small
Rufus Johnson
Miss Allinson
Moorestown
N. J
Stokes
Johnson
Patrick
Valet Jones
Stuillman
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hotel Astor
Alfred M. Bard
Bard
Brussels
Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
John A. McCall
Samuel Thomas
Allentown
Iowa State Senate
Cummins
Iowa
James Dreen
Mantau, O
Dreen
Kenyon Academy Fire Claims Students in Gambier
A blaze at Milner Hall and adjacent dormitories at Kenyon Military Academy in Gambier Ohio killed three students and injured nine more as 85 occupants escaped or were forced to flee at 4 A M The fire destroyed Delano North Halls and North Annex with property losses estimated at 100000 and 60 percent insured Authorities led searchers through the ruins but could not recover all missing students The incident echoes a previous Kh Kenyon College hazing tragedy and the origin of the fire remains unknown.
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Nex
Dr. Peirce
Kenyon
Wiant and
Williams
Military Academy
Old Kenyon
Kenyon Academy
Cincinnati
Kenyon College
Big Meteorite is Sold to New York Scientist
The famous Willamette Meteorite has been sold to a New York scientist who will present it to the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The price paid was 20600 dollars, the highest ever paid for a meteorite. Weighing about 10 tons, the ore mass was found near the Tualatin River banks in Clackamas County Oregon after a lengthy dispute over ownership.
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Portland
Willamette
New York
American Museum of Natural History
Tualatin River
Clackamas County
Oregon
Matushensky Arrested in Saratoff Over Funds Embezzlement
Matushensky, once a Fath er Gapon aide, was seized by a St. Petersburg workers committee in Saratoff. He refused to surrender $12,000 allegedly stolen from the workers' fund. He will be sent to St. Petersburg for trial amid expected sensational proceedings linking him to Premier Witte and other notable figures.
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Commence
Tim Krazeff
Caze
Attorney General Opinion Seeks Accounting Against Former Insurance Officials
Harrisburg special report states Attorney General Carson filed with Governor Pennypacker an opinion on the legislative insurance investigating committee finding. He asserts the actuary fees belong to the State and urges equity bills against former Insurance Commissioners Luper, Lamber and Durham and actuary Clayton Erb for accounting and settlement.
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Harrisburg
Carson
Pennypacker
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
Luper
Lamber
Durham
Clayton Erb
Preparations for China emergency under way in Manila
Manila reports active preparations for a possible emergency in China. Maj Gen Leonard Wood postpones his Mindanao trip as a list circulates among packers and teamsters seeking volunteers to enlist for China service. Outfits will be issued to the volunteers.
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Manila
China
Leonard Wood
Mindanao
Ransom payment alleged in kidnap case near Silver City
El Paso special report says the kidnappers of Col. Robert Hannigan, a Deming ranchman, have collected $2,000 in ransom so far, with $1,000 from the Colonel and $1,000 from his son, while still holding him. Authorities fear to strike their Mogollon Mountain retreat to avoid harming the prisoner.
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el Paso
Tex
Robert Hannigan
Deming
N. M
Silver City
N.M
Mogollon Mountain
Atlantic Coast Line awards Waycross shop contract
Atlantic Coast Line headquarters announces the contract for the Waycross Georgia shops has been awarded after seventeen firms submitted bids. The Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania received the award and will commence work.
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Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Waycross
Pennsylvania Bridge Company
Beaver Falls
Sigan
Pure Food bill passes Senate defining adulteration standards
The Pure Food bill becomes a misdemeanor offense in the District of Columbia and territories for manufacturing or selling adulterated or misbranded foods drugs medicines or liquors and prohibits shipments across state lines or to foreign countries. Penalties include a 500 dollar fine or one year in prison or both. Corporations face responsibility of officials in charge.
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Senate
District of Columbia
Territories
United States
Treasury Department
Departments of Agriculture and of Commerce and Labor
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Secretary of Agriculture
United States District Attorney
Indian Appropriation Bill Sets Total at 7 785 528
The House Committee on Indian Affairs completed a bill totaling 7 785 528 dollars, 328 748 less than the current appropriation and 427 000 less than estimates. The policy for Indian affairs remains unchanged with schools and institutions funded as before. Irrigation appropriations on reservations are described as liberal.
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House Committee On Indian Affairs
Ross testifies on steel rails prices for Isthmian project
purchasing agent David W. Ross of the Isthmian Canal Commission told the Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals he bought rails for Isthmus use from American mills at prices $1.50 to $2.50 a ton below prevailing U S railroad rates, highlighting price differences between domestic and international rail purchases.
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United States
David W. Ross
Isthmian Canal Commission
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
American Mills
Monument and memorial bills favorably reported by Senate panel
Senate Committee on the Library backs multiple memorial acts funding statues and monuments in various states with sums ranging from 4,000 to 50,000 dollars. Other items include Paris and London diplomatic notes, labor and railway issues, and a Shoal Call Bill for a water power project.
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Senate Committee On the Library
John Pail Jones
Washington
James Miller
Petersboro
N. H
Point Pleasant
W Va
John Stark
Manchester
Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod
Princetown
N. J
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Dorothea Lynde Dix
Hampden
Maine
Rodgers
Shanghai
Thompson
Lafayette Memorial“Commission
Lafayette
Paris
Yorktown
Robert J. Wayne
London
George E. Green
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Panama Canal
Lafollette
House
David B. Henderson
United States Supreme Court
California
Tillman-Gillespie
Interature Commerce Commission
Bonaparte
Jordon PL Kugh
Tennessee
Fragmentary Roanoke items reflect crime rewards and politics
Scattered Roanoke notes report a murder case, city reward plans, and political intrigue. Officials consider resignations, a $250 reward for the Traynham killer, and Osced Loge Knights offering $100 while Governor Swanson pledges aid. A Virginia Polytechnic dispute spurs debate in the General Assembly.
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Salem
Genel
Gro
P Coronel Grubb
John T
Southern Works
Fredericity
Chicago
Villa Gas and Machj
Frederic Building and Grounds Foundry
Lester Ruffner
Murd
David Ruffner
Isaac P
Puffne
Stat Pris
Aicl
Messrs
File
We Hancock
Sarmuel Cohen
Ebel
J. Court
J. B. Traynham
the & Cression
Swanson
Osced Loge
Knights of Pythias
Membe
General Assembly
Geo L.christian
Wiliam B. Christian
Rowland P. Bub
Julian M. Sailey
Virgi Polytechnic Institute
Hein
Christian Cha
United Statator
John W. Daniel
Cory the Penitentiary
Shenandoah Riverton Power Company
Luray
Luray Electric Company
Driver
Miller Park
Lynchburg
William Wilson
Virginia Senate
England
Aras
Floy
Grant
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Sands Smith
P. Nottingham
EL. E. Mumford Banking Co
Urs
Rominion Line
Ween
Norfolk
Gloucester
Itsmouth
North St
Bay Line
Pie Point
Spot's
East River
Hicks
Diggs
Roane’s
Ware River
Smith’s
Hockley
Auburn Wharf
North River
Dixondile
Severn Wharf
Severn River
Old Point
Government Wharf
Norflk
Portsmouth
Thews
Richmond
Berkley
Brandon
Rfolk
Granby Street
Atlantic Hotel Company
M. B. Crowell
Jsapeake Steamship Company
Chesapeake Line
Augusta
Atlanta
T Comfort
Norfolk, VA
Old Point Comfort
Gloucester Point
Clay Bank
Allmonds Wharf
Ers
Baltimore
Light Street
City
Baltimore Street
M. S. Foster
Sibley Bros
Mathews
C. H
A. M. Marchant
Mathews Co
Leslie GC. Garnett
Echo
Middlesex
F. Theo. Miller
Mathews C. H
Fortwell
Peacemaker
Franklin
St. Petersburg
Ambassador Tower
South Africa
Wu Ting-fang
Ambassador White
Gapon
A. C-L
Washington Affairs
Walker
Chester’ Ie
Cy Naval Observatory
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