Warship Jena Explodes Blowing Up at Toulon
At Toulon on March 13 the French battleship Jena suffered a magazine explosion triggered by a torpedo. Capt. Adigard and Capt. Vertier were killed along with 70 to 80 bluejackets. Rear Admiral Manceron and hundreds were injured. The blast sent debris across the quay, caused many to jump overboard, and left 150 wounded receiving care in hospitals or at home.
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Toulon
Adigard
Vertier
Manceron
Latin
Iena
Lieut
Tiercelin
Praise Work on the Canal Belief Eight-Year Completion
Charleston March 13. Reports from committees of commercial clubs in Boston Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis say conditions in the Panama canal zone are favorable for finishing the canal by the eight years ending January 1 1915. They praise organization housing and sanitary conditions while noting food preparation needs improvement and that Chinese labor is not sought.
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Charleston
S. C
Panama Canal Zone
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Isthmus
Panama
Dowie dies at Zion City founder of Christian Catholic church
John Alexander Dowie, founder of the Christian Catholic church, died at 7 40 Friday morning in Zion City. He left behind a state of penury after a life of religious leadership. His two attendants were present at his bedside and Gladstone Dowie with Mrs Dowie were alerted and traveled from Shiloh House near Whitehall Michigan.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church
Freeman Hachnel
John Hershfield
North Shore
Zion City
Bright
Gladstone Dowie
Dowie
Shiloh House
Ben McChui
Whitehall
Mich
Fire destroys Brainerd Ransford hotel and annex
The new Ransford hotel in Brainerd Minnesota and its annex burned Monday. The buildings were valued at about sixty thousand dollars with contents around two hundred thousand dollars. Local authorities investigated the blaze as a major loss for the city.
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Brainerd
Minn
Ransford
Military students chosen to study in France
The army board selects 15 students from the Pao tingfu military college to study military science in France, part of a program announced in Peking on March 11.
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France
Peking
The
Army Board
Paotingfu Military College
Paris Restores Light as Strikes Unfold Across City
Paris reports normal lights after Sunday night as electric plants operate. The Confederation of Labor mobilizes hundreds of workers to threaten public disruption, sparking editorials calling for laws to curb strikes affecting essential services. Strike committee meetings continue.
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Paris
Confederation of Labor
Will J. Davis Freed From Legal Guilt In Chicago Fire
Danville Illinois March 11 Will J Davis was freed Saturday of all legal guilt for the Iroquois theater fire in Chicago that killed 596 people on December 30 1903 Judge Kimbrough declared Davis morally guilty but not legally responsible since Chicago building ordinances were defective The jury returned a verdict of not guilty and the sheriff was directed to release Davis making reindictment practically impossible
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Danville
Ill
Will J. Davis
Chicago
Kimbrough
Davis
Two More Join In Eddy Suit In Concord New Hampshire
Fred W. Baker of Epsom New Hampshire and Dr BEJ Foster Eddy of Waterbury Vermont join as next friends of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy in a bill to obtain an accounting of her property from Christian Science church leaders.
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Concord
N. H
Fred W. Baker
Epsom
Mary Baker G. Eddy
BE. J. Foster-Eddy
Waterbury
Slaghts Prevail In Long Northern Pacific Suit
The U S Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jacob and Margaret Slaght ending a 20 year dispute with the Northern Pacific Railroad over lands in Palouse Washington where the railroad owns warehouses and water tanks.
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Washington
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Jacob and
Margaret Slaght
Palouse
Wash
Supreme Court of the United States
Slaghts
Ohio Boy Kills His Father in Solon Case
In Solon Ohio on Sunday 20 year old Richard Kennedy Jr struck his father with a baseball bat during a quarrel and killed him instantly. Kennedy surrendered to the police after the fatal blow. The incident occurred as the son aided his mother in the confrontation.
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Ohio
Solon
Richard Kennedy, Jr
Louisville Strikes Enter Third Day With Growing Pressure
Louisville officials and business groups seek intervention as street car disturbances persist. Police injuries rise as cars run with limited protection. Merchants press Mayor Barth for improved security and arbitration talks with the railroad, while a barricade blocks tracks at Eighteenth and Chestnut.
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Louisville
Commercial Club
Board of Trade
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Associations
Barth
Minary
Eighteenth
Chestnut Streets
Bribery Indictments Hit Columbus Paving Case
Three members of the board of public service, two city workers, the president and a vice president of the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Co, and two company employees are indicted after a bribery probe into the East Broad street paving contract. Nelson Cannon’s confession ties payments to Immel Lied Burr and others. Beck resigned amid disclosures.
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Columbus
Board of Public Service
Cleveland-Trinidad Paving Company
American Sewer Pipe Company
Grand
East Broad Street
Nelson Cannon
Cannon
Fred J. Immel
Columbus Board of Public Service
Fred Lied
Cleveland- Trinidad Company
Charles E. Burr
Immel
Bramley
Cleveland-Trinidad Company
H. C. Ladg
Himslf
Arthur A. Beck
Alfred A. Shoemaker
Beck
Wireless message links Pensacola to Washington via Point Loma
Commander H C Gearing reports that the Point Loma wireless station near San Diego intercepted signals from Pensacola while Pensacola was getting a message from Washington. The same operator also captured a transmission from the battleship Connecticut on the Atlantic and in contact with Washington from New York harbor.
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Vallejo
Cal
H. C. Gearing
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Diego
Point Loma
Navy Yard
Pensacola
Fla
Washington, D. C
Washington
Connecticut
Atlantic Ocean
New York Harbor
Portsmouth Strike Ends After Conference
In Portsmouth Ohio a street car strike ended after hours of talks. All employees will return to work Tuesday morning. The company agrees to reemploy everyone and if grievances are not settled within 30 days the dispute goes to a three citizen board for arbitration.
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Portsmouth
Roosevelt asks California to suspend Japanese laws
President Roosevelt telegraphed Governor Gillett urging the California legislature to halt all Japanese legislation. He fears the Senate action on two bills and a resolution may hinder efforts to secure exclusion of Japanese laborers under a friendly agreement with Japan. The assembly planned no action on the bills in file.
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Sacramento
Cal
Roosevelt
California
Gov. Gillette
Senate
Japan
Assembly
Bulgarian Premier Petkoff Killed in Sofia Garden
Sofia March 12 The Bulgarian premier and interior minister M Petkoff was assassinated while walking in the Boris garden. He was struck by three bullets and died instantly. Minister Geumacieff was wounded in the arm.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
M. Petkoff
Boris Garden
M. Geumacieff
Commerce and Agriculture
Henry Kantz Fatally Wounds Friend Then Kills Self
Henry Kantz shot and seriously wounded his friend Martin Kunz in Fairfax Minnesota and then killed himself.
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Henry Kantz
Martin Kunz
Fairfax, Minn
Numerous incidents and headlines from around the world
A bank wreck, deadly boiler explosion, and a fatal icicle incident lead brief items. Political indictments, acquittals, and pardons surface amid global events from Me tuchen to Paris. Military and transport notes include Panama travel, battleship tours, and railway talks. Local politics show Maine election shifts and a Salt Lake City graft case.
Major Whipple’s Cuban Mission and Teeth Trial
An army officer recalls Maj. Whipple of the Second Massachusetts who rushed to Washington at the outbreak of the Spanish War to volunteer for Cuba. Examiners at Worcester flagged a dental issue, prompting the retort that he would go to shoot Spaniards, not eat them.
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Whipple
Massachusetts
Washington
MoeKinley
Maj. Whipple
Worcester
Wroth
Cuba
Harper’s Weekly
Case of eczema in South
I M Robert of Hydropolis Louisiana reports a three year struggle with eczema. After trying a doctor with no relief he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and later the complete Cuticura remedies. His wife recovered fully and he urges others to try the products. Dated January 6 and September 1 1906.
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Cuthura
I. M. Robert
Hydropolis
Korean Women Advance Meeting Discusses Life Insurance
The Korean Ladies' club recently met and proposed changes to dress, paused education efforts for now, and urged stronger life insurance measures to safeguard women if a husband dies.
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Korean Ladies’ Club
Korean Daily News
Playwright David Belasco Endures 20 Hour Writing Spree
David Belasco is described as drinking only black coffee during work. The famed playwright reportedly toils at his desk for up to 20 hours without rest, taking a large cup of coffee every hour or two.
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David Belasco
BromO Quinine Laxative Cold Tablet Origin Story
A fragment notes a product named BromO Quinine described as a laxative with one original cold tablet in a white package bearing black and red labeling and signed Bb W Grove. The text hints at imitation brands and a specific signature.
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Bb.w.grove
Never judge worth by size says a silver dollar
A short verse urging comparison of value, claiming a silver dollar exceeds a $10 gold piece and praising Garfield Tea as a herbal remedy for constipation sick headache liver and kidney disorders, noting it is made wholly of herbs.
Quotations Note Lycurgus on Daily Life and History
A concise reflection citing Lycurgus that every day in life contributes a leaf to personal history. The quote frames daily existence as part of a larger historical record.
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Zion
Louisville Street Car Company
Grand Jury
Atlantic
California Assembly
Union State Bank
Hunnewell Kan
Gov. Denéen
Illinois
Metuchen
N. J
Niagara Gorge
Lawson Emerson
Supreme Court of
Robert B. Oliver
Knoxville
Tenn
San Juan
P. R. M. Casimir-Perrier
Edward and
Albert
Prince of Wales
von Behrens
Berlin
Clinton Babbitt
Congress
Wisconsin
Beloit
Burton
Kansas
James J. Hill
Minnesota
Great Northern Railroad
Henry G. Shaw
Customs House
San Francisco
Col. Shaw
Iroquois
Michigan Sea
Michigan
Post Office Department
Middle West
Barcelona
Spain
Marquise Comilla
Transatlantic Company
Rodolphus W
Salt Lake City
Utah
Whittaker
District Court
Maine
Bangor
Augusta
Belfast
Citizens’ Party
Biddeford
Brewer
Hongkong
British China Squadron
King Alfred
Frederick C. Fairbanks
Helen Scott
Pittsburg
N. G. Richards
Steubenville
New York
Burt Berea
Milwaukee
Dresene
Kansas City
Texas
Omaha
Major
Cuticura
W. A. Mitchell
Martin, Ga
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