Adrift in a Dory One Hundred Hours at Sea
Boston fisherman Charles Matheson and Nova Scotian youth Frederick Hemmeon endure more than four days adrift off Brown’s Banks in a small dory. Food and water run out, storms lash them, and Hemmeon descends into delirium before rescuers in the Flora S Nickerson pull them to safety. The crew quote the time as about one hundred two hours.
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Hallifax
Brown's Banks
Nova Scotia
Charles Matheson
Boston
Matheson
Frederick Hemmeon
Nova
Hemmeon
Wemmeon
Svith
Mathewson
Companion
Flora S. Nickerson
Brazilian Servants Leave Home Before Nightfall
In Brazil servants do not sleep indoors and depart at seven at night returning seven or eight the next day. Many houses remove a window pane to allow bakers and milkmen to deliver goods on early rounds without waking the family.
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Brazil
Penalty of Fame for Gen Nogi at Autograph Rush
General Nogi of Port Arthur fame faces crowds of autograph seekers in Japan where relatives of soldiers who died at Port Arthur seek his signature for inscriptions intended for the tombstones of the dead.
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Nogi
Port Arthur
Japan
Ice Boat Proposal Sparks Yonkers Drama
The Yonkers Statesman reports a playful scene where an ice boat proposal sparked a tender moment. Patrice denies intent to accept. the couple shared a hug on the ice boat amid the public display.
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Patrice
Yonkers
Noted suffragist Susan B Anthony dies in Rochester
Susan B Anthony dies at 86 in Rochester after heart failure induced by double pneumonia. She had led the national suffrage movement, campaigned across many states with Stanton and Stone, lectured widely, and helped found the Women's National Loyal League during the Civil War.
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Rochester
N. Y
Susan B. Anthony
Miss Anthony
Ricker
Baltimore
New York
Massachusetts
National Loyal League
Kansas
Elizabeth Cady Statton
Lucy Stone
West
Elisabeth Cady Stanton
Matilda Gage
Congress
United States
England
Chicago Wins on Street Car Franchise Case
The U S Supreme Court rules the 1865 act amending 1859 is constitutional but limits the life of the Chicago street railway franchise to periods in existing ordinances. Traction companies lose broad operating rights while the city gains control over details of the policy.
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Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Rescuers Die In Courrières After Mine Disaster
Paris reports a new tragedy adding to the Courrières mine calamity. A 17 man rescue party entered the shaft to recover bodies from Saturday's disaster and perished, despite engineers' warnings about the dangers of further efforts.
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Paris
Courrieres
Depew Ill Rumor Denied By Nephew In New York
New York March 13 reports say Senator Chauncey M. Depew has been absent from the Senate in Washington for two weeks amid illness concerns. Charles C. Paulding, a nephew, refuted serious illness rumors stating he knows the senator’s health is not seriously at risk.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Senate
Washington
Charles C. Paulding
War losses tallied at 151000 in daily list
From St. Petersburg The Invalid prints military casualty totals for the war. Excluding Port Arthur the figures reach 151000 killed wounded and missing.
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St. Petersburg
the Invalid
Port Arthur
Five Killed in Religious Riot in Warsaw Church Fight
Five people died and fifteen were wounded in a religious riot at a Catholic church in Strykoff Piotrkoff government. Catholics clashed with sectarians using knives sticks and pushforks in the melee.
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Warsaw
Strykoff
Piotrkoff
Woman Convicted of First Degree Manslaughter
Dora Lapine convicted of first degree manslaughter for the shooting death of her husband Joseph Lapine. Incident occurred in February in Madison Ss.
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Madison, Ss. D
Dora Lapine
Joesph Lapine
Father Gapon Arrested Amid Inquiry Demand
St. Petersburg reports Father Gapon was arrested on the eve of an inquiry he demanded into a scandal over his labor organization allegedly subsidized by the government.
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Father Gapon
St. Petersburg
Rate Bill Foes Loss Reverses Tactics In Senate
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes momentum for the rate bill in the Senate favors its Republican-authored path. Aldrich and allies failed to frame the measure as Democratic, while Tillman remains focused on advancing enactment. The bill’s fate hinges on GOP support with Democratic opposition unlikely to derail it.
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Senate
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Aldrich
Dolliver
Tillman
House
Congress
Just and Equitable Tariff Reform Urges Elastic Commission
A permanent nonpartisan tariff commission is urged to advise Congress on changes in the public interest. The piece notes a new German tariff sharp against American exports and supports a bill to grant elasticity by setting a uniform maximum rate 25 percent higher for nations discriminating against U S goods. It argues the measure would not harm U S industry and would place Germany on the favored list.
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Congress
United States
Brooklyn Times
Germany
Roosevelt's Peaceful Year Earns World Praise and Domestic Progress
The Troy Times lauds President Roosevelt in a presidential year ending with his role in ending the Russia Japan war. It highlights his peace making, support for pure government, civic equality, and health leadership, noting future potential with three years left in his term.
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Theodore Roosevelt
The
United States
Troy Times
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
America
Congress
Relief Fund Draws London Crowds as Unemployed Seek Aid
The Albany Journal notes no improvement for England’s unemployed poor and warns liberal government and charity aid are needed. Queen Alexandra's £2000 relief fund draws large crowds to London, causing congestion as people from outside the city flock for potential help. No work is in sight and prospects are uncertain in a free trade England.
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England
Albany Journal
Alagxandra
London
The Dingley Law and Leather Trade
The Troy Times argues the Dingley tariff does not harm American buyers or hinder foreign purchases. In nine years leather exports and related goods have doubled while imports rose, proving the duty neither blocks foreign products nor damages domestic industry.
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Troy Times
Hathaway testimony on Philippine sugar and free trade
Senator committee hearings reveal F R Hathaway, a Taft excursion member, argues Philippine sugar lands exceed government figures and irrigation is strong. He predicts Philippine free trade would end U S sugar production within years, with Filipino labor potential under white supervision boosting output.
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Taft
Philippines
F. R. Hathaway
Senate
Michigan
Hathaway
Senate Committee
Philippine Islands
United States
One tariff for all nations policy urged by Cedar Rapids Republican
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues against discriminatory duties and favors a single tariff policy for all countries. It asserts that equal treatment of Germany and Great Britain will prevent tariff wars and reduce troubled trade relations.
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Germany
Great Britain
Cedar Rapids
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Dory
Mantac
Sann
Cause of Woman’s Rights
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Depew
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