Pope Leo's Coronation Jubilee at St Peters Cathedral
Public Mass ends Pope Leo XIII silver jubilee observed in Rome as crowds flood St Peters. Thousands fill the piazza and interior, with diplomats, Americans, and European royals present. The pontiff blesses the faithful, voice clear as trumpets echo, while guards tighten security and the vast basilica glitters with candles and electric lights.
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Sistine Choir
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Leo
St. Peter's Tomb
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Papa
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John’ M. Farley
New York
William J. O'Connell
Portland
Joseph J. Kennedy
American College
James Ryan
Alton
Iis Jd. Oa
Floods Ravage New England as Rivers Rise and Jobs Vanish
Reports from flood plains in New England and the Middle States describe receding waters but widespread devastation. Thousands homeless and about 50,000 unemployed as seven bridges wash away and the financial loss nears 35 million dollars. Rail damage halts train service across Connecticut and Rhode Island while factories suspend operations. The Housatonic and Connecticut rivers remain high with ongoing danger to mills and infrastructure. Local officials report public works and railroad repairs underway as waters slowly decline in some areas.
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Stitt
New York
New England
Middle States
New Haven
Conn
Variong
Connecticut
Norwich
Inslee
Continental Compressed Aire Company
Railway Spring Trust Purchases Oswego Plant Amid Growth
Utica reports the New York Railway Steel Spring company, a $20 million capital trust, has bought several railroad equipment makers including the National Railway Spring company of Oswego. President George B Sloan Jr leads the Oswego plant, with 200 workers. Other acquisitions include Detroit Steel Spring and Philadelphia’s Charles Scott Spring, plus A. W. French and Pickerson Spring. The new firm will be organized in New York. Meanwhile ex Senator Noble E Pierce outlines views on representation in Bristol, aligning with Judge Holcomb on city representation. In Maromas, Conn., Waldendyke Spencer found a 45 year old body on Bear Hill, believed to be an escapee from a nearby insane asylum, coroner states.
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Utica
New York Railway Steel Spring Company, & Corporation
National Railway Spring Company
Oswego
George B Sloan, Jr
Trust
Detroit Steel Spring Company
Charles Scott Spring Company
Philadelphia
A. W. French Spring Company
Pickerson Spring Company, Limited
McCurdy & Co
Chicago
New York
Bristol
Noble E. Pierce
Holcomb
White
Maromas
Conn
Walden- Dyke Spencer
Bear Hill
Connecticut Asylust
Davis
River and harbor bill fire and explosion at canal street factory
Fire caused by an explosion in a five story celluloid factory on Canal Street, New York, injuring several and killing two. Buildings on both sides destroyed as windows shattered. residents leaped from windows to escape. harbor bill allocations discussed, total appropriation over 60 million with pier and harbor projects planned for Norwalk Stamford Greenwich Southport and others.
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and Harbor Committee
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Southport
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Holyoke
Eenwich
New York
Canal Street
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Joseph Collett
John McSweeny
Fescua
Ellwood
Quimby
Wilkerson
Bloodshed Feared as Norfolk Street Car Strike Strands Cars
Norfolk Va March 3 A strike by 180 street railway workers who refused to wire bond led to immediate firings and guards armed with revolvers patrolling car barns. The First battalion of the Seventy first Virginia regiment is assembling to guard the cars when they start, a clash seem imminent as sheriff orders troops in an emergency.
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Norfolk Railway and Light Company
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Seventy-first Virginia Regiment
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Williams Defends Tillman In Senate Dispatches
Boston reports quote George Fred Williams backing Senator Tillman, praising his honesty and framing censure as political theater. He argues many senators profit from the system while Tillman speaks truth and exercises self control amid reform tensions. Yale Harvard boat race results noted. four mile course confirmed. Yale and Harvard crews practiced. coach Cameron visiting. Boer convoy near Klerksdorp stampeded mules after two attacks. British report cites 1200 to 1500 Boers involved.
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Senate
Boston
George Fred Williams
Senator Tillman
Williams
United States
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Senator McLaurin
Our Republic
Yale
Alexander Cameron
Forra
London
Lord Eichener
van Donop
Klerksdorp
Bat
Morphine Habit Ties to Wells Vermont Murder Case
Alexander Ikey, a Wells farmer, killed his wife by axe after claiming arsenic was being mixed into his morphine to end the habit. He had used morphine daily for two decades to ease sun exposure headaches. The arrest and his silent demeanor followed the crime and a subsequent confession.
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Wells
Alexander Skoy
Tkey
Ikey
Mina
Millionaire Henry Perkins Commits Suicide in Warren
Henry Bishop Perkins of Warren Ohio a renowned philanthropist and educator killed himself by hanging in his office near his home. The 1824 birth, long service on the Warren board of education and endowed professorship at Western Reserve College are noted along with his son Henry Bishop Perkins Jr a Yale graduate who died earlier. The incident followed years of health decline and the shock of his son's death. A smallpox outbreak in Putnam Connecticut is also reported with Victor Tourville aged 21 among those quarantined after boarding-house visits to nearby towns.
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Warren
Comuits
Ohio
Henry Bishop Perkins, Jr
Yale
Mr. Perkins
Warren Board of Education
Western Reserve College
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