Prince Henry sails for homeland amid farewell tours
Prince Henry of Prussia wraps two weeks of New York visits in fatigue from constant receptions and travel. He rests aboard the Deutschland as New Yorkers board the Victoria Louis for a farewell concert while a bronze tablet honors martyrs. The journey home begins with his health weary yet hopeful for restoration at sea.
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March
Henry
New
Amenca
Hoboken
Jorney City
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Prince Henry
Elizabethport
Amon
Mr Thallman
Wall Street
Louis
Letter Carriers Association of
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Nneorn
March Jr
Prince Henry of
Pruesia
Disaster to Methuen Moves Cabinet to Act
London March 11 The cabinet met to discuss the disaster to Lord Methuen and his force at the hands of the Boers and the question of suppressing the Irish land league. Rosebery urged perseverance and noted Methuen’s defeat may embolden enemies but not Britons. The students at Glasgow applauded his remark as they sang Soldiers of the Empire. Lady Methuen travels home from Cape Town and will reach Madeira March 18.
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Roseberry
London
Lord Methuen
Irish Land League
Marquis of
Londonderry
Earl Caddogan
Ireland
League
George Wrodham
The
Cabiet
Lord Rosebery
Glasgow
Methaen
Great Britain
Rosebery
Ene
General Delarey
Methuen
Kitchener
Lady Methuen
Dow Enrotte
Cape Town
Delmar votes to bar factories after fierce town election
In Delmar, on the Delaware Maryland line, a bitter election ends with anti factory faction winning. Town commissioners resigns and no mills will be allowed within town limits. Notable figure W. Sirman expresses disgust as appeals to courts loom.
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Laurel
Del
Delmar
Delaware
Maryland
Baltimore
Wis
Besten
Patieat
W . Sirman
Delaware House of Representatives
Kensingtons Smallpox Case Spurs Quarantine Actions
New Britain March 21 developments in the Kensington smallpox case show the Charles Crossley family, with the patient diseased, escaped a Birmingham quarantine and traveled north to Berlin. Symptoms appeared in children. a boarding companion was quarantined. Selectman Taylor mobilized guards, school closures were considered, and Drs Henn Brooksieper Page were enlisted to manage the outbreak. Edward Crossley’s house was quarantined due to family visits.
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Kensington
Charles Crossley
Birmingham
Ala
Berlin
Crossley
Edward Crossley
Rosebery Attacks Home Rule After Irish Commons Demonstration
Lord Rosebery spoke to a crowded St Andrews hall crowd in Glasgow asserting the Irish cheers at Lord Kitchener's telegram news of Methuen’s capture mark the impossibility of home rule. He urged national efficiency and challenged the government’s seven year lethargy and inaction as the nation’s verdict.
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Lish Wembees
Glasgow
Lord Rosebery
St. Andrews Hall
House of Commons
Lord Kitchener
Methuen
Mr. Gladstone
Boston Strike Grows in Boston Area
Boston strike gains momentum as 3,000 more workers join and unions plan to mobilize 10,000. Doon strike committee orders widespread action affecting Boston and Albany, New York, New Haven and Hartford lines, and Maine routes. Freight movement stalls with ships and warehouses idle. sympathy action spreads to Providence and nearby locales.
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Mass
Mareh
Ceat
Lumber Teamsters
K. of L
Teamsters III
Committee 1
Boston and
Albany
Boston & Albany
N, Y
NH &H
Cigar Makers Aniong 97
Printing Pressmen's Union
Structural Ironworkers and Housesmiths No 4
Allied Printing Trades Council
Tornado Destroys Farm Near Town in March 11 Storm
Black clouds formed a funnel at 3 pm and zipped northeast of Bartlett injuring no one but wiping out H. M. Halloway’s residence and outbuildings one mile away. Two other farmhouses were leveled with no fatalities as the Halloway family sought shelter in a storm cellar.
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H. M. Halloway
Breach of Promise Trial Forces Wedding Then Fails
A New York ceremony proceeds after a summons stops the marriage plan of Ferdinand M. Olds and Agnes Aprille. Olds, a Newark lawyer, faced a $350,000 breach of promise suit from Countess Olga Landsdorffer, allegedly linked to Baron Du Neuville. The countess pursued a Paris and Atlantic City romance dating back to 1895, but Olds ultimately wed Aprille as the court action lingered.
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Lawmons
New York
Ferdinand M. Olds
Newark
Lyric Hall
Agnes Aprille
Howe & Hummel
Elains
Olga Landsdorffer
Baron du Neuville
Paris
Atlantic City
Baronne du Neuville
Kiss and Makl of [8 Court Divorce Suit Settled
In Syracuse on March 11, aged Catherine Strong and Selah Strong reconciled after a long divorce suit. Despite children and grandchildren urging harmony, Mrs. Strong filed for absolute divorce citing desertion by her 80-year-old husband amid rumors of romance. The case ended when Justice Merwin dismissed the proceedings and the couple, married in 1844, kissed and made up.
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Strong
Syracuse
Catherine Strong
Selah Strong
the Plains
Supreme Court
M. H. Merwin
Heir to Large Bristol Estate Threatened by Early Deaths
March 11 New Haven reports a family collapse as Mrs Miles L Cummings dies ending the Bristol line. The late Edward E Bristol left $200,000 to two daughters and a son, all dead within two years. Elias E Bristol perished. now the sole heir may be the young daughter of Elias. Funeral in Cheshire. Eugene Clements hanged at Moyamensing prison for fatally shooting John Coates after a dispute about an insult to Clements wife. In Parkersburg, Joseph Dailey is killed at Prince Hotel by John Co. Kile after a money quarrel.
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Miles L Cummings
Litchfield
Cimmings
Edward EB. Bristol
Elias E. Bristol
Cummings
Bristol
Cheshire
Clements
Philadelphia
Eugene Clements
John Coates
Moyamensing
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Clement
Parkersburg
W. Va
Joseph Dailey
John Co. Kile
Prince Hotel
Kile
Dailey
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