Government Cable Across the Pacific Debate at House Committee
Rep Corliss of Michigan urges government ownership of a Pacific cable built by American industry and laid by American ships under the U.S. flag. He cites Britain and other powers advancing cable networks to strengthen trade and defense. A favorable committee vote stood 7 to 0 with absences noted. a minority opposes public ownership preferring a private line.
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Washington
Corliss
Michigan
House Committee On Inter-State and Foreign Commerce
United States
Hawaii
Pacific Ocean
United Voice of the People
Fengland
Vancouver
Australia
New Zealand
France
Germany
Mr. Corfiss
Pacific
Gen
R.B. Bradford
Bureau of Equipment of the Navy
California
Guam
Wake
Midway
Philippine Islands
Mann
Rep. al
Davis
Dem
Fla
Lovering
Rep
Mass
Wagner
Penn
Boycotting in Ireland Draws Clergy Protest
A Cork telegram says Catholic bishops largely tolerate boycotting but minor clergy denounce it. In Kerry a curate condemns two agrarian outrages and urges parishioners to aid authorities. He cites Pope Leo and questions why a respectable man would stay in an organization using such “hellish work.”
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London
New York
TIMES
Timestone
Cork
United Irish League
County Kerry
Leo
Regency Invested Council Regulates After Sofia Dispatch
A Sofia dispatch to The Times reports Prince Ferdinand began his journey to Mentone on Saturday as the Council of Ministers assumes the Regency.
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London TimEs
NEW York Times
London
Ferdinand
Sofia
the Times
Mentone
Council of Ministers
Lecky Elected Associate Member of Paris Academy
Dispatch from Paris reports Right Honorable W. E. H. Lecky M P. of London was elected an associate foreign member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences on Saturday.
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Londox Times
New York Times
London
W. E. H. Lecky
Paris
The
Times
Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Index to Departments and Page References
A listing of department topics and page numbers including Amusements Arrivals at Hicels and Out-of-Town Buyers 3 Losses by Fire Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails Real Estate Religious Society Weather Report Yesterday's Fires with corresponding page indicators across the issue.
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Hicels
Danish Isles Treaty Spurs Protests Over West Indies Sale
London reports growing opposition to selling the Danish West Indies. Copenhagen sources accuse Capt Christmas, a former Danish agent in America, of bribery. Secret agent Niels Groen, who started talks in 1897, recently left the pro sale group, bolstering critics who seek to halt negotiations.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Copenhagen
the Times
Capt. Christmas
America
Christmas
Niels Groen
Views on the new alliance discussed by Times and Gazette
The Exchange Gazette reports British Japanese alliance aims to preserve the status quo in the Far East and support China and Korea, aligning with Russia’s stated goals. German papers warn England-Russia rivalry may force Germany to choose, favoring Austria Hungary, while warning against aligning with Russia.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
St. Petersburg
the Times
Exchange Gazette
Far East
China
Korea
Russia
Manchuria
Mongolia
Chinese Turkestan
Kémische Volkszeitung
Berlin
The
Times
Germany
Great Britain
Bismarck
Austria- Hungary
Westpolitik
England
Lord Pruncefote a scapegoat in Britains war row
Berlin telegram in The Times quotes Cologne Gazette reporting London’s cabinet abandons Lord Pruncefote. He is cast as a scapegoat and left to face British ministers amid his public exposure. Paris press adoptes hostile stance against Britain in Hispano American war issue.
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London
Berlin
Times
Cologne . Gazette
Lord Pauncefote
Paris
The
Great Britain
Shanghai Negotiations Suspend Over Scarlet Fever Case
The Shanghai negotiations on treaty revision were paused after a scarlet fever outbreak in Sheng’s household. Sheng’s grandson died and his daughter is seriously ill, prompting both sides to halt meetings as Chinese officials and foreign commissioners assess precautions.
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London Times
NEW Yorkk Times
London
Shanghai
the Times
Sheng
Dr Pierre Janet Named Successor to Ribot at College de France
A Paris dispatch to The Times reports Dr Pierre Janet chosen as successor to Prof. Ribot in the Chair of Psychology at the College de France. Janet steps into a prominent post in Parisian academic circles. The announcement signals a continuity in the French psychology tradition and aligns Janet with Ribot's scholarly lineage.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Paris
the Times
Ribot
College de France
Pierre Janet
Two Die In Litchfield Collision Between Trains
Two killed and five injured in a rear-end crash five miles north of Litchfield Illinois between the Diamond Special of the Illinois Central and a freight train. The passenger led the freight at the time of impact in thick fog. The engineer blamed the fog for poor visibility and said the Diamond Special could have traveled faster.
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Litchfield
Ill
Ilinois Central Road
Dry Monopole Champagne Be Adopted by Emperor Germany
A brief notice reports the proposal that the Dry Monopole Champagne be adopted by the German emperor. The item notes no further details on timing or reaction.
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Germany
British Mounted Infantry Eluded by Fire at Klip River
In the Klip River raid south of Johannesburg on February 12 one hundred fifty mounted infantry surrounded a suspected Boer farmhouse. A Boer breakout led to a three sided trap, with eight British officers fighting on a ridge until overpowered. Casualties included Major Dowell and ten officers with forty men wounded before retreat. Mrs de Wet said two sons still fought with her husband at Pietermaritzburg camp and would rather see him die than surrender.
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Pretoria
Klip River
Johannesburg
London
Lord Kitchener
Waterval River
Vantondersbek
Dowell
Durban
de Wet
Pietermaritzburg Concentration Camp
Strikes Trigger Martial Law in Trieste Funeral Guarded
Trieste is under martial law after strikes led to one hundred arrests. Some trades may resume work tomorrow as a cold wind and heavy snow mark the mourning at the victims' funeral. A military escort and troops guard the cemetery with no disorders reported.
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Trieste
Boer Envoys Arrive. Boer Tour Planned Across U S
European Boer delegates Wolmarans and Wessels sail for New York to meet pro Boer committees and tour the United States with aims of mutual understanding and organization. They plan visits to New York Philadelphia Boston Chicago New Orleans St Louis and San Francisco.
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Paris
Messrs. Wessels
Wolmarans
Europe
United States
Fischer
Brussels
London
New York
Prince Henry
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louis
San Francisco
Amsterdam
The
Daily Mail
Kruger
Messrs
Wessels
Castro’s troops routed in Venezuela uprisings
Report from Willemstad Curaçao on February 16 details uprisings in Carabobo Venezuela. Government forces clashed twice near Vela de Coro with Gen. Riera's revolutionaries and were routed, with some troops defecting. Sauca, near Vela de Coro, sees a revolutionary proclamation dated February 14. Government troops include many youths, and Caracas orders the expulsion of Mrs. Matos, wife of Gen. Matos, leader of the revolt.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Castro
Venezuela
Carabobo
Vela de Coro
Riera
Sauca
Caracas
Mrs. Matos
Matos
Riots at Trieste Bring Martial Law and Censure
Vienna reports the Trieste riots as Austria's gravest in years with 12 dead and many wounded. The police and troops clashed amid strikes, martial law was proclaimed with summary trials, and arbitration favoring strikers helped quell the unrest.
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Vienna
Trieste
Austria
von Koerber
Reichsrath
Francis Joseph
Arbitration
Americans Seek Halt to Free Ads by British Press
London reports a February note from the Boiler Makers and Iron and Steel Ship Builders Society warning of a record drop in new orders over five years while hoping for a rebound. It decries ongoing free promotion of American methods and machinery in Britain and questions British press overindulgence.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
the Times
Iron and Steel Ship Builders’ Society
Matthew C Kerr Injured In Electric Cab Crash
Matthew C. Kerr chief engineer of the New York City Milling Company and former Metropolitan Street Railway Company chief electrician was run over by an electric cab at Eighth Avenue and Thirty-ninth Street. Rushed to Roosevelt Hospital he was reported as possibly dying. The cab, from an electric vehicle company, was driven by Sylvanus Browning with Henry K. Montague as trainee. Both men, claiming chauffeurs’ roles, were held without bail at West Thirty-seventh Street Police Station.
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Matthew C. Kerr
West Sixty-third Street
New York City Milling Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Eighth Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Sylvanus Browning
East Eighth Street
Henry K. Montague
West Fiftieth Street
Browning
West Thirty-seventh Street
Schwab Returns from Europe Enthused by US Steel Plans
Charles M Schwab president of United States Steel Corporation arrived in New York aboard the St Paul after six weeks abroad including England and a continental tour. He praised warm reception for America, spoke on industrial combinations and urged protection for shipping while detailing meetings with European financiers and leaders. The trip included dinners with Sir Thomas Lipton and a royal audience with King Edward.
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Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
New York
American Line
St. Paul
England
Lorraine
Schwab
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Sherrys
Europe
Steel Corporation
Chicago
America
Americans
China
Orient
Congress
C. O. Goulding
Nash
Clifford
Wayne Hartridge
Pittsburg
Mr. Schwab
Bristol
Vienna
Prince Metternich
Count Szapary
Count Sternberg
Charles Arthur
Ernst Wolff
Grier
Many Chauffeurs Arrested in Bronx Racing Busts
Melville A Stern age 22 of 993 Fifth Avenue and Charles L Lawrence son of a dry goods merchant of the same address and 19 year old Charles L Lawrence of 30 East Thirty seventh Street were arrested last night at Burnside and Jerome Avenues by Mounted Policemen Sturgis and Kinison of High Bridge Station on racing charges. They will be arraigned in Morrisania Court today. Additional bicycle police records list multiple motorist arrests for speeding at various Manhattan intersections including Broadway Forty first Street Columbus Avenue Seventy second Street Eighth Avenue and more with drivers named Henry Murso Alexander Roul John Gargare Henry O Westley Moses Reidlander Tunado Tiviatti and Charles C Singer. Charles I Lawrence of 30 East Thirty seventh Street was nabbed at Jerome Avenue and One Hundred Seventy-fifth Street.
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Melville A. Stern
Fifth Avenue
Charles L. Lawrence
East Thirty-seventh Street
Burnside
Jerome Avenues
Bronx
Sturgis and
Kinison
High Bridge
Eliphalet N. Potter
Featherbed
Morrisania Court
Bicycle Police
Henry R. Murso
West One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Broadway
Forty-first Street
Alexander Roul
Waverley Place
Columbus Avenue
John Gargare
West Twenty-sixth Street
Eighth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Henry O. Westley
West One Hundred and Fourth Street
Moses W. Reidlander
West Ninety Fourth Street
Severty-eighth Street
Tunado Tiviatti
West
Theresa Vaughns Plight in Worcester Insane Asylum
Boston reports reveal Theresa Vaughn once a stage star known as Mrs. Theresa Haupt now confined in Worcester Insane Asylum for violent and incurable illness. Committed April 17 last year after mother's petition, her memory failed after years on stage and family deaths worsened her condition. Her notable work included Rice’s 1492.
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Boston
Theresa Vaughn
Worcester Insane Asylum
Mary Ott
Chelsea
Theresa Haupt
Ott
Theodore Haupt
Joe
Rice
William A. Mestayer
Michigan’s New Mine Near Negaunee Reveals Vast Prospect
In Negaunee Michigan a potato field transformed into a major mining project as the Cleveland Cliffs Company sinks a shaft expected to cost about 1 million dollars before ore production begins. The tract covers nearly acres in the northeastern part of town and signals a large Marquette Range operation.
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Negaunee
Cleveland Cliffs Company
Mich
Marquette Range
anti-Steel Trust
Lake Superior District
Grand Central Station Ad Promises Hourly Trains
Nearby to many hotels and theaters, Grand Central Station in New York offers hourly trains to the North and West, highlighting its central position among the city’s attractions.
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New York
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Schwab to deliver lecture at Trinity College Hartford
Charles M. Schwab president of United States Steel Corporation has accepted an invitation from Trinity College Hartford to speak on an educational subject in pasa Hall late this month Judge Joseph Buffington trustee and alumnus helped secure the engagement Schwab recently voiced opposition to boys receiving a college education prompting interest in his forthcoming remarks
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Pittsburg
Penn
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Board of
Trinity College
Hartford
Wreck of the Helene Brings Eight Survivors to Galveston
The steamship Torrhead arrived with eight rescued crew members from the German vessel Helene after it sank in a hurricane on February 8 at latitude 37.13 N longitude 40.43. Captain H. Kohlsadt is among those saved. Helene had sailed from New York bound for Liverpool.
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Galveston
Texas
Torrhead
Helene
H. Kohlsadt
New York
Liverpool
Premature Hair Loss Prevented by Burnett's Cocaine Adv
An advertisement declares that premature hair loss may be entirely prevented through the use of Burnett's Cocaine, urging readers to try the product as a remedy. The copy emphasizes preventive benefits and positions the product as a solution for hair thinning.
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Burnett
Seven seamen perish after ship sinks in hurricane
On January 19 a vessel carrying naphtha valued at $30,000 faced a hurricane on January 31. For thirty eight hours eighteen crewmen fought flooding, with five dying from exhaustion and others collapsing as they pumped the hold. The Torrhead found the sinking ship and, after saving the crew, left. four men remained unaccounted before recovery.
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Torrhead
Kohlsadt
French View of Prince Henry's U S Visit
The Temps foreign editor quoted by The Times Paris correspondent says the German Emperor sees a favorable moment to set foot in the heart of American democracy. It notes his aim to win influence among a quarter of the population descended from former German subjects.
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LonDon Times
NEW York Times
London
Prince
Henry
United States
The
Temps
Paris
Times
Shemakha Disaster Reported Earthquake Toll
Reports from Baku indicate thousands killed in the Shemakha district with towns and villages within twenty versts suffering severe damage. Berlin transmission notes widespread devastation and high casualties.
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Berlin
Baku
Shemakha
Trimounter claims to fuse steam and gas power in one engine
Toledo inventor William Heckert unveils the trimounter a combined steam engine gas engine and boiler. He envisions it propelling ships running streetcars heating buildings and cutting fuel costs asserting it will save millions for steamboat companies and calling it the wonder of the age.
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Toledo
Ohio
William Heckert
Toledo Machine and Foundry Company
Henry W. Seney
Col. Heckert
Helena Tragedy: Husband Kills Wife then Himself
Harold M. Cole, formerly of New York and assistant superintendent at East Helena Smelter, shot his wife Olive Mayne Cole and then killed himself in Helena Montana. The motive appears tied to discovered correspondence. both were found with fatal wounds. Cole, 34, was a prominent mining chemist with the American Smelting and Refining Company and a Columbia School of Mines graduate.
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Helena
Mont
Harold M. Cole
New York
East Helena
Olive Mayne Cole
Mayne
Cole
American Smelting and Refining Company
Montana
School of Mines
Columbia University
Helena and
Iron ore demand exceeds supply in lake region
Chicago reports demand for iron ore in the lake region this year could top 25 million tons if transportation keeps pace. President W. L. Brown of the American Ship Building Co says railcar and locomotive shortages hinder shipments, causing congestion as vessels project up to 24 million tons of ore for the coming season.
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Chicago
W. L. Brown
American Shipbuilding Company
Seaboard Fast Mail Timetable Note Atlanta Leg
One day in Atlanta on Seaboard Air Line Ry train 27 the Seaboard Fast Mail departs W 23d Street Ferry at 12 10 A M sleeper opens 10 P M office 1183 Broadway, P R R. Adv. .
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Atlanta
Montgomery
Seaboard Air Line Ry
Seaboard Fast Mail
W. 23d Street Ferry
B’ Way
German Kaiser's Tribute to Beatrice Goelet Memorial
Rear Admiral Count von Baudissin of the Hohenzollern calls at Mrs. Goelet home in Hoboken to deliver the Emperor’s memorial wreath for Beatrice Goelet, who died at 16 from pneumonia. The wreath rests on a smilax bed with white roses and lilies, and a tulip center, bound with white silk ribbon bearing the Emperor’s monogram. The Admiral conducts Lutheran services aboard and later debarks, with the wreath placed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Hohenzollern
von der Osten
Hoboken
Robert Goelet
Beatrice Goelet
Hofrath Waldman
Isaac Stern
Virginia
Rebensburg
Leidensticker
von Holleben
Deutscher Club
Adolph Barkering
United States
Lankering
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