Berlin Wreck Off Hook of Holland Claims 142 Lives
The mail steamer Berlin bound from Harwich to Hook of Holland and Rotterdam broke apart near Hook of Holland in a fierce gale. Of 148 aboard only one survivor is believed to remain. 33 bodies have been recovered and lifted to shore as lifeboats and tugboats battled to reach the wreck.
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M. Orelio
Amsterdam
MM. Stellmach
Memmler
Fraulein Gobel
Court Theatre
Dresden
Covent Garden
Arthur Herbert
Harwich
Tas
Berlin
Jansen
Miluny
Limes
Wes
Great
Fastern Railway
Parkinson
Belfast
Myrmidon
Holt Line
Liverpool
Merth
Precious
Hook
Sullivan Meets Cardinal Gibbons in Humorous Baltimore Visit
Ex-champion heavyweight John L Sullivan met Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore for a first time visit. They shared funny Irish stories and friendly banter about age and self defense. Sullivan boasted of his strength as the Cardinal felt his arm and praised him.
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New York Times
Baltimore
John L. Sullivan
Cardinal Gibbons
Sullivan
John I
Jake Kilrain
Cardinal
John
Messenger loses 200000 stock in Pine Street lapse
A Sutro Brothers stock messenger misplaced 2050 shares worth over 200100 dollars on Pine Street. The package fell through a pocket hole. within an hour a finder returned all shares, including Pennsylvania Railroad and Union Pacific stock. The firm refused to name the finder or discuss a reward and may dismiss the errant messenger.
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Stock Exchange
Sutro Brothers & Co
Pine Street
Pine and
William Streets
Financial
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Pacific
Southern Railway
Hook Island Common
Distillers’ Securities
American Cotton Oil
Skaters Turned Away at Forest Hill Pond
In Cleveland on February 21, under John D. Rockefeller's order, children were refused skating at Forest Hill pond. Keeper Prady Lynch said the master wished to use the ice and did not want it marked by skates, unlike prior years when caretakers opened spaces and heated shelters.
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New York Times
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Bugher Rescues Injured Woman and Boy After Street Car Accident
Deputy Police Commissioner Bugher came upon a woman and her 8-year-old son injured while boarding a westbound street car. He helped them into his car and drove them home. The woman, Caroline Sennett of 448 West Forty-fifth Street, had a deep facial cut from the fall at Forty-second Street and Second Avenue. Before helping them, Bugher spoke with Mounted Policeman Shelly about what he had failed to do.
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Bugher
Shelly
God-father arrested on grand larceny charge
Charles T. Geyer of Brooklyn was arrested in his office on a grand larceny charge after his godson, Robert P. Richardson of Philadelphia, accused him of taking $500 promised for investment that proved worthless. Bail set at $2,500 for Tombs Court appearance.
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Charles T. Geyer
Hamilton Place
Brooklyn
Yates & Porterfield Trading Company
Broadway
Tombs Court
Tombs Prison
Robert P. Richardson
Brandywine Street
Philadelphia
Richardson
Chinese Tragedy Drowns 136 on Hong-Hing Steamer
Hong Kong Daily Mail report states the West River steamer Hong-Hing struck a rock and sank with 136 Chinese drowned. The incident is noted among other distant naval and transport notices. the snippet also mentions rapid rail service details in Florida and Cuba.
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London
Hongkong
The
Daily Mail
Hong-Hing
Rockefeller Gift Boosts Teachers College Endowment
Trustees report nearly 1 million dollars in gifts for Teachers College to fund equipment and a new School of Domestic Economy building to rise on campus grounds near 121st Street. Rockefeller pledged 250000 originally, with Macy Dodge Speyer and others contributing most of the rest to reach a 1.07 million endowment. The plan includes Miss Mary Adelaide Nutting chair of Household Management and Institutional Administration and aims to reduce annual deficits from 400000 to about 25000 as plans proceed.
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Teachers’ College
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Dean Russell
Asi College
W. Everit Macy
Grace H. Dodge
James Speyer
New York
Teachers College
Mary Adelaide Nutting
Miss Nottinghom
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Russel
Ue Chal
Pew
Spring Signs Hint at Burgeoning Season in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn yesterday witnesses noted migrations of geese over Gravesend Beach signaling spring's approach. Afternoon scenes showed lawn care crews and a rush on baby carriages at stores in Park Slope and Bedford. A daylong rumor spoke of a rubber plant on a St. Mark's Avenue stoop.
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Brooklyn
Southland
Gravesend Beach
Park Slope
Bedford
Uni
Jardiniere
St. Mark's Avenue
New Post Office Sub-Station Secured on Times Square
The Post Office Department closed a ten year lease at 215 223 West Forty-third Street for an official New York branch station. Annual rent is 23000 dollars. Alterations are to be completed with operation expected by November 1. The department sought a Times Square site but could not obtain one.
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New York Times
Washington
Post Office Department
West Forty-third Street
New York Post Office
Times Square
Mrs McKinleys Gift Delights Young Vaudeville Player
Antonio Auremma a thirteen year old boy in Tiffin received slippers knitted by Mrs McKinley widow of the President. After meeting him in Canton, she promised a letter and a keepsake souvenir. The gesture came after the boy toured with a vaudeville company recently.
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New York Times
Tiffin
Ohio
Antonio Auremma
Thelael
Five-Child Birth Reported in Kentucky Mine Family
In Middlesboro Kentucky on February 21 Mrs Zabrowskii wife of Peter Zabrowski a Polish miner at Fork Ridge gave birth today to five children three girls and two boys All are living and in good condition
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Middlesborough
Zabrowskii
Peter Zabrowski
Fork Ridge
Shortest Florida Route Through Pinehurst Pinehurst Seaboard
Shortest Florida route is Seaboard Air Line via Pinehurst and Jacksonville. Office references indicate a 1 188 mile way and a brief directive to travel this corridor.
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Florida
Seaboard Air Line
Pinehurst
Cam
Jacksonville
Three-Sided War Looms as Central American Conflict Grows
In San Salvador on February 21 Joaquin Sanson and Julian Trias were sent back to Nicaragua. Honduras telegraphed Central American governments denying responsibility for the war and accusing Nicaragua of provoking and invading Honduran territory. Front reports say Honduran forces lost a February 18 engagement and three Nicaraguan generals were killed. Honduran troops mass for renewed battle.
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San Salvador
Joaquin Sanson
Julian Trias
Nicaragua
Salvador
Honduras
Outbreak of Hostilities Reported Between Honduras and Nicaragua
Dr Baltazar Istupinian of El Salvador and Honduras received a message from President Escajon confirming fighting with Nicaragua. The note says Nicaraguan soldiers invaded Honduran Manduran territory and that a clash occurred. A separate dispatch from Tegucigalpa notes Nicaragua invaded Honduran land and was repelled in the first encounter.
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Mexico City
Baltazar Istupinian
Salvador
Honduras
Escajon
Nicarasgua
Panama
Associated Press Today
Tegucigalpa
Manuel Oloncila
Nicaragua
Wonduras
Assails Dr Schurman in Atlanta Editorial
The Atlanta Georgian denounces Cornell President Jacob G. Schurman for saying Rockefeller funds for education will civilize the South. John Templ Graves counters that such wealth cannot civilize a region, complaining of snobbery and prejudice in his remarks.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Jacob G. Schurman
Cornell University
John Templ
Graves
Rockefeller
South
Norton witness perjury claim shocks Norton divorce trial
New Haven Feb 21 A perjury confession and bribery hint disrupted the Norton divorce case as hackman Barney Sweeney testified he lied about taking Mrs. Joseph Birney Norton home with a Yale student. He said detective Webb prompted the false tale and asserted his own family would suffer. Another hackman, Edwin Tuttle, said Webb paid witness fees. The trial was postponed to next Tuesday amid anticipated arrests. Morton is son of Edwin Norton of New York.
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Spesial
New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Norton
Barney Sweeney
Hackman
Joseph Birney Norton
Yale
Sweeney
Webb
Freight Wreck Delays New York Central Passenger Service
A northbound New York Central freight train collided with a line of empty freight cars near Fordham Landing Road at 7 50 P M. Three cars overturned and scattered wreckage blocked local tracks for about an hour. No injuries were reported. Engineer William Lane of 639 Third Street Albany diverted the run and escaped unharmed as wrecking crews cleared the line.
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New York Central
Fordham Landing Road
White Pleuins
Wilikim Lane
Third Street
Albany
Hye
Lingineér Lane
Pierce to Be Extradited From Missouri Texas
Gov Folk approved the Texas requisition for H Clay Pierce chairman of Waters Pierce Oil Co held in Missouri on a false affidavits charge from Travis County Texas. Attorney for Pierce cited three reasons to block the extradition including the affidavit’s execution timing and prior grand jury actions. The three objections concern reading and signing the affidavit under attorney advice.
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Jefferson
City
Folk
Gov. Campbell
Texas
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Travis County
Tex
John D. Johnson
Pierce
Piercé
Flora McDonald Kills Art Dealer in Studio Door Breakage
Chicago reports Flora McDonald, wife of real estate man Michael C. McDonald, shot Webster Guerin also known as Louis Fisher at Guerin Brothers studio near Lasalle and Van Duren. She smashed the door to escape, confessed of a blackmailing pact, and claimed Guerin forced money from her. McDonald expresses support as she is taken to a police station where she later appears insane.
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New York Times
Chicago
Guerin
McDonald
Papal
Harrison
Clark
Monroe Streets
Tie
Lake Street
Grand Boulevard
Benjamin M. Shaffner
Illinois Naval Militia
Samuel Barclay
North Clark Street
Adaline Yacht Burned Off Key West in Channel
The auxiliary yacht Adaline, Capt Layton of New York, caught fire in Wanks Channel several miles from Key West. A gasoline barrel on deck leaked and ignited from galley flames, causing an explosion. The crew, including C W Lurt Dr D J Williams Mrs Layton the engineer and pilot, fled in small boats to South Beach. Mrs Layton sustained slight burns. The yacht was a total loss.
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Key West
Fla
Adaline
Layton
New York
Wanks Channel
C. W. Lurt
D. J. Williams
South Beach
Shea Acquitted by Jury in Chicago Conspiracy Trial
President Cornelius P. Shea of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and co defendants were found not guilty by a Chicago jury in a conspiracy case arising from the teamsters strike against department stores two years ago. This marked the second trial after the first jury disagreed. Omega Trial bottle advertised.
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Chicago
Cornelius P. Shea
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Teamsters
Jase
Rockefeller fortune and Standard Oil stake clarified
Frederick T. Gates, known as Rockefeller’s almoner, explains that John D. Rockefeller’s fortune is between 250 and 360 million dollars and that his annual income never tops 15 to 20 million. Gates also notes Rockefeller’s Standard Oil holdings are about 20 percent, countering the belief he owns a majority.
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Frederick T. Gates
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Hear
Senate
Standard Oil
Law son says Rockefeller gift to Colgate not for Baptists
Dr Albert G Lawson Colgate University General Secretary told Colgate alumni at a reunion in Boston that not a dollar of the 52 million Rockefeller gift would touch Colgate and that it is doubtful any Baptist institution receives money though funded by a Baptist. He declined to give reasons.
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New York Times
Boston
Albert G. Lawson
Colgate University
Rockefeller
Colgate
Lawson
Homer the Artist Disabled from Sprained Ankle
Winslow Homer the renowned painter is laid up with a sprained ankle at his Hotel Westminster apartments after slipping on a slippery sidewalk. At about 60, he has largely ceased painting recently, relying on income from sales. his works hang in major national galleries, with titles including The Gale and The Bright Side.
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Winslow Homer
Westminster
Homer
Wood's Island Light
Maine
Irish Descent Claim Ties Roosevelt to Irish Ancestry
John Hurley of Winsted asserts President Roosevelt and Jonathan Trumbull share Irish beginnings through the Barnewell Barne family line. He traces Barnewell Barnewell names to Bernard O Beirne with links to Trimblestown Meath and notes Barewall as an ancestor of Roosevelt.
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New York Times
Winsted
Conn
John Hurley
Litchfield
Virgil
Shakespeare
Roosevelt
Jonathan Trumbull
Connecticut
Hurley
Parnalls
Barnwalls
Barnewells
Biernal
Bernard O'Bierne
Ireland
Mr. Hurley
Barewall
Anthracite Field Found Near Verkhneuralsk
A vast anthracite coal field was discovered at Verkhneuralsk Orenburg. The field is described as sixty miles wide with its full length still undetermined, signaling a major potential mineral development in Russia.
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Verkhneuralsk
Orenburg
Russia
Victim of brigands robs Rev Dr Joseph Anderson
Word arrived from Waterbury Connecticut that Rev Dr Joseph Anderson on a continental tour was robbed near Florence Italy by brigands. He lost 325 dollars and jewelry. His daughter Annie Anderson formerly with the Salvation Army of New York was also a victim. Dr Anderson recently retired from the First Congregational Church after nearly thirty years.
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New York Times
Waterbury
Conn
Joseph Anderson
Florence
Italy
Annie Anderson
Salvation Army of New York
Anderson
First Congregational Church
Congregation of Churches
James C. Smith Returns From Europe After Thaw Case
James Clinch Smith, brother of Mrs. Stanford White, has returned to town after a European voyage begun June 30 following the Madison Square Garden shooting of architect Stanford White by Harry K. Thaw. Mrs White and her son Lawrence have been abroad. Lawrence White testified for the prosecution early in the trial.
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James Clinch Smith
Stanford White
Europe
Harry K. Thaw
Madison Square Garden
Mr. Smith
St. Louis
White
Lawrence
Lawrence White
St. James
L. I. Young
Smith
Advi
A brief note highlights Usher’s influence in popularizing Scotch in cocktails, noting its role in shaping the highball drink trend. The reference emphasizes the beverage’s cultural footprint and historical prominence in American bars.
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Usher
Advi
Evelyn Thaw cries in court as Thaw propose marriage
A courtroom scene centers on Evelyn Thaw breaking down while testifying about her awakening to justice after Harry K. Thaw proposes marriage. The witness describes the emotional moment and the impact of the alleged offer on her decisions.
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Thaw
Thaw Wife Chokes Up Under Cross-Examination in Trial
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw wept in court as she testified about continued relations with Stanford White after alleged drugging. Jerome pressed details of Paris marriage proposals, Tenderloin life, and payments from Mercantile Trust, framing a history leading to Thaw's alleged motive.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
White
Dinary
Mr. Jerome
Paris
Mercantile Trust Company
Madison Square Tower
Mrs. Thaw
Ped
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