Service on Maine in Havana Harbor
Havana observes the twelfth anniversary of the Maine destruction with an elaborate ceremony in Havana harbor. A flotilla of tugboats and yachts ferry veterans, Daughters of the American Revolution, Cuban officials, and museum guests to the wreck for a memorial reading and tributes. Major Hale and Colonel Gihon addressed the gathering as President Gomez received veterans and praised their aid to Cuban independence.
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Havana
Maine
United Spanish War Veterans
Daughters of the American Revolution
American Relation
American Club
Albion W. Knight
Cuba
Gomez
Walter S. Hale
Ronard J. Gihon
Boston
Ater
After Men Higher Up Federal Grand Jury Sende
United States District Attorney Edwin Sime called for top company heads rather than minor employees to prove a beef trust case. He said packing interests would deny a monopoly and that supply and demand set meat prices. Key witnesses included James S. Agar and J. B. Patterson with F. B. White backing Armour & Co claims.
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Chicago Packers
Chicago
United States
Edwin Sime
Beef Trust
James S. Agar
Western Packing and Provision, Company
J. B. Patterson
National Packing Company
F. B. White
Arthur Mieker
Armour & Co
White
Agar
Two Ships Wrecked In Persian Gulf Storm
A Teheran dispatch says two steamships bound for a Persian Gulf port were wrecked in a great storm near Bushire. About 200 persons, including passengers and crew, were lost. Names of the vessels are not provided.
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St. Petersburg
Teheran
Russ
Bushire
Persian Gulf
Mrs Taft's Lady Secretary to Wed Navy Officer
Mrs Taft plans a White House change as Miss Alice Blech, private secretary to Mrs Taft, will marry Lieutenant Richard Wainwright Jr. after Easter. Miss Blech is to be replaced by Miss Sanders, a North Carolina native educated at a state women’s college.
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Alice Blech
Wainwright
Washington
Mra. Taft
White House
Cupid
Richard Wainwright
U. N
Mica Mart
Splera
Mine Blech
Miss &Nlers
North Carolina
Woman's College
Rthat State
Rioting in Canton Sparks Fear as 500 Die
Dispatches from Canton report a reign of terror with 500 killed in riots and 6000 foreign troops mutinied. Foreign residents face danger as reinforcements arrive and authorities fear spread to civilians, matching the Boxer upheaval in gravity.
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London
Canton
Hong Kong
Smallpox On Battleship Tennessee Reported
A wirelong dispatch to the navy department states the United States battleship Tennessee due at Port Townsend Washington from Honolulu has several cases of smallpox aboard and one death, that of David J. Thompson, a coal passer.
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Tennessee
Washington
Navy Department
United States
Port Townsend
Wash
Honolulu
David J. Thompson
More Sugar Indictments Expected In New York
Feb 16 reports say after more testimony on the sugar underweighing frauds before the federal grand jury, indictments of higher up anger company officials were expected to follow shortly.
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New York
Federal
Leech Incident Faints Man in Hastisburg
In Hastisburg Oliver Buchanis applied a leech to his eye to treat a swollen bruise but the creature absorbed much blood and caused him to faint. A physician removed the leech and gave restoratives. In Columbus a warrant charges Mark Slater, former state printer, with embezzlement after partner Charles Brelsford accused him of padding state printing bills.
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Hastisburg
Oliver Buchanis
Columbus
Mark Slater
Charles Brelsford
The Lost Company
A ragged traveler speaks of hunger and loneliness addressing a sharp faced woman at a door. He says he has not eaten for eighty days and cannot cast a shadow, pleading for company and sustenance on the road.
Fragmentary note on a baby's appearance inquiry
The text records a bias remark about a newborn and a quoted question asking if the baby resembles the father. It hints at a social judgment in a fragmentary transcription with unclear context and garbled spellings.
Odd Election Signs In Washington And Elsewhere
An observed Washington attitude toward elections is described with humor about voting away from home. The piece notes loans advertised to cover travel, wardrobe, and “swinging” vacation funding, plus election themed placards and special rail fares all urging residents to vote where they live elsewhere. A turtle story follows, recounting a butterfly hunter’s swamp life and a turtle savoring a terrapin in patient digestion.
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Washington
Coure
Howe
New York Sun
Daredevil Lawyer Clears Guilty Client In Poison Case
A daring attorney saved a guilty client from conviction for poisoning by proving the cakes offered in court were harmless. The lawyer even ate a cake to prove its innocence, triggering a dramatic moment as the jury acquitted the defendant.
New York Senate Considers sweeping probe into legislative graft
Albany reports show senator Newcomb pressed Benster Conger on 1903 fund accumulation to sway laws, amid calls for a joint Senate Assembly inquiry with broad powers. Witnesses linked a $6500 bribe fund, Moe, and Frank Conger to bridge schemes and Allds Stevens bills while bank records corroborated drafts and questioned who held office.
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Albany
Benster Conger
Conger
Newcomb
Osborne
New York
Legislative Corruption Probe Commission
J. M. Wainwright
Westcheater County
Hughes
Frank
Moe
Frank Conger
Boston
Groton
Canton
Billy
Alldeno
United States
Platt
Smyth
Oregon
Allds
Stevena
Malby
Moesay
Alld
Congey
Frank L. Barnes
First National Bank
Syracuse
Recens
Ray B. Smith
Assembly
Mr. Smith
Confiscate Canned Eggs in New York Seizure
Federal inspectors seized 1200 pounds of canned eggs in twenty four cans from a Greenwich Street storage plant in New York. The eggs arrived from Chicago in September and this marks the second major seizure since the cold storage probe began.
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New York
Greenwich Street
Chicago
Three Children Die In Brooklyn Tenement Fire
A blaze gutted a Clay street tenement in Brooklyn killing three children. Michael Shim aged two and Frank Shim aged four were napping. Katharine Craig, five, also perished in the flames. The fire's cause was under investigation as authorities inspected the scene.
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New York
Clay Street
Brooklyn
Michael Shim
Frank Shim
Katharine Craig
Herbert Gladstone Elevated to Peerage in Britain
Herbert John Gladstone former secretary of state for home affairs and son of the late premier was elevated to the peerage. Born 1854 he entered public life in 1880 and became Leeds MP. In 1901 he married Dorothy Paget. He was named first governor general of British South Africa to succeed Earl of Selborne.
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King
London
Herbert John Gletatone
Home Affairs
British South Africa
Herbert John Gladstone
Eton
University College, Oxford
Aneun
Middlesex
Leeds
Gladstone
Dorothy Paget
Richard Horner Paget
Cranmore Hall
Somerset
Gladsone
Earl of Selborne
Bouth Africa
No Strike Expected in Bituminous and Anthracite Mines
In Philsburg the bituminous and anthracite regions show a quiet poll of mine owners. They indicate miners will likely receive only part of a 10 percent increase by April 1 despite earlier threats to strike. about 200000 miners affected. A joint conference planned for March 1 to resolve the dispute.
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Philsburg
Pitteburg
Pittsburg Coal Company
Pittsburg
Child Saves Baby Sister From Fire in Philadelphia Home
Five year old Mary Taylor carried her one year old sister Elsie to the kitchen sink and held her under a spigot to extinguish flames after a celluloid rattle near a stove ignited the infant’s clothing. Both children escaped with minor burns.
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Chester
Elsie Taylor
Frederick Taylor
Mary
Convict Found Dead in Auburn Prison Cell
William Lyansen of Elizabeth New Jersey a young convict school teacher at Augburn prison was found dead in his cell by guard Murphy during a routine inspection a chair placed with an open book in his lap the coroner Formas found no evidence of suicide.
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Call
Auburn
N. Y
William Lyansen
Elizabeth
N. J
Augburn
Murphy
Formas
Mackay Firms Announce 8.2 Million Telephone Stock Sale
At Mackay company banquet in Roston Massachusetts the group disclosed plans to sell 82 000 shares of American Telegraph and Telephone stock valued at 8 200 000 at par. The move follows earlier acquisition aimed at control. Telegraphs stake later reduced as Western Union investment grows. Market observers see possible effort to forestall regulation.
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Mackay Companies
Roston, Maas
American Telegraph and Telephone Stork
Telephone Company
Western Union
Mackey Companies
Mackay Company
Advance of Science Promotes Gypsey’s Gift Rheumatism Remedy
Baltimore physician Dr. W L Berridon and Read Mrug and Chemical Co advertise Gypsey's Gift, a medicine claimed to cure rheumatism and all rheumatic conditions. Priced at $1 a bottle, with a money back guarantee, Pearce's Modern Pharmacy invites rheumatics to buy.
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Baltimore
W. L. Berridon
Read Mrug
Chemical No. Uhe
Tts
Marviani
Herndon
Asca
Gypsey
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Taft
Tilligan
South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Supreme Court
B. Br.tillman, Jr
Benjamin R. Tillman
R. Tillman, Jr
Tillman
Tillioan
Supreme Justices
Breik
Byt
Herbert Gladstone
Baby Sister
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Mra
E. A
Atlantis Ave
N.Y
Santi Glainkhany
Juande
Advance OF Science
Baltimore Hercialiat
Prudence
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