General Harrison in Vicious Decline at Publicized Health Crisis
Indianapolis reports show General Benjamin Harrison's condition worsening rapidly with 8 AM temperature 101.5, weak respiration, and alarming symptoms. By 10 AM Dr Jameson warned survival hours remain, as left lung worsens and mind clarity declines. Daughter Mary Harrison McKee cannot depart due to her children measles at Saratoga.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Harrison
Jameson
General Harrison
Saratoga
Mary Harrison McKee
Nera
Benjamin Harrison
Riots in Ripoll Stun Spain Leave Dead and Jarring Aftermath
Rioters marched through Ripoll in Gerona province chanting Justice for all and Give us bread and work. Windows were shattered as stones flew and police faced a shower of missiles. A man was shot dead, three others injured, and two officers hurt. Order was restored after the disturbance forced several manufacturers to flee with families.
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Sdrict
Ripoll
Gerona
American Girl Weds Alfred Stead of London
In Indianapolis at the Hussey home in Woodruff Place, Mary Elaine Hussey married Alfred Stead of London, son of William T. Stead. Rev. M. L. Haines officiated a private ceremony with lilac decorations. The bride is the niece of J. R. and Drs. Hussey and the couple plan a world wedding journey.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
J. R. Hussey
Woodruff Place
Alfred Stead
London
William T. Stead
Mary Elaine Hussey
M. L. Haines
Jim
First Presbyterian Church
J. R
Drs. Hussey
Senators and congressmen plan Philippines visit
A group of U S senators and congressmen including Bacon Tawney Cooper Maddock Gainer and Henry Burleson seeks to visit the Philippines in the coming summer to gain clearer knowledge of the situation.
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Associated Press
New York
Philippines
Islands
Washington
Bacon
Georgia
Tawney
Minnesota
Cooper
Wisconsin
Maddock
Gainer
Tennessee
Henry and
Burleson
Texas
Pennsylvania Railroad to Increase Capital to 100 Million
At the annual stockholders meeting in Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Railway Co adopted a resolution to raise capital by 100 million dollars, making the total stock issue 251 million.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Tennsylvania Railway Company
Tragedy Near Washington Burns Three Children to Death
In Washington area seven miles north of the city, the home of Guy Williams burned while parents were away. Three children aged one, three, and five perished in the blaze. charred remains found among the ruins.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Guy Williams
Bryan requests permission during New York visit
Col Bryan called on Mayor Van Wyck and said he has enjoyed the city’s freedom without permission. He would visit occasionally to observe how affairs proceed and praised last fall’s results. He planned to go to Philadelphia the next day.
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Associated Press
New York
W. J. Bryan
Bayer van Wyck
Mr. Bryan
City Hall
Amy
Philadelphia
Morrow
Senator Proctor Heads to Cuba for Facts on Conditions
Washington dispatch says Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont has gone to Cuba for about two weeks to learn conditions on the island. The trip follows reports that official dispatches and private advices disagree on sentiment toward the United States and rumors of ongoing agitation under General Wood and Horatio S. Rubens.
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New York
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Hay
Cuba
Washington
the Herald
Proctor
United States
War Department
Wood
Horatio
Reubens
Senate
Infernal device sent to young woman sparks arrest
Frederick Miller, a Philadelphia youth, is under arrest in New York on charges of sending an infernal machine to Florence Banker, a young woman he pursued alongside Miss Elsie West. Banker's suspicion led her to hand the package to police. inside lay sunpowder and a crank activating a music box.
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Associated Press
New York
Philadelphia
Frederick Miller
Florence Banker
Miller
Elsie West
Castellanes' Arrival Not On Steamship List
On March 12 in New York the Count and Countess Castellane did not appear on the La Champagne passenger list. Wertheimer's legal representatives waited at the pier with a summons and complaint seeking to recover a large unpaid bill.
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Associated Press
New York
Count
Countess Castellane
Asher Wertheimer
Wertheimer
Guggenheimer
Untermyr & Marshall
Memorial Tablets Honoring Harvard Figures Chosen
Harvard union committee selects ten names for memorial tablets in the new University Club building Cambridge March 13 The listed honorees include John Adams James Russell Lowell Ralph Waldo Emerson Joseph Warren Cotton Mather Joseph Story Benjamin Pierce Edward Everett Asa Gray Charles Sumner and Henry Dunster Harvard's first president
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Harvard Unnion
Dy Associatia Press
Cambridge
Mass
Marsh
Harvard Union
University Club
John Adams
James Russell Lowell
Lows Agassi
Ralph Walleamerson
Joseph Warren
Cotton. Mather
Joseph Snoy
Benjamin Pierce
Edward Everett
Asa Gray
Charles Sumner
Henry Dunster
Harvard College
Lachance Signs with Cleveland American For Season
Cleveland reports First Baseman Lachance signed to play with the Cleveland American team for the coming season. Dan Johnson, president of the American league, is expected in the city Wednesday. The article ends with a pithy remark about remorse being like a wooden leg.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Lachance
Cleveland American
Dan Johnson
United States to Proceed With Canal Rights in Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Senator John Morgan says if Britain does not block the U S canal rights acquired last December with Nicaragua and Costa Rica, the United States will quietly build and own the canal. He notes agreements mirror the Suez model and Constantinople treaty terms, with Britain silent under Hay-Pauncefote. Morgan criticizes delay and warns Britain may withdraw support.
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Costin Rica
Morgan
United States
Suez Canal
Associates Press
New York
John Morgan
Washington
The
Journal and Adversiser
Costa Rica
Constantinenls
Constantinople
Edward
Senate
Europe
Boers Driven Back and Prisoners Taken Across Oranje
From Bloemfontein and Calcutta reports the Boer forces were driven back toward the Orange River, with Colonel Pilcher’s column bringing 33 prisoners and 3,000 horses. Authorities anticipate up to 1,000 Boer prisoners arriving in batches. General Whitchener notes De Wet to the north of Brantfort as troops clash with two Boer bands in the Orange River colony.
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Blomfontein
Pilcher
Orange River
Calcutta
DE Wet
London
Whitchener
Pretoria
Brantfort
Orange River Colony
Cape Colony
Gorring
de Lisle
Grentell
Henmiker
Carnegie Library Offer for Greenville Ohio Set
Andrew Carnegie offers Greenville 315000 for a library building on condition that an 18 site be furnished and an annual maintenance appropriation of 2000 be made. The proposal will be accepted.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Ohio
Andrew Carnegie
Famous Inventor J Brown Weds Waitress Helen Wilson Quietly
J Hamilton Brown renowned ordnance inventor, about sixty, married Helen Wilson twenty two last August. They live in refined apartments on St. Nicholas Avenue. Wilson, an orphan adopted in Jersey City, once worked at Emith and McNell’s Greenwich Street restaurant.
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United States
Europe
Helen Wilson
St. Nicholas Avenue
Jersey City
Emith & McNell's
Greenwich Street
New York Herald
Famous Cyclorama of Gettysburg in Ruin After Fire
Picture of Gettysburg cyclorama by Paul Philippoteaux damaged in Boston blaze. The 400 by 50 foot canvas suffered severe ruin. the $100,000 work dated back to 19th century origins, conceived by Charles Lo Willoughby in Chicago and dedicated to Boston. The elder artist died watching it burn.
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Ciettysourg
Paul Philippoteaux
Lewer
Philippoteaux the Elder
Chicago
Ipporeau
Charles Lo Willoughby
Gettysburg
Relder
Pastor F. Coyle resigns from First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Robert F Coyle, pastor since October, announces resignation at Denver Colorado church amid concerns over organ and choir, health, and worldly church habits. He cites disagreement over finances and salary but whispers say he left due to inability to reform church culture and aid the poor.
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Col
Robert F Coyle
First Presbyterian Church
Coyle
Women Deny Charge At New England Women Meeting
At a Society of New England Women gathering in New York on March 1, Rev. Dr. Huntington’s sermons accusing women of gambling sparked debate. It was denied that the group raised money through whist games, though some tickets were sold to collect funds. The panel viewed Dr. Huntington’s stance as overly narrow.
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Associated Press
New York
Society of New England Women
Dr. Huntington
Huntington
Glass Works Close Hits Hartford City Jobs
The Diamond Flint Glass company plant in Hartford City has closed after two weeks of operation. About 600 men and boys are unemployed as a result, part of a wave of factory shutdowns in gas belt towns amid a stagnant flint glass market.
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Associated Press
Hartford City
Ind
Diamond Flint Glass Company
Spring break up of the East floods towns and rivers
Widespread flooding reports from Ohio to Connecticut as the Mahoning river peaks and dams fail. Homes near the flats are evacuated by boat while two dams at Wanskuck collapse sending nine people from buildings to safety. In Derby and New Haven the Housatonic river rises with skeletal remains unearthed near an old cemetery.
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Ohio
Mahoning River
At Heg and Neal Four Mill
Bar Departmentt
American Stock Hegy Company
Providence
Wanskuck
Allen Print Works
Emily Whimpey
Whimpey
Toledo
Maumee
Gilchrist
Marquette
Connecticut
New Haven
Conn
Housatonic
Derby
Berkshire Divsion
Consolidated Railhway
Edsewood Park
Death toll rises in Chicago explosion victims nine
Theo dore Von Alten dies at county hospital, bringing fatalities to nine. Coroner inquest on Doremus laundry blast remains set for March 19. Insurance engineers largely blame water shortage in the boiler, while Coroner Traeger cites gross carelessness.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Theodore von Alten
Doremus Laundry
Traeger
Carnegie denies plans to sail with Morgan to Europe
Andrew Carnegie tells AP he will travel abroad soon on pleasure, saying he has made arrangements to go and does not know when J Pierpont Morgan will sail. he will start within days after completing current matters.
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Upy Associated Press
Waw York
Andrew Carnegie
J. Pierpont Morgan
Europe
Ferther
Morgan
Fatal Explosion at McKeesport Brewery in Pitsburgh Area
Plllsbury Pa March 12 Two men were killed and the McKeesport brewery building wrecked by an explosion of the boiler at the McKeesport brewery about 4 this morning The dead are William Inkle night watchman and Matthew Marr brewer The cause is unknown The brick structure suffered heavy damage including the adjacent William Spencer residence roof blown off occupants unharmed and the loss is estimated at 199 000
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Associated Press
Plllsbury
Billé
Eooker
McKeesport
William €. Inkle
Matthew Marr
William Spencer
Hel
Freight Train Collision Kills One, Injures Five At Arlington Heights
At Arlington Heights a Chicago Northwestern rear end collision between a time freight from St Paul and a stock train killed one man and fatally injured another, with five more hurt. Stockmen were asleep as the freight struck the caboose, burning three cars and a caboose and destroying much stock. Traffic blocked for hours.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago A& Northwestern
Artington Heights
Caboose
Ed. Simith
Palatine
Albert Milgrate
Arlington Heights
St. Paul
Archer Starch factory fire near Kankakee causes big loss
Special report from Kankakee says the Archer Starch company plant north of the city burned last night with an estimated 325000 dollar loss. About 200 workers were on the payroll. twenty remained at work when the blaze started and only Louis Ruel was not escaped, badly burned. The fire resulted from an explosion of large grinders due to wet starch and iron nails. The plant, insured, was incorporated last May for 300000 dollars by George Archer and Frank Piper of St Paul with R Sleep er as resident manager and R H Durham of Chicago.
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Kankakee
Archer Starch Company
Louis Ruel
George Archer
Frank Piper
St. Paul
F. R. Sleeper
R. H. Durham
Chicago
Death by Drowning in Fox River Becomes Jury Verdict
The jury ruled Jacob Riehl’s death in the Fox River on December 22, 1900, was by drowning with no evidence of self harm. Reward dispute centers on who may claim $40 for recovery of the body, including the switch crew, Emil Heupner who pulled the body, and Kierkhaefer who saw the body.
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Jacob Richl
Fox River
Riehl
Emil Heupner
Heupter
Kierkhaefer
Evarts Fees Story Highlights Lawyer’s Witty Retainer Tale
A New York lawyer recounts how he hired Mr. Evarts for a suit of importance. Evarts suggested a $1000 retainer, which was paid, and later billed $5000 for services. Evarts quipped that the $1000 had been spent, ending the dispute with a dry smile.
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New York
Evart
Evarts
Dwarts
New York Sun
Dropped From the List a Western Party Anecdote
P P Haskins of Cinginisti recounts a dinner party tale about a bachelor who asked Mrs Blank if she knew the cause of the milky way. When she forgot the answer, he lamented the loss of his unique knowledge and was snubbed by being removed from her visiting list. The anecdote, cited from the New York Tribune, ends with a stray line about finding a hand looking glass and a person named Jasa.
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P. P. Haskins
Cinginisti
Everett House
Mr. Haskins
Hestess
New York Tribune
Democrats Name Their Dates For City Nominations
Democrats of Osikosh set caucuses on March 23 to nominate candidates for council seats board of education and board of supervisors. City convention to choose mayor city clerk and city treasurer will be held March 25.
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Democrats
Osikosh
Board of Education
Board of Supervisors
Women's suffrage bill indefinitely postponed in Wisconsin
Madison March 1 The Wisconsin senate killed Senator Mosher's bill prohibiting state building insurance. The key vote on female suffrage failed 18 to 15 and the Stout constitutional amendment to grant women the right to vote was indefinitely postponed. The assembly also ordered engrossed the bill on child care for dependents under three. Insurance tax revenue drops. expected decrease under new law is about $20,000. Northwestern Mutual Life taxes rise to $243,000 from prior year. railroad taxes up about $50,000.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Mosher
Assembly
Committee On Claims
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Winnebago County Board Opens March Session Briefly
The Winnebago county board of supervisors met at the courthouse with full attendance except Hamilton of Neenah. Two new members, Pride and Macwood, replaced Gallinger and Babcock. Chairman Harrington said the four day session would cover necessary business and adjourned until tomorrow for committee work.
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County Board of Supervisors
Winnebago County
Court House
Hamilton
Neenah
Alex Gallinger
C. W. Rabcock
Oshkosh
Omro
A. Pride
City Council Tonight In Final Pre Election Session
The common council meets tonight in what is likely the last business session before a new administration takes charge. A brief extra session before the installation is possible but deemed inconvenient due to a short campaign. Many bills await consideration unless aldermen choose to stretch the session.
Clergy Praise for Sermons Across City Reform Talks
Rev. J. P. Abbott commends Rev. E. H. Smith and his sermon as he clarifies remarks at the Jase and order meeting about pastors in the reform movement. He says applause may have clouded hearing and notes he praised other pastors before commending Smith for his message to city officials on upholding the law.
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James P. Abbott
Jase and Order
Abbott
E. T. Smith
Dr. Abbott
Smith
Brooklyn Bridge Remodel Plan Cited To Double Elevated Track Capacity
New York report says Brooklyn bridge authorities propose a full remodelling to permit elevated train operation. Estimated cost exceeds 31 million dollars and the project would take about two years to complete.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Associated Press
New York
Weather Forecast for Wisconsin Asia Tonight and Wednesday
Indications for Wisconsin Asia tonight and Wednesday show warmer conditions in most parts tonight, with cooler air in the east. Expect easterly winds shifting to northwest by Wednesday night, and temperatures around 33.
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Tlengra
Wisconsin
Asia
Titoe
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