Rhodes envisioned secret Jesuit like world peace society
The piece reports Cecil Rhodes proposing a worldwide federation led by a secret society modeled on the Jesuits. He envisioned home rule, a U S Britain alliance, and wealth pooled from philanthropists to promote mankind’s welfare and end wars, with America and England sharing influence in a global federation.
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Stead
Key
House of Commons
Tanner
England
America
Loyola's
Rhodesia
United States
Commons
Ashington
London
Ates Society
Baron Hirsch
Lee
Rhodes on empire and tariffs outlines a world union
Henry Rhodes critiques British imperial aims and US relations, urging self government for diverse regions and warning about tariffs. He envisions an English speaking world governing global affairs while stressing a free trade mindset despite isolation risks. Stead calls the plan rough but luminous, aiming for racial unity via American constitutional principles.
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Bellum
Holland
Germany
Italy
Mr. Ste
Rhodes Funeral Train Reaches Bulawayo In Mourning
Cecil Rhodes body arrives in Bulawayo after a funeral train from Cape Town. The city the population gathers at the station to accompany the coffin to the Drill Hall in state. Wreaths cover the area as the coffin heads to the Rhodes farm for transport to The View of the World hill on April 10. A memorial service will occur at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
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Buluwayo
Matabeleland
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Town
Rhodes Farm
Matoppo
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Quiet Antilles St Thomas Calm Amid Sale Rumor
April 8 report says Danish cruiser Valkyrien did not sail from Port-au-Prince to St Thomas on short notice but will arrive around April 10. No revolt feared, King Christian’s birthday celebrated, and islanders reportedly cordial to a recent U S warship visit despite rumors of disaffection tied to a possible sale to the United States.
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ST. Thomas
D. W. II
Valkyrien
Port-au-Prince
Hayti
Copenhagen
London
Christian
United States
Antilles
China Approves Czar Plans for Manchurian Railways
Pekin April 8 The Manchurian convention was signed today with ratification due in three months. Russians agree to restore the Niu Chwang and Shan Hai Kwan line to China once Britain relinquishes control in Chi Li province. Sir Ernest Satow is negotiating to keep British administrative influence in the line after transfer.
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Pekin
Niu-Chwang
Shan-Hai-Kwan
Chi-Li
Ernest Satow
Forged King's Check Sentenced in Old Bailey
Alfred Reynolds was sentenced to seven years in prison at the Old Bailey for forging an endorsement to a King Edward check. The $1,110 instrument, drawn on Coutts Bank and payable to bearer, was tied to harness purchases charged by Sir Dighton Probyn. Reynolds fled after being questioned but was later captured.
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London
Alfred Reynolds
Old Bailey
Day
Edward
Dighton Probyn
Coutts Bank
Reynolds
Rome
Fusileers Sack Canteen in Cork Harbor Raid
Munster Fusileers seized a canteen at Rocky Island Cork harbor. A Spike Island patrol moved in to arrest them and a serious affray followed with four Fusileers wounded by bayonet thrusts. An ally connected to the incident has been detained.
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London
Rocky Island
Cork Harbor
Spike Island
Tourists Reach Liverpool on Celtic Sea Cruise
The White Star Line steamer Celtic, which left New York in February with a party of tourists for a Mediterranean and Orient cruise, arrived in Liverpool on April 8 and will sail for New York next.
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White Star Line
Celtic
New York
Mediterranean
Saye
Apel
Lugal Butchers Plan Tonight to Raise Meat Prices
In Grocers Hall, promoters aim to form an alliance of retail butchers to set unified meat prices and combat short weights by the beef trust. The group expects 300 shops to join, pledging mutual price fixing to increase profits despite wholesale and consumer price pressures.
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Meat Merchants’ Alliance
Ninth
Walnut Streets
Beef Trust
Chicago
Alliance
William Gordon
Board of Arbitration
The
Philadelphia Times
Raymond MaccNellie
Ene
Antendent Glan
Nelson, Morris & Co
Philadelphia
Privileged Question on Trust Prices Moves in House
The article notes a privileged question and possible House action on the meat trust issue. It reports the President urging the Attorney General to act, while details remain undisclosed. Federal proceedings would run through district attorneys where the trust operates and sets prices. Attorney General Knox travels with the President in South Carolina.
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House
United States
Knox
South Carolina
Department of Justice
Cope rules against boracic acid treated meat in state
Dairy and Food Commissioner Cope said he is unsure if boracic acid treated meat is harmful. He directs that such meat must not be sold in the state after August 1 unless the meat trust proves in court that boracic acid is not injurious.
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Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
Dairy and Food
Cope
Germany
Meat Trust
Beef Trust Plans to Raise Meat Prices in England
London reports unease as the Chicago Beef Trust plans to curb American cattle shipments to Britain. The Liverpool Post says the trust will control dispatch of beef to the Atlantic, with the first live-cattle free voyage possibly overlooked. Some Smithfield merchants with inside knowledge grow reticent when "trust" is mentioned.
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Beef Trust
Butchers’ Trust
London
Liverpool Post
Beef Trust of
England
Atlantic
Great Britain
Smithfield
Trust
Kiss Allegations Prompt Presbyter y Church Hearing
W W Wallweight a Cheswick Church bank clerk faced a presbytery inquiry in Pittsburg after two witnesses testified to improper conduct described as kissing in the choir loft. The Cheswick Church session sought guidance and referred the matter to a committee which proposed a permanent sentence with Wallweight able to appeal.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg
W. W. Wallweight
Cheswick
Justice of the Peace
Cheswick Church
Man Escapes Bed Fire After Lighted Bulb Used as Heater
Tamaqua April 8 Brakeman George McElwee felt chilled and took a lighted electric light bulb to bed. He woke to a fire spreading through the bed and escaped with minor burns to the head and back.
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Philadelphia Times
Tamaqua
George McElwee
Supreme Court to hear Washington merger jurisdiction case
The Supreme Court will hear arguments next Monday on Washington State’s bid to assume jurisdiction in the Northern Pacific and Great Northern merger. The move could affect the long standing railroad consolidation.
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State of Washington
Northern Pacific
Supreme Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Great Northern
Almshouse Inmate Receives 50000 Dollar Bequest
April Henry Geassley an aged Bersk county alms house inmate is bequeathed 50000 dollars by a German relative. He is over 70 and lives with his 42 year old daughter who has been at the almshouse five years. Other heirs include Daniel Gessley of Kansas City and Elizabeth Bower of Ohio to a total 150000 dollars.
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Philadelphia Times
Reading
Henry Geassley
Bersk County
Germany
Gessley
Daniel Gessley
Kansas City
Elizabeth Bower
Ohio
Philadelphia native named Utica police and fire commissioner
Mayor Talcott appointed Clifford Lewis formerly of Philadelphia as Utica police and fire commissioner. He is a University of Pennsylvania graduate and has lived in Utica since 1894. He is a Republican while the mayor is a Democrat.
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Utica
N. Y
Talcott
Clifford Lewis
Philadelphia
University Pennsylvania
Great Snow Storm Roars Through Maryland and Pennsylvania
A northwest storm dumped two feet of snow in Cumberland Maryland and seven inches in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania with widespread damage from wind hail and rain. Lightning caused barn fires cattle deaths and numerous injuries while traffic halted in multiple cities. The storm moved toward New England as life savers patrolled the coast.
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Middle Atlantic
Hatteras
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Cumberland
Pittsburg
Delaware
Virginia
New Jersey
New England
April Storm Rips Philadelphia Area With High Winds
A severe April storm caused injuries and property damage across Philadelphia. Wind up to 42 mph and one and a half inches of rain flooded areas including Germantown and Front and Cambria streets. One man, Harry Emily, broke his leg when a collapsed outbuilding buried him. he was hospitalized. Telegraph and telephone lines to Breakwater were crippled, with weather expected to clear and grow colder next day.
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Philadelphia
Danbof
Woodbine
Spra
Germantown
Charles Matlack
East Price Street
James Jermon
Lena and
Parris Pace
Posy Bell
Cambria
Reed & Ellis
Vine
Harry Emily
Haverford Avenue
Emily
Presbyterian Hospital
Delaware
Weather Bureau
Storm's deadly blow hits Ellis & Lessig works
During a furious April storm in Pottstown an iron stack about 100 feet tall at Ellis & Lessig iron works toppled into a frame shed where Pennsylvania Railroad workers sheltered. John Sabu sustained a fatal skull fracture. John Shoshinski and others were injured. Widespread damage disrupted electric light and telephone service as Schuylkill and other streams rose rapidly.
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Ellis & Lessig Iron Works
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Sabu
John Shoshinski
Hall
Schuylkill
Congress Act Urged on Beef Monopoly
Washington April 8 The beef trust price hikes spur public anger and prompt calls for action. Representative Thayer Massachusetts introduced a resolution asking Attorney General Knox to report steps toward investigating the trust, referred to the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee awaiting House action.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Beef Trust
Congress
Thayer
Massachusetts
Knox
House
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Department of Justice
Salvage Award to Ship Lackawanna for Philadelphian Salvage
The Admiralty awarded the British tank steamer Lackawanna six thousand pounds for salvaging the Leyland Line steamer Philadelphian in February. The Philadelphian sailed from Liverpool on February 7 for Boston and was towed into Queenstown after its shaft was damaged.
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London
Admiralty
Live
Boston
Queenstown
Lackawanna
Domestic hard coal price set at six dollars a ton
Coal dealers agreed to keep most domestic hard coal at six dollars per ton for the remainder of the month. A ten cent rise is planned from May 1 and will continue monthly until the price reaches six dollars and fifty cents again.
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England
United States
Mr. Parnell
Dr. Tanner
Charles Dilke
Long-Lost Husband Claimed by Readers as Gilman in Reading
A Philadelphia newspaper image of John E. Gilman in Reading sparked a tale of a man who vanished for 25 years and reappeared to claim Amanda Bormann Daubert, with ties to Boyertown Reading and York. Relatives identify Gilman as J E Money, linking further to Mrs Viola Gilman.
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Reading
John E. Gilman
Henry Daubert
Emaus
Philadelphia
Boyertown
J. E. Money
Amanda Bornemann
Hetr
New Jersey
Money
Gilman
J. C. Blome
Elizabeth Blome
Henderson Heads Toward Unopposed Re election
Washington April 8 Speaker Henderson is to be unopposed in his bid for reelection unless a new candidate enters. Nominee C B Cortright has withdrawn, according to telegraph confirmation to Henderson supporters in Washington.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Henderson
C. B. Cortright
American contractor reports Mexican plantation purchases by Ohio syndicate
Thomas D. Heston, after two years in Yucatan, arrives in Austin reporting that Thomas Sanders of Cincinnati, representing an Ohio capitalist syndicate including Senator M. A. Hanna, has closed deals for the purchase of three of the largest plantations in Mexico.
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Philadelphia Times
Austin
Texas
Thomas D. Heston
Yucatan
Thomas Sanders
Cincinnati
M. A. Hanna
Mexico
Twain buys Captain Casey place in Tarrytown estate
In Tarrytown New York April Mark Twain has purchased the Captain Casey estate of about nineteen acres and will take possession soon. The price is announced as 47500 dollars.
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Philadelphia Times
Tarrytown
N. Y
Mark Twain
Captain Casey
Elkton Conference Likely To Adjourn After Jubilee Plans
The seventy fourth annual Methodist Protestant Conference for Maryland Delaware DC and parts of neighboring states will adjourn tomorrow. A diamond jubilee will be celebrated next year and the fund for superannuated ministers aims to reach $100,000.
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Elkton
Philadelphia Times
Methodist Protestant Conference
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
Death by own action of Frank Fay in Baltimore
Frank Fay aged 31 committed death by his own action today in Baltimore using carbolic acid. Fay, formerly an electrician in New York City, despondency due to consumption is given as the cause of the deed.
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New York City
Japan
New York
Matsukata
M. Machida
Strikers Face Strong Opposition in Augusta Lockout
Augusta Ga April 8 The mill operatives strike remained unsettled today as at 6 30 this afternoon the Augusta district lockout took effect The Manufacturers Association met last night and resolved to fight to the end.
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Augusta
Manufacturers’ Association
Local forecast for the Northeast corridor
Rain and colder with brisk north winds across Far Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware. Rain expected Wednesday with a shift to a fair day and warmer conditions as winds turn from north to west.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Weather Summary and Temperature Deficiency Report
Weather note reports a daily temperature deficiency of two degrees and a general drop from normal conditions. The entry references April and January context, with a focus on temperature deviations and regional observations.
Landslides Block Trains In Cumberland Maryland
Snow covers ground to eighteen inches within a hundred mile radius while creeks flood and the Potomac rises rapidly. Roads are blocked, wires crippled, and trains delayed by slides. The Baltimore and Ohio line near St Johns Ripple is closed ten hours after a slide wrecked part of a freight train.
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Potomac
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St. John’s
Inters Halted by Hotels in Wilmington Strike Arrival
From Baltimore thirty Inters brought to Wilmington faced refusal of accommodation at two hotels and several boarding houses. The scene shows labor tensions affecting lodging as strikers’ replacements were blocked.
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Philadelphia Times
Wilmington
Del
Inters
Baltimore
Dr. Talmage in No Improvement as Washington Report
The condition of Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage showed no improvement today in Washington. News bulletin notes his health status with ongoing concern from medical observers.
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Talmage
Washington
Young Cannot Rebuild Wooden Pier in Atlantic City
John Young served court order restraining him from reconstructing a wooden pier to replace the ore damaged by fire. order issued in Atlantic City with April filing details.
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Young
Atlantic City
April
John Young
Fragmentary Notice of Names and Ages
Unclear OCR fragment lists ages 1 year and 42 years with partial numbers 1616 5 10th Bt. Vette. No coherent event or context available. cannot determine full notice content or purpose.
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King Edward Pushes Peace Close To Coronation With Boer War Move
Edward VII on course to end the Boer War before his June coronation. Salisbury to press peace terms in Cabinet, likely granting limited Boer autonomy with an English governor and council. Public news of plans scarce as issues of camp abuses and military scandal influence royal stance. Austria urges intervention as Reichsrath bills, Pan German in origin, spark debate.
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Edward
Lord Salisbury
South Africa
Kruger
Europe
Schalkburger
Botha
Steyn
England
War Office
Lord Robenta
Splon Kop
Mr. Balfour
Redvers Buller
Polyclinic Exonerated After Inquest Into Mullins Death
Coroner Dugan concluded the inquest into Richard A. Mullins of 2240 South Darien Street and cleared Polyclinic Hospital of claims by Mullins' widow that he was discharged prematurely. The coroner found the charges unfounded and that Mullins received good care. he later died of pneumonia in good physical condition at discharge.
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Dugan
Richard A. Mullins
South
Darien Street
Mullins
Skaters Urged to Skate Alone by Director English
Director English sent a message to Superintendent Quirk warning of the danger when children skate on asphalt streets. Police are told to break up any group skating in long chains since it risks injury to the skaters and to passers by.
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English
Quirk
Presbyterian Social Union to Honor John H Converse May 6
John H Converse former president of the Presbyterian Social Union receives a reception at the Academy of Music May 6 for his services. Committees from various Presbyterian Church sociedades are arranging the event.
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John H. Converse
Presbyterian Social Union
Academy of Music
The
Presbyterian Church Ap
Schooner William R Huston Returns to Delaware Breakwater
The schooner William R Huston arrived at Delaware Breakwater yesterday from New Bedford after completing a round trip from Philadelphia to the port. It unloaded a cargo and reloaded with ballast within seven days.
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Delaware
New Bedford
Philadelphia
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