President stands firm on Congress limits in Cuban relief debate
The Roosevelt administration rejects dictation but signals possible reciprocity terms as House Republicans mull a commission to Cuba. Leaders push a campaign, with talks between the President, Speaker Henderson, and Ways and Means chairmen as pressure grows over tariff relief and Cuban commercial concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Cuba
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Henderson
Payne
Ways and Means
Grosvenor
Maritime Canal Concession Row Probed by Senate Panel
Thomas B. Atkins told a Senate committee the Maritime Canal Company paid Nicaragua 25 000 for lands along the right of way and still claims the grant, seeking US protection. He said cancellations by Nicaragua were protested and Costa Rica concessions remain exclusive, warning US acquisition would violate existing pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Thomasb. Atkins
Maritime Canal Company
Senate Committee On Isthmian Canals
Costa Rica
Cramp Hosts Banquet For Russian Retvizan Officers
Charles H. Cramp, president of Cramp Shipbuilding, honors Captain B N Stchensnovitch and the Retvizan crew at a Belle Vue dinner. Naval figures and dignitaries from Russia attend as Tchernigovsky extols Cramp built ships Variag and Retvizan. Count Cassini sends regrets and health wishes to President Roosevelt and Cramp.
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Charles H. Cramp
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Belleue
B. N. Stchensnovitch
Tchernigovsky
Cramp
Russia
America
Cramps
Delaware
Retvizan
Count Cassini
Roosevelt
Charles Cramp
France Misrepresented in Lecture on the French Family
Special to the Philadelphia Times reports H Hugues Le Roux at Columbia Horace Mann School argues the French family remains misread by outsiders who see cosmopolitan Paris parvenus and popular novels as true French life. He urges Anatole France as a corrective and predicts France will retain influence amid social change.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
H. Hugues le Roux
Horace Mann School
Columbia University
Paris
Parvenus
Paul Bourget
Guy de Maupassant
France
Egypt
Anatole France
M. le Roux
Thomas Meehan Public School Opened in German Town
The Thomas Meehan Public School at Penn street and Pulaski avenue in German Town was turned over to John Brooks, president of the Twenty second Sectional School Board. Built of Chestnut Hill granite with Pennsylvania marble trimmings, it cost $21,880 and is named for the late councilman for his work toward educating negro children. The four section building includes modern improvements and will be devoted to that purpose.
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Thomas Meehan
Penn Street
Pulaski Avenue
Germantown
John Brooks
Twenty-second Sectional School Board
Chestnut Hill
Brooks
Meehan
Philadelphia Society for Organized Charity Report Details 1901 Efforts
The Philadelphia Society for Organized Charity reports its 1901 activities with 5 759 families aided and $11 105 50 in help. Two wood yards and lodges fed, housed, and employed 11 072 homeless people across 30 690 lodgings and 61 274 meals. Wayfarers Lodge No 1 at 1720 Lombard Street will be rebuilt May at a cost of 50 000 dollars with triple capacity. funded by contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Society For Organized Charity
Eleventh
Walnut Streets
Wayfarers
Lombard Street
Burglary Suspects Held After Four-Block Chase
Clarence Clay and George Wilson two Black men were held without bail by Magistrate Harrison on a burglary charge. They were arrested early yesterday at Sixteenth and Nanadain streets after Policemen Oliver and Nichols halted them. They dropped a large bundle chased for four blocks. The bundle contained clothing taken from the A Weiner store at 512 South Twentieth Street.
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Clarence Clay
George Wilson
Harrison
Sixteenth
Nanadain
Oliver
Nichols
A. Weiner
South Twentieth Street
Missing youths reported in March notices
William B. Smith aged 14 of 38 since March 7 and Helen Adams aged 16 and MJ 15 reported missing since March 17. Elizabeth A. 2531 EB Dauphin Sareh J. Mowbray 21 of 1505 N. Glet J. since March 7. Geert in his 20s 08 Regs also listed as missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Smith
Ae Helen Adams
Bt. Ince
Elizabeth A
EB. Dauphin Sareh J. Mowbray
N. Glet &J
I Geert
Cablegrams reveal state officials' sorrow over daughter loss
In fragments, the cablegram notes state figures Andrey D and others expressing sadness over a daughter's death with references to mourning and grief.
Miners Fronting the Last Ditch in Coal Strike Impasse
SHAMOKIN March 8 A statement by George Hartlein of United Mine Workers District No 9 shows miners are divided over the strike. He warns the operators may block peace talks though union leaders seek a wage increase and peaceful settlement. He predicts possible nationwide effects if a strike occurs and notes the union’s growing strength since 1900.
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Philadelphia Times
Shamokin
George Hartlein
United Mine Workers’ Union
District No. 9
Hartlein
John Mitchell
Mr. Hartlein
Ocean
British Columbia
Gulf of Mexico
United Mine
Autite
Anthracite Coal Leaders Clash Over Eight Hour Day
In Hazleton and Shamokin areas leaders of the United Mine Workers and Anthracite Coal Operators' Association clashed over an eight hour day and a uniform wage scale. Operators refused to meet the union and warned strikes might be used as leverage while labor leaders threatened action at multiple collieries if disputes with the Reading Company are not resolved.
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Hazleton
Anthracite Coal Operators’ Association
Philadelphia Times
Mr. Mitchell
Morgan
Hanna
Ihing
Lackawanna
Leh Valley
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Fahy
Thomas P. Duffy
Minesa ’ Union
Shamokin
Ninth District
United Mine Workers
East
West Brookside
Old Lincoln
East Good Spring
Reading Company
East Good Springs
Nitrate export duty raised by six pence per quintal
Valparaiso reports a nitrate combination causing a six pence per quintal rise in the nitrate export duty. The tax increase is expected to yield an annual revenue gain of about 10 million pounds.
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Valparaiso
Royalty keeps busy with dock opening statue project and naval events
King and Queen attend multiple public duties in London and Bristol this week. The Prince of Wales begins a new dock project while a naval college coven-stone is laid and a new warship launched. Brock’s statue of Queen Victoria and Aston Webb’s terrace near Buckingham Palace begin after coronation.
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Philadelphia Times
New York Times
London
England
Bristol
Prince of Wales
Naval Training College
Brock
Queen Victoria
Aston Webb
Buckingham Palace
Smallpox Fear Hits London Coronation Plans
London reports warn that a spring smallpox outbreak may force abandoning the coronation street procession through Southwark and Lambeth. The sole pageant could be the King’s movements between Buckingham Palace and St Stephen’s on coronation day as crowds are discouraged amid the epidemic.
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Philadelphia Times
Erencelegraph
New York Times
London
Southwark
Lambeth
Buckingham Palace
St. Stephen's
Obstruction Cited in San Francisco Train Wreck
Southern Pacific officials reported the Maxon derailment occurred at 2.35 a.m. with an obstruction on the track blamed for the crash. Three cars and multiple passenger cars were destroyed by fire, with several injured in serious condition. Mrs. Schell of Philadelphia shows favorable progress.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Maxon
Martin
Stockwell
Suicide at Herald Square Hotel Tied to St Louis Man
A man registered as James D. Campbell of St. Louis died by suicide in New York City after consuming carbolic acid. The deceased was later identified as James Webster a traveling salesman sought in Rochester for forgery. A detective arrived to arrest him but learned Webster had been taken to New York Hospital after the drug intake.
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New York
Herald Square
James D. Campbell
St. Louis
James Webster
Rochester
N. Y
Webster
Bell
New York Hospital
Campbell
Australian duties reduced in new Australia Man tariff
United States Consul Bray in Melbourne reports tariff changes affecting metals and machinery under the new Australia Man tariff. Engines and screws drop to free. boilers pumps and metal manufactures cut to 20 percent. Cartridge cases and wads go free. barbed wire duty drops from 20 to 10 percent.
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Washington
State Department Today
United States
Bray
Melbourne
United States Battle Squadron Arrives at Colon Harbor
The U S squadron of battleships Kearsarge Indiana Massachusetts and Alabama under Rear Admiral Francis J Higginson enters Colon harbor Colombia for a planned three day stay. U S Consul Oscar Malmros boards the flagship to greet Admiral Higginson.
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Colon
Colombia
United States
Kearsarge
Indiana
Massachusetts
Alabama
Francis J. Higginson
North Atlantic
Oscar Malmros
Higginson
McLeod Not Dying, Reading Railroad Ex-President Rebounds
Mrs. McLeod refuted reports that A. A. McLeod was dying at his New York home saying he is not so seriously ill as first feared. He suffered an attack three weeks ago and is under medical care with an expected three more weeks of treatment.
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A. A. McLeod
Reading Railroad
West Fiftysecond Street
New York
Fire scare interrupts performance at Broad Street Theatre
Yesterday afternoon a smoke incident from a radiator at Broad Street Theatre caused a fire scare during E H Southern’s production of If I Were King. A stage announcement stated no danger, urging the audience to stay seated until detectors were checked, and firemen confirmed there was no fire before the play resumed.
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Broad Street
E. H. Southern
Mr. Southern
Weather Forecast for Eastern States Rain Then Clearing
Rain Sunday morning in Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware followed by clearing. Monday fair with fresh east to south winds shifting to west.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Weather Summary for Philadelphia March 8 1902
United States Weather Bureau reports temperature deficiency since March 1 and rainfall deficit since January. Accumulated January 1 shows 2.78 inches near normal rainfall figures with 1.00 inch excess noted in recent periods.
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United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Maritime Passages From New York to Europe
Fragmentary coastal shipping notes list several names and routes from New York to European ports. Each entry shows a vessel origin, destination, and passenger or crew label, but details are incomplete.
Elkin nomination clash fuels Pennsylvania GOP race
Insurance Commissioner Durham predicts John P. Elkin will be nominated for Governor at the June state convention and elected in November. The quarrel over party control centers on Senator Quay with Durham, McNichol, and Flinn moving to back Elkin against the Quay faction as Blair county hosts a key delegate fight next Saturday.
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John P. Elkin
Durham
United States
Quay
Select
James P. McNichol
Elkin
Senator Quay
Messrs
McNichol
Sage of
Beaver
William M. Brown
Lawrence County
Indiana County
Elki
Tate
Messrs. Durham
Durham Shrine
Flinn
Allegheny County
Pittsburg
J. C. Brown
Blair County
Louis A. Watres
Lackawanna County
Colonel Watres
Select Council
James L. Miles
Chantel Seger
Jane Moore
Henry R. Shoch
William C. Haddock
Register of Wills
Horatio P. Hackett
Gustav Muller
Thomas J. Morton
Edward W. Patton
Common Council
Charles B. Halli
J. Clayton Erb
Campaign veterans Houston Dunn Mumford and Gibbons plan renewed activity
Houston Dunn Edward W. Mumford and Henry J. Gibbons share experiences from the last campaign and discuss plans for future efforts and renewed activity.
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Houston Dunn
Edward W. Mumford
Henry J. Gibbons
Friends urge support for MacDonald in 22nd district race
Friends of William MacDonald pushing to succeed Representative Linton in the upcoming State Legislature session urge Durham and other leaders to back him. MacDonald is said to have support from Congressman Foerderer and Burk, Port Warden Seddinger, Select Councilman Short, and Magistrate Wagner.
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William MacDonald
Representative Linton
Durham
MacDonald
Foerderer
Burk
Seddinger
Short
Wagner
No Anxiety On Etruria Situation From Cunard Agents
A Vernon H. Brown & Co representative said no anxiety is felt as the Etruria has not been heard from since Ottawa reported it 400 miles west of Fayal on February 28. The Cunard Line notes the ship lost its propeller and rudder and was being towed by the William Cliff at 50 to 60 miles per day. Officials expect a report by Tuesday or Wednesday.
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New York
Vernon H. Brown & Co
Cunard Line
Etrura
Ottawa
Fayal
Etruria
William Cliff
Embezzler Smith Sentenced in Lansdale Trust Case
Henry J. Smith former treasurer of the Lansdale Trust Company pleaded guilty to four counts of embezzlement and forgery. He was sentenced to seven years in the Eastern Penitentiary and fined 3500 dollars, to be taken to the penitentiary within ten days.
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Philadelphia Times
Norristown
Henry J. Smith
Lansdale Trust Company
Eastern Penitentiary
Missing Woman Found With Friends Near Tabor
Mrs. Mary Creighton who had triggered police searches in several cities for not arriving in Philadelphia from Bridgeport Conn was found last night at a friend’s home near Tabor. Her husband had boarded at 2283 South Fifteenth Street awaiting her and their young son. She says she arrived safely but became lost and stayed with friends until found.
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Mary Creighton
Philadelphia
Bridgeport
Conn
Tabor
Creighton
South Fifteenth Street
Death Toll from Germantown Oil House Tragedy
Harry Yomer found his parents dead on the pavement at the oil house near Allen lane and Wissahickon avenue. The father, Louis Yomer, 72, a lamplighter, is believed to have died from apoplexy. Two weeks earlier his brother Charles had died at his home on West Duval.
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Louis Yomer
Harry Yomer
Mount Pleasant Avenue
Germantown
Allen Lane
Wissahickon Avenue
Yomer
Charles
West Duval
Runaway Boy William B. Smith Skips School Again
Fourteen year old William B. Smith fled his home at 3 South Forty third Street to avoid school, escaping once before in a nearby relative’s home. He was last seen near City Hall, with no further word by the following day.
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William B. Smith
South Forty-third Street
Suffrage Conference Sets Monday Vote On Report
The Richmond suffrage conference decided to take up the suffrage report Monday once the constitutional convention is convened and continue until a decision is reached. Telegrams will be sent to absent Democratic members to attend. Republicans will receive one to two weeks’ vacation.
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Richmond
Death in Minneapolis man found with gunshot at Kansas City lodging
John Henderson of Minneapolis was found dead with a bullet wound at the Helping Hand Institute in Kansas City. He had told police the previous evening two Black women robbed him of 900 dollars. A dozen lodgers nearby heard a shot but did not investigate.
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Kansas City
John Hendera
Minneapolis
Elping Hand Institute
Henderson
Colorado Chinese Boycott Tangle Prompts Inquiry
Governor Orman announced an investigation into alleged boycotts and threats against Chinese residents in Ouray after a telegram from Secretary of State Hay indicating the Chinese minister raised the issue. The report notes the government will look into the matter and determine facts.
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Colorado
Denver
Col
Orman
Hay
Ouray
Doctor Green Returns After Escape From Insane Hospital
Dr. Green, inmate of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane at Forty ninth and Market streets, escaped last week to friends in New Brunswick New Jersey and returned yesterday.
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Green
Pennsylvania Hospital For the Insane
Fortyninth and
Market Streets
New Brunswick
U. J
Telegraphic BREVITIES from the Maryland and Kentucky scenes
The Maryland Agricultural College may receive a legislative grant of 000. C Taban slated for Loowallan School amid threats of outbreak. Mrs Hillis of Brooks in critical condition after paralysis. Kentucky House trims life insurance tax increases and imposes a new one eighth of a cent tax on ten corporations. East Consolidated Air Power Company of Maine under foreign act scrutiny. Former Attorney General Arenas General of Columbus arrested on perjury charges. John D. Marchand of Washington to testify before Interstate Commerce Commission in Louisville. Oil discovery near Sarmont prompts multiple takes and a large oil rush. Bodies of Wegsen and See are noted in mining districts. Louisiana Exposition exhibits will feature a commission and general supervision over displays.
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Maryland Agricultural College
Jae
C. T.aban
Loowallan
M Hillis
W . Iowa
Dwight Is
Brooks
Kentucky General
Kentucky
Kenucky
Arenas General
SF Sheets
Columbus
Tion
Consolidated Oir Compe Company
Maine
Wling Green
Mor Wale
Cripple Creek
McCauley for the Mint Ex Auditor Hopes Appointment
Ex Auditor General Levi G. McCauley of Chester county aims to become Superintendent of the Mint in Philadelphia replacing Henry Boyer who resigned. Senator Quay favors McCauley and President Roosevelt will wait for Quay’s return. Senator Penrose anticipated to handle the appointment.
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Levi G. McCauley
Chester County
Philadelphia
Henry K. Boyer
Senator Quay
Major McCauley
Washington
Roosevelt
Boyer
Florida
Penrose
Prince Henry Visit Plans Face Dress and Tie Debate
A Philadelphia committee finalized Prince Henry's visit timetable with stops at Broad Street Station Independence Hall and Cramp's shipyard. The group settled on wives attending City Hall reception, and after a long tie color discussion the decision favored dark ties with individual choice on trousers.
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Prince Henry
Ashbridge
Broad Street
Nee Henry
Independence Hall
Cly Ee
Chestnut Street
Fifth
Prince
Cramps
Union League
Philadelphia
George McCurdy
Common Council
Prince Shoud
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Reading Railway
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