Insurers Seek Lower Rates If Building Laws Reform
The Insurance committee of the Trades League meets today to discuss possible rate reductions after last week’s increases in the congested district. Leaders urge radical building-law revisions to curb fire hazards and push for safer structures and stricter enforcement. A mass meeting may form a committee of affected interests to press councils and the legislature for needed changes.
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Trades League
Master Builders’ Exchange
Hubu
Irvin
Philadelphia Times
John 8. Stevens
National Builders’ Exchange
Philadelphia Builders’ Exchange
Exis Candy
Shah Wete
Haddock
R. E. Wagner
Fire and Ters’ Association
Farmers Feel Hunger Pangs Forsyth Missouri
Farmers in Forsyth Missouri face hunger pangs amid misfiring Orseak bills as hundreds rally for relief and relief measures. Officials promise review and resumption of aid programs to ease rural hardship.
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Forsyth
Southern
Lord Methuen May Be Court Martialed After Defeat
In St Preoria on March 16 the defeat and capture of General Methuen are seen as requiring a thorough inquiry. The article argues any act harming army prestige will be punished and notes the need to raise columns to 2,000 men, though impossible given the enemy’s wide spread. It contrasts Botha’s reduced force and Methuen’s retreat east of Vryold as Schalkburger sits north of the Delagoa line.
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Mie ST Preoria
Methuen
Botha
Natal
Vryhold
Bruce Hamilton
Schalkburger
Delagoa Line
Munsey
McKinley
Hanna
H. M. Dougherty
Cyrus Huling
Harmony
Ohio
Foraker
Roosevelt
Imperial decree ends state allowances for civil students abroad
An imperial decree in Constantinople abolishes monthly state allowances to civil students finishing education abroad. About 70 recipients, mainly in Paris and Geneva, previously received 100 to 600 francs monthly. Aimed at curbing funds used by youths attending a Young Turkish party congress.
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London Times
New York Times
Philadelphia Times
Constantinople
Young Turkish Party
Paris
Geneva
Ship ablaze in Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is blocked by the British petroleum steamer Nerite from Marseilles and the Bulysses from Constantinople. Nerite is on fire and Bulysses is ashore and abandoned. Both ships belong to Shell Transport and Company Limited of London. The freighter Burgesses is 6,000 tons. ADD LABOR.
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Suez Canal
Suez
Nerite
Marseilles
Bulysses
Constantinople
Port Said
Shell Transport and Compa Limited
London
Cecil Rhodes Weaker Despite Use of Stimulants and Oxygen
Last night Cecil Rhodes grew steadily weaker after taking some nourishment. Morning showed continued decline and growing anxiety. His strength remains supported by liberal use of stimulants and oxygen.
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Carr Town
Rhodes
Mr. Rhodes
US Gunboat Machias Arrives at St Thomas For Islands Transfer
The US gunboat Machias reached St Thomas on Saturday. Captain Lieutenant Commander Henry McCrea may meet Danish West Indies officials as Governor De Hedemann is at Santa Cruz. The Machias plans to move to Santa Cruz Monday then back, remaining here likely to await the islands' transfer to the United States. Civil order remains peaceful.
Financiers circle bid for Western Maryland Railroad sale
Baltimore March 16 Financiers and railroad lawyers tied to the Gould interests arrive in Baltimore ahead of the Western Maryland Railroad sale bids by the Mayor and City Councils tomorrow. The syndicate includes E L Fuller Myron T Herrick Winslow S Pierre Fairfax S Landstreet and counsel for the Goulds with aims to link West Virginia Central and Western Maryland into a larger Wabash system transaction. Authorities say the Fuller group may represent Gould interests and seek belt line and tidewater facilities to extend Wabash control.
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Philadelphia Times
Baltimore
Goulds
Western Maryland Railroad
E. L. Fuller
Scranton
International Salt Company
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway Company
Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Winslow
Pierre
New York
Union Pacific Railroad
Harriman Road
Fairfax
Landstreet
West Virginia
Davis Coal and Coke Company
West Virginia Central
Fuller
Hood
Maryland
Western Maryland
Hoot
Hayes
Fuller Syndicate
Gould
Tidewater
West Virginia Central and Western
Ited i
Councils
Thieves Enter Yachting Club Homes in Stockton
Thieves entered the Moore, Merry Four, the Ladders and Gus Adolph Yachting Club houses in Stockton Camden county yesterday morning. The club houses were ransacked from top to bottom and many cigars and other articles were carried away.
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Moore
Merry
The
Ladders
Gus Adolph Yachting Club
Stockton
Camden County
Room for Hanna for President in 1904
Washington March 16. Senator Marcus A Hanna appears poised to seek the Republican nomination for president in 1904. His friends push the bid while he denies running, citing labor peace mediation as a key credential. A Washington Times portrait hails Hanna as “the Man of the Hour” as party leaders weigh his appeal to labor and capital.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
M. A. Hanna
Roosevelt
Hanna
Mr. Hanna
Frank P. Sargent
Locomotive Firemen's Brotherhood
General Immigration
Washington Times
Frank Munsey
New York
the Times
Senator Hanna
Boston
Ohio
H Ave
Marcus A. Hanna
United States Senate
Tract Society Meeting Reports Broad Outreach in Washington
The Washington annual meeting of the American Tract Society at St John s Church heard Rev Judson Swift summarize the society s work and Dr Alexander Mackay Smith preach an earnest sermon on its aims. Thirty seven new publications were added this year in English German Spanish Italian and Dutch bringing total home office outputs to 18 386 with nearly 800 million volumes issued in 77 years including missionary station tracts. The 12 month period saw 2 632 400 periodicals circulated and 487 000 tracts landed on shores.
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Washington
The
American Tract Society
St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Judson Swift
New York
Alexander Mackay-Smith
Pennsylvania
Principal Watson Cornell Dies at James Logan School
Watched as Dr Watson Cornell Ph D supervising principal of the James Logan School, one of the city’s largest public schools, died leaving a significant void in the school community and local education leadership.
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Watson Cornell
James Logan
Storer Returns to New York on Leave From Spain
Bellamy Storer United States Minister to Spain arrives in New York on sixty days leave of absence. He plans to return to Madrid in two to three months, denies resignation rumors, and says Spain’s treaty with the United States awaits signatures. No coronation ceremony for Alfonso XIII. will take oath to power the Constitution with customary ceremonies.
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New York
Spain
Bellamy Storer
United States
Alfonso XIII
Madrid
Storer
Edward
Trade With The Philippines Eight Months 1901 Review
Washington reports from the Insular Division of the War Department publish an extract comparing the eight months ended August 31, 1901, and 1900. Total imports reached 19,618,596 while exports were 16,935,405, with import gains led by foodstuffs and manufactured goods. U S imports rose 84 percent, and hemp remains the dominant agricultural export with 10,436,566 credited.
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Washington
Insular Division
War Department
United States
Pension Bill Aims at Private Claims and Attorneys
Washington March 16 Senators and Congress members expect quick enactment of the pension appropriation bill to ease the burden of private pension legislation. The measure would criminalize receiving compensation for services connected with private pension bills. Lawmakers note an overload of bills this session and criticize aggressive claim attorneys as well as claimants pressured to pay for introductions that may not become laws. The bill awaits the President’s signature.
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Washington
Congress
Colorado Oil Boom Expands Across the State
Washington March 16 The Colorado oil boom grows with no fewer than 100 wells under way across the state. Fields in Boulder Pagosa Springs Dolusae and other districts yield good flows. Florence area in the south hosts about 250 wells with Standard Oil operating many but some plugged and idle for years.
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Washington
Colorado
Texas
Sherman Bell
Fierro N. M
Philadelphia Times
Boulder
Pagosa Springs
Doluase
Florence Distri
Erocges Jong
Standard Oil Company
Florence
Snow Hems Gold Miners Arrive After Forced March
W T Murphy and J A Fields reached Elk City Idaho from Thunder Mountain on snow shoes after a grueling trek in heavy snow. They traveled in harsh conditions to secure supplies and planned to continue work despite ongoing washouts and continued heavy snowfall.
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Elk City
Idaho
W.T. Murphy
J. A. Fields
Thunder Mountain
Jy Sapan
Weather Forecast for Far East PA NJ and MD
Clearing and colder conditions span Far Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Maryland. Tuesday brings fair skies with a colder turn and a cold wave in the north, while southerly winds shift to the west and remain brisk.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Weather Report From United States Weather Bureau
Weather summary for Sunday notes temperature readings and wind, with unclear details and several garbled phrases. Mentions mean temperature near 88 and excess temperature since March 1, plus arrivals of ocean liners to New York from La Gascogne.
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Weather Report
United States Weather Bureau
Phoepicia
New York
Gascognerytact
Barmy
Fire at Bryn Mawr College Destroys Dorm Denby Hall
Flames raged last night at Bryn Mawr College with Denby Hall ablaze and three Philadelphia engines dispatched. Wires to Taylor Hall offices were disrupted as the blaze spread toward Dalton Hall and Pembroke dormitories while students reportedly escaped safely.
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Denby Hall
Brrn Mawr College
Philadelphia
Dalton Hall
Pembroke East
Pembroke West
Para.delphia Times
Taylor Hall
Bryn Mawr
Denby
36 Horses Saved From Fire At Tenth Street Stables
Fire gutted the stable interior of coal and wood dealer William Bryan at Tenth street and Washington avenue last night. William Mc Garvey James Love and other locals freed 36 horses by breaking the gate and cutting halters as flames raced from the loft. Harness survived and losses are about $2000 insured. A spectator boy on ginny Rapegate street reported a loud alarm before being sent away.
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William Bryan
Tenth Street
Washington Avenue
William McGarvey
James Love
Clarence Munroe
Pian Ginny Rapegate Street
Baby Dedication Service At Salvation Army HQ
A six week old boy William Sinclair Hawley was given to the Lord in a Salvation Army dedication at Thirty-ninth and Lancaster Avenue. Staff Captain J M Berryman led the ceremony with prayer and rejoicing as Ensign Mrs William Guard and Captain and Mrs D D Jack assisted, drawing a crowd.
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Salvation Army
Thirty-ninth
Lancaster Avenue
J. M. Berryman
William Sinclair Hawley
J. Hawley
Corps
God
Wiliam Guard
D. D. Jack
Tragedy at Lancaster Avenue Boarding House
James Finlay aged 48 died by his own hand yesterday morning at 3310 Lancaster Avenue boarding house. He shot himself in the left breast with a revolver after his wife’s death on December 22. He left a note asking to notify his brother and to join his wife Anne.
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James Finlay
Lancaster Avenue
Daniel Comey
Finlay
Anne
Andrew D. White to Retire as Berlin Ambassador
Washington announces that Andrew D. White plans to retire from his post as Ambassador to Berlin on November 8. Health concerns and other reasons influence the move, and Berlin officials report regret over his pending retirement due to his popularity.
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Washington
State Department
Andrew D. White
Berlin
Duel at eight feet ends in double tragedy in Nevada
In Purdy Sta Bach Nevada Reese Evans and A A Smith dueled with Winchesters at an eight foot distance over a strip of land. Both men were injured and died from their wounds. A brief report notes the fatal outcome of the quarrel over a marginal land claim.
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Reno, Nev
Reese Evans
A. A. Smith
Purdy
Sta Bach
Catholic Federation Grows in National Movement
Trenton March 16 Bishop Mc Faul announces from Anthony Matre secretary of the National Federation that the Catholic federation movement is rapidly expanding and may reach over half a million members. It is pressing for religious rights of Catholic children in public schools and seeks nationwide legislation to allow practice without removal of catechism or religious texts.
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Philadelphia
Trenton
N. J
McFaul
Federation of the
Catholic Organizations
Anthony Matre
National Federation
United States
Nurse Miss Willing Cares For Ill Fiancé In Quarantine
Pepper, son of Dr. William Pepper, 1811 Spruce street, lies ill with scarlet fever at fiancée Miss Thomson Willing's home, 25 East Summit Street, Chestnut Hill. He improved and is thought out of danger. Willing plans to nurse him back to health. The residence was quarantined after his illness began.
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B. Franklin Pepper
Spruce Street
William Pepper
Miss Thomson Willing
East Summit’street
Chestnut Bil
Mr. Pepper
Miss Willing
Hair Cut Protest Leads Cherokee to Enroll
Eight full-blooded Cherokee Indians, members of the Ketoowah Society, arrested for contempt of court, enrolled before the Dawes commission after a barber-line threat to cut their hair. Red Bird led the defense, urging enrollment amid tense scenes.
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Muskogee
I. T
Dawes Commission
Ketoowah Society
Raymond
United States Territorial Court
Red Bird
Grasshopper Year Predicted by Agriculture Dept
Washington reports that signs in Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and nearby states suggest an unusual grasshopper invasion this summer. Chief entomologist L. C. Howard foresees swarms due to climate, warning farmers to prepare and prevent crop damage. An expert will study breeding conditions to develop extermination methods.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Agricultural Department
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
L. C. Howard
Foxy Ground Hog Predicted Winter’s End. A March Warmth Ahead
The narrative recounts a groundhog named Foxy who saw his shadow on February 2 and predicted six more weeks of winter, later proven largely correct. After a blizzard on February 21 and heavy snow totals, the tale notes a warm March shift and a playful defense of the animal’s forecasting accuracy.
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Foxy
Vandals Loot Gym In JC A Building Break In
Thieves hid in the cellar of the YMCA building in Trenton and spent the night vandalizing the gym, breaking apparatus and lockers. They looted personal items including a gold watch, stole $50 from the office, damaged missionary literature, and broke several pictures.
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Philadelphia
Trenton
Young Men's Christian Association
Quay Griest faction wins big in Lancaster primary
Special to THD Philadelphia Timms reports Lancaster County's Republican primary produced the largest victory for the Quay Griest faction. With about 10 000 of 20 000 votes to their candidates, clergy mobilized a heavy turnout to defeat insurgents and deter a May county office ticket. Brecht rumored to run for Congress against Caseell Griest carried nearly all districts in city and county. W H Brosius retained a win for the Legislature despite losing his own district.
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Philadelphia
Caseell Griest
W. H. Brosius
Baldee
Tadortey
Fire destroys Valparaiso Arsenal warehouse blaze
A fire at the Naval Arsenal section in Valparaiso Chill destroyed a storage building with losses around 1,000,000. Separately a jute storage warehouse of the American Manufacturing Company in Brooklyn burned, destroying 17,000 bales of jute and causing extensive smoke and heat damage.
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Naval Arsenal
Valparalgo
Chill
Losage
Brooklye
American Pafacturing Company
Mother’s Kidnapping Threat Prompts Peacock Family Move
In a Pittsburgh dispatch from March 16, Alexander Peacock of the Carnegie Company moved his wife and three children from their home to a New York hotel after threats demanding 25 000 dollars and promising murder. Detective Roger O Mara leads a large team tracing the gang said to be among the country’s most dangerous criminals. The family’s New York stay followed a first letter warning, with Peacock valued at about 9.4 million and long associated with Carnegie Company.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg
Alexander R. Peacock
Carnegie Company
Holeland House
New York
Roger O'Mara
Mr. Peacock
O'Mara
Peacock
Ealdren
Peac
Ne York
Holland
Q’mara
Los Angeles
Cal
H. C. Frick
Isburg
Steel Trust
Millons
Tim
Thousands MournAltgeld In Chicago Funeral Procession
Thousands of Illinois residents gathered in Chicago to honor ex governor John P Altgeld buried at Graceland Cemetery. In state hours, crowds viewed the body at the Public Library Building before a procession to Lincoln Park. Governor Yates, lawmakers, and civic leaders led diverse groups in the solemn tribute.
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Chicago
Strate
Illinois
John P. Altgeld
Graceland Cemetery
Altgeld
Yates
Staf
Cook County
United Turner Societies
Sion
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George F. Reger
R. Dale Benson
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Lord Methuen
Porte
Cecil Rhodes
Awaits Antilles
Danish West Indian Waters
Labor Affairs
Lake Ports
National Coal Mineation
Union Iron Works
Sandecet
Obio
Mackay-Smith
Watson Cornell, PH. D
Philippines
Faery
Bryn Mawr College
Catholic Federation Grows
B. F. Pepper
Fiancee
Lancaster
Millionaire Peacock’s
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