Explosion at Lobau Barracks Triggers Anarchist Fears
Paris reports a 1:25 am explosion at the Lobau barracks housing the Republican Guard near Hotel de Ville. A dynamite cartridge damaged the mess room while guards slept. no injuries reported. Authorities note new anti explosives law and thefts of 32 cartridges from a Savoy magazine amid rising unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lobau
Republican Guard
Hotel de Ville
Sentinel
Francis Miron
Carnot
Bill Segal
Chamber of Deputies
Portasium
St. Gervais
Chambery
Savoy
Geneva
Lady Randolph Churchill Involved In Casino Saloon Fracas
March 15 at the Casino saloon a dispute escalated into a general brawl after a woman struck a man and several patrons intervened. Police arrested those involved. During the melee Lady Randolph Churchill was present and a pickpocket slit her purse, stealing gold coins from the Victoria Jubilee issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mostr Carlo
Lady Randolph Churchill
Queen Victoria
Death Penalty for Destruction by Explosives In France
In the Chamber of Deputies M. Ricard presented a bill signed by President Carnot to amend the Penal Code. The measure makes willful destruction with explosives a capital offense. Premier Loubet notes anarchist explosions may not be by French subjects and pledges safety precautions for Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Deputies
M. Ricard
Carnot
Cabinet Council
M. Loubet
Paris
Baroness Von Roques Visits Maybrick in Prison
Baroness Von Roques, mother of Florence Maybrick, visited her daughter at Woking prison and said she found Mrs Maybrick broken in spirit after a month under care of a prison doctor.
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Loxspos
Baroness von Roques
Florence Maybrick
Woking
Maybrick
Ord Rison
Hoon
Tubmers
St James Gazette Publishes Commons Letter on Bering Sea Claim
A March 15 letter signed by a Member of the House of Commons appears in the St James Gazette. The writer hopes England will not push its claims in the Bering Sea matter, arguing such insistence could ruin a valuable industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowpor
St. James Gazette
House of Commons
England
Italian Steamer Colombo Quarantined After Yellow Fever
The Italian steamer Colombo has arrived in Genoa from Santos and other Brazilian ports and is ordered into quarantine. She reports 44 yellow fever cases aboard with 15 deaths among those infected.
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Genoa
Colombo
Santos
Rio Janeiro
Brilliant meteor observed near Great Bear last night
A brilliant aerolite burned green and lingered about five minutes near the Great Bear constellation. It then moved northwest and disappeared from view.
NSW Legislature approves bill for labor dispute arbitration
Syonery March 15 The Legislature of New South Wales has approved a bill for the settlement of labor disputes by courts of arbitration.
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Syonery
N.S
Legislature of
New South Wales
Han
Monday May End the Strike
Nowton March 15. The consensus of continues to be uncertain as negotiators press for an accord ending a labor dispute. An unresolved stalemate leaves workers awaiting a clear timetable and parties warning of possible escalation.
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Nowton
Coal Strike Hopes Persist. City Sees Steady Supply
Opinion in the coal trade suggests the strike may end Monday. The city continues to receive ample coal and famine prices are not expected.
Ruined by intolerance shatters St Petersburgs Hebrew banker
News from St Petersbur通 indicates J. E. Guengburg a Hebrew banker suspended with liabilities reaching 6 000 000 roubles. Creditors largely in London and Paris blame government hostility and anti Semitic pressures for the collapse while Guenzburgs ties to German Hebrew financiers are cited as a related factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Guenzburg
Religious Tolerations Bill Passes First Stage In Commons
In the House of Commons Sir John Gorst stated Irish exhibitors at the Chicago World's Fair would be charged by the British committee the same as English exhibitors due to funds shortfall. Patrick O'Brien introduced a bill to amend Catholic relief to remove disabilities in England and Ireland. He argued for swift passage by a broad show of hands, citing Eastbourne as precedent.
Carnot Signs Reciprocity Bill in Chamber of Deputies
In Paris M Roche introduces a bill validating the France United States commercial reciprocity accord. American products admitted under French duties include canned meats fruits timber hops and other goods while the United States frees hides sugar and molasses from France. France retains seizure rights on infected pork imports. Carnot signs the measure later. Odessa report notes US consul Heenan to ship first Russian Asiatic cotton sample lot to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Deputies
M. Roche
France
United States
Carnot
Odessa
Heenan
Central Asia
New York
Three Cardinals Seen as Likely Choices for June Consistory
Vatican circles say three cardinals are certain for the June Consistory. The Archbishop of Grau in Hungary, the Archbishop of Breslau, and a French bishop from Tours or Bordeaux are the probable selections.
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Rome
Vatican
Grau
Hungary
Breslau
Tours
Bordeaux
Miners' Holiday Halts Tyne Coal Shipments
Coal shipments from the Tyne are at a standstill due to miners' vacation. Forty coal steamers lie at the docks unable to load cargoes.
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Tyne
Global tensions and political turmoil cited in early reports
Items note Presmpext Carnot signing a treaty and Italy facing vetoes on a military review. Reports claim Russian coup prep in the Balkans and Kaiser's car trouble. Five Italian papers seized for Republican Congress coverage. A will transfers property to Mrs Dencon’s daughter. heirs contest. Russia oats export ban rumors dismissed. Warsaw expulsion request from General Ghovreo denied. Paris Municipal Council donates 5,000 francs for Charleroi mine disaster relief. The London Times polls project Conservative 24, Unionists 42, Gladstonians 200, others doubtful.
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Carnot
Srow
Italy
Balkans
Kaiser
Republican Congress
M. Abeille
GrrEnal Ghovreo
Warsaw
Tre Municipal Council
Paris
Charleroi
London Times
Gladstonians
Trish
Missing Pittston Woman Found Under Ice Near Wyoming
In Wilkes Barre a 14 year old boy uncovered a female body under the ice at a marsh near the Terra Cotta Works in Wyoming. The remains, about 60, identified as Mrs Clark from Pittston, had been missing over a month after visiting relatives in Schuylkill county.
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Wilkesbarre
Thomas Hutchins
Wyoming
Clark
Pittston
Schuylkill County
Spreckels Entering the Trust in Sugar Refining Field
Philadelphia reports strong financier opinion that American Sugar Refining Company certificates traded on the New York listing of a $25,000,000 stock issue but closed lower. The Ledger hints the sugar trust absorbs refiners to align with new stock, while the Maloukelas is said not to erect a syndicate yet an arrangement is believed to exist for a likely group entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American Sugar Refining Company
New York
Delaware Sends First World Fair Exhibits
On March 15 Whimrsetox Det reports the first Delaware consignment for the World's Fair was shipped today. Six cars carried native woods from New Castle counties and three from Sussex, two from Kent, and one from New Castle. The placard reads From the World's Fair Commissioners of Delaware to the Columbian Exposition Chicago.
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Whimrsetox
Det
Delaware
Sussex
Kent
New Castle
Chicago
Forty Niners Descendants Honor California Pioneers at Duquesne Meeting
The Pittsburg and California Enterprise Company held its annual gathering at the Duquesne Hotel with 70 surviving members, led by Major F. C. Neeley as president and W. J. Bender as secretary. Speakers recalled California’s path to statehood and frontier adventures, while noting members’ ages and recent losses. A separate item mentions a postponed wedding after a telegram from St. Louis unsettled plans.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Argonauts
California
Western Plains
Pittsburg and California Enterprise Company
Duquesne Hotel
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Richard Wilson
Henry Wilson
Lake Erie Road
Jonathan Aiken
Ust
K. Dorringtin
Jerve Duppe
Zanesville
H. Dickson
Thomas Galbraith
Tarentum
W. J. Bender
John Glenn
F.C. Negley
F. Kirtland
Poland
George M. Dash
H. C. Heineman
Butler
Thomas Gregg
Monongahela City
James E. Kearns
F. C. Neeley
Henry Dickson
Dr. Galbraith
William Wilson
Plains
Dr. Galbraithi
C. F. Kirtland
Calffornia
Ourrades
F. G Negley
United States
Banquet of Western Pennsylvania Brick Exchange at Duquesne
The Western Pennsylvania Brick Exchange held its annual banquet at Hotel Duquesne with about 60 members and guests. Dinner featured nine courses and four wines in private dining rooms, with speeches by Bran Jones Edwin McGraw and others. An Alpha Phi Delta Theta banquet followed with 30 covers and toastmaster J A Langfitt.
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Hotel Duquesne
Western Pennsylvania Brick Exchange
Bran Jones
Jones
Edwin McGraw
Mr. Graham
Tower of Babel
Meussrs
Bentz
J. J. Howley
Franz
Carr, Daley
Senator Neeb
Alpha
Phi Delta Theta Society
Duquesne
J. A. Langfitt
Attorneys Scandrett, Tredway
Chalfant
J. R. Wright
W. H. McKee
T. C. Bisisdell
J. RB Blackburn
W.G. Warner
Mr. Chalfant
Far
Real King Arrives in Frisco From Gilbert Islands
The schooner Tarwa docked in San Francisco with King Tonbrano of Butaritari and Chief Autibia aboard. The six-foot-two, 260-pound monarch visited the city with his retinue to observe American life. A Tropic Bird ship from Tahiti and the Marquesas also reported movements tied to the Clara, believed lost, later reaching port.
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San Francisco
Cal
Tarwa
South Sea Islands
Tonbrano
Butaritari
Gilbert Islands
Autibia
Jack
Tahita
Marques Islands
Sultance
Clara
Waiting for the Bridegroom Telegram Delays Wedding
In Tinkerville near Crawfordsville Indiana a social sensation unfolds as Ebberey Martindale the Greene county educator who became principal of Tinkerville Schools last fall faces a wedding delay after telegrams from the groom urged a longer wait causing local chatter and curiosity.
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Jennie Scoggy
Martindale
Greene County
Tinkerville
Crawfordsville
St. Louis
Jennie
Ome
Ebberey Martindale
Powderly Attacks Reading Coal Monopoly Tactics
General Master Workman Powderly denounces the Reading company tactics and warns that the coal trust will raise prices and threaten public rights. He accuses officials of coercion, calls for constitutional enforcement or receivership, and says public opinion is shifting against the coal combination.
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Scranton
Workman Powderly
Cassatt
Pennsylvania
Boston thieves pay their own arrest aboard Long Wharf depot
The Boston Herald reports two thieves used a depot on Long wharf to store loot before transport to Government stations. A Division 2 patrolman spotted their suspicious activity and, when a thief returned with a hijacked horsedrawn vehicle, the trio ended at station 2 where the criminals paid the fare with their capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Long Wharf
Division 2
Ahi
Station 2
Reading and Lehigh Valley Combine Faces Legal Challenge
Harrisburg dispatches report Attorney General Hensel filed a bill in equity against the Reading combine. If declared illegal, organizers may restructure the venture via New Jersey to control the Lehigh Valley in cooperation with Reading, even amid lease disputes.
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Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Hensel
Reading Combine
New Jersey
Lehigh
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Readi
Whiteman Still Missing Ties To Beef Trust Secretary
Chicago March 15 The man claimed as the beef trust clearing house manager William M Whiteman is identified as the private secretary to Samuel Allerton a livestock magnate The clearinghouse allegedly settled beef sales profits and distributed returns from other products including oleomargarine and intestines.
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Beef Trust
William M. Whiteman
Samuel Allerton
The Booze of Mexico Pulque Described as Abominable
A narrator condemns pulque as the worst drink in Mexico calling it tree juice at first like spruce beer. He claims fermentation yields extreme intoxication and a putrid odor and says Americans cannot drink it without nose pinching and will become drunk longer than with any other beverage.
Bids for World’s Fair Arc Lighting Plant Opened
Bids on the arc lighting for the World’s Fair were opened amid confusion with only two offers received instead of dozens. One bid stood at 283000 dollars but was rejected as the process continued under Burnham’s chief auspices.
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Cxrcaco
Burnham
Cured with a Poker Miracle in Hysteria Case
A Williamsburg physician treats a nervous breathing disorder in Mrs. Mary Marcus with a dramatic method. He coerces her to stop a rapid, abnormal respiration by threatening and applying a hot poker, after which her breathing returns to normal and she has not relapsed.
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New York
Williamsburg
Michael B. McCarthy
West Street
McCarthy
Romeses
Tom Adams
Adams
Mary Marcus
Driggs Avenue
South Second Street
Fiece
Silas C. Bean
Ee Ey
Blaisdell
Marcus
Seenan
Cane
Saloon theft arrest after Penn avenue break in
Special Officer Chris Ford arrested Peter Conley and William Flaherty in a Penn avenue saloon yesterday afternoon. The pair entered the James Files saloon at 4063 Penn avenue, stole clothing and silk undergarments, then fled. They then allegedly visited Mrs. Meyers on Penn avenue near Fortieth street and carried off a silver butter dish and knives and forks, all found on them when apprehended. Police Captain Reed marked his forty sixth anniversary in service at Central station.
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Chris Ford
Peter Conley
William Flaherty
Penn Avenue
James Files
Conley
Rin & Paper
Reed
Central Station
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Lady Churchill
Lady Randolph
St. Petersburg
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Spreckels
TRUST
Major Negley
Senate
Senge
Pioneers of California
Bricemakkers
Phi Delta Theta
Frisco
Batariteri
Powderly
Elde
Whiteman
Mexico
U.S
DR. Woods
Norway Pine
Marek
Foster, Milburn &Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Brandreth
Duffy's
Bee Mae
THE
Duffy Malt Whiskey CO
Ebochester, N
AGUS
Liberty Street
Lishig Company
Poe
Uruguay
Liehig Company
Justus von Liebig
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