Pretoria visit by Dutch leaders in special train
Acting President Schalk-Burger and colleagues Schalk Burger Religa Moyer Krogh arrived Balmoral on a special train from Balmoral to confer with Lord Kitchener. They then left for Kroonstad after brief talks at the Balmoral station, having been stationed at Rhenoster Kop under pressure from British columns for a week.
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Pretoria
Schaik-Burger
S. W. Relig
The
Transvaal
Lucas Moyer
Krogh
Balmoral
Here
Trnce
Schalk-Burger
Lord Kitchener
Kroonstad
Schall Burger
Rhenoster Kop
Train wrecked near Charlottesville by landslide
A northbound Southern railway passenger train was wrecked fifteen miles south of Charlottesville, the engine ditched and six coaches burned. The mail loss was the largest in Southern history. A Pullman porter and a tramp were killed, the fireman fatally burned, and ten railway staff injured. No passengers were hurt.
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Charlottesville
Southern Railroad
Here
Southern Railroading
Wilcox Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in Cropsey Case
Elizabeth North Carolina March 23 James Wilcox was found guilty of Nellie Cropsey murder after a 30 hour jury deliberation. The judge set the sentence for April 25, to hang by the neck until dead.
Dynamite Explosion Near Houghton Causes Fatalities
A dynamite blast eight miles north of Houghton Michigan killed two men and seriously injured six others. The explosion occurred in a house where the family was at church, and two boxes stored for stump blasting ignited as the fire grew due to the heat.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Houghton
Mich
Work of Monomoy Crew
The Monomoy life saving crew at Chatham rescued one hundred lives and saved vessels and cargoes valued at $128 175 during the two fiscal years ending June 30 1901. Sixteen wrecks and casualties occurred off Monomoy, but all persons aboard were saved and nearly all cargo and vessels were recovered.
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Chatham
Monomoy
Monomou Sation
Haytien citizen Gabriel executed after police shooting
Leon Gabriel of Port of Prince claimed French citizenship and was executed yesterday after firing at Chief Camean. He had served as an aide to former president Legitime. The Haytien government now asserts Gabriel was a Haytien citizen and a French reply is awaited as a French man of war is requested.
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Prince
Hayti
Leon Gabriel
France
Camean
Legitime
Haytien
Gabriel
Paris
Mad Race to Avert Wreck on Baltimore & Ohio Line
A Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern dispatch in Indianapolis reports a wild pursuit after a fast freight was allowed to proceed over another train, forcing a switch engine to chase on the main line. The dispatcher abandoned his instruments, sprinted to a yard engine, and the train was nearly overtaken ten miles out from Washington before it was halted at a switch. The near collision hinged on mistaken orders and urgent haste.
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Indianapolis
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Washington
Florence Burns Discharged After Custody in Death Case
New York March 25 Florence Burns of Brooklyn was discharged from police custody by Justice Mayer after a hearing at the court of special sessions. The defense argued that Walter Brooks died by his own hand and Mayer found no sufficient evidence to bind Miss Burns for the grand jury. She returned to Brooklyn.
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New York
Florence Burns
Brooklyn
Walter Brooks
Mayer
Court of Special Sessions
Miss Burns
Somersworth Row Settled Over City Clerk Post
Somersworth March 24 Mark A earns refused to give up the office of city clerk when ousted by republicans. He was served Saturday with an injunction by Judge Pike at the superior court. Officers then placed the office books and property in the custody of Larry Str Remich, elected to hold the office by viva voce vote of the council.
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Somersworth
Mark A.earns
Pike
Superior Court
Tlarry Str Remich
Milk union supports directors on milk price demand
Exeter March 21. At a meeting of section 18 of the Milk Producers' union held at Chase's hotel Rockingham Junction members voted to sustain the directors in their demand for thirty five cents a can as the price of milk.
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Exeter
Milk Producers’ Union
Chase's
Rockingham Junction
Stabbing Affray In Poseoag Saloon Leaves Man Dead
In Providence R I on March 23 a quarrel over scaly weavers led to Simon White a 27 year old man being fatally stabbed in a Poseoag saloon. Peter Carr a man over fifty is held for the crime.
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Providence
Simon White
Peter Carr
Manley declines assistant postmaster general post
Augusta Me March 22 The Hon Joseph Jr Manley said he declined the offer from Postmaster General Payne to be assistant postmaster general. He cited business and personal reasons for his decision.
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Augusta
Joseph Jr. Manley
Payne
Manly
Battleship Retvizan Joins Russian Navy at Philadelphia Yard
The battleship Retvizan, just completed for the Russian government at Cramp shipyard, was officially added to the czar's navy in Philadelphia. The ship's routine duties commence aboard and she is slated to sail for Kronstadt around April 12.
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Philadelphia
Cramp
Kronstad
Zephhia Spectacle Set for April Week at Music Hall
Zephhia will be staged at Music hall under Kings' Daughters guidance the week of April 21 with about two hundred local youths in the show Committees and chaperons are named director Mr Booth will meet classes on March 26 at Conservatory Hall The Harrantellas Dance Patriotic Royal Guard Ten nia Dance Normandy Peasants Yeoman of the Guard perform 7 30 pm The Black birds La Clale Merry Go Round Brownies and Newsboys gather 4 15 pm
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Zephia
Music Hall
Kings’ Daughters
Booth
Conservatory Hal
Royal Guard
Blackbirds
la Clale
Merry Go
Ping-Pong On The Campania Courts The Ocean
The Campania from Liverpool arrived in New York with the first oceanic ping-pong tournament. A gentleman’s handicap for the north Atlantic championship awarded two prizes of 10 shillings each. Charles W. Allan beat Henry D. Reed as 265 saloon passengers watched, with Purser T. Graham as referee.
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Neptune
Campania
Cunard Line
New York
Liverpool
Charles W. Allan
Henry D. Reed
T. Graham
France Plans Mammoth Exhibit for World’s Fair in Paris
Palmer J. Now en, Paris World’s Fair representative, reports France has chosen a grand display dwarfing its 1893 Chicago exhibit. France seeks 45,000 square meters of space and will build a pavilion with a country house and period garden. Paintings, sculptures, Goblins and Serves ware will be showcased. European nations’ formal acceptances expected soon.
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Palmer J. Nowen
Paris
France
Chicago
M. Millerand
Bowen
Wll
Europe
Guests of the New Hampshire Chapter Hosts Night
Dover Masons and other groups were guests of the New Hampshire chapter of State Croix in Portsmouth, who organized the event. The Dover contingent provided the hall and banquet setup, while Portsmouth men managed the preparations.
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New Hampshire
O. Rose Croix
Dover
To Cure Grip In Two Days Laxative GramoQuinine
An old advertisement notes a remedy claimed to cure grip in two days. Each box bears E. W. Grove's signature and is priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Lawrence Grattan returns to King company as reader
Allan Jone resigns as Park theatre manager to focus on producing The Defender at the Columbia in April. Miss Minne Papree to star next season under W G Smyth in A Rose of Plymouth Town. Ben Hur premiere at Drury Lane March 31. advance sales exceed 20000. Holy Week offers slight theater, Park Manchester shows Passion Play and Human Hearts. Thelma and A Bunch of Keys visit several towns.
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Lawrence Grattan
King Dramatic Company
Reading
Allan Jone
Park Theatre
Columbia
Miss Minne Papree
W. G. Smyth
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland
Beulah Dis
Plymouth Town
Klaw & Erlanger
Drury Lane
London
Cable Ofvices
New Hampshire
the Park
Manchester
Thelma
Keys
Steeple Jack Parker Arrives for Portsmouth Painting Job
Steeple Jack Parker of Newburyport Massachusetts arrives this morning with climbing gear and will begin painting the Portsmouth Water Works stand pipe inside and out. He will then work on the high stacks of the Portsmouth Machine Company plant and the Frank Jones Power Plant to follow.
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Jack” Parker
Newhburyport
Mass
Portsmouth Water Works
Portsmouth Machine Company
Frank Jones
Harbor Front News Arrivals and Cargo Summary
Arrived March 23 schooner D Port land Daecet from Redo Beach with plaster and schooner John OH Norris from Portland to Boston. Steam scow Leviathan from Saco with sand. Arrived March 24 tug Piscataqua from Camariacotta with barges Newmar ket and Exeter to Saco Boston brick. Schooner Ervin J. Luce from Hockport to navy yard stone.
George Gould Letter Urges New York State Exposition Support
George J. Gould writes Gov Odell urging a strong New York building at the Louisiana Purchase exposition in St Louis. He argues the fair benefits the entire Mississippi valley, notes a $500000 aid goal, and pleads for state generosity to reflect New York’s wealth and influence.
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George J. Gould
Benjamin P. Odell
New York State
Albany
N. Y
Rocky Mountains
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Union
Congress
Empire State
New York
Empire
Missouri
Missing North Adams mule spinner feared dead in New England
Thomas Patterson of North Adams Mass is missing since May from Dover where he worked in the Coehecomis. His wife Mrs Regretta Patterson, who runs a lodging house in North Adams, learned from a transient that he may be dead. He has roamed widely, with brothers in North Adams, and was about forty seven. The trail ends in this city with uncertainty of his whereabouts.
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Thomas Patterson
North Adams
Patterson
Dover
Coehecomis
Regretta Patterson
Tie
New England
Laconia Mayor Greene Remains In Congress Race
A Manchester Union dispatch from Laconia reports Dr J Alonzo Greene mayor and Republican candidate remains in the congressional race for the first district. Col Rufus N Elwell and supporters pressed Greene to withdraw in exchange for Rockingham county backing for governor, but Greene vows to stay in the race. Sulloway still has strong support in nearby counties.
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Laconia
Manchester Union
Congress
Stephen
Jewett
Sulloway
Latupia
Belknap
Rufus N. Elwell
Exeter
Greene
Golid
Rockingham County
Surrendering Licenses Reported by Revenue Official
Colonel James A. Wood of Portsmouth, district revenue collector, came through town en route to Acworth. He is recovering from a grip and not in his usual health. He notes that the recent liquor law led to many license surrenders, stating ten times as many surrendered in 1902 as in any prior year.
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James A. Wood
Portsmouth
Internal Revenue
Acworth
Wood
United States
Concord Monitor
Human Hearts to Play at Music Hall Wednesday
The melodramatic success Human Hearts will be presented at Music hall next Wednesday evening in a graphic tale of love villainy heroism and devotion. The company is large and competent with costly scenery and the play has run five seasons nationally retaining public interest.
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Arkansas Hills
New York
Music Hall
Shore Acres
Doan's Ointment Offered As Cure For Itching
A terse testimonial extolls Doan's Ointment as a reliable remedy for severe itching. The speaker likens torment to ten thousand demons gnawing at the vitals, claiming the ointment provides a cure without delay.
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Doan
Methodist Clergy Readied Rival Sermons in Kittery
In Kittery Rev Abbott of York and Rev George Clark Andrews of Second Methodist exchanged pulpits on Sunday morning enabling a fine sermon to be heard. Mrs. George W Damon returns from Boston and is homebound due to illness. Miss Eva Farwell shows improvement and many friends are hopeful. A lively town meeting was promised as section day arrived with both Republican factions actively campaigning and weather favorable for a strong turnout.
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Mr. Abbott
York
George Clark Andrews
Second Methodist Church
George W. Damon
Boston
Eva Farwell
Republican Party
Valuable horses burned in New Jersey stable fire
A livery stable owned by G F Collier in Eatonville New Jersey was destroyed by fire before daylight. Sixteen trotting horses valued at about $100,000 were lost in the blaze. The cause is under investigation and the extent of the damage has shocked the community.
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New York
G. F.collier
Eatonville
N. J
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