U S Fleet Anchors at Magdalena Bay After Long Cruise
Special dispatch from San Diego reports the U S battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Robley D Evans reached Magdalena Bay finishing a 13 000 mile voyage. The ships braved the torrid zone, machinery and hulls praised as in top condition, with plans for San Francisco and holiday stops along the coast.
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San Diego
Cal
Robler D. Evans
Magdalena
Redondo
Eninsula
Pacific Coast
Bekim
Hampton Roads
Mandalena
Los Angeles
Anta Barbara
Santa Cruz
Magdalena Bay
Tenessee
Washington
Albany
Syguel
Cullao
Xen
Admiral Evans
Wereston
Adoudharvans
Mingaunten
United States
Opie v OSE Elders and Mothers At Home
A fragment discusses Opie v OSE and emphasizes mothers as central to society. The piece quotes speeches praising maternal roles, duty to children, and the civic importance of motherhood, arguing self sacrifice secures social stability and progress.
Corset Tightening Fatal to Mrs. Gunkel in Utah
In Lake City Utah Mrs Gunkel wife of a Bingham restaurant keeper died after lacing a corset so tightly it squeezed her chest and caused cardiac paralysis. Her husband summoned a physician but she died before the doctor arrived.
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T Lake City
Utah
Father’s Awful Deed in Oskaloosa Stirs City
In Oskaloosa Iowa Lee rubb shot and killed his eighteen year old wife and then killed their six month old baby after attempting to fire on the child. The tragedy occurred on a street corner downtown and was witnessed by about fifty people.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Lee Rubb
Hoosier Nominated by Tacoma Officials
In Oma Washington a special Republic of Tacoma nominates John W formerly mayor of Madison Indiana to a legislative post. The link notes he served as mayor of Tacoma and was a member of the Indiana legislature.
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Hoosier
Oma
Wash
Republic of Tacoma
John W
Madison
Ind
Ayor
Tacoma
Link
Indiana
Japan Warned Tokyo Cable On China Policy
The Asahi urges the government to avoid extreme action toward China amid the Tatsu affair. It calls for prudence in arms exports to insurgents and notes Foreign Office sentiment backing a peaceful settlement with Great Britain stressing moral duties toward China.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
The
Asahi
Foreign Office
Great Britain
First Public Flight of Heavier Than Air Machine in America
Hammondsport New York witnessed a test flight of Bell's Red Wing by F W Baldwin for Lieut Thomas Selfridge. The craft rose about ten feet after a 200 foot ice glide on Lake Keuka, then covered 319 feet at 25 to 30 mph before tail damage caused a landing for repairs.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
Alexander Graham Bell
Lake Keuka
F. W. Baldwin
Aerial Experiment Association
Thomas Selfridge
America
Hammondspoort
Dieterich Scandal Involves Vanderbilt Coachman Elopement
New York report: Alfred Dieterich, a wealthy “young Standard Oil Man,” admits his wife Mrs Dieterich eloped with Harry Brenchley, former coachman to Alfred Van derbilt. The couple are now in France. Mrs Dieterich owns 6000 dollars.
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New York
Alfred Dieterich
Dieterich
Standard Oil
Harry Brenchley
Alfred Vanderbilt
France
Exterminate Them
Dr. E J Ackerman arrived at Douglas Ariz and reported Yaqui Indians killed two Mexicans near Oputo Sonora. The prefect of Montezuma has 126 Mexican troops in the field against the Indians in a region with many Americans nearby.
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el Paso
Texas
E. J. Ackerman
Douglas
Ariz
Oputo
Sonora
Montezuma
Jury Exonerates Actress in Accidental Shooting Case
New York reports Antoinette de Franne a young stage actress was acquitted after claiming the March 3 shooting of Mitzi Morok was accidental. The incident occurred as they examined an old revolver in a loop-the-loop circus setting.
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New York
Antoinette de Franne
Mitzi Morok
Miss de Franne
Miss Morok
Double Tragedy at Boston Girls School In Fenway District
Miss Sarah Chamberlin Weed of Philadelphia shot and killed Elizabeth Bailey Hardee of East Savannah Georgia at Laurens School a fashionable girls boarding school in the Fenway district and then killed herself.
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Boston
Mass
Sarah Chamberlin Weed
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Bailey Hardee
East Savanah, Ga
Laurens School
Fenway District
Most Expensive Ever Taft Campaign Raised in Ohio and Nation
A New York World special from Washington says Taft’s campaign spending reached 750000 by December 1 with 300000 limit in 1896. The piece notes Charles P Taft funded William H Taft’s salary and expands costs through Missouri Oklahoma Kansas and Ohio. It highlights Frank Hitchcock and staff salaries and a nationwide Taft organization spending heavily.
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New York
New York World
Washington
William Taft
Cincinnati
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati Times-Star
William H
Taft
Mark Hanna
Frank H. Hitchcock
William R. Hearst
Hearst
William H. Taft
Harles P
Congress
Charles P
Howe
St. Louis
Taft Boom
Missouri
Oklahoma
Frank Hitchcock
Arthur Vorys
Union
Kansas
Ohio
Senate
Island romance aboard Lurline ends in marriage plan
John Olsen, mate on the brig Lurline, will sail to Taiohae in the Marquesas to marry Princess Medena, queen and belle of the island. Olsen chose Medena from Taiohae’s group and plans to return with her as Mrs Olsen once the captain agrees.
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San Francisco
Cal
John Olsen
Taiohae
Marquesas
Medena
Olsen
Senators Wealth Revealed Quietly by Prominent Figures
Washington reports claim Senator Proctor of Vermont was among the wealthiest in the nation with a fortune around 60 million tied to marble and city land. Senator Guggenheim is cited as very wealthy, while Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin also shows great holdings in lumber land and real estate.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Proctor
Vermont
Guggenheim
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Senator Proctor
Marble Trust
Colorado
Milwaukee
Senator Brown
Nebraska
House
Washington
James G. Blaine
George M. Pullman
Sleepwalker Extraordinary in a Birmingham Hospital
A 21 year old teacher of typewriting and music student exhibited extreme somnambulism at Birmingham Hospital. Under observation she would rise after hours, move to the music room, play piano and violin, tune strings, crochet, and, notably, read and write in the dark. If any light was present she avoided it and sought the darkest corner to read and compose letters.
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London
Cable
James Russell
Birmingham Hospital
Big Stick Display Northward and Reactions Abroad
The Slovo in St. Petersburg claims the return of the American fleet is as sensational as its Pacific departure and credits peace prospects to U S power Japan and Britain. Novoe Vremya notes the cruise served as public review of the navy and regrets its voyage away from home shores.
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St. Petersburg
Slovo
Pacific
Europe
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Novoe Vremya
Actor Robert Downing Quits Stage for Pulpit
Washington report states Robert IL Downing will quit acting after many years on stage. The actor rose to prominence portraying The Gladiator and later appeared in modern political dramas before turning to preaching.
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Washington
Robert IL. Downing
Downing
the Gladiator
High School Fraternities in Chicago Outlawed
Chicago schools ban all fraternities and sororities starting September 1 1998. After the date membership will incur immediate suspension from the public school system.
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Chicago
Special
Man Receives 99 Year Sentence in Hat Tie Boatwright Case
Mayfield Kentucky special: Harry Blake, convicted of killing his sweetheart Hat Tie Boatwright, was sentenced to 99 years in the state prison. The trial drew one of the largest crowd ever seen in the courthouse.
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Mayfield, Ky
Harry Blake
Hattie Boatwright
Never Cry in Charlotte Special: Prohibition era medical scripts taxed
In Charlotte North Carolina doctors earned $20000 for writing 39645 whisky prescriptions totaling 35011 quarts and 210 dozen beer bottles. Fourteen drug stores profited $43760 from whisky alone. Charlotte, population around 35000, has been under prohibition for three years.
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Charlotte
N. C
Three Boys Die After Eating Skypleallimgce Cox
In Hackensack New Jersey three boys are dead at Norwood and others are gravely ill after eating skypleallimgce Cox from an unknown source. Authorities investigate a possible contamination or poisoning incident amid widespread concern.
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Hackengack
N. J
Norwood
Walsh Sentenced to Five Years for Bank Funds Felony
John R. Walsh former president of the Chicago National Bank was sentenced to five years in Fort Leavenworth penitentiary by Judge Anderson after the court denied a new trial plea. The verdict follows his conviction for illegal use of bank funds in Chicago.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Fort Leavenworth
Anderson
Manitoba premier comments on Roosevelt policy
The Hon. R. P. Roblin of Manitoba and Canada’s agriculture ministry criticized President Roosevelt as clever but dictatorial, suggesting he would face beheading if he were king of England. The remarks were made at the Merchants' Exchange where Roblin spoke.
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St. Louis
R. P. Roblin
Manitoba
Agriculture of
Canada
Merchants’ Exchange
Roosevelt
England
Americans Prove Navy Equals Britain After Cruise
Paris dispatch reports the American battleship squadron completing a South American voyage and reaching Magdalena Bay ahead of schedule. French officials note the fleet’s reliability and assume American naval power now matches Great Britain, with a return voyage to test endurance.
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Paris
Atlantic
Australia
Suez Canal
South America
Magdalena Bay
Hampton Roads
Great Britain
Marines
M. Thompson
de Blancre
Washington
San Francisco
France
Not Down On The Bill At Garrick Theater
A Delaware Hospital for the Insane inmate burst into an impromptu stage act at the Garrick Theater in Wilmington. Mrs. Collins, hospital matron, escorted six women patients to the vaudeville venue. One patient leapt from her seat during Billy Farnon’s turn and danced on stage until removed by staff.
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Wilmington
Del
Garrick Theater
Delaware Hospital For
Collins
Billy Farnon
Orchard Pleads Guilty in Steunenberg Murder Case
Caldwell Idaho Special Harry Orchard withdrew his not guilty plea and pleaded guilty to first degree murder for the Steunenberg bombing at his residence on December 30 1903. Judge Fremont Wood will sentence Orchard on March 18. Orchard confessed he was hired by William Haywood Charles Moyer and George Pettibone of the Western Federation of Miners. Haywood and Pettibone were tried in Boise and freed. Moyer’s case was dismissed.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Fremont Wood
Wood
Orchard
Steunenberg
William Haywood
Charles H. Moyer
George A. Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood
Pettibone
Boise
Moyer
Jerusalem's First Auto Draws Crowds
Charles F. Glidden, the Boston automobile enthusiast, drives the first car into Jerusalem from Haifa, Syria, accompanied by Mrs. Glidden. Enormous crowds follow the vehicle for blocks as the historic arrival stirs the holy city.
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Jerusalem
Cable
Charles F. Glidden
Boston
Haifa
Syria
Stoessel Sentence Commuted By Czar For Port Arthur
The Czar commutes General Stoessel's death sentence for surrendering Port Arthur to ten years in a fortress. A full pardon is expected to follow soon.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Senator Beveridge Pushes Federal Child Labor Law
In Washington Senator Beveridge asserts that despite opposition many children suffer and 250 degenerates per year from factory toil. He warns that unless Congress passes a strong law prohibiting child made goods from crossing state borders the harm will continue. He says a White House meeting with the President followed by support from organized society men signals movement on reform.
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Washington
Beveridge
Idiana
Congres
Congress
English Press Horns On U.S. Graft Scandal Spread
The Evening Standard denounces a nationwide graft problem in the United States noting corruption reaches from San Francisco to Pennsylvania and extending to Washington. The article paints eradication as a hopeless task.
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London
Cable
Evening Standard
United States
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Washington
Standard
Good Wins After Hard Fight In Indiana Congress Nomination
Marion Indiana reports Dr Charles Good of Warren Huntington County nominated by Republicans for the seventh district in a marathon convention seen as the culmination of years of effort. A separate incident in Norway involved a palace attack where assailants fired on the king’s palace but failed as the royal family was away.
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Marion
Ind
Charlel. Good
Warren
Huntington Cou Tv
Congress
Indiana
Goad
Christiana
Norway
Assas Wite
Haakon
Laba Hs
More Books, Less Navies Says Andy
A Washington special reports a petition by prominent New York figures led by Andrey Carnegie R Fulton Cutting and others urging reduced naval spending and increased investment in education and public needs. The text notes broad opposition to extravagance and calls for reallocating resources.
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Andy
Washington
Special
Andrey Carnegie
R . Fulton
New York
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