Prince Henry of Prussia Tours American Spots and Ships Meteor
Prince Henry travels to Washington and meets President Roosevelt at the White House. He attends a grand dinner, christens the Meteor yacht at Shooters Island, and attends a major journali smaker gathering in New York. The tour includes stops in Chattanooga Nashville Louisville Indianapolis and Washington with royal welcomes and varied official scenes.
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Washington
Prince Henry
Hay
Long
Count Quadt
White House
Red Room
Col. Bingham
Ambassador von Holleben
Roosevelt
New York
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Meteor
Shooters’ Island
Jersey City
Prince
Miss Roosevelt
United States
Henry
Sland
Hohenzollern
Kaiser Wilhelm
Alice Roosevelt
Twenty-third Street Ferry
Henry of Prussia
Columbia College
Herman Ridder
New Yorker Staats Zeitung
Ridder
Bassador von Holleben
President Roosevelt
Prince Henry of Prussia visits Mount Vernon and the South
The prince arrived in Washington after a funeral wreath laying and tree planting at Mount Vernon. He then toured Washington relics, met Mount Vernon Ladies, and traveled with a large royal entourage to Nashville, Chattanooga, Louisville, and Indianapolis amid eager crowds and admiring locals. He praised the southern hospitality and expressed gratitude for the warm reception received along the route.
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Prince
Chattanooga
Nashville
Louisville
Indianapolis
Stations
Mr. Ridder
Whitelaw Reid
Prince Henry
Charles Emory Smith
Charles W. Knapp
Jersey City
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Mount Vernon
Washington, Arlington & Mount Vernon
Capitol
Washington House
H. H. Dodge
South
Glee Club
Fiske University
Adm. Evans
Royal Special
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Adm, Evans
Col. Bingham
George W. Boyd
Carl Poitier
von Egidy
St. Louis
Boers Lose Heavy in British March On Harrismith Line
British columns report a two day operation near Harrismith and Van Reenen with 600 Boers killed or captured, 2,000 horses and 28,000 cattle seized. Notably Gen De Wet's son, his secretary and Commandants Meyer and Truth er were among captured prisoners.
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Gen. de Wet
Meyer and
Truther
London
Lord Roberts
Cronje
Pardeeburg
Majuba Hill
Lord Kitchener
Harrismith and van Renan
House of Commons
War Secretary
Broderick
Harrismith
Harrismith and
van Reenen
Frankfort
Botha
Wilge
Natal
Remington’s
Byng
Mani Bothu
DeWet
Meyer
Majuba
Klerksdorp
Tunnel Disaster Indicts Engineer in New York Central Crash
A grand jury indicted John M. Wisker, engineer of the White Plains local, for manslaughter after the January 8 tunnel collision with the Norwalk local. A warrant was issued for his arrest while the complaint against the tunnel operation as a public nuisance was dismissed.
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New York
New York Central Railway
John M. Wisker
White Plains
Norwalk
Wisker
New York Central Railroad Co
Montour Falls Faces Worst Flood in History
Watkins New York reports Montour Falls suffering its worst flood ever with more than half the village underwater. Bridges washed away and buildings torn from foundations as hundreds of families seek safety in upper stories.
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Watkins
N. Y
Montour Falls
Street Car Panic Kills Five Horses in Chicago
A subterranean electrical fault on the west side caused a fearsome outage and shocks overnight. Five horses died and several others were seriously injured by electric shocks from underground wires. Local authorities investigate the incident and safety measures are under review.
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Chicago
Saloonkeeper Fatally Shoots Daisy Carpenter Then Himself
Leavenworth residents report Frank Burianek a saloonkeeper shot Daisy Carpenter and then killed himself after the act. Burianek's wife and three children live at Crele Nebraska.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Frank Burianek
Daisy Carpenter
Burianek
Crele
Neb
Unusual trial ends in guilty verdict for Dr Burnett
Chicago March 3 jury finds Dr Orvill Burnett guilty of being accessory before and after the death of Mrs Charlotte Nichol of Nashville. The verdict recommends 15 years in prison. Burnett’s lawyers plan a new trial Monday. The case hinged on whether they plotted a joint suicide or Nichol acted alone while Burnett was intoxicated.
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Chicago
Orvill
Burnett
Nashville
Tenn
Baker
Cook County
Mrs. Nichol
Terrific Explosion Destroys Reading Music Store
A gas explosion Sunday night leveled the four story music store of C. H. Lichty in Reading. The adjacent three story umbrella factory owned by Mrs. Boland was destroyed. three people, including Mrs. Boland and a watchman, are believed to be dead. Loss pegged at 250000 with extensive property damage and several injuries.
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Reading
C. H. Lichty
Mary Boland
Lichty
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysol Captures Eriad in Central Arabia
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul with 2000 followers captured Eriad after a night stratagem. They killed the city governor and 30 retainers, forcing the garrison to surrender. The Wahabi dynasty seeks supremacy over Ibn Rashid of Nejd as tribes rally to Abdul Aziz Ben Feysol.
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Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul
E’riad
Bombay
Central
Arabia
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysal
Ibn Rashid
Ameer
Nejd
Wrecked Post Office Safe At Marceline Missouri
Robbers dynamited the Marceline Missouri post office safe on Sunday morning and carried off nearly all its contents. The blast drew residents to the scene but the burglars had already fled with a substantial sum.
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Marceline, Mo
Francis Warner Dies in Willmette at 83
Francis Warner special agent for American Express Co died Sunday at his daughter Mrs. Henry B Gates home in Willmette Illinois of paralysis. He was an Illinois pioneer who settled in La Salle county in 1843 and served in Civil War detective work for the government in Washington and New Orleans.
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Willmette, Ill
Francis Warner
American Express Co
Henry B. Gates
Warner
Ilinois
la Salle County
Washington
New Orleans
Old Camelback Bridge Washes Away in Harrisburg Flood
High water washed away the second and third piers of the historic Camel-back bridge on the Harrisburg side early Sunday. Built in 1816, it was likely the oldest Susquehanna crossing. Owned by Harrisburg capitalists, it will be rebuilt promptly as much damage occurs around the city.
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Harrisburg
Susquehanna River
Parker of Chicago University School of Education Dies
Col. Francis Parker of the Chicago University affiliated School of Education died Sunday in Pass Christian Mississippi after a period of failing health. He was a prominent education figure in Chicago.
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Chicago
Col
Francis Parker
School of Education
Chicago University
Pass Christian
Mass
Col. Parker
Billy Rice Dies in Hot Springs Minstrel Life Remembered
In Hot Springs Arkansas on March 3 Billy Rice long time minstrel actor died from dropsy. He faced a hopeless condition and spent his last hours reviewing his career and recounting poignant incidents.
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Billy Rice
Hot Springs
Ark
Spirits Price Drop Cuts Spirit Quotations
Spirits quotations fall by one cent in Peoria Illinois as finished goods price moves from 1.81 to 1.20. The drop is attributed to falling corn prices.
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Peoria
Ill
Flood at Wheeling Brings Injuries and Job Loss
Wheeling West Virginia endures severe flooding with 43 feet 3 inches at peak. Dozens of factories inundated, 20,000 workers idle, and 700 families on upper floors as North Wheeling residents report a nitro-glycerin can explosion injuring three youths. Parkersburg, Huntington, East Liverpool also contend with rising rivers and water shortages.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Bellaire
Benwood
Martin’s Ferry
Bridgeport
Wheeling Island
South Wheeling
North Wheeling
Harry Dean
Charles Lytle
Ray Herbert
Hotel Windsor
Parkersburg
Huntington
Ohio
White House
Guyan
Twelve Pole
East Liverpool
Burglary Shootout Wounds Mattoon Police Chief
In Mattoon Illinois Sunday a clash with burglars wounded Chief Lyons likely ending in amputation and left youths Sid Snapp seventeen fatally shot and Heath brother wounded. The Heaths escaped and remain at large as police pursued them.
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Mattoon
Ill
Lyons
Sid Snapp
Heath
Heaths
Young Snapp
Allegheny River Flood Forces Olean Riverfront Evacuations
Flood waters in Olean New York rise to near city center during a March night. Only the Pennsylvania railroad line remains passable between Olean and Buffalo as 200 riverfront homes face evacuation.
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Olean
N.Y
Allegheny River
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Escape from Ice Floe on Saginaw Bay
In Tuscola county near Bay City Michigan a group of 35 men and one woman and a team of horses escaped from a large floe of ice in Saginaw bay. The woman had been living on the ice all winter and her sex was unknown to the crowd.
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Bay City
Mich
Saginaw Bay
Tuscola County
Destructive Prairie Fire Destroys Fort Cole Homesteads
A destructive prairie fire near Fort Cole Oklahoma on March 3 swept through, damaging 100 homesteaders by burning their improvements stock and personal property and forcing residents to flee for their lives.
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Guthrie
Okla
Ft. Cole
Inventor Rupert Williams Found Dead in Slaywood Estate
London reports Rupert Gvravius Williams, inventor of the telepanto graph, was found fatally shot in the great house at his Slay wood residence near Manchester. Authorities say he died by his own action.
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London
Rupert Gvravius Williams
Slaywood
Manchester
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