President weighs candidates for patents post and army talks
President discussed Fred J. Alten of Auburn as commissioner of patents with Depew Sewre and Allen, while Hoar and Rixey urged keeping Pederad Gead from Arlington. Griggs resigns as attorney general to join Griggs Dill firm. minister Hart notes Cuba rate shift. Spain sugar fears rise overproduction and high taxes. St. Louis expo panel delays. Hawley presses for Sumner cadet, Titus bravery rewarded.
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South Africa
Depew
William H. Sew
Gorton W. Allen
New York
Fred J. Alten
Auburn
N. Y
Alten
Hoar
Massachusetts
Rixey
Virginia
Pederad Gead
Ball's
Glutla
the Nations Cemetery
Arlington
Root
Smith
United States
United Tes
Cuba
Hart
Bogota
Colombia
State Department
New Jersey
Counse
Dill
Department of Agriculture
H. W. Wiley
Heal- Word
Colts
B. Brackett
W.A. Taylor
M. A. Carleton
Ohio
Mark Brewer
St. Louis
Senator Foraker
Spain
Ridgley
Malaga
Lindsay
Allen
Mississippi
Glynn
Hawley
FE. W. Summer
Hawles
Eral Sumner
West Point
Sumners
Titus
Press comment on Kitchener-Bothy talks clouds Berlin outlook
Berlin dispatches report mounting criticism of Kitchener-Bothy negotiations. The British Party submits that Chamberlain’s blindness blocked a peace chance, leaving Boers unable to accept terms. Tageblatt argues Britain underestimates South African tensions and will offer a more acceptable proposal later.
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Berlin
Partia
Chamberlain
Tageblatt
Great Britain
Cass City Woman Poisoned Herself And Two Children
Mrs Nathan Townsend of Cass City Michigan fatally poisoned herself and her two children an eight year old girl and a ten year old boy with Isadanum after family difficulties. All three died today authorities said the act appeared driven by domestic troubles.
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Cass City
Mich
Nathan Townsend
Rain Today Fair Monday Weather Forecast
Washington predicts Sunday rain with cooler northern and eastern sections and brisk southeasterly winds. Monday looks fair and colder with occasional northeast lake shore showers and a shift to southwesterly winds. Temperature around 63 degrees for the day.
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Washington
Ohio
Jana
Hiinots
Bryan denounces fusionists aiding Republicans in Nebraska
Lincoln March 23. W J Bryan stated no Democrat or Populist would betray constituents to aid Republicans unless bought. He urged fusionists to avoid actions that disgrace their party and even proposed a law making it a capital offense to betray a constituency. The joint ballot yielded no winner as several fusionists and others amassed uneven votes.
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Lincoln
Neb
United States
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Adsentees
D. E. Thompson
Alien
Hitchcock
W. H. ‘Thompson
Ransom
D. Thompson
Micklejohn
Crounse
Currie
Hinshaw
Rosewater
Representative Sprecher
George D. Meiklejohn
Associated Press
Omaha
Marine Happenings From Gibraltar to Newport News
United States cruiser New York will sail from Gibraltar for Tangier with Lieutenant Blamer and forty boys and men to be placed on training ships. The Korea, launched at Newport News, is the largest steam vessel built on this side of the Atlantic with 15,000 horsepower and 18 to 20 knots. It will serve the Pacific Mail between San Francisco and Hong Kong, carrying 140 passengers.
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Blamer
Louisville
Old Point Comfort
United States Navy
Varing
Red Cross Line
Booth Steamship Company
New York
Brazil
J. T. Marshand
Interstate-commerce Commission
Kansas City
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Atlantic
Korea
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Movements of Steamers Across Major Ports
Shipping news lists arrivals and departures for March across New York Queenstown Liverpool Naples Hamburg and Rotterdam. Vessels include Batavia Campania Menominee Umbria Auguste Victoria Hohenzollern and more with routes to Hamburg Liverpool London Genoa New York and South America.
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New York
Batavia
Hamburg
Campania
Liverpool
Menominee
London
Potsdam
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Aller
Naples
Genoa
Queenstown
Umbria
Plymouth
Philadelphia
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Honolulu
Yokohama
Lucania
Auguste Victoria
Havre
la Champagne
la Bretagne
Cherbourg
St. Louis
South America
Hohenzollern
Patricia
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Southwark
Multiple Crime Headlines From Across States
A compiled notice reports Arthur Smith in St Joseph Missouri sentenced to five years for highway robbery injuring W D Boyer. Also Nicholas Heeney, 19, jailed in Ohio for murder of Frank Johnson near Cleveland. John Wesley hanged in Arkadelphia for assault after confessing past crimes. Hugh Noe killed in Newport News by unknown attacker. Weston West Virginia case ends with verdict of six years for bank official J W Reiger near Missouri.
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St. Joseph
Arthur Smith
W. D. Boyer
Smith
Nicholas Heeney
Frank Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio State
Penn- Heeney
Newark
John Wesley
Arkadelphia
Ark
Hugh Noe
Newport News
Noe
Clark Simmons
Weston
W. Va
John Rexroad
J. W. Reiger
Missouri National Bank
Gilman Estate Contested in Bridgeport
Bridgeport residents report scramble over the Gilman mansion at Black Rock as Mrs Helen Hall her mother and brother plan to vacate. The Bridgeport Trust Company will inventory the estate while heirs contest ownership and a potential $10,000 claim by Katharine Kupfer for four years of painting in Gilman’s study surfaces amid talk of a will.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Helen Hall
Gilman
Black Rock
Hall
New York
Potts
Bridgeport Trust Company
Edward S. Percival
Trust Company
Orange Merwin
Trust
George Hartford
Katherine Kupfer
Miss Kupfer
Kupfer
May strike today ties up Monongahela Traction line
Pittsburg March 24 A threatened strike of Monongahela Traction Company workers from Pittsburg to Braddock Homestead Duquesne East Pittsburgh and McKeesport hinges on a Braddock meeting. Police guard lines to prevent trouble. Disputes over union reinstate ment and discharge policy surface as leadership negotiates with the company.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela Traction Company
Braddock
Homestead
Duquesne
East Pittsburg
McKeesport
Leslie
W.D. Mahon
Street Railway Employer’ Association
Davison
J W Doane Dies Head Of Tea and Coffee Firm
J W Doane 60 head of J W Doane & Co died in Holland House New York after weeks of heart disease. He formed a global business with offices in New York Chicago London and Rio de Janeiro. Burial planned for Thompson Connecticut. Survived by widow two sons A B E and J W Jr and three daughters. He held directorships with Pullman Chicago Central and other railroads and was involved in reorganizing Chicago and Alton.
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New York
J. W. Doane
J. W. Doane & Co
Chicago
London
Rio de Janeiro
Holland House
Thompson
Conn
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company of Chicago
Pullman Palace Car Company
Linois Central Railroad Company
Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
New York & New England Railroad Company
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Mr. Doane
Clinton House Burns in Central New York Fire
Fire at Clinton House in Ithaca destroys a historic hotel. Cornell students remove furniture as investigators suspect an unprotected electric light wire caused the blaze. Loss is about 150000, largely insured. The same day Schenectady locomotive works hammer shop fire leaves about two hundred workers idled with 50000 loss. Cincinnati cooperage plant Hauser Brenner Foth Co. fire destroys facility, 50000 loss, insured.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Clinton
New York
Cornell University
Schenectady
Schenectady Locomotive Works
Cincinnati
Hauser, Brenner, Foth Co
Division Street
Correct Diagnosis in a Leslie's Weekly Scene
A doctor tests a patient by pulse and questions the husband’s business. The wife notes her husband, a merchant, has overworked after buying an amateur photographer’s outfit to take pictures. The doctor concludes brain fever may be the cause.
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Leslie's
Supply Train Wrecked Near Viaklangte in Transvaal Colony
Four hundred Boers under Commander Buys wrecked a supply train north of Viaklangte, overpowering the escort and taking wagonloads of provisions. A convoy bound for General French's column was attacked between Blood River and Scheeper's Nek. The British suffered one killed and three wounded, and the Blood River bridge was burned.
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Standerton
Transvaal Colony
Buys
Viaklangte
French
Blood River
Scheeper
Nek
Transvaal
Punte
Mrs Nation Forgets Speech At Methodist Ministers Meeting
Minneapolis Tribune coverage notes Carrie Nation’s latest campaign aimed at ministers’ wives. Her speech to the conference is described with skeptical tone and reference to the adage that cleanliness is next to godliness.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Carrie Nation
Cubans Buy Eleven Corliss Engines for Sugar Plant
The Birmingham Machine and Foundry Company reports an order from Cuba for eleven Corliss engines. When finished the engines will cost nearly $100,000 and will be installed at a Cuban sugar plan t.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Machine and Foundry Company
Cuba
Corliss
Carnegie Retired Over Revolutionary Iron and Steel Futures
A New York Telegraph report claims Andrew Carnegie withdrew from active business to avoid a decades long, massive reconstruction of iron and steel plants to adopt cutting edge processes. The piece ties his decision to an inventor connected to a vast combine led by J P Morgan, aiming to control production costs and defend against rivals while monetizing future plant overhauls. European demand slack and bankers’ liquidity further shape a dim export outlook.
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W. G. Nicholas
New York Telegraph
Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Mr. Morgan
America
Combine
Morgan
Wall Street
United States Steel Corporation
Europe
Middle
Russia
France
Great Britain
Character Reading From Handwriting, A New York Tribune Feature
A society man versed in chirography explains how letter shapes reveal traits. Down strokes signal strong passions, increasing letter size suggests sincerity, and slant implies emotional nature. Flourishes indicate affectation while high writing hints at nobility and religious mind.
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New York Tribune
Letter-Writing Clues Reveal Character Through Spelling
A handwriting expert explains how letter shapes and spacing signal personality traits. Wide letter spacing suggests reserved nature while frequent long strokes indicate self-control issues. Recurrent g and g shapes imply tendencies in behavior. Short dashes raise suspicion. Context notes that combined traits yield accurate deductions.
Breath Control as Route to Health in New Century Method
A New York Sun report on a class where a teacher insists breath control is the bedrock of physical health. Pupils learn breathing, rapid panting, and later percussion to stimulate organs, guided by mental focus on expansion and will.
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New York Sun
Nature
Kingdom of Heaven
Fairy Receipt for Lengthening Life in Chinese Ad Ad
A China focused ad essay parodies sensational quack medicine pitches. It recounts a Ming dynasty tale of a mandarin seeking a longevity drug, promising miraculous results from five days to a year, with grand claims and a price of two dollars.
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Rosita
Chu Ling
Reward Offer Mentions Return of Person
A fragment describes a reward of 20 dollars for bringing a person back to her parents and an additional 4 dollars to the reward giver. It includes a vow not to recant and praises the subject's kindness across generations.
Wild Animals of the Home Mouse in America
A New York Mail and Express piece extols the common house mouse as a dainty, intelligent, and agile creature. It details appearance, habits, nest-building, life cycle, and behavior, noting predators and humane control methods while recounting two women who drown mice in warm water for mercy.
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New York Mail and Express
America
Extraordinary Coins Auction At St Martins Town Hall
A vast collection of Chinese Japanese Korean and Annamese coins catalogued by A F Schepens of the Chinese Imperial customs is to be sold by auction at St Martins Town Hall next Thursday. The 275 coins span from 235 B C to the present era and reflect fourteen years of field research across China Annam and surrounding regions.
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London Mail
St. Martin's Town Hall
A. F. Schepens
Intriguing Chinese Coinage Through the Ages
A historical note on ancient Chinese and Asian coinage and impressions. The piece describes early money forms such as the K'ung Shou fu and Chi Tao coins, their shapes like razor blades, and various currencies from China, Japan, Annam, and Korea across twenty four dynasties.
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B. C
Japan
Annam
Korea
Conscience, Scarf Pins and a Town Tale of Jealousy
A Washington Post anecdote recounts a flirtatious young matron in a town. Her husband discovers the pin she received as a token and swaps it for a different scarf pin. The tale ends with a moral about prudence and extravagance, framed as a cautionary note on virtue.
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Washington Post
Hamlet
Jilin
Society Items From the Detroit Journal
The G Henry Joneses quarreled yesterday with Mrs Jones in mauve attire. Mrs Van Grugh Appleby Appleby threatened to return to her mother unless Mr Appleby Appleby quit drinking. A De Schuyler bilkdt divorce suit announcement was filed, with Mrs De Schuyler bilkdt appearing in a tailored dress and no colors due to the loss of her Boston terrier.
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Detroit Journal
G. Henry Joneses
Jones
van Grugh Appleby- Appleby
Mr. van Brugh Appleby- Appleby
de Schuylerbilkytivorce
de Schuylerbil
Buncombe and Grape-Nuts: A Night Writer Finds Food Cure
A Rockford newspaper writer and proofreader recounts his dyspepsia from restaurant meals and credits Grape-Nuts with gradual relief. He began eating it with cream during midnight shifts and noticed improved energy and less fatigue, enabling easier work. The tale blends skepticism with personal improvement and endorses the cereal.
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Rockford
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Frank Anderson
Streator
Gibraltar
Tangier
Daily Criminal Record
Gilman Estate
Black Rock Mansion
Mrs. Nation
Ture
Ental Patent Medicine Maker
Gerritt A. Archibald & Co
Washington ST
East
Archibald
Burton Ale
The
Interstate Medical Journal
J. T. Power & Son
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Street
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Buncombe
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