Higher Wages Boost 10 Percent for Many Mills
Boston reports a broad 10 percent wage rise for about 27,000 Fall River cotton mill workers, with Rhode Island and New England mills following. Providence notes roughly 2,000 Rhode Island Massachusetts and eastern Connecticut workers to gain 7 to 10 percent from April 1, while Lowell and other centers are expected to follow. A weeklong postponement of a strike in Lowell accompanies ongoing talks. Additional reports cover wage adjustments in Chicago iron molders, San Juan labor appeals, and arbitration developments in Sydney and Norfolk.
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Boston
Fall River
New England
New Bedford
Rhode Island
Lowell
Lawrence
Manchester
Lewiston
Nashua
Providence
Massachusetts
Connecticut
and. R
and. R. Knpight
Textile Council
Mass
Pocasset
Globe Yarn Mills
Showers And Colder Weather For Easter Finery Display
Weather forecast from Washington reports showers and colder conditions for Easter observers in Indiana and Ohio with Sunday being mainly wet and cooler, Monday turning fair with variable winds. Temperatures range from the mid 40s to low 60s across regions, with no sharp departures from the normal March norms noted by the section director Blythe.
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Washington
Indiana
Ohio
Movements of steamers in mid Atlantic ports
New York March Arrived from Southampton Cherbourg Liverpool and Queenstown. Moltke to Hamburg Campania to Liverpool Kaiserin Maria Theresa to Naples Genoa Ryndam to Rotterdam Furnessia to Glasgow L Aquitaine to New York Sailed Bel to Liverpool St Louis to New York Vader to New York Lucania to New York and more ships at Hamburg Queenstown Cherbourg Antwerp Liverpool ports with arrivals and outbound passages.
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New York
Bt. I
Southampton
Cherbourg
Tia
Liverpool
Queenstown
Moltke
Hamburg
Plymouth
Campania
Kaiserin Maria Theresa
Naples
Genoa
Ryndam
Hotterdam
Boulogne
Furnessia
Glasgow
Eeventee
la Gascogne
L’aquitaine
Pretorila
Bremen
Friedrich i
Bel
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Antwerp
Vader
Lucania
Lowther Declines to Cease Teachings.Dismissed by Church
The Rev Granville Lowther of Arkansas City Kan was found guilty of heresy by a Methodist Episcopal trial committee and dismissed from the church after refusing to stop his Bible teachings. He said he would not appeal and planned a new ministry style, while bishops expressed deep regret at the credentialing removal.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Granville Lowther
Methodist Episcopal Trial Committee
Lowther
Soen
General Conference
Christ
MIMIC WAR AT SAN DIEGO OFF CORONADO BEACH
The torpedo boat Farragut slipped from harbor after dark with plans to torpedo the battleship Wisconsin anchored off Coronado beach. The chase occurred under 16 yards range before a searchlight revealed the destroyer. Farragut claims victory though Wisconsin notes a rocket triggered discovery earlier.
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San Diego
Cal
Farragut
Wisconsin
Coronado Beach
Body of Neb. man Hawkins found near Peck's ranch
Gillette Wy March The body of B F Hawkins of Guide Rock Neb disappeared two years ago. Hunters found him under a bark shelter near Peck's ranch thirty miles north. In his pocket was 6 dollars and a note saying he died of starvation and cold with a wife and nine children near Oketa Kan. Checks for baggage to Spokane were also found.
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Gillette
Wyo
B. F. Hawkins
Guide Rock
Neb
Peck
Here
Hawkins
Spokane
Wash
Oketa
Kan
Flood Drowns Two Boys in Powell Valley near Newburn
In Middlesboro Kentucky on March 2 a flood in Powell valley claims the lives of Tom Warren twelve and Will Warren fifteen near Newburn. Warren’s house was wrecked and he escaped with his wife by swimming. Property damage in the area exceeds five thousand dollars and city bridge damage is estimated around one thousand dollars.
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Middlesboro
Tom
Will Warren
Newburn
Powell Valley
Warren
Earlham Baseball Seeks Strong Spring Season Schedule
In Richmond Indiana Earlham College frames a busy spring with a robust baseball program led by Captain Hobbs and manager Paul Binford. The team adds Walter Wilson and Walter Ratcliffe among others, eyeing prime games with Wittenberg Butler Miami and Wabash, plus requests from Kentucky Ohio Wesleyan and Cincinnati Medicals. A season tickets drive gains momentum as Earlham prepares facilities for practice.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Earlham
Paul Binford
Wittenberg
Springfield
Butler College
Miami University
Oxford
Spiceland
Butler
Indianapolis
Wabash
Crawfordsville
Miami
Kentucky University
Ohio Wesleyan
Cincinnati Medicals
Diamonds
High School
Business College
Hobbs
Quakers
Binford
Graves
Stanley
Tresler
Walter Wilson
Spliceland
Walter Ratcliffe
Qwiham
Wister Williams
Macy
Caswell Grave
Lindley Hall
Tonian
Phoenix Literary
Byram C. Robbins
H. N. Wright
Isaac E. Woodard
N. E. Davis
Liibrarian
W. E. Reynolds
Clyde Kennedy
Phoenix
Maud White
De Pauw University Opens Spring Term With Large Enrollment
Grencastle Ind March 26 The last term of De Pauw University for 19102 season opened with a large enrollment aided by the new normal department serving teachers whose winter work closed. New classes cover singing and drawing and meet twice weekly. Debating prospects include Earlham contest, dual meets with Indiana University and Terre Haute state contest, plus possible events with Earlham and Wabash. McKinney and McRoberts emerge as key players on the baseball squad. Phi Psi members Will Cavin Turley Stevenson and Milton Neeley represent De Pauw at Pittsburg semi centennial convocation. Terre Haute Ind March 29 The Indiana State Normal School winter term closed. spring term starts with expected large freshman turnout. Commencement address by Rev Dr Coulins, former Centenary Church pastor, will be delivered Friday June 27.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greencastle
Ind
de Pauw University
de Pauw
Earlham
Meharryall
Indiana University
Terre Haute
Wabash
McKinney
Joe Pulse
McRoberts
Hazelton
Phi Psi
Pittsburg
Will Cavin
Turley Stevenson
Milton Neeley
Indiana State Normal School
T. J. Coulins
Centenary Church
Roberts Park
Indianapolis
Morristown
N. J
Newark
North Central Association closes with new officers
In Cleveland the closing session elected George N. Carmen of Lewis Institute as president and Prof. F. N. Scott as secretary. J. Armstrong became treasurer with 24 vice presidents named from twelve states. Chicago will host the next convention. A major paper by Andrew S. Draper urged state supervision of colleges and universities to protect the public from unworthy institutions.
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Cleveland
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
George N. Carmen
Lewis Institute
Chicago
F. N. Scott
University of Michigan
J. &. Armstrong
Englewood High School
C. A. Waldo
Purdue University
Andrew 8. Draper
University of Ilinois
Committee On Accredited Schools
United States
Stagg
University of Chicago
Military Show A Success At National Guard Drill
The Madison Square Garden military tournament featured the Butt musical drill by the Twelfth Regiment National Guard. The calisthenics, long used by regulars, was for the first time adopted by the National Guard amid a strong reception.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Twelfth Regiment
National Guard
Forty-Eighth Highlanders Missed at Canadian Show Finale
Disappointment voiced over absence of the Forty-eighth Highlanders Canadian militia as the show closed with a strong run of events. Major General John R. Brooke presided as reviewing officer. Charles H. Luscombe noted a potential $20,000 profit. The program included a Gatling gun drill, coast artillery camp, bayonet drill by U S Marine Corps, rough riding by the Second Cavalry, and a field artillery battery drill. In athletics F A Overdonk of the Twenty-second Regiment engineers won the indoor sack race in 27 seconds, a new record.
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Highlanders
John R. Brooke
Department of the East
Charles H. Luscombe
League
New York
Coast Artillery
United States Marine Corps
Second Cavalry
Fourth Battery Field Artillery
U.S. A
F. A. Overdonk
Twenty
Regiment Engineers
Church Burned In Storm Destroys St Boniface in Evansville
A heavy rain and electrical storm early Sunday morning struck St Boniface Church in Evansville Indiana. The large Catholic edifice was destroyed by fire with an estimated loss of 75,000 dollars and 20,000 dollars insured. Fire officials reported the blaze as the cause under investigation.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
St. Boniface Church
Women Seek Attorney General Opinion on Club Racial Rules
Chicago club women form a committee to ask Attorney General Knox whether general federation clubs may discriminate by race color or previous servitude. The charter grants tax exemptions and frames clubs for philanthropy education and culture with limits against political or religious discrimination.
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Federation of Clubs
Chicago
United States
Chicago Club
Knox
General Federation
Los Angeles
Congress of the
General Federation of Clubs
Rh. A. Cole
Milwaukee
Congress
National Western Reciprocity League Call for Chicago meeting
Governor W E Stanley of the Western Reciprocity League issues a call for a national expansion meeting at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago on April 10 1902. He invites manufacturers and others involved in foreign trade to send delegates to discuss forming a national organization.
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Topeka
Kan
W. E. Stanley
Western Reciprocity League
Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago
German prince and diplomat Count von Muenster-Ledenburg dies
Hanover Prussia March 2 Prince Derneburg known as Count Von Muenster-Ledenburg, long serving German ambassador to France, Great Britain and Russia, has died. Born in London December 3. London March 23 Sir Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, former judge of the Supreme Court of Cape Colony, dies after a career in South Africa. London March 2 William Stephen Temple Gere Langton Earl Temple dies in Cairo. Born 147.
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Hanover
Prussia
Prince Derneburg
Count von Muenster-Ledenburg
France
Great Britain
Russia
London
Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard
Supreme Court of
Cape Colony
South Africa
William Stephen Temple Gere-Langton
Earl ‘Temple
Cairo
Egypt
Phones on Trains Trial Connects New York To Pacific Coast
A test linked New York telephone service to the Overland Limited of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad via in train equipment in Chicago. Beginning Monday the service will allow passengers to call any reachable number without leaving their seats, using the Broadway office line and the train’s telephone system.
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New York
Overland Limited
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Northwestern
Chicago
Broadway
Overland
Pacific Coast
W. BR. Kniskern
Rumor Claims Negro Burned After Store Assault
A rumor from Savannah says a Black man involved in the assault on Mrs. Fountain and her son at a west Savannah store may have been captured and burned in western county. The report is unverified and no details are available.
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Savannah
Four Men Probably Drowned In New Orleans Wharf Accident
In New Orleans the Minatsetop Tiger incidentals say four men likely drowned while attempting to board the British steamer Atlantean anchored mid stream. A skiff with nineteen men left shore for the Atlantean just before 7 a m. The skiff capsized while landing alongside the ship, throwing all into the water. Four men named Ed Thornton, a negro, J Allen, J Cunningham, and J le J Garridy were not recovered despite lines and skiffs aiding others.
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New Orleans
Michael J. Walch
Ed Thornton
J. Allen
J. Cunningham
J. le J. Garridy
Streeter Levels Conspiracy Claim Over Lake Front Battle
Captain George W. Streeter, jailed for murder after a February shooting that left watchman John Kirk dead, accuses prominent Chicago businessmen of conspiring to injure him and his guards. Streeter’s attorney seeks to charge George Wahl General Charles Fitzsimons Alexander McNeill John Schucker Henry N Cooper and others as accessories before the fact. Five men, all high-profile in business, were released on bonds as Streeter pushes a conspiracy defense.
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Chicago
George W. Streeter
Streeter
Lake Shore Drive
Lake Michigan
Illinois
John Kirk
Court of Justice
Who Is Peter Power A New York Letter
A Philadelphia Press piece questions the identity of Peter Power, a U S citizen with a one hundred share block in Northern Pacific, whose subpoena power before the Supreme Court rattles giants like James J. Hill, Harriman, Morgan, Rockefeller, Stillman, Lamont, and others. The unidentified Peter Power may represent vast interests challenging the Northern Securities Company, with the stakes of a high court case potentially reshaping corporate power.
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New York
Philadelphia
United States
Peter Power
Supreme Court
Peter
Power
James J. Hill
President Mellen
Northern Pacific
Harriman
Chicago
Mr. Power
Supreme Court of the United States
Pierpont Morgan
Jekyll Island
William Rockefeller
James Stillman
Daniel S. Lamont
Charles Steele
George F. Baker
National Bank
Northern Securities Group
United States Circuit Court
Consolidated Gas Company
Electric Light and Power Corporation
Horatius
Northern Securities Corporation
Northern Securities Empany
Northern Securities Company
Secretary Shaw Deliberates Bond Resumption Influenced by Congress
New York March 29 Secretary Shaw who arrived yesterday visited the subtreasury and conferred with Assistant Treasurer Jordan. He planned to inspect public stores later and gave no definite word on resuming bonds. He indicated his future course would depend largely on Congress actions.
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New York
Shaw
Jordan
Congress
Jamaica memorial replies to Chamberlain over new constitution
Kingston Jamaica March 29 colonial secretary Joseph Chamberlain replies to a memorial from elected members of the Legislative stating he cannot consent to the new constitution without a fair trial of existing conditions and their adequacy by common consent. General disappointment follows his reply.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Joseph Chamberlain
Legislative
Comen
Mr. Chamberlain
Berger's Bond Forfeited In Libel Case
Santa Fe New Mexico March 24 The bond of William Berger editor of the Santa Fe Capital was forfeited in district court on four charges of criminal libel arising from newspaper attacks on Governor Otero Neither Berger nor counsel appeared when the case was called and he is now in Washington DC
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Santa FE
N. M
William Berger
Otero
Berger
Washington, D. C
Jane Addams discusses tenement district problems
In a talk before Chicago's Merchants' Club Miss Jane Addams outlined causes of idleness and dishonesty among youth in crowded tenement populations. She cited lack of home moral instruction and laxness among the foreign element as contributing factors in this urban social issue.
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New York Evening Post
Merchants’ Club of
Chicago
Jane Addams
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San Juan
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Porto Rico
Iglesias
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
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Compulsory Arbitration Court
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Arbitration Court
Bernard Ringrose Wise
Norfolk
Carmen
Johnson
Norfolk Railway and Light Company
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Wheeling
W. Va
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Belmont County
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R.H
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Western League
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Lake Front
IS Peter Power
Morgan Et al
Retary Shaw
Eal
Sarah Bernhardt
Urbana Wine Co
Americas
Urbana
N. Y
Gerritt A. Archibald & CO
Offerings Springs
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Washington Street
By Frederic S, Isham
Milwaukee Sentinel
Harrison Fisher
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Bowen-Merrill Company
Strotter Grroller
New Stone House
Meridian Street
Twenty-eighth
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Lombard Building
Huder
Washington and
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Miss Addams
Bridewell
Java
J. T. Power & Son
North Pennsylvania
McCray
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