Meteor Yacht Launch At Shooter's Island With Roosevelt Honor
The Meteor yacht was launched at Shooter's Island in New York in a ceremony led by Miss Alice Roosevelt with President Roosevelt and Prince Henry of Prussia in attendance. A champagne break and a champagne bottle christening followed by cheers, a luncheon, and a presentation of a diamond Kaiser Wilhelm bracelet to Miss Roosevelt marked the day before the party toured New York and received civic honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Naval Miltia
Hohenzollern
Mariners Harbor
Bay
Prince Henry
Shooter’s Island
Prince
Miss Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
von Holleben
Shooter's Island
the Shipbuilding Company
United States
Roosevelt
Iask
Henry
Shooters Island
Kaiser Wilhelm
Alice Roosevelt
Washington
Navy Yard
Vigilant
von Mollebén
Buenz
Evans
Legation
Battery Place
Broadway
Wall Street
City Hall
Short Telegrams Highlight Education Gifts and Global News
James Stillman donates 100000 for a Harvard anatomy chair. Harvard cancels an East Coast California track meet. Katy Railroad plans a 150 mile line through Wi Meno Anadarko Guthrie toward Texas. Nearly 2600 student volunteers arrive in Toledo for a convention opening Wednesday. Honolulu records its coldest day at 52 F with a 24 degree swing. Henry G. Marquand dies in New York, famed Met gifts donor. Bold bank robbery in Mexico City ends with the robber dead. Black Hills journalist Albert W. Merrick dies at 62 in Deadwood. Iowa Senate approves woman suffrage measure amid past opposition in the House. Rebecca Foster memorial services held at Tombs prison. Stanford zoologist Charles H. Gilbert sails for six months in Tahiti expedition. Colombia canal property support grows as liberals gain traction. Caracas reports insurgent gains despite official bulletins. New Jersey passes a mosquito bill funding station study. Montenegrin frontier clashes kill or wound 64 amid AlbanianTurkish hostilities. Hugo centenary festivities begin in Paris with state attendance. Campton post office to close after 74 years. California storm causes floods. hail roads, but irrigation benefits anticipated.
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James Stillman
Harvard Medical School
Harvard
University of California
Warvard University
Katy Railroad Company
Wi Meno
Anadarko
Guthrie
Texas
Student Volunteer Movement
Toledo
United States
Canada
Honolulu
Henry G. Marquand
Metropolitan Museum of Art
of Marquand & Parmly
New York
London and Mexico Bank
City of
Mexico
Dynamite Attacks Hit Cripple Creek Assay Offices
Cripple Creek Colorado February 24 special to the Denver Republican. Dynamite used against ore assay offices, eight shops damaged across Victor Goldfield and Cripple Creek, none molested leading offices. The blasts, between 3 and 4 am, suggest prearranged action. Theories include ore thieves, miners vigilantes, or Mine Owners' Association conspirators. No arrests. loss under 2 dollars. injuries to Mrs Boyce and Mrs Schalback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Colo
Denver Republican
Victor
Goldfield
Mine Owners’ Association
Benejamin & Barnes
Exeuh Street
Florence & Cripple Creek
Isto O'Elack
Captain Brass
Ware
Eshier Victor
Ofice
A. ©. Royce
Portland
Ninta Street
Schalback & Wranklin
Prince Henry of Prussia Visits Washington in Imperial Style
Prince Henry of Prussia arrives in Washington as the German emperor’s personal representative. He is greeted by Secretaries Tay and Tong, escorted to the White House, the German embassy, and the Capitol by a large civic and military guard. President Roosevelt hosts a White House banquet, then plans to attend the emperor’s yacht launch in New York with Miss Alice Roosevelt christening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prince Henry of
Prussia
New York
Tay and
Tong
White House
Alice Roosevelt
Roosevelt
United States
Prince Henry
Hay
Evans
Porte Cochere
Oor
Pearce
McCawley
Marine Corps
Gilmore
Artillery
Enlute
Admiral Evans
Corbin
Wiss
Alice
Whole Family Wiped Out Welch Louisiana Reb 25
Five of six Earl family members living six miles from Welch Louisiana were murdered. The head of the house is missing and believed dead. Wife had facial injuries and three others with throat wounds. One son shot. No search yet. Family from Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch. la
Earl
Lowa
President Cancels Tillman Dinner Invite Over Senate Contempt
Washington February 24 The President withdrew Senator Tillman’s invitation to a White House dinner honoring Prince Henry of Prussia due to contempt of the Senate findings. Senator Martin of Virginia accepted the invitation in Tillman’s place after the uproar and a note from the President. Senator Cockrell of Missouri relayed the suggestion to Tillman, who refused to withdraw his acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rice
Jilman
South Carolina
Prince A Henry
Prussia
White House
Senate
South
Cafolina
Martin
Virginia
Tillman
Naval Affairs Committee
Senator Willman
Senator Cockrell
Missouri
Millman
Mr.Tillman
Prince Henry
Cockrell
Mr. Tillman
Martie
Minnesota v Northern Securities Case Denied Jurisdiction
The Supreme Court denied Minnesota's bid to file a bill of complaint to block the merger of Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways. Justice Shiras held indispensable parties would be absent and the court lacked jurisdiction to proceed. The opinion is lengthy with a detailed review of the case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Shiras
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railway
Dead Man Thawed Out After Storm Near Anthony New Jersey
William Ferry, a New Jersey farmer near Anthony, lay frozen for ten hours in an undertaker shop after Sundays storm. Found in the snow apparently dead, he later revived, escaped through a side door, and revealed he feigned unconsciousness to avoid burial, surprising neighbors and sparking a brief alarm.
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New York
William Ferry
Anthony
New Jersey
Ferry
Perry
Tie
Cheyenne Attorney Arrested for Matrimonial Fraud
Cheyenne attorney J T Norton was arrested by Post Office Inspector J J Bennett and deputy marshal Jon Gialors for running a nationwide matrimonial scam. He posed as Miss Mabel Dundas, promising wealthy marriage to lure men into sending $45 to $50 for travel expenses, then disappeared. Norton allegedly duped many suitors over more than a year and faced prior alleged irregularities in Lander Wyoming.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
T. Norton
Postofice
J. J. Bennett
Jon Gialors
United States
Norton
Mabel Dnndis
Wyong
Worthuid
Maine
Portland
Oregon
Florida
British Columbia
Poat Oftiea
Mabel Dundas
Miss Dundas
J. T. Norton
Wyoming
Lander
Judge Noyes Removed by Roosevelt for Alaska Case
Washington report says President Roosevelt acted on Attorney General Knox’s recommendation to dismiss Arthur S. L. Noyes, judge of Alaska’s second district. Appointed June 1900, he faced a mining property dispute with Pioneer Mining Co and Charles J. Lane, receivers were appointed, and a conspiracy rumor with McKenzie led to contempt proceedings. Noyes was ordered to appear in San Francisco. Knox found he abused his office and urged dismissal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Knox
Arthur LI. Noyes
Alaska
Arthur SL. Noyes
Pioneer Mining Company
Charles J. Lane
Alexander McKenzie
Noyes
McKenzie
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Eirenslt
Nome
Judge Noyes
Circuit Court
Heacock
Ccase
Getting Even With Roosevelt Sword Gift Telegraphed to Roosevelt
Augusta Ga Feb 27 Lieutenant Governor James H Tillman nephew of Senator Tillman says he telegraphed to President Roosevelt to withdraw acceptance of a sword gifted for Major Micah Jenking of the First United States volunteer cavalry. Tillman cites subscriber request and a perceived affront to the sword fund backers.
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Augusta
James H.tillman
Tillman
Roosevelt
Charleston
Micah Jenking
First
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Scibbard
Sword Fund
James H. Tillman
South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
South Carolina
Cam
Notable Banquet Honors Prince Henry of Prussia in New York
New York hosts a grand banquet for Prince Henry of Prussia on his American tour. Twelve prominent New York hosts plus a German trade delegation seated about 137 guests at a Waldorf Astoria dinner. The prince dined with 1000 U.S. press and business leaders, including J Pierpont Morgan and William Rockefeller. He plans Washington visits, Mount Vernon, Annapolis, and a farewell from the president.
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New York
Princ Henry
Waldorf-Astoria
Prince Henry of
Prussia
United States
Thames
Sherry's
J. Pierpont Morgan
Edward 2D. Adams
Joli Claflin
Abran S. Howitt
Alexander Orr
James Stillman
Morris J. Jess
Prince Trenry
Washington
McKinsey
Capitol
Governor assigns secret service to probe Telluride unrest
Governor Orman orders Colonel Edward Verdeckberg and Signal Officer Whitt of the National Guard to investigate possible trouble at Telluride. The move aims to prevent violence as miners and political factions clash after an election, with the press boycott fueling tensions and a shadow of incognito action.
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Penver
Telluride
Orman
Edward Verdeckberg
Whitt
Nationaul Guard
Secret Service
Denver & Rio Grande
Verdeckberg
Selluride
State House
Velturide Journal
St. John
Miners’ Union
Attempt to Cheat Bookmakers in Butte Race Plot
Charles W. Clark son of Senator Clark exposed a conspiracy by bookmakers in Butte to delay race reports and place bets on Oakland races. The plan involved delaying results by telephoning from Salt Lake after San Francisco wire troubles and aimed to let conspirators bet thousands. Clark pretended to join and placed bets on a 1 2 3 finish, exposing the scheme to pool room owners. he stood to win ten thousand dollars, while the pool room still holds the conspirators’ funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Charles W. Clark
Senator Clark
Oakland Track
Young Clark
San Francisco
Salt Lake
Clark
Interstate Irrigation Congress Opens In Sterling
The first interstate Irrigation congress for Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming convened in Sterling on February 27. Wyoming did not send a delegation. The body will meet through tomorrow, touring area irrigation works and presenting irrigation questions to the U.S. Congress. Governors Savage of Nebraska and Oroma of Colorado are in attendance.
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Black Hills
Albert W. Merrick
Deadwood
Dakota
Allyn
Iowa
House
Yombs
Rebecca Foster
Park Avenue
Charles H. Gilbert
Zoological Department
Stanford University
Tawail
United States Fish Commission
David Starr Jordan
Oliver P. Jenkins
Carthagena
Colombia
Caracas
Mulazeka
Victor Hugo
Paris
Vantheon
Louchet
Iown
Sanrancisco
California
Cripple Creek Assay
Capital
United States Supreme Court
Irrigation Congress
Sterling
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