Roosevelt Hails Cheerful Farewell On Outing From Harrisburg
President Roosevelt on a special train at Pennsylvania Station greets crowds and Congressmen Olmstead. He jokes about a rest, notes Taft on the lid, salutes children and soldiers, and bids farewell with a hearty so long, boys.
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Harrisburg
Gor
President Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Station
Congressman Olistead
Taft
Secret Service
Congressman Olmstead
Teddy
Mob gathers to burn Springfield resort saloon
A Monday night mob in Springfield tied to a league from last year surrounded Joseph Kempler’s resort saloon aiming to burn it. Police guarded entrances as detectives arrested nearly a dozen suspects amid crowds near 1000. By 2 30 a m Tuesday threats had not renewed.
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Springfield
Dixon
Joseph Kempler
Kempler
Roosevelt Visit Sparks Large Southwest Oklahoma Prep
Lawton April 4 Citizens in southwest Oklahoma gear up for the president's visit to a pasture reserve in Comanche county. Wolves are being driven to the reserve and a monster bear from the Wichita mountains will be released. A major wolf drive closes the president's hunt season with hundreds of hunters anticipated from Oklahoma and Texas. Roosevelt may stay in Lawton with Captain Mc Cunningham who fought with him in the Spanish American War.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Big Pasture
Comanche County
Wichita Mountains
Southwest
Texas
Roosevelt
Mc Cunningham
Larederick
Train hits city street car in Louisville killing one
A freight train on the Pennsylvania line struck a westbound street car at Fourteenth and Broadway in Louisville killing Sister Mary Anthony and seriously injuring Sisters Mary Leander and Catherine McGill. The three were en route to a western city school where they taught. The street car was demolished.
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Louisville
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Fourteenth and Broadway
Mary Anthony
Mary Leander
Catherine McGill
Fire Devastates Six-Story Gilbert Block in Grand Rapids
A blaze swept the six story Gilbert block in Grand Rapids on April 4 causing about 125000 dollars in damage. The fire spread rapidly driving occupants to panic and some had narrow escapes from burning to death as they fled the flames.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Gilbert
Armour official fails to appear for arraignment
Chicago April 4 General Superintendent T J Connors of Armour and Co under indictment for interfering with Federal grand jury witnesses did not appear before Judge Landis for arraignment and could not push for an immediate trial. Judge Landis said he would not be in Chicago for at least two weeks.
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Chicago
T. J. Connors
Armour & Co
Landis
Lynching Report From Fulton Dismissed as False
The April report from Fulton Kentucky stating that three Black men were lynched for shooting a policeman is false. No such incident occurred and authorities deny the claim.
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Fulton, Ky
Sakharoff Denies Russia S' Mobilization Plans
In St Petersburg on April 4 War Minister Sakharoff dismissed claims Russia is countermanding orders abroad as baseless. He says no new mobilization is planned yet 140000 troops from the last mobilization are en route and some of this year’s conscripts will follow. He defends Kuropatkin but notes Japanese generalship superior. He also cites reserve troops sent early due to European assurances and mentions Tscheremissinoff’s appointment to the International Railroad congress. Reports of an attempted attack on Governor General Treport were foiled.
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St. Petersburg
Sakharoff
Russia
War Office
Admiralty
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Europe
Germany
Poland
M. Tscheremissinoff
International Railroad Congress
Washington
Treport
Novoe Vremya
Far East
Surprise visit stirs St Petersburg as Prince Henry meets Tsar
Prince Henry of Prussia and his wife arrived at Tsarkoe-Selo for a personal interview with Emperor Nicholas following his brother’s Tangier speech. German embassy dismisses crisis talk, noting the princess’s visit was prearranged and not tied to German French tensions. The prince plans a short Berlin return while rumor swirls about Grand Duchess Sergius’s possible retirement to a convent.
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St. Petersburg
Prince Henry
Prussia
Tsarkoe- Selo
Nicholas
Tangier
Henry
William
Sergius
Germany
Heny
Tsarskoe-Selo
Berlin
No Bomb Explosion in Harbin Depot Report Denied
Harbin April 4 reports say there is no truth to the claim of a bomb explosion at the artillery depot and the death of seventy five people, with officials denying the fatal incident.
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Harbin
Wild Man At Large Terrorizes Chickasaw Nation
Lawton April 4 A wild looking man with ragged clothes and emaciated features has terrorized southern and southwestern Chickasaw Nation for two weeks. He has assaulted women and injured people as authorities, including two U.S. marshals and a citizen posse, close in but he escapes each time. No name or origin is known.
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Lawton
United States
Terribly Carved in Oklahoma Farm Fight
An altercation near Chattanooga Oklahoma between Joe Poe and Bill Putman left Poe fatally wounded with gruesome knife injuries. Poe was disemboweled and his ear severed in a brutal attack said to involve a woman. Putman fled the scene and is the alleged assailant in this deadly rural dispute.
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Chattanooga
Okla
Joe Poe
Bill Putman
Jack Creek
Here
Poe
Putman
Cattlemen Talk of Cancelling Osage Grazing Leases
Warren Bennett United States deputy marshal for Osage nation says many cattlemen plan to cancel grazing lease contracts in Osage country. He cites precarious dipping operations that harmed a Texas herd and notes a recent Bureau of Animal Industry order makes dipping into Osage compulsory.
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Guthrie
Warren Bennett
United States
Osage Indian Nation
Osage Country
Texas
Osage Nation
Bureau of Animal Industry
Dormitory Destroyed At Oda Fellows Home
Corsicana Texas April 4 a two story brick dormitory at the Oda Fellows widows and orphans home burned with most contents lost. Loss about 100000 with 18000 insurance. Miss Macie Wyatt fell from a second story window and was injured. Three girls aged eight eleven and twelve escaped. Irene Brown hospitalized with noncritical injuries. Laurene Kelly aged three nearly suffocated but revived after extraction.
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Corsicana
Tex
Oda Fellows' Widows and Orphans
Macie Wyatt
Irene Brown
Laurene Kelly
Three men linked to fatal shooting in Orange
Tom Delano Bil Delano and John Elmore visited Bud Watsons home in south Orange. Elmore was ordered out, a scuffle followed, a gun fired and Watson was struck dying. Officers arrested the three men and jailed them on charges of killing.
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Orange
Tex
Tom
Bil Delano
John Elmore
Bud Watson
Elmore
Watson
Senate Bill 2 Targets Private Corporation Charters
Austin reports the house committee on private corporations reported adversely to Senate Bill No. 2. The bill would require private firms to reveal their authorized capital stock in full before charter approval, drawing significant attention as it moves through the session.
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Austin
House Committee On Private Corporations
Looney
Houston in darkness as clouds blot sun in April forenoon
Houston endured a rare two hour cloudburst that dimmed the day as black clouds hung low while streetcars ran with headlights lit and the city remained partially lit despite the darkening sky.
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Houston
Bell Dies After Dallas Court House Shooting
Frank J. Bell, shot Monday at the Dallas county courthouse by Deputy District Clerk Parker, died at 5 45 p m at St Pauls sanitarium after never regaining consciousness.
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Dallas
Frank J. Bell
Dallas County Court House
Parker
St. Paul's Sanitarium
Washington News Letter on Judge Raymond Charges
The U S Department, via special assistant Mr Russell, states no grounds found for removing Judge Raymond chief justice of the Indian Territory. Moody’s department says Raymond’s honesty and impartiality are not seriously questioned and notes his firm stand against liquor traffic. Charges included discourtesy to the bar and improper political activity.
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Washington
Raymond
Indian Territory
Moody
Russell
Department
Dawes Commission Field Party To Enroll Children
Ardmore April 4 A Dawes commission field party begins work to enroll all children under the act. Visits planned for Chickasaw nation at Chickasha from April 3 to 7 Pauls Valley April 10 to 14 Tishomingo April 17 to 21 and Ada April 24 to May 2.
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Ardmore
Dawes Commission
Chickasaw Nation
Chickasha
Pauls Valley
Tishominge
Ada
Body Found In Wolf's Den Near Chase
The dead woman was found three miles southwest of Chase in an old wolf’s den on the Old Three Bar ranch by a horse hunter. The corpse was wrapped in a worn wagon sheet and bound with three straps at the ankles center and neck, and the body is in good preservation.
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Muskogee
Chase
Three Bar
Child Burned to Death In Lam bert Fire
The two year old child of Charles Case near Lambert was burned to death when clothing caught fire from burning brush. The mother tried to rescue the child and remains in critical condition.
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Guthrie
Charles Case
Lambert
Colombia Brings Body of Mexican Ambassador Home
The United States cruiser Colombia arrived in New York to transport the body of Don Manuel de Aspires Mexico’s ambassador to Washington who died in that city. It is expected the widow and daughter will sail aboard the Columbia.
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New York
United States
Colombia
Mexico
Don Manuel de Aspires
Washington
Columbia
Resurrection Plants Fascinating Show Amid Water Revival
A Young People's Weekly piece explains resurrection plants including the rose of Jericho from the Jordan valley and the Mexican variety. Dry they form lifeless balls, but soaking revives them into lush fernlike rosettes with metallic green leaves, repeating with each dip in tepid water.
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Jericho
Jordan
Young People's Weekly
Gas as an Illuminant Through Early Global Use
The article traces early gas lighting, noting possible use in China centuries before the West. It highlights Clayton in the 1600s, Lord Dundonald in 1787, and especially W Murdoch who lit his Redruth home in 1792, later lighting Sole Works and London's streets by 1803, with the Royal Society awarding Murdoch the Rumford Medal in 1808.
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China
Clayton
Lord Dundonald
Culross Abbey
W. Murdoch
Redruth
Cornwall
Birmingham
London
Royal Society
Murdoch
London Standard
Unique English corset collection draws high fashion buyers
An English lady sold off garments of distinguished persons including corsets from royalty and history. Highlights include a leather corset once worn by Charlotte Corday and a Marie Antoinette whalebone and steel construction with an eighteen inch waist, attracting curiosity and profit from collectors.
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England
Charlotte Corday
Marie Antoinette
Beggar Imitates Bret Harte Style From Window
A New Yorker recounts witnessing a beggar who mimicked Bret Harte as a hunter, showcasing unexpected stagecraft and literary flair in public. The observer notes the beggar’s quick, confident manner and nods to Harte’s persona.
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New Yorker
Bret Harte
Bret Harte Recovers From Gun Accident During Glasgow Consul Days
While serving as United States consul in Glasgow, Bret Harte suffered a face cut from gun recoil during a hunting excursion. The injury was not permanent thanks to a skilled doctor. Harte recalled a nurse’s boy quipping that "he killed the hare" as the surgeon stitched him.
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United States
Glasgow
Bret Harte
T. Edgar Pemberton
Preservative Peat and the First Erie Canal Boat
This piece notes peat's antiseptic properties from tannin and iron, recounting how 17th century Covenanters’ bodies were preserved in Crossgelloch by moss. It also recalls the Erie Canal’s inaugural vessel, the William Tell, carrying Lake Erie water and celebrated with Governor DeWitt Clinton aboard.
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Crossgelloch
Old Cumnock
Scotland
William Tell
Buffalo
Albany
New York
Lake Erie
Bay of New York
de Witt Clinton
Canal Enterprise
United States
Lee Siblings Mentioned in Obituary Record
Surviving Miss Lee are two brothers G. W. Custis Lee of Fairfax County Virginia and Captain Robert E. Lee of New Kent County Virginia and one sister Miss Mary Curtis Lee now in France.
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Miss Lee
G. W. Custis Lee
Fairfax County
Virginia
Robert FE. Lee
New Kent County
Mary Curtis Lee
France
Care of Birds in Housekeeping
George Creswell argues against hanging birds near window sashes or in corner rooms near the ceiling. He warns drafts can cause catarrh and bronchitis while high placements yield a vitiated atmosphere for the birds.
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George Creswell
Notable Names Listed in Foreign-Sr. Luis Garzia Entry
The passage provides a roster of individuals including LADIES names such as Bass Lillie Berry D Clark Charlie Elbert Jake Hackett Hattie Hearne Rosa Huison Fania Kelly Ed Merkia Chas Shor ter Gabell Sherred Edgar Steel Semmons Lillie Servis Rosie Spenser Mayhailey Turner Hester and 3ENTS Bishop H J Flowers Jordan Gatteng J G Herrin J W James J W Sharif Manuel Robinson Eddie. It also includes Foreign-Sr. Luis Garzia.
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Bass
Lillie
Berry
Clark
Charlie
Elbert
Jake
Hackett
Hattie
Hearne
Rosa
Huison
Farnia
Kelly
Merkia
Chas
Shorter
Gabell
Sherred
Edgar
Steel
Semmons
Servis
Rosie
Spenser
Mayhailey
Turner
Hester
Bishop
H. J
Flowers
Jordan
Gatteng
J. G. Herrin
J. W
James
Sharif
Manuel
Robinson
Eddie
Luis Garzia
Tabor Reminds About Life Insurance and Annuity Review
G. Tabor notes forgotten life insurance matters and urges checking with R ance to review policies and coverage. The fragmented memo highlights ensuring beneficiaries and premiums are in order.
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G. Tabor
Rance
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