A and M Boys Win Swift Cup at Fort Worth Stock Show
At the Ft Worth Fat Stock Show Prof J C Burns led A and M students to victory with five team members W G North R W Faust H A Smith C B Jones and J W McCown earning the Swift Co intercollegiate stock judging trophy. Cash prizes went to A L Ward $50 R F Milter $25 O W Reagan $15 and S H Ray $10. team members pleased with the trip.
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J. C. Burns
Ft. Worth
W. G. North
R. W. Faust
H. A.smith
C. B. Jones
J. W. McCown
Swift
No Primary T Day Called by City Committee
John A. Moore chairman of the City Democratic Executive Committee announces there will be no primary election today for city offices. The March 17 call to nominate Democratic candidates for mayor and three aldermen was issued, but no names were filed, so no election will take place.
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John A. Moore
Democratic Executive Committee
The
Eagle
New York to Wear Green for St Patrick's Day
New York City expects the most general St Patrick’s Day observance yet with Irish owned businesses to close. About 50,000 men and women are planned for the parade led by the first brigade of the Irish volunteers as guard of honor. Thousands will attend banquets and social events across Greater New York.
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New York
New York City
Irish Volunteers
Hibernans
Greater
Missionary Campaign Proves Widely Successful Across Cities
Reports from the National Presbyterian Board of Home Missions indicate a one day whirlwind publicity drive for church and missionary work succeeded. Rallies were held in Chicago Cleveland Albany Buffalo Detroit Peoria Baltimore Cincinnati Columbus and other cities with leaders such as Rev William Henry Roberts Rev Charles L Thompson Rev Charles Stelze and Rev Thomas Clinton Moffet speaking on social economic and religious national issues.
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New York
National Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Chiccazo
Cleveland
Albany
Buffalo
Detroit
Peoria
Baltimore
Cincinnet
Olumbus
William Henry Roberts
D. D
General Assembly
Charles L. Thompson
Board of Home Missions
Charles Stelze
Department of Church and Labor
Thomas Clinton Moffet
United States
Hitchcock Not Guilty: Hitchcock Acquitted in New York Trial
In New York on March 16 the resumed trial of comedian Raymond Hitchcock produced a sensational moment when Flora Whiston, earlier a grand jury witness, refuted her testimony and stated Hitchcock never harmed her. She repeated this account to the petit jury as she did to a children’s society agent.
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New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Supreme Court
Flora Whiston
Garvin
Hitchcock
Petit Jury
Children’s Society
Eighteenth Annual Meeting of Medical Colleges Opens
The eighteenth annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges opened at the Euclid Hotel in Cleveland Ohio with a large attendance of medical educators state medical examiners and allied association representatives. President H B Waid of Lincoln Nebraska presided and papers were presented by Dr George H Hoxie University of Kansas Dr F C Zapffe University of Illinois Herbert Welch Ohio Wesleyan University and President W L Bryan Indiana University. The meeting will adjourn tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Association of American Medical Colleges
Euclid
H. B Waid
Lincoln
Neb
George H. Hoxie
University of Kansas
F. C. Zapffe
University of Ilinois
Herbert Welch
Ohio Weslyan University
W. L. Bryan
Indiana University
Couple End Lives in Dyersburg After Quick Marriage
James S. Harrison and Ora Ferguson Harrison die by self inflicted poison within days of their marriage in Dyersburg Tennessee. Ora shot herself Thursday. James took prussic acid on Sunday after witnessing her death. W K Harrison attended the deathbed and attempted to intervene but failed.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
James S. Harrison
Ora Ferguson Harrison
Harrison
Ora Ferguson
W. K. Harrison
Miss Margaretta Borden Shoots Self in Grief
In Trenton New Jersey on March 16 Margaretta Borden daughter of Harry L Borden shot herself in the heart citing grief over her mother’s consumption and family troubles The young woman blamed her father for opposing a suitor and disappointment over sisters being placed with their uncle at Atlantic City Before the act she declared I am tired of it all.
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Trenton
N. J
Margaretta Borden
Harry L. Borden
Atlantic City
Elkins Act Applies to All Transportation say Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court, in a Day opinion, held the Elkins act applies to transportation anywhere not just at the initial point. It ruled against Armour Packing, Swift and Co., Morris and Co., and Cudahy Packing, each fined $15,000 in Missouri circuit court for rebates. The decision states the offense involves both shipper and carrier across locations.
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Washington
Armour Packing Company
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Kansas City
Kan
United States Circuit Court
Western District of Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Day
Street unrest in Port au Prince reported with deaths and arrests
A dispatch from Port au Prince Haiti reports serious disturbances with several people killed and many prominent men arrested. Rumors of summary executions circulate but remain unconfirmed at dispatch time.
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London
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Emperor safe as guards capture intruder at Vienna garden
Vienna March 16 Emperor Francis Joseph who has been confined to Schoenbrunn with a head cold passed a satisfactory night with no fever. A lunatic tried to enter the imperial garden but was seized by guards and sent to an asylum.
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Austria
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Schoenbunne Castle
Imperial Garden
United Irish Societies protest arbitration treaty
The United Irish Societies of Connecticut representing 15 000 people gathered in New Haven on March 16 to protest the proposed arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain. Resolutions will be sent to the Connecticut congressional delegation.
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New Haven
United Irish Societies of
Connecticut
United States
Great Britain
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