Terrible wind storms injure dozens and kill pastors across towns
A violent March wind storm wreaked havoc from Pittsburg to Jamestown and Greensburg. Churches were struck. the Knoxville Presbyterian church lost a chimney and hundreds sheltered as debris fell. The Jamestown minister Rev J M Jamison died after being buried in bricks. Several other churches and houses suffered damage and rescuers worked through the day.
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Pittsburg
Knoxville
J. W. English
Robinson Run United Presbyterian Church
McDonald
Greensburg
First Presbyterian
Zion Lutheran Church
Washington, Pa
Griffith Tin Plate Co
J. M. Jamison
Wellsburg
W. Va
Franklin M.E
Flood Devastates Tennessee Lands And Losses Reach Four Million
Reports from flooded Tennessee districts describe extensive destruction with 22 confirmed deaths and property damage near four million dollars. Counties between the mountains and the Tennessee river suffer severe losses cutting off communications as farms and logs drift downstream. The Nashville and Knoxville railroad bridge at Lancaster, valued around one hundred thousand dollars, collapsed Saturday night.
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Tennessee
Washville
Tenn
Tennessee River
Cumberland River
Alabama
Cumberland
Carthage
Nashville & Knoxville Railroad
Lancaster
Five Died During the Voyage Arriving Kilpatrick
The transport Kilpatrick arrived from Manila with the Seventeenth Infantry and about 1000 discharged soldiers. Five deaths occurred during the voyage. Shortly after leaving Manila Mrs. B F Pope widow of Lieut Col B F Pope died while transporting her husband’s remains.
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San Francisco
Kilpatrick
Manila
Seventeenth Infantry
B. F. Pope
Indian Steamer Grounded Near Cuttyhunk in Fog
The Iron steamer Indian, traveling from Philadelphia to Boston, ran ashore on Sow and Pigs Ledge off Cuttyhunk Island in heavy fog at 6 o'clock Saturday night. Discovered at dawn, lifeboat crews could not reach her until afternoon due to rough seas, rescuing four passengers including a woman and landing them at Cuttyhunk.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Philadelphia
Boston
Cuttyhunk Island
Vineyard Sound
Cuttyhunk
Collision in Cumberland injures train crew near Sand Patch
A head on crash at Sand Patch between Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No. 9 and a freight train destroyed both engines. Two mail clerks and the No. 9 engineer were injured.
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Cumberland
Sand Patch
Baltimore & Ohio
Immigrant Steamer Grounds on Round Reef near St John
The Lake Superior carrying about 1,000 immigrants from Liverpool dragged its anchor and swung onto Round reef while approaching Upper Quarantine on Sunday afternoon near St John New Brunswick.
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Round Reef
St. John
N. B
Lake Superior
Liverpool
Quincy Quarrymen End Three-Year Labor Strike
In Quincy Massachusetts on March 31 a three-year agreement ended the quar rymen strike. The pact sets eight hours as a day with nine hours' pay and overtime during certain seasons at a regular hourly rate.
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Quincy
Mass
Bank Safe Robbed in Bazile Mills Heist
The Bank of Bazile Mills suffered a safe blowout last night stealing 1000 dollars in cash and 700 dollars in drafts. No clues have led to the culprits.
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Bazile Mills
Neb
Bank of Bazile Mills
Cecil Rhodes Dies In Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes died in Cape Town after two heart failure episodes. He remained conscious until 5:55 p m yesterday and spoke farewell words. At his bedside were Dr Jameson Dr J W Smartt Col Elmhurst Rhodes and Walton. The body will rest at Groote Schuur and may lie in state. Burial at Matoppo Hills Rhodesia was his wish. London dispatch notes Rhodes left large sums to charities.
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Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodes
Dr. Jameson
J. W. Smartt
Col
Elmhurst Rhodes
Walton
Port Elizabeth
Groote Schuur
Matoppo Hills
Rhodesia
London
Daily Express
Groot Schuur
New Yorker Arrested in Philadelphia on Bribery Charge
Moses Schwartz, sought in New York for alleged forgeries totaling 78 000 dollars tied to the Seventh National Bank, was arrested in Philadelphia. He was arraigned and held for requisition papers. Schwartz, linked to Manhattan Mercantile Co., allegedly secured loans on worthless notes and fled after the bank’s failure.
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Philadelphia
Moses Schwartz
New York
Seventh National Bank
Schwartz
R. W. Jones
Seventh National Bank of New York
Manhattan Mercantile Co
South William Street
Noriel Captured by U S Forces in Manila
Manila reports Lt. Frank E. Bamford of the Twenty-eighth Infantry has captured insurgent general Noriel along with his body guard, including a major captain and lieutenant. Prisoners are held of war. There is suspicion that Gen. Malvar may be among the guards or nearby. Noriel, active since 1899, says the insurrection is over and that remaining leaders are fleeing.
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Manila
Noriel
Malvar
Frank E. Bamford
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Bamford
Robbery Attempt at Hotel Whitley in Emporia
In Emporia Kansas two masked men attempted to rob the Hotel Whitley safe early Wednesday. They forced clerk Paul Vickery porter Jesse Reeves and traveler W F Sullivan to surrender. Sullivan turned over $50 and both him and Reeves were locked in a cloak room. Vickery could not open the safe and was jailed in a closet while the robbers fled after failing to crack the combination.
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Emporia
Kan
Whitley
Paul Vickery
Jesse Reeves
W. F. Sullivan
Sullivan
Vickery
Rebbers
Andrews the Plunger detailed in city bank scandal
Detroit reports reveal Frank C. Andrews vice president of City Savings Bank engaged in massive stock speculation. From 1901 August to 1902 February he bought about 16.2 million dollars and sold about 14.2 million through McLaughlin Co. and Cameron Currie Co. totaling 16.9 million in turnover.
Buffalo Memorial Bill Pushed by State Senate
Albany March 27 The New York state senate passed a bill to appropriate 100000 dollars for a monument in Buffalo to honor President McKinley. Governor Odell urged immediate passage in a message to the legislature.
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Albany
N. Y
Buffalo
McKinley
State Senate
Odell
Five Years for Stealing 36000 From Bank Teller
New Orleans March 27 Samuel Flower a paying teller of the Hibernia national bank was found guilty of stealing 36000 from the institution and was sentenced yesterday to five years in the penitentiary.
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New Orleans
Samuel Flower
Hibernia National Bank
Prairie Fire Claims Three Lives Near Anadarko
A prairie fire 12 miles southeast of Anadarko Oklahoma on March 27 overtook Mrs. Hattie Hand and her two young children as they sought a neighbor's safer shelter, burning them to death.
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Anadarko
O. T
Here
Hattie Hand
Elwood player wins Brooklyn pool championship playoff
New York March 27 W H Clearwater of Elwood Pennsylvania defeated Charles Weston of Cheyenne Wyoming in a playoff to win the professional pool championship.
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New York
W. H. Clearwater
Elwood
Brooklyn
Charles Weston
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ohio Legislature Actions and McKinley Memorial Plan
Columbus reports from March 25 to 28 detail Senate and House bills passed and introduced in Ohio. Measures address library funding, canal sale, municipal policing protections, streetcar work hours, flag desecration penalties, and local option terms. A March 28 joint resolution grants Columbus residents space for a McKinley memorial near the Capitol, with a projected cost of $20,000.
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Columbus
Senate
Wadsworth
Medina County
Secretary of State
Paulding County
Canal Commission
Bellefontaine
United States
Penitentiary House
Ohio National Guard
McKinley
House
Title Guarantee
Insurance Department
Boxwell
State Board of
Ohio
Buckeye
Citizens of
High Street
Capitol Grounds
Household tips for fresh parsley to sturdy floors and starch
Practical home advice on keeping parsley fresh with damp cloth, scouring with stonemason's dust, ammonia for orange stains on wool, furniture cleaning with a touch of oil, bolstering aging rugs with canvas backing, repositioning carpets to wear evenly, making glossy starch from gum arabic, and using gum water to refresh lawns and white muslin after washing.
Fires destroy Pike building and Guthrie landmarks
Cincinnati report details a Sunday blaze at the Pike building on Fourth street in the Pike opera house area, damaging a vestibule, stairways, and stored scenery worth 10 000 dollars while the audience evacuated safely. Guthrie suffers a 350 000 dollar fire that razes the State Capital printing plant and several nearby structures, with total town losses reaching 350 000 dollars and only mailing lists saved.
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Cincinnati
Guthrie
O. T
Pike Building
Fourth Street
Pike Opera House
Sag Harbor
Pike Stock Company
Portieres
Hunt
Adams Express Co
Adams Express
Steamship Crash Sinks Schooner Edna Earl Off Reedy Island
In Delaware Bay the fishing schooner Edna Earl with 11 aboard sank after a collision with the steamship Romsdal. Three crewmen William Smith Dennis Ford and Patrick Nolan drowned. Romsdal rescued the survivors and brought them to Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Edna Earl
Delaware Bay
Reedy Island
Delaware
William Smith
Dennis Ford
Smith
Patrick Nolan
Baltimore
Nolan
Ford
Hirsch
Battle on the Range in Wyoming Leaves Four Shot
In the Green River country near Rock Springs on a Saturday range clash between cattlemen and sheepmen left four men shot, two possibly fatally, and 1100 sheep killed or clubbed. Abe and Bowen Hill, sheepmen brothers, were critically wounded. two cattlemen were shot but not killed. The dispute centers on range division and years of effort to keep sheep out of Uintah County's New York district.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Green River
Abe
Bowen Hill
New York
Uintah County
Student Howard R. Miller Found Dead in Lincoln Park
The body of Howard R. Miller a student at Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons in Keokuk Iowa was found in Lincoln Park covered with snow and mud with a revolver in his right hand authorities said the death occurred yesterday in Chicago.
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Lincoln Park
Chicago
Howard R. Miller
Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons
Keokuk
Boys Attempt to Wreck Train Near Trenton
George Busch aged 16 and George Young aged 20 of Trenton confessed to an unsuccessful bid to derail an eastbound Rock Island passenger train five miles east of town. The track sits on a high embankment making derailment dangerous. the motive was revenge for being put off a freight train.
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Trenton
George Busch
George Young
Rock Island
Here
World Conference of LDS Church Set for Lamoni
Lamoni Iowa March 31 delegates to the reorganized church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints gather for the Lamoni conference opening April 6. Among those arrived are the twelve apostles signaling a large gathering.
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Lamoni
Conference of the
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Steamer Sinks After Collision Off London
The British steamer Holyrood sailing from Portland Me to London sank after colliding on March 27 with the Leyland line steamer Bernard Hall from Liverpool for Galveston Tex. No details on casualties were immediately available.
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London
Holyrood
Portland
Leyland Line
Bernard Hall
Liverpool
Galveston
Tex
Heavy gale lowers Lake Erie's Toledo water four feet
A southwest gale on Sunday created a heavy sea on Lake Erie and cut Toledo harbor water by almost four feet. The tug Lamb, while fishing near Put-in-Bay, was nearly swamped in the rough conditions.
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Toledo
Lake Erie
Toledo Harbor
Lamb
Put-in-Bay
Reverend defies church plan ends in heresy finding
Arkansas City Kansas March 31 Rev Granville Lowther refused to accept a proposal to halt his teachings and the Methodist trial committee found him guilty of heresy. Dismissal from the church is the consequence.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Granville Lowther
Methodist
Saul of Tarsus Converted Lesson Teaches Acts Nine
A Sunday School analysis of Saul’s conversion on the road to Damascus from Acts 9 1 12. It contrasts Saul before conversion the heavenly light and voice he heard and Ananias later sent to him with his after conversion zeal preaching Christ.
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H. C. Lenington
Saul
Damascus
Jerusalem
Jesus
Ananias
Judas
Tarsus
Stephen
Paul
Heaven
Christ
God
Lord Jesus
The World's Warriors Warship, Army, and Military Routines
A survey of early 20th century military trends notes 60 US naval ships under construction and Germany’s planned 495 500 standing army by end of 1902. It discusses French army innovations, Russian imperial dress, balloonist insignia, and critique of British turbine propulsion and war office red tape.
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United States
Germany
Andre
War Office
Census Bureau Qs Usual Request Tracing Lost Kin
The census office receives letters asking for help tracing missing persons. The library of Congress and the record and pension office offer related services, but a national decennial directory would be unwieldy and impractical. The census office avoids such a directory and notes staffing limits would hamper any large project.
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Census Office
West
Boston Transcript
United States
Congress
John Buttonwood
Library of Congress
Record and Pension Office
Uncle Sam
First Justice to Wear Gown in Supreme Court History
The Washington Post recounts how Justice John Jay first wore a gown when assuming office. He chose an academic gown from Trinity College Dublin, a tri-colored garment now replaced by the black robe worn today.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Hannis Taylor
Spain
John Jay
Supreme Bench
University of Dublin
Trinity College
Washington Post
Egyptian mummy wheats fail to grow in experiments
The New York Sun notes that so-called mummy wheats from Egyptian tombs do not reproduce. M. E. Gain reports extensive tests showing embryos are dead although stored nutrients could sustain life if alive. The tale remains a legend with no verifiable basis.
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M. E. Gain
N. Y. Sun
Real Estate Firm Bids Fair Dealing Over Prices
Realty firm opposes inflated trader commissions and inflated prices. It pledges fair dealing with owners and buyers in property transactions.
Extensive Midwest farm listings with exchanges offered
A long advertisement lists numerous farms in Michigan Ohio and surrounding counties with 40 to 430 acres. It notes river bottoms loam upland cultivated timber orchards and water wells. Prices range from 6000 to 10000 with exchange options including city properties.
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City
Claire County
Michigan
Hutton
Crawford County
Ney
Ohio
Adams
Hicksville Township
Defiance County
Church
Indiana
Pike
Residence for sale with barn and water attachments
Well finished No 765 residence in city with barn Inteb front water attachments and basement kitchen cellar well situated room for another residence and lot price 4000 dollars
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Defiance City
Henry County
Church
Neassehoek
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