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Defiance Weekly Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1903

Page

3

Washington Mall Vision for a New National Museum Building

Public letter extols the Mall from the Capitol to the White House, noting its public access, historic development, and planned government buildings along Pennsylvania Avenue. It highlights the Smithsonian and National Museum origins, 19th century funding, and space shortages prompting calls for expansion. urges visitors to explore the Mall and its institutions.

Washington Capitol White House Evard Bowered Park Legislative Hall Pennsylvania Avenue William M. Springer Tinois Congress Fourteenth Street Bureau of Engraving and Printing Washington Monument Department of State National Capital National Museum Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Batson Tional Institute Philadelphia The National Garfield

Capitol Frontage and Institutions Along the Mall

The article maps a tour of Washingtons Mall area mentioning Pennysylvania Avenue and key spots. It notes a planned municipal building purchase and a $3.5 million congress allocation for a new District hall of records. It highlights the botanical gardens, Armory Square, the federal fish commission, the Garfield assassination site, the army medical museum, the National Museum, and the Department of Agriculture, underscoring development near the Capitol.

Botanical Gardens Capitol Grounds Pennsylvania Avenue Armory Square Ninth Street National Museum Smithsonian Institution Department of Agriculture Congress

Proposed New National Museum Building Plan

Smith D Fry outlines Congress is considering a new rectangular fireproof museum building on the Mall to house and catalog vast collections. He notes current space constraints endangering priceless artifacts and envisions half funded now with eventual full construction and potential link to a national university.

Congress Museum The Smithsonian Scientific Bureau National University Washington Smith D. Fry

The Red Man's Automobile

A New York World Washington correspondent notes the season when Indian chiefs visit the city and recounts Col Bill Sterrett’s tale of selling baby carriages to Indians. A crowd watches an automobile as Sterrett’s story about baby carriages among Native Americans is recalled.

New York World Washington Col Bill Sterrett Indian Territory Bill

Petrified Body From Wells Cemetery Baffles Authorities

A buried body moved from Wells to La Crosse is found petrified weighing 1500 pounds and officials fear other graves may share the fate. The 17 year old burial occurred before a Catholic cemetery existed nearby, prompting relocation. Police and church leaders offer competing explanations for rising crime, with no consensus.

Wells Minn la Crosse

Work of the late Congress praised for restraint and reforms

Albany Journal lauds a recently expired Congress for level headed action amid pressure to overhaul tariffs and pass trust laws. It notes three rational measures protect public interests: antiprebate law, a labor and commerce department with corporate reporting power, and expedited action against corporations charged with illegal acts.

Congress Albany Journal Department of Labor and Commerce Bureau of Corporations

Democratic calls for cutting revenues echo in Troy Times critique

The Troy Times critiques Representative Livingston of Georgia as he prepares to urge reducing revenues and tariffs, warning that past Democratic pledges to trim the surplus led to economic paralysis and hardship. It notes the GOP would welcome such a platform, as similar proposals have failed before and Bryan keeps a “rotten money” and “free riot” plan in reserve.

Livingston Georgia House Committee On Appropriations Congress Troy Times Washington Bryan Wiliam J. Bryan New York Clevelands Whitneys Hills Pri Democratic Party House of Representatives Representative Butler St. Louis Butler Indianapolis Journal

Fifty seventh congress praised for its work and reforms

The article lauds the Fifty seventh congress for upholding the common good over class interests. It highlights repealing war tax, civil government in the Philippines, a permanent census, Chinese exclusion, Panama Canal act, and oleomargarine law. It notes Alaska boundary ratification and navy funding, with extra session anticipated for Panama treaty and Cuban reciprocity. It defends enacted quality over quantity and predicts strong performance by future sessions.

Philippines Senate Congress Annapolis

Suppress Disease Regulations Rewritten for Animal Health

The Department of Agriculture issued a new code of regulations to suppress contagious diseases among domestic animals in the United States. It requires owners and handlers to ensure animals are not diseased or exposed before transport or sale and calls for confinement of affected stock, with penalties up to $1000 or one year in jail.

Washington Department of Agriculture United States District of Columbia Secretary of Agriculture

Buckeye Bank Failure Sparks Cleveland Court Move

Reports from Burton dated March 13 describe Boughton, Ford & Co. bank collapse with liabilities about $813,633 above assets. Creditors seek federal court action in Cleveland over state court handling. Receiver alleges 30 years of daily losses and possible fraudulent transfers by bank officials before insolvency.

Ford Bank Burton Boughton, Ford & Co Cleveland C. E. Williams Williams

Terrible crime as German farmer kills family near Belle Fontaine

Krauss a German farmer near Belle Fontaine 21 miles west of St Louis killed his wife and six children with a sledgehammer after entering the house in the afternoon He then nearly died by striking himself with the hammer later and neighbors view insanity as the motive The seven bodies were laid on the floor and the man died from a skull fracture while unconscious

Columbus Portsmouth Louis Hall Hall Toledo Charles Longwell Parmer St. Louis Krauss Bellefontaine John Krauss Adolph Adolph Krauss

Distinct Facts From Distant Places Report

The report notes Bombay exported 5,051,709 pounds of pepper in the year ending March 31, 1902. It states Germany has 1,420 daily papers, 760 in Prussia and 218 in Bavaria. It mentions farming districts in China where pigs pull small wagons, and Egypt has 1,211 medical men for over 5,000,000 people, of whom 604 are European doctors.

Bombay Germany Prussia Bavaria China Egypt

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