Senate and House Actions and Notable Events
The Senate passed the river and harbor bill and discussed the Philippine bill while the House dealt with District of Columbia matters and the military academy appropriation. Other items include amendments to the oleomargarine bill, pension bills, a fatal shooting during a burglary in Willow Grove, a quarry death in Lansdale, forest fires in New Jersey, and various deaths and incidents across the country.
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Senate
House
District of Columbia
Philippine Islands
Fire at Red Oak wipes out a business block
A fire in Red Oak Iowa destroyed an entire business block with losses totaling 225000, only one third insured. Origin of the blaze remains unknown.
Destructive Friday Storm Kills Two in Joplin
Joplin Missouri reports at least two dead and six fatally injured as a sudden storm with gale force winds destroys $300000 in property and dozens of homes. Moonshine Hill and Villa Heights suffered the worst damage with three confirmed deaths and extensive mining camp destruction.
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Joplin
Esther Hunter
Martha Cape
Bidwell Hunter
Anna Hunter
Marian Hicks
Kruger
F. B. Kelly
Goo-Goo
William Jones
Seventeenth Street
Seventh Street
Nellie Sullivan
S. D. Brower
Ivy Street
Moonshine Hill
Villa Heights
Omaha
Neb
Bloomington
Ill
Golding Sons & Co Formed To Control Flint and Spar Markets
East Liverpool Ohio April 26 A major consolidation formed by William S Hancock Barker Cummero Jr and Hugh H Wamil of Trenton unites flint spar and clay manufacturers under Golding Sons Co with Eureka Flint & Spar Co as a main branch Thropp Sons Co control mines across Ohio Maryland Pennsylvania Maine and Connecticut Capitalization is placed at 1 000 000 and main offices will be in East Liverpool
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
William S. Hancock
Barker Cummero, Jr
Hugh H. Wamil
Trenton
Golding Sons & Co
Eureka Flint & Spar Co
Thropp Sons & Co
Ohio
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Maine
Connecticut
Detroit Man Shot by Neighbor in Heated Dispute
John Reinhardt 42 of 65 Scott Street was shot through the heart by neighbor Frank Colling 16 after a dispute over Reinhardt’s children. Colling, under arrest, says Reinhardt advanced with a hammer and he fired into the ground before aiming at him. Reinhardt died after crawling to a shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
John Reinhardt
Scott Street
Frank Colling
Reinhardt
Colling
Algonquin Coal sells Pine Ridge and Laurel Run mines
Wilkesbarre April 26 A major coal trade development ends with the Algonquin Coal Co selling its Pine Ridge and Laurel Run collieries to the Delaware and Hudson Co The mines output about 350000 tons annually and employ around 1000 men.
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Wilkesbarre
Algonquin Coal Co
Pine Ridge
Laurel Run
Delaware &Hudson Co
Philadelphia Lawyer Turner Found Dead in Fairmount Park
The decomposed body of James V. P. Turner a prominent Philadelphia lawyer who vanished last Monday was discovered in Fairmount Park. Bloodstains appeared on his clothing but no violence was evident the coroner suspects death from hemorrhages Turner 47 born in Newport Rhode Island son of Commodore Turner US Navy.
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Philadelphia
James V. P. Turner
Fairmount Park
Commodore Turner
United States Navy
Fire destroys Griscom Soapstone barn and stock at Mer cen
A large stone barn on the Soapstone stock farm of Clement A Griscom in Mer cen Philadelphia burned Friday afternoon. Seven head of prize cattle two thoroughbred calves and two thoroughbred horses were destroyed. Loss estimated at forty nine thousand to fifty thousand dollars.
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Philadelphia
Clement A. Griscom
Mercen
Fire Sweeps Westfield Businesses Overnight
A serious blaze in Westfield near midnight burned about six business establishments including the telephone exchange. Firefighters faced a rapid and extensive fire emergency with several storefronts destroyed or damaged.
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Buffalo
Westfield
Telephone Exchange
Night Express Wreck Near Valparaiso Injures Crew
The midnight Grand Trunk passenger train derailed near Haskells eight miles east of Valparaiso Indiana. The engineer and fireman were buried under wreckage and no passenger reports have been received.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Grand Trunk Road
Haskells
Congressman Amos J. Cummings Critically Ill in New York
In Baltimore on April 26 a reliable source reports that Amos J. Cummings of New York is critically ill with pneumonia at his home in the city. no further details on his condition or care are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Cummings III
Baltimore
Amos J. Cummings
New York
Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
F. Pedley
Ottawa
East Columbus
Oblon
Williams Law
Toledo
Ex Secretary Morton Dies at Lake Forest at 70
April 28. Hon. J Sterling Morton former secretary of agriculture died at 4 30 p m Sunday at Lake Forest home of his son Mark Morton after weeks of illness from bronchial disease and a stroke. He was 70, born in New York and raised in Michigan. He served in Nebraska politics, editing roles, territorial secretary, congress candidate, and four times nominated governor by his party.
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Morton
J Sterling Morton
Lake Forrest
Mark Morton
Nebraska City
Neb
Chicago
Mexico
Ginn
Jefferson County
N. Y
Michigan
Union College
New York
Detroit Free Press
Chicago Times
Bellevue
Nebraska City News
Territory
Congress
Nebraska
Meat prices to fall to normal levels within a month
Ferdinand Sulzberger of the Big Six pledged relief from current meat price surges, predicting prices will near former levels within a month due to influx of Texas grass fed cattle. He spoke during a pre Washington meeting with a Republican club investigation committee.
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New York
Ferdinand Sulzberger
Committee of Investigation
Republican Club
Washington
Sulzberger
Texas
Seamen's Friend Society Marks 74th Anniversary
The American Seamen's Friend Society celebrated its 74th anniversary at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. R. P. Johnston delivering the sermon. Reports show 292 loan libraries with 12 556 volumes plus 3 870 new volumes. 1 069 libraries on naval vessels and hospitals containing 39 191 volumes serving 125 131 men. 161 life saving service stations hold 6 293 books.
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New York
American Seamen's Friend Society
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
R. P. Johnston
United States
United States Life Saving Service
Fires Devastate South Beach at Staten Island Shore
A large fire swept 2,500 feet of South Beach on the Staten Island shore near the Narrows wiping out every structure along the length. The loss is estimated at 150000 dollars. The blaze began beneath the Casino music hall of Albert Hargenham and is believed arson to be the cause since the hall was not yet opened.
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New York
South Beach
Staten Island
Narrows
Albert Hargenham
Wealthy Brewer Louis Hudepohl Dies in Cincinnati
Louis Hudepohl proprietor of the Buckeye brewery and a prominent Cincinnati figure died Sunday. His loss removes a leading member of the local business and social community.
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Cincinnati
Louis Hudepohl
Buckeye Brewery
Cuba's Commerce Shows Increase in Imports for 1902
An extract from the insular division of the war department compares Cuba’s seven months ending January 31, 1902 and 1901. Imports totaled 40,043,986 dollars in 1902 versus 35,038,930 in 1901, while exports were 24,113,419 dollars in 1902 against 26,970,220 in 1901, indicating a five percent rise in imports.
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Washington
Insular
War Department
Cuba
Yacht Gracie B Capsizes on Winnipeg River
A Manitoba yacht with 16 aboard capsized at Lower Fort Garry after hitting an overhanging cable. All reached shore safely except Sam G. Harstone who drowned. The report originates from Winnipeg and cites St Paul dispatches dated April 28.
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St. Paul
Minn
Winnipeg
Man
Gracie B
Lower Fort Garry
Sam G. Harstone
Wages up ten percent at two Galion factories
In Galion Ohio on April 28 a ten percent wage increase takes effect for workers at the Flickinger Wheel Company and the Wagon and Gear Company. The change raises pay for employees of both firms, reflecting a regional earnings adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galion
Flickinger Wheel Co
Wagon and Gear Co
Tragic Fire Claims Montja Family in St Norbert
In Winnipeg on April 28 a fire gutted Jean Baptiste Montja’s house in St Norbert settlement. Five adults and five children were inside. five children, four girls and a boy, perished in the blaze.
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Winnipeg
Man
Jean -Baptiste Montja
St. Norbert
Fever Strikes Bitter Root Valley in Deadly Outbreak
Spotted fever has surged in the Bitter Root valley with eight deaths in the past week, local Missoula reports say. The outbreak marks the most severe period yet recorded for the disease in the region, prompting health officials to increase containment efforts.
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Missoula
Mont
Tragic Lake Erie wreck claims Captain, wife and stepson
The Barklow from Marine City foundered in Lake Erie near Put-in-Bay late Saturday. Captain Robert Pardy his wife and stepson Alexander Morris, 16, died. Sailor Dick Burke survived, rescued by Port Huron life savers after battle with the storm. Pardy and Morris bodies remain missing while Mrs. Pardy washed ashore at Put-in-Bay Sunday.
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Sandusky
Barklow
Marine City
Lake Erie
Put-in-Bay
Robert Pardy
Alexander Morris
Dick Burke
Port Huron
Burke
Morris
Capt. Pardy
Young Morris
Mrs. Pardy
Wind Storm Causes Two Deaths Near Pittsburg
A weekend wind storm in Pittsburg causes at least two fatalities. Fireman Edward G. Sperow died after being crushed in a Baltimore and Ohio freight wreck near Port Perry. A second man, an Italian at McDonald, was crushed by an overturned oil derrick. Telegraph and telephone lines suffered major damage hampering linemen strikes.
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Pittsburg
Cumberland
Baltimore & Ohio
Port Perry
Edward G. Sperow
McDonald
Tragic Lake Shore Freight Wreck Near Kalamazoo
A disastrous Lake Shore and Michigan Southern freight wreck near Kalamazoo on April 28 resulted in one death and an estimated $50,000 loss. An extra freight broke on a grade south of the city, two sections collided near the Grand Rapids and Indiana crossing, twenty cars derailed, an oil car exploded, and fires destroyed twenty Lake Shore cars and the Lull and Skinner carriage shop with total damages around $50,000. The burned body of a man, likely a tramp, was found after flames were put out. no crew injuries were reported.
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Lansdale
Albert Rosenberger
Henry Stump
West Pennsylvania Railroad
Willow Grove
Stump
Scott’s Mountain
Belvidere
N. J
Lewis C. Pray
Minoak
Homer Sevin
John McCloskey
Flora
Ind
Levins
McCloskeys
Peter Fasinski
Julius
Chicago
Thomas Glynn
Chamber of Commerce
Solingen
Russia
T. E. Clark
Clarinda
Los Angeles
Cal
Clark
United States
Iowa
Theodore Walser
New Brighton
S. I
Switzerland
Sunnyside
Louisville
Col
Sultan of
Linga
Malay Archipelago
Iloilo
Jaro
Moro
P. I
Sarcoxie
Corpus Curisti
Tex
Andres Olivirez
James Hatch
Vanderbilt University
W. N. Boggs
New Jersey
Dover
Del
Roosevelt
Jersey City
James Cotter
Cotter
Sun Match Co
Falls of Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Cairo
Soudan
New York City
Colgate& Co
Mr. Colgate
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Kenosha
The
Plumbers Co
City of London
Andrew Carnegie
Guildhall
Charles Meighan
Ogden
Utah
Red Oak
Js.s. Clarkson
Port
New York
Maine
Thomaston
State Mutual Life Annuity Co
Illinois
David Hanchett
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edwin Forrest
Charlotte Cushman
Columbus
Indianapolis
Harry Kirschopf
Solomon W. Hilles
Cooper Institute
William McCarty
Port Chester
F. N. Finney
Milwaukee
Dominion
Canadian Pacific
Skagway
Gallinas Canon
New Mexico
Las Vegas
Henry Schaub
Newark
Schaub
James Atwell
National Association of Union Ex- Prisoners of War
Grand Army
Pittsburg
International Tribunal
Egypt
Batcheller
Court of First Instances
Court of Appeals
Keiley
van Horn
Guatemala
Republic
Catherine Maude Rice
Charles S. Baker
Rochester
Washington
Barbican
London
Edward L. Miller
Joseph P. Brown
Herkimer
Kan
San Francisco
Walter N. Dimmick
Wis
Goodrich Transportation Co
Indiana
Bulawayo
Matabeleland
United Railways
Carmen
Richard
Tuthill
Yukon
Niagara Falls
Senate
Carmack
House
Representatives Stokes
South Carolina
Crump
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Mich
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Lull &Skinner
Lake Shore
Murder at Greek church during Easter service in Freeland
Michael Cherko 38 was murdered about 100 feet from the Greek Catholic church in Freeland during Easter service. George Smith is under arrest charged with the crime after entering the church with a black jack and later shooting Cherko in the back as he fled. Friends overpowered Smith and brought him to the station house.
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Hazelton
Michael Cherko
Freeland
George Smith
Smith
Cherko
Glens Falls Fire Devastates Major Clothing Plants
A Sunday blaze in Glens Falls New York caused over 500000 in damage. The Webb Bros clothing store fire spread to the Joseph Fowler Shirt and Collar Co plant occupying most of a block. High winds fed the flames destroying the Fowler plant and leaving about 800 workers permanently unemployed and 200 temporarily out of work.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Webb Bros
Joseph Fowler Shirt and Collar Co
Fowler Shirt
Pittsburg Man Kills Mother-in-Law in Staircase Attack
Michael Conley a structural steel worker killed his mother in law Catherine McGoldrick by kicking her down stairs after a quarrel with his wife. He told police she entered the home as he struck his wife. she struck him with a brick and later fell at the stairs, breaking her neck.
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Pittsburg
Michael Conley
Catherine McGoldrick
Conley
Insurgent Chief Surrenders on Negros Island
Capt. Kennon of the Sixth Infantry reports from Negros that the Ladrone leader Rufo has surrendered with 158 officers and men. The surrender opens the southern coast of Negros to U S forces and flags a new phase in operations there.
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Manila
Kennon
Sixth Infantry
Island of
Negros
Rufo
Fire destroys Wisconsin Central station. operator dies
In Voskipp Wisconsin on Sunday a fire partially destroyed the south side station of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Co. The operator William Van Velson was trapped and lost his life in the blaze.
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Voskipp
Wis
South Side
Wisconsin Central Railroad Co
William van Velson
Copper Ore Rush Reported in Wichita Mountains Oklahoma
Copper ore in paying quantities has been found near Mountain Park in the Wichita mountains. A rush of prospectors in the past week led to hundreds of claims staked across the area.
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Oklahomas
Guthrie
O. T
Wichita Mountains
Mountain Park
Accidentally Shot Telegraph Operator Killed in Kansas
William W. Carr 37, a renowned telegraph operator, was accidentally shot and killed while visiting his parents in Eudora Kansas yesterday after the incident occurred near Topeka.
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Topeka
Kan
William W. Carr
West
Eudora
Percival Chubb Attacks Wealthy Children's Upbringing
Percival Chubb spoke at a Society for the Study of Life gathering in Tuxedo New York City urging a return to rough play and mud for wealthy children. He criticized overparenting and private schooling noting long vacations and lack of public school influence.
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Percival Chubb
Society For the Study of Life
Tuxedo
New York City
Mr. Chubb
Fifth Avenue
Indiana Bridal Pair Rescued After Wagon Sinks in Pond
Fred Tiernan and Rosa Beard, en route to a farm near Evansville, were thrown into Cypress Pond when their horse stumbled. The couple clung to the horse and harness as Tiernan freed the animal, allowing the horse to swim to shore. They were saved but the wedding was postponed to recover.
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Fred Tieman
Rosa Beard
Evansville
Ind
Cypress Pond
Tiernan
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Lansing
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