President Roosevelt Hunts Bears on Colorado Trip
President Roosevelt arrives in Colorado Springs to a 10 000-strong welcome and urges reporters to give him space while he hunts. He bags a 600-pound cinnamon bear near Newcastle, then moves to hunting camp with his party. Return plans include two formal stops in Denver and Chicago with dinners and receptions, traveling via Union Pacific, Chicago & Northwestern, and Pennsylvania lines.
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Colorado
Denver
Chicago
Colorado Springs
Col
Santa Fe
Roosevelt
Grand Army Vetrane
Oklahoma
Glenwood Springs
Washington
Board of Trade
Merchants’ Club
Hamilton Club
Iroquois Club
Union Pacific
Omaha
Chicago & Northwestern
Pennsylvania
Musical director and wife found dead by gas in Philadelphia
Louis Heck Jr. musical director of Keith's Chestnut street theater and his wife May Belle Eckert were found asphyxiated by gas in their Philadelphia apartment. Two chandelier burners were open, believed accidental.
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Philadelphia
Louis Heck, Jr
Keith
Chestnut Street Theater
May Belle Eckert
Three Killed in Powder Explosion at Trenton
A powder explosion at Trenton Tennessee on Saturday killed three men and left several injured amid considerable property damage. In Madison Wisconsin, on April 19 the assembly passed the administration railroad rate commission bill by a vote of 75 to 12.
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Nashville
Tenn
Trenton
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Administration Railroad Rate Commission
Killing frosts hit southern states and fruit belt
Reports from the south and central states describe killing frosts Sunday night reaching Kentucky Tennessee Maryland and Georgia with fears of ruined fruit crops. Frost in northern Florida marks an unprecedented event in the state. Michigan Illinois and Ohio also report heavy frost damage to fruit trees and early vegetables. losses cited include at least 100000 to fruit growers in Indiana and widespread apple losses.
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Chicago
Kentucky
Tennessee
Maryland
Georgia
Florida
Michigan
Ilinois
Cairo
Ohio
Indiana
Purdue Experiment Station
South Carolina
West Virginia
Michigan Bank Fails in Owosso Assignment to Detroit Trust
In Owosso Michigan M L Stewart Co the oldest banking house in the city and second largest in the state assigned to Detroit Trust for creditors. Capital $200000 deposits $480000 bills payable $50000. Cash on hand $61000 and cash in other banks $452000. bills receivable $452000. Bank crippled beyond hope of resurrection. failure linked to unpaid obligations of the Owosso Carriage Co totaling $28000. Assignment followed carriage company default. bank closed per notice.
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Owosso
Mich
M. L. Stewart & Co
Detroit Trust Company
Owosso Carriage Company
Fraud Order Targets Ubero Plantations in Boston Network
A post office fraud order bars the Ubero Plantation company and the Consolidated Ubero Plantation company of Boston. William P. Owen, ex congressman and ex Indiana secretary of state, allegedly promoted Get Rich Quick schemes and has left for Europe with victims owed at least $1,000,000. Boston executives Arthur W. Stedman and Frederick C. Hood are reportedly abroad. Indiana judge A Z Wiley is listed as treasurer. In a separate note, Dr. Daniel K. Pearsons marks his 85th birthday by pledging $150,600 to fund mountain schools in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Ubero Plantation Company
Consolidated Ubero Plantation Company
Boston
William P. Owen
Congress
Indiana
Europe
Arthur W. Stedman
Frederick C. Hood
Consolidated Ubero Company
A. Z. Wiley
Indiana Appellate Court
Chicago
Daniel K. Pearsons
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Anti-Tuberculosis Congress Opens in Atlanta Hall
The American anti tuberculosis congress met at the hall of representatives in the state capitol Atlanta on Monday with about 490 physicians attending from across the United States east of the Rocky mountains and several prominent European representatives.
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Atlanta
Hall of Representatives
State Capitol
United States
Rocky Mountains
Europe
Anti Cigarette Bill Becomes Law In Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin April 14 Governor Robert M La Follette signed the anti cigarette bill prohibiting sale or manufacture of cigarettes tobacco or paper and the giving away of cigarette papers. The law takes effect July 1.
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Madison
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Ex-G. A. R. Commander Dead in Albany
Gen John Palmer former commander in chief of the G A R died in Albany after a long illness from a Civil War spinal wound. He suffered the wound since the conflict and died Saturday.
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Albany
N. Y
John Palmer
Wisconsin May Tax Bachelors Bill Reported Favorably
The Cleary bill to tax bachelors has been favorably reported to the assembly. Men eligible for male, but who dodge it, are to pay the state ten dollars a year.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Assembly
Fatal Panic Among Newsboys Tramples Four to Death in Indianapolis
Four newsboys were killed and twenty six injured in a false alarm fire panic at the Masonic Temple in Indianapolis on April 18. A traveling patent medicine rep distributed theater passes, and a shout of Fire. caused a crush on the narrow stairs as eager youths sought exits. Names given include Ed Morrissey 12 Louis Scheigert 15 Carl Laurel 13 Homer Williamson 11. Police struggled to control crowds as anxious families arrived, while hundreds of other newsies continued to the theater.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Masonic Temple
Washington Street
Capitol Avenue
Ed Morrissey
Louis Scheigert
Carl Laurel
Homer Williamson
Dunne's peace plan to end Ward strike fails
Chicago April 19 Mayor Dunne formally notified leaders of the Montgomery Ward garment workers strike that his settlement plan failed utterly. He sought arbitration to end the dispute but was rejected by the National Wholesale Tailors' association and the Employers' association. Union officials vowed to press the strike to a successful finish, even if it requires Chicago's organized masses.
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Chicago
Dunne
Montgomery Ward & Co
Garment Workers
National Wholesale Tailors’ Association
Employers’ Association
Body of Paul Jones to be brought to America
The state department advised Ambassador Porter that an American squadron will transport Paul Jones’s body to the United States, likely in June. The French government is expected to join in an imposing funeral pageant as the body departs Paris, with a large escort of French soldiers and sailors planned for June 14 before the French national holiday.
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America
Paris
State Department
Porter
Paul Jones
United States
Priest Dies Suddenly Amid Parish Visit in St Louis
Rev Father John Kiely, professor of French at St Louis University, collapsed and died while visiting a ill parishioner. In Mexico City the mints have ended the policy of free coinage of silver as of April 18.
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St. Louis
Father John Kiely
St. Louis University
Mexico City
Russian fleet poised near Formosa in high stakes clash
London reports Admiral Ro jestvensky's battle fleet moving north to meet Japan's Togo in a decisive engagement. Russian officials justify, while Hongkong dispatches place ships in Kamranh Bay near Saigon. French neutrality measures in Indo China heightened as tension rises.
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London
Rosestvensky
Togo
Formosa
Kamranh Bay
Saigon
Cochin
China
Hongkong
France
Japan
Paris
Rojestvensky
Kamrahn Bay
Formosan
Kelung
Indo-China
M. Beau
Supreme Court Declares New York Ten Hour Day Unconstitutional
Washington April 18 The U S Supreme Court in an opinion by Justice Peckham held unconstitutional the New York law making ten hours a day's work and sixty hours a week a maximum. Justices Harlan White Day and Holmes dissented and Justice Harlan called it the most important decision of the century.
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Washington
Justice Peckham
Supreme Court of the United States
New York
Harlan, White
Day
Holmes
Harlan
Oldest Lighthouse Keeper Miss Harriette Colfax Dies
Laporte Ind April 18 Miss Harriette E Colfax cousin of former Vice President Schuyler Colfax and longtime Michigan City lighthouse keeper on Lake Michigan is dead at 81 She was the oldest lighthouse keeper in the United States service until her retirement last fall.
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Laporte
Ind
Harriette E. Colfax
Schuyler Colfax
Michigan City
Lake Michigan
Colfax
United States Service
Antwerp Plans Massive Port Expansion To Lead World Trade
Antwerp April 18 The chamber of commerce unanimously approved the government scheme for a vast extension to make Antwerp the largest port in the world. The project is estimated to cost 40,000,000 dollars and will be submitted to parliament for speedy action.
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Antwerp
Chamber of Commerce
Railway Men to Meet in Washington May 4-10
Nearly 1 000 delegates from owners and operating officials of upwards of 400 000 miles of railway in 44 countries will attend the International Railway congress ten days of sessions in Washington beginning May 4 next.
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Washington
International Railway Congress
Reelected Senator Taliaferro by Florida joint assembly
Jacksonville April 19 Senator James P. Taliaferro was formally reelected to the United States Senate by the Florida joint legislative assembly for the term ending 1911.
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Jacksonville
Fla
James P. Taliaferro
United States Senate
Joint Assembly of
State Legislature
Remains of Paul Jones Found in Paris Vault
Paris reports ambassador Porter leading a wide search yielding the leaden coffin of Paul Jones, well preserved by alcohol. Four lead caskets were found, with three bearing the deceased’s names. the fourth lacked a plate. The body will be placed in a handsome casket at the American church vault on Avenue de L Alma for transport to the United States for burial.
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Paris
Ambassador Porter
Paul Jones
Gen
Porter
Col
Bally Blanchard
Wels
Avenue de L’alma
United States
Dry Sunday In St Louis For 24 Hours
St Louis observed the law on a dry Sunday for the first time in six years with all saloons closed from midnight Saturday. Barbers shops news stands cigar shops small grocers delicatesen stores and downtown restaurants also shut down for the 24 hour Sabbath.
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St Louis
St. Louis
Good Roads Gospel Train Expands Across Iowa
The Good Roads Gospel Train travels through Iowa delivering lectures on road improvement to farmers with practical demonstrations. The program follows the Corn Gospel Trains and draws strong local interest as meetings are well attended across towns.
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Good Roads
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Iowa
Various notable deaths and events from the week ending April 19
Samuel R Boyd a 45 year old lawyer was found dead in Cynthiana Kentucky. James Lewis was killed by John Morton in Lexington. Dr Edward Alderman elected president of the University of Virginia. Five elephants lost at sea from a Calcutta bound ship. St Louis post office station to close April 30. Mrs Mary Wood Swift elected president of the National Council of Women. NAEs next session set for Asbury Park and Ocean Grove New Jersey. Kaleieff executed for assassination of Grand Duke Sergius in St Petersburg. Kingston Ontario gas buoy explosion kills one and injures four. Catherine Danz must hang for murder in Pennsylvania. William Livesey dies in Detroit of apoplexy aged 72. William Mohr kills his brother then himself in California. Boucheir children burned to death near Quebec. Elliott Northcott named US attorney for Southern West Virginia. Houston shooting leaves two dead and two injured. Fire destroys half of Clendenin West Virginia. Dowie closes options on 2,000,000 acres in Tamaulipas. Nan Patterson faces murder trial in New York. Dr J Lee Adams dies in Washington at 63. Alexander and Wesley Miller killed by train in Cincinnati. President Diaz leaves for Parque Station to hunt deer. Finnish miners in Montana plan socialist colony near Havana. Des Moines insane jury rules Mrs Nettie Craven insane. Marquette clubman shoots himself amid temporary insanity.
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Samuel R. Boyd
Cynthiana
James Lewis
John Morton
Lexington
Edward Anderson Alderman
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Calcutta
United States
Cortelyou
St. Louis
National Council of Women
Washington
Mary Wood Swift
San Francisco
National Educational Association
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
N. J
Kaleieff
Supreme Court
St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Sergius
Scout
Kingston
Ont
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Catherine Danz
William G. Danz
William Livesey
Pennsylvania
Detroit
Mich
William Mohr
Henry Mohr
San Joaquin County
Cal
George
Bouchier
Ste. Anne de Pocatiere
Quebec
Bowchier
Elliott Northcott
West Virginia
Houston
Tex
Charles Hottle
J. J. Carter
John Dunlap
Clendeonin
W. Va
Samuel Byerman
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Tamalipas
Mex
Zion
Nan Patterson
New York
Caesar Young
J. Lee Adams
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue Office
Alexander
Wesley Miller
Cincinnati
Diaz
Mexico City
Parque Station
Cuernavaca
Montana
Havana
Cuba
Des Moines
Nettie Craven
Senator Fair
Marquette Club
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John Goff
Alexander Lambert
P. B. Stewart
Charley Penny
Loeb
Elmer Chapman
Chapman
Michigan Bank
Get-Rich-Quick
Bear
Muzhik
Sterling
Lamoille
C. A. Johnson
Clinton
William Lambert
Lincoln
Charles Easting
C. R. Skaer
Latham
Marion
Bessie Jordan
Mary
Race and
Thirteenth Streets
Massachusetts Senate
Betsy Ross
Fort Madison
Rachel J. Wilson Albright
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Louis Cartell Pest Ee
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