Roosevelt Begins West Tour with Evanston Stop
President Roosevelt launched the 66 day Western tour with a brisk 8:45 a.m. arrival in Evanston. He was greeted by Mayor Harrison and a large crowd, then met Northwestern University students before a luncheon and a day full of university visits and a Monroe Doctrine address later in the tour.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
West
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Charles S. Deneen
Evanston
Northwestern University
Auditorium
University of Chicago
Deneen
Auditorium Theatre
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Shamrock III Trials Show Challenger Extends Lead
Gourock April 2 The Shamrock II T trials ran in fresher but steadier wind. The Shamrock I held at first but the Shamrock II edged ahead on every tack and beat by four minutes in close windward work. A spinnaker run widened the gap to four to five miles as the challenger swept clear.
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Gourock
Shamrock I
Point
Skelmorlie
Rothesay
Balloonists fatally injured in Hungary accident
In Buda Pest on April 2 a balloon accident fatally wounded ex-Deputy Ordody Lieut Kral and M Kubik a brother of a Diet member. Captain Tolnay of the navy was injured as the balloon broke away during inflation and the car dropped, Ordody fell on a factory roof and Kubik was badly hurt while Kral punctured the balloon.
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Ordody
Lieut
Kral
M. Kubik
Diet
Tolnay
Navy
M. Ordody
Capt. Tolnay
Nine Weeks Old Bull Calf Sells for Record Sum
Utica, April 2 Henry Stevens of Laconia paid 4000 dollars for a nine weeks old bull calf. The calf’s dam is Sadie Vale Concordia holder of world records for milk and butter production. Sire is Beryl Wayne a prize winning bull. Born January 22 the price is believed to be the largest ever paid for a nine weeks old animal.
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Utica
N. Y
Henry Stevens
Laconia
Sadie Vale
Nude body sighted from ship during quarantine at sea
New York on April 2 reports that people aboard the White Star liner Oceanic, under quarantine, saw a nude male body drift near the Narrows. The man had a missing left leg at the knee and a missing left arm, inducing a grim scene at sea.
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New York
White Star
Mner Oceanic
Narrows
Labor Riot at Pennsylvania Bridge Sparks Cross-State Flight
In Trenton on April 2 a riot at Pennsylvania Railroad bridge operations saw 25 union workers from Newark attack non-union labor, injuring several as stones and missiles flew. One foreman narrowly escaped injury when a sledgehammer nearly struck him, prompting the crowd to split and damage derrick ropes before fleeing into Pennsylvania as police arrived. Non-union workers planned to return to work the next day.
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Trenton
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Newark
Pennsylvania
Turkeys Regret Over Mitrovitza Consul Attack
Details from Constantinople show an Albanian soldier killed a Russian consul at Mitrovitza after a Turkish escort accompanied him to inspect batteries. A sentry shot the consul in the back, then Albanian guard fired and died. Grand vizier and palace officials expressed regret to the Russian ambassador as Albanian battalions were watched to prevent disorder.
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Constantinople
M. St. Cherbina
Mitrovitza
Inter State Commerce Probe Opens in Los Angeles
The Interstate Commerce Commission starts sessions in Los Angeles next Tuesday to probe alleged pooling between Southern Pacific and Santa Fe. Plaintiffs include the Southern California Fruit Exchange and Consolidated Forwarding Co. The case questions the impact of the California citrus shipping combine on shippers and railroad pricing.
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San Francisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
California
Southern California Fruit Exchange
Consolidated Forwarding Company
Southern California
Commission
the Chronicle
Refugee religious orders seek to open in Louisiana
Despatch from New Orleans reports Bishop Rouxel overrun with applications from refugee French orders. Some convents may house the sisters, but no action will be taken until Archbishop Chapelle returns, expected around Easter.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Rouxel
Archbishop Chapelle
France
Louisiana
Saloon Rampage Leaves Two Dead in Seattle
Daniel McCauley, drunk on whiskey, opened fire on a crowd in a Seattle saloon. James Clark and William McLaughlin were killed, an unknown man seriously wounded, and McCauley was fatally wounded by Patrolman Griffith while trying to flee.
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Seattle
Wash
Daniel McCauley
James Clark
William McLaughlin
McCauley
Griffith
Presbytery Urges Action Against Senator Smoot
In Bloomfield New Jersey on April 2 at Westminster Presbyterian church the spring meeting of the Presbytery of Newark heard a communication from Rev John L Richardson of Salt Lake City urging the body to influence Senators Kearn and Dryden to protest Utah Senator Smoots seat in the United States Senate.
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N. J
Presbytery
Newark
Westminster Presbyterian Church
John L. Richardson
Salt Lake City
Smoot
Utah
Kearn and Dryden
United States Senate
Attempt to Close It Not Yet Successful
About 25 knitters stayed out of the Lawrence hosiery as the Textile council debated closing the plant. The council approved an order by Representative Hayes under strict conditions and prepared to study the hosiery’s books with sworn testimony and legal counsel. Nourse indicated the mill could run with remaining knitters, and the plant showed no immediate shutdown despite labor actions.
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Lawrence
W. H. S. Hayes
Representative Hayes
Carders’ Hall
Conroy
James McCann
Michael Dugan
Hayes
Boston
Middlesex Street
Myers
Lowell
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Massachusetts
Hudson River
Spinners’ Hall
Nourse
American Federation of Labor
Berard’s Larceny Case Delayed for Further Inquiry
In a police court case, Pearl H. Berard pleaded guilty to larceny of a $22 gold watch and a $6 gold chain from Vira M. Floyd. The court postponed a final disposition for a week. Berard has a lengthy record, with prior charges and a recent boarding-house incident. Several other drunks faced sentences, including Frances E. Connelly and Lawrence Mellen, while Mary B. Davis and John J. Melvin were also noted.
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Vira M. Floyd
Menard
Commonwealth
Lancaster
Hurd Street
Berard
Daniel Floyd
Princeton Street
Chelmsford
Pearl
Floyd
Laflamme
Maher
Boston
Pawtucket, R. L
Smith and Spaulding
Frances E. Connelly
Hadley
Honor
Frances
Lawrence Mellen
John J. Melvin
State Farm
Mary B. Davis
James J. Cogan
Rose McAndrews
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promoted By Doctor Endorsement
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is advertised as the remedy doctors prescribe for pale thin people. The ad urges readers to learn all there is to know about the product and its health benefits.
Conductor Wage Talks Move With New Haven Line
In New Haven on April 2 the conductors case was advanced after a long series of sessions. The directors committee and railroad officials opened a meeting with President Hall to discuss a new wage scale authorized by the board in response to the conductors demand. The committee learned of concessions informally before the formal presentation.
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New Haven, Carth
New York, New Haven,& Hartford Railroad
Erievance
President Hall
Board of Directors
Rockefeller buys oil land in Canada near Blomident shore
Halifax reports that Mr Rockefeller has taken up a tract of land in Kings and Hanto counties near the Blomident shore where oil traces were found. The American financier recently promised aid to Acadia College in Wolfville and had inquiries routed via an Acadia official, with information conveyed through the college president after a private interview.
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Halifax
Kings and Hanto
Blomident
Rockefeller
Acadia College
Wolfville
Acadia
Missing man found at city almshouse
Phillipe Genelle aged 75 of 267 Cheever Street was reported missing by relatives on Wednesday and found at the city almshouse this morning. He sought to relieve his relatives of caregiving burdens and turned to city charity, and will be returned home.
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Phillipe Genelle
Cheever Street
Wireless Times Begins Wireless Service In London
A London Times second edition reports the start of wireless telegraph news service, marking the first appearance of this service in the paper since its inauguration on Monday. The report cites New York dispatches and the April 1 date, confirming the new communication method in the Times.
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Wireless
London
New York
London Times
Bubonic Plague Reappears in Egypt Amid Cholera in Alexandria
Cairo reports the bubonic plague reappearing in parts of Egypt while cholera cases are rising in Alexandria. The health scare prompts officials to warn residents and monitor outbreaks across major cities.
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Cairo
Egypt
Alexandria
Jeffries Corbett Bout Set For Yosemite Club City
The Yosemite Club in San Francisco California will stage the heavyweight championship clash between James J Jeffries and James J Corbett in late August. The club will guarantee either $20 000 in cash or 70 percent of gross receipts, not both, with the principals to decide by May 15.
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San Francisco
Yosemite Club
James J. Jeffries
James J. Corbett
Noted Maine Baptist leader Rev Al bert Dunn dies at 60
Rev Al bert Teele Dunn D D corresponding secretary of the Maine Baptist convention and key figure in the inter denominational commission Maine Sunday School association and Maine Bible society died after rheumatism and Brights disease illness He was born Fairfax Vermont May 6 1850 and served as pastor in East Poultney Stoughton Street Boston Free Street Portland later becoming Maine Baptist convention secretary He married Gertrude Cottrell in 1872 and Elizabeth Walker in 1884 He is survived by his widow and two sons Lewis Walker and Fred Ballentyne.
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Waterville
Albert Teele Dunn
Maine Baptist Missionary Convention
Inter-Denominational Commission
Maine Sunday School Association
Maine Bible Society
Bright
Dr. Dunn
Fairfax, Vt
Lewis A
Lucy Teele Dunn
Colgate University
Hamilton
N. Y
Newton Theological Seminary
Baptist Church
East Poultney
Stoughton Street Baptist Church
Boston
Free Street Baptist Church
Portland
Dunn
Maine Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Masonic Fraternity
Gertrude A. Cottrell
Elizabeth F. Walker
Lewis Walker
Fred Ballentyne
Robbers Blow Open Assonet Rail Safe
The safe in the Assonet station of the New York, New Haven Hartford line seven miles north was blown open by nightly thieves and about $50 taken. A note left on the telegraph operator’s table read find nitro glycerine in the safe. Also a small ad seeks a cook or second girl for a small family at 8 8 Concord street Nashua New Hampshire.
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Fall River
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Here
Concord Street
Nashua
N. H
Card of Thanks and Local Want Ads
Card of Thanks thanks friends and Lowell police for floral tribute to Isaac L. Libby. Then assorted want notices: laundry or house cleaning by a woman. 7 room cottage for rent in Highlands with garden. distributor of samples for 3 daily. sale of Buff Wyandottes eggs. cook or second girl needed. competent second girl call evenings at 24 Nesmith Street.
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Mabel
Isaac L. Libby
Lowell
East Merrimack Street
Highlands
Robbins Street
Willis Farrington’s
Nesmith Street
Lawrence Hosiery Gates Quiet Amidst Work at Mill
A small crowd of operatives mainly foreigners gathered at the Lawrence hosiery gates this morning, fearing interference with workers. They watched a quiet orderly procession of men and women enter the mill without disturbance, a typical scene of normal mill city activity.
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Lawrence Hosiery
Hayes Order Debate From Textile Council Leader
President Conroy of the Textile council tells a Courier-Citizen reporter the Hayes Order may yield some good but its true impact rests on who composes it. discussion continues among local labor leaders.
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Conroy
Hayes
Textile Council
Courier-Citizen
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