President Roosevelts Southwest trip begins after White House delay
President Roosevelt departs Washington on a deluxe three car special train for a southwest journey to attend Rough Riders reunion in San Antonio and hunt in Oklahoma and Colorado. He travels with Cortelyou Metcalf Lam bert and other aides as he plans stops in Louisville St. Louis Sherman Dallas and Fort Worth before continuing west. Officials report a brief delay from a carriage horse mishap without injuries.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roosevelt
Southwest
Cortelyou
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Baltimore
White House
William Loeb, Jr
S. B. M. Young
Alexander Lambert
G. R. Fortescue
M. C. Latta
J. L. McGrew
H. A. Strohmeyer
The
Rough Riders
San Antonio
Tex
Oklahoma
Colorado
Louisville
St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
An Antonio
Sherman
Dallas
Lambert
New York
Committee eyes adding streets to fire district
The committee on ordinances and legislation surveys Market Fenwick Suffolk and Lewis streets this afternoon to assess areas not currently in the fire district. They plan to vote on redrawing district lines to include these streets.
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Market
Fenwick
Suffolk
Lewis
Close call for White linked to New York to New Haven trip
Andrew OD White former Cornell president and ex ambassador to Germany narrowly escaped death when a glass pane shattered on a New York to New Haven Pullman near Rye. He suffered cuts to hands and arms as a pane and hat were destroyed. a woman passenger was slightly hurt. No culprit found, investigators suspect a passing freight car door caused the crash.
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New York
Andrew OD. White
Cornell University
Germany
New Haven
Rye
Mr. White
Diplomat
Roosevelt Visit Sparks Planned Wolf Hunt and Escort
Vinita Oklahoma prepares to host President Roosevelt on his southwestern trip with a reception for visitors. Lawton agrees to wolves hunt in the 480000 acre Southern Oklahoma pasture reserve, aiming for the president to join a wolf drive finale. Col Cecil A Lyon departs to St Louis to meet and escort the party to Sherman Texas for the visit.
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Lawton
O. T
Oklahoma
Sherman, Tex
Col
Cecil A. Lyon
Texas
St. Louis
Sherman
Seven New Firemen Added to Force
Seven new members join the fire department after council approved funding. Candidates include Richard Burns Fletcher street, Joseph Burns High street, John Finnigan Lawrence street, John Russell Protective, W. P. Maker Palmer street, Daniel Conroy Rose 9 Ayer City, and E. H. Dearth Palmer street. They undergo a physical test today to determine appointments.
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Fire Department
Board of Engineers
Appropriations Committee
Richard Burns
Fletcher Street Engine House
Joseph Burns
High Street Engine House
John Finn
Sister of Hyde Park Burned Woman Said To Be Here
Mrs Hannah Schofield, burned to death on her kitchen stove in Hyde Park Sunday evening, is said to have a sister who resides here along with other relatives.
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Hannah Schofield
Hyde Park
Explosion at Leiter mine entombs 30 to 60 men deaths uncertain
News reports from Zeigler Illinois describe a gas explosion at the Joseph Leiter coal mine with varying death tolls from twenty to sixty. Mine wreckage is heavy and the fate of many miners remains unknown amid conflicting messages from Chicago Carbondale and Benton.
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Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Ziegler
Leiter
Carbondale, Iil
Zeigler
Benton
Til
Death of W F Potter Long Island Railroad President
President William F. Potter of the Long Island Railroad died in New York from cerebro spinal meningitis after a month of illness begun with a chill returned from a Pennsylvania railroad board meeting in Philadelphia. He is survived by his wife, two sons Horace and William F. Jr, daughter Sarah, his father Henry C. Potter of Saginaw, and brother Henry C. Potter Jr. He was born in Utica in 1846 and rose from brakeman to general superintendent, then vice president, and president on January 13 following William H. Baldwin Jr.'s death.
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New York
Wm. F. Potter
Long Island Railroad Company
Horace
William F., Jr
Sarah
Henry C. Potter
Saginaw
Mich
Henry C. Potter, Jr
Detroit
Mr. Potter
Utica
N. Y
Flint and
Pere Marquette
Long Island Railroad
William H. Baldwin, Jr
Plumber Choked to Death in North End Hallway
An unknown man around 45, 140 pounds with a gray moustache choked on a piece of ham in a North End hallway. A letter in his pockets bore Edward W. McIntosh and papers bearing the J. W. Stewart plumber Lowell Mass. letterhead. Stewart says McIntosh is a Boston man who had answered his ad to be a plumber and was to visit today. McIntosh had been working recently for a Boston firm on a building in Tewksbury.
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Boston
Edward W. McIntosh
J. W. Stewart
Lowell
Mass
Mr. Stewart
Courier-Citizen
McIntosh
Tewksbury
Kaiyman force pushes Russians from Mienhua village
Tokio reports a Kaiyman unit drove the Russians from Mienhua chief and seized the village and northern heights on March 31. The overall situation in other sectors remained unchanged.
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Tokio
Mienhua Chief
Panama canal commission names and salary plan
Washington April 3. Secretary Taft outlines the new Isthmian canal commission and salaries. Theodore P. Shonts chairs with Charles Magoon John F Wallace Endicott Haines Ernst and Harrod named. Taft and the president explain reorganized duties and costs totaling 102 500 with a top wage of 22 500 for the chair and 17 600 for the chief engineer.
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Washington
New Isthmian Canal Commission
Theo. P. Shonts
Charles E. Magoon
Canal Zone
John F. Wallace
M. T. Endicott
Peter C. Haines
Oswald M. Ernst
Corps Engineers
Benjamin M. Harrod
Wm. H. Burr
Wm. Barclay Parsons
Civil Engineers
Consulting Board of Engineers
Taft
War Dept
Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Congress
Wallace
Canal Commission
Meningitis cases prompt health order and placards in Lowell
Since January thirty four cerebrospinal meningitis cases have been treated by Lowell physicians with seventeen deaths. Two new cases were reported this morning one sent to Lowell Corporation hospital and one kept at home. The Board of Health will placard homes with cases and enforce warnings while continuing cleanup and removal of refuse. A spotted fever case is reported in Cambridge involving Edward Gram of Tewksbury, three years old, staying with grandparents at 128 Thorndike Street East Cambridge.
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Lowell
Lowell Corporation Hospital
Board of Health
Almon R. Pendexter
Knapp
Agent Knapp
Cerebro
Cambridge
Tewksbury
Edward
Charles Gram
Thorndike Street
East Cambridge
Casey
Thomas O. Allen
Cyrus W. Irish
State Board of Health
Fires Keep Firemen Busy Across City and Vicinity
Fire crews battled multiple grass and field blazes from 4:45 a.m. to early afternoon. An automatic alarm at Middlesex mills triggered a leak, with numerous grass fires reported on Andover street Fort Hill park Walker street Broadway Belmont avenue and Stevens street. A large Belmont street field fire near Oaklands burned substantial ground before containment. Minor damages reported.
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Middlesex Mills
Andover Street
Fort Hill Park
Walker Street
Broadway
Fairmount Street
Belmont Avenue
Oaklands
East Lebanon Names New Postmaster Emerson
East Lebanon New Hampshire today appointed Elmer E B Emerson as postmaster. The announcement came from Washington and marks a key local appointment for the town administration and postal service.
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Washington
Elmer EB. Emerson
East Lebanon
N. H
Local court rows through drunken and odd charges at Lowell
Judge Hadley returned after a two week absence to a docket heavy with minor cases and a rowdy set of drunks. Six Greeks fined five dollars each for cards on Sunday sparked laughter as the lengthy complaint about sacred concerts drew ridicule.
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Hadley
Costas Shiracos
Vasilas Andrusos
Nicholas ‘Travely
Peter Tavcolares
George Kuskares
Arthur Thomas
Savage
Renewal of fighting expected soon in Manchuria
April 3 report from Gunshu Pass 108 miles north of Tie Pass Manchuria describes complete Russian army concentration south of Sipinghai with advance lines. Japanese screening movements by cavalry hinder locating their main force. Changtufu railroad station held by Japanese artillery but not a large troop body.
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Gunshu Pass
Tie Pass
Manchuria
Sipinghai
Changtufu
Sbowae Pass
Prince of Wales Undergoes A Morning Operation
The Prince of Wales underwent a slight operation at Marlborough House this morning. Court physicians Sir Francis H. Laking and Sir Frederick Treves signed a statement saying the operation was minor and he will be confined to his room for a few days. No bulletins will be issued as his condition is not serious.
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Prince of Wales
Marlborough House
Francis H. Laking
Frederick Treves
Henry White
Supreme Court Delivers Harriman vs Northern Securities Ruling
In Washington today the Supreme Court handed down the court's opinion in Harriman versus the Northern Securities Company. The motion for immediate mandate was denied and the issuance date set for April 17.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
U. S
Harriman
The
Northern Securities Company
Insurance of all kinds written on automobiles
Insurance of all kinds written on automobiles. Apply to Nicholas G. Norcross, 53 Central street.
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Nicholas G. Norcross
Central Street
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Mary Carton
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Felix Desrosiers
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