Swift Pack ing Company leader Gustavus Franklin Swift dies
Gustavus Franklin Swift, 63, president of the Swift Packing Co, died at his Chicago home from internal hemorrhages after a gall bladder operation. Born in Sandwich Massachusetts in 1839, he built a meat business into a vast national firm with refrigerated transport and offices across the United States and abroad. His death followed a hopeful recovery, and his son Herbert learned of the loss while en route East. The Swift fortune is estimated up to ten million dollars.
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Chicago
Gustavus Franklin Swift
Swift Packing Company
Ellis Avenue
Mr. Swift
Herbert L. Swift
Boston
Harrisburg
Sandwich
Tlass
Jie
Massachusetts
Swift
Nacker
St. Louis
Kansas City
Indiana miners back 32 percent wage rise in vote
Terre Haute Ind March 30 a majority of about 10 000 bituminous miners in Indiana voted to accept operators demand for last year’s agreement with a 32 percent wage increase The miners delegates meet this afternoon to receive the first official returns The issue included operators hiring experts to fire shots in Clinton district mines Caton miners voted not to strike.
Immigrant Arrivals at Ellis Island Break Sunday Record
Immigrant arrivals at Ellis Island Sunday set a new harbor record as 4,569 men women and children passed through the chutes aboard the Philadelphia Campania Savdle and Graf Waldersee and were sent to their new homes or detained for further check by Commissioner Williams's staff.
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New York
Ellis Island
Harbor
Williams
Philadelphia
Campania
Robbers Hold Up Saloon In Atchigan
Two masked robbers held up three men at George Keene's saloon in East Atchigan at midnight. After taking 106 dollars and some jewelry they locked the victims in an ice-box and escaped in a stolen rig. The men were soon released.
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Atchigan
Kan
George Keene
East Atchigan
Saloon Brawl Turns Fatal in Alexandria Neighborhood
George Ptroud stabbed and killed Joseph in a saloon brawl in Alexandria late Friday night. Police say the incident occurred near doors as patrons clashed. investigation ongoing with no immediate arrests reported.
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Anderson
Ind
George Ptroud
Joseph Ethe
Alexandria
That Tired Feeling Reflects Spring Blood Toxins
The passage claims spring fatigue signals blood deficiency and compares it to pimples indicating impurity. It warns readers to heed the warning, presenting a caution about health and vitality in seasonal change.
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Ad Claim
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills promising new life courage strength and animation by cleansing blood and improving complexion. A customer testimonial from Mrs. C. M. Roor of Gilead Connecticut says it helped her sleep cured fatigue and scrofula.
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Hood
Will Keep Cool Captain Coffin Leads North Pole Quest
Tromsoe Norway March 30 Captain Coffin and twelve men prepare to begin the Zeigler Arctic expedition. The team sails toward uncharted ice regions seeking discovery and glory in extreme conditions.
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North Pole
Tromsoe
Norway
Captain Coffin
Repairs Complete for Expedition Steamship America
The expedition announces the repairs to the steamship America are finished. All stores will be purchased in the United States.
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Tion
America
United States
Treaty of reciprocity approved by Cuban senate
The Cuban senate approved the Cuba United States treaty of reciprocity at 8 o clock Saturday night with nine opposed. The vote followed an assurance from President Roosevelt to call a special session before December 1 and was conveyed by President Palma.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Senate of the
Senate
Hay
Roosevelt
Congress
Palma
Prince Victoria voyage and Chilean rioting murder
March 30 report from Victoria B C notes the steamer Princess Victoria at Coreoma March 6. Captain Gondell an American citizen from Cousins Coal Chile was murdered by rioters amid post election unrest. A Chilean cruiser arrived next day, six rioters were executed on the beach.
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Victoria
B. C
Canadian Pacific Navigation
Princess Victoria
Coreona
Gondell
Cousins Coal Company of
Chile
Bridge company hires workers and detectives amid Ohio River project
Marietta Ohio March 30 The American Bridge Company brought fifty workmen and twenty detectives to the city. The workers are non-union and the presence of detectives indicates vigilance over the new Ohio River bridge project. Strikers are in town and trouble is feared. The company previously faced low takeup but has now reinforced staffing with both workers and security.
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Marietta
American Bridge Company
Ohio River
Bridge Company
Family man braves 18 miles for Dr King's New Discovery
W H Brown of Leesville Indiana endured asthma torment as his family feared death. He rode 18 miles to obtain Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He reports instant relief and now sleeps soundly each night.
City Under Water in Greenville as Flood Rises
Greenville Mississippi reports show backwater from LaGrange crevasse rising slowly with nearly all the city submerged. Relief boats operate while authorities cut the northern levee to drain water. rumors of dire destruction are denied though crops and farms suffer and many residents lack food while on housetops awaiting rescue.
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Greenville
Miss
LaGrange Crevasse
Wdes Lake
Vicksburg
West Virginia Strikers Said to Plot Mine Attacks
Deputy U S Marshal Cunningham reports an affidavit from former miners' union member James Young alleging a plot to dynamite W P Read drift mines on Arbuckle Creek Fayette County and to assault mine guards at Rend works. Notary S L Walker verifies the statements. Further evidence will be gathered for grand jury presentation.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
United States
Dan Cunningham
Raleigh County
B Stamaford
Marshal Cunningham
Miners’ Union
W. P. Read
Arbuckle Creek
Fayette County
Grand Jury
Indiana coach accidentally kills friend with hammer
Bruce Lockridge of Roann Indiana, a coach for the Bloomington University of Indiana track team, was struck in the forehead by a twelve pound hammer thrown by J R Horne at the male high school grounds in Louisville. He died an hour later. Horne expressed grief over the accident.
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Louisville
Bruce Lockridge
Roann
Ind
University of Indiana At
Bloomington
J. R. Horne
Indiana University
Lockridge
Horne
Norton
Death by Own Action Tolling His Own Knell in Church
Joseph Krock, 60, sexton of St. John's Catholic Church in New Haven Indiana, hanged himself in the organ loft using a rope for the funeral bell. The death desecrates the sanctuary, requiring reconsecration before services can resume.
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Sexton
New Haven
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Joseph Krock
St. John’s Catholic Church
Krock
Levee Breach at Lucy Crevasse Narrowed Again
In New Orleans on March 30 the second attempt to close the Lucy crevasse failed as the upper end gave way. Texas and Pacific forces restart with a larger workforce, hoping for success. The crevasse is now about 450 feet wide and flooding a large area.
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New Orleans
Lucy
Texas & Pacific
Scranton miners await April coal price circular
In Scranton Pennsylvania miners await the April circular from operators expected to set the year’s coal rates. Historically prices drop 50 cents on April 1 then rise 10 cents monthly for five months, recouping the loss before winter. Current price is $5 per ton with potential moves under the strike commission award.
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Scranton
Evansville Business Leaders Form Secret Union Front
Over a hundred top Evansville businessmen form a secret organization to oppose boycotts and guard non union and independent labor. Led by T Weston Goodwin editor of the Bazoo Sedalia Mo the group plans to keep its methods secret as labor threats loom with upcoming April 1 wage demands. Similar groups exist in Bloomington Scranton Wilkes Barre and Sedalia.
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Evansville
Ind
T. Weston Goodwin
The
Bazoo
Sedalia
St. Louis
Bloomington, Ill
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Daughters of John Osborne Smash Saloon Doors
In Winfield Kansas on March 30 two of John Osborne's daughters armed with pistols and hatchets forced entry to two saloons while seeking their brother. They battered Art Schmidt's door and threatened the bartender who hid behind the counter as bottles and glasses were smashed. At Chad Thomas' saloon they broke a large front window after being refused admission. No arrests reported.
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Winfield, Kan
John Osborne
Art Schmidt
North Main Street
Chad Thomas
Inquest Reopened in Death of Edwin L. Burdick
Buffalo New York March 806 Justice Murphy reopened the inquest into Edwin L. Burdick death at 10 this morning Three or four witnesses will be examined and the inquest will be closed First witnesses called were Alexander J Quinn bartender and F G Hall King cashier of the Hotel Roland New York alleged Arthur Pennell threatened to kill someone
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Buffalo
N. Y
Roosevelt Party Will Cruise Aboard Mayflower This Week
Mrs Roos evelt and her children will sail on the Mayflower this week for a projected cruise. They bade farewell to the president who departs on a Western trip Wednesday morning and boarded the Mayflower at the navy yard where it has been moored. If weather permits the ship will sail into the open sea. The start from the yard was made early this morning.
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Washington
Macedonian Band Annihilated in Balkan Conflict
Reports from Belgrade say a Sar Saffo leadership band of forty rebels is nearly destroyed with twenty nine killed at Vladimirov and others at Posareshe. At Raslovzi near Serres a Turkish force killed thirteen revolutionary Macedonians.
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Vienna
Belgrade
Sarafoff
Vladimirov
Posareshe
Raslovzi
Serres
This Years Seal Catch Arrives From Ice Fields
The seal steamers Virginia Lake and Aurora arrived from the ice fields reporting 238000 seals caught by two thirds of the fleet. They estimate the total catch for the year will reach about 360000 seals.
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St. John
N. F
Virginia Lake
Aurora
Chicago youth commits suicide in Manhattan hotel room
Herman Bowman Esher, 25, of Chicago and said Yale student, killed himself with a bullet in his Manhattan Hotel room Sunday. Letters in the room show he was greatly worried, likely over business matters, though the letters reveal little about the cause.
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New York
Herman Bowman Esher
Chicago
Yale University
Manhattan
Insurance Agent Found Dead in Rich Hotel Room
John M. Gresham of Indianapolis, agent for American Central Life Insurance, was found dead in a Rich hotel room in Fort Wayne. Officials said morphine overdose caused death, with no suicide note. he had been drinking for a week and was found with three morphine boxes in his pockets.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
John M. Gresham
American Central Life Insurance Company
Indianapolis
Fountain county grand jury probes Mrs Drake poisoning case
The Fountain county grand jury has not completed its inquiry into Mrs. Robert Drake accused of poisoning her husband at their Harveysburg home and remains under arrest. Many witnesses are being examined and no new information has emerged, while Harveysburg residents maintain strong feelings about the case.
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Covington
Ind
Fountain County
Grand Jury
Robert Drake
Harveysburg
Rural telephone system planned around Wabash this spring
A complete rural telephone system will be built around Wabash this spring by the Home Telephone Company. The company has applications for 200 to 300 phones from farmers. Trunk lines will run on principal roads and party line wires will serve farm houses. Independent switchboards will be installed in some smaller towns.
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Wabash
Indy
Home Teleephone Company
New Trial Granted in Perjury Case at Anderson
Walter Muessel, South Bend brewer, has been granted a new trial by Judge McClure in the circuit court at Anderson. He was convicted of perjury weeks earlier and had been jailed pending the motion for a new trial. A second trial is expected to be scheduled.
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Skagway
Alaska
Charles Faulkner
Titcher
Eighth Infantry
Faulkner
West Virginia
Peking
Anderson
Ind
Walter Muessel
South Bend
McClure
Circuit Court
Muessel
Fatal Quarrel Over Squirrels in Cumberland
A brief news item from Cumberland Indian Territory reports a fatal quarrel over a matter involving Lath or Mays and William Sethwell, details unclear due to damaged text.
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Squirrele
Cumberland, I. T
William Seth
Bedridden Man Finds Relief After Electric Bitters
An elderly resident named J. J. Havens of Vere Sailles Ohio endured years of kidney troubles and poor care. He finally used Electric Bitters, which quickly revived him and restored strength, ending his prolonged distress.
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J. J. Havens
Veresailles
Robbery at Brohman’s Department Store in Mitchell
In Mitchell Indiana on March 80 the Brohman’s department store was robbed of dry goods clothing shoes and suitcases. Thieves gained entry through the front door using a key. A $60 reward was offered for their capture. This marks the third robbery at the store in recent weeks.
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Mitchell
Ind
Brohman‘s
Atmosphere Clearing In Indianapolis Republicans Show Unity
Indianapolis March 30. Republicans in the city convention stayed harmonious with no bolting. Some opponents accepted defeat and remained orderly. Mayor Bookwalter’s speech eased fears and finances are praised as businesslike with expense cuts. Addison Harris draws gossip as a potential future senator though not seeking office. Gambling agitation continues amid disputes over protection, while George F. McCulloch rises as a local power with past leadership in Highth district.
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Indianapolis
Bookwalter
Addison C. Harris
Destructive Freight Wreck Fatal at Huntingburg
A freight wreck on the Evanaville branch near Huntingburg Indiana involved an extra coal train under Conductor Pritchett. Engineer Thomas Nelson escaped with injuries to the cab while Head Brakeman Lanham was killed, buried beneath the tender amid mangled remains.
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Huntingburg
Ind
Evanaville
Pritchett
Thomas Nelson
W. W. Myers
Nelson
Lanham
Ferryboat Boundbrook Burns in New Jersey Dock Fire
The double decked ferry Boundbrook of the Central Railroad of New Jersey burned to the waterline Sunday afternoon in New York. No passengers were aboard as the fire was discovered while the boat was out of service for the day.
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New York
Boundbrook
Central Railroad of
New Jersy
Pontiff Plans Consistory May End or Early June
The pope intends to hold a consistory at the end of April or early May mainly for bishop appointments. No decision yet on new cardinals and foreigners is uncertain. In the U.S. Harry Sanderson, 19, admitted arson at E W Rogers & Sons cotton batting factory, claiming three prior fires with $15,000 loss. In Pierre, S D a murder case emerges as dismembered body ofrew Demler found, with suspect William Kunnecke jailed.
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Rome
Lockport
N. Y
Harry Sanderson
Bridgeport
Conn
E. W. Rogers & Sons
Stockwell
Pierre
S. D
Stanley County
Wm. Kunnecke
Cottonwood Creek
Rew Demler
Fort Pierre
Demler
Kunnecke
Dr Richard C Flower Granted Bail in Larceny Indictments
New York report says Dr Richard C Flower, facing multiple larceny indictments, has been admitted to bail set at 20000 dollars. Local authorities continue to pursue the case as court actions proceed.
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Flower
New York
Richard C. Flower
Strike across industries disrupts Mahoning County labor
One thousand brewery employees strike in Mahoning City Pennsylvania while Lowell cotton mills close leaving 17,000 idle. A fire call in Pittsburg costs one firefighter life and injures three others. A coal mine near Havre Montana is reported. Cuban senate approves reciprocity with the United States by nine votes. Robbers in Cleveland suburb suffer casualties as bandits killed and wounded. San Miguel confirmed dead and burial arranged for Friday fight near Marquina.
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Havre
Mont
Turner
Oxford
Gustavus F. Swift
Chicago
Pittsburg
Lowell
Slatovsk
Russia
Senate
United States
Cleveland
San Miguel
Mariquina
Dartmouth Freshmen Drowned Canoeing In Connecticut River
Robert M. Baker of Worcester and John B. Kenerson of Roxbury both freshmen at Dartmouth and Phi Gamma Delta members were drowned while canoeing in the Connecticut River on Sunday.
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Hanover
N. H
Robert M. Baker
Worcester
Mass
John B. Kenerson
Roxbury
Dartmouth College
Phi Gamma Dela Fraternity
Connecticut River
Lumber Yard Fire Destroys McCutchan Company in Evansville
The J. H. McCutchan & Co. lumber yard in Evansville Indiana burned Saturday night. Loss estimated at thirty thousand dollars with some insurance. Fire origin currently undetermined.
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Evansville
Ind
J. H. McCutchan & Co
Times Publishes York Dispatches via Wireless Telegraphy
The Times reports two York dispatches transmitted by Marconi wireless telegraphy. Each dispatch contains about 150 words and was published in the morning edition from London on March 30. The items cover current events relayed by wireless means.
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London
the Times
York
Marconi
Boy Shot Playmate in Oklahoma Territory Incident
In Wanamaker Oklahoma Territory eight year old Hobart Duncan shot and killed his playmate William Roberts after commands to halt were refused. The Lamp Exploded in South Bend Indiana killing ex mayor Pond. In Philadelphia William W. McKean, longtime editor in chief of the Public Ledger, dies at eighty three.
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Wanamaker
O. T
Hobart Duncan
William Roberts
Young Roberts
Duncan
South Bend
Ind
J Pond
Dowagh
Philadelphia
William VW. McKean
The
Public Ledger
Consulship Vacancy and Delayed Oath in South Pacific Island
A Pacific coast federal judge recounts a consul appointment delayed by lack of a local magistrate and a king who fled to the brush. The consul sailed from San Francisco with the oath to follow, waited years for word, and finally took office after locating the king on a nearby island and swearing in, nearly two years after appointment.
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South Pacific
San Francisco
State Department
Bhim
State
Depa
South Sea Island
Elephant bonds in distressing Midnapur tale from Bengal
A wild elephant and its younger mate caused crop damage in Midnapur district. Baba Ganjan Lal Malla shot the larger to disable it. The second elephant tended the wounded cousin for a month, then mourned the death with the dying animal and vanished, per London Express.
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Bengal
Baba Ganjan Lal’Malla
London Express
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