World’s Fair dedicatory exercises speakers listed
St Louis March 30 program announced for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition three day dedications opening 1904. Roosevelt and Cleveland to speak April 30 with grand military parade and city honors. Ceremonies include prayers, speeches by Francis Cleveland and Creel, and foreign dignitaries as governors review parades and address the crowd.
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St. Louis
National Commission
Tauisiana
France
United States
Mey Land
Roosevette
Cleveland
Freedom of the City
Marc Wells
Tren
Wur
Henry C. Corbin
Forest Park
Exposition Grounds
Liberal Arts
Francis
Cardinal Gibbons
Fion
Thomas HH. Cartier
Mervens
Wegans
Libecat Arte
Owervin H. Speencer
Hien
John M. Thurston
Naton. &? Commission
Forvdien
Feter
Wiliam H. Thompson
William Fladsey
Natonal Commission
AM. Dockery
Missouri
Gav. Chiell
New York
Bernetersg
Trans-Continental Line to Span Canada From Quebec to Port Simpson
Canada plans a new trans-continental railway with terminals at Quebec in the east and Port Simpson in the west. The line will run parallel to the Canadian Pacific but farther north covering the wheat and pulp wood belt as it traverses central Canada.
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Toronto
Canada
Quebec
Port Simpson
B. C
Canadian Pacific
Fee
Trans-Canada Railway
Reciprocity Treaty Ratified in Cuban Senate Vote
Havana March 29 The reciprocity treaty between Cuba and the United States, amended by the U S Senate, was approved in the Cuban senate at 8 oclock Saturday night by 12 to 9. The approval is absolute and without conditions.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Senate of the
Senate
Farmer Keeps Wheat Sack Standing for Forty Years
London March 30. A Stradbroke Suffolk farmer vowed thirty four years ago not to thresh a wheat sack while the price was under 9 shillings a quarter. He kept his vow and died recently with his sack still standing in the barn.
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London
Stradbroke
Eye
Suffolk
Pennell's Insurance and Tragedy at Locust Point
Buffalo reports Arthur Pennell insured for 35000 in accident cover and 215000 in life policy taken years ago with most policies unpaid. Baltimore details Frederick S Rowe and Edward F Rowe aged 11 and 9 killed by a locomotive at Locust Point. Michigan miners halt work as President Williams orders a coal mine strike pending conference with operators and miners.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Arthur Pennell
Baltimore
Frederick
Rowe
Edward F
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Locust Point
Michigan
Bay City
Mich
Williams
Gustavus Swift Dead Pioneer of Meat Packing Dies at 63
Gustavus Franklin Swift, president of the Swift Packing Co., died at his Chicago home from internal hemorrhage after gall bladder surgery. Born 1839 in Sandwich, Massachusetts, he built a vast meat packing empire with refrigeration innovations and a global reach, leaving a fortune and a sprawling business with hundreds of branches and thousands of employees.
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Chicago
Gustavus Franklin Swift
Swift Packing Co
Ellis Avenue
Mr. Swift
Herbert L. Swift
Boston
Harrisburg
Sandwich
Mass
Massachusetts
Swift
St. Louis
Kansas City
St Joseph
Omaha
St. Paul
Fort Worth
Tex
United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
Saloon Smashers: Sisters Riot in Winfield Salons
Two Osborne sisters armed with pistols and hatchets smashed doors and damaged property while seeking their brother in Winfield Kansas on March 39. They attacked Art Schmidt's North Main saloon, threatened the bartender, and then damaged Chad Thomas' saloon before fleeing. no arrests reported.
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Winfield, Kan
John Osborne
Art Schmidt
North Main Street
Chad Thomas
Immigrant arrivals at Ellis Island break Sunday record
New York report shows Ellis Island processing 47705 arrivals on a single Sunday. The Philadelphia Campania Savoie and Grat Waldersee shipped passengers to homes or detention as Commissioner Williams tallied the day. The influx marks the start of the peak immigration season and authorities expect a record year.
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New York
Ellis Island
Williams
Philadelphia
Campania
Savoie
Russian Orthodox Church consecrated in Chicago
On Leavitt Street and Haddon Avenue the Russian Orthodox Church was consecrated Sunday in a ceremony rich with byzantine symbolism. About five hundred Chicagoans attended as invited guests.
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Chicago
Leavitt Street
Haddon Avenue
Wireless Dispatches From New York Transmitted by Marconi System
The Times of London on March 30 reports two New York dispatches sent via the Marconi wireless telegraphy system. The items total 154 words and were published in Monday morning editions.
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London
the Times
New York
Marconi
Slaughter of the Seals in Newfoundland
Slaughter reports from St. John Newfoundland show the sealing ships Virginia Lake and Aurora arriving from the ice fields with 25 000 and 23 000 seals respectively. Officials anticipate this season’s total catch reaching 36 000 seals.
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St. John
N. F
Virginia Lake
Aurora
Expelled Sisters Found Shelter in St Johns
Twenty one Daughters of Jesus sisters expelled from France under the associations law were cared for Sunday by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and the Sisters of Charity in St Johns New Brunswick. Ferry Boat Doat Boundbrook Burned on Sunday afternoon at water's edge near Bound Brook New Jersey. So ADARIEDEETS were on the fir.
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St. Johns
N. B
the Daughters of Jesus
France
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Sisters of Charity
New York
Boundbrook
Central ‘Railroad
New Jersey
Adariedeets
On the House Tops as Greenville Levee Cuts to Relieve Flood
A backwater from the LaGrange crevasse floods Greenville Mississippi leaving most of the city submerged. Relief boats rescue residents while electric light fails and skiffs ferry people by night. Cattle are rescued as rumors of great loss fade and a new river channel may form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Miss
laGrange Crvasse
Vicksburg
Iass
Leland
Ark
Shields
The Lord of Hosts is with us sermon reflection
A 1903 sermon sketches how Psalm 46 affirming "The Lord of Hosts is with us" sustains Hezekiah’s Judean cause against Assyria. It links divine power with human weakness, cites Babylonian and Revolutionary War contrasts, and praises God's covenant faithfulness to Jacob as refuge.
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J. Medscal
Chicago
Hosts
Jacob
Sea of Galilee
Hezekiah
Isaiah
God
Dean
Sennacherib
Youthful Yale Student Shoots Self in New York Hotel
Herman Bowman Esner, 24, of Chicago and Yale student, killed himself with a bullet in his Manhattan hotel room. Letters suggest deep worry over business matters. Esner, son of lawyer Edward B. Esher and grandson of a bishop, had previously survived a six story dormitory fall in Yale years earlier.
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New York
Herman Bowman Esner
Chicago
Yale University
Manhattan
Herman Bowman Esher
Edward B. Esher
Bishop Bowman
Evangelical Church
Esher
Yale
Lions Rampage In Pittsfield Wrecks Horses
In Pittsfield Mass on a Sunday morning two Bostwick trained lionesses were at large causing a street panic. They killed one horse and maimed another before one was shot and the other captured leaving the city shaken by the escape.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Bostwick
The Roosevelt Family’s Cruise Planned on Mayflower
Washington reports Mrs Roosevelt and her children will sail the president’s yacht Mayflower during the coming week. They bade farewell to the president Sunday as he leaves on his western trip Wednesday morning.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Zeigier Arctic Expedition Arrives in Tromsac
Capt. Coffin and 12 men preparing for the Zeigier Arctic expedition have arrived in Tromsac Norway. Repairs to the expedition’s steamship America are finished and all stores will be purchased in America.
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Zeigier
Republican Outbreaks Reported in Valencia Madrid
Serious republican outbreaks reported in Valencia force troops to stay in barracks and ban street meetings. The notice from Madrid states unrest and security measures across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Valencia
Policeman Hobart Duncan Kills Companion in March Incident
Reported from Wanamaker on March 30 that while acting as a policeman, Hobart Duncan, 8, shot and killed his companion William Roberts, also 8. The youth Roberts was ordered to halt at the scene. details of the confrontation remain unclear.
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Wanamaker
O. T
Hobart
Duncan
William Roberts
Young Roberts
The Lord of Hosts Is With Us Our Refuge
A sermon explores who may claim the Lord of Hosts is with them and how attitude choice and conduct reveal God’s presence. It argues that only those who turn to God in repentance, renounce worldliness, and live righteously can truly claim divine refuge amid danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
God
Abraham
Isaac
Gateway of Heaven
Lord of Hosts
Church
Hezekiah
Help a Neighbor Think Through Misfortune
The piece laments how friends offer money or superficial aid but rarely help a man think his way out of trouble. It questions why neighbors in need cannot receive thoughtful guidance or support to find solutions.
Father Believes Son Murdered for Money in Evansville
In Evansville Indiana Joseph Currie a 25 year old coal miner disappeared April 1902 with companion George Edwards. A headless body found in a vault behind a gambling house is identified by Currie’s father as his son. Currie left Knightsville for Alabama and carried $40. Edwards admitted to collecting clothes in Evansville and a detective pursued the case with the motive of robbery.
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Evansville
Ind
Joseph Currie
Knightsville
Clay County
William Currie
Currie
Alabama
Terre Haute
Wm. Currie
George Edwards
Birmingham
Ala
Edwards
Smashed by an Engine on New Jersey Street
Mrs HL FR Wasson and daughter parked their car near the Monon passenger train on New Jersey street. As they moved to safety their dresses caught the gear lever, launching the auto forward. It was struck by the train and torn to pieces, valued at 12 000 dollars.
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Indianapolis
HL. FR. Wasson
New Jersey Street
Fire destroys workshop at Meinrad monastery
Evansville March 28. A fire at Saint Meinrad's monastery in Spencer county destroyed the machinery building and carpenter rooms. The engine room was the starting point and the flames quickly grew beyond control but heroic efforts saved the main structure. Damaged sections will be restored soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Physician Acquitted in Liquor License Case
Dr. Jas M Garland of Birdseye Indiana was cleared after a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Wartmann in Evansville Indiana. He had faced charges of violating the internal revenue law by selling liquor without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Jas. M. Garland
Birdseye
United States
Wartmann
Wells Opened by Smith Neeley Wood Co in Parker City
Parker City Indiana March 27 two wells Nos. 4 and 5 started at 250 and 50 barrels respectively. All wells on land owned by John A Jones of Muncie Indiana.
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Parker City
Ind
Smith- Neeley Wood Oil Co
John A. Jones
Muncie
Indiana Operators Issue Mining Suspension Ultimatum
Terre Haute Indiana March 27 The Indiana operators demand a suspension of mining starting April 1 and warn they will not sign any contract that alters the terms of the interstate agreement.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Emigrant Mom Delivers on Wa bash Train Near Peru
Born on the Wa bash first class train east of Peru on a Thursday morning Mrs Krugens derfer an emigrant traveling to Lincoln Nebraska gave birth to a son during a brief stop for essentials. Mother and child were attended to aboard the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Western polo league sets post series with pennant winners
Anderson Ind March 28 The Western polo league announced a post series featuring E wood the Western league pennant winners and Muncie the Eastern league pennant winners to compete in a decisive games series.
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Anderson
Ind
Western Polo League
Ewood
Muncie
Woman Takes Carbolic Acid After Rejected Marriage
Le Nora Mattlock took carbolic acid and died in great agony in Logansport Indiana after a dispute over marriage with Harry Tarr, an elephant trainer for Nickel Plate shows, who is jailed. Separate notes report the incorporation of Co. & T. Cor. in Indianapolis and Chicago & Toledo Traction Co. with capital of 500000 to build a road across several Indiana counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Harry Tarr
Lenora Mattlock
Tarr
Master Mechanic's Resignation at Wabash Shops
George Devil dis, general foreman, resigns from the Wabash shops at Peru Indiana to become master mechanic of the Cleveland Lorain Wheeling road, a branch of the B and C system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
George Devildis
Cleveland
Lorain
Wheeling Road
Indictment Returned Against Union City School Board
Randolph county grand jury indicted the Union City School Board members for misdemeanor. The board includes ex Senator Theodore Shockney Dr William Co1mons and J F Rubey cashier of the Commercial National Bank. The county board of health ordered vaccination after a Winchester smallpox outbreak but Union City officials did not enforce the order citing no local cases. The board has engaged attorneys and will contest the indictment.
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Union City
Ind
Maren
Randolph County Grand Jury
School Board of
Theodore Shockney
William Co1mons
J. F. Rubey
Commercial National Bank
Winchester
County Board of Health
Board of Health of
Building Trades Strike Delays Muncie Construction
In Muncie Indiana a building trades strike nears its month mark with arbitration offers rejected on non arbitrable points. Despite a projected one million dollars slated for new construction this year work is halted. Planned projects include a $120000 business block a $100000 hotel and a $70000 federal building among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Indiana miners to vote on April 1 strike or terms
Left to the Unions from Terre Haute Indiana reports a March 26 decision by Indiana miners to vote in 125 local unions on April 1 whether to strike or accept last year’s operator terms after an operators’ wage ultimatum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Lafayette police commissioners chosen after resignations
Gov Thurbin appointed W S Traugh J D Bartlett and Max Pottlizer as Lafayette police commissioners after Commissioner Morgan's term expired and Commissioner Mitchell resigned. The appointees are said to be acceptable to the preachers association which had requested a police investigation.
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Lafayette
Ind
Thurbin
Traugh
J. D. Bartlett
Max Pottlizer
Preachers’ Association
Police Department
Morgan
Mitchell
Complaints Filed Over Interurban Real Estate Route
Complaints were filed by the Indianapolis Shelbyville and Southeastern Interurban against diverse Fairland citizens to appropriate real estate parallel with the Big Four railroad. The route would pass through dwellings, business houses and the town’s principal hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
Indianapolis, Shelbyville & Southeastern Interurban
Ico
Fairland
Big Four
Princpal
Quick Action Saves Life at Evansville Journal-News
Evansville March 28 quick engineer action stopped machinery in the Journal-News office saving John Bridges from severe injury after being caught in a belt and hurled to the floor he resumed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Evansville Journal-News
Hfe Oz
John Bridges
Plasterer Survives Five-Story Fall in Union Building
Harry Striebeck a plasterer from Indianapolis fell from the fifth floor through an elevator shaft in the Union building in Anderson on Friday afternoon. He was uninjured and stood ready to resume work within an hour.
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Anderson
Ind
Harry Striebeck
Indianapolis
Union Building
Traveling Man Dies Suddenly in Indianapolis
Chag S Siddons of Buffalo New York a traveling man aged 54 died suddenly at the Grand hotel after a hearty dinner and sitting in the lobby before retiring to his room where he became ill authorities reported no foul play suspected and the death was not unexpected given his illness secrecy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Chag, S. Siddons
Buffalo, N. Y
Grand Hotel
Carlisle Declines Offer as Assistant Secretary in New Cabinet
Will Refuse the Offer Indianapolis Indiana March 28 Col C A Carlisle of South Bend has been offered the post of assistant secretary of the new cabinet department of commerce and labor but will decline it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
C A. Carlisle
South Bend
Cabinet Department of Commerce and Labor
State House
Smallpox in Mild Form Hits Gibson Family
Evansville Indiana March 28 reports several members of the family of the late Senator Gibson of Crawford county have contracted small pox, with cases described as mild in nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Senator Gibson
Crawford County
Death of George W. Pavey in Pendleton Indiana
George W. Pavey died at his home in Pendleton Indiana. Born January 8 1810 in Ohio he came to Pendleton in 1833. Funeral services will be preached Saturday morning by Rev Podts Albright at the Methodist church in Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Pavey
Pendleton
Ind
George “W. Pavey
Ohio
Podts Albright
Methodist
Franchise Granted in Indiana League
A franchise was granted in the Indiana league after a review. Officials confirmed the new team will join the circuit this season pending final paperwork.
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Gustavus Swift
Packer
Russian Orthodox Church
Lord
Jerusalem
Israel
Judah
Sennacherit
Japan
Napoleon
Yorktown
Jesus
Xerxes
Greece
Lellespent
Moses
Joshua
Jericho
David
Paul
Bowman
Lionesses
Larne
Union City School Board
V. S. Baugh
Indiana League
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