Roosevelt Delivers Two Addresses in Topeka
President Roosevelt spoke twice in Topeka Kansas May first laying the cornerstone of the new railroad Y M C A building and addressing Y M C A convention delegates at the auditorium. Crowds exceeded 12 000 with police keeping order as decorations andHarvard colors adorned the city. He praised the railroad Y M C A as a potent force for good and emphasized work and brotherly love.
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Topeka
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Neise
Belig
United States
Kansas
Torium
Bailey
Western
Union Pacific
Sharon
Springs
Colorado
Young man hurt by falling wall in Fairbury fire district
William Daily, a young man clearing debris in Fairbury's fire district, was severely injured when bricks fell from a wall striking his head. Doctors reported no skull fracture and expected recovery apart from brain contusion.
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William Daily
Fairbury
Washington monthly receipt and expenditure report 1903
The April 1903 government statement shows total receipts of 43 226 108 and expenditures of 41 763 814 leaving a month surplus of 1 563 286 Customs receipts rose by 140 000 while internal revenue fell 3 192 000 For ten months of the fiscal year receipts exceed expenditures by 35 419 646.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Governor Bailey Faces Board Appointment Challenge
Governor Bailey struggles to select three members for the state barber board as the law enabling the board awaits publication in June. Numerous barber applicants statewide carry strong endorsements while the governor reviews credentials to finalize the licensing panel.
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Bailey
Logan Arrives in San Francisco with Strong Forces
The transport Logan reached San Francisco from Manila on April 28 bringing the First Infantry with 812 officers and men and the First Squadron of the Cavalry. The vessel also carried casuals including eighty seven sick and four insane personnel.
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Logan
San Francisco
Manila
A Cavalry
Roosevelt Journey Through Kansas and the Great Plains
President Roosevelt's Southwesterly tour includes large crowds in Sharon Springs Victoria Junction City and neighboring towns. He praises agricultural education, greets German Russian settlers and Kansas troops while saluting regular army members. A Methodist service in Sharon Springs features Roosevelt sharing a pew with two girls and a horseback ride follows with senators and university leaders present.
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Fort Riley
Philippines
Army of the
Republic
Elihu Root
William Carter
Kansas City
Sharon Siftings
Washington
Nebraska Cold Wave Hurts Fruit Belt as Ice Cracks Trees
A Nebraska cold snap follows Tuesday rain threatening fruit crops. Temperatures drop to 24 degrees in the north and west, ice forms on pools and streams, branches broken from ice weight. Lincoln near freezing, moisture floods most counties, while eastern areas report similar conditions. The U S Weather Bureau notes general rain and a large moisture boost for winter wheat, with expectations of a large yield despite regional damage.
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Omaha
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North Pacific
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Colorado
Coloado
Mississippi Valley
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Utah
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
el Paso
Duluth
St. Paul
Salt Lake City
Warmest April Day Since 1896 Hits Boston
Boston records a 84 degree high on April 29 at 2 p m tracking as the warmest April day since 1896 when the same 84 degree reading occurred. The season opens with heat related illness in New York City where Jesse Gold collapsed on a hotel roof as temperatures reached 83 degrees.
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Mercury
Medals Awarded to Mills Training School Nurses
Seven nurses from Mills training school for nurses in New York have received British Chinese service medals via Sir Percy Sanderson. Medals commemorate China 1900 and naval base hospital service, with Queen Victoria’s head and palm tree motif. A letter from Surgeon Mundy praised their emergency service at Weihaiwei naval base hospital.
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Maine
Percy Sanderson
China
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Naval Base Hospital
Weihdliwe
Scientist Loeb achieves unlikely sea life hybridization
Dr. Jacques Loeb of the University of California reports a startling result fertilizing sea urchin eggs with starfish sperm. The breakthrough, published by the university, challenges prior belief that animals unable to interbreed across distant lines could not hybridize.
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Jacques Loeb
California University
Loeb
University of California
Volcanic Eruption Hits Turtle Mountain Town
Dispatches report a volcanic eruption near Frank Northwest Territories. The earth split for about three quarters of a mile, a rock slide buried the coal pit and nearby buildings, with initial death toll estimated near seventy and fifty miners entombed. Railways rearranged services and crews work to clear Crow's Nest branch.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Associated ‘Press
Frank, N. W. T
Turtle “Mountain
Frank
Crow’s Nest
Johnstown
Old Man
Irrigation Rights Questioned in Prefix Canal Change
Secretary Dobson weighs a novel request by John Bratt of Lincoln county to switch from an older Birdwood creek canal to a newer one without losing water priority. The case, the first of its kind, faces a lack of precedents and uncertainty over granting Bratt’s petition.
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State Board of Irrigation
John Bratt
Lincoln County
Dobson
Bratt
Birdwood Creek
Russia says no such Manchuria clash exists
Ambassador McCormick reports the Russian foreign minister assured Secretary Hay that reports of Russia and China over Manchuria are unfounded. He said Russia does not seek exclusive privileges or close doors to other powers. The US is assured American commerce and capital face no attack.
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State Department
McCormick
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China
Manchuria
United States
Governor Richards Dies in Cheyenne Wyoming
Governor Richards died at his home in Cheyenne Wyoming Tuesday morning from acute kidney disease. Born August 6, 1846 in Charleston New Hampshire he studied at Phillips Andover and worked in cotton farming Alabama. He founded Chadron National Bank in 1885 and First National Bank at Douglas Wyoming in 1886 later serving as mayor and state senator before becoming governor in 1898 and re elected in 1902. With no lieutenant governor the governorship passes to Secretary of State Fennimore Chatterton.
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de Forrest Richards
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Phillips’ Andover Academy
Alabama
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First National Bank
Fennimore Chatterton
Wyoming
Hearst Probe On Coal Transport Resumes Testimony Given
The Interstate Commerce Commission reopened its inquiry into Hearst’s complaint against anthracite coal carriers. John Edmonds, Reading Coal and Iron sales agent in New York, testified the company shipped about one million tons annually and paid that amount to the finance house. He could not state the average cost of selling coal in New York.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
W. R. Hearst
John Edmonds
New York
Reading Coal & Iron Company
Philip Doblin Declared Insane by Supreme Court
Philip Doblin, once noted for his testimony in a submarine boat purchase inquiry, was today declared insane by Justice Diegerich of the supreme court.
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