Paris to honor George Sand with statue in Place des Vosges
The people of Paris plan to erect a statue of George Sand in the Place des Vosges near the Victor Hugo museum. Other items note a $3,009,000 trade school funded by Arfoch Wenworth’s will with John D. Long as president, plus various political and social updates across the nation.
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George Sand
Place Des Vosges
Victor Hugo
John D. Long
Arfoch Wenworth
Charley Neary
Milwaukee
Jimmy Briggs
Chelsea
Mass
Badger Athletic Club
Princess Sophia of
Lippe
Prince Gonthier Frederic Waldemar
Karl Alexander
Prince of
John Marks
Colchester
Conn
Senate
Nebraska
Joseph G. Alden
Aurora
Thomas J. Taylor
Wilber
L. V. Styles
St. Edwards
A. D. McNeer
Blue Hill
Wade
Iowa
Judicial District
Nebraska Semi Centennial Observance Planned for May 31
A Nebraska committee announces a public statement for the states fifty year mark since the Kansas Nebraska bill of 1854. They vow a proper memorial observance on Memorial Day aligning with May 31 events, honoring soldiers and citizen veterans who shaped the post war development of Kansas and Nebraska.
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Nebraska
United States
Missouri River
Thomas Jefferson
Trans-Missouri
Republic
Kansas
Trains Collide on Chicago & Northwestern Wreck
Two eastbound Chicago & Northwestern trains the Oregon express and the fast mail collided between Melrose Park and Maywood amid fog. Many Indian passengers were killed or injured, with names and injuries listed as doctors rushed to the scene.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Melrose Park
Maywood
Oregon Express
Philip Trontail, Jr
Thomas Come
Big Chief Whitehorse
Luther Standing Bear
Will Gre
Annie Gooseface
Thomas
Tommie
Sammy Lone Bear
Abraham Goodcrow
Blind Eagle
Little Elk
High Bear
William Sitting Bull
Chief Sitting Bull
Nebraska Memorial Day Observance Plans in Omaha
The Grand Army of the Republic urges school addresses and Sunday church references to honor Memorial Day and fifty years of Nebraska growth. Henry D Esta brook of New York will deliver the day’s oration, with military and civil parades planned and Omaha inviting state citizens to join the celebration.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
United States
Omaha
Nebraska
Henry Henry D. Estabrook
New York
Lodge Cooper bill urged to back railroad bonds
Washington senator Lodge said the senate committee on the Philippines favors the Lodge Cooper bill to amend the Philippines civil government act. The measure would allow municipal improvement bonds and guarantee a five percent income on railroad costs.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Senate Committee On the
Philippines
Lodge- Cooper
Senate confirms Baxter as Nebraska US attorney
Washington reported the Senate on Tuesday confirmed Irving F. Baxter for the position of United States attorney for the district of Nebraska. The confirmation sets Baxter to lead federal prosecutions and represent the government in the district.
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Senate
Baxter
Washington
Irving F. Baxter
United States
District of Nebraska
Indian Chief Fatally Injured in Wreck Near Rushville
A train wreck near Rushville Nebraska injured Chief Whitehorse and several Indians from the reservation. They were en route to Europe for a show tour. fog is blamed for the collision as doctors tended the wounded and preparations were made to move them to the nearest hospital.
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Rushville
Neb
Europe
Lake Michigan
Egypt and Russia find Suez passage assurances
ST. PETERSBURG reports Russia obtained satisfactory assurances from the Egyptian government on ships passing through the Suez Canal. The talks were prompted by fears Egypt might defy canal rules, which could hinder Russia’s coal and supply ships to the Far East as the Baltic fleet heads to the Pacific in late June.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Egypt
Suez Canal
Far East
Pacific
Beet Sugar Osmose Process Employs Forty at Grand Island
Grand Island plant of American Beet Sugar begins extracting sugar from remaining syrups using the Osmose process. About forty men will be employed for thirty days at this operation.
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Grand Island
American Beet Sugar Company
Annual Mormon Conference in Salt Lake City
Thanksgiving for church prosperity marked the second day of the annual Mormon conference in Salt Lake City. Apostle A O Woodruff declared that opponents’ efforts to weaken the church only strengthened faith. He said clouds on the horizon do not shake the saints.
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Salt Lake City
Apostle A. O. Woodruff
Congress Eyes Early Adjournment On Appropriations
Washington April 28 A four day pace in appropriations work is reported as the session nears its end. Pension, army, agricultural and fortifications bills move through committees with amendments while naval district and Indian measures await conference. Leaders plan steering committee talks next week to map the remaining days.
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Washinngton
House
Senate
Congress
Naval
Senate Committee On
Three Men Drown Returning from Hunting Trip at Lake Manawa
A trio from Council Bluffs Pennell Haskins and Smiley Baxter drowned when their rowboat capsized in Lake Manawa Friday. Witness Robert Brown saw them struggle as waves from a high wind tossed the boat. Pinnell clung to the stern but slipped and sank. Baxter disappeared after efforts to reach shore.
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Omaila
J. W. Pennell
W. M Haskins
Smiley Baxter
Council Bluffs
Lake Manawa
Robert Brown
Manawa Park
Pinnell
Baxter
Haskins
Brown
Des Moines Coal Strike Forces Mass Layoffs
Des Moines and Valley Junction railways announce at least 500 men laid off due to the coal strike. Seventeen switch crews and nineteen full train crews quit, with Boone Beeler Plain Oskaloosa Ottumwa Albia centers affected, risking about 1000 jobs. Churches closed and schools shut a week awaiting coal. a joint conference in Des Moines is planned for a settlement.
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Des Moines
Valley Junction
Boone
Beele Plaine
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Albia
Government irrigation progress review highlights cautious expansion
The Geological Survey summarizes irrigation work sponsored by the government. Feasibility exists for the Nevada and Arizona projects. Truckee and Salt river works progress well, while Montana faces engineering, water right issues and delays. Wyoming finds a better North Platte site. Colorado shows tougher conditions and less arid land than anticipated.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Truckee
Noeveda
Salt River
Arizona
Milk River
Montana
Sweetwater
Wyoming
Gunnison River
Colorado
Nevada
Salt Rivers
North Platte
Leader of Yaquis Is Killed After Capture
Vianuel Guavesi who led Yaqui rebels in Sonora for five years was discovered among prisoners after a clash near Batamore and shot by Captain Barron. He had commanded the force that ambushed a Twentyeth battalion company near Zamorota two years earlier. Captain Ceso Gomez and Lt Jose Vallejo also died in the ambush.
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Hermostillo
Mex
Vianuel Guavesi
Sonora
Gavesi
Barron
Batamore
Guavesi
Zamronta
Ceso Gomez
Jose Vallejo
Indicts Pueblo City Officials on Broad Bribery Charges
Eighteen indictments returned by the grand jury accuse Pueblo officials. Alderman Charles Walkder faces bribery counts, street commissioner John L. Kirkland is charged with larceny and false pretenses, and ex City Clerk W L. Smith has thirteen charges including uttering false instruments. All three men were arrested and posted bond.
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Pueblo
Colo
Charles Walkder
John L. Kirkland
W L. Smith
Kirtland
Smith
Won't Open Sunday Again At Fair Grounds
ST LOUIS Missouri Sunday marked the last open day at the AW world’s fair grounds before April 15 when the grounds will close to all visitors until the fair opens formally. More than 25 000 people visited Sunday. E H Harriman’s private car from the Southern Pacific road was parked on the grounds and used by Harriman and his party overnight.
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ST. Louis
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Panama Demands Recognition From Unacknowledged Nations
Panama’s government decrees that all consular representatives from nations that have not recognized the republic may not maintain official relations until recognition is granted. The policy blocks diplomatic contact and requires formal acknowledgment before continuation of ties.
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Panama
Republic of Panama
Tibetans Clash With English Near Kalapange
A London dispatch reports General MacDonald's infantry encountering about 300 Tibetans near Kalapange during a reconnaissance. The Tibetans opened fire but there were no casualties.
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London
Indian Office
MacDonald
Kalapange
Woman Enrolled as a Cossack in Russia
The war ministry has granted Mme. Pousch daughter of Colonel Maxlow condorow permission to enroll in a Cossack regiment. The ministry has ordered her enrollment.
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ST. Petersburg
War Ministry
Mme. Pousch
Maxlowcondorow
Beet Sugar Makers Elect New Director in 1903 Meeting
New York reports the American Beet Sugar company held its annual stockholders meeting in Jersey City on Tuesday. H. Rieman Duval was chosen to replace J. Archibald Murray on the board. President Henry Oxnard announced that in 1903 04 the company produced 1,053,100 pounds of refined sugar. The company operates factories in California Colorado and Nebraska and is capitalized at $20,000,000.
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New York
American Beet Sugar Company
Jersey City
H. Rieman Duval
J. Archibald Murray
Henry
Oxnard
California
Colorado
Nebraska
Circassian Prince Named Commander of Caucasian Cavalry
ST. PETERSBURG reports Major General Prince Orpellani, a Circassian nobleman, is appointed to command the Caucasian cavalry brigade, the army announcing the promotion.
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ST. Petersburg
Prince Orpellani
Caucasian Cavalry Brigade
Seth Bullock Sees President at White House Lunch
Captain Seth Bullock superintendent of the Black Hills forest reserve visited Washington and met the president, then shared a luncheon at the White House.
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Seth Bullock
Washington
Black Hills Forest Reserve
White House
John C. 8 Harrison Dead in Indianapolis
John Cleves Short Harrison a longtime Indianapolis resident died in Los Angeles after paralysis on April 4. Born May 7, 1829 in Vincennes he was the son of Benjamin and Louisa Smith Harrison and grandson of President William Henry Harrison. He served as a government director of the Union Pacific railroad seven years under Grant and one year under Hayes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Cleves Short Harrison
Los Angeles
Cal
Vincennes
Benjamin
Louisa Smith (Bonner) Harrison
William Henry Harrison
Union Pacific Railroad
Grant
Hayes
Japanese Fleet Covers Landing Arrangements Amid Baltic News
Paris reports Admiral Makaroff left Port Arthur as Japanese squadron signals indicate. London hints the fleet shields a new landing while Port Arthur’s channel state limits blockades. Seoul notes 300 men from the First division board Suminoe Maru at Chemulpo. British and American correspondents face restrictions awaiting front access.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Echo de Paris
Makaroff
Port Arthur
London
Times
Wel Haj Wel
Gulf of
Pe Chi Li
Seoui
Chemulpo
Tokio
Moji
Japan
Promise Japs Warm Reception At Port Arthur
Preparations to greet the Japanese with cordial reception if they again attempt to block the harbor at Port Arthur are underway. The article attributes the shift in Russian tactics to Vice Admiral Makaroff and notes a signalman, Aronkonso, who relayed enemy movements during the Vladivostok bombardment and earned the cross of St. George.
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Port Arthur
Togs
Makaroff
Aronkonso
Vladivostok
Askold Island
Bandit's Sweetheart Dead
The death of Miss Alice J. Muller in Oklahoma is reported. A 29 year old newspaper writer and author, Muller had struggled with consumption. The piece notes James Younger, the ex bandit, killed himself after being unable to marry Muller. Muller once ran a weekly paper in Los Angeles and later worked for a Salt Lake City newspaper.
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James Younger
Oklahoma
ST. Paul
Alice J. Muller
Miss Muller
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
President Roosevelt Removes Hawaiian Judge Kalua
President Roosevelt removed John W. Kalua a United States judge of the Second Circuit Honolulu from office. An intimation reached him that after his term ends in July he would not be reappointed and he had nearly halted his court by postponing all pending criminal cases until June 6 following term expiration.
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Washington
John W. Kalua
United States
Honolulu
Roosevelt
Kalua
Hanna Memorial in Ohio Date Set for April Twenty
The joint legislative committee on the Hanna Memorial day exercises has announced April 20 as the date for the event in Columbus Ohio. Senator Dick will deliver the memorial oration.
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Hanna Memorial
Ohio
Columbus
Joint Legislative Committee
Negro Education Leaders Meet in Baltimore
The association of presidents of land grant colleges and principals of normal and industrial schools for colored institutions gathered in Baltimore starting Tuesday and will continue three days. The session opened with remarks by Prof J N Waring and others, with President R R Wright of Georgia delivering the annual address.
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Baltimore
Association of Presidents of Land Grant Colleges
J. N. H Waring
R. R. Wright
Georgia
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