Canada U S Trade Ties Grow as Lumber and Paper Demand Surges
Washington reports that the United States buys more from Canada than any other country, with imports totaling $110,485,000 in the last year. Canada supplies lumber wood pulp barley minerals and more while a tariff policy debate notes U S duties on coal and other goods influencing cross border commerce.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Emory
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Great Britain
Dominion
Germany
Bittinger
Montreal
South America
Central America
Mexico
West Indies
Africa
Asia
Mission to dissolve beef trust ordered by attorney general
Washington dispatch says Maj. Wm. Warner, U S district attorney, instructed to act at once to break up the so-called beef trust. A federal grand jury will be convened next week. Warner declines to comment. A large retailer says packers control slaughter and undersell small butchers, forcing purchases from packers.
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Kansas City
Washington
Wm. Warner
United States
Warner
Cathedral Tower Collapses After Celebration in Madrid
At the end of a grand Sunday celebration in Madrid the cathedral tower of Ci enta collapsed, destroying three adjacent houses and part of the cloisters. The remainder of the cathedral threatens to fall. Two bodies and several injured were recovered. the total entombed remains unknown.
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Madrid
Cienta
Anarchist Bertoni Arrested in Lausanne Protest
Anarchist Bertoni, linked to a provocative article that helped rupture Italy Switzerland diplomatic ties, was arrested in Lausanne for organizing a general strike meeting in defiance of police orders.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Bertoni
Italy
Death of Rev. Thomas J. Sheppard in Kansas City
Reverend Thomas J. Sheppard longtime president of the Kansas state conference of the Methodist Protestant church died at his home in Kansas City on Sunday at age 57.
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Thos. J. Sheppard
Kansas City
Thomas J. Sheppard
Kansas State Conference
The
Methodist Protestant Church
Murder in Cleveland ends in gunfire between jealous ex
William Frank, a Birmingham, Alabama man, was shot and killed by Charles Anderson, the divorced husband of Frank’s new wife. The couple wed in Cleveland after meeting last summer. Anderson, enraged by the marriage, confronted them on Friday, fired twice at Frank, and surrendered to police after the fatal attack.
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Cleveland
William Frank
Birmingham
Ala
Charles Anderson
Frank
Anderson
National Forest Reserve Bill Reported by House Committee
Representative Moody reports from the agriculture committee a bill to create a national forest reserve in the mountain regions of Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee with a $10 million appropriation and $2 million available immediately. The plan argues only the national government can undertake such a large project to preserve the area.
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Washington
Moody
North Carolina
House Committee On Agriculture
Virginia
West Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Denial of Bristol Scott county gunfight rumor
Bristol April 12 denial that a reported battle occurred in Scott county Va involving Jim Wright in Hancock county Tenn on murder charges. Church Hill telephone says no fight happened despite rumors. a posse searches for Wright but he is not located.
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Bristol
Tenn
Scott County
Jim Wright
Hancock County
Church Hill
Wright
Alleged Diamond Robber Caught in Chicago
Edward Kelley, an alleged diamond robber and safe thrower, was arrested in Woodlawn at 63d Street by Lieut. Edward McCann and Detective Patrick O Brien after a desperate resistance. He is wanted in Hamilton County Ohio for a $10,000 diamond burglary and may be connected to a $75,000 Chicago post office robbery.
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Chicago
Edward Kelley
Woodlawn
Edward McCann
Patrick O’brien
Kelley
Hamilton
Post Office
Uprising in Kwangsi Province Reports Large Slaughter
Hong Kong dispatch says the rebellion in Kwangsi province shows horrors akin to the Tai Ping uprising. Thousands of peaceful residents have been slaughtered as regular forces struggle to subdue the insurgents.
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Kwang Si Province
Hong Kong
Kwang Si
Tai Ping
Adelphi College Receives 125000 Gift from Rockefeller
Lieut Gov Woodruff announced Adelphi College in Brooklyn received 125000 from John D Rockefeller on the condition that friends raise an equal sum within a year from July 1. Trustees have pledged 25000 of the amount and the rest must come from supporters.
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Adelphia College
New York
Mrs Tower and son Die in Apparent Double Shooting
In Poughkeepsie New York on April 12 Mrs Albert Edward Tower and her 18 year old son A E Tower were found dead at their palatial North Road home. It is generally stated the deaths result from Mrs Tower shooting them both before taking her own life.
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Albert Edward Tower
A. E. Tower
North Road
Mrs Grover Cleveland Returns to Princeton
Ex president Grover Cleveland's wife arrives in Princeton after two weeks with him in Florida. She reports his health has improved since Florida trip and he will stay another week or ten days.
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Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Florida
Cleveland
Prince of Wales No Knowledge of New York Chamber Invite
The prince of Wales reiterated through his equerry that he knows nothing of the New York chamber of commerce inviting him to attend the opening of its new building.
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Copenhagen
Prince of Wales
New York Chamber of Commerce
Defeat of Senator Jones in Arkansas Primary
The St Louis Globe Democrat reports Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas was defeated in a Democratic primary, with ex Governor James P. Clarke winning a majority. Jones faced accusations over his trust involvement as a director in a cotton bale monopoly, which Arkansas Democrats deemed true and rejected the double dealing.
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Globe Democrat
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Jones
James P. Clarke
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Globe-Democrat
Democrats of
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Kansas
South
Missouri
Democrats and the Philippines shape for 1904 battle
Editor Watterson cables from Washington that the senate plan on the Philippines fixes the Democratic line for the 1904 contest. The Journal argues Democrats may be forced to abandon the plan, lacking original initiative, as Republican statesmanship may resolve the issue beforehand.
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Watterson
Washington
Philippines
Senate Committee
Democratic party at a crossroads over trust power and sovereignty
The article argues that Jones and Missouri Democrats face backlash in Arkansas for trust ties and accuses Missouri leaders of hypocrisy. It rails against Democratic plans to relinquish sovereignty in the Philippines, praising the U.S. stance on conquest and civil government while predicting the islands’ future alignment with American rules before 1904.
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United States
Democratic Party
Providence
Philippines
Indianapolis Journal
Islands
Alaska
Hawaii
Watterson
Awill
Bryan dollar dinner and mock crucifixion remark
A Chattanooga Bryan dollar dinner featured a Gaines quote lauding a slain leader as crucified on a cross of gold. On the same day Bryan moved into a $3,000 brick barn on his Nebraska farm while his $8,000 house neared completion, with a $500 Jersey cow in the barn. The Chicago Chronicle notes the quip as a beautiful myth.
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Bryan
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gaines
Mr. Bryan
Nebraska
Chicago Chronicle
Democratic Drift and Bryan Rumors Across Papers
Multiple 1900 era editorials discuss William Jennings Bryan and party dynamics. The Arkansas Democrats question Senator Tones, while other papers speculate on Bryan’s influence and potential 1904 ticket. Commentators note repealed war taxes and shifting Democratic positions.
Ohio Senate Acts On Education and Infrastructure Bills
Ohio Senate advances Brumbaugh education amendment and Hosea bond plan for Cincinnati hospital repairs. House passes schedule to place school funds with city auditors and authorizes bridge and street railway contracts. Several new bills considered and mixed passage on April 10 to April 12.
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Columbus
Senate
Brumbaugh
Ohio
Hosea
Cincinnati
House
Herrick
Earhart
Richmond
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Chapman
Dayton
United States
State of Ohio
Foster
Ohio Archeological and Historical Society
Moore
Redistricting Bill Passes House in Columbus
The Ohio House approved the congressional redistricting bill on Wednesday, moving Fairfield County from the 12th to the 11th district and transferring Franklin County to the 12th. Republicans argued the change would block a Lentz comeback, as Emmett Tompkins defeated him by 18 votes two years prior.
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Columbus
House
Fairfield County
Grosvenor
Franklin County
Congress
John J. Lentz
Emmett Tompkins
Truant fears lead Columbus youth to suicide
In Columbus on April 12, 13 year old Harry Wilson killed himself at his east side home after learning a truancy officer would arrest him. A stranger’s visit prompted him to rush upstairs and swallow four ounces of carbolic acid.
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Columbus
Harry Wilson
Benny Rosenbecker Indicted for Second Degree Murder
In Toledo on April 12 Benny Rosenbecker aged 18 was indicted for second degree murder for killing his playmate Arthur Shanteau aged 7.
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Toledo
Benny Rosenbecker
Arthur Shanteau
Ohio Senate OKs Willis and Cole tax bills into law
The Willis corporation tax bill and the Cole excise tax bill passed the senate and became law. The Willis measure requires every Ohio and foreign corporation to file annual reports with the secretary of state, with fees and May or September filing dates and penalties for noncompliance. The Cole bill imposes a one percent gross earnings tax on various public utilities and railways, with changes to double liability provisions and tax rules for foreign and kin- dled corporations.
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Columbus
Willis Corporation
Senate
Ohio
Secretary of State
Barricaded Warden Faces Arrest Charge in Ohio
Game Warden Joseph Elliott barricaded in his Zanesfield home after two marshals armed with an arrest warrant arrived Thursday night. The warrant charged Elliott with stealing a gun from a boy named Wale, a claim linked to Elliott having arrested the boy for killing a rabbit. The county prosecutor declined to prosecute, leading Elliott to withhold the gun and face larceny accusations, vowing he will not be taken alive on the charge.
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Bellfontaine
Joseph Elliott
Zanesfield
Wale
Elliott
Taylor Women Sentenced to One Year in Penitentiary
Mrs Frances L Taylor Sr age 79 and her daughter Frances L Taylor Jr arrived from Cincinnati to begin a one year term in the penitentiary on the charge of child stealing. They were convicted on evidence from a son and brother. Governor Nash granted a 60 day respite conditioned on staying in Franklin county.
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Columbus, C
Frances L. Taylor
Cincinnati
Nash
Franklin County
Rev Dr Stanton Tappan resigns as Miami University president
Oxford Ohio April 12 Rev Dr Stanton Tappan president of Miami university tendered his resignation to take effect July 4 and it was accepted by the trustees at a special meeting. It is understood he will be elected a member of the Lane Theological Seminary faculty in Cincinnati.
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Oxford, C
Stanton Tappan
Miami University
Death by own action ends former politician George Moes Singer
In Cincinnati on April 10 George Moes Singer, 63, a former politician, reportedly took strychnine to end his suffering from nervous prostration and a terminal disease. He could not endure awaiting the expected death within a year.
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Cincinnati
George Moessinger
Strichnine
Carnegie Gifts 190000 for Six Suburban Branch Libraries
Andrew Carnegie has offered Cincinnati a gift of 190000 through the board of library trustees to fund six new branch library buildings in the suburbs. The proposal aims to expand public access to libraries across the area.
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Cincinnati
Andrew Carnegie
Board of Library Trustees
Cincinnati Exhibition: Swarmstedt Stars in 5 3 Win
In Cincinnati an exhibition game saw the home team defeat Columbus 5 to 3. Batteries Swarmstedt Stimell Curry Pietz Bailey Coggswell Quinn held the mound and contributed to the victory.
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Cincinnati
Columbus
Swarmstedt
Stimmell
Curry
Pietz
Bailey
Coggswell
Quinn
Cleveland Pairndsville & Eastern Railway Capital Rise
The Cleveland Pairndsville and Eastern Railway Company filed with the secretary of state a certificate showing an increase of capital stock from 3,800,000 to 20,000,000. The notice appears in Columbus Ohio dated April 12.
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Columbus
Cleveland, Pairndsville & Eastern Railway Company
Secretary of State
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