Mass Tragedy Strikes Polish Tourists in Detroit
In Detroit on May 4 a Grand Trunk fast train struck 1,500 Polish excursionists waiting to return to Toledo. At least seven people died and many were injured. Police say the crowd’s density saved lives, and an angry mob later threatened the engineer.
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Detroit
Mich
Toledo
Grand Trunk Railway
Polish Lancers of
Canfield
Dequiner Streets
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
St. Joseph's Church
Harmonia Hall
Dequinder Streets
Lake Shore
Grand Trunk
Brush Street
Dequinder Street
Fire destroys five story building on Wabash avenue Chicago
A Sunday fire leveled the five story structure at 751 152 Wabash avenue causing about 150000 dollars in damage. Mercantile firms including Waterbury Clock Co Spiegel Bros and A G Spalding Co suffered heavy losses with val uable sporting goods lost from Spalding storerooms.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Waterbury Clock Co
Spiegel Bros., Tailors
A. G. Spalding & Co
Roosevelt Addresses Topeka Crowds At Y M C A Events
In Topeka on May 2 President Roosevelt spoke twice at Y M C A related events. He laid the Y M C A corner stone and addressed the international convention to thousands. A late train arrival preceded a successful visit with police keeping order. A man named Murphy attempted to reach the president but was deterred and arrested. Patrolman McIntosh, a Santiago veteran, was among the guards.
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Topeka
Kan
Roosevelt
Gov. Bailey
Mudge
The
Santa Fe
United States
Kansas
Grent
Copeland Hotel
Tov. Bailey
Governor’s House
McIntosh
Mr. Roosevelt
Santiago
President's Jubilee Gift Presented to Pope
Cardinal Rampolla receives Father Francis J. Van Antwerp and John Bodinelli bearing Roosevelt jubilee gift for the pope. They present a golden scroll with 25,000 signatures of donors who contributed 2500 for hospital and prison literature.
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Rome
Cardinal Rampolla
Francis J. van Antwerp
Detroit
Mich
John Bodinelli
Roosevelt
Armor Plate Tested and Accepted for Navy Ships
Two lots of plate from Bethlehem were tested at the Indian Head proving ground and accepted. One lot includes 74 inch barbette plate for the Nebraska and conning tower plates. The other group comprises 5 inch plate for the Pennsylvania South Dakota California Virginia and West Virginia.
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Washington
Bethlehem
Indian Head Proving Ground
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
California
Virginia
West Virginia
Seymour Voters Endorse Carnegie Donation for Library
In Seymour Indiana on May 2 taxpayers voted by a decisive majority to accept a $10,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie under his standard conditions to erect a free public library building.
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Seymour, Ind
Seymour
Andrew Carnegie
Child Labor Bill Goes Into Effect Across South Carolina
Charleston, May 2 The Marshall law restricts work for children under ten in cotton mills with few employed below that age. The act applies statewide and becomes enforceable Friday.
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Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
Bishop Randolph S Foster Dies at 83 in Newton
Newton Massachusetts May 2 Bishop Randolph S Foster of the M E church died Friday at age 83 from apoplexy. Born in Williamsburg Ohio he studied at Augusta College Kentucky and was ordained a bishop in 1872.
The Proposal Rejected by Central Labor Union in Omaha
At a Central Labor union meeting in Omaha Nebraska on Thursday night members voted to reject a Business Men's association proposal to arbitrate the labor difficulties.
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Omaha
Neb
Central Labor Union
Business Men's Association
Riot at Slavonic Church Ends in Police Arrests
In Joliet Illinois on May 4 a clash broke out as collectors moved through a Slavonic Roman Catholic church drawing about 2000 worshipers. Women and men fought with fists books chairs and later against police until patrols intervened and arrests were made. Father Kollar tried to calm the scene and escaped unharmed.
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Father Kollar
Well Known Churchman Bishop Hurst Dies in Washington
Bishop John Fletcher Hurst of the Methodist Episcopal Church died at his Washington home at 12 40 Monday morning. His daughter Ellen and son Lieut Paul Hurst of the 3d U S infantry were with him. another son John L Hurst was en route from Denver, Cary Bailey Hurst in Vienna as U S consul general. His health had faltered for two years and McKinley’s assassination hastened his decline.
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Washington
John Fletcher Hurst
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ellen
Lieut
Paul Hurst
3D U. S. Infantry
John L. Hurst
Denver
Cary Bailey Hurst
Vienna
United States
Bishop Hurst
McKinley
Sunday laws enforced in Pensacola restrict activities
Pensacola, May 4. For the first time Sunday laws were enforced with hacks banned, livery stables closed, soda water and confectionery stands shut, and only streetcars and trains operating. The county solicitor noted conflicts between two state law sections and advised no interference for now. The Sunday morning newspaper received a midnight cease work notice, but circulated before 12 o'clock.
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Pensacola
Fla
Double Lynchings and Urban Fire Damage Reported
In Mississippi two Black men Bryant and Morris were hanged at Yazoo bridge after a confession linked Morris to the killing of W H Legg as armed farmers seized the pair. In Maine a major mill district blaze threatened Kennebunk shops causing about 100000 in losses. Berlin Pennsylvania also suffered a major blaze destroying the Garman opera building drug store and several other nearby stores and residences with about 76000 in damage.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Bob Bryant
Will Morris
W H Legg
Haneed
Yazoo
Haynes Bluff
Bryant
Morris
Legs Place
Berlin
Garman Opera
Wss
Bishop Spalding Voices Labor Justice at Peoria Coliseum
Bishop Spalding, member of the anthracite coal strike commission, spoke on May 2 about labor problems in Peoria. He argued laws favor capitalists, urged justice over charity, warned that money cannot replace human life, and endorsed trade unionism while noting strikes harm both labor and capital.
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Peoria
Ill
Bishop Spalding
Anthracity Coal Strike Commission
Coliseum
America
Band of Counterfeiters Active in Region
Carbondale Illinois detectives hunt a gang producing counterfeit National Bank notes modeled on a Lebanon Kentucky issue. The forged $1 notes reproduce a Garfield image with D series letters and numbers 2150 1578 241 D. Signatures of O D Thomas and John J Carlisle used.
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Carbondale
Ill
Secret Service
National Bank
Kentucky
Illinois
National Bank of
O. D. Thomas
John J. Carlisle
Public Debt Statement Shows April 1903 Decline
The monthly public debt report from Washington dated May 2 1903 shows total debt, net of cash in treasury, at 38 935 418 dollars as of April 30 a decrease of 668 501 from April 1 1903. Recapitulated debt totals include 914 541 390 interest bearing debt 1 230 050 noninterest bearing debt 396 490 165 and overall 1 312 261 605 plus 895 925 869 in certificates and treasury notes offset by equal cash held for redemption.
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Washington
Treasury
Army Adopts New Standards and Colors for U S Army
Washington May 2 The War Department adopts a new set of standards regimental battalion and other colors for the Army of the United States on the recommendation of Acting Quartermaster General Patten The flags feature the U S coat of arms with silk material and embroidered insignias scroll inscriptions and emblems in color
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Washington
Patten
War Department
Army of the United
Government April Receipts Exceed Expenditures by 1.57 Million
Comparative receipts and expenditures show April totals of 43,326,105 dollars in receipts and 41,763,814 dollars in expenditures, leaving a monthly surplus of 1,568,286 dollars.
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Washington
April 1903 U S coinage totals announced
Washington May 2 The total domestic coinage executed at U S mints during April 1903 amounted to 2 141 220 with gold 137 400 silver 1 809 000 and minor coins 194 820 produced.
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Washington
United States
Marconi Arrives in Rome Amidceremonial Welcome
Signor Marconi arrived Friday evening in Rome and was greeted at the station by the mayor, ministers, and a crowd of several thousand with a band. The event drew a large public gathering.
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Rome
Signor
Marconi
Boston Labor Dockets Show Limited Worker Quits
Boston reports from labor officials indicate only about 1,200 workers quit during Friday forenoon and early afternoon. Adjustments were noted as the day progressed.
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Boston
Fragmentary Irish tale excerpt on birth and fate
A garbled dialogue references an 1880s Irish setting with a man lamenting his ugliness caused by being put out to nurse. The fragment mentions a baby, a mother, and a nurse, noting a transformation from beauty to ill favored appearance and a lifelong sense of loss.
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Art Students Agen
Tere
Ireland
Dodd's Kidney Pills Help Festus Elder Choose Relief
Festus Missouri May 4 Mr January S Lilly 76 years old reports long standing kidney and bladder inflammation past five years worsened at night He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring strength easing back and hip pains and enabling rest and sleep He recommends the remedy to others as a reliable relief.
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Festus
January S. Lilly
Dodd
Reliable Recipe Warns Against Toadstool Poisoning
A Wichita poisoning case drives a correspondent to seek a test to tell mushrooms from toadstools. The Kansas City Journal quotes Artemus Ward: if you eat them and live they are mushrooms if you eat them and die they are toadstools. The test is praised as simple and reliable for family use.
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Wichita
Artemus Ward
Kansas
Circuit tour tickets to Pacific Coast and far East
The Chicago and North Western Railway announces sale of circuit tour tickets to Sidney Australia with return options via Royal Mail Line to Vancouver or Oceanic U S Co Line to San Francisco. Tickets are inexpensive and the service combines Overland to the Coast with rapid trans Pacific travel offering picturesque views and high quality rail and steamship connections.
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Pacific Coast
trans-Pacific
Far East
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Sidney
Australia
Royal Mail
Vancouver
Oceanic U. S. Co
San Francisco
England
Transcontinental Train
trans-Pacific Steamship Service
Cough Remedies and Domestic Advice Advertisements
A compact page segment lists patent medicines and remedies for coughs and colds including Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets at 25 cents and Piso’s Cure for Consumption praised by N W Samuel of Ocean Grove N J. Also features miscellaneous quotes and tips on earning, sobriety, and honesty with brief mentions of products from Ram’s Horn and Shakespeare quotes.
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N. W Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Mrs Tupman of Richmond Praises Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy
A Richmond Virginia woman describes long standing backache bearing down pains and nervous decline. After starting Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound in June 1901 she reports steady weight gain and improved health, noting ten bottles as effective.
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Lydia FE
Pinkham
R. C. Topman
West 30Th St
Richmond
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Public Debt Statement
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