Knapp admits murders of three women and two children
Alfred A. Knapp, jailed in Hamilton Ohio, confessed to strangling three women and two children, including Hannah Goddard Knapp, whose body was found in the Miami River after his December 22 disposal. A New Albany floaters clue matched Knapp’s third wife, amid verification by Charles Millspaugh and ring evidence.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Alfred Knapp
Butler County
Hamilton
H. H. Holmes
Emma Littleman
Cincinnati
Mary Eckert
Alfred A. Knapp
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Charles Millspaugh
Knapp
Miami River
Ohio River
New Albany
Hannah Goddard
Bisdorf
Charles Goddard
Chas. Goddard
Alfred A Knapp
Extraordinary Senate Call By Roosevelt March 5 1903
The president issues a proclamation ordering the United States Senate to convene in extraordinary session at the Capitol in Washington on March 5 at noon. The move shifts focus from canal and Cuban treaty ratification to pursuing the Aldrich and Philippine tariff bills as Republican senators abandon further ratification efforts.
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Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
United States of América
Senate of the
United States
Washington
John Hay
Adm Schley Arrives in Los Angeles for Public Reception
Adm Schley arrived in Los Angeles with his party on Monday and was driven to a hotel to stay for a fortnight. The chamber of commerce plans to host a public reception probably Tuesday evening.
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Schley
Los Angeles
Cal
Adm Schley
Chamber of Commerce
Adm. Schley
Liberal conservatives win big in Chile elections
Santiago de Chili reports a great triumph for the liberal conservative combination over the liberal group backing the president in Sunday elections. In Lowell Massachusetts the Textile Council, representing cotton unions, asks seven city cotton corporations for a ten percent wage increase.
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Santiago de Chili
Lowell
Mass
Lowell Textile Council
Treasuries
Robert Emmet Birthday Observed in Washington Celebrate 125th Year
Washington marked the 125th anniversary of Robert Emmet's birthday with a largely attended public meeting Sunday night. Senators and representatives were among the speakers who addressed the gathering.
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Robert Emmet
Washington
Fatal Explosion at Edison Cement Plant in New Village
Six men are believed dead and 25 to 30 injured in a major blast at the Edison cement plant in New Village New Jersey. Gas ignition in a large coal bin sparked the fire, destroying the bin, coal blower, coal storehouses, three conveyors and a receiving tower. Firemen from Washington, New Jersey, assisted at the scene.
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Harry Rose
R. H. G. Goodwillie
George Bowman
Clinton S. Race
Alexander Wolf
Harry Wilkmein
Foreman Rose
Washington (N. J
Ohio River flood devastates Pittsburgh region and parts of Ohio
The March flood sent torrents from the Allegheny and Monongahela into Pittsburgh and East Liverpool, flooding 75 houses and damaging pottery plants including Thompson Pottery. Mills across Western Pennsylvania were inundated, 38,375 workers idled, and multiple rail lines and basements suffered as water rose through lower districts and rivers.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Venice
Point
Penn Avenue
Lower Allegheny
Isabella Street
Ninth Street
Pittsburg & Western Railroad
Buffalo, Rochester
East Liverpool
Thompson Pottery
Congress Ends Fifty Seventh Session with Key Appropriations
A Senate and House summary notes the final days of the Fifty Seventh Congress with passage of naval and military academy appropriations, the Littlefield anti trust bill defeat, and executive sessions. It highlights immigration debates, anti rebate and Sherman act enforcement provisions, creation of a commerce and labor department, and a general staff corps for the army. The closing days emphasize limited remaining measures and the looming March 4 expiration.
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Washington
Senate
Naval
Military Academy
Blackburn
New England
House
Lriday
Butler
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Department of Commerce and Labor
Elkins
United States Army
Oes
Raya Alans Fc
Self-Destruction in St Louis Three Die by Own Action
On Monday in St Louis two women and a man took their own lives. Mrs Rachel Lelander of Charleston origin used carbolic acid after illness, sending her 14 year old son for the poison and asking him to keep silent. Mrs Elizabeth Williams died by gas at home with a note asking cremation and secrecy. Thomas Penny of Canton Illinois, visiting his brother, also killed himself with carbolic acid after recent separation from his wife.
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St. Louis
Rachel Lelander
Lelander
Charleston
S. C
Elizabeth Williams
Thomas Penny
Canton
Ill
Sunday
Monday
Honduran Insurgents Defeated by American Commander
News from New Orleans reports that government troops in Honduras defeated a force of insurgents led by Lee Christmas, an American, in a desperate battle near Puerto Cortez. Christmas had joined the Honduran revolution years earlier to help install President Arias.
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New Orléans
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Lee Christmas
Christmas
Senor Arias
Government to promulgate new penal code in Manila
Manila on March 3 reports the government prepares a penal code to replace the Spanish code with Vice Gov Wright as author. The commission’s other members have reviewed and revised the draft.
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Manila
Gov. Wright
Removals in New York Customs Defended as Service Good
Secretary Shaw rejected claims that changes at the New York port were political. He asserted the removals were for the good of the service and necessary improvements.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Customs
New York
Plague dying out in Mazatlan with few deaths
Mazatlan Mex March 3 reports only one plague death at the lazaretto on Monday and none in the city. One hundred eighty persons remain isolated under observation as public confidence shows signs of revival.
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Mazatlan
Mex
Ladrones Routed Near Mariquina in Manila Action
Scouts under Lieut Nickerson defeated a Ladrones detachment near Mariquina. After an hour of fighting 19 were killed and many wounded. Separately in Washington Moody reports 650 vacancies at the Naval Academy due to retirement provisions affecting class 4 Antapeils.
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Manila
Nickerson
Mariquina
Naval Academy
Washington
Marca
Moody
Flood reaches Wellsville and threatens regional mills
The flood has abandoned To Smith's Ferry and inundates the mill of the American Tin Plate Co. at Wellsville four miles below Liverpool. Steubenville reports 30 feet of water rising five inches hourly and forecasts a further five feet, risking suspension of Wheeling & Lake Erie and Cleveland & Pittsburgh rail lines and nearby lowground mills.
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Smith’s Ferry
Wellsville
Liverpool
American Tin Plate Co
Steubenville
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Prisoner Identified After Escape Shot By Detective
Kansas City. A prisoner identified as Alfred Saunders of Louisville after being shot by a detective during an escape attempt. Saunders, arrested on forging notes, had come to Kansas City last fall from St. Louis where he reportedly worked as a hotel clerk.
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Kansas City
James J. Arnold
Alfred Saunders
Louisville
Saunders
St. Louis
Tow boat sinks 28 barges of coal near Lake Providence
Vicksburg Miss March 2 The tow boat J B Williams struck the bar opposite Lake Providence La and sank 28 barges of coal. Capt Cameron local Monongahela Coal Co says the Pittsburg coal headed for New Orleans. Estimated 28 000 tons valued at about 75000 dollars. A portion may be saved.
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Vicksburg
Miss
J. B. Williams
Lake Providence
Cameron
Monongahela Coal Co
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Former Saxony crown princess arrives in Lindau for birth
The former crown princess of Saxony reaches Lindau on Lake Constance and meets her mother. She plans to stay at her mother's chateau in Lindau for the forthcoming birth, with local authorities noting the arrangement.
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Vienna
Saxony
Lindau
Lake Constance
Jeffries and Corbett Agree to 20 Round July Fight
New York March 2 James J Jef fries and James J Corbett met Sunday and agreed to fight 20 rounds next July before a club that will give them $25,000 or the largest purse above that sum.
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New York
James J. Jeffries
James J. Corbett
Flood in Memphis Deepens Disaster Threat
Memphis Tennessee March 2 The Mississippi River stands at 34 feet with the gauge showing no movement. Water expands for ten miles into Arkansas low lands opposite the city and the situation grows increasingly serious.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Arkansas
Shenango River Flood Reaches Ten-Year High in Sharon
Flood damage in the Shenango valley is estimated between 50 000 and 75 000 dollars. The Shenango River swelled by rain and thaw reached its highest level in ten years Sunday in Sharon Pennsylvania marking severe flood conditions.
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Nee Valley
Sharon
Shenango Valley
Shenango River
Potter Case Settled in Schenectady Militia Rule
The Potter case is settled as the Painters' union abandons its position. William Potter will be allowed to return to work as a union painter while remaining a member of the militia.
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Schenectady, N. Y
Potter
Painters’ Union
Wm. Potter
Ohio
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ex Congressmen Baker Dead In Belleville
Former congressman John Baker died at his home in Belleville on Sunday after a period of ill health. Authorities say death followed a recent attack of partial paralysis two days earlier.
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Baker
Belleville
John Baker
Senate and House Scramble Through War Time Bill Session
Senate passes general deficiency bill and debates irrigating arid lands appropriation of 50 million. House reels from filibuster with numerous roll calls as conference reports on Alaskan homestead and deficiency items move to conference. Additional measures include Porto Rico delegate, tobacco prize ban, Maj. Gorgas promotion, and relief for Lieut Handforth. Conference actions set allocations for plant industry forestry soils and wildlife care. Irrigation investigation funded at 65000.
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Ucla
United States
Secretary of War
House
Senate
Philippines
Washington
Rawlins
Aldrich Financial
Teller
Otten
Porto Rico
Maj
W. C. Gorgas
B. F. Handforth
Bureau of Plant Industry
Bureau of Forestry
Bureau of Soils
Day sits with Supreme Court for first time
Washington report states William R. Day, named as the next assistant justice of the United States Supreme Court, sat with the court Monday for the initiation ceremony, conducted in line with the court’s customary practice.
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Washington
William R. Day
United States Supreme Court
Immigration bill accord reached in Washington reports
Washington March 3 The confer ees on the immigration bill reached an agreement Monday The bill remains practically as amended by the senate The educational test provided by the house is Stricken out
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Washington
Senate
House
Death of Horace H. Hagan
Guthrie Oklahoma March 3 Horace H Hagan democratic politician and banker died Monday of heart disease His brothers Eugene Hagan a Topeka attorney Rev Father Hagan of Chicago and Frank Hagan of Louisville Ky
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Horace H. Hagan
Guthrie
Okla
Eugene Hagan
Topeka
Father Hagan
Chicago
Frank Hagan
Louisville
Conferees Reach Agreement On Post Office Bill
Washington dispatch reports the conferees of the two houses reached a settlement on the post office appropriation bill on Monday. The major point of contention was the amount allowed for railroad transportation.
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Washington
Post Office
Wabash Trainmen Demand Wage Increase Prompt Strike Threat
Wabash workers east of the Mississippi press for a 15 percent freight and 12 percent passenger raise, plus double pay for double-reader freight trains. Conductors and engineers favor the recently granted wage schedule and oppose a strike. About 2,000 workers are affected, with 350 conductors and 350 engineers among them.
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St. Louis
Marc
Mississippi River
Ramsey
Mississippi
Agricultural Bill Conferees Reach Agreement in Washington
Conferees on the agricultural appropriation bill reached agreement Monday night. The House accepted Senate amendments providing 500000 dollars for foot and mouth disease eradication and other contagious diseases. The Senate trimmed its amendment on general Bureau of Animal Industry expenses to leave 1200000 dollars.
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Washington
House
Senate
Bureau of Animal Industry
Delaware Represented As Allee And Ball Elected Senators
Dover Del March 3 In a special session the Delaware legislature elected State Senator J Frank Allee union republican to the United States Senate term ending 1907 and Congress man T Heister Ball regular republican to the term ending 1905 Brought by Washington pressure the pair ends four year absence of full state representation in the Senate.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
United States Senate
J. Frank Allee
Union Republican
T. Heister Ball
Washington
Edward Addicks
Public Debt Statement Shows February Debt Decline
Washington reports the monthly public debt total 937,972,898 at February 28, 1903, down 5,969,665 from January 31. The recap lists interest bearing debt 914,541,429, debt with ceased interest since maturity 1,230,510, and non interest bearing debt 396,744 45%.
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Washington
DAR Delegates Present Framed Pittsburg Block House Picture
Delegates from the Pittsburg chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented to the president a framed picture of the historic Pittsburg block house erected in 1764 for defense against Indians. The DAR holds the building in trust and cares for it.
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Washington
Pittsburg
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Block House
No Money For Queen Liliuokalani Claims
House members on the sundry civil appropriation bill have agreed to strike out the senate amendment that would have appropriated 200000 dollars to pay the claims of former Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii.
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Queen Lil
Washington
Senate
Liliukalani
Hawaii
Carrie Nation Jailed Again in San Francisco
Carrie Nation spent Sunday night in jail on malicious mischief charges after breaking a whisky bottle in the Russ hotel bar and clashing with her press agent. The rest of the column notes a February coinage total of 9,196,880 dollars, with gold 7,488,510 and silver 1,521,060, and Iowa monument contracts for three tombs costing 32,600 dollars awarded to a Boston firm at Chickamauga park.
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Carrie Nation
San Francisco
Russ
Washington
United States
Kattanooga
Tenn
Iowa Monument Commission
Chickamauga Park
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