President Roosevelt Praises South and Receives Sword in Charleston Parade
President Roosevelt visited the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition in Charleston. A grand parade honored him, and he presented Major Micah Jenkins with a sword. He spoke on Union and Confederate valor and national reunion amid crowds along Queen and Calhoun streets.
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Charleston
D.C
Roosevelt
South Carolina
Exposition Auditorium
Micah Jenkins
St. John’s Hotel
President's Quarters
Charlies Morris
Sullivan's Island
North Carolina
Murat Halstead
Hugh S. Thompson
Queen
Meeting
Calhoun
Rutledge
Grove Streets
Exposition Grounds
Harvard
Smith
Wagener
MaeSweeny
Aycock
Jackies
Woman's Board
Captain Wagener
F. W. Wagener
Exposition Company
Roosevelt Speaks in Charleston Address Spanneth Uniting North and South
Mayor Smith introduces Roosevelt who notes his Southern heritage and Charleston’s role in American history from colonial times to the Civil War. He honors Lincoln’s birthday and emphasizes national unity while reflecting on Civil War wounds and reconciliation. The speech underscores unity between North and South and modem cooperation.
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Smith
Roosevelt
Georgia
South Carolina
Charleston
South
Abraham Lincoln
Ilee Eek Mae’ Petanlane Henlineres Tneas
Agen Ee
Flood follows snow as rivers rise in Pennsylvania
Heavy April snow and subsequent rain sent rivers from Pittsburg to the coast toward flood stage within 24 hours. Susquehanna at Williamsport rose to seventeen feet with logs rushing toward the boom, threatening 50,000,000 feet by morning. Meantime Meyersdale faced two feet of snow and telegraph lines suffered outages while trains ran two to four hours late.
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Pittsburg
Meyersdale
Pennsylvania
Band Patch
Allegheny Mountains
Williamsport
Susquehanna River
Clearfield
Poto mac river flood swells in Maryland aftermath
Heavy rains have caused the Potomac and its tributaries in Hagerstown area to surge. Rail lines are flooded, lowlands submerged, and wheat fields damaged. Conococheague and Antietam creeks breach banks, flooding roads and forcing residents from homes. Mills and buildings inundated.
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Hagerstown
Potomac River
Antietam
American Beef Company Enters Mexico City Market
In Mexico City meat supply long controlled by Spaniards through stockyards mills and shops, the American Beef Company plans to open retail meat shops on an American system. It will fatten and slaughter its own cattle and ship meat by refrigerated cars from interior points, intensifying competition and alarming some observers at the Yankee incursion.
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Mexico City
American Beef Company
Interlor Nts
Young Healy Turns Up
Harvard student John C Healy last seen seven years ago has returned from the Orient and is with his mother and sister at Coronado California. Healy, a son of a Cincinnati attorney, left Harvard to travel and worked as a stoker on a government transport before his arrival.
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San Francisco
John C. Healy
Harvard
Cincinnati
Coronado
Cal
Healy
Staunton
United States Naval Pay Office
Woman summons husband to cemetery then shoots self
In Minneapolis on April 9 Mrs Annie Schloss lured her husband to St Anthony Cemetery and then shot herself among the ca taraven. She died hours later at a hospital after a quarrel with her mother, the only known motive.
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Minneapolis
St. Anthony Cemetery
Annie Schloss
State Prison Inquiry Opens at Michigan City
Officials assemble to investigate Dr Horne cruelty charges at the State Prison with Governor Durbin presiding. Board of Control members Nebeker Kimbrough Bundy arrive while Charities board members join the session, promising a thorough inquiry with no attorney anticipated for Dr Horne.
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Indianapolis Journal
Michigan City
Ind
Brose
Horne
Board of Control
E. H. Nebeker
Covington
C. M. Kimbrough
Muncie
C. H. Bundy
Marion
Nebeker
Mr. Kimbrough
Kimbrough
Garner
Durbin
State Board of Charities
Monon
Butler
Demarechus C. Brown
Irvington
8. B. Davis
Terre Haute
Board of Charities
Governor Durbin
Charities Board
Barnard
Reid
Vreeland Hotel
Galaher
Attorney General's Department
Dr. Horne
Michigan City Prison
Board of State Charities
Patrick Flannigan
Investigation of Charges to Be Reported by Stenographer Flannigan
Dr Horne faces charges under review and an investigation will be reported in full by Stenographer Flannigan with nearly all members of the Board of State Charities present.
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Ing
Horne
Flannigan
Board of State Charities
British Camp Inquiry Opens in New Orleans
Col. E. H. Crowder of the War Department arrives in New Orleans to probe charges of British army posts at Chalmette. He will collect witness lists, review Governor Heard’s evidence, and inspect Chalmette operations. The inquiry is expected to take one week to ten days.
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New Orleans
E. H. Crowder
War Department
Chalmette
Custom House
Heard
Crowder
Washington
Dr Talmage in grave condition after relapse
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Washington says Rev. T Dewitt Talmage is not well. His condition is grave after a relapse following his daughter's wedding. Congestion of the brain is reported and he has been largely unconscious, prompting deep concern nationwide.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
T. Dewitt Talmage
Talmage
Appomattox Surrender Anniversary Observed in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg and Allegheny the Union Veteran Legion and the G A R held the thirty seventh anniversary of the surrender of Appomattox. Major General M B Young was to speak on The Cavalry at Appomattox but a telegram said he was sick in Philadelphia with a severe cold and could not attend.
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Pittsburg
Appomattox
Union Veteran Legion
Allegheny
M. B. Young
Dorrington
Young
Philadelphia
Rich widow arrest shocks Butte crowd on larceny case
Mrs Minnie O Grady a widow is jailed on grand larceny charges after allegedly taking diamonds from Mrs Emma Proulx during a buggy ride. Proulx says she was drugged and abandoned in a lonely area. police link O Grady to other wealthy women and insurance after the deaths of her husband and son. Authorities probe possible poisonings as part of the case.
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Butte
Mont
Minnie O'Grady
Emma Proulx
Military leader and diplomat with storied career
A detailed account outlines a celebrated military career starting as a major and rising to brigadier general by brevet, with Civil War service in Indiana regiments, command of cavalry in Burnside’s East Tennessee expedition, and the capture of Knoxville in 1863. After the war he held posts from postmaster at Evansville to minister to Mexico and Russia, practiced international law, and served as secretary of state. He was minister to Spain, plenipotentiary for reciprocity treaties, and a participant in Bering Sea arbitration and Japan peace talks. He also served on commissions and missions to Great Britain, Russia, and the Anglo Canadian panel.
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Indiana
Burneide
East Tennessee
Knoxville
Grant
Sherman
Republian
Evansville
Brazil
Spain
Genne
British West Indies
United States
Bering Sea
Paris
Japan
Eair
China
Great Britain
Russia
Anglo-Canadian Commission
Loyal Legion to hold May meeting during monument dedication
The Loyal Legion plans its annual meeting for Tuesday May 1 at 11 a.m. as the G A R encampment begins at 2 p.m. in Tomlinson Hall. Judge John V Hadley and Meredith Nicholson are slated speakers with a banquet in the Columbia Clubhouse that evening.
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The
Loyal Legion
Tomlinson Hall
Legion
Columbia Club
John V. Hadley
Meredith Nicholson
Judge Hadley
Nicholson
HPN
Official programme for soldiers and sailors monument dedication
The executive committee will meet at the Governor's office this afternoon to authorize the May 15 dedication program led by General John W. Foster. The ceremony includes a procession, flags carried by ten detail members from each regiment, music, and a vespers service with veterans, plus a parade review and the presentation and acceptance of the monument by Governor Durbin.
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Durbin
Scuss
D. R. Lucas
Papoossacas
Lew Wallace Muzic
Board of Control
Gustavus V. Menzies
Winfield T. Durbin
Ose R
Indiana
Susic
John W. Foster
James Whitcomb Riley
James R. Carnahan
Eli Torrence
Peace Army of the Republic
Tomlinson Hall
English
Opera House
Robert K. Houpt
Sullivan
Robert Campbell
Indianapolis
John W. Brown
Trilla
Ill
James F. Fee
Greencastle
Jeremiah Hatfield, Jr
Bloomfield
Thomas J. Ratcliffe
Kingman
George W. Walker
Atherton
John Brown
Greensburg
E. W. Foster
Hanks
J. L. Green
Scipio
H. B. Lockridge
Enoch R. Worley
Sheridan
F. T. Edwards
Circleville
W. W. Barnes
Michigantown
Joseph Puzzle
Colfax
John Slattery
Covington
Seventeenth Mounted Infantry
John T. Wilder
Knoxville
Tenn
W. M. Backus
Henry W. Tutewiler
Wilbur F. Havens
Elias Shook
B. F. Osborn
William Fisher
Franklin
David Garber
Columbia City
David Taylor
Anderson
Capt. Hurley
Shoals
Winston Menzies
Mt. Vernon
Moses Parkinson
Shelbyville
Ross Ferguson
Jeffersonville
William Martin
Richmond
F. W. Puckett
Muncie
H. D. Patton
Walter A. Simons
Monticello
Eugene Winegar
Columbus
John Keekatz
Lawrenceburg
I. C. Wilson
Wabash
Banking Syndicates Move to End Hold-Up Schemes
New York bankers convene to fight blackmail by hold-up promoters in financial consolidations. They vow no payments for settlements and will pursue offenders in court. Leading figures admit subsidizing promoters to avoid delays, with reports of up to 250000 dollars paid by a single banking interest to dodge litigation.
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New York
Wall Street
Secret meeting ends with pledge to pay no protection
In New York on April 9 the executive committee of the Central Liquor Dealers Association, five delegates from each district, met for five hours to discuss the excise situation and reportedly agreed not to pay out any more money for protection.
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New York
Central Liquor Dealers’ Association
Gambler's Insolvency Defies Discharge in Court Appeal
New York April 9 Circuit Court of Appeals upholds referee ruling denying discharge to a former silk merchant with assets of 196000 and liabilities of 973000. From Sept 19, 1898 to April 12, 1900 he gambled away over 160000 in gambling houses, roulette and games of chance and lost about 75000 more in stock speculation, using funds from his business and creditors. He remained insolvent and turned to further gambles hoping to recoup losses.
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New York
Circuit Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Two Female Hobos Reach San Francisco After Cross Country wager
In San Francisco on April with a capital of six cents two young women identify as Louise Genss and Grace Fostand recount a bet to travel from Chicago to San Francisco. They claim a mostly non walking journey, avoiding begging while accepting what’s offered and enduring four foodless days from Chicago to Aurora and on roller routes, with Omaha reached March 4 and rough rides from Ogden to California.
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San Francisco
Louise Genss
Grace Fostand
Chicago
Omaha
Ogden
Aurora
General Foster to Speak at Soldiers Monument Dedication
Gen John W Foster accepts invitation from Governor Durbin Senator Fairbanks to deliver the oration at the dedication of the soldiers monument in this city on May 15 He is a distinguished diplomatist born in Pike County Indiana educated at Indiana University and now living in Evansville where he practiced law
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John W. Foster
Durbin
Fairbanks
Soldiers’ Monument
General Foster
United States
Indiana
Pike County
Indiana University
Evansville
Bohemian Woman Accused Of Killing Husband In Oklahoma
In Grant county Oklahoma near Wellington a Bohemian woman named Mrs Poples is reported to have killed her husband by driving a nail into his head after he returned home drunk and slept with his head against a pine partition. She feared another beating and acted while supper was being prepared.
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Wellington
Kan
Grant County
Oklahoma
Poples
Anne Sten
Industrial Deal United Front in New Jersey Pact
Industrial interests consolidate into a great hardware deal led by Jonbing. The new combination is reported to feed into New Jersey with a value around 120 million dollars.
Hardware Trust Consolidates Major Jobbing Firms
A vast consolidation of the hardware jobbing interests is reported in New York led by the Van Camp Hardware and Iron Company of Courtland Van Camp Indianapolis. The union totals about 120 million dollars with many regional houses joining, including Simmons St Louis Bindley Pittsburg Bingham Cleveland Supple Philadelphia Pacific San Francisco Marshall Wells Duluth Bigelow Dowse Boston Tritch Minneapolis and others. The plan, described in the Iron Age, aims to centralize buying financing and management while preserving local selling autonomy and cash discounts.
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van Camp
New York
Associated Press
Simmons Hardware Company
St. Louis
Bindley Hardware Company
Pittsburg
William Bingham Company
Cleveland
Supple Hardware Company
Philadelphia
Pacific Hardware and Steel Company
San Francisco
Marshall-Wells Hardware Company
Duluth
Bigelow & Dowse Company
Boston
van Camp Hardware and Ron Company
E. C. Simmons
John Bindley
W. D. Simmons
Moore Schley
George B. & Co
New Jersey
New York City
Rindley
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New England
St. Lovin
Helie Gp
Cometry
Stors
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Cuba
Philippines
Lee
Joe Wheeler
Santiago
Palmetto
Micah Jenns
Gen
Luke
Presideni
Alleghenies
Potomac
Bodes III
Beothers
Meat Trade of
Carrie Nation
Board OF Charities and Correction
Inter
DR. Talmage
Young Til
Loyal Legion Annual
Executive Committee
Loyal Legion Annual Meeting
J. W. Foster
van Camp Hardware Company
Courtland van Camp
Iron Age
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