City Takes The Money From Street Railway Forfeit
The city council in special session Saturday night declared the 10 000 put up by the street railway for a new road completion by April 2 to belong to the city. The council voted unanimously to forfeit the bond and ordered suit to recover the funds from City Trust Safe Deposit and Surety Company if Philadelphia. The city now has 19 900 in cash for the general fund. the street railway will continue to run for a time.
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Wichita
Einte
Geo. Sewell
Gibbi
Allen
Smith
W. Q Church
Without an Army Canadian Forces Chief Finds No Army
Buffalo dispatch reports that Canada is said to have no army worthy of the name and that Gen Hutton, recently appointed commander of the Canadian forces, refuses to call the force an army. His first official report has caused a sensation in military civil and political circles.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Quiber
Dominion of Canada
Gen
Hutton
Empire
Baym
Gordon
Evelyn Wood
Kitchener
Canada
Death of D A Waterman in Yonkers
D A Waterman treasurer of the Michigan Central rail yard died at his Yonkers home after collapsing during Easter services at First Baptist church. He was unconscious, regained briefly, and then slipped into a coma, passing away. Waterman, about 60, was well known in railroad circles and active with the Y M C A across the country.
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New York
D. A. Waterman
Michigan Central Rail
Yonkers
Mr. Waterman
Death by Fire in Traverse City Claims Two Women
In Traverse City a fatal blaze on April 3 destroyed a residence where two elderly women died. Mrs. Sarah Schubert, 60, and Mrs. Regers perished as fire swept through the invalids room. George Geiges, living with them, left to help an invalid before the flames grew out of control, apparently started by a lantern.
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Traverse City
Ekingsluy
Sarah Schubert
Regers
George Geiges
Schubert
Potteries Trust Fails as Investors Refuse Funds
Fest Liverpool April 3 American Potteries company drops plan for a 27.1 million dollar trust to unite U S potteries after investors balk at stock. Officials say about 7 million was set for sale but fears of dividend overvaluation scuttled the deal. Also, Bruen named starter at fair grounds after Western horsemen praised him.
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Liverpool
American Potteries Company
Eiver
United States
Bruen
St Lewis
Hewthorne
All of the
Fair Association
Kate
Fair Grounds
Matt Byrnes
Dick Ewyer
Kit Chinn
A. B. Dade
Huntington At Home In San Francisco For A Month
San Francisco April 1 C P Huntington president of the Southern Pacific arrived to stay at his California street mansion until about May 1 with his wife The main purpose of the coast visit is the Southern Pacifics annual meeting and election He spoke on hoped reforms in Central Pacific and possible rate and freight improvements while noting a government extension of loan repayments is unlikely He indicated no final plan on consolidations with California lines or changes in management and said he would oppose any railroad rate reductions without fair returns to investors
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Aerives
San Francisco
C. P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Company
California Street
California
Huntington
Southern
State Railroad Commission
Chicago's Great Tree Revealed In West Chicago Farm Field
The Chicago Inter Ocean describes a colossal cottonwood near Grosse Point owned by Chas Kotz. It stands about 190 feet tall with a 42 foot trunk girth and a hollow 26 feet in circumference large enough for a dining table. The tree, estimated around 600 years old, once thrived in King John era and predates Columbus.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Cook County
Chicago
Chas. Kotz
Grosse Point
United States
California
Charing Kotz
America
George Eliot’s Ways From Memoirs of John Blackwood
George Eliot was kindly and sympathetic with a keen sense of humor and care for her manuscripts. When Blackwood needed to send Daniel Deronda, she refused the mall option and balked at a sober footman ferrying it. She feared loss and preferred a trusted private hand.
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John Blackwood
George Eliot
Blackwood
Daniel Deronda
Mall
Bound for Manila batteries depart New York
Light battery F of the Fourth artillery and light battery F of the Fifth artillery left today over the West Shore railroad bound for Manila via San Francisco. The Fourth artillerymen came from Fort Adams Rhode Island while those of the Fifth were stationed at Fort Hamilton in this harbor. Each battery numbers 120 men and four equipment and is supplied with a hospital outfit.
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New York
Fourth Artillery
Lght
West Shore
Manila
Bun Francisco
Fort Adams
R.I
Fort Hamilton
Foundry Project Planned for Cherryvale Kansas
Foundry for Cherryvale will be built east of the brick company plant with a 75 by 20 foot building. O J Corbin and F B Thomas of Sedalia Mo closed a deal for a large foundry and machine shop site and work is expected to start immediately.
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Cherryvale
Cherryvate
Kan
O. J. Corbin
F. B. Thomas
Sedalia
Thomas
Wife Stabs Husband During Quarry Table Altercation
In Chicago on April 3 a quarrel at a table led Mrs Joseph Brown of 20g Leavit Street to seize a knife and stab her husband in the breast near the heart. Brown died almost instantly and Mrs Brown is detained.
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Chicago
Joseph ,Brown
Leavit Street
Brown
Ending the feud in Kentucky hills a tale of Pitchford Peterson
In Kentuckys Kinniconnick Creek region a fifty year feud between the Pitchford and Peterson families unfolds as Fred Peterson plans to marry Bettty Pitchford. After defying his rival, Fred secretly courts Betty, while Major Tom Peterson remains unaware of their nocturnal meetings. The feud’s old bloodshed prompts a drastic wedding bonfire of the clan’s tension.
No, suh not now, suh. Come heah ute, suh and read the will
A garbled dramatic scene shows Major Peters confronting a scheme involving a stolen will and a plan to steal someone named Fred. Dialogues reveal a family feud, a trap, and a vow to end the feud through divorce and marriage arrangements.
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Peterson
Dearest
Indax
Fred
Major Peters
Marion
George
Major
Russia's Ocean Ice Plow Ermack Nears Russian Government Transfer
The Great Russian ice breaking steam er Ermack, built at Walker shipyards and launched in Newcastle upon Tyne, is completed and ready for transfer to Russia. Admiral Makaroff and St Petersburg officials envision windowed routes to keep ports open, with summer Arctic runs to Karelia and White Sea regions and May voyage to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla for northern passage prospects.
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Ermack
Walker
Armatrong, Whitworth & Co
Newcastle-on-Tyne
England
Makaroff
St. Petersburg
St. Petersborg
Baltic Sea
North Cape
White Sea
Kareeee
Siberia
Akie
Andree
Spitzbergen
Nova Zembla
Education and Pessimism In Higher Learning
A Chicago Inter Ocean writer argues education often yields cynicism and indifference. He notes universities can produce scholars detached from public life yet publicly influential, citing Germany's Humboldt and Bismarck as outcomes of learned leadership, warning laissez faire doctrine ruins true civic responsibility.
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Chicago
Diogenes
Germany
Humboldt
Bismarck
Munkacsy Hopeless As Reports Of Recovery Prove Baseless
Bonn April 3 reports on the Hungarian painter Munkacsy fail to show recovery. Dr Obelke declares the case hopeless though the artist remains physically well and has periodic remissions from insomnia. Mme Munkacsy visits weekly and sometimes he recognizes her, showing moments of happiness before retreating into disconnection.
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Bonn
Germany
Munkacsy
Obelke
Mme
Munkaesy
Frohman to Quit the Lyceum in New York
The World reports Daniel Frohman plans to abandon the Lyceum on Fourth Avenue near Twenty third Street and move to a new Lyceum at Broadway and Forty sixth Street. A stock company will continue, and the new playhouse will revive the theatrics district.
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Frohman
Lyceum New York
The
World
Daniel Frohman
Lyceum Theater
Fourth Avenue
Twenty Third Street
Broadway
Forty-sixth Street
Prevent Playhouse
Decorated Breakfast Plates and Pie Plates Sale Notes
Advert reads decor plates and decorated china, listing prices. Pie plates priced at four dollars per dozen, with a 57e note and a dozen at $1.20. Limited details and unclear branding. item appears in a brief sale listing.
FIRST SHOWING spring styles carpets and rugs
Carpet department advertises spring styles including Wilton rugs 12x12 backless velvet Smyrna and Biraw mats at low prices. Floor oil cloths and linoleums offered for kitchens baths and offices. Carpet sweepers priced at 2.50 and 3.00. Rugs described as double sided and attractive for dining rooms.
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Soarce
Fine Wilton
Smyrna
Everthing
Drapery Curtains Sale with Wide Range of Styles
Broad selection of curtains and drapery goods with varied prices. Ruffled bobinet lace nets cluny and Irish point options, plus tapestry and burlap style curtains. Includes window shades, curtain poles, and decorative screens with affordable new arrivals. Numerous patterns from low to mid range, Spring and Summer popularity noted.
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Nottingham
Brussels
Bagdad
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Claw
Fung
Oth Faro
Betty
Geo
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Ye World
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