Roosevelt vetoes dam bill urging controlled grants for power rights
In a special message President Roosevelt warns Congress of pending bills that would give away stream rights for 1,300,000 horsepower at coal cost and urges a policy ensuring grantees pay for privileges. He signals a future stance on prompt use of construction privileges while the House adopts rules to curb filibustering and seeks information on the paper trust. The naval bill, carrying 10.97 million dollars, authorizes two battleships and eight torpedo boats.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Cannon
Departments of Justice and Labor
Naval Service
Foss
Committee On Naval Affairs
Cardinal Logue to Attend New York Diocesan Centennial
Cardinal Michael Logue, primate of all Ireland, plans to attend the centennial celebration of the New York diocese. Charles W. Gillett, a Chicago broker, paid 22500 to First National Bank of Seymour Wisconsin in settlement of a suit over nearly 50000 lost in speculation by a defaulting cashier. Co O Alm, Rushford Minnesota city clerk, pleaded guilty to embezzling over 3000. Jacques Cartier, polar expedition ship under Lieut Benard, left Dunkirk for the voyage. Governor John A Johnson urged state rights at Shiloh battlefield monument dedication to Minnesota soldiers. Mme Anna Gould sailed for Europe unexpectedly.
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All Ireland
New York
Charles W. Gillett
Chicago
First Nationa Bank
Seymour
Wis
Co. O. Alm
Rushford
Minn
Jacques Cartier
Lieut Benard
Dunkirk
France
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Shiloh
Mme
Anna Gould
Europe
Chelsea fire devastates city district in ten year worst
A vast blaze in the Chelsea section of the Boston metropolitan district destroyed more than a square mile including 15 churches, hospitals, the library and city hall. Three lives were lost, about 50 injured, 1,500 families homeless, with losses estimated at up to 10 million dollars and 5.5 million in additional damage. Prompt relief followed as fire units from nearby towns aided.
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Boston
Chelsea
Boston Fire Department
Chelsea Brigade
Chester
New York Supreme Court
Justice Dowling
Historic Berlin church burns. flags lost in fire
A historic church in Berlin dating from 1708 was completely burned. The blaze destroyed numerous ancient regimental flags carried in various wars. Across the country many other tragedies and incidents are noted, including murders, arrests, strikes, and political actions.
Twin brothers die by own action over same woman
Majs. Nicholas and Paul Von Palkovitch, Austro Hungarian army officers and twins, died in Budapest in a planned double suicide after dining with friends. Each sat before a mirror with a pistol, intending to shoot themselves. servants found them after hours.
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Budapest
Nicholas
Paul von Palkovitch
von Palkovitches
Roosevelt urges four battleships as peace measure
President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress urging four battleships of the most advanced type, arguing that one or two ships a year would set back U S naval power and be unwise on two oceans. He stressed the plan is a measure of peace, not war, and warned that an undefended nation invites aggression.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Prairie Fires Sweep Huron South Dakota
Prairie fires around Huron South Dakota Tuesday darkened the sun with dense smoke and blew dust and ashes in clouds. At Broadland the Chicago and Northwestern station house water tank and two box cars the Atlas lumber yard and Atlas elevator with thousands of bushels of grain the Holland hotel and another house were burned.
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Huron
S. D
Broadland
Chicago & Northwestern
Atlas Lumber Yard
Atlas Elevator
Holland Hotel
Three Men Die by Suicide in New York Hotels
Three men in New York hotels killed themselves Tuesday. F. Denison shot himself in his Hotel Albert room. Joseph Christopher a cigar salesman ill with consumption shot himself at the Hotel Albany. a man registered as Charles Fisher at Mills Hotel No. 2 shot himself through the head.
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New York City
New York
F. Denison
Albert
Joseph Christopher
Albany
Mills Hotel No. 2
Charles Fisher
Stray bullets wound two women near St Marys hospital
In Detroit two women, nurse Veronica Coffee and Bessie Walsh of 208 Plum Street, were shot and seriously wounded Tuesday near St Marys hospital on St Antoine Street by two stray bullets fired by a colored man two blocks away. The bullets crossed Gratiot Avenue as they traveled down St Antoine Street through a busy city corridor.
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Detroit
Mich
Veronica Coffee
Night riders extend operations in Tennessee peanut region
Advices from the peanut section along the Tennessee River report night riders have broadened their activities into the area. The steamboats Savannah and Kentucky which transport large peanut consignments to St. Louis from the river section have been warned to halt traffic.
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Tenn
Tennessee River
Savannah
Kentucky
St. Louis
Bank President Ends Own Life Amid Bank Scandal
Despondent over business troubles and the failure of the Commercial bank after teller embezzled $80,000, Charles F. Leland, former president, shot himself at his Duluth Minnesota home on Tuesday.
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Minn
Charles F. Leland
The
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Brazil Extends Railroad to Bolivian Frontier
The Brazilian government signs a contract with Northwest Brazil railway to extend lines toward the Bolivian frontier. The project aims to improve transit and trade between Rio Janeiro region and neighboring Bolivia.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Northwest Brazil Railway
Bolivia
Tragedy in Gotham as Three Die in Tenderloin Flat
In New York City a murder scene in the Tenderloin ends with Kate Pelter dead by strangulation, Vita Della Badia fatally cut, and Charles Berger wounded and under arrest after claiming Badia robbed the flat and killed herself. Berger may survive.
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New York City
Kate Pelter
Vita Della Badia
Charles A. Berger
Berger
Badia
Pelter
Chicago
General Guerra takes command of Cuban army at Havana
Gen. Pino Guerra assumes command with a 17 gun salute from Cabana fortress. He proposes immediate staff organization with Gov. Magoon’s consent. Observers predict possible clashes between Guerra regulars and rural guards led by Gen. Rodriguez amid Miguelista opposition and questions over further army funding.
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Havana
Cuba
Cabanas
Guerra
Magoon
Alexander Rodriguez
el Triunno
Miguelista
City Under Martial Law in Chester Pa
A Chester strike by conductors motormen and other Chester Traction Co employees led to the importation of about 150 strikebreakers and a state police detachment. Clashes with mobbed officers injured several people, and the town is effectively under martial law with saloons closed and transit guarded. The unrest began as a mob attempted to stop cars, the first car was stoned and windows broken, halting all lines including the Southwestern Trolley to Philadelphia.
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Chester Traction Co
Traction Company
Philadelphia
Will Deport All Aliens in Detroit District Raids
Detroit immigration officials, aiming to deport aliens, issued a dozen warrants for inmates in the citys red light district. The women named will likely face hearings at the immigration offices on Tuesday to prove citizenship or lawful status in the United States.
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Detroit
Mich
Red Light
United States
Farmers plan change amid ideal spring weather in Dakota
In Fargo North Dakota the ten days of ideal spring weather allow farmers to prepare land and seed better than in years. The winter wheat outlook is strong enough that some farmers plan to sow less wheat and grow more of other cereals.
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Fargo
N. D
Millard Falls to Death in Alum Creek Canyon Cliff
San Jose resident Hiram Millard died after falling headlong from a cliff in Alum Creek canyon. He had just alighted from a carriage he was escorting two young women in, and investigators believe an obstruction caused him to stumble and fall.
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San Jose
Cal
Hiram Millard
Alum Creek Canon
Millard
Woman Found Murdered in Bronx Flats
New York City. Mrs S Liberman wife of a shirtwaist manufacturer with a small Bronx factory was found murdered in her Courtland Avenue apartments on Monday.
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New York City
S. Liberman
Bronx
Courtland Avenue
Easter Morning Reverie Ends in Renewal for Mrs Chester
On Easter day in the foothills near Los Angeles Mrs Chester, preparing for a bridal morning, experiences a fall and a vision-like awakening. Surrounded by lilies and violets she contemplates duties and distance from her husband, then a child’s image unites them. She awakens with renewed hope and a sense of resurrection as the sun rises.
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Mrs. Chester
Christ Is Risen
Cupid
Edna Heald McCoy
Los Angeles
Easter Sunday Attire Tradition Explained
The piece notes a religious origin for Easter dress with a traditional three new articles required, reflecting an old English rite and superstition that it is unlucky not to wear new clothes on that day.
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