Congress Ends Its Labors at Adjournment
Washington March 5 The Fifty seventh congress adjourned at noon after a last session marked by social farewells and changes as 13 of 30 retiring senators failed to seek reelection. Senate discussions featured the final rivers and harbors moves and tributes to long serving members amid the ceremonial adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Bailey
Tex
Texas
Sabine Lake
Mason
Frye
Allison
Jones
Ark
House
Houses of
Butler
Missouri
Payne
Horror on Hudson capsizing ferry leaves seven dead
Glens Falls New York March 9 seven teen men died when the ferryboat serving Spier Falls workmen capsized after a boy known as Cigarette triggered the panic. Rescue efforts recovered the bodies of Fred Forran Michael Kennedy and Cigarette with fourteen others missing amid heavy river logs.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Spier Falls
Hudson River
Hudson River Power Co
Hudson
Fred Forran
Michael Kennedy
Cigarette
Rive
House Proceedings After Final Adjournment Report
Washington March 5 Congress discussed the general deficiency and the final appropriation bill. The conference report was presented in the House at three o'clock Wednesday morning by Mr Cannon.
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Washington
Cannon
Famine in Japan prompts relief drive and counts of starving
Reports from Yokohama dated February 14 via San Francisco March 5 describe a rice crop failure causing famine in Japan's northeast. Official figures show 147,688 starving, with higher potential totals as aid efforts begin. A relief subscription drives food for the distressed.
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Yokohama
San Francisco
Japan
Supreme Court Hangs Two Negroes in St Louis
In Jefferson City on March 5 the supreme court en banc sentenced Henry Wilson and Sampson alias Bud Gray, both described as negroes, to hang in St Louis on April 8, 1903.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
En Banc
Henry Wilson
Sampson
Bud Gray
St. Louis
Multiple Fatal Fires Reported in Three Cities
A fire in Leiter West Virginia killed six people and injured one, with several escaping from a second story window. A separate blaze at Aurora roadhouse in Hunker Creek, Seattle left five dead, including the owner and a government roadhouse keeper’s family. Elmira Anchorage home for unwed mothers burned next, three babies died. six residents were mothers, flames discovered around 7:30 PM after chapel and later bedtimes.
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Cumberland
Leiter
Elkins
W. Va
Maggie Coughlan
Overhill
Annie Burke
Womelsdorf
Henry Burke
George C. Anderson
Andersons
Robert Long
Seattle
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Dawson
Aurora
Hunker Creek
Charles Bernsie
Thomas Baird
Bernsie
Portland
Ore
Baird
Ontario
Elmira
Elmira Anchorage
Prosperity in Canada Draws American Farmers West
The article argues Western Canada offers easy relocation and strong farming profits. It cites Mears, a North Dakota farmer, who earned about $4,598 from 250 acres, highlighting flax and grain yields as proof. Government agencies in multiple U.S. cities offer information on farming, dairying, ranching, and transport rates.
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Western
Canada
United States
Mears
John Mears
Cavalier County
North Dakota
Minnesota
Mr. Mears
Canadian West
Arcola
Asia
Western Canada
Ind
Milwaukee
Wis
Wausau
Detroit
Sault Ste. Marie
Marquette
Mich
Toledo
Ohio
Watertown
S. Dakota
Grand Forks
N. Dakota
Great Falls
Montana
Hope Abandoned For Seven Lost Detroit Fishermen
A Free Press dispatch from Menominee Michigan reports that recovery chances for the seven fishermen lost on a detached ice field last Sunday are virtually nil as the ice broke up and survivors contacted friends. The missing are Ole Betson Ruby Peterson John Williams John Wachter Wachter s son George Boyd and Julius Boghardt.
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Detroit
Mich
Menominee
Ole Betson
Ruby Peterson
John Williams
John Wachter
Wachter
George Boyd
Julius Boghardt
Maybrick Case Hints at Release in April 1904
London reports say Mrs Florence Maybrick could be freed in April 1904 under standard good behavior rules for prisoners. The item notes this would follow customary procedures in such cases.
Rock Island Train Wreck Injures Fifteen in Kansas City
The Golden State limited eastbound Rock Island train crashed at Armourdale in Kansas City Kansas on Wednesday night. Fifteen people were injured and no fatalities reported.
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Kansas City
Golden State Limited
Rock Island Railroad
Armourdale
Kan
Merriam Resigns as Census Director to Join International Mercantile Agency
Washington reports Gov. Merriam has offered his resignation as director of the census. The resignation will take effect May 15. He will move to New York to become vice president of the International Mercantile Agency. Paducah notes the Ohio River and other tributaries continue to rise, marking the worst flood outlook since 1887.
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Census Bureau
Washington
New York
Paducah
Ohio River
Wabash
Cumberland
Tennessee
Cairo
Man Kills Self After Mother's Beer Ban in Chicago
Otto Zeige a teamster living with his mother at 651 Morgan Street Chicago shot himself after his mother refused to let him drink beer and advised coffee instead. He died instantly, police report states.
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Chicago
Otto Zeige
Morgan Street
Peruna touted as permanent cure for catarrh by Hartman
Promises of a radical catarrh cure spread as Dr. Hartman introduces Peruna. Letters from satisfied users in Pella Wisconsin and Los Angeles Saint James detail restored health and renewed vigor after long illness. The firm offers free pamphlets and doctor advice to skeptics.
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Hartman
The
Peruna Medicine Co
E. Stubenvoll
Pella
Wis
Los Angeles
J. W. Fuller
Jewelers’ Association of
Cal
Peruna
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
A Fax Ton CO
Boston
Mass
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House Committee On Appropriations
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House of Representatives
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Henderson
Speaker
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N. J
Preston Garland
Garland
Lynchburg
National Baseball League
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Alaska
Philadelphia Press
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Vermont
White River Junction
Merriam
DRA
Lane
le Roy
Sover
Ol Evi
Nashville, Chatta- Farmsnooga
Kentucky
Alabama
Georgia
H. F. Smith
Nashville, Tenn
Fuller
OF the Jewelers’ Association
Nashville, Chattanooga& ST. Louis Railway
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Trafic
Nashville
Tennesse
Andrews
Big Shanty
Gaitzens
Jan J
Ringgold, Ga
Eveihia Oilet
Ottawa
Coperintee
Bex
Atlanta
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