National Educational Association Opens In Detroit Debate Over National University
Thousands attend the first general session at the Light Guard armory in Detroit as President Green and Bishop Spaulding speak on education. The committee on a national university triggers two hours of heated debate, with Swain and Harper clashing before a final vote upholding the association’s current stance.
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Michigan City
Committee On National University
Associa
Detroit
Mich
Lakes
Light Guard Armory
National Educational Association
Green
Bishop Spaulding
John L. Spalding
Peoria
Ill
J. L. Spalding
Peoria, Lr
Euphrates
Nile
Babylon
Egypt
Seneca
Quintilian
Rabelais
Erasmus
Montaigne
Luther
Knox
Germany
Scotland
Minde
Descartes
Commenius
A. T. Bliss
Delos
Lansing
Maybury
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
Angell
Temple Bethel
Greenlee
American Religious Educational Society
St. Louis
National Council of Education
Far Northwest
Asbury Park
Indianapolis
William Harper
Cicago University
Thurson
Cernoon
Baker
University of Colorado
National University
General Miler
Ambassador White
John A. Kasson
Harper
Swain
Indiana University
Anna Tolman Smith
Washington
PD. C
Howard J. Rogers
Albany
N. Y
Indemnity Claim Linked to Butte Chinese Boycott
The Chinese government, via Minister Wu Ting Fang, seeks 190 million dollars in indemnity over alleged brutal treatment of Chinese in Butte Montana dating to 1886. Labor unions and locals allegedly backed street attacks on Chinese businesses leading to closures, property losses, and expulsions. case traces through city council, state courts, and possible U.S. circuit court review.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Butte
Mont
State Department
United States Circuit Court
Grand Opera House
Opera House
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Chinese Boycott in Butte Leads to Legal Action and Injunction
The boycott targeted all Chinese and their sympathizers in Butte, with committees blocking patrons and pressuring employers. Legal action followed as Col. W. F. Sanders led the Chinese to seek redress in federal court, resulting in Judge Knowles issuing a permanent injunction and stretching to possible damages for treaty rights violations.
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Butte
Col. W. F. Sanders
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Cooks and Waiters’ Union
Laundrymen's Union
Knowles
Blake
Tutte
J. L. Wines
John N. Kirk
Colonel Sanders
J. U. Sanders
United States
Sanders
Record crowd floods street fair as Wichita travelers head Kiowa country
Great Palle reports a record street fair crowd with crowds lingering in Jap village and Midway. In Wichita, about 2000 people passed through heading for Kiowa Comanche and Wichita country, mostly young men with guns, ammo and campers' supplies.
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Standard
Great Palle
Wichita
Kan
Wichita Country
Leaders Fight Hour Supremacy at Ohio Convention
Delegates at the Ohio convention clash over hour supremacy as factions vie for control. Key figures push for reforms while committees negotiate rules and agenda items.
McLean Kilbourne Lead In Ohio Democratic District Meet
At the Columbus district gathering the McLean Kilbourne faction secured control of committees while Johnson supporters vow to push their line into the resolutions and convention. Charles Salen of Cleveland is expected to open the talks with Johnson policy and a conservative platform is planned.
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Columbus
Ohio
McLean- Kilbourne
Cleveland
Johnson
McLean
Cincinnati
Clude
Committee On Resolutions
Hersly
Baker
Supreme Court
Board of Public Works
Gold Democrats
United States
Charles P. Salen
Committee On
Charles H. Salen
Negley D. Cochran
Toledo Ree
Kansas City
M. A. Daugherty
Barton Smith
Judson Harmon
FE. M. Kennedy
E. M. Heisley
W. H. Spence
W. L. Finley
Heisley
Daugherty
Kilbourne
John R. McLean
Two Women Burned By Boiling Clay At Yellowstone
Special Dispatch reports Mrs. L. G. Labriskie and her daughter from Brooklyn were dramatically burned at the Thumb on Yellowstone Lake while walking a path between two boiling clay pots. They were rescued, treated with witch hazel and hot water, and taken to the Lake hotel. both suffered severe burns and face lifelong marks.
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The
Standard
Livingston
Yellowstone Lake
Labriskie
Wonderland
Storms in Hayti Cause Widespread Destruction
Reports from Port au Prince say four days of hurricane activity have devastated southern Hayti and San Domingo. The regular French mail steamer from Jacmel and Santo Domingo is overdue, impeding details. Telegraphs are down, travel is blocked, banana and corn crops are ruined, and Byterre’s wharf is lost.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
Byterre
Saloons Fined for Gambling in Billings
In Billings several saloon keepers appeared before Judge Mann on gambling charges. Each fine equaled 15 dollars per operating game. Paid fines included Vale and Potter 30 dollars, Nix 15, Wells 15, Conway 0, with others listed as 0 or percentages remaining unclear.
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Standard
Billings
Mann
Vale & Potter
Joshua Fogg
R. L. Nix
W. A. Wells
Maurer & Dehr
J. R. Conway
Prank Saverery
Carnegie funds Montana library in Great Falls
Great Falls will receive a $30,000 library gift from Andrew Carnegie. The city must provide a site and guarantee at least $5,000 yearly for maintenance, with $30,000 for building construction. The Carnegie letter, dated June 24, 1900, promises the grant if conditions are met. Local officials and citizens express overwhelming excitement at the unprecedented donation.
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Standard
Great Falls
Andrew Carnegie
Collins
Carnegie
Library Board
John Bertram
Great Fallz
Skibo Castle
Ardgay
N. B
Scotland
John A. Collins
Great Fal Mont
A. G. Ladd
Robert 8. Ford
H. O. Chowen
Car
Montana City
Judge Bearhardt Dead in New Orleans Era
A terse notice reports the death of Judge Ferdinand Bearhardt once based in New Orleans. Former postmaster, civil judge in earlier decades, deputy collector of the port, and United States district attorney under Harrison and Cleveland, his career spanned multiple federal posts.
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New Orleans
Ferdinand Bearhardt
United States
Une der Harrison
Cleveland
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Indian Education
Bureau of Education
Washington, D. C
M'Lean
Salon
MclLean-Kilbourne
Old State Committee
McLean-Kilbourne
Tom L. Johnson
Steel King
City
Maine
Board of Trustees
Grey
Andrew Garnegie
Judge Bearhardt
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