Heavy deficit feared at French exposition say critics
A Paris correspondent quotes a prominent French commission member criticizing the fair as bungled with widespread looting and contracts. Despite some beauty and displays, officials warn July and August will bring large attendance but the exposition cannot recover from an early frost. A Californian visitor regrets the trip yet notes some busy, unremarkable attractions.
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Generais
Paris
Chicago Tribune
San Francisco
Law Stands in Cupid's Way Says Actress Bound by Contract
The New York Supreme Court enjoined Ella Fontain Bleau from marrying, based on a contract with her manager Edward Schiller that she remain single for next season to protect his biographing and printing venture. A Spaniard friend reported Bleau’s engagement to Adolphus Garcia of Madrid who planned to wed her.
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Ella Fontain Bleau
Supreme Court of New York
Miss Bleau
Edward A. Gchiller
Schiller
Gearon
Adolphus Garcia
Madrid
Garcia
Spain
Eskimos provide Perry news and polar conditions from Greenland
Captain A Smith and Cryote from Lvigtet Greenland arrived in Philadelphia with reports of a harsh winter in the far north. Eskimos offered no Perry updates though Smith suspects the explorer may have reached 63 degrees north last summer and faces great difficulty returning. A rescue through the channel seems next to impossible this year.
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Calcium
A. Smith
Lvigtet
Greenland
Cryote
Philadelphia
Frogen
Smith
Perry
Fort Conger
Greely
Ivigtut
Capt. Smith
India drought areas and relief effort outlined
Col. W. T. Fee cites famine areas in British India and native states totaling about 445,000 square miles with 61 million people. Additional distress zones of about 145,000 square miles with 21 million people may need relief before the next monsoon. Madagascar slave liberation surpasses two million in four years. Berlin University summer students have risen to 5,108, a large increase.
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India
Col
W. T. Fee
British
Youth of Phoenix Mining Firm Receives Gould Offer
Henry 8 Jackson a 16 year old son of Capt Simon Jackson of Phoenix Mining Calumet Michigan travels to New York as protege of Miss Helen Gould who reportedly adopted him and secured him a job through Miss Gould. He was offered to move after discussion at the Phoenix office and a cash check arrived for 380 to start promptly.
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Henry
New York
Ito
Jackson
Relieved by Woman's Wit at Paris Diner Meeting
An awkward encounter among archbishops in Paris was averted when Countess De Muns signaled Bishop Corrigan to leave the dining table. Bishop Ireland’s invitation remained, and Corrigan departed with courtesy as the countess revealed a delicate reason.
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Countess de Mane
Ireland
Corrigan
St. Paul
New York
Paris
Countess de Muns
Count de Muns
Count de Mune
Designs in postal cards show party candidates and Hoboken fire
New postal card designs feature McKinley Roosevelt and Bryan Stevenson with the slogan Hurrah for our next president. A latent design depicts the Hoboken disaster with the burning steamer Busle and Capt Miron who perished, with tugs fighting the blaze.
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McKinley
Roosevelt
Bryen
Stevenson
Hoboken
Busle
Miron
Navy Landsmen To Be Furnished Uniforms At Government Cost
United States navy will no longer require landsmen to buy uniforms. An annual appropriation funded 2,500 outfits for landsmen under training, effective July 1, to supply free apparel and deduct no pay from recruits. Coast trade shifts south as port activity moves from Quebec to Gulf and southern cities. Swiss consul A Hollinger received the first postal card marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Swiss and postal union.
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United States Navy
Congress
Navy
Quebec
Atlantic
Salem
Boston
New York
Norfolk
Charleson
Savannah
Pensacola
New Orleans
Galveston
Missisadipp
Gulf
A. Hollinger
Lemue
Bwitser
Saraway Republic
Counterfeiting Gangs Reported in Luzon Operations
News reports a large counterfeit ring in Luzon involving Manila and provincial gangs. The scheme centers on melting Mexican dollars to mint American facings and counterfeit five dollar bills, with American and European leaders among the alleged organizers.
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Philippines
Manila
Luzon
Harbor defense plan runs six submarine boats coast to coast
The Navy will supply submarine boats to key harbors with six vessels in total. Holland Co. to deliver ships at Newport and designated Atlantic harbors Boston New York Philadelphia Charleston and Plunger at Hampton Roads for Norfolk Richmond and Washington defense. Pacific coast two ships to San Francisco and Portland or Puget Sound with Newport base.
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Navy Department
United States
New York Herald
Lemly
Holland Company
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Holland
Newport
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Charleston
D. C
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Richmond
Washington
Baltimore
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Puget Sound
Fortune for Indian Girl Annie Truehart Dilon
Annie Truehart Dilon a Kiowa girl aged 14 inherits 61 million from cattleman John Dillon who was saved from death by her seven years earlier. Dillon, once ranch owner on the Rio Grande, left the fortune to the girl who warned him of an assassination attempt. She will start schooling under the Monterey bishop's supervision.
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Annie Truehart Dillon
Black Wolf
John Dillon
Monterey
Dillon
Rio Grande
Texas
Little Annie
Asgasain
Laces Found In Man After Passaic Explosion
John Morino, a Paterson Italian, was injured in an explosion at a Passaic shoe blocking plant where two men were killed. Morino received several yards of shoelaces embedded in his body, entering through the left side and twisting around a rib, prompting a hospital operation a week later to remove them.
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John Morizo
Passaic
N. J
Morino
Submarine Volcano Destroys Torpedo Recovery Effort
A London Times special from Sydney reports the British cruiser Ringarooms lost a torpedo off the New Hebrides. Three divers descended to recover it but encountered an active submarine volcano. The water beneath was boiling, and the divers suffered injuries from heat and pressure.
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London Times
Sydney
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