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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1900
Page
9
Paris critics report a heavy deficit and bungled planning at the exposition. Officials and foreign observers note contracts and looting while promising displays attract some guests, a Californian underscoring the fair’s poor value and lingering appeal of spectacles.
New York Supreme Court enjoined actress Ella Fontain Bleau from marrying as Edward A. Schiller her manager and contract sponsor seeks to keep her single. Schiller claimed the season contract required celibacy to protect lithograph and printing investments. Bleau was reportedly engaged to Adolphus Garcia of Madrid, who awaits bringing his bride home.
Capt A Smith aboard the Calcium from Lvigtut, Greenland, arrived in Philadelphia with news of a severe winter and spring in the far north. Eskimo inquiries about Explorer Perry found no reports. if he reached latitude 83 north last summer, a return to his Greenland base will be difficult and rescue ships through the channel seem next to impossible this year.
Col W T Fee reports true famine areas in British India and native states cover about 300000 square miles with 40000000 people. An additional 145000 square miles with 21000000 people face scarcity where relief is underway or needed before the next monsoon. Madagascar slave liberation totals over two million in four years. Berlin University summer students rise to 6108 this term.
Henry 8S. Jackson, 16, son of Captain Emin Jackson of Phoenix Mining in Calumet Michigan, is reported to have accepted a position arranged by Miss Helen Gould. After a Western trip she allegedly met him in Phoenix’s offices and offered work abroad. He received an $80 check to start for New York.
An awkward meeting of Archbishops Ireland and Corrigan at a Paris dinner was averted by Countess De Muns. Ireland accepted a dine invitation by Count De Muns and Corrigan arrived unannounced. The countess signaled a reason for not inviting Corrigan, guiding him to depart, after which Ireland entered.
Post cards depict McKinley and Roosevelt with the slogan Hurrah for our next president while another set features Bryan and Stevenson. Hidden design in Hoboken disaster shows a burning steamship Saale and Captain Miron who perished, with tugs spraying water toward the blaze.
Navy landsmen will receive outfits free of charge starting July 1 after a 112,500 allocation in the naval appropriation bill. Recruits had paid for uniforms, with a $45 deduction from pay, and the change ends the practice of recruits buying own gear. Coast trade shifts southward as New York faces rising competition from southern ports. A Swiss consul reports the first postal card for the twenty fifth anniversary of the Switser band postal authorities.
Reports warn of counterfeit operations in Luzon Philippines where gangs in Manila and provinces produce spurious coins. Mexican dollars are melted and stamped as American silver dollars or five dollar bills to double value. Raids found baskets of bad money and confessions tie Chinese and Filipino suspects to a large scale gang led by several Americans or Europeans.
The navy department lays out a program to supply submarine boats to key U S harbors. Holland company to deliver six boats with two for the Pacific coast and four for the Atlantic. Plunger to defend Hampton Roads and Baltimore if possible. Stations include Boston New York Philadelphia Charleston Newport San Francisco Portland or Puget Sound.
Annie Truebart Dil lon, a 14 year old Kiowa daughter of Black Wolf, inherits 61 million from cattleman John Dillon who was saved from assassination by the girl seven years earlier. Dillon left the fortune to the girl who took his name and will begin education under the Monterey bishop’s supervision.
John Morino a Paterson Italian was injured in an explosion at a Passaic shoe shop that killed two men. Morino received long shoe laces inserted through the left side and a new incision was needed to remove them. one lace reportedly twisted around a rib.
A London Times special from Sydney reports the cruiser Ringaroomsa lost a torpedo off the New Hebrides. Divers trying to recover it encountered an active submarine volcano. Water beneath was boiling, and the divers suffered bleeding from ears and nose while their suits were damaged by heat.
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