Pan American Exposition Ends in Heavy Debt
The Pan American Exposition in Buffalo closed after six months with a reported financial loss near 3 million dollars. Admissions totaled about 8 million, with final losses hitting common stock holders and contractors. May 1 opening delayed, and the Temple of Music tragedy preceded a 12 percent attendance drop after McKinley’s assassination. Government exhibit to Charleston. Petty theft and a riot on the Midway marred final hours.
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Temple of Music
McKinley
Charleston
Botha's boer assault on Benson's column near Brakel Langte
Pretoria reports detail a major Boer attack led by General Louis Botha against Colonel Benson's rear guard on October 30 in Eastern Transvaal. Two guns captured but not held. Benson mortally wounded, Barter relieves, Boers suffer heavy losses and retreat by November 1. London dispatches note little new on Benson defeat and urge reinforcements. A Peckham riot erupts as pro-Boers clash with antiwar demonstrators, police guard extremists, crowd sings Rule Britannia.
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Pretoria
Louis Botha
Benson
Brakenlangte
Transvaal
Botha
Woolf-Sampson
London
South Africa
Edgar Wallace
Daily Mail
Ile
Peckham
The
Democratic League
President Roosevelt Proclaims Thanksgiving Day
President Roosevelt declares Thanksgiving Day on November 28, urging nationwide respite from work and prayer at homes and places of worship. He notes mourning over McKinley’s death, yet calls for gratitude for peace and abundance and for citizens to fulfill their duties to others.
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Washington
Roosevelt
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Unitedates
Sugar City plant to triple beet sugar capacity
Sugar City improvement reports that the National Beet Sugar Company has broken ground for new buildings expected to triple the plant capacity. The firm will market 15,000,000 pounds of sugar this year from 4,000 acres of beets and foresees 45,000,000 to 50,000,000 pounds next year from about 12,200 beet acres.
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Sugar City Improvements
Denver
Sugar City
Denver News
National Beet Sugar Company
Visitors tour Loveland beet sugar refinery debut
Denver visitors including newspaper men and business leaders toured the Loveland beet sugar refinery of the Great Western Sugar Company. The plant opened last Monday with 750 tons a day capacity and 6,000 acres of beets. next year the company aims for 12,000 tons of beets daily.
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Denver
Loveland
Great Western Sugar Company
Colorado & Southern Railway
Trumbull
D. H. Dougan
National Bank of Commerce
Colorado
Frank Trumbull
Colorado & Southern Road
William Jennings Bryan Speaks to Denver Overflow Meeting
W J Bryan addressed a large crowd at the Coliseum in Denver speaking on national issues. He covered bimetallism taxation and imperialism while an immense overflow gathered outside. The Denver contest features uniformed W O W drill teams on November 11 to decide Colorado’s championship with the Violet Guards of Leadville and grand officers attending.
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W. J. Bryan
Denver
William Jennings Bryan
Coliseum
Mr. Bryan
Coliseum Hall
Colorado
Violet Guards
Leadville
Colorado Notes on Hallowe'en Arrests and Local News
Colorado notes report twelve Trinidad boys jailed for Hallowe'en celebration. Denver permits in October total $350,000 with most for sixty six residences. University of Denver students pay $50 to toss a classmate, causing injuries and medical bills. W B Starr ships 5,000 lambs from New Mexico to feed near Greeley for eastern markets. Pueblo experiences long traffic car blockades. Denver Rich Rd Thompson, seven, arrested again for bicycle theft. A. L. Lawton dies in Milwaukee pneumonia. Boulder jury finds Ida and Peter Lamm not guilty in a shooting case. Leadville football team plans western trip ending in Salt Lake. Balloon failure halts Georgetown to Silver Plume loop photo. Denver Post says no further trials this year. Denver Manual Training high school players return bruised from Boulder game. Teller county shows 18,000 voters for Nov 5 with Cripple Creek Victor 4,043 Goldfield 1,847 Independence 811. A Mormon church to be built in Denver seating 500. Halloween hooliganism includes derailed cars and telegraph cuts. Phillips County dips cattle for skin disorders, plant capacity 700 cattle daily. Since Eilers retirement three superintendents run Pueblo and Colorado plants. Cheyenne Wells hosts normal institute fall meetings with officers elected. Gilpin County delays county high school vote, water bonds not acted on. Colorado City bank to become First National Bank with Kansas investors. War department holds station changes in Colorado. Railroad survey progress in Beulah area encouraged by Denver backers. Unused tourist excursion tickets exceed 3,500 across Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo offices.
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Hallowe'en
Denver
cn@ty
University of Denver
W. B. Starr
New Mexico
Greeley
Pueblo
Deny Richrd Thompson
A. L. Lawton
Colorado Springs Rapids Transit Company
Plankinton
Ogden
Georgetown
Denver Post
Denver Manual Training High School
Boulder
The
State University
Teller County
Cripple Creek
Victor
Goldfield
Independence
Mr. Eilers
American Smelting and Refining Company
L. G. Eakin
Philadelphia
W. H. Howard
P. A. Mossman
Colorado
Sixth Normal Institute
Cheyenne Wells
Cora Hamilton
Prident
Lucy Will
Hobart
Trusley
Thompson
Gilpin County
Kansas
Colorado City
Citizens’ State Bank
First National Bank of
Goddard
N.S. Sanders
Topeka
A. D. Walker
Holton
Washington
Department of Colorado
Philippines
Manila
David J. Kelley
Bessemer Junction
Beulah
Western Passenger Association
Colorado Springs
Minister did not go on vacation despite fund drive
Brown recounts how church women raised about fifty dollars to send the minister on a vacation for his large family. A gala presentation was planned with music lunch and decorations but costs exceeded the amount raised, leaving a small debt and the presentation canceled. The minister was asked to cover the shortfall, which caused controversy.
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Brown
Blank
Detroit Free Press
Mr. Blank
Knott Rabbit Story Echoes Santiago Controversy
Ex Gouvernor Proctor Knott’s whimsical tale about a boy and a rabbit is cited to illustrate views on the Sampson Schley dispute over credit for the victory at Santiago. John Yerkes and Knott discuss who deserves fame while Knott reveals a long ago joke about taking a rabbit from a boy. Kentucky Journal Frankfort notes the anecdote.
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Sampa
Schley
Mr. Yerkes
Kentucky Journal
Frankfort
Fire Among the Redwoods Describes Sudden Tree Explosions
John Muir describes in Atlantic how sequoias 100 feet tall can ignite in a single explosive flare as dry wood beneath fuels air that lofts flames. The rapid fire often leaves the green spire black and dead, with roaring, throbing bursts reaching hundreds of feet before dying.
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John Muir
Atlantic
Bread From Moss and Bark Across Northern Lands
A Chicago Journal note surveys how communities in Lapland Kamchatka Iceland Italy and parts of India Egypt Arabia and Asia Minor prepare bread. Methods vary from pine inner bark flour moss and chestnut meal to millet breads, with the Tower Bridge painting cost listed at £5000.
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Lapland
Kamchatka
Russia
Italy
India
Egypt
Arabia
Asia Minor
Chicago Journal
Tower Bridge
London
Colorado sugar factories market product in state plan
Denver reports a review of the beet sugar scene noting Colorado produced high quality granulated sugar at 4.80 per 100 pounds. Independent plants operate and ship by carload to main distribution points while farmers hope for stable contracts. Roosevelts stance on home industry aided a settlement with the sugar trust, which backed away from prior price pressures. Colorado plants expand capacity with Eaton and Greeley contracts, aiming for about 35 million pounds annual output from four major factories. Co M. Cox of the Sugar Company confirms a new Eaton plant handling 700 tons of beets daily, with 4,000 pledged acres supporting contracts.
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Colorado
Trust
United Front
Washington
Sugar Trust
Missouri River
Rocky Mountain
Roosevelt
Congress
Cuba
Porto Rico
Greeley
Eaton
Arkansas
Co. M. Cox
Sugar Company
Loveland
Commissioner Hermann Would Amend Land Laws
Washington reports the annual general land office briefing by Commissioner Hermann. It notes 15 5 796 acres disposed last year, up 2 108 908 from the prior banner year, with a net surplus of 3 458 442. Prosecutions in Idaho and Montana for perjury in timber and stone act entries are cited, while recommendations urge repeal or modification of several land and timber laws, broader forest protection, and funds to deter depredations and safeguard settlers and timber resources.
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Washington
Hermann
General Land Office
Land and Forest Administration
Idaho
Montana
British Meet With Serious Reverses In South Africa
London reports Lord Kitchener describing a severe attack on Colonel Benson’s rear guard near Bethel. About twenty miles northwest of Bethel in dense mist, infernal Boers reportedly overwhelmed two guns and killed or wounded many including Benson. Benson died of wounds according to Colonel Barter’s unopposed march to the column.
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London
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Transvaal
Benson
Colonel Benson
Bethel
Broken Laagte
Barter
New Jersey Enacts Strict Pure Food Law
New Jersey yesterday enacted what is described as the strictest pure food law in the United States. It covers all items used for human consumption including beverages and canned goods. The inspection applies whether products are manufactured inside or outside the state and targets any that fail analysis as unfit for human food.
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New Jersey
New York
United States
Colorado Children Reach Pasteur Institute After Rabies Bite
Eight Colorado Springs children aged 4 to 9 plus their parents completed a 1500 mile trip to the Chicago Pasteur Institute for rabies treatment. Dr A Logorio treated them with serum injections with the first dose given within five days of the bite. Names include Charles Gregory Catherine Lamb Nellie Chester Margaret McAuliffe Agnes Vanderverter Hazel Meech and the McAuliffe children. The dog belonged to Mrs E F McAuliffe.
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Chicago
Chicago Pasteur Institute
Colorado Springs
A. Logorio
Logorio
Charles Gregory
Catherine Lamb
Nellie
Chester
Margaret McAuliffe
Agnes Vanderverter
Hazel Meech
German Temperance Society Conference in Berlin
Berlin dispatch reports the German Temperance Society has begun a conference in Berlin. Baron von Giridt urged moderation, predicting alcohol will eventually be regarded as civilization’s enemy. The note cites 750 million dollars spent yearly on intoxicants in Germany and estimates the average German drinks about five glasses of spirits daily.
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German Temperance Society
New York
London Times
New York Times
Berlin
Society For Combatting
Baron von Giridt
Germany
Colorado man Hartzell Takes Porto Rico Secretary Post
San Juan November 2 Charles Hartzell newly appointed Porto Rico secretary arrived Thursday after full cabinet meeting he immediately assumed office He will act as governor Monday while Governor Hunt begins a week long interior trip.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Charles Hartzell
Colorado
Hunt
Hartzell
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Knotts’ Rabbit Story
Herrmann
Antwerp
Congo
Balingis
Kassai
Colorado Children AT Pasteur Institute
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