Perspective Views of World Fair Exhibits Described
In a series of architecturals, the south elevations of the electricity building and the administration building are shown. The administration structure features a central rotunda, a grand dome modeled on Rome’s Pantheon, and four corner pavilions. A colossal statue of Franklin will adorn the entrance, with inscriptions along the colonnades and lagoon views highlighting grand vistas.
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Lekation
Franklin
Ceres
Pantheon
Rome
Manufacturers
Electrical
Electrica
Palace of Machinery
Manufactures
Ainimatia
Pacific Beachcombers and Oil Ponds in Gulf
A lengthy excerpt notes the decline of beachcombers, tracing white men who fled whaling towns to island life and their mixed descendants. It also describes the Gulf oil ponds near Sabine Pass as a calm refuge for small craft during storms, and ends with a fragment from the Indianapolis Journal contrasting rheumatic fever and a hoarse cold.
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Gulf
Mississippi River
Galveston
Tex
Sabine Pass
Gulf of Mexico
Calcasien
Orange
Sabine
Beaumont
Chicago
Kansas Sensation Ends in Tragedy and Arrest
In a Kansas town a man named Alvord claimed to know Mrs Mackey from Colorado and said they met near the river Sunday before returning to town. A searching party later found the mother and child dead in a woodland area, and Alvord, after denial, was found hanging in his cell but revived. Authorities hold him for further developments.
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Alvord
Treasury Matters on Silver Certificates and Loans
The Attorney General rules the secretary of the treasury may issue silver certificates only against bullion buys monthly and not beyond, with seigniorage becoming general revenue. Treasury weighs issuing certificates against $20 million in silver half dollars. A 4 percent loan circular will not be issued before next week, with plans to redeem $10,000,000 4 4 percent bonds if holders oppose extension at 2 percent. Secretary Foster says full repayment at maturity is possible but would avoid treasury tax if avoidable.
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Lean
Miller
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Department
Foster
Indianapolis attorney entangled in burglary plot
Lemon E. Reinhold a young Indianapolis attorney was tried for conspiring to burglarize Hilton A. Browns residence. Testimony linked him to a nationwide string of robberies and accused him of revenge after a harsh Evening News editorial about his home life. Horton and Thorn, two noted burglars, testified.
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Indianapolis
Inpanarolis
Ind
Lemon E. Reinhold
Hilton A. Brown
Frank Thorn
Harry Horton
Reinhold
Brown
Horton
Tragic Inheritance: Insane Mother Kills Children in Nebraska Cellar
Ouana Nebraska May 9 a farmer’s wife Mrs A P tersom near Tar jana and her four children were found dead in the cellar, tied to spikes in timbers. The father had been sent to an insane asylum. A note asked $105 be used for funeral costs and stated the farm was paid. Bodies believed to have hung since last Wednesday.
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Ouana
Neb
Mra A. Peetersom
Tarjana
Changing Seats Stir Senate Chamber Shuffle
Washington March 18 A sweep of seating changes moves several senators to new desks in both major parties. Georgia’s Col and Bates successors swap front and rear row spots while new Louisiana senator White takes Payne’s desk. On the Republican side Washburn succeeds Ingalls and Quay moves to Evarts’s former chair as Dixon shifts into Edmunds’s soon vacated seat.
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Washinarton
Senate
Colquit
Georgia
Joe Brown
Carlisle
Reagan
Heck
Brice
Colquitt
Hill
Hampton
Gordon
Bates
Tennessean
Faulkner
West Virgina
Louisiana
White
Eustis
Alt
Payne
Ohio
Palmer
Illinois
Barbour
Washburn
Mr. Ingalls
Mr. Quay
Evarts
Mr. Walcott
Dixon
Rhode Island
Edmunds
Kansas Statesman
Peffer
Allen
Responsibility of Nations Bank Directors Defined
The U S Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, affirmed a lower court ruling in Albert B. Briggs receiver of the First National Bank of Buffalo v E G Spaulding et al directors. It held directors owe only ordinary prudence guided by banking usage, not personal accountability for poor loans.
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Nations Bank Directura
Wasmxotox
United States Supreme Court
Elronit Court
Northern District of
New York
Albert B. Briggs
First National Bank of Buffalo
E.G. Spaulding Et al
Tragic Derby Train Collision Near Latrobe, Pa
Miss Mollie McNamy aged 17 was killed when a limited on the Pennsylvania road struck a carriage at Mills crossing near Latrobe in Westmoreland County. Her companions suffered severe injuries and torn clothing and hair remained on the train as the engineer warned the horse before the crash.
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Prrrammon
Limited
Pennsylvania Road
Mills Crossing
Latrobe
Westmoreland County
Mollie McNamy
Hertha McCready
R. Foote
Pittsburgh
Rumor of czar clearance fuels Jewish fears in Odessa
In Orissa in May a rumor that the czar will clear Jews from St Petersburg Moscow and Odessa causes consternation among local Jewish residents. They note government pleas to aid Christians here and observe Jews control most Odessa trade while peasant producers and landowners lose ground. A Jewish census is reported to have been ordered by authorities.
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Mach
Orissa
St Petersburg
Moscow
Odessa
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Draarmen
Pacific Beachcombers
Plaof
Mr. Rowilly
Goldthwaite
Geographical Magazine
Indianapolis Journal
Kansas
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