Louisiana Purchase Exposition Dedication in St Louis
A 11,000 strong parade preceded dedication ceremonies at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis. President Roosevelt and Former President Cleveland spoke as dignitaries filled the auditorium for the centennial dedication, followed by a 100-gun salute and fireworks display.
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St. Louis
Uberal Arts
Lindell Boulevard
United States
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Francis
The
Exposition Company
Carter
World’s Fair Commission
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Cardinal Gibbons
Hendrix
Potter
State Department
Foreign Commissions
Miles
Corbin
Bates
National Worker’s Fair Commissioners
United States Government Board
Great Parade at Forest Park Sets Anew Spectacle
A grand inaugural parade for the dedication ceremonies impressed officials and thousands as 11,000 soldiers from regulars and national guard marched past President Roosevelt, with 2100 regulars and 7900 guardsmen under Corbin Johnston and Geoodhin. Weather cooled events but crowds stayed orderly despite rain and near freezing temperatures.
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America
Roosevelt
BL. A. Geoodhin
U. S. Cavalry
Corbin
National Guard
New York
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma
Ohio
Sarimore
First
Mr. Cleveland
Company C
Flist Missouri
Invocation at Louisiana Purchase Exposition Dedication
Cardinal Gibbons delivers a prayer during the Liberal Arts building dedicatory ceremony led by President D R Francis. The invocation envisions divine guidance for the president and lawmakers, praises virtue and justice, and seeks peaceful, just progress at the world fair and for nations’ fellowship.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Liberal Arts
D. R. Francis
United States
Congress
Dedication Address on Expansion and Nation Building
President Roosevelt delivers a dedication address emphasizing the American expansion era from the Louisiana Purchase to frontier settlement. He argues expansion forged a strong union, compares Roman and Greek models, and calls for future virtues of self restraint, courage, and civic duty to sustain a powerful republic.
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Thomas H. Carter
Montana
Rational Commission
Roosevelt
Ecvasion
Spain
France
Castile
St. New Orleans
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Alleghenies
Tumota
Clarke
Jay
Finckney
Oh Thirteen
Louisiana Purchase
Wucceas
Rome
Greece
Italy
Republic
Eam
Washington
Purchase
Jefferson
Gulf
Cleveland Recalls Louisiana Purchase History Address
Former President Grover Cleveland receives a hearty reception as he delivers the day’s oration on the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase. He links the treaty to American progress, cites prophecy and national growth, and praises the era’s promise and the acquisition’s lasting impact.
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Louisiana Purchase
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
United States
Missouri
Louisiana
Europe
Our Nation’s Providential Path From Louisiana Purchase
The speaker urges gratitude for divine providence shaping American destiny and recalls the Louisiana Purchase as a fulfillment of prophecy. He calls for clean citizenship and honest aims, urging readers to renew patriotism and recognize the nation as favored by God.
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Purchase of
Louisiana
Seerness
Mississippi’ River
France
New Orleans
Louisiana Purchase
Americans Fight Brazil Tax Breaks To Bar Monopoly
Flour exporters and millers protest Brazil's proposed concessions aimed at excluding American flour from the market. The state department has objected and Minister Thompson may pursue retaliation. A Pernambuco firm reportedly gains tax exemptions and export relief to cut costs, with wheat planned to be imported from Argentina.
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Brazil
Washington, D. C
South America
State Department
Thompson
United States
Pernambuco
Tower House
Brazilian Congress
Argentina
Major Waller Denies Philippine Atrocities
Major Littleton Waller United States Marine Corps testifies at a court martial in Philadelphia denying cruelty charges. He asserts none occurred in Samar district where he held command, says he ordered the execution of eleven thieves after drum head trial, and notes natives assisted by exposing the plot. He accuses charges of being fake.
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Waller
Lamar
Philadelphia
Littleton Waller
United States Marine Corps
Miles
Major Waller
Samar
Drumhead
President offended over Miles report on the Philippines
Washington May 1. It is believed Secretary Root will bring Roosevelt’s attention to General Miles’s report on the Philippines and the president may act. Army circles harshly condemn Miles for basing claims on hearsay and for criticizing officers acquitted by court martial. George C. Squires’s open letter to Miles draws favorable comment in many circles. Miles and Root are in St. Louis.
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Miles
Washington
Root
Roosevelt
Philippines
George C. Squires
St. Paul
Secretary Root
St. Louis
McKinley
Metropolitan Club
General Corbin
Poe
Expect The Stork Announces Cleveland Visit to Princeton
Former President Grover Cleveland is expected to welcome a baby at his Princeton New Jersey home around late July. The announcement was made by E C Benedict during a tour of the city as he travels with the Cleveland party to St Louis. The report notes a large turnout from Michigan and West Virginia in attendance at the event.
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Princeton
Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
N. J
E. C. Benedict
Benedict
St. Louis
Greece
Michigan
West Virginia
Polish excursionists killed as fast train hits crowd in Detroit
About 1,600 Polish visitors from Toledo were in Detroit for a church visit when the Pan-American Flyer plowed into a crowd at Canfield and Dequinder streets. At least seven killed, many injured. victims include Helen Palicki and Frank Rosinski among the known dead. Police guarded the cab and crowds. a chaotic scene with victims rushed to temporary shelters as ambulances arrived.
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Detroit
Mich
Toledo
Canfield and
Dequinder Streets
Helen Palicki
Bronson Street
Frank Rosinski
Vancy Street
Watson Ludwick
Henry Street
Mary Shafrainski
Hattie
Grand Trunk
Polish Lancers of Toledo, and the Crowd Came To Detroit Over the Lake Shore
St. Josephat’s Church
Harmonia Hall
Lake Shore
Brush Street
Dequinder Street
Can Ifield
New York Express
Fred Schulte
John Lyndh
Canfield Street
Sur
Torture Millionaire Fights Extortionists in Montreal
Delphise Camille Brosseau, Montreal businessman, was bound gagged and wounded during a 25 hour ordeal as a man and a woman extorted $13 000 in checks and notes. He apologized in a signed statement after fearing death. Police arrested C A Barker and a woman posing as Mrs Allison. the pair were jailed in Montreal.
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Montreal
C. A. Barker
Allison
Wilhelm at Rome Arrival Welcomed by Italian King
Emperor William arrived in Rome on May 2 and was greeted by King Victor Emmanuel the Duke of Genoa and other notable figures at the railway station in the Holy City.
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Holy City
Rome
William
Raily Road
Victor Emmanuel
Duke of
Genoa
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