President Roosevelt says country is solid at expo
In Charleston on April 10 President Roosevelt addressed the West Indian Exposition. A sword was presented to Maj Micah Jenkins and speeches by Gov McSweeney Gov Aycock and Charleston officials followed. The program included a review, a luncheon at the Woman's building, and tours of the exposition grounds.
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Charleston
D. C
Exposition Auditorium
Maj
Micah Jenkins
Capt
W Wagener
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Hughs Thompson
May Jenkins
South
Arolina
Woman’s
Woman's Board
Summerville
King Leopold Mobbed by Socialists in Brussels Arrival
King Leopold was mobbed by socialists on his Brussels arrival from Biarritz. The scene was accidental yet tense as his automobile was surrounded and shouted at with cries of Long live the republic and Long live universal suffrage while red flags waved in his face.
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Brussels
Leopolde
Biarritsee
Strike Indorsed by United Mine Workers in Michigan Field
The national executive board of the United Mine Workers of America endorsed the Michigan strike and ordered steps for another conference between miners and operators. The strike began April 1, affecting about 3,000 men in the Saginaw, St Charles and West Bay districts. prior talks failed over the eight hour day demand.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Michigan
Saginaw
St Charles
West Bay
Army to allow duty free transfer of household goods from Cuba
Washington April 10 Officers and soldiers of the United States army stationed in Cuba have been notified that upon withdrawal they may bring their household goods and personal effects to the United States without payment of duties.
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Washington
United States Army
Cuban
United States
Death of Prominent Illinois farmer in Corpus Christi
Major Joseph B. Smith of Bates Sangamon County a leading central Illinois farmer and stock raiser died in Corpus Christi Texas at age 74 after a health trip.
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Springfield
Ill
Joseph 8. Smith
Bates
Sangamon County
Illinois
Corpus Christi
Tex
Consolidation of Hardware Interests Reported by Iron Age
The Iron Age announces a nationwide consolidation of the great hardware jobbing interests. The capital is set at 120,000,000 dollars and the move is described as authoritative in the current issue.
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New York
Debates Over Cuban Reciprocity and Chinese Exclusion Continue
The House resumed the Cuban reciprocity bill with opposition from William Alden Smith who warned against sugar interests. Senate debates on Chinese exclusion saw Gallinger condemn the measure as unwise and un-American while Turner supported tighter controls. The Navy bill passed a favorable report and Maj Gen Bob Young was reassigned to head the new arms war college in San Francisco.
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Washington
House
Smith
William Alden Smith
Uba
House of Representatives
Gallinger
Senate
Turner
Wash
Wahehington
Bob Young
Department of California
San Francisco
War Department
Arms War College
Political ping pong stalls coal tax plan in Maryland
Maryland lawmakers fail to pass a five percent per ton coal levy at the regular session. Governor Anngelis Md Aprilia calls the General Assembly to meet in special sessions Wednesday Aprilia to act on the tax measure. Edward Whitter is convicted of the murder of William Moraiming in Urbana last July and given a 27 year sentence. he also killed John Daly but faces no immediate trial for that crime.
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Maryland
Annagelis
Aprilia
Guy Smith
General Assembly
Champaign Tf
Edward Whitter
William Moraiming
Urbana
Whitter
John Daly
World Championship Fight Off Between Jeffries and Fitzsimmons
New York April 10 report that the proposed Jeffries versus Fitzsimmons world title bout is off after Fitzsimmons refuses to fight in San Francisco or Los Angeles.
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New York
Jim Jeffries
Bo Fitzsimmons
Fitz
San Francisco
Los Angeles
General Order Directs Guantanamo Post Abandonment
The War Department received copies of a general order by Gen Wood directing the abandonment of the Guantanamo Bay military post Cuba and placing former troop buildings in the custody of the rural guard.
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Washington
War Department
Wood
Guantanamo
Cuba
Fisher Fire Totals $100000 Loss In Illinois Town
Fisher in western Champaign county was swept by a blaze on Tuesday night destroying two full blocks of the business district. The loss is put at about $100,000 with the entire commercial area wiped out.
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Tllinois
Bloomington
Fisher
Champaign County
Loss of American ship Iroquois reported at sea
Word arrives from San Francisco that the American ship Iroquois commanded by Capt Thompson has vanished in the Java seas. The vessel carried 30 crew members all believed lost.
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San Francisco
Java
Thompson
Debate on Cuba policy and sugar interests in Congress
The text records a Congressional debate on Cuban policy, sugar industry protections, and the sugar trust. Speakers argue whether concessions to Cuba benefit the sugar industry or foreign producers, noting opposition from several Republicans and references to the Cuban question, beets, and Cuban trade relations. The session includes remarks by Senator Fairbanks on immigration and the Chinese exclusion bill.
Flood Worsens After Snowfall Delays Telegraphed News
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on Tuesday April 10 snow was followed by rain and rising rivers. A flood stage is predicted within 14 hours though no serious damage is expected. The storm disrupted telegraph lines and caused service delays across the region.
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Pittsburg
Boiler Explosion Kills Three in Grinnell Area
In Grinnell on April 10 a boiler explosion at a Peoria area sawmill killed Frank Meyere Dudley Tord and James Shaffer instantly. James Carter the proprietor survived with serious injuries. The three victims were reportedly blown to fragments in the blast.
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Grinnell
Frank Meyere
Dudley Tord
James Shafferere
Peoria
Sawemill
James Carter
Fisherman’s seized schooner prompts Secretary Hay note
Washington reports Secretary Hay received the case of Edward Morris a Gloucester Mass fisherman whose smack valued at six thousand was seized by Newfoundland authorities years ago for fishing within the three mile limit. Cleveland notes two killed in a Glen Willow powder plant explosion, while New York records Mark Twain buying a summer home in Tarrytown for forty seven thousand five hundred.
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Washington
Hay
Edward Morris
Gloucester Mass
New Foundland
Cleveland
Sustin Powder Company
Glen Willow
New York
Mark Twain
Samuel LL Clemens
Tarrytown
Western Stock Growers elects officers in Rapid City
The Western Stock Growers' association chose C K Howard as president TY 4 Pawson as vice president Fox Stewart as secretary and treasurer. The old executive committee was reelected. At Sioux City Ta NpriliO Louis Mass an insurance solicitor was killed in a quarrel at a casino with no arrests yet. Washington reports quarterly postal receipts at $32,005,621 for the three months ending January 1, with expenditures $30,947,131 and a surplus of $1,058,450.
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Rapid City
Western Stock Growers’ Association
C K Howard
TY 4
Pawson
Fox Stewart
Sioux City
Louis Mass
Washington
Postal Service
Sargent’s Son Named Page for Queen’s Coronation
A son of John Singer Sargent the famed American portrait painter is chosen as a page to attend the queen at the coronation. The role will have him hold the queen’s train during the procession in London.
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New York
John
Sargent
London
American
Journal
Rumors of Peace Stir London and Globally
London reports from Amsterdam cite private London dispatches suggesting peace in South Africa may be proclaimed within two days. Amid stock exchange chatter no official confirmation emerges and other reports discuss negotiations with Transvaal leaders, British conduct accusations, and various international reactions.
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London
Amsterdam
South Africa
Stock Exchange
Miss Maud Talmage A Bride In Washington
Miss Maud Talmage wed Mr Maud Dewitt Talmage in Washington on April 10. She is the daughter of Rev Dr T DeWitt Talmage and Inrence Fred.
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Erick Wyckoff
Ithaca
Frank DeWitt Talmage
Chicago
Maud Talmage
Washington
Mr Maud Dewitt Talmage
Dr T DeWitt Talmage
Inrence Fred
Danish West Indies sale treaty to be reviewed by parliament
Copenhagen reports the Landas thing upper house finished its secret debate on the Danish West India islands sale treaty to the United States. The subject’s report will go to parliament in an open session soon. Des Moines notes the supreme court ordered a new trial in the Hossack murder case with Margaret Hossack serving a life sentence. McArthur reports a major city block fire causing over 50,000 dollars in losses.
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Copenhagen
Landas
West India Islands
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Hossack
Margaret Hossack
Indianola
Markets Mixed as Wheat Corn and Cattle Show Varied Tone
Chicago and New York notes report firmer wheat and corn futures with May and July contracts advancing. Cattle and hogs fluctuate with steady to higher quotes in Chicago and South Omaha, showing strong demand for beef and steady hog trade at mixed weights and packer levels.
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Chicago
Eamise
Geo
Merk
Henele
New York
Earth
Westert
Hives
Fairy Activ Ard
Brea
Texas
South Omaha
Neb
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