Paris Exposition Opens Amid Bright Weather Crowd Thrills
The Paris Exposition of 1900 opened at noon with favorable weather. Crowds gathered near the Elysee and Champs Elysees to await the presidential procession. President Loubet opened the fair, with cheers from 4,000 onlookers, as the grounds welcomed visitors for the century’s first world’s fair.
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Loubet
Elysee
Montjaret
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Champs Elysees
Invalides Bridge
la Motte Picquet
M. Millerand
Commerce
Picard
M. Millenrand
Vicard
Legions of Honor
Exploding Gas Kills One and Injures Six Near Logansport
In Logansport Indiana on April 16 a gas main explosion from a defective pipe four miles southeast of the city killed Michael Ellison Jr instantly and injured six others. A trench crew of twelve workers were repairing a leak when the eight inch line failed at a T joint sending debris and gas, with Ellison found 150 feet away. The blast ripped ground 400 feet, toppled the crew in a chaotic scene and left workers scorched and branded by carbon gas.
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Logansport
Ind
Chicago Pipe Line
Here
Michael Ellison
Ellison
George Morrison
Will Briggs
George Nelson
Greentown
Chicago
Jacob Farribaurgh
Millionaire Rufus Wright Dies of Gunshot in Hotel Room
Rufus Wright, 70, treasurer of Morgan & Wright bicycle tire firm, dies from a neck wound in a Leland Hotel room. Mrs. Lottridge, taken to Harrison Street station, claims accidental discharge during weapon handling. Wright named a gun as the cause per dying statement. Wright's fortune estimated up to ten million. English syndicate once offered twenty million for Dunlop wire plant.
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Chicago
Rufus Wright
Louisa Lottria
Leland Hotel
Bicycle Tire House
Morgan & Wright
Lottridge
Harrison Street
Wright
Dunlop ‘Wire Company
Boycott Declared Against Southern Railway by Labor Group
Atlanta April 16 The Order of Railroad Telegraphers announced a boycott on the Southern railway urging 20 400 ticket and freight agents nationwide to route traffic via other lines pending the dispute Telegrams were sent to President Gompers asking for a broader boycott Powell says the strike more effective than ever while railway officials report only slight delays and say newspapers largely reveal the strike
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
United States
Federation of Labor
Powell
Southern
Gompers
Insurgents Active Around Marivales Mountains
Reports from Manila note insurgents believed to be under Moscado's command operating near the Marivales range across Manila Bay. A force of about 3,800 attacked Balanga Monday night targeting the Thirty-second infantry, but the assault was repulsed. They also attacked near Orion Friday, killing two American soldiers before retreat.
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Manila
Moscado
Marivales
Bay
Balanga
Goldman
Orion
Storms of Wind and Rain Hit Multiple States
Reports from Kansas Missouri Alabama Texas and Mississippi describe tornadoes and heavy rainfall causing property damage including destroyed buildings blown structures and washed crops. No major loss of life is reported though there are widespread disruptions to rail and telegraph service.
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Kansas
Putnam
Burton
Sedgwick City
Hutchinson
Ilamburg
Fred Johnson
Lark Miller
John Crane
Dallas
Tex
Royse
Bunkie
Ala
Carnahan
Memphis
Tenn
Vicksburg
Jackson
Utica
Mississippi
Cotton
Trust regulation moves pressed by House committee
Washington report says a special sub committee of the house judiciary committee approved two drastic steps to curb trusts. One cedes full congressional power and the other tightens the Sherman anti trust act with five proposed additions.Proposed changes include branding trust goods, seizing unbranded foods, filing reports by large corporations, injunction against interstate shipments, and restricting mail use by trust entities.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Miller found guilty in Brooklyn grand larceny case
William F Miller of Franklin syndicate fame was convicted by a Brooklyn county court jury of first degree grand larceny for taking 1000 from Mrs Kathern Moeser in a 20 per cent scheme. He was remanded for sentence next Friday and plans to appeal.
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New York
William F. Miller
Franklin Syndicate Fame
Brooklyn
Kkathern Moeser
Miller
Ife
Raymond Street
Marked as Heretic Threats At Union Seminary
April 17 report says Rev. Dr. Francis Brown of Union Theological Seminary faces attack by New York presbytery conservatives over unsound doctrine. Support hinges on magazine articles and lectures. Brown is allied with Dr. McGiffert. Also note Burlington fire causes near $60,000 loss in business district.
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New York
Francis Brown
Union Theological Seminary
New York Presbytery
McGiffert
Burlington
Trade Prospects Signal Mixed Outlook for Key Commodities
Bradstreet's notes backward spring and weak prices in staples causing irregularities in trade. Crop hopes point to large yields for wheat corn and cotton while pork products soften. iron and steel face lower prices as mills stay busy on old orders. Dun and Co. adds iron furnace output and stock shifts showing cautious optimism amid price volatility.
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Bradstreet’s
R. G. Dun & Co
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Tennessee
United States
Canada
Four-Story Pittsburgh Building Collapses Injuring and Killing
A four story brick building at Second avenue and Wood street in Pittsburgh collapsed without warning on Thursday. Three people died including Mrs. Martha Jones and Eugene Dernhardt. Six were badly hurt and several others injured. The Armstrong McKelvy Lead and Oil Co occupied the premises. Remodeling by McGovern and Lytle had removed a middle partition and installed steel girders for a single large room.
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Pittsburgh
Second Avenue
Wood Street
Martha Jones
Seecond Avenue
Eugene Dernhardt
Manhattan Street
Allegheny
Armstrong & MecKeley Company
Oscar Ligier
Harrisburg
Armstrong-McKelvy Lead and Oil Company
McGovern & Lytle
Lead Company
The India Famine Report Reveals Grim Scale
Washington April 12 The state department released a famine report from United States Consul Fee in Bombay showing the crisis already worse than three years ago. It estimates 38 million affected versus 1 million then with daily relief costs of about 84 thousand dollars. The famine spans 300000 square miles with 40 million people, plus a distressed area of 145000 square miles housing 21 million others receiving aid or slated for relief.
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Washington
State Department
Navy Department
India
United States
Fee
Bombay
Jee
President opens Colville reservation lands to settlement
Washington April 13 The president signed a proclamation opening the northern half of the Colville Indian reservation in Washington to settlement. Effective October 10, the unallotted 1,500,000 acres will be sold under homestead laws at a dollar and a half per acre. Mining rights granted years ago are included, now opened for agricultural use.
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Washington
Colville Indian Reservation
Troop Strength in the Philippines on April First
Adjutant General Corin reports the April 1 strength totals 63 585 officers and men in the Philippines including 31 382 regulars with 968 officers and 30 414 enlisted, and 32 203 volunteers with 1 356 officers and 20 487 enlisted men.
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Washington
Adjt
Corin
Philippines
Flood Drives Wharton Residents as Colorado River Rises
In Houston on April 14 the Colorado River flood reached Wharton with half the town submerged. One casualty reported a drowned Black refugee while fleeing to town. Residents fled from the bottoms with cattle, foreseeing suffering and heavy crop losses.
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Houston
Tex
Wharton
Sealing Ships Return from Arctic Ice Fields
Many Seals, St. Johns N Newfoundland April 14 The sealing steamers Terra Nova with 1700 seals and Walrus with 12600 seals returned from the ice fields Friday Both ships are heavily laden Only three others Nimrod Diana and Kite remain out and may return next week
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Walrus
Diana
Kite
Porto Rican tariff bill passes and new Porto Rico governor named
The Porto Rican tariff bill passed the House 161 to 153, removing most restrictions on Puerto Rico imports and outlining a civil government. Charles H. Allen was named the first civil governor, to assume duties in San Juan with a brief initial cabinet. Porter resigns as secretary to the president and Cortelyou named acting secretary. The Senate panel also voted to deny W A Clark a Senate seat from Montana.
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Senate
Charles H. Allen
Washington
Porto Rico
United States
Ernor
House of Representatives
Allen
White House
John Addison Porter
George B. Cortelyou
New York
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
W. A. Clark
Montana
Senator Cattery
Louisiana
Clark
Big Minnesota land deal nets 530000 acres to syndicate
A St Paul led syndicate including O A Robertson and Frank O Meara and F E Shenaston of Minneapolis bought all Northern Pacific lands in Minnesota totaling about 530 000 acres. The purchase, the state's largest ever, reportedly cost about 1 000 000 dollars at roughly one dollar per acre plus other considerations.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
St. Paul, Minn
O. A. Robertson
Frank O'Meara
Minneapolis
Weyerhaeuser
Senate Passes Pacific Cable Bill for San Francisco to Honolulu
Washington April 12 senate approved a 3 million dollar bill to build a cable line from San Francisco to Honolulu. Mary Hale noted the project is experimental and its outcome could shape future government policy.
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Washington
Senate
San Francisco
Honolulu
Mary Hale
Landslip Destroys Half the Village of Klappai Bohemia
A Thursday landslip in Klappai Bohemia destabilized the hill housing 160 homes. Fifty-two houses collapsed and disappeared, twenty more face collapse, but all residents escaped with no loss of life. Klappai lies about fifty miles northwest of Prague.
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Prague
Klappai
Bohemia
Shippers Rule Won't Compensate For Spoiled Eggs
The Interstate Butter and Egg Shippers Association of Minnesota Iowa and Western Wisconsin votes to make small shippers and producers absorb losses from spoiled eggs. The delay and spoilage losses run as high as ten percent and the new rule aims to spur prompter shipments.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Interstate Butter and Egg Shippers’ Association of
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
State Institutions March finances show gains and inmate increases
The March statement from the board of control reports a support fund balance of 74389.21 dollars, up 5948.87 from February. Inmates totaled 6855, up 14, with penitentiaries at 998 inmates, up five. Total expenses reached 91665.66 dollars, up 4007.40 from February.
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Board of Control
Parole Granted for Cornelius Moelchen After Long Prison Term
The Twenty eighth general assembly approved a unique joint resolution for Cornelius Moelchen of Dubuque. Governor parole release under standard conditions, requiring honorable employment and abstaining from liquor, with a chance for full pardon later. Moelchen 55, secured a home with nurseryman Farmer near Montezuma where he will work and prove his case.
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Twenty-eighth General Assembly
Cornelius Moelchen
Dubuque
Anamosa
Moelchen
Farmer
Montezuma
Delicate Eye Operation Restores Miner’s Sight
Ottumwa physician Dr B D La Force performed a rare eye operation on James Cathcart a coal miner at Gladstone mines near Ottumwa. A steel splinter entered the coroa center and the sliver was removed with a powerful magnet restoring sight. Doctors say such cases are unusual even for renowned oculists.
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Ottumwa
James Cathcart
Gladstone
B. D. la Force
Turpentine Farms Planned by E S Ensworth
E S Ensworth of Town Falls has returned from the south with 175000 acres of timber land in the Indian Territory Texas Mississippi Louisiana and Georgia. He will develop a portion by establishing three turpentine farms of 10000 acres each to enter markets with turpentine and resin as prices rise.
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E. S. Ensworth
Town Falls
South
Indian Territory
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Georgia
Normal school board reelects faculty and outlining reorganized English department
The Cedar Falls board of trustees held the regular meeting with all current faculty reelected for two years. The English department will be reorganized with several new members. Professor Karl Geiger, Yale graduate, elected assistant in political science. Miss Clara Drennan of Galena named cataloguer librarian. Summer school fee cut from ten to four dollars following a $12,000 legislative appropriation.
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Normal School
Cedar Falls
Karl Geiger
Yale University
Clara Drennan
Galena
Iowa Medical Association Plans Steamship Trip to Paris Exposition
Secretary Crakenower announced in Des Moines that the Iowa Medical Association chartered the State of Nebraska steamer for 100 members and their families to sail to the Paris exposition. The start is planned for June with a May meeting to set the date and arrange a special train to the Atlantic seaboard.
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Crakenower
Iowa Medical Association
Des Moines
State of Nebraska
Atlantic Seaboard
Receiver Appointed for Commercial Mutual in Des Moines
R J McKee named receiver for Commercial Mutual Insurance Co Des Moines following a state auditor block. Liabilities total 14000 while assets reach 36000. Receivership stems from financial condition concerns raised by the state auditor. Town at Fort Madison hears Missionary Society report to boost aid to weak churches with Wapello set as next meeting site.
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R. J. McKee
Commercial Mutual Insurance Company
Des Moines
George A. Jewett
Fort Madison
Flame Missionary Society
Wapello
Feast of Dog Purchases by Sioux City Pound Master
The annual report shows the Winnebago reservation buys dogs from the Sioux City pound. In the previous year 301 dogs were sold at five cents each with higher prices for fat dogs. Indians visit the corral to redeem or purchase, while many dogs are captured, shot, redeemed, or turned over to the Winnebago agency.
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Sioux City
Winnebago Indian Reservation
Corral
Cruickshank
Winnebago Agency
Elks for the Fair Parade in Paris Exposition
Sioux City plans three trained elks to dive from high platforms into water as part of a Paris show. The animals will parade through Paris streets bearing Sioux City branding. Training uses tobacco rewards, while an Arabian horse performs color and stunt tricks.
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Sioux City
Paris
W. S. Barnes
Elks
Escapes Prosecution of Sioux City Cashier Stone
Three indictments against E. P. Stone, former Sioux City savings bank cashier, were dismissed by the county attorney after sympathy for his wife and child led to the action. Stone vanished in 1896 after bank failure and forged checks totaling about 20000. He is believed to be in hiding with his whereabouts closely guarded.
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E. P. Stone
Sioux City
Stone
Funeral of Maj. Joseph Cramer in Clarinda
The 87 year old veteran Maj. Joseph Cramer was laid to rest in Clarinda. Born in Lancaster county Pennsylvania he learned boot and shoe trade and moved to Iowa in 1845. He served as first sergeant then captain and major in the Mexican War and Civil War. He fought at Pen Ridge Chickasaw Bayou Arkansas Post Jackson and Vicksburg and later served as representative of the Clarinda district. He fathered 15 children and many survive.
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Clarinda
Joseph Cramer
Lancaster County
Iowa
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Fourth
Iowa Infantry
Pen Ridge
Chickasaw Bayou
Arkansas Post
Jackson
Vicksburg
Pea Ridge
Ife
High Tax Increase Shocks Rolfe Citizens
The Rolfe board of equalization raised total assessments by 700000, exposing missing property lists from prominent locals and triggering strong public opposition. An investigation revealed substantial unreported personal property as the city council pressed the higher estimates.
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Board of Equalization of
Rolfe
Board of Equalization
Prison for Matinee Girls Move Sends Sisters to Reform School
Sheriff Dowd and his wife place Ciara Montgomery 14 and Minnie Montgomery 16 in Mitchellville state reform school after a judge's decision. The girls faced charges for frequent matinee theater attendance both day and night. The father testified he could not control them while the mother is described as invalid.
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Mitchellville
Ciara
Minnie Montgomery
Fort Dodge
Birdsall
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