Americans Praise Paris Expo Art but Debate French Supremacy
The writer notes varied American views on Paris Exposition art and sculpture, praising American contributions such as St Gaudens' Gen Sherman statue and Barrias, while contrasting with French space allocation and judgments. He recalls Taft’s figures: 1,972 French pictures to 1,738 American.
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Nover
France
America
Stu Cer
Victor Hugo
Barrias
St. Gaudens
Gen. Sherman
MacMonnies
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Chicago
Taft
Chicago Record
American art at the Paris exposition faces fair and unfair jury
Bernhard Bristol notes American painting and sculpture display at Paris with 352 paintings and 148 sculptures while contrasting Chicago 1893 figures and France’s 560 works. He points to perceived bias, praises major American names, and compares national exhibits and space allocations.
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Riously
America
Lorado Taft
Chicago Art Institute
Paris
Chicago
Taft
France
United States
Nho Nation
Grand Art Building
Whistler
Sargent
Cecilia Beaux
Abbott
Thayer
Winslow Ho
Grand Art Palace
Merica
Brazil
Mexico
Costa Rica
Canada
Poland
Spain
Russia
Finland
Italy
Holland
Germany
Great Britain
Bernhard Bristol
Chip of the Old Block. A humorous exchange in Chicago
Growells joke about a child crying when his face is washed and the nurse. Mrs Growells teases that he takes after his father while the father reacts with playful blame. The brief vignette appears in the Chicago Daily News.
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Growells
Sad Theater Ending Sparks Witty Exchange
Mrs Wiseman remarks on a long face after a sad play. Wiseman responds that the tragedy ends with marriage, a grim twist noted by the New York World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiseman
N. Y. World
The Time of Song Cuckoo Clock Dispute
A brief item notes Jonas Jiggs arguing against fixing a cuckoo clock as spring arrives, urging patience with the clock and the bird’s cheerful month, reflecting a light domestic moment from the Indianapolis Journal.
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Jonas
Indianapolis Journal
British Forces Gain Post at Blerksdorp in Transvaal War
London dispatches report Lord Roberts noting Pretoria's fall and Boer withdrawal to eastward. Buller and Roberts’ forces aid each other as Klerksdorp surrenders on June 9 and Cronje capitulates after Pretoria’s capture. The town becomes a strategic rail terminus near Johannesburg and Vierfontein.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Buller
Laings Nek
Volksrust
Louis Botha
Transvaal
Klerksdorp
Hunter
Cronje
Blerksdorp
Johannesburg
Kroonstad-Vierfontein
St. Helena
Mafeking
May End Strike Reinstatement Plan Ready for Arbitration
In St Louis on June 16 a near unanimous vote by striking street railway workers accepted a new plan from their executive committee. Samuel Gompers, AFL president, influenced the decision at a mass meeting. The plan alters reinstatement, leaving it to arbitration rather than automatic reinstatement for all employees.
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St. Louis
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
West End Coliseum
Executive Committee
Otis Day Celebrates Welcome Return to Rochester
Rochester and western New York welcomed Otis Day back to his old home on June 16. Gen Joseph Wheeler arrived at noon to an enthusiastic reception at the railway station. The day began with a major general salute at sunrise and culminated in an afternoon parade seen by at least 100000 spectators who traveled by rail to attend.
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Rochester
N. Y
Otis
New York
Philippine Islands
Joseph Wheeler
National Educational Association to Meet in Charleston
The National Educational Association will hold its annual meeting in Charleston South Carolina from July 7 to 13. Satisfactory rail rates have been secured to the point and a complete programme for general sessions and department conventions has been arranged. Oscar T. Carson of Columbus Ohio is president and Irwin Shepard of Winona Minnesota is secretary.
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National Educational Association
Wahiona
Minn
Charleston
S. C
Oscar T. Carson
Columbus
Irwin Shepard
Winona
Fire at Brooklyn cooperage claims lives and injures many
A blaze at Paul Weidmann’s cooperage on North Eleventh Street and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg Brooklyn killed three men and left eight severely burned or maimed, with three more missing. The four story building housed over 100 workers and several jumped from windows as flames swept the site. property loss is estimated between 75 000 and 240 000 dollars.
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New York
Paul Weidmann
North Eleventh Street
Wythe Avenue
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Governor Mount Refuses Requisition For Taylor Return
Indianapolis on June 14 Gov Mount refused to honor Kentucky Governor Beckhams requisition for the return of W S Taylor an indicted figure in Gov Goebels assassination plot He will honor a requisition only when he can be sure of a fair trial for Mr Taylor Bryans Nomination Assured as Five States Back Bryan in Democratic Conventions Chicago June 15 reports say California Missouri Kentucky Georgia and Vermont delegates carry his votes beyond two thirds needed for the nomination
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Indianapolis
Ind
Gov. Mount
Beckham
Kentucky
W. S. Taylor
Goebel
Taylor
Bryans
Chicago
California
Missouri
Georgia
Vermont
W. J.bryan
Mr. Bryan
Rain Ends Long Drought in Beadle County
A Times special reports an inch and a quarter of rain fell Tuesday evening in under thirty minutes, breaking the drought since 1891. The storm swept Beadle County and will freshen pastures and aid crops.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Suton
S. D
Beadle County
Gov Shaw Hurt In Des Moines Head On Train Crash
A passenger train on the Chicago and Northwestern collided with a special mail train a mile from Des Moines. Governor Shaw was cut by flying glass but walked to the city. Engineer Thomas Smith of Boone was likely fatally injured. other crew escaped with bruises.
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Chicago & Northwestern
Des Moines
Gov. Shaw
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Thomas Smith
Boone
Prohibition State Convention Names Key Candidates
The Des Moines Prohibition state convention announced candidates for several offices including Secretary of State S Pillsbury Wright County Treasurer Dr W La Ransom Dallas County Auditor D H Lockin Cherokee Supreme Judge J A Harvey Dallas Attorney General J P Ferguson Cedar Rail Road Commissioner Sherwood Dixon Marion electors at large H A Buchanan Marshall James Schull Jasper delegates at large Rev Dr E L Eaton O D Ebett Malcolm Smith J H Campbell D S Dunlevy Mrs A B E McMurray A N Coates.
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Des Moines
S. ©. Pillsbury
Wright County
W. la Ransom
Dallas County
D. H. Lockin
Cherokee
J. A. Harvey
Dallas
J. P. Ferguson
Cedar County
Sherwood Dixon
Marion County
H. A. Buchanan
Marshall County
James Schull
Jasper County
E. L. Eaton
O. D. Ebett
Malcolm Smith
J. H. Campbell
Des Moines Saloons Reopen After Court Action
Judge C A Bishop dissolves the temporary injunction from the ministerial association and anti saloon workers and denies certiorari to force supervisors to reveal meeting records. Sixty saloons reopen after five months, with anti saloon forces seen as having exhausted their options.
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Des Moines
C. A. Bishop
Polk County District Court
Ministerial Association
Board of Supervisors
Hog attack kills Grundy County official in pig pen
John P. Suttman former Grundy County recorder died after slipping into a hog pen at his Grundy Center home. Two hogs dragged his body among refuse, shocking his daughter who found his flesh among offal. He left a large family in poverty.
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Grundy Center
John P. Suttman
Grundy County
Suttman
Iowa Crops Benefit From Timely Moisture With Wind Damage
The Weather Bureau report notes weed dry and warm finalizing with heavy scattered showers. Severe windstorms damaged fruit orchards and grain fields, but moisture was timely and beneficial. Corn is unusually well advanced and thoroughly cultivated with full average stand. hay crop is light in much of the state.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Iowa
Storm Winds Hit Des Moines Valley Structures
A windstorm swept the Des Moines valley early, causing widespread damage to farmhouses barns and sheds with no reported loss of life. The statehouse slate roofing valued at a thousand dollars was blown off.
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Des Moines
Samuel T. Davis Dies After Street Car Collision
Samuel T. Davis, longtime Sioux City lawyer and early landowner, was struck and killed by a street car. Deaf and unable to hear the approach, he had lived in Sioux City since 1856 and once owned land where the Best residence now sits.
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Samuel T. Davis
Sioux City
Merchant George Shortley Dies by Suicide in Sioux City
George Shortley, a prosperous merchant in Sioux City, jumped from the Pacific Short Line bridge into the Missouri River. He had recently had his nose removed to treat cancer, and it is believed that mortification over the disfigurement led to the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yook
George Shortley
Sioux City
Missouri
Shortley
George G Perry Named U S Marshal for Alaska
George G Perry of Dubuque has been appointed United States marshal for Alaska. The news notes his selection and a brief regional emphasis on the appointment.
Republican Platform Draft Beckons Unity in Philadelphia
Philadelphia June 18. The Republican platform draft is prepared with approval from Postmaster General Smith and Senator Foraker guiding resolutions. It endorses the gold standard, maintains high tariff aims, backs the president’s Philippine policy, The Hague stand, open door in China, Cuba relief, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and an Isthmian canal, with calls for reform and punishments for abuses by officials. It anticipates local self government in the Philippines and renewed merchant marine measures.
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Philadelphia
Smith
Mr. Smith
St. Louis
Philippines
Spain
United States
China
Hawaii
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States Forces Press Philippines Engagements
US troops under Generals Funston and Grant fought 500 rebels in a mountain stronghold east of Binenabuta. Captured Captain Roberts believed held captive after San Miguel de Mayumo. Americans occupied and burned the fort after rough terrain and stiff resistance. One hundred killed, two hundred captured, three Americans killed, and 300 rifles with 23,000 rounds surrendered.
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Manila
United States
Funston
Grant
Binenabuta
Roberts
San Miguel de Mayumo
Des Moines Auditorium Fire Destroys New Convention Hall
At four a.m. Sunday the 12 month old Des Moines auditorium used for convention events and vaudeville burned. It housed the Commercial Exchange and T W P Chase Amusement Co. Insurance is $25,000. Losses include $5,000 in seats and scenery and total damage around $40,000.
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Des Moines
Commercial Exchange
T. W.P. Chase Amusement Company
Union grain elevator destroyed by fire in Kansas City
A large grain elevator on the west river bottoms near Union depot burned Sunday afternoon, with damage over 100000 dollars. The building valued at 70000 dollars held 30000 dollars worth of wheat, all destroyed. In Dover Delaware Congressman John Henry Hoffecker, the state’s lone House member, died in Smyrna, amid party faction agreement.
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Kansas City, Mo
Union
West River
Dover
Del
John Henry Hoffecker
Strike Threat Looms Over Kootenai Mines
In Vancouver B C on June 18 a large strike is looming in the Kootenai mining district with about 2000 muckers expected to stop work and refuse to resume on Monday morning.
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Vancouver
B. C
Kootenai
Boxers Kill Thousands as Peking Isolated
Reports from Port Arthur and Tien-Tsin detail Boxer attacks across northern China with 1,764 Chinese Christians killed and telegraph lines cut isolating Peking. Foreign ministers threaten resistance as allied forces approach.
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Moscow
Port Arthur
Peking
Kiachta
Trans-Baikal
Irkutsk
St. Petersburg
Tien-Tsin
Russia
Shanghai
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Tien-T'sin
New York Journal
Seymour
China
Yokohama
Japan
Taku
Chung-King
Yan-Na-Fu
China Inland Mission
Eight Die in Jackson Street Tenement Fire
A five story tenement at 34 Jackson Street in New York City burned at 3 AM Friday killing eight occupants of the Marrion family. Daniel Miller died after leaping from a window and other victims included Daniel Marion and several Marrions aged 4 to 18 months.
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New York
Jackson Street
Daniel Miller
Daniel Marrion
Mamie Marrion
Albert Marrion
Elsie Marrion
Antoinette Marrion
Marrions
Six Die in Log Train Wreck at Cammal Canyon
In CamMal near Williamsport, six men were killed and one fatally injured when a logging railroad train jumped its track and plunged down a 300 foot embankment. The engineer and fireman perished along with four Italian laborers. cars and engine were shattered. The county coroner and an undertaker departed at midnight for the scene.
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Williamsport
Cammal
Chicago Census Estimates Show City Growth and School Counts
Tribune estimates place Chicago population at 1 986 500 for schooling census while overall population nears 73 964 42 percent rise and manufacturing value climbs 36 percent. Public and private school enrollments total 341 000 with 253 000 in public schools.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
No Armistice Delays Boers and British Clash Near Machadodorp
London reports Lord Roberts proposed a five day armistice to Gen Louis Botha on June 13 to allow disarmament and pauses in fighting. Botha declined, hostilities resumed as Boers retire toward Middleburg with bridges burned and provisions taken. Armies mass for retreat to Lydenburg amid rumors of a stand by chiefs.
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London
Lord Roberts
Machadodorp
Louis Botha
Botha
Middleburg
Machadadorp
Lydenburg
Plague Rumors Linked to Guaymas Arrival
Hermosillo reports a possible bubonic plague outbreak tied to 30 Chinese immigrants who traveled via San Francisco and the United States. Authorities isolated the group upon arrival, with some deaths and ongoing surveillance as officials await further developments.
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St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Hermosillo
Mexico
Guaymas
Sonora
National Board of Health
San Francisco
United States
Will Remain on Guard in St Louis Street Strike
St Louis June 19 Monday marked the most uneventful day in the city street railway strike with negotiations halted and the American Federation of Labor boycott entering its second phase. Sheriff Pohlman proposed disbanding the 2,590 citizen soldiers but police and posse officials countered that dispersal was premature.
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St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Pohlman
Posse Comitatus
Posse
Death of Henry Walter Webb at Scarborough on the Hudson
Henry Walter Webb aged about 41 died at his home Scarborough on the Hudson after a brief illness. He was son of Gen. James Watson Webb and brother of Dr. W Seward Webb a director in Wagner Palace Car company Buffalo Evie Basin Railroad National City Bank Oswego and Rome Railroad and trustee of Mutual Life Insurance. He assisted President Depew of the New York Central in 1891 and helped defeat a Knights of Labor strike.
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New York
Henry Walter Webb
Scarborough-on-the-Hudson
James Watson Webb
W. Seward Webb
Wagner Valace Car Company
Buffalo Evie Basin Railroad Company
National City Bank
Oswego & Rome Railroad Company
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Depew
New York Central
Webb
Knights of Labor
Not a Candidate Noted in Democratic Ticket Discussions
Indianapolis June 19. Benjamin F. Shiveley of South Bend said he was not a candidate for vice president on the Democratic ticket. Shiveley had refused the gubernatorial nomination and John W. Keene was chosen. He believes Eliot Danforth of New York would join W. J. Bryan on the ticket.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Benjamin F. Shiveley
South Bend
Shiveley
John W. Keene
Eliot Danforth
New York
W. J. Bryan
Illinois Steel resumes two rod mills after shutdown
Joliet Illinois June 19 Two of the three rod mills at the Illinois Steel Company resumed work after a shutdown of several weeks. About 500 to 600 men returned to employment. All departments of the mill are running except the converter and one rod mill. The plant employs about two thousand men.
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Joliet, Ill
Thelinois Steel Company
General Wheeler Assigned to Lakes Department HQ in Chicago
Washington June 19 Gen Joseph Wheeler given command of the department of the lakes with headquarters at Chicago. He relieves Brig Gen James Wade who has held that post temporarily in conjunction with his Dakota command.
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Wheeler
Washington
Joseph Wheeler
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
James I. Wade
Department of Dakota
Death by grief cited in Cedar Falls poison act
Joseph Gibson of the Gibson house Cedar Falls Iowa died by taking poison amid grief over his wife’s death. Also noted First National Bank of Hawaii charter granted to form a Hawaii bank with government duties. Dr Samuel Mansfield dies in Los Angeles at 79, former Memphis drug merchant who built a major Mississippi Valley business.
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Cedar Falls
Joseph Gibson
Gibson House
National Bank For Hawaii
San Francisco
G. W. Macfarlane
Honolulu
First National Bank of Hawaii
Samuel Mansfield
Los Angeles
Cal
Ife
Memphis
Mississipyl Valeley
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Boston Society of Fine Arts
Duller
Drought Droken
Iowa State News
Prohibition
George G. Perry
Dubuque
Alaska
Hollis Clements
David Clements
Avoca
Milwaukee
Persia
Ensworth College
Metropolitan Opera House
Iowa Falls
First National Bank of Lost Nation
Iowa Hardware Jobbers’ Association
Burlington
FF. W. Simmons
Ottumwa
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Whitney Carr
Jordan, N
Town State University
Henderson
O. H. Cessna
North Halsted Street Methodist Church
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Louis Nusz
Waverly
Smith McPherson
National House of Representatives
H. Brooks & Son
Dewar
Robert Kelly
Earl Hall College
Laporte
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Sandall
Burlington Yards
Creston
Hirondall
Worth County
Wantontown
H. B. Smith
George Schreiner
Washington Lewis
Farmers’ Bank
Rockwell City
James W. Hess
Hess
Indiana
McKinley
Marion
Anthon Kaufsee
G. A. RR
Davenport
Women's Relief Corps
Christine Snyder
Sons of Veterans
Guy R. Carson
Mansion House
A. J. Newton
United Kingdom
Congress
Post Office Department
Dawson City
Lake Bennett
Yukon
Dawson
Agres
Will
Sheriff’s
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