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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1904
Page
3
A detailed St Louis correspondence outlines the 1904 World’s Fair grandeur with vast exhibits. It highlights酒店 accommodations, kitchens, laundries, and service areas, plus monumental water features and famous international pavilions including the Chinese display and national colonies.
Vast displays at the fair feature Philippine villages and Native American exhibits, grand locomotives and turntables, and a wealth of sculpture. The grounds boast half a million dollars in statuary, 600 000 electric lamps, and gardens including an eight acre rose garden with aquatic and desert exhibits, plus royal and religious gifts on view.
The big government building suspends an exhibit from ceiling cables. The Pike, over a mile long, lines with nations shows on vitrified brick. A vast natural garden lies two acres west of the Palace of Agriculture, displaying Mississippi and Missouri valley flora. The Palace of Transportation houses crowded exhibits.
Exhibits feature fish products and models of government boats while a real mint may operate in the government building for the Exposition. Italy shows art with 400 paintings from 4,000 offered and a villa with Italian gardens near the Administration building.
A massive fire swept through Toronto's wholesale business district from a Wellington Street factory, destroying a long block and causing an estimated ten million dollars in damage. Fire crews faced shifting winds, with help from Montreal London Hamilton and Buffalo arriving hours late. Firefighters fought amid collapsing structures and dynamited buildings to halt the spread toward Bay Street and the National Club.
London reports Grand Duke Alexis warned Tsar about Admiral Makaroff’s risky port operation. Makaroff repeatedly asked to be relieved but was denied. Alexis is said to wish to retire and opposes aggressive policy led by Skroydloff.
The Philadelphia Mint produced over 42 tons of gold in the week from Monday April 11 to Saturday April 16. The 3EL502 500 coinage averaged nearly 2.0 per day, with a final day output of 2,500,000 in gold. Officials called the week a record breaker never equaled by any mint in the nation.
Members of the Necrito tribe showcasing the Philippine exhibit at the world fair celebrate the birth of a three pound baby to Mr and Mrs Fayas. The infant is described as large for a Negrito with the mother’s surname adopted per Negerito custom following birth.
The Cabinet discussed wireless telegraphy as a potential national defense risk and debated government supervisory control of growing coastal stations. Secretary Hay linked the issue to Russia’s ban on the system for correspondents in the Far East. Action may follow soon.
AEA seeks removal of OU from its duties as committee and requests relief from current assignments. The move aims to reassign responsibilities and address concerns about workload and governance within the organization.
Telegraph reports Admiral Alexieff requests immediate relief from his post in the Far East. His resignation follows the appointment of Admiral Skryadlait to command the Russian Oriental fleet, amid ongoing criticism of Alexieff's handling of the war and prior disasters.
St. Petersburg correspondent for the Petit Parisian says that one of two Japanese linked to a railroad explosion near the Mongolian frontier was a member of the imperial family. Instructions were asked from St. Petersburg. The reply was to hang the suspect and the order was carried out.
Dispatches from the Far East indicate increasing land battles as Japanese forces arrange to press the Russians north of the Yalu River. Japanese troops reportedly landed near Takushan to flank Russian positions on the river’s north bank.
Sheddon of Playolrville Missouri, an employee of the World’s fair, was riding between cars when struck by two trains en route from the fairgrounds to his West End boarding house. He escaped with bruises to the hips and shoulders.
Port Arthur dispatch reports numerous mutilated corpses cast ashore with one identified as Vice Admiral Makarol by a fragment of uniform. The St Petersburo correspondent notes the corpses are found along the shore and authorities are assessing the scene.
The House passed a bill by 147 to 90 largely along party lines creating Oklahoma from Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory and Arizona from Arizona and New Mexico. Arizona will be Republican and Oklahoma Democratic.
A censored fragment from Tacoma describes a community clash with dark legends about the Now Endias, mentioning burials of girls and a chilling superstition. The text hints at inherited hostility and a belated effort to reconcile the past.
Authentic Seoul dispatch dated the 12th states Japan holds complete control of Korea. Russian scouting parties have withdrawn across the Yalu, while Japanese forces occupy Wiju with little to no resistance.
General Mai You Kun reports Russian forces shifting west of the Liao river on the Manchurian border. He notes Chinese troops are hard to command due to high tension and anxious mood amid border patrols.
Dawson Alaska reports the Melon dike is expected to produce at least 10 million dollars this season. Nome shows record winter work, set to add several more millions to the total.
A north bound passenger train on the Mexican Central jumped the track near Zacatecas Tuesday. Eight persons were killed and 35 injured. The Mexico City special notes the tragedy and casualty toll.
An avalanche from Spitzhorn swept the village of Muehlbach at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning, burying residents in their beds and killing thirteen people. The disaster disrupts local life and prompts rescue teams to search wrecked homes.
London Cable reports twelve thousand Japanese troops suffered heavy losses after landing near the Yalu River. They were attacked by a concealed Russian force and forced to retreat to shore while Russians pursued along the water’s edge, leaving most equipment behind.
Reports from Russian spies describe a new disease among Japanese troops in Korea causing rapid aging. Sufferers lose teeth grow weak and die within weeks from senile decay. known to Orientals as sonda and deemed incurable.
Reports from St Petersburg say Russian authorities now accept that the Petropavlovsk catastrophe arose from a mine laid by Japan the night before the explosion Admiral Togo’s account is thought correct that Japanese mines near Port Arthur damaged the Petropavlovsk as she left the harbor the day after the attack.
In Morgantown North Carolina Special: By decree of the Superior Court Miss Nancy Forney Johnston may assume the name Mrs Isaac Avery, that of her late lover who died on April 2. She was to have married him on April 2.
Port Arthur dispatch cites eye witnesses claiming a Japanese cruiser was lost during bombardment when it struck one of its own floating mines outside Port Arthur on April 120.
The population of Vladivostok lacks essential provisions as food shipments are blocked by flooded rivers. Communication disruptions prevent delivery of staple goods, leaving residents in need. The situation affects Monico City Special and the northbound routes.
President Roosevelt and family are named among complainants in a five million dollar suit against the Pennsylvania, Alton and Northwestern railroads, now being prepared by Toeal and allied lawyers.
British forces report the Mullah defeated with his escape to Julian territory. The campaign in Somaliland is winding down as military operations are ordered halted and troops reassigned.
Kalamazoo Michigan city council voted Tuesday to appoint an assistant street commissioner. For three months the street cleaning program will operate under female auspices with a woman in charge.
A list of fuel prices across several towns shows varied rates from 96 cents to $2.12. Notable high marks appear in Petrolea and Bartlesville while Corsicana and Ragland feature lower numbers.
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