Jamestown Ter Centennal Exposition Opens in Norfolk
The Jamestown Ter centennial exposition opens with President Roosevelt reviewing the fleet from the Mayflower and delivering an address. Diplomatic guests, governors, and dignitaries attend as 700 voice exposition chorus performs and the gold button is pressed to mark the inaugural opening.
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Norfolk
United States
Hampton Roads
Exposition Grounds
Roosevelt
Discovery Landing
America
Harry St George Tucker
Abolition of Great U.S. Military Divisions Ordered
Washington Friday war department issued a directive from the president to abolish the great military divisions. They will be discontinued at the end of the current fiscal year. The United States territories will form military departments as now, with Missouri moved to the Missouri department from Texas.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Philippine Islands
Military Department
State of Missouri
Department of the
Nicaragua Thanks President Roosevelt for Mediation Aid
President Zelaya of Nicaragua cables President Roosevelt praising his assistance in achieving amity with El Salvador. He notes that peace signed has before yesterday and expresses gratitude for the major role in securing the outcome.
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Washington
Rooseevelt
Nicaragua
Salvador
Zelaya
Amalpn
Funeral of Mrs. Julia Sheldon Nebraska Governor’s Mother
The funeral service for Mrs. Julia Sheldon mother of Nebraska’s governor was held at her son Vilas Sheldon’s home. It drew the largest cortege in the area with Rev. G W Mitchell of Chadron delivering the eulogy.
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Nebawka
Neb
Julia Sheldon
Nebraska
Vilas
G. W. Mitchell
Chadron
B. Wolph
London Opens Jamestown Exposition With Roosevelt Speech
London papers publish extended dispatches on the Jamestown exposition opening and President Roosevelt's remarks at the event. Editorials extend congratulations on the successful inauguration and early proceedings.
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London
Roosevelt
Judges Arse Tied to Trees at Shurtleff College
In Upper Alton two judges who favored the sophomores in a Shurtleff College oratorical contest were seized by freshmen and tied to trees on campus and left until morning. The third judge, Harold Johnson, sided with the freshmen and was not bothered.
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Upper Alton
Shurtleff College
M. Magan
St. Louis
M. Dey
Missouri Pacific
Harold Johnson
Board of Food and Drug Inspection Created in Washington
Secretary Wilson forms a board to administer the national pure food law. It includes Dr. Harvey Wiley as chairman Dr. Frederick Dunlap and George R. McCabe. Roosevelt approves the plan and Dunlap will be paid 3500 dollars yearly to devote full time. Wilson will sign acts but rely on the board for hearings.
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Washington
Wilson
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Frederick L. Dunlap
George R. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Dunlap
University of Michigan
Peace Treaty Signed in Central America Amid Negotiations
Washington reports the peace conference at Amapala has concluded with a treaty between Salvador and Nicaragua. The Boston and Chicago will transport delegates to Acapulco and Acajutla while details remain scarce. Manial Bonilla arrives in Coatzacoalcos predicting grim Central American politics.
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Washington
State Department
Amapala
Doyle
United States
Chicago
J. G Gamaz
Nicaragua
Boston
Corinto
Acapulcod
Mexico
Senor Barcia
Salvador
Acatujla
San Salvador
Republic of San Salvador
Amapola
Zelaya
Honduras
Coatzacoalcos
Mex
Manuel Bonilla
Salina Cruz
Ffelize
Central America
Settlement Appears Far Off in Central American Row
A State Department dispatch from Guatemala reports deadlock in the Central American dispute, with no early settlement in sight. US Mexico efforts seek understanding, while arbitration is urged among Nicaragua Honduras Salvador to resolve all questions. President Roosevelt may sit in judgment if accepted. In Mobile, Zehaya forecasts war on Guatemala within two months amid port Barrios fortifications and Marines patrolling Ceibu coast.
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Washington
State Department
Phillip Brown
Guatemala
la Union
Salvador
Brown
United States
Mexico
Bacon
Costa Rica
Niearagua
Honduras
Roosevelt
Mobile
Ala
Zelaya
Port Barrios
Nicarguans
Paducah
Ceibu
Marietta
Terms of the Treaty Between Nicaragua and Salvador
Washington reports details of the Amalpa peace treaty between Nicaragua and Salvador underscoring a Marblehead pact resemblance. It calls for a Central American peace congress in Nicaragua and a special commercial accord between the two nations.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Salvador
Amalpa
Philip Brown
Guatemala
Dennis Kearney Dead. Alameda Native Led Sand Lot Agitation
Dennis Kearney, once a dominant political force in San Francisco and leader of the late nineteenth century anti Chinese sand lot agitation, has died. He had a large following in the city and influenced local politics for a period, though he had retreated from active involvement in recent years.
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San Francisco
Dennis Kearney
Alameda
Quarrel Over Roosevelt Letters Turns Fatal in Idaho
In Wallace Idaho a dispute over President Roosevelts letter on Moyer and Haywood led to a fatal shooting. Ex policeman William Quinn and journalist W H C Jackson argued. Deputy Sheriff C C Hicks confronted Quinn and shot him in the stomach, dying shortly after.
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Wallace
Idaho
Roosevelt
Moyer and Haywood
William Quinn
W. H. C. Jackson
Jackson
C. C. Hicks
Hicks
Quinn
Topeka Health Official Reveals Meat Preservative Danger
Dr S J Grumbine secretary of the board of health says he found a meat preservative in use locally that defies state and federal pure food laws. The preservative is made in the east and tests show it contains charcoal and sulfur, which upon burning releases sulfur dioxide gas absorbed by meat mimicking borax.
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Topeka
Kas
S. J. Grumbine
The
Board of Health
Dead Letters Made Lively
The Division of Dead Letters eclipsed daily returns with 20,3868 letters successfully returned, far exceeding the previous high of 14,488 set on March 28. On hand letters awaiting return have dropped to about 63,000 from over 200,000 a month ago.
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Washington
Loeb May Quit as President Aide Targeted for Rail Company
Rumor circulates in Washington that William Loeb Jr. secretary to the president will leave the White House to take the top post at the Washington Railway and Electric Company in January. The claim was more defined on Thursday amid ongoing speculation about his career move.
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Washington
William Loeb, Jr
Washington Railway & Electric Company
Canadian Government Buys Pablo Buffalo Herd
A Denver telegram reports the Pablo herd of buffalo from the Flathead reservation in Montana has been sold to Canada. Howard Eaton of Wall Wyoming said the Canadian government has paid a deposit. Bulls go to Canada by May 1 and cows and calves in July, totaling 400 to 500 buffalo.
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Canada Boys Buffaloes
Denver
Pablo
Flathead Reservation
Montana
Howard Eaton
Wall
Wyo
W. F. Kendrick
Canada
Sioux lease offer on Cheyenne River land
The Indian bureau reports the Cheyenne river Sioux are willing to lease 100000 acres to 300 Ute Indians who left Utah last summer and wintered at Camp Meade. The Utes’ stance is unclear, but their intent to stay suggests acceptance of the proposal.
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Washington
Indian Bureau
Cheyenne River Reservation
Utah
Camp Meade
Stockholders Back Indicted Manager In Ohio Company
One hundred fifty stockholders from Illinois Iowa Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas met in Kansas City and passed resolutions endorsing H H Yucker the indicted manager and insisting the company is solvent and should not be reorganized
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Kansas City
Uncle Sam OH Company
Illinois
Iowa
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
H H. Yucker
Missouri House Demands Pardon for Escaped Convict
The Missouri House voted 64 to 30 at Jefferson City to ask President Roosevelt to pardon W. C. Anderson, jailed in Fort Leavenworth after a 1920 post office break in Sweetwater Oklahoma. Anderson, who had escaped nine years earlier, had lived in Kansas City, started a family, and later returned to prison.
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Kansas City
Missouri House of Representatives
Jefferson City
Roosevelt
W. C. Anderson
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Anderson
Sweetwater
Okla
Methodist Board Approves Palo Alto Training School
The general board of education of the Methodist Episcopal church in session there appropriated 50000 for establishing a training school at Palo Alto California to be conducted in conjunction with Stanford University.
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Methodist Training School
St. Louis
General Board of Education
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Palo Alto
Cal
Teland
Stanford University
Madison Caucus Fails to Break Senate Deadlock
In Madison Wisconsin three ballots were taken Friday in the Republican senatorial caucus but the deadlock remains unbroken.
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Madison
Wis
Decision in Devin Case Reduces Debt for Devin Firms
In Topeka Kansas a bankruptcy decision by special referee N H Loomis wiped out over 300000 dollars of indebtedness for the Devin Coal company and related Devin corporations.
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Deviin
Topeka
Kan
Devin Coal Company
Devin
N. H. Loomis
Sweden’s New Minister Arrives in Washington
De Lagercrantz, newly appointed Swedish minister to Washington, arrived Sunday as the first Swedish envoy since the Norway Sweden separation. He comes amid diplomatic shifts and signals strengthening ties with the United States.
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New York
de Lagercrantz
Washington
Norway
Sweden
Governor Cummins urges Roosevelt to seek renomination
A Des Moines cable reports Governor Cummins asks President Roosevelt to withdraw his statement about not seeking a renomination in a letter to George E. Powers of Orange Iowa.
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Des Moines
George E. Powers
Orange
Cummins
Roosevelt
Million Gift For Negro Schools From Philadelphia Donor
Philadelphia donor Miss Anna T. Jeans announces a $1,000,000 fund for rudimentary southern Negro schools. Trustees named include Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute and Hollis Burke Frissell of Hampton Institute.
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Philadelphia
Anna ‘'T. Jeans
Minnesota Stock Values Railroads at 215 Million
The Sundberg committee reports Minnesota railroad property valued at 215 million dollars with average cost per mile around 27 thousand and net earnings over 5 thousand per mile last year. It cites Chicago Great Western constructed by A B Stickney with capital and debt about 143,668 dollars per mile and value near 28 thousand per mile.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Sundberg
Senate
Chicago Great Western
A. B. Stickney
Iowa
Ilineis
Secretary Taft Returns From Far East Trip
Secretary of War Taft and Mrs. Taft arrived at the Washington navy yard aboard the Mayflower after a month away visiting Panama Cuba and Porto Rico. They were driven to their home with Beekman Winthrop and Mrs. Winthrop joining the party along with Representatives Burton and De Armond Senator Kittredge and Miss Maggie Ide
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Washington
Taft
Washington Navy Yard
Panama
Cuba
Porto Rico
Beekman Winthrop
Winthrop
Burton
Ohio
de Armond
Missouri
Kittredge
South Dakota
Maggie Ide
Roosevelt to Leave Washington for Oyster Bay June 12
President Roosevelt will depart Washington on June 12 for his summer home at Oyster Bay. He expects a long rest and recreation, with no public speeches after departure until the Canton unveiling of the McKinley monument on September 30, as stated by Secretary Loeb.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Loeb
Canton
Endorsement for Tucker as Uncle Sam Oil Manager
One hundred and fifty stockholders from Illinois Iowa Oklahoma and Kansas City passed resolutions endorsing H H Tucker the indicted manager and declaring the company solvent and not to be reorganized Tucker announced a plan to raise 75000 to buy machinery to refine crude now at the company refineries.
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Kansas City
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Ilinois
Iowa
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
H. H. Tucker
Tucker
Russia Faces Fuel Shortage From Caspian Sailor Strike
St Petersburg reports a fuel famine as the naphtha flotilla sailors on the Caspian Sea strike continues. Baron Taube, head of the gendarmerie, was sent to handle the stoppage but has achieved no success.
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St. Petersburg
Caspian Sea
Baron Taube
Naval Officers Arrive on Japanese Steamer Americ an
Three U S Navy captains Captain C Arnold Captain R Ingersoll and Captain T M Mclean arrived in San Francisco aboard the Japanese steamer American They recently commanded cruisers West Virginia Maryland and Colorado to the Asiatic station The officers head to Washington to be assigned to other warships.
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San Francisco
United States Navy
C. Arnold
R. Ingersoll
T. M. Mclean
West Virginia
Maryland
Colorado
Washington
Harrisburg House Defeats Roosevelt Second Term Measure
A resolution urging President Roosevelt to seek a second term was defeated in the Harrisburg house without debate. No discussion occurred on the proposition.
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Harrisburg
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Many Nebraska towns plan growth and clubs this year
Seward courthouse work pushes forward while Fairbury and Schuyler businessmen form commercial clubs. Cambridge and Fremont eye new building, Y M C A and Catholic Knights of America expand. North Platte UP spending 300000, Grand Island coal fire damages.
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Seward
Fairbury
Cambridge
Schuyler
Indianola
Fremont
Catholic Knights of America
St. Libory
Oklahoma
Grand Island
Darling Block
Union Pacific
North Platte
Hastings
Boolinger Bros
Pittsburg
W.st. Crandall
Citizens’ Bank of Firth
Arapahoe
Frank Gardner
Juniata
Gardner
Martin Frerich
Beatrice
Royal Neighbors of
Plattsmouth
Cass County
Sheldon
Mary Young Men’s Christian Association
Crete
McCone
Platte County
Wyoming Fuel and Iron Company
Columbus
Carbon County
Wyoming
Eddyville
Thos. McEntee
William Hughes
Ed. Huughes
Edgar Goff
Nebraska City
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Amapal
Loeb May
Cheyenne Reservation
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Russia
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Judge Cowan
Texas
Gov
Larrabee
G. L. Shull
Congregational Church
Leigh
Frank Smuder
Cork Leg
Young Men's Christian Association
I Cc
Overton
Bushnell
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