Roosevelts Key Opens St Louis World’s Fair Parade
President Roosevelt pressed the gold key to start the Louisiana Purchase Exposition as the complex opened with the cascades flowing and main buildings finished. Delegations from many states and foreign governments attended the ceremonies while 40 000 workers prepared the grounds for visitors.
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Roosevelt
Cascades
Lalf
Teft
Henry C. Burnham
Aiw Hampshire
United States Senate
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
National House of Representatives
Albino R. Nuncio
Mexico
BE. H. Harriman
New York
Taft
White House
United States
St Louis World’s Fair Opens Amid Wide Festivities
Crowds filled the streets and fairgrounds as uniforms and national costumes added color. Secretary Taft and a large congressional delegation led the day’s events with a morning gathering at the administration building and a parade to the plaza. The city celebrated with holidays, full-time work stoppages, and opening-day optimism as St Louis showcases its exhibit palaces and progress in science, industry, and architecture.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Plaza of
St. Louis
Exposition Grounds
Francis
Frank W. Gunsaulus
Forest Park
Louisiana Territory
St Louis
Missouri
Chicago ceremony closes with keys to new buildings
Chicago delivered the invocation and, at the prayer’s end, Isaac S. Taylor handed keys to President Francis who passed the buildings to Frederick J. W. Skiff the director of exhibits. The hymn by Stedman and Paine was sung as Mayor Wells of St Louis and Thomas T. Carter addressed the gathering.
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Chicago
Isaac S. Taylor
Francis
Frederick J. W. Skiff
Edmund Clarence Stedman
John Knowles Paine
Mayor Wells
St. Louis
Thomas T. Carter
The
National Commission
Fire Threatens Two Harbors. Destruction of Hardware Store
A blaze threatened Two Harbors Minnesota destroying Lee and Co hardware store and several other buildings with a loss of 36000 dollars. Several occupants sleeping above Mrs Augusta Swenska's restaurant narrowly escaped.
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Two Harbors
Minn
Lee & Co
Augusta Swenska
Chicago Man Horsewhipped in Guthrie Incident
Thomas J. Baxter of Chicago was horsewhipped on a Guthrie street by Charles E. Billingsley president of the National Capital Bank, which has recently failed.
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Thomas J. Baxter
Chicago
Guthrie
Ohio
Charles E. Billingsley
National Capital Bank
Cleveland Defends 1894 Chicago Troop Use in Lecture
Former President Grover Cleveland spoke at Princeton defending his role in sending federal troops to Chicago during the 1894 railroad strike. He criticized Gov. Altgeld for resisting federal intervention and read letters showing the dispute over state versus federal authority. The talk, first in the Henry Stafford Little Lectures series, revisited the era's constitutional questions and cautioned against letting discussion supersede enforcement of the law.
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Cleveland
Groter Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Chicago
John P. Altgeld
Henry Stafford Little
Little Brinceton
Mr. Cleveland
Illinois
Outlin
Olney
Pullman Company
Safe Blowouts At Hanna Indiana Post Office Robbery
Safe blowers wrecked the Hanna Indiana postoffice and a nearby safe late Monday night. They escaped in a farmer’s buggy toward Chicago after stealing 81,000 in cash and stamps and a horse and buggy. Dynamite caused three explosions that shattered nearby windows and wrecked the post office. The postmaster G A Trigger reports the building heavily damaged and details of the safe entry remain unclear. Tianna, about forty miles southeast of Chicago, is a village of 600.
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Hanna
Ind
Nanna
Tianna
Chicago
G. A. Trigger
Hannan
Browers
Democratic State Conventions Almanac Notes Across States
The Qhin Democratic State convention will meet in Columbus May 25 and 26. Wisconsin Governor La Follette reportedly lost votes in primaries. Bryan intimates favor Towne for president over Elearse. Edwards elected Democratic congressional committee secretary in Washington. Louisiana primaries promise a Democratic Legislature. West Virginia GOP names Glasscock chair and Richards secretary. Anderson Indiana sees letters urging Durbin as Roosevelt’s running mate. Portland Oregon convention declines to instruct delegates. Hearst movement in Oklahoma grows with potential alliance with Populists. Virginia Democratic committee sets June 9 for Richmond convention to choose St Louis delegates. Parker favored but unlikely to receive Southern instruction for St Louis.
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Columbus
la Follette
Wisconsin
William J. Bryan
Charles A. Towne
William R. Elearse
Democratic’ Congressional Carniigm Committee
Washingtn
Charles A. Edwards
Louisiana
West Virginia
Republican State Central Committee
W.E. Glasscock
Morgantown
H. 8. Richards
Wheeling
Anderson
Ind
Gov. Durbin
Roosevelt
Portland
Oregon
Virginia State Democratic Committee
Richmond
St Louis
Parker
St. Louis
Truth Will Oat and Opera Gown Quip at Local Event
A fragment notes a social quip about a gown during preparations for an opera. It advertises a travel special to Los Angeles via Nickel Plate Road for the General Conference of the M E Church plus tickets to a National Baptist Anniversary in Cleveland with May travel dates and a round trip fare of one dollar and twenty five cents, extending return until May 26.(Contact details list C A Austerlin Fort Wayne Indiana for agent information.)
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Matea
Los Angeles
California
Nickel Plate Road
National Baptist Anniversary
Cleveland
Ohio
C. A. Austerlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
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