Sculptors Build Plaster Goddess for Woman's Building at Jackson Park
At Jackson park a team of sculptors led by Lorado Taft works on large plaster figures for the Woman's Building. The centerpiece shows a sixteen foot angel formed from a dishpan base and wood scraps, while other figures depict Spring and Autumn groups, Flora and Pomona, and navigation themes. Miss Ridout molds a central panel and works from live models amid a rain that slows the roof work.
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Governor Fifer tours flood district as damage climbs
Governor Fifer and staff traveled by steamer to inspect Illinois flood zones from Alton to St. Louis, with tents and supplies moved to aid refugees. In Kansas City area, inspectors estimate damages near five million dollars as over a thousand homes remain surrounded by water and a large loss of farms and crops is feared.
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Illinois
St. Charles
Missouri River
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Arsenal
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Argentine
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Trade Will Be Good Despite Western Floods and Rail Slowdown
The May 23 report from R G Dun warns floods and rains in the Mississippi valley disrupt trade but foresees no crop deficit or drop below expectations. Cities report mixed activity in boots and shoes, groceries, hardware, dry goods, and iron, with improvements in glass and wool. Wheat and other staples show rising prices. rubber works prosper. coal and cattle data indicate varied momentum across markets. Willard’s hotel in Washington to be sold by auction after a supreme court ruling.
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Weekly Review of Trade
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Train collision near Crooked Bayou claims eight lives
Meager reports describe a collision between a south bound passenger train and a freight train near Crooked Bayou Arkansas on Friday night. The wreck occurred after a bridge over the Arkansas River washed out and the passenger train backed toward Humphries colliding with the following freight. Eight killed and twenty two injured, with several seriously hurt. Names include Mrs Hensey wife of the bridge foreman and Mrs Anderson of Amarilla Texas among the dead. victims from Tennessee and Texas.
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Ark
Cotton Belt Railroad
Arkansas River
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Hensey
Nichols
Anderson
Amarilla
Tex
Hodgkins
Grape Vine
Cambria Iron Company Declared Non-Union by Brotherhoods
In Johnstown Pa on May 23 E P Sargeant and P H Morrissey announced that all Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and United Order of Railway Employes members should withdraw from the Cambria works. The company will be advertised as non union and no trainman at Cambria yards may join any union. The move claims top trainmen are among those cleared out and aims to block their return.
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Cambria Company
Brotherhood
Cambria
Prisoner Lynched After Jail Murder in Morrillton
Charles Stewart, jailed in Perry county, killed Deputy Holmes with an iron poker then was seized by an armed crowd and hanged from a tree. In Sanford Florida an express car hold up left Express Messenger Saunders dead and Cox wounded. Clinton Iowa reports David Spainham dies from poisoned liquor.
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Stewart
Holmes
Sanford
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Key West
Saunders
Cox
Senate orders Joliet public building site purchase
The senate passed a bill directing the secretary of the treasury to acquire a suitable Joliet Illinois site for a public building with vaults and elevators at a cost not to exceed 100000. Proposals will be advertised and examined by treasury officers. Also report of Louis Dritt, famed Meerschaum carver, who hanged himself in Boston shop Friday night after a period of despondency.
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Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Joliet
Ills
Treasury
Boston
Louis Dritt
America
Queen Victoria Arrives at Balmoral with Renewed Health
Queen Victoria reached Balmoral on Saturday amid bright sun and clear skies. Her renewed health was noted as she plans to stay about a month at the Highland estate before likely returning to Windsor around June 25. She brought back water sketches by Signor Carelli from Costebello to hang in her Balmoral sitting rooms.
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Quibbling for Almy's Life in New Hampshire Supreme Court
Legal moves may seek to raise the constitutionality of the law used to convict Almy the Christie Warden killer before the full New Hampshire Supreme Court. The case hinges on the state constitution stating that no person shall be deprived of life except by peer judgment.
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Concord
N. H
Christie Warden
Supreme Court
New Hampshire
Three Men Drowned In Lake Erie Tragedy
In Cleveland on May 28 George Dougherty, Harry Crack, and William Reilly went out on Lake Erie in a small row boat to capture a tramp boat. They disappeared about a mile and a half offshore and were later drowned when their craft was picked up by the tug Edith Gus Hanna, who knew the men.
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George Dougherty
Harry Crack
William Reilly
Lake Erie
Edith
Gus Hanna
Robbery targets farmer’s buggy near Alliance
A farmer, Andrew Little of Homeworth, reported Friday afternoon a theft from his buggy in Alliance area. The load included 400 silver dollars 2400 in paper money and a New York draft for 1000. He planned to deposit the funds but banks were closed at the time.
Fairly Active Stock Market Ends Slightly Higher
New York stock market activity during the half day on May 21 showed 191263 shares traded. Key movers included Burlington Rock Island St Paul Reading Erie Union Pacific Missouri Pacific cotton oil Omaha preferred Atchison and Chicago gas with mixed results and a firmer close on the bank statement.
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Stock Exchange
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Rock Island
St. Paul
Reading
Erie
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Omaha
Atchison
Chicago Gas
Live Stock and Produce Markets Regional Updates May 21
Daily market summary from CuicaGco notes butter prices 18 20c and eggs at fresh levels. Poultry prices list chickens roosters ducks turkeys geese with varied per dozen values. potatoes apples strawberries New York and Milwaukee futures quoted. live stock at Union Stock Yards shows hogs cattle and sheep price ranges. Toronto and Detroit notes. final item reports Rome on Vatican stance on immigration and Baltimore conference rules.
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Bermuda
Tennessee
New York
One Year for Deacon Kiling Case at Cannes
Edward Parker Deacon was found guilty of killing M. Abeille, his wife's lover, in Cannes on February 18 and sentenced to one year in prison.
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Nice
Edward Parker Deacon
M. Abeille
Cannes
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