Roosevelt Receives Overflowing Charleston Audience
President Roosevelt visits Charleston for the South Carolina Inter state and West Indian Exposition. A grand procession, auditorium speeches, and a sword presentation to Major Micah Jenkins mark the day as he emphasizes national unity and wartime healing. Roosevelt praises shared American heritage and stresses fair law in industry.
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King Leopold mobbed by Socialists in Brussels riot
King Leopold was mobbed by Socialists in Brussels as his carriage was surrounded and protesters shouted republican and suffrage slogans. Police prepared militia reserves and gendarmes in readiness after anti Catholic agitation sparked riots in Brussels and Liege with vandalism against a Jesuit church and seminary.
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Vaccination Rules Backed by Colorado Judge
In Pueblo on April 10 Judge Voorhees ruled to deny an injunction against Rocky Ford officials who barred a non vaccinated child from public schools. The decision held that vaccination efficacy is a matter for health boards and statutes empower them to issue health rules enforceable as administrative law.
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Lands thing debates sale of Danish West Indies to U S
The Lands thing near Copenhagen closes its secret debate on a treaty to sell the Danish West India islands to the United States. It recommends ratification after a secret vote by colonial council electors, with plebiscite considerations divided among government supporters, independents, and the broader population. The lower house has ratified but without a plebiscite. A conference committee may reconcile the reports.
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Reciprocity Bill Attacked In Cuban Trade Debate
In Washington on April 10 the second day of debate over the Cuban reciprocity bill featured an impassioned Republican opposition. Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan and senators Spooner Quarles and Dolliver led the attack, accusing leaders of breaking Republican protectionist doctrine. Democrats Ball of Texas Sparkman of Florida and Mondell of Wyoming spoke for and against the bill. Opponents seek to remove the refined sugar differential, and time to speak is in high demand with no completion expected before next week.
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Great Preacher Dying in Washington Case
The prevailing symptoms in Dr. Talmage's condition have been aggravated by brain congestion. A conciliation of physicians determined with NIS is.
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Washington News and Congressional Proceedings Summary
House committee reports favor a bill for 282 944 dollars for overtime service of numerous regular carriers whose claims were allowed in the Court of Claims. Debates include Chinese exclusion, Danish West Indies investigations, and a soldiers home bill for Denver. Congressional actions cover mint resignations, bank capital rules, and eight hour government contracts.
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Supreme Court Assumes Jurisdiction in Arkansas River Case
The Supreme Court overruled Colorado’s demurrer in Kalivas v Colorado, allowing federal jurisdiction over Kansas’s suit to restrain Colorado’s water rights on the Arkansas River. The ruling noted the matter’s gravity and ordered full proof on damage, watersheds, and related facts before further action. No dissent was recorded.
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Supreme Court ruling threatens Cripple Creek short line plan
Denver Power and Irrigation Company wins in a land condemnation dispute with the Colorado & Southern Railroad. Judge Gabbert reverses District Court, allowing possible remand and appeal. Dam would have financed a $3,000,000 hydroelectric project on the South Fork of the Platte to power Denver factories.
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Sterling Projects Beet Sugar Factory in Colorado
The Denver Republics Sterling correspondent reports that by year end Sterling will enter the beet sugar industry with a large refinery near completion. At a Saturday mass meeting in Denver W C Gardner urged farmers to back a plan offering eastern capitalists a liberal deal. Gardner, supervisor of the Creeley sugar factory, outlined terms. Farmers would guarantee 5 000 acres of beets and decide by Jaime with contracts and a refinery to be built near winter if favorable.
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Velox Torpedo-Boat Destroyer Launched for Experimental Shipyard
A new torpedo-boat destroyer Velox was launched on the Tyne designed for steam turbine propulsion. Built by R. & W. Hawthorne at Melburn and Lyne yards with Parsons mechanicals at Wallsend. The 210 by 21 by 12 foot craft features two high and two low pressure turbine engines per side and eight propellers for enhanced longitudinal strength.
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Ex Pension Commissioner Evans Rival for Foreign Mission
Henry Clay Evans, ex pension commissioner and longtime Vonner-Lee Republican, who resigned to President Roosevelt, is seen as a likely appointee to a major foreign mission. A Chattanooga native, he served twice as mayor and narrowly lost a Tennessee governor race. Evans was a prominent 1896 vice presidential candidate and seeks new promotion.
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World's Largest Daw Dam Near Peekskill Longest Project
The Croton dam in New York is described as the largest man built structure with a base thickness of 200 feet, 300 feet high from foundation, 150 feet above ground, and 1 000 feet long. Located three miles from Peekskill, its top stands 216 feet above tidewater and 100 feet above the reservoir in Central Park. Construction has run eight years and will take three more years. Original cost was 4 150 673 dollars with an additional 1 000 000 needed.
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Statue of Count de Rochambeau Monument Designed by Hamar
A statue planned for the capital honors Count de Rochambeau, designed by French sculptor Hamar. It shows the field marshal in uniform with one arm outstretched, a protecting gesture for the young republic. At the base a woman bears the French flag, the ship prow beneath, and linked arms of France and the United States. Congress funded the statue at the last session.
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