Pan American Exposition Opens With Civic Splendor
The Pan American Exposition dedication in Burra o Buffalo drew about 300, 900 attendees from nearby cities to a day marked by fireworks, aerial guns, giant balloons, and flags. The grounds cover 350 acres with 800, 000 electric lamps, a grand Midway of 4000 feet, and 40 shows. Costing around 10 million dollars, the fair promises rich decorative effects and modern exhibits, with half dollar admission for a full day of displays and events.
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Temple of Music
Union
New York
Buffalo
Exposition Parades and Ceremonies at City Exposition Grounds
The city opened early for a two parade program led by chief marshal Louis L. Babcock. Exposition and concessionnaires parades featured U S troops Mexican National Band and foreign units under Gen S M Welch, with events at the Temple of Music directed by John G Milburn. Roosevelt and Lodge spoke as part of a day of music, prayers, and demonstrations at the Pan American Exposition.
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Louis L. Babcock
Temple of Music
John G. Milburn
Seventy-first Regiment
Professor Fanciulli
C. 4. Fowler
M. E. Church
Conrad Diehl
City of
Buffalo
Robert Cameron Rogers
Massachusetts
Frederic Almy
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
Case of a Lunatic in a State Asylum That Looks Like Murder
sensational report from Springfield details the May 7 death of dentist Joseph L. Barnes at Jackson ville Central Hospital for the Insane. Convulsions followed a visit by a man with a letter purporting to be from Barnes sister Mrs M E Hill. A crystal on the chair tested for strychnine and undigested food in Barnes stomach prompted an inquest and lab analysis. Police traced the visitor to William Webb Ferguson a forger on parole from Chester penitentiary recently brought to jail in Jacksonville
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Springfield
Joseph L. Barnes
Monticello Piatt County
Central Hospital For
Jacksonvile
Oak Lawn Retreat
Jacksonville
Eastern Hospital For
Kankakee
Central Hospital
Barnes
M. E. Hill
Monticello
Quincy
Winslow
State University Laboratory
Urbana
William Winn
Roth
Adams County
William Webb Ferguson
Chester Penitentiary
Ferguson
Albany Strike Ends After Twelve Days of Turmoil
Albany reports a peaceful settlement of a twelve day street railroad strike with 38000 National Guard members in the city. The accord grants 20 cent night wages, appeals to executives, compensation for lost time, free rides for on division employees, and protections for nonviolent strikers. Employers gain power to hire or fire independent of union ties and a six day delay before any strike takes effect.
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Albany
N. Y
National Guard
Traction Company
Mrs McKinley Improves and May Travel Hopes
President's wife Mrs McKinley sits up and shows improvement. doctors report the crisis passed and a trip to the capital may occur within days. Also notes General Barkley ill in Illinois and G A R encampment rates set for Cleveland. drowning deaths in Mona Lake and John Wesley cited as father of Sunday schools in Savannah.
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San Francisco
Wesley
Savannah
John Wesley
Peeeriinte
Colony of
Georgia
Cuban Platt Amendment revisions debated by convention
The Cuban constitutional convention heatedly debated amendments to the Platt Amendment. A majority report allows changes while preserving U S intervention limits, naval station rationale, and the right to protect Cuba’s independence. The article also covers the launching of the ship Ohio with remarks by President McKinley and accompanying celebrations.
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Root
Cuba
Minority Report Rivals Majority on Platt Amendment Path
The minority report questions the Platt law and proposes substitutions to several clauses, including Cuban adherence to the Monroe doctrine and opposition to intervention contrary to U S law. The majority’s amendments surprise as leaders expected acceptance of Root’s reading but not those added provisions.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Committee On Relations
Root
Long Auto Trip Ends at Home in Chicago
Robert Shaw and wife completed a 1700 mile auto journey from New York to Chicago in ten days aboard a 1800 pound gasoline carriage. They began May 8 with daily averages of 100 miles and eight hours on the road. one delay occurred when a spring broke. They receive a silver cup from Mrs. C K Smith of New York.
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Chicago
New York
Robert Shaw
Ashland Avenue
C. K. Smith
Grant Declares Philippine Unrest Ended and Brigandage to End
Briga dier General Frederick D Grant returned from Manila aboard the Sheridan. He states the Philippine insurrection is at an end and that remaining work is to stamp out brigandage. President McKinley and General Grant exchanged salutations as ships passed. Fitz John Potter shows some improvement at Morristown home.
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Manila
Sheridan
General Grant
Slocum
Obie
McKinley
Dedicatory Exercises Name Hillis Chaplain Depew Orator
New York on May 20 reports Dr Hillis will be chaplain and Senator Depew chief orator at the Hall of Fame dedicatory exercises set for May 30. A ParisBigaro denial states it has not been sold to a German syndicate.
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Washington
Richard P. Townley
Navy
Manila
Townley
Castle Bros
Wolf & Sons
OHIO
New York
Hillis
Depew
Paris
Bigaro
Puget Sound
Alabama Convention Faces Plan to Remove Negro Vote
Montgomery May 20 The Alabama constitutional convention focuses on disenfranchising Black voters while considering smaller counties judicial reform and school taxation. Delegate William Oates argues for a purified electorate based on intelligence and character, not race, with literacy and tax-payment requirements to register.
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Montgomery
Ala
Norrow
General Assembly
Chancery Court
Oates
Plains of General
William &. Oates
Hin Ae
Alabama
Indiana coal combine aims to seize western market control
Indiana coal operators plan a trust to erase competition. Evansville and Meansville figures say assets could reach about 10 million dollars. The venture targets mines in Ohio and Illinois and seeks options to own all Indiana mines, with Masonry figure Henry Clay Wore linked to Richmond relics.
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Indianapolia
Indiana
Bmvansville
John Ingle
Meansville
Ingle
United Mine Workers’ Organization
W. J. Oswald
Maule
Princeton
Tds
Ohio
Ilinois
Illinois
Olte
Decline in British Acreage and Population Increase Reported
Returns for 1900 show a startling decline in acreage of almost all agricultural products in Great Britain. The last Italian census showed the population to be 82,449,754, an increase of 4,000,000 since 1881. The flag over the United States embassy at Berlin was half masted Saturday owing to the death of Edward BR. Uhl Naphthalene has been found to be a practical specific against mosquito poisoning.
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Great Britain
United States
Berlin
Edward BR
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The
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