Roosevelt Shifts Consular Appointments to Trained Candidates
President Roosevelt announced a policy change to fill important consular posts with men who have training and experience in minor positions. He discussed the move with Assistant Secretary Loomis and Secretary Hay. The aim is to better advance U.S. trade interests and ensure capable leadership in key posts. Secretary Cortelyou visited Oyster Bay to discuss an official matter related to the change.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Francis B. Loomis
Hay
Loomis
State Department
United States
George B. Cortelyou
Department of Labor
Hunters win on law clash over license fees in Spokane
Spokane, Sept. 7. Judge Belt ruled the hunters license law invalid in the Anderson case. Farmers opposed hunting on their lands, and officials wonder what to do with $700 collected. An appeal may follow, as the decision touches constitutional points and amendment procedures.
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Spokane
George W. Belt
Judge Belt
Nimrods
Anderson
Kimball
Supreme Court
Arraigns City Officials in Denver Grand Jury Report
The Denver special grand jury filed its final report and indicted Thomas J. Maloney for bribery in a county records contract and City and County Clerk Julius Aichele for receiving a bribe. Eighteen Smeltermen's Union members were indicted for riot linked to the Globe and Grain strike inauguration. only two have been found.
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Denver
Thomas J. Maloney
Julius Aichele
Building Strike Settled in Arbitration Pact
Minneapolis Sept. 7 The building laborers strike declared August 6 reached a final settlement at a meeting of master builders and laborers. All differences will be settled by arbitration but work will begin Tuesday and continue pending the arbitration committee’s action.
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Minneapolis
Peary Names His Ship for Assistant Secretary Darling
Commander Peary announced that his next polar expedition will sail on the Charles H. Darling, a vessel named to honor Assistant Secretary Darling's support and interest in the voyage.
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Peary
Washington
North Pole
Charles H. Darling
Pope Pius X A Liberal Venice Cardinal Becomes Pope
Cardinal Joseph Sarto born in Riese Venice June 2 1835 rises from Patriarch of Venice to Pope Pius X at age 73 He is praised for learning administrative skill and liberal ideas with steady policy and conciliatory disposition He is noted as a powerful preacher and modest highly cultivated and active despite age
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Riese
Venice
Italy
Treviso
Padua
Sacra Theologia
Rome
Salzano
Leo
Joseph Sarto
Pius X
Leo XIII
Holy See
Cardinal Sarto
France
Germany
United States
Sacred College
Rampolla
Sarto
Helena
Vatican
Utah Captain of Industry A B Lewis Linked to $30 Million Utah Developments
State Senator A B Lewis of Utah heads large western enterprises in mining and development. He collaborates with United States Senator Clark of Montana in a $30 million plan to develop coal and iron fields in southern Utah. Lewis rose from copper mining leadership to the state Senate amid miner support. He's been touted as a potential future U S senator. A separate note mentions zoo keeper John Lover explaining the rattlesnake rattle as a call to mates.
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A. B. Lewis
Utah
United States
Clark
Montana
Lewis
State
Senate
Senate of
Rattle Signals in Snake Tale of a Love Call
A man observes seven hogs attack a rattlesnake. The snake rattles loudly as it fights, aided by three other snakes. All snakes are slain in a dreadful battle. The rattle is described as a love call male snakes use to summon mates, not a charm for birds.
Chapel at Wellington Barracks Wedding Privilege Highlighted
The article notes a privilege for brides who marry officers of the Brigade of Guards, being wed in the chapel within Wellington Barracks. It praises the interior and mourns dead Guardsmen, detailing the lack of organ with military band involvement and a simple service ending with a march. It also mentions a separate note that the world’s tallest tower, 750 feet, would rise at New York City’s Central Station.
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Brigade of Guards
Wellington Barracks
Central Station
New York City
Humorous mistranslations from foreign speech cited
Detroit Tribune notes foreign misrenderings of English in German French and Indian texts. Examples include a bishop fleeing a wife in New York and a waiter mix up bootjack for turbot, with Swiss hotel ads praising solitude to travelers from all over the globe.
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Detroit Tribune
Germany
England
New York
Berlin
Kipper
The Song Sparrow Minstrel of Early Spring
The song sparrow, a small brown ground perch with a speckled breast, sings in city parks and open spaces. It houses perches low, hides quickly, and bells its alarm softly. It has a large repertoire of consistent notes and sings for long periods when sunlit, second only to thrushes in breadth.
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New York Sun
Gold Output in Nicaragua for 1902 Reveals Earnings
In 1902 Nicaragua yielded $1,326,000 in gold production. The report notes economic activity and investor interest while a separate aphorism reflects on friendship and adversity.
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Nicaragua
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Pope Pius X
Giuseppe Sarto
John Lover
Zoo
Philadelphia
West
San Francisco
Gray’s Harbor Commercial Co
C. F. White
Cosmopolis
Ninemire & Morgan
Montesano
Aberdeen
Herald Printery
Wishkah St
Thomas R. H Bellefonte
Penn
Harry A. Hayes
Hayes & Hayes, Bankers
Aberdeen, Wash
Fish Market
Michael Finn
St. Near
Withkah
Aberdeer
George L. Hilton
San Francisco Examiner
R. P. Porter
Choice Brands
Abere
Royal Restaurant
M. Francescovich
Heron Street
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Prop
Office
Pacific Hotel
Horges Bougnt
Rainier
H Street
W. E. Crist
Proprietes
al Beate
Palace Restaurant
Bannich & Phelps
Puse
Central Restaurant
M. Antigh
Walters
Heren
Wishtu
M. Franciscovich
Heron St
Olympus Theater
Reasonadie
Telepho
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