Gage and Alger Accept Cabinet Posts in McKinley Admin
Lyman J. Gage of Chicago accepts appointment as Secretary of the Treasury after a private conference with President-elect McKinley. Russell A. Alger named Secretary of War. Canton reports detail Gage's life in banking from early roles to presidency of the World’s Columbian Exposition and leadership in the American Bankers’ Association.
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Russell A. Alger
Canton
Chicago
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American Bankers’ Association
Alger Honored as Secretary of War Pick
Maj. William McKinley tendered the war portfolio to Gen. Russell A. Alger of Michigan on his birthday. Alger accepted with cheerful alacrity in Canton, Ohio.
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Medina County
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Fifth Michigan Cavalry
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Detroit
Gen. Alger
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Genatoy Sherman
Gold Standard and Banking Plan Debate in Congress
The National Board of Trade adopts a banking reform plan favoring gold as standard money and outlines steps to retire United States notes, empower national banks to issue currency on bond value, and require supervision. A monetary commission proposal seeks 11 presidentially appointed members from both chambers. Frederick Fraley, longtime board president, is reelected at 93. Utah tragedy reports Bartholomew Race killing his wife and then himself after she gave birth. neighbors save the newborn and eight other children as a blaze threatens.
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Utah
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Salt Lake City
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Goshen
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President Cleveland Praises Modern Physicians at New York Dinner
President Cleveland arrived in New York on Friday and attended the annual New York Academy of Medicine dinner at Carnegie Hall. He delivered an address praising the modern physician and the societal benefits of medical science, urging doctors to fulfill civic duties alongside professional commitments.
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New York Academy of Medicine
Carnegie Hall
Nebraskas shocking farm murder spurs maniac arrest
A man in Wayne Nebraska killed his wife and three children with an ax on a farm ten miles southeast of the city. CG K Rash was captured after the grisly act, which shocked the community as investigators and a sheriff probe the motive.
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Nebraska
Wayne, Neb
CG. K. Rash
Senate Debates Cuba Policy and Monetary Conference
Washington reports allege bitter rhetoric about Cuba and Weyler while the Senate debated a proposed international monetary conference. Other actions included confirming Forman as internal revenue commissioner and passing pension and credentials measures.
Equal Rights push sparks Chinese citizenship law drive
Articles of incorporation granted Tuesday in Springfield for the Chinese Equal Nighta League of America to press citizenship rights for Chinese Americans. About 260 Chinese men have signed on.
Mix of Fires Crimes and Political Moves Across States
A wide array of brief items reports fires destroying business districts in Stryker Ohio and Ciledonia Ohio, a 121 year old death near Clay's Merry Kentucky, bank failures and suspensions in Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania and a Johnson City Tennessee bank closing with liabilities. Also noted are political shifts with two U.S. Senate elections in Washington and Idaho, a Missouri outlaw captured, a northbound train robbery near Shady Point Oregon, sinking of Spanish riverboats with many deaths, a New York syndicate planning a flee trust, and various accident and crime incidents including drownings and a Seattle area killer’s suicide and a dynamite explosion in Hazelton Pennsylvania. The Brooklyn cruiser hit a rock, a San Francisco tailor’s wife was killed and husband wounded, and Molten dynamite incident, plus Weyler’s supply train dynamited near Crete with casualties. Regal peace aims and famine relief efforts in India are also touched on.
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Fearn
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Standard Eagle Hox & Limber Company
St. Louis
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Wautauga Bank
Johnson City
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Pep
Washington
Henry Heltfield
United States
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Missouri
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India
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South Africa
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Crete
Manufacturers National Convention Urges Tariff Revision
At the national convention of manufacturers in Philadelphia on June 28, delegates adopted resolutions calling for tariff revision at the earliest moment to remove uncertainty and revive business. They urged duties to be kept low yet protect industries and labor, and backed reestablishing reciprocity. Theodore C. Search of this city was reelected president.
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National Convention of Manufacturers
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Five Men Killed In Neck of Track Collision Near Norwalk
A Colonial Express train on the Consolidated road struck a group of five laborers working on the track near Norwalk in the afternoon. The workers were in the path of two trains moving in the same direction, and both trains could not be avoided. The accompanying report notes hours were reduced in Springfield shops and mentions other varied items from mining and local incidents.
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Hast Norwalk
Springfield
Wabash
Astor's Art and Curiosities Put Up for Sale by Auction
Knickerbocker auction room in New York displays 100 Astor family treasures from William Waldorf Astor’s New York home. Items include bronzes, European sculptures, old musical instruments, carved furniture, Japanese idols, vases, and rare glassware. Some pieces have documented provenance through familiar rooms and parlors. The collection was bought from Astor by a friend now facing financial difficulties who seeks to liquidate the trophies.
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Yorks
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Europe
William Waldoff
Maggie Mitchell Builds An Eight-Story New York Apartment House
Actress Maggie Mitchell Abbott, known for Fanchon the Cricket, has erected a marble brick eight story apartment building at Amsterdam Ave and East 102nd Street. The St Audoche, costing 250000, features a billiard room bowling alley roof garden electric light and rear stables for bicycles and horses.
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New York City
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Fanchon
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Duel Threat Sparks Count Esterhazy News From New York
Count Poyssi Loifling declares a planned duel with Count Esterhazy within a year as he travels in New York at Ue Waldorf. He says Esterhazy has sent a challenge by letter after harsh words and breaches over three dramas, with a possible meeting in Zetis Hungary if alive.
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Old Man Becomes Young in Tuckerfi Village Tale
An 85 year old man in Tuckerfi, Kankakee county, John Adams, reportedly regrew hair and teeth and gained sight. Once bald and nearly blind, he now walks two miles daily to his son's breakfast, weighs 108 pounds, stands 5 feet 9 inches, and plans to live many more years with improved health and skin texture.
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Death of Parisian giant Grant Cadman famed for strength
Grant Cadman, renowned as the most remarkable Jehu in Paris, has died at a height of six feet six inches and immense strength. Reports attribute his death to heavy drinking, noting an alleged daily consumption well over 18 quarts of wine.
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