McKinley Visit May Rush Yellowstone Tour
Washington correspondent notes President McKinley may skip a full Yellowstone visit on a transcontinental tour. Park authorities offer courtesies and schedules to show wonders, with a possible extra day if feasible. The plan contrasts with earlier presidential incursions by Arthur and Sheridan, highlighting a swift travel pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wonderland
Arthur
Yellowstone Park
General Sheridan
Buffalo Bill
McKinley to Lead Record Setting Cabinet Tour
President McKinley plans a cross country journey by an extravagant train with his full cabinet except Secretary Gage. The trip aims for a grand, publicity laden tour with telegraph teams, political business on the move, and extensive stops from New Orleans to Seattle and beyond.
President McKinley plans lakes voyage and trip to Buffalo
The president and party will travel by rail to Duluth then a Great Northern steamer across Lake Superior to Buffalo visiting the Sault canal Straits of Mackinaw and Niagara Falls. After Niagara they will return by special Pennsylvania RR train to Washington arriving around June 15 with Mrs McKinley and cabinet members and spouses accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
McKinley
California
Mount Shasta
Salem
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
Montana
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Great Northern Line
Lake Superior
Sault Canal
Straits of Mackinaw
Lake Huron
St. Clair
Detroit
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Cortelyou
United States
Tme
Niagara Falls
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
National Capital
Two Platts Engage in Senate Money Order Probe
In Washington the two Platts, New York and Connecticut, are in play amid finance committee talks on ending the revenue tax on express money orders. The New York Platt, president of United States Express, demonstrates the business with a 5 cent order to enlighten the panel. The Connecticut Platt mocks a reporter by clarifying his stance on Col. William C. Sanger’s wartime appointment, while claiming no change in opinion.
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Senator Platt
New York
Platt
Connecticut
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
United States Express Company
Express
Col
William C. Sanger
Platts
Lanrer
Retirement of Mississippi’s John M. Allen Ends Curious War Jokes
The statement notes John M. Allen of Mississippi exits the House at the end of the current Congress. It recalls his infamous war humor, once provoking laughter in Washington, including a tale about a party club, a meeting, and an exchange with a slave named Jim Cummings.
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House of Representatives
Congress
John M. Allen
Mississippi
Yorick
Cleveland, Hendricks and Allen
Jim Cummings
Jim
Taylor
Mr. Anderson
Missionary Father J S Mallo's life among Native Americans noted
A long profile honors Father J S Mallo for forty two years as a missionary among the Indians from North Dakota to Oregon. It details his work with Chippewas Sioux Chinooks and others, the schools and churches he helped establish, and his role in Turtle Mountain North Dakota. It records his riding tours across the coast and prairies, his teaching of riding, his cooperation with Sisters, and his tax protection actions and hospital chaplaincy in Anaconda with a forthcoming transfer to St Peters mission in Montana.
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J. S. Mallo
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
Father Smallo
Montreal
Blanchet
Panama
St. Paul's Mission
French Prairie
Willamette Valley
Portland
Astoria
Columbia River
California Line
Rogue River
Selets
Chinook Bay
Tillamook Bay
Bishop Marti
Missouri River
Yankton
Cheyenne
Turtle Mountain
Washington
Father Broulette
Washington Territory
Washington City
Indian Bureau
Bureau
Council of Baltimore
Father Mallo
Major McKenzie
Pierce
Bismarck
Devil's Lake
St. Ann's Hospital
Anaconda
Brandel
St. Peter's Mission
Ursuline Sisterhood
A Poker Story Reflects Southern Pluck and Honest Men
The passage presents a debate over honesty between Cleveland Blaine and Mr. Allen. It recounts a smoking car poker tale where an old man tells of a 1857 hand and the evolution of gambling, families, and war time profits passing through generations.
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Cleveland
Blaine
Tom
Tennessee
Colonel Dobbins
Murfreesboro
Dobbins
Jim
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. MicKinley’s Royal Ride
President Arthur
Gage
Arigona
New Orleans
Therm
White House
Pacific Coast
Met
Southern Railway
Pointe Worth Visiting
Yellowstone
Ogden
Salt Lake
Private John Allen
Harrison
Lipton’s
P.J. Brophy & Co
Butte, Montana
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