The President Sets a Smart Pace in Washington Social Life
Washington social life accelerates under President Roosevelt with daily entertainments and 4 o'clock garden rides. The White House staff expands to handle lavish events while Mrs. Roosevelt guides table decor and dining norms. Controversy rises over whiskey versus wine and the cost of hosting, as a Danish West Indies governor general post is floated to ease the term's expenses.
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Porto Rico
German admiral visits ships and Meteor yacht in New York
Rear Admiral Count von Baudissin commanding the Hohenzollern leaves Hoboken aboard the Narketa and tours Illinois Olympia and other vessels. He inspects Emperor William's Meteor at Shooter's Island and receives a wreath for Beatrice Goelet's grave. A party heads to Niagara Falls later today.
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Hohenzollern
Hoboken
Clifford West
Barker
Illinois
von Baudissin
Evans
Iinois
Olympia
Manila Bay
Buenz
Niagara Falls
Dr Shoop Restorative Offer to Cure Sick Friends
A vintage appeal promises to cure a sick friend with Dr Shoop's Restorative at the risk of the offeror. It claims a high cure rate, a trial month at the druggist with cost if successful, and payment by the offeror if it fails. Addresses Dr Shoop box 708 Racine Wisconsin and notes conditions vary by case.
Heir to $160,000,000 in Montanas Renau Claim
A tale of Francis Renau heirs, tracing a pre Revolutionary land grant in the Northwest to Illinois, with France and England confirming the grant. After the war the United States held funds claimed by heirs now believed missing, while a Montana Renau heir and Atlanta jailhouse claimant contest the fortune.
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Montana
United States
Atlanta
Great Britain
France
Francis Renau
Northwest
Illinois
England
Canborne's Talk Unwise Nor the Proposed Interference
London reaction to Lord Cranborne's Commons statement on prewar U S relations remains divided. Dailies debate whether disclosures by the British government should continue, amid irritation in Downing Street over German document publication and uncertainties about Lansdowne and Pauncefote remarks.
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United States
Lord Cranborne
House of Commons
Lord Pauncefote
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Downing Street
Lord Lanadowne
Washington
Lord Lansdowne
Billings Doings Special Correspondence Highlights Local News
Sheriff Hubbard returns from Red Lodge where he sought a wanted forgery suspect named Ward who passed a questionable check. Mrs Steinhauser plans to join husband in Pasco Washington. Lincoln church entertainment in Billings praised. Firecracker tradition marks New Year’s close. Karl Simmons North Pacific lands agent visits on business. D W Blayton buys supplies for sheep camp. Smallpox rages in southern Fergus County with strict quarantine expected to end soon.
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Standard
Billings
Hubbard
Red Lodge
Ward
Sam Greenblatt
Lesekamp
Joseph Steinhauser
Pasco
Wash
Steinhauser
C. H. Thompson Hia
Celestials
Karl Simmons
Northern Pacific Lands
D. W. Blayton
Lavina
Fergus County
Social season disrupted by Grip epidemic and Dr Humphreys remedy
Reports across the country detail prominent Victims of the Grip as actors and speakers are replaced by understudies while society circles suffer. An infallible preventive is urged: carry Dr Humphreys seventy seven pellets to stay immune from colds, offered at druggists for 25 cents.
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Humphreys
New Montana Mineral Land deal assigns assets to Drakenfield
Special correspondence reports in Boulder that the Montana Mineral Land Development Company transfers all property to George B. Drakenfield, its Cataract district Bua May mine manager, replacing a defective filing. The new assignment authorizes sale of real and personal property to pay debts, with seven labor liens totaling 1,204.38 dollars filed this morning and more expected.
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Montana Mineral Land Development Company
Bua May
Cataract
George B. Drakenfield
British Press Shifts Tone After Dewey Victory
Amid May 1898 London tensions, Anglo American and anti American editorials stirred debate. Lord Salisbury urged conservative papers to back the United States, calming polarity and highlighting diplomacy with the Anglo Japanese treaty. The Philippines and Downing Street interest underscore a broader strategic undercurrent.
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Great Britain
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Saturday Review
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Spain
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Ems Disputch
Philippines
Downing Street
Philippine Islands
Snowstorm Hits Southern States with Heavy Snow Accumulations
A severe storm moved from Vicksburg toward Jacksonville bringing rain sleet and thunder. Snow fell heavily in Charlotte Nashville Knoxville Chattanooga and Atlanta with 15 9 and 3 inch totals. Freezing weather reached Vicksburg as Atlanta tram lines halted and sleighing appeared on many streets. Trains from the east were delayed but moving by noon.
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Buys Tracts of Oil Lands in Bold Western Deal
The Chansler Canfield group and A B Butler complete the largest oil property transfer in the West. 108000 acres in Wyoming Utah Colorado shift to the American Consolidated Oil company for 5875000 dollars. 25000 acres are proven. San Francisco becomes base with a branch office established.
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Joseph A. Chansler
A. Canfield
Chansler-Canfield Company
A. B. Butler
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
American Consolidated Oil Company
New York
Chicago
Omaha
California
Western Universities Outpace East in Practical American Affairs
Poultney Bigelow denies predicting war between the U S and Germany. He says his Chicago remark referred to commercial rivalry and unfriendly legislation embittering opinions, not a war. He praises western universities like Cornell Wisconsin and Minnesota for preparing leaders and notes the Mississippi headwaters foster greater intellectual vigor.
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Poultney Bigelow
America
United States
Germany
Chicago
Prince Henry
Cornell
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mississippi
Atlantic
Taft Says Independence Now Likely to Cause Anarchy
Washington February 15 The Taft hearing before the Senate Philippines committee opened with questions on jury duty for Filipinos and their fitness. Taft argued the native population is not ready for jury service due to corruption and needs training. He described the archipelago’s code as American rather than Spanish and warned that immediate independence could spark disorder and force renewed U S control.
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Taft
Philippines
Senate Committee On the Philippines
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Islands
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Otis
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Archipelago
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Lodge
Japan
Subpoena Mileage Rule Angers Witnesses in Assault Case
In Havre witnesses subpoenaed for the John sor assault case face a new ruling from Judge Tatlan barring mileage or per diem for those who lie about knowledge of the facts. The judge said the decision can be appealed to the state supreme court if contested.
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Havre
Supreme Court
Johnson Found Guilty in Second Degree Assault
The jury in the Johnsen assault case returned a verdict at 11 a m finding guilty in the second degree after about an hour deliberation. The penalty ranges from one to ten years and he is to be sentenced Monday morning.
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