Greece Prepares for War as Greek Troops Move to Macedonian Front
March 17 dispatch reports Greece convinced war unavoidable. Cabinet debates stance amid Europe coercion. Crown Prince Constantine sent toward frontier while Turkish forces fortify Macedonian line. Janina in panic as Greek army readies two divisions in Thessaly. Ambassadors in Constantinople tasked with drafting a scheme of Cretan autonomy.
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Ates
Europe
Greece
Crete
Vole
Larissa
Constantine
Salonica
Maravieu
Russia
France
Thessaly
Ephirus
Janina
Constantinople
Maximo Gomez Wounded Leading Cuban Forces
Havana reports General Maximo Gomez, famed insurgent leader, seriously wounded in the Rayo Blanco engagement in Santa Clara province where Spanish forces under General Ferral fought Gomez's insurgent band led by Colonel Vassos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Rayo Blanco
Santa Clara
Ferral
Gomez
McKinley Nominates Ambassadors to Major Powers
President McKinley named John Hay to Great Britain with Horace Porter to France and Henry White as embassy secretary. Hay, 59, long a lawyer, diplomat, editor and politician, rose through Lincoln and Grant eras. Porter, 60, Harvard and West Point graduate, served on staffs of McClellan and Grant and famed for artillery skill. Washington also reports a push to revoke Cleveland era forest orders and confirmation of four year postmaster tenure policy.
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Colonel Hay
Bayard
Court of St. James
Illinois
Lincoln
Vienna
Paris
Mardrid
Hay
New York
Cleveland
Hayes
Lafayette Park
Pike County
John Nicolai
Horace Porter
Andrew Porter
Washington
General Porter
David Rittenhouse Porter
Pennsylvania
Huntington
Harvard
West Point
Military Academy
South
Secession
McClellan, Rosecrans and
Grant
Antitrust Bill in Missouri Passes House
Jefferson City Mo March 17 A strong antitrust bill was passed by the house and sent to the governor It prohibits all combinations to control prices except farm and mineral products in producers hands It is nearly the Georgia law The Senate had also passed an anticoercion measure with penalties for coercing employees and a charter revocation for domestic corporations A Four hour voting window is allowed with no wage deduction and no discharge for ballots cast
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House
Georgia
Jefferson Crry
Senate
Missouri
Lincoln
Colonel Otis barred from assistant secretary post
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Harrison Shay Otis of California barred from becoming assistant secretary of war. The decision followed a cabinet meeting and centered on his geographic residence rather than opposition from unions or Alger. McKinley favored a Western appointee, but could not appoint Otis to avoid favoritism toward a single state. Otis remains a trusted friend of the president and had longstanding Civil War ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Doe
Otis
Alger
Michigan
McKinley
Twenty-third
Ohio
Canton
California
Washington
Alsost
Calcutta
Col. Otis
New York
Demands An Investigation In Building and Loan Corruption
A stormy Iowa House session exposed a letter and circular detailing more than $2,000 paid by building and loan companies for lobbying. Speaker Byers called for a full probe while Lambert pressed for action as hushed deputies watched, and the house read the intercepted documents.
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Des Moines
Dowell
Polk
Lambert
Oca B. Jackman
Iowa Savings and Lown Association of
Building and Loan Lobby
Federation
Senate
Byers
ST. Louis
Ella Burden
Ella Borden
Burden
Minerva Street
Dister School
Floods Ravage the Delta as Death Toll Mounts
Memphis March 17 The Mississippi River at Memphis stands 88.5 feet and rises. Two men drown near Marion Arkansas as floods overwhelm rail lines and homes. Refugees, mostly Black, flood Memphis with about 1,000 evacuees. Relief boats deploy as crews hurry aid, while rumors of more drownings spread. Additional items note rubber price cuts and two unrelated fire losses in Cleveland and Kansas City.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Marion
Ark
Moundlake
Arkanses
President’s Island
Itia
Igland
Uonderstood
Fitch
United States Fleet
Harbin
President's Island
C. B. Bryan
Citizens’ Relief Committee
Mear Marion
West Memphis
Anl
St. Louis
Mary Morton
Cairo
Fulton
Clothing Shore
Kansas City
Eli Cahn
Golden Eagle Clothing
Main
Eleventh Streets
Importers Buying Up Sugar For New Tariff Head
Boston March 17 Sugar importers rush to stockpile raw sugar from Germany Cuba and Java ahead of a May 3 tariff to be imposed. Hamburg holds over 15000 tons awaiting shipment while four Hamburg steamers and six West Indian vessels are en route.
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West Indies
Germany
Boston
Cuba
Java
Hamburg
Crack Wing Shots at Carson Championship Off
Dozens of wing shots from Utah and California failed to arrive for the noon entry, leaving seven entries where ten were needed. The event was canceled and a sweepstakes plus a Bigelow Elliott match race substituted, with Bigelow and Murphy earning top prizes in the sweeps and Elliott defeating Bigelow 47 to 42 in the 40 third race.
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Ganson
Utah
California
J. A. R. Hiliott
Kansas City
A. P. Bigelow
Ogden
Elliott
Murphy
Philadelphia
Joe Barnett
Albuquerque
N. M
Decker
Bigelow
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Affort Totus
Constantine Te Tule
Vanios
Vassos
Canta
Sphakia
Syents
Candalaria
Pinar del Rio
Lownvon
Phillips
Mansion House
London
Seafroth Highlanders
Malta
Edward Ebenezer Kay
Canalingham
Lane
Common Pleas Court
Charles N. Cunningham
B. T. Hamilton
Cunningham
Colorado
M’kinley
Senator Wilson
Interior Department
Wilson
Carter
Montana
Clark
Wyoming
Wasnington
Gary
Eliis
Forest Reynor
New York City
Secretary of the Interior
Supauta
Mary Arnold
Genevva
Arnold
Gadd Fellows
Orpak
Eastorn Iowa Association of Odd Fellows
Order
Sioux City Bank
Wasuinaroy
First National Bank of
Sioux City
State Department
Ruta Wim
Princeton
N. J
Atyla
Cleveland, Carlisle & Stetson
Hills
Wichita
Kan
Dan Mock, Jr
Haven
Corbett
San Francisco
James J. Corbett
St. Nicholas Hotel
Fitzsimmons
Jim
Jackson
Walling
Franxrost
Scott Jackson
Alonso Walling
Bradley
Wade
Ellis
Allison
Wagner
Pearl Bryan
Collie Dismisand
Edward Collin
Post Office Department
Murray
Orromwa
Bradrach Roach
Hedrick
Frank Merryfield
Jumper Hills
Jacksonville
Fla
Brodie Williams
Lake Worth
Palm Beach
New Worth
Cetcano
Tattersalla
Lizzie Glaw
James B. Ford
United States Rubber Company
Eroma
John Rourke
John Burns
Antonio Molinaski
Alexis Hospital
Carson
Neb
Nebraska Reform Press Association
W. J. Bryan
Capron
John Gergen
G. H. Willis
State Limbermen
Lincorn
State Limbermen’s Association
Jarvargon
W. M. Smith
Carroll
Winnipec
Man
MacLeod
Wilde
Northwest Mounted Police
Jie
Ming
Nottin
Pierce
Common Sense
Dr. &. V. Pierce
Buffalo
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