Cabinet Nominations Confirmed and McKinley Signs Bills
Washington reports President McKinley confirmed all cabinet nominations including Hay as secretary of state and Griggs as attorney general. He also signed about 160 bills such as naval appropriations and postal service funding. Amsterdam observed Queen Wilhelmina and the prince consort in state welcome amid rain and celebrations.
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Washington
McKinley
Griggs
Senate
John Hay
District of Columbia
Elihu Root
New York
John W. Griggs
New Jersey
Charles Emory Smith
Pennsylvania
John D. Long
Massachusetts
Navy
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Missouri
Interior
James Wilson
Iowa
G. B. Cortelyou
Capitol
Naval
Naval Bureau of Standards
St. Louis
Morgan
Amsterdam
Wilhelmina
Prince Consort
Methodist minister Wallace Walker resurfaces after disappearance
Rev. Wallace Walker of Rogersville Tennessee, missing since February 16, has been located in Burke Idaho. Authorities say no explanation for his departure yet and suspect he left while suffering mental strain. The Missouri Pacific Frisco dispute is said to lack foundation.
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Memphis
George Gould
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific System
Missouri Pacific
Frisco
Knoxville
Wallace Walker
Rogersville
Tenn
Burke
Idaho
American dies in Ostend duel with Russian count
Paris reports John Mac Wilson Durant of New York killed in a duel with a Russian count after Durant allegedly sent letters to the count's wife. The confrontation began in a Paris restaurant and escalated to a pistol duel, Durant dying of brain congestion per a doctor. The count was seriously wounded. Durant, a notable American in Paris society, was to marry a French fiancée this month.
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Paris
John Mac Wilsor Durant
New York
Ostend
Durant
Colkmy
Samuel Moser Sentenced for Wife and Children’s Murders
Samuel Moser in Pekin Illinois was found guilty of murdering his wife and three children and sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary. Other items note martial law arrest of Rev. Reynecke in Cradock South Africa, oil discovery near George Newell ranch on Snake River Idaho, Sagasta forming new cabinet in Madrid, and Boer occupation at Pearson on the Great Zriel river Cradoe Cape Colony.
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Pekin, Tus
Samuel Moser
Cradock
Cape Colony
Mr. Reynecke
Dutch Reformed Church
Boise City
Ida
Owyhee
Snake River
George Newell
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Burt Norwood
Bryan
WE_M
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New Marke Building
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Bryan Grocery Company
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Herren Schedler
Reichstag
William
England
Count von Buelow
Great Britain
Germany
Harrison
Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Poteau
American Cattle Growers’ Association
Denver
Missouri River
National Live Stock Association
Havana
Santiago
Puerto
Principe
Santa Clara
Buffalo
Buchanan
Mamie Cirelli
Antonio Triolo
Triolo
Pekin
Atkins
Charleston
W. Va
White
Porter
United States
America
Christiana
Duke of Abruzzi
Franz Josephs Land
Abruzzi
Stuttgart
Madrid
Mr. Aiden Benedict
Quq Vadis
Sagasta
Pearson
Cradoe
Great Riel River
M. Nagle
Attorney AT Law
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W. G. Taliaferro
Judicial Distric
Taliaferro & Armstrong
Law
Taliaferro Building
Court House Square
Texas
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J G. Minkert
Hudson & Minkert
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Waco
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Superior Passenger Service
Hearne
Austin
San Antonio
Mexico
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Brazos
Dee Mike, JR
Ars
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