Resignation Brings Quick Gubernatorial Flip in Colorado
Denver March 18 Governor Peabody resigned the governorship after a rapid sequence where Adams was ousted and Peabody installed by the general assembly. Lieutenant Governor McDonald was sworn in as governor by Chief Justice Gabert to end the crisis within twenty four hours. Guards patrolled the corridors as Peabody left for Canyon City. Senator Cornforth becomes acting lieutenant governor.
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Denver
Peabody
General Assembly
W.S. Boynton
Colorado Springs
James Cowle
McDonald
Gabert
Adams
Cafyon City
National Guard
Executive Chamber
Adame
Joint Assembly
Cornforth
Senate
Reader and Wife Linked to Santo Domingo Debts Plan
In New York, A. B. Reader and his wife Ella Reader figure in Santo Domingo affairs, claiming to head a syndicate to raise the republic’s debts and oversee naval port sale to the U.S. government. They describe past dealings with Morales, Dillingham, and a U.S. attorney, then discuss a stalled debt settlement and Roosevelt’s retaliation fears.
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Santo Domingo
New York
A. B. Reader
Morgan
Alabama
Reader Syndicate
Republic
Wall Street
Johore
London
Reader
New Zealand
Perez
Morales
United States
Washington
Dawson
Dillingham
Roosevelt
Adams Says He Can Stand It If the People Can
Denver March 18 Alva Adams says he will return to his home and business in Pueblo after being ousted from the Colorado governorship. He is president of a savings bank and runs a hardware shop and vows to stand by the people and the cause of law and order despite the ouster and outrage. He claims support from friends across party lines.
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Denver
Pueblo
Alva Adams
General Assembly
Linevitch's Record Showcases Russian General in East
Lieut Gen Linevitch, 66, new commander in chief of the Russian land and sea forces in the far east, has a long martial career from 21 in the Caucasus through the 1877-78 Russo Turkish War and Asiatic campaigns. He aided the Pekin legation relief and is famed for soldierly care and stubborn defense at various battles, including repulsing repeated Japanese assaults near Tie Pass and Fan River. In Lodz, workers strike amid mobilization rumors as Warsaw reports.
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St. Petersburg
Linevitch
Far East
Caucasus
Linovitch
Pekin
Tie Pass
Fan River
Hay Falls Ill Before European Voyage
Secretary of State Hay boarded the steamship Cretic to sail for Europe when he was seized by weakness and nearly collapsed on the gang plank. His daughter Henry Adams and a friend aided him until attendants provided a wheelchair and moved him aboard. The march 17 note also mentions the Comptroller of the Currency calling for national bank condition statements through March 14.
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New York
Hay
Cretic
Europe
Henry Adams
Cotton Bell Track Flood Drowns Man Near Winona
A flood washed cotton fields near Winona in Smith County leaving sections sixteen inches underwater. A negro named Dem Johnson drowned in Black Fork creek while crossing or seeking higher ground.
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Tyler
Tex
Winona
Megro
Dem Johnson
Black Fork Creek
Carry A Nation Lecture Draws Huge Opera House Crowd
Mrs. Carry A Nation, the Kansas saloon smasher, spoke to an immense audience at the opera house last night. She used a Bible most of the time, criticized liquor traffic and licensing, warned of government complicity, and urged home temperance and social purity while praising official integrity and good government.
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Carry A. Nation
Kansas
Lecture on Il ance by Rev J G Adt at House
Rev J G Adt will deliver an important lecture at the house this afternoon. All are cordially invited to attend and hear the address.
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J. G. Adt
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Prabody
Colorado
Swift
Howell Bros
Batavia
WH. James
City Drug Store
Carlos ¥. Morales
Frisco
MO. A. Moore Jr
Bryan
Oliver Typewriter
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Zinanti
Main St
Zanneti Viock
Warsaw
Lodz
Comptroller of the Currency
Grand Opera House
Wa. H
Bridgeport, Conn
Congress
Nai and
Opera House
S . Ely
Adam
Rians
J.C. Chaney & Sor
D. Mike, Jr
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