Quay Appointment Stirs Senate Precedents and Politics
Special Dispatch examines the Quay case as a possible disruptor of Senate seating norms. It reviews 106 years of vacancies and appointments, noting Pennsylvania Governor Stone's move to appoint Quay, and the likelihood of Senate rejection based on established precedents in Delaware Connecticut Oregon Maine and others.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
National Capital
Quay
Stone
United States
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Quey
Republican Party
Senate
Delaware
Higgins
Read
Kensey Johns
Johns
Connecticut
James Lanman
Lanman
Lee Mantle
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Henry W. Corbett
Oregon
Maine
Montana
Wyoming
Mantle
John B. Allen
Beckwith
Corbett
California
Utah
Commonwealth
Mr. Quay
Quay Pope
Guard Mustered Out for Failing To Report Disobedience Penalty
Adjutant General Kingsley discharges all commissioned officers except those under bonds or responsible for guard property and funds. The old Guard is disbanded and a new one will be organized soon. May 1 returns are required from discharged officers. Some officers praise the orders as overdue and essential.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Kingsley
Adjutant General’s Department
National Guard
Captain Dillon Fined for Cruel Beating Aboard Ship
Captain John Dillon of the United States transport Morgan City was found guilty of cruelly beating a sailor on the high seas. He was sentenced to pay a fine of 350 dollars after nearly killing a sailor who struck a superior officer while drunk.
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San Francisco
John Dillon
United States
Morgan City
Dillon
Memorials Planned for Jefferson Davis and Daughter Winnie
Movements in Richmond to honor Jefferson Davis and his daughter Winnie Davis with three memorials. A Monroe Park statue funded by the Jefferson Monument Association, and a Winnie Davis grave monument funded by the Daughters of the Confederacy, are under way. Mrs Davis plans a bronze statue over Davis’s Hollywood grave depicting him in the garb of capture.
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The
Confederacy
Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Winnie
Daughters of the Confederacy
Winnie Davis
Hollywood
Threat from German Admiral Dewey Threatened Blockade
Capt J B Coghlan recalls a Union League Club tale of Admiral Von Diedrich warning that any infraction of the blockade would mean war. He contrasted the blunt style with Admiral Dewey as the German officer argued the flag could be flown. The admiral asserted he would enforce a complete blockade and warned of war if rules were broken.
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Dewey
United States
Publisher's Fate Shocks Middlesboro Community
John R. Vowels, part owner of the Middlesboro News, disappeared a month ago on a trip to Chattanooga. A telegram from Knoxville said a man answering his description was found in the Tennessee River near Loudon. It is unclear if he was murdered or took his own life. he carried considerable money when he left.
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Commercial Tribune
Middlesboro
John R. Vowels
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee River
Loudon
Vowels
Quay
Broad Street
Ishington
Stone
Mr. Quay
United States
Fell Into The Gulch Two Tramps Killed In Wreck
A northbound Cincinnati Southern freight wrecked on a 850 foot trestle near Sloane's Valley Tennessee at dawn. Two tramps were dead and others missing while Conductor James Pepper and Brakeman Mike Jennings were badly hurt. Sixty cars were damaged and the bridge torn, delaying traffic for two days.
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Commercial Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Sloane's Valley
James Pepper
Mike Jennings
Will
Pepper
Jennings
Oakdale
Temporary Bishop Named for Columbus Diocese
Archbishop W H Elder of Cincinnati appoints Very Rev F X Specht Vicar General as temporary Bishop of the Columbus diocese to succeed the late Bishop Watterson. A May 1 meeting of diocese rectors will select three candidates for the successor with May 16 for further selections by the Province bishops.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
W. H. Elder
Cincinnati
F. X. Specht
Columbus
Watterson
Elder
Boys refuse to sing amid street car strike in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia April 21 the Eighth Ward public school boys refused to sing during afternoon music lessons in solidarity with street car workers on strike. The music instructor arrived for class but the boycott rumor that she rode street cars led to the silent lesson and no music was performed.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Eighth Ward
Street
Jesson
Ex Secretary Sherman Pays Friendly Call to President
Ex Secretary Sherman visited the President in Washington on April 21 after recovering from a severe illness. He noted he would take two short drives daily and appeared wan but well for his age while the President warmly congratulated his recovery.
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Sherman
Washington
Genuine Pest in Paris Imported with Oriental Goods
Three cases of genuine pest were reported among workers of a popular Paris department store said to be imported with Oriental goods. The prefect denied it, likely at the store’s demand, as U S Exposition Commissioners and others arrive in Paris to review plans and sites. Contre Admiral Escand travels aboard the cruiser Dubourdieu, amid French fleet diversions following its Sardinia visit.
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Chicago Tribune
The
Commercial Tribune
Paris
Dubourdieu
Brest
Escand
Sardinia
France
Gerville-Reache
Dupuy
Reache
Chamber of Deputies
Indo-China
Doumer
Fess
Siam
United States
Peck
Maset probe resumes as McDonald testifies on Flushing Gas link
The Maset investigating committee met in New York on April 21 with Henry McDonald testifying as the first witness. He described the Flushing Gas Company offering 20 percent of stock to Croker and Freedman to secure a contract for lights, while Croker and Freedman reportedly promised 500 to 1,000 additional lights. McDonald said he does not know if Croker followed through.
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New York
Andrew Freedman
Flushing Gas Company
Flushing
Croker
Freedman
United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company
Fidelity and Guarantee Company
Moss
Frank A. Bell
Department of Taxes and Assessments
Richard Croker
Seventy-fourth Street
Abraham Himmellwright
Roebling Construction Company
Roebling Company
Himmellwright
Beresford Intervenes in Wei-Hai-Wei Fortification Debate
In the House of Commons debate over Wei-Hai-Wei fortifications English plans were outlined as modest and provisional. Lord Beresford and others expressed sharp opinions about foreign powers and China policy, while Goschen noted the government held sufficient means to judge needed defenses.
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Chicago Tribune
The
Commercial Tribune
London
House of Commons
Goschen
Beresford
China
Port Arthur
Kia-o-Chau
Wei-Hai-Wei
Russia
Germany
Hongkong
Wei-Hai- Wei
Lord Beresford
H. J. Whigham
New Columbus Police Judge Seeks Reform and Fair Trials
Columbus appoints former State Senator Moses B Earnhart as Police Judge. He unveils rules to curb abuses warning officers against trickery and insists defendants receive fair treatment with visitors seated during trials and a future bathroom program. He favors landlord notices over quick prosecutions in disorderly house cases.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Moses B. Earnhart
Earnhart
Criminal Court
Woman Shoots Self Near Bloomington
Word arrived from Bloomington Indiana of the death by self-inflicted gunshot of Mrs Ewing Wright, 50, southwest of town. Her mind had been affected for some time. she fired the shotgun with her toes while attendants were away and lingered several hours before dying. She leaves a husband.
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Commercial Tribune
Bloomington
Ind
Ewing Wright
Missionary Society District Convention Elects Officers
The Fifteenth District of the Missionary Society of the Disciples of Christ wrapped up a three day session in Akron Ohio with officers elected for next year President Prof BR Dean of Hiram College Vice Presidents C B Osgood of Cuyahoga Falls and C J Tanner of Akron Secretary Treasurer J W Kerns of Akron Kent chosen as next meeting site.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
The
Missionary Society of the Disciples of Christ
Prof
Dean
Hiram College
C. B. Osgood
Cuyahoga Falls
C.J. Tanner
J. W. Kerns
Kent
Sheriff Dawson Killed During Mountain Revenue Raid
Sheriff J S Dawson of Cooke County was ambushed and killed during a revenue raid in the mountains near the North Carolina line. Deputy Chief Raiding Deputy J J Alton was shot in the coat but survived. a moonshine gang is believed to be nearby and reinforcements will be sent.
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Bullet
Alton
Knoxville
Tenn
J. S. Dawson
Cooke County
North Carolina
Waterville
N. C
J. J. Alton
Dawson
Deputies
Young Farmer Yealey Dies By Own Hand Near Harrisonville
William Yealey a young farmer of Harrison Township died by suicide yesterday in the woods near Harrisonville after months of ill health and despondency.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth O
William Yealey
Harrison Township
Harrisonville
Yealey
Ex Governor Lord declines Persia mission bid
Washington April 21 ex Governor Lord of Oregon declines the tender of the mission to Persia. Governor Lord W was an applicant for the Peruvian mission.
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Washington
Lord
Oregon
Persia
Lord W
Quays Great Day Declared Innocent and Senator Reinstated
A jury clears Quays of all charges and the governor reinstates them as senator. The decision follows intense courtroom proceedings and political maneuvering. Supporters celebrate as the previously suspended legislator resumes official duties.
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