Postoffice row heats up as Machen refuses to resign
Special despatch outlines the clash between First Assistant Wynne and W A W Machen over salaries and administration in the Post Office Department. Investigation orders target legal and salary issues as Machen vows not to resign while probes continue and President Roosevelt plans a Western tour.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Postoffice
First
Wynne
A. W. Machen
Dent
Roosevelt
Payne
Machen
Ohio
Cleveland
McKinley
Congress
Alo
Payné
Cochrane
Kite House
Tyner
George A. C. Christany
D. V. Miller
George Beavers
Great Department
Leino
Bristow
Vnters
New Chinese Minister Arrives in United States
Sir Cheng Tung Liang Cheng, the new Chinese Minister to the United States, arrives on the Korea with a large party including about twenty students and three noble youths. He vows to pursue Wu Ting Fang's policy, promote friendly ties, and ease immigration tensions while predicting no renewed Boxer trouble.
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San Francisco
Korea
Orient
Sir Cheng Tung Liang Cheng
K.C.M.G
United States
Cheng
Chang Chih Tung
Tuan Fang
Hupeh
Hsi Tung Shan
Tung Chih
Fang
Washington
Yeng Kwai
Wu Ting Fang
Yale
Anata Ioe Ns
Per
Pee Pee Tee Iehaee
Cuba
Chow Tsee Chi
China
Beckham Battle Splits Party Ahead of Kentucky Primary
In Sterling Kentucky on March 26, John K. Hendricks defies the machine by delaying his entrance fee while Beckham vows to run. Court decisions widen rifts with Breckinridge likely to back Hendricks and rumors of Beckham’s defeat grow as party contenders maneuver around the governor.
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Commercial Tribune
Sterling
John K. Hendricks
Young
Beckham
Court of Appeals
General Haley
Chairman Young
Kentucky
Romance Reunites Slave Cohabitors in Old Age
Dayton Ohio reports Randall Bogie a 74 year old Springfield man wed Celia Hornady 71 after a lifelong bond begun in slavery in Kentucky. They were once separated when she was sold with an infant. Bogie later served in the Union Army and found her years later in Ohio then she had remarried. Their renewed romance led to marriage this evening by Rev Grant following a license issued today.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Randall Bogie
Springfield
Celia Hornady
Bogie
Grant
Madison County
Kentucky
King and Queen to Visit Scotland in May
London dispatch reports the King and Queen Alexandra will tour Scotland in May. They will arrive at Dalkeith Palace on the sixth of May and depart soon after.
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Scotland
London
Queen Alexandra
Dal‘keith
Palace
Beckham Feud Deepens As Young Hides From Inquiry
Frankfort dispatch reports Governor Beckham clashing with Democratic State Chairman Allie W. Young over support for Sam W. Harger for State Auditor. Young ignores a summons, while a delegation plans to march on Mt. Sterling seeking explanation. Court of Appeals decision cited as confirming Beckham in the gubernatorial race and ongoing machine conflict.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Allie W. Young
Democratic State Committee
Beckham
Young
Sam W. Harger
Court of Appeals
Mt. Sterling
State Committee
Hager
Existence of a Lone Saloon at Stake in Mendon Vote
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune Celina Ohio March 2 6 The continued existence of a single saloon is at stake in Mendon a village a few miles north of this city Citizens will vote on April 6 on the local option measures affecting the lone saloon and its status in the village
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Commercial Tribune
Celina
Mendon
Redmond Comments on Irish Land Bill Outline
John Redmond says the land bill is a far reaching measure offering a £100 million landlord buyout loan plus a £12 million bonus. He notes its flaws and says its passage hinges on the Dublin national convention on April 14. approval could transform Ireland.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Ritchie
Alducellor
John Redmond
Associated Press
National Movement
Ireland
National Party
United Ireland
National Convention
Dublin
J. E. Redmond
Miles Applauds McLean Gun After Lake Erie Test
In Cleveland on March 26 General Nelson Miles and General Joe Wheeler witnessed a test of Dr. McLean's machine-firing gun. The weapon fires twenty-five shots per trigger pull with a circulating feed plate activated by gas from the first blast. Wheeler praised the firearm while Miles called it an interesting experiment and an important invention.
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Cleveland
N. McLean
Nelson A. Miles
Joe Wheeler
Lake Erie
McLean
Wheeler
Miles
Frahn claims thousand burglaries. arraigned in Dayton Police Court
Sam Frahn, accused of burglarizing forty homes in Dayton over two months, allegedly admits to committing a thousand burglaries. He pleaded not guilty and the case was continued. A Bible found in a residence and taken with Frahn will be offered as evidence when the case proceeds.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Sam Frahn
C.M Davis
Burdick
Mrs. Burdick
Deputies Bar Carthusian Monks in France
Paris March 2 Deputies rejected the Carthusian monks request for authorization to stay in France. Premier Combes said the order’s wealth and anti republic pamphlets justified expulsion. Demonstrations erupted outside the chamber as police dispersed crowds. Meanwhile the Superior and four Sisters of the Little Sisters of the Assumption faced fines in court for violating association laws. Five Superiors General vowed passive resistance to the closure orders and would resist establishments until forced expulsion.
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Paris
Chamber
Deputies
France
Abbe Lemire
Combes
Department of
Isere
Chamber of Deputies
Order of the Little Sisters of Assumption
Republic
Guayaquil Consulship Vacancy Stirs Washington Rumors
Washington notes persist over the Guayaquil consulate vacancy amid illness and deaths linked to yellow fever. Dr William Shaw Bowen declines the post after Senate nomination and facing revived naval court martial records, hindering his commission and backing.
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Washington
Guayaquil
Artist Nast
Sawter
William’.Shaw
Bowen
Senate
Rhode‘ Island
State Department
Cablegram Confirms Barrow Cross Marriage Ruse
Relatives of Prof. John V. Barrow announced a cable despatch confirming the report that Miss Fio Cross did not marry him in Manila as planned. The message arrived after earlier reports they had wed and then separated, leaving many details unclear.
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Carbondale, Uil
John V. Barrow
Fio Cross
Manila
Chase Case Reveals Millionaire Inheritance In Paris
United States Consul General Gowdy details the pursuit of Moses Fowler Chase of Lafayette Indiana. A private Paris sanitarium found him mentally unsound and he is held for possible transfer to America. Chase’s estate, valued around one million dollars, hinges on lands in Benton County Indiana.
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Paris
United States
Gowdy
Moses. Fowler. Chase
Lafayette
Ind
Chase
M. ‘Lehine
M. Foquet
Comar
Benton County
Indiana
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Mr. Chase
M. Cachard
Coudert Bros
Baird
Addison C. Harrison
Austria
America
Millionairess Offers Reward as Husband Flees Capture
Greenwich, Conn March 26 The Sheriff and two Constables chased Charles Quintard through a boatyard after warrants for his alleged relations with Miss Bradley The fugitive fled in a single rowboat into the Sound pursued by a longshore party waves ran high Quintard later missing presumed drowned while Miss Bradley prepared to sail aboard a yacht amid the tension of the manhunt.
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Commercial Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Julus Fieidchmann
Charles Quintard
Alice Bradley
Millonairess
Fleischmann
Quintard
Ulatard
Miss Bradley
Quintard Arrested at Windsor Hotel Port Chester
Quintard was arrested at midnight at the Windsor Hotel in Port Chester. He was brought to Stamford and placed in the lockup at 1 am.
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Commercial Tribune
Stamford
Conn
Quintard
Windsor Hotel
Port Chester
Lutherans to Ask One Cent a Day for Year Fund
York Pa March 26 Representatives of all Lutheran boards and benevolent agencies approved a twentieth century benevolence plan. Every Lutheran would give one cent a day for one year to support church objects. Estimated 260000 Lutherans could raise about 1,000,000 dollars.
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York
General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In
United States
Mystery in Buffalo Inquest Fails to Pin Murder on Suspect
The Buffalo inquest into Edwin L. Burdick's death ends with no murderer identified. Judge Murphy orders potential new inquiries into Arthur Pennell while witnesses including Rev. L M Powers and detectives offer testimony on divorce disputes and possible threats. No poison or blood evidence ties to a weapon.
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Buffalo
Edwin L. Burdick
Ashland Avenue
Murphy
Arthur’ R. Pennell
Burdick
Coatsworth
Murthy
John ‘Doe
Jane Doe
Ll. M. Powers
Church of the Messiah
Hull
Cornish and Coughlin
Carol Burdick
Maggie Mintray
Rev. L.M. Powers
Powers
Pennell
Epen
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Canton
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Nang Yu We Wei
Him
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Hendricks
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Chenault
Hii
Vreeland
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Judge Paynter
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MR. Ingalls
Trameethis Town
Vile
Niggi
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Miss Cross
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