Diplomats reshaped by civil service reform in Washington
The English Ambassador ship and President Eliot reflect a shift toward civil service reform in diplomatic appointments. Henry C. Ide, John G. A. Leishman, and Charles H. Sherrill emerge as new ministers with qualifications beyond wealth, as Roosevelt and Taft favor permanent posts and homes abroad for capable officials.
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John G. A. Leishman
Charles H. Sherrill
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Taft
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Berlin
Lne
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Harvard
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Court of St. James
London
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Reid
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England
University
Cambridge
Elihu Root
New York
Eliot
Henry Clay Ide
Vermont
Bpain
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Early 1900s Yale figure shaped intercollegiate athletics
A Yale graduate who held the intercollegiate championship for the short distance during college and proposed the International intercollegiate championship meets. He organized the Yale Oxford London match in 1804 and the Yale Cambridge meet in New York in 1805. After Yale, he practiced corporate law in New York and served on military staffs for Governors Odell and Higgins. The Lake Superior district in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin accounts for about 80 percent of annual iron ore production.
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New York City
Yale
Sherrill
New York
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Higgins
Lake Superior
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New Daily for San Francisco Formed by Democratic Press
The Democratic Press Company, a California corporation with no capital stock of 200000 dollars, plans to publish a Democratic daily in San Francisco. A state committee formed to support the venture appeals to Democrats statewide. Directors each hold one share: A Caminetti, Henry J Bartlett, George J Fraser, Peter Kyne, and H A Donn.
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California
San Francisco
State Central Committee
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Henry J. Bartlett
George J. Fraser
Peter Kyne
H. A. Donn
Breakwater Trial Planned for Lucin Cut-Off Causeway
Chief Engineer Hood of Southern Pacific inspects the Lucin Cut-Off to decide on a breakwater plan for protecting a $10,000,000 bridge across Great Salt Lake. A trial section of several hundred feet of breakwater will be built with two rows of piles eight feet apart and heavy planking that can be raised or lowered to meet lake conditions. If effective, several miles of breakwater may be constructed this season to shield railroad tracks and property from wave action.
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Southern Pacific
Lucin
Great Salt Lake
Landing a Husband in Atchison Globe Tale
An Atchison family with three daughters tests methods to land men. One learns cooking, another shorthand, the third pursues society. The writer notes the cook might win a husband in three months, but real outcomes differ as the wealthy, the stenographer, and others show varying success while the cooking heroine remains unrecognized.
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Atchison Globe
Madrid Court Divided Attention Between King and Queen
In Madrid on May 1, crowds follow the King of Spain with enthusiasm, forcing him to retreat to his hotel after public appearances. Queen Victoria appears less favored as her growing weight and waning charm erode her fairy queen image among Madrileños.
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Court rumors and royal temper arc in Spain and California spending
Rumors from Spanish court say Princess Beatrice shares traits with her mother and clashes with court ladies while King Alfonso flirts with beauty. Ages of 18 months see over 350000 dollars spent by Southern Pacific Western Pacific and Pacific Fruit Exportation in Carlio as improvements lag unfinished.
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Southern Pacific
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The Next Senatorial Battle Prompts Early Primaries
Statewide talk centers on United States Senate candidates for two years hence. Incumbent George Nixon looms large though he has not publicly declared. George D. Kilburn, Nevada newspaper owner, also appears as a potential candidate or financier, amid bets that Nixon will seek the seat.
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Taro
Fa'l
George Nixon
Nixon
George D. Kilburn
Nevada State Journal
Reno Evening Gazette
Silver State
Humboldt County
Virginia Enterprise
Fallon Bank Closes Under New Law In Nevada
Owing to new banking restrictions Fallon in Charehill County sees the I H Kent Company suspend operations. Squaw Sarah confesses to Elko officers that she killed a rival squaw at the urging of a medicine doctor mother in law. She leads authorities to the remains nearly burned in a sagebrush fire and awaits inquiry in Elko jail. Lovelock resident Mrs F J Feiling reports her 4200 diamond swallowed by her pat dog during play prompting plans for veterinary surgery to recover the gem.
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Charehill County
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Elko
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Lovelock
Yerington Resigns at Virginia & Truckee Railroad
A. M. Ardery named to succeed H. M. Yerington as Superintendent of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad after 37 years in charge. Ardery has 25 years as train dispatcher. The line, 50 miles between Reno and Virginia City, boasts a perfect safety record with no passenger deaths. Electric lighting for Carlin, Nevada, will be installed in yards and buildings, as a new $30,000 hotel nears completion and a pressed brick depot is planned.
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Nevada
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Southern Pacific Company
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