Public hearings set on Christmas scandal in Danish West Indies deal
Washington March 29 a special committee to probe alleged issues in the Danish West Indies purchase plans to begin hearings next Tuesday at 10 am in the foreign affairs committee room. Hearings will be open to the public with witnesses, including Niels Gron and Representative Richardson, expected to attend.
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Washington
Spearer Henderson
Foreign Affairs Committee
Dalzell
Captain Christmas Talks on Danish Islands Sale
New York dispatch reports Captain Christmas downplays American scandal links to a Danish islands sale. He accuses a conspiratorial agent of stealing his confidential report and using an American to fuel a scandal as part of a Danish no sale campaign. He insists he sought only Danish government reimbursement for work and expenses. The Danish premier and government distance themselves from the dispute.
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New York
Daily Mail
Copenhagen
Captain Christmas
London
The
Herald
Washington
Richardson
Christmas
American Congress
Foreign Office
M. Brun
America
Hoerring
American State Department
Henry White
M. Ravn
MM. Ahested
Denmark
M. Denitzer
Young Hawkins Man Suffering From Smallpox Taken To Contagion Hospital
Oliver E. Elwell of Hawkins Michigan was examined by Health Commissioner Macbeth and found to have smallpox. He was moved to the contagion hospital on the county farm for care. Elwell said he traveled from Hawkins to Reed City during a smallpox epidemic before arriving in Fort Wayne with a potato shipper and aiding the loading of cars.
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Goshen
Fort Wayne
Dr. Stultz
Bloomingdale
Elwell
Macbeth
Mayor Berghoff
Oliver E. Elwell
Hawkins
Mich
J. E. Stultz
Reed City
New Democratic State Executive Committee Formed
Indianapolis March 29 The Democratic state committee announced the new state executive committee adding four at large members. Samuel E. Morss and others from across Indiana were named plus district appointees. The panel may meet May 21 22 at French Lick with editors in session and before the state convention.
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Indianapolis
Ind
O’brien
Democratic State Committee
Democratic State Executive Committee
Samuel E. Morss
Benjamin F. Shively
South Bend
James Murdock
Lafayette
Parks M. Martin
Spencer
Thomas Duncan
Princeton
John C. Haines
Rockport
P. H. Blue
Sullivan
Fabius Givin
Shoals
Thomas J. Brock
Jeffersonville
William E. Cox
Jasper
W. E. Dupree
Franklin
George S. Pleasants
Vevay
John FE. Lamb
Terre Haute
J. S. McFadden
Rockville
Kinby Risk
Edwin J. Forrest
Crown Point
Frank Kistler
Logansport
E. E. Cox
Hartford City
Harry Stone
Albion
J. W. Adams
Columbia City
Patrick A. Joyce
Henry A. Barnhart
Rochester
French Lick
Salvage Sale Clears Fire Damaged Furniture Stock
Soliday Hite and Co after March 12 fire sold all salvage to C S Haggard and Co of Chicago. Undestroyed stock will ship to Chicago while shop reopens in three weeks with new stock. Mr Soliday heads to Philadelphia and Grand Rapids to source carpets and furniture. Foxdomainay building will be repaired and occupied again.
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Soliday, Hite & Co
C. S. Haggard & Co
Chicago
Soliday
Philadelphia
Grand Rapids
Tooms
Miles Proposal for Philippines Faces Presidential Rejection
Washington March 29 1902 the president transmitted to the house Miles’s papers on his request to be assigned to the Philippines and to implement a plan to end hostilities. Roosevelt disapproved Miles’s proposal noting it would undermine civil governance and risk sensational actions while seeking to involve Cuban and Puerto Rican delegates.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Miles
Philippines
House
Burleson
Texas
United States
Nelson A. Miles
United States Army
Philippine Archipelago
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Army
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Porto Rico
War Department
Chaffece
Taft
Philppine
Paris
Aguinaldo
Congress
China
McKinley
Secretary of War
Leutenant
Chaffee
Philippine Commission
Tayabas
Manila
Army War Secretary Directive Notice
Headquarters Washington March 24 1902 respect to the secretary of war in accordance with the record indicates actions taken. The fragment describes a formal military administrative communication issued by a central office in Washington.
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War Department
Washington
Congress
Cuba
Wood
Secretary of War
Miles
Philippines
China
MacArthur
Army
Washington, D. C
Tired Out Promises Rest From Impure Blood Cure
An advertisement touts Ayer s Sarsaparilla for fatigue and blood impurities with a testimonial from Mrs J W Fiala of Hadlyme Connecticut. It promotes the medicine price at 1 and lists the maker Ayer Co Lowell Massachusetts. A separate line notes a March 27 1902 White House memorandum by the secretary of war approving Miles request.
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Elihu Root
Secretary of War
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Ayer
J. W. Fiala
Hadlyme
Conn
C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Maaz
Washington
Miles
Eleven Drowned as Steamer Cambrian Princess Sinks After Collision
London reports an early morning collision near the Nab lightship between the Channel steamer Alma and the Cambrian Princess. Eleven crewmen of the Cambrian Princess perished as the ship sank within minutes after being struck on the starboard quarter. The Alma, damaged but afloat, returned to Southampton.
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London
Alma
Roberts
Peru
Antwerp
Southampton
St Mary's School Dedication Draws Large Crowd
St Mary's School at the Jefferson and Lafayette corner was dedicated with ceremonies Sunday. Father Oechtering and Mayor Berghoff spoke as the choir of St Mary's Church performed a selection, drawing a very large crowd.
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St. Mary’s School
Jefferson and
Lafayette Streets
Father Oechtering
Berghoff
St. Mary's Church
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Topaday
Tagion Hospital
Michigan
Noble and
Whitley
W. H. Glidewell
Greensburg
U. S. Jackson
Greenfield
Joseph E. Beil
James L. Keach
B. H. Campbell
Anderson
Edward Seaman
Winchester
J. A. Hedgecock
Frankfort
W. J. Hulet
Crawfordsville
Root
U. S.S Army
Col. Carter
Brandt
Adjutant General’s Office
Constitutional Convention
William M. Taft
Cambrian Princess
W. Thomas & Co
Liverpool
Sentinel
KODAK
M. L. Jones
West Wayne Street
Citizens Trust Company
Gov. Berry and Clintom Sts. Capital
W. Y. Jackman & Co
Dearborn St
West
Jefferson Street
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