Gen Booth Eightieth Birthday Prompts New Plan
Gen William Booth founder of the Salvation Army marks his eightieth birthday on April 19 while launches a major US project a University of Humanity with initial funding of one million dollars. The plan aims to train workers in social service across New York and Chicago and expand the army’s global reach through practical sociology and disciplined philanthropy.
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Salvation Army
University of Humanity
United States
New York
William Booth
America
Booth
Chicago
Hila
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Salvation
Ruther
Nottingham
England
London
Mile End Road
Oret Salvationist
Whitechapel
Christian Mission
Eastender
Pal
Helle
Victor Murdock Insurgent Leader and Kansas Politician
Victor Murdock, a Wichita newspaper man and insurgent leader against Speaker Cannon, faces a bright future in Kansas politics. Known for warring against mail rail plunder and old capitol precedents, he remains wildly popular in Kansas and is viewed as a potential governor or senator. His father Marsh Murdock was a hard hitting editor, shaping a restless political legacy in the state.
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Cannoriam
Locka
Speaker Cannon
Murdock
Washington
Uncle Sam
Capitol
Kansas
Ity
Jerry Simpson
Ding
Mexico
Marsh Murdock
Victor
Long
Senate
Lloyd Wheaton Bowers Named Solicitor General of DOJ
Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, long time general counsel for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, is appointed solicitor general of the Department of Justice effective April 1. A Yale graduate born in 1859, he studied law at Columbia and built a 16 year tenure in Chicago before moving to Washington.
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Lloyd Wheaton Bowers
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Department of Justice
Wickersham
Bowers
W. D. Goudy
Yale
Taft
Springfield
Mass
Columbia Law School of
New York
New York City
Winona
Minn
Chicago
Northwestern Road
Orientala
Skokle
University Club
Chicago Athletic Association
Henry M. Hoyt
Hoyt
United States
Chaloner’s Fatal Shootings Tie to Virginia Home Case
John Armstrong Chaloner, once known as Chanler, involved in a fatal shooting of a man beating a wife in his Virginia parlor. Coroner’s jury clears Chaloner from prosecution amid a complex family saga including links to Amelie Rives, Miga Rives, and swift name change to Chaloner. He has been declared sane in Virginia, while New York records keep him legally insane.
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John Armstrong Chaloner
Chanler
Chaloner
Virginia
Amelie Rives
Pierre Troubetskoy
Miga Rives
America
John Jacob Astor
Lewis Stuyvenant Chanler
New York
Gotham
Laetare Medal Awarded to Frances Christine Misher Tiernan
Frances Christine Misher Tiernan, known as Christian Reid, receives Notre Dame Laetare medal. Born 1846 in Salisbury North Carolina, she authored about forty novels since Valerie Aylmer (1871). Widow since 1898, she is daughter of Col. Charles Frederic Fisher killed at Bull Run. Medal honors Catholic Americans. first time awarded to someone from the South.
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Frances Christine Misher Tiernan
University of Notre Dame
United States
Ite
Wyoming Raid Murders Prompt Strong Sheriff Action
A Wyoming cattle raid murder case spurs a manhunt and strong sheriff action after three men were killed at a Spring Creek wheat camp. The article notes related political shifts, local reports from Montana and Nevada, and ongoing labor tensions involving Greek workers.
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Anid
Spring Creek
Wyoming
Fred Gustavson
Peter Peterson
Nimrod
Mon
Nevada
Nevada State University
Alfred W. Burrell
Burrell Bridge and Construction Company
Oakland
Cal
St. Patrick's Hospital
Missoula
Mont
Burrell
Taft Haa
Fulton
Oregon
China
W. W. Rockhill
Helena
Montana Development League
Montana
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Careyhurst
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J. D. Freeborn
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H. L. McCray
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