Metcalf Removed Over Money Order Form Contract
James T. Metcalfe, head of the money order system at the U S Post Office, is dismissed by Postmaster General Payne amid alleged contract indiscretions. The action centers on preferring Wynkoop-Hallenbeck-Crawford of New York over the lower bidder Paul Herman of Rutherford New Jersey, a decision linked to Metcalfe’s son’s employment and alleged interference to favor the New York firm. A full investigation will follow.
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Washington
James T. Metcalfe
Post Office Department
Paul Herman
Rutherford
N. J
Wynkoop-Hallenbeck- Crawford Company
New York
Metcalfe
Payne
Postoffice Department
Wynkoop-Hallenbeck-Crawford Company
Herman
Wynkoop-Hallenbeck-Crawford
Wynee
Hermean
Reward for Foot and Mouth Disease Case Report
Washington, secretary of agriculture announces a $250 reward for anyone reporting a confirmed case of foot and mouth disease in any animal in Massachusetts or New Hampshire before June 30, 1903. If no cases are found in those states, quarantine will be lifted and foreign markets urged to accept stock from New England ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New England
Mexico Settles Promptly Fund Award Payment
Ambassador Clayton cabled Washington that the Mexican government deposited 1 420 582 dollars on the Pius fund award. The prompt payment breaks records in arbitration and the funds will be remitted to Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco as titular claimant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clayton
State Department
Mexico
Riordan
Banrancisco
Cal
Airship dreamer from Illinois draws Springfield crowd
In Springfield a meeting with about 300 citizens endorsed inventor Mr. Reiferscheid’s aerial idea. He claims an airship of substantial dead weight that will lift its power and fly at will, presenting models and drawings to gain 8000 shares in backing.
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Springfield
Reiferscheid
Trains Collision Near Cedar Falls Slaughters Ten
Ten people killed and two seriously wounded in a head on crash one mile west of Cedar Falls on the Illinois Central at 2 40 Friday morning. Eastbound passenger and westbound freight collided after misread orders. Eleven bodies recovered. seven removed to Waterloo. wreckage strewn across Raymond hill deep cut.
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Cedar Falls
Barmand
Illinois Central
John BR. Griffin
Waterloo
D. J. Bantz
Fred Stoneman
CG. P. Stickney
L. Millar
F. L. Groom
Dubuque
Charles Morran
Independence
George Hurd
Raymond Hill
Fraight
Sultan Fears for Milan as Court Warns Mother
In Constantinople the sultan advises Madame Christinc mother of Milan to keep her son at home and avoid street exposure amid fears of an assassination attempt though Milan is not expected to ascend the Serbian throne.
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Constantinople
Christinc
Milan
Servia
Aid Flow From New York To Kansas Flood Areas
New York sent 39000 to aid destitute flood victims in Kansas and nearby districts. Telegraphed funds of 31000 to Topeka and 31000 to Kansas City Kansas, with remainder to Gainesville. The relief committee has about 25000 in contributions and expects 5000 more to be distributed on Wednesday.
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Kansas
New York
Topeka
Kansas City
Kan
Gainesville
Fraser River Flood Drives Residents From Homes in Vancouver
Flooding from the Fraser river swamps low lying land along the river in Vancouver B C with dyked areas submerged and cut off communication. Beyond Pitt River hundreds of acres of meadow land are underwater as Mission residents evacuate by boat and canoe to higher ground to escape the rising waters.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fraser River
Pitt River
Mission
Cannes
Kansas Governor Calls Legislature to Special Session
Governor W J Bailey proclaims a Kansas special session in Topeka on June 24 at 2 PM. The purpose is to enable counties and municipalities to rebuild bridges destroyed by recent floods, noting no adequate law exists and citing extraordinary constitutional occasion.
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Topeka
Kan
Bailey
W. J. Bailey
State of
Kansas
W. J. Bailhy
King Peter as Crowned Figure Under Military Rule in Belgrade
Belgrade reports that King Peter 1 will serve mainly as a captive figure while a military dictatorship controls Serbia. Colonels Mischin and Mitschilitsch lead the revolution and the army, with prefects always accompanied by officers, ensuring order but sparing Peter any real power. Hanna is not a candidate.
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Peter
Alexander
Belgrade
Peter 1
Mischin
Mitschilitsch
Hanna Rules Out Vice Presidency Bid
In a Cleveland interview Senator M A Hanna reiterated he is not and would not be a candidate for vice president and would decline any nomination. He said his ambitions lie elsewhere and nothing could change his mind. Colonel Myron T Herrick, also named for VP, said his sole aim is to be elected governor of Ohio and called the VP talk inopportune.
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Hig
Cleveland
M. A. Hanna
White House
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Herrick
Robbers Strike Post Office in Rhodes Iowa Stamps Stolen
Robbers hit the Rhodes post office in Marshall county twenty miles northeast of Des Moines and stole every stamp in the postmaster's possession. Loss estimated at 1060 dollars.
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Des Moines
Rhodes
Marshall County
Death Toll in Heppner Grows as Bodies Found
Heppner developments show the death list will exceed recent estimates with large shifts of men at work and corpses found nine miles away. At the current rate, about 200 bodies will be identified and buried. Otis Bullis of Tower City North Dakota, 26, is added to the missing list.
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Heppner
Cal
Otis Bullis
Tower City
N. D
Enrollment Surges at Council Bluffs Normal Institute
Large enrollment reported at a normal institute in Council Bluffs. Other Iowa items include resignations and appointments in postmaster roles, property valuations, a fatal stock-loading accident near Knoxville, and the continued growth and challenges of the Iowa State University system under President MacLean.
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Normal Institute
Council Bluffs
Caffee
Broadway M. B
HE Paso
Texas
Henry H. Rust
Kenwood
Crawford County
L. McCord
Jefferson County
James Davis
Knoxville
Memorial University of Mason City
Sons of Veterans
James Leggett
Iowa
N. M. Wilson
Marshalltown
W. E. Carpenter
Toledo
Carpenter
Seldon McNamee
Bessie Graves
Waterloo
Cedar River
Sans Souci Park
G. W. Crofts
First Congregational Church
Beatrice
Tabor College
Tabor
Perry
Christina Behrens
Davenport
Aflamosa
Waterman
Clinton
Tibbits
Ra Schrake
Musser
Viroqua
Wis
Schrake
John Griffiths
Dan Cox
Denison
W. A. Porter
Porter
Ora Ball
J. H. Ball
Tama
Des Moines
J. A. Lapham
Osage
D. H. Payne
Bloomfield
H. C. Beeman
W. Cole
Colfax
Condit
Milo
J. F. Hardin
Eldora
Field Workers’ Association
Mind Clears Inmates Recovery At Cherokee Hospital
Horace M. Ferrin, long confined at the Cherokee Hospital for the Insane, suddenly regained his memory while on the grounds. He described awakening from a dream and soon afterward guided his steps to relative contact and rational behavior. Doctors foresee a discharge as his strength returns.
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Horace M. Ferrin
Cherokee Hospital
Cherukhh
Decoration plans for Iowa building at St Louis exposition
Plans from the state capitol commission and St Louis commission aim to surpass other states in decorating the Iowa building at the St Louis exposition. L A Palmer proposes using mural decorations purchased for the state capitol and completed on canvas by opening. The idea gains favorable views as a cost effective path to a beautiful interior. Fairbury roller mills install a steam power plant after flood damage.
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St. Louis
State Capitol Commission
Iowa Building
St. Louis Exposition
Capitol Commission
L. A. Palmer
Iowa Commission
Exposition Commission
State Capitol
Fairbury
Auctioneers Seek State Board To Regulate Sales
The State Association of Auctioneers in Des Moines urged the legislature to create a state board to examine auctioneers and certify their fitness to cry sales. A committee of the association will present the proposal and certify the competency of 109 accepted auctioneers.
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State Association of Auctioneers
Des Moines
Foolish Virgins and a Bishop at Sunday School
The Foolish Virgins episode features Bishop Potter amusing friends with a visit to a Sunday school class led by a reserved young minister. He asks the pupils a question about religious knowledge, prompting a bright reply from a little girl. The anecdote captures lighthearted religious humor.
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Potter
Thomas
No Room for Improvement in Pocket Picking
A great inventor proclaims one branch must be done by hand, and the reporter asks which one. The inventor answers pocket picking with a ghoulish grin, suggesting a perilous or eerie undertone in a clipped newspaper style.
Married Seven Times Finds Seventh Wife in Buchanan
William Hulbert of Buchanan Michigan has married his seventh spouse before turning 50. among the seven are two sisters from one family and two from another. Death took three wives and three others were divorced. the seventh Mrs Hulbert was won via an advertisement in an eastern paper. Hulbert, a stonemason, is described as a man with considerable nerve. storekeepers note Defiance Starch’s superior quality and quantity makes other brands hard to sell.
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Maclean
The
State University
Europe
State University of
Iiowa
College of Dentistry
Graduate
Dean Courier
C. A. Waldo
Purdue University
Iowa
William Hulbert
Buchanan
Mich
Hulbett
A Youthful Bishop Succeeds in Quincy Episcopal See
The Rev. Dr. M. Edward Fawcett, elected Protestant Episcopal bishop of Quincy, is among the church’s youngest appointees. Born November 1, 1865 in New Hartford Iowa he trained at Northwestern University and became a Methodist minister in 1885. He left Methodism in 1896 to serve as lay reader then deacon and priest at the Church of the Redeemer in Elgin Illinois.
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M. Edward Fawcett
Protestant Episcopal
Quincy
Methodist Church
Dr. Fawcett
New Hartford
Northwestern University
Methodist Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Elgin
Kaiser’s bark keepsake in Hohenzollern museum
A bark strip from a tree, placed in the Kaiser Wilhelm room, marks the Kaiser’s order and the Empress’s accident. A label explains it was used in Grunewald on March 27, 1903 to fashion the first temporary bandage on the Empress’s broken arm until aid arrived.
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Hohenzollern Museum
Ormuz
Ind
the Kaiser
Grunewald
The
Grape-Nuts hailed as brain food in medical tale
A former stenographer recalls collapse and hospitalization for mental strain eight years ago. She attributes recovery to daily Grape-Nuts, noting improved health and nervous strength after resuming intense testifying. She grants permission to publish her name.
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State Hospital For
Lincoln
Neb
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Illinois
Hanna
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Price
Dr. Kline
Bottis and
Trentino
R. B Evise, Ltd
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Pino
N. W
Quean Grove
Wilhelm
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