Rumored Diplomatic Shuffles Envision Japan Russia Talks
Washington reports Japan may recall Griscom and elevate Takahira to ambassador as part of a broader cabinet reshuffle. Taft reportedly will not run for president, aiming for the Supreme Court, with Fuller stepping down to join an international arbitration court at The Hague by December.
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Young Griscom
Legation
Constantinople
Fleischman
Turkey
Griscom
Japan
Takahira
Taft
Justice Fuller
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
International Court of Arbitration
Germany
France
England
United States
The
Hague
Ohio
Foraker
International Arbitration Court of the World
Alfalfa by irrigation in Yellowstone Valley Montana
More than 60 000 acres watered by irrigation ditches in the Yellowstone valley west of Billings Montana offer alfalfa capital. The ad compares irrigated alfalfa yields to non irrigated hay and pasture showing per acre outputs and animal feeding days. Contact C W Mott for Series C302 and further information via Northern Pacific Ry St Paul Minnesota.
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Yellowstone Valley
Billings
Mont
Northern Pacific Ry
C. W. Mott
St. Paul
Minn
Philadelphia Officials Bypass Trolley Reform in Bribery Hearing
Philadelphia figures headline a corruption probe as Select Councilman Frank H. Caven faces charges of oath violation over city contracts. Insurance Commissioner I W Durham linked to the McNichol contracting firm, with ties showing in lawmaker roles. Mayor Weaver accepts resignations of John W Hill and son Henry W Hill from the filtration bureau amid scandal. Chief Hill earned $17 000 annually.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
Frank H. Caven
I. W. Durham
McNichol
City Contractors
John W. Hill
Bureau of Filtration
Henry W. Hill
Chief Hill
Speculation Mounts Over Wisconsin Civil Service Picks
Madison reports growing talk about members of the state civil service commission with John McConnell of La Crosse among names mentioned. The Wisconsin rate commission law is now effective and the governor is expected to submit appointments to the senate for confirmation tomorrow. Meanwhile timetable changes on the Union Pacific and Chicago and North-Western lines shorten the Colorado Special westbound trip by a half hour to 9:30 p m Denver arrival while eastbound No 12 departs 15 minutes later at 4:35 p m. No other schedule changes are noted.
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Frank R. Weston
Main St
Hebberd
la Crosse
Wis
Madison
Civil Service Commission
John McConnell
Railway Rate Commission
Wisconsin State Journal
Rate Commission
Senate
Union Pacific R. R
Denver
Chicago & North-Western
Taft Foraker Accord Shaping Ohio Political Move
Observers note a tacit understanding between Judge Taft and Senator Foraker of Ohio. Ohio voters would back Foraker for president while Foraker allies support Taft for chief justice and Foraker would be a floor spokesman for the administration in the Senate. The Times Star, Taft’s ally, published a premium article urging Foraker’s nomination and Ohio backing after Taft's Cincinnati visit and family input.
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Taft
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Foraker
Senate
Cincinnati Times-Star
Charles Taft
Justice Taft
Roosevelt
Cincinnati
Commercial Club
Supreme Bench
Times-Star
Judge Taft
Washington
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets for Health
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets as a busy person’s remedy promising Golden Health and renewed vigor. It claims to treat constipation indigestion kidney issues sluggish bowels headaches and backaches. The ad credits Houtistex Care Company Madison Wisconsin and markets olden nubsets for a specific audience.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Houtistex Care Company
Madison
Wis
President appoints a convict U S marshal
Washington June 16 Ben Daniels has been appointed by the president as marshal of Arizona. Daniels was nominated in January 1902 and confirmed by the senate but the action was reconsidered after it was found he served a penitentiary term between 1580 and 1883. The president withdrew the nomination then. Later the president restored citizenship after Daniels had been convicted of a felony.
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Washington
Ben Daniels
United States
Arizona
Daniels
Senate
Opportunities at Oacoma South Dakota
The town of Oacoma in Lyman County on the Missouri River is poised to become a major distributing and shipping point after the Lyman county extension of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. A June 1 sale of town lots promises profitable investment as business leaders seek Mercantile locations and excursions are announced.
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Oacoma
Lyman County
South Dakota
Missouri River
Chamberlain
Chicago, Milwaukee
Three Firms In A Combine Linked To City Filtration Project
The city spent about 22 million on a filtration system with another 5 million needed to finish. The McNichol firm held roughly three quarters of the work while evidence showed a union of interests with Caven and Norcross & Edmunds of New Jersey to provide sand and gravel to McNichol or future contractors. A sublet of a 290000 contract to Caven furt cost 215000, suggesting a conspiracy involving Durham. Meanwhile city council meetings remained orderly under Mayor Weaver as talks on street railway bills to grant Philadelphia Rapid Transit a track-rights exemption were postponed for legal opinions.
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Caven
Jas. Caven & Son
McNichols
McNichol
Gordon
Daniel J. McNichol
Norcross & Edmunds
New Jersey
Cavens
Chief Hill
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
North Western Line Offers June Excursion Tickets
Excur sion tickets will be sold June 28 to July 1 with favorable return limits on account of the National Educational association. Apply to Agents and North Western Ry.
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North-Western
National Educational Association
North-Western Ry
Warder disputes Allen sun rays claim in 1892 book
George W. Warder former Kansas City mayor denounces Dr H F Allen for claiming sun rays are electrical and produced by friction. He argues Allen's 1892 book A Strange Voyage is a fictional romantic work with scientific inaccuracies and socialist overtones.
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Kansas City, Mo
George W. Warder
City
H. F. Allen
Warder
Earth
Venus
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John M. Mack
James I. McNichol
J. E. McConnell
U.S. Marshall
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