Colorado cruiser Colorado christened in Philadelphia launch
The armored cruiser Colorado was launched in Philadelphia on April 26 to mark its second anniversary. Miss Peabody christened the ship with a champagne bottle, amid a crowd of officials, diplomats, and Cramp shipyard figures, followed by a champagne luncheon for about a thousand guests including Navy officials and governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Colorado
Delaware River
Navy Department
Darling
Melville
Bowles
Bradford
Southerland
Schroeder
Bairs
Edwards
White
Mahoney
Bureau of Steam Engineering and Construction
Miss Peabody
Cora May
Jessie
James C
Wright
Mayor Wright
Frazer
J. B. Grant
J. A. Steimmetz
N. C. Miller
T. J. O'Donnell
O. FE. LeFevre
C. C. Walsh
C. S. Thomas
Denver
Joy
Pueblo
C. C. Rockefellow
Mr. Harding
Canon City
Otto Mears
Mayor Weaver
Admiral Bowles
Cramp
Cortlandt B. Cramp
Cramps
Navy
Tammen and Schrader Admit Embracery Guilty Plea
In Denver District Court Judge De France accepts guilty pleas by H. H. Tammen Robert Schrader and Daniel J Sadlier to embracery charges in the Anderson case. Police Magistrate W J Thomas pleads nolo contendere for himself. Sentences mandate $100 fines and 24 hours in Denver county jail with costs. Schrader receives the same. Magistrate Smith notes possible reopenings. total case costs estimated at 1200 to 1500 dollars.
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Denver
Golden
de France
H. H. Tammen
Robert Schrader
Daniel J. Sadlier
W. J. Thomas
Anderson
West Side
Tammen
Mr. Sadlier
Schrader
Thomas
Smith
Nolo Contendere
Talbot
Tammen and
Sadlier
Denver Charter Convention Faces Partial Nomination
Denver April 26 Opposed lists by Republicans and Democrats hindered the Associated Civic Societies from nominating a full twenty one. Seven nominees were chosen to consult parties for a compromise. Democratic withdrawn nominees listed and Republican withdrawals noted. Greeley Whitford signaled willingness to confer further.
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Denver
Associated Civic Societies
Charter
Civic Societies
John A. Rush
J. Warner Mills
T. S. McMurray
George Richardson
J. C. Kennedy
Ellis Meredith
A. M. Welles
Associated Civic Societies’ Convention
Charles J. Hughes, Jr
T. J. O'Donnell
Charles S. Thomas
Jacob Fillius
August J. Spengel
Edward Keating
Adolph Zang
William Stapleton
Eugene McCarthy
John E. Button
Greeley W. Whitford
C. W. Waterman
Anna M. Scott
George S. Hodges
Chamber of Commerce
C. D. Hayt
David Utter
J. D Whitmore
M. A. B. Conine
S. Vaughn
Samuel W. Belford
Stephen J. Donleavy
Guy Ler. Stevick
Greeley Whitford
Republican Committee
Democratic Executive Committee
George F. Dunklee
W. T. Davoren
John W. Springer
Wealth has Brought Misery to Moses Fowler Chase
Moses Fowler Chase of Lafayette Indiana heir to a million dollars has spent years in insane asylums in the United States and abroad. He was reportedly kidnapped by his aunt and has repeatedly vanished in Paris where he traveled with his uncle and aunt. Declared both insane and sane at different times he returned to Lafayette last week with his father and is now under a trust company to manage the estate.
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Moses Fowler Chase
Lafayette
Ind
United States
Paris
Hisyaunt
His Expenses Too Heavy Why Ohio Man Resigned Good Government Post
Milton M. Ailes of Ohio began in the Treasury in Washington and rose to assistant secretary. He has resigned to become vice president of Riggs National Bank, the largest at the capital. He says government pay cannot meet social demands and independent means, and a clerk at 1800 dollars was better off than an assistant secretary at 4000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Milton m. Ailes
Treasury Department
Washington
Riggs National Bank of
Nat Bank
National Capital
The
Treasur
Ailes
General Baldwin Denies Misquoting Negro Soldiers
Gen Franklin D Baldwin commander of the Department of Colorado says he was misunderstood in an interview in which he was quoted disparaging Negro soldiers. He asserts his past record refutes the charge and that his intended meaning praised both Black and Filipino troops as second only to American soldiers.
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Baldwin
Franklin D. Baldwin
Department of Colorado
War Department
Washington
Race death by own action framed as not Minnesotan fault
Mayor Robert A. Smith of St Paul urged President Roosevelt to reject the idea of race death by own action as a fault of Minnesota. An old friend produced proofs, including a photograph of J P Rhein, a Woodberry Township farmer in Washington County, with his wife and large family, made for the president.
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Robert A. Smith
St. Paul
Roosevelt
Minnesota
J. P. Rhein
Woodberry Township
Washington County
Travels with the President Fifty Eight Cortelyou Trips
Secretary Cortelyou boasts a long record of fifty eight journeys while private secretary to McKinley and Roosevelt. He says the new role at the head of the department of commerce and labor allows him leisure at home and relief from coordinating presidential excursions. During those trips he traveled over fifty thousand miles with presidents.
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Cortelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
McKinley
Roosevelt
United States
When Whistler Slept Restored Portrait Sketch by Sargent
The account describes a visit by W M Chase and John Singer Sargent to James Whistler in England. Whistler, asleep during the six gold period, woke to find Sargent sketching him. Whistler demanded the sketch be returned or destroyed, but Sargent kept the unpublished portrait as a souvenir of the eccentric artist.
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Whistler
Sargent
W. M. Chase
England
Chase
Santa
St. Louis
Senator Platt Expresses Gratitude For Hartford Welcome
Senator Orville H. Platt of Connecticut, after twenty four years in the U S Senate and another six year term, thanks Hartford leaders and the legislature for the warm reception given to him and Mrs. Platt on their return from Washington. He says the unanimity and sincerity shown touched him deeply and reflected the confidence and esteem of the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt
Orville H. Platt
Connecticut
United States Senate
Origin of Famous Name Damrosen Family Story
The Damrosen lineage traces a name from a German government act during persecution. An ancestor received the label Blut Kopf meaning Red Head due to his fiery hair, which was later shortened and altered to the Hebrew meaning Dam and Rosh translating to blood and head.
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Damrosen
Germany
Walter
Frank
Commander Booth Tucker at Amity Colony Anniversary
Denver on April 23 Commander Booth Tucker head of the Salvation Army in the United States spent Tuesday in Denver as guest of Brigadier Pebbles. They had just returned from Fort Amity Colorado where the fifth anniversary of the colony founding was celebrated. The visit highlighted colony progress including an orphan asylum with fifty four children a new school for 150 pupils and plans for a hotel bank and electric light plant. Fort Amity land values rose from 20 to 50 per acre with outsiders needing at least 100. Plans to expand to other regions including the cotton areas were discussed before Tucker headed north to Boise City Walla Walla and Seattle for further Army meetings.
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Denver
Booth-Tucker
Salvation Army
United States
Pebbles
Tucker
Fort Amity
Colorado
Amity
Holland
Northwest
Boise City
Idaho
Walla Walla
Seattle
Washington
State Land Board to settle range question May hearing
Denver April 23 The State Land Board will hear the first case on May 18 involving 30000 acres of public cattle range in North and Middle Parks with big cattle companies opposing small ranchers. The board has withdrawn leases pending a precedent defining policy on leasing to large firms. Grand and Larimer counties plan May 1 meetings to discuss the issue as stockmen push for fair access and equal chance despite wealthier applicants.
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Denver
State Land Board
North
Middle Parks
North Park Cattle Company
Jones Cattle Company
P. L. Sanchez
Monte Brevins
Land Board
Grand and
Land Office
Montana
State Land Boards
Gunnison tunnel organization meeting in Montrose
A Montrose and Delta county citizens committee of twenty one met at Western Slope bank to discuss the Gunnison tunnel project. United States Hydrographer A L Fellows outlined representation for water consumers delegates, and officials announced primaries to elect delegates for a meeting at Olathe to form an organization to pledge water purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Montrose
Colorado
Citizens’ Committee
Gunnison Tunnel
Delta Counties
Western Slope Bank
United States
A. L. Fellows
Messrs. J. F. Kyle
F. D. Catlin
W. E
Secretary of the Interior
Dreyfus Seeks New Trial in Dramatic Plea to War Minister
Alfred Dreyfus has sent a lengthy letter to Minister of War Andre dated April 21 asking for a reopening of his case via a ministerial investigation. The plea argues Rennes conviction tainted by the Emperor William document and Czernuski testimony, recalls sufferings, and condemns Esterhazy as the culprit. its dramatic tone promises great political agitation.
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Paris
Alfred Dreyfus
Andre
Dreyfus
Rennes
William
Czernuski
Esterhazy
Hanna favors hiring girl stenographers at Ohio University
Senator Hanna told Ohio University students he would hire girl stenographers over men in his offices, noting they are more industrious and efficient. He added that, if not for his wife, he would fill offices with them, a claim met with cheers. Governor Nash and Congressman Grosvenor joined the audience in the enthusiastic response.
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Columbus
Hanna
Ohio University
Nash
Grosvenor
Death of Alexander Ramsey Leader of Minnesota Dies at 88
Alexander Ramsey, Civil War governor of Minnesota, Hayes secretary of war, two-term U.S. senator, and namesake of Ramsey County, St. Paul, died last night at age 88.
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St. Paul
Minn
Alexander Ramsey
Minnesota
President Hayes
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London
Bohotle
Gough
Danop
Foreign Office
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Cobbe
Manning
Galadi
Chicago
Grosscup
United States Court of Appeals
Elkins
Yioses
Amity Colony
Gunnison Tunnel Organization
Idreyfus
Priesrs
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