Minnesota Rivalry Between Mrs Davis and Mrs Merriam
A long standing Washington rivalry between Mrs. Davis wife of Senator C I X Davis of Minnesota and Mrs. Merriam wife of Census Director Merriam has persisted for years. The feud touched political appointments and social standing in Saint Paul and Washington with claims of obstruction, and recent reports suggest renewed intensity as the War Department faces distress among Porto Rico volunteers and other federal actions unfold.
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Davis
C. IX. Davis
Minnesota
Merriam
Washington
Anna Agnew
St. Paul
Miss Agnew
United States Senate
McKinley
War News in Brief From the Philippines
Rainy season begins as Gen Lawton with main body reaches Nables on Wednesday. Volunteers from Oregon and Minnesota return to Manila for rest. California volunteers delayed by typhoon. Rebels near San Pedro Macati build trenches. Major Bell's scouts engage near Bacolor with heavy insurgent casualties. Gen Williston relieves Gen Hughes as Manila provost marshal. Major Tlughes to Visayan Island. Guison and Mapua surrender after crossing American lines. Colorado volunteers disperse in Maraquina with one wounded. Santa Rita near Bacolot drives enemy north, three scouts wounded. Oceania suppressed. editor jailed. A collapsed transport for Twelfth Infantry sinks in Pasig. five soldiers drown. Twelfth Infantry and Idaho volunteers retaliate, two Americans killed, two wounded. insurgents suffer heavy losses. Lawton reports twenty-five engagements in month. 1,000 prisoners taken. Civil government established at San Minling and San Ishiro. Disturbances of public safety accompany escort duties. Newport arrives at Manila with marines. San Francisco to Manila voyage April 20.
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Minnesota
Manila
United States
California
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Maj. Bell
Bacolor
Williston
Hughes
Tlughes
Visayan Island
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Mapua
Maraquina
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Santa Rita
Pasig River
Twelfth
United States Infantry
Idaho
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Anter
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San Ishiro
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Adinag
Ameriicus
Pena
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Filipinas
Santa Yore
Newport
Neweport
San Francisco
Q Marine Corps
Navy
Come Munuch
Tiernon
R. B. Hayes
Chicago
Indianapolis
Gen. Hayes
West Virginia
Lynchburg
Lee
Kanawha
Winchester
Jubal Early
George Crook
Crook
Russell Hastings
William Mel Winley
Briggss ordination sparks Episcopal Church debate
The Rev Dr Briggs, once a Presbyterian figure now ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church, plans to travel to Europe then devote himself to church work. Some Episcopal ministers warn this ordination could harm the church. Bishop Potter rejects that view, noting Briggs’s book contains accepted conclusions not denying core faith. The piece also covers Michigan Senator James McMillan’s political prominence and various fortune and inheritance items tied to Milwaukee and Kansas City families, plus other scattered items from the era.
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Briggs
Protestant Episcopal Church
Europe
Potter
Dewey in Hong Kong Triggers Imperial Cheers and Honors
Arrival of Admiral Dewey at Hong Kong sparks a grand welcome with ships firing salutes and sailors cheering Manila’s hero. He calls on Consul Wildman, then Governor Blake, as crowds line streets guarded by Royal Fusiliers. England marks Queen Victoria’s 80th birthday with royal festivities and telegrams from colonies and President McKinley.
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Hong Kong
Larbor
Manila
Olympia
Secarcely
Aid Scott
Consul Wildman
New York
Kong Kong
Royal Fusiliers
Lamberton
Brumby
Blake
Dewey
Government House
England
Victoria
All England
Windsor
Buffalo Grain Shovelers End Strike With Amicable Pact
The Buffalo grain shovelers strike ends as Contractor Con kers agrees to honor prior contracts and to appoint a five member committee. Three members will represent the shovelers and decide if scoopers can join the new Grain Shovelers Union and work.
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Buffalo
Conkers
Tie
Grain Shovelers' Union
Prairie dog wells amid railroad cut amaze observer
Harvey Geer of Lamont Colorado reports a prairie dog town dug into by a railroad cut reveals five to six foot nest holes and four to five deeper wells extending into water bearing sand. The find supports the long debated well theory of prairie dog water sources in arid plains.
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Harvey Geer
Lamont
Colo
Sternberg
Washington Star
Washington Beauty Posed for Mother of St Aloysius
Brumidi, famed painter of the Capitol frescoes, drew faces from Washington life. The large altar painting at St Aloysius Church includes the mother of the saint, reportedly portrayed by Adele Cutts, a noted Washington beauty and widow of Stephen A. Douglas.
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St. Aloysius
Brumidi
Capitol
St. Aloysius’ Church
Brunndi
Stephen A. Douglas
Illinois
Adele Cutts
General Williams
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Lady Mountaineers and Late Life Peaks
A Strasburg woman, at seventy five, joins a long line of senior lady mountaineers. The Liverpool Mercury recalls Mademoiselle dAugeville who climbed Mont Blanc at forty four and Oldenhorn at sixty nine, then vowed to retire from alpen stock as it left her. Records also include Miss Brevort’s Brasshorn ascent at fifty one and Miss Lucy Walker’s Detit Mont Blanc at forty nine.
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Strasburg
Mademoiselle dAugeville
Mont Blinc
Oldenhorn
Alpenstock
Brevort
Lucy Walker
Detit Mont Blaine
Liverpool Mercury
Unminny Photo Panel Debuts in Paris Studio
A Paris photographer unveils a panel style called unminny phot that swathes the subject in fabric and presents a sevenpart composition. The subject's masked, smiling face peeks from colorful clothing, creating a striking but odd effect at the salon counter.
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Paris
Gijonis
Cairo
Willy
Not Wigit Mudie Yes Evening Drinker Accusation
A garbled note from the Indianapolis Journal mentions Mudie and a light drinker in the context of an evening activity. The fragment references Yahsley Cole and an accusation but lacks clear details or dates.
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Mudie
Yahsley Cole
Tadinnapolis Journal
A Royal Fancier The Princess of Wales Interest in Poultry
The Princess of Wales shows a keen interest in poultry and its rearings. A perceptive woman may act prudently by modestly preparing before a preacher.
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Princess of Wales
Thrilling Civil War Night Attack and Grant Anecdotes
A Cleveland Leader feature recounts Civil War night fighting with Eb Webb and Cyrus, plus a Hayes anecdote about Jubal Early and a dramatic Lynchburg siege. It includes a Chicago Times-Herald yarn about General Grant jokingly raising the standard of female beauty through a dead letter office appointment and a Confederate hideout tale during Wilderness era pursuit.
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James N. Tyner
President Grant
Paris
Joan
seWell
Gen
Chicago Times
Hierald
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