China’s Railroads Growth Seen Through Wu’s Insight
Former Chinese minister Wu Tingfang, interviewed in New York before returning to China, discusses rail road building and the shift to a China for the Chinese policy. He recalls Li Hung Chang’s cautious push, noting a ten mile test line inspired the empire, and predicts a nationwide network driven by Chinese effort and know ledge.
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Hung Chang
Wu Ting Wang
New York
China
Asaya
Li Hung Chang
Empire
Meutsin
Calvin Brice
United States
William Ewart Gladstone praised by Bryce at Carnegie Hall
Ambassador Bryce, longtime friend of Gladstone, spoke at Carnegie Hall under Civic Forum auspices marking the centenary birth of the British statesman. He lauded Gladstone’s oratory and finance mastery, noted caution and duty, reading habit, steadfastness, modesty, and loyalty to followers.
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Bryce
Ghosen
William Ewart
Gladstone
Linen
Washington
Carnegie Hall
Bryte
Chich
American Republic
Mr. Bryce
George Washington
Oliver Cromwell
Alabama
Britain
Canada
United States
Tingland
Good Hearted Financier Twombly Shows Tender Side
Hamilton Mek Twombly noted New York financier and Vanderbilt in law connections is described as tender hearted. A Swiss chauffeur candidate was researched in depth to ensure blameless conduct because Twombly planned to have him drive his wife in a high powered automobile. Edward Payson Weston plans a January 20 walk from Los Angeles to New York following the Santa Fe line toward Chicago.
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Hamilton Mek
Twombly
New York
William O. Vanderbilt
Henard
Vanderbilt Railroads
Edward Payson Weston
Los Angeles
Cal
New York City
Saum Fe
Chicago
Tribute to Joel Benton in New York
Poem honors William Ewart Gladstone and extols a yet unnamed worthy father who shaped justice and duty. It praises stern duty, justice, and right, and bids to place a wreath above Joel Benton in New York.
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Joel Benton
New York
MISSISSIPPI'S NEW SENATOR Hailed as war figure amid Lincoln plot links
The Mississippi governor names Colonel James Gordon of Okolona as successor to the late Senator A J McTa urin. Once pursued by federal agents with a $10000 reward for complicity in Lincoln's assassination, Gordon had wartime ties to J Wilkes Booth and briefly fled to Canada before returning home. He later pledged allegiance and settled in Chickasaw county.
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United States
James Gordon
Okolona
Miss
Noell
Mississippi
A. J. McTaurin
Glurdom
J. Wilkes Booth
Abraharo ‘Lincoln
Virginia
Gordon
Booth
Linceln
Canada
New York Cavalry
Diz
New York
Dix
Tle
Chickasaw County
Memphis News Scimitar
Maine fur dealer plans breeding use for silver gray fox
Rich Hunnewell, a fur dealer in Aw Burn Me, Maine, recently purchased a silver gray fox from Newfoundland parties. He intended to kill the fox for its pelt but kept it alive in captivity for breeding after Newfoundland parties learned of the animal.
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Rich Hunnewell
Awburn
Hanineweil
Newfoundland
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