Speculation Over General Miles Ahead of Senate Hearsay
March 21 report cites talk in Washington about President Roosevelt possibly retiring General Miles or taking action against his earlier remarks. Miles defends his opposition to the army bill while criticizing press quotes as misquotations. News notes nominations for brevet ranks and casualties in Manila and Cuba, with Senate action pending on related bills.
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Miles’ Wen
Senate Mittee
Preselt
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Miles
Rosevelt
San Jacquinto
Luszon
Oxford Cambridge Boat Race Set for Tomorrow on Thames
The fifty-eighth annual Oxford versus Cambridge boat race will run from Putney to Mortlake on the Thames tomorrow afternoon. Oxford leads 31 to 26 with one dead heat in 1887, and two American rowers from Oxford are in the crew. The start is between one and two, with tide at 1:46.
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London
Oxord
Cambridge
Thames
Putney
Mortlake
Oxford
John G. Milburn
Oxtonians
W. H. Chapman
Trinity
Bow
T. Drysdale
Jesus
J. Edwards
Moss
C. W. H. Taylor
F. J. Escombe
Trinity Hall
H. B. Grylls
P. H. Thomas
J. G. Milburn
Lincoln
A. de Long
New College
H. W. Adams
University
T. O. J. Huntley
Maclagan
Magdelen
New Steamship Oscar II Maiden Voyage Planned
The new steamship Oscar II of the Ship Company is due in York on her maiden trip. She is the largest steamship in America and Scandinavia, at 615 feet long, traveling from Scandinavia to New York. The voyage is set for March 21 with much interest in her arrival.
600000 People in Italy Rearing Silk Worms
A report notes that six hundred thousand people in Italy are engaged in sericulture, rearing silk worms as part of the industry. The piece highlights the scale of production and the economic role of silk farming in regional areas.
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Italy
Intercollegiate Gymnastic meet at Academy of Music
In Philadelphia on March 21 the top gymnasts from Yale Harvard Princeton Pennsylvania Columbia Amherst Rutgers Haverford NYU and Wisconsin compete in the Intercollegiate Gymnastic Association contests. Events include horizontal bar parallel bars side horse rings tumbling and club swinging.
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Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Intercollegiate Gymnastic Association
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Amherst
Rutgers
Haverford
New York University
University of Wisconsin
Knights of the Grip Convene for Oklahoma City Meeting
Oklahoma City hosts a two day United Commercial Travelers meeting with knights of the grip from across Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. Candidates will be initiated and important business for members will be transacted. the event ends with a banquet tomorrow.
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Oklahoma City
Knights of the Grip
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
United Commercial
Cincinnati's Fifteenth Musical Festival Set Next Month
Cincinnati March 21 all arrangements completed for the fifteenth Cincinnati Musical Festival directed by Theodore Thomas with an orchestra of 100 and a chorus of 600. Soloists include Marie Zimmerman Clara Turpen Mme Schumann-Heinck Ben Davies Ellison Van Hoose Gwylin Miles and Andrew Black who travels from England for the event.
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Cincinati
Cincinnati
Naval Cadets Meet Washington Fencers in D C
United States Naval Academy fencing team visited Washington to duel the Washington Fencers Club. Both squads are in excellent trim and the outcome is awaited with interest.
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Naval Cadets
Washington Fencers
Washington, D. C
United States Naval Academy
Washington
Divorce Granted in London Adultery Case
London on March 21 reports Lord Francis Hope awarded a decree of divorce from May Yohe due to her adultery with Captain Putnam Randiee, son of the former Mayor of New York, according to court records.
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London
Lord Francis Hope
May Yohe
Putnam Randiee Oh
New
Snowbound Passengers Reach St Paul After Snowblock
Three hundred travelers stranded on the Great Northern line in North Dakota arrived in St Paul with over forty cars of baggage and about 20 tons of mail. They endured 160 hours of blockade, limited wood and coal, as snow drifts reached 35 feet. Food and fuel were found in Williston, South Dakota, after plows opened the route.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
North Dakota
Williston
Zinc smelter at Bruce shuts down indefinitely
Pittsburg Kan March 21 The Bruce zinc smelter operated by Saddler process owners has shut down indefinitely The testing of the patent treated retorts shows the system effectiveness While switching to experimental operation ores from Colorado high in lead and iron values as well as Joplin district ores with heavy iron content were treated successfully
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Pittsburg
Kan
Bruce
Colorado
Joplin
Ferns to meet Neill in twenty round title bout
San Francisco reports keen interest in the twenty round contest between Rube Ferns and Al Neill at the Mechanics Pavilion tonight under National Athletic Club auspices. Both boxers show form after hard training and Ferns views the result as pivotal to his chance to meet Tommy Ryan for the championship.
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San Francisco
Rube” Ferns
al Neill
Mechanics’ Pavilion
National Athletic Club
Fettle
Ferns
Tommy Ryan
Couple Acquitted in Savannah Murder Trial
Stewart Fife was acquitted today for the murder of Frank Richardson in Savannah Missouri. The widow of Richardson had been tried for the crime and also acquitted. Prosecutors sought to prove an intimate relationship between Fife and the widow.
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Savannah
Stewart Fife
Frank Richardson
Fife
Sargent Denies Offer of Commissioner Post
St Louis March 21 Frank Sargent chief of the Brotherhood of Firemen denies he has been tendered the office of commissioner of general immigration empowered by Powderly.
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St. Louis
Frank Sargent
The
Brotherhood of Firemen
Gen— Immigration
Powderly
Sensational Thomas divorce case postponed in Chicago
The Harold Thomas divorce action against Adah Thomas was indefinitely postponed after motions claiming prejudicial newspaper publications and in-court statements tainted the case. The suit, involving Samuel Thomas Jr., son of the New York financier, seeks statutory grounds for divorce.
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Chicago
Thomas
Harold Thomas
Samuel Thomas
New York
Weston Primaries Set For March 25 At Weston
Democratic voters in Weston precincts are urged to attend the March 25 primaries at 2 p.m. to elect seven delegates to the county convention at Pendleton and five delegates from East Weston. Afterward both precincts will join in a council room meeting to nominate a justice of the peace and constable for Weston district. Also notes on visits of Mrs Sturgis and Miss Warren, and snow conditions increasing road access earlier than usual.
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Weston
Weston Hotel
Pendleton
East Weston
Mre
P. Sturgis
George Marsh
Viva Warren
M. C. Clark
Santa Cruz
Cal
H. B. Nelson
Clark
L. B. Reeder
Max Moorehead
William Martin
Moment No. 1
The
Ife
Pendle
George Prosbatel
Woodward Toll Road
New York Market Report From March 21
The New York wheat market was dull with a downward tilt as Liverpool rose 6 percent. New York opened at 79 factor and closed near the same. Corn slipped slightly with minor declines. stocks rose and money stood at 4 percent. Daily quotes include Sugar at 10, Steel 42, St Paul 167, Union Pacific 101. Chicago and San Francisco wheat figures show similar movements with slight reductions in price.
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J. L. Ray & Co
Pendleton
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
New York
Liverpool
Chicago
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific Announces Record Rolling Stock Order
Canadian Pacific officers completed the largest annual order for rolling stock in the companys history. Freight cars will total about 30 000 and locomotives near 1000. Eighty new locomotives will be mainly heavy Atlantic type with ten drivers and about 100 tons each, to be built in Montreal shops.
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Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Que
Ita
Wisconsin Internormal Oratorical Contest In West Superior
West Superior Wisconsin March 21 The regular annual Wisconsin Inter normal oratorical contest takes place here tonight and arrangements for the event have been completed and the contest promises to be the most interesting affair of the kind that has ever taken place here.
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West Superior
Wis
Wisconsin
Rhodes' Improvement Continues in Cape Town
Cape Town reports Cecil Rhodes passed a good night and is able to take nourishment after his health update.
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Rhodes
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Bridges Carried Away By Maine Floods Kill Toll
A flood washed away the toll bridge and the Maine Central bridge between Bangor and Brewer Maine. Reports said several lives were lost as the structures were crowded with sightseers at the time. In South Dakota the Missouri River rose eight feet at Chamberlain and an ice gorge at Little Band reportedly broke free, with continued rise and potential damage.
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Bangor
Maine Central
Brewer
Sioux City
Chamberlain
S. D
Little Band
La Croix to be Hanged at Hull Today
Radcliffe Ontario March 21 report that the governor general council declined to intervene and Stanislave La Croix will be hanged at Hull today for the murder of his wife in Montebello last summer.
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Ottawa
Ont
Stanislave la Croix
Hull
la Croix
Montebello
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