NEWS OF THE WEEK Highlights from the national scene
Personal, Rev. Hunter Corbett elected moderator by the Presbyterian general assembly in session at Des Moines. Carl Schurz is critically ill in New York. Brig. Gen. John C. Tidwell, first Alaska governor, dead in Montclair at 81. Walter Wellman speaks in Paris on a proposed North Pole balloon expedition. Rockefeller earns over $1,000,000 monthly from Standard Oil stock. Various political, financial, and international notes follow.
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Perconal
Hunter Corbett
Presbyterian General Assembly
Des Moines
Carl Schurz
New York
John C. Tiddill
A. S
Alaska
Montclair
N. J
Maj
Barak G. Thomas
Dixiana Stud
Lexington
Walter Wellman
Paris
Society of Aerial Navigation
North Pole
Wall Street
John D. Rockefeller
Seth Ward
John Tigert
James Atkins
General Conference
M. BE. Church
South
Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt
Southern Baptist Convention
Chattanooga
Tenn
Herthers
S. Hadley
Jefferson City
Standard Ol Company
Church Uy
John Dineen
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Oklahoma City
Russia
St. Petersburg
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
Goebel
M. E. I Church
Washington
Missouri Riilroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Kansas City
Joseph Crow
Omaha
Neb
Grand Jury
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry Novell
Ice Trust
River Brothers
United States
San Francisco
Earthquake Fears Shape Canal Vote Debate
Washington reports reveal that the Senate Inter Oceanic Canals Committee favored a sea level canal, citing earthquakes as a key factor influencing locks and dam safety. The majority, led by Senator Kittredge, argued that a sea level canal is safer, cheaper, and easier to operate than a lock and dam design, given potential seismic risks.
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Washington
San Francisco
Senate Committee On
Kittredge
Tropics
California
Charleston
Missouri
Panama
Canal
Gatun
WILL REBUILD STANFORD
San Francisco. Stanford University will be reconstructed at once with all necessary buildings restored by next December. Repairs are funded and underway, with three major damages being the memorial church the new gymnasium and the new library. The library likely must be torn down while the gymnasium will be rebuilt and the organ in the church remains intact.
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San Francisco
Stanford University
Memorial Church
School Land Suit Faces State Jurisdiction Challenge
Denver reports a friendly suit will be filed between the Bijou Irrigation Company and the State, over the state's right to dispose of school land. The Legislature allowed irrigation use of school sections with compensation, while the State Land Board maintains sole disposal authority. The case centers on a reservoir site near Fort Morgan with a school land core.
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Denver
Bijou Irrigation Company
Fort Morgan
State Land Board
Michigan forest fire devastates northern peninsula towns
A Sen tinel dispatch from Escanaba reports four known dead and scores missing as a massive forest fire sweeps five Michigan counties Marquette Menominee Delta Alger and Dickinson. About 100 square miles burned with towns like Talbot Quinnesee Saunders Niagara wiped out and 2000 homeless in the district while 1000 are desolate at Quirmesec.
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Adyiral Kuzmich
St. Petersburg
Union Metallc Cartridge Company
Bridgeport
Warsaw
Russia
Post Office Department
Yukon River
Alaska
Crummer
Republic County
Kansas Republican Committee
Clyde Miller
Osage County
Peter Becker
Enid
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Michigan
Standard Oil Company
Mutual Insurance Company
Committee of Expenditures
Kansas
W. W. Rose
Kansas City
Kan
State Supreme Court
Assembly
Mount Eagle
Tenn
Civil Service Commissions
Washington
Charles 8. Fowler
New York City
San Francisco
Jen. Greely
Congress
Garfield
Trust
Order of Eagles of Kansas
Leavenworth
W. D. Hunt
Emporia
Iola
Illinois
Higgins
New York
Albert Patrick
William M. Rice
Pittsburg
Steel Trust
The
Isle of Pines
Milwaukee
Sentinel
Escanaba
Peter *LaFond
Quinnesee
Marquette
Menominee
Delta
Alger
Dickinson
Talbot
Saunders
Niagara
Northland
Cornell
Antoine
Spring Valley
Kingsley
Woodland
Foster City
Sala
Metropolitan
Katanaba
Lake Superior
Channing
Quirmesec
Gift to Dean Carlyle includes saddle horse in chapel
Fort Collins Republican reports Dean W. J. Carlyle of the Agricultural College was presented a silver English riding saddle by C. Bishopp after his saddle horse was led into the chapel. Carlyle, in charge of the U.S. government horse breeding program, will travel to Europe for four months to study breeding methods, aiming to benefit Fort Collins experiments. He leaves Denver Saturday, reaching Paris June 6 for major shows, then Belgium, London, and a final leg through Austria and Russia.
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Carlyle
The
Agricultural College
Fort Gol Iftis
Sohc Re
Nh Bishopp
Chapel
United States
Fort Collins
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Denver
Paris
France
Belgium
London
England
Austria
Russia
Wellman Airship Aims for Arctic Pole Expedition
Paris reports Walter Wellman plans to reach the North Pole by dirigible balloon. Major Herzy leads the first party to Troms0e and Spitzbergen with bases at Danes Island. The advance group includes Liewanthn, Fowler, Reisenberg, Buzzacott. later Wellman arrives with Maxwell Smith, Hervieu, Colard and two others for establishing headquarters, gas plant, and wireless station.
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Paris
Walter Wellman
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Mr. Wellman
Danes Island
Andre
Herzy
Tromscoe
Frithjof
Herzy Wil
Wellman
Merry
Alexander Liewanthan
W.N. Fowler
Indiana
Felix Reisenberg
Francis H. Buzzacott
Maxwell Smith
Gaston Hervieu
John Colard
Four-footed Fowl From Thermopolis Wyo Draws Attention
John Rice of Thermopolis Wyoming owns a curiosity a four footed chicken that walks on all four feet and otherwise appears like a normal bird. The feature draws local interest as an oddity in the town.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
John Rice
Visit to the ruins of the fort captured in 1864
A narrator recalls the 1864 assault on a besieged fort, describing the quiet after battle, the ruined tree, a massive iron gun remains, and the brutal charge by American troops. He recalls comrades, courage, and the cost of victory, ending with a peaceful, reflective mood.
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Coudrey
Wood
Senate
Foraker
Morgan and Pettus
Alabama
Taft
Panama Canal
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
House Committee On Military Affairs
Gettysburg Battlefield
Bailey
Texas
Chicago Tribune
Senate Canal Committee
Stanford
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