Bishop J F Hurst Died After McKinley Shock
Bishop John Pletcher Hurst of the Methodist Episcopal church died in Washington after a long illness. He was born Aug 17 1834 in Dorchester County Maryland and educated at Dickinson College and German universities. He served as professor and president at Drew Theological Seminary before becoming a bishop in 1880.
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McKinley
John Pletcher Hurst
Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Bishop Hurst
London
Dorchester County
Maryland
Dickinson College
Halle
Elberg
Germany
Newark
Methodist Mission Institute
Bremen
United States
Drew Theological Seminary
Madison
N. Y
Cincinnati
American University At
Hanna Names Dish After Senator Hanna
A year ago Senator Hanna served corned beef hash breakfasts to friends at his Washington home. The hash became popular for its toothsome texture. While breakfasting in the Arlington hotel he was urged to try Hanna hash, learning a dish now carries his name.
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Ohio
Hanna
Washington
Arlington Hotel
Czar Sends War Minister Kuropatkin to Manchuria
Gen Alexei Kuropatkin, Russian war minister, is dispatched to Manchuria by the czar on a special train to study conditions there. He is a veteran military leader and celebrated campaigner, noted as a geographer and scientist advocate. Since 1886 he has served in the Russian army and last year became an aide-de-camp to the emperor.
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Kuropatkin
Manchuria
Alexei Nicholaevitch Kuropatkin
Ruporatkin
Russia
Little Interest In Shakespeare In Stratford On Avon
Miss Marie Corelli Miss Ellen Terry and Lady Colin Campbell have waited in vain for masculine help to save the little ancient houses at Stratford on Avon where the Carnegie library stands. They have written to the English press unsupported and no man has come forward. Mr Carnegie with a new public library and the town mayor seem bent on their plan, notes the Londos Chronicle.
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Marie Corelli
Ellen Terry
Colin Campbell
Efort
Stratford-on-Avon
Carnegie
B. Londos
New Commander of the Department of the Lakes
Gen. John Coulter Bates takes command of the Department of the Lakes and resides in Chicago. Since 1861 he served in the Eleventh Infantry, served on Gen. Meade's staff, spent thirty years west of the Mississippi in Indian country, helped devise drill and firing regulations, and conducted negotiations with the Sultan of Sulu. He is highly popular with fellow officers.
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John Coulter Bates
Chicago
Department of the Lakes
Eleventh Infantry
Leutenant
Gen. Meade
Sta
Mississippi River
Gen. Bates
Sulu
Bureau Chief Optimistic On U S Prosperity Claim
O P Austin, chief of the bureau of statistics, asserts that never in U S history has commercial, industrial and agricultural prosperity been greater than today. A former Cincinnati journalist, he has lived in Washington twenty years and was appointed to his post in 1898.
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United States
O. P. Austin
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Austin
Cincinnati
West Virginia Thrives With Rails and Rich Resources
West Virginia shows marked industrial growth with coal fields expanding graphite and mineral processing. Rail expansion, new electric lines, water and gas works, and land development accompany permanent growth rather than a boom. Population lags behind peers yet capital and enterprise surge, bringing thousands and millions to wealth.
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West Virginia
Union
Royal Gold Plate to be Used in Scotland Visit
A magnificent gold plate from Windsor Castle valued at $9,000,000 will travel under strong guard to Dalkeith House the Duke and Duchess of Buccleugh residence for the royal visit. The dinner service serves 140 and the entire set will be heavily insured during its absence.
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Scotland
Windsor Castles
Dalkeith House
Duchess of
Indian Enters American Navy With Crow Nation Justifies Enlistment
Great White Bear a Crow chief's great grandson leaves Carlisle Indian School after five years to enlist in the U S Navy at League Island. He joins the receiving ship Minnesota as a musician and will blow a bugle for Uncle Sam.
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Great White Bear
Tall Tree
Whitem
Uncle Sam
Carlisle
Londons Ways Are Better Praises Met Police
Josiah Flynt lauds London Metropolis police methods noting an honest force, apolitical management, and London as one of the world’s safest cities. He finds little corruption unlike New York and observes rapid punishment for gambling.
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Josiah Flynt
Metropolis
London
England
Flynt
New York
Debate over Milton Monument Site in London Churches
Admirers clash over a proposed Milton statue to be placed at St. Giles church in London where he is buried. Opponents argue the site is not conspicuous enough and prefer Westminster or St Pauls. Some contend Milton’s self made lasting monument lessens the need for a statue while others favor a church burial site for the memorial.
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Milton
St. Giles
London
Westminster
St. Paul's
M Reynolds to Aid Knox as Assistant Attorney General
J C McReynolds named by Attorney General Knox as assistant attorney general to succeed Jas M Beck. Born Nashville Tennessee, he formerly lived in Washington serving as private secretary to Senator Jackson. He is forty two years old and regarded as an able lawyer.
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J. C. McReynolds
Knox
Jas. M. Beck
Lved
Washington
Nashville
Tenn
SF Csifreynolds
Jackson
Youths Turning to Crime in Minneapolis Jails
In Hennepin County Jail forty one prisoners are under twenty four, none older than twenty three. A county judge notes rising crime among young men, blaming reduced employment opportunities caused by competition from women. He calls for criminology to investigate the factors driving the uptick in youth crime.
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Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Murder Mystery at Lorain Ohio Still Unsolved
A May 1 murder of Miss Agatha Reichlin at her brother Reverend Charles Reichlin’s Lorain home remains unsolved. A bloodstained stone and a broken ladder are key clues as investigators feud over a possible priestly suspect Ferdinand Walser. Authorities released Walser after a coroner verdict found death from a stone not proven to be tied to him.
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Lorain
Ohio
Agatha Reichlin
Charles Reichlin
St. Joseph’s
Miss Reichlin
Casshair
Ferdinand Walser
Toledo
Charles Heichlin
Kelly's Island
Walser
Cassimir
Father Walser
Miss Betchlin
Miss Reich- Ma
Reichlin
King
Elyria
Indians Too Rich to Work Report Warns of Retrogression
A Washington Post summary of Charles J. Dickson's report on Pottawattamie Shawnee and Kickapoo Indians in Oklahoma warns that cash from land leases plagues work ethic. It cites 2 571 enrolled families facing idleness and vice as leases drain their drive, urging compulsory labor to prevent ruin.
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Charles J. Dickson
Washington Post
Dreness
Tuturior Department
Dick Son
Pottawat Famies
Lince
Imports of Deadly Drugs Show Surging 1898 to 1902
The chief of the bureau of statistics O P Austin notes large increases in drug imports from 1898 to 1902. Medicinal opium rose from 72 287 pounds to 548 674 pounds, morphia and salts value climbed from 35 659 to 96 559, cocaine and salts from 59 600 to 254 704, and opium and morphia combined from 760 000 to 2 540 420 in that period.
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Bureau of Statistics
O. P. Austin
Characteristic Addresses by Roosevelt and Cleveland
The text contrasts speeches by President Roosevelt and ex President Cleveland at St. Louis noting rhetorical differences. Cleveland favors long sentences sometimes around a hundred to one hundred fifty words while Roosevelt uses short snappy lines with the longest under sixty words.
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Roosevelt
Cleveland
St. Lois
Mr. Cleveland
Effect of Carnegie's Munificence on Scottish Education
A Glasgow University meeting reports Andrew Carnegie’s gifts to Scotch schools have dried up local generosity. He notes ease in raising over $300,000 previously, but now struggles to obtain $15,000. Carnegie’s munificence allegedly scares away smaller donors.
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Carnegie
Glasgow University
Andrew Carnegie
dfMcult
Caravegue
Ambassador Tower Showcases Berlin Residence Splendor
Charlemagne Tower, the American ambassador to Germany, has outfitted his new Berlin residence in such magnificent fashion that it astonishes the locals. The display of luxury and splendor surpasses any seen in the German capital.
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America
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Berlin
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Stroup
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