Head of Telegraph Division Horton Named Western Union Superintendent
Charles B. Horton, newly appointed superintendent of the western division of the Western Union Telegraph Co, succeeds the late Col. John J. Dickey. Horton, born in Geneva, N Y, lived in Northville and Nebraska, joined the Third Colorado Cavalry in the Civil era, later reenlisted, attended Tabor College, served in battery C of the Third U S Artillery, and began telegraph work with Western Union in 1878.
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Charles B. Horton
Western Union Telegraph Company
John J. Dickey
West
Mr. Horton
Geneva
Northville
Mich
Nebraska
Young Horton
Plains
Denver
Third Colorado Cavalry
Chivington
Michigan
Reform in Russia Prompts Constitutional Outlook
Dispatches from St. Petersburg report Finance Minister De Witte and Interior Minister von Plehwe cited as constitutionalists ready to push reforms when Russia is prepared. President Shipov was told by De Witte that a constitutional era is approaching, with zemstvo leaders noting Plehwe’s private optimism tempered by caution.
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Czar
St. Petersburg
de Witte
Interior Plehne
Russia
Shipov
Moscow Zemstvo
Zemstvo
von Plehwe
M. von Plehwe
Carnegie Dinner Stand Ends Evening At Opera House
Mr and Mrs Carnegie attended a Metropolitan Opera box dinner staying for La Tosca after dessert, then quietly left when the host asked what opera they would view and Mr Carnegie declared it immoral prompting departure from the event.
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Carnegie
Old New York Houses That Must Come Down
Long Island City plans by the Pennsylvania Railroad will demolish historic Sunnyside and Woodside houses. The Bragaw homestead and Jones house face razing as land is acquired near the East River tunnel outlet and Blackwell's Island Bridge. The Bragaw line dates from 17th century Dutch settlers with a notable school, mill ruins, and Revolutionary War use.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island City
Long Island
Bragaw
Sunnyside Hill
Railroad Company
North Shore Railroad
Woodside
Blackwell's Island Bridge
East River
Bourgon Broucard
Catharine le Febre
Manheim
Rhine
Manhattan Island
Sunnyside
Dutch Hills
Old Nassau
Brokaw
Richard Bragaw
Newton
Queens County
Old Ridge Road
Richard Bragan
Holland
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IRAL
Mary Towne Bogardus
Albert Edward Tower
Poughkeepsie
Mr. Tower
N. Y
Hyde Park Road
Camtes
Horton
Western Union
American Union
Omaha
Island
Jersey
Dutch Hills Creek
Elizabethport
Skillman Avenue
Jackson Avenue
North Shore
Payntar
Jones Mansion
Bragaw Homestead
Business Gards
Julian E. Lane
S. Emerson, M. D
Tracy
J. M. Rogers
D. D
Leon Calhoun
LAW
E. M. Dill
South Bail Street
Bhoskons, Iake
W. B. Githens
Bhoskons
Mako
D. W. Yaden
North Ball Street
Frank Pharris
Doc. Smith
F. M. Crandall
Ear Lote
Idaho
Idaho Nursery
Payette, Idaho
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