Wheeler appointed Springfield postmaster after Miner removal
Washington March 19 The president signed the commission of Lorrin L Wheeler to be postmaster at Springfield Ill and he will assume the duties immediately He is the city mayor and succeeds L H Miner who was removed after an inspectors investigation found charges of mismanagement The appointment follows a recommendation by Senator Cullom of Springfield Illinois
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Lorrin IL
Wheeler
Springfield
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L. H. Miner
Cullom
McKinley Returns to Washington After Indianapolis Trip
President McKinley and party arrived in Washington at 1 30 PM aboard a special car attached to the regular train from Indianapolis and Canton. Mrs McKinley and two Barber relatives drove out later while the President remained in the White House office for calls and cabinet talks.
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Washington
McKinley
Indianapolis
Canton
James Barber
Paymaster
Webster
McKinley R
White House
Root
Cabinet
Brevet Promotions Recommended for U.S. Army Officers
A State Department dispatch summarizes General Chaffee's report praising Second Lieutenant Roy Saveelias Harper of the Seventh Cavalry for gallantry at Yang-Tsun and Peking, recommending brevets to first lieutenant and captain. It also recommends First Lieutenant C. P. Summerall of the Fifth Artillery for a captain’s brevet for gallantry and command in action at Peking.
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Roy Saveelias Harper
Seventh Cavalry
United States Army
Yang-Tsun
China
Peking
C. P. Summerall
Fifth Artillery
Imperial City
Indiana lawyers admitted to Treasury Department
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports W J Kerr and son of Fort Wayne and Nelson K Todd of Bluffton are admitted to practice before the Treasury Department. F H Asperger named postmaster at Riley Vigo county vice L N Spanner, and G ee at 7 in Jasper county vice Henry Vehbaum resigned. Mrs Fairbanks attended Sorosis birthday breakfast at Waldorf Astoria New York and spoke on One Country One Constitution One Destiny. Perry S Heath will close Republican committee HQs in Washington and return to Europe for rest, planning to resume in fall.
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Indianapolis Journal
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W. J. Kerr and Son
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Nelson K. Todd
Bluffton
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F. H. Asperger
Riley
Vigo County
L. Natt- Spanner
Testaned
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Jasper County
Enry Veh
New York
Sorosis
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Fairbanks
Perry
Heath
Republian National Committee
Europe
Prospective Army Officers Named and Treasury Updates
The President appointed Frederick E. Coyne as portmaster of Chicago. Treasury balances show available cash and gold reserves, with $151,064,5% in cash and $92,064,550 in gold. Secretary Wilson estimated over $6,000,000 worth of cattle stock saved by vaccine use, and 2,400,000 doses distributed nationwide. Weather Bureau head Moore convened a triennial meeting in Milwaukee August 27-28. Mexican Foreign Secretary Muriel reports Dias health restored and returning soon. Wilson, chief of engineers, tours Atlantic and Gulf ports, inspecting Pensacola, Mobile, and Galveston.
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Chicago
Livingstone
Georgia
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Milwaukee
Wis
Treasury
General Fund
Muriecal
Mexico
Aspiros
Dias
Atlantic
Gulf
Pensacola
Mobile
Nine tenths of fortification work repair plan discussed
A Washington dispatch notes optimism on fortifications repairs and details a flurry of federal actions. Adelbert Hay, US envoy, returns from South Africa and declines comment. The Postoffice warns on fragile mail items while talks on a US Argentina reciprocity treaty proceed. Agricultural inspections and a New York stationed expert are planned, with May publication delays for War Department army appointments and Porto Rican volunteer muster out by June.
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Hay
United States
Pretoria
New York
Argentine Republic
Senate
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
War Department
Minnesota Senate defeat for marriage bill shocks state
Condensed domestic news reports a Minnesota Senate failure of Senator Chilton's bid to bar marriages of idiotic insane or epileptic persons. Also notes Chicago Presbyter y pledge to raise 100000 for new churches, a Illinois attorney general George Hunt funeral in Springfield, and Dennis J. Sweeny, Chicago fire chief, critically ill.
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Minnesota Senate
Presbytery of
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Illinois
George Hunt
Riverside
Springfield
First Presbyterian Church
Dennis J. Sweeny
Louisville
W. Greet Campbell
E. G. Bennett
Wilbur Beatty
Denver
University of Tennessee
Biltmore
N. C
Vy Council
Full Court of
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San Francisco
Cal
Hong Kong
Bowers
John R. Ashe
York Cotton Mills
Yorkville
Grimes
Sheep Shot by Masked Men West of Delta
A Delta report to the Republican from Penver Colo says cattle and sheep men clash in the region. Five masked assailants shot two hundred sheep belonging to A C Perkins within cattlemen claimed grazing grounds.
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Republican
Delta
A. C. Perkins
Worst of the year blizzard strikes the west and northwest
A fierce snow storm sweeping the Missouri river valley and western states brings heavy snow, rain and frigid conditions. Rail traffic stalls across Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan. Milwaukee and Racine fear telegraph outages and floods as trains are delayed and streets blocked.
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Missouri River
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Kansas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Racine
Railroad and Telegraph Company
Milwaukee
Marinette
Wis
Tire
Lester Park
Wreck on Burlington & Missouri line in Nebraska
A snowbound collision near Johnson Nebraska between a Beatrice passenger train and a late freight train killed fireman Fred Jensen and injured engineer George McMillen and fireman Thomas Harsh. Mail clerk Al Wyatt was reportedly seriously hurt as a relief train was dispatched amid heavy drifts. A blinding storm caused the wreck.
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Neb
Burlington & Missouri Road
Johnson
Beatrice
Fred Jensen
George M'Millen
Thomas Harsh
AL Wyatt
Blizzard Tops Northern Plains Steady Snow, Wind Arrives
A blizzard began early today across northern Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Iowa and parts of Minnesota with heavy snow and strong winds. The storm is seen as beneficial to agriculture by supplying needed moisture though high temperatures caused significant melting and reduced drifting.
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Nebraska
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Major Winter Storm Hits West Superior March 19
West Superior Wisconsin reports the season’s largest storm with snow and a fierce lake wind. Traffic is increasing to a standstill and streetcar service and most other traffic are expected to halt soon. Local officials warn of drifting snow and reduced visibility.
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West Superior
Trafic
Blizzard Hits Northern Missouri With Six Inch Snow
The worst blizzard of the year swept northern Missouri after twelve hours of rain. Snow depth reached six inches at most points and the fall continued through the night.
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ST. Joseph. Mo
Missouri
Weather Forecast Rain to Snow and Colder for Midwest
Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday calls for rain in Indiana and Illinois turning to snow with much colder air and brisk to high southwest winds shifting to northwest. Thursday should be fair. Ohio expects rain Wednesday with brisk southeast to southwest winds and fair Thursday, except along the northeastern lake areas where showers are possible.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Lake Ores
Weather summary compares temperatures and conditions
The report notes cloudiness and temperatures across locations with maximum and minimum readings. It lists southern winds and hourly or daily forecasts, presenting a comparative statement on conditions and barometric trends.
Local Forecast Office March 1 Temperature and Precipitation
The report lists the March 1 mean temperature at 41 degrees with normal departure noted. Precipitation figures are minimal with departures tracked since March 1 and January, reflecting an unsettled outlook.
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Escareqaee
C. F. R. Wappenhad
Thompson Nominated in Republican Caucus for Short Term
In Lincoln on March 19 David E. Thompson was nominated for the short term in the Republican senatorial caucus, winning 50 votes on the seventh ballot. Seventeen or eighteen members did not enter the caucus and may not bind to its action, casting doubt on ratification by the Legislature's joint conference. Thompson led from the start while long-term contenders were Rosewater, Meikeljohn and Currie. After forty-three ballots the tally stood Rosewater 27, Meiklejohn 17, Currie 8.
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David E. Thompson
Lincoln
Thompson
Rosewater
Metkeljohn
Currie
Meikeljohn
Meiklejohn
Boralma and The Abbot to Race for 50000 at Readville
In Boston on March 14, Boralma and The Abbot were matched to race for a purse of $50,000 at Readville next September. Owners will post $10,000 tomorrow at 11 in New York, where the binding papers will be drawn up. The arrangement was made by telephone.
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Spring trotting horse sale opens at Madison Square Garden
Fasig Tipton begins three day high class trotting stallion and horse sale at Madison Square Garden with 85 animals sold to total 23785 dollars and an average of 278 63. Notable consignments include Bay Star Clinton B Wandering Jew and Chehalis who sold for 2200 dollars to W L Davis of Chelsea Mass.
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Fasig-Tiptoh Company
Madison Square Garden
Penn Valley Stud
Bay Star
Clinton B
Wandering Jew
Ed Winters
Emma Winters
Chehalis
Weed Wilkes
W. L. Davis
Chelsea
Mass
Mystery in Her Death at 323 West Twenty-eighth Street
Coroner Bausch weighs murder versus suicide in Mrs. Caroline B. Cabus case. An autopsy will probe whether apoplexy or self-inflicted knife wounds caused death after a dull vegetable knife was found beside the body. The inquiry hinges on Dr. O Hanlon’s report and who wielded the weapon.
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New York
Bausch
Caroline B. Cabus
West Twenty-eighth Street
O'Hanlon
Cabus
Transatlantic and Pacific Arrivals Read Across Ports
Shipping notices list arrivals at New York Hong Kong Liverpool Queensown Bermuda Antwerp and more with ships such as Cymric Empress of China Ausitania and Lusitania in-bound from London, Vancouver and St John with sailings to Yokohama, Halifax and Glasgow.
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Aller
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Menominee
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St. John
N. B
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Queensown
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Glasgow
Antwerp
Southwark
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Ad Quietly Teaches Teething Aid
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a remedy used for over fifty years for teething children. It claims calming effects, bowel regulation, and relief from diarrhoea, urging mothers to buy the product. Also promotes Hale’s Money of Horehound and Tar and Pike’s Toothache Drops with quick cures.
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Hale
Pike
Wu Tingfang Defends Chinese Civilization At Chicago Convocation
Wu Tingfang Chinese minister addressed the University of Chicago convocation at Studebaker Theater declaring China’s civilization as enduring and distinct from the West, with a quiet, self reliant culture undeeply affected by foreign influence. He contrasted Oriental patience with Western speed and urged respectful study of China rather than coercive reform.
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Wu Tingfang
University of Chicago
Studebaker
Art Institute
Istitution
Union League Club
Harper
Mr. Wu
China Dynasty
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Miniature
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Europe
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Pes Ness
Modern China and Western lessons in national growth
The article argues China should adopt select Western practices to modernize without losing national character. It notes Mr. Wu as guest of honor at the Quadrangle Club dinner and a sightseeing itinerary. It also reports Mrs. Emmons Blaine gifting 1 000 000 to the University of Chicago school of education for land, buildings, and endowment.
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China
Ufe
University
Quadrangle
Washington
Global News Roundup From Far Lands And Wars
A long dispatch summarizes fatal gunnery accidents in Secunderabad India and avalanches near Lake Como. It notes Queen Victoria's memorial decision, uprisings and trials in Europe, political shifts in Chile and Germany, imperial missions near the oases of Tuat and Gurara, and Curzon telegraphs from India as a mosaic of 19th century international affairs.
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Herr Groeber
Count von Olivia
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Blood Purifier
An old advertisement asserts 2400 disorders originate from impure blood and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a radical cure. It claims the medicine purifies blood and helps scrofula, salt rheum, boils, pimples, dyspepsia, biliousness, and fatigue, trusted by druggists and millions.
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