Cornerstone Laid for McKinley Memorial College in DC
President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the McKinley Memorial Ohio College of Government near Washington. Speakers included Hanna and Dolliver, praising McKinley and pledging a center for diplomacy, municipal government, arbitration, civics, and international law.
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Washington
Roosevelt
McKinley Memorial
Ohio College of Government
American University
District of Columbia
Agriculture Wilson
Hay
Hanna and Dolliver
Pugsley
New York
Cortelyou and Loeb
McKinley
Jor Hanna
William McKinley
Ohio
A. B
McFarland
F. M. Bristol
Bishan Mallalien
Methodists of America
Prize offered for potato drying process in Germany
In Berlin on May 14 several agricultural societies working with the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture offered a 30,000 mark prize for a drying method enabling year long storage while cutting storage and transport bulk. The drying cost must not exceed 5 cents per hundredweight of potatoes.
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Berlin
Ministry of Agriculture
Carnegie Speech at Plumbers Hall Casket Presentation
London May 11 Andrew Carnegie received the freedom of the Plumbers' Company at Guild Hall in a casket of metals. He warned wealth distribution is a business bargain, not philanthropy, citing New York’s libraries pledge and urging similar offers from other cities. He praised Anglo American ties and urged arbitration to prevent war, with a luncheon attended by dignitaries including Sir Joseph Dimsdale and Mrs. Carnegie.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Guild Hall
Carnegie
New York
Atlantic
Great Britain
America
England
Mr. Carnegie
Joseph Dimsdale
Count Matsukata
Albert Kaye Rollit
London Chamber of Commerce
Leeds
Liverpool
John R. Carter
United States
Embse<v
Carter
George Westinghouse
House of Commons
Treasure Island Expedition Reaches The Island Safely
A letter from a party member reports that the W. S. Phelps schooner expedition reached Treasure Island in safety. The writer says gold was found in sand on the seashore and quartz on the island is believed gold-bearing. The island’s location is not specified, but it is presumed to be off the Ecuador coast.
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San Francisco
Treasure Island
Phelps
Fcuador
River Steamer I C Woodward Sinks After Collision
The passenger steamer I C Woodward struck a loaded coal tow on the Monongahela near Allenport Pa last night and sank in fifteen feet of water. Passengers were asleep but all were landed safely. Several crew members jumped overboard and reached shore. Two horses drowned and the cargo is nearly a total loss.
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Pittsburg
I. C. Woodward
Allenport
Monongenhela River
Sel Smith Russell Will in Minneapolis Estate Valued
The will of Sel Smith Russell the actor was filed in Minneapolis on May M. The estate, mostly real, is valued at 8500 dollars. He leaves everything to his widow Mrs. Alice Adams Russell and two children Robert and Alice. The document is brief.
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Minneapolis
Minn
May M
Sel Smith Russell
Alice Adams Russell
Robert
Alice
Washington
Robert J. Wynne
Post checks pitched to ease fractional currency reform
A wide range of supporters backed a plan for reissuing government paper currency in 2 and smaller denominations with postal notes for mail use. The system would credit post offices and Treasury, issue coupon books, and shift handling of small money to post offices, but officials doubt practicality and costs.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Post Office
Treasury Departments
Treasury Department
Commission
Canadian Post Office Department
Presbyterians Hold 10 Day General Assembly in New York
The Presbyterian General Assembly opens at Fifth Avenue Church in New York on May 15 for a fifteen day session. A key topic is the committee’s final report on revising the Confession of Faith, with debate split between revision advocates and opponents. The assembly also considers electing a new theology professor candidate for McCormick Theological Seminary.
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New York
General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church
Fifth-avenue Presbyterian Church
McCormick
Riggs
Committee On Revision
Briggs
Henry ©. Minton
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Home Missionary Board
Carnegie Hall
Roosevelt
Board of Sarelen Missions
Presbyterian
Post office pay bills face committee standdown
A Washington correspondent sought an inflated pay rise for a clerk, prompting questions of propriety. House committee on post offices and post roads backs away from carrier and railway clerk pay increases, shifting focus to clerks and related departments. Other items include nominations, Cuban reciprocity pressure, and senate confirmations amid a flurry of post office and diplomatic moves.
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House Committee On
Loud
Friends of
Senate
Cuba
Bankers Adopt Strong Stand Against Branch Banking
Kansas City May 14 Missouri and Kansas bankers adopted strong resolutions today opposing branch banking as proposed in a bill in Congress.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Address on Consecrated Woman at First Presbyterian Seminar
Mrs. 3, 8. Wilson spoke for the magazine committee at the convention, presenting a gavel and tablet carved from trees of the First Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Mrs. H. T. Jackson, president, argued impurity and intemperance are the world’s evils in her address.
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Wilson
Magazine Committee
Pers
First Presbyterian ‘Theological Seminary
Tee
H. T. Jackson
Conference of Boers Meeting at Vereeningen
London dispatch reports Lord Kitchener notifying the War Office that Boer bodies from the Transvaal and Orange River colonies converge on Vereeningen for a conference starting tomorrow. Delegates likely include leaders who visited Pretoria. Peace terms decision will be sent to Kitchener, with experts dispatched to survey Africa for trade under new conditions. commission set for May 31.
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London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Transvaal
Orange River
Vereeningen
Pretoria
Arc
Routh Athos
Lee
Africa
Indians to Become Citizens
Muskogee I T May 14 Five thousand deeds to Creek lands have been prepared awaiting Chief Porter signature who demands interior secretary instructions. Upon signing, 150 000 Indians will become United States citizens and tribal government will be dissolved.
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Muskogee, I. T
Porter
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Paine's Celery Compound Promises Wide Healing Record
The advertisement touts Paine's Celery Compound with a long list of cures across classes and lands. It claims a ninety-five out of a hundred success rate in banishing diseases and urges use for May as a health drive. It highlights benefits for nervous, rheumatic, dyspeptic, kidney, liver, and blood concerns for all ages.
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Paine
Furty
Indiana Patent and Trademark Lawyer Listing
Vv. HM. LOCK WOOD PATENT AND TRADEMARK LAWYER located at 415,18 Lemecke Building in Indianapolis Indiana offers patent and trademark legal services. The listing notes a professional practice in intellectual property law with emphasis on patent and trademark matters.
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Patent and Trademark Lawye
Lemecke Bidg
Indianapolia
Ind
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