Mrs William Draper Is Diplomat’s Wife Of Italy Post
Mrs William F Draper wife of the new United States ambassador to Italy hails from a distinguished Kentucky lineage allied to the Carlisles Breckinridges and Clays She was born in Lexington Kentucky forty three years ago to General William Preston a soldier diplomat who served in the Mexican and Civil Wars
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United States
Italy
William F. Draper
Kentucky
Carlisles
Breckinridges
Clays
Blue Grass State
Lexington
William Preston
Mrs Draper A Noted Diplomatic Hostess of Washington
Mrs Draper, wife of a long serving congressman, served as minister to Spain under Buchanan and to Mexico for the Confederacy. Born Susan Preston, she married Gen Draper in 1800 and became a Kentucky belle. Renowned for elegance, courtly bearing, and social grace, she speaks several languages and hosted famed Washington dinners during her husband’s career.
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Breckinridge
Spain
Buchanan
Mexico
Susan Preston
Gen. Draper
Kentucky
Draper
United States
Washington
Brahms Remembered as Prolific Composer in Vienna Obituary
A great musician Johannes Brahms who died recently in Vienna is praised as a prolific composer with over 120 works including four symphonies concertos for piano and violin choral works led by the German Requiem. Critics note his strict style and lasting influence on German music. Born in Hamburg in 1833, he was the son of a musician.
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Johannes Brahms
Vienna
Chopin
Liszt
Rubenstein
Schumanno
Brahmus
Beethoven
Schumann
Franz
Wagner
Bayreuth
Brahms
Hamburg
Annexation of Hawaii Ready Treaty to be Sent to Senate
Washington June 15 A treaty for the annexation of Hawaii to the United States is prepared and will be sent to the Senate soon after President McKinley returns from the South. The document follows Harrison era terms, calls for annexation without government-form conditions, and the United States would assume Hawaii’s debt and receive crown lands and other possessions.
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Washington
Hawaii
United States
Senate
Sherman
South
Harrison
Cleveland
Committee On Foreign Relations
State Department
Hawaiian Legation
McKinley
Henry L. Wilson
Chili
William F., Powell
New Jersey
Haiti
John Leishman
Pennsylvania
Switzerland
John F. Gowey
Kanagawa
Japan
The President and His Salary Question
Ex President Harrison discusses the President's finances after retirement noting low investment returns a lack of income from home holdings and the need for a private secretary due to mail volume He suggests health and esteem matter more than wealth and questions what becomes of the old fashioned woman who made sassafras tea for her children.
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Harrison
Ladies’ Home Journal
Market Quotations and Grain Prices Across Cities
Chicago June 14 reports strong wheat opening amid heat and drought fears, driven by Danubian and Indian crop shortages. July wheat, corn, and oats show gains with receipts tallied. live stock prices in Chicago range from cattle to hogs and sheep, while packing house products list current pork lard and ribs prices. Portland and San Francisco summaries note wheat and barley values, with varying regional dips and brewers’ beer barley prospects.
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Chicago
Northwest
Texas
Packing House Products
New York
Exchange
Portland
Walla Walla
Valley
San Francisco
Oro
Goods in Bonded Warehouses
Washington June 14 Secretary Gage replies to senate on supervision of bonded warehouses. All merchandise entering port comes under customs control. Dutiable goods are delivered to importers on payment of duty. non entered items go to storage and after 12 months may be sold to cover duties. Warehouse entries require bonds and a customs officer oversees receipt and delivery. No delivery occurs without a permit from the collector.
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Washington
Senate
Gage
Custom House
Ex Mayor Killed by Mayor in Jonestown Display
Jonestown Mississippi June 9 ex mayor G B Mosley was shot and killed by mayor G W Wise in the street in front of Wise's office Wise is in custody the dispute grew from a small lawsuit Mosley had been involved in and the decision angered him leading to the fatal shooting.
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Jonestown
Miss
G. B. Mosley
G. W. Wise
Wise
Mosley
Northwest notes reveal growth and governance across three states
Nelson Idaho has 70 buildings in Stevens county while La Conner ships two tons of salmon daily to Seattle. Western logs ply Shelton and New Kamilche. grasshoppers bite Asotin. Spokane closes variety theaters. Aberdeen gains international post status after July 5.
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Nelson
Stevens County
la Conner
Seattle
Shelton
Port Blakely
New Kamilchie
Asotin
Spokane
Aberdeen
Montgomery Ridge
Asotin Creek
Custom House
Tacoma
Homeopathic State Medical Association
W. W. Misner
Sturgis
Vashon
Baldwin
Bureau of Labor
Chehalis Valley
Chehalis
South Bend
Lockwood
Vance
Cheatham
Penitentiary Revolving Fund
State Grain Inspection Fund
A. A. Denny
Northern Pacific
Yakima and Kititas Irrigation Company
John Collins
M. V. B. Stacy
George Brown
T. B. Wallace
Paul Schulze
Denny
Stacy
Collins
Iinterest
Irrigation Company
Sugar Trusts Clash as Democratic Senators Open Vials of Wrath
Washington June 11 The tariff bill moves in the senate after routine business. Tillman attacks the export bounty amendment and accuses the caucus of controlling Republicans while Democrats drift between old doctrines and new tariffs. Pettigrew Allison and Jones lead debates on the sugar schedule amid charges of massive Sugar Trust profits and calls for reform. Vest and Caffery press the trust's influence and past scandals as refiners seek favorable duties.
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Washington
Senate
Tillman
Cannon
Mills
Heitfeld
Mantle
Pettigrew
Roach
Allison
Hawaiian Islands
Jones
Arkansas
Aldrich
Vest
Sugar
Senator Vest
Senator Jones
Cape Hatteras
Sugar Trust
Lexow
Caffery
Washington Democrats back Bryan in unified plan
The Washington state central committee adopts a pro Bryan platform praising Chicago decisions and urging party unity with Populists and Silver Republicans. It commends Washington’s leaders and calls for a trifecta of municipal state and national cooperation, with campaign committees to organize speakers and a new organizational plan by 1898. The report also notes McKinley nominations and a Petershof birth.
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Washington
F. R. Baker
Lee BK. Hart
Seattle
John P. Kent
Walla Walla
Dr. Scott
Ellensburg
Democratic State Central Committee
Chicago
William J. Bryan
National Congress
Turner
Lewis and Jones
State Central Committee
Election of Grand Lodge Officers in Seattle Washington
The Grand Lodge in session at Seattle elected officers. Names include Grand master A. W. Frater Snohomish and Deputy Grand Master W. H. Upton Walla Walla. Additional appointments list grand chaplain, grand lecturer, grand orator, and other senior and junior officials across Washington.
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Masonic Lodge of
Washington
Seattle
Wash
Masonic Grand Lodge
A. W. Frater
Snohomish
W. H. Upton
Walla Walla
W. H. Seeman
Puyallup
J. Chadwick
Colfax
Benjamin Harned
Olympia
T. M Reed
Frater
Harrison W. Egan
Joseph M. Taylor
Thomas P. Fisk
Kelso
W. A. Sternberg
Tacoma
Henry L. Kennon
Spokane
John B. Wolsey
Sidney
O. A. Phelps
Death of Barney Barnato Reported Aboard Scott
A London dispatch from Madeira claims Barney Barnato the South African diamond king died by his own hand after leaping from the British steamship Scott en route from Cape Town to Southampton. The body was recovered. The Daily Telegraph also notes his death aboard the Scott with a passenger report from a news agency.
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London
Bachal
Madeira
Morocco
Scott
Table Bay
Cape Town
Southampton
Barney Barnato
Daily Telegraph
Barnato
Train dynamited by insurgents near Havana
Insurgents blew up a passenger train near Havana en route to Matanzas to loot about $6000 in the express car. Two explosions wrecked the train and pilot engine, killing several crewmen and soldiers and injuring others. insurgents fled as guards returned fire. Government gold reserves reported at about $144 million.
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Cabanas
Havana
Key West
Matanzas
Long Row of Wooden Buildings Destroyed in Missoula Fire
A long row of wooden structures near the Northern Pacific depot in Missoula Montana caught fire, with only one building occupied by Mrs. Douglas. Firefighters stopped the blaze with five water streams, damage largely insured and many buildings owned by the Building and Loan Association. A bystander, Ed Vanstone, reported the incident after a highwayman robbed him.
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Missoula
Mont
Northern Pacific
Douglas
Ed Vanstone
Vanstone
Building and Loan Association
Millers' Association backs tariff reciprocity aim in Chicago meet
The Millers' National Association with members in 22 states and a daily output of 90 000 barrels held its annual gathering in Chicago. Retiring President C A Pillsbury praised executive actions to remove bolting cloth from the free list and urged restoring the burlap drawback while pushing tariff reciprocity to boost U S trade with foreign markets.
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Chicago
The
Millers’ National Association
C. A. Pillsbury
Minneapolis
United States
Howard A. Scott Electrocuted for Wife's Murder
In Sing Sing on June 15 Howard A. Scott was executed by electric chair for the murder of his wife in New York last October.
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Scott
Sing Sing
N. Y
Howard A. Scott
New York
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Townsend
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Townsend, Mont
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Henry Heneberg
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Wallace
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C. A. Wilder
South Side Broasway
Mrs. Draper
Hoar
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Northwest News and Notes
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Boise County
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Cunningham
Supreme Court of Idaho
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Glendive
Montana State University
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A. E. Spriggs
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Democratic Plan OF Action
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Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
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Salley Tn
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