Moody Selected to Be Secretary of the Navy
Chicago dispatch reports President McKinley tendered Representative William L Moody of Massachusetts the secretary of the navy post. Moody accepted and will assume duties May 1 as Secretary John D Long retires. Moody, a Harvard trained lawyer and long time congressman, is praised for abilities and shared New England roots. Long, born 1838, served as governor and congressman before his 1897 appointment.
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White House
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Lodge
Harvard
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Buckfield
Oxford County
Hebron Academy
Harvard University
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Harvard Law School
McKinley
Morrison Granted New Trial in Eldorado Murder Case
Topeka Kan March 10 Jessie Morrison convicted of second degree murder for killing Mrs Clara W Castle of Eldorado about a year ago was Saturday granted a new trial by the supreme court The court held there was an error in the empanelling of the jury Morrison was a rival in a love affair and during a quarrel at Mrs Castles home cut her throat with a razor Her first trial resulted in a disagreement.
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Kan
Jessie Morrison
Clara W. Castle
Eldorado
Supreme Court
Miss Morrison
Castle
Russian general dismissed over Blagovestchensk massacre
Berlin dispatch to the Daily Chronicle says General Gribski, linked to the Blagovestchensk massacre, was removed from the army. Reports describe about 5,000 Chinese driven into the Amur river, with Russians firing or clubbing those who tried to land and corpses along miles of the riverbank.
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Daily Chronicle
Berlin
Gribski
Blagovestchensk
Amur
Harvard Thanks William for Gift to Prince Henry
Berlin reports Harvard University President Prof. Eliot sent a message to Emperor William thanking him for an inspiring message to Prince Henry and for a munificent gift. The note expresses hope that William's acts draw together two kindred peoples.
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William
Berlin
Prof
Eliot
Harvard University
Prince Henry
Ireland Faces Coercive Measures Over Disturbances
London reports Ireland again confronting coercive actions as disturbances linked to United Irish league agitation escalate. The British government will enforce the crimes act to address the unrest.
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London
Ireland
United Irish League
Diplomatic Visit on Reconciliation Camps Suffering
Dr Hein rich Muller, Orange Free State envoy, met with Secretary Hay in private session to discuss concentration camps in South Africa. He alleged alarmingly high child mortality rates up to fifty percent and urged US reevaluation of its stance, but Hay offered sympathy without promising policy change.
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State Department
South Africa
Washington
Heinrich Muller
Orange Free State
Hay
Muller
United States
Terrible disaster in Matane leaves nine children dead
At a Matane Quebec home a grocery store occupied first floor and family rooms above, nine Bouchard children perished in a early morning fire. Husband Arthur Bouchard survived leaping from a second story window. Wife and six sons and three daughters died. Coroner to hold inquest.
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Bouchard
Barcelona Garrote Executions Quietly Suppress Labor Uprising
In Barcelona on March 10, reports say General Weyler's plan uses the garrote to execute strike leaders without trial. Arrests occur at home, in streets, or at factories, destroing leadership and spreading terror. A female agitator cried Live the republic as she died.
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Barcelona
Spain
Republic
Soldiers to Be Returned From Philippines
The War Department plans a swift return of about 13,500 troops who went to the Philippines in 1899. Transports will move 8,740 men by April 15 and the full 13,500 by May 15. Gen Chaffee will head a standing army of 32,000 despite the withdrawal.
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War Department
Secretary of War
United States
Philippines
Department
Manila
Chaffee
Census on Flour and Gristmills Nationwide 1900 Totals
Preliminary census data for 1900 reports 25,258 flouring and gristmill establishments with total capital of 218 million dollars and 37,073 wage earners earning 17.7 million dollars. Materials used reach 488.9 million bushels of wheat and 241.0 million of corn with a combined product value of 560.7 million dollars including 102.5 million barrels of flour and 40.0 million barrels of corn meal.
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Washington
United States
Coal shipment surge from Pittsburgh and Kanawha
The Ohio river rise has spurred a large coal movement toward the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. River men report over 8,000,000 bushels from Pittsburgh and more than 2,000,000 bushels from Kanawha WV mines en route.
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Ohio River
Ohio
Mississippi
Pittsburg
West Virginia
Kanawha
Priest Reinstated by Cardinal Marks Church Ceremony
Rev. Father Crowley celebrated high mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Chicago marking his reinstatement in the church by permission of Cardinal Martinelli.
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Chicago
Father Crowley
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Cardinal Martinelli
Prince Henry of Prussia Guides New York Festivities
Prince Henry of Prussia spent a day in New York with a Waldorf Astoria concert at his request and a luncheon at the University Club. He later dined with Cornelius Vanderbilt and attended a German Society reception at the Waldorf Astoria, with a wreath laid at Grant's Tomb.
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
University Stub
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Prince
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Dixie
Kreutzer
Prince Henry
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Thirty-third Street
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Society
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William Klenke
Adolph Rathbath
Ralph Trautman
FE. M. Binghard
Grant
Waldorf- Astoria
von Egidy
Ogden Mills
German Society of the City of New York
Ambassador von Holleben
Admiral von Seckendorf
von Tirpitz
von Mueller
von Rebeur- Paschwitz
Buenz
Columbia University
Calve
Mills
Bandit unrest in Jehol disrupts region near Peking
Chinese officials report Jehol ten miles northeast of Peking faces bandit activity as brigands plunder the area amid rioting between Christians and non Christians. Russia dispatches 500 troops from Manchuria and severs telegraphic links to the region.
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Jehol
Cheng Te
Foreign Office
Jebel
Manchuria
American Legation Seeks Capture of Ellen Stone Bribe Bandits
The American legation in Constantinople delivered a second note to the porte on March 10 concerning the Ellen M. Stone case. It states that since Stone was captured and the ransom paid with prisoners delivered in Turkey, the brigands must be inside the Turkish frontier and should be captured. It denies that frontier vigilence was ever to be relaxed and says only interior troop movements were interfered with.
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Constantinople
Porte
Ellen M. Stone
Miss Stone
Turkey
Complete Tieup Strikes Paralyze Boston Freight Movement
Boston March 11 thousands of Teamsters Freight Handlers and clerks strike over Brine Transportation Co. dispute. About 7 500 workers involved across unions No 25 No 628 No 7 317 No 6 527. wharves choked as longshoremen unload vessels with no teams to cart cargo. Providence reports local sympathy but no action yet with employees warning of walkouts if requested.
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Brine Transportation Co
Teamsters
Brine Co
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Albany
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Allied Freight Transportation Council
Providence
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New England
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Antimerger Suit Filed Against Northern Securities
United States, under the Sherman act, sues in federal court to challenge the merger of the Northern Securities Company with the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways. The government seeks an injunction preventing further stock purchases or votes by the Northern Securities Company in the two railroads.
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United States
Northern Securities Co
Great Northern Railway Co
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Supreme Court strikes Illinois anti trust law for farm exemption
The United States Supreme Court ruled the Illinois anti trust statute unconstitutional because it exempts agricultural products and livestock. The decision affects several states with similar exemptions and holds that anti trust laws must apply indiscriminately to all combinations without exceptions.
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United States Supreme Court
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Georgia
Indiana
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
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Nebraska
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South Dakota
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Texas
Wisconsin
Asks for Wu’s Removal in Beijing Telegram
A prominent Manchu censor memorializes the throne demanding the removal of Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to the United States. The complaint accuses Wu of corruptly retaining ten thousand dollars in Tien Tsun silver refunded by the United States, reportedly for repairs to the Chinese legation in Washington.
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Wu Ting Fang
United States
Washington
Spalding Followers Demand Change in League Fight
Chicago March 11 The Record Herald says two strong baseball men tied to Spalding may force him to resign the presidency bid if appeased. Spalding’s campaign method and his California absence have angered a close adherent who has nearly withdrawn from the struggle.
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National League
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California
Methuen Captured by Boers After Dawn Fight
News from March 7 reports Gen. Lord Methuen and 1,200 men were captured near Winburg and Lichtenburg in the Orange River Colony. Four guns and several officers and men were killed or wounded, with one officer and 200 troops missing. Irish cheers and calls of shame followed in Parliament as details emerged.
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South Africa
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Moody Named Secretary of Navy in Roosevelt Cabinet Shakeup
President Roosevelt accepted Secretary Longs resignation and selected Representative William Henry Moody of Massachusetts as the new secretary of the navy. Moody, 49, a Harvard graduate and former district attorney, has served in four Congresses and will take office May 4.
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Illinois
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Phillips Academy
Andover
Mass
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MV Haverhill
One Grave for Five Children Buried in Single Coffin
From Shinhopple Delaware County five children died in a Sunday night fire. Mary 13 Thomas 13 Nellie 8 Donnie 4 Michael 2. Telegram to sister says dig one large grave for all. Bodies to be brought to Binghamton in one coffin for burial today. No details of the accident available.
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N. Y
Thomas Scanlon
Shinhopple
Delaware County
Mary
Thomas
Nellie
Donnie
Michael
Oppose the Irrigation Bill Reported in Congress
Representatives Ray of New York and Jenkins of Wisconsin filed a minority report on the Newlands irrigation bill. They condemn the measure as unfair and improvident and claim it lacks public support. They allege land grant railroads back the scheme and stand to benefit most.
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Ray
New York
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mother
Mrs J H Haskins of Chicago testifies to relief from childbirth pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Pills. She claims continued health with seasonal use and offers to provide counsel from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts, noting a $5000 forfeit if testimonial not genuine.
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Lydia E.pinker
Lydia E.pinkham
Indiana Ave
Chicago, Il
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