Ammunition sales and rifles tied to Brownsville inquiry
William Ryan corporal of Company K Twenty-sixth Infantry testified before the Senate Military Affairs Committee that he sold 1000 rounds of government ammunition to a junk dealer in Brownsville under quartermaster Cheesman, and defaced numbers on six Krag rifles from the Philippines. He claimed no wrongdoing, stating orders guided his actions, while other Twenty-sixth soldiers described a surplus of Krag Jorgensen and Springfield ammunition at Fort Brown and easy access for soldiers to obtain extra gear.
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William Ryan
Twenty-fixth Infantry
Brownsville
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Ryan
Twenty-f1th Infantry
Philippines
Joseph J. Barnett
Corp
Fort Brown
Seret
Cheesman
Cheesman, Corp
H. BM. Wields
Corp. Means
Lieut Parker
United States
Creager
Mynd
Hoe
Warner
Sergi. Cheesman
Che Lo
Kilénen
Capt. Kilburn
Fences Must Come Down Under Garfield Order
Secretary Garfield issued a strict enforcement order banning fencing of the public domain. He cited Congress’s 1885 law, warned of hardship for small stock owners, and said violations would be prosecuted vigorously. The notice invites complaints from those harmed by weak or maintained war fences as gaps and gates are not exempt.
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Garfield
Ang
Land Office Changes: Schwartz Named Chief of Special Service Division
Harry B H Schwartz of South Dakota becomes chief of the General Land Office special service division, via Commissioner Ballinger. He moves from Geld division in Helena to Justice work, while Frank Bond of Wyoming is named chief clerk and George Pollock transfers to the Forest Service today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry BH. Schwartz
Special Service
Harry 8. Schwartz
South Dakota
Ballinger
General Land Office
Bureau
Mr. Schwartz
Helena
Montana
Department of Justice
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Frank Bond
Wyoming
George F. Pollock
Ohio
Bureau of Forestry
Pollock
Forest Service
Pirichot
Land Office
Mr. Pollock
Forest Servita
Cannon Party Crosses Isthmus Inspecting Canal Work
Speaker Cannon and a Congressional party, delayed by quarantine aboard the steamer Bluecher, crossed the Isthmus by rail to inspect Canal work. Accompanied by Chief Engineer Stevens and Lieut. Col. Goethals, they traveled from Colon to Panama City, then returned as quarantine officials upheld landing restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speaker
Fanama
Mar
Cannon
Colon
Venezuela
Stevens
Col. Goethals
Speaker Canton
Washington
Permuasion
Speaker Cannon
Kingston
Jamaica
la Guaira
Maj Gorgas
Praise for Canal Progress as Congressmen Return
Congressmen returning from Panama express strong enthusiasm for theIsthmus canal project. Representative Dawes credits the visit and prominent House members with shaping favorable views during consideration of legislation. Dawes highlights Dr Gorgas and Chief Engineer Stevens for solving sanitation and organization challenges, predicting completion sooner than expected and noting the canal’s potential as a future winter resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Panama
Washington
Ithmus
Dawes
Gorgas
Stevens
Kellogg Confers With ICC Over Hariman Inquiry
Frank B. Kellogg, special counsel for the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Attorney General, arrived in Washington to confer with ICC members on April arguments about whether Union Pacific and Southern Pacific are competing roads. He discussed these suits with Justice Department officials yesterday.
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Frank B. Kellogg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Commission
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Kellogg
Otelais
Department of Justice
Remedy for rheumatism touted in old patent medicine ad
An old advertisement promotes a fluid extract blend and compounds including dandelion and ossified preparations. It claims to relieve rheumatism, aid urinary filtration, and be safe for delicate stomachs, urging readers to obtain the regimen from prescription pharmacies at moderate cost.
Vice President Fairbanks Pays Respects at White House
President hosts Charles W. Fairbanks for over half an hour amid talks on various topics not tied to the coming campaign. The Indiana farmer and potential 1904 Republican nominee plans a busy summer. Beveridge is cool to his boom while Hemenway backs Fairbanks for the nomination.
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Charles W. Fairbanks
White House
Fairbanks
United States
Congress
Inllinois
Hoosier Statesman
West
James’. Watson
Indiana
Benator Beveridge
Beveridge
Caited
Goodby
Hemenway
Ndiena
Capital Captured Near Trujillo In Nicaraguan Conflict
Soldiers aboard the steamers Olympia and Talum bla assisted Honduran troops in island advance toward Trujillo on March 12 to 24. Ometepe opened fire at 2,000 yards but missed Talumbla. gunner Muench hit the enemy bow as San Jacinto and other vessels retreated toward Trujillo. Casualty reports confirm wounded and killed.
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Olympia
Ceiba
Honduras
Talambia
W. H. Kennedy
Rough Riders
Cuba
R. Greenwood
Gunter J. Adams Muench
United States
Brooklyn
Stevens River
Trudio
Stevena
Trujillo
Hog Island
Tabwiebla
Muench
Ometers
Cumbeat Mariette
Woodruff Explains Washington Visit With Roosevelt
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the Republican State Committee, said he spoke with President Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou in a White House conference. He denied discussing presidential candidates and noted a possible plan to rent state HQ space for a national news bureau. He will travel to Albany to see Gov. Hughes the next morning.
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New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Washington
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
White House
Mr. Woodruff
Europe
Republican National Committee
Wiley Demonstrates Whisky Adulteration At White House
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, head of the Agriculture Department Bureau of Chemistry, met with President Roosevelt at the White House for a half hour yesterday. He declined to discuss the interview, then a messenger delivered a box of bottles showing colored liquors, reportedly for illustrating denaturing alcohol and brand adulteration.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Agriculture Department
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Dr. Wiley
Roosevelt Receives Western Pictures Pack of National Parks
The President was given fourteen royal pictures of western national parks by Mode Wineman of Chicago. Include six of Yellowstone, two Jackson Hole, two Grand Canyon, two Badlands, one Yosemite, one Alaska. He declined the Ohio Agricultural Fair invitation due to upcoming Canton trip for the McKinley monument dedication.
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West
Mode Wineman
Chicago
Tollowstong National Park
Jacksons Holel
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Bad Iends
Yosemite
Alaska
Yeo
Columbus
Keifer
J. Y. Bussell
War May End as Tegucigalpa Falls in Nicaragua Victory
Central American conflict largely ends as Tegucigalpa falls after swift engagements. Nicaragua's victory prompts possible installation of a new Honduran leader while Bonilla flees to El Salvador. U S gunboats and marines supported Honduras amid mixed reactions. Costa Rica and Guatemala remained neutral.
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Choluteca
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Guatemala
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Honduran Leader Reorganizes Army for Prolonged War
President Bonilla of Honduras has quietly reorganized his forces and intends extended resistance against Nicaragua. Reports to the State Department from Philip R. Brown indicate Bonilla may have received material aid from Salvador and Guatemala, prompting fears of a broader alliance.
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Bonilla
Honduras
State Department
Philip R. Brown
Guatemala
Tegucigalpa. U
Nicaragua
Salvador
Bia
John E Later sworn in as federal judge in Columbus
At 2 o'clock this noon in the District Court room John B. Sater of Columbus Ohio was formally sworn in as a federal district judge. Judge Albert C. Thompson administered the oath and the ceremony drew Hamilton County legal figures and friends. Sater held a levee for twenty minutes afterward. His uncle Joseph Sater of New Haven Conn, and his brothers Milton and M V B Sater attended. Mrs Sater is critically ill at home in Columbus.
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Washington
Ohio
John B. Sater
Columbus
Hamilton
Judg
Albert C. Thompson
Sater
Joseph Sater
New Haven
Quis
Milton
M. V. B. Bater
Watch Forts for Lost Boy Eddy Krieger Abduction Probe
Hamburg reports police cannot locate Eddy Krieger the abducted son of George Krieger of Chicago. He was allegedly taken last week from here by two masked men in a car. His mother Mrs McDonald, divorced from Krieger, sought custody and the Hanover court granted it. She moved him to Hamburg. he then disappeared as ports are watched for the abductors.
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Hamburg
Germany
Eddy" Krieger
George Krieger
Chicago
Krieger
McDonald
Hanover
Danish-Americans Seek Help For Immigration History Project
Danish American figures Raswussen and Mathiasen visited New Willard last week to enlist support for a comprehensive study on Danish immigration to the United States. Reneuscen and Mathiesen were received by President Roosevelt on Saturday.
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CO. Raswussen
V. .Unneepous
Pull-Igher
K. Mathiasen
New York
Nordigset
New Willard
Reneuscen
Mathiesen
Hoosevelt
Auto Collide Injures Fenders in Street Crossing
An Adams Express Company automobile driven by H. Watkins collided with a street car at Missouri Avenue and Sixth Street Northwest yesterday afternoon. The impact smashed the car’s fender and bent the front axles. the driver and the motorman escaped injury.
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Missouri Avenue
Sixth Street
Adams Express Company
Italy Resents Charge Over Waldstein Interview
Milan prompted by an interview with Prof. Charles Waldstein of New York and Cambridge he praises Italy's archenological and artistic programme including excavations at Herculaneum but questions his own plans. He accuses the government of rudeness for not replying to letters, triggering an official communication and supporting statements from those involved to counter the impoliteness claim.
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Milan
Italy
Marc
Corriere Della Sera
Charles Waldstein
New York
Cambridge
England
Herculaneum
Waldstein
Southern States Gulf Coast Panama Conference Urges Gulf Steamship Line
Delegates from the South and Gulf Coast Panama conference condemn the Isthmian Canal Commission policy. They urge two government steamships be operated from a Gulf port due to proximity to Colon, protesting the New York limited service. Former Senator Blackburn warns against dividing steamers and notes no South discrimination. A contractor criticizes army engineers for canal work and red tape.
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New Grieong
Mat
Southern States
Gulf Coast
Panama
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Isthmian Canal Commission
New York
South
Gulf States
Mississipni
Ohio
Missouri
Alabama
Georgia
Roosevelt
Gulf
Colon
Panama Railroad
Panama Canal
Joseph Blackburn
Kentucky
Canal Commission
Taft
W. J. Oliver
Army
Giri's Test a Success in Morphine Guardian Bid
Cleveland Ohio March 2 Miss Josephine Horsburg aged twenty two submitted to a forty eight hour room confinement with a nurse to prove to the Probate Court she was not a morphine fiend. Her father Frank Horstburg sought guardianship but Judge Hadden dismissed the application after the test.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Josephine Horsburg
Helms
Bias Horstburg
Hadden
Frank Horstburg
Edna May Weds in June Love Match
Oscar Lewisohn, back from Europe aboard the Philadelphia, says his engagement to Miss Edna May is a pure love match. They will marry in June with details to be arranged by Miss May, who has not yet agreed to break her engagement.
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Oscar Lewisohn
Heppy Ban
New York
Europe
Philadelphia
Edna May
Lewisohn
May
Bart
Trig
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