Ammunition Sales and Gun Skim at Brownsville Inquiry
William Ryan corporal of Company K Twenty-sixth Infantry testified before Senate Military Affairs that he sold 1000 rounds of government ammunition to a Brownsville junk dealer under orders from quartermaster Cheesman. He said rifles were defaced and surplus arms came from the Philippines. he argued he did not see wrongdoing in aiding the sale of government property amid a Brownsville investigation.
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Twenty-sixth Infantry
Brownsville
William Ryan
Twenty-fixth Infantry
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
Fields
Hoe
Warner
Sergi. Cheesman
Foraker
Che Lo
Kilénen
Capt. Kilburn
Fences Must Come Down Under Garfield Strict Enforcement
Secretary Garfield issued an order reinforcing the 1885 law banning fencing of public domain. He noted Congress sought a modification and warned of hardship for small stock owners and homemakers. The policy targets Wega fences with gateways and cutting wires, promising vigorous prosecution and inviting complaints from those injured.
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Garfield
LAND OFFICE CHANGES. Schwartz Named Chief of Special Service Division
Harry B H Schwartz of South Dakota is named chief of the General Land Office Special Service Division by Commissioner Ballinger, effective today. He previously led the Geld division in Helena and has served as special assistant U S attorney there. Frank Bond and George Pollock receive related transfers to the Forest Service and drafting division respectively.
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 to Inspect Canal Work
Speaker Cannon and a Congressional party arrived at Colon after quarantine on the steamer Bluecher was lifted. Accompanied by Chief Engineer Stevens and Lieut. Col. Goethals, they toured canal sites and then returned to Colon, with officials citing quarantine safety and proper authority.
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Fanama
Mar
Cannon
Colon
Venezuela
Stevens
Col. Goethals
Speaker Canton
Washington
Permuasion
Speaker Cannon
Kingston
Jamaica
la Guaira
Maj Gorgas
Warm praise for canal progress from visiting Congress
After a Panamanian tour three weeks ago, several congressmen returned to Washington enthused about the Isthmus project. Representative Dawes lauded the trip and predicted the canal would be completed sooner than expected, praising Dr Gorgas and Chief Engineer Stevens for solving sanitation and organization and turning the Isthmus into a healthy, habitable area with hopes of becoming a major winter resort within ten years.
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Congress
Panama
Washington
Ithmus
Dawes
Onto
House
Gorgas
Stevens
Kellogg Confers with I C C on Harriman Inquiry
Frank B. Kellogg special counsel for the Interstate Commerce Commission arrived in Washington to confer with the commission ahead of an April hearing on whether Union Pacific and Southern Pacific are competing roads. He also discussed suits in the Standard Oil case with Justice Department officials.
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Frank B. Kellogg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frans B. Kellogg
Ody
Harrigan Lines
Washington
Commission
Union Panth
Southern Pacific
Kellogg
Department of Justice
Remedy Promises Relief for Rheumatism with Vegetable Extracts
A vintage patent medicine claim describes fluid dandelion and a compound mix to ease rheumatism. The item asserts the formula, prepared from vegetable extracts, can be bought cheaply at pharmacies and taken in tea spoonful doses after meals and at bedtime to filter uric acid and relieve pain.
Vice President Fairbanks Pays Respects At White House
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks called on the President to pay respects and discussed various topics not tied to next year’s campaign. He plans a busy summer touring the nation while owning a 3,000 acre Illinois farm and reputedly consuming large amounts of buttermilk. The railroad congestion hindered moving corn from his farm, and Indiana figures show support for his possible nomination, with Beveridge less enthusiastic but Hemenway solidly supportive.
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Prestio
Fairbanks
Olinois
Charles W. Fairbanks
White House
United States
Congress
Inllinois
Hoosier Statesman
West
James’. Watson
Indiana
Benator Beveridge
Beveridge
Caited
Goodby
Hemenway
Ndiena
CAPITAL CAPTURED NEAR TRUJILLO IN Nicaraguan GUNBOAT ENGAGEMENT
Reports from March 14 detail American forces aboard the Olympia with Honduran troops aiding at Ceiba and Stevens River. The Talumbia engaged two Nicaraguan gunboats, the Ometepe and San Jacinto, exchanging fire at close range near Trujillo while one Hotchkiss gun was sample transferred and crew led by gunner Muench. damage and casualties reported by U.S. officials.
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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 to Roosevelt
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the Republican State Committee, says he was invited to call at the White House two months ago and met with Presidents officials about New York politics. No talk of presidential candidates occurred. A proposal to rent space for a national news bureau was discussed but not decided. Woodruff planned to see Gov. Hughes in Albany the next morning.
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New York
White House
Timothy L. Woodruff
Conmitee
Washington
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Woodraft
Europe
Republican National Committee
Wiley Demonstrates Whisky Adulteration at White House
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley held a 30 minute White House conference with the President and explained denaturing alcohol. A messenger delivered a large bottle box outside the President's room containing many colored liquors. Wiley reportedly demonstrated adulteration of certain whisky brands before returning to the Agriculture Department.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Agriculture Department
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Wiley
President Roosevelt declines Ohio fair trip for McKinley monument
Western Pictures presents the president with fourteen royal sepia prints of national parks in the West. Gifts from Mode Wineman of Chicago include six of Yellowstone, two of Jackson Hole country, two Grand Canyon, two Bad Lands near the President’s ranch, one Yosemite, and one Alaska. Roosevelt plans to tour Canton on September 2 for the McKinley monument dedication and cannot make two trips to Ohio. Robert McCormick, recently out as ambassador to France, called at the White House.
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West
Mode Wineman
Chicago
Tollowstong National Park
Jacksons Holel
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Yosemite
Alaska
Yeo.w Taay
Columbus
Keifer
J. Y. Bussell
War Thought to End as Tegucigalpa Falls
Across Central America, reports say Tegucigalpa captured and Nicaragua poised to install a new president while rebels in Honduras and Nicaragua gain strength. U.S. gunboats and marines arrived on both coasts with Honduran approval. Casualties are described as light, though details remain murky amid shifting alliances and Zelaya’s federation ambitions.
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Choluteca
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Guate-mala
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Mexico
Roosevelt
Las Manos
Zelaye
Nicarazua
Nicartague
Zelaya
Central America
Bonilla
Bonilla Reorganizes Honduran Army for Prolonged Resistance
Central America war news reports President Bonilla has quietly rebuilt Honduras's army to fight longer against Nicaragua. Indications point to renewed aid from El Salvador and possible support from Guatemala while U S and Mexican mediation efforts stall.
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Bonilla
Honduras
State Department
Philip R. Brown
Guatemala
Tegucigalpa. U
Nicaragua
Salvador
Bia
Central America
Republica
Amapala
United States
Mexico
Senor Corea
Roote_altuation
Creel
Calvo
Costa Rica
Senor Toledo
John E. Later Sworn In As Federal Judge in Ohio
John B. Sater of Columbus Ohio was sworn in as a federal district judge at 2 o clock noon before an audience in the District Court room. Judge Albert C. Thompson administered the oath and introduced the new judge. A brief reception followed, with Sater’s family attending. his wife is critically ill with pneumonia at home. Uncle Joseph Sater of New Haven and brothers Milton and M V B Sater attended, along with Hamilton County officials and local dignitaries. Kenneth, the judge’s young son, was present.
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Washington
Sater
Joseph Sater
New Haven
Quis
Milton
M. V. B. Bater
WATCH FORTS FOR LOST BOY IN HAMBURG
In Hamburg on March 26 police search for Eddy Krieger, abducted son of Chicagoan George Krieger, last week in an auto by two masked men. His mother, remarried to Dr. McDonald, had been granted custody by Hanover court and brought him to Hamburg before he vanished. Mrs McBonsid offers a reward for tips, with ports watched for arrests and recovery.
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Hamburg
Germany
Eddy" Krieger
George Krieger
Chicago
Krieger
Hanover
Danish-Americans Seek Help for Immigration History Study
Raswussen and K. Mathiasen, publisher of Nordigset, spent last week at the New Willard seeking cooperation from local Danish-Americans for a comprehensive work on Danish immigration to the United States. Mr Reneuscen near Mathiesen were received by President Ho Roosevelt on Saturday.
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CO. Raswussen
V. .Unneepous
Pull-Igher
K. Mathiasen
New York
Nordigset
New Willard
Reneuscen
Mathiesen
Hoosevelt
Auto and Car Smash-Up on Missouri Avenue Intersection
An Adams Express Company auto driven by H. Watkins collided with a street car yesterday afternoon at the Missouri Avenue and Sixth Street intersection. The crash damaged the car fender and bent the front axles. both the driver and the street car motorman escaped injury.
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Missouri Avenue
Sixth Street
Adams Express Company
Italy Resents Charge Over Waldstein Interview
Milan reports Prof Charles Waldstein of New York and Cambridge criticizes Italy’s courtesy after a Corriere della Sera interview. He praises the excavations at Herculaneum but doubts resuming his own planned digs. An official reply and documents from those involved challenge the accusations as unfounded.
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Milan
Italy
Marc
Corriere Della Sera
Charles Waldstein
New York
Cambridge
England
Herculaneum
Waldstein
Southern States Gulf Coast Panama Conference Rebukes Canal Policy
Delegates from the South and Gulf Coast assembled in the Southern States Panama conference condemn the Isthmian Canal Commission policy. They protest exclusive New York steamship service and urge Gulf port operations to boost regional prosperity. Former Senator Blackburn warns against dividing steamship lines and emphasizes risk to southern workers and trade.
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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 Ohio Guardian Case
Miss Josephine Horsburg, twenty two, endured a forty eight hour confinement in a nurse guarded room to prove to the Probate Court she was not a morphine fiend. Clothing was searched and she was bathed before the judge dismissed her father's guardianship bid.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Josephine Horsburg
Helms
Bias Horstburg
Hadden
Frank Horstburg
Edna May Weds in June Love Match Says Oscar Lewisohn
Oscar Lewisohn, just back from Europe aboard the Philadelphia, confirmed his engagement to Miss Edna May and said they will marry in June. He called it a pure love match and declined details on the wedding date or venue, noting Miss May has not agreed to break with her English manager.
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Oscar Lewisohn
Heppy Ban
New York
Europe
Philadelphia
Edna May
Lewisohn
May
Bart
Trig
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ALL White New Oriental
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