Decision to Stand in Samoa Arbitral Case Angers Papers
The king of Sweden and Norway ruled against the United States and Britain over the Apia landing of 1890, awarding compensation to Samoa complainants. The decision subdivides blame among nations, with Great Britain withdrawing and the United States and Germany sharing settlement funds. Reactions call the ruling surprising and potentially precedent setting for future arbitral actions.
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Oscar
United States
Great Britain
State Department
New York Tribune
Kautz
United States Navy
Sturdy
Apia
Mataafa
Philip Landsdale
Philadelphia
J. R. Monaghan
Liewt. Freeman
Lang
Roosevelt
Justice Marries Himself In Odd Jersey City Ceremony
Justice of the Peace Henry Bundy of Jersey City officiated a wedding with the groom acting as minister. The groom, looking into a mirror, asked and answered the traditional questions himself, declared the couple man and wife, kissed the bride twice, and began his honeymoon trip.
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Justice
Henry Bundy
Jersey City
Mary Becker
Senator Hoar Pays Back Dining Car Bill in Boston
An elderly dignified man visited a Boston railway office and learned a waiter was due payment for his Worcester dining car meal. Senator Hoar insisted on settling the debt, and the clerk traced the charge before Hoar promptly paid $1.50 to credit the waiter.
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Senator Hoar
Worcester
Hoar
Congress
Grand Army Inaugural Commander Stewart Announces Staff
Thomas J. Stewart, elected commander in chief at Washington, D. C., announces he has assumed duties and urges active comrade cooperation to promote patriotism and fraternal bonds. Appointments: Adjutant general John W. Schall, Quartermaster general Charles Burrows, Assistant adjutant general J Henry Holcombe. Headquarters Independence Hall, Philadelphia.
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Thomas J. Stewart
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington, D. C
Grand Army of the Républic
Stewart
John W. Schall
Department of Pennsylvania
Charles Burrows
Department of New Jersey
J. Henry Holcombe
Philadelphia
Mosby discusses war years and hair lock tale with reporter
Col Mosby recalls near Washington during the Civil War, denying disguise rumors and recounting a scuffle with Mrs Barlow who delivered a lock of his hair to Lincoln. He notes small command size, loyal to Lee, and that Lincoln never tried to catch him. Also brief notes on Popes and Babylon slabs.
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John S. Mosby
Confederacy
Department of the Interior
Washington Star
Alexandria
Col. Mosby
War Department
Washington
Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Potomac
Virginia
Mrs. Barlow
White House
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Flest Virginia Cavalry
Oldest newsboy keeps Joliet trains fed since 1803
Orsumus Page, famed Joliet newsman, has sold papers since the World’s Fair in 1803, missing no day and rising at four each morning to deliver 30 to 40 papers before the 6:55 a m Kansas City train arrives. Born in 1809, he is now 93, only one leg, and hails from a long-lived lineage. his life spans farming, stock driving, railway work, and coal selling near Joliet.
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Chicago & Alton
Joliet
Kansas City
United States
Orsumus Page
Page
Mr. Page
Iowa
Springfield
Til
Jouet
Will Relieve Chaffee Aged General Davis To Lead Philippines
Gen Adna R Chaffee will be relieved as chief of American forces in the Philippines by Gen George Whitefield Davis. Davis, 63, promoted to major general earlier, will serve about nine months before retirement in July 1903. A West Point not attendee, he began in volunteers in the Civil War, rose slowly, but earned fame as an engineer. He governed Porto Rico in 1899 1900 and authored monographs on Porto Rico before his Philippines assignment.
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Adna R. Chaffee
Philippines
George Whitefield Davis
Davis
West Point
Volunteers
Spain
Porto Rico
Dead Head Mail Matter Through Washington Post Office
Examinations in the Washington city post office over two and a half months reveal 979,620 paid pieces and 5,900,000 unpaid franked items. On peak days unpaid mail reached about 135,000 pieces with daily percentages near 90 to 93 percent, averaging five percent daily.
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Washington City
Pensioner Roll Expands After Last Congress Action
Legislation enacted by the last congress will add at least 10,000 new pensioners, expanding eligibility. The move impacts retirees and veterans nationwide, with officials noting the broader safety net and administrative adjustments needed to process the larger beneficiary pool.
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Merase
Diaz to Step Down Sparks Mexican Presidential Race
A Mexican political forecast argues Porfirio Diaz will leave office in two years and Gen. Bernardo Reyes, secretary of war, is the favored successor. Reyes, born in Guadalajara in 1850, is praised as a brave, reform-minded self-made leader long popular in Nuevo Leon and noted for firm discipline and anti gambling stances. His early life includes fighting the French and rapid rise from schoolyard courage to military governor of Nuevo Leon.
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Porfirio
Diaz
Ding Party
Mexico
Bernardo Reyes
Reyes
Nuevo Leon
Guada
Alout
Meyes
Monterey
War on trade noted by Wing Edwards Daily Mail
Publisher Wing Edwards Daily Mail reports last year 60 ocean steamers engaged exclusively in the ban ana trade. The note adds that King Edward receives 3000 newspapers and 1000 letters daily.
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Wing Edwards Daily
Edward
King Chulalongkorn of Siam Plans US Visit
The Siamese king Chulalongkorn, born September 1, 1853, is praised for modernization including a privy council cabinet and legislative council. His crown prince tours the United States now, with a January visit anticipated, as Siam is described as the heart of Further India inviting foreign trade and American enterprise.
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Chulalongkorn
Za Long
United States
Pin
Cho Je Long Koro
Bia
Siam
India
Fort Clinton and Fort Putnam at West Point
In 1776 the New York assembly urged fortifications on the Hudson passes. Fort Clinton rose under Kosciuszko to guard the river and Mount Independence, creating Fort Putnam in honor of Gen. Israel Putnam. After the war locals reused materials, while authorities later bought the land, leaving scenic ruins at West Point.
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Continental Congress
Provincial Assembly
New York
West Point
Kosciusko
Clinton
Fort Clinton
Mount Independence
Putnam
Israel Putnam
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Norwich
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Senator
Boston
Brooklyn Eagle
G. F. Hoar
Grand Army
Commander In Chief
Thomas J. Stenton
Paris
Mosby
St. Agatha
Gregory IX
Leo XIII
St. Peter
Adrich I
Alexander III
Pius IX
Babylon
German Oriental Society
Esagila
Marduk
Col. John & Mosby
Orsamus
Chaffee
George W. Davis
War of the Republic
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Probasis
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King OF
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Old Fort Putnam
Keine
West Poind
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Russia
Martine
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Fort Putnam
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