Capps Promoted to Chief Constructor in Navy
Rear Admiral W. L. Capps is named chief constructor, youngest in U S Navy history, after serving as head of the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Born near Norfolk in 1854 he attended the Naval Academy in 1880 and rose through the ranks with key postings at New York, Washington, Union Iron Works, Manila, and New York Navy Yard. His work on sunken Spanish vessels after Manila Bay and aboard the Olympia earned high praise from Admiral Dewey. Gambling Fever in France is noted with Paris mutuals reporting 2 402 914 000 francs in bets over 12 years, peaking at 255 000 000 francs in 1899.
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W. L. Capps
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy of
United States
Theavy Department
Norfolk
Naval Academy
Young Capps
University of Glassgow
New York Navy Yard
Department of Construction and Repair
Washington
Union Iron Works
San
Francisco
Wisconsin
Admiral Dewey
Manta Bay
Capps
Manila
Cavite
Hong Kong
Hobson
Buerau
Board of Inspection and Survey
Bowles
Naval Constructor
Navy Yard
New York
Secretary Moody
Admiral Bowles
Moody
Bureau
Navy Department
Admiral Capps
Navy
France
Paris Mutuals
British envoy Durand to Washington praised by Americans
The appointment of Sir Henry Mortimer Durant as ambassador to Washington is praised in light of his novel The Ruling Race and its affectionate portrayal of Americans. Durant, long in the Indian service and for years a British official, has held posts from Bengal to Kabul and Teheran before becoming ambassador to Spain and now Washington. The article notes his wife Lady Durand’s silver wedding and outlines his career through the Afghan and Burmese campaigns and Chinese border negotiations.
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Sir Henry
Mortimer Durant
Madrid
Washington
Michael Herbert
India
Bengal
Lord Roberts
Lord Dufferin
Mandalay
Thibet
Kabul
Indian Foreign Service
Teheran
Ambacgador
Spain
Lady Durand
Lfe
Col
Henry Russell
Helen Trevelyan
Cornwall
Four Legged Duck Hatches in England With Extra Limbs
A newly hatched duck in England has four legs attached to its chest and coordinates all four limbs in movement. Despite its grotesque look the bird is healthy and swimming speed appears boosted, drawing comparisons to quadruple propellers on a torpedo boat.
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England
Pensioner of 1812 103-year-old veteran still seeks prayer
Hiram Silas Cronk, last pensioner of the 1812 war, aged 103 near Ava New York, is cared for by his daughter Mrs. Sarah Crowley. Born April 29 1800 in Frankfort Herkimer County, Cronk remains lucid on wartime memories and mantains daily prayer. His son and two brothers served in the Sackett's Harbor defense. pension raised to 25 dollars monthly in February.
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Hiram Silas Cronk
Ava
Sarah Crowley
Mr. Cronk
Frankfort
Herkimer County
Crowley
Father
Casper
John
James Cronk
Western
N. Y
Edmund Fuller
New York Volunteers
Sackett’s Harbor
Washington
Hiram Cronk
Father Negahnquet Becomes Priest First Fullblood Indian in Rome
Born 1874 on the Pottawatomie reservation near St Marys Kaw he completed four years in Rome’s Propaganda college and was ordained June 6 by Cardinal Respighi in St John Lateran. Now in Muskogee I T he serves as assistant pastor and does missionary work among the Indians.
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Albert Negahnquet
Propaganda College
Rome
America
Father Negahnquet
Pottawatomie
St. Mary's
Kaw
Indiana
Premier Deakin Leads Australia in Federation Era
Summary of early Australian federation politics noting Sir Edmund Barton’s resignation as premier to join the federal judiciary and the rise of Mr. Deakin as new Commonwealth premier. Details birth in Melbourne 1856, journalism career, irrigation projects, and federation ties. Mentions Barton's England absence in 1902.
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High Court of Justice
Australian Commonwealth
Edmund Barton
Mr. Deakin
Sir E. Barton
England
Melbourne
Victoria
India
Egypt
Italy
Sir E Barton
Federation
Alfred Deakin
Commonwealth of Australia
Girls teach boys gardening in city five acre plot
Miss Misa Hirrel Stevens of 4043 Juanita Street St. Louis leads 70 boys in a Junior School of Horticulture on Shaw Avenue. Each morning eight to ten, instruction covers planting and care as boys till 11 by 165 foot plots. Produce funds their pay. lesson blends farming with character building.
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Misa Hirrel Stevens
Juanita Street
St. Louis
Miss Stevens
W. J. Stevens
Civic Improvement League
Carthage
St. Loula
Adam
Mies Stevens
Koya
Mise Stevens
Panama and Its Capital Panama City Population and Size Comparisons
Republic of Panama spans 32 280 square miles about Maine size and larger than Indian Territory South Carolina and New Hampshire. Population near 285 000 with Panama City at about 35 000. Colon at Atlantic end of the Panama railroad, opened February 17 1855, links to the harbor and steamship wharf.
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New Republic of
Panama
Maine
Indian Territory
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhodes Island
Connecticut
West Virginia
New Jersey
Fanama
I Oormal
Colon
Rapinwall
Atlantic Ocean
New York
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Sir Edward Grey Seen as Future Liberal Leader
Sir Edward Grey baronet long MP for Berwick on Tweed since 1856 is noted as a famed athlete and foreign affairs expert. His wealth, education, and lineage are summarized alongside his role under Rosebery and his potential political future. Power at the Fair reports 50 000 horsepower projected for the St Louis exposition with 8600 volt three phase current and large steam engines. Extermination of the clam notes U S Fish Commission propagation efforts for edible mollusks while New York studies hard and soft clams.
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Edward Grey
Liberal
England
Berwick-on-Tweed
Winchester
Balliol College
Oxford
Sir Edward
Great Britain
Rosebery
St. Louis
Paris
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Agram
Buda- Pesth
Salzburg
Bude-Pesth
Comte de la Vaulx
Comte de Castillion de Saint Victor
Valdahon
Hiram Silab Crone
Sala
Father Regahnquet
Pri
Catholic Church
Negahnquet
Australia
We. Deakin
Richmund Barton
Gardner, Mass
Elbridge Gerry Gigger
Happy Hunting Grounds
Sterling W Childs
Jenny Coffin
Lynn Mase
Han
Texas
Switzerland
Hirrel Stevens
Republic OF Panama
Wow Tathintns State
Juet
Sir Edward Grey
Nocent
Liberal Party
Great
Uritaia
United States Fish Commission
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State of
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