Army appointments loom as Chaffee to head army in 1904
Fresh Army Gossip reports President Roosevelt will appoint Adna Chaffee to succeed Gen. Miles as commander in chief after Miles retires in August 1904. Corbin announces plans for three major general vacancies due to retirements in 1904 and 1906, with Young and Davis awaiting promotion considerations and Wade, Sumner, and Wood as line of advancement.
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Adna R. Cheffer
Department of the East
Governor's Island
B. M. Young
Corbin
Cleveland
Board of Trade
Clinflee
Young
Gen. Young
Gen
Miles
Gen. Miles
Chaffee
Robert P. Hughes
Department of California
George W. Davis
Department of the Philippines
Wade
Sumner
Wood
Gen. Wood
Roosevelt
Gen. Chaffee
United States Army
Sixth Cavalry Regiment
Regular Army
Company IK
Gettysburg
Dinwiddie Court House
Chickamauga
Santiago
Congress
China
Philippines
Five Generations Gather for Christening in Oldham Church
A rare five generation family gathering forms around a christening at St Pauls Church in Oldham England. The ceremony centers on baby Silk with his father and multiple ancestors spanning great grandmother and great great grandmother represented in attendance.
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Oldham
St. Paul's Church
England
Silk
Anti-Breakfast Society Forms in Manchester England
A new group in Manchester, England, advocates skipping the morning meal. Members argue that breakfast slows mental and physical activity and causes ailments such as indigestion and dyspepsia.
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Manchester
England
Baron Speck von Sternberg named charge d affaires in Washington
German consul general at Calcutta is appointed charge d affaires at Washington during Ambassador Holleben's absence on sick leave. He is favored as eventual ambassador. his prior roles include Berlin recall over China talks and Samoan conference involvement. Baron von Sternberg married Miss Langham of London in December 1900.
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Baron Speck von Sternberg
Calcutta
Washington
von Holleben
Germany
von Buelow
Dr. von Holleben
Rosesvelt
Baron Herman Speck von Sternberg
China
Berlin
Baron von Sternberg
London
Laugtaim
Idaho
Arthur Langham
Louisville
Griscom Promoted to Tokyo Post After Mourning Death
Lloyd C. Griscom, our minister to Persia, is transferred to the American mission in Tokyo following the sudden death of Alfred E. Lack. Griscom began in diplomacy in 1893, has served as secretary, war correspondent, and consul, and now moves to a more conspicuous post with a larger salary. He is expected to be well received by the Japanese government.
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Alfred E. Lack
Japan
Lloyd C. Griscom
Persia
Griscom
Thomas ¥. Bayard
Court of St. James
Colombia
New York City
United States Volunteer Army
Cuba
McKinley
Sec
Constantinople
Porte
Mr. Griscom
Clement A. Griscom
Philadelphia
Tokio
Beit Wealth and War Shadow in South Africa
Alfred Beit, famed South African magnate, faces a suspected apoplexy while in Johannesburg. His vast holdings around Kimberley and the Hamburg diamond trade, plus a Park Lane London palace, fuel rumor he may be among the world’s richest men. Rhodes and Beit built the Boer War era fortunes, but Beit’s health and future control of vast resources remain uncertain.
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Alfred Beit
South Africa
Mr. Beit
Johannesburg
Dr. Jameson
London
Wernher, Beit & Co
Beitigrand
Cecil Rhodes
Bell
Kimberley
Rhodes
Beit
Creau
Beil
Hamburg
Park Lane
Austrian Prisoners Refuse Food Raise Noise
Two thousand inmates in a Vienna prison have stopped eating for ten days. They occupy themselves by howling in chorus from morning till night, creating deafening disruption. Authorities threaten expulsion unless behavior improves, recalling a man who vowed to leave without his change.
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Vienna
Oldest Marses Team Puzzles Schoharie Farm Tale
An aged horse team in Schoharie County New York has a combined age of 70 years, with individuals 37 and 33 years old. The pair, raised on the same farm, still works the land, appears well, and eats three meals daily despite their great ages.
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Marses
Schoharie County
N.Y
Limantour Named Likely Diaz Successor in Mexico
Jose Yves Limantour, Mexico's finance minister, praised as a brilliant lawyer and reformer. His rise from unknown to trusted assistant accompanied Diaz’s reforms, including abolishing interstate taxes and modernizing currency and banking. His diplomacy and banking reforms position him as a probable president, potentially amid civil conflict.
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Jose ¥. Limantour
Repuhite
Mexico
Diaz
Limantour
Otce
Finance
Diazgent
Romero
Washington
America
Europe
Lkely
Devil's Tea Table in Morgan County A Geological Oddity
The Devil's Tea Table near McConnelsville Morgan County rises 25 feet high with a 33 by 20 feet flat top. A wedge shaped rock perched on shale base and sandstone summit, it has long drawn visitors from far afield. Recent erosion has made the formation seem unstable prompting local anxiety about nearby buildings. The feature marks a relic of nature possibly the glacial epoch.
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McConnelsville
Morgan County
The Matos Revolt Against Castro Regime
Venezuelan revolutionary Gen Manuel Antonio Matos led a bid to topple President Castro, expending millions from personal wealth to fund 10 000 fighters. After landing at Barcelona and later Curaçao, the movement faltered amid heavy fighting and poor health, with Matos retiring near Willemstead.
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Manuel Antonio Matos
Crespo Uml
Andrade
Castro
Guzman Lance
Manco
Caracas
New York
Bank of Venezuela
Bank of Caricas
New York Herald
Matos
Martinique
Fort de France
Lugiiio Mendoza
Barcelona
Gen Matos
Trinidad
Pedro Ezequiel Rojas
Pedro Puchaine
Valensis Perez
Venezuela
West Indies
Hard to Get There. A Pole of Success Insight
A clipped Chicago Daily News quotation notes a top roofed pole of success, describing the challenge of reaching high status. The line frames ambition as a slippery climb with public perception and effort intertwining in pursuit of achievement.
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Chicago Daily News
William A Richards Wisconsin to Wyoming Pioneer Leader
A Milwaukee Sentinel profile traces William Alford Richards career from Hazel Green Wisconsin to Wyoming surveyor general governor and assistant commissioner of the general land office. It notes his early teaching in Wisconsin, westward travels to California Colorado and Wyoming, roles as surveyor and city engineer, and his call to public service under McKinley.
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Plains of
Wyoming
Land Office of
United States
Uniomt
William Alford Richards
Hazel Green
Wis
Truman Perry Richards
Richards
Milwaukee Sentinel
Great West
Wisconsin
West
Golden Gate
Omaha
Ife
California
Santa Clara County
Colorado
el Paso
Colorado Springs
McKinley
Gov. Richards
Washington
General Land Office
Interior Department
H. Clay Evans
Pensions
London
William A. Jones
Rear Admiral Walker a Panama Canal expert for guiding project
Retired Rear Admiral Walker is described as the most informed on interoceanic canal routes having served on the United States canal commission since its formation. He has personally examined both the Panama and Nicaraguan routes and may be named to supervise construction once obstacles to the big ditch are removed. Also notes a story on Gonewives and a reminder that four will extinguish burning oil.
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Walker
United States Canal Commission
Panama
United States
Admiral Walker
Big Ditch
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Adna R. Chaffee
Speck von Sternberg
Bpeck
von Sternberg
Geru Empire
Mack
Ame
Lloyd C. Grisco
Cape Tresevani
Alfred Beites
Jose Yves Limantour
Axe
Mexie
Jose Yves Limontaur
DEVIL
Collapac
Muskingum Valley
Buckeye
Ohio
Gen. Matos
Bas
Bia Priie Fort
Manuela, Matos
William A. Richards
the Land Office
United States Land Ofice
Rear Admiral Walker
John G. Walker
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