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War Secretary Picked as General Oliver Replaces Sanger
The president appoints Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver as assistant secretary of war to succeed Col. William Carey Sanger who has resigned. Major world events include a typhoon in Tonquin with thousands killed and a long Plague report from Chile. The article lists numerous incidents from accidents to crimes and industrial fire losses across the globe and in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shaw Oliver
William Carey Sanger
Supt
Langtry
Smithsonian Institute
United States
Wilson
Santiago de Chile
State Department
Santiago
Treasury Department
Minnesota
Spain
Southport
Waterloo
Eng
Nadojka
Volga
Hislna-Novegoros
Great Western Railway Company of England
London
Plymouth
Hanoi
Namdini
Tonquin
Pilgrim's Club
George Washington
St. Paul's Cathedral