Prudent Tarkio farmer ranks as top U S stock feeder
Missouri’s David Rankin, owner of about 22 000 acres across 14 ranches, is hailed as the nation’s most extensive individual farmer. The New York Sum credits him as the world’s largest stock feeder, selling thousands of cattle and hogs in 1902 and 1900, with yearly gains over 100 000. Rankin manages with 700 teams and 220 men, issuing monthly reports from each foreman. He splits time between fields, barns, and aiding laborers, and supports education with a 50 000 donation to United Presbyterian college at Tarkio. He recalls starting with almost nothing and building prosperity through hard work.
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United States
David Rankin
Tarkio
New York
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Ran
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School of
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Brebun
Sera
Goden
New York Herald
Senator Allison Sole Survivor of Senate's Changes
The Washington Post notes Senator Allison entered the senate in 1873 and remains the sole member to have served continuously since then. It recalls colleagues from Nevada Oregon Iowa and other states who held long tenures, with many carpet baggers from the South. He has witnessed the Senate’s complete turnover except for his own continued service.
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Senate
Washington Post
Stewart
Nevada
John H. Mitchell
Oregon
Mitchell
John FP. Jones
Iowa
Powell Clayton
Ambaszador
Mexico
Stephen W. Dorsey
Arkansas
John B. Gordon
Georgia
John A. Logan
Richard J. Oglesby
Illinois
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
Hannibal Hamlin
Lot M. Morrill
Maine
George 8. Bout
James W. Flanagan
Texas
George F. Edmunds
Justin
Classic memorial to honor Illinois soldiers at Vicksburg design
The Illinois Vicksburg military park commission plans a 48 by 58 foot temple in the national park at Vicksburg. The design evokes Rome’s Pantheon and Minerva’s Temple, with top lighting and bronze panels bearing Illinois soldiers’ names. A representation of Grant’s breakthrough and Pemberton’s surrender will be featured. Deaths include Homer N. Hayes of Kansas City from a swallowed pin, with complications from a ruptured stomach. The Boston port of New Chwang is noted as the world’s largest bean market.
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Erva
Rome
Vicksburg
Pemberton
Grant
Illinois
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Homer N. Hayes
Kansas City
Colorado Springs
Boston
New Chwang
Liao River
Negro Cook Receives Confederate Cross of Honor at Nashville Camp
Preston Roberts known as Uncle Pete of Collierville, a long time camp servant for Forrest’s cavalry and First Tennessee Regiment, is to be awarded the Confederate Cross of Honor. He formerly commanded seventy five black cooks, earning praise for faithful service through 1861 to 1865. His application was endorsed by white veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy, marking the first such honor to a Negro in southern Confederate camps.
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Memphis, Tenn
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Nashville
South
Preston Roberts
Collierville
Tenn
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Memphis
Pete
Daughters of the Confederacy
Lee
Uncle Pete
Uncle Pres
Coliierville
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Uncle Pree
F.T. Scott
Ed Porter
Somerville
van Dorn
Spring Hill
Gen. Forrest
Palm trees of Ceylon and their village uses
The cocoanut palm supports Singalese life in the low country with sap for spirits, nut kernels in curry, milk as guest beverage, oil for lamps, fibre for nets, rope for tethering livestock, and leaf and wood for construction and roofing. Its leaf ribs even form brooms and bird cages before cultivation.
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Colombia moves troops toward Panama and island annexation
The Bogota press appeals to fund a larger army as war fears grow. Colombia reportedly bought American ships to transport troops. The United States limits itself to guarding the railroad and blocking troop landings near Panama. Colombians landed on Old Providence and St Andrews Islands seeking Panama annexation, denied by Panama.
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Colombia
Panama
Old Providence
Republic of Panama
St. Andrews
Nicaragua
Providence Island
Navy seeks heavy ships in House naval bill approval needs
Admiral Dewey backed heavy fighting ships over the general board in the naval appropriation bill scope totaling 95.2 million dollars. The plan includes one battleship two armored cruisers three scout cruisers and two squadron colliers with reappropriation of last year’s submarine funds. Armor plate factory planned cost four million with secretary of the navy authorized to build if private bidders fall short.
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House Committee On Naval Affairs
General Board
Moody
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Conquest of Thibet Sparks European Debate
Europe debates England’s Thibet expedition led by Col Younger and Col MacDonald as a force of up to four thousand to protect and enforce the Great Britain Thibet treaty. China signals no obstacle while mission gains local approval.
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Thibet
Col
Young
Husband
MacDonald
Rusala
Ann Point
Great Britain
Russia
Peking
Amban
China
Lanaa
Huc and
Gabet
Lassa
Weavy Little Fellow Gen Huertas Gallant Panamanian Leader
Biographical sketch of Gen Esteban Huertas commander in Panama forces. Describes his start as a bugle boy, wartime exploits in Panama, capture of two officers during a bloodless revolution, and a nervy arrest trick. Notes he has one hand, is about two feet tall, weighs 107 pounds, and is highly regarded as a strategist.
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Esteban Huertas
Panama
Huertas
Ross
Colombia
Stephen B Elkins for VP Nomination in Republican Ticket
Stephen Benton Elkins, a U S senator serving his second term, emerges as a suggested Republican vice presidential candidate. Born September 26, 1841 in Perry county Ohio, he moved to Missouri, graduated 1860, became a lawyer, served in New Mexico as legislator and attorney general, and was a U S district attorney and delegate in congress. He later moved to West Virginia and gained prominence in traction gas and mining firms. He also served as secretary of war from 1841 to 1893.
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N. B. Scott
United States
Senate
Perry County
Ohio
Missouri
State University
New Mexico
Territory
Atrorney
Congress
West Virginia
Elkins
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