Promoted by Pope O Connell to Washington Catholic University Rector
Mgr Dennis O Connell is named rector of the Catholic University at Washington. Once Cardinal Gibbons private secretary he helped shape American church policy and advised Rome on key matters. Born in Columbia DC he trained at St Charles College Ellicott City and Rome, where he earned a Doctor of Divinity.
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American College
Via Amilia
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Mgr. O'Connell
America
New York
Mark O'Connell
Europe
Mer, O'Connell
Columbia
D. C
Fam
University of Columbia
Mgr. O’connell
St. Charles College
Ellicott City
Church of St. John Lateran
Engineer of Note Isham Randolph Guided Chicago Drainage
Isham Randolph chief engineer of the Chicago sanitary district rose from ax work to lead the drainage canal project. He directed planning that rivals the Suez and Panama channels in scale and may join the Panama commission if Washington selects him. Randolph's early career started with railroads before steering the Will County canal work in 1892 and turning on Lake Michigan water to avert a court injunction in 1900.
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Chicago Sanitary
Chicago
Panama Channel
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Washington
Panama Canal
President Roosevelt
Mr. Randolph
Spooner
Wisconsin
Randolph
Finois
Will County
Lockport
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Smiling Debate with Delegate Marks Smith in Washington
Arizona delegate Mark Smith entered the House restaurant to discuss a recent address to a dry goods clerks association on The Commercial Value of a Smile. He quipped that two smiles cost a quarter, reflecting his view after the talk.
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Tewe
Mark Smith
Arizona
House
Washington
Beaupre of Aurora Named U S Minister to Bogota
Arthur M. Beaupre of Aurora has been appointed United States minister to Bogota Colombia to succeed Charles B Hart He was born July 29 1853 in Oswego Township Kendall County and began in journalism before serving as Kane County clerk and deputy clerk He has worked in diplomacy since McKinleys first administration now serving in Bogota with his wife and a daughter married to British consul Spencer Stuard Dickson Also notes a French physiologist claims most criminals bear large ears.
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Arthur M. Beaupre
Aurora
United States
Bogota
Colombia
Charles B. Hart
Oswego Township
Kendall County
Aurora, Ill
de Kalb
Rora
Kane County
Beaupre
McKinley
Legation
Guatemala
Ister
Spencer Stuard Dickson
British Drum From Bunker Hill Sold To American Legion Post
A historic British snare drum linked to the Battle of Bunker Hill and held by the Smith family of Providence and New Bedford is being sought by major historical societies. The drum, battered and battle scarred, bears an inscription tracing its passage from Levi Smith to Israel Smith Jr and onto the G A R's T A Pierce post in Massachusetts.
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United States
Richard A. Pierce Post
New Bedford
Mass
Bunker Hill
Levi Smith
Providence
Israel Smith, Jr
Thirty-third Massachusetts Regiment
Washington
Rhode Island
Nathaniel Greene
Massachusetts
Smith
Boston Globe
London
Lot
Terael Smith
Israel Smith
Thirty-third Massachusetts Infantry
Sherman
Atlannta
Tt. A. Pierce Post
Department of Massachusetts
ATC
Mr. Smith
Breed’s Hill
King George's
Rhode Island Company
Israel, Jr
S. Brown
Chicago Union League to Build Million Dollar Clubhouse
The Chicago Union League club votes to construct a new clubhouse on Jackson boulevard with a ten story Italian renaissance design. Architect D H Burnham cites lavish New York clubs as a benchmark while promising fireproof construction and 100 plus bedrooms across upper floors. The $1,000,000 project will include a power plant basement dining rooms libraries and extensive staff quarters.
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Chicago Union League Club
D. H. Burnham
University
Union League
Metropolitan
New York
Chicago
Jackson Boulevard
Fourth Avenue
New York official McDonough named Philippine Supreme Court justice
John T. McDonough former secretary of state of New York accepts provisional appointment as justice of the Philippine Supreme Court. Born in 1843 in Ireland, he grew up in Dunkirk and A lbay, studied at St John’s and Columbia Law, served as Dunkirk police magistrate and Chautauqua surrogate, and held roles in the New York constitutional convention and labor statistics bureau before his 1898 election as secretary of state.
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John T. McDonough
New York
Supreme Court of the
Philip
Albay
New York State
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Crown Princess of Saxony Draws Geneva Attention
A Modern Society correspondent in Genoa describes the crown princess of Saxony staying at the Hotel d Angleterre. She charms many locals, while others oppose her, and a climactic meeting with Maitre Adrien Lachenal reveals concerns over her future. The princess seeks assistance unseen by Geneva society. The crown prince's father demands separate residence from Giron and a fixed entourage, a condition she is likely to accept.
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Saxony
Lansomme
Geneva
Hotel d'Angleterre
Fiens
Maitre
Adrien Lachenal
Confederation
Maitre Lachenal
Louis XIV
M. Giron
Louise of
Giron
Tuscany
Prisoner Mrs Taylor Held In Monticello Jail For Arson And Murder
Mrs Lafayette Taylor of Faireburg South Carolina is jailed in Monticello on charges of shooting her husband and burning his body in a kitchen stove. Her 11 year old daughter Ida May also detained, providing crime details. The report notes burned bones ground for feed and floor stains hidden with paint.
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Cifckens
Lafayette Taylor
Faireburg
S. C
Monticello
Ida May
German Crown Prince and Brother Plan Egyptian Levant Tour
Berlin reports detail a two month journey by Wilhelm and Prince Eitel Friedrich starting March 1 from Trieste. An English yacht will carry them to Alexandria then Cairo and the Pyramids before sailing to Khartoum area, Jaffa and Jerusalem, with royal visits to the sultan and King George in Athens. They return via southern Italy and reach Berlin by May 1.
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Rome
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Bonn
Holland
Switzerland
Germany
Baroness Sternberg and Family in Diplomatic Circles
Friends of Baroness von Sternberg formerly Lillian Longhar of Kentucky note her husband’s rise in the German diplomatic service toward ambassadorial duties to the United States. The baroness, a noted beauty, spent years in Louisville with her uncle Arthur Langham and later resided in Washington as a hostess at embassy functions. Her sister Ivy Langham debuted in Simla last winter, with Lord and Lady Core von among her hosts.
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Lillian Longhar
Kentucky
Germany
United States
California
Louisville
Arthur Granville Langham
Washington
Baron von Sternberg
Ivy Langham
Simla
Core von
Experimental farmer crafts cow that yields lager
A farmer near St. Louis reportedly turned a cow into a living brewery by feeding malt hops and water in specific ratios, yielding lager instead of milk. He plans to test with rye sugar hoping for milk and punch.
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St. Louis
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