Prof Jacques Loeb seeks Berkeley chair. Chicago scientist in San Francisco
Professor Jacques Loeb of the University of Chicago has gone to San Francisco to pursue research and is courted by the University of California. President Harper fears losing him and a sea aquarium was promised to attract his stay as Loeb expands studies on life formation and salts effects.
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Jacques Loeb
University of Chicago
San Francisco
Wheeler
University of California
Berkeley
Harper
Loeb
Pacific Coast
California
Philadelphia
Germany
Strassburg
Wurzburg
Bryn Mawr
Hull Physiology Laboratory
Loch
Tie
Prof
Lansing skull photo suggests prehistoric man in America
Kansas City curator M C Tong photographed the Lansing skull with an illustration from a photo. Mr Long, who owns the skull, backs the view it belongs to a glacial period human. Prof S W Williston of Kansas Univ. agrees.
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M. C. Tong
Kansas City Public Museum
Lansing
Kansas City Star
Long
Kansas University
Kan
Prof
Williston
North America
Europe
America
River Loess
Curator Long
Harriet Lane Johnson Nobel Guest in Edwardian London
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson, recently retired in Washington, attended King Edward's coronation by royal invitation. Niece of the late President Buchanan, she once hosted the White House during the youth of the Prince of Wales in 1860. Married in 1866 to Henry Elliott Johnson, she lived in Wheatland before settling in Washington. The king’s invitation recalled her hospitality to the prince.
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Harriet Lane Johnson
London
Washington
Edward
Johnson
President Buchanan
White House
Prince of Wales
Lane
Henry Elliott Johnson
Wheatland
Miss Lane
England
White House to Get Distinctive New China and Glassware
The United States will add a new state porcelain service for the White House, featuring the great seal enameled on the pieces. Designed by Theodora R. Davis and manufactured by Wedgwood, the set emphasizes a simple colonial pattern in gold, ready for January use, with about 800 pieces valued around $30,000. The glassware includes 144 pieces of fine goblets and table pieces.
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Theodore Roosevelt
White House
United States
Haviland & Co
France
Albany
Roosevelt
The
van Heusen
Edward
Russia
Woman Finds 25 Coin Bottles While Gardening
Mrs. Merrtha S. Hill of Milwaukee discovers 25 bottles buried in her yard containing coins and paper money totaling $1,000. A note by Dr. Caspar Schuerman, now deceased, claimed he burned $10,000. The widow disputes the claim and Mrs. Hill continues gardening in the same spot.
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Merrtha S. Hill
Milwaukee
Wis
Caspar Schuerman
Tony
Washington's Trough Rehomed As Historic Relic At Bartram Estate
The famed stone basin Washington watered his horses from has been moved from the old frame pumphouse beside the Bartram mansion to a prominent spot outside the historic house. It stands as a preserved relic rather than a functional cistern, near the Washington arbor and river front. Nearby are two boxwood trees from Smyrna sent by the Earl of Bute over 160 years ago.
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Washington
Te Bartram Mansion
Washington Arbor
Bartram
Statues for Chicago to House Washington Equestrian Replica
Chicago officials plan to install a 40 foot bronze replica of Washington in Washington Park. The sculpture, designed by James C. French and cost 48000, was cast in Paris by the Daughters of the Revolution. Remaining funds include 11000 to be raised by the South Park Board with Foreman and Best on site selection and pedestal plans. President Crilly backs McKinley statue funding with 11000 toward base and pedestal.
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Washington
James C. French
Boston
Paris
Daughters of the Revolution
Washington Park
Chicago
Chimga
Henry C. Foreman
South Park Board
South Park
Foreman
Best
French
Concord
Gen. Cass
Capitol
Rufus Choate
Boston Court House
John Harvard
Cambridge
Mase
Gallaudet
Crilly
President McKinley
McKinley Park
Hodgkin and Walton
McKinley
Man of Wide Force George Baer Shapes Coal War Fate
A profile of George F Baer president of the Reading Company and leading Pennsylvania coal operators. It notes his decisive stance in the coal strike that could curb or expand U S anthracite use, his restrained public profile, and his career from editor to lawyer to railroad chief. Details cover his upbringing in Somerset Pa military service Civil War era, legal victories for the Reading, and his residences Hawthorne Reading and a Philadelphia townhouse.
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Philadelphia
George F. Baer
United States
Baer
Reading Company
Pennsylvania
W. F. Clark
Wilkesbarre
Eaid of Christ
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Baer
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Somerset Democrat
Somerset
Henry
The
Democrat
George
Army of the Potomac
Reading
Hawthorne
Spruce Street
Charles F Murphy Leads Tammany Eighteenth District
Charles F Murphy, a young, carefully trained Tammany Hall leader born on the East Side, rose after Senator Eddie Hagan's death to head the Eighteenth District. Once a car driver and later a liquor businessman turned politician, he built a compact organization rivaling the famed Twenty eighth. He has served as a dock commissioner in the Van Wyck era, remains unmarried, and lives facing Stuyvesant Square on East Seventeenth Street. His demeanor is quiet, fearless, and controlling, with a strategist’s mind and a limited smile.
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Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
East Side
County Democracy
Eddie” Hagan
Eighteenth District
Farfamed
van Wyck
Mr. Murphy
East Seventeenth Street
Stuyvesant Square
Edmund Vail Announces Run for Twenty first Ohio District
Edmund Vail a Cleveland blacksmith and prominent Lam Johnson faction member declared his candidacy to represent the Twenty first Ohio district in congress. The district covers Cuyahoga County and 27 Cleveland wards. Vail known for liberal radical views and labor advocacy, backed by Tom Johnson and popular with workingmen. Incumbent Theo dore H Burton won last election over Sylvester Macmahon with 28 605 to 21 047 votes. other candidates included George H Lyttle Albert L Talcott Paul Dinger and Max Hayes.
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Ohio
Cuyshoga
Cleveland
American Shipbuilding Company
Vail
Theodore H. Burton
Sylvester V. Macmahon
George H. Lyttle
Albert L. Talcott
Paul Dinger
Max Hayes
Tom Johnson
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