Tangles of Opinion and Oddities in New York Life
A scattered column highlights social quirks and evolving transport plans in New York and beyond. It notes electric traction replacing steam engines, calls for sensible place names, and critiques rising cigarette use while praising outdoor sports and child health studies. It mentions editor Joel Chandler Harris, canal work in New Jersey, and irrigation in the Rocky Mountain states.
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Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nebraska
Utah
Wyoming
News Chronicle Of The World Highlights
A rapid digest reports Clark Ridpath’s death in New York. Destructive weather and dockyard damage near Brooklyn. Yamen envoy delays cipher messages to Pekin ministers. Italian troops pledge allegiance to the new king at Rome. Reports from Pekin and Tokyo on hostage garrison and negotiations. US favors quick Pekin advance, Chaffee empowered. Monsoon weakness threatens famine in India. Boers surrendering. Free State army waning. Chile floods drown twelve and render thousands homeless. Senator Wellington opposes McKinley. Humbert assassination mourned in Italy. Fraser River fishermen strike largely ended. Russian and Chinese clashes in Manchuria. Pokden tensions rise. Roosevelt to retire from active campaigning in August. Power’s trial discusses motives in Kentucky capital events. Hobart estate worth $2,625,042. National Telephone & Telegraph files incorporation. Hawaii judge appoints Portland clerk.
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Hobart
National Telephone & Telegraph Company
Trenton
Mates
United States District Court of
Hawaii
Walter J. Wailing
Vortland
Perkins
California
Global turmoil and local incidents dominate Ashland to Oregon rail fires
War talk shifts from China to the Philippines as battles, troop movements, and diplomatic measures unfold. Reports note fires in Ashland and La Grande causing tens of thousands in damage while political figures and officials ponder costs, leadership, and possible municipal changes.
Manapolis Sun Quips On Speech and Beans Tale
A fragment from the Manapolis Sun suggests a playful literary line about speaking softly and truth. The text hints at a pun involving beans and a familiar phrase, implying a light editorial or cartoonish note rather than a full article.
BEWET SURROUNDED BOERS SHORT OF AMMUNITION
Pretoria is reported as surrounded near Reitzburg with no escape for Boer forces. They plan to stand at Machadodorp and face shortages of ammo and food. General Botha blocks reinforcements as skirmishes continue. A train carrying US consul Stowe was attacked, and atrocities prompt exile of Pretoria residents.
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Christian Dewet
Reitzburg
Machadodorp
Generaliamison
Botha
United States
Stowe
Honing Spruit
Kroonstad
Pretoria
Train Robbery Killings Rattle Colorado Frontier
Two masked bandits robbed an east bound Union Pacific passenger train near Hugo Colorado after a stop. One of the passengers Fay a California resident resisted and was fatally shot. The robbers escaped with about 100 dollars in cash and several watches and jewelry. Paris cab strike reports accompany the scene with guards protecting the stalls after a fire at St Owen Cab Company headquarters.
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Salina
Khan
Union Pacific
Denver
Hugo, Colo
Miles
Fay
California
St. Louis
Simon
Paseepgere
Paris
Caimlee Cat Company
St. Owen
Rioting mob death and jail in New Orleans case update
New Orleans reports a man killed during mob riots last Friday. believed to be Burke Jackson, later proved not Jackson. Jackson captured at Ida Mississippi and returned to New Orleans jail. Also notes about missionaries from China aboard the transport Logan, General York death in Natchez at 86, Detroit heat record, Chicago heat deaths, Columbus car collision injuring six including Julian Rose of Boston, Fred Gefeller, E Fuller, and Carl Filbert. Our foreign trade continues to show great increase.
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Vivid
Casper Whitney
The
Independent
United States
Spain
Whitney
Ope Colgner
New Orleans
Burke Jackson
Jackson
Ida, Miss
Columbus
Julian Rose
Boston
Mass
Fred Gefeller
E. Fuller
Carl Filbert
Navy issues circular for six armored cruisers plans
The secretary of the navy calls for bids to build six armored cruisers three under the March 3 act and three under the June 7 act. Vessels feature double screws, coppered or unsheathed hulls, high speed, and specified gun batteries with set penalties for delays.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Ti Sip Builders
Sim
Building Collapse Injures Nine At Broadway Walker Site
A construction accident on Broadway at Walker Street left nine workers injured when five heavy iron girders weighing over a ton slipped from a derrick and crashed through floors. Three youths aged 11 to 17 and six others were hospitalized. Alfred Norton faces criminal neglect charges.
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Broadway
Walker
M Troldberg & Co
Walker Street
Alfred Norton
Center Street
Forest Fires Rage in Sierra Madre Near Camp Sturtevant
Great fires sweep the Sierra Madre mountains near Los Angeles. Camp Sturtevant reports the threat to the camp has lessened but fire fighters face heavy work ahead to check the flames. If not halted soon a large area of the San Gabriel forest reserve will be devastated beyond the 15 to 20 square miles already burned.
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Cal
Sierra Madre Mountains
Camp
Sturtevant
San Gabriel Forest Reserve
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