National Mine Bureau to Investigate All Mine Accidents
Congress funds a national bureau of mines in the interior department to study causes of coal and metal mine accidents, test explosives, and improve safety methods. The law clarifies it will not regulate state operations while expanding rescue stations and introducing an automatic electric shot firer to replace manual blasting.
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United States
Ilinois
Congress
Taft
Interior Department
Geological Survey
Chicago
Cullom of
Mllinois
Senate
Bureau of Mines
National
Pittsburg
Urbana
Ill
Charles I. Dodson
Kansas City
Kan
United States Geological Survey
Hague Arbitration of American Canadian Fishing Rights
The dispute over Newfoundland and New England fishing rights will be heard at The Hague on June 1 by a panel including Dr. Heinrich Lammasch as president and Sir Charles Fitzpatrick as Canada’s chief justice. United States agent Chandler P. Anderson and counsel Elihu Root, George Turner, Samuel J. Elder, James Brown Scott, Charles B. Warren, and Robert Lansing lead the American side.
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Hague
America
Great Britain
Great Peace Tribunal
Canada
Newfoundland
Arbitration
Hague Tribunal
Bryce
Elihu Root
New England
Heinrich Lammasch
Austria
Luis M. Drago
Argentine Republic
Jonkherr A. F. DeSavornin Lohman
Netherlands
George Gray
Delaware
Charles Fitzpatrick
Supreme Court of Canada
United States
Chandler P. Anderson
George Turner
Samuel J. Elder
James Brown Scott
Department of State
Charles B. Warren
Robert Lansing
How to Improve Baked Potatoes
The guide advises letting potatoes rest in a pan of cold water for about an hour then baking them while wet. This method appears to steam the potatoes and speed up the cooking process.
Ennis Seeks 100 Day Transcontinental Walk Record
Stamford born 68 year old John Ennis begins a New York to San Francisco trek to beat Edward Payson Weston’s 105 day crossing. He swims Atlantic before departure and plans Pacific swim finish, having earlier defeated Dan O Leary and Weston in 1908 by covering 110 miles in 22 hours 10 minutes.
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John Ennis
Stamford
Conn
New York
San Francisco
Edward Payson Weston
Atlantic Ocean
Coney Island
Pacific
Ennis
Weston
Pacific Ocean
Dan O'Leary
Ireland
United States
Sundial Gift Marks Columbia College 1885 Graduation
The 1885 Columbia College class will present a granite sundial at Columbia University in New York City on June 1. Harold Jacoby designs a five foot diameter granite sphere atop a ten foot plinth with surface marks showing times by season. The sundial will be a top timekeeper in sunlit weather but unreliable without sun.
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Columbia College
Columbia University
New York City
United States
Harold Jacoby
Jacoby
New York
The Passing of King Edward VII
A short tribute to King Edward VII describing his long princehood and brief reign. It notes his tact grace and ability to wait in a second place praising his humane nature and popularity. The poem suggests kings are not divine and honors the late monarch with honest grief.
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Edward VII
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New York American
Rubber versus silver price sparks reader debate
The front page notes rubber now valued near half the price of silver by weight, with readers noting its greater usefulness. It also references Halley’s comet known since 240 B C and hints at potential stories for prints.
Parades Struggle to Find White Actors for Indian Roles
Report notes the era’s prosperity makes it hard for circuses to recruit white men to portray Indians in parades.
Darkest Africa Unearths Deserted Lonely Wilderness Imagined
A terse reflection portrays Darkest Africa as a desolate lonely region in quiet, unstrenuous days, evoking a sense of isolation and vast emptiness without dramatic action or conflict.
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Africa
Chemist's Last Lecture at Columbia Honors Chandler
A large farewell at Havemeyer hall marks Dr. C F Chandler's final Columbia talk after teaching 20 000 students since 1857. An old Union college attendee, Edward North, received the surprise tribute as Chandler reflected on arsenic antimony and eye opening alloy lore before thanking his class with a silver cup.
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C. F. Chandler
Gottingen University
Schenectady
N. Y
Union College
Havemeyer Hall
Chandler
Columbia University
Edward North
North
Roosevelt's Famous Aid and Dundonald's Cavalry Feats
The Earl of Dundonald led cavalry in the Natal campaign that broke Boer lines before Ladysmith. As a young major he guided wounded convoys in the Nile, rode with dispatches across the desert, and later commanded the Canadian militia before a dismissal in Ottawa. Burke
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Lord Dundonald
Ladysmith
Earl of Dundonald
George V
Theodore Roosevelt
London
Natal
Nile
Metemneh
Abu Klea
Goubat
Ottawa
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John J. Ingalls
Aberdeen
E. Wishkah St
Pearson & Baumert
National Mine Bureau
the Hague
Connecticut
Sundial
Columbia
Roosevelt
Burke
ING CI
Golden West
Rogers & Schoebel
Props
South G Street
Gipen
Brays Harbor
E. Wishkah
Grays Harbor
Panama
East
Hume St
Aberdeen Livery & Transfer Co
H. E. Hulet
Fred Travis
Mer
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