Not Included in the New Watch Trust Says Old Time
Commentary notes Spain plans a thorough naval buildup and critiques imperial policy. It jokes about the clock of time, reflects on Dewey and figures like Admiral Dewey possibly wearing side whiskers, and mocks sensational fears of candy poisoning while touching on France in Madagascar and China as global powers contend for influence.
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New Watch Trust
France
Madagascar
China
Lord Charles Beresford
England
America
London
Gruff Old Bear
Las
Italy
Ching
Rural parson as deputy sheriff urged amid telephone expansion
A rural Virginia parson who interrupted service to arrest thieves is urged to become a deputy while managing a gospel mill, with the idea of naming his own salary in the West. The piece notes rising telephone extension in agricultural regions, improving farm commerce and reducing isolation as exchanges connect farmers to merchants and enable easier ordering of goods.
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Virginia
Glorious West
Clourch
Telephone E Company
Russia and China in a world of disarmament and decline
The article argues Russia should disarm to fund schools, noting 40 percent of Russian youths cannot read or write and over 10,000 villages lack schools. It predicts China’s decline amid Western powers carving its supposed heirlooms, while Russia asserts reform and pacifism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russian Empire
Russia
England
Germany
United States
Mongoose as Ancient Egyptian Sacred Animal
The piece notes the ichneu mon or mongoose valued for eating crocodile and snake eggs. Rev Chauncey Maples explains how the creature cracks eggs by throwing them against a wall and then sucking the shell dry. It mistakes other objects like bones or stories for eggs, treating them similarly and seemingly wasting hours trying to break round stones or bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Maples
East Africa
Artisan Buried at Westminster Abbey
George Graham noted as the only artisan buried in Westminster Abbey. The famed instrument maker is credited with clock work innovations around 1700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Westminster Abbey
George Graham
Man With 250 Pound Wife Supported Large Family
A reported story notes a man living with a wife weighing 250 pounds and describing the burden and scale of supporting a large family. The piece frames the household as sizeable and demanding attention to resources and responsibilities.
International Wire Teasers Of Turbulent Times
A condensed set of early 20th century items: General Pilar seeks surrender in the Philippines. Mary Coleman hanged in Moscow Idaho. a Georgia couple’s child fire tragedy. 5000 Spanish prisoners taken in Luzon. dock riot at Cienfuegos. Nordstrom sentenced to hang. Lockridge’s arrest after claimed drowning. copper trusts expand in Montana. Rear Admiral Watson to relieve Dewey. Dewey fund collections start in Washington. Moscow Idaho indictments for mob leaders delaying trains. U.S. to establish a military post in SE Alaska. boundary tensions and Indian unrest cited. New York allocates 150000 for Dewey welcome. Chicago man shoots two after being reproved. window glass trust forms. California sugar factory man kills wife then dies. Wheeling Steel gives 10 percent raise. Pawnee Bill’s Wild West parade disrupted in Princeton. McKinley aims to be in the West with volunteers. Salt Lake miners denounce Wardner action. Washington volunteers to return to Sound. Hassalo the fastest sternwheeler. Britannia to lay Atlantic cable strand. Russia seeks rail concession in Manchuria. Berwind-White Coal raises wages for 10000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Nordstrom
William Mason
Seattle
William Lockridge
Missouri
Astoria
Montana
Marcus Daly
W. A. Clake
Montana Viilionaires
Washington
Index
John G. Watson
Admiral Dewey
City of Peking
San Francisco
Dewey
United States
Roberts
Felix Angus
Baltimore American
Moscow
Idaho
Grand Jury
Northern Pacific
Canyon Creek
Wardner
Alaska
Chicago
Window Glass Trust
California
Wheeling Steel & Iron Company
Wheeling
W. Va
Ita
Pawnee Bill
Princeton
Agoncillo Said to Be in Hong Kong Under Alias
Compiled across dispatches many items note Agoncillo in Hong Kong under an assumed name. Other world events include a deadly Australian hurricane, peace conference arbitration, and U S political and military updates.
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Agoncillo
Hong Kong
Local News Briefs Include Death By Pebble and Resignation
Marysville man H. Rulhlen killed by a stone from a boy's sling. Frederick H. Gibbons resigns after 24 years as treasurer of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad. A prominent English figure, Leo Whitton, died at Macclesfield weighing 714 pounds.
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H. Rulhlen
Marysville, O
Frederick H. Gibbons
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Enggand
Macclesfield
Leo Whitton
Burial ground for animals at Coxsackie NY opens grounds
A 110 acre burial ground for animals and birds has been established at Coxsackie New York. Sister Hyacinth of St Marys of the Springs died in Columbus Ohio from a shock on hearing of Bishop Watersons death. General Arthur MacArthur was one of the Civil War boy heroes and earned a medal at eighteen before commanding a fighting regiment a year later.
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Coxsackie
N. Y
Hyacinth
St. Mary's of the Springs
Columbus
Waterson
Arthur MacArthur
Eivil
Peace Conference Opens At The Hague Telegram Honors Emperor
The Hague May 20. M de Beaufort opens the peace conference and welcomes delegates in The House of Wood. He notes The Hague as fitting venue and hopes for lasting peace. The body sends a congratulatory telegram to Emperor Nicholas II and thanks him for his initiative. President McKinley sends greetings to the czar on the conference opening.
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M. de Beaufort
McKinley
Emperor Nicholas
The
Hague
Russia
Caar
M. deStaal
Great Britain
M. de Staal
Netherlands
Huis Ten Bosch
A. P. C. van Karnebeck
Washington
Nicholas II
St. Petersburg
William M’kinley
Nicara gua canal plan settled cost set at 125 million
Washington May 20 The Nicara gua canal commissioners Admiral Walker Colonel Haines and Mr Haupt reportedly settle long running disagreements. They fix the waterway cost at 125 000 000 and favor a full route as easier to build safer and more reliable. Report expected to go to the president on return from Hot Springs.
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Washington
Nicaragua Canal
Admiral Walker
Haines
Haupt
Hot Springs
Congress
Vere
Alger
Arizona
Interior
Kobbe Captures Candaba After Rio G Run In War
Major Kobbe’s northward push along the Rio Grande with Captain Grant’s gunboat Bay led to the surrender of Candaba to American forces. An English speaking Filipino contingent reportedly aided by the attackers capitulated as the expedition secured the town yesterday.
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Kobbe
Law
Grant
Untitled fragment on troop hols draft notes
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a plan to impose or discuss hols for troops. The readable text is limited and unclear, lacking concrete names, dates, or locations.
Brooke disobeyed orders on Cuban arms transfer
Washington reports General Brooke defied President Roosevelt by seeking to hand over Cuban arms to Cuban authorities. He agreed with General Gomez that arms should be returned to Cuban hands, while officials say the move delays the planned $8 million Cuban army distribution and upsets war department policy.
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New York
Washington
Brooke
United States Army
Gomez
Corbin
Springs
War Department
Ale
Cuba
Treasury Overflows With Gold Amid Pay Delays
Washington reports a gold surplus as government salaries stay unpaid. The treasury holds about 223 million dollars in gold, exceeding the legal reserve by 123 thousand, with the surplus growing monthly and triggering fears of a paper money shortage in the capital.
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Washington
Tre
United States
Department
Treasury
Double Shooting Reported In St Louis and Kentucky
St Louis: David J. Fie shot and killed his servant Robert W Stratford in the vestibule of Fies Vernon avenue residence after Stratford allegedly attacked him. Fie surrendered to police. Middlesboro Kentucky: ex Sheriff Combs shot Jennie Gibson and Matt Gibson at a dance following a disturbance. Jennie died and Combs surrendered.
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Humphrey Taylor
Rosenstein
Slidell
Fritz Passau
Gow
St. Louis
David J. Fie
Robert W. Stratford
Vernon Avenue
Stratford
Middlesboro
Jennie Gibson
Sargent
Con
Lether County
Dance
Combs
Matt
Jennie
Bridge Builders Score Victory Over Foreign Rivals
In Philadelphia on May 20 the Phoenix Bridge Company beat foreign rivals in a contest. The firm, based in Phoenixville, received a contract to supply steel bridges for construction on the Siberian railroad. The Hawaii National Guard is an entirely American organization.
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Philadelphia
Amer Bridge Builders
Phoenix Bridge Company
Why
Phoenixville
Adie
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Aberdeen Herald
Aberdeen
Spain
Trusts
George Dewey
Emma Nevada
Madrid
London Spectator
Epitome
News of the World
Pilar
Mary Coleman
Luzon
Cienfuegos
New York City
Philippines
Federation of Miners
Salt Lake
Washington Volunteers
Manila
Sound
Ihassalo
Portland
Commercial
Britannia
Azores
Peking
Manchuria
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
Funes
Nicaragua
Charles Buckalew
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Pana
Buffalo Etrikere
Quigley
Yukon River
Lake Lebarge
Dawson
Cervera
Santiago
Hampton Roads
Rossland
Paris
Olympia
Forte
Levi Moore
Kansas City
Slot
Jennie Campbell
Ella Landis
Anna Meek
Campbell
Moore
Otis
Havana
Merriam
Burke and Mullan
Diaz
Mexico
Baker
United States District Court
Indianapolis
Oregon Regiment
Lawton
Mayhew
Boyle
Stimson
San Isidro
Juan Monttoto
Summers
Oregon
Jackey
Demora
Sily
Luna
del Pilar
Eulking
Agnin Aldy
San
Cabenatuan
San Miguel
Aguinaldo
Agi
I General
Fforts
Ons
Funston
Gracie
Alberto Ba
Zeguinaldo
Filipi
iLuna
Argu Warters
Miles Fronton
Tarla Fernando
Mai
Sport W
Greeby
Siberis
the Natitional Guard of
Hawaii
Itio
Atroy
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