Crown Prince Eul Wha comes to America to study English
Prince Eul Wha, heir to the Korean throne, arrives in Washington under care of Sin Ba Too to study English perhaps at California or Stanford. The prince, small and dark, resembles Japanese in appearance and travels with an interpreter from the Korean legation. A Chicago inventor introduces a musical bicycle device that plays tunes via piano wires on a bike frame, powered by the crank, with adjustable tempo and a shutoff feature.
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Korea
Eul Wha
University of Callifornia
Leland Stanford
Sin Ba Too
Prince Eul Wha
Washington
Royal Oriental
Chicago
Lords panel bars profits from Rochdale tram system
The Police and Sanitary Committee in the Lords added an amendment to a Rochdale tram bill, forbidding profits from the undertaking to fund city expenses or non service aims. The move aligns with Glasgow and other British municipal trading practices.
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Rochdale
Police and Sanitary Committee
House of Lords
Glasgow
Princess Marie Seeks Divorce Amid Royal Unhappiness
Princess Marie of Mecklenberg-Strelita sues for separation from Count Jamatel. The couple’s unhappy marriage involves royal watchers including kings and queens. The pair wed under Infanta Eulalie of Spain during Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair-driven sponsorship.
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Marie of
Paris
Infanta Eulalie
Spain
Chicago
Immigration Trends at New York Port in Fiscal Year
During the year ending June 30 1900 about 341 711 foreigners entered through New York. Total immigration likely near 630 000. The shift compares southern and eastern European newcomers with the western and northern origins of thirty years ago.
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New York
Europe
London council advances Thames passenger steamer plan
The London County Council Rivers committee has moved from talk to a detailed plan for a passenger steamboat service on the Thames after private firms failed. The scheme is being prepared as a basis for a parliamentary power application.
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London County Council
Thames
Rivers Committee
Council
Armor Plate Bids Opened With Third Supplier Entering
The Navy Department again advertised for bids on over 36 000 tons of armor plate for new battleships and cruisers. Previously two firms dominated the market but the bids now include the Midvale Company of Philadelphia as a new entrant.
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Navy Department
Midvale Company
Philadelphia
Law and letters from distant China and beyond
A miscellany notes Hong Fu Ling a famed foreign ally in Tientsin is killed. Discussion of China lacking lawyers and the role of licensed notaries and Catholic missionaries in legal pleadings. Also reports Professor James E. Keeler’s death and remarks on lawyers shedding tears in court and religion in colleges with Michigan university figures.
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China
Hong Fu Ling
Tientsin
Kingdom of the Sun
Reward Offered for Leader of Anti Lynching Movement
The Green Turtle Club of New Orleans posts a $1000 reward for Lillian Clayton Jewett a Boston resident and president of an anti lynching society. Jewett outspoken in Boston meetings since the New Orleans lynching has received threats from the south while masquerading as a friend of the colored race. The reward is described as a joke by contemporary observers.
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Green Turtle Club
New Orleans
Lillian Clayton Jewett
Boston
Miss Jewett
Umbrella Demand Declines Reported by Trade Papers
Trade papers show a decreased demand for umbrellas this year and a dim outlook for the umbrella trade. Manufacturers note difficulty sharing broader industry prosperity as umbrella use declines.
An Officer Under Age
First Lieutenant Hugh A. Drum of the 26th infantry, serving in the Philippines, is among the youngest regular army officers. His father, Captain John Drum, died at Santiago on July 1, 1898. Drum, Wetherell, and Rowell all received commissions as underage officers after their fathers were killed in action. Drum was born at Fort Brady, Michigan, September 19, 1879, and grew up at army posts in Texas and New Mexico.
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Hugh A. Drum
26Th Infantry
Philippines
John Drum
10Th Infantry
Santiago
Young Drum
Regular Army
A. M. Wetherell
F. W. Rowell
Woman Court Clerk Mrs Glessner Moore Brady Wins Second Term
Vernon county Missouri elects Mrs Glessner Moore Brady circuit clerk for a second term she is the first and only woman to hold the office Her husband previous holder died and she succeeded him after serving pro tem Gov Lon V Stephens appointed her and she campaigned against three politicians to win 18 of 20 townships and all city wards she plans to study law next year to aid her work in court affairs.
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Glessner Moore Brady
Vernon County
United States
Brady
Lon V. Stephens
Denmark's Balance of Power in Thirties Politics
For thirty years in Denmark the left party held a majority in parliament while the king maintained a right ministry. The arrangement kept a divided sway between elected lawmakers and the crown’s appointed government.
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Denmark
Party of the Left
Original Capitals and Their Shifting Seats Across States
Observances mark anniversaries of states moving capitals from historic sites such as Corydon Vandalia Chillicothe New York City and New Orleans to current seats like Albany Lansing Topeka Lincoln Carson City Pierre and more. The piece traces each state's original capital and its eventual replacement with the present capital.
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Indiana
Corydon
Ilinois
Vandalia
Ohio
Chillicothe
New York
New York City
Jamaica
L. I
Poughkeepsie
Kingston
Albany
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Georgia
Milledgeville
Atlanta
Iowa City
Iowa
Des Moines
North Dakota
New Orleans
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Detroit
Michigan
Lansing
Lecompton
Kansas
Topeka
Omaha
Nebraska
Lincoln
Wheeling
West Virginia
Charleston
Virginia City
Nevada
Carson City
Carson
Denver
Colorado
Yankton
S. C
Dakota Territory
Rhode Island Capitals A Paradox Of Old And New
Rhode Island once had five capitals and now two Providence and Newport. The shift was to appease local rivalries and adapt to changing state boundaries, with Providence likely to become the sole capital. The note compares this to Michigan and Ohio boundary- driven capital choices and cites the national move from New York to Philadelphia as precedent.
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Rhode Island
Providence
Newport
South Kingstown
East Greenwich
Bristol
Connecticut
Hartford
New Haven
Michigan
Ohio
Toledo
Columbus
United States
New York
Philadelphia
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Standard
Baptist Weekly
University of Michigan
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