Scientific Success Not a Cloud Visible in the Path of Totality
Barnesville Ga May 28 amid perfect detail and good weather solar eclipse observations at the United States observatory station. Five cameras secured twenty exposures with three perfect negatives from the photo heliumgraph as totality ended. Professor Milton Updegraff reports full satisfaction with the day’s work and notes corona and solar prominences observed during totality.
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Barnesville
United States Observatory
Milton Updegraff
S. J. Brown
CC. H. Davis
Observatory
Washington
Mr. Roeger
Roeger
Eclipse Observations Made Under Perfect Conditions
Thomaston Georgia observers recorded a totality of 85 seconds with a clear sky and only distant westward clouds. Deputy sheriffs guarded the eclipse tents as Professor Campbell of the Lick expedition reported a mostly clear sky and rapid cloud approach just after totality.
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Thomaston
Campbell
Lick
Associated Press
Observation of Shadow Bands During a Solar Eclipse
Report notes spectroscope issues with one clock, streamers near the solar equator compared to 1898, and shadow bands observed bending from 38 degrees west of north to 35 degrees east of south as they moved northeast.
Eclipse Observed Smoothly Across South Despite Clouds
Advices from the naval observatory say favorable weather aided sun eclipse observations with three parties sent to Pinehurst North Carolina Barnesville Georgia and Griffin Georgia. Contact occurred just before schedule with experts noting a precise advance and remarkable predictability.
Photographs Taken During Eclipse by Naval Observatory Team
Observers at Pinehurst report a clear sky and successful eclipse data. A. N. Skinner leads the party as Dr. Ames Dr. Chase and others capture spectrum photographs and corona images. International attendance and rail excursions underscore broad interest in the event.
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Pinehurst
N. C
A. N. Skinner
Naval Observatory
Associated Press
Ames
Messrs
Huff
Gilbert
Reese
Chase
Yale
Dalton
Total Solar Eclipse Observed at Fort Monroe on Public Display
Thousands gathered on Fort Monroe piers Verandas and ramparts to witness a total solar eclipse in a cloudless sky lasting about three seconds. The president and party observed from the Dolphin near Lambert's Point with Secretary Gage and others aboard the Holly. The Dolphin arrived from Norfolk at 1:55 PM and then proceeded to Washington after a salute from the Kearanage.
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Fort Monroe
Lambert's Point
Gage
Holly
Norfolk
Washington
Eclipse sighted in Mobile with diamond ring and stars
The Mobile eclipse observation was a near total show. A light cloud blocked totality briefly but spectators enjoyed the spectacle. A diamond ring appeared on the lower arc while birds roosted and animals in Monroe park menagerie grew restless. Stars were visible overhead during totality.
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Mobile
Ala
Monroe Park
Sun Eclipse Observers Report Clear Shadow at London
Observers in London endured some cloudiness during the sun's eclipse but at 2 47 p m the sun appeared brightly with a distinctly clear circular shadow on the disc. The sun was intermittently obscured yet provided ample opportunity to obtain valuable results.
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London
Secret US British alliance debated in Senate speech
In a May speech supporting a Boer sympathy resolution Senator Wellington claimed a secret understanding between the United States and Great Britain exists, urging action to aid the Boers and Cuban independence. Mr Lodge challenged any proof, noting the secretary of state denied any such alliance. The debate touched naval basing, the industrial commission, and district issues as the Senate adjourned.
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Senate
Wellington
Maryland
United States
Great Britain
Lodge
Massachusetts
State Department
Industrial Commission
District of Columbia
Hale
Congress
Vic
Annapolis
Baier
Secretary of the Navy
Port Royal Naval Station
Charleston
Butler
Wilmington
Teller
Transvaal
Philippine Islands
England
Spain
Mr. Wellington
Cecil Rhodes
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Lodge
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Allison
Jones
Arkansas
Mallory
Florida
Pettigrew
Commission On Labor and Capital
Kyle
Carter
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Mantle
Allen
Nebraska
Golden Medical Discovery Cures Persistent Cough Claim
A 19th century advertorial asserts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery both cures prolonged coughs and strengthens the blood. It markets the product as a temperance medicine that cleanses blood and builds vitality, citing a Sumner Iowa case and praising the physician's remedies.
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Pierce
Golden Medical
H. EF. Curis
Sumner, Bremer Co
Iowa
R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Poisonous wild onion kills sheep study in Montana
Professor F E Wilcox from the agricultural department is in Montana studying poisonous plants harming livestock. He reports many complaints in the north where sheep are killed by eating wild onion. He notes the leaves endanger suckling lambs and older sheep and is testing antidotes and plant experiments.
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Helena
FE. V Wilcox
Agricultural Department
Montana
Musselcraig Arrives in Quarantine After Stormy Voyage
The British bark Musselcraig reached San Francisco on May 28 after 18 days at sea from Antwerp via Sydney. Due to plague at Antwerp she was ordered into quarantine. The vessel endured a long and stormy trip before docking.
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San Francisco
Antwerp
Sydney
Penn Defeats California 76–24 In Dual Track Meet On Franklin Field
The Pennsylvan ia team routed California 76 to 24 in the May dual track contest postponed from May 19. A Plaw of California set an intercollegiate hammer mark with 164 feet 4 1 2 inches and then 170 feet 6 inches in practice, while J C McCracken anchored Penn with multiple wins including the 100 yard dash and shot put.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
University of California
Franklin Field
Pennsylvania
California
A. Plaw
John Flanagan
New York Athletic Club
Kraenztein
New York
Wee Cracken
Plaw
Hoy Woosley
John Hoffman
C. R. Broughton
Roy Woosley
T. BR. McClain
George W. Cook
Alex
Gran
Ray Rerviss
J. C. McCracken
M. Plaw
W. P. Remington
L. Hamblin
W. P. Drumheller
S. Metsger
Pennsylvania, Second: W FP. Drum
J. K. Baxter
J. W Westney
J. Pomer
W. H Remington
Plan
T. T. Hare
McCracken
W. J. Smith
H. Cadogan
E. R. Bushnell, Jr
Alex. Grant
Pennsyvania
C. K. Moser
Salisbury to Retire Rumor Stirs London May 2
A rumor circulated in London on May 2 about Salisbury planning retirement. No official confirmation issued.
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Salisbury
London
Salisbury to retire from politics at next general election
In the lobbies of the house of parliament, said to have originated at the Carlton club, reports state that the Marquis of Salisbury will withdraw from political life at the forthcoming general election.
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House of Parliament
Carlton Club
Marquis of Salisbury
Sheriff Delivers Tolan Requisition From North Dakota
D J McKechnia Foster county sheriff presented to Governor Smith a requisition from North Dakota for W J Tolan charged with grand larceny as bailee. The complaint states Tolan was bailee of cattle owned by Peter Peterson valued at 830 dollars and he failed to return them.
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Helena
D. J. McKechnia
Foster County
N. D
Smith
North Dakota
W. J. Tolan
Peter Peterson
Warranted North Dakota officer pursues Montana property case
A warrant was issued and a North Dakota officer traveled to northern Montana the night after Tolan to pursue the property matter. The report notes the cross state action in the case and the officer’s travel.
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Montana
North Dakota
Tolan
Death From Plague in Smyrna Reported
Constantinople reports another bubonic plague death yesterday in Smyrna adding to regional tolls. The brief note records a single fatal case with no further details on victims or public health response.
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Constantinople
Smyrna
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