Wisconsin Tight Lacing Ban Proposed in Legislature
A bill seeks to prohibit tight lacing by women in Wisconsin. Other items note Indian Territory coal riches, a 15 hour London prayer meet, an international beauty show in Paris with entrants from New York, Mount Vernon preservation by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, Salvation Army plans in the Philippines, a Klondike gold display for the 1900 arts exposition, a Chicago leather company plan called American Hide & Leather, Nathan Lara’s alleged gold dust swindle, De Wolf Hoover’s opera via theatrephone trial, and Navy beer restrictions defended as officer-led.
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Seattle
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That
Yukon
Alaska Klondike rush questioned by Cart Ray report
Cart Ray in a War Department report questions the Klondike rush saying Alaska has no justifyable work beyond staking to hold titles. He notes rich claims are known and priced high and that mining and transportation investments are speculative with little actual development aimed at sale to newcomers.
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Ray
War Department
Klondike
Alaska
Czar's disarmament talk and glass advances noted
Secretary Etruan Allen StrcHucock declares the czar seeks a conference to curb armaments rather than immediate disarmament. From Lyons, Covert reports devitrified glass pavement and decorative use differing by non transparency, with frost and shock resistance. A Paris exposition luminous palace proposal showcases glass as a structural material. St Louis court of appeals upholds that teachers may discipline pupils, even en route to and from school, in Beatty v. Randall.
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Etruan Allen StrcHucock
Interior
Russia
Consult Covert
Lyons
State Department
Taking of Cebu and Madrid dispatches spark war rumors
Manila reports deny an emergency while claims of foreign warships disembarking troops persist. U S gunboat Petrel and Marines raised the American flag in Cebu. Twenty-third and Twentieth Regulars moved toward the island as Gen Otis notes quiet in Manila. Madrid dispatches warn of rising tensions and potential landings, but U S officials dispute Madrid sources and stress order under Gen Otis. A separate note cites a cyclone in Evansville and a U S judicial nomination for Day.
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United States
Dewey
Shelahar Nuestra Senora del Carmen
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V Petrel
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Cornwell
Nuestra Senora del Carmen
Pennsylvania
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Rios
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Mindanao.” the Government Has Received A Long Dispatch From Gen. Rios
el Imparcial
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Campbell Scott
Twentieth Kansas
MacArthur
Admiral Dewey
Associated Press
Oregon
Congressional Doings In Senate And House Reports
After eight hours the Senate pass the river and harbor bill with the Nicaragua canal amendment by 50 to 3. Spooner proposed an amendment to allow negotiating for another canal if full U S control fails. In the House, Johnson attacked administration policy during army appropriations debate, 77 private bills passed at night. Senate posts include post office funds, army reorganization, Spain payment, and public buildings. Veterans’ eulogies and adjournment honor Senator Morrill.
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United States
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Johnson
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Hawley
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Cockrell
War Secretary
Spain
Philippine Islands
Quay
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Committee On Appropriations
Seneator Coskret
Thedivic & Northern Railroad Company
Oklahoma Territory
Wolcott
Washington
Ross
Morrall
Lentz
Dewey Demands Oregon Be Sent From Manila
Washington received a cable from Manila dated February 24 stating for political reasons the Oregon should be sent to the area at once. The dispatch surprised officials who doubt the stated motives and consider the move may affect insurgent loyalties among Filipinos while watching European powers’ possible interference.
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Manila
Washington
Navy Department
Oregon
Dewey
Cabinet Board
Aguinaldo
Foley acquitted at last in a double murder case
William S. Foley, a Clay county farmer, was found not guilty by a Platte county jury on the charge of murdering his mother. He remains held on the indictment accusing him of killing his sister, with further trial unlikely. This marked his third trial after a hung jury and a prior conviction reversed by the supreme court. He had faced mob danger and long jail detention as the cases moved from Liberty to Platte county.
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William Ss. Foley
Clay County
Liberty
Platte County
Foley
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Relief Train Wreck and Colorado Famine Aftermath
A Denver Rio Grande relief train near Leadville Colorado jumped the track while rescuing a snowbound crew. Engineer Miller is badly bruised. Stakeman Withers trapped under the engine. Nearby towns lack food. cows shot to prevent starvation as railroads struggle after heavy losses. Paris police seize medals and brace for Faure funeral demonstrations. seditious emblems ordered seized and wearers arrested.
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Climax
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Faure
Tribune Publishing building destroyed by fire in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis the five story Tribune Publishing building on Fourth Street was totally destroyed by a fire that began on the second floor. No lives were lost though all mailing lists files contracts presses and type were burned. The Tribune issued its edition the next morning with assistance from the Times and Journal.
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Minn
Fourth Street
First Avenue
Tribune Publishing Company
Tribune
Times and Journal
Many Not Go with Alger on Cuba and Porto Rico Trip
Washington reports secretary Alger may cancel his proposed government transport junket to Cuba and Porto Rico as many invited lawmakers decline the trip. Senators Bate Cockrell and Pasco and Representatives Sulzer Hay Cox and Jett are among those who have refused to participate.
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Chateau d'lf tale sparks heated history debate
A visitor recalls the decaying dungeons of the Chateau d'lf linked to Abbe Faria and Edmond Dantes. A good woman dismisses the anecdote as mere quotes from a novelist as the exchange hints at the lines between history and fiction.
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Abbe Faria
Edmond Dantes
Alexandre Dumas
Westminster Gazette
Expert Swimmers of Siam
A Detroit Free Press描述 notes Siamese as expert swimmers spending most days in water. They bathe at 11, 3, and sunset, with children playing in rivers and locals riding busy creeks. A traveler recalls a Siamese mother two infants, tides, and a collision with an English boat rescuers.
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Detroit Free Press
Turbulent reforms in Asiatic Turkey end in abdication
Notes from a Diary in Asiatic Turkey recount Warkworth the Turkish governor who tried to modernize farming by introducing maize and attempted street lighting. Citizens rejected new methods, preferring the old fertility and neglecting lamp maintenance, while taxes were unpopular and observers lamented a return to quiet darkness after his departure.
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Asiatic
Turkey
Very Considerate Housekeeper Exchange Noted
A Philadelphia Catholic Standard item records a shopper chiding a housekeeper for sending a dozen oranges but receiving only eleven. The maid explains one fruit was bad and not sent.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Versus Ills and Wealth
An advertisement-style testimonial montage praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a health aid comparing riches to health, with cases from Mrs. Davin Larro of Ottawa Kansas and Mrs. M A Waters of Washington DC detailing scrofula to eczema improvements after treatment. It claims dramatic weight gain and illness relief across multiple conditions and families.
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Hood
M. A. Waters
Washington, D. C
Baby in Linen Bundle Surprises Ottoman Escort
After the German emperor’s departure from Constantinople the sultan’s procession faced a startling scene as a man placed a linen bundle at the sultan’s feet. An officer removed what seemed a bomb to reveal a crying baby. The man said he was unpaid official seeking to save the child from starvation. The sultan ordered back pay and the infant was adopted by Prince Abdel Kader’s household.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Abdel Kader
Pe-ru-na Receives Praise Across the Nation
Letters of commendation praise Pe-ru-na as the catarrh remedy from every state. Dr. Hartman reports hundreds of letters daily from all classes, including governors and stage figures, extolling its preventive and curative powers. The Oregon governor endorses it, noting use in the family, and a free book titled Winter Catarrh is offered by Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio.
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Hartman
Statesman
Oregon
Pe-ru-na
State OF Oregon
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W. M. Lord
United States
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