John Barrett Appointed Delegate to International Conference
John Barrett of Oregon has been named by the president as a delegate to the international conference of American states to be held in Mexico City. Barrett, a former United States minister and consul general to Siam, is noted for his writings on Far East trade and industrial relations.
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John Barrett
Oregon
United States
Siam
Mexico
Barrett
Bangkok
Far East
Vermont
Dartmouth
The English Budget and Boer War Costs
The English chancellor of the exchequer criticizes wartime spending as revelers now pay the price. The British budget forecasts a near 300 million dollar loan plus new taxes, pushing total war costs toward one billion dollars and raising income tax to about 5.8 percent. American taxpayers face relief while Britain shoulders rising debt and taxation for years.
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Great Britain
Expensive Junket: Ophir Trip Cost Hits Admiralty Ledger
The Ophir voyage for the Duke and Duchess of York runs up a total of 813,500 dollars, covering crew wages, victualing, coal, stores, and hire. Citizens face a 56,000,000 dollar new tax load as budget figures show Boer War debt and a 255,935,000 dollar year deficit.
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Michael Hicks- Beach
Admiralty
Duke of York
Right Rev William Stubbs Bishop of Oxford Dies in London
Right Rev William Stubbs D D bishop of Oxford died in London last week at age 76. He had led the see since 1889 after five years at Chester. Stubbs was a renowned British historian and author of standard constitutional histories. He received decorations including the Prussian Order of Merit and was a cousin of the dean of Ely. California's 1850 population was 92 597 in early census notes.
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Ann Able Churchman
William Stubbs
Oxford
London
England
Chester
Stubbs
Dean of
Ely
America
California
United States
Russian Easter Observances From Willow Sunday to Midnight Cannon
Special letter describes Russian Lent, Palm Sunday timing, and widespread Willow Sunday customs. It details fasting rigor, housecleaning, shopping, and new clothes before Holy Week, plus Friday prayers, the tomb ritual, processions, and a midnight cannon greeting Christos voskrese as the crowd responds Voistine is. Vladmir Bouroff notes Moscow crowds and Kremlin affection during the celebration.
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Russia
Moscow
Christ
Reputed Fiancee of Se Ss Lieutenant Hobson
Miss Florida Whiting Graves, reputed fiancée of Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson, is a Birmingham beauty known in Washington society. No formal engagement announcement is made, but friends say the match is settled. Graves, guest of Congressman Bankhead, is noted for beauty, violin, and accomplishments.
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Florida Whiting Graves
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Birmingham
Ala
Washington
Hobson
Pretty Turkish Wedding
A San Francisco writer in Cairo describes a Turkish wedding in a governor’s home. The groom is a Turk and Egypt’s governor. the bride is kin to the khedive. Guests arrive with bouquets, view lavish jewels, and watch Oriental music, dancing, and a ceremonial procession in a canopied street hall.
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San Francisco
Cairo
Egypt
Chicago Journal
Jinrikshas Come to America in Palm Beach
The Chicago Journal notes jinrikshas have entered American use and appeared at a Palm Beach wedding driven by negroes in white suits. It describes the vehicle as a light two wheeled wagon with a raiseable hood and claims it offers faster travel than a horse on Florida shell roads.
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America
Florida
Palm Beach
Japan
Chicago Journal
Death of Col Alfred H Belo Proprietor of Dallas and Galveston News
Col Alfred H Belo head of A H Belo & Co and proprietor of the Dallas News and Galveston News died in Asheville North Carolina after a long illness. Belo was a Confederate veteran who organized the first Confederate company and served in the Army of Northern Virginia before leading the Galveston paper and later modernizing Southern journalism. He was born May 27 1839 in Salem and rose to prominence as a journalist and business leader.
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Alfred H. Belo
A. H
Alfred H. Belo.reer
Appomattox
Galveston
The
News
South
American music and vision fade amid materialist urge
The piece argues that American composers like Dvorak fail to inspire a genuine national school of music as the nation prizes ragtime, vaudeville songs, rails, oil, pork, and machinery. It notes European figures may shun America and laments a low regard for higher art education.
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Hae
New World
Europe
Dvorak
Airship Aims to Fly in California Climate
A historical note describes an inventor’s airship plan tested in California. The machine combines a gas chamber for lift with four propeller wheels under the hull driven by a motor. Tilting propulsion and rudders allows vertical ascent and forward travel, with landing by reducing wheel speed.
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Golden State
Honors for Dvorak Appointment to Austrian peerage
Bohemian composer Antonin Dvorak was named to the Austrian house of peers with a life appointment in recognition of distinguished service. The article recalls his New York years, his pursuit of freedom, and his impact as head of a conservatory shaping young American musicians through competitions.
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Antonin Dvorak
United States
Dvorak
New York
Great Russian Painter Urges Verestchagin Prize
Henri Chevalier argues for awarding Vasilii Verestchagin the prize for painting war’s horrors. He contends art may deter war more effectively than law or policy, suggesting future weaponry or fear could halt conflicts.
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M. Verestchagin
Napoleon
Verestchagin
Henri Chevalier
Mecklenburg Schwerin Duke Crowned Europe’s Solo Absolute Ruler
Miss Hattie Rose Lombe notes that the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin has just taken government and stands as the only absolute monarch in Europe apart from Russia and Turkey. The Kaiser resents a ruler within his empire who can act freely while he is constrained by constitutions and parliaments.
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Kremlin
Christ
Rome
Grand Duke
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Europe
Russia
Turkey
1790 Census Ranks New York Behind Four States
The 1790 census shows New York trailing Virginia Pennsylvania North Carolina and Massachusetts in population. This early demographic snapshot places New York fifth among the colonies after independence.
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New York
Virginia
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Massachusetts
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Vasilii Verestchagin
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