Boers to Seek Official Washington Reception
The State Department signals the President may receive Boer envoys officially if credentials are in order, though discreet hints urge them to avoid Washington. Observers note the political backdrop and the public reception may carry more weight than any formal ceremony. The coming political climate could influence the stance taken.
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State Department
Washington
McKinley
Hay
Great Britain
Lord Pauncefote
Corbett Eyes Congress Seat In Ambitious Move
The article notes James J. Corbett may seek a seat in Congress, arguing the political arena mirrors the prize ring where persistence and training matter. It recalls John Morrissey as a precedent, a former professional boxer who served in Congress with modesty and few errors, suggesting Corbett could join the New York delegation.
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James J. Corbett
Congress
Corbett
Mr. Corbett
John Morrissey
Morrissey
New York
Favorable War Dept report on Fort Point Uhanuel bridge
Boston welcomes a board of army engineers findings that the Fort Point Uhanuel bridge will not hinder navigation and serves community interests. The report from New York experts follows two prior unfavorable reviews and credits Congressman Naphen for persistence amid opposition from the Terminal Company.
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Fort Point Uhanuel
War Department
Boston
Board of Army Engineers
New York
Naphen
Terminal Company
Peoce
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The fragment mentions faculties arising and hopes they will be brushed aside to build a bridge in justice to the interests concerned, but no specific people, places, dates, or organizations are identifiable.
Clark’s Senate appearance labeled as a public performance
The piece critiques Clark of Montana for a farewell speech and resignation that appeared choreographed to manipulate colleagues and public sentiment. It alleges he sought quick reappointment and used staged emotion to secure support, ending with a waving of goodbyes and handshakes as a triumph of performance over integrity.
Censorship in Manila Press Sparks Outcry and Debate
Editorials condemn Philippine censorship as senseless and harmful to press freedom. They note editors face hardships and losses while one Filipino paper suspends, and a Spanish journal plans to quit Manila. Authors urge honest, frank reporting to the American public.
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Philippines
Messenger
Hong Kong
Manila
McKinley
England
South Africa
Dorchester speedway planned on Talbot avenue near Franklin Field
The Observant Citizen reports the Dorchester owners will build a speedway on Talbot avenue near Franklin Field with park commission approval. It notes hopes for better patronage than the Commonwealth Avenue speedway and mentions other city scenes. It also covers a Harvard gym event testing Max Unger the German heavyweight and compares him to Sandow, plus a note on Harold Currier’s death in Cohasset and political mentions of Arthur Sewall.
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Dorchester
Park Commissioners
Talbot Avenue
Franklin Field
Coimmmonwealth Avenue
American girl in Italy woos Count Raoul and wins love
Elise Stuart, a New England student in Nice, sketches a nobleman named Raoul Fianette who mistakes her as a model. Their romance grows through an Rome Paris art circuit, ending with a marriage after a winning prize and a final painting titled Finis in Rome.
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Rome
Antonio
Elise Stuart
New England
Nice
Elsie
Elise
Italy
Carreno
Paris
Raoul Fianette
America
Raoul
Goodby
Count Carreno
New York
Witty quips and comic exchanges from old papers
Brief assemblage of humorous lines and bite sized exchanges from various newspapers. Jokes touch on bachelors twelve wives cake walks dog imitations revival tales organ clocks and Boer war topics with light social quips and punchlines.
Breakfast and Dinner Menu Items from Historical Daily Table
The menu lists breakfast with Granose Flak Trout rolled with Bacon potatoes biscuit coffee. Lunch features Bordelaise Sardines radishes cucumber fruit jelly wine sauce tea milk. Dinner offers oysters cream of asparagus finples weighed lard tea spinach asparagus shelliene pagetta and detailed preparations for fried asparagus tips and spaghetti a la Victoria with a cheese sauce and stock baked in Back Bay area.
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Victoria
Tington Avenue
Back Bay
Kipling's South African Poem Pages of War and Faith
A historical poem fragment portrays White men and imperial duty in South Africa. The speaker declares shared paths of conquest and burden, asserting freedom, land, and faith as guiding ideals while exploring harsh outcomes of colonial power.
Men of Many Callings
Notable figures from varied fields appear in a single sprawling digest. General De Villebois Mareuil, a Boer war martyr and author, is linked to military treatises. Bowdoin snowshoe champ Lieutenant Peary is recalled. Copenhagen concert host Dr Edward Grieg and a Greek-inspired art philosophy are noted. British wages board debates stir Parliament. Topeka’s social reformer Sheldon aims for an ideal city. Louis Enault’s death marks a French art era. Calaveras grove sale and government price requests surface. Utah Governor Wells pursues chemistry. Funston described as patient. Loubet posed for a statue bust. Chamberlain rethinks an American trip plans.
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General de Villebois-Mareuil
South Africa
R. B. Peary
Bowdoin College
Eoward Grieg
Copenhagen
Greece
House of Commons
Charles Dike
John Burns
C. M. Sheldon
Topeka
M. Louis Enault
Department of the
Calvados
Robert B. Whitesides
Duluth
Calaveras Sequoia Grove
California
Governor Wells
Utah
General Funston
Loubet
France
Denis Peach
Joseph Chamberlain
Odd Bits of News From Around the World
A collage of 1890s and 1900s notes covering gold output in the UK and Colorado, Canadian tobacco use, Bremen cotton imports, saloon lunches banned in Des Moines, Swiss women in business schools, Russian Amoor dredging, Berlin car show plans, Paris press law on women typists, U.S. cotton finishing by several states, Polish customs in Pennsylvania, Spanish navy funding, a balloon house at Fort Myer, and investors threatening to leave Japan over governance disputes.
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Colorado
England
Des Moines Council
Bremen
Switzerland
Amoor
Berlin
Paris
la Fronde
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Poland
Senora Silvera
Spain
Fort Myer
Washington
Japan
Senate Delays Clark Seat Question Amid Credentials Debate
In Washington on May 16, Senator Chandler moved to postpone consideration of Clark of Montana's seat until Saturday to allow the privileges and elections committee to decide action. The move aims to refer Clark's credentials to the elections committee, a plan opposed by Clark supporters who fear delaying a report and blocking Clark from seating as a new Montana legislature convenes next January. The resignation and appointment dominated Senate talks, an unprecedented situation.
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Washington
Senate
Chandler
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Clark
Montana
Elections Committee
Mr. Clark
Congress
Smith
Governor Smith Sees Resignation Move Spark Congress Rift
In an interview from Wadsworth Nevada Governor Smith of Montana says the Clark resignation and reappointment was hatched in his absence. He notes the lieutenant governor holds similar powers and questions Spriggs support for Clark amid Montana public opinion.
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San Francisco
Excaminer
Wadsworth
Nev
Smith
Montana
California
Hegiena
Man
Clark
Spriggs
Congress
No Bishops Yet At Methodist General Conference
Chicago May 16 The Methodist Episcopal General Conference conducted two more ballots for two additional board of general superintendents posts without any candidate reaching the required two thirds. The third ballot results will be announced tomorrow while Dr J F Berry and Dr J M Hamilton led the second ballot and Dr J W EB Bowen showed a decline. A later clash over ushers and admission tickets prompted Judge Oliver H Horton to be told to exercise judgment in protecting delegates.
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Chicago
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Board of General Superintendents
J. F. Berry
Epworth Herald
J. M. Hamilton
New York
J. W. EB. Bowen
Gammon Theological Seminary
Oliver H. Horton
Horton
Minnesota Republicans Choose Delegates and Endorse National Administration
The Minnesota Republican convention in Minneapolis selected delegates to the national convention, naming Senators Davis and Thomas Lowry along with Samuel Lord and another member as at large. They favored election of U S Senators by popular vote and adopted a resolution praising the national administration. A measure to honor a former vice president and to present his name at Philadelphia if conditions are right was also approved.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Neublican
Davis
Foaleon Thomas Lowry
Samuel Lord
United States
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