Illinois State Teachers Association Opens In Springfield
Forty sixth annual meeting of the Illinois State Teachers Association opened in Springfield with prayer by Bishop George T. Seymour and welcomes from Secretary of State James A. Roe. President Albert Lane of Chicago presided as officers were elected, a Lincoln house timber gift presented, and discussions on The Ideal School and One Man Power in School Administration dominated sessions. The convention memos urged funding and reform, with resolutions to aid spelling reform, patriotic education, and improvements to teacher training and school governance.
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Springfield
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
George T. Seymour
James A.roze
Sethi
Tanner
Aves
Albert
Gh Lane
Chi- Pago
Wood
Abraham” Lincoln
Lang
Tune
Charles M. Jorshan
Minneapolis
Minn
Teachers’Harmony Club
Whitehall
Amd
Graham M. Harris
Chicago School Board
N.C. Pougherty
Peorm
A. 8.Draper
Enniversity of Hinois
Mioward EH. Gross
Chicago Board of Eeducation
Booch AL. Gostman
Decatur
W. H W. Maxwell
New York
National Educational Association
Benjamin Andrews
Chicqgo
Aurora
N. ‘Tracy
Kankakee
William Roberta
Chicago
J.B. Tangs
Pontiac
J. M. Bowlby
Aarbondale
Walter HK. Hatfield
Pittsfield
Elizabeth Skowes
RR. Moore
Belleville
Congress
Indian’ Territory
Board of Education
Dart
Gure Ricnium
Ares Lanne
Andrew
Deaper
University of
Illinois
Rise of M de Witte from stationmaster to Russia's finance minister
The article lauds M de Witte as a key czarist figure with utmost trust from the ruler. It recounts his ascent from a village stationmaster on the Kiev Odessa line to minister of finance, aided by a pivotal act of disobedience that corrected wrong troop transport orders and impressed his supervisor.
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M. de Witte
Count Muravieff
Kieve
Odessa
Bulgaria
M. Wychnegradski
Wychnegradski
St. Petersburg
Local Baptist Church Windows Washed In Creek Paper Note
A Creek paper reports that the Baptist church windows have been washed and show a new exterior appearance. Weaver Tost notes the update and describes the visible changes from outside.
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A. Cripple
Baptist Church
Weaver Tost
The Strangest Fish in the World
A stranger lung fish in Australia and Africa is described as a living bridge between fish and air breathing animals. It has gills and an air-breathing bladder and emits sounds that astonish observers unfamiliar with its habits.
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Howe
Australia
Africa
Lung fish adapt to dry seasons in marshy habitats
The article describes lung fish crawling through swampy mud with fin assisted movement and a bark like noise. When streams dry, these fish breathe air for months, bury in mud, and wake with the rains. A related species protopterus in Africa seals itself in a clay cone and rests dormant until rains return.
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Africa
Pompeii life recreated in Paris Exposition plan
The Paris Exposition will feature a Pompeii reconstruction by Chevalier Pesce to portray the Forum camp gladiators Isis temple and surrounding houses and shops. The immersive exhibit aims to show the life, death, and public spectacles of ancient Pompeii with archaeologically accurate costumes and settings.
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Pompeii
Pompeii i
Niguor
Paris
Lfe
Talian Peninsula
Push British at Ladysmith in Natal War
Telegraphic dispatches from Pietermaritzburg report fighting at Ladysmith with Maj. A C King Capt Wathen Oakes Lieut Hulse and Lieut Col Fawcett wounded. nine NCOs and men killed and ten wounded. Boers attacked a hussar picket east of the camp. two British soldiers died and horses were lost. A London Times article warns against drastic international measures in the war. Rumors of Delagoa Bay seizure surface, but officials deny steps. British aims include pressuring Lourenco Marques via blockade to force Boer invasion and justify action.
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White
Pietermaritzburg
Ladysmith
A. C. King
Wathen
Oakes
Hulse
Fawcett
Hussars
Delagoa Bay
London ‘Times
Portugal
Berlin
Lisbon
America
Lourenzo Marquez
Transvaal
Fifteen Men Perish in Mid Ocean Storm
News from Norfolk Virginia reports a missing bark with fifteen crew aboard after a Saturday night hurricane. The Noranmore arrived from Liverpool twenty three days out detailing heroic efforts of Captain Richardson and his crew who attempted rescue despite enormous seas and warped lifeboats.
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Norfolk
Johnston
Noranmore
Liverpool
Richardson
Initiation Injury Leaves Chicago Man Near Death
Alexander Johnson of Chicago suffered severe injuries during initiation into the Royal League at Avon dale Lodge No. 123. A brain blood clot formed after the incident and he remained delirious and weak for over a week while observers upheld fraternal secrecy.
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Royal League
Alexander Johnson
Chicago
Order of the Royal League
Johnson
Avondale Lodge
Rebels Attack Subig Garrison Repulsed by Marines
Manila dispatch reports Gent Santa Ana led about 200 insurgents who attacked Subig. Marines from Olono Gano reinforced the garrison and the Filipinos were driven back with several killed. No American casualties. Forty sixth volunteer infantry and marines sent from Manila to reinforce Subiga.
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Manila
Santa Ana
Subig
Olon- Gano
Forty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Subiga
Minister Pursues and Captures Church Thief
During a Christmas service at St Pauls Church in Marinette Wisconsin Rev. Dr H W Schefeler leaped from the chancel chased and caught a thief escaping from his house with valuables He handed the man to police and the culprit received a six month penitentiary sentence.
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Marinette
Wis
H. W. Schefeler
Sweden plans rail investment and Paris fashion spending
The report notes Sweden has 175,540,000 invested in railways and London plans 15,000,000 on drainage. Americans buy 7,000,000 worth of millinery in Paris yearly. The Italian Parliament House is deemed unsafe for occupancy. Britain reports a rise of 2,000 mentally ill annually for a decade. An effort aims to establish a permanent German theater in London.
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Sweden
London
Paris
Britain
Europe Faces Immediate Action in Africa Delagoa Bay Treaty Claimed
London reports under a secret treaty Germany to take Asiatic colonies from Portugal and Britain to seize Delagoa Bay and African territories. Portugal would sell to Germany and Britain, with Britain gaining Delagoa Bay and a Cape railway corridor. Kruger may declare war. Britain faced criticism over wartime logistics and leadership as forces gathered near Natal for a possible flank move on the Boer positions.
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London
Germany
Portugal
Zambesi River
England
Delagoa Bay
Lokal. Anzeiger
Africa
Zambesi
Cecil Rhodes
Cape
Cairo
Lokal Anzeiger
Great Britain
Kruger
Delagoa
London Daily Mail
Delagos Bay
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Transvaal
Red Cross
Michael Hicks- Beach
Lord Landsdowne
Wolseley
Mail
South Africa
Fficks- Bench
Lord Wolseley
Landsdowne
Warren
Natal
Baller
Roberts
Cape Colony
Firth
Bailler
Pietermaritzburg
Chieveley
Buller
Vitti
Winston Churchill
Tugela
Churchill Escapes Prison In Pretoria Train Plot
The London Morning Post reports Winston Churchill escaped Pretoria by scaling the prison wall while a guard faced away. He walked through the city undetected past pickets, boarded a freight train to Delagoa Bay, hid under coal sacks, and remained hidden until arrival hours later.
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London’ Morning” Post
Winston ‘Churchill
Prestoria
Churchill
Delafon Bay
Churill
Delagoa Bay
Evaty
Roberts polygamy and morality dominate political debate
A string of editorials from major papers attack Brigham H Roberts over polygamy and his Utah ties. They mock his loyalty to Congress and celebrate Moody and reformers while echoing international coverage on UK and English press reactions.
Purvis Named Next Pastor for Fifth Avenue Church
Rev. George T Purvis of Princeton New York will succeed the late Dr John Hall at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City. The Connecticut House includes 101 farmers and seventeen mechanics among 252 members. New York City Tree Planting Association has planted about 1700 street trees since January 1899 along riverfront and in residence streets. Richard Croker agrees to fund a monument in Evergreen Cemetery New York for Bil Anthony late of the Battie ship Maine who died by self-inflicted death.
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George T., Purvis
Princeton
N. Y
John Hall
Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church
New York
Connecticut
New York City
Strees' Wince
River Front
Richard Croker
Ivergreem Cemetery
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Finance
M. Serge DE Witte
Europe
France
Omaha
Bee
Philadelphia Times
Louisville Courier-Journal
Brigham H. Roberts
Kansas City
Star
Brighamist
Ohio
Chicago Times-Herald
Sulu
Milwaukee Sentinel
Salt Lake
Washington
Chicago News
Congress of the
Utah
Minneapolis Journal
Denver Post
Moody
New York Herald
Philadelphia
North American
Dwight I. Moody
Boston Advertiser
Boston Transcript
Philadelphia Ledger
Dwight L. Moody
Star of Bethlehem
New York Mail and Express
Washington Post
Naples
Sauer
Paul Kruger
Durban
Arthur’ Robbins
Windsor
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