Week's News Record from the London Tribune Pekin to Salt Lake
Reports from Pekin note talks between the French charge d affaires and the Chinese foreign office on the Waganhui massacre. A St Louis hotel baggage boy, Robert Waldrit, survived a 13 floor elevator fall with multiple injuries. The Methodist Episcopal Church South votes 151 to 107 for a committee to draft a new faith statement. A seven year old boy in New York died from a neck injury after flying glass severed his jugular. A headless body found near a Tennessee saloon is being investigated for murder. Utah newspapers announce a $25 million corporate takeover of the Salt Lake traction and related companies, triggering broader restructuring plans in the region. Baseball standings follow in the National League.
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London Tribune
Pekin
Waganhui
Robert Waldrit
Waldrit
Hotel Jefferson
St. Louis
City Hospital
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodists
Southern Church
Charlie Mandel
Norfolk Street
New York
Skeeper
Vernon Chat
Salt Lake
Ets Prigcapat
Utah Bagh ® and Railway Company
Maghsah
Great
Zren
Mixed historical items from a crowded page
Fragmentary report covers a murder accusation against Myles Fuller and a German steamer run aground near Japan. multiple political, labor, and social notes follow, including suffrage leadership in New England, a Delaware dredging dispute, a U S Senate rate bill vote, Osaka cotton goods market formation, a Cuban congressman political action, a marriage squire obituary, northern forest fires losses, and a school reunion shooting incident ending in a suicide, with a girl escaping injury due to a saved locket.
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Myles Fuller
Hans Am Barre Monte
VT Gatlagbanoon
Reon
Oke Ost
Japan
Tuluw Watrd Phage Wan Bee Dee
Eni and Wasson
Teascots
John Hinaman
Pottstarg
Hams
Pattorn
Delaware
John Ob
Washington
United States Senate
Osaka
Mancharia
Coroma
Maly
Pititer Tosua
Thomas Mefermors
Tavwne O
Lillian Thoroughgoods
DeWolfe
Earthquake Risks Shape Sea Level Canal Endorsement
The Senate Interoceanic Canals Committee report, influenced by the San Francisco earthquake, endorses a sea level canal over locks. It warns earthquakes could devastate locks and dam walls, damage aqueducts, and delay repairs, while asserting sea level construction is safer, simpler, and cheaper to operate.
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San Francisco
Senate Committee On
Panama
Gatun
News and Notes on Education Reforms and Plans
The Carnegie foundation reorganized under a federal act with six teachers and four years in arts and sciences needed for college status. Alumni plan a $100,000 stadium for Columbia and New York public schools on Hudson river ground from 116th to 120th streets. Supt J Shearer of Fitzabeth NJ presses flexible grading to end rigid calendars and allow reclassification by ability. Panama Canal Commission sets up a public schools chain in the canal zone and several educators move roles, including Stratton Brooks returning to Boston schools. Harvard student Wilhjalmer Steffansson joins a north pole expedition starting May from Vancouver led by Capt. Ejner Mikkelson.
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Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teachers
New York
Columbia University
William Barclay Parsons
New York Public Schools
Hudson
116Th Street
120Th Street
University
J. Shearer
Fitzabeth
N J
Ile
Shearer
Panama Canal Commission
Canal Zone
Isthmus
Stratton Brooks
Boston
Cleveland
Ohio
Wilhjalmer Steffansson
Harvard
North Pole
Vancouver
Ejner Mikkelson
Fear of fever prompts San Francisco hygiene drive
Red Cross agents urge campers and refugees to boil water and maintain sanitation to combat typhoid fever. Authorities fear the epidemic as camps spread through parks and vacant lots, complicating enforcement. experts propose concentrating campers to protect the water supply and health standards.
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San Francisco
Red Cross
Golden Gate Park
Presidio
Fort Mason
San Francisco Earthquakes Mark City’s Tumultuous History
Urban tremors have shaped San Francisco for decades with over 250 shocks since the 19th century. Notable events include 1805 and 1898 quakes, 1863 damages, and 1898’s 11:43 Pm tremor that wrecked waterfront properties and shut telegraph links. The Mare Island naval yard suffered $150,000 damage, prompting restraint on tall government buildings. Recent tremors in 1899 2000 shook streets and damaged the St Nicholas hotel.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
St. Nicholas Hotel
Explosions at Bridgeport Powder Plant Shock City
A series of blasts at the Union Metallic Cartridge Company testing grounds in Bridgeport Connecticut shattered windows and rattled homes as 100000 pounds of powder detonated in four magazines. No buildings were damaged but many residents fled in night clothing amid public alarm and hysteria following the tests.
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Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Bridgeport
Conn
Cartridge Company
New Haven
San Francisco after the quake rebuild plan and blast shocks
The relief effort shifts to a business like model with Crocker school as a major distribution hub. A proposed $100 million corporation would fund rebuilding in sections under city approved zones with wide boulevards to contain future fires. In the aftermath the city’s real estate remains strong while dynamite damaged the mint and magazines. Two Bridgeport powder blasts were felt across New Haven causing rattled windows and misinterpreted earthquakes.
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Crocker School
Polnt
Relief Committee
San Francisco
Ao Act of Relief
California
Wall Street
Whit
Jevewajls
Czar's Admiral Kuzmich Slain in St Petersburg
Unpopular Vice Admiral Kuzmich, commander of the St Petersburg port, was assassinated at the new admiralty works by a workman amid May Day tensions. A dagger concealed in a stick was used as troops surrounded the site. The motive appears tied to his strict stance on workers leaving early. Colombia and Venezuela dispute a meeting with Dr Herrera.
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Kuzmich
St. Petersburg
New Admiralty Works
Senate Passes Railway Rate Bill After Bitter Debate
The U S Senate approved the railway rate bill by 71 to 3 with Aldrich absent. Debate ended in a calmer mood as Tillman credited Theodore Roosevelt for the bill’s progress while Dolliver criticized the President. The final action removed “in their judgment” from I C C power, widening potential court review and raising constitutional questions.
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Roosevelt
Republican Party
Go. P
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Forest Fires Sweep Michigan Wisconsin Towns
Fires driven by a gale burn over 200 square miles across the upper peninsula of Michigan and neighboring Wisconsin. Towns Quinpisec Ralphs Cornell Talbot Auburndale Schafer Balvoie Woodlawn Saunders and more are reported destroyed with thousands of residents displaced. Lumber camps and mills are gone. damage likely totals in the millions, with a fire front extending from Menominee to Escanaba and Marquette. Ontario also reports fires as officials ban school fundraising for superintendents.
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Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Wisconsi
Wisconsin
Quinpisec
Ralphs
Cornell
Talbot
Auburndale
Schafer
Balvoie
Woodlawn
Saunders, Wir
I. Stephenson Company
Gloney
Wales
Menominee
Escanaba
Marquette
Ontario
Woman Cures Dyspepsia After Long Illness
Mrs Mittle Huffaker of Columbia Tennessee says she was bedridden with dyspepsia for years. She tried many doctors with no relief until taking Perana which she credits with curing her and saving her life. She urges others to use it.
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Peruna
Mrs. Huffaker
Perana
Father Replies With Spellings In Letter To Henry
A father responds to a young man named Henry who asks for marriage to Jessie. The note hints at a serious request and legal ties, while the father bluntly suggests Henry needs a spelling book and should study it for a year before writing again.
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Denar
Wood
Jessie
Marage
Henry
Theo
Woman Tests Dean's Kidney Pills Relief Claims
Mrs. Jane Farrell of Jersey City testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved heavy backache swelling puffiness dizziness and irregular kidney action. She says her health improved and she is a well woman, praising the pills that 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells them.
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Jane Farrell
Ocean Avre
Jersey City
N. J
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Gorky Ridicules American Bigamy Suspicions
Maxim Gorky taunts Americans by calling a senator’s bigamy a trivial matter and jokes about their inability to verify it. He states finding him a bigamist in an hour contrasts with their three years without proof, before musing on tea as consolation.
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Maxim Gorky
Philadelphia Ledger
Lewis' Single Binder Cigar Packs Quality and Value
The Lewis' Single Binder cigar line is touted for consistent quality and a mellow taste. The factory emphasizes thoroughly cured tobacco from fancy graded crops and claims annual sales around eight million dollars.
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Tewir
United States
Lewis
The Marriage Question Keeps Mrs Flygh Guessing
The Detroit Free Press quip frames a light domestic debate as Mrs Quizzit asks about divorce while Mrs Flygh shifts focus to marriage. The exchange captures a witty snapshot of marital concerns and social norms of the era.
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Mrs. Quizzit
Mrs. Flygh
Detroit Free Press
Beginning Work Scenes at the San Francisco Call
A new clerk greets staff and asks what to do first as the paper notes routines. The piece mentions Stockson Bonds and a reference to leather waste repurposed for cogwheels. An advertising line highlights Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children promising relief from pain.
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Ine
Stockson Bonds
San Francisco
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