Haunting Fear of Death Drives Wealthy to Odd Safeguards
A column recounts how some rich individuals endure extreme terror of death. It cites cases like John Islip who built a swinging island cabin off Brychil to outlast death, Jean Inglescot who barely moved and fed on soft foods, and Mrs. Holmes who cooled rooms to near freezing to dodge germs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
John Islip
Mexico
London
Brychil
West Irish
Atlantic
Jean Inglescot
Bacilli
People living in trees across world tribes and habitats
The delta of the Orinoco hosts Warau communities living in Ita Paim trees to escape mosquitoes. Elsewhere in Asia and Africa tribes and groups including Philippine islands, Borneo, Veddas, Bukones, and Kaffirs inhabit trees for shelter and safety from predators and floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orinoco River
America
Ithis
Ita Paim
Philippine ‘Islands
Borneo
India
Ceyyn
Andaman Islands
Moffat
South Africa
Gardening in Africa and West Africa diet concerns
A British West African region faces diet issues due to scarce fresh greens. Mary H. Kings explores climate influences on local gardening and the challenges of maintaining a nutritious diet in the colonial context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Mary H. Kingscan
Vast Range of Natural Science Facts and Speculations
The article surveys diverse topics from chemistry and zoology to geology. It notes elephants shed baby teeth then grow permanent ones, experiments prove pure salt deadly to fish, and the West Indian hurricane links to vanished birds. It covers shutter photography limits, blue coral ancestry, distillation of asphalt, coyote biology, ant hearing, and Spain’s Guadiana river that vanishes underground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loeb
Nature
St. Vincent
Mons. Sigriste
French Academy of Sciences
J. W. Gregory
British Museum
William C. Day
American Chemical Journal
Bret Harte
C. I. Holder
Holder
California
Weld
Iowa State University
Will Germany push China toward dismemberment of empire
Washington correspondence outlines fears that Germany will drive China toward disintegration as powers guard trade rights for the United States. Berlin seeks to punish anti foreign outrages while Britain, Russia, France and Japan press claims in Shanghai and Fukien as the U S weighs guarantees to preserve Chinese territorial integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
China
United States
State Department
Shanghai
Great Britain
Chaffee
Pekin
Legation
Conger
William
Russia
Yangtse Kiang
India
France
Japan
Fukien
Prince Tuan
Privy Council
Tuan
War Department
Austria-Hungary
Arcenees
Britain
After Galveston Disaster the Living Face Grim Resolve
Survivors describe the grim cleanup after the Galveston calamity as they hauled away wreckage and bodies. Clergy worked with the living, while the living faced ongoing fear of pestilence and mass death amidst charnel conditions on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Charnel Island
Gulf
Russians and Germans Said to Cooperate in China War
Russian forces reportedly push into Manchuria while Americans build a permanent telegraph line from Pekin to Tientsin. A London cable reports growing evidence of Russia and Germany coordinating in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Ho-Si‘Wau
Pekin
Tientain
London
Russia
Germany
China
Roosevelt in a mad rush at Victor Colorado
Gov Theodore Roosevelt and party faced a drunken mob after a meeting in Armory Hall Victor. A banner incident sparked clashes as 150 rioters blocked exits and threw missiles while eggs and lemons flew. No injuries reported among Roosevelt's party.
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Gov
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Armory Hall
Victor
Colo
Gov. Roosevelt
Senator Wolcott
Sherman Bell
John Proctor Clark
Bryan
Mr. Roosevelt
Cripple Creek
Church Shifts and City Redevelopment Amid Religious Drift
The Rev D C Greene notes Japan's drift toward pantheism. A Barcelona bishop will publish a pastoral letter opposing bull fights. Sankey tours Ireland with frequent receptions. Open Air Workers Association reports success in New York services. A large English pilgrimage to Rome heads by Cardinal Vaughan and the Duke of Norfolk in October. Epiphany Church in Philadelphia at Chestnut and Fifteenth is to be torn down for a $1 000 000 syndicate sale and modern business block. Wanamaker represents the church, Kane the syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Greene
Japan
Barcelona
Tra D. Sankey
Ireland
Rome
Cardinal Vaughan
Duke of Norfolk
England
Liverpool
Church of the Epiphany
Philadelphia
Ghestnut
Fifteenth Streets
Church
John Wanamaker
Church Corporation
Anthony M. Kane
Weather Review Notes Widespread Rain Crop Hurt Report
Weather crop service data show heavy rains across Texas Oklahoma Arkansas the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and upper Michigan delaying farm work and harming grain in shock in the Dakotas Minnesota and cotton in Texas Oklahoma while drought persists in Ohio valley Missouri and mid Atlantic. Frosts remain general in central northern Rockies with light frost reaching Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Crop Service Division
The
Weather. Bureau
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Middle Atlantic States
Florida
Alabama
Lower
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain District
Missouri’ Valley
Ithe
Middle Satlantic
Iowa
Early Fall Blouses at Cool Resorts
Early fall fashion arrives with cardinal flannel blouses seen at chilly resort venues. The item highlighted features a cardinal flannel fabric suitable for cool weather and seasonal style cues.
James Howard Found Guilty of Goebel Murder in Kentucky
In Frankfort Kentucky James Howard was found guilty of the Goebel murder and the penalty fixed at death. The verdict surprised spectators as jurors had debated punishment degrees with nine Democrats one Republican and two anti Goebel Democrats on the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goebel
Frankfort
James Howard
Crutcher
Elliott
Howard
Empress Dowager Residing Outside Pekin as Crisis Grows
The passage hints at the Empress Dowager temporarily living outside Pekin and suggests future household needs upon return. It notes tense conditions around Pekin as allied forces may leave more marks, and references broader tensions in China amid bankruptcy and political strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Labor movement notes and industrial developments in 1900 era
Reports show New York City bakers striking for a ten hour day and 70 new longshoremen unions forming last year with 45 000 members. Buffalo boilermakers won higher wages after a four month strike and New York building trades council expands to 60 000 members. Japan's printers organize with over 3 000 members as labor spreads in Asia. San Francisco firms cut hours to eight and raise wages. Coal miners gain raises in South Wales Northumberland and the Midlands with thousands of workers affected. Fear grows of Japanese labor in Hawaii and California as steel rail cars multiply and earn profits. Carnegie Steel advances toward a massive mill at Duquesne to cost over 1 million with 500 workers and heavy automation. The 600 by 250 foot steel mill will produce merchant steel only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boilermakers
Buffalo
Building Trades Counciled
New York City
America
Japan
San Francisco
South Wales
Northumberland
Midlands
England
Scotland
Staffordshire
Hawaii
California
Carnegie Steel Company
Duqresne
Singing Release: Despltines Prisoner Freed After Voice Echoes
A shabby detainee at Desplaines Street station, jailed for disorderly conduct, is freed after a police captain hears his tenor singing "My Old Kentucky Home" in the cell. The man refused to reveal his identity or occupation, leaving his past shrouded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desplaines Street
Kentucky
Chicago Chronicle
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Memcion
West Africa
Spain
China War
Roosevelt
Victor, Colo
Li Hung Chang
Akron
Ohio
Duke of Manchester
Boston
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