Shepard Speaks on Standpatters and Bryan Nomination
In Washington on January 17 Mr. Shepard of Texas attacked the Republican standpatters and tariff policy while backing Bryan for the Democratic nomination. He praised the Democratic party as just and indecisive with truth and criticized the GOP for power, waste, and efforts to control tariffs and spelling reforms. He cited Roosevelt and McKinley and ended with bipartisan applause.
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Washington
House
Shepard
Texas
Bryan
Republican Party
Pat
Republic
Republican
McKinley
Roosevelt
Rifle Shooting Builds Arm Strength and Sharpens Aim
The article extols rifle shooting as beneficial for chest and lung exercise and for training the eye and hand coordination. It notes deep breathing, breath control, and steady finger trigger control as core skills, praising long distance practice for improving sight and accuracy.
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Tondon
Mahogany Bridge in Mexico Stuns Invention Watch
A rare solid mahogany bridge in Palenque Chiapas Mexico spans the Rio Michel. At over 150 feet long and 15 feet wide it carries both pedestrians and teams. Construction relies on hewn timbers with iron supports and nails.
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Department of Palenque
State of Chiapas
Republic of Mexico
Mexico
Guatemala
Rio Michel
Old Mexico
Meanings of Caliber in Gunnery and Adjectival Use
The article clarifies caliber as the bore diameter of a gun and explains the common practice of using caliber to express gun length. It notes that a six inch caliber gun has a six inch bore, while naval guns like the 50 caliber six inch gun measure about twenty five feet in length. It also explains small arm usage where calibers are given in hundredths of an inch.
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Scientific American
Webbed Fly Duel and Moscow Opera Gaffe
A naturalist recounts a giant fly trapped in a spider web, bound by silk and paralyzed by venom, with the fly living to fly another day. The Moscow tale jokes about a tenor whose supper plan backfires as the orchestra cues a missing note.
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Chicago News
Moscow
Iskra
Tangled Census Tales and Local Fatalities
A Chicago Tribune note recounts a Census taker dialogue about shifting names across states and various marital statuses. The clip also reports a boxing match in Tonopah with a $25,000 purse and deaths from an epileptic collapse in Ardmore, along with the sudden death of Mrs. E W Roberts of Ardmore and a 14 year old suicide near Corpus Christi.
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Mrs. Jones
Miss Smith
Texas
New York
Massachusetts
South Dakota
Missouri
Alaska
Oklahoma
California
Chiccago Tribune
Tonopak
Gans
Britt
Nev
John Young
Ardmore
E. W. Roberts
J. Barry
Paris
Tex
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Faith Barton
Criticism of Hitchcock Report on Indian Territory Issues
The senate received the select committee on Indian Territory report on January 17. It faults Secretary Hitchcock for an illegal land forest reserve withdrawal, urges sale of coal land surfaces, and ends indefinite mineral rights holding while removing restrictions on surplus Indian lands excluding homesteads.
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Washington
Select Committee On
Senate
Hitchcock
Representative Stephens Probes 1903 Cherokee Contract
Representative Stephens of Texas filed a House resolution asking the secretary of the interior for a report on a 1903 contract between the Cherokee Nation and the St. Louis law firm Finkelberg Nagle and Kirby. Indians allege the contract was diverted due to a member’s ties to Secretary Hitchcock.
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Washington
Stephens
Texas
House
Secretary of the Interior
Finkelberg, Nagle and Kirby
St. Louis
Hitchcock
Senator Carmack Defends President Over Brownsville Action
Senator Carmack of Tennessee defended the president's discharge of the negro troops in the Brownsville affair. Senator Foraker introduced a resolution to appoint a sub committee to take testimony and send for witnesses, and spoke for his measure until adjournment.
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Washington
Senator Carmack
Tennessee
Senate
Foraker
Brownsville
Secretary Hitchcock Prepares Forest Reserve Records
Secretary Hitchcock sent the Senate copies of letters and reports from the agriculture secretary, Indian affairs commissioner, and U S forestry prior to withdrawing lands in Indian Territory to create a forest reserve.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
United States Forestry
Indian Territory
Oklahoma fruit crop hit by late cold snap
Advices from fruit growing sections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory indicate heavy crop losses due to a late cold snap. Damage is broader than first reported as wet fall weather caused early branching, and prominent growers fear less than half a crop next season.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Family Troubles End in Fatal Shooting at National Museum
Washington January 17. B F Van Ite sen was shot and killed at the National museum by Otto Sellhorse of Philadelphia. Sellhorse was arrested. The affray was understood to spring from family troubles.
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Washington
B. F. van Itesen
National Museum
Otto Sellhorse
Philadelphia
Sellhorse
Children Crime Patterns From Criminology View
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes that criminologists classify child crimes such as arson theft and occasional train wrecking as common but forgery rare. Arson stems from curiosity and love of fireworks while train wrecks are often caused by curiosity or romanticized ideas. The piece cites a Vienna case where a ten year old killed his siblings and himself out of jealousy.
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Vienna
Philadelphia Bulletin
Bernhardt Missed Yildiz Show Over Hike in Fees
The French actress Sarah Bernhardt sought a dramatic performance at the Yildiz kiosk during her Eastern Europe tour. Negotiations with M. Paul Cambon and the sultan stalled as the wardrobe keeper demanded higher backsheesh. Bernhardt lost £1000 and the coveted Chefekat order, while her conjurer managed to secure his thousand pounds by smearing the deal.
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Turkey
M. Paul Cambon
Constantinople
Sarah Bernhardt
Europe
Yildiz
Pasha
Sarah
John Wesson Repaired by Bull Injury Recovery
John Wesson, injured by a bull with savage temper, spent a long period under a doctor's care. A visitor praised his recovery, but Wesson quipped that $150 had been spent on repairs and he was not finished yet.
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John Wesson
John
Curious case in Fortescue reports on peer privilege
Green Bag describes a long running case where a bailiff who once arrested a lord was ordered by court to kneel and beg pardon after the bailiff claimed he acted by mistake. The lord allegedly wore a dirty shirt a worn suit and only sixpence in his pocket making identification uncertain.
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Fortescue
Native physician death certificate notes starvation and possible drowning
The document records a native physician in India filling a death certificate. It states the deceased died for want of feedings or due to starvation, perhaps for other comforts, and most probably died by drowning.
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India
Language note on whisker usage in classic novels
The writer criticizes Mrs. Craigie for the phrase side whisk ers in The Dream and the Business and notes the redundancy found in Meredith Dickens Richardson Bronte Caine Corelli Sims and Shorter. He observes common sense dictates whiskers on the face and mentions hy whisker and chim whisker as American terms.
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Craigie
Meredith
Dickens
Richardson
Bronte
Caine Corelli
Sims
Shorter
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