Castaway Frederick Jeffs Endures on Indefatigable Island
A historical note details Frederick Jeffs, an American sailor marooned on Indefatigable Island in the Galapagos group. After five months with crew from the Alexandra, rescue efforts by the Yankton under Lt. Gherardi failed to locate him, leaving his fate unknown.
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Frederick Jeffs
Galapagos Group
Ecuador
United States Navy Department
Admiral Evans
Jeffs
Isidra Jacinta
Bohnhoff
Guayaquil
Peterson
Alexandra
Robert R. Jones
Great Republic
W. R. Gherardi
Rizal Club San Francisco Flourishes Under Villafranca Leader
The Rizal club in San Francisco, founded by E. B. Villafranca, grows rapidly as a cooperative home for Filipinos. Members built the clubhouse, including plumbing and decor, and now rent thirty maybe forty rooms with an assembly room library and dining area.
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E. B. Villafranca
San Francisco
United States
Rizal Club
Golden Gate
Villafranca
Telephotography Opens New Photo Graphic Possibilities
The article describes telephotography and its uses in science industry and warfare. It notes a first Diana photograph from the top of the Madison Square Garden tower during Metropolitan Life Building construction. Examples include photographing volcanic eruptions and distant alpine spots from sixty-five miles away.
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Saint Gaudens
Diana
Madison Square
New York
Madison Square Garden
Metropolitan Life Building
Alps
Yosemite Valley
Mount Florence
Frank Munsey the dynamo of American publishing
A survey of Frank A Munsey who owns the Baltimore News the Boston Journal the Washington Times and magazines like Munseys Magazine the Argosy and the Scrap Book. He advocates organization and consolidation in newspaper publishing arguing for a chain of papers under central control. He recalls offering Arthur Brisbane huge salaries and discusses his career from Maine telegraphy to launching the Argosy and building a publishing empire.
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Frank A. Munsey
Baltimore News
The
Munsey
Boston Journal
Washington Times
Munsey’s Magazine
Argosy
Scrap Book
All Story Magazine
Railroad Man's Magazine
Ocean
Periodical Publishers of America
Stephen Lauzanne
America
Arthur Brisbane
New York Evening Journal
Brisbane
Willam R. Hearst
Ten
Miss Helen Taft Revealed As Versatile War Secretary’s Daughter
Portrait of Helen Taft as a bright Bryn Mawr student and potential social figure if her father Secretary of War William Howard Taft becomes president. The piece notes her Yale brother Robert, younger Charles, travels with Taft, and her gift of pressed flowers from famous graves, including Gray and Westminster Abbey.
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William H. Taft
Robert Alphonso
Yale
Helen
Cathedral School
Washington
Charles P
Taft
Bryn Mawr
Philippines
Nagland
Gray
Westminster Abbey
Navy testimony on Spanish American War sailors and targets
Lieutenant Commander Williams Sims told a senate panel that the Spanish war showed a disgraceful level of naval inefficiency. He cited the Santiago battle with 9000 rounds fired and only 120 hits. Sims, naval secretary to President Roosevelt, claimed conditions improved after 1903 and criticized armor belt placement.
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Williams&. Sims
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
United States Navy
Sims
Capps
Spain
Santiago
Cervera
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Prominent Lawyer Dies by Own Action in Poughkeepsie
William L. DeLacey a noted attorney and Civil War veteran killed himself by inhaling illuminating gas. A long letter found in his bureau explains his decision as a sane moment, cites uncertainty of life and next world, and asks for charity for his funeral.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
William L. DeLacey
Grand Army of the Republic
Choked on a Spud at Cincinnati Hospital
James McCormick a strong ward patient at Cincinnati City Hospital nearly died during lunch after inhaling a large boiled potato piece. Despite efforts to relieve the airway doctors worked to remove the obstruction as he turned blue and struggled for breath.
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Cincinnati
James McCormick
City Hospital
Waterloo
Jim
Union mills of American Sheet and Tin Plate at work again
In Wheeling and other cities union mills resume production after two years of idleness. The spread includes 50 at New Castle, 20 at Sharon, 28 at Ellwood, 23 at Martins Ferry, and 10 in Wheeling. Plans once called for dismantling six Niles mills. Society woman dies of wounds following a January shooting by her husband in Pueblo after a divorce suit discussion.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Union
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
New Castle
Sharon
Ellwood
Ind
Martins Ferry
W&king
Niles
Pueblo
Col
Sherman T. Cammack
LaFollette Delegates Favored in Eighth District
Dispatches from Milwaukee indicate LaFollette delegates have been elected in the Eighth district while Taft delegate Walter Alexander is believed to win in the Tenth. The remaining Tenth district delegate supports La Follette.
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Milwaukee
Wis
LaFollette
Walter Alexander
Taft
la Follette
Ohio minister on race face trial for misconduct
A committee of Ohio Methodist ministers, led by Rev. Dr. Holmes, investigated charges of immorality against Rev. G. L. Humble of Leetonia. About a dozen witnesses testified behind closed doors. Humble, about 50 with a wife and three children, will be tried at the next conference meeting.
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Leetonia
Alliance
Ohio
Dr. Holmes
Youngstown
G. L. Humble
Leetonia Methodist Episcopal Church
Justice for Railroads: Clarke Condemns Further Rate Limitation
Bellevue C April 10 John H Clarke general counsel for the New York Chicago and St Louis Railroad called for reform but warned that extra restrictions and rate fixing by statutes and commissions threaten railroads profits and wage earners. He urged unified open action to demand fair treatment from Congress and state legislatures.
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Bellevue
John H. Clarke
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company
Clarke
Congress
Restoration of Jackson Monument Inscription in Court Square
Memphis announces the 43 year absence of Andrew Jackson's words the union must be preserved will be restored at Old Hickory monument in Court Square. The bust will be repaired by the park commission after a Confederate patriot removed the inscription during the Civil War.
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Memphis
Tenn
Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
Court Square
Jackson
Park Commission
Galloway
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