The Religion of China a Study in Faith and Power
A historical overview surveys Buddhism Confucianism and Taoism in China. It notes the Buddhist canon dates and the Lama temple practices while detailing Chinese deities family rites and ancestral worship. It discusses temple patronage military treaties and colonial concessions shaping China’s religious and political landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Buddha
Thibet
Han-Ming-Ti
Tsu
India
Pekin
Kuan-Ti
Notable Civil War Figures and Cultural Notes
Profiles Col Liscum and Maj Lee with service records from Vermont Indiana and Civil War lineage. Reports on a Messiah in Rockford dissolving his cult and aligning with mainstream Christianity. London sandal fashion for women and children gains popularity. Chicago honors John Brown with a Lincoln Park statue pact. pedestal to be Vermont granite.
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Lee
Maj. Lee
Tien- Tsin
Indiana
10Th
United States Infantry
George Jacob Schweinfurth
Rockford
Mrs. Eddy
Church Triumphant
First
Church of Christ
Winnebago County
John Brown
Chicago
Lincoln Park
John Brown Monument Association
Arense
Vermont
T. H. Lyles
St. Paul
Car storage问题 hits New York stables
In New York the storing of automobiles is becoming a problem as some livery stables refuse to accept them claiming they ruin the livery business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Y Fukushima and British commanders in China
A collage of military figures includes General Y Fukushima praised for languages and campaigns in Formosa Korea and Manchuria, Brigadier General Sir Alfred Gaselee noted for recent command in China, and a 1908 career overview. Also mentions an engineer's claim about iron in Durango and a missing miner story near southern Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Sir Alfred Gaselee
New York Society Woman Becomes Charity Advocate
Miss Lilian Dunham, daughter of James H. Dunham, leaves city society to aid tenement children. She rents a cottage at St James Long Island and will host house parties for the poor youths during warm weather. She previously taught at Grace Church kindergarten and plans ongoing charitable work after education in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Leslie Munro
New York
Norwood
Atlantic Coast
Munro
Equestrienne
Miss Munro
Helen Gould
Miss Gould
Lilian Dunham
Metropolis
St. James, L. I
Miss Dunham
James H. Dunham
Germany
Grace Church
Bavarian Royal Wedding Raises Curtain on Tumultuous Line
The upcoming marriage of Prince Rupert of Bavaria to Duchess Marie Gabriel highlights a troubled royal lineage. Three hurdles block Rupert: his father Ludwig, grandfather Luitpold who rules after Otto's confinement, and Otto the mad king whose recent illness worsens the dynasty’s woes. Otto’s descent traces to Louis I who abdicated after Lola Montez scandal, then Maximilian II, Ludwig II, famed for Wagner and palaces, who drowned with his physician in 1886.
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Bavaria
Rupert of
Marie Gabriel
Charles Theodore
Rupert
Prince Ludwig of
Luitpold
Otto
Furstenried
Louis 1
Lola Montez
Maximilian II
Ludwig II
Wagner
Starnberger Lake
Berg
May Be a Victim in New Orleans Bishop Anster Case
Anxiety grows in New Orleans over the fate of Bishop von Anster the Telepte bishop and vicar mandarin of south Shan-Tung. He visited America in 1898 to see his sisters, Bishop Anger, while en route to China to confer with the German emperor on a matter risking grave international tensions about four bishops’ murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
von Anster
Telepte
South Shan-Tung
America
Anger
China
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
GAINA
Luhoh
Formosa
Japan
Kiou- Chou
Shantung Peninsula
Russia
Port Arthur
Talienwan
Great Britain
Wei-Hai-Wei
France
Bay
Kwang-Chau-Wan
Hainan
Hong Kong
United States
William H. Seward
Anson Burlingame
Labor Party
Liscum
B. H. Liscum
9Th Infantry
Tien-Tsin
Santiago
24Th Infantry
San Juan
Kent
Wikoff
Col
Worth
13Th Infantry
Col. Liscum
Lieut. Simpson
3D Brigade
E. Liscum
Blackbirds
Sth
San Juan Hill
Col. Evera
1St
Vermont Infantry
Leutens
London
Ifaj. Lee
Schweinfurth
Fukushima
Y. Fukushima
Taku
Beria
Persia
Teheran
Burmah
Gulf of
Pe-Chi-li
Amur
Sasuma
Korea
Manchuria
Cerro del Mercado
Durango
England
Richmond Locomotive Works
Messingtons
Galelee
North-Western Indian
Abyssinia
Beyotee
Jawak Afridi
Candahar
Zheb Valley
Hayara
Isayl
J. M. Meneck
Utah
Meneck
Smithsonian Institution
Republican Presse Bureau
Auditorium Annex
Republican National
Congressional
THS
Vieuns Earhi
Ferty Cupte & Gay
Bertin
Vladivostok
Leaves Society For Charity
Lopwic
Bishop Anser
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