Noble Crocker mansion site to be cathedral lot on Nob Hill
Bishop Nichols announces the Crocker mansion lot on Nob Hill San Francisco will be given to the diocese of California for a new palatial cathedral. The city’s most valuable residence property, the site promises a major ecclesiastical landmark.
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William F. Nichols
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Crocker
Nob Hill
San Francisco
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Provost Prison
St. James’ Place
Philadelphia
Provost
Vatican
Rome
Alfred Beit
London
South Africa
Dreyfus Vindicated as French Supreme Court Quashes Condemnation
The French Supreme Court annulled Captain Dreyfus's condemnation without retrial, restoring his rank and exonerating him after twelve years of controversy. The ruling followed a formal reading in court with forty nine judges in red robes, concluding Dreyfus did not commit treason.
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Emile Zola
Zola
England
Col. Henry
France
Gage Joins Theosophists At Point Loma Colony Cal
Former Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage leaves financial life in Chicago Washington and New York to reside permanently with the Point Loma theosophist colony in California led by Madame Tingley. He says a睡dream commanded the move and his interest in theosophy dates to the McKinley era, with early admiration for Helena Blavatsky and theosophical teachings.
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Pittsburg
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St. Paul
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St. Louis
Thomas B. Watson
Georgia
People’s Party
Western Union Raises Fire Insurance Rates on Unprofitable Risks
Western Union announces higher fire insurance rates on thirteen classes of previously unprofitable risks including mercantile stocks and packing plants. Increases apply largely to regions outside the listed exception cities Chicago St Louis Cleveland Cincinnati Milwaukee and Louisville where local boards set rates. The Chicago board will review the new schedule.
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Mercantile
Western Union Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Louisville
Notable quotes and moves of historical figures in brief
John D Rockefeller reportedly offered $1,000 for a short Paris talk. George Westinghouse lauded as a powerful inventor. Montreal mayor addressed as your worship and his worship. Dr Francis P Kinnicut elected president of the AA Physicians. Andrew Carnegie in Gravesend received freedom of the borough. Melville Ingalls joked about a preacher's long sermon. Mexico's ambassador Senor Casasus ill in Europe. James A Garfield buys a farm house to house a crippled children hospital. James B Reynolds signs treasury documents and uses three pens weekly.
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Paris
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Ekers
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New York
Association of American Physicians
Andrew Carnegie
Gravesend
Mexico
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Europe
James A. Garfield
Prudence Island
Narragansett Bay
James B. Reynolds
Boston
United States Treasury
Periods of Great Immigration and Its Shifting Origins
The piece reviews United States immigration trends, noting a record high in the latest five-year period and detailing waves tied to 1848 Irish famine, post-1873 revival, and late 19th to early 20th century influxes. It compares relative shares to population growth from 1850, 1880, and 1900 and lists country contributions for 1905, highlighting Austria-Hungary and Italy as major sources.
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Frisco Field for Workers
San Francisco rises from the ashes with rapid building progress. The California promotion committee reports labor demand is high across trades except building, where skilled workers are needed including plumbers electricians bricklayers plasterers carpenters and elevator constructors for railway and debris removal projects.
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California Promotion Committee
Weathered words for winter pages of The News
A patchwork of remarks touches on Alaska snow, November forecasts, canal talk, European travels, and political quips. References include Mrs Longworth in Europe, Russia woes, canal progress, and the iceman's fate in Ohio, all in a dated, opinionated newspaper voice.
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Nicholas
Guatemalans Defeated in Platanar Battle
Salvadorean forces defeated Guatemala at Platanar on Saturday night with about 2000 reported killed wounded and prisoners. The conflict spread with Guatemalan incursions into Honduras and Salvador and both sides seeking US mediation to end hostilities and arrange a peace conference.
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Root Begins Ambitious South America Tour for Better Hemispheric Ties
Secretary of State Elihu Root undertakes a three month voyage visiting eight South American republics traveling 16000 miles by sea and rail. He will be hosted in capitals, travel aboard a naval cruiser with his family, and pursue improved inter-American understanding, a goal once pursued by James G Blaine.
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Stockholders urged as dividends promised at United States Express
Pressure from investors prompts United States Express Company to pledge doubling dividends next period. The firm has paid 4 percent, Wells Fargo has raised to 6 percent annually with a semiannual 5 percent July 16. Critics claim earnings exceed 30 percent with a $20 million surplus.
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United States Express Company
Senator Platt
New York
Wells, Fargo & Co
Birds feed on cotton weevil across seasons
A bulletin from the Agricultural Department reports on the 1904 investigation of birds and the cotton weevil. Twenty eight bird species eat the insect, including quail nighthawk phoebe and meadowlark. Winter shows fewer weevils destroyed but more species feed on them due to plant protection.
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Agricultural Department
Biological Survey
Chronology of world events from 1415 to 1904
Historical timeline listing major events and figures from 1415 to 1904. Includes battles, political changes, notable appointments, treaties, explorations, and key national milestones across Europe North America and beyond. Entries name dates places rulers battles and institutions.
Indiana Political Millennium plan to clean elections
Five Indiana counties agreed on a reform to remove mercenary workers and penal voters in fall elections. Both sides pledge no payments for poll workers or hangers-on. Inspectors and judges to be chosen outside campaign committees, with integrity-minded businesspeople if possible.
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Indiana
Pennsylvania Railroad Committee Finds No Undue Preferences
The self inspecting committee told directors on Monday that ICC testimony does not prove undue preferences for coal cars or sidings. An audit firm from New York is authorized to review five years of the railroad’s records, and the panel will examine all aspects of the issue.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Audit Company of
New York
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