Extraordinary lion in a railway carriage tale
The account recalls a railway horror where three men hunting lions boarded a sleeping car at a station. A lion attacked Mr Ryall, trapping him as others fled through a window or to the bath. The animal dragged Ryall to death while a relief party later found his body, with the carriage left in a dreadful, blood-soaked condition.
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Imreo
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McLaughlin
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Letcher
Filipinos Ride Fashion and Fast Wheels on Manila Streets
The Manila scene shows Filipinos embracing bicycles with women and children learning to ride in the Luneta district. Racing and night rides surge as electric lights glow and a new track with banked curves is planned, costing about 50,000 Mexican dollars.
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Luneta
New York Sun
Mikasa largest battleship from Japan to be afloat
A fragmentary report describes the Japanese battleship Mikasa, built in England and launched at Borrow-in-Furness. It outlines a 115200 ton displacement, 400 foot length, 6 foot 0 inch beam, 23 inch draft, 18 knot speed, and heavy armor. It also lists armament and propulsion details.
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Miksa
Borrow-in-Furness
England
Mikasa
Passengers Rescued After Four Days Afloat Wreck
Marseilles reports the steamship Tunaly ran ashore near Faranah Monday. Passengers and crew endured hunger exposure and fear for four days before being brought ashore by lifeboats and rescue parties. Only a few items saved. crew losses occurred while many key details point to confusion between Faraman and Plenier lights.
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France
Gnuttrot
Rome
Hoxing
Sorlock
Disjointed 4 Week Diet Debate Sparks Court and Elections
Fragmented text shows a university table of figures on a $10 week food plan leading to weight gain, a police mediation arrest, and a legal case against Gould trustees. It also references Count Bent de Castellane as a pedigree scamp, Senator Chandler defeat, Judge Burnham nomination, and Theodore Roosevelt amid campaign clashes in Colorado with clubs hurled at him.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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St. Louis
No More Canadians For Asien and Navy Transfers
Imperial authorities demand all mounted polter recruits at Vancouver H C for South Africa pay fares to Cape Town. plan to raise a corps there abandoned. Navy transfer discussion reports move from Port Royal to Charleston. A Pennsylvanian bank clerk faces $10,000 shortfall amid questionable stock trades. he is 22 and trusted. London hosts nearing an American iron and steel combination accord.
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Washington items and global events in brief
The State Department notes amendments to the Bay-Pouchet treaty under consideration by the Foreign Committee in London. Other items include McKinley withdrawing a Chinese indemnity commission proposal, a Manila printing establishment confiscated for illicit material, and plans to form an American police force of 300 for Manila. Also noted are a ministerial death in Portugal, protests on charter plans for Hawaii, Pago-Pago work, and various US political shifts with remarks on Florida governorship and capital punishment debates. Local incidents cover porch climbers in Kentucky, theft in Louisville, a family’s wealth in probate, a child’s death in Chicago, and a railroad wreck near Wilkes-Barre.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Bishop Coleman
New York City
Quay Elected U S Senator by Pennsylvania Legislature
In a lengthy political shift, William Quay was chosen by Pennsylvania's legislature to fill the U S Senate seat, ending a protracted balloting saga that began in 1899. The vote total reached 130 in favor, with Democrats largely backing Col James M. Guffey and Republican support split among nine candidates. Governor Stone appointed Quay the day after adjournment. his later rejection by the Senate prompted no formal statement from Quay, who hosted informal statewide receptions.
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United States
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Quay
Senate
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Hale
Cap
Fifeeetei
Turbulent World News Tangles From Multiple Regions
A sweeping international roundup reports agitation in Barcelona for bullfighting abolition, land bids in Canada for a Ottawa River national park, and Russian and French political shifts. It notes Boers in South Africa, Japanese crowd disasters, and Chinese reform moves, with shipyard, canal, and railway developments and a memorial to historic figures.
Professor Pupin Court Victory Promises Ocean Telephony Breakthrough
New York City reports that Michael Idvoraky Pup, adjunct professor of mechanics at Columbia University, says the American Bolt Telephone and Telegraph Company paid nearly $500,000 for his ocean telephony invention plus $15,000 annual royalties. He claims the system will enable direct phone and cable messaging to San Francisco and Europe at lower costs, with wires carrying conversations farther without relays.
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New York City
Michael Idvoraky
Pup
Inlumbia University
American Bolt Telephone ® and Telegraph Company
Pupin
San Francisco
Lemon
Europe
Lily
willIake
San Fravelaco
Texas Oil Boom Sparks Fever in Beaumont Area
A wild oil strike near Beaumont ignites a rush of investors and workers. Northern capitalists flood Beaumont and Orange country, lining up contracts and option deals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. A Wall Street style frenzy joins local excitement as experts warn overhype while signaling real potential in the district.
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Antrey
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Reminiscence on Irish Leader Redmond and US Electors
A Dublin Irish League meeting cites John Redmond as a perilous leader amid global conflicts in China and South Africa. The piece also recounts the 1900 presidential electors meeting, naming McKinley and Roosevelt with 202 votes to Bryan and Stevenson’s 155.
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China
South Africa
Cape Town
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Oho
United States
Theodora. Roosevelt
New York
William J. Bryan
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Stevenson
Congress
Pekin Heroine Story Reveals Boxer Siege Diary Details
Miss Mary Condit Smith describes the Pekin legation siege where women and men trained in pistol use and prepared to shoot. The diary, valued at $10,000, recounts starvation, dangers, and moments of dark humor amid Boxer attacks. Mary Smith plans marriage to Lt. Richard Hooker on February 13 in Washington with Bishop Satterlee.
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Slator
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New York
Jo Pekin Mas Smith
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Hilf
Misa Smlttr
Twichard Hooker
United States Marine Corps
Bishop Satterlee
Fatal Panic in Chicago After Fire Alarm Triggers Tragedy
Eight killed and about twenty injured when a false fire alarm at Turner Hall on West Twelfth Street in Chicago sparks a deadly panic during a Yiddish performance. Victims include Annie Goldsberg seven, Mullenbach four, Solomon thirty seven, George Schaeffer blue years, Mrs Mendelsohn forty, Marie Wilzalm two, plus two unknown women. Injured transported to five hospitals. Fire alarm proved false. furnace defect allowed smoke through registers.
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Mullenbach
Solomon
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Olue Sears
Mendélsohn
Marie Wilzalm
Leper Lovers Mystery Unearths Tragic Scene in Quarry
Two Hawaiian natives, Tionolulu awali-Avi and Se Keowamahi, were found dead in a deserted quarry near the city after separated lovers, one a leper sent to Molokai, chose death together. Their skeletons reveal a desperate pact as the world learned of a wedding thwarted by disease and exile.
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Epidemics Ravage Southern New Jersey Communities
Reports from Atlantic Cape May counties detail scarlet fever and diphtheria outbreaks. New Italy sees rising heart fever deaths, Fol som reports black diphtheria, and Vineland residents fear spread as schools and churches close. Cape May towns halt public gatherings while officials confront medical shortages and a string of civic disruptions.
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