The Dowager Empress and Regency Politics
Controversy over the Empress Dowager’s hold on power as she nominates a youthful successor to block the emperor’s return. Commentary notes her vindictiveness and fear of reforms, while hints of Russian influence and reformist currents shape the regency. Also reports David D. Thompson chosen editor of the Northwestern Christian Advocate. Spelling exams at Columbia provoke humiliation among freshmen and sophomores, exposing broader illiteracy in orthography and concerns about the three Rs and education trends.
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China
Rusala
Avies
Edwards
David D. Thompson
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur Edwards
Columbia University
Methodist
Scholar Guard Becomes Chicago Police Chief
Captain Frank O Neill, a renowned scholar and veteran officer born in Ireland in 1849, is named chief of police by Mayor Harris. A former patrolman who rose through the ranks, he brings extensive education, a large private library, and a Drexel Boulevard home known as a meeting place for book lovers and men of letters.
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Chicago
Frank O’neill
Harris
Hawaii Race Shifts Mark Major Population Change Since 1896
A historical table shows relative strength shifts among races in Hawaii since 1896. Whites gain 26 percent and Chinese 32 percent, Hawaiian and Part Hawaiian fall about 7 to 9 percent, while Japanese surge by around 170 percent, altering the native balance amid foreign growth.
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Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
End of Philippine Ins urgency as surrender confirmation received
War officials report surrender of insurgent bands ends organized opposition in the Philippines. The War Department notes cablegrams confirm capitulation by Aguinaldo era leaders, signaling a shift in control.
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Alejandrhi
Aguinaldo
Philippincz Islands
How to Find the Three-Tailed New Comet
The article explains the new comet with three tails visible near dawn at 3:50 a.m. and urges waking early. Observers should look a little north of the sunrise point as conditions may reveal a bright object even after sunrise. The comet’s Earth distance is under 30 million miles, with tail shape still uncertain.
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Ible
Morgan's Latest Venture Shapes Global Shipping Moves
J Pierpont Morgan and associates have bought a controlling interest in a large steamship line owning sixty five vessels in Atlantic, Mediterranean and West Indian trade. Rumors point to Atlantic lines consolidation to cut costs. Some think U S Steel owners aim to control transport of European goods at lower costs, while others suggest Britons seek to unload ships onto American hands before possible war with Russia and France.
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Rusais
France
Poultney Bigelow Sees Dark Prospects For Future
A fragmentary remark attributes Poultney Bigelow with gloom about the United States as prosperity grows, describing a dark and uncertain outlook and implying concern over future wealth trends and societal shifts.
Life-Saving Service Pioneer Dr William A Newell
The founder of the Life-Saving Service, Dr William A Newell, now 88, advanced rescue methods along the New Jersey coast. His work, supported by Lincoln and Adams, led to rockets and surf-boats, expanding stations nationwide. Government funding grew to over 1.5 million annually, with 300 rescue stations and 2,000 wreckers. 225,000 lives saved attributed to his programs.
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United States
William A. Newell
Allentown
N.J
Newell
Long Branch
N. J
Congress
New Jersey
Abraham Lincoln
John Quincy Adams
Senate
House
Little Eye Harbor
Cape May
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Lincoln
Treasury Department
Washington
Early American Cremation History and Notable Remains
The piece surveys early cremation in the United States, recounting cases from 1876 to 1898. It notes Baron von Palm in Washington, Pennsylvania, Ernest Rosin on the Eads Bridge, Joaquin Miller, William Petersen Appleby, and Abbie Sage Richardson, Kate Field, and others. It mentions ashes scattered over winds, rivers, and seas, and a Berlin Germany auction of Robert Arons ashes.
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Thera
Lawrence
Baron von Palm
Dr. Lemoyne
Washington
Hudson River
Ernest Rosin
Eada Bridge
Mississippana
Joaquin Miller
William ‘Petersen Appleby
Fresh Poni
Hempstead
Bromberg
Germany
Robert Arons
Abbie Sage Richardson
Italy
Fresh Pond
Kate Field
Sandwich Islands
Cremation Tales and Curious Ashes Across States
A New York Sun piece catalogues bizarre cremation cases from San Francisco to Boston, including Mrs Whitney transporting ashes in a flowered handbag, Emma Abbott beside her mother’s grave, and a California millionaire J Z Davis whose wife’s ashes were kept separate from his. It notes an imported silver and gold gown worth thousands and a Pasadena cremation after San Francisco crematories refused the body.
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San Francisco
J. Z. Davis
Davis
California
Philadelphia
Soane
Durant
Pasadena
New York Sun
Battle to the Death by a 200 Pound St Bernard
Dr. Robert J Kingston of Newburg New York fought a maddened 200 pound St Bernard alone in his bathroom after the dog attacked him while he slept. He strangled the animal with both hands until it stopped fighting and neighbors aided afterwards. London medical opinion opposes street drinking troughs for horses as slanderous material.
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St. Bernard
Robert J Kingston
Newburg
N. X
Kingston
Dr. Kingston
Dr. Kings
Ton
London
Day Line Details and Haunted House Anecdotes
An article fragment explains the International Date Line and how ships gain or lose a day crossing it, detailing a path around the 180th meridian and nearby islands. It then recounts a New York tale of a haunted apartment house with strange noises and tenant fears, followed by a Dublin family anecdote about the O Neill ancestry and a giant pedigree tree with a margin note “Just here came Adam.”
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Pacific
Greenwich
United States Navy
Aleutian Islands
Fiji
Samoan Islands
Chatham
Great Britain
L. O'Brien
Dublin
Ireland
Mr. O’brien
O'Neil
United Kingdom
Plantagenet
Tider
Guelph
William
al- Dien
O'Neill
Beo
O'Neils
Adam
New York Tribune
Absinthe cited as danger in Wisconsin farming and Paris crackdown
A historical article warns absinthe dangers and oil from wormwood used for the drink. It cites France government's move to curb the "green terror" and recalls Jennie Bosschieter's death linked to absinthe in Paterson New Jersey. It notes intoxication symptoms and the difficulty of breaking the habit.
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Wisconsin
Paris
France
McAllister
Campbell
Kerr
Jennie Bosschieter
Paterson
N. J
School to teach men how to share themselves and more
A fragmented column surveys quirky ideas about self shaving and self improvement. It discusses a proposed school for teaching private shaving skills, notes masculine vanity, and contrasts Western authorship with practical grooming. It then shifts to Ezra P. Savage becoming Nebraska governor and ends with a note on South African language classified as ape-like.
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Piaty
Cape Horn
Ezra P. Savage
Dietrich
United States Senate
Nebraska
Custer
Water Cooking Secret From Historical Note
A fragment discusses palatable food by boiling fresh filtered water in a clean warm kettle and using it immediately. It warns against adding time, heat, and dregs, suggesting evaporating water as part of the discovery process.
Tea and politeness in a Chinaman’s greeting
A New York Sun excerpt discusses tea etiquette in Chinese hosted interviews, noting the host’s subtle signal when the guest should depart after a sip. It contrasts rank based sipping norms and the polite end of the visit, highlighting cultural nuance in ceremonial tea service.
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New York
Sun
Primitive wedding in Virginia sparks humorous tale
A Washington Star reporter recites a rustic Virginia wedding near Washington where the groom and bride, both locals, have never ridden a steam or electric car. Neighbors gather in a barn as cider flows and a barefoot bride is married, followed by dancing and a violin solo amid rural cheer.
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Washington Star
Washington
Automatic gun to frighten wolves used by sheep breeders
Examiners note the novelty of a recently patented automatic gun designed to scare wolves from sheep pastures. The device uses a clockwork mechanism to fire blank cartridges at ten minute intervals, operable from sunset to sunrise during lambing season, with potential for wolves to learn the deception.
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Patent Office
Russia
Presbyterian
Fresh-Water Sailors on the Great Lakes
Duluth figures lauded as American fresh water sailors with perilous lives and romance likened to old salt traditions. The Washington Post notes three and four masted lake schooners, perilous wrecks, and heroic life-saving crews on Lake Erie. Skippers navigating Duluth to Buffalo are praised as capable seafarers, fit for ocean duties.
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Great Lakes
C. F. Bailey
Duluth
Minn
Washington Post
Lake Erie
Bilow
Buffalo
Salt Water Fish Species Count and Shore Versus Deep Forms
The article notes saltwater fish variety with about ten thousand shore species near the surface and land, while shore fishes number around four thousand. It describes agile fishes in near-surface waters and deep dwellers living from hundred to twenty hundred fathoms, and hints at Africa and British agents in the discussion.
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Enid
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Sunny
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Africa
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