Feeble Chronology of Wars and Political Upheavals Across Centuries
A jumbled list reviewing events from 1548 to 1905, noting Luther’s fare well sermon, colonial acts, wars, charters, and disasters. It strings battles, treaties, constitutional moves, and notable deaths across France Britain Spain Prussia and the United States with scattered names and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Luther
Wittenberg
Louise XIV
France
Pingland
Lemoine d'Iberville
Mississippi
Robert Walpole
Lcence of Commons
Firmt Colonial Assembly of Georgia
Prussia Suffrage Uprising Shocks Berlin with Mass Rally
A massive Sunday gathering in Berlin saw over 74 000 Socialists and supporters demand manhood suffrage as police and soldiers defended the capital. Violent clashes broke out around the Parliament and Landtag, with many injured on both sides as women joined the demonstrations across Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
von Buelow
Berlin
Socialista
Landtag
Progress of the Thaw murder trial and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
The second trial of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw for the murder of Stanford White unfolds with public witness testimony. District Attorney Jerome presses for openness while Judge Dowling upholds the right to a public trial as Littleton focuses on Thaw's insanity defence and Nesbit’s Paris tale of alleged abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Stanfor
White
Jerome
Littleton
Evelyn Thaw
Thaw
Parla
Indictments Count Theaters In Kannan City Case
A grand jury in Kannan City Missouri returned 100 indictments against theater workers and managers accused of violating the old Sunday closing law. Indicted were non actors as well as those employing them. Each manager faced charges for every actor or employee who worked the preceding Sunday. Defendants may return for trial or forfeit bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nemerovus Theater
Kannan City
Hin Theater
Seger Trusts Policy Moves Toward Public Assets
At the American Sugar Refining Company annual meeting a formal statement was issued noting the old secrecy policy would be abandoned. A resolution adopted calls for publishing the companys assets including planned, active and inactive properties and the preservation of accumulated working capital. publicity is attributed to this decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seger Trust
American Sugar Refining Company
Isue
Aro
Accumu
Penones Os
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Portland City Hall and Police Buildings
A blaze in Portland wipes out city and county offices in the city hall and damages the police building housing the courts. The fire, caused by crossed wires in the electric department, also destroys the Greenleaf Law Library and other city records. 700 people were in the auditorium briefly but injuries were few.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Mo
Western Maine Knights of Pythian
Registrar of Deeds
Greenleaf Law Collection
Fie
City Electrician
Fire Department
Grant
Nova Scotia
Terrors Of Frat Initiation Put Nerves On Edge
A campus report describes fear and distress among novice sorority initiates amid harsh rituals. Mothers protest as ceremonies provoke anxiety and concern about university social practices.
Evelyn Thaw testifies in Thaw case detailing alleged relations
Evelyn Thaw recounts how she became Thaw's companion after her marriage to White and how Jerome pressed her to repeat past statements. She describes tour travels to Europe, financial support from White, and Thaw's emotional reactions during her testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
White
Eureope
Sturgeo
Europe
Harry Thaw
Evelyn
Earthquakes and upheavals echo across nations
The report surveys global turmoil from Haiti’s inland earthquake devastation to political tremors in Europe and Asia. It notes Canada’s immigration stance toward Japan, a German court scandal, Persian peace terms, and notable accidents and maritime plans, with varied figures and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
Canada
Japan
Gnn
Berlin
Washington Seen Through Tourists and Politicians in Capital Life
The piece contrasts Washington’s allure for visitors with locals, noting tourist behavior in hotels and elevators, and highlights political debates over a proposed official weekly government newspaper funded by Congress. It also covers figures like Sulloway and Ollie James, a court ruling on bond allocations, and Mint coin production statistics for 1907, with reflections on architecture and civic pride.
Vanderbilt Heiress Weds Count in New York Ceremony
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt’s daughter Gladys Moore Vanderbilt married Count Laszlo Seecheny a Hungarian nobleman in a Fifth Avenue mansion ceremony attended by about 350 guests. The rite was performed by Mgr Lavelle with Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr as escort for the bride and Count Anton Sigray as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr. Lavelle
New York
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Laszlo Seecheny
Hussars
Fifth Avenue
Vanderbilt Residence
Miss Vanderbilt
Cornelius
Wml
Count Anton Sigray
Mer. M. J
Vanderbilt Twombly
Dorothy Whitney
William C. Whitney
Flora Payne Whitney
Clarry Payne Whitney
Stefan Szechenyi
Paul Asterbazy
Baron [Engelmueller von Hengervar
United States
Alfred
Regnald Vanderbilt
Government to sue sugar refiners for 300 million in duties
The government will sue the American Sugar Refining Company for more than 300 million dollars in duties evaded by underweighing shipments at New York docks over ten years. Treasury agents say scales were manipulated, bribery suspected among customs officials, and records are being unearthed for grand jury review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
The
Treasury
New York
Inet
Grand Jury
Treameury
Cine Toms
Clersk
Amoune
Low Death Rate in Navy Reported by Surgeon General
Surgeon General Rixey notes in the annual navy report a death total of 241 for the year with an average strength of about 42 000 including the Marine Corps. The rate is 5.06 per 1000, far lower than city rates, with 144 deaths from disease and 97 from injury including poisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rixey
Marine Corps
Florida Keys Rail Line Opens With Concrete Arches
The Flagler railroad along Florida Keys from Miami to Knight’s Key is now operating eighty-one miles with through sleeping cars from New York and Chicago. Trains will ferry to Havana, with completion expected by next winter’s tourist season. Concrete arches and massive embankments support track across water and channels as trains cross Ocean Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiel Henry M. Flagler
Keys
Florida
Knight’s
Ker
New York
Chicago
Key West
Iavana
Knight
Flagler
Havana
Knights Key
Minind
Miami
Kolelt's Key
Tnne
Evcu Spye
Wea
Slamestead
North America
Key Largo
Key
Keya
Pullman Care
Decline of Goldfield Amid Stock Scams and Public Turmoil
The Goldfield area, long in the public eye since strikes and troop deployments, is a declining settlement. Many mines are paper ventures and investors have suffered as profits vanish. hundreds of mines have been exploited and only a few yield real dividends. The camp’s best days are considered over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield
United States
Aliens Yank $110 Million From U S To Europe Last Year
Figures compiled by the North German Lloyd lime show $110,084,000 was taken out of the United States last year by aliens returning to Europe. The estimate relies on steamship agents and money changers noting an average carry of $200 per immigrant and about 50,045 returning to their homeland. The money is meant for spending in idleness abroad, with a noted habit of the former American saver preferring gold of their country when repatriating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Teheran
M. Bleriot
Seronaut
Paris
Bis
Russian War Department
War Automobile Corps
Henry Farnam
Devlin
Portugal
Hardes
Prince Bernard of
Saxteweimar
Lucelesini
Berlin
United States
Morocco
Algerciras
Joseph Mospignos I
United States Army
Winthrop Scarrit
London
England
Wee
Pilana
Mfacgh
Lloyd Lime
Europe
Globe News In Briefs From Across The World
Fife destroyed the Sunflower company plant at Colleyville Kansas and damaged the pattern shop and armature winding plant of Cleveland Steel Wasting Company. Emperor William in disguise attended a masked ball at Kell hosted by Prince Adalbert. Lord Burston may lose his Irish peer seat for failing to qualify as a voter. Mine Operators Association at Goldsfield decided to abolish the card system renouncing the Western Federation of Miners. District Judge Bourquin approved a $200000 loan by Edward Creighton to resume business. A woman was convicted of arson in New York for setting fire to an apartment building in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fife
Sunflower
Plas Company
Colleyville
Kan
Cleveland Steel Wasting Company
William of
Germany
Prince Adalbert
Kell
Lord Burston
Ireland
Mine Operators’ Association
Goldsfield
Ney
Western Federation of Miners
George M. Bourquin
Butte, Mont
Edward Creighton
State Savings Bank
New York
Aggie Ackerly
Brooklyn
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F Ja
Pitt
ViTz
Vermont
Philadelphia
Lake Erie
Dale Arnstrong
Becam
Great Britain
Bonaparte
Bayonne
Waterloo
Chapel Royal
Whitehall
Phurtpore
Lord Combermere
Lexington
Long Island Sound
Gov
Bent
New Mexico
Louis Napoleon
William Walker
Republic
Sonora
Lower
California
Lola Montes
Louisharles
Bavaria
United States’ Supreme Court
William
City of Columbus
Gay Head
New State Capitol
Des Moines
Abu Klea
Parnell
Irish National League
Dublin
Coomassies
Andijan
Tur
Port Arthur
Bergen
Norway
Merciless
City Hall
Portland
Harry K
Trini
New York City
Elizabeth Moore
Sigma Gamma Society
Caminiien
Julia Mills
Mille
Titian Mille
Mike Mills
Sitimnone
Appeowr
Miss Mills
Abe
My Africana
Loudon
Cleveland Bridge and Engineer Company
Khartoum
Washingion
Sheen
Courist
Tle
Tlobson
Alabama
Santiago
Congress
le Suye
Lnk
Lis
Westuuster Qenerrus Graw
Spill
Alwass
God
Cartler
Tack Frost
Chet
Cy, Bulloway
New Hampshire
Touwse
Chitin
Ollie James
Kentucky
Sulloway
Frank 10. Currier
Jenders
Ile
Align
Waeh Dey
George M. Austin
Cortelyou
Gould
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Austin
Ghd
Bronda
Ijalictal
Pontimster
Meyer
Lospltile
Washington
Iit
Gladys Vanderbilt
Count
Lavelle
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Joan J. Byrne
Gaul
Ruth
St. Patrick's
Dervell
Miss Ruth
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Big House
Monsignor
M. J. Lavelle
Overogean
Henry M. Flagler
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