Global oddities and historic notes from early news
The article surveys curious items from abroad and in the United States including a Paris bank rumor, a Chinese canine cemetery, bread loaf habits in France and Italy, a large transfer tax on Henry Villard’s estate, Glasgow’s washing houses, and metal and non metal production values. It also mentions sculptor Robert Aitken for an American navy monument, a Dead Sea-like lake in Thibet, Bangkok princesses learning housekeeping, and a Helladotherium species discovery with potential domestication and dining uses.
Brooklyn School Rewards Progress by Self Improvement Prize
A Brooklyn Boys High School teacher introduces prizes for steady self improvement rather than mere scholarship. The plan aims to reduce dropout by rewarding faithful work and personal growth over raw grades, sparking hopes of lifting nearly a third of students who quit before graduation. A French convict at Noumea confessed a double murder in 1896. He killed his wife at Vironechaux near Crecy and buried her in a well, then murdered a neighbor and burned remains. The buried second victim was later found and exhumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ High School
Brooklyn
Noumea
Vironechaux
Crecy
Washington Notes and World Events Snapshot
A long list of items including Philippine organization, U S coal leadership, hemp fraud probes, bankruptcy law stance, spring wheat acreage, Porto Rico finances, McKinley third-term stance, battleship Illinois, Indian school costs, Red Lake land push, dynamite disasters in New York and Pennsylvania, railroad wrecks, Oklahoma cyclone, accidents in Europe and the U S, crimes and legal cases, and local incidents.
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Washington
Philippines
United States
Hollander
Porto Rico
McKinley
Moldy
Red Lake Reservation
Mavor
Notable Deaths and Society Notes Across Regions
Edmund Archibald Stuart dies aged c. 74. Misa Louise Taylor wed Edward Jones in Youngstown. Richard Griffith, famed press telegraph operator, dies in New Orleans. N B Carskadon, Kansas City attorney, dies of heart disease. Lt. George R. Bennett joins Iowa State University as professor. Morgan refrains public display of Gainsborough portrait. Italian composer Madagni signs eight-week U.S. tour. Bulgarian–Montenegrin engagement rumor cited by Vienna. Eliza H. Palmer, pen Snow Houk, dies in Salt Lake City. Judge Beck collapses and dies in Pueblo. W H Barris and W H Harris, Davenport scholars, pass away. Starvation deaths rise in Johannesburg. American engines burn too much coal per French official. Ireland census shows 248,204 drop in ten years. Cuban Platt amendment passes 16–11. Rotterdam brokers push Chicago freight with bulk unbroken. Henry Labouchere fined for contempt of court. Gen Pultney’s division reports Boers captured on border. Stilwell group buys Pachuca line, linking to Tampico for faster Mexico City access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Archibald Stuart
Earl of
United States
Vienna
London Daily Mail
Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Xenia of
Montenegro
Eliza H. Palmer
Eugene B. Palmer
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Utah
Palmer
Jude Lysander Houk
Snow Houk
W. P. Beck
Pueblo
Colo
W. H. Barris
Griswold College
Davenport Academy of Sciences
Davenport
Iowa
W. H. Harris
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Ireland
Rotterdam
Holland
Henry Labouchere
Pultney
Schull-Burger
Bwasiland
Stilwell
Hoye
Pachuca, Zacuultipan & Tumpico
Bandgoval
Vor Crag
Tampico
Mexico City
Gulf Ports
General strike expands on Maine Central system
A broad Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen strike disrupts Maine Central, affecting eight hundred workers. Reports note returned Buffalo shop workers from the New York Central action and several unrelated items on prizes, donations, and civic issues in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otherwlar
Brotherhood of Railway
Maine Central
Theew York Central
Buffalo
North Shore
Lawson
William F. Cody
Cody
Big Horn Basin
Wyo
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
John D. Rockefeller
Harper
The
Univeralty of
Chicago
Univeralty
Europe
Hopkinsville
Ollie Tyson
Todd County
Australia
United States
Beveridge
At. Petersburg
London Daily Mail
Vladivostok
Port Arthur
Joseph H. Manley
Maine
Hill
Manley
Jacksonville
Pacific Fire Insurance Company of New York
Actiye
Florida
Westchester Fire Insurance Company
Newark
Amadeus
Sisters of Charity
Diocese of
Cleveland
Lakewood
Katherine Onalll
Irving
New York
Lsd
Massacre Report Ties To Prince Tuan In Mongolia
An Italian envoy arriving in Pekin confirms a massacre of fifteen Feigian priests and converts at Nilang tao liang in Southern Mongolia. Soldiers under Prince Tuan Duke Lan and Gen Tung Fu Helang were blamed, while ministers discuss indemnity terms of 450 million taels and sinking fund payments. They note officials wielding power locally, making suppression by the central government difficult, and plans to revise commercial treaties may be unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Prigat
Shenst
Shane
Mongolia
Nilangtao-liang
Prince Tuan
Duke Lan
Tung Fu Helang
Thia
British Turn In Major Boer War Dispatches From London
London reports from Lord Kitchener describe a June 6 clash with De Wet’s column near Vrede and a convoy capture including 71 wagons 45 prisoners 68 rifles 10000 rounds and 4000 cattle with 17 Boers killed 3 wounded and British losses of 3 officers and 17 men killed 1 officer and 24 men wounded. A second dispatch notes Boers surprising Victorian mounted rifles at Steenkeelgprult on June 12 with 2 officers and 16 men killed 4 officers and 8 8 men wounded 28 slightly wounded and 2 officers 50 men escaping to Benston’s camp. two pom-poms captured. Durban reports a preliminary surrender of 100 men at Pietersburg as part of a larger potential surrender of 1000 elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliotts
Eningen
London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Pretoria
Vrede
Orange River Colony
Elliot
Dewet
Welmanstust
Middelburg
Beaston
Steenkeelgprult
van Rensburg
Pietersburg
Lulu Prince Kennedy Guilty Of Second Degree Murder
In Kansas City on June 18 Lulu Prince Kennedy is convicted of second degree murder for killing her husband Philip Z. Kennedy. The court fixes a ten year penitentiary term. The twenty-year-old defendant remains calm as the verdict is announced and later shows only mild interest in other cases against her father C. W. Prince and brothers Bert and Will Prince who face conspiracy charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Prince Kennedy
Kansas City
Philip Z. Kennedy
C. W. Prince
Bert
Will Prince
Kennedy
Kennedy Murder Trial Ends with Hung Jury
In New York on June 18 the jury hearing the murder case of Dr. Ken nedy, charged with killing Dolly Reynolds, could not reach a verdict and was discharged by Judge Newburger. The first ballot showed four for conviction and eight for acquittal, marking a third trial for Kennedy on this crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kennedy
New York
J. Kennedy
Dolly" Reynolds
Newburger
Cailes Signs Surrender Terms in Manila Asia
Insurgent General Calles signed surrender terms in Manila on June 18 through Col. Infantana Galvera acting for Caliles. He will rally his forces at Santa Cruz Laguna province and surrender with more than 600 troops to American authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terim
Manila
Diplomatic Post Changes Announced by President
Washington June 19 Changes in diplomatic posts were announced yesterday Francs G Loomis moves from Venezuela to Portugal John N Irwin resigns Herbert W Bowen moved from Persia to Venezuela Klaud C Griscom becomes intermediary to Persia Spencer F Eddy promoted to Constantinople Arthur Bailley Blanchard advances to second secretary at Paris Loomis loses 4200 per year and is stationed in England Bowen praised Griscom Eddy Blanchard have varied careers and Paris posting ties to ex Senator Blanchard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Blanchard
Newton Blanchard
Louisiana
Machinists and Metal Trades Fight Over Nine-Hour Day
Chicago June 19. Officials of the International Association of Machinists and the National Metal Trades Association clash as both sides vow to prevail. Machinists head to an agreement expedition hoping to secure deals while National Metal Trades insists workers will resist union gains. Some firms sign on with union provisions, including nine hour day and higher wages, while a few manufacturers alarmed by the union push. Garden City Fan Co and Charles Imea Engineering Co, members of the National Metal Trades, have recognized the machinists and resumed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stelking Machiniste
Chicago
International Association of Machinists
National Metal Trades Noasociation
Gay
National Trader Association
Naional Metal Trades Association
Garden City Fan Company
Charles Imea Engineering Company
National Metal Trades Association
British Force Chases Mullah After Night Raid
A Sami Matond dispatch reports May 28 heavy fighting as Capt Mereweather’s mounted infantry attacked the Mullah’s supply camp during a night march, seizing 5000 head of cattle, killing a key chief and capturing another, after a 100 mile operation. Col Swayne’s main column moved toward Elbe on June 14 leaving 200 at Zarabia to guard. McNeill repelled three Mullah attacks with 600 enemy dead. British forces at Zaraba suffered ten killed and nine wounded. a decisive engagement is anticipated.
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Britink
Ilia
London
Foreign Office
Sami Matond
Mereweather
Caille
Col. Swayne
Elbe
McNeill
Zarabia
Swayne
McNeil
Zaraba
White Wings Lost With Crew of Thirty
Tacoma, June 19. It is almost certain the fishing schooner White Wings, captained by Johnson and owned by the Icy Strait Packing company, has gone to the bottom with a crew of thirty. The vessel sailed from Seattle a month ago and had not been reported since, with half the men from Tacoma and the rest from Seattle, on the voyage from Puget Sound to northern cateneries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
White Wings
Johnson
Icy Strait Packing Company
Vancouver Island
Moseley Island
Seattle
Sound
Vengeance Against Willites in Sixth Ward Meeting
A negro political gathering in Jacksonville Sixth ward last night heard threats of vengeance against whites. Over 100 attendees vowed to kill any white who entered the district and stopped two streetcars driving off motormen and conductors. Police dispersed the mob. Willie Cook was wounded by a pistol shot during the melee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nowroesn
Jacksonville
Pla
Willie Cook
Picture Telegraphs Send Images Through Space
In New York on June 19 scientists demonstrated a hybrid system combining Marenni's telegraph with the Hummel telediagraph to transmit pictures across space without wires. The tech reportedly even carried images through a brick wall, with W. O. Clark of the United States Electrical Company directing the experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marenni
W. Oo. Clark
United States Elretrieal Company
Scorned Father and Mother Attend Funeral Dispute in Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana a strained funeral for the four year old son of Mr and Mrs Hancock drew a crowd as a sermon by Rev B C Wilk criticized divorces leading to the couple’s separation. Otho Jackson, Hancock’s brother, confronted the minister at the grave demanding an apology for alleged insults. The sermon referenced family rifts and the Bible text When my father and mother forsake me. The scene escalated until friends intervened to avert further conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Otho Tabkson
Nana
Jacks
Jackon
William Hancock
B.C. Wilk
Harrison Street
Sould Conawet
Walk
Otho Jackson
Fatal Baltimore Fire Claims Two Lives
In Baltimore at 729 West Mulberry Street a fire caused by gasoline pouring between receptacles killed Henry DL. Line Weaver, seventy seven, who suffocated escaping the blaze. Robert Birchett, aged, severely burned, died soon after. A lighted lamp toppled by a cat started the flames in a nearby double wooden house near the Baltimore and Ohio station at St Denis Maryland. A four year old, Herman Kitchener, perished in a separate room fire during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Henry DL. Line“weaver
Van
West Mulberry Street
Robert Birchett
Baltimore & Ohio
St Denis
Herman Kitchener
Canadian Pacific trackmen strike for wage raise
Between 3000 and 3500 Canadian Pacific trackmen walk off the job in Montreal demanding a daily wage increase of 10 to 20 cents. They say the company pretended to raise pay while cutting weekly earnings by 3 1 2 cents through reduced track walking, leaving net gains minimal. the company contends workers on par with other roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacifi Railway
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Cost of a Lobby Northwestern Railway Files Statement
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway company filed with the secretary of state a statement of expenses before the last legislature. The total comes to 3094.60. Items include M. C. Ring salary 1500 expenses 1204.50 W. F. Fish salary 160 expenses 144 L. W. Bowers 18 F. P. Creedon expenses 16.
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Northwestern Railway
Madison
Wia
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
M. C. Ring
W. F. Fish
L. W. Bowers
F. P. Creedon
Principal Shoots Superintendent then Kills Self in Rankin Case
In Dathan Alabama principal George R McNeill was shot by former assistant principal Prof Rankin who had been dismissed from the Public Schools. Rankin then died by suicide after the fatal action. The shooting followed Rankin's dismissal and loss of his position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dathan
Ala
Fane 1
Rankin
Pensacola
Fla
George R. McNeill
Bribe Case Yields Prison Term for Fort Morgan Official
In Mobile on June 19 Capt. Cyril Wy. King a former construction quartermaster UBA of Fort Morgan Alabama was sentenced to fifteen months in prison and a $3000 fine He gave notice of appeal and posted a $10000 bond after being convicted weeks earlier of receiving a bribe to influence official conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Cyril Wy. King
U. BA
Fort Morgan
King
Angell’s Thirty Year Leadership at University of Washington
Angell marks thirty years as head of the University with the fifty seventh commencement. At Ann Arbor on June 19, President Angell delivered the baccalaureate before about 700 students who will receive degrees Thursday. The week celebrates Dr Angell’s thirty years in the top post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniersity of
Washington
Ann Arbor
Mich
Angell
University of Michigan
Iyalitation
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Lester Ainsworth
Bank of France
Summer Palace
Pek- Ing
China
France
Italy
Henry Villard
Westchester County
Dees
Glasgow
Pennsylvania
Robert I. Aitken
San Franceseco
Clara Spreckles
John W. Mackey
J. D. Phelan
San Francisco
Dead Sea
Sven Hedin
Thibet
Bangkok
Siam
Harry Johnston
Greece
Asia Minor
Times
Aize
Oklahoma
Na Cul- Mafon
Luckewanna
Jack Morrin
Budwela
Welleschin
Austria
Oliver Crosier
Emil Bergdorf
Summit Lake
Akron
Ohio
Michal Shay
Bergerof
Heverett
Edward Kelly
Lind
Street Angel
Houtson
Texas
Merit Board
Richard
Smith
Wis
William Daves
Pangil
Nebraska’ State University
A. Georgia
Cape Fair
Alice Stallion
W. T. Morris
Cury
Forgri
Cailles
3Iad Mullai
Willilites
Wingyom Witia
Gra
Praachean
Pracemen Stricd
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