Death by red ants amid Maya savage law tale
An American prospector James Wilson is eaten alive by red ants in Sinaloa after a tribal court condemns him for abusing a Maya woman named Karamaya. The report, relayed from El Paso, details the brutal ritual as the tribe ensures punishment under Maya law. Curry and Reagan, his fellow miners, are later found and flee.
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James Wilson
Sinaloa
Mexico
Wilson
Mayo Indian Territory
Albert Curry
William Reagan
Klondike
Karamaya
Paleface
Mayo
Central
South America
Mexican Central Railroad
Census from a bath tub causes a suburb encounter
A young census worker on a suburban district tour of the United States census had an amusing delay at a house when repeated bell ringing failed to attract a response. The incident highlights the small misadventures of the census-taking effort.
Birth Month Fashion Takes the Stage at Odd Dinner
Guests at an unusual entertainment represented their birth months through costumes and dishes. January featured silver beads or a brooch of old and new year, September wore golden red hearts, March appeared as a music hem, and April used a fool’s cap. Prizes went to the best outfits and dishes, with the supper requiring only coffee, pickles and cake.
How Fortunes Come and Go In London Theater World
A man who built and lost a fortune from a single song has died in London. H. J. Leslie, involved as an accountant actor manager and journalist, bought the light opera Dorothy, saw initial failure, then its hit run after Heyden Coffin sang Queen of My Heart. The success funded Lyric Theatre building, but Dorothy’s decline ended his wealth. He died bankrupt, the same Coffin whom he once helped.
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London
H. J. Leslie
Mr. Leslie
America
Dorothy
Gaiety Theater
Leslie
Prince of Wales’ Theater
Hayden Coffin
Lyric Theater
Heyden Coffin
Decreasing Spanish Crown Signaled by Declining Sales
A fragment notes the queen regent of Spain signaling a decrease in sales of a product or goods. The text is unclear but points to economic signals during a regency period.
Soldiers of China Native Troops a Miserable Lot
A harsh critique portrays Chinese native troops as a miserable band of vagabonds with drill that scarcely meets mockery. The piece labels their discipline as inadequate and mocks their training standards.
Chinese troops judged useless by observers in postwar portrait
English artist C. E. Fripp depicts the Chinese army as undisciplined and unreliable in the suppression of the boxers. Officials fail to curb bad habits as artillery drills turn into pantomime amid grand flag parades and chaotic firing. The piece argues knowledge of modern weapons shows these performances are futile.
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China
C. E. Fripp
Japan
Fripp
Uses of Captive Balloon by French Architect Letorey
Mr Letorey a French architect applies the captive balloon to cleaning or decorating cupolas high roofs towers and monuments. The balloon can be raised or lowered from a wagon by a windlass and steadied by stays from the envelope side.
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Letorey
Wreathing Nelson's Column and Wireless Aerial Uses Mentioned
A Washington Times snippet notes a technique or apparatus useful for steeple jacks and the wreathing of Nelson's column and also as an aerial station in wireless telegraphy. The item highlights practical applications across construction and communication.
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Nelson
Washington Times
Purification by Bacteria Seeks Sewage Cleanup Shift
At a Society of American Bacteriologists meeting Professor Kinnicut outlined England’s move toward purifying city sewage via bacterial growth rather than chemical treatment. He argued the bacterial method is cheaper and more effective, allowing discharge into rivers without pollution.
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Society of American Bacteriologists
Kinnicut
England
Russia's First Move in the Far East
Harper's Weekly argues Russia has opened a calculated long game in the Far East, with Japan outmatched in mobilization and Korea a potential battleground. Russia aims to annex China, use edicts in Kuang Hsu's name, and control the Forbidden City through the Tientsin region, leveraging Port Arthur and the Pei Ho forts to deter Japanese action.
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England
Russia
Japan
Taku
Pei-Ho
Port Arthur
Gulf of Pechili
Far East
Korea
China
Forbidden City
Kuang Hsu
Tien Tsz
Harper's Weekly
Debt and Its Discharge by a Layman
A lay sermon argues that tithing one tenth of income is God’s law and practical for spiritual and temporal gain. It urges steady giving to support church, hospitals, missions, and the needy, noting numerous examples and linking prosperity with faithful stewardship.
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United States
England
God
Abraham
Isaac
Christ
Moses
Jacob
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el Paso
Texas
New York
Providence Journal
Regint
Spain
Soldiers OF
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Frederick
London Spectator
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