News Roundup of Opinions on Railroads and War
The Atlanta Journal denounces railroads for refusing to haul for cheaper female labor. The San Francisco News Letter claims every French citizen is trained to save money. The Atlanta Constitution notes a Spokane doctor who allegedly kept patients asleep beforehand. Commander Sims defends the navy’s performance in the Spanish war. The New York American questions Spain’s fate if its forces had been efficient.
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France
San Francisco
Atlanta Constitution
Spokane
Sims
Spain
New York American
New York Journal
Noiseless gun inventor eyed for perfect bullet
The New York Herald notes that if the inventor can create a harmless bullet the world would gain relief but warns such a device could empower lawless hands and threaten public safety.
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The
New York Herald
German Emperor Jokes in Musical Comedy Box
Berlin correspondent reports the German emperor writes three jokes for a musical comedy and hands them to the leading comedian from the royal box. The note contrasts public schooling costs with police and jails expenses in the United States. Admiral George Dewey is praised as a storied, bluff Yankee figure, and a Washington exchange cites a record gold supply at one billion dollars, described as historically noteworthy.
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Berlin
Louisville Courier-Journal
Railroad rebates spark questions of legality and fairness
The Pittsburg Dispatch argues railroads should ensure equal access to cheap rates and warns that rebates not disclosed to the public raise questions of legality. The Christian Register weighs bankers' trustworthiness by reputation and adherence to safety rules, cautioning against bold risk takers driven by profits.
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Pittsburg
Fallen idol rhetoric and a severed link of forgiveness
Sybil tries to return the idol and letters to the man who humiliated her. He accepts the present only to part with it later, while Mrs. Staniland warns him not to remove the painted portrait as a royal order would be needed. Campion rages at his luck and destroys the accompanying check.
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Sybil
Sibyl
Campion
England
Babcock
Ronald
Lionel
Siedstoff
Mr. Campion
Nebelson
Chela
Silworth
India
Elswort
Gampion
The Yogi and the Studio Visit in May
Mrs. Staniland, Lionel Babcock, Sybil Ellsworth, and the Chela Nebelsen gather at a new studio where a painted landscape features an uncanny figure. Nebelsen's occult aura clashes with the art world as past betrayals surface, including a rift with Campion who once manipulated Sybil.
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Babcock
Lionel
Sybil
Aunt Hilary
Herr Nebelsen
Mrs. Staniland
Labor News Across Cities and Nations
A Brainerd Minnesota metal trades council forms, Montreal starts a French language labor paper, San Francisco plans a street laborer union, and Kansas City unions move to occupy a new labor temple. Oregon's ten hour day for women is upheld, Taunton enforces eight hour limits with a $2 daily wage. In Britain 300000 to 500000 metals workers. Newport News appoints a state factory inspector from organized labor. Minneapolis unions push for wage scales, Concord adopts fort nightly city labor pay. Kentucky federation backs measures awaiting Legislature. Washington State Federation backs woman suffrage unanimously. A F L literature will be translated into Yiddish. Philadelphia’s Local Union 165 invests $12,000 in city realty. St Louis breweries see 3500 unionized workers strike over a factional quarrel.
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Metal Trades Council
Brainerd, Minn
Montreal Canada
San Francisco
Cal
Kansas City
Oregon
Taunton
Mass
Great Britain
Newport News
Minneapolis
Minn
Concord
N. H
Kentucky State Federation Convention
Washington State Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Cigarmakers’ International Union
Philadelphia
St. Louis
A Wonderful Clock by Franz Karass at the Czars Palace
The peasant Franz Karass presented an immense clock at Peterhof Palace that shows time, months and days, day and night, sunrise and sunset, moon phases, and Earth's orbit. The copper mechanism is noiseless, weighs 720 pounds, and requires winding every 400 days after twenty two years of design and six years of construction in work at the project.
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Peterhof Palace
Franz Karass
Karass
St. Petersburg
New York Sun
An Easy Matter At Mountain House Card Game
A husband playing euchre with the new Mountain House belle stops to apologize for blocking light, saying he hadn’t noticed. His wife, three months married, keeps busy with embroidery and responds that she can see through him perfectly. The scene is described in a light, humorous tone.
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Lippincott's
Woman in disguise robs New Jersey safe with hairpin
A boy allegedly opened a burglar proof safe in New Jersey with a hairpin prompting speculation the thief may be a woman in disguise. The claim quotes a Cleveland Leader remark about a hairpin enabling such feats.
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New Jersey
Cleveland
Scotch Pig Iron Exports Surge to 165000 Tons
This year Scotland shipped 165000 tons of pig iron with the United States taking 49000 tons, eleven times the amount imported in the same period last year, according to an engineer.
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Scotland
United States
Mexico Plans $5 876 000 Gold Harbor Improvement
Mexico announces a plan to spend 5 876 000 in gold to improve the harbor at Topolampo. The project aims to bolster port facilities, drainage, and access for ships serving the region. Local officials anticipate enhanced trade and economic activity once the works are completed.
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Mexico
Topolampo
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New York Mall
House of Representatives
Washington
Boutell
Illinois
Treat
Rere
Arnold
Axel Nebelson
Germany
Labor World
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