Thin tubes on carrier pigeons guard against birds of prey
Reports describe thin bamboo tubes fitted to carrier pigeons in Ching to emit a whistling sound in flight, startling raptors and keeping the birds at a distance. Other items note South America’s undeveloped resources, a large India rubber plantation plan near Tenasserim, a soldier's brain injury, and the growth of electric railway street systems in Europe.
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Ching
South America
Europe
L'Electricien
Germany
Austria-Hungary
United Kingdom
Italy
France
Switzerland
Russia
Belgium
Alliance talk and bicycle ruling in one report
An American observer in Chile weighs Peru Bolivia and Argentina alliance against Chile, predicting Chilean resistance and a 275000 man force for war. An Massachusetts high court ruling holds bicycles are machines not carriages, denying damages for road- defects injuries. Paris Exhibition features Pasteur Institute exhibits on microbes and spontaneous generation theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
England
Mashisetts Supreme Court
Massachtechts
Pasteur Institute
Income tax fairness and historical debate argues for equality
Widespread discussion cites Adam Smith on taxation fairness and compares direct income taxes to property taxes. The piece traces internal and tariff duties, Wilson era taxes, and arguments by Sherman and Morton, urging justice in revenue and support for a constitutional income tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Smith
Gresham
Prussia
Austria
Boer Sea Para
Italy
Exports to Philippines Reported By Seattle Herald
The table of United States exports to the Philippine market shows about two million dollars in annual goods with a limited range of staple articles. No cattle beef bread or poultry are shipped while malt operators and distilled spirits account for notable values. Machinery from trusts dominates the nonagricultural exports alongside one main commodity, the Indian’s Drewater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Seattle Herald
The Poor Man's Land and Tax Clash in Public Debate
The piece cites W. J. Bryan on imperialism and tax burden, describing imperialism as The Poor Man's Burden. It notes a $75,000,000 surplus in the U S treasury and contrasts paths to relief: tax reduction or higher expenses, asking which choice the public favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bryan
U. S Treasury
Iit
Platform plank on trusts at Philadelphia GOP convention
A Manila telegram notes a Republican platform plank favoring anti trust regulation drawn by a Foraker chaired sub committee. It cites Senator Foraker defending trusts in court and questions whether such anti trust policy will satisfy corporate interests and labor concerns amid a convention dominated by Hanna and steel and shipping trusts.
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Philadelphia
Committee On Resolutions
Joseph B. Foraker
Ohio
Foraker
Continental Tobacco Company
Plug Tobacco Trust
Senate
Columbus
Labor
Fairbanks
Indiana
Railroad and Corporation
Marden
Illinois
Stone Triet
Hanna
Shipping and Steel
Wolsett
Colorado
Br, R
Laville
Mansachusetta
Telegram
Labor and the Bayonet in Labor Strife
The New York News argues against using militia in labor disputes, condemning Roosevelt and McKinley’s potential re election for endorsing force. It asserts most conflicts could be settled locally with fair treatment for workers and warns of the dangers of federal force against protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Croton Dam
McKinley
New York News
Prophetic claims and trade wars stir public unrest
The letter blasts J. J. Hill as a prophet and accuses him of glorifying war to boost trade. It denounces greed of commercially driven men and warns of social upheaval tied to McKinley era prosperity. Mass cotton towns face mill closures and 20,000 idle workers as criticism of policy grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hi Hae
Spokesman-Review
Jim Hill
Dalotae
Puget Sound
Hill
Hina
China
Ching
Mr. Hill
McKinley
Massachusetts
Fall River
Washington
White House
Railroads Push Higher Rates on Fruit and Vegetables
On the eve of shipping season, railways raise rates three cents per hundred pounds for produce headed to northern markets. The policy aims to spur farmers to plant more, then adjust charges to match freight capacity when marketing time arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Herrick's cousin marriage performed in Milwaukee
The novelist and University of Chicago English professor Robert Herrick married his first cousin in Milwaukee due to Iowa law banning cousin marriages. The event highlights interstate legal differences affecting personal unions during his era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Herrick
Univeralty
Chicago
Milwaukee
Ile Hole
Iowa
Free Lectures Boost NYC Education Attendance
The New York City Department of Education reports an increase of 18 673 in attendance for winter and spring lectures compared with the prior year. The note also mentions a Wichita man writing from Cape Nome with a stark reflection on life and rising food costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allandames
New York City
Cape Nome
Cat Wears Hipectacles And A Bird Like Eye Test
An English woman’s Maltese cat received apertucles to counter not falling yonight. A photo shows a mongrel tested for age. Shag Rock removal in San Francisco harbor is complete after a July survey found thirty seven feet of water clear. Contractors guaranteed thirty feet of water. Arch Rock removal will begin next.
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San Francisco
School of Keiployes Begins at Cincinnati Foundry
A school for employees opens in a Cincinnati shop of the United States Cast Iron and Foundry Company. The firm has equipped a room with drawing apparatus and instruction will run during company time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Keiployes
United States Cast Iron and Foundry Company
Cincinnati
Irish Ball Benator Chandler Roils Naval Bill Debate
In a recent debate on the naval bill, Benator Chandler faced criticism for chiding Benator Tillman. He demanded Tillman name a naval officer who had never set foot on the ocean, then faced pushback for pulling the remark from the record.
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Benator Chandler
Benator Tillman
Floating Hospital Vessel Aids Boston Sickness
Boston s Floating Hospital sails the harbor daily carrying sick women and children. Some patients go home after a day while the more seriously ill stay aboard until cured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostons Floating Hospital
Boston
Vladivostok Dock Projects Expanded to 13 Million
The ministry of marine proposed 760000 for new docks and marine buildings in Vladivostok in 1899 but fiscal needs blocked the plan. Now reports indicate 13000000 will be spent on improvements at Vladivostok and Port Arthur to enhance naval facilities.
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Tastian Marine
Ministry of Marine
Vladivostok
Port Arshur
Tick eradication debate ends in South African session
In a parliamentary discussion the Congress debated importing petroleum free for tick eradication, but the matter was finally dropped on the motion of Mr Vosloo.
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Desig
Tick Feet
Congress
Vosloo
Fars Contentioners And Parisians In Candy Spending
The article notes Americans and French are fond of bonbons and sweets, with Parisians spending about $120,000 yearly on confections. It highlights opportunities for vendors to profit from this demand and mentions Mich and French people in the context of fondness for candies.
Transveal's New Secretary Smults Named Stain Secretary
Transveal appoints Mr Smults as secretary of stain succeeding Dr Bayte. Smults is just over 20 years old, educated at the Cape University and Cambridge, qualifying as an Hoglish barrister.
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Transveal
Ung
Smults
Bayte
Stain
Trepegnal
Httle
Cape University
Cambridge
Archduke Ferdinand Noted Sharpshooter in Europe
Archduke Ferdinand is described as a crack shot who handles his weapon rapidly and with extreme accuracy. The account highlights his preference for a mukeleaf powder and his skilled marksmanship as a notable attribute among European shooters.
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Archiuts & Creek
Francia Ferdinand
Europe
Beaten Wife Punished In Cortland Court Thirty Days
William Cookingham of Cortland entered court on a repeated assault charge. The judge ordered thirty days in jail after the wife urged mercy. In related notes the Duke of York hoax now pursues salmon fishing with Sir Charing Cust in royal pools at Abergeldia and Balmoral.
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Duke of York
Salmon Nabing
Sir Charing Cust
Dee
Abergeldia
Balmoral
Graveyard Respect and a Blind Expert Telegrapher
The piece notes graveyards as sacred in China and mentions the first railroad avoiding graves. It profiles Rev Oliver P Cooper of Sedgewick Kansas, a lifelong blind expert telegrapher and polyglot who claims to read color by touch and approximate a woman's age by voice, despite limited senses.
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China
Han
Oliver P. Cooper
Sedge
Kan
Mutt Leads Showy Exit From Barrass Bridge China Shop
A correspondent reports a well behaved mutt wandered into a china shop at Barrass Bridge England from a drove. It trotted around amid a large crowd and was escorted out by a constable without breaking a teacup.
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Mutt
Ching Shop
Barrass Bridge
England
Cootins Cultivating Mee on the Corentyne Coast
Adolphus Daniel reports from Chicago Record that Cootins are cultivating Mee along the Corentyne coast and in Ranequibo. Cooties have reduced estate labor, as many workers leave for the rice industry. Authorities could not plant all lands sown during last year’s drought.
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Corentyne
Ranequibo
Adolphus Daniel
Chicago
England's Smokelee Coal Experiments Show Smokeless Fuel
Experiments in England have tested a thin smoke free coal that can burn in an ordinary grate or in a basin in the room center without producing noticeable odor or smoke at any time.
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England
Admiral as a Boy Not a Forward Student at Naval Academy
An old instructor of the late Admiral Philip says he was conscientious but not a standout pupil at the Naval Academy, barely passing examinations.
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Philip Saya
Naval Academy
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Carson
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Tenasserim
Jeremiah O'Leary
Colonno
Himelf
Portland
Samuel H. Gammon
Ad “Gam” Gammon
Mr. Gammon
Bryan
Tela Congress
Thinee
Netherlands
Gurich
Bwitnerland
John Sherman
New York
Masnachusetta
Weil
Sherman
Morton
Howe
Themuselves
Supreme Court
Philippines
J. J. Hill
Prophet
Castoria
Cory
Infante
Bears
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