Pope LEO XIII Jubilee Honors by Roman Catholic Church
Rome February twenty first reports Pope Leo XIII marking his jubilee with celebrations in St. Peter's Hall of Beatification. Dignitaries from Lombardy and the Americas presented gold tiaras medals and funds for St. John Lateran. The pope praised world devotion and blessed the crowd before retiring to his apartments.
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Compromise Sought on Statehood Amid Canal Treaty Debate
Washington Feb 21 The Senate spent the day in executive session over the Panama canal treaty and recessed without voting on amendments. Opponents of statehood push for a compromise rider on the post office appropriation bill, while leaders weigh ratification of the Colombian and Cuban treaties as part of any agreement.
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Railroads bound for Colorado race for line advantage
Denver notes a coming railroad race as major lines push toward Colorado. Missouri Pacific shifts purchasing agents to Kansas City and plans a central branch route to Denver. Frisco to New Orleans air line, Santa Fe to Galveston, and Goulds network aim at New York outlets. Moffat’s independent stance seen as Colorado’s best hope amid fierce expansion.
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Mir. Moffat
New Serum for Scarlet Fever Trial in New York
A New York physician reports the first U S. trial of a new anti streptococcus serum claimed to destroy scarlet fever germs. A frail girl with high fever and throat complications improved after injections with temperatures trending toward normal. Dr Haines Aronson of Berlin developed the serum and initial tests showed 88 percent discharged without usual scarlet fever complications.
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California Savings Banks Report Shows Unprecedented Prosperity
San Francisco February 21 The final statistical reports of the bank commission for January 1 1998 indicate strong California bank health. Nine savings banks hold deposits totaling 831 24? 144 284 depositors 284 952 across the state. Aggregate deposits reach 198 012 512 with an average of 699 89 per depositor.
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First Voyage of the Cedric Arrives in York
The White Star liner Cedric, then the largest ship in the world, completed her maiden trans Atlantic voyage from Liverpool and Queenstown arriving in York after eight days eight hours and sixteen minutes. She carried 742 passengers including 430 in steerage.
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Right Kind of Philanthropy Sparks Saving Push
A Denver citizen sent a $300 New Year gift to Fidelity Savings Association with a plan to distribute $2 to each of 150 new savers who open accounts, each depositing at least $2 and maintaining the balance for a year to reach $50. The plan spurred a matching $600 donation from the bank, limited to 300 new depositors in Colorado and nearby states, to boost banking by mail with 5 percent interest compounded semi annually.
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Denver Daily Papers
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Should Women Work? Examines Women’s Insanity Link
Prof. Zimmer of Berlin argues that women entering competition with men would cause a sharp rise in insanity among women. He notes that the percentage of women teachers who become vis a may be nearly double that of male teachers.
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Lincon club quip on Brooklynites by ex Lieut Gov Woodruff
At the Lincon club in Brooklyn ex Lieut Gov Woodruff was asked why Brooklyn residents are called Brooklynites. He replied with a broad smile that it is because away from election day night is the only time they are there.
Novel Road Making In Coneo Free State
A new auto road is under construction in the Coneo Free State. The method uses a herd of forty elephants driven over the surveyed route three or four times to level obstructions as effectively as a steam roller. The road length currently measures about 450 kilometres.
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Power of Birds and Eagle Wing Power
A historical note argues the eagle can lift heavy prey such as a sixty pound lamb, and with the bird plus load totaling 76 pounds, the creature may develop more than two horse powers and exert over 1,100 pounds of wing muscle strain.
Origin of Monroe Doctoring
Monroe paid his physician Se0tor for curing a cold and then stocked quinine blankets and wilsky. This began the Monroe doctoring system that has made America notably healthy and caused other powers to tremble.
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Locust Control Strategy Mentioned for Farmers
A fragment describes germ laden gelatine pest killing measures for locusts. It notes Americans farmers will be inoculated and oils spread in a planned distribution, implying a pest control initiative.
Railroad Property Condemned by Inspectors
Wheeling inspectors of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad condemned 0 box cars 0 flats and other equipment. The condemned cars will be burned and the iron sold as scrap.
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Laying the Cornerstone of New War College Building
President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Root spoke at the cornerstone laying for the Army War College in Washington. About 1,000 troops participated as plans for a new arsenal campus with hospital, barracks, and offices were outlined.
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Republicans Seek Compromise on Statehood Plan
Washington reports Republican leaders spent the day seeking a statehood compromise to admit two states, Oklahoma and a combined New Mexico Arizona entity named Montezuma. Provisions would attach Indian Territory to Oklahoma in 1906 and set a 200,000 Arizona population for separate statehood, with Democrats voicing strong opposition and concerns over census timing and federal school funding for Indian Territory.
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National Guard Appointments Named by Governor Peabody
Denver Feb 23 Gov Peabody announces appointments to the National Guard including Sherman Hell as adjutant general William H Sweeney Jr as assistant adjutant general Frederick W Gross inspector general William R Freeman military secretary Peter Oliver Hanford surgeon general Charlies H Miller state armorer Harvey N Dorsey stenographer and numerous aides. Pell born 1866 in near J Ml. served Rough Riders Cuban campaign Cripple Creek strike deputy sheriff and First Colorado. appointment praised for practical military life experience.
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Milton Louis
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Cripple Creek
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Improvement on Marconi System in Wireless Telegraphy
In Electrical Review Peter Cooper Hewitt of New York describes a mercury vapor interrupter using a glass globe with two mercury electrodes to replace spark gaps in sending signals. The device promises stronger wireless waves and easier secrecy, with Dr M I Pupin noting it could commercialize wireless telegraphy and aid selective signaling and trans Atlantic transmission.
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Columbia University
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Macedonians Prepare 4000 Armed For Balkan Clash
Report says sedonian leader Boris Sarafoff formed multiple Bulgarian bandit groups in Macedonia within two weeks. The Neue Frésie Presse claims about 4000 armed Macedonians gather near Rila monastery, forty miles from Sofia, ready to attack Melnik in the Turkish Seres province.
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