Freight rates show wide gaps on distant routes
The Register notes Manila to Hong Kong freight costs rival those from San Francisco to Hong Kong despite shorter distance. It also reports Massachusetts abandoned farms shrinking from 330 to 136 in three years. In Brittany and the lower Pyrenees fairs peasant girls sell hair to Parisian dealers who buy thousands of pounds.
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Manila
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Massachusetts
Brittany
Lower Pyrenees
Gutta percha tree growth challenges near belt
The Philippines lie close to the gutta percha belt but the tree does not grow there naturally and cultivation remains problematic. It also fails to thrive in Cochin China near the belt due to low average temperatures and abrupt changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Cochin
China
Lkewlise
Emperor presents 80 clarionets in one key
The Moroccan emperor hosts 80 private musicians who all play clarionets from a London firm. All instruments are tuned to the same key, and the sovereign enjoys hearing them play together. He hopes to persuade his court that music hath charms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Plant Inversion Experiments At Zoological Lab
Hans Winkler reports curious botanical tests at a zoological laboratory in Naples. A flowerless aquatic plant normally rooted in sand with leaves in water was inverted so leaves stayed in sand and roots in water under strong light. The roots transformed into stems and leaves while the buried parts became roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Hans Winkler
Not if I were as rich as Croesus says American
A self described wealthy American valued at 400 million dollars disputes Croesus wealth. The piece notes Croesus as a symbol of extreme riches and suggests modern fortunes may prove inflated. Archaeologists uncover Croesus inventory, pegging his fortune at 9 million. The article comments on many Americans rivaling ancient wealth and the fragility of reputations.
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Croesus
Asia
America
Croeguses
Austrian Parliament Member Arrest Warrant Stirring Vienna
In Vienna an arrest warrant targets Franz Krempa an Austrian Parliament member accused of highway robbery in Tarnow He allegedly led a ten man band to rob horse dealer Rusin owsky and beat him senseless The Polish People's Party member is now missing and the case creates a sensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Franz Krempa
Tarnow
Krempa
Rusinowsky
Diplomacy and prestige in Russia England relations
A key observer notes that Russia’s diplomatic bluffs and victories transfer prestige between nations. He argues trade and governance rely on ample prestige, whose original meaning was illusion. The text warns that trickery in diplomacy remains common in foreign affairs.
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Russia
England
Doctor Dussaud's Cinematograph Aids Blind Deaf Education
Paris physician Doctor Dussaud has invented a cinematograph for the blind enabling touch sensations to simulate moving objects on a screen. A relief series such as trees and birds passes under the fingers, graded to translate touch into movement. He also devised electric vibrations to convey musical rhythm to the deaf for educational use.
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Doctor Dussaud
Paris
Giants kettles found in Interstate Park Minnesota
A singular group of giants kettles or pot holes has been found in the Interstate Park near Taylor's Falls Minnesota. The features cover two or three acres with diameters from under a foot to 25 feet and depths from one foot to 84 feet. They are bored in very hard rock and resemble wells in shape with width to depth ratios from one to five to one to seven. Warren Upham attributes their origin to torrents through glacial moulins during the ice age. Rounded boulders appear at some cavity bottoms.
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Taylor's Falls
Minnesota
Warren Upham
Northern Territory
United States
Feasibility of Diverting Cross-Border Water Near Milk River
In northwestern Montana near the British line a lake feeds the St Mary river to Hudson Bay. The low divide between this lake and Milk River headwaters could allow diverting the outlet from Canada to the United States. Water for irrigation is valued on both sides, making the question of U S rights a matter of international interest.
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Montana
St. Mary River
Hudson Bay
Milk River
Missouri
United States
Baldwin in his balloon views the big battle
Denver June 22. Sergeant Ivy Baldwin, chief balloonist with the US signal corps, describes watching the battle of Santiago from 2,000 feet during the Cuban campaign. He earlier flew at 2,400 feet, relaying positions to General Shafter, and surviving shrapnel strikes as his balloon collapsed near the ground.
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Denver
Santiago
Ivy Baldwin
Baldwin
Elitch’s Gardens
General Shafter
Sergeant Baldwin
Signal
Uncle Sam
Cuba
North Pole
Teddy
Mr. Baldwin
United States Signal Corps
Cervera
Controversial Views On Tuberculosis In Rocky Mountain Climate
In Denver and surrounding cities two physicians clash over whether consumption is contagious in the Rocky Mountain climate. Dr M C Barkwell argues for quarantine and isolation similar to leprosy, warning Colorado could become a tuberculosis colony. Dr D P Anderson counters that no local cases originate here and the air is hostile to germs, criticizing claims of contagion as unsupported.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Cheyenne
Wyo
M. C. Barkwell
Colorado
Wyoming
Nice
Mentone
Mediterranean
Rocky Mountain States
Colorado Springs
Colo
D. P. Anderson
Corwin elected president of Colorado State Medical Society
Denver June 12 Dr R W Corwin of Pueblo was unanimously elected president of the Colorado State Medical Society at its Thursday session. Pueblo chosen as the 1902 meeting site. Officers include J W Grant Denver P J McHugh Fort Collins L J Fordan Trinidad J M Blaine Denver Minnie C T Love re elected fifth term J T Melvin Saguache William J Rothwell Denver trustees Hubert Work Pueblo S E Solly Colorado Springs J T Eskridge A Stedman W E Wilson J A Rogers J N Hall Denver committee on admission C K Fleming chair Powers Denver N D McDowell Longmont M Ballin Leadville F R Coffman Minturn delegate to AMA C K Fleming Denver alternate P L Gildea Colorado Springs thirty nine new members elected history committee plans to collect and publish Colorado medical history material.
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Denver
R. W. Corwin
Pueblo
Colorado
Colorado State Medical Society
Corwin
J. W. Grant
P. J. McHugh
Fort Collins
L. J
A. Stedman
W. E. Wilson
J. A. Rogers
J. N. Hall
C. K. Fleming
C. A. Powers
N. D. McDowell
Longmont
M. Ballin
Leadville
F. R. Coffman
Minturn
House of Representatives
American Medical Association
P. L. Gildea
Coorado Springs
Dr. Hershey
Tornado Tears Through Nebraska Homes Killing Seven
Omaha dispatches report a Thursday night tornado near Naper Nebraska that claimed seven lives from the Greening and Anderson families. Jacob Greening and Mrs. Greening were fatally injured. five Greening children aged two to fourteen died. Two Anderson children aged seven and eight also perished.
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Omaha
World Herald
Naper
Nebraska
Greening
Anderson
Jacob Greening
Destructive Keya Paha Tornado Kills Father’s Family
A Nebraska tornado wrecked the Keya Paha area killing the father away from home, while a mother and her two children aged ten and twelve were injured or killed. A severe hail storm preceded the tornado, with stones up to ten inches around, and a timber bridge over the river was destroyed. The mother survived after sheltering under a bank with two children. she later found her clothes and footwear gone and sustained a broken shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Anderson
Keya Paha
Keya Paha River
Italian Strike Settled in Italy’s Crisis Review
Rome reports a crowded chamber of deputies as Signor Gioletti reviews the agricultural crisis. He credits the government’s moderate course, noting fifty-one strikes totaling 800,000 workers were settled by mutual concessions. Wages rose by 48,000,000 lire this year despite regional declines, and workers are assured peaceful union activity.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Gioletti
President Will Come West to View Snoqualmie Falls Souvenir
Washington June Charles H. Baker of Seattle electric power company presented President with a handsome Snoqualmie Falls souvenir. The gift was to honor the President during his Pacific coast visit. The President said he planned to visit the Northwest before his term ends, possibly early next year or the year after.
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Washington
Charles H. Baker
Seattle
Snoqualmie Falls
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Secretary of War bans all liquor purchases by subsistence department
The Secretary of War issues an army wide order prohibiting purchases of malt, liquor, or spirits by the subsistence department. Liquids needed for medical or hospital use or for frail soldiers’ diets will be supplied by the medical department. The Postmaster General reports stamp and mail product totals for 1896 to 1901, noting large year over year increases. Federal authorities respond to elk killings in Yellowstone and adjoining forests, with assistance requested from the state. the land office declines authority to take charge but will cooperate with state officials to prosecute poachers and hunters. The extent of winter depredations remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of War
Subsistence Department
Medical Department
Madden
General Land Office
Yellowstone National Park
Hermann
Land Office
President Signs Broad List of Commission Appointments
The President has signed numerous commissions across State War and Navy. Appointments include Francis H. Loomis as minister to Portugal, Lloyd C. Griscom to Persia, Spencer F. Eddy to Constantinople, and various officers in the War and Navy departments with ranks ranging from captain to lieutenant and chief paymaster.
Change of Diplomats Sees Loomis Reassigned To Portugal
The State Department announces a cabinet of postings with Francis B. Loomis moved from Venezuela to Portugal. Herbert W. Bowen becomes minister to Venezuela in Loomis’s stead, while Bowen departs Persia for Caracas. Lloyd C. Griscom shifts from Constantinople to Persia, and Spencer F. Eddy moves Paris to Constantinople to replace Griscom. Arthur Batley Blanchard rises from third to second secretary at Paris. The Venezuelan switch carries no stated political weight, and Bowen’s instructions mirror Loomis’s policy.
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Francis B. Loomis
Venezuela
Portugal
John N. Irwin
Iowa
Herbert W. Bowen
New York
Persia
Caracas
Mr. Loomis
Lloyd C. Griscom
Pennsylvania
Legation
Constantinople
Spencer F. Eddy
Ilinois
Paris
Griscom
Arthur Batley Blanchard
Louisiana
State Department
Loomis
Bowen
Taft Appointed Civil Governor of the Philippines
Secretary of War Elihu Root issues a presidential order establishing civil government in the Philippines effective July 4 1901 The Philippine commission will exercise executive authority in civil affairs while the military governor is relieved except in insurrection zones or districts lacking restored order The civil governor will oversee municipal and provincial offices with commission advice and consent for appointments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Elihu Root
Philippine Commission
Philippine Islands
Secretary of War
United States
The
Philippines
West Virginia flood devastates Pocahontas coal region
Bluefields West Virginia June 23 A vast flood swept the Pocahontas basin destroying Keystone and many coal plants. Officials fear at least 200 lives lost as Elkhorn Creek rose rapidly washing away towns and rail lines. Rescue crews struggle to reach Vivian Yard and Elk horn communications remain severed.
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Bluefields
W. Va
Johnstown
Pocahontas
Elkhorn Creek
Tennis
West Virginia
Vivian Yard
Keystone
Pocahonts
Landgraf
Ord
Norfolk & Western Railway
Vivian
National Guard to Hold Boulder Encampment in July
The First Colorado regiment will encamp July 31 to August 2 near the State University in Boulder. About 500 men are expected with Troops B and C of cavalry and Chaffee light artillery. Contests for prizes include the Lawrence flag drill and a Hogle trophy event. General John Chase to command.
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Denver
Boulder
National Guard of Colorado
State University
Cavalry
Chaffee Light Artillery
John Chase
National Guard
Quarterms Department
Company
Pay Day Law Enforcement Tests Begin in Pueblo
Proceedings will be started in Pueblo to compel several large employers to follow the two weeks pay day law. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and the American Smelting and Refining Company together employ about 7,500 workers in the city, making Pueblo a natural testing ground for the law. A Leadville federation convention earlier this month decided to push these enforcement actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
General Assembly
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
American Smelting and Refining Company
Leadville
State Federation of Labor
Former Consul Hay Killed in New Haven Fall
Adelbert S. Hay former consul at Pretoria and son of the secretary of state died after falling from a third story window in New Haven last Saturday night. He was about twenty two, appointed consul to Pretoria in 1900, served during the South African hostilities, and returned to the United States early in March.
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Hay
New Haven
Conn
Adelbert S. Hay
Pretoria
Seary of State
Charles Macrumm
Ohio
South Africa
Sweeping injunction issued against Vitter strike
In Milwaukee Circuit Court on June 22 a sweeping injunction of wide scope was issued against the Vitter Manufacturing Company relating to the machinists strike. The order bars strikers from interfering with workers at the Vitter works, gathering around the plants, posting pickets, combining to prevent tradesmen from selling to workers who refuse to quit, and any action that could damage the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Circuit Court of
Milwauk
Vitter Manufacturing Company
Vitter
Vitter Company
Building Blown Up in Denver at Nineteenth and Champa
A one-story building at the corner of Nineteenth and Champa streets containing four stores was destroyed by an explosion last night at 1 o'clock. Most of the structure went skyward and fires spread over the center of the city. Estimated damage is $20,000. the destroyed portion cost about $10,000. The Crescent Realty and Rental Company owns the property. Police suspect gasoline or illuminating gas caused the blast, though firemen doubt gasoline could produce such havoc.
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Denver
Nineteenth
Champa Streets
Crescent Realty and Rental Company
Cotton Seed Trust plans $100 million cotton seed empire
Philadelphia June 22 The North American reports a syndicate of capitalists seeks a $100 million capital to control entire cotton seed production and sale in the United States. There are 490 cotton oil plants. American Cotton Oil Company owns 45 plants with $50 million capital and Lennert? Cotton Oil Company in Philadelphia owns 10. The rest are run mainly by cotton planters.
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Cotton Seed Trust
Philadelphia
North American
United States
Unite States
American Cotton Oil Company
Lentern Cotton Oil Company
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Lamar
Rockies
Committee On the History of Medicine
Washington Gossip
Ons
Francis H. Loomis
Arthur Bailey
Blanchard
Charles P. Snyder
Windsor
Nova Scotia
Illinois
United States Legation
Louis E. Goodler
Noble H. Creager
Harry L. Pettus
Alvin A. Barker
William Graham
Seymour Howell
Signal Corps
Edgar Russell
George C. Squier
Robert E. Caldwell
Paul Massari
Christopher C. Fewel
Edward T. Fitzgerald
Leutenant
Horatio G. Gilmore
Ery G. Smith
Richard M. Watt Dore J. Arms
Henry C. Jarrett
Louis W. Sopp
Harry G. Luken
Ovens
Elkhorn
Clinch Valley
Norton
Tazwii
Virginia
Shakerag
Tazwell
Tatwell
Higginbotham
Iars Vandike
Vandike
Plum Creek
Wittens Mil
Christina
Wittens Mill
Vivian and Williamson
Welch
McDowell County
Tug River
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