Mysteries of the Chinese Secret Societies Revealed
A survey of Chinese secret societies notes their aim to expel the Tartar dynasty and restore a Chinese ruler. It covers groups like the Kolao Hui and White Lotus, their origins from rebellions, military structure, and operations in provinces such as Hunan and Henan, with references to scholars and periodicals.
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Savera
Qoukh Bis
Gustave Bohlege
William Stanton
Earnest Sinloxues
China
Tukheain
Canton
America
Ward
Gordon
Nankin
Hankow
Frederick Boyle Sayn
Kolao
Green Englishman Disgusted After Drinking Soda Water
A Green Englishman at the St James Hotel in Denver became astonished and disgusted after drinking soda water. Clerk Dailey recalled advising him to drink the soda, not forcing him, while the man complained that the drink had been given against his will and questioned his own authority.
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Dalley m
Dalley
Dimap
England
T. Fiaher
St. James Hotel
Dalley Caat
Denver Republican
Dailey
Mr. Arms
The Triad and Secret Societies in the Hul
A fragment discusses the Triad as an old Hul faction with names like Tiun-Ti and Wel Kenou also called White Lotus. It describes coercion, blackmail, and internal purification rites, and notes the Wel Kaou’s wealth, women members, communal property, and strict vegetarian practices. An incident involving a foreigner, a mining deal, and a drugged drink is referenced.
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Balfour
la Membure
Eo Jong
Nae
Eioat
Myn W. Boyle
Fang-Tung- Coun
Madman Confined In Scottish Lunatic Asylum Believes Every Day Is Christmas
A report tells of a Scottish lunatic confined in a mental asylum who insists each day is Christmas and that he enjoys feasts of turkey and plum pudding though his actual diet is plain porridge and oatmeal served twice daily. He describes his meals to attendants, insisting everything he eats tastes of porridge.
Superb Picked Up At Sea In Atlantic Voyage Heads To Gibraltar
The Norwegian iron ship Superb, with a cargo valued at about 200 million dollars, was abandoned after a distress signal 2609 North latitude, 20 04 West longitude. Capt Jones aboard the British steamer Chivers Stone reported a six man crew and no distress request as signals indicated the vessel aimed for Gibraltar. The Superb was found deteriorated but afloat, and signals suggested it would reach Gibraltar while making about four knots.
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Frise
Nea
Wea Fe
Atlantic
Iluliar
Senator
Supers
Ory
Jones
Chiverstone
Carthagens
Superb
Gibraltar
Philatelphia
A Chinamagon Wheel In Shanghai Sight
A traveler in Shanghai reports a Chinese cyclist riding forward, dressed in baggy trousers tucked over the knees, bare feet on rubber pedals, a large yellow balloon shirt, and a pigtail under a tin cap. The man, described as a wealthy merchant, wore a distinctive outfit while pedaling.
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Shanghai
Mike
Huffalo
Cape Nome Location and Ocean Route Details
Cape Nome lies on the Behring Sea shore at the south of Snake River Seward Peninsula central western Alaska United States at 65 degrees north latitude and 166 degrees west longitude about 2700 miles by sea from Seattle. The voyage from Seattle goes 1900 miles west across the North Pacific to Dutch Harbor on the Aleutian archipelago then about 800 miles north to the land of gold with government seal t o o k s rie s on the Pribilof islands.
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Cape Nome
Behring Sea
Snake River
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
U.S. A
Seattle
Sore
Dutch Harbor
Land of Gold
Aptian Leader Ga netzky Linked to Noted Military Family
Captain Alexander Nikolayevitch Ganetsk y, late commander of the Russian volunteers in the Boer army, hailed from a distinguished line. His father won fame from the central campaigns in the Turkish war of 1677 78.
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Aptian
Alexander Nikolayevitch Ganetzky
Statue to Gen Albert Pike to grace Washington square
In Washington DC a bronze colossal statue honoring Gen Albert Pike sovereign grand commander of Scottish Rite Masons for 42 years will be unveiled near the Supreme Council Building. The sculpture by a celebrated Italian artist shows Pike addressing the people with a book of his poems, atop a twenty foot granite pedestal depicting Masonry spreading the Scottish Rite banner.
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Albert Pike
Washington, D. C
Danial Webster
Supreme Conneil
Pike
City of Washington
Supreme Coun
Manonte
Salaries Compared Between British and American Navies
The retirement of Sir William White highlights pay disparities with Rear Admiral Aichborn in the American navy earning far less. The piece notes higher ranks in England yet greater seaman pay in the U.S., and similar patterns in civil service salaries, suggesting broad implications for addressing wage differences.
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Sir Wiliam White
Aichborn
England
America
Garal
Chicago Tribune
Gage
Treasury Department
British chancellor’s quarterly revenue report details totals
The revenue report of Chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach for the quarter ending June 30 shows totals under several headings around 6780.144 and £550,000, noting decreases from the prior year. Increases arise from estate duties and the income tax totaling £2,555,000, with anticipated budget changes and withdrawals affecting the figures.
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Britt Fevenus
Michael Hicks-Beach
Tevenus de Treases
Elson
Gew
Made Traane by Mirecracker in New Rochelle case
A New Rochelle man was assaulted with a Mirecracker weapon causing insanity and commitment to an insane asylum. Physicians deem his mind irreparably unbalanced. Authorities say Italian suspects were apprehended and will be punished.
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Mirecracker
Donate Ricco
New Rochelle
N.Y
Ponishea
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Tseng-Kao-Fan
Hohow
Kolao Hui
Hui Hui Jin
Pekin
Law
Han
Kia King
White Lotus
Fan-Yung-Chen
Nanking
Keaou
Rowlong Oat
Beret
Perdon
New York
Willie
Mason
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