Elihu Root Wins Second American Nobel Peace Prize
United States Senator Elihu Root of New York has become the second American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian committee awarded two prizes this year, honoring Root for pacification efforts in the Philippines and Cuba and his role in the American J apanese dispute, with Senator Henri La Fontaine also recognized. The piece traces Nobel history, prizes, and Root’s diplomatic career under McKinley and Roosevelt.
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Senate
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Foundation
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Fr. Tassy
France
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Institution of International Law
Baroness von Suttner
Austria
Ernesto T. Moneta
Swiss Draft Dogs Overworked and Poorly Cared For
A Pall Mall Gazette critique notes draft dogs in Switzerland work hard pulling carts for bakers, milkmen, and sellers. Despite generally healthy cats, dogs suffer exposure to cold and pneumonia after exertion. The piece calls for an amended cruelty prevention law similar to England’s New Year’s Day enactment.
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Passaic Woman Wins Ten Thousand in Novel Contest
Leona Dalrymple of Passaic New Jersey wins first prize of 10000 in a novel writing contest for Diane of the Green Van. Nearly a thousand manuscripts were submitted with McClure and Ida Tarbell as judges selecting her story. She is the daughter of Assemblyman George H Dalrymple, a lawyer of Passaic.
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Public health as a utility and reform drive
Surgeon General Rupert Blue tells Life Insurance Presidents that public health is a public utility and a loan that pays returns through sanitation. He urges greater reform, funding, laboratories, vital statistics, and sustained public demand for health legislation and cooperation.
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Perpetual Motion Device Shown by Postmaster General
Burleson received a picture from Middleburg New York of a wheel built from 112 hollow glass balls, each bearing a figure. The inventor claims the figures move while the numbers down exceed those up, overbalancing the ups to create perpetual motion.
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