Chinese claim of pre Columbian discovery by Chinamen
Minister Wu Ting Fang argues China discovered America with evidence from Alaska Mexico and California. Dr Sheldon Jackson cites an Alaska coat of mail with Chinese coins as proof and notes eastern artifacts among natives.
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Wu Ting Fang
America
Washington
Chicago Times Herald
Western Hemisphere
Americus Vespacius
China
Pacific
Wanhegd
Far West
Alaska
Mexico
California
Jor
Sheldon Jackson
Commissioner of Education
Princeton University
Cape Prince of Wales
Alaskan
Jackson
Three Recommendations Regarding China by J Ward Hall
The article cites three recommendations urging the powers to preserve the Chinese empire as is, enforce total disarmament of China including surrender of warships, and dismantle forts. It accuses Li Hung Chang of sowing dissension and calls the association to oppose the arch har and traitor within.
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China
Li Hung Chang
J. Ward Hall
North China Herald
Draining the Zuyder Zee by Dutch Cabinet Plan
The Netherlands seeks to drain the entire Zuyder Zee under a ministry plan with an estimated cost of at least 100 million dollars. The project would create four vast polder areas and a new lake named Ys mest, with locks and sluices at the embankment end to manage water flow and protect deep channels.
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Zuyder Zee
Zyder Zee
Dthos
Royal Commission
Gulf
Zauyder Zee
Yssel
Inauguration of London's Lord Mayor in Grand Ceremony
A detailed account of the Lord Mayor’s investiture of Frank Green the sixth hundred eighty sixth in a two day ceremony at the Guildhall. It covers the transfer of symbols the crier’s mace and the Lord Mayor’s Show procession to Westminster for royal approval.
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Phata
Ellis
London
Grees
Frank Green
Ford
Guildhall
Law Courts
Westminster
United States Leads in Foreign Commerce Rise in 1900 Trade
Treasury report shows U S exports up by about 166 million dollars in ten months through October 1900 vs 1899 with total imports of manufacturing materials rising sharply. Exports of manufactures up nearly 25 percent in a year and more than double since 1896. Iron and steel exports exceed 110 million in ten months, agricultural and mineral products also rise. U S output and prices advance, while the United Kingdom and other nations show varied import/export results. The surplus of exports over imports reaches 199,067,936 dollars, a record among major nations.
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Treasury Bureau of Es
Washington
United States
India
United Kingdom
Belgum
France
Spain
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Aluminium Conductors in Electrical Transmission Debated
Lord Kelvin is cited in Cassiers Magazine on December discussing aluminium conductors for power lines. He notes aluminum uses about half the copper mass for the same conductivity and highlights pros and cons including weight, wind exposure, oxidation, and the need for painting or varnishing to reduce deterioration. A test string of large diameter aluminum wire has been erected to study weather effects.
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Lord Kelvin
Cassiers Magazine
Lom Metin
Acvon Lundred
Lom Kelvin
Noted Employee Burns Out in One Firecracker Exit
A sly clerk recounts how he engineered a dramatic resignation at a city office. He spurred a chain of deceit involving a book agent and the manager's wife, ending with him balancing a ruler on his nose while quitting. The tale, told as a confessional, reflects office politics and petty vengeance in Detroit.
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Owen
Hetcher
Iach
Sheerusalem
Jett
Detroit
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St. Augustine
Tampa
Miami
W. A. Murphy
Genemat
W. C. Fees
W. J. Gilmore Co
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Gor
Rucker
Graig
Panker
Dcoscee
Oute
A. Pare Warthorst & CO
Massillon, QO
Pharmacists
East Main St
Wnth
Cara
Pointe Get
Oregon
Chicago
Union Pacific
North-Western
Cine
Boston
New England
Wate
C. Traver
Smithfield Street
Pitwburg
Chicago and North-Western Railway
Royal Garden
Bour
W. Graham’s
R. E. Edwards
J. B. Vetzer’s
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