General Wilson Sees China Open to Progress After Settlement
General James H. Wilson, returning from China, told the War Secretary that China must accept a settlement with foreign powers. He warned against looting by troops, praised Japanese soldiers, and described imperial poverty and peculiar clocks in the palace. He asserted China will yield to strong demands and open to modern progress after a peace accord.
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China
James H. Wilson
United States
Washington
Wilson
United Swates
Ellsbeck
New York Sun
Jung Lu
Hung Fu
Mis Ted
Tung Fu Hsiang
Li Hung Chane
Count von Waldersee
Yiko
Li Tung Chang
Tie
Li Hung Chang
Pethick
Earl Ci
Liang Chang
General Wilson
Wilsop
Chaffee
Chalke
Imperial Palace
Imperial City
Trowpa
General Chaffee
Chafee
Seute
Imperial
Lee
Foreign Armies
Einasia Sas Hopes In India Hindoostanee Lectures for Russian Officers
A Moscow correspondent reports a plan to teach Hindoostanee to Russian military officers in Turkestan. Courses require at least one general staff officer per brigade. Participants receive half a year's pay. Those passing exams may earn a free pass to India to study the language. The move signals sustained Russian efforts to promote Hindoostanee study among armed forces.
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Einasia Sas
India
Turkestan
Moscow
City Whose People Are Sleeping to Death
Explorer Jacques Dahon lecturing before the Geographical Society in Paris described a French Senegal colony city once prosperous now nearly abandoned. Agradual climate or soil change is said to cause growing drowsiness with inhabitants sleeping 20 hours daily and some dying after days of lethargy. Neither he nor colonial doctors could uncover the cause.
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Jacques Dahon
Geographical Society
Paris
Senegal
New York
Rostand's Great Play Makes Bernhardt Youthful in L Aiglon
The New York press praises Mme Bernhardt and Coquelin in Rostand's L Aiglon at the Garden Theatre. Bernhardt embodies the boyish Duke of Reichstadt with restrained emotion and virulent resolve while Coquelin as the Grenadier gives a brave, dignified counterpoint.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Coquelin
Guardem
Thas
L’aiglon
Paris
New York
Rostand
Pbthough
Lemnhardt
Reichstadt
Napoleon
Coqueiro
France
Wagram Field
Hun
Moliere
Bernhardt
Baden
Marie Mea
Pat Itostand
Duke of
Champion Belgian Hare Brings Crystal Palace Winner to Chicago
Gillen of the American Belgian Hare Co arrives in Chicago with Palace King, world champion Belgian hare from England’s Crystal Palace show. The first prize animal is valued at $5,000, plus the second prize winner accompanies him. Several Americans went to England to secure these famed animals, but Chicago’s enterprise and money prevailed.
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China
Gillen
Chicago
New York Times
Crystal Palace
England
Watch In a Ring Setting Captures Timekeeping Skill
A remarkable timekeeping watch set in a ring is worn by Joseph Barborka of Iowa City, a government contractor for the Sioux City federal building clock. The Chicago Record notes the device keeps accurate time with an infinitesimal tick, its dial barely larger than a pencil tip.
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Joseph Barborka
Iowa City
Sioux City
Chicago
Pan-American Fair to Feature 70 Foot Cascade Light Curtain
A 70 foot high and 30 foot wide cascade will pour from the southern face of the 75 foot electric tower, resembling a flowing sheet of sunbeams, to be among the luminous features of the Pan-American exposition.
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Fen Sture
Washington Opens Congress With Portrait Session Hype
Washington World reporter describes the opening of Congress with photographic sessions showing many senators and representatives posing for cameras. Notable figures like Akirich, Thomas, Billy Mason, Mark Hanna, and Joe Cannon appear, while some object to the portrayal. A humorous incident with Cannon’s misplaced overcoat is recounted along with Cullom’s pumpkin pie indulgence and Hanna’s rose spectacle. De Graffenreid notes New York state’s vast towns and rapid trains.
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Souster
Rangire
Bulding
Wees
Washington
New York World
Pememagea
Sematera
Alfieh
Rhode Island
Teblet
Caberade
Fostw
Herthorn
Semaee
Akirich
Senator Cullom
The
Lincoln
Cullom
Old
New England
de Graffenreid
Texas
New York State
Empire State
Dallas
Civil Pension Debate Over Navy Retirements
The article discusses civil pension lists and their fairness for veterans like Charles Addison Boutelle. It notes Boutelle’s repeated elections despite illness, his naval service, and prior role as chairman of the naval affairs committee. It also addresses friction over creating a civil pension list and the precedent it would set.
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Charles Addison Boutelle
Alaine
Beuttle
Boutele
House E Committee
Navy
Pln
Largest mail carried across Pacific on Sherman
The Honolulu Republic notes the largest mail ever carried across the Pacific aboard the transport Sherman. It includes 1,100 bags of letters and papers destined for Guam and Manila.
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Pacific Ocean
Sherman
Honolulu
Guam
Manila
Ingenious Aluminium Helmet Proposed for Soldiers
An English inventor unveils a novel metal helmet for soldiers, made of aluminium. It features a front ornament of knife fork and spoon, a shaving brush pompon, two detachable sections named lower and upper canteens, and a wide razor-strop chin strap. The design shifts weight from back to head and includes improvised pugaree from a towel.
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Alcaander
Tommy Atkins
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Ohio
United Appeal
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New York Tribune
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Hanna
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Bell
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