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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
4
Dr. Frederick W. True of the Smithsonian sets out for Newfoundland to secure finback whale specimens for the National Museum. The voyage promises thrilling sport and commercial interest as stations for hunting and processing whalebone and oil expand in Norway Iceland and Newfoundland.
The Prince of Wales will spend time at the Paris exposition of 1900 and stay in a specially built sei denée in Paris. The design echoes the Hall of Joan Moulton at Bradford on Avon, noted as an excellent example of English domestic architecture.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat report quotes a physician describing waking by pre-set intention as plausible though not fully solved. He notes half voluntary actions like walking begin with volition and may continue subconsciously toward alarm-driven action, a question for science.
The text discusses lifespan statistics such as one in a thousand reaching age 100, six in a hundred reaching 63, and one in five hundred living to 80. It notes Baltimore's large African American population and mentions a census expected to show at least 125,000, with figures about deaths per year and per day.
The article reports a debate at a hydrology and climatology congress over Lake Geneva's color. Diuenesa cites Tyndall on blue reflected by dust particles while M Spring argues the color is the natural hue of water with dust washed in. It notes similar color causes in Lake Constance and Lake Neuchatel and mentions the blending of dust with water tint.
A fragment recalls a dreary season with two men huddled under an awning. One man asks about rain then answers with a remark about 1869, while the other, cinnamon bearded, adds a contrasting memory.
Edward F Searles, famed decorator and husband of Mrs. Mark Hopkins, dominates Methuen Mass with eccentric wealth. He calls himself Lord Searles, builds grand monuments, and keeps guards on his estate while financing lavish art and homes.
A late 19th century scene describes a funeral procession to Mrs. Searles tomb and the eccentric wealth of the Searles family. It notes Timothy Hopkins and Pat Nolan, a costly Washington state sculpture purchase, and Mrs. Hopkins securing vast fortunes and building plans for a Pacific coast mansion.
Lee Hoo Sein a highbinder of intelligence killed his rival You Sheong a bookkeeper at 32 Clay street then hanged himself in cell 25 of the city prison. He had pursued Sling Guo the claimant to Song Leu Tai’s fan tan house. Authorities rescued him from hanging but he died in the morgue later that day.
August Sollner of Chicago I suffocated in an empty basement boiler. His brother-in-law Charles Kazter found the body after a two hour search. A physician said Sollner had been dead several hours and likely died when the boiler door swung shut trapping him inside.
Tankard shot and killed Mrs. William Beaumont at a Driftwood Lake camp in Chawsangna New York. He then jumped into the lake and disappeared after wounding himself. Beaumont is sister to Tankard's wife and is expected to recover from a minor arm wound. Authorities pursue Tankard for the crime.
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