Daily aboard liner to print newspaper Sheet Anchor
The Express notes a steamship line will publish a daily onboard paper on its Liverpool to New York routes, likely named Sheet Anchor. It also mentions Henry Phipps donating 1,250,000 dollars for a Philadelphia consumptive hospital and observes libraries and colleges expanding faster than hospitals. Suggestions on coal saving circulate, but readers crave reliable coal-getting tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
New York
Sheet Anchor
Henry Phipps
Philadelphia
Editor Gonzales Shot by Lieut. Gov Tillman Charged with Murder
The death of Editor N. G. Gonzales in Columbia after a shooting by Lieut. Gov. Tillman of South Carolina leads to murder charges. Tillman says he acted in self defense believing Gonzales would shoot him first.
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N. G. Gonzales
Columbia
Gov. Tillman
South Carolina
Gonzales
Canada Sees Large Rise in Homestead Entries
Canada reports 22,194 homestead entries in the past year, up from 9,145, increasing land taken by 3,600,000 acres. If 1903 remains prosperous, the country expects rapid settlement before year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Hutchinson Celebrates 82nd Birthday in Boston
John W. Hutchinson, last surviving member of the Hutchinson family of temperance and antislavery singers from over four decades ago, marked his eighty second birthday in Boston. The Transcript notes he can still sing and dance as he did years ago.
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John W. Hutchinson
Boston
Transcript
Prof Sormani Hails Rabies Bacillus Discovery
The scientist declares the bacillus of rabies proven despite critics who deny hydrophobia. Hospital records and burial certificates support the finding, and the microscope’s revelations are not expected to unsettle doubters.
Pole Origin of Life Attracts Earnest Explorers
A Yale scientist posits life began at the north pole, suggesting the cold region draws many seekers not for lecture dates but from an atavistic urge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale College
North Pole
Folding staircase for carriages and steamboats novelty
A folding up staircase described as a general novelty for carriages and steamboats. It can be made in any desired length to ease ascent and descent and can be used as a plank between equal levels. Useful in fires and folds into a small compass.
Church membership gains outpace population growth
Dr H K Carroll, authority on church statistics, reports total church membership at 28,698,025, up 403,743 from a year earlier. Denominations rose 14 percent while population grew 2.6 percent. communistic societies declined and Shakers fell 40 percent since 1800.
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H. K. Carroll
Authority On
Ite
Carroll
Former Stage Star Pauline Markham Scrubs Floors in Harlem
The once celebrated Pauline Markham, famed as the queen of stage beauties and praised for her “lost arms of Venus,” now earns a meager living cleaning floors in a Harlem flat building. She uses a fictitious name to hide her identity, aging and faded from fame.
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New York City
Pauline Markham
Harlem
Venus
General Chaffee Describes Hidden Chinese Treasure Claim
Gen Chaffee states while commanding American troops in China he knew the exact location of a government treasure valued at 80 million dollars. He says he would have seized it to fund the Chinese indemnity but was barred by President McKinley. He argues the move would be lawful in war, yet notes the U S position is strengthened by his restraint.
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Gen. Chaffee
China
United States
McKinley
Twain interview satire on coal famine humor
A young reporter asks Mark Twain for an interview about the coal famine. The veteran humorist replies that the editor should empty dashes from the composing rooms to set up his opinion on the coal situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Clemens
New York Times
Vienna surgeon Lorenz sparks bloodless hip surgery shift
A New York physician notes congenital hip disease dropped from about 500 cases in New York City to roughly 180 since Prof. Lorenz arrived. Lorenz and followers have led a revolution in bloodless hip surgery for children, with reductions seen mainly in younger patients.
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Lorenz
Vienna
New York
New York City
Prof. Lorenz
Wireless messages prove Marconi system practical across Atlantic
The Marconi wireless messages across the Atlantic, including a greeting from President Roosevelt to Edward VII, pass tests under tougher conditions and gain skeptical experts' belief that wireless communication is now practical and near commercial use.
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Atlantic
Marconi
Roosevelt
Edward VII
Congress Caps Statehood, Pensions Pass and Labor Rally
The week reports statehood bills dominating the Senate with other actions including a conference on appropriations, $200,000 for Confederate headstones, and pension awards to widows of Gen. Sigel Negley and Rear Admiral Picking. Labor and mining circles push reforms as ICC wages rise. A Michigan student dies, and a man in Indiana commits suicide after a jailhouse hang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Insular Affairs Committee
Islands
United States
Colombia
Committee On Foreign Relations
House
Franz Sigel
Francis Negley
Henry Picking
Alaska
Spooner
Miss
Panama canal treaty terms and political tensions noted
The article reports the Panama canal treaty requires the United States to pay 10 million dollars in cash and 250000 dollars annually after nine years. It also covers indignation at a White House reception over Negro officials attending, a prospective Supreme Court appointment for Judge William R Day, Germanys explanation of San Carlos fort bombardment, and a Canada arbitration treaty on the Alaskan boundary.
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United States
South
White House
Capitol
Roosevelt
Congress
Judiciary
William R. Day
Supreme Bench
Shiras
Germany
San Carlos Fort
Venezuela
Tlowen
Washington
Canada
Wireless system ready for public use in two to three months
Marconi declared his wireless telegram system would be commercially available to the public within two or three months. Exchanges at U S clearing houses for the seven days ending the 238d totaled 2.396 billion dollars, up 7.6 percent from a year ago as all regions bought with cash despite high prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marconi
United States
Pottsville
Philadelphia
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Charles Roberts Ingersoll
New Haven
Conn
Bill targets criminal anarchist doctrine in Michigan senate
A Michigan senate bill proposes criminalizing the promulgation of anarchistic doctrine with penalties of a 5000 dollar fine or ten years in prison or both. Other items note John P. Teeple's 100th birthday in Indiana and a City bank burglary in Somerset costing 6000 dollars. Severe earthquakes felt in Savannah and Columbia.
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Michigan Senate
Laporte
Ind
John P. Teeple
Somerset
Minneapolis
M. W. Savage
Dan Patch
Pacer
Savannah
Columbia
S. C
Indianapolis
Shelby, D
Katherine McMahon
Elizabeth
Oberlin
College Chapel
Horton
Chicago
Frank Lewis
Stella Wright
Indiana
South Bend
Mishawaka
Elkhart
Goshen
London MP Lynch Found Guilty of Treason in Trial
In London Col. Arthur Lynch MP for Galway was convicted of high treason and sentenced to death. The report notes the severe outcome of his trial and the political implications.
Senate Passes Diplomatic Funds and Statehood Debate
In the U S Senate on the 26th the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill passed while the statehood bill received further discussion. Alger and Tredge took the oath of office. House action included a 644 273 military academy bill passage and a resolution urging postmaster general over Indianola Miss postal case.
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United States
Senate
Alger
Mich
Kittredge
S. D
Indianola
Miss
Overstreet
Lorrin Andrews
New York
Hawaii
Gov
Dole
London
Col
Arthur Lynch
Oscar
Sweden
Stockholm
Rumbales
Philippines
Stratford
W. K. Day
Mck Kinley
United State Supreme Court
Shiras
la Guayra
Joe Thantmas
New Orleans
Oary
Boughton, Ford & Co
Burton
Roosevelt
Washington
Canton
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
John Mitchel
Philip Doblin
House Committee
Representative Lessler
Minor News Items Span Politics Science and Crime
Governors of three states halt boxing drawing promoter concern. Copper output in Boston area estimated at large figures. Carnegie pledges 5 million to Scottish science trust. NYPD bans all night liquor licenses affecting hotels and restaurants. Hermit William Shields dies frozen on Mount Bigelow. Dr. Thomas Grant Allen treats mild TB with vein antiseptics. Howlett to host 160 widows for his father’s birthday. MacClintock says morals are microbes for susceptible organs. Minnesota court finds streetcar not liable for brick-throwing injury. George Van Buren, buffalo ranch scout, dies by suicide. Papal bull preserves friars in Philippines. Adelina Patti to give 60 concerts for 300000. Castle town mines reopen aiding Southern Ireland. J Wortman argues life origin at north pole and evolution from fire.
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Boston
Andrew Carnegie
Scotland
New York
Chicago
Alfred A. Howlett
Syracuse
David Harum
W. D. MacClintock
University of Chicago
Minnesota Supreme Court
George van Buren
Buffalo Bill
Montana
Philippines
United States
Mme
Adelina Patti
Canada
Mexico
Castletown
Berehaven
Ireland
J. Wortman
Yale University
North Pole
Powers near accord to raise blockade of Venezuelan ports
Berlin reports that Bowen and representatives of Great Britain Germany and Italy exchanged declarations agreeing to raise the blockade as soon as a formal agreement on guarantees to Venezuela is concluded. The talks focus on customs revenue from La Guayra and Porto Cabello and possible arbitration alternatives. Fort San Carlos bombardments and Venezuelan losses are detailed from Maracaibo and Maraicaibo areas as the crisis unfolds.
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Berlin
Bowen
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Mr. Bowen
Venezuela
la Guayra
Porto Cabello
Washington
Hague Arbitration Court
Herbert
Count Quadt
Caribbean
Schecter
Fort San Carlos
Maraicabo
Maracaibo Bar
Miles in Paris and other brief items
Miles and staff arrive in Paris from Berlin and visit the U S embassy in the Continental hotel. The steamer Korea arrives at Honolulu from San Francisco setting a new speed record. A Minnesota house vote squelches a rail pass investigation. Gold is found in Marathon Cortland County New York with ore tests suggesting $200 per ton.
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Miles
Paris
Honolulu
Korea
San Francisco
New York State
Cortland
N. Y
Marathon
Cortland County
Doblin retracts bribe claim before naval affairs panel
Philip Doblin testified that his earlier statements alleging bribery by Rep. Lessler were false and he now retracts them. The House Naval Affairs Committee questioned him vigorously as it considered proceeding with further hearings and potential witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip Doblin
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Representative Lessler
New York
Quigg
Doblin
Gustavus Rogers
W. R. Kerr
Lessler
Unknown transatlantic liner wrecked near Anglesey
A transatlantic liner is a total wreck off Aberfraw point Isle of Anglesey amid a fierce gale. Seventeen crew members reached shore exhausted. others aboard remain unaccounted. Dispatches call the vessel an American liner though ownership remains uncertain.
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Isle of Anglesey
Holyhead
Aberfraw Point
St. George’s Channel
Iloryhead
White House seeks larger annual appropriation
Superintendent of public buildings and grounds Theodore Gingham asks Congress for 110264 dollars for next year to run the White House up from 35000. He cites costly new fittings and furnishings, special silver hardware, hardwood floors, tiling, and greater staffing for the kitchen and entertaining due to a large occupant family.
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Washington
Theodore Gingham
Congress
White House
Aundry
Lynch Treason Sentence Likely Commuted to Life
London reports Col. Arthur Lynch judged guilty of high treason on Friday. The death sentence is now generally believed to be commuted to life penal servitude with further review after years. In Oklahoma Enid Frederick Walker, 20, killed his father Smith Walker during dinner at their Jefferson area home. the father was a 45 year old farmer and politician.
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London
Lynch
Arthur Lynch
Enid
Okla
Dan
Frederick Walker
Smith Walker
Jefferson
Walker
Smith Center
Itan
Albert Jordon
Crystal Plains
Harry Kipers
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Trials
Doan's Kidney Pills are claimed to dissolve calculi and relieve hip back and limb pains. Testimonies from James R. Arthur of Rockdale Texas and Ane Gunn Jr of Cleveland Kentucky describe rapid relief from back pain, kidney troubles, and sleeplessness after using trial boxes in December 1902.
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Doan
Rockdale
Tex
Dean
James R. Arthur
Ane Gunn, Jr
First Need of a Doctor Says A Doctor Must Swim
Wu Ting Fang cites a tale of a Chinese doctor who fails to heal a dying patient and is beaten by relatives. The physician escapes by leaping into a river and later tells his son that the first requisite of a doctor is to know how to swim, not to cure.
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Wu Ting Fang
San Francisco
Northern Wisconsin Resources Offer Broad Opportunities
Northern Wisconsin invites settlers and manufacturers with grazing lands hardwood timber fertile soil and mineral resources including iron ore clay marl and kaolin. Transportation is strong booklets and maps are available through W H Killen land and industrial commissioner and James C Pond Wisconsin Central Ry Milwaukee. Little girl joke about steak appears in London Tatler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
W. H. Killen
Land & Industrial
Jas. C. Pond
Gen. Pass
Wisconsin Central Ry
Milwaukee
Wis
Mecca for homeseekers and investors in Indian Territory on M K T lines
The Mecca for homeseekers and investors highlights six major towns on the M K & T lines. Pamphlets available from James Barker, GM Pass Agent, 101 Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis. Also includes assorted advertisements and aphorisms from the era.
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Indian Territory
Adnone James Barker
Gen’s Pass
Wainwright Bldg
St. Louis
Constipation Affects Most Ailments Says Marketing Pitch
An era of medical claims touts CASCARETS as a miracle cure for constipation, noting it allegedly outpaces consumption in deaths and selling over ten million boxes annually. The ad warns buyers to seek the genuine tablet in metal boxes marked CASCARETS with a distinctive long-tailed C.
Frisco System Offers Observation Cars on Route Trains
The Frisco System operates handsome Observation Cafe Cars on trains from Saint Louis and Kansas City. Fred Harvey manages the cars with electric lights fans and a large library observation room. Daily departures from Saint Louis and Kansas City are noted. Flora and Dora exchange light chat about proposing relationships.
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Frisco
Saint Louis
Kansas City
Fred Harvey
Pullman Train Boost to Florida Service From Chicago
The Chicago and Florida Special and Florida Limited, first solid Pullman train from Chicago to Florida, will enter service January 5 with sleepers dining and observation cars. The route uses Big Four Penna Monon Queen Crescent Southern Ry and Fla East Coast Ry with 32 hours to St Augustine via joined lines. Tickets available at line offices or W A Beckler Chicago.
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Chicago
Florida
St. Augustine
Big Four
Penna
Monon C. H. & D. Queen & Crescent
Southern
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Henry M. Teller
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Shaffer
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C. TI. Ott
Michigan University
Hillsdale, Jr
Ann Arbor
Foreign Intelligence
Galway
Timothy Harrington
M. P
Dublin
Urique
Twain
Nentanana
Castro
Hague Court
Maracaibo
Vineta
Panther
Falke
San Carlos
St.aal
Minn
New White House
Col. Bingham
Burton, O
Boughton, Jord & Co
C. J. Wiliams
Insrane
Charlotte
N. C
Jili Rogers
Stouts
Union County
Cleveland, Ky
London Tatler
Beautiful Indian Territory
Mother Gray
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
H. H. Green
Kennui
Moser
F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Seneca
California
Oregon
Union Pacific
North-Western Line
Chicago Daily News
Baker
Mulhall
Sioux City
Foster-MiLburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Post-office
HK. Paxton CO
Columbus Ave
Mass
Dashpole
Chicago Tribune
Glasgow Evening Times
Puck
Flora
Jack
Dora
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bears
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
Booklovers’ Library
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Golden State Limited
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