Five Aged Voters and Ocean Lore Spark Small Town News
In Lee Connecticut five villagers age from 88 to 104 total 453 years among them Capt Jonathan Norton 104 is cited as the oldest voter in the county. A sea serpent tale amused excursionists while notes discuss the Trans Siberian railway’s planned safety and comfort up to the Amour.
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Lee, Conn
Jonathan Norton
Edwin Sturgis
Ek. P. Tanner
John McLaughlin
E. L. Mellus
Capt
Norton
Heat of a Globe Boils Water in an Hour
A scientific paper states an ordinary incandescent globe can boil a quart of water in an hour if submerged, while observers using shaded or wrapped bulbs report mysterious house fires.
Salt Lake City Bell Draws Dogs in Single File
A Salt Lake City church bell is said to move dogs to form a single file and howl in unison while the bell rings. The effect is noted as unique to this bell, with no others in the city producing the same response.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Rail line closes contract with Crow Indians for grading
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad has closed a contract with the Crow Indians for grading a roadbed section near the Crow reservation. Much of the work will be done with crowbars, while scalpers will operate on that section before it opens for general traffic.
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Chicago, Burlington &Quincy Railroad
Red Men’s Reservation
Crop bulletins promise ample food next year
The writer notes crop bulletins avoid famine warnings and asserts there will be enough to eat next year. Despite possible wheat deterioration, potato bugs, and dropping apples, foreign buyers arriving for supplies will not be sent away empty handed.
Curious Pompeii Chain Baffles Scientists
Scientists puzzled by a strange chain found in a Pompeii house ruins. No explanation yet, as experts ponder its use and consider a playful theory about Roman matrons chaining husbands during a Gracchian League of Advanced Femininity gathering.
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Pompeii
Gracchian League of Advanced
Bavarian suitor Alois Frankenberg jailed for romance swindles
Alois Frankenberg, a Bavarian, was sentenced at Gratz Austria to two and a half years in prison for seducing and swindling numerous women. He boasted he proposed to at least 120 maids and widows.
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Alois Frankenberg
Gratz
Austria
Don Juan
Yale grants first class without baccalaureate sermon
Yale University for the first time graduates a class without a baccalaureate sermon. Traditionally the president, always a clergyman, delivered the sermon, but President Hadley was not a clergyman and gave an address as substitute.
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Yale University
Hadley
World railroad mileage shows western hemisphere lead
The latest statistics reveal that more than half of all railroad track lies in the western hemisphere and the United States exceeds Europe combined. The Trans Siberian line’s completion still leaves the eastern hemisphere behind the west in enterprise, where western civilization leads.
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United
Editor Lets Famine Stricken India Speak
The Christian Herald editor, returning from India, warns mortality will rise with the monsoons. He says the suffering is indescribable and cautions that at least a million may perish in the coming months without adequate warmth and food.
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Christian Herald
India
Mormons of Utah Build Beet Sugar Industry
The Mormons of Utah operate a beet sugar industry in the Great Salt Lake valley producing 19,400,000 pounds of white sugar yearly. They transport juice 22 miles from vats to factories via a three inch pipe saving transport costs. The system yields 12 percent to farmers and 20 percent on stock.
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Utah
Great Salt Lake Valley
Drums and Whistles Mark Pe King Duty Scene
A historical note describes a policeman in Pe King who carries a drum and beats it on duty to signal presence. The text debates whether the beat alerts officials or warns burglars, mentions similar noises used by Hindus and blind beggars. It also notes pigeons with light whistles tied to tails as a semaphore or alert device.
Government Eyes China Plan and Global Order
Secretary of State informs world powers via ambassadors that the United States will enter mutual agreements aimed at restoring law and order in China. The deep waterways plan favors a 20 foot channel costing $190 million. Rio exports and railroad growth cited alongside troop deployments to the Philippines and possible China shifts.
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China
Deep Waterways Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
America
Philippines
Funeral rites for William B. Curtis held in New York
The father of American athletics William B Curtis was laid to rest in New York. Four more Hoboken waterfront fire victims were found, bringing total recovered to 136. Weekly U S market clears reached 1.6 billion while US business failures numbered 146. Baseball standings show Brooklyn 0.611 and Chicago 0.640. In Pittsburgh a T G Evans & Co china store fire killed five firemen.
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William B. Curtis
New York
Hoboken
N J
United States
Brookilyn
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
T.G. Evans & Co
Massive 1900s World News Roundup From Sudden Disasters to Elections
A sweeping dispatch lists tragedies and events across the United States and abroad. Despondent widow Maggie Lehnis killed her baby and herself in Cincinnati. July 4th fatalities rise nationwide. Senator Spooner declines reelection. Aeronaut Emil Markenberg dies after a 500 foot fall in Santa Ana. Drownings in Lake Charles. a Chicago elder dies at 95. A Quincy man commits suicide beside his wife's grave. Sarah Place turns 100 in Lebanon Indiana. Prairie Depot fire razes 18 business houses. A lynching in Columbia Alabama. Governor Roosevelt visits McKinley in Canton. Mexican rivals Josef Vasquez and Antonio Sosa kill each other near Tucson. Silver Republicans back Bryan. VP vote left to committee. Noble Prentice dies in La Harpe. Dems nominate Stevenson. Senator Jones reelected DNC chair. St. Louis grand jury cites police in strike unrest. Steamboat Rock cyclone. Sandusky Standard Wheel factory fire fatal, two perished. Nathan L. Baker kills daughter then himself in Richmond. A J Jester’s murder case returns to trial in New London. Yacht Idler wrecks near Cleveland. wife and five others drowned. Arkansas Republicans nominate H I Remmel for governor. Randolph Evans hanged in Quitman. Northern Michigan storm damages Kalamazoo area. Four Kentucky conspirators trial in Frankfort. Tea and candy prices rise amid China conflict. Windom fire destroys Main Street business block.
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C. J. Phelps
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Albert Johnson
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Standard Wheel Company
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H. I. Remmel
Little Rock
Quitman
Miss
Randolph Evans
Nouthern Michigan
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Frankfort
Goebel
Kentucky
China
Main Street
Windom
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Turkey Sultan Pledges 100000 Indemnity in Missionary Claims
Foreign intelligence reports the sultan promises to pay $100,000 indemnity within 90 days to settle American missionary claims. London advices say ex President Steyn and General Wolseley are the main hurdles to ending the South African war.
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London
Steyn
weWet
South Africa
Statue of Lincoln Dedicated by American Tourists in Edinburgh
Dispatches report mass killings in Peking during the Boxer uprising with nearly 1,000 Europeans in the city murdered or missing. Claims speak of widespread rebellion in China and possible imperial actions. Russia supports Japan while fears of foreign legations’ fate grow.
Foreigners in Peking amid war amid rising hopes in China
The era shows increased hope as foreigners in Peking are seen as safe amid civil war with Prince Ching backing them and powers united. Reports also note troop movements, a U.S. Ninth Infantry landing at Taku, and Chinese politics evolving alongside the Boxer conflict.
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China
Taku
Minor News Items From Across The Nation
A roundup notes the U S Court of Claims settling a 102 year old case. New Yorks Masonic Grand Lodge exceeds 102000 members. The Prince of Wales aims to anonymously own and edit a newspaper. Irelands Lutheran church counts about 72000 baptized members. A Concord New Hampshire judge rules soda water is a life necessity and may be sold on Sundays. The League of American Mothers calls a national convention to be held in Chicago August 1 2 3 and 4. Americans at the civil engineers convention in London are urged to visit Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. Dr Pigg of Southwest Missouri switches name to Peak. Buffalo County Nebraska touts the worlds largest alfalfa field. Yale professor G R Wieland finds a fossil turtle in the Black Hills proving the region was once an ocean. Stockton California marks July 4 with historic Commodore Stockton guns. Miss Elizabeth Smith of Derby Connecticut a self made millionaire works as a stenographer at a small salary. Senator Eugene Hale of Maine is a multimillionaire through his own means and his marriage to a Chandler daughter of Michigan. Philippine commission requests I M Kiggins to duty in the Philippines, heading central board examiners of the U S Civil Service. The government plans a domestic railroad system in Charlestown Navy Yard with 40000 for rails ties labor and 16000 for locomotive and cars.
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Ireland
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Concord
N. H
League of American Mothers
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Windsor Castle
Pigg
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Yale
Black Hills
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Elizabeth Smith
Derby
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Eugene Hale
Maine
Chandler
Michigan
Philippine Commission
I. M. Kiggins
Central Board of Examiners
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Philippines
Charlestown Navy Yard
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Legations Hold Out as Battles and Rumors Swirl
London reports that the Peking legations remain safe on July 4 amid heavy fighting around Tientsin. Chinese forces and allied troops clash, with thousands killed. refugees move to Shanghai as diplomats pursue a joint approach with Britain and the United States.
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Shanghai
Peking
Warren
Foreign Office
Tientsin
Worst wind and rainstorm hits Kalamazoo area
A severe storm sweeping southern Michigan from Hastings to the city plowed through Kalamazoo causing widespread damage. Trees toppled in Bronson and West street parks, trolley wires and telephone lines failed, and streets flooded as arcadia creek roared. Property losses reach about 300000 with a quarter on celery crop.
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Hastings
Here
Bronson
West Street
Michigan Traction Company
Rosenbaum & Speyer
Stern
H. Stern & Co
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Arcadia Creek
Firemen Killed in Pittsburgh Fire Weeks Second Blaze
In downtown Pittsburgh a major fire killed four firefighters and injured six others. Victims named John Griffin, St. Clair Crawford, Max Batterbaugh, Stewart Burns, and John Lewis. The blaze began in the basement of T. G. Evans & Co. on Fifth Avenue, with floor collapse trapping men amid water and heavy safes, dragging debris to the cellar.
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John Griffin
St. Clair Crawford
Max Batterbaugh
Stewart Burns
John Lewis
T. G. Evans & Co
Fifth Avenue
Wood
Market
4 And 11
Goddard, Hill & Co
Boer War Updates From South Africa July Reports
Late news from South Africa says Boer forces failed to hinder Gen Buller’s convoy return between Standerton and Heidelberg. Ficksburg garrison repelled an overnight Boer attack after 45 minutes. Gen Brabant seized Dernberg as bands harass convoys. Mahon’s mounted troops clashed with 3000 Boers near Broukers spruit, 53 casualties. Strathcona horse defenders held a kopje against repeated assaults near Standerton.
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Heidelberg
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Dernberg
Senakal
Winburg
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Hutton
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Boxers Meet Check In Peking News Dispatches
London reports amid civil war in China that foreign legations in Peking may be protected by Prince Ching with 10 000 troops while allied forces hold Tientsin. Battles along the front include artillery exchanges at night and a drive to retake Tientsin and Taku. Conditions remain fluid as Western powers weigh relief and rewards for legation protection.
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Foreign Office
Warren
Shanghai
Peking
Inspectorate of
Prince Ching
China
Taotai Shang
Sheng
Yang Lu
Northern Army
Prince Tuan
Peking News
Editorial on Bryan Stevenson ticket defeat prospects
A collage of editorial voices predicts the Bryan Stevenson ticket will be defeated in 1900, criticizing imperialism and free silver planks. Republicans praise Bryan as a Democratic standard bearer while editors warn of disunity within the party and the risks of Bryan’s platform.
Philippine week of fighting leaves many dead and prisoners
In Luzon during the past week eleven Americans were killed and sixteen wounded while one hundred sixty Filipinos died. Eight Americans held by rebels were surrendered and a hundred rifles turned over to U S officials. An ambush hit a wagon train between Indang and Naic. The Third Infantry lost nine men in the Ladrones expedition. A three hour running fight in Panay killed or wounded about seventy enemies with no American casualties. Amnesty provisions appear to be taking hold as some operations are paused to allow rebels to act under the decree.
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