Railway News and Engineering Facts From The Express
A medical authority notes asleep passengers escape shaking in railway collisions. An engineer says 50 000 workers now operate with machinery that required 16 000 000 previously. Russia’s railway length on Jan 14 stood at 37 57114 miles. 679 miles opened to traffic in 1904. Two flags dueled in Paris’ Bois de Boulogne without serious injuries. Gun sights on King Edward VII are faulty and will be corrected at Portsmouth. Germany’s chemical study for industry began with Just von Liebig at Giessen fifty years ago. The Simplon tunnel project proceeds with bore parties at both ends, meeting midway. Italy and Switzerland back the $150 000 000 cost.
Foresters Urge Training For Men in New Profession
The article notes growing demand for foresters as a profession blending science and commerce with outdoor work. It highlights opportunities for young men who pursue this career path through training and practical study.
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Republic
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Carnegie Institute Eyes Snake Venom Antidote Grant
The Carnegie Institute, supported by a $10,000,000 gift from the ironmaster, is urged to allocate a substantial sum for venom antidote research. Officials expect the request to be approved as scientists pursue a centuries old goal.
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Carnegie Institute
Osler Calls for Reform in Medical Training
Dr. William Osler of Johns Hopkins University declares in a lecture that no man over forty achieves in the world, that sixty-year-olds should retire or be removed, that American medical schools employ hybrid medical systems, and that Europe leads the United States in medical education.
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William Osler
Johns Hopkins University
Europe
United States
Vast Sun Spots Revealed Across Solar Surface
Observations describe several sunspots recently discovered on the sun. One spot measures about 70,000 miles across, enormous enough to dwarf a terrestrial globe. The surface is continually changing with spots and breakups, two other spots about 40,000 miles wide lie on opposite sides of the largest feature.
Forty marks start of real life and work
The passage asserts that forty is the starting point for genuine life and learning. A man at forty should begin real study thinking and work, and any prior progress remains valuable but not a marker of maturity or cessation of achievement.
Peabody fund split leads to school trust dissolution
Trustees approved a 1 million dollar appropriation of the Peabody educational fund to the George Peabody School of Teachers at Nashville, a move toward dissolving the trust started by George Peabody. The donation later rose to 3 million, kept by a chosen board using its interest for education of white and colored children in the South.
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Peabody Educational Fund
George Peabody School of Teachers At
Nashville
George Peabody
South
Peabody
Wallace Prefers Sea Level Canal Over Rock Alternative
Chief engineer John I' Wallace argues a sea-level canal is preferable. Previous canal commission estimates float options from 30 to 90 feet above sea level, with costs ranging from 200 to 300 million dollars and timeframes spanning seven to twenty years. The figures are tentative guesses.
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John I’. Wallace
Canal Commission
London Excitement Grows Over Manchnow Giant
A London sensation centers on Manchnow the human mammoth who stands about nine feet tall and eats six times a normal person’s amount. At nine he reached six feet, and during transport to the Coliseum he required a large moving van as no roofed vehicle could fit him. His child remains of normal size.
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London
Manchnow
Coliseum
Sex ratio in United States data from census bulletin
Census bulletin reports men exceed women by 216 per 10000 nationwide. In 1890 excess reached 242. District of Columbia Massachusetts Rhode Island have smallest male shares while Wyoming Montana show largest. Overall sex balance is uneven across states.
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United States
Census Bureau
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Thass
Wyoming
Montana
Roosevelt Inaugurated President Amid Colorful Washington Festivities
Theodore Roosevelt sworn in as the 26th president at the Capitol with Chief Justice Fuller administering the oath. Vice President Fairbanks also takes the oath, delivering a brief inaugural address. Washington observes elaborate decorations and a public procession follows the ceremony.
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Fairbanks
Washington
Capitol Building
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Fuller
Senate
Charles W. Fairbanks
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Frye
Maine
Galeries
Capitol
Tice Fuller
Mr. Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Foot Size Proportions Spark Prize Controversy
The Washington Times notes a prize for the smallest and prettiest foot, won by someone with a child size shoe. The piece argues foot size should match body size, suggesting extreme smallness can be a deformity rather than adornment.
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Washington Times
Queen Victoria Remark on World and Frivolities
The late Queen Victoria told an archbishop that as she aged she could not understand the world or its littleness. She said the frivolities and littlenesses seemed to her a little mad.
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Queen Victoria
Tobacco Heart
A Cincinnati Enquirer note questions a claim that the average man’s heart beats 92 160 times daily and cautions that excessive smoking can cause erratic heartbeats with adverse effects on health.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Navy Needs Men Says Admiral Cogh in Address
Admiral Cogh warns the navy lacks trained sailors and marines as ships outpace manpower. He argues the country produces ships faster than trained personnel, risking insufficient crews in a potential war.
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Acmiral Coghlan
Baltin
Ura American
May Defeat Kuropatkin Before Mukden Assaults
Reports from Japanese sources claim the Russian right flank has been turned near Mukden while Gen Kuroki drives a heavy eastern attack. Kuropatkin concentrates forces to blunt Kuroki and Nogi as losses on both sides mount. Dispatches note 260 000 Japanese through a Russian left wing and advancing on Mukden.
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Kuroki
Nogi
Kuropatkin
St. Petersburg
Oyama
Kutropatkin
Shakhe
Tiepass
Berlin
Tageblatt
Suchudzin
Lanschanpa
Putiloff Hill
Kandolesan
Probe for Oil Trust Expands Across Kansas and Nearby States
Commissioner James R. Garfield of the bureau of corporations launches a broad inquiry into the oil industry. Responding to a Kansas congressman’s resolution, the investigation will proceed rapidly and exhaustively, reporting to President Roosevelt and potentially to the justice department as facts require.
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Washington
James R. Garfield
Bureau of Corporations
Kansas
Contiguous States
House of Representatives
Campbell
Garfield
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Oil Trust
Reindicted Officials Taced in Iroquois Theater Fire
Will J. Davis manager of the Illinois theater George Williams Building Commissioner and William Laughlin Building Inspector were reindicted for the Iroquois theater fire that killed nearly 600. Davis faces involuntary manslaughter charges others charged with neglect of official duty.
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Chicago
Will J. Davis
Illinois Theater
George Williams
William Laughlin
Davis
Lakeside Iron Works Fire Totals Losses Near Milwaukee
Lakeside malleable iron works near Milwaukee burned on Wednesday causing a total loss. The plant was valued at 125000 dollars. Bruce Engine company plant and Racine iron and steel works suffered severe damage in the same blaze.
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Big Iron
Milwaukee
Lakeside
Notable Gardner Doctor Shot by Deputy in Arrest
Dr. Nicholas Nash of Gardner I T was fatally shot here by Deputy Marshal J S Tilley during an attempted arrest on a disturbance charge. Nash long served as a prominent territorial official.
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Wanna
J. T
Nicholas Nash
Gardner, I. T
J. S. Tilley
Nash
Mine Fire Traps 15 Miners in Ratibor District
In the Oskar coal mine of Ratibor district a Friday fire cut off 15 miners. Rescue was impossible due to poisonous gases, and it is believed all are dead.
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Berlin
Oskar
Ratibor
Indiana Senate Defeats Girll Trade Control Bill
In Indianapolis on March 3 the state senate defeated the Girll bill prohibiting trade combinations tending to restrain trade and control prices. The measure failed by a 27 to 14 vote after a lengthy afternoon debate.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Senate
Drug Combine Costs Consumers 40 Million a Year
A Chicago hearing concludes that a gigantic drug combination exists and costs consumers about 40 million dollars annually. The finding highlights market power and price impact across the industry.
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Chicago
Death of Mrs Stanford Shocks Honolulu Victim of Poisoning?
Mrs Jane Lathrop Stanford widow of Senator Leland Stanford died in Honolulu after convulsions at the Moana hotel. Doctors said strychnine in bicarbonate of soda may have caused the death with prior attempt suspected in January at her San Francisco home. San Francisco police seek who placed the poison as revelations unfold. Bequest news followed in Santa Clara county with more than 3.1 million dollars left to relatives and charity.
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Honolulu
Jane Lathrop Stanford
San Francisco
United States
Leland Stanford
Moana
Stanford
Santa Clara County
Leland Stanford, Jr
University
Autocratic decree grants public input on laws in Russia
In Tsarskoe Selo Emperor Nicholas signed a rescript offering elected representatives a voice in lawmaking. The move stops short of constituting a constitution or assembly, but acknowledges the people's right to be heard, signaling a historic epoch in Russian governance. The ceremony featured an emotional appeal by the emperor promising to shed his blood for the people's welfare.
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St. Petersburg
Alexandra Palace
Tsarskoe Selo
Nicholas
Russia
Dynamite Blast Kills Four at Kentucky Camp
Four men killed instantly and others injured when dynamite exploded at a C. and O. railroad camp at the mouth of Greasy creek ten miles south of Pikeville Kentucky. The blast occurred as workers heated dynamite in powder cans.
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Pikeville
A. H. Calligan
Greasy Creek
Here
Sinking of Natorigene in Osaka Harbor Fog Tragedy
Dense fog as the Osaka Shosen Kaisha steamer Natorigene entered Osaka harbor struck the breakwater and sank instantly. Of 123 aboard only 16 were saved in the Yokohama dispatch via San Francisco dated March 6. A separate report from South Shields details a million-dollar fire on the Tyne’s north bank damaging docks but sparing the Lowden and others.
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Yokohama
San Francisco
Osaka Shoshen Kaisha
Osaka Harbor
England
South Shields
North Bank
Tyne
Lowden
Aged Journalist Jackson M. Sheets Dies in Illinois
Paris Illinois March 4 Col Jackson M Sheets a prominent Illinois journalist died Friday. He served in the Civil War with the Twenty first Illinois commanded by U S Grant and was a presidential elector in 1880 voting for Garfield. He held numerous public offices.
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Paris
Jackson M. Sheets
Illinois
U. S. Grant
Garfield
Roosevelt to Appoint Charles W. Anderson Negro Collector
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt intends to appoint Charles W. Anderson, a Black man, as collector of internal revenue in New York. The move signals a notable racial milestone in federal appointments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles W. Anderson
New York
Woman recovers health after years of nerve spells
Mrs. Ida L. Brown of Mattoon Illinois describes a long battle with St Vitus dance and periodic numbness dizziness and heart palpitations. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with a rapid cure after eight boxes and notes a later grip episode resolved by the same remedy.
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Ida L. Brown
St. Vitus
Dr. Williams
Mrs
San Francisco Police Face Allegations of Corruption
The Los Angeles Express reports growing claims that San Francisco police are deeply corrupt as city authorities weigh reforms and tighter oversight amid public concern.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles Express
Letter Praises Golden State Limited Train Service
John Sebastian, passenger traffic manager, cites a letter from Los Angeles praising the Golden State Limited. The writer calls the train the finest they have traveled on with first class accommodations and obliging crew. The Ottawa Free Press notes the Colden State Limited remains first among transcontinental limits.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Golden State Limited
California
John Sebastian
Colden State Limited
Nickel Plate Line Promises Comfort on Eastbound Service
The Nickel Plate Road advertises popular passenger service eastward with attentive uniformed porters, clean cars, Pullman sleepers, and a dining service offering club meals or a la carte at moderate cost. Tickets and reservations can be arranged through J. Y. Calahan at 111 Adams St Chicago.
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Nickel Plate Road
Pullman
la Salle St
Chicago
J. Y. Calahan
Gen. Agt
Adams St
There Are Worse Things Than Egotism Quote
A quotation from the New York Times arguing that self praise harms more than criticizing others, suggesting personal elevation is less virtuous than restraining judgment of others.
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N. Y
Special Excursions to Southwest by Kansas City Southern Ry
Advertising notice offering excursions to Port Arthur Beaumont Tex Lake Charles Galveston Houston San Antonio and all KCS Ry points in 1905 with 21 day tickets and stopovers on both trips Literature on The Land of Fulfillment available from S G Warner G P T R K C S Ry Kansas City Mo Included is a proverb attributed to The Commoner about reformers and processions
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Southwest
Kansas City Southern Railway
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Tex
Lake Charles
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
S. G. Warner
G. P
Kansas City
Winter Chautauqua in the Pines in Citronelle
A Winter Chautauqua opens March 2 1905 in Citronelle Alabama billed as the great est Chautauqua in the South. Low railroad rates announced. For programme and literature apply to your home agent or Jno M Beall G P A M QO R BR St Louis Mo.
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Iowa
Bois de Boulogne
Hdward VII
Enstaii
Portsmouth
Germany
Justus von Liebbig
Giessen
Simplon
Alps
Italy
Switzerland
Cabinet
White House
Porte Cochere
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifty-Eighth Congress
House
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Peace Monument
Broad Avenue
Pension Building
President Roosevelt
Navy
Czar
Mukden
Probe For Oil Trust
Grip
Ottawa Free Press
Chicago Tribune
Carters
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