Italy in the Lead in Aliens Immigration Report
Commissioner General Powderly urges law for distribution of penniless aliens. The annual report cites 487,918 steerage arrivals in the US, up 39,346 from the prior year, with 74,950 cabin passengers totaling 562,868. Italian immigration rises 36 percent, more than any other European group, with major destinations Illinois Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania and Maryland. The report calls for Congress to enact legislation to better distribute aliens by industrial supply and demand and to curb inducement to migrate for labor.
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Powderly
Immigraton Bureau
United States
Europe
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Austria-Hungary
Russian Empire
Finland
Ireland
Sweden
German Empire
Norway
England
Illinois
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Bureau
Congress
Nervous Breakdown After Viewing Slaughter at Chicago Stockyards
Mrs. Maria Becker, visiting from Colorado with her husband, collapsed in tears after witnessing pig slaughter in a Chicago packing house. Dr. Hugh T. Patrick and Dr. Henrotin treated her at the Policlinic, noting a peculiar nervous hysteria caused by the shock. The physicians say the case remains baffling and severe.
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Chicago
Morgan's Daughter a Banker
J Pierpont Morgan's daughter Mrs Herbert Satterlee works in the penny provident fund. In a recent report she says the fund continues to prosper and many girls use it to save for deposits in savings banks. Deposits from April 1, 1900, to April 1, 1901, total $356.
Fast Time on French Road Breaks Speed Record
An American-made locomotive No. 2,999 on the Paris Lyons and Mediterranean line pulled 14 cars totaling 181 tons and ran at 80 miles per hour, breaking all records.
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Paris
Insidious Growth of Mormonism Warned in New York
Miss Elizabeth B. Vermilye warned the Reformed Church women's executive committee in New York that Mormonism poses a growing national threat. She claimed two Mormon churches in major cities and a belt of states under Mormon influence stretching from the Rockies to the Sierras, with 2000 missionaries active and 60 in New York.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Jersey City
Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church
New York City
Elizabeth B. Vermilye
Vermilye
Rocky Mountains
Sierras
New York
Homes for London's Poor
London county council will own 250 blocks of workers dwellings, yielding 805000 yearly rent. The project costs 20000000 from the city treasury to house 92000 people, with occupancy starting January for 2200 and continuing through the year in Battersea Clerkenwell Totterdown Fields Swan Lane and White Hart Lane Totten ham scheme planned to shelter 34784. Building advances in congested districts with most projects finishing within the year.
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London County Council
London
City Treasury
Battersea
Duke’s Court
St. Pancreas
Clerkenwell
Totterdown Fields
Swan Lane
White Hart Lane
Tottenham
Cat Causes Widespread Power Outage in Western New York
A cat climbed a trolley pole near Hoffman and touched a feed wire, shorting 34,000 volts and burning the animal. The resulting flash tripped a fuse at Niagara Falls power house, cutting power to Niagara Falls area lines for about two hours and leaving western New York railways and street lights dark.
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International Traction Company
Niagara Falls Power Company
Lockport
N. Y
Puss
Buffalo & Lockport Railway
Hoffman
Niagara Falls
New York
Luncheon Prepared for King Edward at Planters Hotel
Bernhardt Steinhardt, owner of a small New York restaurant, recalls a luncheon he prepared and served for King Edward VII forty one years ago during the prince of Wales visit to the United States. The incident resurfaced when the king ascended the throne, prompting a gracious note from a royal secretary. Steinhardt was chef at Planters' hotel in St. Louis at the time.
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The
New York Herald
Bernhardt Steinhardt
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Steinhardt
Edward
St. Louis
Mr. Steinhardt
Planters’ Hotel
Tesla Receives Patents for Wireless Telephony Receiving Device
Nikola Tesla has secured several patents described by the Electrical World and Engineer and the Western Electrician. The patents cover receiving apparatus for wireless telegraphy. A key method uses a condenser in the receiving circuit to store charge and intensify incoming wave action on the sounder.
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Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Electrical World
Western Electrician
Getting Pretty Swift A Prussian Train Reaches 934 MPH
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes a Prussian electric train achieving 934 miles per hour, calling it strikingly fast for a nation that often lectures others on taking things easy.
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Chicago
New Pacific Cable Officials Explain Why American Firm Won't Get Contract
George G. Ward of the Commercial Cable Company explains that no U S firm could handle the Pacific cable work and criticizes American capacity. The Silvertown line will lay the deep ocean cable, completing to Luzon near Manila. Rates will drop. work should finish in two to three years at an estimated 15 million dollars, with capitalization planned to grow after start.
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George G. Ward
Commercial Cable Company
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
United States
Silvertown
Sandwich Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Luzon
Manila
Ward
Unprecedented Order Bans Handwashing at Elgin Watch Plant
In Elgin Illinois 3000 workers at the Elgin National Watch Company protest a factory order forbidding handwashing during shifts. Girls claim the policy aims to curb caramel cravings and finger manicuring, risking loss of refined appearance and jewel handling. The issue fuels union discussions and possible concerted action by the workers.
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Elgin National Watch Company
Elgin
Ill
Mourned son returns home in curious South Africa tale
A Leicester shire gentleman farmer mourned his yeoman son after a South Africa engagement. An illustrated weekly photo showed the dead man. A later bell ring revealed the survivor, with two men of the same name and similar looks, one wounded and the other dead.
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London Pelican
Leicestershire
Yeomanry
South Africa
Pretoria
Man of Stone Age Found In Susquehanna Cave
Hunters from Susquehanna Pennsylvania uncover a cave burial near Shohola Glen New York containing a gigantic stone age man seated in rawhide with bone limbs. Reddish clay bowls a stone tablet with birds beasts and a half beast half reptile image plus large stone implements and a huge stone axe were found. Nearby at Big Island two miles from Goshen New York a 1796 copper plate depicting George Washington surfaced in an old house. The plate, dented from handling, was bought by Clinton W Wisner of Warwick who plans to restore it and produce prints.
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Susquehanna
Shohola’s Glen
N. Y
Washington
Big Island
Goshen
James H. Vail
New Milford
G. Washington
I. Reid
New York
Rollison Schulpt
Clinton W. Wisner
Warwick
Buffalo Loyal to Pay Bill After Pan American Failure
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes Buffalo residents are determined to pay the bill and avoid further discussion, praising their ability to cover costs despite the Pan American exposition failing to pan.
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Buffalo
Chicago
Noted belle and her beggar husband in Newark court
The rich Montclaire belle and her husband Joseph Farnesham were jailed after being charged as professional beggars. The wife pleaded to go to jail with him, insisting she was guilty if he was. The couple’s parents offered support for the wife, and she was released from the charge as the husband received 30 days.
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Montclaire
N. J
Newark
Joseph N. Farnesham
Brooklyn
Chicago
Northtown
Montreal
Great Lakes
Europe
St. Lawrence
Savannah
Fernandina
Trade accords since 1855 with Canada and others
A historical note outlines the first trade agreement with Canada in 1855 and records that sixteen additional trade accords have followed with various nations. It highlights the long arc of economic treaties shaping international relations through periods of growth and change.
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Canada
Novel Book of Alphabets Shown At Smithsonian Exhibition
Prof J C Clarke of Upper Alton Ill sends a unique volume to the Smithsonian a compilation of world alphabets tracing origins in Egyptian hieroglyphics and showing development from earliest to latest forms The book gathers materials from libraries worldwide and notes origins of numerals and zero as Lyric letters of the Christian era with pages illustrating the Java alphabet and other Asian scripts.
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J. C. Clarke
Upper Alton
Ill
Smithsonian Institution
Clarke
Philippines
Sumatra
Java
Celebes
Formosa
Williams Plans Oregon Browse for Young Racehorses
Thomas H. Williams Jr, president of the California Jockey Club, will test a theory that two year olds are immature for racing. He plans buying yearlings and colts, sending them to Oregon to graze and gain strength, with minimal training and occasional riding to acclimate them to track work.
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Thomas H. Williams, Jr
New California Jockey Club
Williams
Oregon
New Route to Southern Europe via Berlin to Genoa
A London dispatch reports German railway authorities plan a twice weekly service from Hamburg and Bremen to Genoa via Berlin, with return from Genoa to Frankfurt. If implemented it could divert much American passenger traffic from Liverpool and London toward southern Europe.
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Europe
New York Tribune
London
Berlin
London Chronicle
Hamburg
Bremen
Genoa
Frankfurt
Liverpool
Sweet Potato Flour Venture Organized in Vineland
A new company with capital of 1 000 000 dollars has been organized in Vineland New Jersey to manufacture flour from sweet potatoes.
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Vineland
N. J
Pickering Finds Hydrogen May Be Composite in Lightning Spectra
Harvard Observatory director E C Pickering reports that photographs of lightning spectra reveal hydrogen may be composite. He notes 30, three, and one lines in successive images, suggesting multiple hydrogen components. The spectra resemble Nova Persei No 2 from March 23, 1901.
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E. C. Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Pickering
Constellation
Perseus
RETURNS TO INDIAN WAYS FOR THRIVING WIFE CHOICE
Joseph Cox of Wichita faced a troubled marriage with Quanah Parker’s daughter who resisted his cigarette habit. After years of forgiveness she chose native dress and tepee life, attending a mission church with her baby, signaling a return to her homeland customs following a drunken domestic episode.
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Joseph Cox
Wichita
Kan
Quanah Parker
Cox
Mission Church
Sultan of Morocco Seen As Energetic Reformer Hopeful for Morocco
A London Times and New York Times correspondent reports an audience with Sultan Mulai Abdul Aziz in Marrakesh. He describes the palace menagerie and the sultan as tall, intelligent, and engaging with reformist aims. No interpreter was used, conversation in Arabic. The envoy notes palace advisers limit reform and expresses cautious hope for a bright future.
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London Times
New York Times
Marakesh
Morocco
Sultan Mulai Abdul el Aziz
Abdwl el Aziz
Violet Leaves Cure Cancer Case Report
London representative of the New York Journal and Advertiser cites the Onlooker account of a remarkable cancer cure. Lady Margaret Masham died feared when fresh green violet leaves were used, yielding immediate relief, disappearance of a tumor, and cessation of pain within a fortnight.
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London
New York Journal and
Margaret Masham
Earl of Romney
Margaret
Prairie dog plague tests Kansas resilience
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes Kansas endures a prairie dog problem, deeming its impact comparatively light. The piece suggests that without prairie dogs, Kansas would face some other issue, yet remains confident in the state’s capacity to cope.
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Kansas
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