Monopoly and press freedom in a national issue
Commoner criticizes the monopoly power of a steel trust and urges Congress to license interstate corporations to curb abuse, with conditions on stock and anti monopoly aims. A second item condemns MacArthur's deportation of Manila editor Rice as unAmerican and warns against press suppression in new territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Trust
Kansas City
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Jersey
Senate
House
MacArthur
War Department
Rice
Manila
Philippine Islands
Reid's Cuban stance exposed as hypocritical partisan rhetoric
The piece denounces Whitelaw Reid and Republican claims on Cuba, accusing them of double standards. It argues that the United States cannot govern Cuba while professing to honor its independence and Monroe Doctrine, and questions the push for protectorate control versus self-government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitelaw Reid
Cuba
Madison
Spain
France
Panama Canal
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
Congress
United States
Reid
Nce
South Africa
Transvaal
Paris
Mexico
Richardson accuses oil-linked treasury looting in House
In the house Richardson of Tennessee exposed an alleged attempt to loot the treasury in the interest of Standard Oil's bank in New York. Moody of Massachusetts acknowledged the force of the criticism but said he did not intend to answer the argument, a candid admission during the debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Richardson
Tennessee
Treasury
Standard Oil Company
New York City
Moody
Massachusetts
House Committee On Appropriations
Sampson and Schley Promotions Sparked by Favoritism Claims
The piece protests congressional and administrative promotion of Admiral Sampson by five points versus Admiral Schley's three. It defends Schley as hero of Santiago Bay and asserts public support for him remains strong despite alleged bias. It argues the injustice may boost Schley's standing more than any official act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schley
Sampson
Admiral Sampson
Admiral Schley
Congress
Santiago Bay
Beggars Big and Little Editorial Critique
A New York Tribune editorial decries rising beggar numbers despite prosperity and urges stronger police action to curb beggary. It notes the paper’s hypocrisy on subsidies and criticizes Horace Greeley era editorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Tribune
Horace Greeley
Washington Times criticizes presidential budget rhetoric
The Washington Times notes the president’s warning on government spending, questions its relevance during prosperity, and suggests lawmakers may ignore his admonition as presidents often overlook their own messages and messages are not reread at session’s end.
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Washington Times
Congress
Filipinos Prefer Liberty War Over Subjugation
A correspondent notes that Filipinos choose fighting for freedom over serving a foreign ruler, a stance echoed by many historical figures who valued liberty above labor under foreign control.
Canton coat maker dies at poorhouse doorstep
George Zeigler a 64 year old Canton coat maker unable to find work is sent to Stark county poor house but collapses and dies at the almshouse door. The incident occurs amid debates over welfare and the so called full dinner pail era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Zeigler
Canton
Stark County
Hanna and McKinley to Ride Inauguration Together
The outgoing president and the incoming president are set to ride to the inauguration together. Senator Hanna has been picked to accompany President McKinley raising questions about whether Hanna is at the end of one term or the start of a new executive period.
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Hanna
McKinley
Monument to Maine Heroes in New York
A monument honoring sailors who died on the Maine will be erected in Long Acre Square New York. The project has a $125 000 goal with $110 090 subscribed and a contract awarded for Tennessee marble shafting sixty five feet high. The design includes ten bronze figures two heroic statues a Roman galley and a Columbia triumphant group with the names of the fallen inscribed on the base.
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Maine
Havana Harbor
New York
Long Acre Square
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
Forty-eighth Street
Asors
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Piccirilli
Columbia
We Should Keep Everything Within The Boy's Roo
A compact note argues for preserving boundaries and limits within a boy's space. It urges caution about excess and encourages mindful restraint in activities and possessions.
How to Make a Boy’s Room A Happy Working Space
Parents should create a boy friendly room with harmony and good light. Let boys select pictures and arrange their collections with help on costs. Provide a writing table and strong effort toward neatness, making the room a refuge from temptations and a place for real industry.
Consul Rublee Named New Hong Kong General
SAYLIGS and DOINGS announces W. A. Rublee as consul general to Hongkong. The 40 year old Harvard graduate, fluent in German and French, has four years as Prague consul general and a background in newspaper editing with a Milwaukee Sentinel lineage. He arrives with a wife and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widman
Hongkon
W. A. Rubles
Rubee
Prague
Harrison
State Department
Milwaukee Sentinel
Rublee
Harvard
Notable Geneva arbiters shaped US Britain award era
The 1871 72 Geneva arbitration yielded a $15 million US victory. Lawyers Evarts Cush ing and Waite led the case. Adams served as US arbitrator. Evarts famed as a top lawyer and political figure, Waite a Toledo jurist, Cush ing a seasoned diplomat. Public praise followed. Chase later became Chief Justice vacancy.
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Geneva
United States
Great Britain
William M.evarts
Caleb Cushing
Ai Waite
Charles Francis Adams
Evarts
Cushing
Waite
Toledo
Ohio
Salmon P. Chase
Grant
William M. Evarts
Morrison R. Waite
Melville W. Fuller
Chicago
Diminishing Outdoor Relief and War Time Diplomacy
The article notes a decline in outdoor relief in major U S cities led by Brooklyn's 1878 abolition trend and Chicago remaining high, then shifts to General Botha's wife Mrs Louis Botha related to Robert Emmet and her role as a social leader in Pretoria during the war, including attempts to mediate between her husband and Lord Kitchener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Associated Charities
Brooklyn
Seth Low
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
San Francisco
Kansas City
St. Louis
New Orleans
Chicago
Louis Botha
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Robert Emmet
Paris
Pretoria
Botha
Mrs. Botha
Lord Roberts
Hewitt Urges Rich Men to Fund Tenement Reform
Ex mayor Abram S Hewitt of New York repeated a call for philanthropy to target slum conditions. He argues charity alone cannot lift environments fostering poverty and crime and advocates building decent tenements at current rents to revitalize urban housing and reduce vice.
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Abram S. Hewitt
New York
Hewitt
Chicago
Mr. Hewitt
In Algeria a River of Ink Is Formed by Iron and Peat Gall
A curious natural process in Algeria creates an ink river when iron rich water mixes with peat bog drainage containing gallic acid. The reaction yields a visible dark stream shaped by the two contrasting waters.
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Algeria
Warner’s downfall named as hurrycide in a brisk business critique
A column recounts John P. Mowbray’s warning on precarious employment amid corporate bosses and a reckless rush at Broadway, recounting Warner's fall from a trusted executive to a younger hire and his alleged hurrycide. It also surveys blind species in nature, cites cave insects and deep sea life, and notes Louise Drew’s stage debut and family theatrical lineage.
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John P. Mowbray
Warner
Astor House Rotunda
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
New York Weekly
Louise Drew
Betty Taylor
Pichard Carvel
John Drew
Miss Drew
Philadelphia
Richard Carvel
Duties of Eskimo Wives Described in Old Text
A historical account notes that a Smith Sound Eskimo select wife values housewifely skills. A wife should cook and sew and even chew hides, a custom described as essential. Fur garments are relied upon, with abundant pelts expected to endure cold weather.
Barrie's Graphic Picture of Edinburg Eleven
Professor Tait resigns the chair of natural philosophy at Edinburg University. J M Barrie sketches a vivid scene in Edin burgh Eleven with a description of Tait and a golf anecdote involving his son altering a demonstrated distance.
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Professor Tait
Cottage of Peter the Great in Zaandam Showcases Historic Interior
The house where Peter the Great learned shipbuilding in Zaandam, Holland still stands though dilapidated. It preserves the rough furniture used by the Russian czar, including a bedstead, table, and two chairs, within a building built for preservation. A tablet over the mantel was erected by Alexander I in 1814.
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Peter the Great
Zaarndam
Holland
Peter
Alexander of
Russia
Writings of Kathleen Haydn Green Elevates Journalists
Miss Kathleen Haydn Green daughter of London's lord mayor has been elected a vice president of the Society of Women Journalists of London. She is recognized as a writer of promising verse and joins a prominent women’s journalism circle.
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Kathleen Haydn Green
London
Society of Women Journalists of London
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Maine Heroes
Sayligs and
W. A. Rublee
Comme
Barrie
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