Plan Big Banquet Promises Anglo American Alliance
Andrew Carnegie pledges to secure attendance of leading American financiers manufacturers and merchants at a London chamber of commerce dinner in honor of the New York chamber. Albert G. Sandeman and Morris J. Jesup will help gather Europe’s top business figures for a historic event promoting peace and commerce between Britain and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
London Chamber of Commerce
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Multinationaira
London
British Iron and Steel Instiiuitry
Carnegie
Albert G. Sandeman
Europe
Morris J. Jesup
Great Britain
United States
Aged Man Climbs 150 Foot Water Tower for Dollar
Wilord Gareus a 70 year old Vineland New Jersey citizen accepted a dare to climb the town water tower 150 feet high. He ascended the iron rungs waved his hat and danced a jig at the top before descending and reclaiming his dollar. He said the impulse recalled his boyhood strength and he would not likely repeat the stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilord Gareus
Vineland
N. J
Barcus
Barend
Sugar nutrition cited as key to health and growth
Dr Willoughby Gardner notes sugar consumption has risen globally and in Britain per head. He argues sugar creates energy and sustains stamina, supported by lab data and examples from Arabs, sugar cane workers, mountaineers, explorers, athletes, and soldiers who followed this diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willoughby Gardner
Great Britain
Gardner
Tallest Man Debate In US Army And Navy
Reports from the Philippines discuss the tallest soldiers with claimants from the Sixteenth Infantry to Manila Police. McGiffen is cited as six eight tops by supporters while Navy Surgeon James E. Gardner is named as tallest overall though height is not recalled here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Philippines
McGiffen
Sixteenth Infantry
Manila
James E. Gardner
Boston
Perilous Ride Ends With Rescue Near Pond Eddy
John Van Akin a telegraph operator from Luckawaxen rode on the outer step of a vestibule Pullman car from Lackawaxen to Pond Eddy Pa about 15 miles clinging to the hand rail as the train sped through sharp Delaware division curves. A trainman freed the door and rescued him at Pond Eddy while his mother alerted crews along the line seeking his safe return. He then completed the journey to Port Jervis and returned home at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Akin
Luckawaxen
Pond Eddy
van Addn
Lackawaxen
Port Jervis
Delaware Division
Kit
Aged Gypsy Queen Anna Stankonic Dies in Cleveland
Anna Stankonic, 107, once queen of a Hungarian gypsy band, dies in Cleveland Ohio. She journeyed across Europe during the Napoleonic era and abdicated in America to her daughter, with her son-in-law becoming king. Her funeral ends as the 97-year-old husband distributes ten-dollar gold coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Stankonic
Europe
Cleveland
Orszag
Hungary
England
America
Chicago
Piety and Full Stomach Satire by Parkhurst
Dr. Parkhurst preached at Madison Square Presbyterian New York satirizing modern prayer. He argued devoutness fades as comfort grows noting most meals end without blessing while hunger prompts thanksgiving. He warned fasting and prayer days once linked piety to a full stomach but the balance remains hard to solve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Parkhurst
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
New York City
Deer Run Across Paris Park Causing Carriage Chaos
A fashionable return from Longchamp witnessed a herd of 24 deer dash across the Allee des Acacias in Bois de Boulogne. Horses reared and carriages’ passengers screamed before the sylvan sight vanished. The Luxembourg gardens are also battling an overabundance of wood pigeons disturbing students, nurse girls, and even a senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong
Longchamp
Bois de Boulogne
Luxembourg Gardens
Treasury Answers On Causes Of US Trade Exports Surplus
The Treasury Bureau explains in response to an Indian visitor why the United States ran large export surpluses after the Civil War. Factors include foreign capital investments, interest payments, dividends, shipping costs, and travel expenditures abroad, with recent changes due to debt cancellations and the sale of foreign securities easing the balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Dadabahai Naoroji
London
India
England
America
Bureau of Statistic
Find Gold Near the Pole Sensational Arctic Discovery
Sensational reports of gold finds in the arctic region reach Capt. Francis Tutilu of the revenue Cutter Bear from four dying sailors. T. W. Wyatt, manager of the Cutter Bear Mining Company, confirms rich strikes around Tuttle creek with pans yielding from 74 cents to 2.60 dollars per pan near Behring Strait head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Francis Tutilu
Bear
T. W. Wyatt
Cutter Bear Mining Company
Tuttle
Wyatt
Sam
Tomelson
Tuttle Creek
Bedrock
Behring Straits
American Locomotives Best Yet in Relative Merits
American engineer M I S Jefford returning from Russia cites figures comparing New York Central and London & Northwestern locomotives. He notes lower freight prices and costs per mile for the American system, with higher earnings, and reports that British shareholders doubt importing American locomotives. He adds the New York Central cut working expenses 73 percent since 1870 while British railways rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. I. S Jefford
Russia
Great Britain
New York Central
London & Northwestern
Jefford
Big Sixteen Inch Gun Headed to Buffalo Exposition
The United States plans to send a large ten inch gun, still under construction at the Watervaliet arsenal in New York, to the Buffalo exposition. It is the largest modern gun in the country, with a 21 mile radius. Officials note it may be impractical for seacoast defense and actual field use, and that lighter rapid-fire weapons may be more effective for destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watereliet Arsenal
Buffalo Exposition
Ordnance
New York City
German Pays For A Kiss In Peculiar Paris Case
In 1896 a German in Paris promised a girl a kiss for 500 francs upon reaching adulthood. The girl consented and the kiss occurred with witnesses. On reaching majority she demanded payment. the man refused. The court of appeals ruled the contract valid and ordered payment, noting a kiss is not an immoral contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cate
Court of Appeals
Nine Babies in Three Years Shocks New York
Harriet Lancaster Deshoyes formerly of New York gave birth to triplets after three years and three months of marriage, part of a nearby pattern of nine children all boys. Her husband praises the growing family as she left painting to devote herself to motherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mmne. Deshoyes
Harriet Lancaster
New York
M. Desboges
Mme. Desboges
Paris Police Use Split Second Timing For Speed
Paris police devise a practical method to gauge speed on busy drives. Officers position themselves at two lines with a stopwatch and signal, arresting drivers who cross the second line faster than lawful limits. The piece notes youthfully married men in Prussia in 1899, counting 368 who wed before age twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Prussia
Alfalfa-based product forms in Wichita Kansas
A new Wichita company forms to manufacture an alfalfa extraction preparation claimed to make thin people gain weight and fat people lose weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Curious Brazil Trip Reveals Jammadi Tribe Ornaments
Prof J Steer, a government scientist, returns from a three month Brazil expedition focusing on the Amazon. He studies the Jammadi tribe near Peru, describing their dress, shells, monkey tooth necklace, bone ornaments, and the women’s red fringe attire. They subsist on cassava, fish, game, and corn, and employ a poison dart blowgun for hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. , Steer
Brazil
Amazon
Mustan
Peru
Steer
Compeiaes
War relics head to museum from Manila fort
Relics of the Spanish-American war arrive in Washington as Col. W S McClaveky sends a large section of the dragon tree from Fort Santiago Manila to the War Department. The National Museum will add the items to its trophy collection along with Manila currency and revolutionary stamps from 1894 to 1899.
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War Department
Fort Santiago
Manila
W. 5. McClaskey
Army
National Museum
China
Hong Kong
Sarawak
India
Borneo
Cradle of Prince Lowis Napoleon Returned to Paria
Ex Empress Eugenie donates a costly rosewood cradle to Paria in memory of Prince Lowis Napoleon killed in the Zulu war. The ornate piece features antique silver enamel bronze chiseled work with a silver frame and gilt imperial crown. Previously stored at Chiselhurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie
Paria
Lowis
Napoleon
Paris
Empress Eugenie
Chiselhurst
Farnborough
Russian Military Medical Academy To Be Reorganized
The ministry for war plans to reorganize the military medical academy in St. Petersburg. Students would face military discipline and three years as military surgeons after graduation. General Vannovski reports to the czar recommending pardons for absentees and August reexaminations with service to noncombat roles. The czar consents. Also notes: Britain, with 1.04 billion gallons of beer produced annually, surpasses or equals totals in the United States, France, and Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itta
St. Peersburg
Ministry For War
Military Medical Academy
Vannovski
Minister of Public Instruction
Czar
Etujents
Navy board endorses wireless telegraphy for fleet use
The board of naval officers led by Capt Chadwick submitted a report to Admiral Bradford after a swift inquiry into wireless telegraphy. It favors abandoning pigeons for naval communications and notes no single system is recommended while confirming wireless tech holds promise for the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Naval Officers
Chadwick
Admiral Bradford
Naval Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
Senor Marconi
LU Fsinkers
Marconi
Vaal
Mosquito Fleet To See Government Timber Turnovers
Washington dispatch reports twenty torpedo boat destroyers and torpedo boats will be turned over to government contractors within four months. Several ships near completion or trial, including Bainbridge Barey Chinnery Wooded Woodward and others, with trials and speed tests planned through summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York Herald
Wwoadue
Jane
Ule
Bainbridge
Barey
Chinnery
Yue
McDonough
Perry
Paul Jones
Stringham
Goldsturaugh
Iit
Ballvy Nan
Tarney
de Long
Ramsay County Seeks Requisitions for Deserting Husbands
The Ramsay County Board of Control will request requisitions to bring back about 80 husbands who deserted their wives. A new law makes wife desertion a felony with 1 to 3 years in prison and a possible suspended sentence if the husband bonds to support his family. The board aims to pursue 30 cases across several states, amid potential legal complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsay County Board of Central
Minnesota
County Board of Control
Rattlesnake Tamer Fends Fire On Mountain Property
Jovi Dorton a 75 year old mountaineer in the Alleghenies near Grafton Maryland awoke to snakes at his door as a forest fire consumed his land. He pacified and corralled the reptiles then fought the blaze to extinguish it with his own hard work. An Indian Territory population surge and rice culture expansion in the South are noted alongside a Bengal plague death toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jovi Dorton
Alleghenies
Grafton
Dortun
Cole
Indian Territory
Congress
Oklahoma
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Jew Jorney
Sayer
Glunte
Navy
Paris Park
Treasury Department
Buffako
Rane
Awitato
Buffalo
Curios
Prof
J. B. Steer
National Museen
Thn
Gogente
Surgical School For
Canewe Intey
Edue
Jer Minion
United Kingdom
France
Auxtria
Board of Naval Offcers
Itnmaay County
Minny Wil Tey
Maryland
Wim
Jodie
Bengal
Calcutta
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