Death of Prof Maximilian Schuller in cancer germ research
Berlin observer reports the death of Prof Maximilian Schuller of the University of Berlin from acute stomach cancer after he exposed himself to cancer cultures kept at blood heat. A test-tube broke, lacerating his skin and contaminating his bloodstream, leading to his death within three months.
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NEW York Times Co
Berlin
Maximilian Schuller
University of Berlin
Prof. Schuller
Mark Twain Impresses England with Dignified Oxford Visit
London dispatch reports Dr. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, now a knighted figure in Oxford, appearing deeply solemn and moved by the reception. He reflects on English readers and the price difference of his books, while hosts and visitors shower him with congratulations and curiosity.
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Shelonian Theatre
All Souls
Oxford
America
Banquet Honors Mark Twain in London Night
Mark Twain was the guest of honor at a Mansion House banquet with 250 Savage Club members and guests including Lord Chief Justice Alverstone. He entertained with American humor and spoke of returning home soon and pursuing an honorary degree from Oxford. He noted England’s gracious welcome and crowds greeted him at Stratford-on-Avon.
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London
Mark Twain
Mansion House
Savage Club
Alverstone
Dr. Nangen
William S. Gilbert
Oxford
Seven Seas
Wiesh
England
Edward
Marie Corelli
Stratford-on-Ayron
Jpmilroad
Dapgwages
Aketohes
Dewey and Togo Rumors Sweep Berlin Exposition
June 29 Berlin reports fueled by Americans claiming Admiral Dewey and Admiral Togo visited the Motorboat Exposition in Kiel and Hanover. Denials followed from American and Japanese embassies, revealing mistaken identity and a lively rumor mill about war leaders touring Germany.
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Tos New York Tres Co
Berlin
Ins
Admiral Dewey
Togo
Kiel
Seine
Dewey
Manila Bay
Hanover
Admiral Togo
Ozawa
London Summer sales offer extraordinary bargains for Americans
In London the June sales feature record amounts of summer goods. London shopkeepers warn of a tough season and plan to slash prices to clear warehouses. American visitors are urged to take advantage of heavily discounted muslin gowns coats and other items during July sales running through the month.
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Tom New York Times Co
London
Regent Street
Suffolk newspaper charges for theology letters
A Suffolk paper announces that any reader wishing to publish opinions on Rev. Campbell s new theology must pay five shillings per opinion, the proceeds to go to a local hospital. The editor complains of the flood of letters and enacts the fee to curb them.
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New Yorke Trams de
London
Suffolk
Mr. Campbell
England
Italian Composers at Work and Play in Rome
Giacomo Puccini after a U S tour retreats to Terre del Lago to work on Marie Antoinette with steady focus and quiet, broken only by a car accident four years earlier. Mascagni in Rome says he will quit composing operas, citing theatre contracts and self conducting as barriers, while enjoying life and appearing thinner and more engaging.
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New York Times Co
Rome
Giacoge Puccini
United States
Terre del Lago
Marie Antoinette
Puccini
Italy
Torre del Lago
Mas
Hope for the red-nosed: galvanic cure proposed
Berlin physician Dr. Kapp reports 37 absolute cures of red nose using a galvanic current applied for five minutes per session. He also cites tiny facial veins being permanently removed by brief cautery touches and notes factors like anemia and cold-induced nasal contraction as contributors.
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New York Times Co
Berlin
Kapp
Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift
Actor's memory lapse halts Henry V recital in London
English actor Lewis Waller forgot the next line in Henry V's address to his soldiers at Harfleur during a benefit matinee. He paused with hands over his face, then resumed, stumbling again at the words Your father like. A spectator offered Alexander, and Waller completed the verse. He marveled at the lapse afterward.
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New Yorkk Times Co
London
Lewis Waller
Henry V
Harfleur
Waller
Chipped Potato Famine Hits East Lancashire Shops
London reports a new famine in East Lancashire called the chipped potato famine. Over a hundred Preston shops that supplied chipped potatoes for cotton operatives’ suppers have closed, and many Blackburn shops will shut tonight until raw material costs fall.
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Tom New York Times Co
London
East Lancashire
Preston
Blackburn
Moore Will Leaves Cousins £500 Each in England and America
London June 29. William Moore who died in May at Paignton Devon left in his will that £500 be paid to each of his first cousins who make themselves known within eighteen months of his death. Possibly there are some of Moore's first cousins living in America.
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New York Tues Co
London
William Moore
Paignton
Devon
Moore
America
Hartzell Sees Progress for Africans and Weighs Negro Question
London report quotes Rev Dr Joseph Crane Hartzell, Bishop of Africa, predicting positive Boer Transvaal developments under British rule. He argues two-language whites will adapt, notes negro education and presses, and says some seek extermination are foolish. He cites negro chiefs raising funds for higher education.
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Joseph Crane Hartzell
Africa
Methodist Episcopal Church of America
London
Evangelical Conference
Transvaal
Cape Colony
Roosevelt Depew Predicts Roosevelt Run for President
London June 29 Senator Depew predicts Mr Roosevelt will run for president next year though Mr Roosevelt says he will not accept the nomination. Depew says Democrats lack a fit candidate and jokes that even if Andrew Jackson could be revived they would have no chance.
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New York Trues Co
London
Depew
Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Italy Thriving on American Prosperity Says Rear Admiral
Paris dispatch reports Rear Admiral Van Reypen of the U S N arriving from the Italian lakes. He says Italy has improved greatly since four years ago with hotels Americanized and poverty reduced due to American influence. He notes Germany gaining on England in commerce and remarks on American production costs. The admiral plans to visit England with his wife to summer with their daughter married to Baron Korff.
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NEW York Times Co
Paris
van Reypen
Italy
America
Germany
England
Baron Korff
Around World in Forty Days by H Burnley Campbell
Col H Burnley Campbell completed a world circumnavigation from Liverpool to Dover in forty days and nearly nineteen hours using standard transport. The timetable lists stops including Liverpool Quebec Vancouver Yokohama Vladivostok Harbin Irkutsk Moscow Warsaw and others from May to June.
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New York Times Co
London
Col. H. Burnley- Campbell
Liverpool
Dover
Quebec
Vancouver
Yokohama
Vladivostok
Harbin
Irkutsk
Moscow
Watsaw
Diplomat's Son Faces Murder Trial in Brussels
The Brabant Assize Court hears Carlos Waddington, son of a former Chilean envoy, on trial for killing Ernesto Balmaceda, son of a Santiago elite. Defense claims he acted to defend his sister from dishonor as letters reveal Balmaceda's duplicity and stalled engagement plans.
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Carlos Waddington
Ernesto Balmaceda
Legation
Santiago
Chile
Carlos
Balmaceda
Waddington
Adelaide Waddington
Brussels
Adelaide
Gervarnt
M. Waddington
Waddingtons
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Cavalleria Rusticana
Morocco
Tangier
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W. H. Goodyear
Venice
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
William Henry Goodyear
Museum of the Brooklyn Institute
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