Edward Morse Shepard Contemplates New York Mayor Run
Edward Morse Shepard, a New York Democrat lawyer born in 1850, has long been active in politics. He has chaired several corporations, opposed Hill in 1884, led an Independent Democracy, ran for Brooklyn mayor in 1895, and supported Bryan and Low in various campaigns. He resides at 172 Congress Street, Brooklyn, with an office at 111 Broadway, New York.
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Newark
Edward Morse Shepard
Democrats
New York
New York City
College of the City of
David B. Hill
Independent Democracy
Brooklyn
Frederick W. Wurster
Bryan
Indianapolis
Seth Low
BR. M. Shepard
Greater
Augustus van Wyck
Hugh McLaughlin
Madison Square Garden
Controller Coler
Congress Street
Broadway
Chicago to refuse winter lodging for tramps
Mayor Harrison abandons plans for a municipal lodging house and orders no tramps to be lodged in police stations this winter. He cites city finances and vows arrests for anyone found on the streets, sending them to the bridewell for compulsory baths and hard labor.
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Gramps
Willie
Dusty Rhodes
Chicago
Harrison
Gentlemen of the Road
Chicago Tribune
Lord Salisbury Described as Both Younger and Older
Friends say Lord Salisbury, freed from the foreign office, feels a revived gaiety in life yet shows reluctance for steady oversight of affairs. A confidant notes he is not too old to be foreign minister, but not young enough to pursue the prime ministership.
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Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
William Loeb Jr Joins Cortelyou Team as Assistant Secretary
William Loeb Jr., former secretary to President Roosevelt, is named assistant secretary to Mr. Cortelyou, signaling a trusted administration appointment and continued close advisory role.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Cortelyou
Tolstoi Keeps Bright Mind Despite Illness
A French visitor reports Count Tolstoi remains mentally and physically active at Yasnaya Polyana. He rises at 7, walks the park in a white linen hat, then works at his desk for hours. He dines alone but joins the family at midday. His manuscripts are heavily revised and copied by secretaries led by Nicholas Gay, painter’s son, each afternoon.
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Yasnala Poliana
Count Tolstoi
Nicholas Gay
Japan’s Rail Growth and Foreign Locomotive Trends
The report shows Japan’s rail length rising to 38635 miles by March 31 1900 with 2802 miles private and 857 miles Nippon Railway. It notes laws for private railways enacted March 15 1900 and in force October 1 1900, sleeping cars on the Tokaido line from that date, and a shift from American to British locomotives due to boiler issues.
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Japan
Nippon Railway
Kyushu Railway
Hokkaido Tanko Railway
Tokaido Line
Hokkaido
United States
Hokkaido Railway
United Kingdom
England
Formosan Railway
Kee-Lung
Osaka
The Energetic Hen Press Agent Moral
A Baltimore American item tells of an energetic hen who lays eggs daily while a rooster crows to announce it. Envious hens complain the rooster takes credit, but the hen calls him her press agent. The tale ends with the moral that success in minding one’s own business attracts support.
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Gossip Brigade
Rooster
t—Josh Wink
Baltimore American
Sweetness of Character
Abram S. Hewitt praises William McKinley for unwavering temper and self control in Congress. Hewitt says McKinley never used invective or personal sarcasm and was loved by colleagues and opponents alike. He credits McKinley with never letting party ambition misrepresent the truth.
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William McKinley
Congress
House of Representatives
Hoe
Abram S. Hewitt
New York Chamber of Commerce
Curious Letter Bags of European Rulers Revealed
A Berlin newspaper reports vast daily letter and newspaper loads for monarchs and rulers. The Pope receives 22 000 to 23 000 items, Edward VII about 4 000, the czar and German emperor 600 to 700 each, Italy's king 500, and Queen Wilhelmina 100 to 150. The Pope employs 35 secretaries and Wilhelm II writes heavily, using distinct papers after Victoria's death.
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Berlin
Edward VII
Italy
Wilhelmina
William
Queen Victoria
Taken by Brigands: Miss Stone’s Narrow Escapes in Mountains
Miss Stone of the Woman's Board of Missions describes two close calls with brigands in the Turkish mountains. In one pass they searched her baggage but released her when they learned she was a missionary. In another sheltering hut she woke to a brigand’s touch, but she was not the target and he left quietly.
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Miss Stone
Woman's Board of Missions
Turkey
Mrs Roosevelt Church Ties Stir Controversy Over Faith
A Washington correspondent notes no real religious rift between President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt as they attend Dutch Reformed and Episcopal services respectively. Mrs Roosevelt’s Episcopalian roots and generous church support contrast with the President’s Dutch Reformed affiliation, yet they often worship together and maintain hereditary church memberships.
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Jons
Washington
Peculiar English Names For American Students
A German officer taught the correct sounds of many English proper names used in history and literature. The list includes Abergavenny Abergen ny Acheson Atcheson Adye Ay dy Alcester Awister Alington Allington Ays cough Askew Bagehot Baggot Beauchamp Beecham Beaulieu Ben Ny Bellingham Bellingham Belvoir Bever Bertie Barty Bethune Beevor.
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Germany
Abergavenny
Abergen
Acheson
Atch
Eson
Adye
Alcester
Awister
Alington
Allington
Ayscough
Ask
Bagehot
Bag’got
Beauchamp
Bee'cham
Beaulieu
Ben- Ny
Bellingham
Bel’lingham
Belvoir
Bee'ver
Bertie
Barty
Bethune
Bee
Rockefeller Private Wire Connects Foresthill to New York
The Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller uses a private long distance line between his Foresthill Ohio mansion and his New York office for business talks. He avoids mail and never writes messages, preferring real time conversations with a trusted operator.
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Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Foresthill
Ohio
Standard Oil
The Irish immigrant who built Australia’s sheep empire
Samuel McCaughney, an Irishman who arrived in 1856 with little, built a vast sheep operation. He has more sheep than any man, owns land in prime districts, a Darling Downs farm 36 miles by 40, and controls over 1,000,000 acres with about as much leased.
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Australia
Samuel McCaughney
Darling Downs
Curious English Tenures Told in Odd Rents and Relics
A farm near Broadhouse in Yorkshire pays annual homage to the landlord with a midsummer snowball and a Christmas red rose. The manor of Foston is held for two arrows and a loaf of bread. A northern estate is held by exhibition before a court every seven years of a family vase, while in Suffolk an annual rent is two white doves.
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Broadhouse
Yorkshire
Foston
England
Suffolk
Oil Magnates Bitten By Mosquitoes, Says Journal
A Kansas City Journal line notes that western mosquitoes ignore kerosene and bite oil magnates as freely as others, implying no protection for the powerful from pests.
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Kansas City Journal
Talks With Birds in Their Own Tongue
Reina V. Wright of Oshkosh Wisconsin, age eighteen, has studied bird speech since age twelve and can call and quiet birds while they respond in chorus or singly. She now teaches elocution at Grafton Hall and studied at the Ralston University of Expression under Edgerly, later returning to teach. Abreu a Filipino merchant visiting the United States presented President Roosevelt with a gold mounted cane and insular cloths.
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Reina V. Wright
Oshkosh
Wis
Miss Wright
Grafton Hall
Nebraska
Ralston University of Expression and Physical Culture
Washington
Edgerly
Abreu
Manila
Roosevelt
Luzon
Henry Irving Keeps Sixty Pairs of Spectacles
Henry Irving, famed for theater and home life, is described as always losing or mislaying a pair of spectacles. To stay prepared he maintains a great stock, about sixty pairs, at his theater.
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Henry Irving
Love and the Modern Novel in the Modern Age
Richard Burton argues that love themes will remain but align with modern interests expanding novels. He notes women’s rising social role shifts away from marriage as sole vocation, with daughters pursuing careers and spinsterhood no longer passive. The piece reflects on evolving literary priorities and gender dynamics.
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Richard Burton
Georgia mill owners restrict child labor with school proof
Georgia cotton mills agree not to employ children under 12 without school certificates showing four months attendance annually. No child under 10 may work. Exceptions exist for those who must support disabled parents. Massachusetts mills near Rome have opened free village schools, with others following.
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Georgia
Massachusetts Mills
Rome
Chicago News
The Plumage Veil in MIllinery Described by Chicago News
The article explains how a tulle veil covers the breast plumage on smart hats to keep the left side smooth in wind. It notes color variations with white, speckled white and black veils, and mentions a black veil on white plumage as an option.
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Chicago News
Movement for Negro Settlement in Virginia Near Richmond
A Virginia initiative seeks to aid the negro population with new settlements. Dr R E Jones of Richmond leads a group of prominent Black philanthropists to establish ten acre plots near Richmond. Each plot will include a four room log cabin and be sold on easy installments. An instructor from the Hampton Institute will provide practical farming training to settlers.
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Virginia
R. E. Jones
Richmond
Hampton
Blue Eyes Described By Philadelphia Optician
An experienced Philadelphia optician notes that blue eyes dominate railroad men pilots and business types relying on keen vision. He claims few blue-eyed individuals need glasses while brown eyes are most attractive gray eyes signal intellect and hazel eyes hint at musical talent. The common eye is gray and violet is rare.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Dvorak Named First Musician in Austrian Lords
Anton Dvorak, born 1841 in a Prague suburb, receives a rare honor from the Austrian emperor becoming the first composer to be made a member of the Austrian house of lords. His early training came from government schools and his Stabat Mater secured European acclaim.
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Anton Dvorak
Austria
House of Lords
Dvorak
Prague
Peabody Fund Trustees Succumb In Recent Deaths
President McKinley, a trustee of the Peabody educational fund, dies marking the third death on the board since its last meeting. The two other recent fatalities are William Wirt Henry and William M. Evarts.
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McKinley
Peabody Educational Fund
William Wirt Henry
William M. Evarts
Swedish Bishop Von Scheele Visits to Bind Churches
The Rt Rev Knute Henning Gezel lus von Scheele bishop of Gotland and Swedish lower house member arrives in the United States as King Oscar's personal representative and delegate of the Established Church of Sweden. Accompanied by Mrs von Scheele and Dr L G Abrahamson he aims to strengthen ties between the Swedish Lutheran church in America and its mother church following the Lund congress.
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Oscar
Knute Henning Gezellus von Scheele
Gotland
Riksdag of
Sweden
United States
King Oscar
Church of Sweden
von Scheele
L. G. Abrahamson
Illinois Conference
Augustana Synod
McKinley Speaks on Anarchy at Cleveland Dedication
The July 4 1894 Cleveland soldiers and sailors home dedication featured McKinley urging patriotism as the antidote to anarchy. He argued liberty comes with duty to observe and enforce just laws, noting anarchy flees before patriotism and law. His later death underscored the need to uphold law through responsible citizenship.
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McKinley
Buffalo
Cleveland
Mr. McKinley
Lipton Aims At American Bride After Cup Loss
Sir Thomas Lipton seeks a new match in the United States. He is said to court Mrs. Ronald Stuart of New York a handsome widow, undeterred by the failed attempt to win the America’s Cup.
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Thomas Lipton
Ronald Stuart
New York
Odors Permeate Salmon In New York Street Car Route
A New York fish dealer faced a damaging complaint after a salmon sent to a customer tasted of creosote. The dealer believed the odor arose from a creosote tank wagon parked near his delivery cart, leading to suspicions of a staged antiseptic treatment to mask spoilage. The incident serves as a cautionary tale about exposing foods to streetside contamination.
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New York
New York Press
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