World News Briefs Highlight Global Curiosities
A collage of notes reports fashion costs for royalty, technological advances, and social items. It mentions a $7,000 dress for an Italian queen, waterproof umbrellas, a World’s Fair building, and diverse social roles including editors and workers in Chicago and Boston. It notes insurance for World’s Fair sites, maritime and agricultural topics, and census glimpses across cities.
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Italy
New York
Japan
D of Persia
Kansas
United States
Epvano Bellamy
Atlantic City
Joan Cullertoon
Chicago
Boston
Chilean Vessels Surrender to Peruvian Junta
The Condell torpedo cruiser and the Imperiale armed transport, loyal to Balmaceda, surrendered to the Chilean minister at Caspio Peru. They traveled from Valparaiso to Quintero and Coquimabo to receive orders, learned Balmaceda’s defeat, and then headed to a neutral port where they were placed at the Junta’s disposal.
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Condell
Imeriale
Junta
Almirante Condell
Imperiale
Balmaceda
Chili
Casvio
Peru
Junta de Gobierno
Santiago
Morage
Valparaiso
Quintero Bay
Quimbe
Calahuns
Coquimabo
Shalmaceda
Concon
Morago
Vallao
Condell and
Nantinga
Explosion at dynamite factory kills sixteen workers near White Pigeon
A three story dynamite factory belonging to FP A Reynolds & Co near White Pigeon Michigan blew up Thursday evening. About 120 tons of dynamite were stored in the building and nearly all of it exploded. Sixteen workers, mostly Swedes and Norwegians, were killed and the company books were lost, preventing name inquiries. The blast damaged nearby stores and buildings, including the German Lutheran church spire.
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FP. A. Reynolds & Co
White Pigeon
Mich
Tost
New Ice Making Method Claimed by Engineer
Buffalo mechanic SP Stiker claims a method to make ice using gas with no loss to the main gas supply. He operates an experimental plant at the Provincial Gas Co works near the International Bridge in Ontario and asserts temperatures of 50 degrees below zero with only water and gas, no chemicals.
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SP. Stiker
Buiffalo
N. Y
Provincial Gas Co.s
International Bridge
Ont
Glacier expedition reports unknown Mississippi tributaries discovery
Letters from Glacier expedition researchers in St Paul indicate two unnamed tributaries to Eleiake at the river’s headwater, not shown on any map and likely missed by earlier explorers. The party camps at Camp Trost on the shore of the El lake.
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Mississippi
St. Paul, Minn
Camp Trost
el Lake
Reward for Train Robbers Near Modesto
The Southern Pacific Co. and Wells, Fargo & Co. offered a reward of 3000 pounds for arrest and conviction of each man in the Thursday night train robbery attempt near Modesto. Detective Cal Lon Harris, shot during the incident, has been moved to his Alameda home with doubtful recovery.
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Southern Pacific Co
Wells, Fargo & Co
Modesto
Cal Lon Harris
Alameda
Two Murderers Take the Drop in Louisiana Execution
Charley Large and William Dial, both colored, were executed in the Lake Charles Louisiana jail yard on Friday. Large’s rope broke causing a fall and unconsciousness. he was carried back to the gallows, the rope spliced, and he was dropped again in accordance with the law.
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Charley Large
William Dial
Lake Charles
Large
Ile
Baltimore Receives 1.2 Million Peach Packages
Over five weeks enough peaches arrived in Baltimore to supply about four peaches to every U S resident. About 1,200,000 packages were received, each averaging 200 peaches per box, illustrating a remarkable distribution across the nation.
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Baltimore
United States
Michigan Salt Inspector Report Shows August Inspections
The state salt inspector reports 445,953 barrels inspected in August across counties led by Maniste r 128,619 Saginaw 100,500 Bay 99,458 Mason 50,955 St. Clair 91,620 Tesco 31,475 Huron 6,660 Midland 3,669.
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Michigan
Manister
Saginaw
Bay
Mason
St. Clair
Tesco
Huron
Midland
Wisconsin Corn Wiped Out by Frost in Several Counties
Frost hit Wisconsin during Thursday night ruining about 20 000 acres of corn around Neffville Wiss at White Hall and across Winona Wabasha and Olmstead counties early Friday. Farmers report near total loss of the crop in the region.
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Wisconsin
Neffville
Wiss
Whitehall
Wis
Winona
Wabasha
Olmstead
Better Prospects in Iowa Warm spell saves crops
The text notes a sudden warm-up in eastern Iowa on Friday morning that protected corn peaches and other vegetation from damage. Crops are described as in splendid shape and ten days of warmth could push corn beyond damage.
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Iowa
German Duty on American Pork Painfully Precise
A brief note reports a duty imposed by Germany on pork from Ames, including bacon and bam, set at 20 mscks per doppel-cent er. The line items reflect a wartime like tariff detail affecting Ames export.
Italian Itch Alarm Tangles Morristown Immigrant Laborers
Morristown Pennsylvania residents fear a contagious skin disease called the Italian itch or scabies. The illness, linked to imported Italian workers, spreads along railroad corridors and involves hands wrists and elbows, with adults sometimes showing facial or scalp involvement. Notes and coins are cited as transmission media.
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Morristown
Philadelphia and
Reading
Trenton
Morrisville
Glenloche
Tragedy at Jay County Thresher Ends in Fatal Stabbings
A threshing scene in Jay County turns fatal after a quarrel between James Lewis and Johnson escalates. Johnson strikes Lewis, knocking him into the machine, mangling his head and arm. Frank, the victim’s brother, fatally wounds Johnson with a pitchfork.
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Jay County, Inc
James Lewis
Johnson
Lewis
Lis
Frank
Down in the Lake Tragedy Claims Three as Couple Dies
Jefferson D Stewart and Mrs Jane Kennedy died in a lake boat tragedy near Atlanta. Stewart's wife and Kennedy's husband were not aboard the same craft. Henry Gignilliat and Miss Ida Harmon survived after the sei?eek. Bodies were buried Sunday evening. Stewart had visited Kennedy's home before the trip. The other couple's husband is reportedly away in Douglass County.
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Jefferson D. Stewart
Jane Kennedy
Ponce de Leon
Jake
Atlanta
Henry Ggniliat
Ida Jiarmon
Gignilliat
Stewart
Gignalliat
Miss Harmon
Artificial frost prevention idea linked to rain scheme
Senator Farwell's artificial rain plan inspires frost prevention theory. L G Wiu f fen of Chicago writes Secretary Rusk proposing using rainmaking machinery to create low clouds or fog to shield the earth from heat loss and curb frost damage.
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Senator Farwell
L. G. Wuiffen
Chicago
Rusk
Col. Dyrenfurth
Ferocious dogs maul Wheeling boy in dire attack
Nine year old Edward Gillis was attacked by six large English mastiffs from a local kennel in Wheeling West Virginia. A police officer and a bystander shot five dogs dead after failing to separate the animals. Gillis sustained extensive injuries including loss of eyes ears and nose and over sixty wounds. The six dogs were valued at 103 dollars each.
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Edward Gilks
Wheeling
W. Va
Gillis
James Carney
Wm. Robinson
Carney
Haiti in War Fever as Revolt Threat Looms
The Adirondack brings news the Haitian capital and ports are on high alert. President Hippolyte fears an exile-led attack led by Gen. Legitime, with extra guards at Port-au-Prince and strong garrisons at all ports while merchants sense an imminent outbreak.
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Hayti
Harti
Adirondack
Canaries
Hippolyte
Gen. Legitime
Port-au-Prines
Dark Horse Polk Budget Wins Latonia Race Rumor Grows
A horse named Polk Budget rushed into the Latonia second race and won by four lengths. The win reportedly earned nearly 220000 at Latonia and 30000 in Chicago for the schemers, who hurriedly left with the horse and its $400 purse, fueling belief it may be a disguised famed racer.
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Latonia
Polk Budget
Chicago
Another Parachute Jumping Accident
Sunday a week seronauts suffered serious parachute accidents. One fell into a lake another into live electric wires. Miss Kiefer sister of one injured, ascended from Central Park Peoria NL and perished after parachute failed. She drowned and was taken to hospital. doctors fear she will not survive.
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Miss Kiefer
Central Park
Peoria
Pensacola Ordered to Honolulu by Secretary Tracy
The U S steamship Pensacola now at San Francisco is ordered to proceed at once to Honolulu. An American man of war is deemed necessary to protect American interests amid the crisis following the death of the Prince Consort in the Hawaiian Islands.
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Honolulu
Tracy
U. S
Pensacola
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Prince Consort
Confidence Man Escapes From Armory Court
Big Ed Mennessy a Chicago confidence operator arrested at the West Side race track escaped from the Armory police court on Monday. He is wanted in several Ohio towns for bank robberies.
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Mennessy
West Side
Chicago
Ohio
Missouri
Armory
Hennessy
Mrs O Neill Pardoned by Emperor for Wiesbaden Shooting
Mrs O Neill wife of General O Neill claimed to be an army officer. She shot at and wounded her husband at Wiesbaden on May 20 and was imprisoned. Emperor William pardoned her and she was released from imprisonment.
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O'Neill
Weatherfield Prison Meal Protest by Forty Inmates
About forty inmates at Weatherfield state prison refused beans prepared for dinner on a Saturday. The guards moved nine of the refusals to cells after a prompt response from officials, describing the incident as a minor disturbance within the facility.
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Weatherfield
Smokeless Powder Test Between Austrian and German Powders
Report on a powder test shows Austrian smokeless powder produces light blue smoke at Schwar zenau maneuvers while German powder emits a brown puff nearly indistinguishable from the ground, indicating German powder is superior.
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Schwarzenau
Grady Monninvat Charged in Editing Incident
Grady Monninvat faces charges after an editing incident cited in local reports. The case involves alleged misconduct and authorities are pursuing formal action. Further details on dates and locations remain unclear in the available text.
Milwaukee publisher faces lottery publishing charge
John F. Kramer of Kramer Aikens Kramer, proprietors of the Evening Wisconsin in Milwaukee, was arrested Monday by United States authorities on a charge of publishing lottery matter.
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John F. Kramer
Kramer, Aikens & Kramer
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
United States
Sperring Catch Report Leads to Season Shortfall
Sperring reports a reduced herring catch this season with catches not reaching two thirds of the average. Fishermen note uneven stocks and seek guidance on future quotas amid uncertain conditions.
City of New York Sets Fast Atlantic Passage Record
The City of New York arrived in Queenstown Tuesday after crossing the Atlantic in 5 days 22 hours 40 minutes, beating the previous eastward record. It departed New York on September 2 and carried the Empress of Japan mails from Yokohama reached Victoria BC August 29, enabling a special Vancouver to Greens Town mail run to deliver aboard the City of New York by September 2.
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City of New York
Queenstown
New York
Yokohama
Japan
Empress of Japan
Victoria
B. C
Pacific
Canadian Pacific Railway Co
City of
Columbia
Vancouver
New York Central Railroad
Greenstown
Massive German Lumber Deal Shifts 50 Million Feet to Germany
Keystone and Pearlington mills in New Orleans have sold 50,008,600 feet of yellow pine to the German government. Delivery required within eighteen months with a large bond for fulfillment. Lumber to fuel railroad construction shipped mainly from New Orleans and Pascagoula, Mississippi, involving about 100 ships.
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Miss
Germany
Balmacada Stil Missing Rumors Spread About Fugitive Chilean President
Rumors persist on Balmacada Stil, the fugitive Chilean president Malmaceda. Reports say he traveled toward the Andes into the Argentine Republic aiming for Buenos Aires. Some claim he seeks asylum in a legation or a monastery to dodge capture. Tanner Was the Ringer at Latonia. The day’s chatter at Sheepshead Bay centers on the mystery horse Polk Badget, suspected to be Tanner, a famed winner tied to a large fraud.
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Balmacada
Chili
Malmaceda
Tanner
Latonia
Sheepshead
Denmark Eases Pork Import Prohibitions
The United States Minister Clark E. Carr reports Denmark will admit inspected American pork again. Prohibitions enforced since March are removed and only inspected pork may enter Denmark.
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Denmark
U. S
Clark E. Carr
Freight Conductors Strike on Nashville and Decatur Division
Freight conductors on the Nashville and Decatur division of the Louisville and Nashville went on strike Tuesday night after Superintendent Geddes refused reinstatement of H. B. Rilley who was discharged for refusing to take a train out.
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Nashville and Decatur
Louisville and Nashville
Geddes
H. B. Rilley
Melbourne a Fraud in Cheyenne Rain Test
Melbourne's second rain-producing test at Cheyenne Wyoming failed as Monday morning only a light shower fell and the signal officer ruled it natural rainfall rather than manmade.
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Melbourne
Cheyenne
Alleged Slavery in Samoa Reported by Worlds Correspondent
The New York World correspondent in Apia Samoa reports German landowners on Samoa hold numerous natives in slavery, describing a grim labor system under colonial control.
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Samoa
New York World
Apia
Islands
Indiana population gains despite county declines
The Census Bulletin reports Indiana population at 2,192,404 as of June 1, 1900, up 214,105 from 1,978,501. Statewide growth occurs unevenly with 25 counties posting declines, large urban gains in Indianapolis and Evansville, and notable rises in Fort Wayne, South Bend, and several towns, while a few cities shrink.
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Indisana
Census Bureau
Indiana
Issu
Indianapolis
Evansville
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Sammond
Marion
Anderson
Sluncic
Frankfort
Kokomo
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Wendell Phillips
Tuk Princess
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Grady Monninvat
Pitober Bo
Seinned
Louisiana
Shreveport
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Ife
Indiana State News
Population Statistics
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Painbridge Fair
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Montgomery County
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Hanover
Indianapolis Gas Co
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