Army Scandal Casts Light on Sanitary Failings in War
Dr Charles A L Reed cites army medical department failures during the war. He recounts a commandant who ignored sanitary officers, causing 12 000 invalids and nearly 1000 deaths among over 50 000 troops, and argues accountability and action by Congress are needed to reform military sanitation.
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Marion
Charles A .L, Reed
Cincinnati
American Medical Association
Medical Profession
Ohio
Army
Philippines
Labor delegates debate Asian exclusion at national federation
Lisa Kasay in Scranton reports the American Federation of Labor debated excluding Chinese workers at its two sessions. Chinese exclusion won strong support while excluding Japanese and other Orientals failed to gain consensus. The ticket scalping issue drew lively debate but the pro scalping side prevailed by voice vote.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Japan
Chicago
Viva Voice
Democrats win in Boston city elections
Democrats swept Boston city elections with Gen Patrick A Collins defeating Mayor Thomas N Hart for the largest plurality in 25 years. They gained control of both city branches and won the street commissioner post for Salem D. Charies and most school commission candidates.
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Boston
Mass
Patrick A. Collins
Thomas N. Hart
Salem D. Charies
Omaha hearing to proceed despite charges against fire chief
Mayor Moores announced that the withdrawal of charges against Fire Chief Redell will not halt the planned hearing by the board of fire and police commissioners. He said the board will proceed, and if the governor appoints a commission the current commissioners will resist removal by any legal means.
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Omaha
Neb
Moores
Redell
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Democratic rift erupts as Tillman challenges McLaurin to resign
In the Senate a heated clash ends with Tillman demanding an on the spot resignation from McLaurin over party disputes. McLaurin refuses to respond, while Tillman proposes drafting papers to vacate seats as Lodge calls for executive session.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Tillman
South Carolina
Senator McLaurin
McLaurin
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Ile
Etiessipe
Phlie
Perhas
Cat
Hoar
Massachusetts
Judiciary Committee
Mr. McLaurin
Mr. Tillman
Wr. Lodge
Carnegie gift to fund new Washington university
The Washington Post reports Andrew Carnegie will donate 10 million dollars to fund a Washington university for higher education. The letter to President Roosevelt will be sent to Congress via a special message. The gift mirrors Smithson’s aim to diffuse science and seeks to create the world's greatest higher education institution.
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Washington
Washington Post
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Congress
Carnegie
James Smithson
Smithsonian Institution
Smithson
Severe New York Flood Cripples Railways and Homes
Warm weather and rain followed by high winds cause record floods across northern New York. Rivers overflow, villages flood, trains blocked, and landslides disrupt transit from Ithaca to Syracuse. Ithaca reports $2900 in damage. Waverly and Oswego also suffer washouts. no confirmed deaths.
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New York
New York State
New York City
Corning
Chemung
Canisteo
Pained Post
Erie
Lackawanna
New York Central
Ithaca
Six Mile Creek
Lehigh Valley
Percy Kield
Cornell Universit
University
City Hospital
Waverly
Erie Railroad
Wellisburg
Oswego
Syracuse
Onondaga Creek
Admiral Schley Ready to Act in Rayner Case
Rear Admiral W. S. Schley informed Attorney General Isidor Rayner he will act on his case per Rayner guidance. Rayner plans to meet Schley in Washington soon and favors court action over a congressional inquiry. He notes ongoing consultations this week to decide the course, and he declined a $10,000 private-prosecution offer from an anonymous and unnamed state resident.
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Baltimore
Schley
Isidor Rayner
Rayner
Tn Washington
Court of Inquiry
Anecdotes and Wit Highlight 19th Century Figures
A collection of humorous anecdotes features Mark Twain in Buffalo greeting neighbors with a fire alert, Lord Morris’s ironic abduction verdict, Judge Jeremiah Wilson’s courtroom flourish, and Sarah Bernhardt at a London luncheon where she cannot speak English yet expresses gratitude.
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Mark ‘Twain
Buffalo
Clemens
Lord Morris
Ireland
Jeremiah Wilson
Admiral Schley
Washington, D. C
Sarah Bernhardt
London
New Vagabond Club
Hotel Cecil
Lord Myor
Arthur Balfour
Anthony Hope
Mme. Bernhardt
Anthonylope
Acress
Nell
Sarah Siddons
Most Fatal Of All Diseases Census Reveals Shifting Death Toll
The census shows pneumonia now the deadliest American disease with 191.9 deaths per 100000, followed by tuberculosis at 190.5 and heart disease at 134. Diarrheal diseases, kidney disease, cancer and others fill the top ranks as Smallpox fades and overall mortality declines due to medical progress.
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Minot
Important Arrest Near Jefferson City Tennessee
Knoxville police say they captured a man believed to be Harvey Logan the suspect in the Thursday night shooting of two Knoxville policemen. A companion named Wilson is thought to be Harvey Longbaugh, both linked to the Montana train robbery.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Harvey Logan
Montana
Jefferson City
Teen
Wilson
Harvey Longbaugh
Archbishop Chapelle Returns from Europe to New York
Archbishop Chapelle of New Orleans, papal delegate to the Philippines, has returned from Europe aboard the La Bretagne. He was sent to Manila in 1899 to address the friar question and will report to President Roosevelt in Rome tomorrow after a stop in Rome.
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New York
Archbishop Chapelle
New Orleans
Philippines
Europe
la Bretagne
Mgr
Chapelle
Manila
Tio
McKinley
Rome
Roosevelt
Promise of rapid advance toward immunity noted in Kansas City Journal
The Kansas City Journal reports that the current outlook suggests further swift progress toward immunity from the disease’s ravages, signaling optimism for improved public health outcomes.
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Kansas City Journal
South Polar Exploration and a Possible Antarctic Continent
The article discusses the quest to confirm a large Antarctic continent at the southern apex. It cites estimates by Dr. John Murray and reviews the four renewed polar missions by German and British teams. Each side plans about $250,000 in government support plus private funds pushing total over $850,000, with steamships and strong scientific staffs ready for cooperative, nonconflicting exploration.
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South Pole
Review of Reviews
John Murray
Antarctic
Europe
United States
Alaska
Larsen and Borchgrevink
Gerlache
Haa
Distribution of Pillage and Officer Bias Across Campaigns
The piece notes historically skewed prize sharing in wars from 1807 to 1817 18 including Copenhagen, Iberian campaigns and Waterloo. It cites private sergeant and captain shares and extreme figures for commanders in Waterloo and Deccan, with Lord Herbert's 1800 committee recommendations and calls out persistent inequity and occasional restraint by commanders.
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Copenhagen
Lord Herbert
London
Rev
Tiger Hunter Shares Ordeal and Tiger Rescue Tale
A tiger hunter recalls trapping a tigress and saving his own life in Assam. He describes a hunter named Dassa Balhua who killed the tigress and nursed two tiger cubs, one later given to the narrator. The man shows scars from the encounter and confirms Hagenbeck traded the tiger for a baby hippo.
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Vebure
Leb
Vncuavgeme
Ber Iis
Hinself
Jngenbeck
Hamburg
Haagenbeck
New York
Bee
Vantah Woolah
Assam
Dassa Balhua
Dassa
Aken
Hagenback
New York Times
Lord Kelvin as Damocles in a Scientific Tale
Lord Kelvin, famed Glasgow professor of natural philosophy, is described as a tireless innovator and precise thinker. The London Mail recounts his Damocles moment, using a cannon ball suspended by a wire to test his calculations and risk his life to prove a mathematical problem.
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Lord Kelvin
Glasgow University
Scotland
Learned Societies
Europe
Germany
France
Belgium
Damorles
London Mail
Teaching His Wife a Lesson Garrick shows subtle stage craft
A wife learns her husband David Garrick often favors vulgar roles for broad audiences. After viewing Richard III and a later farmer character, she realizes the farmer is her husband when a dog recognizes him, altering her views on his acting choices.
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David Garrick
Ohe
London
Garrick
The Kaiser and the Barber Timed Gag
A joke tale riffs on a tardy barber seen by the Kaiser, who after gifting a gold watch to spark irony offers a cheaper nickel timekeeper when the barber still delays. A humor quote about fortune telling adds a light cue, ending with a quip about religious women preferring servants without churchgoing habits.
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Waiser
Pola and the Biscuits a Tale of Samoa
During her Samoa residence Mrs. Sobel Strong, stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson, adopts a native boy named Pola. The boy, a charming child, earns Scribner's Magazine fame as “A Little Large Gentleman” for a small deception told under forgivable circumstances.
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Samoa
Sobel Strong
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pola
Scribner's Magazine
Fortune Teller Imposter Faces Court Over Street Posters
A man posing as a fortune teller and mind reader was brought to a New York court after posting handbills. In the exchange with the judge he claimed psychic powers while the judge decided on a five dollar fine.
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New York
Notable Irish courtroom gallantry tinged by misstep
A humorous report describes an Irish judge who hid at a trial between a mother and daughter. In his summing up he began with a gallant line confusing Mrs. O'Toole and her daughter, while noting all else seemed plain to the jury.
Lawyer Seeks Supreme Court Echoes Across Time
A fragment suggests a lawyer hopes to find a Supreme Court decision by looking far and waiting long, likening legal practice to a doctor swearing to opposite duties. The text reflects tense, incomplete thought on jurisprudence and ethics.
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