Swedish rail expansion adds 27 branch lines
The Pella Chronicle reports concessions granted to build and operate 27 Swedish rail branch lines totaling 2650 miles, forecasting a surge in rolling stock purchases. An Australian convict ship, the Success, remains exhibited at Waterloo pier, London, retaining its voyage fittings from Botany Bay days. Prof Schubert of Hamburg notes that 1,000,000,000 minutes have elapsed since Christ's birth on April 29 at 10:40 AM, a milestone Germans plan to honor with commemorative postcards.
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Ines
Sweden
Australia
Waterloo Pier
London
Melbourne
England
Botany Bay
Schubert
Hamburg
Christ
Quebec bodies adopt French as official language
French becomes the official language of the Quebec legislature city council and board of trade. English speakers may use their own language but records must be kept in French, reflecting the growing French element in these bodies.
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Quebec
Board of Trade
Wealth of Emperor William Surpasses All Monarchs
The article notes Emperor William as the wealthiest monarch after Queen Victoria's estate was divided. It cites an inheritance of over £6,000,000 from his grandfather 13 years prior, boosted by wise investment, and additional fortunes from his father, the late Emperor Frederick. It also mentions the empress is equally rich.
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Emperor William
Queen Victoria
Frederick
Parrots of Mme Pat It Cost 105 and 1000
Two talking parrots owned by Mme Pat It It talk and sing while the other remains silent. One is sold for 105 dollars and the other for 1000 dollars as the finest talking parrot alive.
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Mme
Pat
Paris Police Division Banter Meets Utility in Poaching War
In Paris a new body of diving Police provokes banter yet shows potential value as the Society of Parisian Anglers donates 400 francs to assist those who helped curb fish poaching. In New York State, Senator Brown proposes funding a Hamilton monument on Capitol Hill Albany to mark the centenary since his 1804 duel death.
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Paris
Society of
Anglers
Brown
Watertown
N. Y
New York
Alexander Hamilton
Capitol Hill
Albany
Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Electrified wire as tree cutting method reported
Descriptions note a platinum wire heated by current used as a saw between two poles. The process causes less work, produces no sawdust, and the surface charring may slow decay. In some cases cutting time is as little as one eighth of sawing.
Pendulum test reenacts Foucault in Pantheon
An Astronomical Society of France petition seeks a Pantheon pendulum replication. A pendulum notch test on the floor circle completes a 24 hour swing cycle, demonstrating the earth's rotation. In Topeka, a father sues the school board over Bible readings, claiming his infidel son must participate. In Leoni, students expelled for refusing to exchange valentines on Valentine’s Day. parents threaten suit.
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Pantheon
Leon Foucault
Astronomical Society of France
Topeka
Kan
Board of Education
Leoni
Prices for meats and goods in Manila from Australia sources
Prices list Asia Manila meat and grocery items with many items and costs. Sirloin steak 55 cents per pound mutton 40 cents fresh pork 55 cents lamb 55 cents smoked cod 60 cents bacon 60 cents ham 65 cents cheese 50 cents lard 40 cents turkey 65 cents salmon 35 cents mullet 30 cents lobsters 2 dollars each butter 1 dollar per pound Brouse 2.50 each rabbits 60 cents hares 1.25 fowl 1.50 tame duck 1.35 concentrated mill 75 cents g pint.
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Manila
Australia
Week's Record of Home and Foreign Happenings
A summary of congressional debates and actions from the Senate and House theaters in Washington. Key items include oleomargarine legislation, Philippine governance and slavery abolition proposals, sundry civil and fortifications bills, and eight-hour work mandates. Notable events cover New Mexico Oklahoma and Arizona admission bills, a Cuban tariff concession, a Spanish-American war veteran organization, and financial debt reports.
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Senate
Lodge
Ways and Means
Deboe
University of the United States
House
Knox
Committee On Territories
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arizona
Bailey
Texas
Spooner
Wisconsin
United States
Spain
Philippines
Revenue Cutter Service
Committee On Appropriations
Committee On Labor
Egg Roll Draws Vast Crowd at White House Grounds
A crowd of about twenty thousand witnessed or took part in the annual egg rolling on the White House grounds in Washington. Reports from across the nation note political, legal, and social events including a Maryland bill to admit women to the bar, a Watseka murder verdict, and various economic and disaster updates.
Notable Obits and Political Shifts Across States
Obituaries for Joseph Smith Fowler, Thomas Dunn English, Junius Henri Browne, and Esther Morris noted with ages and death places. Illinois township elections favored Republicans with Chicago aldermen split 19 to 17. Municipal ownership favored in referendum. Milwa ukee Democrats reelect Rose. Party nominations span Oregon, Indiana, and Kentucky with new allied people’s party forming in Louisville.
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Joseph Smith Fowler
United States Senate
Tennessee
Washington
Thomas Dunn English
Ben Bolt
Newark
N. J
Illinois
Chicago
Milwaukee
Rose
Thomas H. Tongue
Congress
Oregon
J. N. Williamson
Indiana
Frank E. Hering
W. J. Furnish
Pendleton
Junius Henri Browne
New York
Esther Morris
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Allied People’s Party of the
United States
Louisville
Plague Deaths Rise in Punjab Amid Crises
The Punjab reports 70,000 plague deaths monthly amid worsening conditions. Dr. Ernest Lieber, a centrist Reichstag leader, dies in Berlin. Colombia submits a protocol approving Panama Canal sale to the United States and offers a new concession. President Diaz opens Mexico's spring Congress session.
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India
Punjab
Ernest Lieber
Reichstag
Berlin
Panama Canal
United States
Diaz
Senate Debates Chinese Exclusion Bill Amid Resolution Actions
The Senate began debate on the Chinese exclusion bill with Senator Mitchell of Oregon leading in favor. House discussions covered the same issue, while a resolution sought information on charges about a British war camp near New Orleans. Other items note Boers defeated near Hart's River and several violence and crime reports, including hangings and shootings. In finance and law, bucket-shop losses were ruled recoverable by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and a Rhodes scholarship plan was announced. There were 176 U.S. business failures in the seven days ending the 4th, down from the prior week.
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United States Senate
Mitchell
Ore
Sterling
Kalamazoo
Flint
Mich
New Orleans
Delarey
Kemp
Kitchener
Hart’s River
Clinton Dotson
Deer Lodge
Mont
Harry Preston
Toledo
Ellen M. Stone
Southampton
New York
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford University
America
Frank Sargent
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Moses Agan
Pablo Beach
Fla
Jacksonville
Great Northern
Ahern Pacific Roads
Minnesota
Earl Kohl
Lily
Lizzie Shipman
Kittridge
United States
Various Briefs From Around the World and United States
A census of Berlin lists 1 901 567 residents. Thirty seven designs were submitted for the Grant statue in Washington. A New York restaurant opens serving food for one cent per plate. Count Matsukata, ex premier of Japan, arrives in Seattle to study U S trade. President Roosevelt rents an Adirondack camp for part of the summer. The Russian government orders newspapers to stop covering student riots. Enrique Santibanez, second secretary of the Mexican embassy, dies on a Washington street. A New York girl survives a street car collision but loses her hair to the wheels. Germany plans a U S commission on cotton growing and East Africa experiments. Roosevelt accepts an Arlington Memorial Day address invitation for May 30. World sugar production in 1900 was 8.5 million tons with beets supplying 67 percent. The National Irrigation Congress is postponed to October 6–9. The Farris election bill copy is stolen in Frankfort. it cannot become law. Commodore Howell develops a smokeless coal brick. Kentucky Gov. Beckham vetoes a bill against docking horse tails, urging focus on buyers. James Brown, linked to California gold discovery, dies at 73 in Salt Lake City, leaving 32,? children and 126 grandchildren.
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Berlin
Germany
Washington
New York
Count Matsukata
Japan
Seattle
America
Roosevelt
Adirondacks
Empire
Enrique Santibanez
United States
East Africa
National Cemetery
Arlington
Treasury
National Irrigation Congress
Colorado Springs
Farris
Kentucky
Frankfort
Commodore Howell
Navy
Gov. Beckham
James Brown
Joseph WW. Marshall
California
Salt Lake City
Mr. Brown
FUNSTON'S CAREER IN A NUTSHELL
Born 1863 in New Carlisle Ohio, raised in Kansas, Funston pursued varied paths from reporter to railroad conductor. He walked 3500 miles in Alaska, fought in Cuba, led the Fighting Twentieth of Kansas, married Edna Beanhart, swam Pampanga river, and earned the Medal of Honor after marching toward Aguinaldo’s capital Malolos.
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New Carlisle
Kansas
West Point
Lieut. Crawford
Kansas State University
Santa Fe
Alaska
New York
Cuba
Edna Beanhart
Oakland
San Francisco
Pampanga
Malolos
Aguinaldo
Cambridge professor says women cannot learn Chinese writing
Prof Giles of Cambridge disputes women's ability to learn to read and write Chinese. Senator Searns of Utah touts a $600 Swiss made timepiece. Broommakers' union sells a million union-made broom labels monthly. An Australian spends 12 hours daily at Edinburgh for six days. The 1901 cyclopedia notes US gifts and bequests last year at $107,360,000. George Fiske of Boston studied old English church brasses and amassed notable rubbings collections.
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Giles
Cambridge
England
Senator Searns
Utah
Edinburgh
United States
George Fiske
Boston
Bright's Disease Cured by Kidney Pills
In Sullivan Illinois on March 31 Mrs Kitty F Seaney suffered months of back pain and Bright's Disease diagnosis. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she expelled dark diseased matter, improved rapidly, and recovered fully after ten boxes with no pain or symptoms remaining.
Grand Trunk Railway Dining Cars Introduce New Menu Cards
The Grand Trunk Railway System's dining car department is praised as second to none in the continent. It reports new improvements and modern innovations, including a recently altered menu style used across dining and cafe parlor cars, presenting a handsome neat bill of fare appealing to the artistic sense.
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Grand Trunk Railway
Mark Twain on Autographs and Specimens
The Chicago Chronicle notes that asking a doctor builder or sculptor for an autograph is not rude but requesting a specimen of their work may be refused. It would be unfair to ask a doctor for a corpse remembrance.
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Chicago Chronicle
Pacific Coast Tourism Rates and Sleeping Cars Offer
Passenger fares listed include 23.00 to the Pacific Coast via Chicago and Northwestern Railway during March and April, 30.00 to Helena Ogden Salt Lake cities, 30.50 to Spokane, 33.00 to Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle Tacoma Vancouver Victoria, plus many other points. Tourist sleeping cars operate daily to the Pacific Coast. For maps and details contact the nearest ticket agent or W. B. Kuiskern at 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago Ill.
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Pacific Coast
Chicago
Northwestern
B’y
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Victoria
W. B. Kuiskern
Fifth Avenue
Ell
A Bawdy Exchange In Courtroom Dialect
A courtroom scene opens with Mrs Finnigan joking about a failure and a husband enjoying celebrations. Mrs Hogan-Nivir comments on whistles blowing and no work to stop as a judge remarks. The dialogue suggests a light, coarse exchange reflecting local speech and humor in a legal setting.
Phenomenal $25 Coast Excursions Open to All
Advertising blurb for CALIFORNIA trips via Pacific Coast and intermediate points priced at 25 dollars round trip, with rates stated as less than one cent per mile. Encourages readers to write W G Neimyer, Pacific Southern Pacific, Chicago for details and to send a postal. Rates claimed valid during April and March.
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Pacific Coast
Great West
Varion
W. G. Neimyer
Pacific
Southern Pacific
Clark St
Chicago
Ill
Orm
Jack Railroad Inaugurates Through Trains Delighting Travelers
Travelers express enthusiasm over three through trains recently inaugurated by the Jack Railroad. The services offer solid comfort as passengers journey through scenic eastern landscapes. For information or inquiries write Geo A Cullen Genl West Denger Beng 103 Adams St Chicago.
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New As
Jack Railroad
Geo
A. Cullen
Adams St
Chicag
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Pella
Pelisa
Iowa
Congressional
H. H. Rand
Payne
Wesley Qi. Elkins
Gov
Heard
Louisiana
State Department
St. Paul
Andrew Carnegie
Havana
Crook
Seventh United States Infantry
Brose 8. Horne
Michigan City
Ind
R. P. Hughes
Isaac D. Derussy
Andrew S. Burt
M. V. Sheridan
A. G. Spalding
National Baseball League
W. G. Temple
Pittsburg
Burlington
St. Joseph
New York State
Odell
Funston
James Wilson
Ava
Orville Lyons
Delia Tansey
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
McKinley
Christmas
Lyman J. Gage
United States Trust Company
Springfield
George M. Moulton
Atlantic City
N.J
Palma
Texas State Court of Appeals
Lizard
Aiser Wilhelm
Mand
Healy
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Sergt
Moreland
Athena
Cape Pillar
Chili
Cape Town
Schalk-Burger
Steyn
Delaney
White House
Maryland
Watseka, N
Burt A. Maggee
William Small
Seavenge Kan
Butchers
New York City
Robert B. Armstrong
Shaw
Ben Jones
Riverton
Tenn
Meteor
Nelson
Dayton Coal & Tron Company
Dayton
Frederick Smith
Edward Smith
Minnie Mainey
St. Mary’s
Kaw
Sheridan
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Philip P. Mitchell
Prosser Hollow
United States Weather Bureau
Central
Gulf States
Newport
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Eugene Richards
Borland
Ella J. Furbish
Philadelphia
William Lane
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Tron Company
Dubois
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Walter Allen
Miss Blossom Adamson
Rome
Harry A. Garfield
United States Civil Service Commission
Bright
Francis Podmore
Saranac Lake
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mrs. Pinxham
Francis Popmore
Sy Pinkham
Mark Twain
Rden
California Fig Syrup Co
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