Name Change and Trial Costs in Early 1900s Court
The Potosi Journal notes Dmitri Kostsujajkean's name change to C. J. Little to avoid Chicago Garrett Biblical Institute authorities. It cites the Czolgowski trial cost at 1799 dollars, allocating 500 to defense and 1000 to alienist sanity evaluations, while Jules Verne reaches his ninety ninth book and the faded original Declaration of Independence loses signatures though the title remains partly legible on parchment.
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Dmitri Kostsujajkean
C. J. Little
Garrett Biblical Institute
Chicago
Emma Nevada Declines Engagement for Return to U S
Mme Emma Nevada, long abroad, retracts a major engagement to sail home aboard an American line ship, preserving her American identity and plans to return to the United States.
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Mme
Emma Nevada
Adventurers Avoided Klondike Raid Plan
The text notes the explorers who devised a raid on the Klondike region avoided execution to escape enforcement by both British and American law, avoiding a clash between two jurisdictions.
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Klondike
Chicago Family Strained By Secret Engagement Choice
An 18 year old girl refuses to reveal her fiancé to her mother, causing tension within a Chicago family. The woman, though mature, defies parental invitation to discipline, yet remains deemed qualified in the eyes of relatives.
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Chicago
Vanderbilt and Keene Enter Paris Vienna Auto Race
William K. Vanderbilt and Foxhall Keene cabled their entries for the Paris Vienna automobile race set for June next year. The 900 mile course is promised to be completed in less time than any train has covered that distance.
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William K. Vanderbilt
Foxhall Keene
New York SPCA Seizes Two Burrs From Gerry Carriage Horses
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New York removed two burrs from a carriage horse team owned by Elbridge T. Gerry, a former society president. The action labels Gerry as a backslider and notes burrs are cruel devices used to make horses restive and stylish.
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New York
Elbridee T. Gerry
Mr. Gerry
Praise for United States Revenue Cutter Service Deeds
A New York paper extols the Cutter Service for great deeds but omits that an officer in New Orleans influenced Secretary Dix to issue the order to shoot on anyone attempting to haul down the American flag.
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New York
United States Revenue Cutter Service
New Orleans
Dix
Andrew Carnegie Named Lord Rector of St Andrews
Andrew Carnegie assumes the office of lord rector at St Andrews University in Edinburgh. The post carries no emoluments and requires no renunciation of American citizenship. He presides over the university senate and governing body and serves as the students’ representative, elected triennially with faculty having no vote in the process.
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Andrew Carnegie
St. Andrew's University
Edinburg
October Fire Losses and Insurance Profits Reported
The New York Journal of Commerce cites October fire losses totaling 14 849 900 dollars, up from 7 107 000 last year. For the first ten months the loss reached 135 404 250 dollars versus 143 423 550 the prior year, with insurers generally losing money on fire insurance business.
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New York Journal of Commerce
United States
The
Journal of Commerce
Wisconsin Supreme Court convictes rival paper conspiracy
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that three men, two with interests in competing evening papers, formed an unlawful conspiracy to injure the rival by threatening advertisers. After the decision the men were fined. They warned advertisers that patronage of the rival would bar ads in their own papers, and evidence showed many complied, causing the complainant substantial loss.
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Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Rves Resta
General Land Office
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United States
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New American Express Passenger Locomotives in Bavaria
Consul General Mason reports Bavarian trials of American express passenger locomotives show overall satisfaction after nine months. Whistles are described as unearthly. Bavaria’s Royal Railway Administration has secured an American locomotive patent, with two locomotives under construction with specific modifications.
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Mason
Berlin
Royal Railway Administration
Rioting in Athens Sparks Mass Violence Over Bible Translation
In Athens a riot with about 20,000 participants left many dead and injured. Officials link the violence to a proposed translation of the Gospels into modern Greek, a move the church deems profanation. The clash underscores a harsh outcome from a disputed modernization effort.
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Athens
Census bulletin notes rising US life expectancy
A census bulletin reports that average life expectancy in the United States rose from 31.1 years in 1890 to about 35.4 years in 1900, marking a 4.3 year gain. The finding is presented as corroborative for insurance experts observing longer lifespans.
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Census Bureau
United States
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Roosevelt Seeks Strong Actions on Anarchy and Trusts
President Roosevelt to Congress outlines a wide program including harsh measures against anarchists, comprehensive trust regulation via publicity, and federal oversight of interstate corporations. He urges irrigation, the Isthmian Canal, a Pacific cable, reciprocal trade, and expansion of the navy while upholding immigration and Chinese exclusion policies.
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