British deficit to be covered by loan after taxes fail
The impending British deficit is estimated at 220 million dollars for next year, with only 50 million from new taxes expected, leaving a large loan to cover the remainder. Out of 800 Chinese rebels who attacked a Russian force, 30 remained after the battle, and the Russian soldier killed all enemies without leaving wounded. Cecil Rhodes' bequest to American students will fund 100 pupils a year for three years, and once fully operating will support 300 Americans at Oxford, a figure expected to influence the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford
Lord Kelvin Predicts Interplanetary Wireless Signals
Lord Kelvin says communication with other planets by wireless telegraphy is possible and he would not be surprised to hear such experiments succeed. He notes the future promises wonders as great as the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kelvin
Remarkable Denver Hospital Admission of Rural Mother
Mrs Mary Elvira Gillespie aged 84 has been admitted to a Denver hospital. She is the mother of 37 children including 15 sets of twins, yet none of her offspring remain in contact and she does not know the address of a single one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elvira Gillespie
Denver
Merger of National Banks Proposed in Chicago Columns
Two adjacent Chicago morning paper columns discuss a proposed merger of two national banks with a capital of 100 million dollars. The same issue also reports the murder of a whole family and the father’s suicide driven by poverty, illustrating stark contrasts within the same day’s coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pacific cable plan links US to Honolulu by Thanksgiving
George Gray Ward of San Francisco says the United States will be doing business with the Hawaiian islands by wire by next Thanksgiving and possibly sooner without wires if Marconi turns his attention to that direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gray Ward
San Francisco
United States
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Marconi
Youth Arrests Sweetheart Over Love Letters
A 20 year old in New York had his 17 year old sweetheart arrested after she allegedly sent him as many as six love letters in a single day to his place of business. The rumor hints at a strain in the romance and questions whether their affection endures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Flowering ignorance and rough characters in crowded district
In New York City's Eleventh School District a mile square hosts 10,006 children. A curious observer notes that nine-tenths have never seen a growing flower, suggesting the crowded tenement environment breeds rough behavior in the little ones.
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New York City
Captain Louis N. Stodder the last Monitor officer left
Only one officer from the little ironclad Monitor remains. Captain Louis N. Stodder, born in Boston in 1838, now serves as supervisor of anchorages at the port of New York and is not a veteran of the United States revenue service. The Monitor joined active service January 30, 1862 and secured a historic victory over the Merrimac before March 10.
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Monitor
Merrimac
Louis N. Stodder
New York
United States Revenue Service
Capt. Stodder
Boston
Susan B Anthony Vows Monumental History Of Suffrage
Susan B. Anthony continues work on a comprehensive history of the woman suffrage movement from her Rochester home. She has not spoken publicly in a year and rarely leaves home to preserve strength for the project, aiming to complete a lasting tribute to the cause.
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Susan B. Anthony
Rochester
N. Y
Wireless wedding by telephone in Kentucky towns
A widow in Dayton and a Hopkinsville merchant in Kentucky have been married by telephone. The piece notes humorously that a first time bride might prefer a wireless ceremony with space between stations limited to two areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Hopkinsville
Movement to provide ray therapy for the poor
The drive to establish a hospital offering Roentgen ray treatment for tuberculosis and cancer aims to make care accessible to the poor and those with limited means. It argues that even if only a small percentage are treated, access should not be restricted to the rich. It also urges broader use of goat lymph treatment for nervous diseases if it proves substantially effective.
Cherokee Advocate to be Abolished After Dwindling Circulation
The Cherokee Advocate, the sole Indian language newspaper, will cease publication as its circulation falls to 300. Published at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, since 1852 after origin in New Echota, Ga in 1830, its end marks the potential loss of a printed Cherokee language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Advocate
Tahlequah
Indian Territory
New Echota
United States
Alaska poised for full territorial organization gains
Alaska shows strong momentum toward becoming a formal territory. Over four years notable progress includes coast to Yukon wagon roads, two railway projects, upcoming telegraph links to Nome, expanding mining ventures, and rapid development of timber and fisheries funded by capital and energy.
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Alaska
Yukon
Nome
A Week's History In All Parts Of The Union
A digest of national and foreign affairs from Washington and beyond. Senate debates Philippine policy while Cuban relations inquiry continues. House actions include DC appropriation, mail remailing limits, and debates on labor injunctions and Cuban diplomacy. News from the field covers Moro operations in Mindanao and a royal illness in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
District of Columbia
St. Louis
House
Republic of Cuba
Department of Commerce
Philippines
Amos J. Cummings
New York
Roosevelt lauds armed forces in Philippines and at Annapolis
The president told Annapolis graduates the navy secures victory against foreign foes. In Washington, Fidlwin Warfield of Maryland was elected president of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Roosevelt vowed the flag will stay in the Philippines as the army and navy placed it there. A $7500 shortage was found in TI A Tarrows, a census disbursing clerk in Washington. Secretary Shaw will deposit surplus funds in 30 banks not yet gov depositories. Services for Con gressman Amos J. Cummings were held in the hall of representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Navy
United States
Washington
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Fidlwin Warfield
Maryland
Roosevelt
Army
Philippines
TI. A. Tarrows
Shaw
Treasury
Amos J. Cummings
Hall of Representatives
Weekly US clearing houses show peak total and small growth
Seven day totals at leading US clearing houses reached 2 572 025 676 dollars, up 0 8 percent from last year. The week saw 22 business failures, with an upcoming coal strike looming after failed talks between operators and miners. A rail collision near Clyde New York killed an engineer and fireman and injured 13 others, while another B&O crash near Connellsville Pennsylvania killed two and injured 45. Baseball league standings for May 4 show mixed fortunes across American and National leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York Central Road
Clyde
N. Y
New York
Scranton
Detroit
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Washington
Boston
Chicago
Baltimore
Cleveland
Pittburg
Doston
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Connellsville
Renominations and disasters ripple through the nations
Renominations for congress in Iowa and Ohio districts plus Michigan, Indiana and New York figures fill a wide political page. News covers a Denver California murder suicide by Mrs Kingsbury, a Los Angeles federation convention opening, Amos Cummings death in Baltimore, J J Hill criticizing rail rate injunction, a four town tornado outbreak harming 16 and destroying $50,000 in property, Potter Pamer’s sudden Chicago death, a big estate value in Chicago, and Chicago stock yards advising choppers to hold due to slow market.
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Iowa
D. B. Henderson
K. G. Cousing
Ohio
T. B. Kyle
Stephen Morgan
Michigan
W. Gardner
Illinois
G. W. Prince
Indiana
R. W. Miers
John J Kingsbury
Denver
Cal
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Los Angeles
Amos J. Cummings
New York City
Baltimore
J. J. Hill
Woodburn
Bayard
Lohrville Hiteman
Adaza
Potter Pamer
Chicago
Explosion kills wife and child of Wisconsin man
An explosion of kerosene killed the wife and child of Perle Hill near Spring Valley Wisconsin. Hill had one hand burned off. Action in the beef suit will be filed in federal court in Chicago this week. It will charge that Chicago packers have received about $3,000,000 in rebates from the railroads over a year. A rain and wind storm at St. Louis did $300,000 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perle Hill
Spring Valley
Wis
Hill
Chicago
St. Louis
Senate and House Proceedings Present Civil War Dissent
In the senate on the fifth, civil appropriation and Rosebud Indian reservation bills passed before discussion on the Philippine government bill. Lodge defended the president and military leaders against cruelty charges while Rawlins rebutted. In the house, death of colleague Mr. Otey prompted funeral arrangements and adjournment. Moro prisoners at Bayan attempted escape. 35 killed, 9 captured. London dispatch says Americans dominate Swiss coal, steel, and boot trades. Justice Byrne in Denver refused bond for Nellie Gabrin, jailed for arsenic murder of Rep Albert Gabrin. burglary at Waco bank yielded $4,000. Italian Count Coriolana Ponza di San Martino wounded in a duel with Gen. Ruggio.
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Senate
Lodge
Mass
Rawlins
Utah
Senator Lodge
Jones
Otey
Bayan
Island of Mindanao
London Daily Chronicle
Denver
Col
Diverse 19th century notices span arts, industry, and society
A hailstorm devastates western Oklahoma while the Army Relief Society elects Mrs. Daniel L. Lamont as president. Emigration from Ireland to America surges. Jules Verne remains prolific at eighty-six. Chicago builds a wave-measuring machine with 32000 lines per inch. Rev. Dr. Charles Olmsted is consecrated bishop of Colorado. The Wilson homestead in Mason New Hampshire, birthplace of Uncle Sam, sells for 1500 dollars. An American syndicate plans a daily steamship service to Europe. J Pierpont Morgan to receive 12500000 in stock for organizing and financing the shipping combine. In Jonesboro Tennessee Samuel E Tadlock dies at 70 and his sister Nancy J Good dies upon viewing him. Henry O Havemeyer donates 2000 volumes to Greenwich Connecticut public school library. A New York to Brazil steamship line would carry rubber and coffee. Morris Rosen stock of Greenville Mississippi contracts with Thomas R Morris to harvest field cotton by machinery. Carroll D Wright of Washington to head Clark University collegiate school in Worcester Massachusetts while keeping his bureau role.
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Oklahoma
Army Relief Society of the
United States
Daniel L. Lamont
Ireland
America
Jules Verne
University of Chicago
Charles Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Episcopal Diocese
Colorado
Wilson Homestead
Mason
N. H
Uncle Sam
Europe
J. Pierpont Morgan
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Wright
Washington
Missouri notes and deaths spark July headlines
Missouri items report Pike county convention endorsing free silver at 16 to 1, a Joplin man dead from wood alcohol, a Martinsburg depot fire, and records destroyed. Leaders in St. Louis agreed to delay Senate nomination, while Parsons withdraws from Seventh district race. New Madrid clerk race, Farmington hospital appointees, Dewey peach award, coal land deed, Marionville home funds, and university appointments follow.
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Pike County
Morton Williams
Joplin
Martinsburg
St. Louis
United States Senate
Harry H. Parsons
Marshall
Congress
Parsons
James Cooney
New Madrid
J. W. Jackson
John A. Mott
Mott
Dockery
State
Buffalo
Misouri
Jenkins
Macon
Kansas & Texas Coal & Coke Company
Chariton
Revier
Kansas & Southwestern Railway
Charles A. Mitchell
Purity Industrial Home
Marionville
Collegiate Institute
Methodist Church
Joseph S. Wickham
Jimtown
Chariton River
Schuyler County
Coon Creek
Putnam County
Blackbird Creek
Unionville
Missouri University
William TH. Cook
Columbia University
New York
Walter McNab Miller
University of Prague
University of Missouri
E. 8. Green
University of Pennsylvania
Greene County
Nilan Brewer
Marion Hays
Nichols Junction
Brewer
Tennessee
Missouri
Missouri State University
Rh. H. Jesse
John Parrot
Morehouse
Parrott
Audrain County
Lela Sallee
Morris Hickey
Hannibal
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Missouri State Bar Association
Columbia
Lee Gallaher
First National Bank
Floral Surprise Opens California Convention in Los Angeles
Thousands of pink carnations replace 60,000 calla lilies as the great auditorium fills with fragrance. Delegates arrive to a flower-bowered venue where local committees begin early decoration. Amid the color, color questions and charter debates unfold with expected tension and ongoing committee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Spen
Hf. O. Granger
The
Georgia Federation
Lowe
Clisir
Denison
Board of Directors
Colorado
Mary Lockwood
Wim
Ted Helmuth
New York
Minneapolis
Heard
Aotion
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Oher
L. J. Martin
Lillian Duncanson
Chicago
Major William Wagner Dies at Short Hills Home
Maj. William Wagner of New York dies at his Short Hills New Jersey residence. A Civil War cavalry officer, he served with distinction as a major and was a member of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Wagner
Short Hills
N. J
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Battleship Indiana Arrives at Brooklyn Navy Yard
The battleship Indiana of the North Atlantic squadron has arrived at the Brooklyn navy yard after a cruise of several months in West Indian waters.
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New York
Indiana
Brooklyn Navy Yard
West Indian
Peruna Medicine Co Ad Claims Life Saving Benefits
In Herndon Virginia Mrs Col El J Gresham testifies she owed her life to Peruna after severe catarrh. She used six bottles and improved, praising the remedy to friends. The ad claims thousands of women owe their lives to Peruna and invites readers to request a free book for women titled Health and Beauty.
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Herndon
The
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Peole
Peruna
Col. E. J. Gresham
Union
Columbus, C
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Irf, Pebu
East
Tomas Palma
Cuba
Santiago
Canada
House of Commons
Venice
Italy
Chaffee
Board of Inquiry
Baldwin
Mindanao
Sultan
Rajah
Wilhelmina
Coriolana Ponza di San Martino
Ruggio
National Live Stock Association
Meat Trust
Secretary of the Treasury
Maj
Calarch
Khotal
Hydro-Carbon Burner CO
Fulton Street
STAR
Horse Shoe
Spearhead
Standard Navy Old Peach & Honey
J.T. Tobacco
J. A. KR
C. C. Mewge
Allen
F Serre
Anne
Pales
Atlasta
Surry
Ulicura
Charterhouse
Daco Ams Cane
Weeters
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
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