Samoan crisis unfolds as powers clash over Samoa
Dispatches from Washington London and Gerlin frame the Samoa crisis as an English German dispute with responsibility contested. Complications loom over the plantation manager's arrest and possible German trial while Admiral Kautz's orders and remote cable delays shape actions. Also mentions Aguinaldo business plans and New Jersey filings amid a blend of global politics and baseball jests.
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Washington D. C
London
Gerlin
Apia
Samoa
England
Britain
America
William
Gamoa
Samoan
Auckland
New Zealand
Kautz
Great Britain and Russia Face Aims in Asia Clash
The article argues a looming battle between Britain and Russia over Asia. It cites Russia building a railroad near Herat and negotiating a Siam port and navy yard as signs of a deliberate plan to challenge British control in India and the Indian Ocean.
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Great Britain
Russia
Caar
Asia
Port Arthur
England
France
Germany
Italy
Belgium
China
Herat
Afghanistan
India
Siam
Indian Ocean
Nuseia
Calamity prophets fade as Philippine progress rises
The article argues that pessimists predicting annual costs and prolonged uprisings in the Philippines have repeatedly failed. It notes that Aguinaldo’s forces were driven from their works by 10 000 troops, that Hawaiis annexation did not require a large garrison, and that calls for revolt in Cuba and Puerto Rico were unfounded. It foresees home rule with stable peace and dismisses doomsayers.
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Philippines
Aguinaldo
Hawai
Cuba
Porto Rico
Kansas Man Goes Barefoot Rivalry With Mayor
Reported as a rival in a public dispute, sockless Jerry Simn of Kansas challenges Mayor Quincy of Tronton who boasts about going barefoot inside his shoes. The text notes the public will frown on such cheap showmanship.
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Jerry Simn
Kansas
Quincy
Tronton
State News Recap From Various Washington Regions
Prosperity shines in Chehalis valley while North Yakima hosts state fair commissioners. The Sultan Journal suspends. Kamilehie opens a money order department. Shelton ponders a chamber of commerce. Spokane populists push a city ticket. Bucoda coal praised. Republic citizens fund fire equipment. Palouse votes down cow running at large ordinance. Republic mine sale seen as benefiting Spokane, Canada, and Republic economies. An Indian fined for fishing rule violation. judge waives details with costs.
Slang for Children Prompts Education Debate at Clark Address
Clark University President Dr G Stanley Hall urged slang as a learning tool and mocked geography while advocating story telling by women. He warned about overemphasis on early fine motor skills and called for revised English curricula. The Chicago psychology session drew educators and impressed many with his radical stance.
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G. Stanley Mall
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Chicago
William T. Harris
Hall
Alan
Rich Girls and the Value of Marriage in Wealthy Matches
A Harper's Hazard view argues both rich and poor women seek a good partner, not wealth alone. A successful marriage rests on shared happiness and mutual respect, with money shaping balance but not dictating fidelity or devotion. The piece notes wealth can empower a wife as an equal partner yet risks dominance if misjudged, while the right couple can balance finances and love.
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Harper's
Hazaar
Eirla
Self-Performed Foot Amputation Shocks Arcola
William Warren Murphy, a 20 year old resident of northeastern Arcola, used a pocketknife to amputate his right foot yesterday in an empty room. He then called his brothers who stopped the bleeding. Doctors had warned amputation could be fatal, yet Murphy is reported improving after the risky act performed without medical aid.
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Mark
Arcaan
Sita
Arcola
William Warren Murphy
Murphy
Tapped Telegraph Wires Arrest Report
CLIVELAND April 13 Harry Shurtieff alias James Cooley and Austin Wilson electricians are under arrest at the central station on the charge of tapping Western Union telegraph wires along the Nickel Plate road. They were caught in the act under Wilson avenue bridge with a complete outfit for a telegraph office found in a nearby vacant house. Police say the men aimed to cut in on wires carrying sporting news to beat the pool rooms.
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Cliveland
Harry Shurtieff
James Cooley
Austin Wilson
Central Station
Western Union
Nickel Plate Road
Wilson Avenue
Clipper Bicycles Advertised By FF M Spinning Agent
An advertisement states FF. M. Spinning, agent, offers Clipper bicycles for sale at 102 Second Avenue. It suggests other models for exercise and mentions business or pleasure use.
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FF. M
Second Avenue
The Theatre Bore and the SelfMade Lecturer
A reader describes a theater bore who spoils shows by loudly revealing tricks and explaining stage secrets. The piece notes how such a knowitall distracts neighbors, mocks the audience, and ruins the magic for others before the curtain falls.
Don Caesar de Bazan at Third Avenue Theater
Tonight the bill at the Third Avenue theater will be changed and Don Caesar de Bazan will be given by Richard Foote and his excellent company.
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Third Avenue Theater
Don Caesar de Bazan
Richard Foote
Panic in Turkish bath as rat rumor erupts
A crowded ladies bath house erupts in panic when a voice claims a rat is loose. The room flees as a nurse hurries to dress, only to discover the cry refers to a missing pompadour roll, prompting relieved laughter and return to seats.
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Mary
Cold Brought Down Steamer Farallon from Skagway With Gold
The Farallon arrived last evening from Skagway with 200 ounces of gold from Helen Bay mines operated by Captain Charles Dyer. Passengers include Dawnon Atlin evacuees and causeway travelers report Dawson misfortunes where an old man froze to death after being refused help. Atlin population around 1000 with about 50 arrivals daily. many claims restaked. Passengers listed: J. Landgraf Mises Wright Mrs Coates H Day Charles Dyer and others plus thirty six steerage passengers.
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Farallon
Roberts
Skagway
Way Ports
Helen Bay
Wrangel
Charles Dyer
Parallon
Dawnon
Atlin
Dawson
Halley
J. Landgraf
Mises Wright
Miss Cook
C. H. Saunders
G. Lindstrom
BB. W. Coates
Mra. Coates
G. EB. Wintermint
Matson
Minnie Onatadt
Mary Bertram
Dirigo Salvage Claim Filed Against Tees Steamer
The Canadian Pacific Navigation company filed papers in federal court alleging the steamer Tees salvaged the Dirigo after a Midway Island collision. They claim Tees aided Dirigo and seek $15,000 salvage, asserting Dirigo’s value around $90,000 and potential total loss without aid.
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Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
Ibeling Company
Tees
Midway Island
East Haddam barber shoots town leader in mob action
A barbers act ends in tragedy as Morello Arsano fatally shoots John T. Gelston during a mob pursuit in East Haddam Connecticut. The incident follows Arsano’s terrorizing streets with a shotgun and a failed gun squib before the fatal confrontation.
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Middletown
Conn
Morello Arsano
East Haddam
John T. Gelston
Posse
Ariano
John M. Gelston
Bugbee
Thugbee
The Music Roll as a New Style of Bill Collectors
A sensational notice describes a fashionable young woman with a music roll used as a disguise for bill collectors. It claims lawyers push beauty and youth to soften debtors and boost collections, portraying the female agent as prestigious and highly effective.
New Suits Filed in Superior Court Yesterday
New suits filed in the superior court include Montana National Bank v Washington Condensed Milk Company and L B K Marlow on a promissory note Emma J Davies v Ann W Benjamin et al a foreclosure Scandinavian American Bank v Julian J Johnston and Carl W Speer on a promissory note.
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Montana National Bank
Washington Condensed Milk Company
L. BK. Marlow
Emma J. Davie
Ann W. Benjamin
Scandinavian American Bank
Julian J. Johnston
Carl W. Speer
Discovery of Antarctic Mainland Footfall by Foyn Bull Borchgrevinck Expedition
Six years earlier H. J. Bull persuaded Commander Svend Foyn at Teensberg to outfit a 226 ton steam sealer for South Polar waters. The ship departed September 20 1893 and returned March 1895. Borchgrevinck joined late, inspiring a new Antarctic seal for future exploration at a Geographical Congress in London. The party reached Antarctica mainland at Cape Adare proving a wintering party could endure a year there and possibly reach magnetic pole with sledges and Norwegian akies. Subsequent expeditions were planned, including the Belgica under Lt Gerlache leaving Antwerp.
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Montevideo
Frederick A. Cook
Antarctic
Foyn-Bull
Weddell Ben
Cape Horn
Weddell
Gerlache
James Ross
Foyn
Bouth Polar
South Pole
North Pole
Spitabergen
Antarctica
Europe
H. J. Bull
Svend Foyn
Teensberg
Norway
Cape Adare
Magnetic Pole
Belgica
Antwerp
Sanderson Fined for Assault on Laundry Employee
Oliver Sanderson, jailed three days, was fined 75 dollars and costs by Judge Cann for assaulting Florence Richards of Queen City Laundry. Richards plans an appeal through her attorney Frank im. She identified Sanderson at the Horseshoe restaurant on First Avenue South with Officer Adams.
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Oliver Sanderson
Florence Richards
Queen City
Cann
Frank @im
Banderson
Mins Hichardson
Adame
Horseshoe
First Avenue South
Adams
Shoes for women steer toward masculine style and varied uppers
The Spring Footwear forecast highlights masculine appearing boots and dainty Louis Quinze evening shoes. Cloth uppers and patent vamps gain favor, new patent kid material debuts, Turkish bath slippers return, and red kid evening slippers reappear while few new men’s styles emerge.
Marriage in Siam And a Clever Parole by Matrimony
A Siamese policy tickets unmarried girls to a king supervised class and offers pardons to prisoners who wed them. The article cites social control measures alongside a dialogue where Claribel and Angie discuss Han kingon and unfinished letters from him.
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Siam
Broken timber contract in Snohomish county suit
John G. Nelson sues W. B. Thompson in federal court for 20000 damages alleging a timber sale bargain at 75 cents per thousand feet on land in Snohomish county. Measuring shows 19,283,400 feet and Thompson later quotes 21000 total, allegedly repudiating the contract.
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John G. Nelson
W. 8. Thompson
Nelson
Thompson
Snohomish County
Legal Death Presumed in Missing Man Case
In St Louis an appellate ruling clarifies death presumptions for disappearances. Mary H Carpenter sued for 290 on a policy issued to her husband J I Carpenter who vanished Jan 1897 and was never seen again. Court upheld full policy payment noting prior misfortune and evidence suggesting death before seven years, with a chance of earlier death.
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ST. Louis
Court of Appeals
Mary H. Carpenter
Supreme Council of the Legion of Honor
J. i Carpenter
Olive Street
Carpenter
Chicago
Vienna teacher fights death after repeated poisoning attempt
A Vienna music teacher attempted suicide with ten morphia doses and later poisons, then struck herself with a rolling pin and finally cut veins. She remained alive and conscious from five in the morning until discovery at three in the afternoon. Doctors say her constitution is extraordinary and she expects recovery.
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Vienna
London Leader
Merely a Feeler in the Crowded Car
A stout woman stands in a crowded train car while six men refuse to offer a seat. She insists she will stand, saying she has been standing for 15 minutes and will alight at the next crossing. The men resume their seats, surprised by her resolve.
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