Vast array of 1900s woes span disasters and crimes
A Portland fire causes losses above 400000. Four youths drown when a boat capsizes near St. Louis. Escaped Oregon penitentiary convicts Tracey and Merrill remain at large. Kai Chi wan wrecked with 150 dead. Grasshopper plague threatens Sacramento and neighboring counties. Madrid appoints a Cuban minister. Charles L. Dillon killed in a Helena runaway. Cyclone and tidal wave strike Kurrachee. An earthquake fears in Chilpancingo. Gov. forces in Chorrera reoccupied. Boer emigration urged in Peru. Gen. Jacob H. Smith sails to San Francisco. Atchison saloon shooting leaves two wounded. Cuban senate backs Palma salary bill. War ren boiler workers strike. Paterson silk-workers dispute arbritation. Sheridan public building site funded. Melilla quake panic. no deaths. Koenigen Rentes to protect Curaçao interests. Judge Jenkins criticizes elective judiciary. Hamburg America offers New York to north Brazil service. Union Hill silk factory closures. Minnie Gey commits suicide after baseball affair. Molto dies from horse injury. Indiana bride killed, husband dies by poison. German liaison news quiet. Eskimo Konnuck shoots doctor. killer dies weeks later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kai Chi Wan
Sacramento
Eldorado
Placer
Cal
Madrid
Charles L. Dillon
Helena
Kurrachee
Sinde
India
Chilpancingo
Mexico
Colon
Colombia
Chorrera
Jacob H. Smith
Manila
San Francisco
WAWV
Atchison
James O'Meara
Will Thayer
San Pedro
N. M
Palma
Senor Estevez
Warren City
Italian Chamber of Commerce
New York City
Paterson
Warren
Wyoming
Sheridan
Wyo
Melilla
Morocco
Koenigen Rentes
Willemstand
Curacoa
la Guayra
Venezuela
Netherlands
United States
James Jenkins
Chicago
New York
North Brazil
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Union Hill
M. J
Minnie Gey
Tacoma
Elmer Smith
To See Coronation Mrs Harriet Lane Johnson Invited
Mrs Harriet Lane Johnson niece of the late President Buchanan and former White House mistress who hosted the Prince of Wales in 1860 is invited by King Edward to attend the coronation. Born Miss Lane, she married Henry Elliott Johnson of Baltimore in 1866 and now resides in Washington. The king’s invitation recalls her hospitality at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Lane Johnson
Edward
President Buchanan
White House
King Eoward
Prince of Wales
Lane
Henry Elliott Johnson
Baltimore
Wheatland
Washington
Miss Lane
Recorder Smyth Asks Lawful Mercy For Guilty Plea
In New York at a banquet a lawyer recounted Recorder Smyth once facing a youth charged with a grave offense. The prisoner loudly pleaded guilty, but Smyth drew him aside and asked who urged the plea. The youth cited his lawyer. Smyth then ordered a hearing and discharged the youth, upholding mercy over a harsh verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Recorder Smyth
Gen Lyttelton Named Commander of British Forces in South Africa
Gen Neville Gerald Lyttelton will command the British forces in South Africa during the peace adjustment. He has led the fourth division for two years, entered the army in 1865, served in Canada, was an aide to Lord Spencer in Ireland, earned honors in Egyptian campaigns, and previously headed the Second Infantry at Aldershot before going to South Africa in 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyttelton
Neville Gerald Lyttelton
South Africa
Canada
Lord Spencer
Ireland
Aldershot
Army Belle Visits London With Gen. Wilson
Miss Elinor Wilson, daughter of Gen. J. H. Wilson, accompanies her father as official representative of U.S. troops at King Edward’s coronation. The army belle, notable in New York social circles, will serve as hostess and travels across the water with grace and charm. A second item quotes Prof. Hamilton of the New York Museum of Natural History predicting volcanic destruction for Gotham and surrounding areas, including Manhattan and nearby islands, possibly in the distant future or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor Wilson
Edward
J. H. Wilson
Sam
Katharine
Elinor
New York
Hamilton
New York Museum of Natural History
Goth‘am
Manhattan Island
Long Island
Staten Island
New Jersey
German Ambassador Von Holleben Becomes Dean of Diplomatic Corps
Dr. Theodore von Holleben arrived in Washington on November 29, 1897 as Germanys plenipotentiary and has now assumed the dean of the diplomatic corps. He is a handsome man over fifty with scholarly bearing and worldly grace. His career began about thirty years ago in Tokio after studies at Bonn and Heidelberg, and he has held many key posts. Washington residents hope he will stay indefinitely.
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von Holleben
Theodore von Holleben
Washington
Germany
Bonn
Heidelberg
Tokio
New Head of Princeton Dr Woodrow Wilson Chosen
Dr Woodrow Wilson selected as president of Princeton University replacing Francis L Patton. Born Staunton Va December 28 1856 he is a jurist historian and professor of jurisprudence at Princeton since twelve years ago. He authored works on politics literature and George Washington and is described as a fine scholar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Famous University
Princeton University
Francis L. Patton
Princeton
Staunton
Joseph R. Wilson
Southern Presbyterian Church
Ohio
Atlanta
Wesleyan University of Middletown
Peculiar Currency of Abyssinia Described
Count Gleichen recounts Abyssinia’s varied currency. Standard money uses Maria Theresa 1780 dollars while small change comes as salt crystal bars about ten inches long and two and a half wide. Bars sell for a dollar each, though fineness and sound determine acceptability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abyssinia
Count Gleichen
Menelik
New South African Map Shows Boer Territories Ceding to Britain
A historical map depicts Transvaal and Orange River colonies yielding to British rule under King Edward. The lineed terms show peace with 170000 square miles of territory. Burghers receive near autonomy akin to Australia’s.
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Transvaal
Orange River
Colo
Nies
Edward
South Africa
Australia
Devil dancers of Ceylon wear peculiar ritual masks
In Sri Lanka, practitioners of traditional exorcism rites don mask designs that mystify outsiders. The masks, carved with fierce features, accompany dances believed to appease spirits and protect villages during sacred ceremonies.
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Ceylon
Indiana Man's Rise to Wealth and Wealthy Residence
Daniel G. Reid of Richmond Indiana, a Wall Street magnate worth about 25 million dollars, is building a splendid new home in his birthplace. He started as a grocery boy and partnered with W B Leeds who became his partner in vast enterprises. Around 1892 they entered tin plate manufacturing, forming a trust six years later with Reid as president. The tin plate trust later merged into the steel trust, where both Reid and Leeds serve as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Daniel G. Reid
Wall Street
Richmond
Ind
W. B. Leeds
Reid
Steel Trust
Reid and
Leeds
Making a Chain Links Fastened Into Solid Welded Chain
The passage describes the process of making a chain by curving short bars into links, fastening them while soft, and welding the whole into a solid chain. It focuses on the sequential steps of bending, joining, and welding to form a durable chain.
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Tire
Portland
Ore
St. Louis
Tracey and
Merrill
Oregon Penitentiary
Tre
Molto
of Marid
Alfonso
Indianapolis
Andrew Deise
Caracas
Herr von Pilgrim-Baltazzi
la Guayars
Konnuck
Nome
King Edward
Smyth
Army Belle
London
Court of
St. James
Devil Dancer’s Mask
Julian E. Lane
J. W. S. Emerson, MD
Tracy
Bhoskexe
J. M. Rogers, D. D. S
Leon Calhoun
LAW
Magermasdake
C. W
B. M. Dill
South Bail Street
Bhesheus, Idaho
B. Githens
Bhesheus
Myrt A. Weaver
D. W. Yaden
Herth
Frank Pharris
Doc. Smith's
Crandall
Idaho
Idaho Nursery
Payette
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