Ambitious Wife Influences Boxer Leader's Campaign
The article profiles a powerfully connected wife who acts as chief adviser to her husband, a boxer leader, and has urged him forward in his pursuits. It also recalls Lieut Col Joseph P Dickman and Maj Gen Cha ff ee securing top staff officers, and details Dickman’s cavalry background and Texas frontier exploits. It notes May Goelet, debutante daughter of the late New York merchant, as a sought after Newport figure who has just refused an offer, signaling high society dynamics.
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Joseph P. Dickman
26Th
U. S. Infantry
Chaffee
U. S. Army
Dickman
8Th Cavalry
Ohio
West Point
Dayton
United States
Spain
Texas
Baluarte Creek
Newport
Misa May Goelet
New York
Ochre Court
Goelets
Captain Michael Healy Stricken by Insanity on Return to Port Town
Captain Michael Healy of the United States revenue cutter service was brought to Port Townsend Washington aboard the Hugh McCulloch after a voyage from the north. He is confined to a straight jacket at the marine hospital due to violent behavior. Healy, 63, has served since 1865 with a four year suspension from 1896 to 1900.
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Healy
Michael Healy
United States Revenue Cutter Service
Hugh McCulloch
Port Townsend
Wash
Marine Hospital
United States
Progress of Russia Under Czarist Industrial Growth
Official statistics show rapid industrial capital expansion in Russia. In 1899 new company capital reached 358,354,812 rubles with average dividend about 11.53 percent on 1,023,060,000 rubles of capital, signaling substantial returns despite skepticism about capital stock as a growth metric.
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Russia
United States
Vice Admiral Seymour in Chinese turmoil leadership
Vice Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour is described as a leading figure in the Chinese trouble by seniority becoming commander of the allied naval forces at the outbreak and the leader of the relief force.
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Seymour
Sir Edward Hobart Seymour
Andree's Fate Recounted From Hudson Bay Findings
Fort William Ontario reports Indians who found wreckage and two bodies on the east coast of Hudson Bay. A dying man spoke an unknown language and described balloon debris. Officials seek papers and books that may identify Andree and his companions and clarify their fate.
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Fort William
Ontario
Hudson Bay
Andree
Robbery Hits Mrs. Palmers Gems in Paris
Mrs. Potter Palmer, in Paris, is the victim of a theft that took the 17000 diamond neck lace from her Champs Elysees apartment. Paris police have been notified but the missing necklace remains unrecovered. The centerpiece diamond is exceptionally pure with two guard gems and over twenty smaller diamonds forming the strand.
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Potter Palmer
Paris
Champs Elysees
United
City Milk Department Opens Far From City Limits
City of Poughkeepsie has created a dairy operation three miles beyond its limits with Miss Ruth Jones in charge. Each milker washes hands, cows are covered with sheets, sheets sprayed with disinfectant, milk bottled in sterilized glass, and sold at a cent per bottle from the new city depots.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Ruth Jones
Liscum's Successor Chooses New Ninth Infantry Commander
Lieutenant Colonel C. A. Coolidge takes command of the Ninth United States Infantry now in China, succeeding Colonel Lis cum who fell at Tianjin. A 36 year veteran, Coolidge served in the Seventh Infantry during the Civil War era and in campaigns against Native Americans and in the Spanish-American War. After Cuba he led at Fort Brady and Fort Sheridan before sending to the Philippines and joining the Ninth. Mrs. Coolidge resides at Fort Sheridan.
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Liscum
C. A. Coolidge
Ninth United States Infantry
China
Tien- Tsin
Seventh Infantry
Spain
Cuba
Seventh
Fort Brady
Fort Sheridan
Philippines
Ninth
Woman As Coroner In Cowley County
Miss Lillian E Hall of Winfield Kans is probably the only woman in the world to hold the coroner post She began duties last week after Governor Stanley appointed her to fill the vacancy caused by a death She has only worked as a stenographer and is 26 years old
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Lillian E.hall
Winfield Ran
Miss Hall
Cowley County
Stanley
Winfield
Kite innovation could save lives at sea by Dr. Riehl
Dr. F W F Riehl of Alameda California pitches a kite system to aid life saving crews. A former German army officer he demonstrates the kite towing a swimmer 400 yards from shore and back to safety after surf testing.
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F. W. F. Riehl
Alameda
Cal
Riehl
David Cop
Kite
Perfield
Ham
Steerforth
Germany
America
Ocean Beach
Railroad Bar to Nominate Officers Prohibition
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad warns certain employee classes it will not accept candidates for political office. It argues dual roles could hinder job performance and may create public suspicion that the railroad promotes candidates for its own gain.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Li Hung Chang's Private Army Raises Ernst Army of Loyalists
The article portrays Li Hung Chang as shaping a personal private army in China, recruiting from his trusted circle and promising pay and provisioning. It argues his forces could be well equipped and disciplined, with modern weapons and transport, supported by his vast wealth and influence.
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Li Hung Chang
China
Japan
The
Impe
Japan’s Secret Service Portrait of Gen Yatabe and China maps
The piece profiles Gen Yatabe, a key organizer of Japan’s secret service trained in the United States and Europe. Agents disguised as priests, teachers, beggars, merchants, and in secret societies like the I Ho Tan have built maps and gathered data on routes and supplies for Japan’s military and naval needs. A separate note highlights W D Woods of South Carolina praising the Chinaberry tree for durable rails and furniture.
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Japan
Yatabe
United States
I-Ho-Tan
Europe
America
Get. Yatabe
Germany
France
China
Opposition to the Workhouse in England
A movement arises against workhouses claiming no necessity for them. Opponents argue three classes of dependents do not belong there: children should be boarded out, imbeciles belong in asylums, and tramps or others unwilling to work. They say those who belong in jails are not suitable for the workhouse.
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England
Centenarian Miss Yardley Never Saw George Washington
Chicago woman Mary Yardley aged 105 recalls she was born in 1795 and has lived in three centuries while insisting she never saw George Washington. A rumor claimed her mother showed her the president as he rode by, which she denies. The article notes pride in long life and mentions English debates over bird protection laws in breeding season.
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George
Chicago
United States
George Washington
Mary Yardley
Monroe Street
Miss Yardley
Philadelphia
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Tial
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Canton
Chinese Imperial Railway
W. D. Woods
South Carolina
Charleston
News and Courier
Mae
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