Fire Destroys New York Church and Art Treasury
Fire on August 8 destroyed Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Church at Fifth Avenue and Fifty third Street, a fifty year landmark. It housed notable paintings by Corot and a St Gaudens bronze bas relief valued at 50000 dollars, with an organ costing 20000 dollars. The loss is estimated at 250000 dollars amid a wealthy neighborhood.
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Thomas
New York
Fifth Ave
Fifty-third Street
John Afarge
Augustus St. Gaudens
Russian reformer outlines crisis in czarist realm
Paul Milyoukov, exiled reformer, discusses Russia’s crisis in his book Russia and Its Crisis. He argues the forces opposing autocracy remain unable to replace the government by force but can perpetuate violence, calling for political reform, guaranteed rights, habeas corpus, and a swift shift to new governance.
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Paul Milyoukovv
Jed
Beral Party
Moscow
Sofia
Russia
University of Chicago Press
Milyoukov
Japan
Professor In Hard Luck In New York
Charles Rouxel, recently a professor of belles lettres at the University of Honduras, was sent to the New York workhouse for a month as a vagrant. Arrested in a park that had housed him for some time, Rouxel fled Honduras after a revolution and cites near sightedness as the cause of his downfall. An appeal will be made to influential friends in France for aid.
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Charles Rouxel
Selles-Lettres
University of Honduras
New York
Rouxel
Honduras
France
Sanitation of the Canal Zone and Mosquito Control
Dr. Albert R. Hall argues in Reader Magazine that eradicating malaria and yellow fever hinges on destroying the mosquito carriers stegomyia and anepheles. A ten mile by fifty mile strip must be cleared of breeding sites with courage, funds, and decisive action as done in Suez, Havana, Cuba, and Mazatlan. workers must be protected and no short sighted promises remain.
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Albert R. Hall
Reader Magazine
Panama
Ismalia
Suez Canal
Colon
Cuba
Mexico
Mazatlan
Japan
Japan's Beautiful Empress Heirloom of Meiji Era
Empress Haruko of Japan is 56, two years older than her husband. She is noted as one of Japan’s most beautiful women and has provided motherly care to the mikado. The couple share affection though keep separate outings, and it is publicly denied she is jealous of rivals. The Crown Prince Harunoniya is said not to be her majesty's son, but the emperor's.
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Japan
Haruko
Meiji
Harunoniya
Rev Charles M. Stuart Key Voice in Hymnal Revisions
Rev Charles M Stuart professor of sacred rhetoric at Garrett Biblical Institute Evanston Illinois served as secretary to the Methodist Episcopal hymnal revision commission. He had significant influence on the changes in the newly issued hymnal and is regarded as a leading hymnologist and literary critic in the country.
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Charles M. Stuart
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston, Ill
Methodist Episcopal Church
Stuart
Salary Increases Spark Debate In Canadian Parliament
Canada ends a six month session with a salary raise seen as creditable by some and a salary grab by others. Prime minister rises from 8000 to 12000 dollars yearly plus MP pay. other ministers gain 1000 more indemnity while senators and MPs retain sessional indemnity. The move, supported by the ruling party and opposed by critics, recalls the 1873 U S senate episode.
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Canada
Senate
House of Commons
United States Senate
Louisville Courier Journal
Foe of Yellow Scourge Faces New Orleans Doctor
Dr Quintman Kohnke, health officer of New Orleans, leads the city’s fight against yellow fever. His department detected the disease on Decatur Street and he has remained vigilant since the first case.
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New Orleans
Quintman Kohnke
Decatur Street
Kohnke
Sergius Witte the Handsome Russian Plenipotentiary
A Chicago Chronicle summary notes Sergius Witte, Russia's peace conference plenipotentiary, to attend the Portsmouth, New Hampshire meeting. Described as the handsomest of Russia's notable men, he resembles Alexander III, and is a very large, straight, self-assured figure that irks many Russians and oppresses the masses.
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Sergius Witte
Portsmouth
N. H
Russia
Alexander III
Chicago Chronicle
Major Marks recollects faith and profits in New York
Former Florida politician Major Marks recounts a church plate tale from Columbus Georgia. His father, a deacon, accepted a $5 gold piece whispered as winnings from poker, replying that no one would win it from the church. The anecdote frames loyalty and risk in religious generosity.
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Major Marks
Florida
New York
Columbus
Major
Tobe
History of an error in a London magazine print
A lengthy production chain for a London Tit Bits paper reveals a single elementary blunder in an article by A B. Despite seven read throughs from manuscript to final press, the phrase describing a strike as undertaken for lower wages slipped in instead of higher. The mistake eluded all readers.
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London
Philosophers and golf clash in a farce of misfortune
A humorous exchange centers on Jolli bergh the philosopher facing a lightning strike burglary and a costly Wall Street loss. His wife sues for divorce while rival Golpher brags of beating him three straight golf games, sparking an angry vow to confront the offender.
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Smithers
Jollibergh
Wall Street
George Golpher
Joliibeigh
This is the irony of life
A Cleveland Leader poem fragment contemplates life’s ironies where merit and effort fail to secure fame while luck elevates the undeserving. It contrasts honest toil with quick recognition and ends with a nautical image of a ship wrecked near shore.
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Ana
Cleveland
Hamlets Goes Quiet as Bell Rings For Phone Chat
In a near Cleveland hamlet the party line prompts every female head of household to take the receiver and join the conversation. A visitor was surprised when a shrill voice urged, When you git through tellin Mary, Jaze bout that Simpson affair I’d live to her a word with her.
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Cleveland
Mary
Jaze
Cleveland Plain Dealer
An Experienced Bridegroom Storynarrative
A Boston Herald writer recalls Rev P B Wilcox officiating in Maine where a twice widowed man sought marriage. After legal steps were checked, the groom rose with his bride and declared they are “usually sot” as he and the woman hesitated before the vow.
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P. B. Wilcox
Maine
Boston Herald
Rully
Arctic Explorers Rescued as Ziegler Relief Reaches Icebound Fleet
The Fiala Ziegler polar expedition, cut off since July 1903, is rescued by Terra Nova and lands in Norway. All crew of the America, crushed early 1904, return in good health except one Norwegian sailor who dies. The Ziegler trustees announce no further expeditions in the name of Ziegler, ending Baldwin’s 1901 polar effort. Commander Peary presses toward the pole with a northern Greenland voyage.
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Arctic
Hennigsaag
Norway
America
Ziegler
Baldwin
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Franz Josef Archipelago
Nova Zembia
North Polar
Peary
Greenland
Rudolf Land
Fiala
Schlitz Bay
William 8. Chanp
Franz Josef Land
Iron ore supply in Europe exhausted. North American field key
The article warns Europe is nearing ore depletion as Great Britain imports most of its furnaces ore and Mediterranean sources decline. It identifies Scandinavian, Belgian, and French fields as underused but finite, while North America’s Mississippi valley region is the strongest remaining future source, raising questions about long term supply.
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Europe
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Scandinavian
Belgium
France
North America
China
Mississippi Valley
Great River
Appalachian
Great Lakes
Hudson’s Bay
Jewess Wife of Russ Diplomat
In selecting a wife M. De Witte the Russian chief peace negotiator chose a Jewess. She was once married to a subordinate official, divorced, and remarried. She has not been received at court and has been ignored by St. Petersburg society despite her husband’s high position.
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M. de Witte
Russia
Mme. de Witte
St. Petersburg
Britain gains 300000 square miles in Africa arbitration
A recent arbitration awarded 300000 square miles to the British empire beyond Congo Free State, Barotsi territory lying south of the Congo and west of Northern Rhodesia. The rival claim by Portugal was resolved by an Italian king arbitrator. Lewanika, Barotsi ruler, attended Edward VII's coronation. his realm is split between Britain and Portugal amid concern over tribal authority.
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France
Barotsi
Central Africa
Congo Free State
Rhodesia
Zambes River
Victoria Falls
Portugal
Italy
Lewanika
Barots
Edward VII
Costs of Beautifying Charged in Paris Barony
A bill from a Paris masseuse to a baroness lists cosmetic services and products. Entries include three weekly sittings for a month, various lotions and anti wrinkle treatments, and multiple batches of effluvia for limbs and complexion with totals ranging from two to six dozen dollars.
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Paris
Gardner resigns over houseguest duties in New York
An English gardener hired by a newly rich family in New York quits his job after discovering the employer’s unmarried daughters and frequent tennis tea visits. He explains his resignation by saying the work is not articulture but mere husbandry.
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New York
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