Unfavorable Alaska Revenue Comparison Highlighted
The Manchester Union notes Alaska has long provided revenue with minimal cost, while the Seattle Post-Intelligencer compares Canada’s Yukon spending, showing 2,000,000 more spent than tax income and royalties. It claims Canadian deliberate public works and police protection surpass U S efforts.
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United States
Manchester Union
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Dominion
Yukon
Thn
City mottoes from dead languages spark modern wit
Detroit Free Press notes city slogans now use living words to attract attention. examples include Tacoma and Topeka with playful lines and a Seattle rivaling ring. other cities amuse with quips while a Baltimore American piece cites Chicago pastor questions on marriage and home life.
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Topeka
Tacoma
Seattle
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Pittsburg
New York
Boston
Washington
Chicago
Brooklyn Youth Sues Police Over Bertillon Photo Record
A Brooklyn man sues the police for 12000 dollars claiming damage to pride self respect and nerves after being photographed and measured under the Bertillon system and cleared of crime. The police say some people overreact to minor errors and insist the man was treated as a criminal unjustly.
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Brooklyn
Hke
Conflicting Reports on Roosevelt Health and US Economy
A flawed overseas report questions Roosevelt’s health while noting seven European doctors died of sleeping sickness. In the United States, national banks total 6,916 with capital of 242 million dollars, and 26 banks authorized April 26 show expansion. Government data projects a record year for building in 1894 and rising prosperity, amid widespread speculation.
Torpedo Inventor Behind Bars Plans Deadly Double Explosion Weapon
Zaccheus Favor, a Castle William prisoner and former Coast Artillery private, seeks a patent for a double exploding torpedo. He claims a two stage warhead that first breaches a target and then detonates inside, destroying ships, forts, or buildings. Favor says he has worked on the device four years and would sell the secret through New York lawyers.
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New York
Zaccheus Favor
Coast Artillery Corps
United States Army
Castle William
Governors Island
Favar
Favor
Patent Office
Washington
Judge Quits Sweeps Street in East St Louis
Judge Thomas Stanton resigns as police magistrate due to health and becomes a street sweeper in East St Louis. He earns about half his former salary and works Broadway to Missouri Avenue around city hall and police headquarters.
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East St. Louis
Thomas Stanton
East St Louis
Stanton
Patrick McRane
Suderes
Fesraid
Broadway
Missouri Avenue
Justices
Runestone Claims Norse Discovery of America Before Columbus
Chicago report says a Runic stone dated 1362, found in Douglas county Minnesota, bears an inscription listing eight Goths and 22 Norwegians on a voyage of discovery. Curator Hjalmar R Holand notes translation resembles early southern Swedish and near perfect carvings, with copies sent to the University of Christiania for review.
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Chicago
Hjalmar Rued Holand
Ephraim
Wis
America
Holand
Sons of Norway Historical Archives
Chicago Historical Society
Douglas County
Minnesota
University of Christiania
Vinland
Ave Maria
Sweden
Photographer Documents Sound Waves With New Device
Cleveland researchers report Prof. Dayton C. Miller of Case School of Applied Science has developed a device that photographs sound waves directly. It magnifies waves 2000 times and records them on film, aided by a harmonic analyzer to identify tones from voice or musical instruments.
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Cleveland, O
Prof
Miller
Switzerland
Suffrage Car Wedding Planned for June Train Trip
In Spokane a bride-to-be described as beautiful and wealthy and groom described as tall and influential will wed in a parlor car on a special suffrage train touring Washington on June 29. The couple's names will remain secret as Mrs. Mar Arkwright Hutton leads the Spokane Suffrage club voiced for progress. The train will include suffragists Rev Anna Shaw and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt aboard.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Mar Arkwright Hutton
Suffrage Club
Amods Jis
Anna Shaw
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Woman Sufffrase Alliance
Dog Pays Own License in Flint for Patrols and Tricks
Max the black and tan dog owned by pharmacist Charles C. Fitzhugh earns a dollar to pay his license by performing tricks in his store. The clever canine hides pennies and nickels in a box, receives coins from customers after acts, and even carries an envelope to the city clerk. Max’s repertoire includes playing dead, walking on two legs, and exchanging money for candy with his handler.
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Flint, Mich
Max
Charles C. Fitzhugh
Mystery Dollar Tells Fortune Tale From Past
In Princess Anne Maryland a rural mail carrier Beverly Hitch discovered a dollar bill with a faded fortune note on its back. The handwritten message claimed a $2000 fortune tied to a longgone uncle and dated to an earlier era, a relic he had not anticipated finding.
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Princess Anne
Ty Beverly T. Hitch
Somerset County
Hitch
Mekins
Limelight Visit Highlights Uriu Sailor Turned Admiral
Vice Admiral Baron Sotokichi Uriu chief of staff of the Japanese navy visits the country. Trained at Annapolis 1877 to 1881 he rose through battles in China and Russia and played key roles at Port Arthur and the Sea of Japan as a trusted naval commander under Admiral Togo.
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Japan
China
Russia
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Annapolis
Uriu
Europe
Japanese Naval College
Tokyo
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Paris
Faso
Asia
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Yalu
Chemulpo
Port Arthur
Sea of Japan
Togo
Uru
Kamimura
Walter E. Clark Named Alaska Governor by Taft
Walter E. Clark, longtime Washington correspondent for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and New York Sun bureau, is appointed governor of Alaska by President Taft. Clark first visited Alaska in 1900 to seek fortune, later returning in 1903 and 1906. He was born in 1869 in Ashford Connecticut and had a long newspaper career before the selection. Governor Hoggatt resigned after three years amid factional opposition and returns to private business.
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Walter E. Clark
Washington
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
New York Sun
Alaska
Taft
Clark
Roosevelt
Territory
Mr. Clark
Ashford
Conn
Connecticut Normal School
Wesleyan University
Hartford Post
Washington Times
Gov. Hoggatt
Refuses Vice Presidency Creel Noted Mexican Leader
Enriqe C Creel a Mexican diplomat and governor refuses consideration for vice presidency. A progressive official, bank president, railroad VP and insurer director, he has been merchant teacher journalist tanner farmer and miner. His father a Kentuckian who joined Gen Taylor's forces, Creel later led Chihuahua as governor and spoke in the national congress before serving as ambassador to Washington in 1906.
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Don Enrique C. Creel
Merxican Republic
Senor Creel
Mexico
Gen. Taylor
Chihuahua
National Congress
Washington
Diaz
Huntington Retires to Ranch Life at Oak Knoll
Henry E. Huntington withdraws from eastern business to focus on farming at his 480 acre Oak Knoll ranch near Los Angeles. He has moved to a new villa and plans to prove Southern California can grow tropical fruits, while selling or relinquishing major interests including the Los Angeles traction system.
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Henry E. Huntington
California
Oak Knoll
Los Angeles
Mr. Huntington
Sorolla
New York
Hispanic Society
George Romney
Morsley
Huntington
Southern California
War seen as necessity by Bishop Fallows in Chicago sermon
Bishop Samuel Fallows a leading church figure of the era argued that war is a necessity and the soldier is as indispensable as the judge. Former Methodist preacher turned Reformed Episcopal bishop, he has led multiple reform and educational initiatives and served as Union chaplain and brigadier general during the Civil War. He has led St. Paul’s Church in Chicago since 1873.
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Samuel Fallows
Chicago
Reformed Episcopal Church
Tinos State Reformatory
University Association
Wisconsin
Fallows
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