Dealing With Crimes in Canada 1901 Editorial
The Times Herald editorial extols Canada as law abiding with only twenty five murder indictments in 1899, noting swift punishment and few appeals. It contrasts Canadian justice with U S processes, and mentions Western Canada settlement prospects including Indian reserve openings and land prices, plus a Seattle bigamy arrest and a Confederate veterans reunion in Memphis with notable donations.
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Canada
Chicago Times-Herald
Dominion of Canada
Dominion
Ouano
Ita
Dreyer
Swift
Times-Herald
Bankatchewnan
Chinese labor agent seeks workers for Mexican mines
J. H. Pippy, a Chinese labor agent, travels through part of Mexico and has secured employment for over 6,000 Chinese in mines and ranches near Chihuahua. He plans to bring these workers from California as soon as steady work is secured in the United States, while San Francisco and other Pacific coast Chinese await relocation.
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Whiners Ae
J. H. Pippy
Mexico
Chihuahi Ho
California
San Francisco
Pacific Quast
Young Men for Judges
President McKinley favors federal judges under 40 when possible and argues judges should be in the prime of life for physical and mental strength. He contends older appointees shorten service and deprive the public of extended experience.
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McKinley
Townes Sharp Retort After Philippine Debate
After Townes Towne’s senate address on the Philippines, Chauncey Depew complimented the delivery and diction while deeming the argument damnable. Towne retorted that Depew could only comprehend the features he approved.
Revival Sparks Sudden Townwide Obsession in Hinwatha
Two weeks ago Tov H M Withama led a revival in Hinwatha Han. The town with twelve churches now hosts revivals in ten of them. Stores close on alternate afternoons and on special services the whole town takes a half holiday for attendance.
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Tov. H. M. Withama
Hinwatha
Han
Grand Old Man Ir Stern Keeps to Taal in Africa
President Kruger, fluent in German and English, confines himself to his native tongue since leaving Africa. He vows to speak only taal and answers his granddaughter in German through an interpreter, as she knows no South African Republic language.
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Ir Stern
Kruger
Africa
South African Republic
Kind of Man Needed George H Stevens Elected Clerk
George H Stevens was elected city clerk of Newburyport Massachusetts for the thirty second consecutive time. At seventy two he remains in good health and sharp mentally. He is a fine penman and his records are noted as models of accurate transcription.
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Memphis
Prssenger Association
Robert H. Church
Negro Citlann
Church
George H. Stevens
Newburyport, Mass
Judgement of Hawaii's Sandswich Islanders in Congress
A Pittsburgh Times remark argues that charges against Wilcox, Hawaii’s representative, imply the Sandwich Islanders lack discernment in selecting congressmen, drawing a parallel with some U S districts.
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Wilcox
Congress
United States
Pittaburg Times
Merritt and the Hazers at Military School Rife With Miceeeded
General Wesley Merritt led a military school against a nefarious practice but faced weak support from authorities. He pursued a limited chase and urged Congress to legislate the issue out of existence.
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Wesley Merritt
Congress
Offsets of Kingship Arrest Raises Law Question
A Baltimore Herald comment notes King Leopold’s arrest for racing, questioning the purpose of royal authority if a king must obey the law like any citizen. The piece highlights tensions between monarchy and rule of law.
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Leopold
Baltimore Herald
Tesla Claims Signal to Mars and Martian Conversation
The article profiles Nikola Tesla asserting he has found a method to signal Mars and converse with its inhabitants. It notes Tesla’s claim of a discovery made a year and a half ago and mentions his background, including birth in Serbia, early education, and work in Edison’s lab before diverging in later studies.
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Nickola Tesla
Mars
Mara
Tewla
Marale
Hela
Nickola
Eigner
Tesla
Polytechnic
Grats
Buda Pesth
Paris
Atlantic
Thomas A. Edison
Hila Aseld Wouaness
Edison
Pinkham
M. A. Millport, N.Y
Head of the house defined by federal judge
Judge Purnell of the United States circuit court reversed a Virginia ruling to say that a married woman is the head of the household whether living with or apart from her husband. The decision, applying nationwide, elevates the status of American women and diminishes male dominance.
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Wentleman
Purnell
United States Circuit Court
Virginia
Udge Purnell
Puget
Calais
Foreigners Rights in China
Foreigners currently enjoy treaty rights to live and trade in select treaty ports along coasts and major rivers. The aim is to revive these treaties to allow entry to all parts of the empire, permitting foreigners to buy and sell nationwide and engage in wide business under the same laws governing foreign residents in England Germany or France.
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China
England
Germany
France
Pestilent Rabbits Tap New South Wales
The rabbites of New South Wales have devastated vast lands with infestations once exceeding 100 million acres. About 25,280,000 rabbits were destroyed in a single year, while government payments funded their skins. Roughly 18,000 miles of rabbit proof wire netting fences already stand, with hundreds more planned, as trade in frozen rabbits begins to rise and is expected to grow.
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New South Wales
United States coal fields stretch across vast regions
An examination of U S coal supplies outlines 194000 square miles of coal fields yielding a wartime balance. Bituminous beds dominate the eastern three major basins with anthracite in eastern Pennsylvania. western fields appear as scattered pockets from Montana to California. Major fields include Appalachian, Illinois Indiana, a southern Texas-Northern Arkansas belt, a Texas northeast section to the Rio Grande, and central Michigan. Western beds form small isolated pockets across the Rocky Mountain region, with Idaho Washington and California hosting several minor beds.
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Mitumianae Pielke
United States
Great Britain
France
Pennsylvania
Colorado
New Mexico
Appalachian
Alabama
Kentucky
Towa
Indian Territory
Arkansas
Texas
Rio Grande River
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Washington
California
Oklahoma Farm Rush Opens Land For Home Seekers
A congress act sets aside a sixty mile square tract in Oklahoma Territory to be opened for settlement this year. Officials expect a mid August proclamation by President McKinley activating the rush for free homes as farmers, lawyers, doctors and business people prepare to move. Rail developments, new banks, building associations and insurance firms signal a regional boom once the land is opened.
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Stemders
Oklahoma
Congress
Oklahoma Territory
McKinley
America
Popular New York Pastor Rev. Charles M. Eaton
A profile of Rev. Charles M. Eaton D. D. pastor of the Divine Paternity Universalist church at Seventy-sixth Street and Central Park West. Noted for eloquent sermons and recent Sunday lectures on national issues including capital labor and arbitration to resolve disputes, shaping popular views.
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Church of the Divine Paternity
Seventy-sixth Street
Central Parke West
New York
Edward B. Chapin
Charles H. Eaton
A Home Made Library Of Scrap Books In Rhode Island
B W Pearce an 81 year old retired printer and editor of Newport Rhode Island has assembled a unique library of about 100 scrap books all created in recent years. He purchases duplicate copies of the Utica Saturday Globe weekly to obtain material from each page for his collection.
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B. W. Pearce
Newport, R. 1
Rhode Island
New England
Utica Saturday Globe
Crown Stolen From Queen Wilhelmina’s Brow
A crown valued at $6,000 worn by Holland’s young queen Wilhelmina was stolen by burglars and kept for almost two years. Some stones later surfaced near Brooklyn while others were found in Belgium. A claimed phrenologist asserts he can sense the contents of a barrel by feeling it.
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Wilhelmina
Holland
Brooklyn
Belglum
Letter on Alcohol as a Stimulus in Mental Work
The April 8 1899 letter to H T Collin argues alcohol should not aid mental effort. The writer prefers arsenic to alcohol for stimulation, urges hard work if stimulants are needed, and notes personal experience from abstinence to near extremes. It ends with a reflection that total abstinence seems prudent despite human frailty. Political and labor points follow about temperance and labor reforms, listing various movements and strikes across the country.
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Huxley
Medical Temperance Review
Merriam
Department of Colorado
Department of the Missour
London firemen fined for accepting exhibition tickets
Public service misconduct in London reports three fire brigade officers accepting complimentary season tickets for the Warls court Exhibition. A superintendent is demoted, facing £425 annual loss for four years plus £2,970 pension loss after retirement. Another district officer and a station officer are disciplined.
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Metropolia of
London
Warlscourt
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