Trans South American Railway Feature and Stage Arts Debate
Map preview shows routes from Valparaiso to Buenos Aires with 1100 miles cross Andes. Obstacles include 12000 foot passes, tunnels, rack-and-pinion gradients, and hazards. engineers cite 7000 lives claimed and $60 million cost. Separate essay notes George M. Cohan and Mantell on Shakespeare's decline and vaudeville rise.
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Valparaiso
South America
Oroya
Met
Blane
Huallaga
Amazon
Tabatinga
Great River
Atlantic
Buenos Ayton
Raynor resolution seeks information on potential suit against newspapers
Washington dispatch reports Senator Maytin of Maryland introduced a resolution asking the attorney general for details about a contemplated libel suit against certain newspapers. Senator Raynor pressed for immediate consideration to learn whether the suit had been ordered by the president, under which statute, and who authorized it.
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Washington
Senator Maytin
Maryland
Traynor
Staute
Senate Debates Roosevelt Press Libel Suit Over Panama Canal Links
The Rayner resolution pushes scrutiny of a suit tied to charges aired by the New York World about well known figures including Douglas Robinson and P Taft over Panama Canal interests. Senators argue about statutes and press freedom while debating court jurisdiction and government action.
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Tatrow
Senate
Senator Lodge
Roosevelt Ie
Press Publishing Company of
New York
Douglas Robinson
Indow
P. Taft
Panama Canal
Raynor
Rayner
Anld
Cro
Lodge
Cats Loyal to Masters Despite Grief and Fear
The passage notes cats cling to old walls in grief but will follow their master worldwide if possible. It warns cats are extraordinarily nervous and timid and may run away, needing protection and care rather than doglike obedience. Carmen Sylva describes the animal as a free sturdy beast needing warmth to flourish.
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Wade
Carmen Sylva
Startling claims of public land frauds revealed
Washington reports Secretary Garfield received special agent files alleging about 110 million dollars worth of western lands fraudulently acquired by corporations and individuals. He seeks 600 thousand dollars extra, totaling one million, to recover lands and urges investigations into 22 thousand cases across states including Oregon California Nevada Washington Idaho Montana Colorado Arizona Wyoming Utah and New Mexico.
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Washington
Garfield
Missippi River
Hale
Tawney
Senate
H. H Schwartz
Field Service
Oregon
California
Nevada
North Idaho
Montana
Colorado
Arizona
Wyomine
Utah
New Mexico
New York Fish Hospital Treats Global Populations
A fish sanitarium run by Gustave A. Kubler in New York treats diverse species from around the world. French fringe-tail frog and Japanese goldfish are among patients. the facility offers per-species tanks and convalescent wards as it expands to meet rising demand.
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New York
Gustave A. Kubler
France
Japan
Kubyler
Paris
Feh
Norway
Kubler
The Cry of Toil by Rudyard Kipling
A poem reflecting on workers' suffering and blood price paid for wealth. It criticizes industrial exploitation from colonial to modern times, noting dead miners, wrecked ships, and the cost of labor borne by workers and families. The speaker laments unpaid labor and calls out perceived legal and economic greed.
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Rudyard Kipling
Roentgen Like Image Anticipates Modern X Rays in Plot
A 1795 Leipsic tale hints at an image resembling a Roentgen photograph. The Countess plans to kill her lover after his murder of a noble father. In a dream a skeletal figure appears and declares punishment. The tale prefigures scientific imaging in a fictional dream sequence.
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Leipsic House
Abllinla
Skeletow
Salary of Speaker Fined Salary in Senate Vote
Washington January 18 By a 37 to 27 vote the senate fixed the speaker of the house salary at 15000 instead of 12.00 and instead of 32000 as proposed by the appropriations committee. Senator Bailes attacked any increase while Senator Rayner urged action on a request to inform the attorney general about possible presidential orders against the New York World and the Indianapolis News. Further action was postponed to tomorrow as the senate adjourned at 6 26 p m
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Bailes
Rayner
Ault Broweht
New York World
Indianapolis News
Panama Canal
Rear Admiral Capps Named Acting Chief of Steam Engineering
Washington January 18 Rear Admiral We Jk Capps chief constructor United States navy was designated by the president as acting chief of the bureau of steam engineering at the navy department succeeding Rear Admiral Varin The move signals a push to consolidate the bureaus of construction and steam engineering under one head. officials expect efficiency gains though some naval officers foresee friction from line officers serving under a staff head Secretary Newberry believes none of these concerns will hinder the reform.
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Valpariseo
Valparaiso
Buenos Ayres
Ocean
Los Andes
Mehdosa
Leg Ande
Mendesd
Aconcagua
Tipaingatoe
Andes
Washington
We Jk Capps
United States Navy
Navy Department
Varin
He Dbiveanu
Capps
Newberry
Navy
Rockefeller on the Limits of Wealth as a Christmas Thought
John D. Rockefeller argues wealth has limits on personal pleasure and status. He suggests a real, lasting return from money lies in cultivating taste and generosity, presented as a cautious Christmas reflection on wealth.
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John TD. Rockefeller
Cupid’s Supreme Power in Love’s Tempting Magic
A vivid line extols Cupid as a master of charm who rejuvenates the aged, deepens dull minds, and enhances ordinary beauty, claiming he eclipses other doctors in influence. The verse portrays Cupid as a force reshaping appearances and wit.
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Cupid
Love
Indian land allottee loses habeas corpus bid in murder case
Washington January 18 The United States courts lack jurisdiction to try Indians on lands allotted to them when the offense is prosecutable under state law To Toy a Umatilla Indian living in Washington held at McNeill Island jailed for murder saw his habeas corpus petition refused and the Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court ruling Justice Harlan delivering the opinion upheld the lower court decision
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Washington
United States
To Toy
McNeill Island
Jandsay
Oregon
United States Circuit
United States Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Harlan
Revenge and Crime Across Two Cities
Two stories from Richmond Indiana and Chicago depict long rooted vendetta and fresh robbery. In Indiana Robert Gambers, whipped by teacher William Baldwin as a youth, seeks vengeance years later injuring Baldwin seriously. In Chicago John Clarke, bank president, helped convict a thief twelve years earlier. the burglar now returns with new crime, burglarizing Clarke home and leaving authorities hunting the former detainee.
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Richmond
Ind
Chicago
Indiana
Robert Gambers
William Baldwin
Young Gamber
Mr. Baldwin
Passed Gamber
Baldwin
Gamber
Green
Forks
Clar
John Chirk
Hibernian Banking Association
Clarkne
Joliet
Mr. Clarke
Protection In Great Britain Policy Shift Report
Apparent sentiment change toward a protective policy for Great Britain could discriminate against United States flour and possibly wheat and corn in favor of colonial products. Canada’s wheat capacity stands at 10,000,000 bushels with rising wheat acreage and expanding milling industry.
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Great Britain
United States
Great Britaln
Canad
Railroad Road Will Cost 11.4 Million With 34 Tunnels
G P O'Neal, right of way agent for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad, states the Taft to St. Jo line will cost 11 400 000 dollars. The project includes 34 tunnels along the 6 mile route.
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G. P. O'Neal
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Taft and
St. Jor
Lincoln Club Plans Lincoln Birthday Celebration in Ogden
The Abraham Lincoln club of Ogden Utah held a meeting to decide how to mark the one hundredth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Members approved celebrating either with a public meeting at the opera house or a banquet, and adjourned to reconvene at the Weber club. A committee was appointed to coordinate with the local GAR to avoid conflicts and seek a joint event.
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Abrenham Lincoln Club
Abraham Lincol
Wolls
Weber Club
Abraham Lincoln Club
Ogden
Titah
Abraham Lincoln
Opera House
A.S. Condon
Frank J. Stevens
Judge Murphy
GARR
Parisian hat detective science stuns researchers
In a flurry of playful scientific boast a Parisian scientist is claimed to diagnose the wearer of a hat. A hat given to him supposedly reveals the head beneath as Cuviers, with research even producing a portrait of Cuviers wearing that hat, confirming the whimsical diagnosis.
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Sanald
Owen
Cuviers
Cuevler
Shrinkage of Wood Varies By Species From Moisture Loss
A United States forestry service study finds wood shrinkage due to moisture loss ranging from zero to 26 percent of the dry volume across different species.
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United States
A Slow Process Drips Weaken Stone Through Time
A fragment notes gradual erosion as water slowly grinds stone while idle onlookers await change, hinting at patience and futility in lingering efforts.
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Rweuw
George M. Cohan
Cohan
Robert B. Mantell
Anilly
Mantell
Geneus Shakespeare
Taitis Hoses
Shakespeare
Muate
Juliet
Romes
America
Lile
Fitch
George
Show Business of America
Ananias
Att.ng
Dark Manuiniers
Buskin
Republic
Rayney
Krox
Fish Hospitals
Roentgen
W. L. Capps
Mr. Rockefeller
U. S. Circuit Court
Human Nature
Kruhns
Washington Avenue
Mitchell Bros
City Cemetery
Lincoln Club
Abe
Dr. Price
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