Drunken Newspaper Men at Baltic Canal Festivities
A harsh portrait of correspondents at Little Billee’s Baltic canal feast shows reporters confined to a gallery, with one infiltrator tossed out. On a government steamer champagne flowed as journalists from several nations allegedly caroused, reflecting poorly on journalism’s standing in some circles.
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America
Baltic Canal
German Empire
England
Germany
United States
Billee
John Walter
Horace Greeley
Fourth of July reflections on fireworks and debt
A columnist argues against the noisy and dangerous Fourth of July celebrations citing injuries and fires. The piece links fireworks to national debt and risky speculation, noting Chinese fireworks origins and urging financial restraint. It ends with a canny motto about spending less than one earns.
Baron von Saurma Jeltsch transferred to Constantinople as ambassador
The move is described as a promotion recognizing the baron's superior diplomatic skill. Constantinople is portrayed as requiring the ablest diplomat of the German empire, with Baron von Saurma-Jeltsch dispatched to Washington and the United States-Germany relations seen as clear of clouds.
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Baron von Saurmaderisch
United States
Turkey
Constantinople
German Empire
Baron von Saurma-Jeltsch
Thither
Germany
Washington
Peralta land grant case ends in fraud ruling
The Peralta claim aborts as Justice Reed in the US Court of Claims Santa Fe dismisses the grant as fictitious and Reavis is charged with fraud forgery and perjury. The suit sought 12,300 acres in Arizona valued at 275000 and 5,300,000 in settlers notes water rights. The two week trial revealed forged documents and forged records including a San Bernardino birth record and Spain Mexico papers. Reavis claimed funds from movers including Mackay Stokes Ingersoll and Thompson with Casa Grande Land Co backing him.
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Peralta
Arizona
United States Court of Claims
Santa Fe
Southwest
Reed
Reavis
OGU
James Addison Peralta-Reavis
Act of Congress
St. Louis
George M. Willing
W. W. Gitt
Willing
Peralta Grant
Gitt
City of
Mexico
Spain
Don Miguel Peralta
Court of Claims
San Bernardino
Calfornia
City of Mexico
Madrid
Arog
Arizona Rock
Southern Pacific Railroad
United Sta
John W. Mackay
Ed S. Stokes
W. &. D. Stokes
Robert G. Ingersoll
Phil B Thompson
Casa Grande Land Company
Colonel Ingersoll
Man Clings to Post Amid Lake Superior Shipwreck
Charles McCabe outlasted a sudden Duluth area storm when his boat wrecked on Lake Superior. He grabbed a post, buttoned his coat around it, and hung as waves washed over him. He survived two fishermen rescued him after a long unconscious wait. his hair turned pale from fear and exhaustion. He ate a raw whitefish to stay alive while adrift.
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Charles McCabe
Lake Superior
Duluth
McCabe Wa
Bridal Elopement Prank In Ocean Grove Hotel
A Plymouth couple registered as Mr and Mrs A Leslie Major at an Ocean Grove hotel. Upon arrival of their trunks a sign declared elopement and a dummy arrest warrant for Major was found attached to a trunk along with a baby's shoe. Justice Honeymevon allegedly signed the warrant.
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Ocean Grove
A. Leslie Major
Plymouth
Major Tt
Ziba Rice
Kya
Justice Honeymevon
Courtroom Smoke Breaks Reported in Mexico Case
A courtroom scene in Mexico notes that judges jurors lawyers and even prisoners smoke during a hearing. The account portrays a casual atmosphere with smoking allowed throughout the trial.
Prisons of APS contrasts old Japanese cruelty with humane system
A historical comparison outlines Japan’s shift from brutal past punishments to a modern reformist prison system. It details old methods like crucifixion and public decapitation, then explains current practices: education over punishment, inmate labor, structured prison divisions, daily inspections, and the use of convicts in administration and industry. The text notes fines by blood money for murder and the execution grounds at Kotemkahara, with reforms extending to Hokkaido's remote prisons housing thousands of convicts.
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Japan
New York Journal
Toler Stuart Mill
Bumbuteno
Mikado of
Japain
Shihosho
Judicial Department
Naimusho
Department For Home Affairs
Tokyo
Bom
Yokohama
Yeddo
Kyoto
Hokkaido
Isle
Career Op A Gamester Adventures In Many Lands
Frank Tarbo, recently sentenced to three years in an English prison, is defended by a Chicago detective who says Tarbo’s crimes are exaggerated. The tale traces Tarbo from Chicago gambling tables to Australia, London duels, and a notorious cutlass duel at a London club, then to Africa and back to Australia and America, with misrepresented charges and a famed duel over a £2,000 stake. Also featured are chess masters Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch and Carl A. Walbrodt plotting a second match, detailing their careers and clashes in Europe.
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America
England
Australia
South Africa
Frank Tarbo
Chicago
Pardo
Tarbo
Chicago Post
London
Cockburn
Tarho
Tarur
Criterion
Quarbo
Eheumim
Turbo
William C. Woodward
Africa
Woodward
Ceylon
Scotland Yard
Kid Waddles
Waddles
Johnny Irving
New York
Tarrasch
Walbroot
Siegbert Tarrasch
Carl August Walbrodt
Walbrodt
Carl A. Walbrodt
Nuremberg
Germany
Halle
Tschigorin
Amsterdam
Berlin
Schallop
Keidanski
von Bardeleben
von Echeve
Golmara
Vazquez
Eugene Delmar
Dresden
Europe
Electroplating Corpses Mock Patent Preservation Idea
A French doctor proposes a patent process to preserve the dead by electroplating the entire body after embalming. He claims the method will preserve the noble features for posterity, though critics may view it as a curious advance in postmortem treatment.
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Sais
Speedy Class B runners eye pro careers at Asbury Park
Many if not all the speedy men in class B are slated to turn professional after the annual meet at Asbury Park. Willis B. Troy, formerly Zimmerman’s Paris manager, has been hired by Austin Corbin to oversee the big track at Manhattan Beach. Johnson once held the animation record on the Waltham track at 1 minute 46 seconds. now he holds the professional mark there at 1 minute 5 seconds. Harry Maddox showed remarkable staying power by winning the ten mile race at Manhattan Beach in an average under 2 minutes 10 seconds per mile.
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Asbury Park
Willis B. Troy
Zimmerman
Paris
Austin Corbin
Manhattan Beach
Johnson
Animaion
Waltham
Harry Maddox
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Liam
APS
Donnet
Kotemkahara
Lendin
Arbo
Bosing
Sapolio
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