British Invention Explosive Tested on Isthmus for Canal Use
A new explosive claimed safer cheaper and more powerful than dynamite was tested on the Isthmus. Reported by Vice Consul General Claude Be Guayant of Panama the invention uses perchlorate ammonia nitrate and other ingredients. It cannot be exploded by ordinary means and requires a special detonator. The canal commission in Washington ordered 20 tons for trial and a company plans a Panama isthmus factory with 6 000 to 7 000 tons annual capacity. Col Goethals endorsed Necaxa dam methods and praised construction plans for Gatum dam using sluicing techniques.
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Panama Canal
Canal Commission
Washington
Cronsul
Claude BE. Guayant
Panama
Republic of Panama
Guayant
Col
G. W. Goethals
Necaxa Dam
Mexico
Col. Gothals
Gatum
Necaxa
Col. Goethals
Uncle Sam Sues For Fifty Cents Against Rail Line
A complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission seeks 50 cents in reparation overcharged passenger fare from Philadelphia to Newport R. I. and return. The government, via acting Navy Secretary W. P. Potter, notes the 50 cent claim and expects a refund, despite the $8.50 tariff. Also reported, Lt. Charles M. Putnam of the District National Guard boasts 47 hits of 50 at 200 yards, tying the world record and surpassing prior marks.
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Sam
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
United States of America
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
New England Navigation Company
Philadelphia
Newport
R. L
W. P. Potter
Secretary of the Navy
District National Guard
Washington
Charles ‘MM. Putnam
National Guard
Capt. Allen
Massachusetts Volunteer Initia
Unique Washington wedding shocks capital visitors
John Ware, 23, wed his stepmother, 54, after Virginia bans. couple traveled from Winchester, Virginia to Washington to marry. Supreme Court opens autumn session with 630 cases, 35 set for argument.
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Washington
Winchester
John Ware
Virginia
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Cxsea
Widow Refuses Prince Murat for Leeds Millions
The Leeds widow rejects Prince Joachim Napoleon Murat as a husband despite his royal lineage and a fortune, sparking a Europe wide social stir. Mrs Leeds, widow of William B Leeds, has earlier refused several aristocrats and maintains she will not marry foreign nobility.
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York
Leeds
Murat
Duke of
Braganza
William B. Leeds
Tinplate Trust
Rock Island Railway
Joachim Napoleon Murat
Hussars
Marshal Murat
Napoleon
Naples
Caroline
Paris
Europe
Edward
Joke on the Orator Bangs Reveals Maine Campaign Prank
John Kendrick Bangs, a Maine resident and author, recalls a campaign event where he followed two local speakers. As Bangs began his oration a fat band member nearby snored loudly, prompting Bangs to wake him with a joke that sent the man bolting for the door. The incident appeared in Lippincott's.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Maine
Mr. Bangs
Paris Gaulois Readers Name 25 Greatest Writers
A voter poll by Paris Gaulois lists Victor Hugo Shakespeare Racine Corneille Vergil Homer Dante Goethe Bossuet La Fontaine Lamartine Chateaubriand Voltaire Cicero Pascal Musset Balzac Cervantes J Rousseau and Milton among the top writers, with 432 other authors in the tally. The top 25 include no living writer and French entries are few.
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Paris Gaulois
Victor Hugo
Shakespeare
Racine
Corneille
Vergil
Moellere
Homer
Dante
Goethe
Bosshet
la Fontaine
Lamartine
Chateaubriand
Voltaire
Cicero
Pascal
Musset
Balzac
Ocles
Horace
Schiller
Plato
Cervantes
J. J. Rousseau
Milton
Breaks Cold In A Day Prescription With Pine Compound
A dated remedy claims rapid cold relief using half pint whiskey, two ounces glycerine, and a half ounce pine compound shaken before each dose. It advises four hour dosing and notes Concentrated pine comes only in labeled half ounce bottles. Also explains Sterling silver marks and the meaning of patent in silverware design.
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Rugzist
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Nannie Stewart Worthington
Cleveland
George KE. Worthington
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