European News Highlights from Western Kansas World
Items from Europe and America note Bohemian composer Anton Dvorak joining the Austrian Lords, Hung Chang’s indemnity, Schwab of the steel trust with a luxury private car, and a pending France bill restricting religious orders. Detroit nears Cadillac’s 200th anniversary, Paris pursues glass paving, Manila’s diverse populace, and a Zulu era cradle gifted to Empress Eugenie. Also covered are Wabash County road building, a New York Naval Arch design by Ernest Flagg with $1.15 million estimated costs, and French military interest in motor cars for war. A Swiss railway automation test and Berne tickets add transit notes.
Dunkards at Lincoln Convention Highlight Distinctive Faith and Practices
About 20 000 Dunkards gather in Lincoln Nebraska for a national conference. The article details their communal living mode, feet washing rites at love feasts, monastic Ephreta origins, dress, lack of political activity, farming life, and the challenge of younger members leaving for greater freedom. It notes small doors at Ephreta cloisters and stresses the movement’s aging, fragile hold.
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Lincoln
Neb
Church of the Dunkards
The
Dunkards
Germany
Pennsylvania
Ephreta
Beissel
A Living Light Lamp by Prof Dubois Amazes Scientists
Scientists report a lamp built by Prof. Raphael Dubois that glows for weeks using a liquid from luminous marine microbes. The device features a metal base, a large glass globe, and air tubes allowing limited circulation. The lamp is said to provide continuous light for several days or more.
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Raphael Dubois
Dubois
Milind
Schwab to Commission Private Palace Car
Mr Schwab, head of the steel trust, ordered a private car from the Pullman Company. The car features onyx walls and floors and an observation room of pane glass. The net cost would cover the Meat belt project, a notably comfortable luxury.
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Schwab
Steel Trust
Hies
Pulluze
Current Topics Continuous Marriage and Love Versus War
A column on Mr and Mrs Carles repeated marriages as a social quirk, followed by a tale of James Finnegan and Daisy Clemons who eloped amid family opposition, marrying by Justice Haughton. Finnegan, a former naval trainee, faces federal action while his parents push education and Navy service. Also noted is Corporal Murray’s fire walking feat in Honolulu contrasting American bravado with magic acts.
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James Finnegan
Arthur Finegan
Rutgers Street
Laclede Gaslight Company
United States
Hartford
Brooklyn Navy Yard
St. Louis
Finnegan
Fourth District
Annie Ward
Mednard Street
Soulard Street
Four Courts
Daisy Clemons
Justice Haughton
Wich
Finnnegan
St. Mary's Seminary
Perryville
Navy
Miss Clemons
Belleville
Finnegen
Stoon
Euukes
Murray
Sixth Artillery
Honolulu
Papa Ita
Corporal Murray
Papaita
Papa
Papa Ite
Chicago Journal
Corporal Murray Causes Stir In Tahiti Showdown And Loyal Legion Meeting
In Tahiti, Corporal Murray’s stocking foot walk over hot stones sparked a clash with Papa Ita’s camp as suspicions rose over Papaita’s claimed status. Meanwhile Wisconsin’s Loyal Legion held a Milwaukee meeting with 75 members, electing Kempeler as commander and praising Gen. King’s Gainesville paper, noting Iron Brigade losses and retirement questions.
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Loyal Legion
Wisconsin
Chas. King
Gainesville
Milwaukee
Walter Kempeler
Harry A. Valentine
National Home
John P. Dousman
de Pere
A. Ross Houston
Andrew A. Hathaway
Jerome B. Johnson
Joseph W. Saunderson
Harry S. Fuller
Arthur Holbrook
A. P. Poster
B. F. Parker
William E. Trowbridge
King
F. C. Winkler
Augustus Gaylord
A. E Smith
Charles Palmetier
F. Hputney
W. V. Tichenor
Resignations Heighten South Carolina Senate Race Interest
The resignations of Senators Tilman and McLaurin intensify the South Carolina contest, shifting the race into a broader canvass. Tilman drives his record and persona into the race, making the 1901 contest highly dramatic and nationally watched.
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South Carolina
Tilman
McLaurin
Tillman
United States
New Lightweight War Boat Cuts Cavalry Load
A novel boat designed for German cavalry replaces heavy wagons. Weighing about sixty five pounds, it folds from sixteen to twenty lances into a watertight sail cloth frame. Six men can assemble in five minutes and disassemble in two, letting one horse carry the material for two boats.
World coffee consumption by country totals shown
The United States leads global coffee use with 802 million units annually, followed by Germany 344 million, France 179 million, Austria-Hungary 32 million, Italy 21 million, Great Britain 29.2 million, and Russia 15 million. The US consumes more coffee than all other nations combined.
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United States
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Great Britain
Russia
Faith Healers Dowie and Judd Arrested in Manslaughter Case
Rev John Alexander Dowie Chicago faith jurist and leader of the Christian Catholic Church is held to answer manslaughter. Mrs Emily Lucy Judd, wife of Dowie, is arrested and taken to the Criminal Court building with him as the case moves before the judge.
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John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Emmm Lucy Jedd
Judd
Dowie
Elaim
Criminal Court
Military Camps at Exposition Plan for Pan-American Fair
Military groups plan visits to the Pan-American Exposition with a permanent on-site camp for about 200 men. The camp will provide tents cots water and basic facilities at no charge, but units must supply blankets subsistence and arrange own cooking off grounds. Bands in uniform and military exhibitions are to be allowed free with limited six-day stays.
Moore Fuses Arms Examination Shows Davis Leads In Merit
The first regular army examination open to enlisted men for second lieutenant appointment included Benjamin Davis of the District of Columbia. He took the exam and ranked third in merit with an average of L percent. He is a sergeant in the Ninth Cavalry.
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Moore
Benjamin ©. Davis
District of Columbia
Devin
Ninth Cavalry
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Hung Chang
Detroit
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North
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Manila
Eugenie
Paris
Louis
South Africa
Wabash County
Indiana
Lee
Battery
New York
Naval Arch Association
Ernest Flagg
Ials
Berne
Mayse
Lees
Conrad Beis‘eel
Denkard
Herbert E. Carle
Mrs. Carle
Richard E. Carle
Princey
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