Battle Forecast Split on Land War in East
German and French experts differ on the likelihood and size of a Russian victory in a future land battle with Japan. English views stress sea issues first while German calculations place Russian forces at about 231,450 in the far east with Japan ready to field up to 250,000. The piece contrasts Russian and Japanese perceptions, noting Russian confidence and Japanese discipline, with a final line that Japan treats war as science while Russia treats it as court.
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Far East
London
Russia
Japan
London Times
London Standard
Higlish
Lake Baikal
Militar Wochenblatt
Berlin
Consilder
Journal Des Debats
Paris
P. Krasenoff
St. Petersburg
Peter the Great
Suez Canal Dividends Reported Amid Depth Changes
The Suez Canal original cost reached 596 million with depths kept at 25 feet for years. In 1896 a dredge lowered depth to 21 feet, increasing cost to just over 100 million. Despite shifts, net profits averaged about ten percent over two years.
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Suez Canal
Morganize" Morgan House Opens to London Society
Pierpont Morgan's London residence at 13 Prince's Gate houses a vast collection of old masters as he plans to unite with the adjoining 14 Prince's Gate to expand social gatherings. Rumors say he will spend more time in England, courting society and royal favor after recent royal and aristocratic ties.
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London
Prince's Gate
Hyde Park
Walla
Pierpont Morgan
United States
Mr. Morgan
Bradley- Martins
Prince’s Gate
Mra Schenley
Pittsburg
America
England
Mr. Choate
Skrydloff Likely New Admiral in Asiatic Waters
Reports from Saint Petersburg indicate a shakeup in Far East command with Admiral Skrydloff named chief naval commander in Asiatic waters after Admiral Stark’s dismissal. Viceroy Alexieff has ceded control in Manchuria and General Kuropatkin now leads land forces, while Skrydloff’s age is given as 43. A Servian bachelor note follows, describing village doll displays as marriage signals.
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Jaspah
St. Petersburg
Far East
Admiral Stark
Port Arthur
Admiral Skrydloff
Asiatic
Viceroy Alexieff
Manchuria
Gen
Ohio's New Senator A Close McKinley Ally Gen Dick
Ohio's new senator Gen Dick from Akron born in 1860, a long time Republican operative and close ally of McKinley and Hanna, rose from clerk and factory work to law, auditor, congressman, and Ohio national guard leader. He directed campaigns, served in Cuba, and pushed for militia reform in Congress.
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Charles Dick
Akron
Roosevelt
Lucius C. Myles
Summit County
Ohio Supreme Court
Republican County Committee
McKinley
Congress
Ohio Republicans
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Ohio National Guard Infantry
Cuba
Shatter
Col
Washington
President McKinley
Nineteenth Congressional District
Republicans
Representative Northway
Giddings
Garfield
Ezra Taylor
Gen
Ohio
Hanna
United States Senate
Herrick
Gen. Dick
House
Ohio National Guard
National Association of National Guard Officers
Nevada’s steady Senate line since statehood in 1864
The article notes Nevada joined the union in 1864 with William M. Stewart and James Waye as first representatives. It highlights Stewart’s long tenure as senior senator since 1887, the brief junior-senator shifts to Nye Jones and Francis Newlands, and contrasts Nevada’s stable representation with states like Oregon, California, Nebraska, and Utah, detailing numbers of senators and years of statehood.
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Nevada
Uniter
Ita
Washington
William M. Stewart
James Waye
Senate
William Sharon
James G. Fair
Stewart
Nye
John P. Jones
Francis Newlands
Jones
Newlands
Oregon
California
Nebraska
Utah
Russian General Linievitch in Manchuria a noted Asiatic warfare expert
Lieut. Gen. Linievitch, commanding the Siberian army corps under Admiral Alexief, is a veteran of Caucasus campaigns and Russo Turkish wars. At 66 he earned multiple honors for valor and leadership, including St Anne, St George, and a golden sword. Coffins to Go with Troops: Fort Thomas’ Third Regiment requests 25 coffins for a potential Panama expedition, reflecting grim reading material among officers.
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Alexief
Manchuria
Linievitch
Caucasus
Linieviteh
Caucasian Life Battalion
Turkey
United States Army
Fort Thomas
Panama
Quartermaster Jackson
Quartermaster's Department
Equine Beauty Parlor Strives to Shine Philadelphia Horses
A Philadelphia beauty parlor for horses offers electrical coat massages manicuring and teeth work and teaches horses to stand correctly and move in fashionable gaits. Operators describe high stepping methods including a spectacle hood and whip training with rates listed for massage manicuring teeth cleaning and deportment instruction.
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Philadelphia
Deepest Gold Mine Reaches 3900 Feet at Bendigo
The New Chum Railway mine in Bendigo Australia has driven a main shaft to 3900 feet near three quarters of a mile. The main issue is cooling the tunnels for workers who toil in extreme heat around 108 degrees. A continuous spray of cold water is required as miners struggle to work unshirted and avoid exhaustion.
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Bendigo
Australia
New Chum
Exhaus Don
Dredging the Feather River Gold Fields Near Oroville
In Feather river meadows below Oroville Butte county California thousands of tons of gold bearing mud are lifted daily by 15 to 20 dredges. Floating mines mine 25 000 to 30 000 cubic yards of gravel each day with costs as low as four cents per cubic yard. Dredgers use end less bucket belts or scoop dredgers to extract gold from bed rock layers of 25 to 30 feet deep.
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Feather River Meadows
Oroville
Butte County
Cal
Feather River
Oroyille
Mipper
Admiral Sotokichi Uria and Annapolis Education
Admiral Sotokichi Urin a Japanese naval hero from Chemulpo studied at Annapolis where he led Y M C A activities and earned broad mastery in his studies. He valued religious work and social ties with classmates like Phil McGinn and later studied in England before serving as an aide in the Japanese admiralty. His wife also studied in the United States.
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Sotokichi Urin
Chemulpe
Annapolis
Tie
Phil. McGinn
the Yalu
Uru
Urig
England
Japan
Admiralty
Biefriends
Urin
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