Raising the Maine Salvage Venture Aims at Profit
Washington reports a new United States Battleship Maine Salvage Company formed to raise the wreck in Havana harbor. Only the bow is damaged. if raised, bodies removed, arms and machinery recovered for sale, or the ship repaired and sold abroad. Bronze brass and copper to be recycled into souvenirs with official certificates. Photographers offer services as salvage proceeds.
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Washington
Maine
Havana
Navy Department
District of Columbia
United States Battleship -Faine Salvage Company
United States
Cubeo
Engineering plan for raising the Maine wreck dam
A detailed diagram explains the method to view the wreck and the water pumped out. The plan centers on a circular colmerdam around the ship with a 354 foot inside diameter. Two concentric timber walls eight feet apart will be spiked together and partitioned to share strain. Timber is long leaf yellow or Cuban pine with planks laid to align with the grain for maximum strength. The main challenge is sealing the dam at the muddy harbor bottom and protecting timber from sea worms with a protective coating. The Maine cost the government five million dollars with a 324 by 67 by 21 and a half foot vessel, armed with Harvey armor and steel turrets.
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Maine
Disgraceful Fall Ends Gondolier's Venice Career
Venetian gondolier Luigi Conderrant fell into the Grand Canal for the third time this month. Failing water rescues are deemed a disgrace in Venice and his guild expelled him, leaving him in danger of mental breakdown.
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Luigi Conderrant
Grand Canal
Venice
Conderrant
Hackenschmidt Fails To Throw English Challenger at Yarmouth
Champion wrestler Hackenschmidt failed to throw artilleryman Pickford in a 15 minute challenge at Yarmouth England. Pickford received $12 as his prize after the bout.
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Hackenschmidt
Yarmouth
England
Pickford
Boy Wonder Violinist Von Vecney Arrives for Frohman Tour
Eleven year old Franz von Vecney, a Hungarian prodigy, arrives in New York with parents and accompanist Zilcher to begin a 30 concert tour managed by Daniel Frohman. The boy, famed in Europe, speaks English well and hopes to visit Chicago and San Francisco. He has performed for royalty and previously at Carnegie Hall.
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New York
Franz von Vecney
Europe
Daniel Frohman
Lucania
Cunard Line
Herr Zilcher
Berlin
Ulster
von Vecsey
Salls the Herald
Franz
Chicago
San Francisco
Jil
Wassily Safonoff
Moscow
Frans
Buckingham Palace
Edward
Kaiser
Czar
Czarina
Russia
Joachim
Carnegie Hall
Mr. Frohman
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Washington
New French Premier Maurice Rouvier Named Leader
Paris announces Maurice Rouvier as the new French premier, noted for his long career in politics and his success as finance minister, credited with converting government routes to the 3 percent basis. His wife, the celebrated Mme. Rouvier, writer and sculptress, died six years ago. She had married him after the death of Abbe Constant, whose marriage to her caused his expulsion from the church.
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Paris
Maurice Rouvier
Mme. Rouvier
M. Rouvier
Abbe
Constant
Foreign Labels Folly Hides Shattered Baggage Tales
Many admire suitcases and trunks bearing labels from Sydney to San Francisco and beyond, but a skeptical shopper finds shops selling fake or damaged baggage labels. Some items claim travel to half the world while the bags never leave Grand Central Station area.
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Grand Central Station
Wealthy heirs raised to ignore future fortune in New York
The Hampersley children Master Louis Gordon aged 12 and Miss Katherine Livingstone aged 10 are being raised under the "simple life" doctrine to keep them unaware they will inherit vast wealth. Wealthy guardians and senior figures orchestrate a silent plan to shield them from money’s influence, including a Fifth Avenue brownstone and a life isolated from riches.
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New York
Wagner
Little Hamersey
Louis Gordon Hampersley
Katherine Livingstone Hamersley
Fifth Avenue
Eighty-fourth Street
Orphan Heirs Lived in Wealth Blind to Fortune’s Reach
A boy and girl, orphans of J Hooker Hamersley and Margaret Hamersley, grow under care of nurse Mrs Sarah Lowrie in a vast mansion. Wills dictate their upbringing to shield wealth from discovery until majority. The funds trace to Louis J Hamersley and later Lady Beresford, with income reserved for his heirs but to revert to the orphans when no eligible heir remains.
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Sarah Lowrie
Lowrie
J. Hooker Hamersley
Margaret Willing Chisholm Hamersley
Geneses
Hamersley Couelna
Louis J. Hamersley
James Hooker Hamersley
Louis C. Hamersley
Hamersley
Jong
Loula
Miss Lian Price
Duke of Marlborough
Beresford
Mia. Lowrie
Steyn Seeks Peace as Boer Leader Leaves Paris
Judge Steyn, departing Paris for South Africa, thanked Boer supporters at the northern station and said he bears no resentment. He returns to a farm near Bloemfontein ruined by war with stock seized, pledging honor toward the British and foreseeing renewed prosperity with English and Boer cooperation. He notes his partial paralysis and care from Paris specialists.
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Paris
Judge Steyn
South Africa
Bloemfontein
Kitchener
Ilva
Steyn
Cambridge University
Peculiar Traction Engine Fitted With a Crane
Boston report describes traction engines increasingly used for heavy hauling. A crane mounted on the fore-platform can lift obstacles like fallen trees from roads. The crane is removable in some models, with legs under the fore-plate to ease front axle strain. A steel chain attaches to the tree, lifting it as the engine alternates between crane lifts and road wheel propulsion to clear the highway.
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Boston
Worms Defense Annelid Podynce cirrata Described
The annelid Podynce cirrata, about an inch and a half long, has a fattened body and a smooth dull brown skin. When touched it curls. the upper arm appears as many round fat shields arranged in two rows. The shields connect by a central point and slide past one another as the animal moves.
Underground Champagne City of Epernay France
In Epernay, France the town is described as a vast subterranean city with miles of chalk tunnels. Candles shed light on damp dark passages where a tenet of cold dominates. Underground cellars of major Champagne houses cover about 45 acres and hold 5 million bottles.
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Epernay
France
Cadet Rule Enforces Cleanliness for School Inspectors
Cadet and new rule require women Inspectors to oversee Lonion public schools and inspect pupils. Those not clean are sent home. Reports show some children smear with mud before entering, hoping an Inspector will notice.
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Lonion
Gift from Mor ton funds St John the Divine completion
New York reports Levi P Morton has donated 600 000 dollars to the St John the Divine cathedral project on Morningside Heights. Funds allocate 450 000 for the choir and 150 000 for reredos stalls and furnishings as the first stage nears completion.
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New York
St John the Diving
Morningside Heights
Broad Hudson
Levi P. Morton
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
New World
Potter
ST. John the Divine Cathedral
Hormer
Morton
Wonders of Mining Depths and Costs From Earlier Reports
The article notes extremely deep mining efforts with bore holes near one mile in Cape Colony and Silesia. It projects shafts to 12 miles, estimating two miles costs at 2 1/2 million dollars and 12 miles at 25 million dollars, with rock temperatures rising to 122 and 278 degrees Fahrenheit and timelines of about ten and many years respectively.
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Cape Colony
Silesia
Beauchamp Earl of Beauchamp Weighs In With Advice
London 32 year old earl of Beauchamp famed for speeches claims a mission to set others straight with advice. He once aimed for the church but became governor of New South Wales at 37. His anti snobbery stance irked Australians who disliked his social distinctions and birth rate talk. He married Lady Lettice Grosvenor in 1902 and is famed for his looks, sharp hands, and status as the best dressed man in the House of Lords.
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St. John’s Day
St. John the Divine
Bt. John’s
Hudson
St. John's
America
St. Paul'adoes
London
St. Paul's
Salisbury
St. Mark's
Venice
Florence
Earl of Beauchamp
Beecham
England
New South Wales
Roosevelt
Beauchamp
Lettice Grosvenor
Earl Grosvenor
Duke of Westminster
Bis
House of Lords
Woman of Strange Power in Brooklyn Pastor Leads Fervent Followers
New York reports describe Rev Mrs Pepper attracting attention with alleged spiritual power in Brooklyn. She claims messages from the dead are received through sealed envelopes. A congregation formed with prominent businessmen and professionals, many convinced by her readings.
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New York
Pepper
Brooklyn
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