Empress and Countess Parade Prized Sables and Portraits
In the procession the empress of Russia and the duchess of Edinburgh display a priceless set of sables valued well above £19,000. California ships large cargoes of peaches and ears, while Argentina announces three architectural design prizes of 120,000, 10,000 and 6,000 for a legislative building. The first prize winner will oversee the project’s execution.
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Imperial strain cost $750000 and took three years to build
The German emperor's imperial strain cost $750,000 and took three years to construct. There are alter other twelve cars, including two nursery carriages. The reception is lo on cont rains several pieces of statuary, and reach of the sleeping cars is fitted with a bath. From the humblest beginning, owning nothing but the privilege to stand in the curbstone and talk salvation to inners, the Salvation army of New York city now owns a large new building, containing stores and offices and an assembly room large enough to seat 2,500 people.
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Salvation
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New York City
Watch Glass Blowing Attracts Large Exhibition Display
At the 1889 exhibition a bubble system using compressed air produced a joint over a yard in diameter, yielding three thousand watch glasses. Aix la Chapelle will showcase great relics next July, including the Virgin Mary garment and relics tied to Jesus and John the Baptist. A farmer-turned-apple merchant began business young, using low prices and long credit to earn profits in nickels and dimes. The old farmer’s son, now a lawyer, occasionally handles department law business for Mr. Dole.
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Mary
Jesus
John the Baptist
ConrRon Len Ecxuns
Dole ‘Els
South Australia votes by post for health or distance reasons
A new South Australian election law allows women to vote by post when health or distance to polling places makes attendance hard. The measure is described as a concession to defeat opposition, with supporters and critics debating its purpose and timing amid broader political maneuvering.
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South Australia
Notre Dame awards LL D to Rev Washington Gladden
The University of Notre Dame plans to confer the degree of LL D on the Congregational clergyman Rev Washington Gladden, a move seen as unprecedented yet crediting his fair approach to the church. Rail electrification may soon power New York elevated trains as Westinghouse explores magnetic systems, indicating rapid growth in electric propulsion.
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Gladden
New York
Westinghouse
Kentucky's Choice and Democratic Nominations
Kentucky politics dominate the June convention with P. Wat Harding named for governor amid strong factional displays. The convention endorses the McKinley era tariff stance, defends Cleveland and Carlisle, and adjourns after hard-fought roll calls.
Four Die in Kentucky Tithe Affair Tragedy at Trier Creek
News from Vanvean Kentucky reports a bloody quadruple killing in Trigg County last Friday night. Ex convict Abithal Colston shot John Rhodes and Chat Hammond, then with Mollie Smith died in the morning. the motive ties to witnesses against him. The scene ends with uncertain blame as bodies lie along a road after a night of drunken carousal.
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al Rhodes
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Mother's Grime Grips Two Children in Indiana Tragedy
A mother in Thrrensoxville Indiana killed her two children Wa aged 10 and Omer aged 6 and then poisoned herself after learning of her husband Henson Bennett's death in Indianapolis. A note warned the family would be found dead when discovered. Police and doctors failed to save the mother who died that evening. Letters found in the room reveal long planning and despondency over the husband’s death.
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Thrrensoxville
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John Garote
Conspiracy to Defraud With Counterfeit Chinese Certificates Uncovered
Government investigator Special Agent I D Schuyler exposes a large scale plot to issue counterfeit Chinese registration certificates. Warrants issued for James Graham register of the land office at Coeur dAlene City Howard Rick and engravers W Cloyd Pollard of this city and Tenry Tolton of Kendrick Idaho. Graham and Rick arrested with bonds set at four thousand dollars for September court. Authorities say certificates circulated for months across Montana Idaho and eastern Washington with about 300 found so far.
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New York
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Cony d'Alene City
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W. Cloyd) Pollard
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Successor of the Whisky Trust Forms American Spirits Inc
Charles St Tielden Alfred Alstrian and MM Henry Guerin filed Monday to incorporate American Spirits Manufacturing Company as the whisky trust successor. Capital stock 45 million dollars in 450000 shares of 100 each. Principal office planned in Chicago. Object to engage in general distilling redistilling and rectifying business.
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Springfield
Sema Grinny
Charles St. Tielden
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American Spirits Manufacturing Company
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Chicago
Turin Enacts Nicholson Temperance Act in June Proclamation
In JapraNarows Indiana on June 2 the Nicholson temperance act became law by governor proclamation. It bans saloons on ground floors, ends certain musical features, and separates saloon from other businesses. License applications require a ward resident majority petition.
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JapraNarows
Ind
Will Ho Arrested in Sunday Opening Probe
July 2 report from SPrin Grrecy Ohio notes grocers fruit-stand proprietors and dry goods dealers who keep stores open on Sundays will be arrested. The notice outlines enforcement actions targeting Sunday openings in the city.
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Omaha Banquet Hails Prosperity and Gov Silas Holcomb
A Omaha Commercial Club banquet praised Nebraska’s growing prosperity driven by bountiful crops and lauded Gov Silas A. Holcomb for his administrative leadership. The event contrasted today’s favorable outlook with last year’s drought and earlier political concerns from Omaha business leaders. Cuban insurgent actions near Havana and related unrest dominated the second section, including battles around Punt Principe and Vuerte Principe.
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Haloamh'é Conran Omans
Omaha Commercial Club
Nebraska
Silas A. Uolcomb
Iloscomb
Omaa
A Powerful Glass For Yerkes Telescope Completed
The largest and likely most powerful lens built by Alvan G. Clark & Son was finished for the Yerkes Observatory project on Lake Geneva Wisconsin. The 41½ inch surface diameter piece weighs 600 pounds with a 40 inch aperture, surpassing the Lick telescope. Yale Harvard Boat Race Delivers Yale Victory Again in 21 minutes 3 seconds. The Yale crew won by 10 lengths marking Yale's fourth straight win and eighth in nine years. Famous Burglar Caught Max Shinburn, famed thief who fled to Belgium in 1869, was captured in New York, accused of leading a ring that robbed banks in and around New York State. A Texas Cyclone A cyclone struck Aguahan county Fort Worth Texas, damaging homes and killing a man named AWned Mays in Haird. Seminary Erection Archbishop Nouncasey announces intent to build a theology seminary in Dever at cost $100,000 to $150,000 with $28,000 subscribed by clergymen and $16,000 by the bishop. construction to begin soon. Bishop Marty appointed to South Dakota. succeeding in Mina.
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Outlaws Escape After Jail Break in Oklahoma City
A jail delivery at 6 o clock Sunday left several injured and two killed. Prisoners Robert Christian and Vic Casey opened fire as they fled, wounding a deputy and dispersing into the countryside. Police opened fire, a car was forced to stop, and a posse pursued as Casey and Oliver Jones were killed.
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Oklahoma City
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Deni
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Two Men Die in Enid City Hall Shootout
A South Enid dispatch reports City Marshal Williams and U S land office register K W Patterson killed in a Thursday night melee following a dispute over an Enid Wave article. Isenberg, the Wave editor, was wounded earlier but not seriously. Patterson, formerly of Macon Georgia, was a popular Democratic appointee in the territory. Williams had a prior reputation for violence.
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Register of the United States Land Office
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Mrs Stanford Wins Defeat for US in Stanford Estate Suit
The United States circuit court sustained the demurrer in the government suit to recover 15 million dollars from the late Leland Stanford estate. Judge Ross indicated the government could amend and re-argue, but the ruling likely favors Mrs. Stanford and may free the Stanford estates to fund the Leland Stanford University. The decision surprised attorneys and delays any immediate recovery.
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Leland Stanford
United States
Fudge Ross
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Stanford
Leland Stanford University
Mountain
Died on Duty in Twin City Fire Tragedy
June 4 1890 report details a disastrous Minneapolis fire at 240 242 Elliott Avenue South in a five story building housing McDonald Bros wholesale crackery. Six firemen died including John Hoy John Sbornik and Wallace Richardson. Injured include Ed Thielen John Gray and Capt. Caldwell. Separate San Francisco box factory fire reported with extensive property loss and high insurance rates.
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Typemele
Tribune
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McDonald Bros
Dlaxe
Tley-Way
John Hoy
Johi Sbornik
Wallace Richardson
Ed Thielen
John Gray
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Insurgent Attack Near San Geronimo Reports Heavy Losses
Details from Wavaya June 28 describe a fierce hour long clash in Puerto Principe province where about 1,500 insurgents led by Maxime Gomez battled 70 Spanish guerrillas under Capt. Aguerra. The fight centered on machete and musket exchanges with heavy casualties on both sides, and the raid followed prior town burnings at Elwiutto and San Geronimo. The clash has unsettled government circles amid reports of near total guerrilla losses.
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Wavaya
Maxime Gomez
Puerto Principe
Aguerra
San Geronimo
Guerrilas
Elwiutto
Distilleries to Slat Dawn Pittsburg District Closures
Distilleries in the Pittsburg district will close from two to six months before July 10 due to a slump in the whisky business. The prolonged stoppage signals a wave of hardship across distilleries in the district, reflecting a downturn in the industry and its implications for workers and suppliers.
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Pittsburgh
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