World News Roundup From Global Happenings
A digest of international and domestic affairs. Congress debates ship subsidies for 16 knot vessels to South America and Asia, while senators critique presidential transparency and support for labor reforms. Notable items include Berlin press bans, Chicago hotel fire, mob actions against officials, deadly train wrecks, and labor strikes impacting St. Louis breweries.
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Congress
Senate
South America
Philippines
Australia
China
Japan
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Hardwick
Georgia
Bartlett
la Follette
Wisconsin
Anol
Gore and
Bailey
Supreme Court
Cannon
Wairbanks
Gompers
Notable World War II Era and Political Briefs
Lieut Gen Stoessel, sentenced to death for surrender at Port Arthur, commuted to ten years by Emperor Nicholas but not served. Boise Penrose dangerously ill in Philadelphia from facial erysipelas. Madame Anna Gould lands in New York denying looming marriage to Prince du Sagan. John M Foster renominated for Congress. Abraham U. Hummel released after ten months for conspiracy. Gov Curtis Guild Jr. of Massachusetts critically ill. Grover Cleveland turns seventy one at Lakewood NJ. Ogden Armour elected Illinois Central director to replace Stuyvesant Urish.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Jeff Groeber
Connor
Chicago
Frank W. Lele
Vicw
Ira GB. Gage
Dowagiac
Mich
Violet Pieres
I. Clay Pierce
St. Louis
Janes A. Deering
New York
Okla
Tey. H. BE. Zimmerman
Omaha
Neb
Scranton
Kansas
Oklahoma
Pearsall
Tex
Pittsburg
Ankodine Ziteso
Palice
Tsarkoe-Selo Palace
St. Petersburg
United Home Protectors’ Fraternity
Port Huron
W. L. Wilson
Kattowitz
Prussian Silesia
William H. Taft
William B. Allison
Oslo
Smirnoff
Fock
Port Arthur
Monongahela
Guatanamo Bay
J. J. Newman Lumber Company
Hattiesburg
Miss
New Jersey Methodist Epistoms Conference
United States Senate
Russia
Stoessel
First National Bank of
Ladysmith
Wis
Bugse
Fersonal
Emperor Nicholas
St. Peter and St. Paul
United States
Boise Penrosé
Philadelphia
Anna Gould
Prince du Sagan
Anyoone
John JM. Foster
Evansville
Ind
Congress
Abraham UO. Hummel
Byron Prison
Gov
Curtis Guild
Massachusetts
Grover Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J
C. Ogden Armour
Illinois Central Railroad
Stuyvesant Urish
Nations greet naval visit as Japan invites fleet
Government accepts Emperor of Japan invite for battleship fleet visit. Rome reports a planned Italian engagement as the duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Miking wed, and Senator Wilkins may be ennobled. Oklahoma lawmakers pass a dispensary bill with emergency clause.
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Japan
Rome
Katherine Miking
Wkins
Italy
George Willoughby
Milwaukee
Oklahoma
Chicago
Busse
New York Central Railroad Company
King Hasken
Gunnar Knudsen
Wilhelmina Crawford
Lowell
Mass
James Butler
San Francisco
Thomas
Evans
Divans
Sperry
Athartic
Obituary notices from a historical newspaper
Rev Charles H Fawtor bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church died at his home in New York aged 71 from heart failure due to complications. John G Williamson of Quincy a Williams College freshman died after a brief illness with pneumonia. Frank H Uosford notable newspaper correspondent and former vending clerk of the house of representatives died by his own hand in Washington. Donald M Lord a renowned designer and constructor of salmon hatcheries died in Seattle aged 70. John S Rainey prominent in southern financial circles died in New Orleans aged 62. Dr John Bryant physician philanthropist yachtsman died in Boston. Mrs Eli Palmer aged 46 and Joseph Rosenblum aged 65 drowned in the Shenango river near Sharon Pennsylvania. An unknown youth in US navy uniform jumped from the Brooklyn badge and was drowned.
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Charles H. Fawtor
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York
John G. Wiliamson
Quincy
Williams College
Frank H. Uosford
House of Representatives
Washington
Donald
Lord
West
Seattle
John S$. Rainey
New Orleans
John Bryant
Boston
Eli Palmer
Joseph Rosenblum
Shenang River
Sharon
United States Navy
Brooklyn
In Washington and Beverly Farms News Notes
A Washington Herald quote questions a crooked railroad claim from the Los Angeles Express. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes has bought the Marshall estate in Beverly Farms Massachusetts, once occupied by his famed father.
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Washington Herald
California
The
Los Angeles Express
Mr. Warriman
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Marshall
Beverly Farms
Massachusetts
Rome's Remains Draw Scottish Interest Near Edinburgh
In Scotland excitement grows over Roman occupation as antiquaries appeal for funds. A Roman museum near Edinburgh displays artifacts from Newstead including a bronze helmet, an iron tilting helmet, vases, swords, axes, and Samian ware. James Curle’s excavations at Newstead reveal a solid, rooted outpost near Melrose Abbey with a bath complex under excavation.
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Scotland
Edinbursh
Perth
Inverness
Antiquaries
National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh
Newstead
Melrose Abbey
Abbotsford
Drybweh
Metrose
James Curle
Curle
Newstead W
Black Bears Roam In Quest For Food And Honey
A northern bear is described as constantly shifting location except in brief rest periods. It seeks blackberries beech nuts and succulent roots, and raids ground stores of nuts, pig pens, and bee hives for honey. Bears also investigate telegraph poles drawn by wire hum.
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North
Costly Funerals Across Monarchs and Leaders
Foreign papers debate royal and notable funerals with price tags. Alexander the Great reportedly cost 5 million, including a gold coffin. Emperor William and Grand Duke Nicholas rites used 125000 and 200000 respectively. Carnot flowers topped 30000. Wellington’s 1852 funeral cited at 350000 as nineteenth century’s grandest.
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Carlos
Portugal
Tit-Bits
Alexander the Great
William
Germany
Nicholas
Carnot
Duke of Wellington
Paris Visit Leaves Heir Wealthy in Wisdom
In a curio filled exchange, Wiser notes a year in Paris has broadened a man’s wealth beyond money. He jokes the traveler now owns more knowledge than cash, while the other warns he once had plenty to spend. The dialogue hints at personal growth through immersion abroad.
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Paris
Red Tape Delays Police Cash Gift in District
A tale from the District describes 14 layers of official scrutiny before a police officer can keep a donated dollar. Officer Stott, honored for rescuing a cat, awaits final approval as Commissioners West Macfarland Morrow rubber stamp the gift through Maj. Sylvester to the precinct commander.
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Ashington
Police Department
Stott
Thomas
Boyle
Maj. Sylvester
Capt. Boyle
Commissioner West
Commissioner Macfarland
Morrow
Best Woman Campaigner Seen in Capitol Circle
RS Bird Segle McGuire, wife of the Oklahoma delegation dean, earns a famed reputation as the top campaigner for her sex in national politics. Her tact aided her husband’s rise, with campaigns across their territory and party social duty in Washington, as Oklahoma pursued statehood amid long, public efforts in Congress.
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RS. Bird Segle M'Guirre
Congress
Oklahoma
Orelahoma
Middle West
Indian Territory
United States
Sam
Humorous Misfire Lands Davenport in Telephone Directory Bedlam
A lighthearted column recounts Jim Kay’s failed good deed lampooning James S. Davenport of Oklahoma's Third District. Davenport mistakenly distributed a Washington telephone directory as public papers, prompting embarrassment and a strained reaction from the congressman. The piece notes Davenport’s dignity, a stenographer, and a stubborn hope for personal thanks amid the satire.
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Jim
Kay
James S. Davenport
Oklahoma
James 3. Davenport
Third
Washington
James §. Davenport
Tiird
Boul
Violet Plucker
Davenport
James $. Davenport
Jimmy
Senate seat 23 lore echoes as death omen in senate
An old newspaper piece recounts the belief that a full senate brings a death, linking Senator Wetmore of Rhode Island to seat 23 after resumption and noting the death of Senator Lummer of South Carolina within 23 days. It mentions Kittredge of South Dakota and political maneuvering over next legislature control.
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Senate
Wetmore
Ithode Island
Wyba
Ant Adjonmnurs
Ilo
Eratea
Okubioma
EU Iecudi
Senator Lummer
South Carolina
Tat Sear
Kittredge
South Dakota
Crawford
Patetn Land
Hipisdge
Judge's prolonged plea ends with brief devotions
A celebrated Scottish lawyer addressed the Caledonian supreme court for seven hours. After supper he was asked to conduct family worship, and his brief devotions elicited a retort about the Lord being more patient than the judges. The anecdote ends with a proverb about worldly wit.
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Supreme Court
Unintelligible patent claims and dubious remedies emerge
A garbled OCR-like fragment touts long fallen remedies from Brown’s Aronehial Traches to animated nature cures. It mentions Goldsmith earning 4500 for a work, laxatives, and vague health claims. References to draughts on constipation, women holding strong men, and dubious cures follow with broken names and numbers.
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