Radical shift in student government at University of Chicago
The University of Chicago adopts a new constitution for the oratorical association and creates a six to eight member faculty committee, including Deans Judson and Terry, to supervise all student bodies. The move signals a return to faculty control over fraternities literary societies glee and mandolin clubs political groups and the student press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago
Vagions
Jins
Oratorical Association
Judson
Terry Cee
Harvard Fogg Museum Red Paint Incident Sparks Student Outcry
Cambridge students erupt over red paint splashed on the Fogg Museum in Harvard Square. Authorities seek to identify culprits after janitor John Corvard observed suspects near Thayer Hall. Public sentiment condemns the act and calls for lawful punishment if found. The piece also notes assorted items: state flower choices, a Japanese English edition of Kokumin-No-Tomo, and various market tidbits including horses shipped from Oregon to Kentucky and 1800 watches priced for Japanese officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
John Sareard
Trarvard Square
Fogg Art Museum
John Corvard
Thayer Hall
Telephone Growth Amid Telephony Boom Across Cities
A writer notes rapid growth in telephone subscribers, with per-subscription call rates averaging six to twelve daily across regions. He cites competition, the Sunset Telephone Company training operators in telegraphy, and hints at impacts from Bell-Western Union contracts and Western Union layoffs. He also mentions submarine cable revenues tied to war scares and ammunition suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sunset Telephone Company
American Bell-Western Union
Western Union Company
Knowing dog uncovers silver dollars from flood era ruin
A rat dog owned by Maj. Duhme of Lawrenceburg Indiana uncovered seven silver dollars while digging through years of decayed lumber behind the saw and tool works. The coins likely came from a pocketbook lost during the February 1854 flood when many houses were swept away in the levee breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isa
Maj. Duhme
Saw and Tool Works
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Duhme
Peculiar Well in Indiana Puzzles Muncie Citizens
In Delaware county Indiana a well on J G Gunningham’s farm near New Burlington overflows with lukewarm water and rocks weighing two to three pounds. After reaching 200 feet the drill blew out and the stream carries rock and sand as it pours from an eight inch pipe. The well is said to discharge about 25000 gallons daily and men cannot approach it. Physicians consider potential medicinal use of the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Delaware County
Ind
J. G
Gunningham
New Burlington
World's Commerce Volume to be Issued by Government
The first volume of a two volume review of the world's commerce will be issued by the Government Printing Office. Prepared by the Bureau of Statistics, led by Frederick Emory, it covers 1894 and 1898 and will be part of the United States foreign trade works. The prior edition was 1886-81. The Barnes collection of Indian relics will pass to Wesleyan College in Middletown, Connecticut. Additionally, two pairs of silk stockings sent from Spain were crowns presents for Queen Elizabeth.
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Gaviramecus
Bureau of Statistics
State Department
Frederick Emory
Government Printing Office
United States
Barnes
Tennessee
Wesleyan College
Middletown
Conn
Rival ministers clash at Franklin hall pulpit
In Buzzards Bay Massachusetts two rival ministers argued and fought in Franklin hall before services. The Bourne officiant and a Pocasset clergyman clashed on the platform, exchanged insults, and briefly wrestled before separating as the sermon began. The incident interrupted quiet worship for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Recorder
Loston
Buzzards Day
Mass
Cleveland
Franklin Hall
Bourne
Pocassett
Miniter
Minster
Dourne
Stoge
Japan's Trade Shares Vast U S Exports
United States bought about 40 percent of Japan's exports last year while American imports from Japan fell in 1895. James F. Connolly, U S consul at Iiago, reports Japan's rapid manufacturing and arts growth. He notes potential China investment pressure and warns American price and freight competition hinder trade with Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
State Department
James F. Connolly
Iiago
Connolly
China
Poaching Threat to Buffalo in Yellowstone Park
A secretary of the interior letter to the senate cites Capt. George Anderson, Yellowstone acting superintendent, reporting poaching near the park’s edges. Elk, deer, and antelope remain plentiful, but the buffalo herd faces possible extermination due to inadequate policing and limited force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
George 8. Anderson
Yellowstone National Park
Smith
Death of Aunt Judy Cummings in Red Bank aged reputed 1775 birth
Washington notes the reported death of Aunt Judy Cummings claimed by locals as the oldest woman in New Jersey. Born in Griggstown on October 12, 1775, she spent her life in New Jersey and smoked a pipe until shortly before death. She leaves a son said to be 96. The item also touches on insurance quirks and brief reports on historic swords and New Hampshire manufacturing.
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Judy
Cummings
New Jersey
Red Bank
Griggstown
William Veetor
Duchess of Marlborough
Dyce Duckworth
Rome
Syndicate of London
Prodigious Wisconsin cabinet maker crafts 15 inlaid bookcases
In Martintown Green County Wisconsin Peter Haase a 71 year old cabinet maker dedicates six more years to completing 15 elaborate inlaid bookcases and writing cabinets. He has already spent over 18 years seasoning woods and expects the 15 pieces to total 4 000 000 pieces with top sections of 17 000 pieces and posts 4 000 each. He estimates each cabinet at five thousand dollars and plans to finish the entire set in six years, viewing the work as a wiser investment than life insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Martintown
Green County
Peter Haase
Widow deposits $10,000 in coins at Second National Bank
Baltimore widow, recently widowed, deposited ten thousand dollars in quarters and half dollars at the Second National Bank of Washington. Many coins carry premiums and are worth far above their face value. She learned her late husband had a coin collection and substantial wealth in small denominations stored in Baltimore. The gold remains there and will move to Washington. premium coins will be kept separate for best disposition.
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Na Bank
Baltimore
Second National Bank of Washington
Washington
Proves Herself Speedy in Chinese Waters
The Olympia cruiser made a speedy run between two Chinese ports, averaging 20 knots in rough seas and potentially 23 knots in fair water, becoming the world’s second fastest cruiser behind the Minneapolis. The ship, built under private contract at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, faced deck-drenching waves as officers noted damage when maintaining high headway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Navy Department
Minneapolis
Olympian
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Reunited After 8 Years Sallie MacDaniel Finds Her Mother
Sallie MacDaniel, now a grown woman, reconnected with her mother after 13 years apart. Born in 1873, she had been separated from her parents since 1878 when her father took her to Kentucky and died a year later. Her mother, living in Columbus, Ti, later remarried Mr Brown. The daughter learned of her mother two weeks earlier, wrote, and traveled to meet her mother in Metropolis, Illinois.
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Sallie MacDaniel
Metropolis
Til
MacDaniel
Stone Fort
Sallie
Kentucky
Mr. Nahn
Buckner's Mills
Brown
Columbus
Greatest shooting feat and long-lived man noted
A Wichita blacksmith witnessed a remarkable chain reaction when a gun fired from 30 feet behind him triggered a gun 30 feet ahead, then another 30 feet behind, finally piercing an apple atop his head. The report hails it as the greatest shooting feat on record. Also noted is the death near Paintsville, Kentucky, of James Dills aged nearly 105.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Teli
Wichita Law
Sponge Found In Biscayne Bay Corners
A sponge with a circumference of five feet six inches was taken from the corners of Biscayne Bay, Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biscayne Bay
Florida
New Uniforms for Salvation Army Volunteers in New York
In a Union Tabernacle meeting Maj. Peter Glen announced the new Salvation Army uniforms. Women volunteers will wear dark russet and brown straw bonnets, with silken trims, while men adopt darkest blue outfits. Cavalry hats and peaked caps for officers and soldiers. Gen Booth praised American leadership as the Booth-Tuckers receive new commissions to lead in the United States amid Booth’s global tour. The commissioners are to sail for New York on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God's American Volunteers
Union Tabernacle
New York
Peter Glen
Maj. Glen
Booth
Salvation Army
London
Gen. Booth
Babington Booths
America
Booth-Tuckers
Uhl's Berlin Ambassadorship Expected Residence Hints
The American colony in Berlin hopes Ambassador Edwin F. Uhl will rent the vacant Stolberg-Wernigerode residence on Wilhelmstrasse. Arrival delayed to March 22 and credentials in late May push is tied to the emperor's calendar and the annual review.
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Berlin
Edwin F. Uhl
United States
Germany
Italy
Prince Stolberg-Wernigerode
Wilhelmstrasse
Heavy Corn Export Boosts Shipments From Southern Ports
The low price of corn has spurred strong demand in Europe, driving heavy shipments from southern ports. The south overproduced, with Port Royal alone reporting 1,250,000 bushels exported so far this year and 800,600 more contracted. The south and west contribute to the rising export trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Port Royal
Reader's Digest of War and Society Sketches
Johannesburg correspondent recalls Jameson surrender at Krugersdorp after artillery advance prompts surrender demand. The officer reports, sir, we must surrender. Jameson replies, I will not surrender. Next minute the white flag rises. Also notes a doctor mothering crying babies by suspending them in a basket from a window. An unusual Boston wedding unites Rev Carl G Horst and Miss Emily Aitkin with officiant Rev Martha C Aitkin. Baltimore women donate over 420000 for Johns Hopkins medical department. Salvation Army property in the U S valued at over 4 million dollars.
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Johannesburg
Jameson
Krugersdorp
Staats Artillery
Col. Scott
Mary 'P. Whitney
Boston
Carl G. Horst
Second Unitarian Church
Athol
Mass
Emily Aitkin
Martha C. Aitkin
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Rhode Island
Kokumin-No- Tomo
Tokio
Kokumin-No-Tomo
Nation's Friend
Far East
Shoshone
Victoria
Skowhegan
Indiana
Elizabeth
Spain
Greate
Sean
Muzcarh's Bay
Tomer
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St. Paul
James Dills
Paintsville
Get
Uhl
Women of
Medical Department
Johns Hopkins University
Balgation Army
Co. M. Doxsee
Minneapolis & St. Louis
R. Co
ST. Paul and
Minneapol
Pullmans Coaches
J A.B. Cutts
Gen's Ticket & Pass
Kura Omana
B. J. Kay Mephat
Sie
A. Sandstedt
Dorcas Streets
Dr. Kay
B.J. Kay Municat Co
16Th St
Omaha
Neb
W. J. Studley
Algona
Iowa
Nzu
B. J. Kay
Hannah Shepard
Kay
du. B. J. Kay Mzpicar Co
W. d. Studley
Groutuyt
Balun
Gareleon & Co
Golumbug
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