Cotton growth in the Russian empire linked to Central Asia output
The Weekly Panorama notes Russia aims to meet its cotton needs with Central Asian supply. Consul Thomas Smith reports 222.5 million pounds shipped into European Russia via the Caspian Sea last year, with Central Asia producing 800 million pounds. Despite lower totals than the US output of 6 billion pounds, the Russian crop has surged, increasing tenfold over a decade.
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Russia
Thomas Smith
United States
Moscow
European Russia
Central Asia
The Chinese Bride Carrier Trade in San Francisco
In San Francisco Chinatown three women practice a bridal carrying service. The custom requires the bride to be carried from her home to the husband’s by a woman, a role once common but now seen as fashionable and lucrative. Families hire professional carriers with luck and ceremony knowhow to enhance the wedding.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Deboe Wins Newcastle Postmaster Fight in Kentucky
Senator Deboe of Kentucky ousts widow Gertrude Saunders from Newcastle postmaster job after months of party-backed effort. Saunders, mother of ten, had held the $60 monthly post due to support needs. Deboe's victory shifts the position to a party loyal incumbent.
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Deboe
Senator Deboe
Kentucky
Gertrude Saunders
Newcastle
Saunders
Organization of Kentucky
Mouthful President Of Aragua Young Alcantara Elected
Francisco L. Alcantara, a West Point graduate and son of a former Aragua president, has been elected president of Venezuela’s Aragua state. At 27 he is the youngest to hold the office, with a rapid rise aided by support from national leaders. His appointment recalls his father’s past prominence and his own early entry as a special cadet admitted by President Cleveland.
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Francisco L. Alcantara
United States Military Academy
Aragua
Venezuela
Young Alcantara
Francisco
West Point
Cleveland
Anduera Palacio
Blackburns Bride to Be Quiet Washington Society News
Senator Joseph C. Blackburn’s engagement to widow Mary E. Blackburn, sister of prominent Washington families, has stirred social circles. The wedding, postponed from March for private reasons, may be kept strictly private, adding to the Blackburn family’s official social prominence in the capital.
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Blackburn
Senate
Mary E. Blackburn
Washington
Sullivan
Mississippi
Quartermaster General’s Office
War Department
J. C
Carlisle
Blue Grass
Barutel to Meet Slosson in New York Billiard Match
Louis Barutel the French billiard expert who arrived with Jacob Schaefer from Europe will play George F. Slosson in New York at a date to be arranged. A $400 deposit secures the $1,000 a side contest to be played on eight inch balk lines. Barutel, from Toulouse, has fifteen years of professional play and has faced most top players except Slosson.
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Slosson
Louis Barutel
Amerca
Jacob Schaefer
Europe
George F. Slosson
New York
Mr. Barutel
Toulouse
France
Randolph sues Malden church trustees for back salary
Rev. James R. Randolph files suit in Middlesex County courts claiming a 1886 contract to serve as pastor at $50 a month entitles him to $1,051.44 in back salary from St. Luke’s Baptist Church trustees.
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Baptists
Malden
Mass
Middlesex County
James R. Randolph
St. Luke's Baptist Church
Randolph
Navy Readies for Panama Crisis Amid Venezuelan Unrest
The battleships Iowa and Wisconsin were ordered from Puget Sound to San Diego then to Panama amid unrest in Venezuela. Filibuster suspicions and possible British Guiana and Honduras backing spark international tension. Gunboats Ranger and Machias near the scene carry crews under Commander Wells L. Field with Ranger at Panama and Machias at Colon.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Fuget Sound
San Diego
Panama
Venezuela
British Guiana
Honduras
State Department
Washington
Boston Trunk Clues Tie Blondin to Chelmsford Murder
Boston police consolidate evidence in the Blondin case linking Joseph Wilfred Blondin to the headless body found near Chelmsford Massachusetts. Knives with blood and a folded trunk path suspect to New York and Canada as Blondin flees toward Perce and St. Pierre smugglers.
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Chelmsford Woods
Massachusetts
Margaret Reilly Blondin
Joseph Wilfred Blondin
Boston
Blondin
St. Polycarpe
Canada
Margaret Reilly
St. Lawrence
New York
Fall River
James Marrou
Watts
Boston Detective Bureau
Wade
State Police
Marron
Blondins
France Public Debt Reaches Six Thousand Million
The public debt of France rises to six thousand million dollars, more than double its level thirty years ago. The report notes the extraordinary growth and its implications for the economy and governance.
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France
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Machias
Colon
Atlantic
Quebec
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Cape Gaspe
Miquelon
St. Pierre
Chicago
Dominion
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