Judge Joseph McKenna Named to Supreme Court Bench
Judge Joseph McKenna, born in Philadelphia August 19 1843, will succeed Chief Justice Field on the United States Supreme Court. He moved to California at age 12 and entered the bar at 22. He served as district attorney, in the California legislature, and four terms in Congress before moving to the federal bench and later to the cabinet as attorney general under McKinley.
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Joseph McKenna
Stephen J. Field
United States Supreme Court
Philadelphia
California
Congress
Sawyer
United States Circuit
McKinley
Chicago Wheat Pit King Joseph Leiter Emerges From Society
Joseph Leiter son of Levi Z Leiter rose from Chicago society circles to success on the board of trade as a wheat speculator. His rapid fortune and expected inheritance mark him as a notable figure alongside Philadelphia financier William M Singerly, longtime Chestnut Street National Bank president and Philadelphia Record owner, born 1832 and tied to early street railways.
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Joseph Leiter
Wheat
Chicago
Board of Trade
Levi Z. Leiter
Washington
Joseph
William M. Singerly
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street National Bank
Quaker City
Prises
Philadelphia Record
Mr. Singerly
Singerly
Curious exchange on reading taste and critics in London
In a London Academy passage Tregarthen questions overreliance on critics and suggests using conversations at dinner with a girl to glean opinions on new novels by Anthony Hope Hall Caine and H G Wells. He admits to reading only occasionally and mocks mass advertising for books.
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Tregarthen
Anthony Hope
Hall Caine
H. G. Wells
Tregar
London Academy
Surplus of Ministers Strains Small-Town Churches
The Atchison Globe notes an overworked ministerial field with six Protestant churches in Effingham for a population of 700. A Protestant minister arriving last March has not earned $200, while rent and family needs press on him, a situation mirrored in many towns.
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Atchison Globe
Effingham
Pastor Hugh Johnston to Leave Metropolitan Church Next March
Reverend Hugh Johnston, longtime pastor at Metropolitan Methodist in Washington and president McKinley’s preacher, will complete a five year term next March and move on. His fiery sermons attacking Sunday papers, trains, Tammany Hall and the Catholic church drew attention and political stances. His likely successor may be Reverend Frank M. Bristol of Evansville First Methodist.
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Hugh Johnston
McKinley
Metropolitan Methodist Church
Washington
Frank M. Bristol
First Methodist Church
Evanston
Ils
Johnston
Tammany Hall
Johnsto
To Prepare a Hygienic Bath
A Hotel World note advises eating little or no meat to avoid heating the blood and sensual tastes. It warns against cereals fruits and cheese, suggests limited breads, and claims fish lowers health. The hotel steward should craft a cuisine avoiding these foods for a healthier table.
Glasgow gloom relief picture theft tale unfolds
In Glasgow Miss Ellen Terry was seen carrying a Orchardson painting through busy streets without wrapping. She claimed she would return it at week’s end but said she needed an antidote to the city’s gloom, having lifted the work from a dealer’s gallery.
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Glasgow
Ellen Terry
Orchardson
Good Reason and Farewell Kiss Dialog
A brief overheard exchange shows a man asking for a kiss before departure and a woman challenging him with a question of a good reason. The dialogue hints at a playful yet pointed test of motives as he mentions a desire to establish a precedent. Harlem Life.
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Harlem
Jessie Lincoln Beckwith and Henry A Hicks Profile
The piece profiles Jessie Lincoln Beckwith granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln and wife of Warren Beckwith, noting her youth and social life in Chicago Mount Pleasant and London. It also outlines Henry A Hicks as the new general master workman of the Knights of Labor, his background, conservative stance, and political activity from 1880s to 1892.
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Warren W. Beckwith
Mount Pleasant
Beckwith
W. Beckwith
Knights of Labor
Henry A. Hicks
The
Order
Knights
Mr. Hicks
Su 2
People’s Party
New York
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