Curious Bits From The Gait Tribune Of 1889
A compilation of miscellaneous notes from London and beyond includes puns on pensions in London’s harbor plans, Liberty Kentucky’s lone new birth in thirteen years, a Montreal harbor project worth 4 million, a wireless signal span of a mile, and a coral isle claimed as Canisruas Istaxa. Other items cover insurance premium cuts for vessels, predictions of railroad decline, an elephant at Bombay aged 300, libel law debates, a soldier preference bill, Chesapeake oyster beds, and notes on coal shortages. The piece closes with school language debates in Louisville, Victoria gifts, and election cake souvenirs in Paris taunting Jan 27 1889 promises with hay-filled cakes.
Comanche Clergyman Calls for Moral Education Funding
A Comanche Indian clergyman urged teaching the Bible plainly and government funding for morally upright teachers. He criticized spending on scalp-knives and guns and demanded more money for education to produce good citizens instead of alcohol or vice.
Philadelphia collector expands Motler’s Dutch Republic to twenty nine volumes
Clarence H. Cuank of Philadelphia has extended Motler’s Dutch Republic from nine to twenty nine volumes by adding 2,500 engravings and autographs. The curator claims the project cost about $50,000, illustrating a rare and costly hobby of elaborate collecting. A Georgia man in Douglas County, aged 62, is noted for a lifetime of frugality, with a separate entry describing a severe medical incident in January and a broken tooth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Cuank
Philadelphia
Hiras
Motler
Dutch Republic
Daxter
Douglas County
Georgia
Dekadey
Fifty-Eight Years Deacon Turns Mayor with Large Family
Minnie Murrell of Dorking, aged 15, received the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire testimonial and £5 for saving three children in September. The certificate notes she rescued a child, carried two others from a bed, and escaped by a window to drop the children to safety below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Minnie Mavinpa Mernett
Dorking
Royal Society For the Protection of Life
Minnie Murrell
Lizzie McCauley
McCauley
Emil Bach
Peoria
Anna Dubois
Metamore
John J. Holmes
Iowa City
Towns
Remarkable Pizarro Coffin Found in Linares Crypt
A violet garbed mummy identified as the supposed corpse of Francisco Pizarro is found in Linares parish church crypt. An inscription proclaims the pretended remains, with a detached band near the body and a hand on the chest. no jewels or sword present. A Balkan union plan emerges in Bucharest to coordinate five Balkan states under Greece, with a council to settle disputes and no appeals. Li Hu-Sse Crane predicts China will soon be railways and mills nationwide, not alarming Western manufacturers for now. A Turkish lead in Europe is noted as historical, and Judge Horton’s divorce law amendment aims to curb collusive divorces and lengthen post-divorce ineligibility, potentially easing Chicago’s notoriety as a divorce hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linares
Spain
Fracisco Pizarro
Pizarro
Bucharest
Balkan
Greece
Roumania
Servis
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Turkey
Li Huse Crane
China
Europe
Tur
Horton
Illinois General Assembly
Chicago
Electric Magic Lantern Engages Paris Viewers
A French society debuted the Electric Magic Lantern in Paris waiting rooms and theaters. A seven foot tall ornamental box displays seven drawings illustrating current events via a five inch lens. Viewers pay ten cents, insert a coin, and watch changing daily scenes lit by Swanlec tric lamp and powered by electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Neasly
Drkanzaw
Chicago anarchist trial tied to Neebe confession
The article reports on Louis Neebe’s claimed statements about anarchist groups Lehr and Wehrverein, his denial of guilt in the Haymarket case, and details of judge Gary and Grinnell’s remarks. It also covers Gov. Larrabee’s acquittal on criminal libel charges and developments in the Parnell inquiry with Pigott’s confession and the Times’ stance.
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Neebe
Aus
Gary
Chicago
Louis Neebe
Oscar
Joliet
Lehr and Wehrverein
Uiion
Haymurder
Grinnell
Gov. Larrabee
Des Moines
Iowa
Parnell
Parnell Commission
London
Charles Russell
Richard Piggott
The
Times
Henry Labouchere
House of Commons
Webster
Pigott
Sir Charles Russell
Houston
Changes In the Main Service Report to Congress on Clerks
The postmaster general sent a statement to Congress detailing railway postal clerks changes from January 1, 1889 to December 31, 1888. The record lists deaths resignations removals for incapacity inefficiency misconduct personal misconduct improper character political causes and no cause assigned. December 31 there were 1,553 clerks on the rolls in service since March 5, 1685. The treasury notes the public debt plus cash in the treasury rose about seven million dollars in February due to heavy pension disbursements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chace
Congress
Treasury Department
Treasury
Floor Failure Traps Firemen in Milwau kee Millinery Fire
A blaze at J E Jenner Co in Milwau kee destroys the building and injures a dozen firemen buried in the basement as floors collapsed after the flames were tamed. Loss totals about 40000 with 34000 insured. building loss around 30000 insured 20000. In Sioux Reservation news the fiftieth congress advances a bill opening 11000000 acres for settlement with compensation to Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Jenner & Co
Milwaukee
Losa
Unfavorable 1888 Statement for Chicago Milwaukee St Paul
The 1888 financial return filed with Wisconsin rail road commissioners in Madison shows the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad posting a deficit of 4,684,703 against gross income of 25,005,004. Major outlays include construction supplies 1,731,921 equipment 1,343,022 operating expenses 16,546,724 taxes 87,048,976 and dividends 2,370,798 totaling 29,775,7. The report marks the road as the most unfavorable among western lines for the year, with rumors about Armour Plank Faton and others possibly involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
Wisconsin Railroad Commissioners
Madison
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Armour
Plank
Faton
Transcontinental rail rate clash sparks canned goods ship voyage
The Transcontinental association refused to cut San Francisco canned goods rates, prompting shippers to charter a vessel sending 300 catlenda of goods around the Horn to New York. At 55 cents per hundred to Chicago, plus rail costs, prices reach 77 cents per hundred excluding wharfage and insurance.
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Brippera
Trans-continental Association
San Francisco
Horn
New York
Chicago
Great Artificial Waterway Flume Opens at San Diego
Tip and officials celebrate the completion of a fifty mile flume from Cuyamaca mountain to supply San Diego. The project costs $900,000 with 350 trestles and nine tunnels, using 9,000,000 feet of lumber and holding 2,600,000,000 gallons of water for four years. Union Pacific to heat cars by steam for a Golden Gate Special train and retrofit regular cars accordingly.
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Fac
Branley
San Diego
United States
da National Guard
Cuyamaca Mountain
Union Pacific
Allite
Golden Gate
Baby incubator at Philadelphia hospital aids premature birth
A Woman's hospital Philadelphia unit tests a mechanical incubator on eight day old Florence Ryan. Born at about three pounds she gained to five pounds in ten days while remaining in the incubator for nourishment and sponge baths. The report notes the era's shock value and medical curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Hospital
Philadelphia
Florence Ryan
Live Stock and Grain Prices from Chicago to Minneapolis
Readable fragments report bid prices for cattle sheep and hogs in Chicago with terms like cash corn and wheat prices, plus Minnesota dairy and butter markets. Mentions cattle feeders stockers and beeves, corn-fed beef, rye oats oats and other commodities across regional markets with scattered figures and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jane
Timothy
K.coebe
Pater Creamery
Congress Debates Legislation and Memorials This Month
A scattered OCR of Congressional actions notes discussions on appropriations for construction and memorializing the late Missouri figures. It references the Senate and House measures, pensions, Indian affairs, Dakota land questions, and river and harbor projects with numerous amendments and committee reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Cockrall
Burness
Benators
Ingigs
Lake View Te Eres
Lake Micham
George H. Walker
Essippi
Cortes
Dent
Wnon
Chas. H. Chamberlain
Hoar
Kilpatrick
Arona
Relstin
Fo Ryan
Dakota
Basil Ference
Apap
Tel Congrasa
Col. Lamont
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Gait Tribune
Sherm
Romyers
Montreal
Avex
Canisruas Istaxa
Great Britain
Qanapian Insurance Companies
Cuarces Hermes
Connecticut
Weather Bureau
Bombay
New York Assembly
Kansas
Chesapeake
Berrato
Ropsrks
Louisville
Victoria
Boulevard of
I Son
Boulanger
I Siebene
Grand Jury
Inspector Banfield
Schaack
Lowenstein
Chicago Times
League of Republtican Claba
James P. Foster
Baltimore
League
Chickering Hall
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
New Mexico
A. J. Lester
Ilinoia
John M. Thureton
Nebraska
A. L. Morrison
Evansville
Tuc
Dubois County
Nmber
Williams
Wyoming
Heman Clark
New York City
Clark
City Hall
Fleetwood Park
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Jersey City
Newark
Pittsburg
France
Carnot
M.virard
Jonning
ME. Vicard
Commerce
M. Constang
Interior
M. Rouvier
M. Thevrinot
Justice
M. Pullieres
M. Faye
NM. Guesauvet
M. de Freycinet
Admiral Juares
Marine
M. de Courcet
Piunney
Lieut
Baert
Stanley Falla
Stanley
Wuethey
Hiort
Fitanley
Wadelad
Emin Paahba
Arizona
Tennessee Coal and Ion Company
South Pittsburg
Dixon
Webster County
Shanghai
Clinton County
John Crosby
Plattsburg
Platebturg
Gort
No. A
Arcomseny
Minneapolia
Vieelavaig
Yorktown
Missouri
Stewant
Mittee
Platt
Comatritories
Territory
Cal
Bridgen Kan
Charles
Mila
Mino
Relom Kenate
Jewett
Minnesota
Todos
Alaska
Buke
William
Bam
Cheesbrough
Ale Jand
Michigan
Mary U Famaton
Mary White
Souri
Francia Mi
Ater
Salwon Faberies i
Kalamazoo
Mich
A. Boioana
Oridet
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