Portable Bridge and the Horseless Carriage Promise New Power
A French officer unveils a Pfund portable bridge using jointed light horse-like supports and a four stage compressor delivering up to 2 300 pounds per square inch. The article notes rapid assembly and adaptability for varied river depths and highlights early motorized carriage designs by Arniot and Peneau offering quick conversion of horse drawn vehicles to autos using front wheel motors and a flexible drive system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Plune
Engineer Corps
Col. Pfund
Pfund
New York City
West Twenty-fourth Street
North River
Messrs. Arniot & Peneau
Mrs Cobwigger and Dorcas Discuss Church Fair Charities
The exchange notes Mrs Cobwigger’s busy religious society work and last year’s petition against gambling. Mrs Dorcas mentions a church fair with chances drawn for a much sought bicycle, highlighting community fundraising and social activity.
Bishop Thoburn Voices Philippine Policy Viewpoint
Cincinnati July 14 Bishop J M Thoburn of the Methodist Episcopal church after four decades as a missionary in India China and the Philippines says the Manila clash was meant for a massacre and that the US must retain the Philippines to preserve order and extend civilization He praises Dewey s victory and hopes for the empire s dissolution of the Chinese empire as the world s weakest government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
J. M. Thoburn
Methodist Episcopal Church
India
Manila
Thoburn
London
Dewey
Philippines
United States
Philippine
Luzon
Far East
Plant Closure Halts 1000 Jobs At Armourdale Meat Plant
Kansas City July 14 One thousand laborers were laid off as Schwarzschild and Salzburger packing plant in Armourdale shut down over wage disputes with the butchers union. Management will not concede and the union insists on its demands, signaling a possible strike to be forestalled by the temporary stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Schwarzschild & Salzburger
Armourdale
Butchers
Imports and Exports Data for June and Year
The monthly U S imports in June totaled 61 656 205 with 25 851 551 duty free. Yearly imports reached 607 077 000 with over 500 000 000 duty free. Domestic exports in June rose to 14 528 752 about two million higher, while the year’s exports fell to 1 227 455 425, down 4 058 005 from last year, led by a grain decline due to abroad shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Cavalry for Gen Otis Requested for Philippines
Washington dispatch reports Gen Otis seeking 2500 horses to form a cavalry brigade for use after the rainy season. Secretary Alger plans careful selection, favoring lighter, wiry mounts from southern states after trial of Manila area stock proved unsuitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Otis
Philippines
Manila
Alger
Kiowa Chickasha Fort Smith Railway Planned
Kiowa and Santa Fe railway companies announce a joint venture to build a 450 mile line from Kiowa Kansas through Oklahoma and the Indian country to Fort Smith Arkansas. The Kiowa Chickasha Fort Smith Railway will be owned by the two roads but operated as a separate system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiowa, Chickasha & Fort Smith
Topeka
Kan
Rock Island
Santa Fe Railway
Kiowa
Oklahoma
Indian Country
Fort Smith
Ark
Equal Wages for Women Convention Resolve
Kansas City July 14. Changes to the constitution and by laws were decided at the morning session of the Retail Clerks National Protective association. A resolution declaring women who do the same work as men should receive similar pay was adopted. A later resolution to appoint a woman organizer to work for women clerks will be presented and probably adopted before the convention closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
National Protective Association
Illinois Big Ditch Canal Debate Heads to Congress
Sanitary district trustees plan to tour Illinois delegation by canal and Illinois River to educate them on the canal question. A congressional tussle is anticipated as the assembly opens. Skirmishing already under way to secure positions from representatives on canal policy. Proposed diverting water into the Mississippi valley to head off floor fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Big Ditch
Chicago
Sanitary District
Canal
Illinois River
Congress
St. Louis
Valley
Kansas and Missouri officers named for Philippines regiments
Washington July 12 Commissioners confirm and appoint volunteers from Kansas and Missouri for the Thirty sixth and Thirty seventh regiments in the Philippines. Major William L. Bishop and Captain Edward L. Glascow of the Twentieth Kansas are among the officers named, along with Captain Daniel I. Craig and Captain Frederick R. Dodge. Henry B. Orwig of the Twentieth Kansas is listed as major for the Thirty seventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
Philippines
Thomas R. Wayson
Charles A. Phillips
George R. Crawford
Missouri
Edwin J. Griffith
Alfred Q. Kennett
Grant Gillespie
W. H. Clapton, Jr
Joy
Aikens
Republican State Central Committee
White House
Gen. Otis
William L. Bishop
Edward L. Glascow
Daniel I. Craig
Frederick R. Dodge
Henry B. Orwig
McKinley Moves to Submit Cuban Annexation to Voters
President McKinley presses a plan to place Cuba’s independence or annexation before its people. He favors annexation, citing confidential letters from commercial interests and Havana sources. Gov. Gen. Brooke’s view is challenged, and Congress may replace the Cuban independence resolution with a vote on territorial government for Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York World
Washington
McKkinley
Cuba
Brooke
Havana
Congress
Western Association of Wholesale Nurserymen Meeting Assesses Apple Crop
Kansas City July 12 The seventeenth semi annual session of the Western Association of Wholesale Nurserymen met with about 25 leading firms present. The association covers all territory west of the Mississippi. Col Pearsall of Fort Scott warned of a very short apple crop as apples fall from trees by the bushel with no remedy found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Western Association of Wholesale Nurserymen
Mississippi River
Col. Pearsall
Fort Scott
Murder near Cordell. brother kills sister over seat
Cloud Chief Oklahoma July 12 details of a horrible murder 25 miles west of here. Taylor Kirk aged 34 shot and killed his widowed sister Ida Yarborough. They had planned a picnic at Cordell when Kirk disputed over a seat in the back. He allegedly drew his six shooter and killed her deliberately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloud Chief
Here
Taylor Kirk
Ida Yarborough
Cordell
Kirk
Lynching Record Highlighted by Freedmen's Aid Board
In Cincinnati on July 12 the annual meeting of the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educational Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church reported that none of the society's 200,000 students has been lynched or committed a crime typically punished by lynching. The board called this a source of pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
The
Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Educational Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wheeler Goes to Manila via Chicago and Salt Lake
Gen Joseph Wheeler leaves Washington for the Philippines schedule to reach San Francisco Saturday and sail to Manila on July 20 under the American flag. An executive order extends flag protection to ships owned by Porto Rican and Philippine residents at treaty ratification. Mobilizing for naval maneuvers underway in London with 118 ships and 25 000 men, focusing on torpedo boat destroyers. Brazos river flood yields cotton losses near 5 million dollars. Alabama soil pipe makers join the Central Foundry Company in New York with 14 million capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Manila
Washington
Joseph Wheeler
Philippine Islands
Chicago
Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Porto Rico
Philippines
London
Soil-Pipe Combine
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
New York
Central Foundry Company
Evades his creditors in Boston bankruptcy hearing
Albert Crosby of Brewster Massachusetts once rich in Chicago faced bankruptcy exams noting assets as few clothes Mrs Crosby states 160000 cash in bank 160000 mortgages 50000 real estate and 12000 furniture plus a 50000 claim against Crosby for advances He claims he owned nothing since 1875 and only earned 1000 a month as McAvoy Brewing vice president with debts up to 8300000 in Illinois and Chicago judgments while no assets were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert Crosby
Brewster
Mass
Chicago
Crosby
Opera House
McAvoy Brewing Company
Europe
David A. Gage
Indiana
Cosby
Woman accuses Wichita rector of long secret marriage
Wichita gossip centers on Mrs. A. L. Fuller who alleges Rev. J. F. Vonherrlich married her three years ago and has lived with her. The claim threatens social fallout for the prominent church, while Vonherrlich, about 46, is noted for prior New York arrest over unapproved church funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
A. L. Fuller
J. F. Vonherrlich
Episcopal Church
Tillie Hossfeld
New York
Marriage Broker Loses Usury Lawsuit In Chicago
Chicago July 12 Judge Shepard of the appellate court voided as against morality a contract to arrange a marriage for a fee. Benjamin W. Anderson would pay B. H. Hellen 2500 upon the marriage to widow Sarah Hughes, after a 5 down payment. The decision brands mercenary matchmakers as reprobated by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Shepard
Appellate Court
B. H. Hellen
Superior Court
Benjamin W. Anderson
Hellen
Sarah Hughes
Anderson
Hughes
Lincoln Senate probes 1897 ballot fraud claims in hear
The Lincoln committee opened hearings into alleged 1897 ballot frauds aimed at supporting a constitutional amendment to add two populist supreme court justices. Witness L. Simon, a former state janitor, testified that he and others removed ballots from a vault at night and altered markings to favor the defendant, with corroborating testimony from additional witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Senate
Supreme Court
L. Simon
Edminston
G. W. Blake
Simon
Millionaire Daniels Faces Pigeon Killing Charge in Denver
Alvin B Daniels of Denver and J A R Elliott of Kansas City were arrested on humane society complaint for killing pigeons. Colorado law allows pigeon shooting at the trap, but the humane society argues it is invalid. Daniels, a millionaire, will test the law in the highest courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Alvin B. Daniels
J. A. R. Elliott
Kansas City
The
Humane Society
Colorado
Daniels
Archbishops ban incense and candles in Church of England
The archbishops of Canterbury and York report on a Lambeth palace inquiry and declare incense and lighted candles ecclesiastically illegal, forbidding their use in the Church of England hereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Canterbury
York
Lambeth Palace
Church of England
The Paris Is Off the Rocks Mariners Move Paris
The Paris, an American line steamer, has been moved astern 150 yards and shifted slightly eastward. Salvagers aim to relight the stokers and tow the vessel to Falmouth harbor after clearing the rocks. A dangerous incident at Guthrie, Oklahoma reports a child’s death from fly poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London
Falmouth
National Retail Clerks Oppose Sunday Work
Kansas City July 13 annual convention of the National Retail Clerks association referred to the resolutions committee a set of motions to ban seven straight workdays. The measure calls for one day of rest in seven, condemns long hours and Sunday labor, and seeks legislative enactments. A resolution praising Illinois Governor John A Tanner for refusing convict labor during the coal strike will also be adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
National
Retail Clerks’ Association
Committee
John A. Tanner
Illinois
Senators in a quarrel disrupt New Hampshire hearing
In Concord on July 13 the civil service investigation into charges against Senator Gallinger was disrupted when Senators Gallinger and Chandler clashed. Chandler blamed Gallinger for Treasurer Thayer's absence. Gallinger challenged Chandler to repeat the claim outside. Intervening friends kept the pair apart as Commissioner Brewer warned of removal. Chandler planned to seek President McKinley’s action against Brewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Civil Service
Gallinger
Chandler
Senator Gallinger
Thayer
State Committee
Brewer
McKinley
Dewey Arrives at Suez With Olympia at Sea
The U S cruiser Olympia carrying Admiral Dewey has reached Suez in good health, despite malarial fever among crew now largely recovered. The ship is quarantined and cannot contact shore. after canal transit Olympia will stop at Trieste, with future plans unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Olympia
Admiral Dewey
Suez
Dewey
Associated Press
Trieste
Indianapolis News Sold at Public Auction
The Indianapolis News was sold at public auction in Indianapolis Indiana yesterday afternoon under court order from a partner dispute involving W J Rickon and Charles R Wiland Delevan Smith. Bidding started at two PM with a bid of 200000 by a local syndicate. By six PM after three bids the paper passed to Delevan Smith of Chicago and Charles R Williams, who already held 69 percent of the stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Indianapolis
Ind
Inedianapolis News
W. J. Rick
Charles R. Wil
Delevan Smith
Arion
Audicate
Chig
Charles R. Williams
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China
Big Packinghouse
Butchers’ Union
Cavalry
Austin
Tex
Cotton Exchange
Brazos River
Brazos
Massachusetts
Fuller
Rev. Vonherrlich
Ilinois
Guthrie, Ok
Harvey Black
O’keene
Phyal
National Convention
Gov. Tanner
New Hampshire
Pension Committee
Evans
Bureau
Wall
Milwaukee
George W. Peck
Democratic State Committee
Bryan Club
Bryan
Rosser
Virginia
National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Q O. P. Carson
Ohio
Evram Lyle
Pennsylvania
Irwin Sheperd
Winona
Minn
John Paul Jones
State Department
John Paul
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