Inner World Notes From A Twentieth Century Digest
A compilation of assorted brief items including population estimates, hunting with hounds, an ice locomotive, a humming bird plant near Damascus, Bernhardt retirement views, arson sentences, a gruesome burial request, natural gas in Wales, a white farm in Dorsetshire, growing British ultimatums, Salt Lake City tabernacle acoustics, Congo tattoo customs, Vienna medical subjects, czar ages, English beauty traits, early diving bell, Tanna volcanic activity, quartermaster army reports, cavalry and artillery costs, Balkan tensions near Constantinople, and reform doubts around the sultan.
The Weekly Resume Highlights From Telegraph Reports
The latest world news roundup compiles major events from telegraph reports and Associated Press dispatches. It surveys political shifts, economic updates, and notable incidents shaping global headlines tonight.
Washington Talk Headlines and Local Incidents
Summary of misc. items from Washington and the Pacific Northwest including fleet and diplomacy notes, a Boston reporter’s job shift, a Missouri school official charged with flogging a pupil, a Philadelphia cloak man arrest in female disguise, a case of a man dressed as a woman, and a missing girl found after a two day search in Washington state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Atkinson
Rushville
Angie van Hoozier
Atkinson
Philadelphia
Edward Stillwagen
Clifton Heights
Stillwagen
Notable Obituaries and Notices From Across the Nation
Reports detail Mrs. Humphrey Ward’s alleged $100000 novel receipts and ex police chief Byrnes sailing to Germany amid mystery. Composer Joseph F. Rosewald dies in San Francisco. Elias Morgan dies in New London after six months illness and founded Morgan Ironworks. Ex-queen Liliuokalani buys two Australian estates with autumn arrival expected 1806. Pillsbury heads to St Petersburg for a quintangular tournament starting December. Frederick Beyschlag dies in Nebraska City with Chicago capital interests. Jesse Coxey sails for Cuba to aid insurgents. J J Odell plans retirement January 1 and Europe vacation for health. Mme Carlotta Cozzoni Coy dies in Brooklyn. daughter of Judge Blackford. Rochefort memoir talks spark US rights sale. Eunice Rush Davis turns 95 in Dedham as oldest abolitionist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Faure
France
Thomas Byrnes
New York
Germany
Joseph F. Rosewald
Gerster
Materna
San Francisco
Elias Morgan
New London
Conn
Ihe
Morgan Ironworks
Liliuokalani
Australia
London
H. N. Pillsbury
St. Petersbury
St. Petersburg
Nebraska City
Chicago
Nebraska City, Neb
Jesse Coxey
Cuba
Adrian
J. J. Odell
Union National Bank of Chicago
Europe
Charlotte A. Coy
Mme
Carlotta Cozzoni
Brooklyn
Dedham
Mass
Davis
That State
Fires Ravage Fields Citywide Disasters Reported
Reports detail a cornfield and grass fire near Hardin Missouri killing two workers and injuring three others after a mill explosion near Fair Haven Washington. Springfield Ohio endures a major blaze consuming the Lagonda hotel. Other fatal incidents occur in Hollowayville Illinois and Steubenville Ohio with injuries from a runaway accident. A railroad collision in Missouri injures several crew but few passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
Fair Haven
Wash
W. A. Armstrong
J. W. Whittemore
Springfield
Ohio
Lagonda
Frank Holloway
Hollowayville
Ill
Alice Macdonald
W. H. Macdonald
Bostonians
Steubenville
Perry
H. A. McCausland
Michigan and Ohio Plaster Company
Osborne House
Auburn
N.Y
Coldwater
Mich
J. L. Truesdell
C. T. Truesdell
Quincy National Bank
Wandering Jew
Nichols
Hong Kong
New York
St. Louis
Harper and
Campion
Long List of Local Crimes and Events Parade Across Nation
A chaotic recap lists arrests and incidents from St. Louis to Ohio. Items include John D. Lougran charged with mail fraud, Det. Dave Green jailed for grandmother’s murder, a Kansas terrorizer captured, and Uniontown suicide over jail placement. Also noted are abductions, drownings, shootings, a mass panic at a hotel, a failed dry goods firm, a cargo seizure, weather prayers, a bridge completion, and a pending divorce case dating back years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
John D. Lougran
Wilmington
Dave Greenage
Harriet Lewis
Edward Flivnn
Kansas
Neosho Rapids
Uniontown
Ala
Frank Metzger
Defiance
Quio
B. B. Kleckner
Kansas City
Estelle Colton
Brooklyn
Mesa
Ariz
Rose
Sheri L. H. Orme
Rumors of Revolt and Global Dispatches Across Continents
Foreign gossip reports false rumors of a revolt in Lima Peru while Cuban revolutionists interrogate a betrayed mayor. France makes Madagascar a dependency. Dutch landowners seek Mexican cultivation sites. Skirmishes near Santiago de Cuba yield three enemy KIA as naval incidents unfold. A Berlin opines on Kaiser staging, and Woolston divorce drama recalls French royal protection. San Domingo faces a rising rebellion with a major battle near Banica. Dorpat manuscripts join Berlin Academy. Paris bells toll from Montmartre. Marquis de Navre murder trial opens at Pourges. Europe and beyond draw crowds to witness a sensational case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Madagascar
Holland
Mexico
Generas Navajo
Canellas
Santiago de Cuba
St. Johns
N. B
Berlin
London Standard
Central News Dispatch
Woolston
London
Banica
Hayti
Kants
University of Dorpat
Berlin Academy of Sciences
la Savoyuarde
Chanbery
Europe
America
Capitol Awards Prize to Cass Gilbert for St Paul Building
The state capitol commission awarded first prize to Cass Gilbert of St Paul for the capitol design after reviewing plans, with interior changes anticipated. The project cost stands at 1,270,992 dollars and all commissioners were present, including Shell, DuToit, Lamberton, Seabury, De Lalttre, Graves, and Corliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Capitol Commission
Cass Gilbert
Gilbert
Daniel Shell
Worthington
George DuToit
Chaska
H. M. Lamberton
Winona
Channing Seabury
John de Lalttre
Minneapolis
C. H. Graves
Duluth
E. E. Corliss
Fergus Falls
Design of Judicial Building Reveals Thoughtful Public Access
The plan locates judges chambers library and supreme court clerk for easy access without crossing public corridors while giving the public entry to each. The library spans second and third stories with 100000 volumes and a librarian on the second floor. Alcoves receive light from above and sides. corridors are direct, well lit, ventilated, with marble floors. grand stair halls in each wing are lit from above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Boston Public Library
New
Massachusetts State House
Indiana State Capitol
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Capitol Design Awards Banquet Deliberate Choice Cass Gilbert Designs
The Minnesota capitol competition awarded Cass Gilbert first for Design No. 38 with him named architect. George R. Mann, Traphagen Fitzpatrick with Bassford, Clarence H. Johnson and Harry W. Jones received the next prizes as the board reserved revisions and set a total project cost of 1.271 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Harry W. Jones
Minneapolis
Cass Gilbert
St. Paul, Minn
George R. Mann
St. Louis
Traphagen & Fitzpatrick
Duluth
Minn
E. P
Gilbert
Electric bicycle speeds and dangers on road trials
A New York inventor builds an electric bicycle weighing about 64 pounds with a motor under the seat and a 36 by 7 inch battery box over the rear wheel. Trials on a boulevard yielded disputed speeds from 20 to allegedly 200 miles per hour with safety gear borrowed and later improvements claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
France
New York World
Frisco Copyist Mooney Writes With Both Hands
Gus Mooney, a county clerk’s office copyist, astonishes all by being ambidextrous and able to write in Spencerian and round backhand styles. He demonstrates graceful penmanship in copying wills filed into the records at the new city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Mooney
New City Hall
Mooney
Expert Wheelwright Praises Gilbert Design for Legislative Complex
The Expert Wheelwright endorses Mr. Gilberts plan with north and west legislative chambers on the second floor connected to the supreme court and library. Committee rooms lie near the chambers with retiring rooms behind the speaker, and space allocated for minor court offices and reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheelright
Mr. Gilbert
Supreme Court
Commission
Sureme Court
Deo
Sketch of the Gilbert Plan and Mooney’s Dual Signatures
A San Francisco Post excerpt describes an architect's design on the Gilbert Plan and artist Mooney who writes with both hands. It notes his backhand drafting and ability to duplicate two signatures simultaneously from a common point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooney
San Francisco Post
Design layout of state government building rooms and features
The description details the building with south front grouping for state officers and second story housing the house of representatives senate and supreme court. skylights top lighting and side lights in domes. galleries provide light without glare. plenum ventilation with fans and electric motors. easy internal communication between chambers. public corridors closed off by bronze screens during sessions. supreme court in east wing kept secluded yet accessible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
House
Remarks on architectural design and interior layout
The analysis praises a scholarly well proportioned exterior design with refined interiors. It notes room allocations for offices and historical society, comments on lighting and staircase ideas, and suggests modest improvements to upper openings and façade projections.
Bees as letter carriers alarm London observers
An apiculturist trains bees to carry tiny letter patches on their backs. After trials, seven bees released from a four mile distant home returned with legible writing. The Telegraph sees a potential new industry and wartime use for bees due to their invisibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
TRYING TO STRIKE AND FIRE WRECKS ON GREAT NORTHERN
Report from St Paul says incendiary action by strikers or sympathizers aimed to burn a bridge west of Columbia Falls halted by crew. Four engines killed at Kalispell turntable pit, and rail workers at Spokane and Kalispell show mixed responses as Great Northern vows normal operations. General Manager Warren denies hiring in Chicago and confirms existing crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Columbia Falls
Kalispell
Goodwin
Great Northern
Havre
Mont
Montana
Warren
Spokane
St. Cloud
Chicago
Noted Educator James Canfield Named OSU President
James Hulme Canfield, newly elected president of Ohio State University at Columbus, has moved the institution toward a solid foundation in a brief tenure. Born March 18, 1847 in Delaware Ohio, he later studied in Brooklyn New York Williams College and gained law practice in Michigan before leading Kansas Nebraska and other states’ universities. He shaped educational movements nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio
James Hulme Canfield
Delaware
Vermont
Great Northern workers strike at Devils Lake
At Devils Lake only some Great Northern employees struck today with no violence. Rumors of St. Paul staff joining were unfounded. Regular police guarded yards while any noncompliant employee would be discharged under company policy stated by the general manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Devils Lake
Great Northern
Engineer Best
Minnesota
Strike Quietly Paralyzes Devils Lake Rail System
At Devils Lake North Dakota on November 7 the general strike began at 2 am. Train 15 a through fast freight arrived on time and stood on a side track while Train 75 also stood on a side track. Officials report trains moving soon with passenger service continuing as normal. Foreman Collinson says most workers are on duty except car repairers. Train crews and station staff are held to on stand.
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Devils Lake
N. D
Brainerd
Round House
Collinson
Robinson
Cubans Lose a Leader in Battle at Minasricas
Havana dispatch reports American battalion forces clashing with bands led by Rogo Fleitos and Bermadox at Minasricas in Santa Clara. The insurgents were driven from the field with heavy losses, including their leader among three killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Banks sue New Orleans Brewing association for large sums
The State National Bank files suit against the New Orleans Brewing Association for 21000 dollars and the Metropolitan Bank sues for 113000 dollars claiming unpaid obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Brewing Association
State National Bank
The
Metropolitan Bank
Burmeister Murder Mystery Stuns Towner North Dakota
North Dakota residents despair over the Burmeister murder with no clues for investigators. Evidence includes a burned sod shanty and the bodies of two young children. kerosene and fire left no clear origin. The intact stove and unburned room complicate the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Towner
N. D
Burmeister
Hair Cutting by Electricity
A historic description explains using a platinum wire over a comb as an electric hair cutter. Pressing a button heats the wire to a white heat and the comb passed through hair burns each strand, cauterizing ends to preserve oils. The device connects to a lamp socket and can be used by anyone skilled.
Severe Earthquake Rattles Rome at 4:38 A M
A strong pro longed quake struck Rome at 4 38 this morning. Buildings swayed walls cracked and items fell as residents fled in panic. The Vatican complex was severely shaken but the pope remained calm throughout the tremor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vatican
Motorcycle contest postponed to Thanksgiving Day
The Times-Herald motocycle contest is postponed until Thanksgiving Day by judges Gen Merritt Prof John P Barrett and Henry Timkin after a meeting at the Washington club house today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Times-Herald
Gen. Merritt
John P. Barrett
Henry Timkin
Washington Club
Fire destroys shirt factory and Manhattan Bank in Broadway blaze
A massive fire started at Keep's shirt factory at Broadway and Bleeker and spread through Crosby to Broadway, destroying a large block and the Manhattan Savings Institution. The blaze caused near 2 million in damage and injured twenty five firefighters among others as crews fought the flames and saved nearby structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Keep's
Broadway and
Bleeker Streets
Crosby Street
Crosby and
Bleeker Street
Manhattan Savings Institution
Jacob Adler & Co
Broadway
Empire State Bank
Lauterback & Co
Silks
Manhattan Bank
Manhattan
F. J. Reilly
Fitzgerald
Trash
Barnett
Reilly
Walsh
Annie Coon
Atenement
Heidelburg & Co
Ouvebrood Bros
Mrs Jessie Conner Receives Second Divorce in Sioux Falls
Mrs Jessie Conner obtains a second divorce from Charles C. Conner in Sioux Falls South Dakota after he disappeared for years and reappeared, led to remarriage, a California winter, an attached furniture judgment, and a $1000 sheriff's judgment. If he resurfaces, she may end the marriage for good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conner
Tunnel Fire Near Bozeman Dying Out Slowly
Bozeman Montana November 7 flames in the Muir tunnel near Bozeman are burning themselves out railroad officials say it will take a few weeks to clear debris and restore traffic the new fan has helped reduce smoke and gas volumes while officials tighten controls on information about the fire and tunnel work workers returning say they know little about the case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Mont
Muir Tunnel
Ambassadors Press Turkey to Restore Order in Crises
A Constantinople dispatch says that amid Turkish disturbances, ambassadors of the powers visited the porte separately urging immediate measures to restore order. They warned that united action would follow if the Porte does not respond. They also asked Said Pasha to outline Ankara’s plan to end the current anarchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Rome
Constantinople
Pasha
Non Partisan W C T U Convention Opens in Oberlin
The sixth annual convention of the national non partisan W C T U opened in Oberlin Ohio with welcome addresses by Mrs Currier Rev H M Tenney and Mrs A F Johnson. Mrs Kr A Barrington of Belfast Me gave the Eastern response, Mrs Alonzo Linn of Washington for the interior and Mrs Florence Miller of Des Moines Ia for the West spoke for their regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T. U
Murdered on Rich Man in Gardenville Home
Baltimore report details the double murder of Capt. Frederick Lang and his wife at their Franklin Avenue residence in Gardenville. Police say the couple were killed in bed with crushed skulls and the house ransacked. Lang, fifty, was noted as very wealthy. authorities suspect robbery as the motive.
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Baltimore
Frederick Lang
Franklin Avenue
Gardenville
Lang
Fire damages dwelling and mill yard at Dexter
A morning fire destroyed a dwelling and a machine shop building at the Union Lumber yard in Dexter. Losses total about 6000 with insured lumber company at 1300 and other losses split between a dwelling and the yard. The fire origin is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Union Lumber Company
Liking
Lumber Company
Insurance, Lumber Company
Fire damages Alpena Journal office in Alpena
Fire partly destroyed the Alpena Journal office this morning in Alpena South Dakota. The forms and type were saved. The building was fully insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter, Minn
G. W. King’s Alpena
S. D
Alpena Journal
Mitchell City Faces Dual Police Chiefs Feud
In Mitchell South Dakota a power struggle between Mayor Seaman and the city council leaves two police chiefs in place. Chief Hall appointed by the mayor and Chief Rogers by the council both report for duty after disputed dismissals. The mayor's reappointment and subsequent dismissal notices spark a legal dispute likely to go to court.
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Mitchell
S. D
Seaman
Hall
Rogers
Chamberlain
Ald. Pollars
Chicago
Chief Hall
Bomb Explosion Shocks Biscay Monastery
A Special A bomb exploded today at the Corjuela monastery in Biscay causing extensive damage. Several monks died from the shock and the attacker remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Corjuela
Province of
Biscay
Mexican National Exposition and Land Company Formed
A New Jersey corporation named Mexican National Exposition and Land Company has been formed to hold an international exposition in Mexico City in 1898 under grants from the Mexican government. It is incorporated under New Jersey law with headquarters in Trenton.
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Trenton
N. J
Mexican National Exposition and Land Company
New Jersey
City of
Mexico
Maj Gen John Schofield to Make Chicago Home
In Chicago, Maj Gen John Schofield retired plans to reside there and devote time to writing his memoirs. The move comes as he settles after a long military career and intends to focus on his historical writings in his new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Special
John Schofield
Republican Committee Holds Line on Convention Plans
The News Washington report says competent Republican authorities will consider only the date and location of the national convention at the next national committee meeting in Chicago. No change of chairmanship will be allowed before the convention, and efforts by Indiana Republicans to oust Senator Carter will be rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Committee
Chicago
Washington
National Committee
Indiana
Carter
Marquis de Nayve Acquitted in Stepson Murder Trial
Bourges reports the marquis de Nayve was acquitted after a week long trial. The jury retired for forty minutes before delivering the not guilty verdict in the high profile murder case surrounding his stepson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourges
Marquis de Nayve
Mrs Maybrick Transferred From Woking to Aylesbury Prison
Mrs Florence Maybrick, the American woman sentenced to life for poisoning her husband James Maybrick in 1889, was moved today from Woking prison to the jail at Aylesbury along with other female convicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woking
Aylesbury Prison
London
Frorence Maybrick
James Maybrick
Aylesbury
Took Him at His Word Beaver Dam Wisconsin Shooting Incident
A party of young men hunting at Anton Hollemeier’s farm were ordered off the premises. When they shot at him he turned and invited them to blaze away. Dr. Frank Mirlach fired, striking the man who fell but survived after bullets lodged along his back. Dr. C W Voorus extracted fifty three shots from the victim’s skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Dam
Wis
Anton Hollemeier
Hollemeier
Frank Mirlach
C. W. Voorus
Grand jury indicts dead men in cemetery case
In St Paul, the current grand jury has indicted two deceased men along with others, despite appeals and higher court review of the cases of the deceased. The jurors have extended their inquiry beyond present matters into the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Special
Nfe
Aristock Runs Aground Near Liverpool During Storm
The Gloucester schooner Aristock Captain Blackburn bound for The Banks went ashore near Liverpool in today’s gale. the crew were saved and the vessel probably a total loss. Three schooners, Anastasia F Odd Fellow and Star, ran ashore at West Bay. the last two may be refloated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Aristock
Blackburn
Liverpool
West Bay
Anastasia F
Odd Fellow
Star
Cleveland Goes Fishing in West Virginia Outing
President Cleveland and Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller spent the day fishing at Shepardstown near Charlestown, West Virginia, in a Washington special outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Washington
Internal Revenue
Miller
Shepardstown
Charlestown
W. Va
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Brainerd Dispatch
Ingersoll & Wieland, Publishers
Lonnor
Earl Spencer
Russia
Cronstadt
Syria
Damascus
Sarah Bernhardt
Lord Wytton
Rhondda Valley
South Wales
Treorky
Dorsetshire
Alington
Siberia
England
China
Ashantee
Venezuela
Salt Lake City
Utah
Congo
Vienna
Nicholas II
Peter III
Alexander I
Nicholas I
Alexander II
Alexander III
Toledo
Charles V
Tanna
New Hebrides
Herbert
Great Lakes
Olney
United States
Eustis
First Presbyterian Church of
Boston Evening Transcript
Okanagan
Mary
James Peil
Humphrey Ward
Anson Chrisler
Kansas City Police
Edward Hilston
Topeka
T. B. Walker
Sewanee
Tenn
Will Henly
Walker
Henly
National Hotel
Wabash
Ind
Loisville
Southampton
Mount Olympic
N. Lindley
James D. Weaver
Cincinnati
Harvard
Harvard Musical Society
Commodore L
N. C
Baptist Church
Slater
Pacific
Dallas
Tex
Dallas Artillery Company
Culberson
Barbara Kastner
Clark Seibert
J. Hi. Crist
Santa Fe County
N. M
T. B. Caton
C. A. Spiess
New Mexico Supreme Court
Jones
Union Stock Yards
Pueblo
Col
Pate
Industrial Railroad
McConnell
Idaho
Wallace
Miners’ Union
Hunter
Mullen
Wardner
Chatham
Enoch Arden
Edward Simpson
Simpson
Lima
Peru
State Capitol
G. R. Mann
E. P. Bassford
Trephagen and Fitzpatrick
C. H. Johnson
H. W. Jones
Toate
Rstanda
Historical Society
Seven Hills
Maybrick
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