McKinley and currency clash spurs national debate
The article surveys political fallout from the 1896 campaign, arguing for bimetallic policy, criticizing McKinley and the gold standard, and predicting a possible shift in party leadership. It cites Bryan as likely Democratic candidate and discusses imperialism’s costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monrvieux
Conniss
United States
Willigie J
Bryan
Ireq Aiver
Igner
Republican Congress
Money Trust
Lang
Republican Party
Thotley
McKinley
Wilmie J. Bryan
McKinley the Aggressor in the Philippines War Debate
The New York World argues that McKinley cannot claim rights not granted by law and that U.S. rights in the Philippines are limited to self defense and maintaining order in Manila. It asserts no war would exist if he had not sought broader powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Reed
Willer J
Texas
British Columbia
Klondike
AGN
Bersih Cella
New York World
Cost of Military Rule Pressures Revenues Rise
Government revenues last month near $600000 amid war taxes and heavy expenditures. A deficit of about $S000,000 is reported with army and navy costs about $10,000,000 higher than in 1897, reflecting the expense of maintaining dependencies under military rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Congress
Chattanooga News
Springfield
Rep
Kwakiutl Head Deformities and Totem Traditions
The article describes Kwakiutl rituals and living culture in British Columbia, detailing skull shaping practices, totem poles, clan insignia, and ritual dances. It notes the use of carved posts, the transfer of totem rights between tribes, and the prominent, though stylized, animal imagery in carvings and masks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tween Rivers Inlet
Cape Mudge
British Columbia
Mexico
South America
Northwest Coast
Rivers Inlet
Origin of Labor Day Observance Across States
The article notes Labor Day is widely observed in the United States with certain states lacking formal observance. It traces the day to September 5, 1882, when the Knights of Labor General Assembly met in New York City and organized public expressions under various names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
New York Central Labor Union
Matthew Maguire
Union Squire
Central Labor Union
Union Square
Robert Price
Lonaconing
Knights of Labor
Richard Griffiths
Uncle Dick
New York
Central Labor Union of
George K. Lloyd
Knight of Labor
Congress
Pittsburg
America
Arkansas
Arizona
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Dakota
North Carolina
Nevada
Vermont
General Assembly of the Order of the Knights of Labor
New York City
Knights of Labor of
Applause by Machinery In Vienna Theaters
A Vienna journal details a device by Herr Zimmerman that creates applause with electric controlled leather air sacks placed around a theater. The regisseur operates the system from the wings to summon applause from any section, claiming use in Paris and Berlin theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Herr Zimmerman
Regisseur
Wert Zim- Moermann
Paris
Berlin
No Skull for an Irish Fair in Manslaughter Case
In Ireland a quarrel at a fair led to a manslaughter sentence with evidence that the victim's skull was unusually thin. The prisoner asked, was that a skull for a man to go to a fair wid, and a veteran woman remark about a strict house rule for baking cake is recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Aeronaut’s Parachute Fails Over Crawfordsville Fair
Reports from Crawfordsville detail a tragic sequence at the Crawfordsville fair where Prof Dennis attempted a parachute drop and failed to open his chute in time. An adjacent incident in Scetto township saw widow Davella Swartz shoot an elderly farmer, causing fatal injuries. Police investigate both events as they unfold across Indiana communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilwood
Lapel
Milltown
Dennis
Scetto
Davella Swartz
Slop Wespresen
Doad
New Railway Projected by Richmond Capitalist
Thomas Newkirk of Richmond secures right of way for a railroad from Elwood through Anderson to Linged. The line will join with the Chicago and Southeastern owned by Tfurry Crawford of Chicago to tap Tidiana fields for gas belt cities and factories when coal becomes necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Newkirk
Richmond
Elwood
Anderson
Linged
Chiceago
Southeastern
Tfurry Crawford
Chicago
Marl Bed Found in Indiana by Geologist Team
State Geologist W S Blackley and assistant George H Ashley report the discovery of Indiana’s largest marl bed at Fish Lake in LaPorte County. The bed spans 400 acres and ranges ten to twelve feet in thickness. The property is owned by Swift & Co of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Blackley
George H. Ashley
LaPorte County
Indiana
Fish Lake
Swift & Go
Chicago Packers
Milltown Fire Destroys Businesses and Homes
A blaze swept Milltown damaging T. EB. Tancock's general store Odd Fellows hall J. Rawlings undertaking GC Wo Rawlings residence and other structures. Loss pegged at about 25000 in today’s currency. No fire protection existed. a bucket brigade fought the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milltown
T. EB. Tancock
J. J. Rawlings
Rover
T. FE. Tancooek
Wo Rawlings
Indiana Border Troubles and County Woes Highlight 19th Century Reports
Reported incidents span Porter to Grant counties with deaths from a runaway, a train, and a drowning. Gas rate disputes, mine migrations to Michigan, and steel mill trust formation surface alongside quarantines, fires, and oil plant losses. A Cuban boy school row, a tiger accident, and a Washington DC burial of a Seigert heighten the era’s strange mishmash of misfortune and local turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolidusville
John Abridge
Muccie
Marion
Peter Brown
Lawrenceburg
Turtle Farm
A. H. Braden
Frankfort
Grant County
Bert Snyder
Lakeville
Indiana
Michigan
Union Steel Mills
Anderson
Goee
Northwest Indiana
Jiafayette
Barney Orstman
Fort Wayne
Ohio and
Indiana Gas Company
Jay County
Parke County Glass
Coxville
Washington
Johnson
Schuyler Love
Indiana Southern Railroad
Terre Naute
Union Station
Abe Hichardson
Mitchell
Carlisle
BSS
Linae Ds
Witedese
Vines
Ni Plate
Port Wayne
David Teetiner
Princeton
Cuba
Carl Seigert
Julius Seigert
LaPorte
Wallace
John Sidener
Crawfordsville
Clem Ralston
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M’kinley
MeWiley
Bon Gan
Anthe
Sation
Philip
Bland
Iliam J. Dential
Amig
Wauskieden
Ndt
Burdais
Man
Cme
Europe
Chicago Chronicle
Hionhhes
Mooreat Ming
Meinley Abowel Hinds
Dewey
Phlilinnipe Powey
Los Angeles
State Artillery
Volksraad
Transvaal
England
Cape Colony
Natal
Orange Free State
South Africa
Pretoria
Franz Boas
American Museum of Naturalistory
Annette Iwowakinus
Kwaktutit Indas
Earth
Ocean
Cnannibal
Rivers Islet
Dennis McGuire
Meagher
Flo
Ginral
Dennis MecGuire
Donahue
Porter County
James Doolittle
George Cox
Danville
Lafayette
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