Diverse Global News Snippets Brief of Economic and Social Topics
A wide set of brief items discusses cheaper wheat costs in California versus Argentina, frontier customs halting a procession of seminary girls suspected of smuggling cigars, and a Berlin Prize awarded to James Ford Rhodes for a modern US history work. Other notes cover overdue labor-saving machinery debates, a Springfield robbery sting leading to a pipe-smoking suspect confession, US revenue service casks to study polar currents, rising Black crime concerns in Louisiana, a British trust for historic scenery, Italian domestic tragedy, and a Sultanial edict restricting Christian governesses in Turkish households.
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Berlin Academy of Science
Marquis de Chasseloup
James Ford Rhodes
Cleveland
Hanny
Rhodes
United States
McKinley Shot by Anarchist at Buffalo Exposition
President McKinley was shot while greeting the public at the Buffalo exposition at 4 p.m. on Friday. Assassin Leon Czolgosz aimed two shots, wounding the chief executive who asked if he was shot as he slumped, with Detective Gerry and Secretary Cortelyou assisting him.
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Buffalo Exposition
McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
Cortelyou
Gerry
Goequan
Cedar Creek
Fisher's Hill
Assassination of President McKinely at Exposition
The account describes the assassination of President McKinley by Leo Czolgosz at a crowded exposition. The first bullet hit the breast, the second wounded the abdomen, and surgeons worry about stomach perforation. Secret Service and police subdue the assailant as the president remains calm and is moved to Milburn House for care.
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Simach
Erionis
Milburn
Cortilyou
Httle
Exposition Grounds
Lonig
Sufseq
Miliburn
Consoling Messages From Foreign Leaders Reach State Dept
The State Department in Washington released many condolence messages from monarchs, ministers, and dignitaries after President McKinley’s attack. Letters express horror or sympathy, including notes from Kaiser Wilhelm II and the German empire, Queen Victoria, and Estada of Guatemala, among others. The communications show broad international mourning and wishes for the president’s health.
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Department OF State
Washington
United States
Kaiser
Jol
German Emperor
Ems
Czolgosz Confession Details Anarchist Motives
Leon Czolgrosz, the accused assassin of President McKinley, has signed a six page confession claiming anarchist beliefs and detailing that he decided to act three days before, bought the Buffalo revolver, and was influenced by Emma Goldman. He asserts no confederate and that his aim was to protest US government. Five Cleveland anarchists were detained and released after questioning.
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Leon Czolgosz
Seill
Buffalo
Golden Eagles
Czolgosz
Cleveland
Mer Street
Ackland Avenue
Czelgosz
United States
Emma Goldman
William McKinley Political Rise and Presidency
A condensed biographical sketch of William McKinley born in Niles Ohio Jan 29 1843 The narrative covers his ancestry schooling in Niles and Portland his Civil War service with the Twenty third Ohio Volunteer Infantry rise from private to major and later governorship of Ohio It notes his presidential victories in 1896 and 1900 and the pivotal issues of tariff protection and silver coinage.
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William McKinley
United States
Niles
Trumbull County
Ohio
McKinley
William
Portland
Mahonng’ County
Union Seminary
Alleghany College
Meadville
Poland
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Aacocha
St.Louis
Ganndate
Indignant editor laments dress trends in city crowds
The Springfield Register complains of a "predent-day girl" whose gown is pulled tight to eliminate wrinkles. It argues tights would better show the leg shape and reduce the need to hold skirts, reflecting Chicago Inter-Ocean reporting on fashion scrutiny.
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Springfield Register
Chicago
Antarctic Dogs Arrive for The Discovery South Pole Quest
The British expedition ship The Discovery sails to penetrate the South Pole ice with sledges and thirty Russian bred dogs valued at 130 each. Dogs are aboard from Melbourne after refrigerated travel. Eskimo dogs join the planned Arctic Antarctic effort. Germany and Sweden also mount Antarctic expeditions.
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Evelyn Baldwin
North Pole
South Pole
Antarctic
Arctic
Discovery
Russia
Malbourne
Australia
Germany
Sweden
Costs of Civil War Expenditures Across Nations
The United States bore over a third of wartime costs, with civil war disbursements from July 1, 1861 to June 30, 1879 totaling 6.187 billion dollars. From June 30, 1879 to July 1, 1900, estimated debt interest and pensions add 3.905 billion, pushing federal outlays to about 10.092 billion. Confederate expenditures exceed 3 billion for army maintenance.
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United States
United States Treasury
Thomas B. Wilson
Remarkable Narrows Swim Between Brooklyn and Staten Island
A notable cross water race saw two girls ages nineteen and eleven swim from Brooklyn to Staten Island. Miss Blaine Golding defeated Miss May Behr by about half a mile, finishing at the Crescent Athletic Club dock in Bay Ridge due to currents and altered conditions.
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Brooklyn
Staten, Island
Blaine Golding
May Behr
Crescent Athletic Club
Bay Ridge
Rights of municipal workers to safe workplace cited
A court notes a municipal servant has a due process right to a reasonably safe work site when engaged in water works. The ruling in Rhobidus v Concord (N H) 61 L R A 291 emphasizes that the duty of the municipality to provide safety does not hinge on broader public duties or community impact.
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Fata
Rhobidus
Concord
N. H
Bittee
Movable disinfecting wagon aids military camps
Armies increasingly employ curious vehicles to hinder mobility with a movable forge, ermatorium, hospital, ice machine, and now a traveling disinfecting apparatus. The wagon moves between camps to disinfect soldiers clothing, raising debate about future war mobility.
Yakamik Ie Intelligent Bird Known for Herding
The yakamik crane is described as highly intelligent, used by Venezuelan and South American ranchers as shepherd and guard for flocks. It reportedly locates its way home despite wandering far, guiding all creatures entrusted to its care.
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Venezuela
Almerica
Queen of Holland Known for Scientific Pursuits
The young Queen of Holland is celebrated for devotion to natural history. While in London during her minority she and Queen Emma visited the Natural History Museum to study minerals. Her majesty is a diligent reader of scientific literature.
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Queen of
Holland
London
Queen Emma
Natural History Museum
South Kensington
Demand for athletic clergymen in parish plea
A country curate was told to quit by his parish, as the London Telegraph notes. Although decent in conduct, the vicar admitted the parish desires a good fast bowler with a break from the off. The incident highlights evolving expectations that clergy also excel in sports.
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London Telegraph
Oif
Crime rates by nation prompt temperance claims
The report cites Britain statistics showing Scotland with the largest number of criminals in the United Kingdom. Last year 1,388 persons were convicted in the courts per 100000 population, versus 581 in England and 839 in Ireland, with explanations blaming Scottish whisky consumption for higher crime. The Indianapolis News notes the alleged link between temperance and crime.
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Britain
Scotland
United Kingdom
England
Ireland
Indianapolis News
City of Cebu Population and Local Food Customs
The City of Cebu has about 100,000 inhabitants, a population clustered in native huts. Residents live year after year on rice and corn with no hunting. Thousands of stalls showcase Ash less than six inches long, caught and dried for local consumption.
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Cebu
Utopia in Sweden Builds Wealth From Replanting Trees
Utopia located in Sweden now at Qrsa. Over a generation the community has sald four million dollars in value from trees and through replanting has secured similar income for forty years. Civic and Military Rowers note a Boer field cornet acts as magistrate in the neighboring county and can draft able-bodied men for war.
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Utopia
Sweden
Qrsa
Ascent of Mont Blanc and Other Fragments
A fragmented note recalls the first ascent of Mont Blanc by Harmat and Paccard in 1786 and Saussure’s prize. It notes about fifty parties climb yearly and offers assorted remarks on backache cures, horse racing colors, and paper making advances.
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Mont Blanc
Blanc
Harmat
Paccard
Saussure
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