Illinoisan Jests and Tragedies From Coast to Farm
A collection of local items from Illinois includes a ribbing tale of Col. Wiggins and a Jersey cow joke involving Billy Mason at the Leland farm, a poisoning scare from hard cider in Arthur, a Bloomington insane judgment, and a series of accidents and crimes. Also noted are hotel openings in Quincy, deaths of Dr. Edwin Judson and Mrs. Felt, and legal actions against Chicago area railroad officials amid earthquake jitters in Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Wiggins
Leland Farm
Illinois
Leland Hotel
Chicago
Colonel Wiggins
Billy Mason
Congress
State Senate
Wiggins
Senator Mason
Peggy
Wiggin
Jersey
Leland Bar
Leland Dairy Farm
Mason
Jolly Statesman
Billy
Mr. Mason
Third District
H. A. Beaumont
American Steam Boiler Insurance Company
Beaumont
Calumet Iron and Steel Company
Cummings
Edwin Judson
Judson
Cook County
Hartford
Conn
F. W. Tourtelette
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
H. G. McPike
J. H. Raible
Edmond Beall
L. Pfeiffenberger
Alton
Grover Cleveland Talks Party Principles and Tariff Reform
An interview on the eve of leaving the White House features President Cleveland defending Democratic principles, warning against monopolies, praising Southern industrial recovery, and affirming tariff reform as essential to working people. He stresses unity, patience on race issues, and confidence in public opinion to guide reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Democratic Party
White House
New York Herald
Republican Party
Républic
Lincoln
North
South
How Do They Compare Cabinet Heads From Grandfather to Grandson
The New York World asks if 1889 cabinet composition marks progress or retrogression versus 1840. It lists secretaries of state treasury war navy justice and postmaster general names and states from Harrison era compared with those of Harrison grandson era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Daniel Webster
Mass
James G. Blaine
Treasury
Thomas Ewing
Ohio
Wm. Windom
Minn
WAR
John Bell
Tenn
Redfield Proctor
NAVY
George E. Badger
N.C
Benj. F. Tracy
N. Y
Francis Granger
John Wanamaker
John J. Crittenden
W. H. H. Miller
Ind
New York World
Cabinet speculation through a Chicago Herald dialogue
A Chicago Herald item presents a dialogue in which two citizens question who Proctor Tracy Noble Miller and Harrison has heard of them. The exchange suggests unfamiliarity with potential cabinet nominees and doubts about their own recognition among the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor
Tracy
Noble
Miller
Nori
Harrison
Chicago Herald
Harrison's Advisers in Garfield Administration
Biographical sketches of cabinet picks for President Harrison outlining James G Blaine William Windom Redfield Proctor Benjamin Tracy John Noble Wanamaker and Jeremiah Rusk with notes on birth states career military service and prior political roles including leadership positions in Vermont Wisconsin Iowa and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Blaine
Maine
Treasury
William Windom
Minnesota
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Navy
Benjamin F. Tracy
New York
Interior
John W. Noble
Missouri
Joan Wanamaker
Pennsylvania
W. H. H. Miller
Indiana
Jeremiah M. Rusk
Wisconsin
James Gillespie Blaine
Congress
House
Senate
Garfield
Grover Cleveland
the Treasury
Ohio
New York City
Harrison
Benjamin F.tracy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Oswego
Tioga County
General Assembly
United States
Court of Appeals
John Willock Noble
Secretary of the Interior
Miami College
Keokuk
Iowa
Cavalry
St. Louis
Johnson
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Young Men's Christian Association
America
Wanamaker
Centennial Board of Finance
William Henry Harrison Miller
Indianapolis
Augusta
N.Y
Cresident Harrison
Fort Wayne
Miller
Harrisons
Millers
Jereroinn M. Rusk
Salkehatchie
Yank
Con _ress
Illinois Law-Makers Amid Broad Senate House Actions
Illinois Senate and House measures filled the session with numerous readings and votes. Bills ranged from pharmacy law revisions and public printing appropriations to school law harmonization and crime provisions. A grand tax plan and railroad oversight moves were discussed alongside wildlife and education reforms.
Motion at Rest Demonstrated by Rapid Disk
An illustration of motion at rest was shown at the Royal Institution London. A disk spun thousands of times per minute and small type on its surface was read clearly. Electrical sparks illuminated print only when the type was vertical, revealing changes in fast moving matter or machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Institution
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Affairs IN
Arthur
Moultrie County
Elizabeth McKnight
Bloomington
Apple River
Walton
Warren
Frank
Joseph Moffatt
Arc Light Company
Stebart
Criminal Court
J. J. Spaulding
Evanston
Daniel Cox
Marion Neece
Walkerville
John Bailey
Fred Southers
New Orleans
Cigarmakers’ Union
United States Custom House
Galena
Rock Island
Citizens’ Improvement Association
Burlington
Dubuque
Secretary of the Treasury
Quincy
Hotel Newcomb
Newcomb
Quincy House
Fourth Street
Main Street
R. F. Newcomb
Catherine E. Felt
L. S. Felt
Pass Christian
Miss
McAvoy Brewing Company
Wacker & Birk Brewing and Malting Company
Michael Brand Brewing Company
Grover
MR. Harris
Harrison’s
Illinois Law-Makers
Adourn
Brisbee
Board of Pharmacy
Illinois Pharmaceutical Association
Illinois National Guard
George Washington
Freddie Klor
Neg Ae
United States Service
Johns
Commission of Claims
Hamer
Gettysburg
Pierce
White
Township Board of Trustees
Committee On Judicial Departments
Joint Revenue Committee
First District
Louis Thorn
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home
Committee On Fish and Game
Lee
Committee On State Insitutions
Insane Asylums
Northwestern
Southwestern
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