Out of covery and politics mix in wild missives
A garbled column blends social satire with references to Rev Martyn on lecture tours, Paris sanitary gains, and American politics. It notes Missouri farmers, Billy Rider’s beer plan, memoirs in Paris, Lord Randolph Churchill’s remark on Gladstone, a Tanner era quip, Grant’s example, and diphtheria death-rate drops in Trieste and Kowina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Billy Rider
Lord Randolph Churchill
Mr ,Gladstone
The Feling Gazette and Great Powers in East Asia
A 200 year old publication notes the Norman conquest era and mass editor executions while detailing Czarist censorship shifts. Russia backs easing foreign press rules as Teng-Chow-Ioo becomes a focal point near Port Arthur with 250,000 inhabitants and trade value. Military figures suggest Russia could mobilize 8.6 million, with war footing possible to influence China Japan tensions.
Bicycle show in New York hints at cheaper wheels
A safety device on display promises light riders can use eight pound weight limits, suggesting bicycles may drop in price soon. The report forecasts a future where a frat élesa wheel could cost about $40, while New York spectators consider the tech and costs amid wider war and political talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Around the Globe Highlights From A Week’s Debates and Data
A roundup of notable events across government and economy. Congress debated punishment for train wreckers and an income tax scope covering army and navy officers. The Supreme Court advanced income tax cases to be argued in March. Sugar imports in January reached 765 million pounds, a record. Vice President presented credentials of Richard Pettigrew for a new six year Senate term. An appropriation bill proposes a cable link to Hawaii with 500 thousand dollars set aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Vpen & Bill
Olney Thas
Secretary of War
Army
Navy
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Richard FP. Pettigrew
South Dakota
United States
Notable Figures Mentioned Across U S News Roundup
Personal notes list actor Richard Mannfield in Little Rock and Justice Howell FH, with Jackson Tennessee’s condition feared serious. Paul Du Chilly visits Hartford while Sheridan to write a biography of Gen. Philip Sheridan. Mme Patti recovers from a Vienna chill and goes to Dresden. Alfred Ypple Ohio jurist and author is dead. Rev. G Wynne Jones starts a domestic institute in Baltimore. A Baptist clergyman of Virginia claims swift immersion. Prof. Wilt of Lexington dies. long-time Kentucky university commerce head. Miss Willard visits White House. praised singer with foreign schooling. Patrick Morgan, ex minister to Chile, dismisses Central American threat against Mexico. Dr. Jamine Strong, famed mental health specialist, dies in Cleveland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mannfield
Little Rock
Ark
Howell FH
Jackson
Tennessee
Paul du Chilly
Hartford
Conn
Cnl. Sheridan
Pillip H. Sheridan
Mme Patti
Vienna
Dresden
Alfred Ypple
Ohio
Baltimore
Binger
John the Baptist
W. Silt
Lexington
Commercial College of Kentucky University
Miss Willard
Frances Willard
Mexico
Jamine Strong
Northern
Clavaland
Unfortunate Series of Fatal and Damaging Events Across Cities
A string of calamities reports multiple deaths and injuries from rail, fire, and accidents. Frances Wilban dies after being struck by a Wabash locomotive in Burrows Indiana. Aisan Reuter, near Charles City, is found frozen to death. A four year old child of Hattie Jones of Marion Indiana fatally burns near a grate. A new coal shaft at Mascoutah suffers $5000 in damage from quidsand. Barge wrecks off Port Judith prompt crew fatalities and serious injuries. A collision between a bobsled and a cable car in St. Louis injures and kills. Trainmen on the Memphis route report two men frozen to death near the track six miles from Hoste rk. In Montreal, the Mechanical Institute sustains a $50,000 fire loss, insured. An earthquake hits Helena Montana causing shaking. Fire destroys Wilkinsburg Presbyterian church in Pittsburgh area valued at $252,000. one fireman frozen. Toronto chief Richard Ardagh badly injured in Globe fire. In Logansport Indiana an orphan home explosion kills 14-year-old Wills Bush and burns another boy. William Pance farm home near Princeton Indiana burns, contents lost. Fire Chief John Redell of Omaha suffers spinal injuries after a fall. In twelve Mexican outbreak region a physician from Pennsylvania, Dr. Jor ell, is accidentally shot and killed alongside a companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Wilban
Burrows
Ind
Aisan’ Nimed Reuter
Charles City
Town
Hattie Jones
Marion
Mascoutah
Quidsand
Port Judith
St. Louis
Memphis
Hosterk
Montreal
Mechanical Institute
Wee
Helena
Mont
Pittabare
Wilkinsburg Presbyterian Church
Richard Ardagh
Toronto Fire Brigade
Globe
Logansport
Wills Bush
William Pance
Owen Lovejoy
Underground Railroad
Princeton
John Redell
Omaha
Twenteens
Mex
Jorell
Mexico
Manitou City inmate dies in jail after rat poison intake
In a Manitoupolis jail death, inmate Jutte died from rat poison ingestion. Harvey Booth, a wealthy Wyoming figure, connected to the case, remains under investigation as authorities review the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Booth
Wyoming
Multiple crime reports and incidents across cities
A roundup of murders, assaults, escapes, and crimes from various locales. Reports include a murder in an Austin saloon, a Hefty list of suspects in Warren County, jailbreaks and captures, a body stolen by ghoul rumors, and further incidents in Kansas City, Rolla, and New Orleans. Also noted are trials, political unrest, ship and rail crimes, and a spate of random international notes, including literary and scientific items.
Consolidation of Brooklyn Interests Ends in One Group
Multiple city items: Mayor Caldwell warns prizefighters to workhouse if they come to Cincinnati. Miners Wiley Clem ents and Joshua Hughes fatally wounded in Birmingham by Bud Jones. Illinois plant shuts 925 workers due to wild labor law. Ada Wolfe sues Mark Bweet for 10000 damages in Michigan. Kansas City gamblers driven out as authorities finish crusade. Attorney Ambrose Smithythe found guilty of embezzlement. American Water Jobbers and manufacturers fuse to control market in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Mayor Caldwell
Cincinnati
Birmingham Aln
Wiley Clements
Joshua Hughes
Bud Jones
Alton
Til
Inois Gings Company
Ada Wolfe
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Sull
Mark Bweet
Eden
Ohio
Kansas City
Kan
Ambrose
Doings of Congress Condensed Finance Debates Feb 6 9
Condensed record of Senate and House actions as of February 6 to 9. The Republican stance on railroad funding shifts, Montana Senator Leo Mantle sworn in, and the currency and agricultural appropriation bills advance or face roadblocks. Debates over gold bond issues and the administration plan to retire legal tender continue amid tense exchanges and procedural rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
House
Reed
Secretary of the Treasury
Mitchell
Harrin
Senate
Penate
Committee On
Banking and Currency
Allver
Blend
Hawaii
Woodlen
Haanulal
Congress
Debates Over Bond Bill End With Party-Line Defeat
A party vote defeated the Reed substitute and the bond bill, with 76 to 106 opposing and 101 to 100 in a separate roll. Reed faced questions over his stance while outlining a personal substitute. The bill’s defeat despite Democratic support and the ongoing Hawaii cable debate left a consular appropriation unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houss
Kevon Democrats
Cannon
California
Reed
DAL Aason Ils
Salt
Hla
Democrate
Althong
Springer
Hawaii
Senate
Large Pine Deal Paid in English Gold in Europe
Ashland Wisconsin February report of a large pine timber deal for seven million feet to be cut at Mellen and shipped to Europe as soon as navigation opens. The timber is to be paid for in English gold and delivered in Liverpool before July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thater
England
Ashland
Wis
Valley Board
Mellen
Europe
Liverpool
Silos and Silage Highlight Madison Agricultural Session
At the Wisconsin Madison agricultural society meeting Prof King led a talk on silos and silage. Thomas Convey urged farmers to raise hogs for profit while ex Gov Hoard addressed dairy interests, stressing the cheese industry as key to dairymen’s welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whrconnin Agricusturats
Madison
Wis
Agricutural Society
Iil King
Thomas Convey
W. D. Hoard
Death of Fond du Lac clergyman missionary to Oneida Indians
C. Coleman announces the death of his father in Fond du Lac at age 93. The deceased was a Methodist minister who came west fifty years ago as a missionary to the Oneida Indians. He left a twin brother who died in New York State three years ago. He is survived by son Ethu Coleman of Fond du Lac and son Reverend Henry Coleman of Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ta Crosse
Wis
Coleman
Fond du Lac
New York State
Eithu Coleman
Henry Coleman
Milwaukee
Miner Dead as Mine Embankment Collapses
One man was killed and several others injured when a bank embankment caved in at the Kiness coal mine in Bolteslle on February 9. Miners worked for an hour to rescue those trapped beneath the fallen earth. Henry Ellingen Botten was reported among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolteslle
Kiness
Ery Mutts
Henry Ellingen Boten
State Senator Probes Burnett County Distress in Wisconsin
Grintaburg Wisconsin February State Senator Irwin traveled to investigate destitution among Burnett county residents whose homes were burned in last year’s forest fires. He found about 200 people in need locally, noting Rusk town has done much more. He plans to recommend state aid of some form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihelp
Grintaburg
Wis
Peb. C
Irwin
Burnett County
Rusk
Florida Cold Wave Slices Sunshine State
Florida cool spell spreads from coast to coast as Jacksonville reports a temperature of 20 degrees and a 40 degree drop since morning. Statewide, warm conditions gave way to cold weather with reports of decreasing temperatures and clear skies easing into afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeslay
Florida
Jacksonville
Three-masted schooner sinks after collision in snowstorm
The schooner John 8 Haynes, captained by Henry Haynes from Baltimore to Bagna Lagrande, with coal, collided with a coal barge near Hampton Roads in a blinding snowstorm. The vessel sank but the crew escaped to the yaw and were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohoover Sunle
Norfolk
John 8. Haynes
Henry Haynes
Baltimore
Bagna Lagrande
Quba
Jn Hampton Ronda
Fire in a Conch near Hannibal Missouri in February disaster
A Twin City express train on the Hannibal and St. Toe line suffered a blaze in a conch car near Hannibal. Jett Foley and others attempted to fight the fire but it could not be controlled. The locomotive escaped damage and the rest of the train was saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Twin City Express
Hannibal & St
Jett Foley
Jarodins Not Elected Namaey County Schools Chief
St Paul February 9. Attorney General Childs rules Andrew Jarodins was not elected county superintendent of Namaey county in the fall election. Superintendent Homp, the incumbent, continues to hold over pending final results or a new selection.
Market and grain report from Chicago and Minneapolis
The bulletin lists futures and spot prices for wheat corn oats and rye with mixed results, noting no trains arriving in St Paul due to delays. Hog and cattle markets in Chicago show firm demand and varied prices, while northern Milwaukee and provision metrics appear with modest changes.
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Batent
Minneapolis
Chicago
Bishop of Indiana elected in Indianapolis ceremony
Rev. John H. White of Maribault Minnesota was chosen to succeed David B. Kuickerbocker as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indiana. White, a rector for sixteen years, has been linked with the Seabury Divinity Institute in Minnesota. The convention set his salary at $3,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. White
Maribault
Minn
Indianapolis
Faribault
Mint
David B. Kuickerbocker
Thlx
Episcopal Church
de. White
Northwest
Wis
Seabury Divinity Institut
Mocese
Minnesota
Vention
Enae
Agricultural society session features on soil and clover
Wihacondin Ageloulingiam in Madison on February 8 reports the state agricultural society focusing on papers and discussions. Beloit speaker Boyerett extols clover as a prime forage and notes no need for commercial fertilizers with proper care. Holy Matt Anderson Booke praises clover as the most profitable crop, while Prof. H. Le Russell from the state experimental station discusses bacteria relations to farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wihacondin Ageloulingiam
Madison
Wis
Stte Agricultural Society
H. ‘Boyerett
Beloit
Matt Anderson
H. le; Russell
State Experimental Star
North Dakota Wool Growers elect new officers
The annual meeting of the State Wool Growers association was largely attended with representation from nearly every wool-raising county. Elected for the ensuing year were President Dougall Campbell of Dimano ns county, Vice President H L Dickinson of Stark, Secretary and Treasurer Charles Kronth of Morton, and executive committee members Thoms Byrns Stark, P B Wickham Morton, B H Wilson Barleleh, J H Worst Emmons, J L Staley Mee Tenn, J J Jackman Kidder, and N P Shasmussen Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota Wool Growers
Bismarck
N. D
State
Barleleh
J.H. Worst
Emmons
J. L. Staley
Mee
Tenn
J. J. Jackman
Kidder
N P. Shasmussen
Barnes
Nutt WIT Re over Atchison Feb
Last night reports said James Nutt was seriously injured by Coleman and Mrs Payton and would not recover but after arriving here he was found not dangerously hurt and spent the night walking in his cell muttering My God why did I do it Mrs Peyton remains alive.
Altercation Leaves Printer Shot, Spokane Editor Injured
In Spokane Washington Sunday Sun editor Chester Edwards shot by printer Saint J Jackson in a domestic dispute. Jackson, who returned home to find Edwards in bed with his wife, fired several shots during the altercation. The incident is reported as potentially fatal for Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Chester Edwards
The
Sunday Sun
Aint
J. Jackson
Jackson
Edwards
Charles Tollnson Crushed by Log on Skidway
Grantsburg Wisconsin February 8 Charles Tollnson was brought here from Alf Rice's camp after a log on a skidway crushed and broke his legs. His home is North Branch, Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grantsburg
Charles Tollnson
Alf Rice
North Branch
Atinn
Brasil Gets the Award in Missiones Dispute
Washington Peb 8 The president has decided the dispute between Brazil and the Argentine Republic over the Missiones country in favor of Brazil. Both countries left the matter to this arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brasil
Washington
Brazil
Freezing death rumor denied in Rainy Lake gold country
Pare Mako, Doloth, Minn., Feb. 8. There is no foundation to the story sent from here about eight men freezing to death in the Rainy Lake gold country. No confirmation or details support the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doloth, Minn
Rainy Lake Gold Country
Three Men Suffocated on Coal Boat in New Orleans
In New Orleans on February 8 three men named Sriffin Brown Sylvester Richard son and John Josin a white tramp were suffocated this morning aboard a coal boat. Authorities attribute the tragedy to unsafe working conditions and restricted ventilation onboard. The deceased are described as coil rollers and laborers from local crews. An investigation is underway to determine responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sriffin Brown
Sylvester Richardson
John Josin
Pension Examining Surgeons Appointed at Spring Valley
Doctors J Johnson Albert Pimmer and J D Itely have been named pension examining surgeons at Spring Valley, Washington. The appointment covers reviewing eligibility and medical conditions for pension benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. b.Johnson
Albert Pimmer
J. D. Itely
Spring Valley
President approves Schofield for lieutenant general rank
Washington February 8 the president approved elevating the rank of lieutenant general in the army and nominated General Schofield to the post the confirmation coming as the government moves to restore seniority in command structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schiofki
Washington
Schofield
Delta conspiracy case opens as marshal fails to locate Pullman
In Chicago on February 8 the depo marshal reported inability to locate palace car maker George M Pullman at opening of the Delta conspiracy case. An officer had been shuffled between Pullman’s residence and his office, and was told “Ain’t Nice has gone to Washington.” Judge Goosecup warned that Pullman could be held in contempt if he did not appear.
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Pontempt
Chicago
Delta
George M. Pullman
Palace
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Dr. Martyn
Rey. Martyn
Paris
Thiers
France
Shakesuere
Trieste
Bukowina
Gaeztte
Russia
Teng-Chow-I'oo
Port Arthur
Russig
Pianst
NOWS
Pentilphian
Jhorn
Hyonaston
Charles Ted
Patrick
Austin
Tex
Henry
Philadelphia
Denver
Warren County
Louis de
Livesay & Co
Rolla
William Scott
Frinkin
al Nicholson
Waglig’ Waton &Alcons
Glaseworks
Martin’s Terry
Milton B. Matson
San Jose
Cal
Bob Stewart
Bayminette
Ala
Ward
Salt Lake City
Deer Lodge
Virgus Swope
Patesville
Pollwan
Swope
W. A. Dinan
Newton
Miss
Charles Smith
Boone, Lowa
Charles Donovan
la Junta
Colo
James FR. Clauseman
Donovan
Frank Larrabee
Chicago Electriccian
Efile King
San Brancisco
Ely
London
Duc d'Orleans
Molment
Frars
Tran
House of Lords
Commons
George J. Brush
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Royal Geological Society
America
Asia
Australia
Africa
Dante
Paget Toynby
Venice
Vincent de Beauvais
Galendal
Frederick Mistral
Henri Marechal
Rouan
Mistral
Provence
Iice
Comitttes
Manana
Alsthough
Siles
Messrs
Hale
Chandler
Aldrich
Houdiers
McPherson
Leo Mantle
Montana
Mr. Power
South
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Indiana
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