Miscellaneous notes and curios from Chelsea to Washington
A mammoth tooth found near Chelsea weighs 16 pounds and measures 15 inches by foot. California orange packing shows high female involvement and dusting needed. A Norway Vermont elm hosts a currant bush fruiting after two to three years. England and America face Protestant pastor shortages. Germany’s theological students drop to 101 per 1000. Gum chewing is rare in Washington with lively street remarks. cigarette use ranks high in Washington versus other large cities.
Tunis Aims to Honor Early Martyrs In Carthage Ceremony
A solemn Tunis ceremony remembers Christian martyrs Vivia Perpetua and Felicita with Mgr. Combes, archbishop of Carthage, leading a procession to Carthage’s subterranean chambers near the ancient arena. American travel interest grows amid new territory acquisitions and trips of presidential and congressional parties to the Philippines, fueling global familiarity and influence.
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Tunis
Vivia
Perpetua
Felicita
Mgr. Combes
Carthage
Philippines
Monument to a Pig Erected by Luneburg Inhabitants
A Hanover hostel hosts a curious mausoleum honoring a pig. A glass-encased ham sits within a black marble tomb with a gold Latin inscription crediting the animal for discovering Luneburg salt springs. The piece notes humor as healthful amid life’s burdens and responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel de Ville
Luneburg
Hanover
German Emperor's Sons Train Under Strict School Regimen
The crown prince at Bonn undergoes full student rites while his brothers Eitel Fritz August Wilhelm and Oscar train at Pleon under a tougher daily routine. They rise at 5:30, endure cold tubs and heavy work, with the eldest in the first cadet class and the others in lower and upper grades. They socialize, play tennis, and enjoy riding and cycling as popular activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Eitel Fritz
August Wilhelm
Oscar
Pleon
Earthquake Waves Recorded from 1896 Japanese Shock
Dr. Charles Davison compares calculated wave velocities to observed data from Honolulu and Laucelito tidal gauges. He notes the first crest reached Laucelito 10 hours 34 minutes after the shock, traveling 4,787 miles at about 664 feet per second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Laucelita
Bay of San Francisco
Charles Davison
Laucelito
Texas Aims for Leading Population in Union
The Texas governor stated that Texas could become the most populous state in the United States, surpassing even New York and Pennsylvania. Despite rapid growth, Texas remains fifth in population after New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Missouri, with future rankings uncertain pending census results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Union
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Missouri
Washington dispatch briefs on post service growth and shifts
Postal officials report rapid growth of rural free delivery and promotions for Chicago clerks. Consul Goodnow notes U S China trade lead, Hay returns to state department, Porto Rico tax raises funds, timber probes on White Earth, Bates ordered to command Missouri, Des Moines post building duties, Illinois speed record rise to 17.45 knots, naval board president Evans informs of tidal corrections, new federal tech bureau eyed in empire with American banks planned in Berlin and London.
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Jones
White Earth
John C. Bates
Philippines
Department of Missouri
Omaha
Reuben B. Turner
Quartermaster’s Department
Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
R. D. Evans
Naval Board
Navy Department
Illinois
State Department
Hanover
Frankfort
Germany
Bureau of Technics
Empire
Berlin
London
Notable Obits And Crimes From Across the Nation
The week’s talk centers on notable deaths including ex Gov Hazen, Jane Hamlin sister of C M Stratton, and Princeton treasurer C Osborn. Other items report consular, military, and academic losses, a Russian aristocrat’s asylum case, and various criminal probes nationwide.
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Hazen
Pingree
London
Jane Harriet Hamlin
Winfield Scott Stratton
Jeffersonville
Ind
Elbert A. Young
St. Paul
National Association of Credit Men
Louisville
C. Osborn
Princeton University
Princeton
N. J
Osborne
Haddam
Conn
England
Charles T. Russell
United States
Liverpool
Fires Cause Wide Damage and Drownings Reported
A string of disasters includes a $300000 loss from a Mexico City packing house fire and a $5000 warehouse fire in La Salle Illinois. A Leyland line steamer Assyrian wrecked off Cape Race. A Lincoln Park keeper suffered severe injuries after an eagle attack. John F Dupont drowned near St. Joseph Missouri at Lake Contrary. Conroe Texas fire destroyed 22 business houses. Noah Trissel found dead in a Milwaukee hotel room. autopsy to determine cause. An explosion at Friedrichsort Germany kills an engineer and wounds several. Henry B Hyde ship arrived San Francisco after 153 days from Baltimore with coal. Hero steamer passengers escape a fire at Belleville Ontario. all rescued.
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Casulllcn
National Packing House
Mexico City
la Salle
M. Romenofsky & Son
Leyland Line
Assyrian
Cape Race
Co. W. McCarren
Lincoln Park
Chicago
John F. Dupont
St. Joseph
Lake Contrary
Conroe
Tex
Noah Trissel
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Friedrichsort
Kiel
Germany
Henry B. Hyde
Indea
San Francisco
Baltimore
Hero
Bellville
Ont
Boer Leader Andres Dewet Plans US Lectures in July
Andres Dewet, historic Boer leader, announces plans to tour the United States in July for lectures. The report notes other world events from royalty to military budgets and a string of European and American developments.
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Andres Dewet
United States
Alfonso XIII
Ophir
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
Wellington
N. Y
Donicle
Rome
Italy
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Mayence
William
Edward
London Daily News
Tornado Damages Rural Homes Near Rapid City
A tornado west of Rapid City North Dakota yesterday demolished a house on the Little Ranch occupied by F N Allen and family. The occupants found shelter in a cellar and escaped. Trees were uprooted and carried yards. A mall carrier and a lady passenger from Silver City survived when their buggy was demolished. Horses remain missing. The city bore a heavy storm with hundreds of dollars in window damage.
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Rapid City
F. N. Allen
Familly
Silver City
Disappearance of Miss Helen Fifield in Chicago
Miss Helen Fifield aged nineteen daughter of Ald and Mrs Frank Fifield of Janesville Wisconsin is missing. Police believe she may be wandering in a demented condition after boarding a train to South Chicago while only partially dressed, raising concerns among friends and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Fifield
Chicago
Ald
Frank Fifield
Janesville
Wis
South Chicago
Escape at Fort Snelling Triggers Army Call to Arms
Eighth Infantry prisoners escaped from Fort Snelling at 2 PM. A general chase ensued as Private Welmer aimed at the fugitives from the Minnesota river bottoms tree line but they pleaded for mercy. the pair were later marched back to the fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Infantry Paranes
St. Paul
Fort Snelling
Welmer
Minnesota River
Mercer to Leave Indian Agent Post for Regiment
Washington reports indicate Captain W A Mercer will be relieved from Leech Lake Indian Agency and join his regiment. The change may await his winter fogging operations report on Chippewa reservations and is seen as his long awaited return to duty.
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Mercer
Washington
W. A. Mercer
Leech Lake
War and Interior Departments
Perpetual Motion Claim From Wisconsin Inventor
James Hall er, alane of Som ers, Wisconsin, says he has built a perpetual motion machine and sent a model to the patent office for a patent. He asserts the device cannot stop, and watchers report it has run continuously for eight months without a pause.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Wis
James Haller
Alane
Somers
Haller
Wabasha Sheriff Suspended on Governor's Advice
G. G. Dickman, sheriff of Wabasha County, suspended for failing to make 1899 personal property tax returns to the county commissioners. He is to receive a hearing before a governor appointed commission after his return from Buffalo, the suspension being on Public Examiner Pope's advice.
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Gen. Pope
St. Paul
G. G. Dickman
Wabasha
Buffalo
Dickman
Pope
National Packing house fire hits Mexico City loss
A fire at the National Packing house in Mexico City caused about 300000 dollars in damage. The report notes varied business confidence, while other items include Mayors Harrison of Chicago denying a presidential bid, and officials in Montreal striking for higher pay.
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Mexico City
Dan's Weekly Trade Review
Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor
Milwaukee
Cleveland
United States
Harrison
Chicago
Bonnier
Salix
Iowa
London Oxygen Hospital
Trackmen's Union
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Hancock Field
Isham Davis Farm
Fourth Regiment of Militia Mustered Out in Minnesota
Adjt. Gen. E. D. Libbey issued an order for the mustering out of the field and staff officers of the old Fourth regiment of the national guard, a unit that has practically passed from existence.
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St. Paul
Adjt
E. D. Libbey
National Guard
Oconomowoc Wins Rain-Soaked Oconomowosa Wine Race
In Elkhorn Wisconsin June 23 a drenching rain disrupted the closing program. The highlight was the half mile relay with four legs. Teams from Oconomowoc Reedsburg Horicon Delaware Monroe and Hartford competed. Oconomowoc took first place and Reedsburg second with a time of 1 29 2 5.
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Oconomowosa
Elkhorn
Wis
Oconomowoc
Reedsburg
Horicon
Delaware
Monroe
Hartford
Merchants Defrauded by Bogus Check Man
Cedar Lake Wisconsin reports several merchants victimized last week by a stranger using checks from the Rust Owen Lumber Company. Three merchants lost 41 dollars and 50 cents. Local authorities investigate the bogus payment scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Lake
Wis
Rust-Owen Lumber Company
Boy Loses Legs After Train Accident in St Paul
Edward Lincoln aged seventeen living at 95 Olive Street was run down while boarding a Chicago Great Western train yesterday afternoon. Both legs were severed and doctors fear he cannot survive.
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St. Paul
Edward Lincoln
Olive Street
Elevator Sold in Laverne to Local Buyer
The D. Rothschild company elevator beside the Burlington railroad at Laverne Minnesota was sold to W. J. Kinne of Laverne. The price is not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne, Minn
D. Rothschild Company
Burlington Railroad
W. J. Kinne
Twin Colts Born Near Belle Fourche
Twin foals born on a local farm this week include a mule colt and a horse colt. Both animals are reported strong and healthy. The event occurred near Belle Fourche, D. June 23.
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Belle Fourche
Lightning Kills Fourteen Horses in Iowa Barn
A barn owned by D. H. Westbrook near Lettsville, Muscatine County, was struck by lightning on June 1 23 causing fourteen horses to burn to death. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars, with about half insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa
D. H. Westbrook
Lettsville
Child Drowns in Milk Pail at Home
A twenty months old girl of the Neese family in Plankinton on June 23 fell from a bench into a milk pail and drowned.
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Plankinton
Enna
Neese
Dispute Turns to Ear Cuff.
In a heated exchange, one person cuffed the other on the ear. The victim asked if it was a joke, and the assailant replied it was in earnest. The remark ended with a sharp warning about taking such actions seriously.
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Philadelphia Times
Her Nuling Passion Unclear Line Fuels Vaudeville Escape
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet quotes a dialogue about leaving a country home for a vaudeville matinee. The fragment suggests a humorous or ironic exchange over travel distance and theater attendance.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
North Dakota notes from Milton to Cooperstown
Rural briefs from North Dakota cover wild strawberries near Milton and hay permits in Williams county. Reports include a Mayville boy’s toe injury, ex-congressman Spalding’s Aneta address, and local court cases in Linton and Jamestown infrastructure updates.
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Mayville
J. H. Worst
Buffalo
Williams County
J. T. Thompson
Hatton
Burleigh County
Iowa
Washburn
Oliver County
Nebraska
North Dakota
Fairmount
Spalding
Aneta
Little Shell
One Man Swindles Magnates In Rocky Chicago Tale
Chicago reports Walter Grier Campbell, alleged swindler, jailed after decades of claiming to sell inventor contracts. He supposedly impressed figures like Huntington, Rockefeller, and Armour with a Boston inventor’s 300 patents and a ore‑reduction device. Purchases of state rights allegedly totaled 60,000 from Huntington, 80,000 from Rockefeller, with Missouri rights under discussion, but Carew later found no actual sale.
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Chicago
Walter Grier Campbell
Collis P. Huntington
John D. Rockefeller
Armours
Central Station
Campbell
Raymond R. Carew
Carew
George D. Burton
Boston
Burton
C. P. Huntington
Wyoming
Michigan
Missouri
Relics Found From Benedict Arnold Vessel Royal Savage
Burlington dispatch reports diver J G Falcon locating the Royal Savage from 1776 off New York. He recovered three gun carriages and about thirty cannon balls and shot from about thirty feet of water. Two carriages go to the Smithsonian. one given to Burlington city. Carriages wood and iron. the wood petrified.
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Benedict Arnold
New York
Burlington
J. G. Falcon
Royal Savage
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Body Found in a Well in New York Restaurant Keeper Murder
The body of Louis Hoyos, a Mexican restaurant keeper, was found in a well in north New York. Neck broken and bruises indicate murder. Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Springer, and Miss Margaret Davis were arrested awaiting coroner's jury examination. Hoyos had not been seen for days.
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New York
Louis Hoyos
Egleston
Sanders
Springer
Margaret Davis
Hayos
British Shipping Falls in 1900 Total Inward and Outward Decline
A blue book from London reveals UK navigation for 1900, showing inward shipping down 2,908,242 tons and outward down 2,903,600 tons while foreign shipping rose inward by 2,482,113 tons and outward by 2,470,576 tons.
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London
United Kingdom
Doctor Popper’s Suicide After Chico Death Charge
San Francisco on June 23 reports that Dr. Victor Popper killed himself with carbolic acid after being arrested for allegedly causing the death of Miss Violet Van Ornum of Chico. Police were waiting when he took the poison.
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San Francisco
Victor Popper
Violet van Ornum
Chico
Popper
Nilsson In Good Health Returns Home From Paris
Christine Nilsson the Swedish singer recently reported seriously ill in Gothenburg has travelled from Paris to her home in Wexio Sweden and is in the best of health.
Infant dies after ingesting carbolic acid in Hastings
June 23 Hastings Minnesota infant daughter of Mr and Mrs F A Engel drank carbolic acid from a bottle and died almost instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Minn
F. A. Engel
Cardinal Gibbons Leaves for Florence Visit
Cardinal Gibbons started for Florence for a week long stay on June 23. At the railway station he farewelled the procurator general and the brothers of St. Sulpice, his hosts during the visit.
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Florence
Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Brothers of St. Sulpice
Assaulted by a Negro at Curtis Bay in Maryland
Miss Fannie B. Watson aged eighteen was assaulted by William Mills a Black man at Curtis Bay near Baltimore threats of lynching were made and Mills was brought to Baltimore for safety.
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Baltimore
Fannie B. Watson
William Mills
Curtis Bay
Heart and fear clash as opera hero presses on
Detroit Journal quotes a dramatic scene with Siegfried mocking a hero and a monster retreating. The exchange includes bombed threats, a gas engine quip, and a note on patrons sensibilities shaping the performance.
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Siegfried
Détroit Journal
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