Civil Service Reform Gains and Cattle Inspection Expansion
Secretary Morton’s fourth annual report touts saving $280,000 this year and over $2,000,000 since 1893 through civil service improvements. It details animal inspections rising 60 percent ante mortem and 25 percent post mortem, notes 102 abattoirs in 26 cities, and argues for universal food animal inspection. He criticizes gratuitous printing and seed distribution and urges stricter distribution controls.
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Washington
Morton
Treasury
United States
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Department
Glasgow
England
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Secretary Explains Farm Policy and Land Policy Debate
The secretary argues that legislation cannot replace skilled farming and condemns favoritism for any calling. He cites 2,000,000 homestead and timberland farms donated by government, contends such policies harmed existing farmers, and notes farm exports reached 570 million dollars in the recent fiscal year despite a dip in export share due tomanufactured-goods sales abroad. The domestic market remains the largest, with exports secondary.
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Morton
Regulation and export growth drive farm prosperity
The balance wheel of domestic trade rests with regulator actions and the fastest possible rise in farm product exports. The text argues that both manufacturers and farmers share an interest in expanding exports, asserting general prosperity hinges on agricultural success.
Bryan Continues His Campaign in Missouri and Kansas
William J. Bryan arrived in Springfield from Taney county with Governor Stone and Senator Jones. He spoke for free coinage to large crowds at Chadwick, Springfield, and at North Springfield Railway Shopmen. He viewed Sowing the Wind at Baldwin theatre and urged continuing the white metal battle. He later traveled to Kansas City and Denver. In Kansas City he had breakfast at the Coates House before departing for Nebraska.
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William J. Bryan
Taney County
Stone
Jones
Chadwick
Bryan
Baldwin Theatre
Ise
Memphis
Kansas City
Denver
W. J. Bryan
Coates House
Nebraska
Lincoln
Weyler optimistic on Pinar del Rio campaign
Captain General Weyler told Madrid Liberal correspondent at Jaca near San Cristobal that he is pleased with the early campaign in Pinar del Rio and plans to stay fifteen to twenty days more for active operations. He said to wait until Christmas for a mortal blow to the revolution and noted Antonio Maceo is southwest of the railway line avoiding engagements with Spanish troops.
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Havana
Weyler
Pinar del Rio
Liberal
Madrid
Jaca
San Cristobal
Antonio Maceo
Politics in a Proclamation Arkansas Governor Emulates Pennoyer
In a Thanksgiving proclamation Governor Clark urges gratitude for state bounty and the privilege to persevere in guiding citizens from darkness of selfishness and error. He likens his stance to Oregon's late ruler Pennoyer in tone and resolve.
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Arkansas
Pennoyer
Oregon
Little Rock
Clark
Ferris of the Great Wheel Dead
George W. G. Terris who conceived and built the Ferris wheel died at Mercy hospital in Pittsburg at 11 yesterday morning of typhoid fever. His illness was brief. his wife came from Canton to be with him. Born February 14 1859 in Galesburg Illinois he graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and created the great wheel in 1892.
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Pittsburg
George W. G. Terris
Mercy Hospital
Canton
Galesburg
Tls
Rensselaer Polytechnic
New York
Palmer and Buckner Democrats Barred From Caucus Says Mor an
Senator Mor an said the Palmer and Buckner Democrats would not be admitted to Democratic senate caucuses. He stated they have not shown repentance and would hesitate to associate with those they have denounced as anarchists traitors and dishonest people.
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Washington
Palmer
Buckner
Senate
Moran
Brute Who Lives at Chicago Baby Birth Attack
Chicago report states Joseph Calis returned home to find his wife had given birth while he allegedly battered her with a chair and other objects, leaving her blind and the infant at risk. Calis is jailed amid possible fatal injuries to mother and child. Indianapolis dispatch notes William D. Bynum, gold Democrats national committee chair, traveling east and hinting at a possible meeting of the committee soon.
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Chicago
Joseph Calis
Calif
Indianapolis
William D. Bynum
National Committee of
The
Gold Democrats
Bynum
National Committee
Airship Discovery Reported by San Francisco Chronicle
The Chronicle cites attorney George D. Collins claiming a practicable airship exists. The inventor, a Maine native now in California, has spent at least $100,000 over five years, faces patent delays, and showed a 150 foot metal craft with two eighteen foot wings rising on air without steam.
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San Francisco
Chronicle
Sacramento
Oakland
the Chronicle
George D. Collins
Collins
California
Maine
Washington
Patent Office
Airship inventor claims Sacramento sighting proof
An airship 150 feet long allegedly flew 60 miles over Sacramento, then 70 more to land by Oakland. The inventor says a wave motion caused seasickness but will be fixed in six days and promises public flights in San Francisco. Skeptics doubt secrecy and hidden construction near the city.
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Diamter
Sacramento
Oroville
Butte County
Oakland
Bay
San Francisco
Market Street
New York Torrow
Maxim
Langtry
Collins
Man Slumbers a Week in Argenta Village
Nathaniel Sprague aged 46 has slept for a week in Argenta Ills. His friends and doctors watch him constantly hoping for awakening as no stimulus rouses him. Local authorities report no clear cause for the prolonged sleep.
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Decatur, Ills
Nathaniel Sprague
Argenta
Sprague
Cardinal Satolli reports on Ireland and US church ties
Cardinal Satolli writes to Archbishop Ireland outlining a report on American church affairs. He recounts audience with the pope in Rome on Oct 81 and commends Ireland’s devotion to the Holy See and efforts benefiting the Catholic Church in the United States. He also congratulates Ireland on McKinley’s election and notes Bishop Keane’s bright future.
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Holy Father
Holy See
United States
Cardinal Satolli
McKinley
Keane
Princeton Tigers Triumph Over Yale 24 to 6 in Rain
Princeton defeated Yale 24 to 6 on Manhattan field in a muddy drizzling rain before about 35 000 spectators including many women. Yale was outplayed in kicking rushing and defense as the Tigers held firm throughout the game. In Philadelphia Pennsylvania beat Harvard 8 to 6 in a clash noted for its grit and glory with Harvard’s effort praised despite the loss.
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New York
Manhattan
Princeton
Yale
Tigers
Sons of Hifi
New Haven
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Harvard
Desperate Act of a Mother in Waukesha
Mrs Eliza beth Johns a widow on Main street ended her life by drinking carbolic acid after attempting to poison her two younger children aged 3 and 5. The stove damper was shut and the coal stove top opened suggesting plans to kill all six children. A search warrant found $500 in dry goods and clothing identified by local merchants.
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Waukesha
Wis
Elizabeth Johns
Wire nail trust collapse cuts Chicago keg price to 1.70
The wire nail trust has collapsed and is winding up. Sales agents in Chicago push nails at 1.70 per keg, a dollar below the trust's circular price, while jobbers offer 1 to 1000 keg lots at 2.00. By week’s end prices could drop to around 1.25 per keg, near the historic low. A circular allegedly robs robbers of price control. Jem Mace arrives in New York, plans boxing exhibition with Mike Donovan in December.
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Chicago
Jem Mace
New York
America
Etruria
Mike Donovan
Illinois Christian Citizenship League Plans Reform Law Drive
Springfield reports the executive committee of the Christian Citizenship League of Illinois met to coordinate statewide religious unity aimed at enacting reform laws in the next legislature, including a measure modeled after Indiana's Nicholson law. In New York detectives suspect J P Arbuckle was murdered with four suspects jailed. his funeral was held yesterday and his wife has now returned home with the body.
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Springfield
Illi
Christian Citizenship League
Illinois
New York
J. P. Arbuckle
Denver
Arbuckle
Three Chicago Thugs Convicted in Notorious Burglary
Chicago on November 23 reports John Orme, Michael Monahan and James Dempsey found guilty in the burglary of the New York Biscuit company committed at noon on July 11. The trio obtained $1,750.
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Chicago
John Orme
Michael Monahan
James Dempsey
New York Biscuit Company
American Tron for Austria
Detroit reports A A Goodrich and Co has secured an order for 2000 tons of charcoal pig iron for Buda Pesth Austria. The material is to be used in making car wheels.
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Detroit
A. A. Goodrich & Co
Buda Pesth
Austria
National Council of Women Exec Meeting in Boston
The National Council of Women announces its annual executive meeting in Boston on December 2 following a November 23 notice from Boston. The event will gather council leaders to set agendas and review programs for the coming year.
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National Council of Women
Boston
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