Counted by Millions Salaries of U S Officials Rise
Washington diary surveys federal pay scales from ministers to postmasters, totaling about 100 million dollars yearly and 400 million over four years. It contrasts growth in offices with prosperity, notes per capita wealth and bank increases, and reports a mining disaster where ten miners died in a Kentucky coal shaft fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Legation
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
War Department
Army
Navy
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Service
Interior Department
Agricultural Department
Department of Justice
Post Office Department
Postoffice Department
Congress
Cleveland
United States
Ten Die In Shamokin Coal Mine Disaster
A Hungarian worker triggered an explosion at 4 Jamp in Nelson colliery near Shamokin, Langdon & Co. fire followed, and smoke suffocated ten miners in a vein above the blast. Holiday attendance limited the death toll. the blaze began about twenty feet from the bottom of the slope, reducing further casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon Run Creek
Nelson
Shamokin
Langdon & Co
Five Burned to Death in Bradford Hotel Fire
A devastating blaze at the Higgins Hotel in Bradford Pennsylvania killed five and injured twenty two. Fire trapped guests as 125 slept in a three story wooden building by the Tuna creek. Rescue efforts saved others who leapt to the stream. Local victims include Miss Georgia Bond and George Parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Crow's Nest
Iggins
Georgia Bond
Thomas Cullen
F. Havelin
Sanberry
George Parks
Baby Tucker
Higgins Hotel
Tuna
Buzzard's Bay
Mass
Joe Jefferson
Women Crusaders Injured In Rolla Saloon Stampede
Six leading Rolla North Dakota women, part of a W C T U protest against saloons, forced entry to a blind pig joint. Landlord Lin Bush resisted, the crowd seized bottles, a confrontation followed leaving the women battered and bruised. The incident sparked threats of vengeance as the crusade aimed to gather evidence for prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolla
N.D
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Lin Bush
Bush
North Dakota
Fires burn near Millville New Jersey and other scattered notes
Fragmented items report forest fires near Millville NJ and a series of diverse notes. Ex Post Master General Wana Maker mentioned in Mexico City. A coffin theft, a philanthropist ill in New York, gas near asphyxiation in Detroit, and a Missouri ice gorge. Reading Co to fight a mill cinder fire near Pottsville PA ongoing forty years. Malaga consul Newson dies. Secretary Carlisle says discharged Treasury workers will not be restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hriefleta
Millville
N. J
General Wanamaker
Mexico
Russia
Washington
Fraser
Hiteman
Iowa
Greenge I. Senky
New York
Westmaster
T. Hance and
Detroit
Missouri River
Chamberlain
Reading Company
Pottsville
Maj
T. M. Newson
United States
Malaga
Spain
Carlielf
Treasury Department
System of Soldiers Records Nearing Complete in War Dept
A Philadelphia Press writer extols the War Department’s Record and Pension Office for preserving Civil War records, noting a cost saving of 800,000 dollars yearly. The piece describes fragile fragments being rebuilt into clear histories, and a new card and basket mail system reducing delays to minutes from hours. It anticipates applying the system to Revolutionary and 1812 records, creating the most complete military history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Pension Office
War Department
Interior Department
Record and Pension Office
The
Commissioners of Pensions
Ainsworth
Giant ancient Oak Cut Near Castleton Indiana
A six foot diameter oak felled near Castleton Indiana yielded a twelve foot log above the first limb and produced six thousand feet of lumber. By its rings it is about five hundred years old and may be shown at the World’s Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleton
Ind
St. Louis Republic
Profit sharing establishments by country totals 255
The list displays counts for each country including France ninety two Austria three Sweden four Italy four Switzerland sixteen Germany twenty six Belgium five United States thirty five Portugal one Spain one England sixty four Denmark four Volland five Russia one summing to two hundred fifty five establishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Austria
Sweden
Italy
Switzerland
Germany
Belgium
United States
Portugal
Spain
England
Denmark
Volland
Russia
Transplanting Trees Use Proper Predactions and Timed Steps
Transplanting a large tree requires autumn trenching around the trunk and severing leading roots six to ten feet out. When ground freezes, lift the tree in one mass and move it with a wagon. In early spring, top the tree before sap starts, and if roots were not cut too closely, it will regrow as if undisturbed.
Defend Yourself With Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
In malarial regions Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is promoted as the most reliable preventive. It avoids quinine objections and offers lasting effects. The product is claimed to test well over forty years, defending against malaria and aiding digestion, rheumatism, and blood conditions.
Overheard Grocery Conversation Surfaces in Tribune
The Chicago Tribune humor column recounts an overheard exchange in a grocery. A child asks for ten cents worth of cheese and the grocer, after weighing, notes he cut too much. The child answers that her mother advised a quarter’s worth, and she pays with a quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funny Man
The
Chicago Tribune
His Slang. Mrs Brown-I Asked You To Shake The Furnace
A brief Boston Transcript exchange shows Mrs Brown instructing John to shake the furnace and him replying that he already did so, clarifying the intended action and line of duty between them.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Women Crusaders
Indiana
Brown
Abe
Berore
Uys
Pierce
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Ng Co
Halated Bt
Chicago
H. P. Carson
Scotland
Hall
W. H. Griffin
Jackson
Michigan
Avsert Burcu
Toledo
Ohio
E. D. Loomis
Detroit, Mich
E. A. Roop
E. B. WarrHaty, & Co., Druggists, Horse Care
J. A. Johnson
Medina, N. Y
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo,o
Michigan State Board of Health
Elect Ratpey
Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids, Micu
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