Various World Notes and Maritime Advances Highlighted
The Geneseo Republic snippets cover a wide range from Mr Ruskin's works sale and charitable ties, to Dr George Douglas’s blindness, a St Louis steamship venture, and a doctor’s air health adage. Also noted are western logging, the Prince of Wales plume value, rare Indian birds, Miss Maury at Harvard, and the Interpreters at the World’s Fair. Navy nomenclature, a San Francisco fire engine contest, a Washington budget attaché, and China policy effects are touched on alongside the New York armored cruiser trial, its speed, armor, and range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Blake
New Yr
San Francisco
Warsip
Illinois Senate acts on judiciary reform and mayor term
Springfield May 25 The senate judiciary committee backed Mahoney's bill so no one is imprisoned for paying civil fines without a jury trial. OMalley’s mayoral term extension was approved for cities over 100000. Ford’s compulsory senior bill passed. hospital funding and other measures advanced.
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Senate
Springfield
Tfl
Judiciary
Mahoney
O'Malley
Ford
Central Hospital For the Insane
Southern Hospital For the
Springfield, DL
Wall
Cergy
Dennis Pogan
Kane County
Northern Hospital For the Insane
Jobn Newman
F Dedrick
Erin
Quincy
Minois National Guard
State Commissioners of Public Charities
Boerne Bellmas
Cook County
George W Curtis
Jo Daviess
Julia C Lathrop
Winnebago
George N Diekmac
Fayette County
James McNabb
Tereene
Washington
Belvuomor
Brands
Wow
Coppinger
Bankers in a Trust Protest Arrest Threats in Kansas
Torego May 30. Statewide action against bankers adopting the Kansas City Clearing House rule to govern drafts and checks on out of town banks. Attorney General Little says he is drafting letters to county attorneys to arrest bankers who joined the trust, asserting the ruling violates the antitrust law. He warns a state-wide arrest requisition plan will be sent to those who entered the rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torego
Kan
Kansas City Cleaning House Association
Little Said
Clearing House
North Dakota Banks Closed by Comptroller Eckels
Two North Dakota banks, the National Bank of North Dakota in Fargo and the First National Bank of Lakota, were closed by order of Comptroller Eckels. Ashley Mears serves as president of the Fargo institution, which has a capital of 250000 dollars. The Lakota bank, part of Mears’ system, had been under suspicion for six months and its failure will not impact local Fargo businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Ashley Mears
Investigation into New York customs collection methods begins
The inquiry ordered by Secretary Carlisle opened with one witness, revealing discrimination in favor of a single importer that could have driven competitors from the business, as the public awaits findings on federal revenue losses at the New York port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle
Commercial Trade Trends Highlight 1893 Growth
Japan's foreign trade in 1893 rose by twenty million yen from 1891, led by silk and tea. The UK fisheries show 324000 tons of non shell fish valued at £4629000 and shell fish at £354000. Brazil cotton goods exports reach 10675000 yards in eight months to March 1, up over 50 percent from last year.
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Japan
Tas
Brazil
United Kingdom
A Hoosier Tragedy in Roanoke Ind Murders Wife then Kills Self
In Roanoke Indiana at midnight Christopher Haberkus killed his wife with a knife in their home after setting the house on fire and then wounded himself fatally. He was known for volatile temper and claimed to guard his wife himself amid religious tensions. Firearms and cartridges were found in the ashes along with a buried stash of gold and silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Hiaberkus
Hoanoke
Ind
Hunrerox
Roanoke
Christopher Haberkeus
Haberlus
Haberlms
Haberkus
Milburn Son of Blind Chaplain Ends Life in Despondency
Chicago May 29 Fr Milburn son of the blind chaplain of Congress shot himself at the Saratoga hotel after receiving a letter from his father denying further remittances and urging self support. The 30 year old had a troubled past with drinking and had recently tried the gold cure at Denver. Chicago coal firm Weaver Getz Co assigns assets to D W Purington to benefit creditors. liabilities around 500000, assets about 750000 amid slow payments and tight money.
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HL Milburn
Congress
Hills
Chicago
Milburn
OH Milburn
House of Representatives
Saratoga Hotel
Dearborn Street
Jacksonville
Ill
W of Milburn
Binson
Crmcaco
Weaver, Getz & Co
D. W. Purington
Purington-Kimball Brick Company
Weaver
Whimsical Quotes From Historical Papers
A collage of quips from Troy Press and Philadelphia Record contrasts lighthearted jests on talent and pugilists with a mockingly grand note on gossip and moonlight. A whimsical medieval touch ends with a Bavarian cartoon caption about knights and creditors.
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Troy Press
Philadelphia Record
Fate of a family murder in New Haven area
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on May 30 a family was found murdered in their home across the Youghiogheny river from New Haven. The father John Hoy and mother Mary Egan Hoy and two children Portia aged 6 and William aged 4 were killed by throat-slitting with a hatchet wound in Portia. The case unsettled with speculation of a drunken, jealous motive and possible unknown assailant. neighbors and coroner's jury noted Hoy as a previous trusted conductor and in debt.
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John Hoy
Connellsville
New Haven
Youghiogheny River
Mary Egan
Mrs Hoy
Hoy
William Hoy
Portia
Nics Epan
Batton
Abs. Hoy
Baltimore & Olio Maal Bay Sax
Jupiter II
Nation's Memorial Day observances across cities
Memorial Day ceremonies were held with gravestone decorations at Rose Hill Graceland Calvary Oak woods and nearby cemeteries. A Grand Army parade on the lake front in Chicago reviewed by Maj Gen Miles Gen Newberry included British troops from the Black Watch Royal Artillery and others in a joint display. Prime events occurred at Grant's tomb where Princess Eulalie and a large crowd watched wreaths laid, with ex-Gov Joseph B Foraker delivering the day’s oration. Similar observances occurred in Detroit Davenport and New York with large crowds, parades, and notable speakers across National Soldiers Home and Congressional cemeteries.
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Grant
Chicago
Rose Hill
Graceland
Calvary
Oakwoods
Lake Front
Miles
Newberry
England
America
Black Watch
Light Horse Guards
Irish Ruslers
Royal Artillery
Hussars
Lancers
Willoughby
Wibart
Rumeer
At2pom
Dearborn Park
Michian
Lou Peate
Er Kerri
Viran
J S Preston
Lyons
Oshkosh
Eaercines
Riverside
T.a Crosae
Hacine
Monagh Cemetery
Bayne
Lowa
Tan Iyron
Davenport
Rock Island Bed
Banks
JS Lathrop Melivere
Dutuque
Mason City
New York Mayor Memorial Dar
National Guards
Grand Army
Gov Flower
Eulalie
Suite
New York
Fifty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Gen. Grant
Joseph B. Foraker
Ohio
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
National Cemetery
W. E. Simonds
Soldiers’ Home
Fourth Artillery Band
Benjamin Butterworth
Congressional Cemetery
George L. Spinning
D. D
Paris
Marquis de Lafayette
James B. Eustis
Francois de Courcelle
Lafayette
Wreck of a Circus Train Yields Fatalities and Escapees
Walter Main's circus train derailed on the Tyrone and Clearfield line at Vail station near Tyrone, Pennsylvania, killing five persons and injuring eleven. The engineer failed to control speed on a mountain descent, causing fourteen cars to plunge 80 feet. Many animals were hurt and several escaped into the woods.
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Altoona
Walter Main
Tyrone and
Clearfield
Pennsylvania Railway
Vail Station
Tyrone
Lewistown
Hontsdale
Farm Notes on Soils and Crops
The notes discuss using salt and plaster as auxiliary fertilizers and clover to suppress weeds. It warns to consider market alongside crops and notes soil warmth from decaying organic matter. Different grasses suit different meadows and animals, while overgenerating yields poor farmers.
First railroad opened in Quincy Alabama in 1826
REGARDING RAILROADS. The first railroad, three miles long, opened in 1826 at Quincy, Alabama. An express train requires twice as much power to stop as the railway from Joppa to Jerusalem, a fifty three mile stretch. Locomotives were built in Philadelphia. Joseph Winwert, closely linked with George Stephenson in England’s early railways, died in Liverpool at 91.
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Quincy
Alass
Joppa
Jerusalem
Philadelphia
Josefh Winwert
Geo Stephenson
England
Liverpool
Failure of Charles Foster Exsecretary Brings Wide Distress
Ex Secretary Charles Foster assigns vast business interests for creditors in a $600,000 liability, with assets about the same. Firms affected include Davis & Foster wholesale grocers and Foster & Co window glass and brass and iron works. Fostoria Light and Power Co. tied to Foster stock, while banks owe confidence. Foster laments loss after forty-five years, cites neglect and overzealous building of Fostoria. Also notes a Michigan bank failure and a New Mexico fire destroying twelve businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wester
Treasury
Ta Xs
Fostouia
May Bt
Charles Foster
Beneft
J. B. Gormlee
Bucyrus
Mr. Foster
Foster
Tiffin
Scott
Bank of Westes & Co
Isaac Harter Milling Company
Davis & Foster
O. T. Brown
Brass and Iron Works
Fostoria Light & Power Company
Fostonia
Washington
Fostoria Light and Power Company
Foster & Co
Crocker Malmbourg & Calcinet Gas Companies
Brass
Cunningham & Co
Fostoria
Brags and Iron Works
Light and Power Company
Wilkison
Building and Loan Association
Chaniks Foster
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Geneseo
Ruskin
Canada
George Douglas
St Lous
West Indis
Skagit River
Skagit
India
Aone
Harvard College Observatory
Miss Maury
Lieut. Maury
Heamen
Atlantic
Henry Draper
Cambridge
Vassar
Charles A. Barry
University of Michigan
United States Navy
States
Newark
Atlanta
Baltimore
Bennington
Concord
Tuinty-five
Senate Stationery Room
Charles N. Richards
Chorley “Umper
Mr. Richards
Conertssuan Tuos
J. Gkany
California
Geary
Illinois
Crafta
Little
Kansas
North Dakota
Fargo
the Customs Service
Justice
Montana
Jackson Park
Ada Rehan
Richards
Maj
Martin Maginnis
Helena
Mont
J M Quin
Butte Miner
W. A. Clark
Butte
S. T Hauser
Park
Michigan Bank
Jackson, Mich
Farmers’ State Bank of
Brooklyn
N. G. King
New Mexico
San Mancian
N. M
Fira
Opera Housa
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