Clock in Glasgow tower weighs ton and a half
The Gazette notes Glasgow University tower houses the world’s largest clock, weighing about 1.5 tons with a 300 pound pendulum. It mentions Axparew Canxcoir, a Scottish-born Svotchman born in 1885 in Dunfermshire, who moved to America with his father and settled in Pittsburgh, later becoming an American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University At
Glasgow
Scotland
Axparew Canxcoir
Dunfernshire
America
Pittsburgh
Andrew
Four candidates described by age and facial hair styles
Hannison aged sixty in August, Cleveland fifty six, Weaver sixty, Bidwell sixty four in August. All four are gray haired. Three are full bearded, two wear only mustaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannison
Cleveland
Weaver
Bidwell
Salton Lake Vanishes Amid Verdant Rebound In Desert Boom
The Salton lake in the Colorado desert, once expected to endure, has disappeared. A sea of verdure and underbrush now reaches the line of inundation, feeding the irrigation boom that has recently excited the far west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salton Lake
Colorado Desert
Hyartsville Adopts Single Tax Burden Shifts to Land
Hyartsville Maryland implements a single tax system with no license tax. Last January the town abandoned the personal property tax and, recently, the town board passed a resolution exempting improvements from taxation. The burden now rests entirely on land value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyartsville, Md
Town Board of Commissioners
Largest artificial stone forms statue base at Bedloe’s Island
The massive artificial stone for the Statue of Liberty base on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor was built from broken trap rock, sand, and American cement. Five hundred carloads of sand and over 20,000 barrels of cement supplied the materials for this immense monolith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholdi
Bedloe’s Island
New York Harbor
Fire Threat Looms Over St John’s Wooden Structures
The city of St John’s Newfoundland faces warnings of danger from a large stock of wooden buildings. Public structures and churches prized by locals sit among frame dwellings and stores that suffered in past fires, recalling the 1846 blaze. Nearby Mount Wilson observatory, owned by Harvard, will rival Lick with its 40 inch telescope and sits 6,500 feet high on the Sierra Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur
St. John’s
Newfoundland
St. John's
Pasadena Observatory
Mount Wilson
Sierra Nevada Range
Harvard University
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
Coast Range
San Francisco
Lick
Vast Exposition Buildings Highlight World Fair Scale
The Paria exposition building for manufacturers spans thirteen acres, noted as the greatest of its kind to date. Chicago’s similar hall covers more than thirty acres with galleries and forty acres of floor space, while Berlin 1898 and Paris 1900 fairs are planned, though unlikely to surpass the Columbian exposition in this measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Berlin
Paris
Mace of the US House and Schliemann grave site in Athens
The House of Representatives mace features thirteen ebony rods bound with silver representing the original states, topped by a silver globe and eagle, made in 1854 and weighing twenty pounds. In Athens Greek Cemetery a white marble cross marks Henry Schliemann’s grave with scaffolding nearby awaiting an imposing cenotaph per the widow’s directive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Union
Athens
Schliemann
Henry Schliemann
Bank of England bullion room flooded by nightly theft risk
A newspaper piece describes the bullion department at the Bank of England being submerged in water nightly, with alarms tied to the manager’s room. A theft of even one coin from 1000 sovereigns would sink the pile and reveal the loss. It also recounts Mrs Logan's supposed courtesy tale and a Lord Chesterfield anecdote about a vinegar substitution at a dinner, illustrating social propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Bank of England
Eye color heredity and London water plan notes
A physiological observer notes women have more brown eyes than men and that eye color in children stabilizes around age ten. A London royal commission assesses future London population. projections show 12,500,000 in fifty years, with water works advised, based on growth estimates from 1881 to 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
London
World’s fair bills and labor arbitration move in Congress
In Trespar July 12 the salary civil appropriation bill and Sunday closing amendment were debated in the senate, with a labor arbitration resolution and a labor commission proposal adopted. In Wrestapay July 14 the world’s fair bill for 6 million dollars, Sunday closing, and liquor sale ban passed Senate 41 to 14. House conferees agreed to the District of Columbia appropriation, while the Stewart silver bill vote fell 136 to 154. Finiday July 15 the senate endorsed conference reports on legislative, navy, army and fortification bills. house action on sundry civil bills included only the world’s fair amendment, with temporary government appropriations extended to July 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trespar
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Wrestapay
Dominion of
Canada
United States
Finipay
President orders federal troops to Idaho miners’ scene
The president, at the governor’s request, has ordered federal troops to Idaho to address miners’ troubles. The Canadian government adjusts canal tolls to eliminate discrimination against American vessels. The president signs pension and river and harbor bills. U S exchanges total 1,140,856,980 for the week ended the 15th, up from last week. Business failures numbered 190 for the week, up from 176 prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Harrison
United States
National Educational association opens in Saratoga Springs
At the start of the National Educational association convention in Saratoga Springs New York President Harrison spoke and hosted a two hour public reception before taking a train to Washington. A false death report of William Waldorf Astor was debunked and Cyrus W Field died at nearly 75 after a long illness. The first National Baseball League season ended with Boston as champions and order of final standings listed. A train collision near Middletown killed several including George Walsh and Cassie McCoy. Cyrus W Field's funeral occurred at Dobbs Ferry and burial at Stockbridge. Homestead inquiry in Pittsburgh nears report. Carnegie mills faced work stoppage and gas shutoffs amid militia in Homestead. Noble Kennedy died by suicide at Niagara Falls after heartbreak. Iranian laborers blown up in Westport Connecticut. Adams Express lost a $60,000 package between New York and New Haven. The wife of John Harkins gave birth to four girls in a few hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
National Educational Association
Harrison
Washington
William Waldorf Astor
New York
London
Astor
Cyrus W. Field
Andsley Park
Dobbs Ferry
Bostons
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Louisville
Baltimore
Middletown
George Walsh
Cassie McCoy
Frank
Cyrus W. Fiep
Stockbridge
Mass
Congressional
Homestead
Congress
Union
Carnegie Company
Noble Kennedy
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Westport
Conn
Tur Adams Express Company
New Haven
John Harkins
Prohibition nominees chosen in Kansas Topeka convention
West and South notes report H Velline’s livery stable burned with eighteen horses lost in Indianapolis. Kansas prohibitionists in Topeka nominated I O Pickering for governor and J M Monroe for congressman at large with a free trade and free silver platform. Nominations for various congressional districts listed. Bay City shooting leaves wife and child dead, husband wounded. Alabama floods devastate farms and homes. Ex California governor Newton Booth dies in Sacramento. A Missouri Kansas & Texas train robbery at Adair netted $40 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Velline
Indianapolis
Ind
Kansas
Georgia
Carter Tate
Iowa
John Monroe
A. L. Hager
Wighth
North Carolina
William N. Bower
Venth
Indiana
David Yeomans
People's
Bay City
Mich
Rush Bartlett
Warrior
Tombigbee
Alabama
Newton Booth
California
United States
Sacramento
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Road
Adair
J.T
Mornings of violence and political notes across states
A roundup reports hangings in North Carolina and Texas, a spree of executions for murder and assault, and multiple political candidate listings. Severe storms and fires devastate farms, stables, and towns in Missouri Florida Kentucky Ohio and Illinois, with deaths and injuries.
International exhibition plan and global disasters brief
A note covers a Paris May 1900 international exhibition signed by President Carnot. Reports list Breslau rail works destroyed for 2,000,000 marks. Irish voters may shape Britain’s next Parliament. Avalanches near St Gervais Les Bains kill nearly 150. Mount Etna eruption intensifies. Giarre earthquake devastates 15,000 residents. Gladstone reelected in Midlothian. Chamoun landslide kills 20. Berkhamstead fire kills eight. Rosalis torpedo boat sinks. 70 missing. Sir Charles Dilke reenters Parliament after six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnot
Paris
Breslau
Prussia
St. Gervais Les Bains
Savoy
Mont Blanc
Uruguay
Rosalis
Avink
Charles Dilke
Last of appropriation bills passed in Senate and riots report
The last of the deficiency appropriation bills for the fiscal year ended June 30 is approved by the Senate on the 16th while House debate centers on a world fair appropriation. News notes report eleven dead from Homestead riots and a San Miguel de Maynano fire leaving thousands homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Homestead
San Miguel de Maynano
Philippine Islands
Tuomas H. Canter
Montana
Republican National Committee
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Christopher A. Ball
Princess Anne
Sangir
Tue Baptist Young People’s Union
Detroit
Detroit Elected Rev
L. L. Henson
Baltimore
Gladstone
Western Linoleum Company
Akron
Dunning Jone
United States
EMA Show
Wailer
Denver
Columbus
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Omaha
Toledo
Alt
Morbid Chicago Funeral Pyre Replaces Collins ashes
The Whitechapel club in Chicago carries out a claimed written request of Morris A. Collins to cremate his body on a remote Indiana shore. A secret procession to a lakefront sand ridge ends in a five hour fire with chants and speeches. Ashes sealed for club cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitechapel Club
Chicago
Morris A. Colins
Lake Michigan
Morris Allen Collins
Dallas
Tex
Whitechapel
Byron
Trelawny
Shelley
Ilinois
Morris A. Collins
West
Madison Street
H. N. Moyer
Collins
Indiana
Baltimore & Ohio
Miller's
Lake Shore
Jaxon
Whitechapelers
Thompson
Ashland Woman Accused of Shocking Child Death
Mrs Sahlberg of Ashland Wisconsin killed her six month old baby by drowning in a barrel at 609 St Clair Street The inquest found she was unconscious and suffered fits and did not know of the act until after she regained consciousness The coroner jury cleared her of blame The article notes a prior incident where another child was crushed during a fit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahlberg
Ashland
Wis
Killstter
Andrew Sallberg
St. Clair Street
Far East Notes and Oddities from an Era
A collection of curious items from the Far East and surrounding regions. Reports include Crixanen wines served hot, a leopard shot in Bengal linked to fourteen deaths, and the Dead Sea area noted as exceptionally hot with vast evaporation. Mention of hermits in China tearing eyes, Selgians winning a Chinese iron contract, Javanese jugglers smoking to form letters, and a note on John’s stern bed traditions with low, wooden, rush-mat comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crixanen
Bengal
Dead Sea
China
Seraing
John
Island Sangir Sunk by Volcano Rumors Run Wild
Rumors from Timor and the steamship Catterhen tell of a volcanic eruption on Sangir, a Philippine island group, with about 12 000 residents said to have died or been driven to the sea. Lava streams, wreckage, charred huts, and unrecognizable objects mark the disaster near Celebes in the Timor region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihe
Sypney
Timor
Sangir
Talatee Islands
Selangen
Catterthen
China
Sydney
Philippines
Celebes
Splann
Tagolanda
Abn
Catania
Ihamense
Mount Mina
Ventura
Chestnut Woods
Carter Elected Chairman of National Committee
In New York on July 18 the Republican National Committee met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Thomas H. Carter of Montana was elected chairman after secretary Wm. A. Sutherland served as temporary chair. The committee appointed a temporary secretary and may select Carter’s successor later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
New York
Fifth Avenue
Republican National Committee
Wm. A. Sutherland
Rochester
Whitelaw Reid
Campbell
Thomas H. Carter
Carter
McComas
Maryland
Chris Magee
Pennsylvania
William ©. Bradley
Kentucky
James F. Burke
National Republican College League
Three Men Killed In Southern Pacific Wreck
A band of steers on the Southern Pacific railroad caused a fatal wreck in Bakersfield California at 2 o'clock Saturday morning. Freight train No. 21 with twelve loaded cars struck the cattle, crushing the engine and cars. Tramps aboard the train were killed along with two others. Brakeman Donnelly was fatally injured and the crew mostly escaped with minor injuries as the track remained blocked by debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
Donnelly
Prominent U S Schools and Early American Education
A survey highlights Eprxsuren university as a leading medical center founded in 1582, while the University of Pennsylvania’s medical school was established in 1705 and has graduated 10,455 men. The Friends' School Providence hosts 16,000 names. Belgium penny banks are tied to public schools with 170,000 of 500,000 pupils saving over $500,000. Adelina Iverson, a pioneer in Massachusetts normal schools, completed fifty years as a Cambridge Washington school teacher. The lowest paid pastor is Mr Wainfleet of Molesworth Maine at three dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eprxsuren University
America
University of Pennsylvania
Friends’ School
Providence
R. 1
Penny Savings Banks
Belgium
Great Britain
Adelina M. Ivgson
Massachusetts
Cambridge
Washington School
Wainfleet
Molesworth
Martial law spreads in Idaho war zone as miners surrender
Spokane reporters note that Gen. Carlin's forces in Wardner Idaho arrest about 100 union miners with 1000 troops deployed. The action fuels tension with killings, explosions, and martial law as miners resist while some leaders are detained. Reports from Wardner and nearby towns describe bolt of violence, dynamite caches, and disrupted communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Minners
Spexam
Wash
Wardner
Carlin
Jack Wallace
Catalde
Ile
Mission
Miners’ Union
Union
O'Brien
Boynton
Cien
Curtis
Spokane
Wallace
Fourth of July Canyon
Wallacer
Idaho
Mullan
London
Coeur d'Alene
Homestead
London News
America
Victims of Frankie Folsom Disaster Recovered Twelve Dead
A July 16 report from Pronto Illinois notes divers recovered Mrs Beebe widow of a Duluth Telegraph operator and Grant Hepler Eureka dentist bringing the death toll from the Frankie Folsom wreck to twelve. A boy found the Beebe body near Haywood street and Hepler was identified by clothing and letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pronto
Beebe
Duluth
Eureka
Henry Kline
Grant Hepler
Desolate Peoria recalls Frankie Folsom disaster toll
Ten bodies recovered from the wreck of the excursion steamer Frankie Folsom near Pekin Illinois. Four more are believed trapped beneath broken timbers as rescue crews grapple with a wind swept catastrophe. Missing include Mrs Kate Beebe and Miss Mollie Hepler. Rescued passengers describe frantic scenes and drownings during the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Prankie Folsom
Pronta
Frankie Folsom
Illinois River
John V W. Ahrends
Pekin
Henry Driladicker
Free Fisher
Fred Fisher
Misa Cora Fisher
Mise Mary Flavh
John H. Abrends
Moliie Hepler
Z. H. McMeen
J H. McMeen
Benson
Lil
Benson Methodist
Lottie Reutier
Louis Meutler
Eureka
Mollie Hepler
William Wiles
Sutton
Mary Flath
Mr. Ahrends
Ahrends
Miss Flath
J. H. McMeen
Santa Fe Road
Mattie Hepler
Mattie
Belle
Grant Hepler
Santa Fe
Pompeii
Lakeview Park
Mr. McMeens
Main Street
Obion
Ald
Beseman
Chicago Express
Everbody
Tornado Hits Springfield Ohio Destroys Homes
A tornado struck Springfield Ohio at 11 AM Wednesday, demolishing about twenty residences and damaging over a hundred more in the southeastern part of the city. Property losses are estimated between 100000 and 140000 dollars, with several residents seriously injured. In Connecticut, Francis P Loomis former lieutenant governor died at his daughter’s home in Norwalk. He built wealth in wool, banking, and Alaska Seal Co. holdings and was known in Wall Street and railroad circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Haxtrorp
Conn
Francis P. Loomis
Stavemeyer
Brooklyn
Col
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John F. Lacey
Territory of Oklahoma
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Sedalia
Tague
Fla
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Halley
Ark
Atlanta
Peter Daniels
Silvia Tyle
James Wills
Annie
Mary Connor
Spencer
Richard Beers
Milwaukee
Lac Qui Parle
Minn
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Marengo
Ala
Hamilton
Tennessee
H. C. Snodgrass
Cal Parks
Caldwell
Jessie McDonough
Des Moines
Gen. Carlin
Huron
Adrian
George Gazelle
Tie
Foreign Intelligence
the Far East
the Man
School and College
Michael Davitt
Lonnox
Meath
Norfolk
Joseph Arch
Agricultural Laborers’ Movement
Hop Bitters Company
Rochrster
Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company
Asa T. Soule
Liverpoor
Harry Lunt
John Wilson
Reynolds & Gibson
Great Fallls
Mont
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Penn Incline
Seventeenth Street
Ohio
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