Delusions of the Daft and the Insanity Trials
Dr D Richardson discusses delusional insanity in a series of cases including Frank Devlin who plotted to blow up a neighbor with an infernal machine and was confined after a murder. Solomon Squires feigned melancholia to seek clemency but was commuted. Emotional insanity is linked to murder and dementia cases in Boston and Cuba, with debates on diagnosis versus jury proof.
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Dr. D. Richardson
Frank Devlin
Devlin
Norristown
Solomon Squires
Church
Squires
Thayer
Cuba
Boston
Philadelphia Times
St John Sell Out Allegations Surface in Political Plot
Kansas City Star reports alleged negotiations by Legate of Kansas to gain 25 000 from Republican managers to sway St John toward Blaine. Clarkson Kerens Dudley Plumb and Elkins figures tied to the case with Willard’s telegrams and letters cited as potential documentary proof. If proven, Legate must show St John’s assent or face charges of profiting from party ties.
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Clarkson
McCullagh
St. John
Legate
Kansas
Blaine
R. C. Kerens
Col. Dudley
Indiana
Republican Committee
Senator Plumb
Willard
Elkins
Kansas City Star
Absconders in Canada Led by John C. Eno Jr
John C. Eno Jr tops the list of New York absconders now in Canada. He lives in Beauvoir near Quebec at a rented estate two and a half miles from the post office, paying near 2000 a year in rent. He appears financially secure, drives fine horses, and spends freely, but remains socially untouchable, with no invitations from Quebec society.
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Eno
Quebec
St. Louis
St. Roch
Falls
Montmorenci
Laurentian Range
Stadacona
John C. Eno
New York
Canada
Post- Dispatch
Old Rock City
Beauvoir
Garrison Mess
Garrison Club
Langevins
Tascherans
du Chaneys
DuVals
The Art of Seeing in Everyday Life
A correspondent argues that accurate observation surpasses book learning. Observers such as English shepherds show how keen sight and hearing yield surprising facts in natural history and botany, making ideas fresher when formed from direct observation. The piece cites nature’s inexhaustible subjects as a lifelong teacher.
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Scientific American
The Philosophical Side on Animal Consciousness
The Rochester Chronicle notes that lower animals such as horse dog elephant beaver and bees show intelligence and memory but no proven consciousness. It argues humans alone are aware of their own thoughts and consciousness while animals think without self awareness.
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Rochester Chronicle
Apostles of Polygamy Interview With a New Saint
A Spartanburg correspondent profiles Mormon missionaries in South Carolina, detailing their small network in York and Spartanburg counties. James Russell praises the church while describing its southern reach, missionary practices, and beliefs including polygamy.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Charleston
S. C
News-Courier
Washington
Chattanooga
Parris’ Ford
Pacoiet
Joaquin Miller
Miller
Rock Hill
York County
Burnett
Union County
Wilkinsville
Russell
Salt Lake
South Carolina
Whitaker’s Station
York
Russel
Ariel
Stripe
Cragvan
Bingham
Humphrey
Willy
Nort Carolina
Tennesee
Cross Anchor
Mormon missionaries in Utah and their influence debated
The writer describes Mormon missionaries beliefs and practices, including baptism by immersion, rejection of polygamy in Utah, and devotion to the Book of Mormon. They question the church’s aims southward and discuss if elders should be allowed to remain, with mixed local opinions on policy and religion.
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Utah
Baptist Church
Jonathan Edwards
Mr. Russell
St. John
Desert News
Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
Mormon Church
Church
American Skies and the American Gaze in Rast Ang els
From Constance Fenimore Woolson's Rast Angels in Harper's Magazine February, the essay contrasts American skies with those of Britain and Italy. It argues Americans misread their own blue sky through English standards, then discovers a deeper azure at home while cherishing old world ruins and art from afar.
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British Isles
Islands
Italy
Venice
Rome
United States
South Carolina
Tuscany
Florida
Capri
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Harper's Magazine
Western millionaire senators and their scandal plagued peers
Senator Bharon is not alone in sudden wealth bringing trouble. His friends Baldwin Fair and Tabor faced public exposure and scandal in their time, entertaining readers of society gossip and lurid literature.
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Bharon
Baldwin
Fair and
Tabor
Industrial Brevities Touches on Dogs and Agriculture
A survey of animal perception disputes the idea of scent as a separate sense, praising evolutionary explanations. Reports on veterinary plans at the University of Pennsylvania, disease in Quebec sheep, arsenic in hides, cattle export schemes, flaxseed meal in animal feed, cattle color and performance, and agricultural innovations in California and England.
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Europe
Boston
Ottawa
Quebec
Charles Tupper
Canadia
London
Liverpool
Montreal
Dominion
New York
South Russia
England
Bessarabia
Russia
Iowa
Watkins
Michigan
Johnson
State College
Commissioner of Agriculture
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Massachusetts
Agricultural College of California
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wind Reveals Secret Flowers on Cactus Shrub Discovery
In South America a cactus family shrub, about three feet tall, bears flowers only when the wind blows. Its stalk features small lumps from which the blossoms emerge when a breeze passes.
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South America
Outrage in London Parliament Explosion Damages White Tower
Two blasts tore through the parliament complex in London on the 24th injuring fourteen. A man and a woman on a bicycle fled after the first explosion near the House of Commons. police soon arrested them. The White Tower suffered near total destruction though most injured were visitors.
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London
House of Parliament
Parliament House
House of Commons
Westminster Hall
House of Common
Parliament Yard
Arere
American Congress
Edmunds
United States
America
White mothers sell babies to Chinese for harems
San Francisco newspapers expose a calculated trade in white infants by private lying-in hospitals. Four cases of white babies in Chinese brothels are known, with hundreds more feared as Chinese buyers ship them to China to raise and later sell at high prices to rich households.
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San Francisco
China
Chingamen
Tobacco Tax Drawback Bill Seen Near Passage
Judge Kelley from Pennsylvania on the Ways and Means Committee predicts the bill to establish export tobacco manufactories and tax drawbacks will pass this congress. Warehouses would operate like bonded spirits houses to exempt tobacco used for exporting. Dealers and growers reportedly favor the measure as it could boost export trade rapidly if internal revenue tax is removed.
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Kelley
Pennsylvania
House Committee On Ways and Means
American Tobacco Coods
Markets Show Wheat Decline and Bulls Hold On
The wheat market is heavy as export demand falls and competitors outsell the U S in British markets. Corn remains steady due to strong shipping. Cattle trend up with strong demand for quality cattle. Provisions rise as hog prices stay low and shipping of product increases.
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Chicago
Great Salt Lake vast ancient water loss projection
The piece explains the lake once covered 35 000 square miles and held about 110 cubic miles of water loss by evaporation. It estimates a historic peak around 1 200 000 years ago and speculates that if evaporation continues, in about 1 500 years the lake bed will reappear as a thin spring sheet.
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Reat Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake
Great
Salt Lake
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