Hints of Happenings From Various Times and Places
A collage of brief notes covers Swiss tourism wealth, Antioch Florida schoolboy A B Hendry, shallow seas and Africa meeting Italy, New York investors, Belmont grave guard, Burns birthplace visitors, pilgrim counts at Burns sites, cheap aluminium, British poor relief ideas, Yale graduates in Tokyo, an Atlanta betrothal saga, Koran Islam’s relation to Judaism and Christianity, Thirteen guests dinner superstition in Paris, rich clergymen Horeman Hoffman, King Humbert of Italy, painter Pain B Holmes finds Centennial canvas, Frora Grace cooking thermometer, steam plow in Oregon, vast magazine output, aging NE poets Lowell and Holmes, Robert Louis Stevenson South Seas study, New Jersey prison counts.
Endless chatter on finance and reform from old papers
The article reviews global finance, reform talk, and critics. It notes Emerrom Willliam's Berlin finances, a banker loan, and ridicule of long trousers. Edison and Lathrop’s potential Time novel, Africa’s territorial carving, Bierstadt’s art, Booth and Smith on social schemes, hummingbirds’ diet, Parnell and moral cautions, and Lord Wolseley on African trade and European power.
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Thomas A. Edison
George Parsons Lathrop
Correction clarifies elopement rumor and social ties
A caller demanded a correction to yesterday’s piece claiming elopement with a Cincinnati society belle. The editor denied any truth, stating the woman was from Chicago, while the judge quips on discerning suitors versus true love as Maud notes suitors often make fools of themselves.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Errel
Maud
Windom's Last Words on Commerce and Currency Reform
A vivid report of William Windom's 1889 address at Delmonico's for the New York board of wade and transportation. He cites U S commerce growth through transport and money, urges subsidies for American ships, warns against silver policy, and advocates an international bank to bolster foreign trade and domestic prosperity.
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Delmonico’s
William Windom
New York Board of Wade and Transportation
United States Senate
Treasury Department
Tracy
Windom
Europe
Asia
Africa
United States
Detroit River
London
Liverpool
St. Mary’s Falls
Suez Canal
United
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Russia
America
Congress
High Seas
United States Treasury
Austro-Hungary
Netherlands
Belgium
Treasury
Greyhound
New York
Israel
Mexico
Central
South America
Funds for Buildings in Western Towns Public Debt Cut in January
Western towns receive liberal allowances as public debt enters a large January reduction. Other news items follow with local updates and notes on municipal spending and infrastructure funding.
Public Debt Falls Sharp As Treasury Reports January Stance
Washington Feb 4 The U S Treasury issued a January 31 1901 debt summary showing total interest bearing debt at 6171 million and noninterest debt at 2290 million. The net decrease for December through January amounts to 17.853 million while total cash in Treasury stands at 10595 million.
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Washington
United States Treasury
United States
National Bank Fund
Treasury
Treasur
Dee
Caleamtntaate Rae Eee
World's Fair Funds Talk in Chicago Interview
Treasurer Seeberger of the world’s fair directory says the $5,000,000 increase is a prudent adjustment not a shortfall. Exposition costs will be cut to practical levels, with subscribers asked to cover the initial 20 percent while second raising proceeds. Many Chicago property owners have yet to contribute but stand to gain from the exposition.
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Cuiiaco
Seeberger
Exposition Company
Chicago
Miles denies control of Indian delegation to Washington
Gen. Miles said the handling of the Indian delegation to Washington is not in his hands and rejected reports of selecting a class of Indians for the trip. He warned that enemies spread false rumors to injure him and noted Col. Forsythe’s status remains unresolved. Fifteen Pine Ridge Indians led by John Grass traveled through the city en route to Washington.
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Chcaco
Miles
Washington
Col. Forsythe
Pine Ridge
John Grass
Duluth Shoplifters Systematic Robbery Ring Exposed
Detectives halted a month and a half long shoplifting scheme in Duluth led by a group of women. Losses cited at $300 at two stores with several others reporting thefts. Suspects Jessie West Belle Homes Mrs Hull and daughter Julia Roach, all from Superior, used cloaks with hidden pockets to lift goods later sold to city residents and via Belle King in St Paul. Police search continues for remaining stolen items.
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Dutury
West Superior
Minnesota Point
Jessie West
Superior
Belle Homes
Hull
Julia Roach
Belle King
St. Paul
Sayward Case Court Integrity Praised by London Press
London February 4 The Morning Post notes the US Supreme Court decision in the Sayward case will be recognized by Englishmen and Canadians for the integrity of the tribunal regardless of the ultimate ruling.
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London
The
Morning Post
United States Supreme Court
Sayward
Short in Alliance Accounts in Alliance Ohio
Spartanssure, 8S. C., Feb. 4. W. Zimmerman, storekeeper and agent of the Farmers Alliance supply store in this city is said to be short in his accounts from $15,000 to $30,000.
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Alliance
Spartanssure
DROWNED IN A MINE NEAR JANESVILLE KILLS Eighteen MEN
A disaster at slope 10 in Janesville, operated by J J Wayden and Co, floods the old No 8 workings after a pillar hole releases an immense water column. Eighteen men are dead and many families are left bereaved. Haydon and Co will pump out the water, with duration uncertain, some say four weeks. The dead include Lawrence Reed James Griffith Edward Gallagher James Ward Harry Hull Joseph Matskowitch Barney McCloskey F Patrick Kelly James Wiasto Mike Smith John Berno Tom Glick Tom Askaskay Joe Astro Bosco Frinko Thomas Greko and others.
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Iennsylvania Col
Efighteen
Haaiion
Janesville
Slope 10
J. J. Wayden & Co
Haydon & Co
Lawrence Reed
James Griffith
Edward Gallagher
James Ward
Harry Hull
Joseph Matskowitch
Barney McCloskey
FL Patrick Kelly
James Wiasto
Mike Smith
John Berno
Tom Glick
Tom Askaskay
Joe Astro
Bosco Frinko
Thomas Greko
Railroad Workers Rally Against Kansas Legislation
Kansas railroad employees fear pending state measures could cripple service and wages. About 150 delegates from the Order of Railway Conductors, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Switchmen's Association, and Brotherhood of Railway Conductors met in Topeka with R. C. Scott as chair and B Williams as secretary to form a state organization and oppose bills. The session deferred specific legislative action.
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Kansas
Topexa
Kan
General Legislative Board
State of
National Association of Railway
R. C. Scott
Topeka
B. §. Williams
Dodge City
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Switchmen’s Association of America
the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
Woman in the Case: Blackmail Plot Reported in Olympia
In Tacoma Washington a sensational tale claims a young woman calling herself Mrs Emma Grey blackmailed state officers and politicians in Olympia. She invites visitors, locks doors, and threatens to scream unless paid. Police sought prosecutions, but victims declined. She asserts alias Emma Holman and claims Indiana congressman Holman that she is his daughter. She arrived in Olympia about two weeks ago.
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Washington
Tacoma
Wash
Emma Grey
Olympia
Emma Holman
Congressman Holman
Indiana
Holman
Pan Republics plan for 1893 congress at Chicago
New York February 5 1893 committee on scope and plan led by Judge William Harnoux met at the Hoffman House to organize a pan republic congress at the Columbian fair. They invited Judge C C Bonney and J W Woodside to join. treasurer William O McDowell reported 1362 dollars raised. The group aims to convene delegates from world republics and allied bodies to discuss supporting free institutions. Casati case comments in London papers about Stanley’s criticisms. North Dakota Prohibition case moves through Bismarck court with expected early decision on constitutionality. impact on legislative prospects depends on the ruling.
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Chicago
New York
William Harnoux
Committee of Two Hundred
Hoffman House
C. C. Bonney
J. W. Woodside
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
William O. McDowell
Republic Congress
Pan-Republic League
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Switzerland
Antioch, Fla
A. B. Hendry
Mediterranean
Italy
Ture Belmont
August Belmont
Newport
Burns’ Birthplace
Geox
Great Britain
Acorn
Atlanta,Ga
Edwin Arnold
Paris
Clartus FP. Horeman
E. A. Hoffman
General Theological Seminary
Newark
Kixc Humbert
Parnell
Pain B. Holmes
Gardiner, Me
Girard House
Adirondacks
Frora Grace
Iowa
Jackson County
Oregon
Wuirth
New England
James Russell Lowell
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
Lowell
Dad
Robert Louis Stevenson
South Seas
New Jersey
Emerrom Willliam
Berlin
Herr von Bleichroder
Tuer New York Herald
Portugal
Albert Bierstadt
Rocky Mountains
Buffalo
Pike's Peak
Gen. Booth
England
Commissioner Smith
Salvation Army
Smith
PanrNeve
Mr. Parnell
Glorp Wornserey
Lord Wolseley
House
Ashland
Wis
Aurora
Ill
Ony
Bloomington
Burlington
Beatrice
Neb
Dodge
Galesburg
Kansas City
Lidy
Galveston Harbor
Hill Lake
Mich
Duluth
Casati
Stanley
Hmin
North Dakota
Bismarck
N. D
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