N EXPERIMENT IN LIQUOR LAWS AND ITS COMING OPERATIONS
The Evans dispensary law in South Carolina takes effect July 1 as the state runs the liquor business. The governor appoints a state commissioner to purchase and distribute spirits to county dispensaries with strict controls. Net profits split with counties and municipalities, while clubs are outlawed and penalties rise for violations. The piece also notes the precarious staffing of dispensaries and a closing remark about railway mail service officer Norman Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Tillman
Board of Control
South Carolina College
Charleston
Columbia
Municipal Corporation
Greece Declares Republic After King Abdicates Throne
Athens reports King George of Greece abdicated the throne and the country is proclaimed a republic amid intense excitement. The move sparks fears of unrest but officials believe no trouble will follow. Nearby German and Polish affairs highlight Emperor William delivering a speech on the army bill and granting Polish party concessions on national schools.
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Athens
Greece
Emperor William
Berung
William
Herr von Koscielski
Dr. Bosse
Evading the Law New Immigration Rules Considered
In Washington on July 5 the immigration bureau looks to tighten controls after daily passage limits on Canadian railways failed to curb violations. Superintendent Stump drafts stricter rules with more inspectors and safeguards to exclude undesirable immigrants.
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WasHineTon
Immigration Bureau
United States
Stump
Christian Endeavor Welcomes Delegates at Montreal
Montreal July 6 delegates arrive from Philadelphia Western states Ontario. Over 10,000 delegates already here with more en route as credentials show broad international representation. The convention debates where 1895 meeting will be held and 1896 bids from Saratoga. Clergymen from 25 evangelical sects to speak over coming week. Also notice of Moses Kelly former interior secretary death at 74 in Washington.
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Montreal
Christia Endeavor
Philadelphia
Ontario
California
Saratoga
Central Committee
J. W. Baer
Boston
Canada
England
Europe
India
China
Japan
Africa
Australia
Portland
Buchanan
Washington
Moses Kelly
Cured of Dementia A Horrible Light Restores Reason
In Hazleton Pennsylvania July 5 Charles Boer of Morrisons married a year ago. Nine months later he became a widower and developed dementia. He raved about his wife and believed she had been buried alive. Friends disinterred the body. it showed signs of foul play with broken coffin glass, torn shroud, twisted limbs, and matted hair. Boer aided the exhumation and, since, has shown no mental abnormality.
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Hazleton
Charles Boer
Morrisons
Homestead Cases Final Disposition Outlined
July 5 Prrsburo The Homestead riot conspiracy treason and murder indictments against ex Strikers will not be nolle pressed but moved to the September term for final disposition Pleas of nolo contendere will be entered and a suspension of sentence asked by the defense likely granted in conspiracy and treason cases The district attorney will later address murder and treason indictments and ask the court to pause action until further order This will end the famous cases.
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Homestead
Carnegie
Pinkertons
Clarence Burleigh
Commonwealth
Pentlewaite seeks receiver for Illinois Fuel Co
Curiaco July 5 Albert G Pentlewaite stockholder petitions circuit court to appoint a receiver for Illinois Fuel Co which was closed by attachment June 27. He claims 4874 shares valued at 87 400 and that he loaned the company 42 000 from 1887 to 1893 all unpaid. The company, organized Feb 1 1887 in Minnesota to mine and vend fuel, faces 80 000 judgment to Commercial National Bank of Chicago and 33 000 to National German American Bank of St Paul plus other debts. management by Benjamin Ives is criticized.
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Curiaco
Albert G. Pentlewaite
Illinois Fuel Company
Minnesota
Benjamin Ives
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
National German American Bank of St. Paul
Canada eases immigration policy at border
Ottawa reports the government will remove the rule requiring settlers to own stock and certain effects a year before leaving the United States. The move, aimed at boosting Northwest settlement, includes adding inspection ports along the boundary to speed immigrant entry from Western states.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Northwest
Greek King Abdicates and Republic Proclaimed Rumor
London reports from the United States claim King George of Greece abdicated and a republic was proclaimed. The Greek consul general dismissed the news as new to him, doubting its truth. A silver convention call follows from A J Warner of the Bi-metallic league with Chicago hosting Aug 1.
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London
United States
George
Greece
Wasu Hina Ton
A. J. Warner
American Bi-metallic League
League
Chicago
Guns at the fair largest piece of ordnance in world
At the Worms fair on July 4 a sea of visitors crowded the grounds to view the Krupp giant cannon. The enormous gun mounted on a carriage stood amid vast castings and steam equipment. It fires a one ton shell sixteen miles. forty firings cost about a thousand dollars each, and its size prompts debate about best gun design focusing on weight, maneuverability, and rapid fire.
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America
Herr Krupp
Krupp
Chicago
Sam
Asi
Uncle Sam
Big Guns and Modern Ordnance at the Exhibition
A detailed tour of a military weapons exhibit compares Krupp and Armstrong guns, rapid-fire rifles, and the 12 inch U.S. rifle. It notes British, French, Russian designs, cannon ranges, and a Colt revolver gun fiasco, ending with reflections on how advanced armaments may influence peace.
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Krupp
Tripoli
Nelson
Whitworth
Britain
Colonel Colt
Revolver
Colt
Farquhar denies Pennsylvania building ceded to Chicago
Not ceded to Chicago the Pennsylvania World's Fair building remains partially unpaid. Commissioner Farquhar notes no legal quorum at the Chicago meeting due to General Gobin not being a member. Mrs Barker hopes for a Europe trip talk by Mrs James Murphy for corn-growers. Louisiana to dedicate its state building on August 10 with the governor and Washington Artillery present. R M Downie faces letters supporting a Sunday gates closure. Pine Woods Fires largely confined to old clearings. Minnesota Wisconsin losses exaggerated with 10,000,000 feet cited as a liberal estimate for Northern Wisconsin timber damaged.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Farquhar
Gobin
Louisiana
Washington Artillery
New Orleans
Dutumn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Bayfield
Douglas
Duluth
Miners Push for Work Not Charity in Kansas
Kansas activist J F Slank ing arrived from Cherokee County to tell the Farmers Alliance officers that miners want to work and earn a livelihood. He said politicians block the strike, claiming most men accept a 10 percent wage boost and only stay idle due to President Walters committee and Governor Lewelling.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
J. F. Slanking
Cherokee County
Farmer's Alliance
Walters
Lewelling
Henry Starr Arrested in Colorado Springs Confesses
Henry Starr, arrested with John Wilson in Colorado Springs, confesses to the Fort Smith Arkansas marshal killing claim is self defense. United States Marshal Crum says requisition papers are en route and Starr and Wilson must be held. Special Agent Taylor links them to a Cimarron train robbery on June 10. Starr, 22, faces murder train and bank robbery whisky selling charges with $3,600 in rewards offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Starr
Colorado Springs
Colo
John Wilson
United States
Fort Smith
Ark
Crum
Starr
Wilson
Taylor
Santa Fee
Cimarron
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Norman Perkins
St. Paul
Salt Petre
Ensue
Reichstag
Emperor “William
Berlin
von Deprivi
Christian Endeavorers
Fort Wayne
Ind
John W. Riter
Bridgeport
Conn
Walter Wellmar
Esquimaux
Hyde Park
R. M. Downie
U. S. Gov’t
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