National Legislature in Week of Congress Proceedings
A summary of Senate and House actions includes naval appropriation discussions, armor plate pricing changes, and a failed Government armor factory plan. Civil, Indian, and agricultural bills faced executive hurdles, with vetoes and closings described. Presidential election return transmission and prize fight censorship debates occur alongside confirmations and adjournment. John Brown of Canada dies. Knights Templar commandery forms in St. Louis with delegates across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Chandler
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Messegers
District of Columbia
House
Stevenson
Frye
Hour
Committee of Congress
Bowman
McMillin
Tennessee
Reed
Colored Knights Templar
United States
St. Louis
Deluge in the West floods the Mississippi valley
Storms drenched Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and surrounding regions with six to seven inches in eighteen hours. Cincinnati and surrounding rail lines suffered massive damage and isolation. floods swamped mills, gardens, and residences. Ohio River rose seven feet in twelve hours. Madison and Cairo reported severe destruction including a tornado and fires. Dozens killed or injured. widespread homelessness and extensive railroad washouts reported.
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Mississippi
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Maii
Kentucky
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cairo
Weather Bureau
Mill Creek
Big
Miami
Queen and Crescent
Chesapeake and Ohio
Louisville
Nashville
Indianapolis
White River
Langdon Station
Pennsylvania Road
North Vernon
Portland
Martinsville
Washington
Anderson
Panhandle
Big Four
Hamilton
Dayton
Vincennes
Madison
Ill
James Darnell
Cary
Sol Pettis
Winchester
Cavalier remarks on foreign affairs and Cleveland opinions
A collection of satirical and editorial quips from Chicago to New York criticizing European powers, Spanish conflicts, and President Cleveland. The items touch on naval maneuvers, graft, court cases, and public sentiment, naming newspapers like Chicago Record and New York Sun, and figures such as Grover Cleveland, Olney, Weyler, and Hanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charleston
Wey West
Weller
Portsmouth
Florida Times- Union
George
Washington Post
Missouri House
Kansas City Star
Spain
Tammany Times
Foraker
Ma. Hanna
Washington Times
Ruiz
Chicago Dispatch
Boston Herald
McKinley
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Oklahoma
New York Journal
Olney
Japan
New York
China
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Congress
Boston Globe
Washington
St. Louis
Switzerland
Colorado
Memnley
Boston
United States
Chicago Tribune
Russell Sage
St. Louis Republic
Grauo
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cuba
Baltimore
Three plague spots traced epidemics Hardwar Mecca Nijni Novgorod
The article identifies three world plague spots where epidemics begin: Hardwar in India with a yearly influx for river bathing and a huge fair, Mecca in Arabia with water drinking and kissing the sacred stone drawing vast crowds, and Nijni Novgorod in Russia where pilgrims kiss the Virgin image and bathe in holy water. It notes poor sanitation and shared vessels spreading disease, citing cholera deaths in 1847 and a grim description of contamination at Nijni Novgorod in 1877.
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Hardwar
India
Mecca
Arabia
Nijni Novgorod
Russia
Ganges
China
Persia
Tartary
Damascus
Deutsche Versicherungs Zeitung
Solar Heat on City Roofs and Energy Wastage
A calculating genius estimates solar heat on large city rooftops. In Philadelphia enough sun heat daily to run 5,000 twenty horsepower engines, equaling 100,000 horsepower. He notes Philadelphia spans 129 square miles and such sunny spots exist across America and beyond.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
Mississippi Valley
United States
America
St. Louis Republic
Zoo Terrapin Defies Time at Local Aquarium
A Philadelphia Record blurb describes a giant alligator terrapin at the Zoo, weighing about 150 pounds and five feet long. Scientists estimate its age at five centuries or more, possibly paddling along the Mississippi since De Soto sighted the river. The creature stays mostly still, using a wormlike tongue to lure fish for meals.
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Fa Zoo
Mississippi
de Soto
Zoo
Philadelphia Record
Indifferent French Voters and German Mercantile Progress
A European survey notes low voter turnout in France with under half of registered voters voting in three major departments and an extra ballot needed in Youne and Doubs. It mentions a similar trend in Italy and Spain, and contrasts it with Germany's rapid mercantile marine growth from 1871 to the present, listing 1,000,000+ tonnage.
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France
Youne
Doubs
Italy
Anl
Spain
Germany
Siang
One Woman's Record: Worcester Cyclist National Champion
A Worcester woman rode 10.287 miles on her bicycle last year and completed thirteen centuries. Her record stands unequaled by any other American woman rider, earning her the title of national champion long-distance woman bicyclist.
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Worcester
Mass
America
Notable 1896–97 literary and scientific notices across Europe
A survey of cultural events and publications highlights from 1896 to 1897, including Masson’s De Quincey volumes, a Grimm monument at Hanau, Scheffel tribute in Saeckingen, Watson’s Armenian poems “The Year of Shame,” Hall’s presidency editorship, and Lippincott’s American edition of Wilson Barrett’s The Sign of the Cross. Also coverage of Nansen’s Arctic book plans, Ebers’s Barbara Blomberg, Anatole France’s academy entry, Doyle’s Arctic voyage tale, muskrat breathing under ice, speech reading for the deaf, and related brief notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brothers Grimm
Hanau
Saeckingen
Grand Duchy of
Baden
Victor Scheffel
William Watson
Hereford
Charles Cuthbert Hall
Union Theological Seminary
New York
J. B. Lippincott Company
Wilson Barrett
Truro
Nansen
London
Georg Ebers
Barbara Blomberg
Charles VI
Don John of Austria
St. James
Victoria
England
Austria
Academie Francaise
Anatole France
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Paris
Anatole Francois Thibault
Stevenson
Pierre Loti
Dr. Conan Doyle
London Strand
Arctic
Colin
Speaking to the Deaf and the Limits of Lip Reading
The text argues that speech is more audible than visually clear and that teachers who mouth words widely hinder deaf students. It notes that while a pupil in school may understand a teacher who mouthes, this skill loses value after leaving school, and warns against reliance on visual speech cues.
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Senate
Sherman
Sheman
Wanna
Ohio
Foraker
Hobart
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Chicago
Carter Harrison
John Dutton Wright
A Hopeless Muddle and Caught the Boys' Fancy
A dialogue from the New York World shows a political dispute about women’s suffrage and the Venezuelan question. A late morning scene in Halsted and Archer features a refined woman buying papers from two newsboys, who joke about her appeal and a motherly spectator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Pray
Dr. Jameson
Halsted Street
Archer Avenue
Sweet Charity
Chicago Chronicle
Queer Search For A Brother In Germany Letter Found
A Philadelphia Record note reports Frank C. Young, a Second Street importer, found a blue envelope in a German chinaware shipment. The letter from Corn Bletzner of Carlsbad asks the brother Wilhelm Bletzner, missing in America, to contact him through any helpful information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Frank C. Young
Mr. Young
Wilhelm Bletzner
Carlsbad
America
Corn Bletzner
Whilhidelphia Record
Compliments and cautions in Yonkers Statesman note
The Yonkers Statesman quotes Mrs Church of Brooklyn warning about staying out late and shortening days. Mr Church replies that trolley cars do not run as often at night. The item ends with a remark that compliments may be silly yet most people like them.
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Southern Pacific Company
Treasury
John Brown
Canada
Carp Village
Ottawa
Orange Orders
Resharkin
County of Antrim
Ireland
Judge N. Co
Nathaniel ©. Sears
Washington Hesing
Staats Zeitung
Carter H. Harrison
Park Ixing Allerton
Sears
Superior Court
Hichborn
Cramps’ Ship Yards
Sombrerete
Zacatecas
Mex
Count de Lesseps
Beeth
Grover Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
New York Sun
Offie
Peoria Terald
Indianapolis Journal
Cleve
Lincoln
Indianapolis Ney
Des Moines Register
W. Spoon
Africa
Gen. Weyler
Venezuela
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