Pope and Labor Encyclical Divides Labor and Socialist Opinion
The May 25 encyclical on labor prompts critics and proemics to sharpen debate in Europe and Britain. It rejects socialist solutions as violating divine and human law while urging humane treatment of workers, firm limits on hours, and state support for social welfare and mutual aid. It also warns against violence and stresses duties of masters and governments to ensure equity.
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London
Great Britain
Church
Rome
Pan American project hailed by Cardinal Lavigerie
A Pan Republic Congress letter from Cardinal Lavigerie of Carthage Algeria endorses the pan‑republic effort and expresses Africa’s applauding support though distance prevents his in person participation in the October meeting. The note aligns with Gibbons’ stance and French democratic ideals.
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Cardinal Lavigeries
Washington
Panrepublic Congress
Carthage
Algeria
Africa
Cardinal Gibbons
Pan-Republic Congress General Committee
Caribou Doctor Makes 102 Mile Winter Traverse
A Maine physician, called to a northern lumber camp above the Allegash, traveled 102 miles in fourteen hours to perform surgery on Luther Henderson, a lumberman. The trip began at 4 a.m. and included relays of sleighs beyond Grand Isle, ending at midnight.
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Maine
Allegash
Luther Henderson
Grand Isle
Bangor
Presbyterian Delegates Open McMillan Hall in Ann Arbor
Delegates at the Presbyterian assembly in Ann Arbor report a surplus in ministerial relief funds with 8653.78 in the treasury, while urging greater support for worn out clergy. McMillan Hall, endowed by Senator McMillan and built for Michigan university students, opens with Princeton President Hatton among attendees.
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Presbyterian
Ann Arbor
Dernei
Mich
Presbyterian Assembly
J. T. Smith
Baltiuine
Briggs Case
Dickens
Jacksonville
Pla
McMillan Hall
Arbor
McMillan Hell
McMillan
Michigan University
Hatton
Princeton
Trans Mississppi Convention Adopts Silver Coinage Plan
Denver May 23. The Trans Mississppi convention discussed the silver issue with two reports. The majority favored unlimited coinage of silver to spur business and the minority report was withdrawn, adopting the majority position. In Oil City Pennsylvania a picnic crowd clashed with four drunken strangers who attempted to wreck a train by laying a rail obstruction. they fled as detectives pursue them.
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Denver
Colo
City
Oil City
Franklin
Stoneboro Grove
St John Attacks Cincinnati Reform Convention
Ex Governor John P. St John of Kansas criticizes the Cincinnati reform convention. He says the event failed as a reform gathering, criticizing the Sui Treasury plan as visionary and impractical. He warns it would bankrupt government and create a third whisky party, noting neglect of temperance and morality causes.
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St. Louis
Mio
John P. St. John
Kansas
Cincinnati
Prohibition Party
National Alliance Offcers Repudiate Donnelly Ideas
A Washington dispatch reports national Farmers Alliance officers are angered by Ignatius Donnelly’s Cincinnati convention actions and third party bid. They state Donnelly does not speak for the Alliance and oppose aligning with his Northwest faction. They vow to rebuke him if he claims Alliance leadership.
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National Alliance
Donelly
St. Patt
Washington
Farmers’ Alliance
National
Ignatius Donnelly
Cincinnati
Donnelly
Alliance
Northwest Alliance
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Horse Thieves Besieged in Indian Territory Pursuit
Arkansas City Kan May 26 A gang stole thirty horses in the Osage reservation. Indian scouts deputy marshals and citizens pursued the gang and located them in the rough Cherokee strip thirty miles south. They reported they had the group surrounded and a likely fight before morning.
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Indian Territory
Arkansas City
Kan
Osage Indian Reservation
Cherokee Strip
Here
Shortage in Wheat Surprises Dominion Millers
Dominion Millers report a surprising shift from a wheat surplus to a likely shortage of about 1,000,000 bushels, with future supplies hinging on the harvest. If late, Canada may rely on the United States for wheat. outcome uncertain.
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Dominion
Toronto
Ont
Canada
United States
Stock Exchange Leaders Unite on Ohio Mississippi Shares
Leading exchange makers and dealers agree that all transactions in Ohio and Mississippi railroad common and preferred shares after May 25 shall be Brown & Shipley’s deposit certificates unless specified. Action supports the joint shareholders committee.
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Loxpon
Ohio
Mississippi
Brown & Shipley
Harris Served Attachment in Millardishacre Estate Case
In Burrao New York on May 25 A C Harris one of the first cousins to receive a share of the Millardishacre estate has been served with a notice of attachment. It is alleged Harris owes Ida F Harris ten thousand dollars and she seeks a fifteen thousand dollar claim from an uncle who is not late.
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Cowles
Cleveland
Ohio
Alice M. Cowles
Lamson
Equity
Eugene H. Cowles
Chicago
New York
Curiaco
William H. Welch
Chichago
Lake Shore
Welch
Boston
Knowles
The
Star Rubber Company
Trenton
N. J
Salvationista
Loxpon
St. James
Bramwell Booth
Gen. Booth
Salvation Army
Taylor
Gazette
Booth
Ste
Burrao
N. Y
A. C. Harris
Millardishacre
Harris
Ida F. Harris
John Gray
A. E. Goss
Pittsburg
Congress
Mint
Scientists depart to explore Illinois mounds near Muskego
A delegation of scientists leaves Peoria to study mounds and earth works near Muskuskia, with invited scholars from the East to join later. In Uniontown, ten deputies and Capt. Lear are acquitted of murder charges from a striker riot.
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Peoria
Ils
Jxuskuskia
Uniontown
Lear
As Though from the Grave Rekindles Mother and Daughter Bond
A Kansas City mother, long parted from her daughter Lilly, learns Lilly now lives in Cleveland with her husband Joseph Cowan. The reunion unfolds in Brooklyn Village with a joyful welcome from Lilly and a two week old grandson. The tale spans Buffalo Bedford Kansas City Cleveland and Brooklyn, ending with a family restored through fate and distant search.
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Buffalo
Kansas City
White
Bedford
Cleveland
Lilly
Joseph Cowan
Champion Spring Bed Company
Brooklyn Village
Gallantry of the Sioux in Washington Theatre Tale
A Pine Ridge correspondent recalls Sioux visiting Washington after touring churches and theatre. In Chicago, three Sioux in the boxes rose to protect a heroines during a heavy tragedy, threatening to leap the stage to rescue her. Actors were halted as officials removed the three. The incident explains a later light opera visit.
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Pine Ridge Agency
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia Press
Round trip tickets eyed for interior Russia travel
A St. Petersburg meeting of railroad and steamship officials discussed introducing interior round trip tickets. The plan would aid Volga district travel and river excursions, but police oppose it due to current passport checks and ticket office oversight. If issued, tickets could be sold by the holder, evading police scrutiny.
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Ussia
St. Petersburg
Russia
Volga
Scarcity of Pumpkins Sparks Connecticut Search Across State
A southern Connecticut woman traveled to Springfield to seek pumpkins for a party. She found fruit for pies and decorations after extending her search into the countryside, returning with a bag full. A Springfield Homestead report notes the quest amid seasonal shortages.
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Connecticut
Springfield
Mass
Homestead
Beverly's Luck with the Gun
George Beverly of Thomasville is described as a skilled hunter who frequently fills his bags with quail. A recent outing with Mr Belcher ends comically when a frightened quail crashes into his gun and is killed.
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Beverly
George Beverly
Thomasville
Mr. Belcher
Cor
Savannah News
Salt Lick Snow Dumps Salt Across Salt Lake City
A Chicago Tribune cor report notes an unusual storm in Salt Lake City bringing large quantities of salt with the snow. The snow melted by next day leaving a salt layer at least a quarter inch thick on the ground.
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Salt Lake
Chicago Tribune
March Blooms Promise in Burton Poem
A Harper's illustration weds bleak March with hopeful April, as Richard Burton notes the world turning from gray to budding signs of spring. The speaker contrasts barren fields and bare trees with imagined arbutus blooms, pending warmer winds and sweeter airs.
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Richard ©. Burton
Harper's
Ice Lithograph Advertising Scheme Proposed by Williams
Williams proposes an audacious ad ploy by freezing lithographs of his attractions into large blocks of ice and leaving them on city pavements in front of major businesses. Chief Bigelow confirms legal viability while noting the scheme defies typical billboards and is untested on pavement advertising.
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Williams
Mr. Bigelow
Harry Williams
Pitteburg Dispatch
Obsolete shawls fade from gentlemen's fashion
A New York Continent report describes an aged gentleman in a gray shawl aboard the Brooklyn Bridge and cites dry goods merchants noting shawls are no longer stocked or worn. They say the custom of shawl wearing by elderly men is almost completely obsolete after years.
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Brooklyn Bridge
New York Continent
Painter Saved by Fall from Scaffold on Belt Line Depot
Robert Cannon, a colored painter on the new belt line depot, fell forty feet from a fourth floor scaffold after it broke. He was unconscious briefly, then woke claiming he must have dozed. He struck his head, left with only a facial scratch, and walked home after asking for the rest of the day off.
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Robert Cannon
New Belt Line
Sady
Cannon
Kansas City Times
Gen Sherman Funeral Arrangements Revealed
Cor. Louisville Courier Journal reports a humorous exchange as Gen Sherman and Senator Carlisle await the Sheridan funeral procession. Sherman jokes about fulfilling his funeral orders to the letter, warning of talk kicking if not obeyed, while Carlisle quips about waiting time.
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Gen. Sherman
Gen. Sheridan
Carlisle
Senator Carlisle
Sherman
Louisville Courier-Journal
Book about heads cut off set to amuse fireside reads
A Fireside note mocks a proposed book by an executioner of France listing names crimes trials and prison and guillotine behavior. It also mentions 1878 Bland dollar redesign controversy and a Cheshire couple married sixty three years.
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France
Detroit Free Press
Worth
Moore
Cheshire
Banner
Invention of Self Acting Electrical Balance
A self acting electrical balance has been invented. The object to be weighed is placed in the pan, which closes the circuit, starts a motor, and moves the weight out on the beam of the balance. When equipoise is established the circuit is broken.
Railroad Briefs Highlight 1890 Rail Trends and Milestones
A roundup of railway notes covers Burlington Alabama car service, government mail payments totaling 99261, and U S rail earnings to 454,520,043. It mentions the Imperial British East Africa railway from Reitz to Kavirdom, and longtime paymaster Hinckley’s 445th trip. Also noted are milestones at Erie, Colorado’s Rocky Mountain routes, Black Hills access via CB&Q, Connecticut rail capital stock at 70,404,108.34, and global rail density comparisons.
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Burlington
Ala
British East Africa
Pany
Reitz
Momban
Kavirdom Oy Viera Nyanza
Loria
Hinckley
Canton
John Post
Erie B
Waverly
N. Y
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Ingo Deadwood
Oak
Connecticut Railroad Commissioners
United States
Kinzua
Diverse curiosities from around the world and beyond
A collection notes unusual facts: Honduras logs fetch 11000 dollars in Europe, a Plaquemine, Louisiana woman leaves 35000 in cash hidden at home, half in gold. German East Africa hosts grand stalactite caverns teeming with bats. European zoological gardens span small plots, while New York elevator crews claim vast travel. Rebecca in Ivanhoe linked to an American muse, Sturgeon Missouri merchants enforce cash sales, and states receive quirky nicknames. New York tops in wealth with over one thousand millionaires. London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna follow.
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Honduras
Europe
Plaquemille
German East Africa
Zoological Gardens
Equitable
New York City
Walter Scott
Rebecca
Ivanhoe
Washington Irving
Sturgeon
Washington
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Pittsburg
Asia Minor
Science
New York
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Electric Sparks Show Global Electricity Advances
A survey of electric uses across the era notes separate transmitters for each instrument in long distance music, 950 submarine cables spanning Europe, and a 89 000 mile network. It describes tin plates generating current in tap water, a Bordeaux harbor buoy linked by telephone, shipowner communication via buoy, and a high speed vessel log for travel rates. A Stuttgart electric cab system prospers, Emmens of Emmens Pa claims direct conversion of pig iron to wrought iron by electricity, a Swedish blasting method uses a volta arc, and a Paris exhibit demonstrates an ingeniously balanced electric scale with the weight moving out on the beam then returning when the circuit breaks.
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Europe
Bordeaux
France
Stuttgart
Useful Ag
Stephen H. Emmens
Emmens Pa
Paria
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Pope and Labor
Beauvais
Dommart
RichMond
J. H. Powderly
Richmond Female Seminary
Walter T. Garthright
James Gibbs
George Shoebridge
M’millan
John YL. St. John
Third Party
Sui-Treasury
Narch Osys
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