Knights Templar Parade Illuminates Washington Spectacle
The Knights Templar parade in Washington drew about twenty thousand armored knights along Pennsylvania Avenue. The procession, reviewed by the President, featured snowy plumes, gleaming swords, and vivid banners, ending at Masonic Temple after a three mile march. Speculation centers on the 1892 meeting venue, with Cincinnati favored and pledged support exceeding thirty thousand dollars.
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Slant
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Executive Mansion
Washington Circle
Ninth Street
Masonic Temple
Marshal Parker
Washington
Knights Templar
Treasury
Fifteenth Street
Exchequer
Twenty-third Street
K Street
Old Street
Mount Vernon Square
Ninth
K Streets
Roome
Cincinnati
Denger
Hanselman
Queen City
Riethering
Iowa
Controversy Over Ritual Adoption At Grand Encampment
Grand Commander Boone's address hints at a major debate during the conclave as the Grand Commandery of Towa raises the question of the encampment's legal right to adopt rituals. An officer said the issue would be brought before the encampment for a decision, with a satisfactory solution expected.
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Boone
Towa
Stabbing affray near city over craps game in the Northwest
A professional gambler nicknamed Little Texas stabbed William Radzer, a nearby farmer, inflicting serious head and chest wounds though the victim is expected to recover. Other regional notes include a Man-dan brush fire near the Northern Pacific shops, a missing Mrs. D Duemland near Mankato, a river-side boy shooting incident at Brainerd, and assays yielding gold and silver in Hastings with a reducing machine due soon.
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The
Dakotas
Grand Barks
William Radzer
Little
Texas
Radzer
Mankato
West Side
Baby
Bert Tracy
Hastings
N. Lehnen
St. Paul
William Sondermann
Port Arthur
Meat Inspection Again Four St Paul Butchers Arrested
Four St Paul butchers Kasiirski Bros D B Bryant Thomas Malone and N St Pierre were arrested by Justice Hout of Rose township and tried for handling Armour and other dressed meats in violation of the Minnesota on the hoof inspection law. Malone was discharged for lack of evidence. The others were found guilty fined 50 dollars each and committed until fines and costs are paid. An appeal was taken to the district court.
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St. Paul
St. Pauh
Kasiirski
Three Men Killed in Threshing Boiler Explosion Near St Thomas
Grand Forks Oct 9 A threshing engine exploded on the McAndress farm two miles west of St Thomas killing Ed McCaffery owner of the machine Billy Paul engineer and Charles Frazer and R P Bailey fatally injured.
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St. Thomas
Oak
Grand Forks
McAndress Farm
Ed McCaffery
Billy Paul
Charles Frazer
R. P.ailey
Indian Commissioners Secure Mille Lacs Treaty Consent
Brainerd Oct 9 Word from Indian commissioners at Mille Lacs reservation states the Mille Lacs Indians have finally signed the treaty opening some of the region’s richest land to settlement. In Minneapolis Oct 9 a boy's kidnapping case resurfaces with a tip from California seeking his mother Mrs. Butts. police seek Mrs. Butts’ current address.
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Mille Lacs
Brainerd
Mille Lacs Reservation
Minneapolis
Rail line land grant indemnity reversal favors railroad
The secretary of the interior reverses a general land office ruling and grants indemnity lands to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad company for 20,000 acres along the route between Hudson and Lake Superior within the twenty mile indemnity grant. The decision concerns the West Wisconsin railroad line and stems from the act of March 3, 1873.
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Omaha
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Company
West Wisconsin Railroad Company
Icarus Runs Aground Near Mayne Island In Gulf Cruise
Victoria report says H. M. S. Icarus grounded on Mayne Island while en route from New Westminster to Esquimault. Acorn failed towed efforts. Icarus listed badly as warships race to assist and hoped to float her at the next high tide.
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Victoria
B. C
H. M. S. Icarus
Acorn
Esquimault
New Westminster
Icarus
Mayne Island
Gulf of Georgia
Hawaii Favors Annexation
Private letters from Honolulu received in San Francisco indicate growing discontent with how the kingdom’s affairs are run and a rising mood for annexation to the United States. Since the June 30 1887 revolution, island policy has been shaped to bolster British influence.
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Hawaii
San Francisco
Honolulu
United States
Randall Illness Deepens Raises Washington Return Fear
Philadelphia October 9 The illness of Samuel J Randall has taken a serious turn raising fears he may never return to his seat in Washington. For three days his condition has been marked by great pain and weakness. Piedmont Exposition Opened in Atlanta October 8 with formal ceremonies led by Governor Gordon Mayor Glenn and Senator Whitfield. Delano Minnesota October 8 a boy is mistakenly believed to be an owl.
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Randall
Philadelphia
Samuel J. Randall
Washington
Mr. Randall
Atlanta
Gordon
Glenn
H. W. Grady
Whitfield
Great Northern railway formed by Manitoba lines consolidation
In a Globe interview, Henry D. Minot explains the Great Northern arises from a capital stock increase and consolidation of the Manitoba, Eastern Minnesota, Montana Central and Northern steamship lines into a single company. He says the move is for convenience, not a vast absorption, and denies plans to absorb Soo, Burlington and Northern or other roads.
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Sr. Pavul
the Globe
Henry D. Minot
Minnesota
Manitoba
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Northern Railway
Montana Central and Northern
Soo
Burlington and Northern
Duluth
South Shore
Atlantic
Minot
Canadian Pacific
George Stephen
Donald A. Smith
Road
Kansas City Road Accused of Interstate Commerce Violations
A Chicago report alleges the Chicago St Paul and Kansas City line manipulated grain freight rates from Kansas City and St Joseph to Chicago and Duluth. Authorities cite 1300 to 3000 car shipments, false reports, and liberal passes to secure livestock traffic, violating multiple agreements and laws.
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Kansas City
St. Pau
Pioneer Press
Chicago
Chicago,St. Paul
St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Burlington
St. Paul
Duluth
Interstate Commerce Railway Association
Montana
Bits of Railroad Gossip and Political Hopes
Bits of railroad gossip note Northern Pacific proxies to be voted in New York on October 17. Winnipes South eastern railway planned with a thirty mile contract and immediate work. Port Arthur Duluth and Western line reports ten miles graded and twenty-one miles by December 1. Canadian Pacific upgrades between Rat Portage and Port Arthur include bridge masonry and rock cutting. Helena dispatch claims Republicans carry Madison county and gain a Fergus county seat, risking a Senate tie.
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Northern Pacific
New York
Henry Villard
Robert Harris
C. B. Wright
Port Arthur
Helena
Mont
The
Herald
Madison County
Fergus County
State Senate
Toole Election Question Divides Montana Republicans
The Republican state committee led by Chairman Seligman still claims the legislature and contests Toole’s governor win while Democrats report Russell as state superintendent and Pemberton as attorney general. Republicans insist their slate wins below governor with Carter gaining about 1,000 in Congress. Toole’s victory is now pegged between 800 and 600 in majority.
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House Republican
Seligman
Republican State Committee
Toole
Russell
Stile
Pemberton
Repulicans
Carter
Joseph K. Toole
Congress
Chances of candidates for senator in South Dakota
South Dakota aspirants for United States Senate show a tight race as Moody Pettigrew Edgerton and Wardell vie for pledged votes. In North Dakota Governor Pierce is widely expected to win and potential colleagues include Ordway and several farm alliance favorites, with others like Miller discussed.
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South Dakota
Pierre
United States
Gideon C. Moody
Deadwood
R. F. Pettigrew
Sioux Falls
A. J. Edgerton
Mitchell
Alonzo Wardell
Millbank
Moody
Pettigrew
Farco
N. Dak
Pierce
United States Senate
North Dakota
Ordway
George Winship
Bill Budge
George Walsh
Grand Forks
Gen. Allen
Fargo
Walter Muir
N. M. Johnson
P. J. McCumber
Farmers’ Alliance
Miller
Connecticut Prohibition Vote Favors Wet Majority
Returns from Connecticut show the prohibitory amendment trailing about three to one. By nightfall ten towns reported a clear anti prohibition majority while Hartford County totals stood at 4509 for and 10231 against the amendment. The new secret ballot law operated smoothly with little excitement at the polls.
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Connecticut
Tliartford
Conn
Hartford County
Murder Charge Shocks Grand Forks Arrest of Paul Man
Samuel D. Irish, described as a fine gentleman, was arrested on a murder charge after alighting from the Great Northern Pacific train in Grand Forks. He is accused of abducting a child, claimed as his daughter, to secure custody. Irish says he lives in St Paul and later Minnesota reports place him in Wabasha County. Authorities will surrender him to Grafton officials. A separate deposition details alleged past offenses.
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Paul Man
Grand Forks
Granp Forks
N. D
Samuel D. Irish
Nean Pacific
Grafton
Hennessy
Trish
Irish
St. Paul
Wabasha County
Minn
William Story
Suffering at Johnstown and other brief items
Typhoid fever rises in Johnstown with twenty-one patients in the hospital and two deaths on Monday. Cold weather increases suffering as relief funds delay and homes lack winter clothing. Two more bodies found in debris. Also noting wrestling match in Beloit with Green failing to throw Scheller, Aberdeen to adopt free delivery, and Commodore Snerrett ordered to command Portsmouth navy yard.
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Johnstown
Beloit
Wis
Bert Scheller
Michigan
Charles Green
Green
Scheller
J. 5. Snerrett
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Will Fight For $10 000 Match In Mexico
Billy Myers of Streator said a telegram from San Francisco confirms the proposed ten thousand dollar side match with Carroll. The bout will be held in Mexico under London rules, with Myers visiting Bloomington, Indiana.
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Myers
Carroll
Mexico
Bloomington
Tius
Billy Myers
Streator
San Francisco
London
Swiss adopts smokeless powder and other notes
The Swiss government adopts smokeless powder. The La Crosse championship is delayed until late October due to a close contest among clubs. David P. Liebhart of Milton is named postmaster general successor to George B. Hell who resigned. Cardinal Gibbons did not attend the Ottawa statue unveiling for Monsignor Guigues because of duties. Mrs. J Lavin of Louisville divorces from her dead husband under Mosaic law. A Belgrade report claims a palace dispute surrounded Natalie's passage. A Chicago Tribune dispatch reports Manitoba Road securing the franchise of the Manitoba and Northwestern railroad to Edmonton.
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la Crosse
Canada
Ottawa
Cardinal Gibbons
Monsignor Guigues
J. Lavin
Louisville
London Standard
Belgrade
Servia
Natalie
Chicago Tribune
Manitoba Road
Manitoba and Northwestern Railroad
Canadian Northwest
Edmonton
Dominion subsidizes road at ten thousand acres per mile
Calenty reports the dominion government has subsidized the road generously, valuing the project as valuable property at a rate of 10 000 acres per mile.
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Calenty
Baltimore Shows Speed. Power Understated in Trial
The Baltimore trial run last month reportedly hit about thirty knots and 10,000 horsepower, making her appear the third fastest vessel globally and the fastest in the American navy. Official figures adjust horsepower to 8,977, a 23 HP deficiency, prompting a second trial to be scheduled by the government.
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Baltimore
Washington
Young Endicott wedding in Lenox Massachusetts
Miss Louise Theron of Boston married William G. Endicott Jr son of ex Secretary Endicott in Lenox on October 5. Attending guests included Mrs Cleveland ex Secretaries Whitney Endicott and Fairchild with their wives plus the Turkish German and Belgian ministers and numerous society leaders from New York and beyond. Mrs Whitney hosted a grand ball that evening.
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Young Endicott
Lenox
Mass
Louise Theron
Boston
William G. Endicott, Jr
Endicott
Cleveland
Whitney
Fairchild
New York
California Athletic club offers purse for Weir Murphy bout
Murphy and Weir, Boston, report that Secretary Fulda of the California Athletic club wired Captain Cooke that a purse of 2250 dollars will be offered for a December or January bout between Ike Weir and Billy Murphy the Australian. Two thousand goes to the winner and two hundred fifty to the loser. Weir is willing to accept and will soon sail to the Pacific coast.
Money Market Tightens as Banks Call Loans
Money on the New York stock exchange remains stringent with borrowers paying about 10 percent per year for funds. Banks began calling in loans, signaling tighter credit. August Belmont & Co. withdrew $50,000, increasing their weekly shipment to Europe to $1,500,000.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Thea
The Shahs Treasures Exhibition At The Persian Palace
A description of a Persian shah’s palace museum with vast riches from rubies to the Peacock throne. It contrasts priceless mosaics and European gifts with cheap trinkets and massed pearls, noting glass cases of jewels beside low cost items and a pearl display from Persian Gulf fisheries.
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Persia
Delhi
Persian Gulf
Distress Signal Rocket Demonstrated in England
A new nautical distress signal tested in England shows a self contained metal cylinder rocket with no stick or backfire. It uses a base propelling charge and ionite and star composition, ignited by a pulled lanyard, rising to 600 feet. The star payload lights brilliantly and the tonite charge explodes like a six pound gun, audible from afar.
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England
London
Petrifications in a Cow's Stomach
A Colm stock heifer swallowed two woolen mittens two years ago. One mitten later appeared petrified in her stomach and rattled like stones when struck. The case is linked to a New York Pathological Society museum relic showing a cervical vertebra fragment, tied to a Bayard collection.
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James Brown
Colmstock
Mr. Brown
New York Pathological Society
M. D's
William Bayard
St. John
N. B
Bayard
Vertebrae fracture shown after near suffocation incident
John W. Wright reports in the St Louis Republic that a patient narrowly escaped death from throat abscess causing suffocation. A lance evacuated the buildup, revealing a broken vertebrae. Proper bandages followed and the patient fully recovered within a year.
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Tle
John W. Wright
St. Louis Republic
Remembering a railroad wreck in Iowa
A Indianapolis observer recalls a past train disaster in Iowa. Judge Woods describes the frightening scene as cars left the track and passengers crawled free. The conductor’s hand was trapped in a jammed brake and later treated, while the crew assisted the injured and cared for others aboard the stalled train.
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Indianapolis
Judge Woods
Iowa
Lidisnapolis News
Prominent City Man Loses 10000 But Keeps Principal
A business figure, via a broker, handed over ten thousand dollars and stored bonds in his coat. In Ik Street crowds, the securities were stolen. Despite searches, days pass with no recovery, but the man quips that only the interest was lost. The broker questions the reply as the principal is also missing.
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Bouis
Antiquity of Crackers and Smokers in Memoir Fragments
Old notes discuss crackers as ancient bread, unfermented cakes found in neolithic Swiss dwellings, their long shelf life and portability. The piece also includes a Canadian observer’s view on smoking culture in New York, noting etiquette around sharing cigars and social interactions. It ends with a 1864 claim of a French inventor proposing church bells and cannons made of paper.
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New York
Teieovar
United States
Central Park
New York Tribune
Advancements in Paper as Building and Roofing Material
A 19th century note outlines paper’s potential in architecture and construction. It cites surface continuity, roll adaptation, and multi layer strength, noting no grain, non splitting, moisture issues, and waterproofing by asphalt. It highlights sound insulation, non conductance, and possible fire resistance with treatments like asbestos.
Brain turnover and splint history span medical notes
The text notes brains renewing about every two months with nerve cells acting under the brain as a boss, and describes 16th to 19th century splint experiments for broken necks, including egg shell and plaster mixtures, cloth bandages in plaster, and a case of recovery after spinal cord tension.
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Bertram
Bertie
Sertie
Stimma
Asbury Park
New York
John W. Wright
St. Louis Republic
Trees and Light in Shade Tolerance of Common Species
The text explains how different tree species respond to shade. Yew thrives in dense shade while larch may die if over topped. Beech grows well under partial shade. oak struggles, birch dies. Moist soils lessen shade sensitivity. maples elms and sycamores grow best in open shade, while conifers like spruces and firs retain foliage in low light.
A Model City under Sanitary Public Control
The St Louis Globe-Democrat extols Ayres as the only city under legal supervision to place every house under positive sanitary control. It argues city sanitation must be a public provision, not left to individuals, to reverse urban population decline as two-ninths of people live in cities.
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Letten
St. Louis
Ancient books found in Connecticut State Library
Antiquarian in the Connecticut State library uncovers rare volumes including a Latin dictionary from 1477 and a Melancthon work from 1501. Also noted is a logic book once owned by Samuel Parris of Salem fame, printed in 1602 at Leyden, reflecting early printing and witchcraft history.
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Connecticut
America
Samuel Parris
Salem
Leyden
New York Home Journal
The Difference: Bell and Brush Rise in Electric Field
Progressive Age recalls A G Bell once sought to sell telephone stock at ten cents on the dollar while a deaf school teacher in Boston. He now earns hundreds daily and boasts a fortune near six million dollars. Brush reportedly earned fifteen dollars a week before pioneering electric light transformed him into a millionaire.
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A. G. Bell
Washington
Goston
Brush
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Delano, Minn
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Frankfort
Ghot
Kansas City Road Railway
Winnipes Southeastern
Winnipez
Aberdeen
5. D
Post Office Department
David P. Liebhart
Milton
George B. Hell
Shah
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