Moon not Earth’s satellite say Cordoba Observatory chief
Prof Aarporath of Cordoba Observatory in Lima Peru declares the moon is a planet not a satellite of Earth. The Duke of Perck reportedly keeps a vacant chair for the Saviour at his table. Lansing Kansas state penitentiary directors drop striped uniforms for convicts adopting gray garb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aarporath
Cordoba Observatory
Lima
Peru
Perck
State Penitentiary
Lansing, Kan
New Yorker Left Bulk of Fortune to Legal Fraternity
A New Yorker valued at $30,000,000 died recently leaving most of his estate to the legal profession. He secured his aim through two wills that are now to be contested in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legal
Peary Plans Immediate Relief Expedition for North Pole
Lieut. Peary has started after the north pole and it will be prudent to begin arranging a relief expedition at once to be prompt. Even if he reaches the pole he will need help to bring it in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut
Peary
North Pole
West Virginia Governor Atkinson Quietly Marries
West Virginia reports Gov Atkinson was quietly married. The union will please those who expected a public celebration with tambourines cymbals and drums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Government to replace silver certificates with more artistic bills
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing plans to replace the present one two and five dollar silver certificates with bills that have a more artistic appearance. The change will be satisfactory if the new designs are issued more frequently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Alaska Farm Plan Under Washington Guidance
They propose an experimental farm in Alaska under Washington auspices to boost local food production. With food scarce and costly, advocates say Alaska can grow farm products and an adequate supply could unlock later yields from the mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Washington
Record of theater fires underscores need for inspections
A historic tally lists 1,234 public entertainment venue fires over 300 years, causing about 22,500 deaths. The figures stress the importance of rigorous safety inspections of theaters, music halls, and similar venues.
Tax on Unnaturalized Men Urges Quick Naturalization Move
Pennsylvania lawmakers pass a law taxing all men over 21 who are unnaturalized citizens three cents per day for each day of labor. The levy falls on firms employing them and is expected to prompt a rush for naturalization papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Clinton woman widens tally of five marriages
Mrs. Addie W. Buzzell of Clinton Maine has married and divorced five times by age 34, each time as the complainant. She says she finds husbands lacking thrift industry or congeniality and then sets them aside while she continues to search for the right man to manage her farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie W. Buzzell
Clinton, Me
Exoteric and Esoteric Thought in Atlantic Monthly
Charles Egbert Chaddock notes a literal-minded tendency in exoteric phenomena used for mental contemplation. He argues this stance can coexist with developing esoteric ideas whose contemplation loses impact through familiarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Monthly
Charles Egbert Chaddock
92 Year Old Chicago Man Seeks Naturalization
A 92 year old Chicago resident, in the country 27 years, has applied for naturalization papers. He says his decision rests on the belief that naturalized status improves chances of reaching Heaven, not fear of state taxes on aliens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Duck Creek Baptist Church celebrates 107th anniversary
Cincinnati Baptists marked 107 years since the church origins begun in 1790 with a rebuild in 1835. A modern building was later erected away from the old site and the original church was demolished. The milestone minutes dated 107 years were read at the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptists of
Cincinnati
Duck Creek
Miss Juliet Corson Remembered For Reform Work
The late Miss Juliet Corson of New York, a noted dietetic reformer, is praised for her public service in improving menus for the poor. A Gulliver reference is cited, suggesting her impact surpasses political gains as she doubled food value and stretched dollars for wholesome meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliet Corson
New York
Gulliver
Miss Corson
British sea losses rise with vessels and inventions
A British blue book reports 1895 96 sea casualties totaling 6 872 across British commerce. Over the past two decades the average annual loss is 1 833 lives and last year’s toll was slightly below that. The figures cover only British vessels yet hint at global drownings at sea.
Mint Makes Coins for Costa Rica and Santo Domingo
The Philadelphia mint finished $500000 in five dollar gold pieces for Costa Rica and began 300000 silver dollars for Santo Domingo. Designs reflect government ideas to deter imitations and orders are shipped by regular steamers. Foreign buyers accept mint reports on precious metal use without question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philadelphia
Costa Rica
San Domingo
Provisions and nominations mark week in Senate and House
The tariff bill progress includes Hawaii reciprocity and coal duties in the Senate on the 30th alt and revised free lists in early August. Turpie supports a two percent inheritance tax. Young’s librarian nomination arrives. House adjourns to the 5th amid Cuban and bankruptcy debates. Record runs include McReynolds Carruthers setting tandem records and Kansas City packers’ mid 1897 slaughter totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Finance Committee
Turpie
John Russell Young
Congress
House
United States
Senate
Settle
Dem
Thurston
William W. Rockhill
District of Columbia
Greece
Roumania
Servia
McReynolds
Carruthers
Colorado Springs
Kansas City
Senate panel approves tariff bill monopoly clause
From Washington the senate judiciary committee nears agreement on an amendment to the tariff bill making it an offense to monopolize or conspire to monopolize trade in any article protected by the tariff. The fiscal year closes with an $18,623,108 deficit and June customs receipts total $21,560,152. The debt declined $10,027,966 in June as the treasury balance sits at $871,389,358. Washington reports 241 business failures in the week ending the 2d, and President McKinley departs with Mrs. McKinley for Canton for rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Treasury
United States
McKinley
Washington
Canton
Harvard Graduates 773 In Class Record Total
Harvard University graduates 773 men. In Poughkeepsie New York Cornell defeats Columbia and Pennsylvania in the two mile freshman boat race in 9 21 1 5. A four mile Hudson race among Cornell Columbia and Pennsylvania is won by Cornell in 20 47 4 5. A monument of the First Minnesota regiment is dedicated on the Gettysburg battlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
United States
Hudson River
Minnesota
Gettysburg
Oldest Iowa soldier Amos Woodin dies at 93
Amos Woodin the oldest soldier in Iowa died at Eagle Grove aged 93. He served in the Mexican and Civil Wars. Other notes include a fatal lightning strike at Westfield killing Charles McCausland and others, a rumored invalidity of Judge Thomas M Cooley, and various regional incidents from Illinois to Oregon.
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Iowa
Amos Woodin
Eagle Grove
Westfield
Charles McCausland
Frank Mills
Thomas M. Cooley
Ann Arbor
Mich
W. J. Calhoun
Danville
Ill
Treasury
Morgan Park
Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
American Baptist Missionary Union
American Baptist Home Mission Society
John D. Rockefeller
Belmont
Ind
John Stephens
James Burgin
Bentonville
Ark
Des Moines
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and Manufacturers
Youngstown
Colorado Springs
Col
Walter C. Sanger
Milwaukee
Duluth
Minn
Superior
Wis
Ganeer Township
Global census tallies Russian empire population
Foreign intelligence reports a first ever census of the Russian empire listing 129,211,113 people with 64,616,280 males and 64,594,833 females. It notes fires in Egypt, Danube floods in Romania, and a Turkish claim on Thessaly amid ongoing peace talks. Queen Victoria’s jubilee concludes with a grand review.
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Russian Empire
Abou Tor
Mir Hobeish
Egypt
Galatz
Roumania
Danube
Turkey
Thessaly
Queen Victoria
Laffan
Tucharia
Spain
Barcelona
Matzovo
Baseball Standings and Notable World Events Summary
Weekly NL leaders show Boston .759 and Cincinnati .673. Milestones include Milwaukee education council meeting, Evansville shooting suicide, Barnum Minnesota tornado damage, Duluth drowning, Erie fire, Little Rock and West Superior drownings, Kalabaka Turkish occupation, ex-governor John Evans dies in Denver, lynching near Villaridge, boiler blast in Syracuse, coal miner wage push in Pittsburgh, Weyler amnesty offer, Mrs McKinley injured at Canton, tariff bill nearing completion in Senate, House recess until the 7th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cincinnati
Baltimore
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Louisville
Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
National Council of Education
Milwaukee
Mattie Goodwin
Evansville
Ind
Charles Stickman
Barnum
Minn
Christie McDonald
May McDonald
Daniel McDonald
John McCready
Duluth
Erie
Little Rock
Ark
Joseph
Jacob Dante
Mary Arbor
Josie Sanders
Burton McCreary
West Superior
Wis
Kalabaka
North Thessaly
John Evans
Colorado
Denver
Erastus Brown
Villaridge
Annie Foerving
Edward Robertson
John Wall
Syracuse
Weyler
Santa Clara
McKinley
Canton
United States Senate
House
Notable Local and National Happenings Across Americas
The old McKinley birthplace in Niles Ohio sells to W C Allison a McKinley relative. Chaplain Henry Masterson, veteran guard at Queen Victoria’s wedding, may be the only such guard in America. Ex senator J W Bradbury turns 95 at Augusta Maine as Chief Justice Fuller visits. Gold in Tornado mine among allerton ownedite lines in Black Hills excites miners. Irish rally in Phoenix park features William Field urging armed action if needed. Rear Admiral George Brown returns to Indianapolis birthplace after long absence. 13 year old John Edward De Merritt preaches widely after Baptist licensing at Fort Scott. English syndicate buys options on coal mines in Jerico districts Tennessee and Kentucky overseen lands near Cincinnati Southern railroad. Chinese admitted to Tennessee expo reportedly leave Nashville for other cities affecting immigration rules.
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Niles
President McKinley
W. C. Allison
Henry Masterson
Grand Army
Lincoln
Neb
America
Queen Victoria
J. W. Bradbury
United States
Augusta
M. W. Fuller
Black Hills
Samuel W. Allerton
Chicago
Phoenix Park
William Field
Parnelite
England
George Brown
Indianapolis
Annapolis
John Edward de Merritt
Newport
Fort Scott
Kan
Nevada
Kansas
Missouri
Baptist Church of
Jerico
Tennessee
Kentucky
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Morgan County
Tenn
Whitely County
Treasury Department
Nashville
San Francisco
Sacramento
St. Louis
New York
Ohio Democrats Nominate Ticket in Unanimous Convention
Ohio Democrats nominate Gov Horace I Chapman for governor Melville D Shaw for lieutenant governor J P Spriggs for supreme court W H Dore for attorney general James F Wilson for state treasurer Peter H Degman for board of public works Byron H Hurd for school commissioner The platform endorses the Chicago plan supports free silver and denounces monometallism including opposition to private bank notes and bond issues. It backs immediate Cuban recognition and anti trust enforcement.
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Columbus
Horace I. Chapman
Melville D. Shaw
J. P. Spriggs
W. H. Dore
James F. Wilson
Board of Public Works
Peter H. Degman
Byron H. Hurd
Ohio
John R. McLean
Paul J. Sorg
A. J. Warner
Committee On
Chicago
London
United States
Congress
Jackson
Casper Lowenstein
IL. C. Cole
Republic of
Cuba
Hanna
Identified as William Guldensuppe Murder Victim in Three-Part Remains
The headless body found in the East River and later fragments recovered at Ogden woods and near the Brooklyn Navy Yard are identified as rubber worker William Guldensuppe. He had recently lived with Mrs. Augusta Nack, who is held at police headquarters and likely to be charged with the murder after a violent quarrel over alleged infidelity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Guldensuppe
East River
Ogden Woods
Harlem River
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Guldensuppe
Augusta Nack
Lost at Sea Off Socotra in Aden Wreck
Indian government steamer Mayo returns to Aden reporting the steamer Aden from Yokohama wrecked off Socotra on June 9. Nine passengers were saved along with three white crew and 83 natives. Total losses include 25 passengers, 29 European officers, and 33 native crew. Survivors are being cared for by local authorities.
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Aden
Yokohama
Colombo
London
Socotra
Africa
Mayo
Gardiner Breaks One Mile Bicycle Record at Fairgrounds
Arthur Gardiner of Chicago won the last day race in Springfield Illinois breaking the world one mile handicap mark. In a field of 18 starters including Mertens and Will Coburn, Gardiner clocked 2 05 1 5 establishing a new record surpassing Mertens 2 05 3 5 set earlier this year.
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Springfield
Arthur Gardiner
Chicago
State Fair Grounds
Gardiner
Mertens
Will Coburn
Cornell Triumphs in Four Mile Eight-Oared Race
An Easy Winner Poughkeepsie July 3 Cornell Friday evening won its third regatta in a four mile eight-oared shell race contested by Ithacans Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania Lime clocking 20 47 4 5.
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Poughkeepsie
Cornell
Ithacans
Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
Tax on stock and bond trades eyed to boost revenue
Senator Lodge proposed a two cent tax on every stock and bond trade on exchanges and similar venues to fund government needs after tea and beer provisions were removed from the tariff bill. The finance committee will refine details. initial estimates suggest seven million dollars yearly. The Senate also adopted reciprocity and retaliation clauses to alter duties and enable 20 percent duty reductions or free-list designations by treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Lodge
Proposa
Washington
Massachusetts
Senate
President May Proposes Currency Commission Creation
President McKinley is inclined to send a special message to Congress recommending the creation of a currency commission. Final decision expected next week after discussions with advisers and cabinet members, with Canton trip delaying firm policy. H. H. Hanna and other Indianapolis convention leaders may press the plan in Washington.
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Currency Commission
Washington
Congress
White House
McKinley
Canton
H. H. Hanna
Indianapolis
Gage
Advancing Silvers Cause in US British Talks
The National Review reports a silver based monetary push by the United States Commission led by Senator Walcott Adlai Stevenson and Gen. Charles Jackson Paine. They will present a joint France US statement to reopen Indian mints increase silver use and bolster its role in England's notes and Bank of England reserves.
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Monetary Commission of
United States
London
National Review
United States Monetary Commission
Walcott
Adlai E. Stevenson
Charles Jackson Paine
Commission
France
The
England
Bank of England
Encouraging Trade Outlook Amid Seasonal Goods Surge
Bradstreet notes better weather boosts sale of clothing hats and shoes with movement toward full delivery. Merchants and manufacturers expect higher autumn volumes and prices. Trade is generally satisfactory in Kansas City St Louis Omaha Memphis and New Orleans with slower activity in other cities and ongoing iron and steel demand weakness and potential idleness of 200000 workers.
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New York
Bradstreet
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha
Memphis
New Orleans
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Savannah
Galveston
Chicago
Birmingham
Little Rock
Atlanta
Charleston
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cornell Wins Freshman Two-Mile Boat Race
Won by Cornell in Poughkeepsie New York on July 1 the freshman race featured three American crews rowing with pure American methods. Cornell won by three quarters of a length with Columbia second by one third of a length over Pennsylvania. Official times were Cornell 9 21 1 5 Columbia 9 22 3 5 Pennsylvania 9 23 1 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller Gift Secured to Baptist Home Mission
New York July 2. John Rockefeller will be held to his offer of 250000 dollars to the American Baptist Home Mission society and the American Baptist Missionary union. The sum of 236000 dollars, conditioned upon raising the rest by July 1, has been secured, leaving a comfortable margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
New York
John. Rockefeller
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Ameican Baptist Missionary Union
General Strike Ordered by Mine Workers
A general strike of United Mine Workers of America was ordered for July 4 by the national executive board and district presidents. The stoppage could affect about 60,000 miners in Pennsylvania, 40,000 in Illinois, 23,000 in Ohio, and 7,000 in Indiana, with a bleak outlook for rapid wage gains. Coal operators in St Louis and Pittsburgh warn a prolonged strike and potential coal price increases, as idle workers range from 75,000 to 5,000 following a failed Youngstown wage conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
National’ Executive Board
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
St. Louis
United Mine Workers
Ilinois
Missouri
Pittsburgh
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Youngstown
Monument Dedicates First Minnesota Regiment on Gettysburg
The Gettysburg battlefield witnessed the dedication of the First Minnesota regiment monument on Friday in the presence of Minnesota dignitaries. The $20,000 memorial drew Gov. Clough and congressmen among attendees with addresses by Lochren United States Senator Cushman K Davis Martin Maginnis Colville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Clough
Minnesota
Lochren
United States
Cushman K. Davis
Martin Maginnis
Montana
Colville
Trains Collide Near West Chicago
Two sections of a Northwestern excursion train on the Chicago line collided at West Chicago Du Page county at 1245 this morning. Four hundred passengers rode each section largely asleep when the crash occurred and three people were killed with twenty one injured. Michael Courtney the engineer of the wrecked overland train is blamed for the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Christian Endeavor
West Chicago
DuPage County
Wells Street
West
du Page County
St. Luke’s Hospital
Michael Courtney
Turner Junction
New Passenger Terminals in New York to Open July 12
Baltimore & Ohio Central of New Jersey and Philadelphia Reading announce new ferry terminals in New York City to begin July 12. Ferries from Jersey City land at Whitehall Street with under cover transfers to Brooklyn ferries four elevated roads Broadway cable and Belt lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Central of New Jersey
Philadelphia & Reading
New York City
Jersey City
Whitehall Street
Brooklyn Ferries
Broadway
New York
Nomination Approved for John Russell Young as Librarian
The president nominated and the senate confirmed Hon. John Russell Young of Pennsylvania as librarian of congress. He brings executive skill to organize the growing library near 1,000,000 volumes, with A. R. Spofford named as first assistant, long associated with the congressional library since 1861.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Senate
John Russell Young
Pennsylvania
A. R. Spofford
Congressional Library
Tragic Suspected Suicide Pact Ends in Train Crash
Three men found alongside railroad tracks near Wellsville Mo were struck by a Wabash train at midnight. The first man had his head cut off the second was crushed and the third injured with severe internal injuries. Doctors say two men have little or no chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Wellsville
Lyig
Angary Beer
Waiter Receives Partial Tip in Dollar Mutilation
A Cincinnati Enquirer tale reports a wealthy man tearing a dollar in two and offering one half to a waiter as a tip. The waiter insists the act is currency mutilation and threatens to report the man unless the full dollar is returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han
Cincinnati Enquirer
Beauty Advice Promotes Cascarets for Purified Blood
An ad argues beauty stems from pure blood and a lively liver, warning constipation harms complexion. It promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a quick, natural remedy and claims it cleanses the bowels and purifies the blood. Available in 10c 25c or 50c and by mail from Sterling Remedy Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Montreal
Can
New York
Bridget Finds Work in Madison Avenue House
An Irish girl, newly arrived, secures a job in a fashionable Madison Avenue home with a telephone unknown to Bridget. After a couple of days she presents to her mistress with her belongings and says she must leave at once claiming a banshee presence in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Avenue
Bridget
Tammany Times
Sound Reasons for Approval of Hostetter's Stomach Ditters
The medical profession and public favor Hostetter's Stomach Ditters over ordinary cathartics. It aids nature without weakening the system, is botanic and safe, and does not cause drastic purgative reactions. For forty five years it has been a trusted remedy for liver stomach and kidney trouble.
The Shoe on the Other Foot
A brief cartoon caption parodies marriage and smoking habits. Miss Bloomer quits smoking for wedding plans while Miss Strongmynd urges a new brand of cigarettes, humorously noting danger of backsliding as Cholly balks at the ador.
Mistakes and Mistakes Before the Bridal Day
A playful exchange between Edwin and his betrothed frets over their marriage. Edwin fears a possible error while the bride remains amused yet uneasy. The Detroit Journal captures a lighthearted, romantic moment before the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin
Detroit Journal
Matrimony Question From a Witty Boarder
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes Asbury Peppers answering a sweet girl boarder who calls matrimony a holy rite asking why so many who marry feel abandoned. The exchange is presented in a humorous, period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Peppers
Asbury
Cincinnati Enquirer
Quotation Snippets Highlight Social Etiquette and Satire
The page compiles short quips and wry exchanges about manners power and wealth. A laundry owner’s son symbolically frames a transactional view of romance and class amid a chorus of political and social observations.
Star Tobacco Ad Praises Lasting Chewing Tabacco
An old Washington Democrat ad extols Star Tobacco for pleasure and lasting effect, claiming it to be the best and the cheapest in the long run, while noting physicians avoid self titles like doctor despite practice.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Tone From 1894
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. Price 75c. Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal as a Cough medicine. I M Abbott, 383 Seneca St Buffalo NY May 9 1894. "It's your next move" chess quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
I. M. Abbott
Seneca St
Buffalo, N. Y
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Lemuel W. Melson
Charles Perry
Josephine County
Foreign Intelligence
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Charlie
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Atchison Obe
Washington Democrat
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