Indian girl student shines in Smith College class
The Express notes an Indian girl, daughter of a Winnebago from Nebraska, standing as one of the brightest in Smith College’s current graduation class. Aubre Stone Blackwell, Lucy Stone’s daughter, is pursuing her mother’s life work. Twenty seven states elect governors this fall and legislatures will pick thirty five U.S. senators. A Georgia couple, divorced twenty eight years, remarries at a daughter's home who had never seen her father before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Smith College
Aubre Stone Blackwell
Lucy Stone
United States
Air Freezing Costly Novelty Sparks Cautionary Note
A playful item notes air can be frozen for handling at a cost around $500 a gallon, likely prompting readers to scoff at the idea. It also mentions Edward D. Waits, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, not being married as announced but having fallen from a horse, suggesting a mix up of bridle matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Waits
United States Supreme Court
Boston bicyclist begins world tour with no money
Annie L. Pchowska leaves the Boston Statehouse on a fifteen month bicycle journey around the world. She plans to rely on the dime museum circuit and local generosity as she travels without funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Lapchowski
Boston Statehouse
Symmes family occupies old Newfield homestead in Maine
The Symmes family remains in the old Newfield homestead, a residence they have occupied for 108 years. The house was erected 106 years ago and still bears the original clapboards placed at construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symmes
Newfield
Mexico Chooses Open Policy for Chinese Immigrants
A new China Mexico treaty grants Chinese immigrants in Mexico full rights, including naturalization, voting, and holding public office, aligning their status with native Mexicans. The accord signals a significant shift in migration and citizenship policy between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
China
Brooklyn Judge Allows Courtship On Front Doorstep
A Brooklyn judge rules a young man may court a girl on the front door step and tells police to mind other duties. The decision is sound, yet Brooklyn youths deserve pity for their courting ground on a lit street doorstep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Pulseometer and electric pen measure heart pulse details
The report describes a pulseometer used by life insurance examiners to gauge the heart beat. An electric pen records on paper the pulse’s movements, tracing its hallmarks and variations to reveal the applicant's cardiac strength or weakness with scientific fidelity.
Astonishing Stunts of Mr Chambers in London
On June 7 1826 Mr Chambers performed perilous self experiments in London eating phosphorus drinking arsenic and oxalic acid swallowing boiling oil and handling molten lead. He then seated himself in a 220 degree oven to watch a leg of lamb cook and pondered what his weekly salary would be today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
London
Australia faces Asian immigration pressure and restrictive fears
The piece notes Australia’s response to Chinese migration with harsh controls and head taxes. It then warns of a rising influx of Afghans, Panthans, and other Asiatic groups from India’s outskirts, deeming them a peril and nuisance in various ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
India
Mary Anderson Reflects on Fame and Motherhood
The forthcoming book On Memories of the Stage by Mary Anderson explains why she left the stage at her peak. Her two bright children appear in imagination, illustrating that she is a superior mother, a role she deems more important than any acting achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson
Cyclist closing gap on thoroughbred pace grows near
Johnson's mile on a bicycle in 1 56 further tightens the gap between the wheelman and the thoroughbred. The trotter trails far behind, and soon a high gear light frame may let a cyclist challenge track supremacy. Mechanics quickly solve such questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Prehistoric Guatemalan City Remains Found by Museum Team
The National Museum in Washington reports discovery in Guatemala of a large, well preserved prehistoric city. At twenty feet depth researchers uncovered roofless walls with rubbish, domestic utensils, furniture fragments, war weapons, and stone utensils carved with turquoise and pearls. Skeletons indicate a tall people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Museum
Washington
Guatemala
Victoria’s long reign spans world leadership changes
In her fifty seventh year of power Victoria has presided as monarch over a century of upheaval. The post of premier in her country has been held by Melbourne, Peel, Russell, Derby, Aberdeen, Palmerston, Beaconsfield, Gladstone, Salisbury and Rosebery. United States presidents during her service include sixteen men from Van Buren onward, with only Cleveland and Harrison living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Viscount Melbourne
Robert Peel
Earl Russell
Earl of Derby
Earl of Aberdeen
Viscount Palmerston
Earl of Beaconsfield
William E
Gladstone
Marquis of Salisbury
Earl of Rosebery
Martin van Buren
United States
Cleveland
Harrison
Women Of The Era Ascribed To Frivolity And Dandy Taste
A 19th century English magazine writer complains that women grow more frivolous daily, shun housework, study piano, and prefer French fiction to classics, while mothers endure drudgery. He notes husbands chosen for social grace over solid merit, predicting modern pessimism.
Tariff bill passes senate in party lines with adjournment
The tariff bill, amended to take effect August 1, 1894, passed the senate 84 to 380 in a strict party vote. Only Mr. Hill voted with Republicans against the measure. populists Kyle and Allen supported it while Peffer and Stewart opposed. Several actions were reversed, and adjournment set to the 6th. Various deadly incidents and disasters were noted across the country, including drownings, shootings, a cloud burst, rail damage, and labor unrest. Martial law declared in Chicago as riots feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunsday
Senate
Mr. Hill
Kyle
Allen
Peffer
Stewart
United States
House
United States Treasury
Committee On
Immigrant and financial data from late 1890s period
The report details 2102 immigrants barred in ten months to April 30 1894, including 1426 contract laborers and 652 paupers. It notes national bank circulation at 207,259,307 dollars, government receipts 206,960,836 and expenditures 366,593,859 for the year ended June 30, with prior year figures. President Cleveland orders recall of troops but says their presence is necessary in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Altgeld
Chicago
Cleveland
Northern Pacific
Central Pacific
National Editorial Association Opens Tenth Annual Convention
The tenth annual convention of the National Editorial Association begins in Asbury Park New Jersey. Flames swept Hudson Massachusetts causing about 750000 in damages. Fire in New Haven Connecticut fire damaged business houses for about 125000. Connecticut populists nominate Edwin C Bingham for governor. Police recalled from vacation to suppress strike violence in New York. Baseball league percentages for week ended the 7th list standings with several teams above and below .600. Frederick A Cox and party sail from New York for polar exploration aboard the Miranda. Framus in Providence Rhode Island causes about 100000 in damage.
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Tue National Editorial Association
Asbury Park
N. J
Hudson
Mass
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Edwin C. Bingham
Cheshire
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Washington
Louisville
Frederick A. Coox
Miranda
Fruamus
Phoenix
Providence
R. I
Polish and Local Politics Headlines Mix in Wisconsin and Michigan
A mix of political nominations from Wisconsin and Michigan appears as populists in La Crosse and Lansing place full state tickets headed by D. Frank Powell and Dr. A W Nicholls respectively. Separate tragedies include a Norwegian farmer killing his children and himself in Butler S D and a drunken crime in Jeffersonville Ind.
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Butler
S. D
KX. B. Quaum
Wisconsin
D. Frank Powell
la Crosse
Honey Grove
Tex
Topeka
Kansas
David Obermeyer
San Francisco
Nebraska
Lincoln
E. A. Girard
Hamburg
Edwin B. Winans
Michigan
H. M. Brooks
Congress
Chicago
Prendergast
Carter H. Harrison
Fine
David Anderson
South Haven
Mich
Jeffersonville
Ind
Emmons Endrich
Lansing
A. W. Nicholls
Montcalm
Lear Knosnoster
Warrensburg
Global upheavals and disasters dominate foreign headlines
Reports reveal a Tokay boat capsize with 100 dead, a brutal battle killing a thousand Brazilian rebels, and a Yokohama Tokio earthquake causing vast destruction. Rome uncovers anarchist plots against European leaders as Eby Blain faces windup in Toronto. France suffers fires destroying workshops, while Bolivian ex president Arce is assassinated. A Putney bicycle race sees H R Carter win 423 miles, with A A Zimmerman besting Edwards in Paris.
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Thiess
Tokay
Hungary
Yokohama
Tokio
Japan
Rome
Eby, Blain & Co
Toronto
Ont
Saint- Ouen-sur-Seine
France
House of Lords
England
Bolivia
Arce
Putney
H. R. Carter
London
A. A. Zimmerman
Edwards
Paris
Railways, fires, riots mark unsettled year in 1894 era
The senate passed a naval appropriation bill while Peffer urged government control of railways and mines. Riots and labor clashes hit Indiana to California as 375 houses burned at Plunjan Russia and the Pullman strike loomed. In politics Loren Fletcher was renominated in Minnesota. Chicago railway strike shows partial reopening and a 5000-man militia mobilized for first time in state history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Peffer
District of Columbia
House
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Colorado
California
Mystic Park
Boston
Vladimir
Crimea
Spring Valley
Cleveland
Trafic
Westville
Ill
South Boston
Mass
Chicago Council and Trade and Labor
Pullman Company
Plunjan
Russia
Pullman
Loren Fletcher
Congress
Minnesota
Chicago
Suh
Pullman Rejects Arbitration Offer Amid Citywide Strike Threat
Chicago's Pullman company refuses arbitration despite union and alderman pressure. Vice President Wickes states the firm has nothing to arbitrate as allied trades prepare a mass strike, threatening paralysis of commerce in Chicago and beyond. A government notification underscores strict actions against lawbreakers and troops may be used to protect mail and enforce court injunctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Allied Trades Io
Chcano
Pullman Company
Wickes
Chicago
Convention of Allied Trades
Cook County
Pullman
Allied Trades
John §. Runnells
Alderman McGillen
McGillen
John S. Runnells
Wvove
George M. Pullman
United States
Miles
Standing of the Clubs in the Leading Organizations
A concise survey lists the current standings of clubs across leading organizations, detailing rank, wins, losses, and notable achievements within each group. The report highlights top performers and movements between positions, reflecting competitive shifts and emerging leaders across leagues.
Various England Facts and Antiquities Noted
In England Lowdon Jews plan a fifty thousand dollar hospital in Jerusalem. The oldest epitaph in England is in Oxfordshire from 1370. A hanged man’s skin was tanned in 1828 with relics kept for years in London. An English lady funds station master seeds to beautify rural lines. The British Museum houses books on diverse materials and manuscripts from many substances. January 1 marked New Year since 45 B.C. Julius Caesar reformed the calendar. Wood engravings for books first appeared in 1519 in Germany.
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Jerusalem
England
Oxfordshire
London Exchange
British Museum
Altgeld Protests Federal Troop Presence In Illinois
Governor Altgeld demands withdrawal of federal troops from Chicago saying their presence insults Illinois and invades local rights to govern. He asserts state forces could handle order and warns of invoking federal aid only if necessary. Cleveland replies troops were necessary to safeguard commerce and enforce federal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Altgeld
Ilinois
Chicago
Illinois
John P. Altgeld
Executive
Springfield
United States
Post Office Department
Grover Cleveland
Martial Law Proclaimed in Chicago by President Cleveland
The July proclamation warns Chicago residents to disperse by noon July 9 or face military action. It emphasizes protecting federal properties and mails, and promises strict action against rioters while safeguarding the innocent. It notes troops will act decisively against unlawful obstruction and urges citizens to stay away from riotous gatherings.
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Chicago
Wahington
War Department
Miles
Hopkins
Cleveland
United States
Illinois
Grover Cleveland
Reduced to ashes at Jackson Park World’s Fair
Fire destroyed the Administration building Machinery hall Agricultural building and Manufactures building at Jackson Park during the Great White City blaze. Only the Horticultural building the Woman's building the Art Palace and the United States Government building remained standing with smoke rising from the ruins.
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Jackson Park
Cuicano
Court of Honor of the Fair
White City
Lake Michigan
Manufactures
Horticultural
Woman’s
Art
United States Government
Sad Fate of Three Young Ladies at Olathe Kansas
Three Breyfogle sisters and Miss Carroll, all residents near Lenexa, died when their buggy was struck by a northbound passenger train while crossing the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis line about 5 p.m. Friday. The tragedy occurred near their home, leaving ex-Senator L. W. Breyfogle’s daughters among the victims.
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Olathe
Kan
Lizzie
Lena Breyfogle
L. W. Breyfogle
Miss Carroll
Lenexa
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
MURDEROUS VOLLEY FIRED BY ILLINOIS MILITIA AT WESTVILLE
Danville July 10 militia troops fired on miners at Westville near the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line. Three people died Clara James 17, Mrs Michael Glennan and an unknown man. Several wounded, two women among the dead. Train cleared, arrests made, crowd dispersed.
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Waentville
Tiil
Danville
Ill
Illinois
Westville
Chicago
Clara James
Michael Glennan
Grape Creek
Here
Shelbyville
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Corwin
Kellyville
Pawnee
Danville Junction
Fred Nichols
J.S. Culver
Jonas James
James
Mr. James
COWED BY MINERS LOOTS ROCK SMALL TOWNS
A mob of 300 non English speaking miners looted two grocery stores in Lapp Illinois owned by Charles Nelson and J H Colver. Stores were emptied under threat of further destruction then closed as panic spread. Banks and many merchants moved valuables away as residents fled town. Authorities placed guards and a picket line around Kentonville while Boston prisoners riot incident noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapp
Charles Nelson
J. H. Colver
Farmers & Miners’ National Bank
Sandwich
Spring Valley
Princeton
Express
Jack
First National Bank
Kentonville
Wilmington Coal Company
Virginia battlefields map reissued for encampment event
A War Department map of Virginia battlefields, first issued for the Chesapeake Ohio Railway Co, sold 100 000 editions, is reissued for the E. of P. Encampment in Washington in August and will be mailed free after June 1 upon application to C. B. Ryan of the O and O Railway in Cincinnati. Also offered is a description of Virginia scenery and the C and O resorts with a sketch of the battlefields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia Battlefields
War Department
Chesapeake Ohio Railway Co
E. of P
C. B. Ryan
Assenger
Cincinnati
Virginias
North-Western excursion tickets to Denver and more
On July 21 and 22 the North Western Line offers excursion tickets to Denver Pueblo and Colorado Springs at very low rates return valid until August 25. Bold vestibuled trains palace sleeping cars and superb dining cars run daily between Chicago and Denver. For details contact connecting line agents or W A Thrall General Passenger and Ticket Agent Chicago. Do great trouble bout conversation remarked Uncle Eben about weather talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North-Western
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Chicago
Vita
Chicago & North-Western R
W. A. Thrall
Theater Night Consent Dialogue
A concise dialogue from Home Journal presents a philosophic question about theater attendance and a practical, agreeable reply. The exchange, framed as a light social moment, reflects casual partnership dynamics and flexible plans for an evening outing.
Health and Pleasure on Americas Greatest Railroad offer
A free postpaid offer of a 589 page book with 80 illustrations and 1000 plus tours is advertised. Georor H. Daniels, Grand Central Station, New York, requests five two cent stamps. Also notes Chicago theater revivals and mixed audience remarks from the Philadelphia Call. Various ads for beauty products and horse trade quips follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Georor H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
New York
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Quick Meal Store Company
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Suffolk County House of Correction
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Hill
Hall
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Parilla
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Indianapolis
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E.0. McCormick
B. Martin
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