Various 1896 Trends From News Briefs And Anecdotes
A sampler of 1896 items noting New York club emblems, flower suggestions, weather and crops, a four wheel tip cart invention, Taunton wire quality, cyclone stories, New Zealand smallpox style exclusions, European royal status, Sara Bernhardt praise, Sudan bullets, Arctic meteorite hunt, a French chemist’s sun powered future, Tennyson prophecy, a mean man anecdote, South American market outreach, and US trade role with imports totaling 475 million for 60 million people.
New Light From X Rays Cited By Tesla And Edison
Reports from New York claim Tesla perfects a vacuum tube system for wireless electric lighting and Edison describes a Crookes tube method that converts nearly all energy into light. The pieces arrive as U S cyclone tolls rise across Iowa Illinois Michigan Kansas Nebraska and Texas with mounting fatalities.
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New York
Tesla
Edison
Washington Senate Debates Tariff Taxes and Bond Bills
Proceedings from May to June show the Senate debating the beer tax repeal and 75 cent amendment, filled cheese bill, and bond bill while the House passes repeal of tariff arts alcohol rebate and discusses Indian appropriations. A president veto halts the river and harbor bill.
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Washington
Senate
Dubois
Idaho
House
United States
Carter
Montana
War Department
St. Louis
St Louis Tornado Declared Most Fatal in Weather Office History
Washington officials report the St Louis tornado as the deadliest in the Weather Bureau era. National silver party urges nationwide organization through its Washington headquarters led by chairman J J Mott. May customs receipts total 10 949 073 with a deficiency for the year of 26 870 472. Clearing house exchanges for the week ending May 30 reach 917 269 358 with 239 business failures. Decoration Day observed nationwide.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
St. Louis
J. J. Mott
National Silver Party
Friends of Silver
United States
Eastern rye whisky distilleries suspend operations and party realignments
The East sees 2000 workers laid off as rye whisky distilleries halt on September 1. In Pittsburgh the Prohibition National Convention nominates Joshua Levering for president and Hale Johnson for vice president, backing prohibition. A broad-gauge faction forms the National Party with C I Bentley and J J Southgate as nominees. Bank of New England in Manchester NH closes. Gildemeister & Kroeger of New York fail for 100000. National Junior Prohibition League elects G W Hopkins as president. Emigration from German ports to the US rises, especially from Russian and Hungarian ports. National league baseball standings list Cleveland at .645 and Pittsburgh at .563 among others. Mark M. Pomeroy dies at 63 in Brooklyn. Garfield statue unveiled in Philadelphia. Flames destroy H J Bohman’s New York livery stable, cremating 40 horses.
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Pittsburgh
Joshua Levering
Maryland
United States
Hale Johnson
Illinois
National Party
C. I. Bentley
Nebraska
J. J. Southgate
North Carolina
Bank of New Fengland
Manchester
N. H
Gildemeister & Kroeger
New York
National
Junior Prohibition League of America
G. W. Hopkins
St. Louis
Louisville
Mark M
Pomeroy
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Storms and Fires Ravage Towns Across United States
A hurricane and floods cause major destruction from Cairo Illinois to St Clair county Missouri and Rush Hill Missouri. Losses include 14 dead from a steamboat capsize and vast property damage. Other events include a fire destroying multiple buildings in Brillon Wisconsin and a fatal shooting in Campbell California. The National Bank of Jefferson Texas closes its doors and an Ohio Supreme Court ruling limits enforceability of election wagers. Political moves include Ocala Florida Republicans nominating Er R Gunby for governor.
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Cairo
Ill
Katherine
Brillon
Wis
Northwestern
National Bank of Jefferson
Tex
St. Clair County
Mississippi River
Rush Hill
Ocala
Fla
Republican Party
Er. R. Gunby
Supreme Court of Ohio
Campbell
Cal
Col. R. P. Gliney
Ames Dunham
James Wells
McGliney
Minnie Echester
James Linscoe
James Dunham
Col McGlinvy
Deadly cyclone devastates St Louis area with heavy casualties
Reports tally up to 463 dead and 718 injured as the cyclone wrecks hotels, bridges, and river steamers from St Louis to Indiana and Illinois towns. Property losses reach 4 to 5 million, with 500 to 800 families displaced. Wider tolls include 80 pupils killed at Drake Iowa and 25 drowned at Seneca Missouri.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Great Eads Bridge
Drake
Lubuddie
Mme. Nordica
Lillian B. Norton
Zalmin T. Deene
Bayreuth
Dennison
Indianapolis
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Chicago
Northup, Erasian, Goodwin Company
Louisiana
S. D. MckEnery
United States
Lincoln
San Francisco
Kentucky
George B. Stone
Congress
Michigan
W.S. Linton
Star
Oakland City
Indiana
Elwood
Lapel
Alexandria
Middletown
Mfuncie
Frankton
Twinwood
Yorkton
Clinton
Washington
Jefferson Counties
Ill
Fred Burmeister
Julius Burmeister
Waterloo
Crowning of Nicholas II Sparks Moscow Panic Flood
Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandria were crowned in Moscow. A massive fire destroyed most of Deseronto Ontario causing over 350000 dollars in losses. The barque Deodrene wrecked near St Pauls Island with four crew drowned. Yellow fever weakens Cuban Spanish forces. Journalist Nate Field dies in Honolulu at 56 from pneumonia. Moscow coronation crush kills at least 1500 and injures many.
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Nicholas Alexandrovitch
Alexandria Feodorovna
Nate Field
Honolulu
Moscow
Public debt rises as floods devastate Kansas crops
May debt increased by 5 188 730 with cash balance 865 902 106 and total debt minus cash at 1 220 669 610. May coinage 4 653 690. Famine floods destroy crops in southeast Kansas while Missouri and Georgia events draw attention.
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Lst
Treasury
Kansas
United States
Johnstown
Jamaica
Puerto de la Guira
Havana
Oregon
Bean
Tongue
Ellis
Columbus
Jesse Slayton
William Miles
Helen Gould
New York
St. Louis
Buck Ridge
Shamokin
Moscow
Khodimskoye
Georgia
Charles L. Bartlett
Tennessee
Echo of the storm tolls losses and relief drives
A vast tornado wreck in St Louis and East St Louis triggers massive property losses surpassing 3.06 million dollars as relief efforts spread. Substantial corpses and many missing, with 120 unaccounted and at least 50 feared drowned in the river. Relief work mobilizes through charities and subscriptions led by C. T H. Spencer and Rev Dr Boyd, while Helen M. Gould contributes 1000 dollars. East St Louis residents endure cold rain and ruin as labor demand rises.
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St. Vincent de Paul's Society
Provident Association
Helen M. Gould
C. T H. Spencer
Merchants’ Exchange
General Relief Committee
W. W. Boyd
Business Men's League
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Fatal shooting ends romance in Lebanon amid bitter age clash
Wallace Riley, long time Lebanon resident and prominent Democrat, was killed early Monday by Thomas Allen, a stock buyer. Allen’s 17 year old son had been courting Riley’s daughter, 24, fueling the dispute after the couple wed Friday night. The men clashed over the marriage, a pistol battle followed in public. Riley died at the post office. Allen jailed. both families wealthy and influential amid town uproar.
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Lebanon
Ind
Wallace Riley
Thomas Allen
Allen
Riley
Putnam County
Alleri 3
Hooton
Lynching of Slayton and Miles in Columbus Georgia
A mob of about 600 men seized Jesse Slayton during his assault trial, hanged him near the bell tower, then forced Will Miles to view the corpse and hang him from a tree. The two bodies stayed displayed in the street through the afternoon.
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Columbus
Webster Building
Jesse Slayton
Howard Brayton
Slayton
Broad Street
Will Miles
G A R Encampment Preparations Under Way in St Paul
In St Paul Minnesota on June 2 preparations for the 30th national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic are in full swing for August 31 to September 5. Veterans will receive free quarters in school buildings and a veteran camp will be set up. The parade route for September 2 is fixed, stretching down major streets on asphalt pavement. Headquarters have been secured by many states including Illinois Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania Michigan Massachusetts New York Vermont Florida Missouri Rhode Island Kentucky Wyoming Colorado New Hampshire.
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St. Paul
Minn
Ilinois
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Massachusetts
New York
Vermont
Florida
Missouri
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Wyoming
Colorado
New Hampshire
May Coinage and Bank Note Circulation Report
May coinage at the U S mints totaled 4 633 690 dollars with 2 857 200 in gold and 1 826 490 in silver including 1 500 006 in standard silver dollars. Seigniorage on standard silver dollars over 500 000 went to the treasury. National bank note circulation on June 1 stood at 225 200 343 with a May increase of 1 099 003 and 1 812 600 more in May notes based on hands.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
National Bank
War President Only Denial and Local Census Notes
Telegram denies J. H. Manley wrote to Mark Hanna that Thomas B. Reed would accept the vice presidential nomination. Manley says Reed would not. his friends expect him to seek the presidency. Springfield census places population at 30,742 within limits and about 41,000 with extended districts. Also reports seven killed and 42 injured in Chicago electric car incidents in May. Moline factories close: Sylvan Steel, Moline Plow, Moline Wagon stop. Deere & Co. may run briefly due to orders loss.
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Boston
Boston Journal
J. H. Manley
Mark Hanna
Thomas B. Reed
Mr. Manley
Reed
Springfield
Moline
Sylvan Steel Company
Moline Plow Company
Moline Wagon Company
Deere & Co
Five Miners Die, Injured in Shamokin Gas Blast
Five miners were horribly roasted by a gas explosion at the Buck Nidge colliery in Shamokin Pennsylvania on Monday. Two men are dying and there is slight hope for the others to recover.
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Shamokin
Buck Nidge
Army Worm Ravaging Iowa and Nebraska Fields
Full grown army worms were brought to Omaha from W. Z. Lloyd’s farm near Atlantic Iowa. They damaged barley timothy blue grass and a corn field in one field, likely washed downstream by late floods. Similar reports come from Creston Iowa as farmers wage extermination war on the pests.
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Omaha
Neb
W. Z. Lloyd
Iowa
Atlantic
Creston
Public Service Well Done Is Its Own Honor
McKinley in Cleveland says public offices are a people’s honor and public service well done is its own honor. He credits American enthusiasm in suffrage for national safety, and notes the people’s role in governance amid questions about Quay meeting and money. He speaks after consultations with M A Hanna.
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McKinley
Cleveland
William McKinley
M. A. Hanna
Quay
Unian
Oregon Election Forecast Offers Hints Of City Victory
Portland returns show ex Gov Pennoyer leading for mayor amid slow count. In Congress Second district Elis leads Northrup by about 5 000 while First district Vanderberg holds a 500 vote plurality over Tongue. Free silver candidates favored for Senate seat. Tennessee centennial parade brightens Nashville with rain clearing for flag raising poem readings and fireworks.
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Portland
Ore
Pennoyer
Elis
Northrup
Vanderberg
Tongue
Mitchell
United States
Senate
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Exposition Grounds
Thomas
Exposition Company
Virginia Frazier Boyle
Parole Release for American Engineer in Joannesburg Case
John Hays Hammond, once sentenced to death for leading a reform group in Transvaal, had his sentence commuted to 15 years and is now on parole to visit his wife still in Johannesburg. Reports from Moscow note 1 277 buried and 3 600 killed or injured in Khodimskoye disaster. London reports Lavigne defeating Burge for the International light weight title with $5 000 purse.
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Pretoria
John Hays Hammond
Johannesburg
Moscow
Khodimskoye
America
London
Ikid” Lavigne
Grand Rapids
Mich
U.S. A
Burge
Tricycles News and Global Annotations From Notes of the Day
Notes of the Day surveys curious items from Paris and London including Carlton Club membership about 4000, and lists of names and places. It reports Boston street names tally, Princess Helene as Victoria’s 22nd great grandchild, a Neapolitan singer in a court, Juneau steamers bringing 404 passengers, New York whisky and beer consumption figures, and a proposed Irish reform to abolish the lord lieutenant’s office with a royal residence planned in Dublin.
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Boston
Helene
Sparta
Victoria
Negus Menélek
Juneau
Alaska
New York
New ‘York
Ireland
Dublin
Santa Fe Route Promises Fast Service to Cripple Creek
An advertisement touts the Santa Fe line from Chicago and Kansas City to Cripple Creek with through broad gauge service, luxurious Pullmans, free reclining chairs, and low rates. It offers a free illustrated book on Cripple Creek from G T Nicholson and notes copies available via Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe agents.
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Cripple Creek
Santa Fe
Chicago
Kansas City
GTT
Nicholson
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Frankstown and Homewood Baseball Season Sparks
The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph notes hot weather signals the start of baseball season at Frankstown with optimistic remarks on fans' exercise and training. The item also praises Hostetler's Stomach Bitters as a tonic for nerves and various ailments, recommending its use before sleep.
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Frankstown
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Corn Belt illustrated monthly aims to inform western farms
The Corn Belt monthly, published by the Chicago Burlington and Guinea, offers farm information in a reader friendly style. It invites readers to send 25 cents in stamps to Adams Street Chicago for a one year subscription. A brief dialogue fragment about a missing wife is noted from the New York World.
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Chicago, Burlington and Guiney A RB
Adams St
Chicago
Joyful Feeling From Syrup of Figs Featured
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as renewer of health and strength and internal cleanliness, contrasting with old-time medicines and cheap substitutes. Dialogues mention reading habits and milliner bills in a London Fun piece.
Wanted Reliable men to handle piano agency in counties
Advertisement seeks trustworthy men to represent Estry and Camp piano agency in unrepresented counties. Promises good earnings and first class references required. Apply at No 283 State St, Chicago.
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Estry & Camp
State
Chicago
Lost Strayed or Stolen at McVicker's Theater Chicago
An upcoming attraction titled Lost, Strayed or Stolen opens May 31 at McVicker's Theater in Chicago. Mail reservations secure seats, with promotional blurbs touting nerve remedies and cosmetic products from 1894 era advertisers, including Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Resover and Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
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McVicker’s Theater
Chicago
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