Amateurs, Balloons, and Famine Figures in Slipping Memory
ApM Schley recalls an amateur aeronaut phase with a Maryland county fair balloon crash where only he escaped serious injury. The piece also notes Mr Gage's cabinet meetings in a Chicago bank and documents famine death rates in Russia rising to 656000 in 1891. It warns famine 1899 could surpass this intensity per a London exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schley
Maryland
Chicago
Mr. Gage
Russia
London Exchange
Army engineers eye liquid air blasting revolution
The Berlin correspondent reports the army's engineering committee has received a report on foreign experiments with liquid air for blasting. The findings are described as foreshadowing a complete revolution in explosive applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London Standard
Army
Beggar Charles Burkowitz Rumored Owner of Two Tenements
Charles Burkowitz a blind beggar once frequenting New York shop districts is said to own two tenements valued at 25000 each and to hold large sums in several city savings banks though arrested recently for insulting a woman who refused charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Burkowitz
New York
Metropolis
Sipenta Imagined Beyond Snowbound Exile Notion
The article argues Sipenta is not a land of snow and exiles as some Russians imagine. Its southern regions rival Canada in natural riches and support a native population of 500,000 plus more than 4,000,000 widely Russian by cultural and ethnic composition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sipenta
Canada
Moscow
Address on tuberculosis heredity and car evolution
Prov Rupolph Vircuow rejects hereditary tuberculosis and cites pathology findings noting no tuberculosis in unborn infants. He warns the automobile will replace the horse in streets as cost falls, reducing street railway traffic as general use grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupolph Vircuow
Crater Bathing Featured As Common Practice In Regions
The article notes crater bathing as a popular sport in Mexico and California for its restorative effects. Bathers use ice cold mud in crater hollows, with no hot water lava flames or sulfur vapors present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
California
Rapid stop of large fly wheel demonstrated in Offenbach works
Experiments at the Offenbach machine works show that with proper brakes it is possible to halt a 150 horsepower fly wheel turning at 80 revolutions per minute within a fraction of a second. Two brakes applied after a quarter revolution brought the entire machinery to a standstill in under one second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Offenbach
Chinese Almanac and New York Millionaires Megamansion Plans
The Chinese Almanac remains the world’s most circulated publication printed in Pekin and controlled by the emperor while offering astrology and daily luck tips. New York’s Fifth Avenue millionaire enclave progresses with mansions between Ninety and Ninety-Second streets. Carnegie’s name value costs $1,000,000 as heavy new homes loom for Wm. Douglas Sloane’s daughters at $5,000,000, Gud plans $1,000,000, and Vanderbilt to build a $2,000,000 residence across from Carnegie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Fifth Avenue
Ninetieth
Andrew Carnegie
Burden-Hammond
Wm. Douglas Sloane
Gud
Carnegie
Wm. K. Vanderbilt
Czar's Petroleum Tricycle Debuts for Imperial Tour
The czar exhibits a steel petroleum tricycle with a silver escutcheon bearing imperial arms. It is described as a speed record breaker. A wicker chariot is being built for the czarina towed behind the czar. The pair plan to use these vehicles on upcoming European court visits.
New York Supreme Court Case Involving Policy Beneficiary
The case concerns Louis Dietz who died in 1897 from an accident and left an accident policy payable to his deceased first wife. His second wife survived him and contested the policy, arguing she was the intended beneficiary. A verdict favored the widow after the jury accepted this view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Supreme Court
Louis Dietz
Dietz
Union News Highlights From Washington to Overseas
A week of U S events with fiscal figures shows year to date receipts at 469 089 829 and disbursements 573 709 072. Manila customs receipts January February and March total 944 766. Vice President departs for Long Branch to summer and fall. Otis to receive 30 000 troops drawn from regulars in colonies and mainland. McKinley and Duke d Arcos meet as relations with Spain resume. Patent Office receipts May 116 386 with 3 856 patent applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Washington
Long Branch
N. J
Otis
Porto Rico
Cuba
McKinley
Duke d’Arcos
United States
Spain
Patent Office
Baby stolen in New York found alive near Sloatsburg
The infant stolen from Arthur W. Clark of New York was recovered alive at a farmhouse near Sloatsburg New York, with two abductors arrested. The rest of the week saw U S exchanges at leading clearing houses total 1 377633983 billion, a rise from prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Clark
New York
Sloatsburg
N. Y
United States
Brooklyn
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Washington
Cleveland
Jersey City
N. J
Harper & Brothers
S.S. McClure
William H. SP. Faunee
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Brown University
Providence
I. I
Johanna Schilling
Multiple 19th Century News Bits From Across The Nation
A roundup of incidents and events: a farmer Alfred Wells kills three sons near Thorntown Indiana. Henry Lower dies after a cat bite. Albert Hopkins withdraws from speakership contest aiding Henderson. Union Pacific train hold up and $30,000 stolen west of Wilcox Wyoming. Marie Wainewright marries Franklyn Roberts in San Francisco. Fraud and swindles in Holly Michigan and a Cincinnati death of William McAlpin. Alameda treasure missing $25,000 on arrival in San Francisco. Fire destroys Smith wagon shops in Pekin Illinois. a 102-year-old Mary Jane Douglas marries 70-year-old James Morgan in Galena Kansas. South Carolina Governor William Ellerbe dies in Ohio. Republicans nominate Nash and Caldwell in Columbus. Republic Washington fire destroys 28 buildings. stalker robberies in Lincoln Nebraska. a hundred-year-old death in Webster City Iowa. Gov. Brooke appoints a press censor in Santiago. St. Charles theatre in New Orleans burns. W C Stiles death by self harm in Warren Ohio. Cattle theft punished in San Bois Indian Territory. Later news includes Morong siege, Skaguay bank closure, rail fatalities, dispatches from the Philippines, and political shifts in Peru and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Wells
Thorntown
Ind
Cleveland
Henry Lower
Albert J. Hopkins
Illinois
David B. Henderson
Iowa
Union Pacific
Wilcox
Wyo
Marie Wainewright
San Francisco
Franklyn Roberts
Holly, Mich
Dave Terbush
Cincinnati
William McAlpin
Sydney
Smith
Pekin
Galena
Kan
Mary Jane Douglas
James Morgan
William H. Ellerbe
South Carolina
Sellers, Ohio
Columbus
George K. Nash
John A. Caldwell
McKinley
Bushnell
Spain
Republic
Wash
W. C. Erwin
Lincoln
Neb
Chicago
Henry ©. Grabenhorst
Webster City
Brooke
Santiago
St. Charles
New Orleans
W. C. Stiles
Warren
John Mays
San Bois
I. T
Inauguration of McSweeney as South Carolina Governor
Lt. Gov. McSweeney was inaugurated to fill the vacancy after Gov. Ellerbe's death. Foreign items note Esterhazy admits guilt and returns to Paris, Spain cedes islands to Germany, Dreyfus retrial ordered, Zola returns to Paris, and Strauss dies in Vienna. Contemporaneous reports cover Luzon fighting, Canadian drownings, and other global events.
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Columbia
McSweeney
South Carolina
Ellerbe
Minor News Items Reflect Changes in Society and Industry
A roundup of brief items notes Sam T. Jack willed his wife to his brother James C. Jack, honors for Brig. Gen. Irving Hale, and Rear Admiral Walker buying his birth farm in New Hampshire. Other notes report a bicycle race fatality in Ohio, battlefield graves in Chattanooga, a school for crime uncovered in Columbus, humane animal treatment taught in Texas public schools, and a steel bridge contract tied to the Trans-Siberian extension. Also mentioned are a new Naval and Military Order in New York, Gov Roosevelt as director, Erie Railroad airline plans, Methodist college consolidation in Ohio, coal output rising to 219 835 993 tons in 1898, and related regional developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam T. Jack
New York
James C. Jack
University of Colorado
Irving Hale
U.S. A
Walker
New Hampshire
James Gannon
Watersville
Spain
Chattanooga
Enn
Columbus
Texas
Pennsylvania
Edward Conner
Lawrence
Mass
New York State
New York City
Gov. Roosevelt
Erie Railroad
Cleveland
Marion
Chicago & Erie
Chicago
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
United States
Edward W. Parker
United States Geological Survey
American Troops Win Two Battles in Philippines
In the Philippines near Laguna bay and Morong peninsula Gen Hall and Gen Lawton press the insurgents led by Gen Pio Del Pilar. Two engagements leave American losses at four killed and about 15 wounded while the Filipino casualties are not reported. Union of Harper and McClure publishers announced. A press censor is ordered in Santiago to curb inflammatory editorials.
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London
Esterhazy
Dreyfus Bordereau
Paris
Marianne
Caroline
Palpois Islands
Germany
Casimir Baptiste
Philip Walker
Kamloops
B. C
Luzon
Emile Zola
Dreyfus
England
Court of Cassation
Rios
Manila
Spain
Johann Strauss
Vienna
Lake of Clowds
Alberta
Pio del Pilar
Laguna Bay
Cainta
Taytay
Antipolo
Lawton
Hall
Col. Whalley
King
San Pedro Macat
United States
Maricaina
Halls
Morong Peninsula
Maria Chino
Laguna de Bay
Fourth Cavalry
Oregon
Fourth Infantry
Santiago
Santiago de Cuba
Brooke
EarlyJune Heat Records Mark Cincinnati Sunday
The mercury soared to 96 degrees at noon and 1 PM Sunday in Cincinnati, an unprecedented early June heat spike. Officials and residents faced a hot day with temperatures matching historic highs for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mercury
Mediation Scheme Debated at The Hague Conference
The arbitration committee chaired by M Bourgeois met with White Pauncefote and De Staal and discussed a mediation draft. Articles outline peaceful settlement, good offices, and limits on mediator power, with adoption pending possible revisions. The naval armaments committee rejected Russia proposals.
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the Hague
Arbitration Committee
M. Leon Bourgeois
Andrew D. White
United States
Julian ‘Pauncefote
M. de Staal
M. Bourgeois
Miss Roth
Dr. Roth
Flushing
State Dept Publishes Arbitration Protocols as Courtesy
Washington reports the Department of State has allowed publication of parts of the joint high commission protocols to Canada and Britain. The move is described as diplomatic courtesy, not because the protocols reflect current negotiations or are of contemporary interest. Officials say further correspondence would not aid a solution and thus will likely remain unpublished.
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Washington
Department of State
Canada
England
Joint High Commission
State Department
Firemen Hurt as City Feed Store Is Wrecked
A fire destroyed Frank P. Mellon’s feed and grain store on Seventeenth Street above Chestnut in Philadelphia. Six firefighters were injured: Richard Berry acting assistant chief Edward Ralston Harry Parker Chris Daly Patrick Monahan and James Dolan. Loss estimated around $25,000. The building formerly housed the Drawing Room dramatic hall where notable actors and actresses debuted.
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Philadelphia
Frank P. Mellon
Seventeenth Street
Chestnut Street
Richard Berry
Edward Ralston
Harry Parker
Chris Daly
Patrick Monahan
James Dolan
From the Crucible Paradoxes in Leadership and Invention
The passage surveys practical cynicism about power and success. It notes the appeal of promising large rewards, the value of the strong ruler, direct competition with steam power, the bluntness of necessity versus invention, and the pitfalls of advice from untroubled individuals versus those with real troubles. It ends with a caution on trust and debt.
New Trial For Dreyfus Advances Injustice Overturned
The court of cassation frees Dreyfus for now declaring the original conviction a forgery and ordering a new trial at Rennes. Mme Dreyfus praises Zola Clemenceau Mornard and Picquart as the publicwide reaction mixes hope and anticipation of fresh proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renner
Nantes
France
Mme. Dreyfus
Zola
Clemenceau
Mornard
Picquart
Esterhazy
Col. Sandherr
Paris
du Paty de Clam
Mercier
Boisdeffre
Gonze
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
Sfax
Fort de France
Martinique
Devil’s Island
Brest
Rennes
M. Emile Zola
Versailles
Mountain View and Oakdale Consolidate Town by Purchase
Western Enterprise reports Mountain View Oklahoma Territory and rival Oakdale joined after a week of diplomacy. Citizens funded the consolidation with 34 380 dollars, turning Oakdale into a moving town toward Mountain View on the Rock Island extension. This may be the first instance of buying an entire town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Reno
O. T
Mountain View
Chicasha
Rock Island
Oakdale
Annals of the West
Funds advanced to save Woman's Temple trust bonds
An officer says 200000 of 300000 needed to retire the temple trust bonds has been provided. Mrs Carse plans to return from California to implement a new fundraising plan to cover the remaining debt. Fire in Buffalo damages 100000 at Potter Wall Paper storehouse. Brown University elects Rev. W H P Faunce president after health decline. W C Stiles commits suicide in Warren Ohio. ill health noted.
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Chicago
Woman's Temple
Carse
California
Buffalo
N. Y
Potter Wall Paper Company
Brown
Providence
R. I
H. P. Faunce
New York
Brown University
Song of the Shirt Waist Reappears in Poetic Reverie
A humorous poem fragment from a Times-Democrat page evokes revival of the shirt waist fashion as a symbol of leisure and charm. It weaves images of nature and romance from various landscapes to celebrate a renewed wardrobe and lighter mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan
Mercs
N. OQ. Times-Democrat
Flat Dwellers Theorize About Ice Plant Pipes
A flat resident recalls a visit to an artificial ice plant where gas pipes allegedly circulate around water to freeze it tightly. The man claims the setup traps bouquets until thawed, prompting reflections on malice and a call to correct a mistaken steam heater installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Monkey Dog Ticket Tale From Buckland Memoir
AWW recounts Frank Buckland’s travel clash with a Southampton booking clerk over a monkey hidden in his coat. The clerk demands a dog ticket. Buckland shows a tortoise to prove another misfit. Clerk quips no charge for insects. Buckland’s protest remains humorous and archival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Buckland
France
Southampton
Buckland
Jake
London
Windsor Magazine
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Monticello
East
Morong
First Bank
Skaguay
Alaska
Isaac Beek
Mary J. Cope
Alliance
Newark
L. G. Hastings
Rock Island Railway
Topeka
Michigan
Benton Harbor
Galesburg
St. Clair
Eaton Rapids
Niles
Gov. Sayers
Lansing
Mich
Ruth Jepson
Florence Spies
Hellene Jack
McKendree College
Silver Creek
Lebanon
Ill
Eduardo Romana
Peru
Chamber of Deputies
Dupuy
M. Lombard
Loubet
Lawton and Hall
Oregon Regiment
Ninth Infantry
Union of Famous Publishers
8. S. McClure
Harper and McClure
Arbitration Committee of the
Peace Congress
Haas
Albert Dreyfus
Western Enterprise
Oklahoma
Hood
Detroit Journal
Chicago Daily News
California Fie Syrup Co
Fie Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
Cal
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