Senate Debates Tariff Amendment and Hawaii Treaty Abrogation
The United States Senate on the 29th debated a proposed tariff bill amendment to abrogate the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty on July 1, 1808. A Morgan resolution urged the president to transmit all wartime consular correspondence with Cuba not previously published. Adjournment to May 3 noted. the House had no business and adjourned to May 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Allen
Morgan
Cuba
Grip germ spread by kissing alarms medical authority
A health stance warns that the grip germ transfers through kissing, prompting a pledge to avoid kissing infected partners. The piece also notes Japan’s paper based underclothing, potential fashion trends, sugar beet cultivation drawing farmer attention, and a claim about English and French wives vs foreign nobles.
Woman killed by broken corset steel in New York
A young woman bending over a washtub died when a corset steel broke and pierced her heart. The incident is cited as a deadly example and contrasted with a Boston poet’s sentiment about seeking love after grief. The article warns against writing such romantic material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Colorado Women Denied Militia Admission by Governor
Gov. Adams denies women in Colorado are admitted to the state militia. Women still fight in unorganized ways with tears, rolling pins, sarcasm, and mop handles. Washington Irving grounds closed to the public amid disputes. Owner claims worshipers have disrupted property and pets, prompting fencing of the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Colorado
Washington Irving
Irving
Redwood church built entirely of timber
Santi Tosa, Cal, owns a Baptist church seating over two hundred. The building is Timber from a single redwood with weather boards and lining all wood and no plaster. Roof shingles also come from the same tree, leaving 60,000 shingles unused after completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santi Tosa
Cal
Thrift of Europe Encouraged by Brussels Schoolchildren
In Brussels public school children collected discarded metal objects after school for eight months totaling 7 781 pounds. Of this 1 925 pounds was tinfoil and the proceeds aided 500 poor children and sent 90 to sanitariums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Brussels
Lurned Man Disinterred In Simcoe Opera Crowd
A man hypnotized and buried in Simcoe Ontario for three days was disinterred. Crowds followed the casket to the opera house as he recovered. He became restless and smashed the box into pieces, requiring five men to restrain him until full consciousness returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simcoe
Ont
Woodman Elm Recalled in New York City History
Henry Weld longtime sexton of St. Pauls Chapel recounts the elm at Vesey and Church streets that inspired the Morris poem Woodman Spare That Tree. The tree stood for years before being cut down to extend Trinity parish vestry offices, a memory held by Weld.
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Morris
Vesey and
Church Streets
New York
Henry Weld
St. Paul's Chapel
Trinity
Overwork Myths Do Not Explain Nervous Exhaustion
The article argues nerves and brain fatigue stem from overall health, not just workload. It contends that many move from work to illness and that rest and body condition determine resilience. It flags public worry that overwork alone causes breakdowns among workers and leaders.
South African gold bubble exposes small investors losses
Nearly two years after the gold spike, securities have fallen from 605 million to 215 million, harming small investors while major players grow richer. The piece notes potential criminality of mine promoters and lists U S Navy ship names linked to historical fighters, citing figures like John A. Winslow and Charles H. Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Barnatos
Cecil
Uncle Sam
Stiletto
Cushing
Ericsson
Farragut
Porter
du Pont
Foote
Dahlgren
Craven
Rodgers
Winslow
Rowan
Davis
Fox
Morris
Talbot
Givin
McKenzie
McKee
John A. Winslow
Kearsarge
George Y. Norris
Cumberland
Charles H. Davis
Withdraw New Dollar Certificates And Review April Finances
Washington reports withdrawal and destruction of new one two and five dollar silver certificates issued last year. Public debt declined $5,718,068 in April. cash balance stood at $876,746,655. April coinage totaled $10,410,080 with $8,800,400 in gold. Government receipts $37,812,135. expenditures $22,072,097. monthly surplus $5,740,038. National bank note circulation reached $232,802,244 as of April 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Treasury
Notable deaths and events sweep across the nation
Obituaries report Jesse I. Peyton and Dr. Traell Green dying at 81 and 84 respectively, with tributes to their roles in centennials and science. Other items note the New Hampshire Banking Co suspension for 849052 dollars, New York Trinity church bicentennial, a Bonny Eagle triple homicide, and a major Pittsburgh fire causing four million dollars damage amid weekly baseball standings.
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Jesse I. Peyton
Haddonfield
N. J
Philadelphia
Working Women's Societies
Traell Green
Exston
Nashua
N. N
New Hampshire
United States
New York
Old Trinity Church
Hays
Wall Street
Bonny Eagle
John I. Lane
John J. Perry
Portland
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Washington
St. Louis
Cleveland
Chicago
Boston
Multistate disasters and crime flood late news items
Weather havoc in the lower Mississippi valley and Louisiana displaced hundreds, while fires and crimes ripple across the country. A St Louis post office cashier is charged with embezzling $15,000 as Spokane hangs a murderer, and other notices include fires in Carterville and St Augustine, a lynching, political and business news from Nashville to Des Moines and beyond.
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Mississippi Valley
Louisiana
St. Louis
David H. Hays
Spokane
Wash
Gin Pon
Lee Tong
Carterville
McKinley
Joseph Dunlop
Chicago Dispatch
Dunlop
Joliet
St. Augustine
Cleveland
National Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution
Edwin S. Barrett
Massachusetts
Henry Daniels
Sunnyside
Tex
Thomas
Fayette Thine
W. Williams
W. Gates
Nashville
Washington
Exposition Grounds
St. Paul Park
Mann
Lydia Butscher
Charles Fiehern
Larimore
N. D
August Norman
Exnute Willstead
Sillstead
White Oak Creek
Tennessee
Branders
Menominee Falls
Wisconsin Beet Sugar Company
Nicholas Sinnig
Detroit
Mich
J. D. Langdon
Fargo
Bradner Fire Destroys Business Portion and Executions Reported
Reports note a blaze destroying the business portion of Bradner Ohio. Sid Larkins was hanged at Blackfoot Idaho for the murder of Josie Till. In Chicago, Globe Savings Bank officials led by president Charles W. Spalding faced grand jury indictments. Snow and frost affected Indiana Ohio Illinois regions.
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Bradner
O. Sid Larkins
Blackfoot
Idaho
Josie Till
Chicago
Charles W. Spalding
Globe Savings Bank
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Decree on Cuban Reforms and War News Abroad
News from foreign intelligence reports a Spanish queen regent decree on Cuba reforms and a Greek Turkish clash at Velestino with heavy Turkish losses. European intervention is deemed impractical as both sides vow to continue the war while Belgium shifts to a 24 hour time system.
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Spain
Cuba
Athens
Velestino
Smoa- Jentz
Epirus
London
Turkey
Greece
Teeward Islands
West Indies
Spirus
Philippiada
Radbek
King George
Belgium
Minor News Items Reach Across the Nation
The Baltimore Methodist conference refuses to ordain a healer. Prof Douglass Archibald warns of another hot northern summer. Sidney Smith of Argo Ga requests his own funeral sermon, delivered years before his death at 118. Canadian convicts lose tobacco rewards under new laws. A Lewiston woman outlives doctors who predicted short life. eight doctors later die. Sol Miller, longtime editor of the Troy Chief, dies. Minnesota chiefs say Indians may not hunt outside reservations. A barrel of cider theft in Ripton Vt spawns four prosecutions and fines. Elwood Kan fades as Missouri river overtakes town sites. Media Pa considers Hattie Gault for postmaster. Curtis Guild marks 50 years in newspapers. Thomas G Bull of Pottsville Pa dies. he pledged to Lincoln’s call "We are coming, Father Abraham."
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Baltimore Methodist Conference
Douglass Archibald
Hemisphere
Sidney Smith
Argo
Canada
Lewiston
Sol
Miller
Troy
Kan
Stuart
Childs
Minnesota
Ripton
Elwood
Media
Hattie Gault
McKinley
Brooks Hall Seminary
Curtis Guild
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Commercial Bulletin
Thomas G. Bull
Pottsville
First Defenders
Lincoln
Washington
Bull
Father Abraham
Drake trustees reverse policy excluding women from medical faculty
The Drake University trustees in Des Moines unanimously reversed the prior order excluding women as medical students. They condemned insults toward women and pledged protection for female students and prompt expulsion for male students guilty of improprieties.
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Drake University
Des Moines
Key
Crop Outlook Reports Record April Precipitation
The state crop bulletin notes all April precipitation records were broken, delaying farm operations and seeding. Oats in 50 to 80 percent of areas remain unseeded in some sections, possibly reducing oats acreage. Fruit is in good condition and grass grows rapidly, with early spring wheat and oats performing notably well.
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State Crop Bureau
Attorneys Jincaid and Hudspeth Fined for Animal Cruelty
Attorney Jincaid of Corning and Royal Hudspeth of Atlantic hired an Atlantic livery and drove about 35 miles. One horse died soon after return and the other was claimed nearly worthless by the drive. They were fined $50 each and have appealed to district court.
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Jincaid
Corning
Royal Hudspeth
Atlantic
Kincaid
Wudspeth
Murder at Waukon Mercantile Chief Found Dead
Henry V. Duffy head of the town’s largest mercantile firm was found shot through the heart in his store. He wore night clothes and held a cocked revolver. no empty chambers. Authorities believe burglars disturbed him beneath his bedroom, and he was killed in his sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry V. Duffy
Waukon
Convicted murderer Eckerlebe gets new trial and life sentence
Christian Eckerlebe, condemned to death for the 18-year-old Mina Kiel murder near Bellevue on July 4, 1896, wins a new trial due to juror technical error. After 32 hours deliberation and 150 ballots, the jury returns a verdict of murder in the first degree with life imprisonment as the penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Eckerlebe
Clinton
Mina Kiel
Tellevue
Cyclone Strikes Anamosa Wrecking Trees and Homes
A cyclone passed just west of Anamosa after a severe rain and hailstorm. Hail up to walnut size covered the ground, skylights were shattered, a ten foot wide strip cleared through timber, and many houses and barns were demolished. No lives were reported lost.
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Anamosa
Sioux City Police Probe Ancient Confidence Scheme
Police in Sioux City uncovered a long running confidence scheme that swindled about 300 people. The operators claimed ties to Jordan Brothers and Cruickshank, a harness firm from Des Moines and Kansas City, allegedly offering agents licenses worth 50 per month in exchange for a $40 cash bond from each victim.
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Sioux City
Jordan Brothers & Cruickshank
Des Moines
Kansas City
Dam Break Floods Summit Lake Destroys Bridges
Tremendous rains caused the Creston Waterworks dam at Summit Lake to break flooding the country below. Many livestock drowned and bridges were destroyed. The city lost its fire protection. The dam cost about $100,000 and is owned mainly by Omaha capitalists.
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Creston Waterworks Company
Summit Lake
Longs Acquitted in Strychnine Lela Death Case
In Hampton district court Judge Weaver presided as J C Long and his wife Anna Tr Long faced ten days of trial for the murder of Lela Long their 16 year old daughter from a former marriage. The jury acquitted them after determining the strawberry this victim ate contained the fatal strychnine.
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J.C. Long
Anna Tr. Long
Hampton
Weaver
Mr. Long
Lela
Various Iowa items reported including lawsuits and fires
News in Brief covers George Harris suing the Modern Woodmen of America for 20000. floods from Ot tumwa to Knoxville damaging farms and homes. Burlington ware store and J Kleppisch losses. deaths at Soldiers' Home Marshalltown and James Jamison injuring reporter N M Clinton. post office probe in Hopkinton. Burlington driving association. inheritance from Scotland. Lamont Mormons membership. self harm deaths in Horton and Eagle Grove parsnits. Monticello bank opening. K Foppe mortgages. Mount Ayr fire damaging multiple businesses.
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George Harris
Dubuque
Woodmen of America
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Knoxville
Burlington
J. H. Kieppish
Charles Dutt
Marshalltown
John Jamison
N. M. Clinton
Progress Defender
Albia
Jamison
Hinton
Post
Maher
Cramer
Hopkinton
J. A. Kleppisch
Lamont
James van Curren
Horton
Eagle Grove
Lovell State Bank
Monticello
K. Foppe
Rock Valley
Mount Ayr
Warren
Drug Exchange
Adams Express
C. L. V. Thompson
J. H. White
Iowa Extra Session Notes Laws and Proposals
Des Moines reports from April to May detail Iowa extra session actions. Senate passes anti Sunday baseball law with carve out for Seventh Day Adventists. Tax changes on fire life premiums debated and telegraph and railroad tax plans fail. Hog cholera stamping bill advances and text book cost study authorized. House approves recess until July 1 as lawmakers pursue final adjournment.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Indiana
Ohio
James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Drake
National Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Wilson
Martin
Adair
Iowa
Insurance Conference
April Surplus for Government Receipts Expenditures
The government reports April receipts totaling 37,812,125 against expenditures of 32,072,097 leaving a monthly surplus of 5,740,038. For ten months the deficit stands at 35,166,096. Customs income reached 24,454,351 and internal revenue 11,447,213 with misc sources 1,910,570.
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Washington
Schoolboys death under review in teacher clash
Frederick Cromberger, 14, of Newtown L I, died after three weeks of illness amid inquiries whether his demise resulted from an alleged head strike by his teacher Miss Jennie E. Schouler. The teacher denies the charge and is held on bond as the coroner investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick Cromberger
Newtown
L. I
Jennie E. Schouler
Supreme Court Adjourns to Hear Opinions May 10
The supreme court adjourned to May 10 for opinions but not arguments. The writ of error in John Gibson vs. State of Mississippi was denied. Gibson remains under death sentence.
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Supreme Court
Washington
John Gibson
Fun for the Soldier and the War Talk
A Chicago Military Gazette quip recounts a drunken soldier claiming arrest for soda water. Mrs. Cobb and a colonel discuss race, Greece, and wartime moves while an officer explains charges of drunkenness and insubordination in a lighthearted exchange.
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Greece
Mrs. Cobb
Tishay
Isshay
Porter Dies Ex-Governor of Indiana at 74
Albert G. Porter former governor and minister to Italy under Harrison died at his Indianapolis home Monday aged 74 after a two year illness. The Indiana Bar will memorialize him with ex-President Harrison delivering the principal address at a state capitol in memoriam. Porter born April 20 1824 at Lawrenceburg rose from ferry operator to law and politics including reporter of the supreme court congressman and first comptroller of the treasury before serving as governor and later writing Indiana history.
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Athens
Greece
Europe
Crete
Thessaly
Bank of
Indianapolis
John V. Crum
Des Moines
Joseph Cahn
Nashville
Tenn
Pulaski
Indiana
J. B. Wheeler & Co
Manito
Aspen
Col
Martinsburg
W. Va
Benjamin Shepard
Martin Rizer
Lichter & Sons
Milwaukee
United States Senate
Chandler
House
Reed
Senate
Congress of the Universal Postal Union
Showalter
Twenty
Pennsylvania
Ind
Albert G. Porter
Italy
Harrison
Porter
C. N. Sims
Meridian Street
Capitol
Indianapolis Bar Association
Lawrenceburg
Kentucky
Manover
Jater
Asbury
de Pauw) University
Whitcomb
Supreme Court
Wright
Congress
Harrison, Porter & Fishback
Gen. Harrison
Hayes
Sherman
Captain of Iowa University Club Hurt In Ball Game
May 4 Cedar Rapids I a The Mount Vernon game between State university and Cornell college clubs ended in the first half of the ninth inning when Smith of Cornell struck Captain Thomas with a knee to the temple as he picked up a thrown ball. Thomas was knocked unconscious and physicians worked two hours before he regained consciousness. His condition remains precarious with fears of spinal injury and a long recovery ahead.
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Iowa University Club
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
State University
Cornell College
Smith
Cornell
Capt
Thomas
University Club
Pittsburghs Big Fire Claims One Fireman Life
A major Pittsburgh blaze on Monday morning killed fireman George Acheson and injured four others. The fire destroyed the Thomas C Jenkins wholesale grocery and the Joseph Morne & Co retail store, causing about 1500 workers to lose jobs and losses totaling roughly 1.7 million dollars. The fire covered several acres along Fifth Street to Cecil Alley and Liberty Street, near Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Pittsburgh
George Acheson
Citizens’ Traction Railway
Thomas C. Jenkins
Joseph Morne & Co
Fifth Street
Cecil Alley
Pennsylvania Avenue
Liberty Street
Lunches with the Queen at Windsor Castle
Col. John Hay and Mrs. Hay arrived in London to present credentials to Queen Victoria at Windsor. They were received in audience and then shared lunch with the queen, marking Hay as the new United States ambassador to the court of St James.
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John Hay
Court of St. James
London
United States
Hay
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Way
State Federation of Women's Clubs Meets in Dubuque
The second biennial meeting of Iowa's State Federation of Women's clubs opens in Dubuque May 4 with about 300 delegates registered and 50 more expected from 150 clubs totaling over 4 000 members. Notable speakers include Mrs Heurotin and other literary figures as Des Moines Marshalltown and Ottumwa are named as future hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sandow Enters Cycling Rivalry and 1897 Racing Outlook
Notes on Sandow challenging top riders on track amid a forecast of a small team, fast riding season in 1897. Footwear debate favors sandals but riders resist radical change. Coasting races expected to return with safety concerns. Talks of name plates on forks and theft prevention ideas. Pedal safety near horses warned for riders of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandow
Brevities on World Resources and Engineering Facts
The excerpt notes widespread diamond distribution, the Rialto Bridge arch measuring 981 feet, and Japanese saws with teeth facing the handle. It states three quarters of earth is noncultivable due to terrain, and that Russia led gold production before California’s mines, at about 13 million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
Venice
California
Russia
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted for Deafness
The advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore normal function. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case due to catarrh cured by the remedy and promotes Hall's Family Pills. It ends with an aside about the happiness of barefoot days and poor men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Allen's Foot Ease and Grain-O Featured In Ads
A collection of old newspaper advertisements tout Allen's Foot-Ease powder for quick foot relief and comfort in shoes. Also promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute and Cascarets as a liver and bowel regulator, with testimonial snippets and light humor interludes.
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmstead
le Roy
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A.E. French
Williamsport
Marshal McCarty
Newburg
N. Y
Hugh J. Gorman
French
Colorado Bank
F. J. B. Wheeler Banking Company
Atchison Globe
St. Jacobs Oil
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Hood
Concord
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