Hall of Fame voting error alters Howe’s status
Chancellor McCracken cites a clerical error in the Hall of Fame roll of 100 electors. Bilas Howe received 53 votes instead of 47 and 17 chiefs backed TM i instead of 11, removing Howe from this year’s inscription and leaving 21 vacant panels for 1902. Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, was born in Spencer, Massachusetts, on July 9, 1819, and died in Brooklyn on Oct. 3, 1867. He faced early opposition to labor-saving devices but later achieved immense income from his invention.
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McCracken
University of New York
Hall of Fame
Bilas Howe
Elias Howe
Spencer
Mass
Brooklyn
Boston
England
America
Character in thumbs divides women readers of character
Mary Burk, an organized charities worker quoted by the Philadelphia Daily Bulletin, claims thumb position reveals character. She says she studied the subject after noting almost infallible thumbs as a guide for women who read character, suggesting many signs can be learned from thumbs.
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Mary Burk
Organized Charities
Philadelphia Daily Bulletin
To Raise the Kangaroo from French Preservation Effort
A French movement seeks to preserve and cultivate kangaroos as demand grows for kangaroo tendon in hospitals. Dr Brisson notes tendon usage to tie fractures, allowing knee function during healing. He cites strength comparable to silver wire and tail extraction avoids open surgery. The text notes this year as the greatest lake traffic season.
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France
Brisson
River commerce on Illinois locks profits rise with new steamers
The Chicago Record notes heavy river traffic on the Illinois, with fees at each dam, and Henry and Copperas Creek receipts covering costs. Only one regular vessel, the Borealis Rex, now passes the Henry lock, while the Fred Swain and others project growth on deep water.
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Illinois River
Ilinois
Henry
Copperas Creek
Henry Lock
Swain
LaSalle
Fred Swain
Peoria
St. Louis
John L Mathews
Chicago
William L. Wilson Carer and Political Leader
The late William L. Wilson of Lexington Kentucky born Charlestown West Virginia May 8 1843, educated at Columbian University and the University of Virginia, a Confederate veteran, educator at Lehr University, president of West Virginia University, congressman builder of the Wilson tariff bill, postmaster general appointee, longtime adviser to President Cleveland.
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William L. Wilson
Lexington
Charlestown
W. Va
Mr. Wilson
Columbian University
Washington
University of Virginia
Lehr University
Wilson
University of West Virginia
Congress
Cleve
St Louis Driver Reaches Chicago in 36 Hours on 450 Mile Trip
John AL French of St Louis becomes the first to drive from St Louis to Chicago by automobile. The 1000 pound phaeton covered 450 miles in 36 hours on rough roads with wrong directions and no map. He aimed to show horse less carriages work on dirt roads, not hills or mud. The journey tested endurance and navigation.
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John AL. French
St. Louis
Chicago
Timber stock sustains industry for fifty years says Forum
Henry Gannett notes in Forum that US timber stands at about 1.88 trillion feet BM based on 1890 census figures with a 25 billion foot annual cut. If unchanged, current supply would cover about fifty years of consumption, though some species like southern pine redwood and red fir last longer while black walnut and white pine near exhaustion. Great Guild of Workingwomen follows.
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Henry Gannett
Forum
motorists travel misdirections and ordeals on Illinois roads
An account of a long automobile journey from St Louis to Chicago details frequent wrong turns and delays caused by unfamiliar Illinois routes. The traveler describes tire punctures, varying road conditions, and renewed effort after patching tires, noting public curiosity and occasional hazards along the way.
Largest Bell Claims Stir In Buddhist Shrine Near Canton
Reports from Canton area say a Bud dhist monastery houses what Chinese authorities call the world s largest bell while observers note a rival giant bell in Moscow s cathedral.
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Canton
Moscow
Trained alligator Dick draws crowds near Ruddock parish
Lumberman F M Worrall recalls the famed alligator Dick in Ruddock Louisiana a nine foot carnivore tamed by locals. Dick greets visitors on the swamp bank eats from hands and remains the village celebrity amid past legends of other trained reptiles.
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Ruddock
F. M. Worrall
St. Louis
Paris
Mr. Worrall
Spencer
Dickey
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Only Woman Major In The United States Army
A profile of Belle L Reynolds of Santa Barbara California noted as the United States Army's only woman major. It details her Civil War service with the Seventeenth Illinois, commission by Governor Yates after Pittsburg Landing, Vicksburg, later medical study in Chicago, nursing in the Philippines, and return home. It also profiles Judson W Lyons as a Negro registrar of the Treasury, tracing his background, education, and daily duties on government bonds and currency.
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Belle L. Reynolds
Santa Barbara
Cal
Mra Reynolds
Massachusetts
Illinois
Bird’s Point
Pittsburg
Gov
the Treasury
Gage
Roberts
Republic
Federal Treasury
Judson W. Lyons
Judson Lyons
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Lyons
B K. Bruce
Howard University
Augusta
Cowardice of Sharks Among Southern Natives
The article notes sharks fear splashing and avoid solitary swimmers. It describes South Sea Islanders bathing in groups to create noise and deter man eaters. Occasionally a lone swimmer is attacked when he stops splashing, illustrating the sharks' responsiveness to disturbance.
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South Sea Islands
Poverty in Rural Russia Described Amid Recurrent Famine
Scribner's Magazine notes Russia's fertile districts suffer regular famines and widespread indigence as travelers observe stark contrasts with Western Europe. The piece highlights famine cycles, scarce food, and minimal wealth indicators across rural areas.
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Russia
Western
Europe
Scribiner
Eski mo portrait misidentified as Li Hung Chang
The accompanying picture, though resembling Li Hung Chang, is of an Eski mo found by Arctic explorer A. J. Stone and reprinted from The World's Work. It shows oriental features and a Mongolian head shape with implied Chinese guile in its expression.
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Li Hung Chang
A. J. Stone
Cecile Payen Describes Pekin Siege Portrait Session
Miss Cecile Payen the Chicago portrait painter who shared Pekin tribulations with Mia and Miss Woodward of Evanston returned to Chicago last week. She recounts the siege as less black than feared and recalls finishing a portrait during the initial scare, then persuading her sitter to give another hour to complete the work.
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Pekin
Cecile Payen
Chicago
Mia
Miss Woodward
Evanston
Miss Payen
Legation
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