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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
6
Henry B. Huntington inherits a large share of Collis P. Huntington’s fortune. A conservative estimate places the legacy around 25 million dollars. Henry pursued business at his uncle’s Southern Pacific offices, later serving the railroad company until 1899.
The Canadian minister of public works J Israel Tarte is expected to be replaced in the Dominion cabinet by Montreal mayor Prefontaine. Tarte drew ire for Boer War speeches and threatened to resign if Canada sent troops. He first entered parliament in 1891 as an independent conservative before joining the liberal side.
Senorita Clemencia Machado sister of Evangelina Cisneros the Cuban heroine asks for a teaching post in the United States. She came with Cuban and Puerto Rican teachers and now wishes to remain to teach, expressing fondness for the country and a desire to work as a teacher here.
Joplin Missouri debuts a fancy saloon aimed at women with two hours of exclusive access for ladies and their escorts. The venue, said to rival western emporiums in elegance, opened Monday night while the general public was barred and remained closed to men until the following evening.
Governor De Forest Richards selects Frances Warren daughter of Senator Warren to christen the US monitor Wyoming at its San Francisco launch on September 8. Frances will be joined by her father and state officials traveling by Pullman car. A unanimous Wyoming choice, she is noted for popularity and charm in both Cheyenne and Washington.
King Christian X, ruler since 1863, hosts the czar at Fredensburg and oversees Denmark's material strength though faces limited popularity as a monarch. His children have made prestigious marriages including Alexandra, Princess of Wales, and Dagmar, wife of the czar’s crown prince. His wife was Princess Louise of Helge Cassel, who died in 1898.
The monument to Lavoisier on Place de la Madeleine near his former home will be formally inaugurated on July 27. Sculptor is M Barrias. The bronze statue rests on a pedestal with reliefs of Lavoisier at work, with Mme Lavoisier writing, and addressing the Academy of Sciences.
A Pearson's Weekly feature describes cultivating ink blots on blotting paper using basins wicks and tubes. Readers learn to grow concentric color rings, vary inks, and observe edge patterns and spread by capillary action, with simple improvised setups and iterative experiments.
A New York Tribune report describes a quick start and stop plan for the Central London Railway to shorten trips. By using vertical grades approaching stations and rapid acceleration after stops, trains would waste less time and shave minutes from total runs. The method complements electric motors by enabling faster speed development than steam.
Increased interest in coal washing led by V Professor W Parr of University of Illinois and Knoch of the Department of Applied Chemistry. The process removes about half the slate and ash and half the sulfur, improving coal for gas making. Southern Illinois hosts several washeries, while Susquehanna River towns use river bottom coal scraped from boats for oyster traders.
British gunboat Algerine leads the assault on the Taku forts with support from the Iltis and landing parties from the Alacrity. The north and south forts fall by 7 AM after fierce fighting that costs British and German crews but secures a decisive victory for the allies. Russians and Germans suffer heavier losses than the British.
The article describes tolerance in Chinese society anchored in family and neighborhood bonds, peasant life in Szechuan, and river flood resilience. It contrasts mutal suspicion in villages with Shanghai’s bustling port scene, where modern industry clashes with traditional beliefs and a strong odor of China bean and incense pervades.
L. K. Hilliard arrives in Washington and declares he has heard the corn grow in Iowa fields. He notes corn fields are vast and distances walkable, ears long as fifteen to eighteen inches, with stalks as thick as an arm, and farmers splitting stalks to feed cattle.
The nation’s total pupil count in public and private schools last year was 16,087,643 from a population of 72,737,100. University and college students numbered 101,058, with 54,231 in professional schools, 67,538 in normal schools, 70,950 in business programs, 23,501 in reform schools, and 97,737 in kindergartens.
An aide to King Humbert recalls never seeing the monarch angry except once during a dinner. The aide, present as the officer kept at hand to fill a seat, reports the king ordering him to stay seated amid a superstition about removing a chair when a lady left the room.
The 95 year old actress Mme Orlav, famed for being the first to perform Lady Macbeth and Ophelia in Russian, appeared on stage this week in a benefit performance for a charitable institution, drawing praise from officials and audience alike.
The prosecuting attorney Robert Franklin attracted much admiration at Powers trial for complicity in Goebel’s murder with his dramatic oratorical skill and mimicry. It is noted he once pursued acting before leaving the stage to honor his family’s wishes.
Major Lothaire, the Belgian officer who executed Englishman Stokes in the Congo Free State, has been dismissed as manager of the Congo Free State Trading company. The removal follows charges of cruelty to the natives.
The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon author of In His Steps is preparing to write a novel on the liquor question inspired by his observations in England.
Nearly twelve years of work yield a colossal mausoleum in New York built by Mr. Yountington. Forty-ton stones form each step with a sixteen foot underground foundation. The forty-two by twenty by twenty four foot stone structure features bronze gates and Italian marble interior with sixteen catacombs. The door bears the name Huntington in bold letters. Also noted are Prince Jaime de Bourbon joining the Grodno Dragon Guards in Warsaw and heading to Port Arthur, plus Mrs. Laura Alderman of Harley South Dakota owning a vast 150 acre orchard with thousands of fruit trees and berries.
The piece honors Robert Planquette author of The Chimes of Normandy and notes a village church bell inscription about Normandy. The chime will ring soon in Corneville with the French title Les Cloches de Corneville.
R G Dun a noted financial statistician and head of the Dun mercantile agency spends summer at his Narragansett Pier home. He joined the firm in 1851, became a member in 1854, and bought full interest in 1859. Born in 1826 in Chillicothe Ohio he began as an errand boy earning two dollars weekly.
Richard Liebreich, the eminent German oculist long based in London since the Franco Prussian war, recently marked his seventieth birthday. He authored several scientific works, including one arguing painterly quirks arise from visual defects in painters.
Leon R. Bostwick, famed for capturing Santa Ana in the Mexican War, remains healthy at 140 years old in San Saba Texas. Stephen Crane's will has been probated in England with modest wealth but several unpublished manuscripts expected to fetch high prices.
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