Week's Record of Home and World News Digest
A weekly roundup notes Senate plans to investigate lynchings and continued discussion of the Philippine bill. House actions include districts business, pension bills, and agricultural and urgent deficiency conference reports. Immigration legislation passes the Senate and House with amendments. tensions over coinage and standard silver dollars feature in discussions.
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Senate
Gallinger
N. H
United States
District of Columbia
Multiple world events and crimes around midweek
Allie Petty near Arcola Mo shoots Mrs Friend and her daughter then himself a train makes a record 97 miles in 88 minutes from Montpelier Ohio to Detroit Abe Withrop lynched at Paris Mo for murder of William Grow baseball league standings show top clubs Chicago Detroit Boston St Louis Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Cleveland and more Roosevelt plans east states and Cuban reciprocity talks advance.
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Allie Petty
Arcola
Petty
Will E
Wabash Road
Montpelier
Detroit
Mich
Abe Withrop
Paris
Willam
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Cleveland
Pittsburg
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
East
Middle West
Congress
Buford
San Francisco
Manila
Third Cavalry
Johnstown
St. Clair County
St. Joseph
Denver
Robert S. McCormick
Illinois
Austria-Hungary
Girard
Fountain River
Pueblo
Col
Frank Robinson
Nevada
Gertrude Rawling
Kau
As City
Chili
Cass Daveron
Manchester
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kentucky
Indiana
Bila Jordan
William Harmon
Terra Alta
Berlin
Alleghenies
Maryland
Jacob Graham
Robert C. Hunter
James Couch
J. E. James
Porter's Curve
Blairsville
Emil Rossman
Sophia Batal
Yates
Gen. Wood
Cuba
Frank P. Sergeant
Bishop Turner
Georgia
United States
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lord Pauncefote
St. John’s Episcopal Church
England
Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
Little Rock
The
Tobacco Trust
Thomas A. Edison
Jesse L. Blount
Fort Wayne
Ind
N. Y
Notable deaths and political nominations across states
Judge Francis M. Black former Missouri supreme court chief justice died in Kansas City at 65. Rev Dr B M Palmer a leading southern Presbyterian preacher died in New Orleans at 80. Ohio Republicans in Cleveland nominated Lewis C Laylin for secretary of state. Kansas Republicans in Wichita named W J Bailey for governor and backed Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Eighth Michigan Republicans renominated Joseph W Fordney for Congress. Paul J Sorg former congressman and tobacco magnate died in Middletown Ohio at 62. Republican nominations listed for several districts in Wisconsin Nebraska New York New Jersey.
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Francis M. Black
Supreme Court of Missouri
Kansas City
Wisconsin
HW. A. Cooper
Missouri
Isaac N.enloe
Nebraska
E. J. Burkett
New York
N. P. Otis
New Jersey
D. C. Flannigan
Michigan
Joseph W. Fordney
Paul J. Sorg
Middletown, O
Peace hopes, Mont Pelee erupts, and notable deaths blaze across Europe and Americas
A London report signals possible peace in South Africa with inflexible government stands, while Mont Pelee erupts anew with two miles of vented crater. Rumors claim Boer negotiations stalled by new demands as Fort de France endures a tidal disaster. Kaiser Wilhelm bans cults among court and church members. Deaths include M. Benjamin Constant and Mme Durand in Paris, Lieut Humber's limb lost in Philippines, and U S consul Arthur Williams in Monterey.
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London
South Africa
Mont Pele i
Fort de France
Martinique
Kaiser Wilhelm
Christian Science Cult
Lfe
St. Pierre
Gov. Meuttet
Pelee
M. Benjamin Constant
Paris
Henri Greville
Mme. Durand
Lieut. Humber
Philippines
Mont Pelee
Paniic
Arthur Williams
Manchester
N. H
United States
Saltillo
Nerico
Monterey
Senate approves river and harbor plan and Manila reform bill
The senate conference report on the river and harbor act was accepted while the Philippine government bill advanced. Gen Brooke may retire with lieutenant general rank. In the house, the subsidiary coinage bill passed. Buencamino of Manila defended U S actions in the islands and praised civil government. Several deaths and political moves were noted nationwide.
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United States
Senate
Brooke
Filipe Buencamino
Manila
Aguinaldo
Roosevelt
Islands
Charlies A. Hill
Tanner
Illinois
Joliet
Michigan
Charles Ke, Townsend
Sam W. Smith
Wisconsin
John J. Esch
William Mcfetridge
Chicago
Robert McFetridge
Kavanagh
Hatzie
Victoria
B. C
South Africa
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Pittsburg
Great Britain
Asiatic
Pacific
Ferne
Canton
William McKinley
Des Moines
Baldwin
Lake Land District
Philippines
War Department
Europe
Hawthorne Race Track
Eagle Pass
Tex
Sylvester Pennoyer
Oregon
Portland
Lord Roseberry
McKinley
Muskegon
Mich
A Calls for Honest Labor and Ambition for Young Men
A strong essay urges luck counts little without hard work and morals. It champions early shop work, supportive mothers, self education, and steady study. It warns boys to learn their trade, observe better men, and pursue cleaner living, health, and rising within their field.
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Lincoln
Grant
Garfield
Franklin
McKinley
Congress
Exiles to the country a hunter’s tale of woods fever
Rebecca Harding Davis cites a Cumberland Md autobiography of Browning the hunter. In old age he travels with his two trapper sons to the mountains. After days in the wild he endures hunger and cold, claiming the woods fever kept him warm and unfazed.
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Rebecca Harding Davis
Cumberland
Browning
Virginia
Carolinas
Cheat Range
Woods
City Odors Across Metropolises A Personal Reflection
A Detroit Free Press excerpt discusses how cities carry distinct odors that linger in memory. It notes Munich with a malted beer scent, Paris London Berlin and Dresden each with unique canopy of smell, and jokes that Boston has a respectable yet musty odor. It claims odors influence a traveler’s longing and actions after leaving.
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Philip Burne-Jones
Munich
Paris
London
Berlin
Dresden
Boston
Detroit Free Press
Primitive township primary fans a congress race
In Montgomery county a township primary split voters between Egenbright and Wilson as judges counted noses along a road. The process evoked old fashioned flags and crowd lineups amid the rural scene.
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Montgomery County
Egenbright
Wilson
Congress
Kansas City Journal
Rattle snake duel ends as chaparral cock triumphs
In a St Nicholas scene set in Texas, a camp glade hosts a deadly clash between a huge rattlesnake and a chaparral cock. The bird dodges the first strike, and after a fierce sequence, pierces the serpent’s neck with its sharp bill, delivering a fatal brain wound as the rattler exhausts. The road runner vanishes.
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St. Nicholas
Harry
Ralph
Tricks with fire and sound from a pinhole gas jet
An 19th century style guide describes making a pinhole burner and gas jet from glass tubes and rubber, detailing steps to produce steady flames and amplified sound for tricks. It claims a long distance light and sound demonstration, noting a 1,000 year travel time for a hypothetical object from space.
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Conti
N. Y
Birdlan Fine Roots Crowned by Bright Feathers
A fragment describes a bird with dark greenish teen plumage and a bright red crown and black eye ring. The nest is brown or blue, with trees showing brownish shadows and blue highlights. The text appears as an instructional or observational note on plumage and nesting color.
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