Notable Deaths and Industrial Moves Reported
The brief notes the death of Dr. Lambert Russell in Barre Massachusetts at 99 the oldest Harvard graduate. It also covers a powder explosion at Pottsville Pennsylvania wrecking eighteen tons of powder and Tim Murphy the comedian’s alarming illness. Additional items include a Coney Island slide operator Ezra Merrill’s death from an accident and various Missouri cattle inspection rules stirring livestock men. The United States Plate Glass Company was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey by Brearley Hyde and McLaren. Dispatches from Manila note Spanish troops aboard the Catalina bound for Spain and war news from Porto Rico with calls for trading privileges for planters. Chicago reports Tim Murphy’s relapse filled with pneumonia and pleurisy. Luis Nunez Rivera proposes trading rights for Puerto Rican planters. A western movement seeks Admiral Dewey’s entry through San Francisco next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Russell
Barre
Mass
Harvard
Pottsville (Pa
Coney Island
Stephens
Missouri
Livestock Commission
United States Plate Glass Company
Capital
Trenton
N. J
William H. Brearley
Frederick B. Hyde
Kenneth McLaren
Jersey City
Polavieja
General Rios
Spain
Philippines
Manila
Polaviera
W. D. Storer
Chicago
Oshkosh
Wis
Tim Murphy
Porto Rico
Numerous International and Domestic Business Moves Reported
An American syndicate secures the electric lighting franchise at Puerto Principe Cuba for 70000 and buys 18000 acres there for a sugar factory. Edwin Gould denies a Continental Match coalitions with Diamond interests. A $1750 attachment in New York targets Rail Road Equipment Co. Cuban planters face loan blockages and starvation risk. The Philadelphia mint transfers 680 wagon loads of silver to the new mint. Wage talks loom in Pittsburgh for 80000 skilled workers. Shaughnessy may succeed Van Horne at Canadian Pacific. Cuban finances worsen under loan limits. McKinley orders Havana customs deposits of 2 million at North American Trust. Manila casualties include James Lynch of Syracuse and others. Otis to decide troop relief. Puebla and Zealandia transports depart Manila. Augustus An Buren, famed Chicago lawyer, dies. Major Logan ordered to Atlanta for Gulf department duties. Missouri passes amended store bill licensing taxes for firms with multiple goods classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Buehler
Garden City Banking and Trust Company
Chicago
Puerto Principe
Cuba
Edwin Gould
Continental Match Company
Diamond People
New York
New York Against the Railroad Equipment Company
Levita & Co
Hamburg-American and
Furness Steamship Lines
Montreal
Philadelphia
New Mint
Pittsburg
T. G. Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific
William van Horne
McKinley
Havana
Bank of the North American Trust Company
James S. Lynch
Ninth United States Infantry
Manila
James Lynch
Syracuse
N. Y
William L. Higgins
Harris W. Mallory
Ninth Infantry
Watertown
Camden
Otis
War Department
Puebla
San Francisco
Augustus An Buren
Martin van Buren
John A. Logan
Washington
Atlanta
Department of the Gulf
Edison Plant Sold and War News Across the Nation
Cincinnati manufacturers plan to form a trust before adjournment. A New York syndicate bought the Edison plant in Hazleton Pennsylvania. Brentano Bros. bookseller August Brentano dies in Flushing aged 43 after insanity. War news from Manila notes bodies delayed until after the rainy season. Secretary Hay discusses Spanish prisoners with the French ambassador. Humboldt steamer chartered for Alaska troop movement with Twenty fourth Infantry. McKinley to tour the west this summer. Illinois reports winter wheat loss of 51 percent from 2,039,000 seeded acres, higher than government figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
New York
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Hazleton
August Brentano
Brentano Bros
Flushing
L. I
Secretary of War
Otis
Manila
United States
Philippines
Hay
Spain
Duc d’Arcos
Humboldt
Alaska
McKinley
West
San Francisco
Illinois Board of Agriculture
Senators Fairbanks to Alaska Mission and Election Moves
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana will sail for Alaska around June 10 to investigate the Alaska boundary question. The Washington delegation has not been informed of the Rome consistory assembling to nominate ten cardinals. Ex President Harrison becomes honorary president of a foreign missions conference committee. The treasury denies a baseless basement counterfeiting tale. Pennsylvania Republicans challenge ex Senator Quay to run for state treasurer to test his claim about public support. The remains of Colonel H C Egbert arrived from Manila and were interred with military honors, as troops and officers attended. A Michigan senate committee favors the Wagar bill raising railroad tax receipts by about 100000 dollars annually. New York lawmakers expect an extra session to amend the Ford tax bill and enact a rapid transit measure with a state board for administration. Generals Americus V Rice and others await census purchasing appointments. The United Presbyterian Missionary convention condemns seating Roberta of Utah. A tornado in Eagle Pass leaves 22 dead and over 100 wounded with many missing. Judge Kimball rules liquor sales on Sundays in Washington hotels legal under the 1893 act. Belgian coal miners’ strike closes many factories and idles 40 000 to 50 000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican League of Pennsylvania
Quay
Pennsylvania
H. C. Egbert
Manila
Arlington Cemetery
War Department
Americus V. Rice
Lima
Census Bureau
United Presbyterian Missionary Convention
Newcastle
Roberta
Utah
Eagle Pass
Tex
Honda
Kiss and Sleep and Gas Fire News Recounted
A Detroit Journal quip cites true love as a gentle breeze while noting the humor of sleep as time to rise. A Windsor hotel owner faces 12 million in suits from fire victims’ relatives. Portland Indiana man claims a cheap fuel gas made from air and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Journal
Commodore Gerry
Windsor
George Huff
Portland
Ind
Philadelphia gains a full Buddhist temple by Prof Sommerville
In Philadelphia a new Buddhist temple rises in the archaeology building thanks to Professor Maxwell Sommerville of the University of Pennsylvania. He assembled the shrine from materials collected on a world tour buying idols and worship objects from priests in China Japan Corea India Siam and Burma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Orient
Maxwell Sommerville
Department of Archaelogy and Paleontology
University of Pennsylvania
Sommerville
China
Japan
Corea
India
Siam
Burmah
Tennessee boom town praised by court in straw berry remark
A Tennessee boom town is extolled by a lady eulogist quoted in a court case. The judge notes the straw berries remark by Benton McMillin and adds that mint is native to the area, suggesting a playful inference about proportions and local produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Benton McMillin
McMillin
Allen's Foot Ease Powder Ad Promises Easy Shoes
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot E ase a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY Probably nothing hurts a man's vanity more than the discovery that some one has worked a lead nickel off on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Odds and Ends Notices and Advertisements
Short blurb-style tips and product pitches appear, urging readers to buy Faultless Starch, Dr Kline’s nerve restorer, Winslow’s soothing syrup, and other items. Includes quips about whisky glasses versus spectacles and a bank failure balance joke. Continuous promotional notes mix health cures and household goods with moral proverbs.
Perfection Poultry Mixture Ad and Miscellany
An 815.00 weekly pay offer seeks a man with a rig to sell Per fection Poultry Mixture and Insect Destroyer in the country. Exhorted ads promote Piso’a Cure, Coe’s Cough Balsam, Turtle Oil and other domestic notions alongside miscellaneous witticisms and quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perfection Mfg. Co
Parsons, Kansas
Coroner Holds Inquests Over Ancient Relics Found in Box
A box at a railroad station opened after the waybill was lost revealed a mummied Peruvian woman and two prehistoric skulls destined for a Hamburg museum. The district coroner insists on separate inquests unless museum staff take custody. The report comments on longevity of women, noting many do not reach a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndon
Hamburg
Pullman to Resume Standard Sleeping Cars April 10
The Pullman Company will resume standard sleeping cars on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road routes from Baltimore to Newark and Pittsburgh to Chicago. The change follows a period of experimental Ordinary sleeping car service and aims to equalize carriage across lines east of Chicago and St. Louis. The resumption takes effect April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Newark
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Combined lock and seal patent granted to C H Connelly
A decision notes inventors may be imperfect at first and that two or more inventions can contribute to a machine. The claim awarded to C H Connelly of Fort Madison Ia covers a lock with a hatch-bolt and a fragile seal that registers with the keyhole, preventing entry unless the seal is broken. Des Moines May 6 1899 Thomas G Orwig & Co solicitors of patents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Morris
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
C. H. Connelly
Fort Madison
Thomas G. Orwig & CO
Solicitors of Patents
Des Moines
Emeritus Columbia Professor Hints Hypnotism Aids Reform
Dr. John Duncan Quackenbos argues hypnotism can ease pain and reform criminals through suggestion. He cites cases where he cured boys of cigarette habit using this method at Columbia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Duncan Quackenbos
Columbia University
Pe-ru-Na Advocated By Farmers Union Leader
W H B Williams of The Farmers Industrial Union writes Dr Hartman praising Pe-ru-Na as a family medicine. He cites personal use for systemic catarrh and severe spells and says his wife also relies on it. He recommends keeping it home for children’s climatic diseases and offers a free book on family medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. B. Williams
The
Farmers’ Industrial Union
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Coffee profits from exotic beans and large demi tasse
Victor Smith argues a coffee house can make a man rich. He cites Santos at 19 cents, Maraval 25, Mandheling Java 33 per pound. A two ounce demi tasse yields 128 cups to two gallons, with one roasted pound making about two gallons. At 10 cents per cup, profit per pound ranges from 12.47 to 12.61 dollars, about 4300 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Smith
New York
Java
Young Yale English Professor Charleton M Lewis Named
Dr Charleton M Lewis appointed Emil Sanford professor of English at Yale and is the youngest professor in the faculty at age 33. His sole publication is a 1898 PhD thesis on Foreign Sources of Modern English Versification and the iambic lines of eight and ten syllables, issued in the United States and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleton M Lewis
Emil Sanford
Yale
Germany
Global volcano tally shows 672 known faults with 270 active
Worldwide catalog lists 672 volcanoes, of which 270 are currently active. Scientists monitor eruptions and cooling trends across continents, highlighting notable active sites and regional seismic activity.
Kalsomines versus Alabastine in wall finishes
A comparison explains that kalsomines are cheap chalk and clay coatings glued with decaying animal glue, while Alabastine is a lasting cement that sets and hardens with age. Consumers should buy labeled packages and beware imitators lacking durability, as dry plates appeal to studios but not to churches.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised cure for sore feet and bunions
An old ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to be shaken into shoes for swollen and burning feet and bunions. It notes 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores plus a free sample. A mailing address in LeRoy New York is given for sample requests. The rest mocks a cat with nine lives and suggests it spends eight in vocal culture.
Wall's Catarrh Core Taken Internally Price T5ee
An advertisement notes Wall's Catarrh Core taken internally and mentions a price of T5ee while adding a social remark about people overestimating their knowledge and underestimating their ignorance.
Marriage Rules in Russia Allow Eighty Ban and Five Marriages
In Russia no person may marry after age eighty and only five marriages are permitted. This rule appears as a sudden, strict limitation affecting婚age adults and could influence family planning and civil status procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
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Admiral Dewey
Menila
Nebraska
Missouri House
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Senator Fairbanks
Indiana
Senate Committee On Taxation
Michigan
Supreme Court
London
Labouchere
David Starr Jordan
Paris
William P. Frye
Weare
Coe
Casegreth
Allen S. Olmsted
L. L. Carpenter
Wabash
Bethany Assembly
Brooklyn
Christian Church
Kay
B. J. Kay Medical Co
Saratoga Springs
Columbia
Hartford and
Vedette Bicycles
Chainness
Columbia Chain
Hartford
Vedeties
Pope Mfc. CO
Hartford, Conn
Carter's
Carter’s Ink CO
Boston, Mass
Dad Health
Ripans Chemical Aca
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