Reciprocity Push Drives Wide Support From West
A West heavy wave of letters supports re enactment of reciprocity in trade led by National Farmers Association president T Search of Philadelphia. He cites Cuba Brazil and Europe and urges a non partisan approach to extend foreign trade advantages. Other regions and industries including carpets drugs street cars engines iron steel and linseed oil also back reciprocity.
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Brazil
Cuba
President Search
Spain
Search
United States
Latin-America
South Americas
West
Nso
Cleveland
Ohio
Chamber of Commeres
Sioux City Commercial Association
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
In an Air-Tight Prison Weeklong Food Test Ends
Dr OP Tower at Wesleyan University emerged from an hermetically sealed box after a weeklong trial testing how various foods affect the human body. He reported good health and noted all consumed food and the atmosphere were weighed. The study, part of a U S Department of Agriculture project led by Professor Atwater, aims to measure how foods build muscular tissue and heat. Results will be released after the full series is reviewed in coming months.
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Conn
OP Tower
Wesleyan University
Nate
Tower
United States Department of Agriculture
Atwater
Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts Sets Speed Record On Builders Trial
The United States ship Massachusetts returned to her dock after builders trial near Crayard. She reached sustained speeds above 15.6 knots on a ten mile course, surpassing the Indiana and Todiana under similar conditions. Rear Admiral Makeroff of the Russian squadron praised Massachusetts performance.
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United States
Massachusetts
Crayard
Indiana
Bullaer
Makeroff
Civil Service Extended To Most Indian Service Offices
The president issued a comprehensive order extending civil service to nearly the entire Indian service, excluding only offices above the mayoral level and a few minor laboring posts. Indians showing fitness may gain appointment, but transfers to the classified service are restricted. Also notes a baby body found in a Chicago mail box, Edison’s X ray demonstration, irrigation land fears in Nebraska, Terrell jailed in Kansas, and a birth at the Blaine estate in AvansTa.
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Hixcros
Mayest
Terms Preacher Whipped in Lawon Texas
Rev. J. D. Thornton a preacher living near Lawon Texas was warned to stop preaching in the area. He refused and was allegedly taken out by a mob and whipped severely with switches.
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Lawon
Texas
J. D. Thornton
Judge Willas Q. Judge Dies in New York City
William Q Judge, president of the Theosophical Society in America and a noted lawyer, died in New York City on a Saturday. He was considered the most complete Theosophist in the United States.
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Willas Q. Judge
New Youk
William Q Judge
Theosophical Society In
America
United States
Dire Lightning Pinioned to the Roof in Oklahoma
A dramatic report from Oklahoma describes a fatal or dangerous incident involving arcing electricity where a person or object was pinned to a roof and caught in flames. Authorities are investigating the cause and noting hazardous conditions.
Dead painters struck by lightning demolish spire in Beaver County
Beav er County reports a fatal storm at Grand where two Baptist workers James Kord and Harry Somers died when lightning struck the steeple under construction. The pair were burned as their scaffold collapsed, leaving Somers incinerated and Ford severely injured.
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Beaver County
Grand
James Kord
Harry Somers
Somers
Pord
Ford
Eva Booth
Chicago
McKinley gains delegates in multiple states and districts
News in brief notes McKinley's delegate leads across Lancaster County district, Fifth district Minnesota, and Logan County Illinois. He wins Seventh district delegates and routs rivals while other items report a fatal riot in Indianapolis, a New York boxing show controversy, a fatal Kansas City drunken row, a large fire at Pennsylvania Salt Works, and various political and legal notes.
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Morton
Allison
Reed
Quay
Custom
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Union
Tron
Minnesota
St Leuis
Cushman K. Davis
Logan County
Illnois
Senator Custom
Charlies H. Salton
United States
New York
Nations
Mary Ann Mosely
Columbia
Daniel Boone
Choyaxki and McCoy
Kansas City
Daniel Kane
Thomas Hyland
Geological Survey
The Coming Papal Successor Candidates Named
In Europe and the Christian world speculation swirls about the next pope as Leo XII nears the end of his reign. Parisian notes name Cardinal Parocchi as the leading candidate, with other possibles including Cardinal Vanotelli Capeccalatro and da Acquavallo, while Cardinal Gibbons is said to back Parocchi.
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Ponti
le Revue
Carcasius
Cardinal Purosch
Rome
Cardinal Parocchi
Party of Papal Independence
Mbller
Saint
Capecalatro
Capua
da Acquavalls
Naples
Blacoli
di Pietro
Vergo
Parocchi
Ttis
Cardinal Gibbons
Satolli
Buffalo Commercial
Plan to crowd pews by ticketed attendance at Oakland church
Dr Alfred Kummer of First Methodist Oakland introduces a six month attendance ticket system for youths. Tickets are punched for each service, with doorkeepers recording punctual presence. Late arrivals count as absences and rewards are offered for strong attendance.
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Morel Derice
Alfred Kummer
First Methodist Church
Oakland
Cal
Kumroer
Ho Ware
Oon Yi
Kummer
San Francisco
Silver Dollars For Snowballs By Alaskan Miner
Peter Wilborg, an Alaskan miner, amused Port Townsend boys by throwing silver dollars as the steamer City of Topeka lay at the wharf. He had just returned from three years in the Alaska goldfields with about 43,000 in gold dust and snowball payouts. He plans another three years in the north, bringing two dogs on his lonely retreat.
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Port Townsend
California
Cookulet
Alaska
San Francisco
Topeka
Ita
Alaska Guldfelds
Wilborg
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Practical Rosatgen rays tested at Delaware State Hospital
Dr W Hancker, superintendent of the Delaware State Hospital For the Insane, organizes practical tests of Rosatgen rays and related devices to photograph the brain and body. A Philadelphia firm will supply 500000 campaign buttons bearing Senator Quay’s image as part of a political effort. Margaret Henry of Camden, New Jersey, is jailed for three months after being convicted as a common scold under an old law.
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W. 5. Hancker
Delaware State Hospital For the Insane
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Meniecs
Allison
Lews
Tor
Mr. Reed
Reed
Philadelphia
Senator Quay
Margaret Henry
Camden
N.J
Ker
N Y Democrats Seek Lamont Nomination and Party Unity
New York reports the Democratic leaders plan to unite the party this fall by nominating Secretary of War Daniel Lamont for governor. Hill and Cleveland allies reportedly back the plan, with Croker and Whitney discussed as endorsers as ties improve. Republicans convene in New York City while other state headlines note a nonpartisan ticket in Kansas City and a Quay-friendly Pennsylvania escort plan for St. Louis.
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New York
Daniel Lamont
Senator Hill
Cleveland
Mr. Whitney
Washington
Richard Croker
Lamont
Congress
New York City
Equal Standard Purity club formed in Washington
A group of young Washington women establish an Equal Standard Purity club to bind men and women to a common moral code. Members sign a pledge to uphold purity, condemn coarse language, and aid reform, with a blacklist for men deemed impure. The article also reports unrelated crime and illness items from the same date.
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Cleob
Washington
Wasumerox
Express Companies Flooded With Inventions Against Robbery
A Boston Herald report notes express firms receive wide mail with schemes to deter robbery. Ideas include concealed chambers with dropping doors and ink branding, cylinder safes with forced locking, and cars using chemical cylinders ignited remotely to deter attackers. outcomes uncertain as trials proceed on western routes.
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Boston Herald
Elsie Venner and the Snakes of Lake City
A Florida tale profiles Ruth Brown of Lake City who reportedly charms about fifty rattlesnakes with a violin melody drawn from her instrument. Her father finds her performing on a rock with the snakes, which later disperse after her commanding note.
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Philadelphia Times
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Suwanee River
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Wilder
Mins Brown
Miss Ruth
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