First Indian citizens under 1890 act
Fan Wert Bulletin notes that Lewis Rallston a Cherokee becomes the first Indian granted citizenship under the May 22 1890 act. It mentions Henry W Stanley signing to lecture in America starting November 11 in New York City and reports on elk meat and antler trade to England, thunder cloud explanations, Wanamaker life and accident insurance at 1 500 000 the largest for any individual, and a Georgia editor challenging readers with a subscription guess in exchange for sweet potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Rallston
Congress
Henry W. Stanley
America
New York City
Wanamaker
Giorcia
Climate shifts may bring tropical flora to Philadelphia
Dr. D. Hayes AGNew of Philadelphia argues that ongoing climate changes will gradually allow tropical flora and fauna to flourish in the region. He contends this shift could alter local ecosystems and plant life over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de. D. Hayes Agnew
Philadelphia
Mormon convention reports 3000 Mormons in New Zealand
A recent New Zealand Mormon convention announced the colony hosts about 3,000 members and that 500 converts were made in the past year, reflecting steady growth within the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Window glass pane links Irving to Ballston Spa find
A man in Saratoga possesses a pane of window glass recently found in a Ballston Spa house once visited by Washington Irving in 1802. The pane bears Irving's own inscription, diamond-etched as “Washington Irving, 1802.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Ballstonspn
N. Y
Washington Irving
Irving
Oscar Wilpre Refuses Thirteen Club Dinner Invitation
Oscar Wilpre declines a dinner invitation from the Thirteen Club in London, denouncing the club’s aim to abolish superstition as reprehensible and dreadful. He argues for preserving unreality and resisting forced sameness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilpre
Thirteen Club
London
European land area figures from late consular report
A late consular report lists land areas in acres for several European nations. Germany 34,596,000. Russia 494,226,000. Austria-Hungary 45,951,700. Sweden 42,000,000. France 22,240,000. Spain 19,709,000. Italy 9,884,570. England 2,471,000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Sweden
France
Spain
Italy
England
Congregational church anniversary marks 155 years
Observances were held at the old stone mansion near Oley Pennsylvania where Dr. George De Bennville delivered his first address for the Congregational church. The event commemorated the plantings of seeds that started the church in the country over a century and a half ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
George de Benneville
Oley
Brooklyn woman barred from keeping songbirds in shop
A Brooklyn bird-fancier arrested over a year ago for possessing song-birds in cages in her shop faced a suit to recover five dollars per violation. Judge Barnard in the Supreme Court ruled the 1886 bird law applied, holding no songbird may be kept in captivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Barnard
Supreme Court
Nile longest river world longer than Mississippi and Amazon
Stanley’s Tur findings place the Nile at about 4100 miles, making it the longest river. If the Mississippi were a tributary to the Missouri, it would reach about 4500 miles, potentially surpassing the Nile. The Amazon is estimated around 3600 miles, ranking second among the great rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur
Stanley
Nile
Mississippi
Missouri
Amazon
Train to circumnavigate world in fifty days with party
George Francis Train plans a world circling tour from September 1 to October 20 with editor Radebaugh of the Ledger Tacoma Wash guiding and leading a large party. The voyage aims to beat his previous record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grorrge Francis Train
Radebaugh
the Ledger
Tacoma
Wash
Citizen Train
Railway construction progress in southern states in 1890
Engineering News reports on railroading in states south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi. Since January 1, 1890, 802 miles of track have been laid, 2,814 miles are under construction, 4,883 miles are located or surveyed, and 7,450 miles are projected with fair prospects for completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Engineering News
Ohio
Mississippi Rivers
Wandering Stones Echo Australia Find In Nevada
The article describes walnut sized ivory colored stones in Nevada that move when placed close together. They roll toward a central point and bunch up, returning to a heap if one is moved within four feet yet staying still if five feet away. They are noted as largely magnetite ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Nevada
Ocean racing penalties urged after sea tragedy
A London committee led by Lloyds and the Board of Trade seeks heavy penalties on ocean racing. Betting on voyages is discouraged with straw, cards or shooting birds as methods. Passengers’ lives should not be staked on voyage speed between New York and Queenstown. The Pittsburgh court ruled for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Tarbell v. RR over flood deaths at Conemaugh and Johnstown on May 31, 1889, a pivotal test case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Lloyd’s Underwrighting Corportion
London Board of Trade
New York
Queenstown
F. S. Tarbell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conemaugh
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Sea safer to live on than land says marine official
The late Thomas Gray of the Board of Trade Marine Department in London argued that a well built ship with proper crew is safer at sea than on land. He claimed sailors face a death rate under twelve per thousand and shipwreck losses are about a quarter of that rate, noting far more railway workers and miners perish by accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gray
Board of Trade Marine Department
London
Yang
Congress Passes Silver Bill and Daily Ledger of June Sessions
The Fifty-First Congress records June actions with the Senate approving the House silver bill by 42 to 25 and declaring standard silver and standard gold dollars as legal tender. Reports note Wyoming Territory, appropriations, weather disasters, floods, cyclones, and political nominations across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
House
Wyoming Territory
Michigan Military Academy
Colorado
Burgoyne
Saratoga
New York
Messrs. Nutting and
Wilber
United States
Committee On Coinage
Committee On
Wheat and corn stocks in Washington reach high levels
From Washington, the visible supply of wheat and corn on the 16th stood at 21,578,141 and 16,264,224 bushels. Secretary Blaine on the 17th received a Mexican decree of May 28, 1890, mandating compulsory education. In the U S there were 199 business failures in the seven days ending the 20th, down from 212 the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Blaine
Mexico
Political notices and local appointments across Pennsylvania and New England
The 115th Bunker Hill anniversary in Boston prompted a general business suspension. Pennsylvania Republicans renominated J A Scranton for Congress in the Eleventh district. Prohibitionists schedule their state convention in Harrisburg for August 20. Coal mining totals in Pennsylvania reach 110,352,715 tons in twenty years. Congress nominating results include Magee in Pennsylvania Tenth and W L Scott in the Twenty sixth. Vermont renominates W W Grout in the Second. Reading railroad brakemen must resign from ORB or quit. Osceola floods after a cloudburst, two women drowned. Mrs. Thomas Burer of Wilkesbarre ends her life by Paris Green after dispute. Jay Gould fined $100 in New York for jury summons. George H Barrett elected National Councilor of the Junior Order in Chicago. Brown University’s 122nd commencement in Providence. President’s wife arrives at Cape May cottage. Dr W J Hammers, Greensburg dentist, shoots wife in a quarrel. Vermoon convention nominates Carroll S Paige for governor. Anne Pelton Reynolds earns Massachusetts first woman dentist DDS degree. Frank E Beltzhoover nominated for Congress in the Ninth Pennsylvania district. John C Curran dies at his Scranton home aged 104.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus S N
M. G Lockwood
Hamilton County
Kaukauna
Wis
Highland
Vernon County
Springvile
Alliance, Grange
Indianapolis
Indiana State League
Appomattox
Potter County
S. D
Katie Suman
Frank Scott
John Gilbert
Peoria
M.1
Lawrence
Kan
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Charles A. Hill
Congress
Illinois
John Heard
Missouri
Hariem
Thomas N. Henderson
J. P. Dolliver
Iowa
Atchinson
Earlville
Paw Paw
Lee County
Sublette
Moberly
Milaca
Minn
Baltimore & Ohio
Childs
Ind
Elizabeth
Elko
Nev
Miles Fawcett
Park National Bank of Chicago
Indian Springs
Bunker Hill
Boston
Eleventh
Pennsylvania
J. A. Scranton
Harrisburg
D. F. Magee
W. L. Scott
Vermont
W. W. Grout
Reading Railroad
Osceola
Thomas Burer
Wilkesbarre
Paris Green
New York
Jay Gould
Grorce H. Barrett
Massachusetts
Chicago
Order of United Americans
Brown University
Providence
R. I
Cape May
N. J
W. J. Hammer
Dientist
Greensburg
Vermoon
Montpelier
Ohio Democrats Convene in Springfield August 26
Summary of varied 19th century events: Ohio Democrats announce state convention in Springfield on August 26. The report notes a Denver California man, Aanon M. Jones, aged 60, shot his wife at breakfast then killed himself, while other items cite congressional nominations in Illinois and North Dakota, a Prohibition convention in Columbus, a fatal freight-train collision near Melrose, a lightning strike killing Cortland Brown's wife and twins in Williamsburg Kentucky, a boy killed by a horse kick in Indiana, a train collision near Atchison Kansas with multiple fatalities, and the death of Robert A. Ward, famed Hillsdale Michigan runner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Springfield
Aanon M. Jones
Denver
Cal
Illinois
R. R. Hitt
H. W. Snow
W. S. Morris
Columbus
Melrose
N. C
North Dakota
Arge
Merced
Cortland Brown
Williamsburg
Omer
Liddinger
Clay Township
Ind
Atchison
Kan
Hillsdale
Mich
Robert A. Ward
United States
Noted actress Mary Anderson's marriage in London
Foreign intelligence reports Mary Anderson wed Antonio Navarro of New York in London on the 17th. The 18th saw a Canadian Pacific train wreck near Toronto killing five aboard. A fire leveled Felso Mislye, Hungary, on the 19th leaving thousands homeless and ten dead. Wolves ravaged Austrian Galicia, destroying livestock and some humans. Peter E. Davis was hanged in Belleville Ontario for killing his paramour's husband, Fritz Dubois in Quebec for killing his wife, mother-in-law, and two children in February 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson
London
Eng
Antonio Navarro
New York
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Felso
Austrian
Galicia
Peter E. Davis
Belleville
Ont
Fritz Dubois
Quebec
Senate passes Utah education fund bill and irrigation measure
In a busy session the Senate approved directing Mormon church proceeds to education in Utah and favorably reported the irrigation land restoration bill. The House sustained Speaker Reed on the silver bill referral amid a tied vote. Reports of disasters and crime fill the day including Nebraska cyclone damage in Pleasanton and Sweet Water, a Kansas death, and multiple crimes in Birmingham and other locales. Baseball standings for the Players’ League and the National League are listed with team percentages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Utah
United States
Reed
Committee On
House
Yeas
Pleasanton
Sweetwater
Nebraska
Ironton
I. M. Chambers
St. Louis
Frank J. Kowman
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Birmingham
Ala
Charles Cato
Lizzie Mitchell
William Tatum
Mary Barnett
William E. Mason
Illinois
Congress
Harrison
Delia T. S. Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Andrew Lirrhe
Moncton
N. Y
Kentucky
Worth Dickerson
John G. Carlisle
John Lober
Wichita
Kan
Chicago
Players’ League
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New York
Cleveland
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cyclone devastates Lee County killing fourteen in schoolhouse
Paw Paw Illinois June 23 cyclone disaster reports fourteen dead in Lee County including seven pupils and teacher Maggie McBride at Deacon Hunt school near Paw Paw. Homes wrecked across Harmon Sublette Brooklyn and Wyoming townships with many injured and property damage tied to Sublette and nearby towns.
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Illinois
Lee County
Storma
Paw Paw
Maggie McBride
Edna Hunt
Jennie Radley
Ada Rudolph
Minnie Berry
Lena Prentice
Carey White, Jr
Peter Ream
Robert Odkitt
Brooklyn Township
Bitner
Sublette
Bolache
Compton
Harmon Township
John Holidger
Holidger
Philip Gountze
Englehart
Wyoming Township
Cottage Hill
James Blee
Sirs
Blee
Deacon Hunt
Kelley House
Frank McBride
Bowen
Searcens
Reams
Robert
Census estimates place Chicago near one million
The census shows Chicago over 1,000,000 with school census suggesting 1,250,000. Other cities report varied tallies: Brooklyn near 900,000. Philadelphia about 1,040,449. Cincinnati ~300,000. Boston ~417,720. Detroit about 197,000. Louisville 150,000. Des Moines 54,000. Pittsburgh about 250,000. multiple cities across the nation publish unofficial counts as of June 23–28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Union
New York
Charles H. Murray
Washington
Sedgwick
Long Island
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
R. B. Heath
New Orleans
Baldy
Louisiana
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Boston
CuicaGo
Gilbert
Indianapolis
Ind
Conger
CoLumbus
Cleveland
Dernorr
Mich
Detroit
Milwaukee
Lovuisville
Spencer
Louisville
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Burlington
Marshalltown
Hachmann
Pittsnunon
Pittsburgh
Wasimoros
Jane
Doomed Weather Toll Across States Sparks Fatal Storms
A brutal storm wave across South Dakota Pennsylvania and beyond leaves towns wrecked. In Potter County South Dakota a tornado and flood kill Valen tine Bohn and fatally injure John English. Families drown as homes collapse and towns suffer widespread damage. Around Elkland Pennsylvania Holdenbrook floods drown Mrs Tripp and Mary Thompson as rails and bridges buckle. A Kansas cyclone destroys Logans parish church and kills a man. Across Ohio New Jersey and Ontario shocks from lightning and wrecks lead to multiple fatalities with rescue efforts under way. An Asheville North Carolina wreck on the Western North Carolina line kills four and injures three as mountainside rails give way. Five Toronto residents die in a Canadian Pacific washout and a Wisconsin dam breach drowns workers. In Kentucky a mother and child die from lightning and a Prussia school ceiling collapses killing five children.
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South Dakota
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Canada
St. Paul
Minn
Lebanon
Potter County
Appomattox
Valentine Bohn
John English
George Wager
William McElroy
Evalia
N. Y
Elkland
Osceola
Holdenbrook
Tripp
Mary Thompson
Fall Brook
Addison & Pennsylvania
Tannerytown
Leavenworth
Kan
Logan
Phillips County
Akron
Ohio
Doylestown
Wm. Lyon
Lyon
Rogues Hollow
Fred
Asheville
N. C
Western North Carolina Railroad
Melrose Station
Saluda Mountain
Asheville & Spartanville
Melrose
Toronto
Canadian Pacific Railway
Claremont
Myrtle
John Wanless
Parkdale
Y James Alton
F. Oliver
Joe Servais
Williamsburg
Cortland Brown
A Texas Girl Shot In Jack County Feud
Texas report details Mrs. Julia Bowers and her 17 year old daughter traveling to Mrs. John Walker’s home to whip her. Walker’s defense with a loaded shotgun led to a fatal discharge killing the Bowers girl instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Julia Bowers
Jack County
John Walker
Senate Passes Free Coinage Bill Making It Legal Tender
The Senate approved a free coinage silver bill by 45 to 25, declaring dollars as the unit and coins of 412 1/2 grains silver or 25.8 grains gold legal tender for all debts. The measure, tied to certificates and repurposed earlier acts, outlines deposits, redenomination, and treasury funding. The House action remains uncertain with caucus considerations and possible passage.
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Senate
Inerox
Plumb
House
Aldrich
Allen
Allison
Blair
Casey
Chandler
Cullom
Dawes
Edmunds
Evarts
Frye
Gray
Hale
Hawley
Hiscock
Hoar
McPherson
Morrill
Platt
Sawyer
Sherman
Spooner
Stockbridge
Washburn
Wilson
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Sleeping Men Murdered in New Mexico Cowboy Camp
A freight crew reports Lordsburg New Mexico is abuzz after a band of about thirty Indians attacked a cowboy camp north of Sepore. Ten men were with the group. one barefoot survivor describes the raid at around 10 o clock Monday night. Three men fell, others likely perished. Posse hunts organized at Lordsburg and Deming. Sepore lies 130 miles west.
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Paso
Tex
Southern Pacific
Lordsburg
N. M
Sepore
Indiana
Deming
The Cleveland Strike Paralyzes Railways And Industry
Cleveland businesses report fuel shortages and looming plant closures as a railway tie-up by striking switchmen spreads. Officials say up to 20,000 workers could lose jobs if the stoppage endures while railroads press to replace workers and resume traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Not Want to Be Bishop Declines Alabama Bishopric
June 18 Montgomery Rev. John S. Lindsay of St. Paul's Boston declined election as assistant Bishop of Alabama after being named by the diocesan council. Also reports: Nebraska farmer James Whitman shot dead near Arapahoe. brother-in-law Charles Johnson missing as suspect. Zimmermann proclaimed schuetzen king at Bremen schuetzen festival. Chicago broker W C Albertson owes $250,000 due to clerk dishonesty. John McElhone, longtime House chief stenographer, dies at 59 in Atlantic City. Arkansas Democratic Convention nominates James P. Eagle for Governor and completes State ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
John S. Lindsay
St. Paul’s Church
Boston
Mass
Alabama
Protestant Episcopal Church
Aruburn
Neb
James Whitman
Charles Johnson
Whitman
Chicago
W. C. Albertson
Board of Trade
Albertson
House
Washington
John McElhone
Atlantic City
McElhone
House of Representatives
Little Rock, Ark
James P. Eagle
Senate Finance Committee Reports McKinley Bill Tariff Changes
The Senate Finance Committee reported the McKinley tariff bill noting no revenue estimate yet and expected floor action around July 1. Major reductions occur across earthenware, metal, agricultural, and sundries schedules with lower duties on fruit, rice, chocolate, glassware, and metals. new penalties for bounty fraud and adjustments to fish and works of art provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
Wasumeron
Senate
Committee On Finance
United States
High Seas
Dominion
Canada
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Internal Revenue
Great Reform Congress to Meet in Chicago During Fair
World labor and social reform congress planned for Chicago during the Columbian Exposition of 1893. May 27 meeting at 21 Clinton Place included Samuel P. Gompers P J McGuire W Evans William Martin Frank Foster and others. Delegates from American Federations of Labor Amalgamated Iron Workers Central Labor Union and European reformers invited. call to be issued soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress of Labor
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Clinton Place
Samuel P. Gompers
P. J. McGuire
W. Evans
William Martin
Pittsburgh
Amalgamated
Europe
Tragedy at Denver and notable 19th century items
Aaron M Jones shot his wife at breakfast then killed himself in Denver Colorado amid rumors of insanity. Archduchess Marguerite abdicated claims to the Austrian throne in Vienna on Tuesday following Valerie. Albert McClester sues for 25000 over an eye lost in a January mold explosion in Columbus Indiana. Pennsylvania Rolled Steel Car Wheel and Continental merge with Norristown Steel Co creating a 20 million capital group. Robert L Wallace Ignatius Lovitz plead guilty to grand larceny in New York after fleeing to Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Marguerite
Valerie
Austria
New York
Robert L Wallace
Ignatius Lovitz
Wallace’s Monthly
Cuba
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Fan Wert Bulletin
Joan
Arnold & CO
Oregon
Susterre
George Kaylor
Fairview Park
Fairview
Ommana
Union Pacific
Kearney
Berthand
E. E. Howendabber
Ravenna
Here
Thomas
Berin
Gollub
Prussia
Texas
Kemmler
Harris Smiler
Fitzgerald
Sing Sing Prison
Mercip
Montreal
Can
Howard's
Egypt
Constantinople
Cairo
Figypt
CoLumpaus
Otto Leuth
Maggie Thompson
Campbell
Board of Pardons
Baton Rover
New Mexico
Bremeen
August Zimmermann
Schuetzen Corps
Herr Zimmermann
Great Reform Congress
Aaron M. Jones
Erma
Albert McClester
Indianapolis Malleable Iron Company
Norristown
Pennsylvania Rolled Steel Car Wheel Company
Continental
Norristown Steel Company
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