Cabinet Changes Prompt Senate Nominations
The President on Tuesday sent nominations to the Senate including Lucius Q C Lamar of Mississippi for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Don M Dickinson of Michigan for Postmaster General and William F Vilas of Wisconsin for Secretary of the Interior. Also named officers appointed during recess: Charles B Fairchild New York for Secretary of the Treasury and others for Treasury and State posts.
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Senate
Lucius Q. C. Lamar
Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States
Don M. Dickinson
Michigan
William F. Vilas
Wisconsin
Interior
Charles 8. Fairchild
New York
Treasury
George L. Rivers
Isaac H. Maynard
Sigourney Butler
Massachusetts
James W. Hyatt
Connecticut
United States
Nation bows to new Supreme Court nominee Lamar and Dickinson
A historic profile outlines Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar born in Putnam County Georgia in 1825 and rising through Emory College Mississippi politics to serve in Congress and the Senate. It also highlights Donald Dickinson a youthful cabinet pick from Auburn Michigan, noted for a large law reform business, wealth, and long backing of Cleveland with a lifelong Democratic role.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Putnam County
Georgia
Emory College
A. H. Chappell
Mississippi
Mrade
Misissippi University
Covington
Congress
Pr Dent Davis
Russia
Missisippi
United States Senate
Interior
Cleveland
Donal Dickinson
Dickinson
Auburn
Nish
Asa Dickinson
Daniel S$. Dickinson
Massachusetts
Dickinsons
Michigan
Don
Ew Fostmaster
Ann Arbor
Law School
Fother
New York
Julian G
Toether
Dickinson, Hosmer & Thurber
Chicago
Buffalo
White House
Lothrop
Russa
Legal Mills Grist Legal Rules Across States
A digest of diverse court rulings from Texas Massachusetts New Jersey West Virginia Iowa Mississippi Alabama and England. Topics include passenger fare timing rules false statements impacting credit adopted child bequest unmarried until twenty one railway passenger damages berth exits jury verdicts murder and medical insanity as a defense.
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Grist
Legal Mills
Texas Supreme Court
Masachusetts Supreme Court
New Jersey
Court of West Virginia
Iowa
Mississippi
California
Bo Sin Sear Society
Guy Sin Sear Society
Alabama
Wild Dogs Against Pears in Wind River Mountains
A Montana paper details fierce wild dogs in the Upper Wind River descended from a Scotch grayhound and English bulldog pairing. In a recent attack, about one hundred dogs slew twelve silver-tip bears, twenty-five dogs died, and the remaining beasts fed on the carcasses in a brutal, deadly encounter.
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Upper Wind River
Montana
Fort Washakie
Twelve Bears
The Great Salt Lake A Glorious & Fatal Waters
A vivid note on the Great Salt Lake describing its size about ninety miles long and forty miles wide. The spring melt floods the plains and the lake remains a vast, salt charged body where no fish live and even a trout dies in minutes. The piece marvels at the lake's brine and crystal formation. St Nichole.
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St. Nichole
Ghastly Jewelry In the War Tales of POW ingenuity
Captain Simpson recalls Louisiana Tigers at Fort Delaware who turned death and deprivation into craft. A prisoner named Schmidt carved gold rings from a dead man’s plate and traded them to guards and visitors. Another Georgia youth carved bone and silver into trinkets, selling them for Yankee money then Confederate bills after exchange.
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Simpson
Macon
Fort Delaware
Mims
Sebmit
Northcutt
Schmidt
Fort Telaware
Georgia
African Water Turkey Described by German Explorer
Count Joachim Pfell reports a mysterious coast creature in Ulanga District that behaved like a water serpent. The animal, duck sized with a long neck and beak, surfaced briefly, flew when shot, and dries on bushes after leaving water. Its flesh is said to taste oily per Chicago Herald.
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Joachim Fpfell
Ulanga
Chicago
California Orchard Lands Face Big Fruit Yields
California's Largest Orchard, in Suisun valley, owned by A T Natch, reports 200 acres pears 139 peaches 70 apricots 10 nectarines 210 almonds 10 cherries 160 plums plus currants gooseberries and citrus. This season 300 acres bore 2090 tons valued at 100000. At full bearing the orchard could yield 2900 tons worth 400000.
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California
Chicago
Suisun Valley
A. T. Natch
California First Union
Electric Car Amazes City As it Moves Without Visible Power
A New York correspondent reports in the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette about an electrified streetcar in green with a sharp bell and a front lamp. Stored electricity powers the car, which runs on ordinary tracks and attracts crowds of curious onlookers.
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New York
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Juden
Fourth Avenue
Maneuver of an Elephant in India Showed Generalship
Laurence Oliphant recalls an Indian elephant that, after a boar was badly wounded, refused to be dispatched by knife. The mahout urged the animal to kill, but the elephant backed away, then wheeled, trapped the boar, and crushed him between its hind legs, bones cracking.
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Laurence Oliphant
India
Ife
Investing Ben Franklin's Money Through The Ages
Franklins 1890 bequests of 2000 in Boston and 5000 in Philadelphia funded a loan program for young artisans. After a century Boston’s fund grew to about 328000 while Philadelphia’s reached 70000, both under Franklin’s projected outcomes. Trustees lagged in business acumen, yet both funds persist with Boston allocating part to Franklin Park recreation ground.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Boston Reserve
Franklin Park
How Dutch Bulbs are Raised Description of bulb fields and cultivation
Boston writer Robert T. Farquhar describes Holland bulb gardens with vast level fields 15 to 20 acres divided by canals and ditches. The sandy porous soil drains surplus moisture. canals enable boat transport of bulbs and manure to stores. Bulbs are handled in padded baskets, planting and lifting done largely by hand, with soil types suited to Hyacinths Tulips Narcissus versus heavier loamy soil for Hotteias Spiracus Lily of the Valley and others.
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Robert T. Farquhar
Boston
Holland Bulb Gardens
A Scene in Borneo by the Marehesa
A vivid travel sketch describes a Meimbun river passage in Borneo with palm fronds and nipa borders. Markets, huts on stilts, and sea praus mingle with lush vegetation as the author extols a paradise free from cold hunger and modern civilization.
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Meimbun
Crete
Marehesa
Remarkable Salt Mountain in Palestine Near Dead Sea
Palestine reports a six mile long salt ridge at the Dead Sea shore, up to six hundred feet high, with solid rock salt and thick overlying deposits. The salt deposits extend underground, with varying proximity to the water, and the Dead Sea salt is a government monopoly. Arabs or natives found taking salt risk arrest. most local salt is government controlled and used in Hebron and Jerusalem.
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Palestine
Dead
Dead Sea
Jordan
Hebron
Jerusalem
Arizona Mummies Found by Gold Seekers in Arizona Cave
In San Francisco a cache of newly found mummies is reported as one of America’s remarkable discoveries. The dry, nearly naked corpses show no embalming, resembling parchment and being very light. They were uncovered by gold seekers in the Sierra Madre range near the Gila river in Arizona, in a cave behind a cement entrance. They were transported to San Francisco amid Apache opposition, and interest grows in scientific circles.
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Arizona
San Francisco
America
Sierre Madres
Gila
Ciard
Palpitation of the Heart Treatment and Management
Dr. B W Richardson explains that palpitation may occur without organic heart disease and often affects nervous, sensitive individuals. Moral, hygienic, and medical care are advised, focusing on reducing fear, maintaining regular habits, avoiding stimulants like tea and alcohol, limiting food, and steering clear of mental excitements. Smoking is strongly condemned as harming heart steadiness.
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B. W. Richardson
Paris kiosques and the French newspaper habit
The Century describes Paris news kiosques as the central news distribution method replacing the English and American newsboy. It contrasts the American rush to newspapers with the French habit of leisurely choosing Figaro or Zemps from kiosque stands along the boulevards, highlighting cultural differences in journalism.
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Paris
London
New York
France
How the Sparrow Came
The English sparrow was introduced to control pests like a miller caterpillar in parks. After failed first attempts and a harsh winter killing many, a second effort with sparrow houses helped establish the birds and their descendants across the United States.
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Australia
New York
Old World
United States
New York Mail
I2- Pret
A Queer Character at the Tuman Express Agent Office
ALondon correspondent described as a queer character operates as a University Agent from the Uptown Steamship Office. He charges for time, has a staff of newspaper men, and can deliver cable messages about a friend’s death or an interview with Gladstone, promising rapid replies.
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Tuman Express
Edwin H. Low
Uptown
London
Gladstone
Wie
York Warde
Advertise Well Motto From Yonkers Gazette
A historical adage urges businesses to advertise well as a path to wealth. The Yonkers Gazette notes caution about excessive spending and warns that even bold campaigns can risk bankruptcy while urging proactive self-reliance in promotional efforts.
A Fire Escape for Horses Trials New Stable System
An electrical firm in Centre street has installed a trial device to evacuate horses from stalls during a fire. A three foot wheel in the stable alleyway pulls a weight to trigger a circuit via ceiling thermostats. When activated a bell rings, stall bolts withdraw, halters loosen, and water jets shower each horse to coax them into backing out of their stalls as doors open for escape.
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Centre Street
Singing Sands at Manchester Beach Draws Scientific Interest
The singing sands of Manchester Massachusetts draw attention as researchers from Trinity College and Columbia study sound produced by friction of angular sand grains. They note the phenomenon occurs between high and low tides in patches, varies by season, and vanishes when sand is bagged but reappears in bottles.
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Manchester
Mass
Bolton
Trinity College
Julien
Columbia
Christian
Plants Used by Man Across Uses and Varieties
Prairie Farmer notes about 5000 plants used by humans, with 2500 cultivated in America. Edible fruits and seeds include 100 vegetables and 100 roots, bulbs, 30 grain varieties, 20 producing sugar and syrup. Medicine plants total 1140, with 350 in industry and 76 dyes and waxes. Poisonous plants reach 250, 66 narcotic. rest deadly.
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America
The Child's Bumped Head Advised By Doctor
Dr Edward Martin warns that a bumped head can cause a momentary stun slight vomiting and later heavy drowsiness a sign of seriousness. Keep the child quiet allow sleep and avoid stimulants until the doctor arrives to prevent improper treatment by others.
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Edward Martin
A Cure for a Cold from Old Home Remedies
The article advises a hot lemonade at bedtime to ease a cold and suggests foot soaking in hot water with mustard if the cold is in the head. It recommends wearing warmer stockings the next day and using warm oil or turpentine on a sore chest with extra flannel before going out, in the food housekeeping section.
Where Sea Birds Get Fresh Water in Rain Clouds
A historic skipper states sea birds obtain fresh water by drinking rain droplets gathered from storm clouds. He notes birds chase approaching squalls from afar and drink as rain falls, enabling long voyages with minimal freshwater needs. The tale highlights their keen weather sensing and rapid rain-water uptake.
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