Johns Hopkins founder’s Clifton plan haunts citys aim
Special correspondence from Baltimore outlines Johns Hopkins fortunes and the founder's vision. It notes his wealth built through keen money management, his will funding a university and hospital, and a conflict over relocating the university from Clifton to central Baltimore. Miss Mary Garrett may endow 1.6 million dollars if Clifton relocation becomes a condition.
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Baltimore
Youu
Johns Hopkins University
Anne Arundel County
Ohio
Johns Hopkins
Clifton
Mr. Hopkins
John W. Garrett
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hopkins
Mary Garrett
Miss Garrett
Abdsam Andrews
LIFE IN JAPAN How the People Live Work and Amuse Themselves
Special correspondence from New York on Japan portrays a cheerful, skilled people with strong crafts and a growing economy. It notes railroad and telegraph reach, planned constitutional reforms, and an extensive but simple home life with public baths, rice and fish diet, and daily outdoor activity. It cites Perry’s 1853 opening, Bingh am treaty issues, and Japan’s shift from feudal rule to a centralized liberal monarchy under the mikado. It gives statistics on land, population, debt, army and navy, and trade, concluding Japan as an important rising nation.
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New York
Japan
Commodore Perry
Island Empire
England
United States
Yokohama
Europe
France
John A Bingham
L. J. Parsons
Lieut Danenhower Remembrances From Annapolis Cadets
Special correspondence from Annapolis May 3 recalls Lieut Danenhower as a square man loved by cadets. They played pranks to tease him, including cannons mislaid and a dummy death, which ended with him reacting calmly and rushing for medical aid. He is remembered for tenderness and strong character.
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Annapolis
Danenhower
Danny
Diety
Blue Jackets
W. A. Wilson
Moseley Named Secretary of Interstate Commerce Commission
Special correspondence from Boston May 3 reports Hon Edward Augustus Moseley recently appointed secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Born March 23 1846 in Newburyport Mass he built a lumber and trading career in Boston and Newburyport. A Democrat he served on Newburyport common council alderman and in the legislature where railroads gave him prominence on the railroad committee.
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Boston
Newburyport
Catherine M. Prescott
Harriet Prescott Spotford
Moseley
Edward S. Moseley
New England
India
Coringa
N. A. Goddard
Stetson, Moseley & Co
Kilby Street
Raiload
Recruiting in Chicago for Kansas and Missouri forces
Special Correspondent notes strict Army recruiting in Chicago for cavalry and infantry bound for Kansas and Missouri. Of about sixty monthly applicants, only eight to ten are accepted after rigorous checks of eyesight, hearing, and intellect. Recruits endure five years, earn 14 dollars a month plus rations and clothing, and many save money to buy land and cattle after discharge, becoming ranchers in the West.
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Cariaco
Cavalry
Infantry
Chicago
Department of Kansas
Missouri
LG Mh
Judge William J. Allen Appointed in Southern Illinois
Special correspondence from Sprincr, Ill, May 2, William J. Allen, lately named United States judge for the southern district of Illinois, succeeds the late Judge Treat. Known as Josh Allen, he was once Logan’s congressional representative and Caldwell’s law partner. Born 1828 in Tennessee, his career spans state legislature, US district attorney, circuit judge, and service in Congress.
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Southern
Tlinois
Treat
William J. Allen
United States
Josh” Allen
John A. Logan
Logan
Carbondale
Mr. Allen
WM. J. Allen
Allen
Judge Allen
Tennessee
Illinois
Pierce
Cleveland
Samuel H. Treat
Dreary Sitka Winter Report From George W Elder passenger
Dr W Cowles a Sitka resident and mining man describes Sitka winters with heavy rain two feet of snow and long nights He notes once monthly steamship service that governs supplies and mentions Sitka's population mix including Americans Russians and native Alaska Indians as reported by the San Francisco Examiner.
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Sitka
George W. Elder
Dr. W. Cowles
Mr. Cowles
Tropics
Itou
Alaska
Slag Fertilizer Plant Opens At Bilston Works
A new industry grows in South Staffordshire as the Staffordshire Steel and Ingot Iron Company at Bilston lays down a complete slag grinding plant for agricultural use. The 140 by 50 foot slag house houses three grinding stages, with the final mill producing ultrafine powder that passes a 10 000 hole per square inch mesh. Slag contains about 40 percent lime and 16 to 20 percent phosphoric acid, boosting its value as a fertilizer according to the Chicago Times.
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South Staffordshire
England
Staffordshire Steel and Ingot Iron Company
Bilston
Chicago Times
Must Not Wheel His Own Baby
A clergyman in Edinburg was observed carrying his baby on the street. His congregation gave him a perambulator as a gift but he wheeled the infant in it, provoking a formal reprimand and the withdrawal of his pastoral duties.
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Edinburg
London
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