News of the Week Highlights Dec 5 to 11
The column surveys a week of political and social turmoil from the United States and abroad. It notes the sugar trust statement, the Walters collection bequest, Lexow committee findings, Armenian atrocities reports, high profile indictments, and governance crises in Alabama and South Carolina, with fresh turmoil in New York, London, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Weekly Tribune
United States
Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Walters Art
Metropolitan Museum of New York
Fellows
New York
Ducey
Corrigan
Lexow
Green Goods
Committee of 70
New York City
Athens
N. A. Black
McArthur
Cleveland
Butler
Supreme Court of
South Carolina
Tillman
John Cronin
Connecticut
Kansas
San Francisco Society
Examiner
Oates
Alabama
Captain Kolb
Kolb
John Burns
Cooper Union
Gilroy
Tammany
Carlisle
Bissell
Hull
Que
Saunderson
Dublin
London
West
Senate
Washington
Andrews
Lexow Committee
Adk
Congress
Olney
Unger
Hill
Florida
Louisiana
Reginald Llewellyn Traherne Bassett Saunderson
J. Edward Lee
New Haven
Conn
Catherine Ging
Minneapolis
Foreign Office
John Gary Evans
Hogg
Texas
Rockefellers
Oden Bowie
Maryland
Leon Abbott
New Jersey
Howgate
McComas
Fort Lincoln
McLaughlin
Williams
Slevin
Stevenson
Anna Clark
House Banking and Currency Committee
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
William
Reichstag
Berlin
Prince of Wales
England
Russia
Iltan
Turkey
W. A.bruce
E. H. Strobel
New Wapork
Ecuador
Chili
Derian
Clara Kk. Simpson
Eaton
Fraker
Kansas City
Thompson
Chicago
China
Becides
Japan
Brady
New York Chamber of Commerce
Edward Addicks
Thomas James
James
Denny
W. C. Owens
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Francis H. Woods
Albany
McQuaid
San Francisco
Harry T. and
Adry A. Hayward
Min
Christmas Feasts in Windsor and Servia
A snippet describes Windsor sending ready cooked Christmas dishes to Osborne including the royal boar's head and woodcock pie with hymns sung during serving. It also recounts a Servian Christmas dinner where a pig is roasted on a long stake, guests tell stories, Santa Claus attends as a guest, and straw decorates the feast hall.
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Windsor
Osborne
Servia
Santa Claus
New York Journal
Why Santa Claus Drives Reindeers
Philadelphia Timea notes Santa Claus travels with reindeer to entertain children in Lapland framing the tradition as a playful claim about his interest in young beings.
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Santa Claus
Lapland
Philadelphia
Bread Sauce For Fowl From English Tradition
The Chicago Record notes a traditional method for bread sauce to accompany roast fowl. Mix bread crumbs with milk and garlic or onion, a mace blade, butter, pepper, and salt. Boil until thickened to drawn-butter consistency, removing the aromatics before serving. Cold boiled ham pairs well with roast fowl in England.
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England
Chicago
Murder Charge in Catharine Ging Case Deepens
Minneapolis reports Harry T. Hayward, young businessman, charged with first degree murder tied to Catharine Ging. Two more arrests follow as Adry A. Hayward confesses a life insurance motive and conspirators Blixt and Erickson are taken into custody. Clothing moved and pawnbroker transactions flagged the sequence.
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Haigh
Kellam
New York
Garlsre
Morton
Supreme Court
Clause A. Blixty
Ole Ericson
Minneapolis
Catharine Ging
A. A. Hayward
Harry T. Hayward
Washington
China
Cleveland
Nicholas Segudia
Chicago
Utah
Colorado
Lord Rosebery
Brigg
Conroy Haney
George W. Brandt
Champ Clark
Cowen
Congress
James B. Coit
Hartford
Conn
Kilbreth
Fellows
House Committee On Banking and Cur Rency
Carlisle
George Boyd
Philadelphia
Brockway
Elmira Reformatory
John B. Jersey
Ed Jordan
A. D. Barnes
George Baden
Georgetown University
Sicily
Italy
John Read
Jim Price
Indian Territory
Gustavus Adolpus
Sweden
Europe
American
Mr. Haney
Brandt
Houes Banking and Currency Committee
Call
Cuba
St Johns
N. F
Sioux City
Texas
Standard Oil
Claus A. Blixt
Ozark
Migs Ging
Ole Erickson
Adry A. Hayward
Blixt
Adry
Harry
Erickson
Iowa Falls
Washington Avenue
Chattanooga Hotel In Flames Devastates Southern Hotel
Fire swept the Southern hotel in Chattanooga Tennessee on December 11 causing a total loss. The blaze started from a meter in the basement with gas ignition from the nearby furnace. Seventy five guests evacuated safely. the building valued at 75000 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern
Xis Meter
Canada’s Grotto Inaugurated at Longue-Pointe
The official inauguration of a Lourdes style grotto was held at Longue-Pointe Que built by Miss Boucher who was cured at Lourdes this summer of a serious disease.
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Longue-Pointe
Que
Lourdes
Boucher
Canada to Have a World's Fair in Montreal 1896 Plan
The Montreal Exhibition Company endorsed a plan to host a world's fair in Montreal in 1896 and pledged support to its organizers at the annual meeting.
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Canada
Montreal
The
Montreal Exhibition Company
Empire Knights of Relief Convene in Danville
The Empire Knights of Relief hold their annual state convention in Danville New York starting today and continuing tomorrow with members from across the state attending events and sessions.
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Danville
N. Y
Empire Knights of Relief
New York Money Market Report
New York December 10 money at 1 1/4 per cent prime mercantile paper 2 3 4 per cent sterling exchange actual business in bank ers bills 4 8 3 4 for demand and 4 8 7 1 4 4 8 7 3 4 for 60 days posted rates 4 8 5 4 8 9 and 4 8 9 4 9 commercial bills 4 8 6 4 4 government bonds United States 3s reg 1 1 3 do 4s coup 1 1 4 do 5s 9 5 4 4 railroad bonds Pacific 5f 95 1 2 0 silver 64c bid
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific
New York Produce Market Flour and Grain Prices
Grain and flour prices listed for New York and Minnesota markets including patent flour, winter straights, and extras. Bucks and cornmeal quotes, rye and rye flour figures, barley malt, oats, hay, pork, butter, cheese, eggs, and potatoes shown with bid or delivered prices and monthly options.
Buffalo Provision Market Prices for Wheat and Grains
Buffalo provision market reports prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, flour, butter, cheese, and eggs. Details cover No 1 hard and old wheat at 70 cents per bushel, corn 48 to 47.5 cents, oats 8 to 34 cents, rye 51 to 54 cents, barley around 59 to 61 cents, various flour grades, and dairy and egg quotes from state and western markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burratta
Minnesota
Canada
Graham
Wester
CARE OF SHOES How to Repair Run-Down Heels and Remove Odors
Practical tips from the Boston Globe on extending shoe life. Repair run-down heels early, add heel layers, and balance weight. Use shoe trees to preserve vamp shape, and wipe interiors with ammonia solution before sun drying. Stuff evening slippers with tissue after wear.
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Boston Globe
Keep a stiff lower lip warns of danger signals
A New York Sun column argues the lower lip, not the upper, displays character and truth. It warns that a trembling or protruding lower lip signals sorrow or mischief, while a firm lower lip indicates resolve. The piece urges women to note this cue in suitors and avoid engagement with those showing lip weakness.
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Carol Martin
D. D
New York City
Hood
Paul M. Wester
North Tenth Street
Reading
N. Y. Sun
Why French Lacks a Neuter Gender
The note discusses gender in French grammar, saying there are only masculine and feminine forms. A quoted remark jokes that neuter gender is absent because there are no neutral “dudes” in France. The colorful exchange reflects simplified language commentary rather than formal linguistics.
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Tommy Traddles
France
N. Y
Rejections of Christ Explored In Week's Meeting
A church study outlines three forms of Christ rejection: Jewish unbelief, Pilate's moral cowardice, and the backslider's fall. Rev S H Doyle leads discussion on Mark xv 6 1 and Hebrews vi 4 6 with biblical readings from I Samuel to Revelation.
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Rev
S. H. Doyle
Christ
Jesus Christ
God
Pilate
Outline for new member reception in Christian Endeavor
At the Cleveland Lookout Committee Conference Rev Elwell O Mead of Burton Ohio presented a simple outline for receiving new members at consecration meetings. Members sign the constitution, president speaks briefly, lookout chair offers right hand of fellowship, pastor leads a prayer, members receive a Christian Endeavor pin from the treasurer, and the ceremony closes with Blest be the tie that binds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lookout Committee
Cleveland
Elwell O. Mead
Burton
Christian Endeavor Society
Christian Endeavor
Imagination and Faith: Hope Through the Holy Ghost
The speaker warns imagination can lift the mind toward God and distant beauty yet also sink to the world. He counsels that when imagination overwhelms, the Christian can cry out for help, affirming that only the Holy Ghost can chain such thoughts and restore hope.
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Earth
Holy
D. C. Knowles
Contributions For Foreign Missions Reported by Missionary Herald
The Missionary Herald notes that within six months after January, at least 700 Christian Endeavor societies sent gifts totaling about $11,000 to the treasury. This compares with $13,535 contributions for all of 1893, indicating growth from the previous year.
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The
Missionary Herald
Foreign Missionary Magazine of
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor Societies
Congregational Y P S C E meets prisoners in Auburn jail
Rev O J White is replaced as state president by Rev O W Waldron of Concord. The Auburn California group holds Sunday jail meetings with leaders set by the prayer committee and prisoners show intent for reform. Seattle St Mark's Christian Endeavor cites early adoption in Episcopal parishes.
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O. J. White
New Hampshire
O. W. Waldron
Concord
Congregational
Auburn
Cal
Christian Endeavor Society
St. Mark’s Church
Seattle
Wash
C. E
York (Pa.) Union
Tyrant’s Rule Overshadows Free People in Silent Rebellion
A poem narrates a tyrant’s rise and the people’s quiet servitude under royal state. Subjects toil long hours, lose personal time, and bow to a ruler unknown by name. Even crowned leaders gain only a shadow of reward as obedience erodes peace while the tyrant sleeps. Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler.
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Theale
The Old Homestead Poem Fragment on the Hill
A fragment depicts a lone hillside homestead still under sunbeam light with no one left to mourn or tread its worn steps, suggesting quiet abandonment and memory.
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Sarah
Ladies’ Home Journal
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Armenia
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