Weekly Call notes on fruit prospects and public affairs
The weekly column jokes about peach and strawberry prospects and warns of dwindling apples while hinting at potential watermelons. It recalls John Sherman’s revival after rumors of his death and notes Mazet's rising profile in a New York legislative probe. Breckinridge’s Cuba trip frames a civic debate on annexation with two to one support if voted today.
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New York
Mazetta
Mazet
Lexow
Breckinridge
Cuba
United States
Empress An Urges Tolerance for Christian Worship
Dowager Empress An urges Chinese subjects to avoid molesting Christians and shows broad liberty in religious worship. Her stance aligns with advancing religious tolerance seen in the United States and Great Britain.
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Empress An
United States
Great Britain
Roosevelt speech praises navy builders in Chicago remarks
One of the many good points in Gov. Roosevelt's Chicago address praised those who built up the navy and urged the country to remember those who opposed its expansion for the sake of the nation's future.
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Gov. Roosevelt
Chicago
Gage recounts man’s breakfast walk profit tale
Secretary Gage told of a man who visited his stable before breakfast and, after returning, told his wife he had made 400 dollars by the walk. He said examining a team led him to value it at that much more, and he had capitalized it accordingly, reflecting day’s financial ideas.
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Gage
Quincy
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia Vacant Love Association Reports Second Year
The society secured land within city limits for 182 gardens cultivated by 140 poor families totaling 770 people. The total yield reached $9,700, averaging $60 per garden, while outlay for seed tools supervision and incidentals was $2,266.
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Philadelphia
End of War With Spain Ratified in Washington
President McKinley and Spain's Minister Cambon exchanged ratifications of the Paris treaty in Washington ending the war. The conflict officially began on April 21, 1598, and the period between opening and closing spanned one year and ten days.
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McKinley
Spain
Cambon
France
Washington
United States
Volunteers rush for pensions after Spanish War began
Veterans and their families are surprised as within a year from the start of the Spanish War about 11,000 volunteers have filed pension applications. Some regiments show one in three men seeking pensions, while others are lower. notably, even units never under fire have 200 to 300 applications on file.
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Spain
Egregious Blunder: Town Robbers Steal Newspaper Clippings
In a Minnesota town a group of gentlemen attempted burglary at a newspaper editor’s home seeking valuables. They instead found the editor asleep and left with nothing but a wad of newspaper clippings stuffed into the editor’s wallet.
International disarmament conference figures at The Hague
Statisticians estimate direct costs of major 19th century wars, listing the Crimean war at 1.7 billion, Italian war of 1855 at 253 million, Austro Prussian war at 330 million, Branco German war at 2.5334 billion, Russo Turkish war at 1.29 billion, totaling over 6 billion for five great European wars. American Civil War cost is given as 5 billion with additional property losses.
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Hague
Various Political Moves and Crimes Across Par titions
Gen Joseph Wheeler seeks active service in the Philippines or resigns from Congress. Greek cabinet formed with Thetokis interior and Romanos foreign affairs. Kautz to maintain Mataafa crown and peace in Apia. Aguinaldo deposed. Luna commands Filipino forces. Wallace Andrews estate worth 4 million to widow then girls’ school endowment. Admiral Schley sworn rear admiral. other appointments issued. Croker asserts party leadership before Mazet committee. Mrs T Benton Leiter to debut on stage. Trux blows fire kills miner. California baseball star Dial dies from brain injury. U S commissioner Neuholz orders Murphy over to Mexican officials. Behring Sea fleet sails May 1. Dreyfus documents discussed. Ohio centennial funds approved in Michigan. Dakota sharpshooters encounter rebels. Lawton advances near Manila. Ottawa tornado hits homes. Colorado Midland blockade broken after snow and ice. El Correo Espanola suppressed in Madrid. Kings Daughters Ohio hold convention in Newark.
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Joseph Wheeler
White House
Philippines
House of Representatives
M. Thetokis
George
Greece
M. Zamis
Aguinaldo
Gen. Luna
Lnte
Wallace C. Andrews
New York City
Ac School For Girls
Willoughby
Schley
Mazet
Richard Croker
T. Benton Leiter
Chicago
Auditorium Recital Hall
Leiter
Benton Leiter
Levi Z. Leiter
Behring Sea Patro
San Francisco
Fraystatter
Dreyfus
M. Lockrow
Ohio
Michigan
Paetor Ancontenia
Weisenbergen
North Dakota
Manilla
Lawton
Napidan
Laguna del Bay
Ottawa
Kas
Colorado Midland Railroad
Leadville
Emperor William plans Berlin province split
German press reports William to create separate Berlin province hindering municipal self government. Grinstead, S. W., 37, Humboldt Neb., bank cashier, shot self after admitting 310,000 shortage. bank to continue. US export, beef, and colonial news touch Manila, Cuba, and Spain amid various political shifts. Roosevelt signs six day bicycle race ban.
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William
Berlin
S. W. Grinstead
Humboldt
Neb
Wilson
Bureau of Statisticcs
United States
Kansas City
Philippine Islands
Brooke
Santiago de Cuba
Cortes
Madrid
Bilbao
Valencia
Cullar de Baza
Andalusian
Granada
Minor News Items From United States 1899
A digest of brief items notes ratios of railroad workers, Kiowa medicine rites, Gen Wheeler cuff buttons from Civil War, interior surveys in Alaska for 1899, Jamaica unrest annexation talk, Vanderbilt dormitory funding, Helen Gould awarded NY fire badge, Mrs Sherman’s late life illness, Hanson Borden supplying eggs to the White House, Frankfort Kentucky grand jury on trusts, Charles Rever Curtis linked to Paul Revere lineage, American Sunday School union 75th anniversary, McKinley oil and mineral rights near Scio oil field discovery.
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United States
Kansas
Gen. Wheeler
Secretary of the Interior
Walcott
Alaska
Jamaica
William Ek
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Hanson Borden
Virginia
White House
State Circuit Court
Frankfort
Cantrill
Grand Jury
Charles Rever Curtis
Rockland
Mass
Paul Revere
Sally Revere
The
American Sunday School Union
Philadelphia
Morris K. Jessup
New York
McKinley
George D. Saxton
Scio
Record shower of broomcorn marks industry milestone
A Terre Haute and Peoria Vandalia train left Arcola carrying about 25 cars of broomcorn. The shipment goes to major manufacturing firms in Ohio and West Virginia. Railway officials provided 80 000 pound capacity cars and escorted the load for a daylight cross state run. It is described as the largest single broomcorn shipment in industry history.
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Ilinois
United States
Terre Haute & Peoria
Vandalia Railroad
Arcola
Ohio
West Virginia
Governor’s nominations approved by senate in Illinois
The governor sent a batch of nominations to the senate and they were confirmed. Southern Illinois appointees include Lind ley Rannells and Bidwell to the Railroad and Warehouse Board, Snively Ryan and Hilton to Canal Commissioners, Thomas W. Scott to Chester Penitentiary, and others to Deaf and Dumb, Soldiers’ Orphans Home, Fish Commissioners, yathee shoal Board, Court of Claims, Carbondale Normal, Humane Agents, Board of Arbitration, and Board of Pardons. Gatesburg city council defeats anti license ordinance. council defers to ward results despite statewide vote. February 14 election shows anti license lost by 28 votes amid finances concerns.
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Senate
Southern Illinois
Railroad and Warehouse Board
Lindley, Rannells
Bidwell
Canal
Snively
Ryan and Hilton
Chester
Thomas W. Scott
Fairfield
Robert Aitchison
Carthage
Benson Wood
Effingham
Cohen, Bartlett and Leake
Yathee Shoal
R. A. Lemon
Clinton
E. J. Murphy
East St. Louis
Galesburg
Gatesburg
Chicago station records set in baggage handling without loss
The Tribune cites Chicago's union station handling 7.5 million passengers and 50 million dollars in baggage last year with no accidents or lost baggage. It marks a third year without baggage loss. Also notes oats planting delays in McLean County and a humorous desertion tale from Quincy involving a fortune teller and a bicycle factory.
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Chicago
Tribune
Union
Swiss girl Mary's suicide by sulfur matches in Galesburg
Mary Colson a young Swiss girl committed suicide in Galesburg by eating sulphur from matches and died from phosphoric poison. She had recently attempted to starve herself to death but was discovered and saved. Homesick and longing to return to her homeland, she lacked the means.
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Mary Colson
Galesburg
Illinois legislature highlights and budget measures through mid April
The Illinois House and Senate advanced numerous bills from April 11 to 15, including appropriations for a state electric plant, Lincoln monument, and sugar bounty. Key actions covered include the arbitration bill, a long list of normal school and road funding, and a measure enabling the Blocher voting machine. The session closed with many acts enacted and debates over reforms and memorials.
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Springfield
House
Senate
Templeton
Boards of Commissioners
Bogardus
Begole
Drew
Berry
Committee On
Hmits
Ink
Perry
Fourth District
Mount Vernon
East St. Louis
Djivivois
Tihnois
Countryman's
Hunt
Rock Island
Moline
United States
Secretary of War
War Department
Chicago
Department of Labor
Illinois
Shiloh
Busse
Appropriations Committee
State Board of Agriculture
General Assembly
Guffin
J. Blocher
DeKalb
Malato
Hurst
Shanahan
Schlagenhaus
Quincy
Russell
Andrus
Warder
Harris
Rankin
Th Board of Agriculture
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Troy
W. Jarvis
John Sherman
Paris
Vietor
Col
Charles Dial
California
Grass Valley
Neuholz
Santiago” Murphy
National Bank of the
City of Mexico
Jim
el Correo Espanola
International Order of King’s Daughters
Newark
Illinois State News
Desen
Thomas J. Robinson
Rock Island & Davenport Ferry Co
Rock Island National Bank
Jenks
Sycamore
Steven Jacobs
Tabitha Casey Baldridge
Jefferson County
Lebanon
St. Clair County
Methodist Church
McLean County
Illinois Legislature
Forty-First General Assembly
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