The Bor Post on Bond Bidding and Women’s Purposes
The Bor Post notes bond bidding as a vote of confidence with a scramble for gilt edged securities at low cost. Sorosis in New York concludes that business pursuits benefit women mentally morally socially. Deporting one Chinese interloper costs $565 in Vermont, implying slow deportation business. Nevada’s 1895 precious metals output rises 12 percent to about $4 million. The U.S. will likely keep pace with Kaffir boom if trends hold. The cathode ray arrives late for hospital plans in the next war and modern arms wound foes while the weapon sails on.
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Bor 'On
New York
Vermont
Nevada
United States
The Pardoning Business In Ohio Governor Pardons Decline
The pardoning business is a curious study of civilization as Ohio creates a board of pardons and cuts granted pardons by two thirds. Some governors appear to run a pardon foundry.
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Ohio
Rioting mob in Madrid menaces royal palace during unrest
A howling mob before Madrid's royal palace shouts death to the King and Queen Regent, raising questions in Madrid about possible Cuban reinforcement troops and whether forces may be needed at home to maintain order.
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Madrid
Cuba
Judge Francis M. Finch Honored For Civil War Poem In New York
The poet of The Blue and the Gray, Judge Francis M. Finch, was honored in New York recently for his work that helped ease lingering postwar tensions between the North and South.
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New York
Francis M. Finch
Battles in Havana Mention Squares in Defense
Descriptions from Havana recount Spanish troops forming squares and defending for hours. Observers note square formations as a last desperate measure and urge Gen Weyler to curb censorship to prevent truth from leaking between lines.
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Havana
Weyler
Fearless St Louis preacher decries church caste
A St Louis minister challenged clerical leaders by denouncing caste in churches. He warned that in many congregations a man without money faces a chilling, literal cold reception. The remark underscores painful truths within church circles.
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St. Louis
Insurance panel deem bicycling too hazardous to insure
Boston mutual accident underwriters conference labels cycling an extra hazardous occupation and warns that insurers cannot cover riders at current premium levels. An ultimatum appears to be in effect, signaling tighter terms or denial of coverage for bicycle risks.
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Mutual Accident Insurance Underwriters
Boston
Senator Garfield Proposes Ohio College Reform Bill
Senator Garfield introduces in the Ohio legislature an educational bill aimed at restricting new colleges and raising standards for those already established. The plan is described as original, practical, and intended to improve statewide higher education.
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Garfield
Ohio
New Jersey Judge Orders Month of Temperance Meetings
A New Jersey justice has sentenced an elderly offender to attend temperance meetings under guard for thirty consecutive days. The defendant argues the punishment risks cruel treatment and may seek to invoke constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
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New Jersey
Canadian minister warns militia may favor peaceful merge
In a speech before Dominion parliament the Canadian minister of finance said some doubt militia reform, suggesting Canada could quietly merge with the United States. The remark ends noting the minister still lives.
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Dominion
Canada
Military editors with Weyler to Cuba face press censorship
Captains Gelaber and Linares accompany Gen Weyler as military editors and will oversee press censorship. Rumors say future correspondents will face greater difficulty. Regulations recently relaxed, easing cable reports, but the captain-general may temper coverage of Cuban events.
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Weyler
Cuba
Gelaber
Linares
Views In Brief First Session and Congressional Faces
Senate proceedings cover Smith on Monroe doctrine and seed purchases for 1896, with discussions on bond-free coinage and urgent deficiency bills. House adjourns for Crain’s death, then furthers seed and boundary expenses bills, while Senate debates holidays and memorials. A later vote rejects the senate free coinage substitute 215 to 0, with a night session on private pensions.
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Senate
Smith
N. J
Secretary of Agriculture
Crain
Texas
District of Columbia
Hansbrough
Lincoln
Hawley
Potomac
Naval Observatory Grounds
Washington
Arlington Estate
House
Alaska
Cuba
Committee On
van Horn
Tarsney
Missouri
Treasury
Prominent Figures Died and Policy Debates in Nineteenth Century
Reports of notable deaths include Thomas McCauslin, a Steubenville attorney and former state official, and Isaak Murphy the renowned jockey. Events cover political votes on coinage policy, Lola Silvester’s fatal theater fall, and Prince Constantine Hohenlohe’s death in Vienna. Also noted are naval budget hearings, a Chicago to New York ship canal exploration effort, and a Brisbane river passenger steamer disaster with forty lives lost.
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Cou. Hint
House of Representatives
Thomas McCauslin
Ohio
Steubenville
Edwin M. Stanton
Isaac Murphy
Atlantic
Pacific
America
Lexington
Wilhelm von Bismarck
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Long
Kas
United States
Sophia, Whitten
Lola Silvester
Massachusetts General, Hospital
Boston
Keith
Whitten
England
Chickering
New York
Lales
Hudson River
Constantine Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst
Prince Hohenlohe
German Empire
Austria
Vienna
Madrid Imparcial
Havana
Weyler
Navy
House Naval Committee
Paris Sinks Local Steamer in Southampton Docking
On the 18th the American liner Paris from New York sank the local steamer Her Majesty while docking at Southampton as its rudder struck the vessel. Also indicted were Jackson and Walling for Pearl Bryan’s murder by Newport Kentucky grand jury on the 13th. In Indiana, George Palmer shot his wife after disputing a loaded gun left on a cupboard, tearing his head from his body.
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Paris
New York
Majesty
Southampton
Jackson
Walling
Pearl Bryan
Newport
Wakarusa
Ind
George Palmer
Boxed children shipped as freight highlights poverty
Topeka railroad workers uncovered Joseph Love of Shawnee County packing three children aged seven, nine, and eleven into a box to ride freight to Guthrie Oklahoma. He claimed poverty, a stranger lent money for tickets, justice awaits. Corean-Japanese clash reports note rebels killing a patrol. American Biscuit Co. annual meeting in Chicago showed six percent dividend. sales reached nine million with forty bakeries in twelve states. Hoynes labor panel backed nonpartisan labor troubles commission. Venezuelean commission praised Britain’s forthcoming evidence. A racing yacht keel laid in Glasgow under G S Watson plans. About a thousand unemployed Poles demanded work in Buffalo. dispersed by police. Weekly reports show 321 family figures for the nation, 67 in Canada, up from last year.
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Topeka
Kas
Joseph Love
Shawnee County
Guthrie
Oklo
Love
Corea
American Biscuit Co
Chicago
Hoyuse Committee On Labor
Phillips
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
Henderson Bros
Glasgow
G. 8. Watson
Buffalo
N. Y
R. G. Dun & Co
Canada
Senate and House Telegrams Highlight Fiscal and Censorship Tensions
Reports from Washington and Havana dated the 16th describe Senate and House debates over agricultural policy and constitutional duties, criticism of Secretary Morton for seed distribution delays, and calls to tighten executive lines. Cabanas prisoners were executed by Spanish troops, with Cuban retaliation warnings. Queen Victoria’s message thanks the nation for sympathy after Prince Henry of Battenberg’s death.
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House
Morton
Agricultural Department
Congress
Bowler
Executive Department
Tom Denver
Evening Post
Matz
Denver
Havana
Constantinople
Russia
United States
A. W. Terrell
Washington
St. Petersburg
Cabanas
Gomez
Weyler
Victoria
Prince Henry of Battenberg
Illinois State Died Notices From Decatur to Quincy
A list of obituaries announces deaths across Illinois. John Dickson ex county treasurer dies at 85 in Decatur while serving as a juror. James Bass 75 Montgomery County settler. Freeman Graham Sr. 90 Rockford paralytic mason since 1828. Dennis Trahey Jacksonville. his son Dennis dies days later of consumption. double funeral. Mrs Rolima Six Edwardsville longtime resident. John Price 79 near Hillsboro. William Templeton 79 Bunker Hill resident since 1851. Samuel L. Ross 90 Vermilion County pioneer Avon paralytic. William E. Avise 60 Quincy justice of the peace and longtime Adams County lawyer. Edward Baumberger prominent Greenville druggist.
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John Dickson
Decatur
James
Bass
Montgomery
Freeman Graham
Rockford
Dennis Trahey
Jacksonville
Dennis
Rolima Six
Edwardsville
John Price
Hillsboro
Wm. Templeton
Bunker Hill
Samuel L. Ross
Vermilion County
Avon
William E. Avise
Adams County
Quincy
Edward Baumberger
Illinois
Greenville
Hitness Man Identified and Local Crime Highlights
Coroner Lambeth in Nashville confirms a letter from New Holland Illinois contains a photo proving G H Harmon missing since August is the suicide victim found here. Keever charged with bigamy after a Kansas move and return to Pontiac. investigations reveal a possibly prior Indiana wife and five children.
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Nashville, Tenn
Lambeth
New Holland, Ill
Logan County
G. H. Harmon
New
William Keever
Simon Arnett
Pontiac
Kansas
William
Keever
Hoover
Indiana
Illinois Coal Mining Statistics Ended July 1895
State secretary Schilling reports Illinois coal mining results for year ended July 1895. It shows decreases in aggregate home product and prices, with gains in tons mined and employment in some sectors, plus details on deaths, injuries, and new or closed mines.
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Amna Ata
Costa
Schilling
Zaism of Labor
Five Men Killed in Illinois Central Head End Collision
A deadly head end crash occurred at 6 45 am one mile north of Dongola Illinois Central between a passenger and a freight train at full speed Five men died on the spot and several others were injured though none seriously The dead include engineer William Huntington fireman Gus Anderson baggageman Felix Armstrong Curtis Adams J Mclean and engineer Ea Bales who survived with minor injuries The victims all resided in Aurora Illinois
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Centralia
Ill
Dongola
Illinois Central
William Huntington
Gus Anderson
Felix Armstrong
Curtis Adams
J. Mclean
Ea. Bales
Auntralia
Fireman Crushed To Death In Illinois Mine Incident
Pana Il Feb 12 George Hea fireman on the Illinois Central freight train was crushed to death yesterday morning while preparing to coal his engine at the Penwell mine. He was caught between the moving cab and the stationary coal chute.
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Pana
George Hea
Penwell
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