Secretaries pay and sailor heroism in disasters
Gris ham dies poor illustrating that office holding with integrity pays less. An eminent Chicago physician says to drink ice water to stay cool. A man is fined for contrivances to vehicles. The Colima steamship saved many passengers, with heroism from American sailors. Armenia massacres prompt calls for real civilization in Turkey. Japan borrows fighting qualities from America. Horace Greeley’s proof reader dies after holding a Bible copy for a dispatch. London hosts a Fair Children exhibition. judges may need secret umpires for prizes.
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London
Rainmakers Bring Deluge to Kansas and Debate on Madness
The dispatches report Kansas flooded after artificial rainmakers left at a bad time. Goodland farmers, paying high prices for drizzle, see extensive water damage statewide. Debates cite authorities arguing insanity rise is real or merely more notoriety, with experts noting no true increase.
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Kansas
Goodland
Weather's balancing law governs annual heat and cold
The law of compensation applies to weather as to other matters. A nearly constant amount of heat and cold recurs each year, with any deficit or surplus in one period made up later. The mean yearly temperature remains stable relative to prior years.
American Investments in Cuba Reach Ten Million
It is estimated that American investments in Cuba total about 10 million dollars, mainly in sugar estates, iron mines, railways, property, petroleum, gas, and electric-light plants. The sum seems small given Cuba’s wealth and potential. If American flag flies over the island, investors and boomers would flood in, a topic worth noting.
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Cuba
Birds and cavalry ideas in old Smithsonian note
An unnamed curator reports seven dead bluebirds after a February blizzard and fourteen more in a house, noting no living bluebirds this year and predicting near extinction from shooting. Mentions Maxin's seven hundred shots per minute cavalry gun, light enough for a soldier to carry, arguing for revived mounted forces. AMERICANS mentions butter and Den k observations.
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Smithgonian Institution
Maxin
Multiple Executions and Political Shifts Reported
A roundup of crises and appointments across 1889 includes a court martial execution of Capt Clavijo for wounding Gen Prima Rivera after a daughter dispute, a Guayaquil insurgent change as Robles rises, and calls for canal support from France. Also noted are naval promotions, a Massillon cold storage rescue, and Armenian atrocity resolutions sent to President Cleveland.
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Clavijo
Prima-Rivera
Madrid
E. W. Watson
United States
Ranger
Navy Department
Fromuayaquil
Ecuador
Ene
Wm. H. Pugh
Treasury
Morton
Edward A. Bower
Mansur
Uriah Matthews
Massillon
Faure
Bordeaux
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Lord Aberdeen
Dominion Square
Montreal
Can
John A. MacDonald
Cleveland
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
Gresham
Olney Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
Henry Phiches, JR
Philadelphia
Europe
W. H. Pugh
Ohio
General Synod of the Reformed Church of America
Grand Rapids
Mich
M. D. Williams
South Bend
Ind
Christendom
Dreadful Ship Wrecks and Local Misfortune
An account recalls a man losing his pocketbook after departing Ottumwa. The British steamer Devoir ran ashore at Briggs reef on the Donegal coast, with 400 passengers landed safely. The Monarch wrecked at Long Sank rapids near Rainy Lake, missing freight. third vessel wrecked there in eight months. The August Christiansen family of seven and guest Samuel Wright near Evanston faced a grave incident.
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Ottumwa
Devour
Briggs Reef
Donegahadee
Ireland
Monarch
Rat
Portage
Fort Frances
Rainy Lake
August HH. Christiansen
Samuel Wright
Evanston
Chicago
Hlgpeke
Earthquakes Hit Florence and Naval Moves Amid Bond Vote
News notes describe violent shocks in Florence Italy and aftershocks across Tuscany on the 5th and 6th, plus the US cruiser Machin e sailing from Che Foo to Port Arthur for protection of Americans. Kansas City approves an $8 million waterworks bond and new parks plan by a wide margin. Dun’s reviews signal rising business health while US and Canadian failures compare to last year. France floods Dax Pan districts with no deaths reported. Lincoln Illinois enforces a 9 pm curfew for under 14s to be escorted by parents or police.
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Florence
Italy
Compartimento
Tuscany
United States
Chee-Foo
Port Arthur
Shi-whien
Kansas City
Park Board
Dun
R. G. Dun & Co
Canada
Dax
Pan
France
Lincoln
Ill
Crimescape in San Francisco shakes 1895 headlines
J K Exmet, actor, attempted to murder his wife in San Francisco on the night of the 8th. After chasing her a square, he fired one shot but Baby Sinnott, eight, intervened twice, stopping another potential act of violence. The boy protected the mother and then saved the actor from self-harm.
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J. K. Exmet
San Francisco
Baby Sinnott
Emmet
Manitoba
New York Associated Banks
McLaughlin
New York City
St. Petersburg
Turkey
Judge Ennis
Chicago
Pullman Palace Car Co
Ennis
Commonorre J. Maxcomm
Boston
Cup
Mahoning Villey
Ohio
J. W. Forevser
Shanghai
Yokohama
Washington
New York
Minois Bankers Convene at Rock Island Adopting Silver Policy
The Minois Bankers association met in Rock Island electing W. P. Halliday as president and E. S. Drever as Chicago delegate. They adopted resolutions supporting silver use with gold and paper at parity, opposing free coinage of silver without international agreement, and warning that such policy would harm wage earners and savers. Senator Cullom is quoted on politics and banking, recounting a banking incident.
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Minois Bankers
Minois Bankers’ Association
Rock Island
W. P. Halliday
Osiro
Frank ‘Eliott
Jacksonville
A.B.’ Hoblit
Bloomington
Edward Tilden
Chicago
F.W. ‘Trovy
Springfeld
J. G. Hamilton
Hoopeston
James McKinney
Aledo
R. Wangelin
Belleville
E.S. Lacey
Bankers’association of Illinois
BEA AE
Ts ‘ Mit
Cullom
New York Telegram
Shelby
Hennepin Canal Progress and Local Elections
Dispatch from Princeton reports government purchase of a 4 mile Hennepin canal right of way third section. Construction will proceed after clearing. Elsewhere in Illinois inheritance tax bill passed 84 to 34 in lower house. Princeton High School holds 25th commencement. Stein and Coddington win endowment prizes. Fires claim Krutchen home and barns. Krutchen perishes. Women win school election in Princeton by 20 vote margin. Fayetteville hit by windstorm. some damage. Prominent farmer David Neal dies from heart failure. Kalison hanged himself after quarrel with sweetheart. Rockwood resident Joseph Whitehouse, 85, commits suicide. Burglars rob ex Mayor Brenholt’s Alton residence. Mrs. George D. Haworth elected to Decatur body.
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Hennepin Canal
Princeton
Senate hearing on department stores report analysis
Springfield June 5 report by committee investigates department stores across Chicago and state, noting growth from small origins to numerous large outlets on State street. Capital runs into millions, with stores employing thousands and profits in hundreds of thousands yearly.
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Senate
House
Springfield
Salomon
State Street
Chicago
Illinois senate debates over department stores and public nuisance bills
A Springfield session analyzes department store impacts on small traders and workers. Proposals declare multi merchandise shops public nuisances and empower cities to regulate, tax, license, or prohibit. Senate actions advance bills funding education, libraries and monuments while debating wage and age-of-consent issues.
Navy ranks shift after Civil War heroes fade to retirement
In 1862 most naval officers above captain became lieutenant commander and many famed Civil War heroes retired. Admiral Amy wana commander in 1861 and several of his fellow officers joined the retired list, leaving only a few active leaders among the Navy’s veterans.
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Meade
Amy Wana
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Portsmouth
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Shee
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Big Woods
Aurora
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Cumberland County
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William Kalison
de Witt
Joseph Whitehouse
Rockwood
Randolph County
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Alton
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Meyer
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Southern Illinois Normal University At
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Bailey
Eastern, Illinois Normal School
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Ponting Reformatory
R. W. McClaughry
University of Illinois
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Hunter
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