Weekly Gall notes public speeches and Arctic map change
Neal Dow continues lecturing in Maine at age nine. Gladstone, at 86, is urged to retire by his physician. A czar coronation fete crush kills 3,873 and injures 4,000, inspiring a Russia poem by Swinburne. Canada names four Arctic border districts An bara, Franklin, Mackenzie and Yukon totaling 1,421,000 square miles, seven times Ontario.
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Neal Dow
Maine
Gladstone
Russia
Swinburne
Canada
Arctic Ocean
Angara
Franklin
Mackenzie
Yukon
Ontario
Florida Weighs Camphor Planting As Orange Grove Future
The article argues smokeless powder has boosted camphor demand and Florida should plant camphor trees to replace orange groves. It notes the fate of orange culture is unsettled and diversification has begun, while orange cultivation will remain part of the state's industries.
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Florida
Tetanus Antitoxin Free for Public in City Institutions
The New York board of health announces tetanus antitoxin as a pure remedy for lockjaw and says it will be furnished free to the public in city institutions. Science shows progress against deadly diseases and current medical statistics in Europe and America support the trend.
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New York
Vice President Stevenson to Bestow Bride for Niece Letitia Scott
Within ten days, Vice President Stevenson is called to perform a marriage bid. His duty arises after his eldest daughter wed, and now he is to unite his niece Miss Letitia Scott with Lieut. Bromwell of the United States Army.
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Twicke
Stevenson
Letitia Scott
Lieut
Bromwell
United States Army
Prediction of Electric Power on Pennsylvania Line
Rufus Hill, master mechanic of the Pennsylvania railroad, predicts electric motive power will be common on the line within five years. The text notes that substitution of electricity for steam has been demonstrated and regards the change as a near certitude.
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Rufus Hill
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reform asks for city nonpartisans and business voting role
At the National Municipal league annual meeting strategies for reform stress separating municipal affairs from party politics and ensuring broad business community participation in elections. The article notes the reform cannot yet be found even with a powerful telescope.
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National Municipal League
London schoolmaster laments Jamieson trial influence on pupils
In a letter to a London newspaper a schoolmaster laments that Jamieson trial fever distracts pupils who now fill every hour with Boers and Jamiesons games. He recounts a grammar exam where a student answered ride with ride raid Rhodes, sparking mixed amusement and mockery among classmates.
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London
Jamieson
Rhodes
Wash Neton View Of McKinley As Presidential Nominee
A Washington correspondent notes Maj. McKinley did not stand out in social life and rarely left his room due to caring for his invalid wife. He was popular on the floor and slowly built a strong position with long service, though not always marked by conspicuous ability.
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Washneton
Maj
McKinley
Bravest Newcomer Removes Rebel Flag in Denver
Senavior Teller, arriving in Colorado in 1861, confronted a saloon displaying a rebel flag the day after his arrival. He and the hotel marshal drew revolvers but the saloonkeeper yielded, and the flag was removed.
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Senavior Teller
Colorado
Denver
Teller
Trade with Asia Shown Small Share in U S Imports and Exports
A Treasury Bureau review notes that American imports from Asia amount to about ten percent of total imports, while exports to Asia run at about three percent. The analysis, tied to debates on Japanese competition with American manufacturers, will appear in the next monthly statistics summary.
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Asia
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
United States
Political turmoil and McKinley victory report
A sweep of brief items notes Flora Spurlin’s death after a funeral prep in Shelbyville Indiana, ex Lieutenant Governor Hyde’s death in Stamford Connecticut, McKinley’s nomination amid Republican signals, and the St Louis convention's withdrawal of Silver leaders. Other notes cover Reed’s telegram to McKinley, Toronto’s Rob inson collapse, Cuban filibusters, a Minneapolis printers strike settlement, and Indiana Nicholson law ruling.
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Flora
Spurlin
Shelbyville
Ind
E. H. Hyde
Stamford
Conn
Maj. McKinley
Canton
St. Louis
Teller
Colorado
William McKinley
Ohio
Garrett A. Hobart
New Jersey
Stevenson
Washington
Boston
John Boyle O'Reilly
James G. Fair
California
Margaret Craven
San Francisco
Reed
John Beverley Robinson
Ontario
Massey Music Hall
Toronto
Sir Charles Tuppers
United Starrs
Bell
Philadelphia
Capt
Dickman
Laurada
Emilio Nunez
Cuba
Surprising Losses and Accusations Across Seas and States
A westbound Baltimore and Ohio train struck a carriage load of people near Mount Vernon Ohio, killing two and injuring others. In Boston, cotton importer Frederick J. Andres was arrested on a Moors embezzlement warrant for $8000. News from London reports the sinking of the Drumond Castle off Ushant with 450 aboard, few survivors. Eleven killed when Titus Sheard boiler exploded at Taylor cycle park near Little Falls New York. Drummond Castle loss confirms only three saved from 244 aboard.
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Baltimore & Ohio Express
Ball’s Crossing
Mount Vernon
Frederick J. Andres
Boston
J. %. Moors
London
Drummond Castle
Table Bay
Ushant
Brittany
France
Titus Sheard
Taylor Cycle Park
Little Falls
N. Y
Mixed 1900s notices of governors, storms, and unrest
A Turkish government action appoints a Christian governor of Zeitoun. A hurricane at Guthrie Oklahoma wrecks the Central high school building and damages the state capitol grounds and other properties. Crete’s governor convokes the Cretan assembly. The McKinley corn train bound for the St Louis convention faces possible seizure. Natives in Mata Beleland near Umtali and Salisbury rise in revolt under Makoni, with several whites reportedly involved.
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Zeitoun
Guthrie
Okla
Central
Catholic Colored Academy
Island of
Crete
McKinley
Wichita
Kas
St. Louis
Kansas
Syl Dickson
Matabeleland
Umtali
Salisbury
Makoni
Unsuccessful attempt to wreck Lake Shore passenger train
Telegrams report an attack near Norwalk Ohio on the west bound Lake Shore line where three ties were laid to tear up track. Three men present were arrested and refused to give names as the obstruction was found.
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Lake Shore
Norwalk
St. Louis
Madrid
New York City
Unconstitutional ruling in Illinois will case
Judge B D Youngblood of the Illinois circuit court declares the latter part of section 10 chapter 89 unconstitutional in a will dispute involving Jeremiah Taylor's Mount Vernon bank estate. The case tests revived statutes and could shift rights in many will cases, with the Supreme Court set to review.
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B. D. Youngblood
Ilifidis
Jeremiah ‘Taylor
Mount Vernon ‘Bank
Weat
Jefferson County
C. D. Hall
O. M.D. Hall
Mary Farmer
Kentucky
Illinois
Youngblood
Supreme Court
Desperadoes Rounded Up After Wyoming Murders
North Branch Minnesota June 22. Disperadoes blamed for two murders and an attempted killing were captured after a shootout with railroad men and a posse. Leader Bob Wilson was killed. James Cunningham and Joseph Kelly were captured, Cunningham wounded, as the gang fled along the St Paul and Duluth road. The bandits had terrorized the area, robbing Dr Foster’s house and others before fleeing toward Duluth.
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Posae
North Branch
Minn
Jacob Hay
Andrew Paul
Burnside Foster
Wyoming
Mann
Bob Wilson
James Cunningham
Joseph Kelly
Tamerach
Cunningham
George Kelly
Are We Barbarians Fort Riley Test Krag Jorgensen
An official test at Fort Riley Kansas on dead bodies examined the Krag Jorgensen rifle. Dr J G Griffith led surgeons and photographers evaluating humane impact and explosive tissue damage noting high lethal potential, with shrapnel tests showing severe wounds and the future danger of the weapon.
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Fort Rlley
Kan
J. G. Griffith
Kansas City
United States Association of Military Surgeons
Atudi Stanes
Resignation of Consul McCaughan at Durango Accepted
Washington June 22 The resignation of Consul McCaughan at Durango Mexico was accepted after an internal inspection of Mexican posts by R J Chilton head of the consular bureau Secretay Cluey announced The consul was criticized for mishandling the case of John Bally an American charged with robbery and alleged to be the principal witness and manager in the involved company หล
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McCaughan
Durango
Mexico
Washington
United States
R. J. Chilton
Cluey
Durangro
Isul McCaughan
John Bally
Jast
State Department
Chilton
Bally
Bank President Williams Guilty of Falsifying Bank Books
J C Williams president of the failed Be Springs bank was found guilty of falsifying the bank books by a district court jury. He was remanded to the county jail pending sentencing. The bank had many depositors and lost nearly everything in the collapse. Nebraskas penalty for such falsification ranges from one to ten years.
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Jal
Brarazice
Neb
J. C. Williams
Bive Springs
Letton
Nebraska
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