Weekly Call Reports French Mushroom Profits and Kansas Growth
The note highlights a $2,000,000 annual profit from $8,000,000 invested in mushroom culture by French interests and cites Cura’s $61,000,000 war indemnity to Japan. Charleston, S.C., hosts 108 manufacturing industries employing 5,507, producing over $14,000,000 yearly, while the Methodist Episcopal general conference in Cleveland discusses church democracy and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cura
Japan
Charleston
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Cleveland
Gasoline Dangers Highlighted After Cincinnati Calamity
Gasoline’s invisible vapor is more dangerous than gunpowder. A building filled with vapor is a ready mine for a spark. The Cincinnati disaster offers a lesson lawmakers should carefully consider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Starvation Drives Bread Theft Court Frees Needy Man
In New York a police judge absolved a man who, driven by hunger in times of plenty, stole four loaves of bread and was given money to meet his needs. Mercy and Charity were cited as the guiding forces in the ruling and the public response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justick
New York
Mercy
Charity
Texas preacher turns to plow for living earns 40000 Mexican dollars
Rev. Ryopes, a Texas preacher, earned 40,000 Mexican dollars by plowing land and now looks to a life of ease. The report notes his shift from preaching to farming for income and the wealth it brings him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryopes
Texas
Connecticut towns accelerate road improvement effort
Last year 37 towns in Connecticut engaged in road work and now 80 towns have joined the movement. The improvements are described as thorough and scientific, with costs shared equally by the state, the county, and the municipality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
City to clear blocks for two downtown parks plan
New York city moves to clear two downtown blocks in tenement regions to create two small parks. The project costs 1,117,000 dollars, illustrating how the city invests in breathing spaces by planning ahead rather than after damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorks
Methodists in Cleveland Trim Non-Effective Bishops
The leadership in session at Cleveland Ohio declared Bisners Bowman and Foster non effective but instructed the book committee to provide generous support for these venerable veterans of the Methodist episcopacy.
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Bisners Bowman
Foster
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Cleveland
Book Committee
Oregon Sets Speed Record on 80 Mile Trial Run
The battleship Oregon completed an 80 mile trial at an average of 16.78 knots or 19.35 mph, placing her in the lead among her class and earning builders a $175,000 bonus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncite Sam
Oregon
Bicycle riding linked to posture debate in indictment
A witty defense cites prior claims that cycling harms posture, arguing that moderate bicycle riding can reduce pedal related issues rather than cause them. The exchange centers on whether wheels influence feminine riders to pigeon-toe and if the activity cures or causes such quirks.
New York City Growth and Size in Historical Perspective
Greater New York covers 359 square miles and ranks as a world city by area. It houses 1100 churches, 90 post offices, 37000 businesses, 130000 dwellings, 1100 miles of streets and elevated railways, 1100 hotels and 350 public schools. The city carries a debt of 170 million dollars, taxable property of about 2.583 billion, and a population just over 3 million. In 1800 New York and Brooklyn combined counted 62,867 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Judge Hortons Warning On Bucket Shops In Chicago
In a Chicago ruling Judge Horton equated bucket shop methods with board of trade practices. He warned exchanges nationwide that the line between illegal bucket shops and legit dealers is blurred, and that statutory legality of board of trade activity should not shield lesser operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Horton
Board of Trade
Senate Debates on San Pedro Deep Sea Harbor Plan
In the Senate the Frye amendment naming Santa Monica as a deep sea harbor site was discussed at length with no conclusion. The House passed several bills and agreed to a preliminary Indian appropriation report. Maddox was seated from Georgia’s Seventh district after a contested election. District of Columbia business dominated the day.
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Senate
Frye
Santa Monica
Maddox
Georgia
W. P. Felton
District of Columbia
California
San Pedro
San Monica
Rinaker Vs. Downing
Illinois
House
Dupont
Delaware
Platt
Conn
Mr. Dupont
Cheatam
Woodard
North Carolina
Henry A. Dupont
Gallinger
N. H
Bacon
Secretary of the Treasury
Hogue-Otey
Sixth
Virginia
Otey
Edwin Dun among China steamer passengers in San Francisco
Edwin Dun United States minister to Japan was aboard the steamer China which arrived in San Francisco on the 12th He said he was ab sent on his regular vacation News notes from Washington state Carlisle campaign pins Len to Havana for consular post Judge Nelson retires at Duluth and the death of James Norturvup of Anamosa Iowa after a farewell sleep death.
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Edwin Dun
United States
Japan
China
San Francisco
Mr. Dun
Burrows
Carlisle
John G. Carlisle
Washington
Fitzuue H. Len
Olney
Havana
Ramon O. Williams
Duluth
Minn
Nelson
James Norturvup
Anamosa
Ex Police Captain Pleads Guilty in Bribery Case
Ex police captain Epwakp B. Car PENTER pleaded guilty in the criminal branch of the supreme court of New York on the 12th to bribery. Justice Keogh sentenced him to three months in the city jail and to pay a $1,800 fine. The case stemmed from the Lexow Investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epwakp B. Carpenter
Supreme Court ‘of
New York
Keogh
Son
Lexow Anvestiga- OD
Four Clinton area tragedies and notable events report
A Wakefield photographer was found dead with his head wedged between fence pickets. John Rentzel, 65, of Oley Pa, was killed by lightning while rising from a ded. Dr Joseph Brorsaer ex coroner Wayne county Mich and his clerk Harry Reusing were found guilty of conspiring to defraud the county. A stay of proceedings was granted in the Joseph Windrath murder case. A cyclone in Sherman Tex caused heavy damage and many deaths. The comptroller of the currency received notice of the failure of the First National Bank of El Reno Okla. The new cruiser Oregon set a speed record on trial off Santa Barbara. Two Americans captured in Pinar de Rio Cuba would not be court martialed. Pretoria reports propose fines for most Johannesburg reform committee prisoners. US weekly failures total 224, Canada 33. A Japanese special commission arrives to study US electrical power and telephone systems. A House committee approves Little Ark bill to ban liquor sales in the Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Avenue
Wakefield
John Rentzel
Oley
Joseph BrorsaEr
Wayne County
Mich
Harry Reusing
Jever Barge
Chicago
Joseph Windrath
Carey B. Birch
Sith
Sherman
Tex
North
Texas
Oregon
Santa Barbara
Pinar de Rio
Cuba
Weyler
United States
House Committee On Public Buildings
Senate action on Cuban belligerency and arrests
In the Senate on the 16th Senator Morgan urged passage of a joint resolution recognizing Cuban belligerency to give the president more options, with the resolution instructing foreign relations to investigate arrests and condemnation of U S citizens on the Competitor. The day included eulogies for Rep Crain of Texas and adjournment. the House did not meet.
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Senate
Morgan
Ala
Cuba
Congress
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Representative Crain
Texas
House
Grand Central Palace
New York City
Chauncey M. Depew
Thomas A. Edison
Covington
Scott Jackson
Alonzo Walling
Pearl Bryan
Bitzer
Tu Markham
Atlanta
Blue Island
Union Hotel
Concordia Hall
Grand Army Encampment Parade and Civic Honors at Cairo
The thirtieth annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment held in Cairo drew about 1,000 parade participants. Public school children dressed in red, white, and blue formed living flags and sang patriotic songs along the route. W G Cochran of Sullivan was elected commander. The gathering noted 26,929 members in good standing as of December 31, 1895 and 572 posts, with 533 deaths that year.
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Grand Army
Cairo
G.“A.r
Saa
W. G. Cochran
Sullivan
Galesburg
Woman's Relief Corps
Mary E. McCauley
Mary E. McCauley,’ Olney
Scragg
Peoria
Carrier
Alexander
Belleville
Elsie Farmer
Farmer City
Helen F. Bristol
Quincy
Conference for high schools and University of Illinois links
The second annual conference of superintendents and principals of leading state high schools with University of Illinois officials met in Champaign with over 200 delegates. It aimed to strengthen ties between the university and high schools. Potatoes bug increase blamed on last year’s frosts and neglect of paris green. A severe hail storm in northern Winnebago county caused crop and property damage. Illinois Supreme Court rules slave marriages not binding in Butler case. Mattoon trustees’ appointment upheld in an Eastern Illinois normal school case. mentions centenarian pioneers of Marion county and west Selena home death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illinois
Champaign
Paris
Supreme Court of Illinois
Mariah Butler
John H. Butler
Lawrence County
Mattoon
Alattoon
Eastern Illinois Normal School
Supreme’ Court
Sangamon
Electric Telegraph Display Captivates Grand Central Crowd
A May 17 event at Grand Central Palace showcased rapid long distance telegraphy. Chauncey M. Depew spoke on electricity’s progress as consuls from Britain, Germany, Russia and other nations attended. Messages traveled 27,500 miles round trip via Western Union before returning to Edison.
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Depen
New York
Grand Central Palace
Chauncey M. Depew
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Spain
Venezuela
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Mexico
Western Union Wire
Charles A. Tinker
Western Union Telegraph Co
Edwin D. Adams
G. W. Dickson
Galveston
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Mexican Telegraph Co
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Montreal
Canso
Boston
London
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Malta
Alexandria
Tokio
North America
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Asia
Africa
Thomas A. Edison
McKinley Addresses Washington Theme in Ohio Talk
Maj William McKinley spoke to about 6000 delegates and others at Central Armory in Cleveland on Washington and the revolutionary era. He credited divine preservation of the government, noted Jefferson's slavery clause removal, and praised Lincoln written in blood, and recalled Washington guiding postwar discontent and the constitutional convention where Washington spoke once for broader representation.
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Cleveland
Maj
William McKinley
Washington
Central Armory
Mckinley
Horace Benton
God
Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Philadelphia
House of Representatives
Wholesale Jail Delivery Tests Patience in Covington
In Covington Kentucky a wholesale jail delivery escaped last night. Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling the accused Pearl Bryan murderers remained behind with one other prisoner after others fled. They were urged to escape but stayed as a crowd gathered and police hurried to restore order. The two men had chances to flee but stayed in the corridor as guards checked the scene.
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Pearl Bryan
Jackson
Walling
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Illinois Supreme Court
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