Erie canal trials lighted by electric boats proposal
Report notes experiments propelling boats on the Erie canal by electricity to cut costs. Electricity could save eighty two percent versus horse power and fifty five percent versus steam power. The item suggests the tow path era is ending. Also mentions a Spain bull fighter earning 1500 dollars per performance and Madagascar gold mines linked to colonial moves, with notes on Alaska and Venezuela deposits fueling British activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Canal
Madagascar
Alaska
Venezuela
German farms to deploy electric plows and diggers soon
Reports from Germany say electric plows hoes and potato diggers will soon operate there. When farmers have little to do, rural population drift to cities could reverse. New York board of health notes antitoxine cuts diphtheria and croup mortality by forty three percent. Medical circles in New York largely favor the remedy.
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Germany
New York
Old Guns Remain as New Army Rifle Proves Faults
As the new army rifle reaches private soldiers its faults are evident. The question arises about the value of expert preliminary examinations. Fortunately, in emergencies, old fashioned guns remain in the country.
Pension suspensions and restorations under current administration
A pension office report shows about 4,500 suspensions after the new administration began, with over 4,200 pensioners restored. Only 294 individuals were convicted of fraud, indicating wide reversals and limited fraud findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pension Office
Grain Exports Rise While Cotton Trade Slows
Corn and wheat are increasing as cotton exports lag. Wheat exports have risen weekly since September and now approach last year’s totals, while fall corn shipments exceed the combined exports of the same months over the past three years.
Vanishing India Rubber Forests Endanger Global Supply
Forests yielding india rubber in South America and Africa are vanishing rapidly and no measures are taken to preserve this vital commercial source. A world without india rubber would be intolerable, yet no steps are being taken to protect the supply.
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India
South America
Africa
Fruit Exports Reach China Japan and Beyond
California Oregon and Washington fruit is moving toward China and Japan. A single American tree can now bear fruit in multiple markets as fruit-raising keeps pace with broader farming advances.
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California
Oregon
Washington
China
Japan
Japan China Shift Alters Venezuelan Controversy Interest
In Washington a belief persists that the rising importance of China and Japan has drawn England's attention away from this country and could materially alter the government's current stance on the Venezuelan dispute.
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Washington
China
Japan
England
Eugene Frern Remembered As Witty Literary Figure
Eugene Frern’s share in his country’s literary predictions became familiar across the west and in newspapers. He was a writer of sarcastic pleasantry whose play of quaint and touching flashes elevated his fame beyond regular work. Talent ran in his family and he was not an accident of verse.
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Eugene Frern
West
Rockefeller donor to Chicago university pledges 3 million
F T Gates announced on behalf of John D Rockefeller that the eastern capitalist will add 3 000 000 to Chicago university donations. One million will be outright and 2 000 000 in installments duplicating contributions from other parties, to be completed by January 1 19%.
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Tae
Chicago University
F. T. Gates
John D Rockefeller
Crows Favor Insects Over Corn in Feed Study
A Department of Agriculture investigation found nearly 1000 crow stomachs show corn makes up only 25 percent of adult crow diets. It shows little cultivated grain is eaten, while insects account for about 7 percent of their total food, suggesting crows may help farmers by consuming pests.
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Department
Iso
Obsequies Held For Eugene Field In Chicago
News in brief reports the final rites for poet Eugene Field at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago attended by hundreds. Other items note Oregon land indemnity land approval, a murder conviction in Indiana, political shifts in Ireland, and notable deaths and accidents nationwide.
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Eugene Field
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Rush
Superior Streets
Chicago
Satth
Interior
State of Oregon
Oregon City Land District
Wm. E.hinshaw
Indiana State Prison South
Wood
Irish National League of Great Britain
Timothy Healy
Michael Davitt
Shufeldt
Washington
Hapip Rarim Pasa
Belfast
Clyde
Cleveland
Civil Service
New York City
J. W. Capmany
A. CG. Hxetstein
San Francisco Daily Report
Bright
Germantown
Henry Davemont
Knoxville
Tenn
Tuer
Nez Perces
Idaho
Wreck scenes and fires reported in scattered incidents
The Detroit Journal details a battery explosion and basement boiler fire causing horror and heroic rescues. A Greek vessel Mahdi sank after a waterspout near Tunis with seven drowned. Detroit office ruins prompt temporary halt to search. Tom McCarthy jailed for attack on the Dawson family near Omaha. Incendiaries burn part of the Speed Home for Friendless Children in Cleveland, endangering twenty seven children. second floor lost.
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Jella
Ecees
Detroit
Mich
Evening Journal
Tunis
Journal
Tom McCarthy
Dawson
Omaha
Neb
Speed
Cleveland
Vine pest devastates Italian vineyards across provinces
The MISCELLANEOUS vine pest has struck twenty six Italian provinces, destroying vineyards totaling 285845 acres and threatening another 188345 acres. Sicily reports the greatest damage, amounting to millions of dollars as infections spread. Nearby, a heavy snowfall quenched Wisconsin forest fires, Standard Oil trustees declared a 5 percent special dividend, and Berlin police seized a Socialist newspaper edition before issue. Brazil Indiana courthouse quake left a three story brick building unsafe. US weekly failures total 280. Canada 49.
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Italy
Sicily
Black River Falls
Wisconsin
Standard Oil Trust
New York City
Berlin
der Sozialist
Brazil
Ind
United States
Canada
Mills closed by Birmingham and Alabama Rolling Co
The Birmingham Alabama Rolling Mills Co and the Alabama Rolling Co have shut down their mills under an agreement with the Bar Iron association. They will remain closed until trade conditions improve. The New York associated banks weekly statement shows reserve up and loans down, with deposits and circulation falling. News items include Rajah of St. Petersburg decline, engineer Shoonmaker freed, Sauissury’s portents, mutiny in Kiang-Si, Rev Cyrus Brapy named archdeacon, and Alaska judge appointment.
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Birmingham
Ala
St. Petersburg
Cxsarian
Joan Shoonmaker
Guaymas
Mexico
State Department
United States
Nogales
Ariz
Loxzo Sauissury
Cinque Ports
Lord Dufferin
France
Kiu-Kiang
Kiang-Si
Cyrus T. Brapy
St. Paul’s Church
Manhattan
Kas
Kansas
Whitaker
Pennsylvania
Rawyese
Department of State
Warsaw
Poland
Associated Banks of
New York
Arthur K. Delaney
Alaska
District of
Thanksgiving Proclamation and Various Local Notices
The document contains a November 28 1895 Thanksgiving proclamation calling all people to set aside the day for gratitude. It also reports local notices including Mrs Julian A Hallocks $200000 inheritance, a peculiar burial request by Joseph Sweigert, a wedding poisoning incident at Grand Ridge, several suicide attempts and deaths, a coal mine fire headgear loss, a court receivership for Litchfield Car Co, Hadley defeating Lane for Congress, accounting shortages at a post office, school bid plans, an election in White County, a Joliet death, and Rockford arrest of John Haggerty the alleged street-robber.
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New York City
Prenselow
Prussia
Herman Springstein
Augusta Bock
Springstein
William B. Hinswaw
Danville
Ind
Hadley
Whitehall
N. Y
Larry Sutton
Rondout
James Burke
Waterford
Ligonier
Lake, Porter
Laporte
St. Joseph
Pulaski
Indiane
Gaesta
John T. Caldwell
Cherryvale
Kas
Rhetta Malaby
Grand Ridge
Lasalle County
Fate of the Ottoman Ministry Sparks Intl Alarm
Constantinople reports a reshaped ministry failing to improve political stability. The sultan’s appointees are viewed as puppets, with Halil Rafat Pasha as grand vizier accused of grevious mass killings, and Abdurrahaman and Menduh Pashas criticized for past acts. Widespread destitution and famine fears rise as the empire nears winter. Time calls on the vacillating butcher of Turkey. London letters say Salisbury signals the end of the sultan’s probation and signs Berlin treaty partners will act in concert.
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Constantinople
Halil
Rafat
Pasha
Chistians
Abdurrahaman Pasha
Menduh Pasha
Turkey
Loxpon
Morning Post
Salisbury
Lord Salisbury
Ottoman Empire
Times
Mother and Child Doomed in Imperial Birth
London dispatch reports the czarina and unborn heir doomed as doctors warn survival is unlikely. An emergency cesarean was performed after royal physicians advised the czar the mother and child faced imminent danger. The czarina remains secluded at Tsarko Seli awaiting the birth.
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New York
London
The
Times Sys
Inspector Burke
Russia
St. Petersburg
Tzarko Seli
Three Men Shot In Mine Boss Attack At Ishkooda
In Ishkooda mines Alabama on Saturday night Louis Smith Jr and Columbus Madden attacked mine boss Perry Watkins over time checks. Watkins shot back mortally wounding Madden and Louis Smith Jr. with a bullet to the chest. Louis Smith Sr was struck by a stray bullet as the fray ended.
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Brreaincuam
Ala
Ishkooda Mines
Louis Smith, Jr
Perry Watkins
Watkins
Smith
Columbus Madden
Wells
Louis Smith
Madden
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Oklahoma
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Oak Park
Hallock
Georgia
Cubs
Joseph Sweigert
Joseph R. Campbell
Moline
Canton
Sweigert
Light Guard
Sarah Taylor
Tamaroa
David Danner
Fulton County
Astoria
Coffeen
Litchfield Car Company
Shirley
Montgomery County
Pierson
B. Updike
Litchfield Car and Machine Co
Lane
W. FL. L. Hadley
Frederick Remann
Edward Lane
Short
Hite
William Garst
Ingraham
Clay County
Post Office Department
WII
Board of Trustees
Eastern Illinois State Normal School
Springfield
Altgeld
White County
George R. Williams
Wall
Riley Wethforth
Illinois Steel Co
Joliet
Raymond
East St. Louis
Jack the Hagger
John Haggerty
Rockford
Czarina
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