Global views mix of stocks, rail, and empire ambitions
A reflective column notes the boom in Edw ards Tur Kaft stock at 750000005 and compares it with past bubbles. It comments on Cuban victories rumors, Russia’s Siberian railway push, a proposed Baltic to Black Sea ship canal, mail delivery expansion, and France’s submarine cable note. It also weighs Madagascar governance, French colonial aims, and the Cuban struggle's potential military impact.
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Russia
Siberian
St. Petersburg
Baltic
Black Seas
German order to end American life insurers by November
The German government has ordered American life insurance companies to wind up their business in the empire by November 1. The move follows attempts to restrict the firms and is described as backing superior American methods.
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Empire
Rhode Island funds road sample sections as Iowa census grows
Rhode Island legislature approved 80000 dollars to build sample half mile road sections in towns petitioning for them with a one fourth cost share. Fifteen towns joined the program signaling deeper involvement in the good roads movement. Iowa reports a mid decade population of 2035000, up 123000 from 1890, driven by growth in towns of 8,000 to 8,000 residents and strong agricultural wealth.
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Rhode Island
Iowa
Irow
Health and travel rules spark public policy notes
Health officials push contagion controls in schools banning shared slates sponges and pen transfers, mandate fresh Manila coverings for home books, and require each pupil to have a personal drinking cup. Baltimore ruling grants seat transfer rights in sleeping cars, leading to a one cent damages verdict against Pullman after a conductor resold a seat.
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New York
Baltimore
Pullman’ Company
Pullman
Railway Age cites scalpers blocking low fares at expositions
The Railway Age argues ticket scalpers prevented the public from obtaining very low rates at the exposition, comparing with the Chicago exposition when railways refused broad reductions. It claims scalpers would demoralize rates nationwide and cause losses rather than pass savings to travelers.
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Railway Age
Notable Entries From Global Briefs In San Francisco
Gro B Greie, dubbed American king of Fanning and Washington Islands, arrives in San Francisco on the Mary Dodge for business, not seeking U.S. recognition. London merchants hold jewelry from Mrs Langtry tied to a forged Union Bank order. Died: Stienon Michele Raffayolo, famed euphonium soloist with Gilmore and Sousa bands, age not stated, at Bayonne NJ. Egyptian law student Trnacgo Sravoun arrives in Cincinnati to study US law. Minnesota governor pardons Floyd bank robbers. Ex-secret service chief James J Brooks dies in Pittsburgh. U.S. pressure on Spain over Cuba shocks Madrid. Earl of Elgin resigns as viceroy of India. Heir to estate and Irish title noted in Warwick NY.
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Hatton Garden
London
Stienon Michele Raffayolo
Bright
Bayonne
N. J
Raffagolo
Gilmore
Sousa
Trnacgo Sravoun
Benda
Egypt
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Law School
Alexandria Law School
United States
Minnesota
Floyd Boys
Bank of
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Seheig
James J. Brooks
United States Secret Service
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Madrid
Washington
Spain
Cuba
Earl of Elgin
India
W. H. Evans
Christ’s Church
Warwick
N. Y
Lord Corbury
Temple Opera House Fire at Duluth Kills Theater Rooms
Telegrams report the Temple opera house in Duluth Minnesota burned after an explosion in the basement early the 13th. The upper Scottish Rite rooms and library were destroyed. Loss on building 40000 fully insured. Also notes Rome dispatch disputing a visit by King Carlos of Portugal to Rome and Pope Pius IX. Funeral of William Wetmore Story in Rome. National associations meet in Atlanta the week of the 13th. Chess match in New York between N Jas NoGropsky and M Sterling. Hay stacks burned near Chillicothe Missouri with possible murder, and Commodore Perry brings word of active Aleutian volcanoes. Transsiberian road work advances rapidly.
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Duluth
Minn
Scottish Rite Consistory
Rome
Carlos
Portugal
Humbert
William Wetmore Story
Wth
Manhattan Chess Club
New York
S. B. ‘Patterson
Chillicothe
United States
Commodore Perry
San Francisco
Behring Sea
Bronberg
Tageblatt
Polanovo
Trustees Upheld In Eastern Illinois Normal Case
Judge Shirley dismissed Mattoon residents’ quo warranto challenge against trustees of the new Eastern Illinois normal school and against State Superintendent Inglis. He ruled Inglis’s trustee role was a duty of his office and that the appointment act became law when signed, though operative July 1. Other trustees were legally appointed and empowered.
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Sahgamon
County
Shirley
Eastern
Illinois Normal School
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Inglis
Mattoon
Charleston
Senate
State Board lists large corporation assessments in Illinois
The state board of equalization released figures showing the total and capital stock assessments for major Illinois corporations. Included are Chicago Dock Co 234 100, Central Union Telephone 81 554 393, Chicago Gas Light 120 698 capital stock with total 675 000, and multiple railroads and utilities with varying totals. The release also notes per mile and overall railroad assessments across the state.
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State Board of Equalization
Chicago Dock Co
Calumet Electric Street Railway Co
Central Union Telephone Co
Chameer of Commerce Safety Vault Co
Chicago Dock & Canal Co
Chicago Edison Co
Chicago Gas Light & Coke Co
Chicago Opera House Co
Chicago Telephone Co
Mississippi Railroad & Toll Bridge Co
Mississippi River Bridge Co
North Chicago Street Railway Co
Capital
Western Bank Note & Engraving Co
Capital Stock
People’s Gas Light & Coke Co
West Chicago Street Railway Co
Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co
Madison County Ferry Co
St. Louis Merchants’ Bridge Co
East St. Louis Belt Railway Co
St. Louis National Stock Yards Co
Wiggins Ferry Co
German Insurance Co
Freeport
Rockford Insurance Co
Rockford
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Ohio Southwestern Wed
Belleville & Carondelet
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Walley Eee
Starving Canal Boatmen Stranded by Low Water in New York
A Recorder dispatch from Enville reports canal boatmen facing starvation as 455 boats lie dry or idle along the canal for seven weeks. Many boats carry coal or lie empty while crews struggle to pay for sustenance and horse and mule keep. Boatmen have earned far less this season, averaging few trips and little pay.
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Delaware & Hudane Deenek
Aelt
Boa
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