War song sent to Le Monde Moderne and other notes
A Japanese war song was sent to Le Monde Moderne and titled Pramp Tramp Tramp The Boys are Marching upon translation. Agricultural data shows record 1895 cereal yield with low prices and rising crop value. Faure ethics on railroad passes. Riley takes up cycling. Pension rolls decline from 1,011,794 in 1894 to 987,815 in 1895 with projections to 701,418 by 1905 and a $41,000,000 cut in the next year’s appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
le Mondé Moderne
California’s Wealth Valued At 1.15 Billion In 45 Years
California, forty five years into statehood, is officially valued at 1,152,712,874 dollars. This equals 840 dollars per resident or 4,200 dollars per family, illustrating rapid wealth and social progress in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Great American Republic
Diaz Birthday Rally Reflects Strong Support for Leader
The celebration of President Diaz’s birthday by Mexican people signals deep confidence and admiration. Observers say the show of enthusiasm indicates intent to keep him in office for another term, viewing it as the best course for the country’s governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diaz
Hves
Promptness of U S enterprise and electric rail progress
Noruine notes American business vigor and speed, contrasting 10,363 miles of electric rail in the United States with 434 miles in all Europe at year start. He highlights strong U S substitution of electricity for steam on railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
New England Cities Grow Fast as Population Surges
New England states report rapid urban growth with ten cities over 60,000 inhabitants. Despite this shift, concerns about food supply across the country persist, even as manufacturing expands and Yankees pursue industrial development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
London physician questions Sir Walter Scott’s intellect
A London doctor argues Sir Walter Scott was an imbecile in his final illness, while praising his genius and grandeur. The piece notes the strain of Scott’s late work and imagines a world that honors him even as a ruin, then shifts to a Omaha librarian who allegedly died of consumption from handling books touched by contagious readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Walter Scott
Omaha
New U S Krag rifle test described as deadly
The article notes the Krag Jorgensen rifle adopted by the U S army fired through a man’s head and a tree before stopping three feet deep in a hillside, in an escape attempt at the guard house. It also mentions geopolitics with Chusan as a German aiming point in Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Casualties at Chickamauga Surpass Napoleon Era Losses
General Bornton notes Chickamauga casualties exceed Napoleon era battles and other later European conflicts. He cites that the Third Westphalian regiment lost forty percent in the Franco Prussian War, yet Chickamauga saw over twenty regiments with greater losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bornton
Chickamauga
Free silver forces to consolidate in Chicago
Free silver factions in the United States plan to consolidate, forming a new headquarters in Chicago. Gen A J Warner of the National Bimetallic League will lead the unified body, with Edward B Light of the American Bimetallic Union in a similar top post. Other items include a Denver prison congress president, ambassador swaps, yacht racing plans, and a Chickamauga park dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago
A. J. Warner
National Bimetallic League
Edward B. Light
American Bimetallic Union
Roeliff Brinkerhoff
Mansfield
Denver
Col
Paris
J. B. Eustis
France
Theodore Runyon
Germany
Jake Gaudaur
Harding
England
Texas
Austin
Notable Crimes and Disasters Highlight Late September
A roundup of grim events includes Robert Coombes found guilty but insane for matricide in London and slated for asylum. In Fort Scott Kansas a trolley car clash injures four, while Oshkosh Wisconsin endures a devastating lumber fire. Indianapolis suffers a major blaze. The Edam and Turkestan collide off southern England, with passengers rescued and later relocated to Plymouth and Cardiff. Banking fraud ripples in Chicago as Illinois bank admits a $19,800 shortage, later repaid. Missing teller Van Bekkelen believed in Mexico. A Brandenburg construction collapse in Goben buries sixteen workers, nine dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Coombes
London
Fort Scott
Kas
Oshkosh
Wis
Neenah
Menasha
Appleton
Fond du Lac
Indianapolis
Edam
New York
Amsterdam
Start Point
England
Turkestan
Vulture
Beresford
Plymouth
Cardiff
Wales
National Bank of Illinois
Chicago
Ross C. van Bekkelen
Merchants’ Loan and ‘Trust .Co
Miscellaneous World News And Trade Rumors
Russian agents travel to Pekin to seek a Russo Chinese bank in the city. Brazil warns Rio Janeiro ministers passports if Britain opens a Trinidad cable station. Thirty thousand visitors at Chickamauga mark opening of the national military park exercises. A Belgian firm’s Bahamas agent reports rifles and military stores bound for Cuban insurgents found on Andros, shipped from New York. New York’s Central Labor Union boycotts Bibles published by Benziger. Shanghai reports China plans to occupy Liaotung in October as Russia presses Japan to evacuate. US weekly failures total 213, Canada 32, per R G Dun & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Rio Janeiro
England
Trinidad
Chattanooga
Tenn
National Military Park
Chickamauga
Bahamas
Andros
New York
Central Labor Union of
Benziger Dros
Pispatcyu
Shanghai
China
Liao‘Tung
Russia
Japan
United States
R. G. Dun & Co
Canada
Cold Wave Hits Des Moines and Global Fronts
Des Moines records a 32 degree drop in 15 minutes as a northwest cold wave sweeps through. Other western regions report severe temperature falls harming crops. Also noted: New York loans shift, Madagascar dispatches on Hovas, Garibaldi’s son withdraws from government, a fatal boiler explosion near Dayton, Cuban liberty mass meeting planned, Stoneleigh abandoned near Cape Horn, Japanese navy plans, and New York bank reserves above requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
New York City
Madagascar
Schon
Spahinodri
Minorri Garibaldi
Guiseppe Garibaldi
Chamber of Deputies
County Infirmary
Dayton, C
Paul Butterhorn
Albert Rude
Chicago Union League Club
Gentral Music Hall
Stoneleigh
London
Melbourne
Horn
Wm. C. Curtis
Orient
United States
Illinois Longtime Couple Celebrates Seventy-First Anniversary
George Clouser born in Ross County Ohio in 1902 and his wife Hannah Coyner born 1807 celebrate their 71st wedding anniversary in Champaign Illinois. The couple married in 1824 and started a new life in Illinois in 1852 after moving from Ohio with their growing family. They had eleven children, sixty-two grandchildren, eighty-five great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. Mr. Clouser now nearly blind and deaf but mentally clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clouser
George-Clouser
Ross County
Hannah Coyner
George Clouser
Mr. Clouser
David
Lysander
Nelson
Mansfield
Jesse
White Heath
George
Omaha
Neb
John Chanute
Kas
S. R. Reed
Monticello
Mia
Sarah Lamum
Mahomet
Jemima Parrot
Notable Deaths and Public Notices From Jerseyville Area
Dr George H Knapp died suddenly at Jerseyville aged 56 after a long career in St Louis and wartime service as a surgeon with the Fourteenth Illinois infantry. He married Bettie Veach and leaves three grown children. Mrs Lizzie Ficklin, sister of ex Gov Alfred Colquitt, dies at Charleston aged 66. Engineer Alexander Abend of East St Louis dies by self-inflicted shooting believed due to insomnia and overwork. Also noted is a legal opinion that boards may require teachers to display a flag at 9 am and lower it at 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity Wright
Banner Township
Fulton County
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Bryant Wright
Bryant
Inndia
Canton
Wright
Rupes
Monterey
George H. Knapp
Jerseyville
St. Louis
Fourteenth Illinois Infantry
Bettie Veach
Lizzie Ficklin
Charleston
W. T. Colequitt
Harper’ S
Frank Leslie
Orlando B. Ficklin
Illlinois
Alfred Colquitt
Washington
Cleveland
Ficklin
Alexander E. Abend
East St. Louis
Illinois Conference Methodists Appoints District Leaders
A long list of appointments across Illinois districts led by presiding elders BE Scrimer and W. D. Best. The roster covers Champaign Danville Mattoon Paris Springfield Bloomington Quincy Decatur Jacksonville and Springfield districts with names like J. B. Martin H. H. O’Neal and W. D. Best assigned to numerous circuits and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Conference of the
Gu Ditrict
Byerly
J. B. Martin
Champaign
Lord
H. H. O'Neal
Bement
E. ‘S. Warmsley
E. K. Fowl
Cisco
W. F. Steven ‘Son
Deland
Farmer City
House
Fisher
J. R. Reasoner
Fithian
Homer
HE. M. Jeffers
Hoopeston
Parker Shields
Hume
H. G. Moss
Jfdianola
J. F. Clearwater
Metcalf
J. F. Pierson
Madock
D. D. Kensill
Newman
C. F. Tobey
Philo
H. Vu. Turner
Pilot
J. M. Mills
Potomac
J. C. Lockhart
Ruge Farm
W. M. Gooding
Rossville
W. Auer
Sidell
J. M. Goodspeed
Sidney
G. Cunningham
Tuscola
W. S. Calhoun
M. H. Ewers
Ville Grove
Ernest Fletcher
W. H. Webster
Missionary
Church Aid Society
Mattoon
Robert Stephens
Bethany
G. Blunk
Brocton
W. S. Miller
Bruce
H. N. Garvan
Casey
D. T. Miles
Charleston
John W. Miller
A. J. Ives
Cowden
E. S. Barton
Findley
G. A. Kenny
Grandview
J. Wesley Miller
Greenup
J. W. Hill
Hindsboro
S. N. Madden
Humboldt
T. H. Tull
Kansas
Shelbyville
Moulton
D. W. Britton
R. FB. Tate
Stewardson
S. M. Wakefield
Sullivan
E. A. Squire
Tower Hill
L. B. Enis
Toledo
J. M. Crans
Trilla
C. M. Monson
Vermillion
M. Hobart
Westfield
J. E. Martin
Windsor
T. L. Hancock
Griggsville
GC. R. Morrison
Kinderhook
W. N. Gannaway
Milton and
Time
Arthur B. Bobbs
Naples
Meredosia
William M. Haley
New Salem
W. S. Phillips
Payson
David Gay
Perry
W. Plage
Pittsfield
Robert L. Steed
Plainville
J. W. Madison
Pleasant Hill
Anderson Orr
Bath
A. H. Fingg
Carrollton
W. J. Tull
Chandlerville
O. E. Badger
Chesterfield
S. W. Beggs
Franklin
W. T. Heater
Greenfield
C. W
Jacobs
P. B. Huffman
Greenview
BE. L. Pariett
Havana
Island Grove
O. L. Kiplinger
Jacksonville
Brooklyn
J. Artz
Centenary
W. A. Smith
Grace
J. T. McFarland
Roadhouse
Topeka
J.S. Smith
Maron
P. Woods, Jr
J. G. Jeffers
Moneaqua
L. J. Dunham
Mount Pulaski
J. H. Haitrick
Nokomis
W.C. Lacey
Oconee
Dawson
Owaneco
Jasper Miller
Pana
Rosemond
C. P. Hard
Stonington
Warrensburg
G. R. Newkirk
Quincy
D. W. English
Astoria
E. H. Bugg
Augusta
T.M. Dillon
Bowen
A. B. Derk
Bowen Mission
Li. A. Donnell
Browning
J. W. Priest
Camden
A. M. Hoffer
Camp Point
A.m.simmons
Clayton
William A. Reynolds
Golden
Peter Slugel
la Prairie
W. H. McDonald
Lima
J. M. Duff
Littleton
R. E. Mathies
Loraine
W.5
J. Thorp
Quincy Mission
Vernon Street
G. A. Scott
Rushville
J. B. Harney
A.H. McKinney
Warsaw
H. M. Rigg
West Point
Basco
W. T. Evans
Springfield
William M. Elroy
Athens
George E. Burton
Auburn
George T. Wetzel
Berry
Breckinridge
A. M. Dungavan
Buffalo
J. T. Orr
Carlinville
F. A. Havigharat
Carlinsville
F.C. Reed
Chatham
T.W. Greer
Curran
W. W. Henry
Elthert
M. R. Palmer
Girard
A. Boyd
Grove City
M. L.' Browning
Loami
PS. Mitchell
Mechanicoburg
Mls. McCoy
Morrisonville
J. C. Kellar
Mount Auburn
Frederick L. Buck
Pawnee
A. L. Plowman
Pleasant, Plains
T. M. Prickett
Raymond
W. W
Theobald
Ophester
B. Wright
E. B. Randle
Sprngfield
R. Carlow
Taylorville
Bloomington
J. B. Wolfe
Arrowsmith
J. P. Edgar
Atlanta
F. McKowa
Frost’ Craft
James Miller
Clinton
M. W. Everhart
Delavan
T. A. Parker
Downs
Y. Williams
Maston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Troy
Fawree
Faure
James Whitcomb Riley
Gregany
Chusan
Beersonal and Politicat
LaMont
Maine
Chickamauga National Park
Park Commission
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Kowen
Trivono
Parkhurst
Sanchez Barcaitetguil
Moro Castle
J.L. Waller
Clarvoix
Marseilles
Mauritius
Saiches Barcaiztegui
Delgado Parejo
W. M. Thompson
West Virginia
Illinois State ‘News
Hannah
D. A. Mahoney
Morgan County
Jane Fogelman
Litchfield
Cesar Mayfield
Finois
Jane Frantz
Monmouth
Frances A. Lodge
W. E B. Lodge
Lodge
William Piatt
Piatt County
Illinois
Wallace
Albert Wallace
Belle Bowlby
Tazewell County
Bowlby
Newall
Board of Directors
Illinois Methodists
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