Appointments and incidents flagged in national report
President appoints A. D. Hazel as Third Assistant Postmaster General effective June 30, and James Lewis to the Naval Office in New Orleans. Cleveland drowning and Halifax capsizing add to a list of public calamities, while a Baltimore and Ohio crash near Point of Rocks leaves four dead and eighteen injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Hazel
Pennsylvania
E. W. Barber
Michigan
James Lewis
Naval Office
New Orleans
Hexpnicks
Europe
Indianapolis
McDonald
Jonnx Tyler, Jr
Tyler
Richmond
Grant
J. R. G. Pitkin
United States
Louisiana
J. Wharton
Kendricks
Manhattan Club
New York
Fifth Avenue
West Chicago official in defaulter case and Tweed partner thefts
Crime news reports Avery Moore, ex supervisor of West Chicago, as a defaulter owed 8000 dollars who has fled. A Sweeney estate settlement offers 400000 dollars to partly cover Tweed era thefts. Arrests follow train wreck sabotage, and ex-convicts linked to plunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery Moore
Chicago
Sweeney
James M. Sweeney
New York City
Tweed
Ricwago B. Connolly
Tammany By
Connolly
Francis Williams
Doyle
Prieaten
Brainerd
Minn
Ellen McArthur
Crow Wing
Miss McArthur
Bank Suspends and Rail Chief Officers Reappointed
Union Savings Bank of Bath Pa suspends operations as stockholders pledge dollar for dollar. Chicago and Northwestern elected directors to fill five seats in Chicago with officers reappointed: Albert Keep president M L Sykes Jr vice president secretary treasurer Marvin Hughitt general manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Savings Bank of
Bath
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Chicago
Albert Keep
M. L. Sykes, Jr
Marvin Hughitt
International Typographical Union
Louisville
Darwin R. Streeter
St. Louis
Edward Girth
Baltimore
Edwin Fitzgore
Trenton
N. J
John H. O'Donnell
Boston
Mass
John Armstrong
Toronto
Canada
Mr. Sherman
Cuaeies Diestmans & Co
New York
San Francisco
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury of the United States
City of
Washington
Fires and Disasters Sweep Various Cities Across Regions
The report details a Bath centenary celebration disaster at the Widcombe suspension bridge where about 200 people fell into the Avon. In Boston a five story building burned with two women fatally injured by jumping. A tax roof collapse near Fairmount Nebraska buried a family, with a boy and girl among the dead. A major blast at Omaha caused widespread property damage. In Bridgeport, a hat factory fire led to wall collapse, crushing workers. Galveston saw a disastrous citywide incident smashing firms and landmarks including Southern Hotel and several banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath and West of England Society
Bath
Widcombe
Avon
Boston
Maer
C. P. Vick
Fairmount
Neb
Mr. Vick
Omaha
Bridgeport
Glover, Sandford & Son
Ince
Galveston
Texas
Southern Hotel
Peugeon’s Bank
Fist National ‘Banks 1
Greenbackers Nominate Governor Hopeful at Columbus
General Buker states he will not oppose Hayes policy and aims for fair trial. Ohio Greenbackers nominate Stephen Johnson of Miami for Governor at Columbus. Benjamin F. Prescott becomes Governor of New Hampshire. Peter Cooper writes to President Hayes urging currency reform, favors silver removal, and bond-backed exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buker
Congress
Hayes
Tur
Ohio Greenbackers
Columbus
Stephen Johnson
Miami
Benjamin F. Prescott
New Hampshire
Peter Cooper
New York
Cooper
Obituary: Fletcher Harper Died in New York
Fletcher Harper founder of Harper & Brothers and youngest of the four Harper brothers died recently in New York. He helped establish the firm and its periodicals, was devout Methodist, enjoyed fast horses and ocean voyages, and left a wife and two sons Fletcher Harper Jr and Joseph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Herver
New York
of & Brothers
James
John
Joseph Wesley
Dover Street
Joseph Wesley Harper
Othher
Harper & Brothers
Sletcher
Wesley
Etcher
Roosevelt Street
A. T. Stewart
Harpers
Fletcher
Harper
Fletcher Harper, Jr
Joseph
Philip J. A. Harper
John Wesley
Joseph Abner Harper
Wesley Harper
War News From the East and Balkan Fronts
Reports describe the Czar assuming command at Ploiesti and a looming major Russian advance. Turk losses at Maljat are heavy as Montenegrins claim a decisive victory. Romanian forces total about 55 000 with 5 000 to 6 000 militia. Turkish loans and taxes are debated as Erzercum tensions rise and Danube front rumors grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ploiesti
Danube
Vienna
Constantinople
Ardahan
Erzercum
Mukhtar Pasha
Bulgaria
Hobart Pasha
Odessa
Meuremer Ati
Monttenegrins
St. Sophia
Olu
Penak
Greece united behind government with no opposition
A Athens dispatch reports all Greek parties unite behind the government led by Canaris, marking the first time no opposition exists. The Greek army will be reorganized into a standing force of 30,000, up from 12,397 in 1873. German recognition places Diaz as constitutional Mexican president. The Paris mayor is jailed for insults to MacMahon and inciting civil war. Four new Cardinals were named by the Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur
Mariscal
Diaz
Rio Grande
Marietta
Ohio
Ringgold
Brownsville
Texas
Treasury
Brigham Young
Howard
United States
Territory of
Utah
Young
Athens
Greece
Canaris
Paris
France
MacMahon
Geermany
Two Russian engineers and Civil War exploits in river warfare
Report recounts two Russian engineers disabling a Turkish monitor with a torpedo in the Danube, Cushing’s daring Roanoke voyage under fire, and a Confederate torpedo incident near Fort Sumter where electric wires failed to detonate. It also mentions a Mobile confrontation and Charleston monitor incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danube
Wm. B. Cushing
Roanoke
Albemarle
Charleston
Fort Sumter
Cincinnati theaters on few nights loom in civic clash
Fragmented lines describe a mayor seeking to appease religious voters by enforcing the law while wishing to keep gardens open. The text hints at tensions over closing theaters and allowing concert gardens, with references to German ties and political pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Uc Ia
John Lothrop Motley A Biographical Sketch
John Lothrop Motley born in Dorchester Massachusetts in 1814 died London May 30 1877. He studied at Harvard and universities in Ingen and Berlin then wrote The Rise of the Dutch Republic and The History of the United Netherlands later Life and Death of John Barneveld. He served as Secretary of Legation to Russia Minister to Austria and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lothrop Motley
Dorchester
Mass
London
Eng
Har College
Ingen
Berlin
Europe
Italy
America
Morton
Merry Mount
Guizot
Grant
England
Sues Reverdy Johnson
Thesident
Sumner
Miracle Escape as Log Ruins Carrico House
A massive log shot down a riverside bluff chute toward the Carrico home near Albina Oregon, crushing the dwelling and cradle but sparing Mrs Carrico and her children. The log injured nothing, and no one was fatally harmed despite the near disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albina
Carrico
Cost of Parisian daily dinner totals nearly two million francs
French papers estimate a Parisians daily meal costs 1 968 500 francs. Items include bread wine beer water sausages pates oysters eggs butter beef veal mutton pork lry fresh sea vegetables pastry cheese fruit brandy and other liquors. Per head cost tallies around 5 000 francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Lry
Arms of the Venus of Milo Found Near Original Site
A letter from Gen. Meredith Read confirms the discovery of the Venus of Milo arms near the statue’s 1820 find spot in Athens. He reports two arms in good condition, one bearing a gilt shield design, within about thirty feet of the original find location. News also reaches of Col. Vautier’s death, the Venus of Milo discoverer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo
State Department
Washington
Meredith
Athens
Col. Vautier
Trade and tariffs highlight early season notes on canal and global trade
The piece surveys Erie Canal tolls boosting business, English colonial trade shifts post Centennial, New York petroleum exports surpassing other ports, woven goods imports down, silk up, and European war effects on American shipping. It notes rising American fruit and oleomargarine detection efforts, locomotive claims in Australia, and a major rail investment in Cincinnati tied to the Severa railroad. Government receipts show nine months ending March 31 with customs down but internal revenue up, suggesting a possible sinking fund surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Canal
New York
England
Granite Foliation in Estes Park Inspires Awe
Pooly Mountain Tourist describes Estes Park scenery with bare granite masses rising above timber line, glacial furrows, enamel-like mountain surfaces, and green alpine lakes. Autumn fires have left pines dead, while quaking-asp poplar adds vivid color among somber pines and gray debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Estes Park
Dosh Billings Insures His Life
A narrator recalls insuring life with Garden Angel Life Insurance, describing a comical interview with a sharp, gray salesman who asks bizarre questions about gender, fits, weight, ancestry, the tenth commandment, nightmares, marital status, future state, rats, suicide, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Angel Life Insurance Company
Strength of the Russian Army In Roumania
The London News reports the Russian army in Roumania at 324 000 men total when six corps are active and three more mobilized north of the Pruth. Grand Duke Nicholas commands 4 corps 144 000 men 32 800 horses 432 guns and General Tememko leads Odessa with 2 corps 72 000 men 16 400 horses 248 guns. The six corps provide 216 000 men 49 200 horses 648 guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roumania
London
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Odessa
Temecko
Pruth
Vermont Nobleman Receives Tunisian Commander Rank
Thaddeus Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury Vermont, renowned scale maker, was invested with the Commander order by Tunis. The honor carries no fixed cash value but marks a high recognition of his noble invention, valued by the Bey at six Thadilens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Thaddeus Fairbanks
St. Johnsbury
Rushehe
the of
Tunis
Black Hills Gold Boom Draws Men to Desert Prairie
The New York Sun charts the Black Hills region from 3 000 to 8 000 feet high, noting Deadwood as the richest mining belt with $2 579 000 last year and an estimated $25 000 000 this year. It warns that most gulches are mined out and water is scarce, discouraging new emigration despite glittering ore claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Harte
New York Sun
Custer
Jenny
Bear Range
French Creek
Deadwood
Whitewood
Deadwood City
Waite
Plato Gulch
Wyoming Territory
Remains of J Wilkes Booth Examined in Baltimore Report
The Baltimore Gazette reports President Andrew Johnson ordered Booth remains delivered to his family who sent undertaker John H Weaver to Washington. A box from the arsenal held a skeleton wrapped in an army blanket with bones near a swollen foot and a cavalry boot. An identity check proved inconclusive though a gold tooth was described and found. The remains were buried in Greenmount cemetery beside Booth family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Gazette
Andrew Johnson
J. Wilkes Booth
John H. Weaver
Baltimore
Washington
Arsenal
the Gazette
Booth
Wilkes
Greenmount Cemetery
Destructive Peruvian Tidal Wave Stuns West Coast
A month ago a tidal wave off western Peru reached four to thirty feet, submerging piers and stores and causing house damage. Five deaths are reported as ships in twenty four feet of water were left dry on subsidence. Volcanic eruption of Kilauea is cited as the likely cause with prior violent events tied to the mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Baltimore and Ohio
Winchester
Frederick
Washington
Point of Rocks
Peru
Sandwich
Kilauea
Hawaii
Byron’s Club Foot and Harrow Fag Tale Revealed
At a London dinner Lord Houghton hosts L. J. Jennings recalls Baron Heath a Harrow schoolmate who served as Byron’s fag. He says Byron wore a boot with a tin plate to correct a deformity and notes it was not actually a club foot, as commonly believed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Houghton
London
L. J. Jennings
Baron Heath
Lord Byron
Harrow
Redon Man Confesses to Double Murder of Aunts
The Rock Gazette reports Thomas Stoner confessed to killing his Aunt Harriet Stoner and neighbor Mrs. Taylor at a Redon home on a January day. He described planning after a dream and securing a large sum of money, then taking $25 to his lawyer Latta and hiding the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Rock Gazette
Redon
Saline County
Harriet Svaner
Taylor
Thomas Staner
Mack
Little Rock
Harriet
Mrs. Taylor
Aunt Harriet
Aunt Barnet
Tom
Major Latta
Wirth argues public spending fueled the crisis
Vienna statistician Dr. Wirth contends that the world crisis of the past three to four years stems from perversion of private wealth into public uses. He cites 1867 to 1876 public securities data showing 5 billion dollars issued and 5 billion dollars paid, with 3.55 billion issued in 1871 72 73 74 during the Franco Prussian war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirth
Vienna
Centenarian Mrs Milly Page of Burksville
Mrs Milly Page of Burksville is 102 years old. She moved to this county in 1806 and has lived here since. She bore eleven children and has forty seven grandchildren, one hundred ten grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren. Some descendants live in other states, making exact counts uncertain. A number of grandsons aged 35 to 60 reside in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milly Page
Burksville
Burkaville
Armament Test At Shoeburyness With Huge Cannon
Artillery experiments resumed at Shoeburyness with an eighty ton cannon firing a 425 pound charge and a Palliser ball of 1700 pounds. The shot left the mouth at 1600 feet per second to strike a 120 yard distant iron target two feet thick. The projectile buried 17 inches in the iron. trials halted due to cost, with a $30,000 setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoeburyness
Favorite Prescription Adverts and Patient Testimony
A Texas paper notes patients' testimonials and physician endorsements for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Letters praise relief from female ailments, with customers contrasting advertised remedies against harsh treatments and asserting successful outcomes for wives and families.
Pann's Extract Promises Pain Relief and Prices
An advertisement touts Pann's Extract The Vegetable Pain Destroyer claiming relief from all pains and injuries. It invites readers to request N F Burnham's new pamphlets and set aerial prices from P O Box 13 York Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pann
N. F. Burnham
P. O. Box
York
Market Summary and Grain Prices From New York to Detroit
Market notes list futures and prices for oats, corn, wheat, live cattle, and butter across major U S locations. Prices are shown for No 2 Western oat and corn, Western mixed cattle, creamery butter, and other staples with regional quotes and standard market notations.
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New York
Western
Chicago
Eae Ae
Nmo
Pawews
Cccees
Seecees
Rre
Eee
Sineres Bwens's . Sons
Kvenceees Skodense Ip
Detroit
Siesievavess
Weis Exes
Escevevecs
Cseiecc
East Liberty
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Vourtier
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Venus of Milo
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Liverpool
Leipsic
Government Railways
Australia
The
New York Tribune
Ciscissati
Severa
Chattanooga
Cincinnati, Ranito
Dayton
Consolidated Street Co. Company
Cinrianati
Mountain Majesty
EL Dorado
Byron
Arkansas
Denton
State
Dr. Pierce
Wanasat Stratrox
R. V. Preven
Buffalo
N. Y
D. A. Howren
Wilhoft
GR. Fixtay & Co
Proora
Cotante & Co
Graefenberg Marshall
Berg Co
Chicago Ledger
Ledger
West
the Ledger
Hazel
Universal Gough
Aeakan
Hinarsa
Friendship
J. Blocki & Co. Chieags
Dil
New Health Journal
Electric Quarterly
Burxert
Hofmann
J. G. Lewis
Waterville
Joseph Hill
Pet
Joseph Burnett &C
Manufacturers and Proprietors
Man
Kansas
Centennial Fur
Mansas Paceficc
Kansans
Kansas Pacific
K.P. Re. Satine
Oreck Rowe
van van Weiter Boo
Priesa
Mercesey
Hunt
W E. Clarke
Providence
Taleos
Neo Aise Iealeweoa
Ae Walleogg
Jook
N.Y
Oman
Nichols, Shepard & CO
Battle Creek, Mich
Dale Burnett
Burnett
Joriith Av
Cona
Phila
Joseph Burnett & CO
Proprietors
Untep Statens
James Buell
Agricultural Department
Inter-Ocean
Lake St
Salable
YonGi Ad CO
Lewis, Ma
Fellow
Nassau
St Sennen Tock
P. O. x Vickery
Terai
Portand
Maine
Indan
Ray
Lown
Queen City Lamp Works
ING
Wisin & Tirenlare
Canton Tea
Kewpal
J. & Elrou & CO
Dey
Sirveat
Prof. Hall
Fosses
Atety
C Baker
South
J. Hi. Bestion
APL
Murray's Enst
Hallett &O
Portland
Ar Price DR. WA
Rnham Pianos
Dunham & Sons
14Th St
CongonAanke
Mati
Coutil
Satteen
Sui Vue
Warner Bros
Broadway
Babbitt’s
B. T. Ratdaat
Erie
Enon
Easager Ae
Pack Row
Tee Worth Serees Street
Milwaukee
Park Row
Conan
Werk Met
Stim J. R. Hill & CO
Concord, N. A
Osgood
Dornaments
Collins & CO
INS & CO
Tee
Pittsburgh
Neile
Tha
P.O
Rational Bagkoeere
Pittaburch
James P. Ludlow
Calvary Baptist Church
Sacramento
Cal
Stevens
Senye Calleteney
George M. Vaughan
Medford
O. T. Walker
Provinence, RK. L
Taswarr
Lowra
H.R. Stevens
Lizzie M Packard
Lagrange St
South Salem
Homer
J. B. Steves Steven
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