Trade report notes tentative improvement in business tone
R G Dun & Co reports a somewhat better mood in U S business due to easier money markets though no clear improvement. Regions vary with cautious orders, slow collections, and mixed activity in iron, groceries, coal, and hardware.
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R.G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Boston
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Detroit
Michigan
Chicago
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Omaha
St. Joesph
Kansas City
St. Louis
Denver
Louisville
Nashville
Montgomery
Rock
Columbus
Atlanta
Augusta
Mobile
New Orleans
Wyoming-Utah club calls for state silver convention
The Wyoming Utah Democratic club launches a state mass meeting and delegate convention in Cheyenne to favor free coinage. Governor Osborne and other officials head the arrangements. Preliminary county meetings will select delegates as Wyoming voices support silver.
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Wyoming-Utah Club
Cheyenne
Wyoming- Utah Club
State
Democratic Committee
Osborne
J. Chowipene
Clark
Supreme Court
Cabis
J. Whitehead
Wyoming
Prohibition Policy Shifts Mentioned By Kansas AG
In a letter to A. J. Pichard of Fort Scott Attorney General Little intimates that the state administration has thrown Prohibition overboard and will not use state machinery to enforce it. He notes several cities unable to meet taxes are asking that saloons be licensed.
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Topexa
A. J. Pichard
Fort Scott
Little
Freight collision near Henryville injures rider
An extra southbound freight on the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania ran into a local southbound freight near Henryville Indiana. Charles Rayburn of New Albany hurt while riding and a second crewmember from the extra freight is fatally injured. Reports also note arrests in Hawkinsville Georgia and praise for Montreal police during disturbances. A Petersburg Pennsylvania reader praises Salvation Oil for neuralgia and rheumatism.
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Louisville
Henryville
Ind
Pennsylvania
Charles Rayburn
New Albany
George Ey
Montreal Police
Montreal
Paris Braces for Anarchist Threats on Bastille Day
Paris marks Bastille Day with tameness amid riots and anarchist placards. Authorities prepare for possible acts while Carnot pardons 319 convicts. In Findlay Ohio, tax collection against the Findlay Fort Wayne and Western Railroad leads to binding of an engine and caboose over $2 253 in taxes due.
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Carnot
Findlay
Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railroad Company
Shaw
Snae
Attempted train wreck near Waycross and yellow fever death
In Georgia, July 14 two cross ties were set upright on a trestle near Thomasville to wreck a passenger train No. 6 which struck and shattered them. It marks a repeated act in a week. In New York, July 14 Captain Rhett of the Ardangorm died at harbor shortly after arriving from Cienfuegos as fumigation continued aboard.
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Mrvyzapolis
Waycross
Thomasville
New York
Rhett
Ardangorm
Cienfagos
Boston
Herman Haminn
New York City
Southwestern Railroad Wins New Trial Hearing
Attorney Frank H. Miller reports from Washington that Justice Howell Jackson granted a new trial for the Southwestern railroad. Miller traveled from New York to push the hearing, stopping in Avacosta on the route home.
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Avacosta
Frank H. Miller
Washington
Southwestern Railroad
New York
Howell Jackson
Southwestern
Miners Quit Work Again in Leavenworth
The Home mine has shut down again as strikers and their wives deter resumed labor. The stoppage undermines company efforts to restart operations. In Rome, a bank scandal implicates about 120 of 420 senators and roughly 100 deputies.
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Lravenworth
Kan
Italy
Rome
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Nun Fatally Burned at Notre Dame Convent
At midnight at the Richmond street branch of the Notre Dame convent several nuns returning from a picnic attempted to refresh themselves when a fire exploded. One nun was badly burned and may not survive.
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Ciscinnati
Richmond Street
Convent of Notre Dame
Arrival of the Viking at the Chicago Fair Grounds
Captain Mangus Anderson and his crew aboard the Viking were greeted with cannon salutes and a naval procession led by Michigan and Ivanhoe. Norwegian officials and Chicago dignitaries, including Mayor Harrison, welcomed the Norse crew in a ceremony at Jackson Park before speeches at the Grand Plaza.
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Mangus Anderson
Evanston
Michigan
Ivanhoe
Rayn
R. R. Anderson
Denmark
Zero
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United States
Blake
Harrison
Norwegian Old
Jackson Park
van Buren Street
Duluth
Fair Grounds
Anderson
Grand Plaza
Davis
Viking arrival marred by deadly collision at pier
Chicago July 14 The Viking ship reached Van Buren street pier as the small pleasure steamer Imperial carrying about 40 passengers was struck from behind by the steamboat Arthur Orr. The impact drove the Imperial onto the landing, crushing a man’s legs and sending spectators into a panic as police contained the crowd. The injured man was taken to county hospital.
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Chicago
van Buren Street
Imperial
Arthur Orr
The Poor Old Central Reorganization Report
The reorganization committee faces opposition from bipartite bondholders as they seek a sale order in foreclosure of the Southwestern railroad. Actual earnings have fallen short of the projected 1.8 million, with $5 million of floating debt, much held by committee members, and the plan to keep property in court until valuations are settled.
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New York
Reorganization Committee
Southwestern Railroad
Brazilian Revolt Ahead of Naval Strike at Rio Grande
A Montevideo Paris telegram reports Admiral Van denkolk, head of the insurgent naval force, blocking Rio Grande do Sul port with Jupiter and awaiting a planned attack. The chamber of deputies voted confidence in the ministry. public opinion in Rio de Janeiro backs the cabinet and the Rio Grande do Sul governor expects the revolt to be suppressed.
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Montevideo
Paris
Chanmiber of Deputies
Rio Grande Do Sul
Vandenkolk
Jupiter
Chamber of Deputies
de Janeiro
Rio Grand Do Sul
Sheriff Shot Near Memphis After $12,000 Robbery
Sheriff Warner of Crittenden county Kentucky was shot twice while boarding a train at a river junction near Memphis. He attempted a defense but was wounded in the right arm as an unknown assailant seized $12,000 and fled. He lies under care at Gaston’s hotel with doctors attending.
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Memphis
Warner
Crittenden County
Kentucky
Gaston’s
Banks Collapse Across Cities Prompt Financial Stringency
July 15 reports from Kansas City Missouri and nearby areas note bank closures due to financial stringency. Northrup bank of Kansas City Kansas and Kansas City National Bank suspended operations, with uncertainty about full repayment. Other notes mention First National bank in Starkville and various local bank matters, plus a foreigner’s self inflicted death and a courtroom tragedy in Tabasco.
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Northrup Bank
Kan
J. F. Chick
National Bank of Kansas City
Banker & Ww
Starkville
Miss
First National Bank
Woman Larcenist Masqueraded as Man for Fifteen Years
Frank Blunt, wanted in Fond du Lac on grand larceny charges, turned out to be Annie Morris a Nova Scotia native. For 15 years she lived as a man in Mitwauxret Wisconsin, smoking, gambling, and passing as a male while the case was pursued by Chief Janssen. A Halifax family previously connected to Annie is noted. authorities report her birth and early life details.
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Frank Hlnt
Mitwauxret
Wic
Fond du Lac
Janssen
Frank Blunt
Fond du Lack
Blunt
Tata
Jans
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Annie
Tan
Pat
Crneemiys
Hee
CIA
Slaying the Siamese Comes Amid War News
Bangkok dispatch reports twenty Siamese killed and fourteen wounded as French gunboats Comete and I-con force passage on the Meinam river despite Siamese orders. American missionaries in Siam face risk as hostilities break out. Gresham says no navy vessels available, but Concord will reach the area in two months. Gladstone notes no active French Siamese hostilities and relies on French assurances.
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London
Bangkok
Siam
Washington
Legation
State Department
Boyd
Bargkok
Department
United States
Concord
China
House of Commons
Gladstone
Meriam
England
Irby In A Nasty Mess In South Carolina记
Laurens South Carolina July 14 a Tillmanite county official Davenport school commissioner made indecent advances to a farmer's wife her husband alerted him fled and then paid hush money with a note co signed by United States Senator Irby and Lt Col Shaw a resignation demand followed as investigations begin
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Tillmanite
Laurens
S.C
Ludley P . Davenport
United States
Irby
J. D. M.shaw
Tillman
Shaw
Oakville Alliance
Davenport
Col. Shaw
Clarke Rifles Drill Night Prize Winners and Captain Hodgson Gifts
The Clarke Rifles held a prize drill at their armory on Friday night with a large attendance including many ladies. Corporal David McCurdy won, earning the prize for best drilled man. Capt Hodgson distributed hats and shirts to each company member as a liberal gesture. The unit plans to depart for Camp Northern tomorrow morning, with the regiment in camp next week expected to honor their Classic City unit. Meanwhile V Dunaway advertises cabinet work and glazing services from a corner room at Thomas and Clayton streets, highlighting materials and handyman skills.
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Hodgson
Clarke Rifles
David McCurdy
George Hodgson
Riles
Northen
Ganrnal
J. P Wokk
V. Dunaway
Thomas and
Clayton Atresta
Ragged Tom Returns to School After Promise to Be Good
A ragged boy named Tom pleads to rejoin the Sabbath school unseen by peers. The superintendent allows him back if he promises to be punished for the bad boy next time. Tom agrees and vows to reform, later becoming one of the best students. The tale contrasts with a sermon urging separation from worldly sin.
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Ayaun
Maxin
Dent
Jesus
Tom
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