Celebration Over Mount Hood Fireworks Surpass Summit Feat
A Portland Fourth of July celebration culminated with a feat atop Mount Hood, twelve thousand seven hundred twenty feet high, as William G. Steel and Nelson W. Durham, with five crew, lit a red fire from the summit after a grueling ascent. The blaze was visible for miles, while reports recount numerous firework-related injuries across several cities.
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Oregon
Portland
Mount Hood
Go Cily
Alto
William G. Steel
Nelson W. Durham
The
Oregonian
Snow Bo
Entertaining the Veterans in Richmond Visit
Richmond hosts veterans from Lynn led by General Fender on a sightseeing tour of city sites. They visit the Confederate Soldier home and receive cordial fraternal receptions. Banquet plans and social events accompany their stay before returning home tomorrow.
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Richmond
General Fender
Grand Army Republic
Lynn
K. B. Lee
Sanger Hall
Three Hundred Fifty Five New Money Order Offices Opened
The postmaster general announced 355 new money order offices established today with many in the southern states including Florida and Georgia. Also noted were 190 additional postal note offices. From Key West to Egmont Key staff arrivals and disinfectant orders were reported, amid fiscal updates on bank suspensions and national bonds. The treasury noted pension payments near 12 million and expenditures exceeding receipts by nine million, forecasting a treasury surplus around 36 million by September.
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Wasnixaron
South
Ponte Akeae Etiot
Cteda
Orida
Greet Gave
Key Weat
Glennan Leff
Treasury Department
United States
Treasury
Visit to Mr Davis by the Continental Guards of New Orleans
The Continental Guards from New Orleans picnic to Beauvoir and call on Mr Jefferson Davis. Captain Downs delivers an address praising the union and recalling Civil War sacrifices. Davis thanks them, notes memories of the past, and invites continued friendship as the visitors tour Beauvoir before returning home.
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New Orleans
Bestivair
New Oxleans
Benaver
Miss
Jefferson Davis
Downs
Davis
United States
Mr. Davis
Mormon Legislation at Utah Convention on Polygamy
The Utah constitutional convention advances key provisions forbidding polygamy as incompatible with republican government. It sets penalties up to a fine of 1600 dollars and 6 months to 3 years in prison, with special rules on amendments and presidential proclamation. Delegates frame the dispute as political not religious, asserting polygamy as already illegal and urging federal approval.
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Sant Lax Crry
United States
Congress of
Congress
South Carolina Railroads Earnings May Report
The Railroad Commission compiles May earnings for 29 state railroads. Total passenger earnings were 136,119.41, up from 129,998 in May last year. Freight earnings reached 233,077.40, compared with 206,568.30 last year, a net monthly gain of 33,487.38. Seventeen of the twenty-one reports show gains, while the remaining eight show a decrease of 4,112.65.
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Railroad Commission
CoLumertra
Race Discrimination Case Heard At Jefferson Market Court
Justice Gorman presided as a case involving Ventralia Dan Kaulear an 11 year old colored girl who sought admission to the House of Mercy but was refused due to her color. The sister of mercy declined to receive her and a petition to the Justices claimed improper handling as officials promised an investigation.
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York
Justice Gorman
Jefferson Market
Dan Kaulear
House of
Sister of Mercy
Adil
Wilk
Terrible Conflagration in Clarendon Wipes Town
A devastating fire in Clarendon, Pennsylvania, destroyed over 100 business houses and hotels, including Weaver's and Ogan's, with the depot and much of the business district burning by 1 a.m. Incendiary origin implicated. one found skeleton in a hotel room. About 1,100 people left homeless. losses estimated around half a million. town lacking a fire department and using buckets to fight the flames. A suspect, Mahoney, was captured after authorities feared lynching. The scene prompted a Warren jail custody and widespread panic with the area of damage near twenty acres.
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John Stewart
Henry
Philadelphia and
Eris
Clarendon
Warren County
Mahoney
Weaver Hotel
Pardon
Warren
Sullivan
Union Labor Party
Greenville Gatherings Report From Courenvillle Court
The Rafus Hill trial ends with Rafus Hill guilty of assault and battery while Milton Hill is acquitted. Anthemal Carper faces bigamy charges with testimony through interpreter Professor E Von Fingerlin. Aur-Line railroad robbery noted. Hoover Society leader Minor preaches to a mixed crowd. Greenville Guards back Reilly for colonel and Hunt for major in a local regiment election.
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Rafus
Milton Hill
Anthemal Carper
E. von Fingerlin
Orrbaing
M. I. Arnel
B. A. Morgan
Minor
Hoover Society
Greenville
P. H. Reilly
W. P. Hunt
Lieutenant Smith
Abbeville Estes
Misplaced Switches Cause Two Railroad Accidents
A south bound passenger train on the Viixois Central railroad near Brockhaven Miss was thrown from the track by a misplaced switch. The locomotive and tender remained upright while seven coaches overturned. Several passengers and crew were injured including a fireman scalded and others lightly hurt. Professors Trowbridge of Columbia and General Trowbridge were aboard and shaken by the crash.
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Canadian Pacific Railroad
Eins
Adios
Leon
Flozan
Tess Geriong
Trowbridge
Columbia College
New York
Troit, Mich
Ain
Change of venue motion dominates busy circuit court
The court handles objections to a change of venue in a complex criminal case. Defense questions indictments form and venue, seeking a continuance or relocation to Brandon or Madison areas. Judges debate specifications while the district attorney presses for venue change and fresh arguments are heard. Proceedings extend with county-seat details and local officials named.
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Ise
Ain Thinam
Hamilton Et al
Auat
Brandon
A Drop in Cotton Indicates Large Future Yield Forecast
New York July 5 Special The cotton ball syndicate notes activity in 4 corner forward contracts, reporting a drop of 16 points in the current crop and 10 points in the next. An immense crop is predicted, potentially 7,500,000 bales, with prices uncertain as the crop matures. New Orleans bears are strong while northern rains and upcoming cotton shipments push speculative bulls higher.
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Ball Syndicate
Ndyshire
Adeounta
Tennessee
Arkansas
Peculiar double tragedy shocks Augusta as boy wounds white man
In Augusta Georgia on July 5 a four inch dirk fatally wounded Thomas, a 40-year-old brakeman, by a 12-year-old Black boy Charles Lackley after a dispute over a cigarette picture. The boy, jailed, faced coroner's inquest verdict of serious case. Turner, a cotton factory owner, fled to Tryon, NC, but was captured and jailed in Spartanburg after resisting arrest amid fears of mob violence.
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Oluc
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New York
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Chicago
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Avansta
Miss Thomas
Central Railroad
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Turner
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Daly
George Y. Turner
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Burg
Julius Merkin
Richardeon
Tryon
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Fisher Brothers
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Spartanburg
Requist
Posse
Tham
Purner
Harper Discusses Fidelity Bank Affair in Commwall Talk
E L Harper formerly of the National Bank, now awaiting trial, says he had no partnership with Fidelity Bank. He asserts he bought stock a day before a loss of 6000, and that the bank examiner has not yet arrived to address the matter.
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E. L. Harper
Wigalicy National Bank
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Parliament votes down government amid arrest scandal
In the house of commons an animated debate over policing arose after the arrest of a young woman named Guss. The government faced a defeat by 153 to 448 with conservatives voting with the majority. It is expected that the resignation of ministerial leadership may follow.
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House of Commons
Tomigh
Campbsil Zansernman
Ireland
George Howell
India
Guss
Ie Hewrs
French Debate on Military Bill and Tax Plans
Paris reports show the Chamber of Deputies passing the three year military service clause by 467 to 41, with urgency voted for a 70 francs per hectoliter duty on foreign alcohol. Finance Minister Rouvier prepared a draft budget aiming to balance receipts and expenditures via retrenchment of 129 million francs, split between ordinary and extra budgets. Vienna notes the US minister Lawton appointment date pending, with Lee handling affairs in Scotland. A riot threat in Lyceux over streetcar rails ends with arrests. Irish National League leader John Fitzgerald fined. A mass Fourth Ward meeting at Grace Church pursues establishing a ward grammar school amid rail and street complications.
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Paar
Chamber of Deputies
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Neb
Tenth Street
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Irish Nationa League of America
Fourth Ward
Grace Church
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J.C. Hendrix
Riz
Thomas Peecretary
Coicail Reinhardt
Ozburn
Calhoun Street
A. E. Greene
John Brephena
Tp Police Commission
Ube
Auante
Eya- Tealdents
Patera
Fairstreet
Alhoun
May
Poe
Viete Barnes
Nelson
Edison
Che
A.M. Rine
Coke Regions Trouble Sparks Boundary Conflicts
A DeKalb and Gwinnett county dispute over a county line, the old Hightower trail, and river passages escalates into a regional crisis. Pinkerton agents are sent to protect workers and prevent unrest as claims emerge about line accuracy and enforcement. Local tensions flare as projects halt and calls for keeping old wages surface amid a looming work stoppage.
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Gwinnett
Ceraesa
Lige
Wallace
Free State
Balloon ascent ends at sea after wind current capsizes crew
A balloon voyage by Professor Chas. 3% and companions went awry as a westerly wind drove the craft out to sea. The crew of the yacht Mermakid dragged two miles before exhaustion forced rescue attempts, with no wells and the cove at the islands hindering retrieval.
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Tineaeae
Toonetrackk
Tolanl
Basher
Withont Wells
Red Aniles
Mermakid
The Rifles Prepare for Encampment at Sorland Island
A largely attended Rifles armory meeting last night set plans for the encampment at Campbell Island starting the seventh next month. Noted topics included readings, company duties, and the schedule for the event.
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Ailents Rifles
Cumbelladt Island
Baseball Yesterday and Local Scores Reported
Yesterday’s baseball results feature several exhibitions with Detroit and Boston teams noted. Chicago and New York show mixed outcomes as league play and training summaries circulate, including references to a Northern campaign and market reactions.
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