Events of the Week Across Nations and Minds
The remains of Lord Pauncefete, Britain’s Washington ambassador, are honored with a national funeral reflecting American esteem. A barroom fight in Tiffin, Ohio leaves Col. Albert Brewer facing possible arrest for fracturing Luther Hershey’s skull. In Chicago, Emil Rossman, 19, fatally shoots his 17-year-old sweetheart Sophia Batal before killing himself. A flood in Fountain Cole submerges streets, damages the Wigwam section house, and drowns a family. nearby Butte loses over 300 cattle. The eastbound Rock Island Limited crashes near Avoca, Iowa, tearing up ties, with no serious injuries. Traveling Auditor H W Oliver of the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Railway distributes a promised one-month salary across employees, totaling $80,000. officials’ gifts bring the total to $100,000. McHarg sold his road to Louisville and Nashville. Hayti forms a provisional government with a list of ministers and vows constitutional presidential elections. Kansas City stockyards report record fat cattle prices, including $7.40 for thirty prime steers and $6.80 for two loads of 1,100-pound steers. Nat’l Baseball League standings show Pittsburgh and Brooklyn leading, with Chicago, Cincinnati, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, St Louis chasing.
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Lord Pauncefete
Washington
Great Britain
Tiffin
Ohio
Albert Brewer
Luther C. Hershey
Hershey
Brewer
Emil Rossman
Sophia Batal
Chicago
Fountain
Cole
Fourto
Wigwam
Butte’s
Rocky Mountain Limited
Rock Island
Avoca
Iowa
H. W. Oliver
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
Knoxville
Tenn
H. K. MecHarg
McHarg
Louisville
Nashville
Hayti
Avisroad Canal
M. Jeremie
M. Colin
M. Lalane
Gen. Nord
M. Cesarion
M. Dennert
Kansas City
Kansas
Walnut Grove
Texas
National Baseball League
Wite W. Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
St. Louis
Prohibition Nominates Silas Rwallow for Governor
Long list of 1880s era events includes Rev Silas Rwallow named by the Prohibition party in Pennsylvania for governor. Other items cover Pat Sheedy quitting gambling to become a merchant, riots in Boston meat markets, and various accidents, crimes, and political actions across the United States.
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Pemerlvania
Silas
Rwallow
Pat” Sheedy Satownewe
Reenoe Ayres
Boston
Resten Tee Company
Milton
N.H
Columbia
New York
Glasgow
Moville
Ta Sallie
Niagara Falls
Cavelier de la Salle
Great Lakes
Tommy Noonan
Eddie Dixon
Chicago
Lenox Athletic Club
Johan L. Semple
Camden
United States District Court
Philadelphia
Samuel Salter
Joseph D. Rodgers
Clarence Meeser
Harry McCabe
James T. Sheehan
George Cowie
Farragut
Indiana
Spain
Rahway
N. J
Union Bag and Paper Company
Ballston
N. Y
Laborers’ Protective Union
Benton E. James
Montrose, Ca
Joseph Pearson
Louise
Esplen
Pittsburg
Pearson
Schuylkill
Pennsylvania
George T. Bruns
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Brooklyn
Edna Dashiell
Nationwide flood losses and violent deaths reported
News Nuggets recounts a Pueblo flood estimated at 300000 dollars, a Denver homicide and suicide by Cass Daweron, a balloon accident in Manhattan Beach near Denver, plus multiple other fatal incidents and crimes across the United States.
Lynchings and crimes across multiple states reported
Abraham Western Witherup, white, lynched at Paris Missouri for murder. Lorenzo Faulkner, railroad man, shot his wife dead and killed himself at Ogden Utah. Congressman James A Norton of Tiffin Ohio renominated for a fifth term by the Thirteenth District. Democrats at Sandusky May. John Pitcher, Yellowstone Park acting superintendent, bans automobiles in the park. Rev B L Long of Columbus resigns as Lima College president for the second time and resignation accepted. Ger Dockery of Missouri grants a respite from June 1 to June 27 for Sam Brown sentenced to hang in Wayne County. William Brown robber tried to assault Chris Kricksep in Chicago and was killed by bystanders. While Brown lay on the sidewalk, two others fled.
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Abraham Witherup
Paris
William Grow
Lorenzo Faulkner
Ogden
Utah
James A. Norton
Tiffin
Ohio
Sandusky
John Pitcher
Yellowstone National Park
PL Long
Columbus
Lima College
Ger. Dockery
Missouri
Sam Brown
Wayne County
Wiliam Brown
Chris Kricksep
Chicago
Brown
Noted Crimes and Disasters Across Several States
Oliver Lamar Southern released from Men Denhall jail by friends after life imprisonment for murder. Carney and George Wood hanged at Talladega for murder near Childersburg on Christmas Day. Jennie Ashcraft found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Louisville for Edward Lambert’s death, two years’ sentence. J P Miller and C J Miller jailed in Hopkinsville for counterfeiting. J P admits guilt. Clover Virginia nearly burned. extensive fire destroyed five tobacco plants, warehouses, stores, hotel, post office, stables, homes. losses around 200000 dollars. Millard Lee captured near Austell after killing Miss Lilla Suttles in a church at Ben Lill. John K Speed steamship fires at New Orleans. alcohol in hold blamed. wholesale dock and wharf damage.
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Oliver Lamar
Mendenhall
Miss. Carney
George Wood
Talladega
Ala
Jack
Reuben Boyd
Childersburg
Louisville
Jennie Ashcraft
Edward Lambert
J. P. Miller
Stewart County
Tennessee
C. J. Miller
Hopkinsville
Clover
Millard Lee
Lilla Suttles
Ben Lill
Austell
Atlanta
Ile
Miss Suttles
John K. Speed
Lafayette Street
New Orleans
Congress Debates Philippine Bill and Silver Coinage
A temperate Senate speech by Mr. Dubos favors commercial and industrial views on the Philippine bill arguing against retention of the islands. The sessions advance numerous private pension bills, district code changes, and deferral on a Philippine vote while House debates consigned to District of Columbia measures and silver coinage expansions with a pending legal tender amendment.
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Dubos
Senate
Navy
Interior Departments
James W. Long
Army
Loud
Cal
Messrs
Sulloway
N. H
Sulzer
N. Y
Miers
Ind
Patterson
District of Columbia
Tie
House
Hoar
United States
Congress
Count de Rochambeau
Economic Review From Dun and Bradstreet Weekly
The report notes labor tensions in the coal region and steady railway earnings, with roads up 6.1 percent over last year. Wheat and corn markets show modest changes while corn supplies shrink. Western railroads sustain gains. home seekers remain financially stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun & Co
United States
BR. G. Dun & Co
Notable Deaths and Disasters Abroad Reported
The text lists Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant's death in Paris and Lord Pauncefote's death at the British embassy in Washington. It notes the destruction of the Guatemalan town of Quezaltenango by earthquake and damage to Amatitlán Sololá Nahualá Santa Lucía San Juan. It mentions Count Matsukata's loan talks in the United States and Australia’s famine costing £15,000,000. Unemployed men seek relief in cities as drought persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant
Paris
Ramon
Oldenburg
Poltava
Russia
Lord Pauncefote of
Preston
United States
Washington
Quezaltenango
Guatemala
Amatitlan
Solola
Nahuala
Santa Lucia
San Juan
Matsukata
Japan
Atlantic
Australia
Explosion in Fernie Mines Kills 100 in Canada
Reports state a coal mine explosion at Fernie British Columbia killed about 100 miners with 24 escaping. Other items note the Askehell unloading oats for South Africa, Cuba honoring Decoration Day, several executions for murder, a US furniture cartel forming, Halifax riot by Canadian Mounted Rifles, and a new Valdez Copper River and Yukon Railway plan to boost Alaska mining.
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Fernie
B. C
Askehell
Coronel
Portland
South Africa
Hlavana
Cuba
Alfred Hawkins
Whatcom
Wash
D. M. Woodbury
Charles Reeves
Boonville
Elijah Chapman
Washington
Ida Simmons
United States
Fifth Regiment
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Halifax
N. 8
Albemarle Street
Martin
Valdez
Copper River
Washington Notes on Congress and World Affairs
Washington notes from July show Congress likely to stay in session late, Senate passes omnibus public buildings bill totaling 21 205 100 dollars, Roosevelt at Arlington monument unveiling, and debates over lynching investigations. Foreign policy hints include France’s imports, Crown Prince visit talk, and Rochambeau statue unveiling gestures.
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Washington
Congress
Foreign Commerce Bureau
France
Corporal O'Brien
Senate Philippine Committee
McDonald
Rochambeau
Roosevelt
Market grain and livestock prices across major cities
Chicago and peers report mixed cattle hogs and sheep prices with grain bids for No 2 corn oats and rye. Indiana Michigan Ohio and New York show ranges for cattle 3 to 8 dollars per cwt, hogs 3 to 8, and wheat 0 to 2 dollars. butter eggs and potatoes noted with shipping and grading terms.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Rural free delivery route set at Cheney Nebraska
A new rural free delivery route has been established in Cheney Nebraska with a single carrier assigned to serve the area. The move expands mail service coverage and aims to improve delivery efficiency for residents in the rural district.
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Cheney, Neb
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Crane
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I.a
John Robinson
West Penn Railroad
Porter's Curve
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Nazareth
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University of Vermont
Nelson Pease Bond
Lake Champlain
Victm
Anderson
John Keegan
Lewelling
Jewell City
Margaret Micy Washburn
Bage College
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University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati City Hospital
Jason Wilson
O. Carroll
Florence
Colo
Greeley Sugar Company
Havemeyers
Kalispell
Mont
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Troy
Collins
Jennings
Great Northern
Bakers
Denver
Johnstown
Rock Island Company
Union Depot
Frank M. Sturgeon
Kan
Post Office
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Hamilton
Charles Lease
Wichita
Kaw
Lease
Iwittle M. Forbes
St. Clair Flats
Archie Kingsbury
Winona
Minn
Mayor Stewart
Misses Mills
Kingsbury
Miss Mills
Harry Meyers
Fred Schwabe
Edward Miller
Harold Craig
North Vernon
Muscatatuck Creek
Allie Petty
Arcola
Maines
Charles Bennett
Wauseon
Frank Wilson
Abner Canter
Wilson
Canter
Arkansas City
St. Paul
Supreme Court
A. B. Potter
J. C. Barton
Zanesville
J. IL. Mackey
Brown Manufacturing Company
Building ‘Trades Council
Bismarck
NLD
Judge Cowan
Jadge Cowan
Ohio State Board of Pardons
Frances L.taylor
Frances L. Taylor, Jr
Little Margaret Taylor
Taylor
Stone
Criminal Court
Tony Deisner
Delner
Delta Powder Work
Delta
Moe
George Miller
George Barber
Bateman
Marty Hill
Joliet. I
Hill
Henry L. Morey
Aaron L. Campbell
John Davisson
M. Oppenheim
Charles Robinson
Lewis Rodebaugh
J. H. Pritchett
C. Holloway
Edward Cammack
Charles Neese
Mra
Mattie Brecknell
A. J L. Brown
Stump Brothers
Newham & Keehn
North & Neff
William Groves
Fountain River
Pueblo
Cass Daweron
Ben Bowen
Manhattan Beach
Paul J. Sorg
Middletown
Girard
Della Wilcox
T. H. Wilcox
Murray
Charles Curtis
United States Senate
Great Northern Flyer
Ojata
N. C
Frank Heffron
Robert L. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Colorado Telephone Company
St. Petersburg
Secret Service
Tsarskoe-Selo
Henry W. Mayers
Graceville
Adam Kaufman
Meriden
Conn
Kaufman
Frank Robinson
Nevada
Towa
Gertrude Rawlins
Albert D. Perguson
Nansas City
Robinson
Ferguson
Chattanoosh
Bradstreet’s
Bradstreet
North Dakota
Western Railroad
Root
Palina
Clemencia Lopes
Sixto Lopes
Lorenzo
Cipriane
Manuel
Gen
Bell
Thoburn
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hongkong
Bartholdt (Mo
Baron Steuben
Steuben
Justice. Barnard
District Supreme Court
Chicago Business College
Postoolice Department
Wee Markets
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