Brooklyn Strike Halts Crosstown Railroad Lines
About 400 Crosstown Railroad employees led by General Henry W. Slocum struck at 4 AM, shutting down the Hunter's Point and Erie Basin lines. A later car was attacked by a mob. police dispersed the crowd and made arrests. A second attempt failed under guard. The tie-up, ordered by Master Workman George H. Pearson, cites firings, foreign drivers, and favoritism as causes. The company plans to reopen under police protection with expected trouble.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Crosstown Railroad Company
Henry W. Slocum
Hunter’s Point & Erie Basin
Calvary Cemetery
Oakland Street
Park Avenue
Erie Basin
India
Huron
George H. Pearson
Ireland
Crowds At Sunday Beaches And Town Notices
Page eight reports a crowded hot Sunday at the beaches and records several local items. Funeral for Joseph A. Wellington held at Cambridge. Holy Ignatius feast celebrated at Lawrence. Suicide of Chelsea resident Tower of Chelsea. Rev Fr Chiniquy speaks at Tremont Temple against Catholic faith. Police seek two men after three arrests in North End. Massachusetts firemen to meet in Haverhill on Sept. 5. Rev J Nelson Lewis speaks on Indulgences under American Reform Association. A Hamburg Prussia post office embezzler arrested aboard steamer Bothnia.
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Joseph A. Wellington
Cambridge
Ignatius
Lawrence I. Tower
American Reformation Society
J. Nelson Lewis
Homburg
Prussia
Bothnia
Blast in rock cut kills Italian worker near Birmingham Conn
A careless blast at a rock cut near Squantuck on the Derby railroad extension killed Antonio Devilla, 19, instantly. Dennis Sullivan, a gang boss, was blown from the cut and fell fifty feet onto broken rocks.
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Birmingham
Conn
Squantuck
Here
Derby
Antonio Devilla
Dennis Sullivan
Another Maine Murder Stabbing in Lewiston
Lewiston Maine at midnight John Lahey 35 an employee of the Lewiston Bleachery was stabbed through the heart by an unknown assailant Three arrests were made on suspicion of the crime and investigation continues
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Maine
Lewiston
John Lahey
Lewiston Bleachery
Many Steamers Arrive and Depart Across Global Ports
A dated shipping roundup lists arrivals and departures with Aug dates. Vessels include Butnia From Liverpool to Boston, Stockholm City from London, Off Scilly Bergenland from New York, Edam from New York at Amsterdam, Fernholm Ritchie Pierreville via Holyrood Beach at Bristol, Batavia from Vancouver near Hong Kong, Siberian from Montreal off Kildonan, Merchant from New Orleans at Liverpool, Escalona from Montreal Otranto from New York Montana from Baltimore Persian Monarch from New York 5th Erin from te Toronto from Montreal Oceano from Chatham NB at Marseilles McGarel from Philadelphia Rouen River Garry from Coosaw Sloth New York Celtic from Liverpool Brooklyn City from Bristol Kugia from Hamburg Marsala from do New York Servia from Liverpool City of Richmond from do Hertha from Baracoa Bremen from Santiago Herman Winter from Boston Wilkes Barre from do Winthrop from Portland Queenstown Aurania from New York Lord Clive from Philadelphia Haute La Sretagne from New York.
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Boston
Bothnia
Liverpool
Stockholm City
London
Scilly
Bergenland
New York
Amsterdam
Edam
Bristol
Fernholm
Ritchie
Pierreville
Holyrood Beach
Hong Kong
Batavia
Vancouver
Kildonan
Siberian
Montreal
Merchant
New Orleans
Escalona
Otranto
Montana
Baltimore
Monarch
Erin
Toronto
Marseilles
Oceano
Chatham
Rouen
McGarel
Philadelphia
Sloth
River Garry
Coosaw
Celtic
Brooklyn City
Kugia
Hamburg
Marsala
Servia
City of Richmond
Hertha
Baracoa
Bremen
Santiago
Herman Winter
Wilkesbarre
Winthrop
Portland
Queenstown
Aurania
Lord Clive
Haute
la Sretagne
General Sheridan Dead The Last Day at Nonquitt
The official bulletin confirms General Sheridan died at 10 20 PM after heart failure. Remote cause included mitral and aortic valve disease with complications of nervous exhaustion and pneumonia. Details describe his final hours at Nonquitt, with Mrs Sheridan and attendants present and preparations for burial underway.
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Sheridan
Carlisle
New York
Urban
Justinian
Klein
Nonquitt
Career of General Sheridan Born in Ohio and Civil War Rise
The article traces General Philip Henry Sheridan's disputed birthplace from Ireland to Ohio, confirms Somerset, Perry County, Ohio as his origin, and sketches his youth. It covers his early schooling, West Point admission at 17, graduation in 1853 with notable peers, service on the frontier, and rapid rise during the Civil War including key assignments and early victories at Donaldson’s Crossing and Boonesville.
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General Sheridan
Sheridan
Homer
Irveland
Army
Maassachusetts
West Point
Grant
Ulysses 8
Hiram Ulysses
Ohio
Ireland
Somerset
Perry County
Philip Henry Sheridan
West Point Military Academy
Asea
Towse
Schofield
Terrill
Sill
Tyler
Fort Duncan
Texas
Ban
Fourth Infantry
Oregon
Fort Wood
New York Harbor
San Francisco
Pacific
Missouri
Halleck
Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Corinth
Donaldson’s Crossroads
Boonesville
Dream Seizes American Vessel at New Brunswick coast
A Canadian Dominion cruiser Dream towed an American fishing boat into St. Andrews after William Danbury of Eastport and C Black sailed from a border town without licenses. They crossed toward the United States, but were overtaken and taken prisoner as the fishery department was notified.
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St. Andrews
N. B
Dominion
Dream
William Danbury
Eastport
King Haddock
Maine
C. Black
Campobello
Fishery Department
Mansfield stages Dr Jekyll and Me Hyde before Bandmann project
In Loxpox Aug 5 Mansfield presented Dr Jekyll and Me Hyde at the Lyceum Theatre ahead of Bandmann's Opera Comique venture. He received a warm reception and thanked Henry Irving. attendees included Mary Anderson Alma Tadema the Duke of Teck Princess Mary De PY O'Connor and Max O'Rell. Actors praised solid acting but deemed it improvable by other English leading men.
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Mr. Mansfield
Dr. Jekyll and
Me. Hyde
Lyceum Theatre
Bandmann
Opera Comique
Mansfield
Henry Irving
Stevenson
Mary Anderson
Alma Tadema
Duke of Teck
Princess Mary
de PY O'Connor
Max O’rell
Paul Blouet
Mr. O Shea and the Parnellites The Commission Bill
London Aug 5 Mr O Shea in an interview attacks Parnell and Chamberlain meeting after the Phoenix Park murder. He recalls 1880 85 voting opposite Parnell and notes Galway election in 1886 without pledges. The commission bill delays till November with heavy legal teams including Webster James for Times and Russell Reid for Parnell. Hamilton resigns as Conservative MP. other notes on Tunisia Paris and a strike leader's death.
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London
O'Shea
the Times
Parnell
Chamberlain
Phoenix Park
Times
Galway
Special Commission
Webster
James
Russell and Reid
Dumfries
Claud John Hamilton
West Derby
Liverpool
Roma
Riforma
Italy
France
Tunis
Zulia
Erruni
Nouvelle Revue of
Paris
Prince Bismarck
Frederick
Victoria
Prince Alexander of Battenberg
Eudes
Stamp Collectors Convention Names and Controversies
The third annual American Philatelic Association convention meets in this city August 18 to 15 at Ellis Hall. Ballot deadlines loom and business sessions run Monday and Tuesday with stamps on display Wednesday. Proxies stir talk over reviving past votes on stamp originator and Rowland Hill. Officers include president John K. Tiffany, treasurer H. B. Seagrave, with multiple candidates for vice president and secretary roles from Boston to Trenton.
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American Philatelic Association
Ellis’ Hall
Hayward Place
Staten Island Philatelic Society
Stapleton
Boston
James Chalmers
National Philatelic Society of New York
American Association
Rowlan Hill
National Society
Maine
California
John K. Tiffany
St. Louis
H. B. Seagrave
Ionia
Mich
R. RB. Bogert
Newark
W.C. van Derlip
J. C. Feldwinch
Hoboken
N. J
T. F. Cuno
Brooklyn
Tragic shooting at Laurel Lake Mills injures child
In Fart River on August 6 a revolver misfired during a planned gunning trip. Arthur Dupree led the weapon. it discharged, killing a 7 year old girl. Police arrested Dupree as investigation proceeds.
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Laurel Lake Mills
Arthur Dupree
Dupree
Typhoid Strikes Marietta Alumni Dinner Crowd
Frank H. Chamberlain died of typhoid fever in Marietta Ohio after an alumni dinner on June 27. More than twenty attendees, residents and visitors, have been seriously ill. Chamberlain is the third death, following George P. Dye and Professor Beach. Outside the dinner group, Marietta reports no typhoid cases. investigators seek the source.
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Marietra
Frank H. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
George P. Dye
Professor Beach
Marietta
Many counterfeiters Marked Increase in Counterfeiting
In Wasmoucron on Aug 5 a report from Sarnia Ontario outlines Charles Johnson facing counterfeiting charges. His relatives are named in a long profile noting family ties to Dunkirk New York and Canada. Officials say detection keeps pace with rising counterfeiting aided by photography and electrotyping. The piece also covers House votes on French spoliation claims and the twenty year service promotion bill, plus Speaker Carlisle’s New York trip and Endicott’s family return from White Sulphur Springs.
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Charles Johnson
Maine
Tom Reed
Carlisle
New York
Wasmoucron
Sproran
Secret Service
Sarnia
Ontario
Johnson
Dunkirk
N. Y
Canada
Detroit
Mich
Dominion
A Respite for Maxwell in British Plea to Missouri
A Jefferson City dispatch reports Britain seeks a death sentence delay for Maxwell alias Brooks in St Louis. Sir Lionel Sackville-West solicits Governor Morehouse to grant a respite for further inquiry, noting the execution date set for the 10th. If Morehouse is away, the application will be sent to his designated location.
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St. Louis
Jefferson City
Maxwell
Washington
Department OF State
Washington, D.C
A. P. Morehouse
Missouri
Lionel
Sackville-West
Brooks
T. F. Bayard
Lionel Sackville-West
BroVeRty
Mass
Marquis of Salisbury
L. Sackville-West
Morehouse
Clinton County
Lightning Strikes Mills and Buildings in Multiple States
A. J. Francis Jr planing and moulding mill in New York was struck by lightning causing $75,000 damage and fire to Randall's adjoining sawmill and two houses. A United Illuminating Company station on East Twenty-ninth Street burned the switchboard and damaged roofs and dynamos. Other lightning hits across Maine, Virginia, Kansas, Connecticut, and Massachusetts caused further losses, fires, and alarms.
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New York
A. J. Francis, Jr
Randall
Randall’s
Francis
United Stateslluminating Company
East Twenty-ninth Street
Cornish
B. Bailey
R. G Knight
Dr. Brown
William Clark
Bailey
Knight
Brown
Dr. Blake
Kich Mono
Blackstone
Anthony
Kan
Harthorp
Conn
J. M. Belden
New Britain
Maupen
John Flanley
Albion Street
Wakefield
Embezzler Haag Arrested After Steamer Arrival
Frederick Haag a German post office clerk from Hamburg, arrested by United States Deputy Marshal MacDonald on landing from the Cunard steamer Bothnia in Boston. He confessed to embezzling 16,000 marks, aided by his brother Frank and others. He was jailed in Charles Street, with an extradition to Hamburg planned.
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Frederick Haag
United States
Marshal MacDonald
Cunard
Bothenia
Homburg
Prussia
Charles Street
Frank X. Haag
Hamburg
Liverpool
Boston
Sophia Schreider
Homurg
Haag
America
Bothnia
Frederick
Frank
Treasury
Germany
Elkwood wins Merchants' stakes at the Spa
Walter Gretz's chestnut Elkwood turned out yesterday and won the Merchants' stakes at the Saratoga Races. He led early, then accelerated to win by a comfortable distance in 2:50 for 14% miles. Kingston was second and Terra Cotta third. Other winners included Kentucky Ban, Gypsy Queen, Yum-Yum, Tudor, and Ban Yan in various maiden and handicap events. No racing Monday.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Walter Gretz
Elkwood
Spa
Coney Island
Kingston
White
Kentucky Ban
Prussian
Gypsy Queen
Heron
the Lioness
Little Mench
Jim Murphy
Tudor
Ban Yan
Pasha
DROWNED IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
Three men drowned in the Connecticut River in separate incidents near Springfield Chicopee and Holyoke yesterday. John Rowan 25 New York was bathing near the Boston and Albany bridge site in Springfield. John McDowell 35 Monson was rowing with companions when their boat capsized at Chicopee. Joseph Boulanger 18 Holyoke drowned while bathing near his city.
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Connecticut
John Rowan
New York
Boston & Albany
Springfield
John McDowell
Monson
Chicopee
Hle
Joseph Boulanger
Holyoke
Norwich Centenarian Colonel Perkins Celebrates Birthday
Norwich Conn Aug 5 Colonel George H Perkins of Norwich reaches his hundredth birthday while still active in business as treasurer of the Norwich Worcester Railroad Company since 1839. He walked four times daily to the office and remains keen, sociable, and alert, with sound sight and hearing and a genial memory of industrial progress from before steamboats to telegraphs. Directors of the railroad adopted a testimonial in his honor.
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Massachusetts
Bradstreet Bros
Gardiner
Adin Thayer
Worcester County
George L. Perkins
Norwich
Conn
Lewiston
John Lahey
Maxwell
North Adams
Charles C. Post
New York
David W. Simonds
Charlestown
George H. Perkins
Norwich & Worcester Railroad Company
Colonel Perkins
Chesterfield
George Washington
Washington
Commodore Decatur
Sirius
Norwich & Worcester Railroad
Vessel Star of Greece Hit Shore Drowning Seventeen
New Zealand telegrams received today via the steamer Alameda report the Star of Greece went ashore near Adelaide Harbor on July 13. Of twenty seven aboard, seventeen drowned, with only the first and third officers and three other crew members surviving.
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New Zealand
Star of Greece
Adelaide
Special Commission
San Francisco
Alemeda
Adelaide Harbor
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G. W. Simmons & CO
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U.S. A
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Eenee Fair Cloway
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Cotton Region Bulletin
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Usta
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Ontgomery
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Fall River
Saratoga Racing Track
Albany
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Pagel
Horticultural Society
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Olivette
William McDermott
Oak Grove Farm
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Arch ST
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J.T. Phelps
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Frank 0. Squire
W. B. Dresser
Gen. Sheridan
Dectors
Rupert M. O'Reilly
United States Army
Washington Matthews
Sheridan Cottage
New Bedford
Kelly
Washington, Was Telegraphed To Start For Nonquitt
General Foreign News
Mr. O'Shea
Parnellites
Stamp Collectors’ Convention
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Davis
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Pacific Railroad
Nicaragua Canal Company
Conference Committee
Oklahoma
National Democratic Committee
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Lowell
Boston & Maine Railroad
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