Behring Sea Talks and Portuguese Treaty Updates
Reports from London detail ongoing Behring Sea negotiations with Lord Salisbury’s final reply awaited. Aims include a close international seals regime and compensation for seized British ships, while Portugal unrest nears amicable settlement. The Irish potato blight prompts government reassurance and crop projections for the United Kingdom and Europe.
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House of Commons
Ireland
James Fergusson
Portugal
Goschen
Alex Stavely Hill
Lord Salisbury
United States
Lennon
Train Narrowly Avoids Collision on Shore Line
The gilt edge Boston express from New York at 5 PM ran past a switch near New Haven due to suspected air brake failure. The west bound accommodation backed its engine to prevent a crash. no injuries but two hours of travel delay.
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New Haven
Conn
Boston Express
Shore Line
New York
Fast Haven
Troy
N. Y
Grees
McRoberts
Mattie C. Dyer
Echoes of the Strike Stretch Across Central Roads
Reports from across the system say passenger service is full and trains run as usual despite the strike. Pinkerton detectives die in Albany while others are attacked. executives, conductors, and locals debate arbitration and possible rail alignments with Chicago and Denver routes.
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Grand Central Station
Webb
the Central
Boston & Albany
Central
Powderly
Siayes
Rar
J.J. Holland
The
Knights
Jersey City
J. J. Lee
Vanderbilt
Chicago
Denver
Syracuse
N. Y
Utica
New York Central District
New York Central Road
Albany
N.Y
Pinkerton
West Albany
Alfred Ludington
George S. Rossiter
Boston
Bissell
Homrura
Chauncy M. Depew
New York Central & Hudson Railroad
New York
Boston Sights and the Vest Furniture Estate Visit
The G 1.1 R Encampment brings many strangers to Boston and invites a visit to vest furniture estate on Canal Friend and Market streets opposite the Boston Maine depot. It claims the world’s lay rooms and a five acre site with water views and a vast display of mantels and furniture from many nations.
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Vest Furniture
Boston
Wates
Canal
Friend
Market
Boston & Maine
America
In the City Weather Brief and Court Petition
The page notes a weather header for Covler and Jair and mentions a Supreme Judicial Court petition filed by a party. The fragment implies a city weather update and a legal filing, but lacks full details on parties, date, or outcome.
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Covler
Jair
Supreme Judicial Court
Weather Forecast for New England and Eastern New York
Washxavon reports a forecast for New England cooler and generally fair with northeasterly winds. Eastern New York expected cooler and generally fair, with northerly winds shifting to easterly by Saturday 8 p.m.
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Washxavon
New England
New York
Weather Report for Boston from Observers Office 1890
Boston weather summary from the Weather Office dated August 15, 1890. Report includes wind direction northwest, wind velocity five to eight miles per hour, cloudless skies, mean daily temperature around 75.2 and 62.4 for max and min, relative humidity about 65.5 percent, and trace rainfall.
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Boston
Signal Serviceh
U.S. A
Hoston
S.as. Ae Sp
Vavomelon
M . Cosy Poe
Cece
Ccscnecreeseenne
Observations Elsewhere Noted in Report
Observations collected from unrelated locations are summarized as part of the record. The notes reference multiple sites and include dates and general findings without detailed context.
Steamers Arrived in Multiple Ports Today's Steamship News
Shipping round up notes arrivals at Boston New York and other ports with vessels such as Galileo iaimbetta Habana Augusta Victoria La Flandre Rossmore Amsterdam and City of Chester plus sailings to Liverpool Antwerp Hong Kong and Leith including routes from Hull Bremen and Montreal with several ships reported at various dates in August 1900 era reporting.
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Mometer
Gulear Bullalo
Jismarek
Cheyenne
Cincinnati
Hobo
Ria Fair Lietroil
Coe
Les Base
Fiastport
Oudy Kelena
Mont
Lear
Montreal
Mich
Marquette
Clonay New Orleans
New York
C.s
Portland
Salt Lake City
Washington Wees
Cloudy Wimmington
Boston
Galileo
Hull
Eng
Iaimbetta
Karacoa
Saale
Bremen
Habana
Nlevana
Augusta Victoria
Hamburg
la Flandre
Antwerp
Baltimore
Rossmore
Liverpool
Yokohama
Isatavia
Vancouver
Hong Kong
Amsterdam
Row Head
City of Chester
Friesland
Hall
Dng
Colorado
Floods devastate Be loochistan affecting Bolan line
A flood disaster in Be loochistan leaves extensive property damage and many lives lost. The Bolan railway line is washed away for six miles and the military road is partly destroyed in the catastrophe reported from Loxapon on August 15.
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Beloochistan
Loxapon
Bolan
Buenos Aires Bank Crisis Sparks Political Turmoil
Despatches report a bill in Congress to fund 50,000,000 acres for national loans due September 1 with new bank leadership gaining public trust. Coppery warnings out of London threaten imprisonment of Cordova Bank directors. Celman faces pressure and possible removal amid a reckoning over 880,000,000 lent to his circle.
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Buenos Ayres
Loxpon
The
Times
Congress
Paris
London
Cordova National Bank
Celman
Camarilla
Senor Lopez
Meeting of the Emperors Planned at Kalnoky Castle
The meeting of Emperor William and Emperor Francis Joseph is set for September 17 at Count Kalnoky's castle in Rohnstock. Chancellor von Caprivi and Count von Waldersee will attend. The Fremdenblatt notes William’s Russia visit signals peaceful developments and will lead to a Austrian meeting in Silesia, reinforcing peace prospects.
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Berun
William
Francis Joseph
Count Kalnoky
Rohnstock
von Caprivi
Count von Waldersee
Vienna
Fremdenblatt
Russia
Austria
Silesia
French Squadron of Evolution Arrives at Toulon
A Temps dispatch reports the French squadron of evolution, cruising the Atlantic, reaching Toulon after torpedo boats and despatch boats were damaged and towed in. The ironclads performed well, according to the despatch.
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Paris
Evolution
Atlantic
Toulon
Cardif dock laborers discharged amid rising tensions
Hundreds of Cardiff dock workers are discharged as others vow to resist employer demands. Authorities fear wider trouble as Christian Armenian panic spreads with many fleeing to Persia. The Russian squadron nears Reval to honor Emperor William, cholera recedes in Badajoz while cases linger in Alicante and Valencia. Camp reports three cholera cases with one death amid mass departures.
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Loxpoon
Cardiff
Ers
Armenia
Persia
Peterssura
Reval
William
Mapu
Badajoz
Alicante
Valencia
Mexico in Progress Says Romero On Railroads and Peace
Mexican Minister at Washington Enrique Romero reports to City of Mexico that Mexico is on the road to solid progress. He notes rising land values, growing trade, revitalized public credit, and several interoceanic rail lines under construction. He asserts railways will strengthen peace and lessen rebellion risks, with future sections expected to be reached.
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Washington
Sprer An
Senate
Reid
France
Blaine
Jaine
Cullom
Germany
England
Associated Press
Congress
Department of State
Wharton
United States
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Reid
M. Ribot
House of Representatives
Senate Committee
French Academy of Medicine
Romero
City of
Mexico
Enor Romero
Republic
Stanley on African affairs Emin speaks Paris Aug 15
Henry M Stanley reports on the Anglo-French accord and Ribot bargain. He questions Salisbury's knowledge of Nigritia, backs a trans Saharan railway costing about 200 million francs, to be built in ten years. He says rapid rail laying could reveal incalculable value and aid recruitment around Lake Chad. The project promises strategic and political benefits across the region.
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Stanley
Emin
Paris
Henry M. Stanley
Lucerne
M. Ribot
Lord Salisbury
Nigritia
Isarome
Lake Tchad
Blast Wrecks Denver Mountain Village After Big Powder Charge
Contractors for the Denver and Rio Grande blasting a road section set off over one ton of powder after evacuations. The blast demolished the village, with thirty houses destroyed or ruined and thirty five families forced into tents. The houses will be rebuilt at contractor expense.
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Executive Board of
New York
Red Cliff
New York Sub-Treasury
Pottsville
Penn
Providence
John S. Davenport
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Bicycle Record Broken in Hartford Racing Trials
Hartford August 15. Wheelmen training for the Hartford Wheel Club tournament at Charter Oak Park on Sept. 1 and 2 set new records. English rider H F Laurie beat the five mile amateur mark and P J Burle of Boston lowered the one mile amateur record. Laurie’s five mile time was 13m 39s 2-58, the fastest on any wheel. Burle’s one mile time was 7m 36s, surpassing the previous American record.
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Hartford
Charter Oak Park
Hartford Wheel Club
H. EF. Laurie
P. J. Burle
Boston
W. H. Gassler
Laurie
W. A. Rowe
Hi. &. Laurie
Burle
E. d McCredy
England
Express Plows Into Freight Near Paterson
The Chicago and Grand Trunk express on the Erie road collided with a freight train near Paterson New Jersey. Fireman J E Townsend was fatally hurt while Engineer Sellers stayed at his post and escaped unharmed as the engine and caboose derailed. Six freight cars were demolished and a blockade followed.
Roosevelt Professorship Awarded to Bangor Theological Professor
Professor L. F. of the Bangor Theological Seminary has been elected to the Roosevelt professorship of systematic theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Bangor Stearns D.D.
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Roosevelt
L. F
Bangor Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Bangor
Strike Strikes Wabash Switchmen Paralyzes Chicago Rounds
About two hundred switchmen employed by the Wabash Railroad in Chicago walked off their posts in a wage dispute. The delay in pay reaching Chicago caused by a late paymaster left St. Louis, leaving the yardmaster with only hours to inform workers before the men quit their posts and halted traffic.
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Wabash Railroad Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Curcaco
Rail wreck near Pittsburgh injures crew in attempt to wreck train
A Baltimore and Ohio line excursion train bound for the seashore derailed after a track obstruction near Pittsburgh. Engineer John Sullivan and fireman Godwin were killed or severely injured, with several passengers bruised as wreckers struggled to secure the scene and identify the motive behind the attack.
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Atlantic City
Baltimore
John Sullivan Godwin
Onco
Amtered
Wes
Esc
Sullivan
Goodwin Ancre
King
Wanted Man Frank Hayner Arrested in Kentucky
Louisvillle Ky August 15 Frank Hayner alias Frank Wilson wanted on charges of forgery burglary and other crimes in Chicago Boston and Montreal was arrested last night at a residence six miles west of Morganfield He had joined the John L Sullivan slugging party served as assistant treasurer to London and Paris and returned to Boston He is also charged with stealing proceeds of a Sullivan benefit in Boston.
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Louisvillle
Frank Hayner
Frank Wilson
Chicago
Boston
Montreal
George Dusold
Morganfield
Hiagner
John L. Sullivan
London
Paris
Bheing Sullivan
Military and Naval Orders and Reassignments Report
Army Cadets V and W A Pratt undergo medical board reexamination for continued West Point qualification. Second Lts James K Aleshire and others reassigned or granted leave. naval officers transferred among Washington Navy Yard, Pensacola, Vermont, Jamestown, and New York facilities with various posts and duties.
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Washington
Irener
William
W. A. Pratt
Military Academy
Omt
Charles Ger
Hardt
Twentieth Infantry
James K. Aleshire
First Cavalry
Military
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
D.L. V
Navy Yard
Washington, D. C
Bensom
O. Allibone
Minnesota
Ordnance
Washington Navy Yard
HH. 5
Waring
Hydrographic Office
Enterprise
G. HH. Barber
Vermont
Pensacola
L. L. von Wedekind
David Peacock
Naval Hospital
New York
A. L. Royce
Jamestown
Wilson
Mr Joseph Chamberlain on Irish Affairs and English Law
Special interview with Mr Joseph Chamberlain discusses Irish grievances past and present. He cites relief from restraints on Catholics, land reform bills by Gladstone, tenant buyouts, and economic strain on Irish landlords. He argues landlords share blame and notes Irish estates often impoverished. Salem, Massachusetts.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Scotland
Ireland
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
New England
England
Salem
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