Suevia in distress seen off coast by Cunard captain
Captain Dalton of the Cunard steamer Servia reports sighting the Hamburg American Line steamer Suevia disabled in latitude 34 43 long 66 46. One propeller broken, she left Hamburg August 10 for New York and was due yesterday. Line agents will send tugs. Liverpool despatch says Eider was disabled after passing the Eider and is docked in the English Channel soon.
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Dalton
Cunard
Servia
Hamburg-American Packet Company
Suevia
Hamburg
New York
Liverpool
Aurania
Eider
English Channel
Mrs Astor’s Beechwood Ball Impresses Newport Guests
A lavish Beechwood evening hosted by Mrs. Astor honors Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Astor with 350 guests including Sir Julian Pauncefote and other dignitaries. Gardens and interiors glow with Japanese lanterns, orchids, and pink and white floral cascades. The cotillion, led by Elisha Dyer Jr., showcases couture gifts and Paris novelties amid a dazzling private ball room.
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Newport
R. L
America
F. W. Vanderbilt
Townsend Burden
Wetmore
Astor
J. d. Astor
Royal Hungarian Orchestra
Duchess of Albany
Sir Julian Pauncefote
M. Roustan
Baron von Mamm
Legation
Baron le Ghait
I . Cushing
I. F. Cushing
Nathaniel Thayer
S. Horatio Whitwell
Whitwell
W.G. Weld
George W. Weld
E.R. Wharton
Prescott Lawrence
James Dwight
Mason
K. Rollins Morse
Boston
Whitelaw Reid
Aquidneck
Baker
Hyannis
Ocean House
G. W. Morgan
Robert Crosby
A. W. Spenser
LV. Pritchard
Hubert Lawton
Waltham
Willis Farrington
Lowell
Morris J. Asch
New York Yacht Club
Daniel B. Fearing
Henry R. Dalton
J. A. Burnham
P. KE. Presbrey
Henry 5. Geer
Henry K. Dalton
G. W. Wela
France
Ogden Mills
New York
Europe
Reid
KF. W. Vander
Bit
Mirs. Reid
Broad Morning News Highlights and City Briefs
New York stocks open and close quietly with small fractional losses. The paper lists baseball winners by league, a woman with twenty four children, political indorsements, labor strikes, and a fatal freight collision. It covers world events from Stanley to the French fleet, plus regional updates on weather, politics, and notable society activities.
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New York
N.L
Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
A.A
Baltimore
Boston
Pennsylvania
William Astor
Hobart
Hall
Hovey
Rochester
N. Y
Cottage City
Lake
Ere & Western
Haverhil
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Geological Society of America
Columbia University
Abbott
Park Place
Easternadit Club
White Island
Civil Service Commission
Harrison
Reform League
Eeington
Arrival of Blooded Horses From England Arrives in New York
Thirty nine head of blooded horses selected in England for Sexton Comstock and Co of Lost Nation Ia arrived in New York aboard the Tauric. One death occurred during the voyage the stallion Wenlock aged 22 and a Dar Leger winner in 1882 died from the trip s effects.
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New York
England
Sexton, Comstock & Co
Lost Nation
Wenlock
Steamers Arrived and Departed World Trade Update
A dated compilation lists numerous steamers arriving at Boston and New York from Glasgow Havana London and other ports with many vessels sailing for Hamburg or Montreal. The report notes arrivals at Aden Queenstown Liverpool and Sydney among others with times Aug 23 24 and 28. Names include Ethelred Tauric Helvetia Amarynthia City of Rio de Janeiro and more.
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Boston
Scandinavian
Glasgow
Ethelred
Jamaica
Banes
Kanes
Cuba
Albert
Frogreso
Mexico
New York
Tauric
Liverpool
Havana
Helvetia
London
Southampton
Eider
Bremen
San Francisco
City of Rio de Janeiro
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Sues
Velleda
Calcutta
Father Point
Alcides
Montreal
Aden
John Sanderson
Queenstown
A m. Ceplabonla
Dover
Moravia
Hamburg
Amarynthia
Aurania
Oregon
Sarnia
Avonmouth
Dominion
Ems
Malin Head
la Touraine
Newark
Sydney
Nsw
Monowai
Gravesend
Chicago
Antwerp
Hull
Eng
Hindoo
Kinsale
Euclid
Tory Island
Russia
Taterpool
Moville
Furnessia
Queen Victoria ushers welcome to French fleet at Spithead
London and Portsmouth report Queen Victoria sent a telegraph to President Carnot expressing pleasure at receiving Admiral Gervais and his officers at Osborne and praising the French squadron. French sailors toured dockyards, were hosted at Whale Island, and attended a banquet in Portsmouth Town Hall. The day closed with a grand military tattoo and cheers as the Queen aboard the royal yacht passed the lines of combined fleets.
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London
Queen Victoria
Spithead
President Carnot
Portsmouth
Whale Island
Earl of Clanwilliam
Battle of Valparaiso Fights for Chile's Mastery
Aug 24 Valparaiso reports the decisive struggle between Balmaceda forces and Junta de Gobierno. Heavy casualties and shifting fortunes frame a battle seen as possibly ending Balmaceda’s power or sealing insurgent victory. Naval support and foreign observers add to the tension as Washington and London monitor unofficial dispatches.
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Valparaiso
Balmaceda
Junta de Gobierno
Republic of Chile
Congressionalists
Santiago
Admiral Brown
Washington
Mr. Foster
Callao
Villa del Mar
Fort Callao
London
Chile
Balmaceda Forces Move to Quell Insurgency in Chile
A Valparaiso telegram says Balmaceda’s army repulsed an insurgent attack at Villa del Mar but the report is unconfirmed. Balmaceda orders all available Valparaiso forces to concentrate at the capital and 4000 troops at Quequimbo to move on Iquique.
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Lia
Czar Welcomed by Rulers and Crowds in Copenhagen
In Copenhagen the Czar of Russia was greeted by King Christian IX Crown Prince Frederick and King George I as he boarded the royal yacht. The imperial party then proceeded to the harbor where a vast crowd cheered while the Czar reviewed the Guard of Honor before moving to Fredensburg.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Christian IX
Prince Frederick
Greece
George I
Russia
Christian
Princess of Wales
Waldemar
Hans
Wilhelm
Guard of Honor
Prince Christian
Fredensburg
British grain trade reports rain damage and rising prices
The Mark Lane Express notes heavy rain damage to standing crops and that stacks not yet thatched are affected. Old English wheat trades at 40s with 45s for special qualities. foreign wheat prices rise by 2s. Oats barley and peas also advance as flour remains in demand. Prohibition talks on rye and wheat are dismissed by officials.
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London
Mark Lane Express
France
Midland
England
St. Peterspyre
Emin Pasha Victorious in Africa Campaign
A ciphered message from Stanley Falls reports Emin Pasha won a major defeat of the dervishes at Wadelai. He allegedly recovered all Equatorial Province stations and seized 6000 tusks of ivory along with ammunition and stores, with no death toll given.
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Equatorial
Martinique hurricane toll rises with shipwreck deaths
Paris reports 540 persons dead in the Martinique hurricane, not counting shipwreck fatalities. With much of the shipping lost, the Governor allows foreign vessels to engage in coast trade to supply inhabitants.
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Paris
Martinique
Five Die as Steamer Apostag Boiler Explodes
A Nue satz dispatch reports the boiler burst aboard the Danube Company steamer Apostag near Nuesatz. Five lives were lost and two were seriously injured. The ship was about to take on passengers when the explosion occurred. Injured remain in precarious condition.
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Vienna
Nuesatz
Danube Company
Apostag
Peruvians cabinet resigns in Peru Senate standoff
Lima reports the Peruvian cabinet resigned after ministers refused Senate interpellations over the December 3 attempted revolt. A new ministry formed with Seilor Borgone as Premier and Minister of War Seilor Elnore as Foreign Affairs minister Seilor Carbajal as Finance minister.
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Lima
Senate
Seilor Borgone
Seilor Elnore
Seilor Carbajal
Stanley Couple Heads to Paris After Muerran Injury
Mr and Mrs Henry M Stanley depart Muerran for Paris as he nears recovery from a leg injury sustained during a fall at Muerran London August 24. A Welsh mine pit explosion near Marthyr Tydvil August 24 claims two bodies and fear of further buried workers without additional missing reports. Brussels August 24 The Socialist Workingmen Congress passes resolutions condemning sweating and pipe work. Brae Rin August 24 Prince Bismarck is said to suffer drowsiness and memory decline due to age.
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Henry M. Stanley
Paris
Wales
Queen Victoria
Carnot
Rai
Valparaiso
Balmaceda
Chile
Honduras
Russia
Min Pasha
Portsmouth
Martinique
Grazva
Muerran
Stanley
London
Marthyr-Tydvil
Brussells
Socialist Workingmen’s Congress
Berrain
Saale-Zeitung
Bismarck
Hill's New York Theatres Opened in 1890s Preview
New York August 24 Special to the Post Mr J M Hill opened Union Square and Standard theatres for the preliminary season William Muldoon and Jake Kilrain posed in statue positions while E J Henley and Julia Arthur impressed in a serious drama At the Standard the comic opera Fieurette with libretto by Mrs C A Doremus and music by Emma R Steiner drew a fairly successful reception
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Hill
New York
J. M. Hill
Union Square
Standard
William Muldoon
Jake Kilrain
E. J
Park Place Disaster Toll Grows as Rescue Proceeds
Swarm of workers toiled through debris at Park Place in New York after a collapse. By dawn 36 bodies had been recovered, with identifying names and ages listed among workers, longshoremen, and residents, and authorities warned the worst was yet to come as vast wreckage and a deadly stench lingered.
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New Yorks
Park Place
Greenwich Street
College Place
Marvin Sate Company
Reilly
Fire Department
Marvin Company
Church Street
Broadway
Miller
The
Health Board
Lottie Heim
Maggie Quinn
Mamie Williams
No. 70
Golden Weekly
Carse
Hanley
Cour
Leonard
Madison Street
Brooklyn
Gibbs
John
Heagney
Sarah Ann
Slattery
Michael
Washington Street
Hoboken
Heidenrich
Jacob
East 108Th Street
Breitner
Charles
Essex Street
Waller
Otto
East Eighth Street
Hacy
Frank
First Street
Derschopei
Abraham
Delancey Street
Steimer
Gustav
East One Hundred and Seventh Street
Steinke
Jersey City Heights
Shaddock
Edward
Moore Street
Uinn
Macarr
Cherry Street
Tui
Lorre
Avenue
Williams
Mamie
Deinlein
Mary
East Ninth Street
Schmidt
Conrad
East One Hundred and Eighth Street
Louis Rosenfeld & Co
Hartford
Prominent Geologists Join American Society Meeting
The Geological Society of America convened at Columbia University with about fifty prominent geologists. Vice-President G K Gilbert welcomed members and mourned the death of President Winchell. Papers honored the deceased, and foreign representatives attended. Presentations covered South American maps, East Indian geology, high volcanic temperatures, and global geological research. A large collection of photographs and specimens was praised as valuable.
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Washington
Geological Society of America
Columbia University
G. K. Gilbert
Winchell
Society
N. H. Winchell
Minnesota
Gustav Stemmann
Germany
South Amecoe
August Rothpletz
Munich
East Indian Archipelago
Alfred Harker
Cambridge
Eng
Pavlow
Moscow
Max Lohest
Belgium
OUR NAVY. Marines review at Bar Harbor by Secretary Tracy
The North Atlantic and White Squadrons landed at Bar Harbor and marched to Kebo Park for a review by Secretary Tracy and Admirals Gherardi and Walker in a gathering of 1200 Marines. A fog postponed the planned sham battle and thick mist lingered. A grand ball was planned at Kebo Valley for the visiting officers, while a man named Anan fell from a cliff near Morrill cottage and may have been fatally injured.
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Bar Harbor
North Atlantic
Kebo Park
Tracy
Gherardi
Walker
Kebo Valley
Anan
Morrill Cottage
Late Ship News From New York Aug 24
Maritime brief lists steamers Aller Bremen Buffalo Mull Ailsa St Marie Mexico Havana Lucy Miller Bangor Yrewellerd Cariff Croma Leth Tonie Singapore Amicizia Leghorn Onaway Cochin Progreso Yaragona brig Charles A Sparks Turks Island Prussia St Jago James Rothwell Boston Charlotte Fish Bangor Angler New Medford Coral Meader Kirkland. Cottage City sailed for Portland and brig Lily for Wingsgr X5.
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New York
Aller
Bremen
Buffalo
Mull
Ailsa
St Marie
Mexico
Havana
Lucy Miller
Bangor
Yrewellerd
Cariff
Croma
Leth
Barks
Tonie
Singapore
Amicizia
Leghorn
Onaway
Cochin
Progreso
Yaragona
Charles A Sparks
Turks Island
Prussia
St Jago
Sdis
James Rothwell
Boston
Charlotte Fish
Angler
New Medford
Coral Meader
Kirkland
Cottage City
Portland
Lily
Wingsgr
Guarding Hanover's Prisoner Abbott Demanded Removal
Hanover New Hampshire August 24 Abbott has improved rapidly and is guarded by increasingly armed sentries. Sheriffs and townsfolk demand Abbott be moved from Wheelock House amid fears of escape. Witnesses confirm identity as Abbott and letters report Dartmouth figures criticize sentimental editorials on the case.
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Hanover
N. H
Abbott
G. H. Whitcher
H. C. Brown
Cornfield
Sherif Brigham
Wheelock
Coner
Dartmouth Medical College
John B. McCarthy
Dever
L. P. Smith
Wheelock House
Mr. Smith
Wien
Supreme Court
Almy
Chetford
Frank
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Mrs. Astor
Beechwood
State Central Committee
People’s Party
W. W. Dudley
Indiana
Blaine
Suburban Press Association
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nahant
Shinos
Weeks & Potter CO
Gen Agts
Meraware
Grocers
J.T. Phelps
Dev
Czar
Emin Pasha
General Foreign News
the Park Place
OUR Navy
Canal Street
South Side
Boston & Maine Depot
Mt. Diablo
Union Con
Bartlett
Dartmouth College
Boston ‘Transcript
Alme
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