Canadian Vessels Seizures Condemned by Press
The article condemns the latest seizures of Canadian ships in Behring Sea and criticizes the British government for inaction. It also notes an old American consul report on Canada’s pine log import duty and lists city notes from the day including the Baptist Tabernacle anniversary and a reunion of the Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment. The Spring Brook reservoir disaster in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, reports losses around 25000 dollars and details a boy Earl Dodge’s near fatal escape with three bodies recovered.
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Earl Dodge
Ottawa
Ont
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Belleville
Victoria
England
Canada
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Ehring Sea
Four vagrants sold at public auction in Kansas City
Four tramps arrested for vagrancy were auctioned from the Court House steps after a public sale duly advertised by law. Two sold to farmers for two dollars each, another at seventy five cents, while the fourth had no purchaser and returned to jail. The three sold must serve four months.
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Kansas City
Meverly
Journal
Court House
Nauseating Odors At Johnstown Riverfront
The water level on the Johnstown river has fallen exposing pestilence breeding matter. The stench along the riverbank is unbearable, especially near the point and the stone bridge, raising concern and alarm.
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Johnstown
Penn
Stone Bridge
Canal Break Floods Shelby Basin Near Middleport
A bad break in the canal at Shelby's basin two miles east of Middleport occurred about 2 AM. Forty feet of embankment on the heel path failed and by 9 AM canal water had fallen three feet at Middleport, halting navigation. Nearby quarries are flooded and flats toward the lake are submerged.
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Shelby’s Basin
Middleport
Highway Robbery in Lynn Shocks Local Resident
Lynn August 26 Special Charles E Payson of 104 Shepard street was knocked down on his way home last evening and robbed of a pocketbook with a few cents. A watch charm was taken from his chain as the assailant tried to seize his watch but fled.
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Lynn
Speciau
Charles E. Payson
Shepard Street
Payson
Destructive Port Costa Fire Destroys Grain Warehouses
Fire at Port Costa California destroyed warehouse No 2 and wharves, burning forty Southern Pacific freight cars and two loaded ships the Armenia from Bath Maine and the Honovaur from St John New Brunswick. Losses total about 600000 with multiple insured items and one drowning casualty.
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Port Costa
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San Francisco
Carwainez Straits
Calfornia
G. W. M Near & Co
Armenia
Honovaur
Kenilworth
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Bath
St. John
N. B
Honowaur
Thames and Meracy
Tollworth
Angle of
Nevada
Marine of London
Thames and Mersey
Fires at New Bedford Foundry and Nearby Structures
Three alarms flood the New Bedford iron foundry of Edmund Grinnell as a nest of wooden buildings ignites. Loss ranges to 18,000 20,600 with most insured. Fire also damages nearby sheds and a two story hay and shingles building. Grinnell plans immediate rebuilding.
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Jonathan Bourne
Hart & Akin
Grinnell
Holmes & Blanchard
Smith & Lovett
L. M. Haun & Co
Boston
Rockford
Lil
Union Furniture Company
Ralph Emerson, Jr
Young Emerson
Mautpen
Franklin Park
C. E. Jackson
Farren
Waitt
C. Farren
J. F. Waitt
Lynn
StereraAu
Franklin Street
George F. Callahan
Hanover
N. H
I. C. Kibbee
New Hampshire Company of
Manchester
London Strike Expands Across Trades Paralyzing City
London faces a broad labor upheaval as dockers carmen and iron workers strike, with gas stokers and coal porters joining. The wave has left shipping paralyzed mail steamers sailing empty, tens of thousands unemployed, and authorities preparing to curb unrest while mutton rots and biscuits halt for flour shortages.
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Carmen
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Commercial Dock Company
Isle of Dogs
King’s Cross
Debacle Over Trusts Debate in Cnautarera NY
A heated debate on trusts features Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden of Columbus and George Gunton of New York. They clash over trust impacts on prices, competition, and policy with figures on Standard Oil and other monopolies.
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Sprcrar
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Sugar Trust
Standard of Company
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Ds Gladden
Western Union Telegraph
Standard Oil Company
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Standard Oil
District Attorney moves to dismiss warrant in Field case
Mrs. Terry's charge from Stockton California reports District Attorney White appearing before Justice Swain to dismiss the warrant against Justice Stephen J. Field for involvement in the killing of David S. Terry. The motion follows a letter from the State Attorney General directing the course.
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Justice Field
Dsudge Terry
Charleston
Cronin
Chicago
StockTon
Cal
White
Justice of the Peace
Swain
Stephen J. Field
David S. Terry
Sarah Althea Terry
Gladstone urges government probe into Turkish outrages in Armenia
London reports Mr Gladstone calls on the government to investigate Turkish cruelties in Armenia. He lauds the Daily News for its Bulgarian atrocity coverage, notes a treaty entitlement to demand suppression of outrages, and urges leveraging public opinion once facts are established.
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Gladstone
Armenia
Legion of Honor Erases Boulanger and Dillon Names
Paris announces that the council of the Legion of Honor has erased General Boulanger and Count Dillon from the roll of the order marking a formal revocation of their titles and honors.
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Forger McMillan Flees With $2200 Theft Fatal Motive
Albert McMillan, a book-keeper at Cady & Nelson Co. tailors, 226 Fifth Avenue, stole cash and forged two checks to pocket over $1200. Total loss reached $2200. A warrant issued for forgery. he is at large. He has six months to live, leading to speculation he fled to the South to die. Conduct described as previously good.
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New York
Albert McMillan
Cady & Nelson Company, Limited
Fifth Avenue
McMillan
Army and Naval Leave and Extensions Noted
Washington orders list multiple military personnel receiving leaves and extensions. Captain Jaimes B. Aleshiere gains ten days leave. Captain Harry L. Haskell seven days. Lt Peter Leary Jr. one month. Cadet Palmer E. Pierce extends to Sept 7. Captain William N. Tisdell two months. Ensign W B Whittlesey detached to Monocacy Sept 28 from San Francisco. Commander James H Sands six months extension.
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First Infantry
W. B. Whittlesey
Hydrograph Office
San Francisco
James H. Sands
Vestibule train wreck leaves dozens injured near Streator
Santa Fe vestibule train bound for Milwaukee encampment derailed at Kinsman Nebraska with about fifty injured. Coach cars plunged down a forty foot embankment. surgeons rushed to scene as rail officials reported several fatalities and survivors transported to St. Marys Hospital. Names in danger included Mrs S S Drexerman Lawrence Kan and William B Isa Topeka.
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Grorae B. Perms
Emporia
GeorGck Peters
Johnson
Norfolk
Conn
Ben Livy
Larry
George Weters
Extensive freight yard planned between Schenectady and Albany
Albany Aug 26. The New York Central pursues a vast yard project between Schenectady and Albany to ease winter blockages. About twenty tracks over 150 miles will form shed covered sections to cut snow removal costs. The yard will store freight in transit to East and South, with manpower drawing a village to Harness and a sand-plain boom expected.
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Two Railway Accidents Reported In Nebraska And Pennsylvania
A Burlington & Missouri construction train wreck near Pine Ridge tunnel in Lixcotx Nebraska injures eleven, with engineer George Moore and laborer James Murnan in critical condition. In Pennsylvanian event at Ciera station, 800 feet of tipple collapses on the Lake Shore line, fatally injuring the superintendent and possibly others. fourteen coal cars and two men atop the structure affected as the tipple fell.
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Lincoln
George Moore
James Murnan
Suaanner
Penn
Latimer Plotted Prison Explosion at Michigan Facility
Jackson Mich Aug 26 A sensational find reveals matricide Irving Latimer schemed to blow up the state prison. Hercules powder found inside walls along with a package cast over the north wall by outsiders. Warden Hatch stays quiet to trap Latimer and any outside accomplices.
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Irving Latimer
Latimer
Hatch
Nationalists Convicted in Clonakilty Trial
William O'Brien and James Gilhooly, members of Parliament for Cork, were found guilty of holding a government-proclaimed Nationalist meeting. O'Brien received two months, Gilhooly six weeks, both with no hard labor. Afterward they must post bonds to keep the peace or face extra imprisonment. O'Brien did not appeal. Gilhooly was released on bail. They left the court under military escort amid cheering.
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Cork
Cleveland Agent Admits Missing Funds in Travel Firm Case
A. J. Jackson, Cleveland representative of Thomas Cook & Son, is found short 3600 dollars in his accounts. The New York agent arrived Saturday to audit records. Jackson confessed and then disappeared, believed to have fled to Canada.
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A. J. Jackson
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London
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Canada
Maritime Ship Movements Across Atlantic In Late August
A string of ship sightings lists arrivals and departures around Aug 24 to Aug 26. Vessels include Tordenskjold Fulda Kolpino Hugin Entella Hindoo British King State of Georgia Ascania Harmmonia Obcam Georgic Ophthalmic etc, with routes from New York Boston Hamburg London Montreal Baltimore Antwerp and more. The report details ports of call and origins, reflecting busy transatlantic traffic and a mix of passenger and cargo movements.
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Kurt
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Havre
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Ilata
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Oamara
St. John
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Liverpool
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Red Sea
Separate Trials Sough in Cronin Case as Court Sets Hearing
In Curiaco Aug 26, six Cronin murder suspects Burke Burke, Woodruff, Coughlin, Beggs, O Sullivan and Kunze appear for a morning session. Defendants seek separate trials. Kunze requests access to grand jury testimony and witness lists. Affidavits argue joint trial could prejudice individuals. Hearing adjourned to Wednesday as State plans to respond while ill.
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Frank Woodruff
Biddeford High School Names Rockland Principal
The Biddeford school board elected John P. Marston of Rockland as principal of Biddeford High School after reviewing forty applicants. Marston is a Bates College graduate and has several years of experience as Rockland school principal.
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Bates College
Rockland School
Blaines Denial On Black Diamond Seizure Split Talk
In a dispatch from Aug 26, officials discuss Mr Blaine Tracing official knowledge on the Black Diamond seizure and escape. The State Department has no record, Treasury enforces the 1887 act, and no diplomatic note has been sent. Ottawa reports rising Canadian anger over Behring Sea vessel seizures and UK inaction.
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Duty on Pine Logs in Canada Raises and Lowers Exports
Washington reports on Canadian export duty changes for pine logs from $3 to $2 per thousand feet, following an 1888 order that boosted the tax to $3 and halted log cutting for export. Consul Hotchkiss notes Americans hold millions in timber, with government sales of pine leases reaching nearly $2,000,000 in 1888, including substantial American purchases, while no timber limit sales have occurred since the higher duty was imposed.
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Yale Sophomore James Paramore Dies in Alaska Trip
In New Haven on August 26 a Washington Territory letter reports Yale sophomore James A. Paramore of St. Louis, age nineteen, killed by a falling tree while his party rested near a lumber camp at Hot Springs Washington. He belonged to the Book and Snake secret society.
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Washington Territory
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Alaska
Hot Springs
Wash
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The
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