Gladstone Leads Rejection Move on Crimes Bill Debate
In the House of Commons Gladstone urged rejection of the crimes bill arguing it tramples liberty and targets societies, while Balfour defended the measure as a response to Ireland's social tyranny. The debate, marked by cheers and criticism, adjourned with the bill read a second time and O'Brien lauded Gladstone's opposition.
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Lonpor
House of Commons
Gladstone
Balfour
Ireland
England
British Empire
Mr. Balfour
William O’brien
Saunderson
Webster
John Morley
Manchester
Trish
Westminster
Laverial Arlia
President declines St Louis visit for Grand Army encampment
President Cleveland declines to visit St Louis during the Grand Army encampment citing hostile remarks and security concerns. He postpones plans to West and will instead attend Clinton New York on the 15th and Atlanta in October, sending a formal letter to Mayor Francis.
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Cleveland
Francis
St. Louis
Grand Army
St- Louis
Pacific Railroad
Leavenworth
California
Conference of Christian Endeavor Societies
Saratoga
New Hampshire Railroad Committee
Boston & Maine Counsel
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Salem
George M. Robinson
North Smithfield
R. I
National Rubber Works
Bristol
R. L
Bostons
New Yorks
Chicagos
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Goeble
J. B. Mannix
McGlynn
New York
John Swift
Hartford
Texas
Washington
West
White House
Clinton
N. Y
Atlanta
G W Simmons & Co Attracts Shoppers With Seasonal Goods
The store showcases a wide range of children and adults apparel including bathing suits, hats, swimming belts, and hammocks. It highlights a surge in sales for thin coats and a sale on four hundred thin vests at 25 cents each, down from a dollar, as summer goods draw crowds.
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Newton
Isaac Newton
G. W. Simmons & Co
Simmons cab offer at Boston depot
G. W. Simmons & Co announces a complimentary cab ride from any depot if the weather is too warm to walk, available to customers at 32 to 44 North Street, Boston, N B.
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North Street
Boston
N. B
Weather Outlook for New England and Nearby States
The weather forecast from Rive Hill Observatory details a 24 hour period starting 7 am Friday July 8 with stationary temperatures and fair skies for Maine New Hampshire and a southerly wind. Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York also see fair weather with stationary temperatures and southerly winds.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Rive Hill Observatory
New England
Prince Ferdinand elected Bulgaria’s sovereign prince
News notes Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg-Gotha chosen as Bulgaria’s new ruler. Cutter Thistle raises thirteen flags to mark victories. Chuchow City in China floods drown thousands. a Hungarian town struck by a hurricane. Gladstone attacks the crimes bill while Balfour replies. Zug Switzerland floods show strange effects. German crown prince threat operation deemed successful. Pope wishes France regains Alsace Lorraine. Iceland reports serious famine.
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Prince Ferdinand of
Saxe Coburg-Gotha
Bulgaria
Cutter Thistle
Chuchow City
China
Hungary
Gladstone
House of Commons
Balfour
Zug
Switzerland
Germany
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Iceland
Un dine Wins Regatta Shadow Despite Photo Finish
In Boston Yacht Club races the Un dine defeats Shadow but Shadow takes the Meer cup on time allowance protests. Governor pardons ex treasurer Nathan D Pratt from Reading Savings Bank out of state prison. Dartmouth Class of 57 reunion at Parker House ends with Nan tasket trip. Metropolitan Railroad Company directors back West End Street Railroad consolidation offer. Market remains dull with Atchison and San Diego leading names. Money steady at 7 percent amid signs of weakening.
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Boston Yacht Club
Nathan D. Pratt
Reading Savings Bank
Dartmouth
Parker House
Nantasket
Metropolitan Railroad Company
West End Street Railroad Company
Atchison and San Diego
Train Hit Kills Man at Portsmouth Station
Meteorological record notes yesterday’s observations up to 10 p m. It reports a fatal accident as Thomas Moore of North Hampton New Hampshire was struck by a locomotive at Portsmouth railroad station and died.
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Thomas Moore
North Hampton
N. H
Portsmouth
American Party Platform Calls Immigration Curbs
The American party platform denounces aliens who are criminals or paupers and seeks to ban those lacking moral character health or intellectual ability from entering the U S It urges immediate repeal of naturalization laws and restricts foreign ownership of land while opposing political agitation from overseas factions and inheritance by non residents.
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San Francisco
Cal
American Party
United States of America
United States
Union Posts Scrap Clinton Centennial Parade Plan
Four Grand Army posts in Union New York decide not to parade as a group at the Clinton centennial on July 13 if President Cleveland attends.
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Union
N. Y
Grand Army
Cleveland
Late Ship News From New York and Abroad
Arrivals and sailings list steamers and schooners including Orinoco Garvin Bermuda General Whitney Bearse City of Washington and many others. Also reports the schooner Alice L M Crawall wrecked at Lisco after coal cargo voyage from Cape Breton to Halifax.
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New York
Orinoco
Garvin
Bermuda
General Whitney
Bearse
Boston
Santiago
Colson
Nassau
Alliance
Griffiths
Para
City of Washington
Bete
Havana
Camden
Lancaster
Cork
Hratton
Maanasea
Baracoa
Thames
Dale
Trinidad
Va Encia
Woodrick
Alicia
Areciba
Leith
Lykus Phillies
Halifax
Lisco
Inundation of Zug Recalls South American Quakes
The Zug disaster begins with crevices in a $40,000 quay and ends with seven land slips. Dozens drowned, fifteen houses and ten huts swallowed, Hotel Zurich submerged, 70 people missing and 600 homeless. Damage pegged at $250,000. A prior 1488 Zug disaster killed 160.
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Zug
Bernn
Hotel Zurich
Lucerne
Fire Brigade
Baar
Towns destroyed by floods and storms abroad
London reports the Winchow River overflow in China submerging miles of land with thousands believed drowned. Chuchow City is submerged and residents flee by boat. Hungary’s Nagy Karolyi was wiped out by a hurricane and waterspout turning the area into a vast lake with many deaths.
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London
Winchow River
China
Chuchow City
Nagy Karolyi
Hungary
Paris Cabinet set to mobilize army and dismiss royalist mayors
In Paris on July 7 the cabinet announced that Prime Minister Rouvier and War Minister Ferron will form the budget committee of the Chamber of Deputies to oversee the proposed army mobilization. It also orders dismissal of mayors tied to royalist celebrations for the Count of Paris. The Figaro reports the Pope’s remarks in Rome praising France and hoping for restored Alsace Lorraine.
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Paris
M. Rouvier
Ferron
Chamber of Deputies
Isle of
Jersey
The
Figaro
Rome
France
Europe
Alsace- Lorraine
Thistle Arrives in Gourock Bay With Thirteen Flags
The cutter Thistle docked at Gourock Bay flying thirteen flags to mark race wins. The captain denied crew changes beyond one or two replacements by a Scottish man. The ship will adjust its rig and is expected to sail for America in about three weeks.
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London
Thistle
Gourock Bay
America
German Treason Trials: Klein Denies German Betrayal Motive
In Leisic on July 7 the defense for Klein asks for leniency and cites lack of proof of attempted seduction from allegiance. Klein protests the nine years hard labor sentence, claiming his only crime was being caught and declares he was born French and not a German traitor.
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Leisic
Klein
Grebert
Mr Blaine’s Movements Through London to Edinburgh
Mr James G Blaine departed London today bound for Edinburgh. He travels with the Lord Mayor of London and Senator Hale of Maine aboard a royal saloon car adorned with flags and the Maine coat of arms. He will be hosted by Andrew Carnegie in Edinburgh and is expected to speak at a reception honoring Carnegie’s generosity to the city.
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MR. Blaine
London
James G. Blaine
Edinburgh
Hale
Maine
Blaine
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Prince Ferdinand Chosen Bulgarian Prince
Trrnovo July 7 Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg Gotha was elected Prince of Bulgaria by the Sobranje. The announcement was received with great enthusiasm.
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Prince
Bulgaria
Trrnovo
Ferdinand of Saxe
Havana Bank Failures Cause Panic in London
London reports twelve large Havana firms have failed including Casa Ibanez Sandoval triggering panic. Sicily cholera spread noted. Meanwhile Berlin loan issue sees 100 million marks subscribed sevenfold with private capitalists leading demand and Berlin parties applications reaching 400 million marks. Also famine feared in Skagefjord Iceland with peasants and cattle dying from hunger.
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London
Havana
Casa Ibanez Sandoval
Sicily
Burin
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Copenbagen
Skagefjord
Iceland
President withdraws visit invitation to St Louis encampment
The President’s letter to Mayor Francis withdrawing acceptance of St Louis’ invitation to visit during the encampment provokes heated responses. The organizing committee denounces those who blocked the plan and supporters voice disappointment over the failed visit and even consider renewing invitations elsewhere. Some residents promised a chilly reception to the soldiers while others urged prudence.
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Washington, D. C
David R. Francis
St. Louis
Grand Army
Republic
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
Pblic
St. Served
Louis
Grover Cleveland
Francis
St.Louis
President's Letter Divides G A R and Administration
Washington July 7. Reactions to the President's letter show strong political support and army sympathy. Ex commander in chief S S Burdett calls it a timely ending to a delicate dispute and defends the President from blame. The Evening Critic notes threats to the Chief Executive raise broader political tensions.
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S. S. Burdett
Grand Army
Evening
United States
Union
Wich
Newton says Grand Army used for partisan ends in St Louis letter row
General John Newton criticizes the Grand Army of the Republic for political manipulation after Cleve land declines to visit St Louis. He notes Republican pressure over dependent pensions and a push by some Democrats to organize within the G A R to oppose partisan action, while others defend the President and denounce politicization.
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New York
Cleveland
St. Louis
The
Evening Post
John Newton
Grand Army of the Republic
Republican Party
Washington
Grand Army
Sove
Army
Tragedy in Indiana Ends with Hanging of Assassin
In Peru on July 7 James Christian a dissolute German 40 years old assaulted his sixteen year old daughter wife of a mechanic named Baker then shot at a suspected suicide. He was captured by railroad men who hanged him to a tree early this morning.
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Peru
Ind
James Christian
Baker
E. B. North
Wabash Railway Hospital
Jacob Sharp Improving Amid Illness Report
New York July 7 Jacob Sharp continues to improve in health saying he felt better this morning after restless days. He slept well, arose early, and his appetite remains weak as he drinks milk. Mrs Sharp stayed with him through the night while grandson George visited.
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Jacob Sharp
New York
Hearing on the Atherton Bill Sparks Rumors and Debate
A lively hearing on the Atherton railroad bill before the railroad committee in Concord focused on rates and service under the Lowell lease of the Boston Concord and Montreal line. Witnesses cited freight reductions from Portsmouth to Lancaster and Whitefield to Watertown, with fears of charter battles and expansions including a Lake Shore line, Dover and Winnepesaukee extensions, and potential stock arrangements amid shifting Concord railroad influence.
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Concorp
N. H
Speciar
Atherton
Representatives’ Hall
Railroad Committee
Boston & Maine
Boston, Concord & Montreal
Lowell Road
Frank Smith
Lancaster
Whitefield
Watertown
Lowell
Boston
Charles L. Clay
Middleton
Richard Lane
Boston & Lowell
Frank S. Streeter
Chase & Streeter
Concord Road
Massachusetts
Eastern Railroad
House
Streeter
Concord, Northern
Concord & Montreal
Concord
Montreal
Concord & Rochester
Rochester
Concord Railroad
Manchester & Lawrence
Manchester
Conco Road
Lake Shore
Laconia
Boston Maine Railroad
Boston Maine
Dover & Winnepesaukee
Alton Bay
Gilford
Tacoma Yee
Lake Shore Roa
Senate
Dover & Winnipesaukee Railroad
Belknap
Strafford
Nashua
Jewell
Concord Railroad Corporation
Nashua, Acton & Boston Railroa
Nassau, Acton & Boston Railroad
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