Thunderstorm Hits Sangor Cause Major Property Damage
A fierce June thunderstorm in Sangor, Baxcor, Mo, caused widespread destruction from lightning. Trees were felled, several houses were struck and burned, and the electric power station generators were disabled, likely suspending streetcar service for days and halting incandescent circuits. The storm caused greater disruption in Bangor than last week’s cyclone.
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Baxcor
Sangor
J. M. Dickey
Kenduskeag Avenue
Elijah Low
Centre Street
Bangor
Farmers' Alliance in Minnesota Considers State Ticket
The Farmers' Alliance convention at St Paul opened with routine business and speeches by Ignatius Donnelly and W. W. Erwin. A motion for independent political action and a state ticket passed by 194, with a conference set with the Labor Union. Early informal ballot for Governor showed Knute Nelson leading, followed by Brooks and Donnelly, before adjournment.
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Labor Union
Knute Nelson
Brooks
Ignatius Donnelly
Pressure for federal election bill to boost Republican House majority
Washington July 16. A Spectal report argues Republicans push a federal election bill to secure a House majority in the Fifty-Second Congress. Census shifts threaten Northern representation while Southern growth and Democratic gains in cities threaten GOP power. a force bill is seen as the plan to preserve apportionment control.
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Washington
South
Tennessee
Alabama
Virginias
Missouri
Texas
Middle States
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Connecticut
New Haven
Hartford
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Philadelphia
Chicago
Iowa
Kansas
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Colorado
Oregon
California
Arkansas
Congress
East
Reed
Pennsylvania
New York State
Tteed
Nahant
Brother Against Brother in Maine Rivalry at Capitol
Washington July 16. The fight between Blaine and Reed for supremacy in Maine and nationally dominates Capitol talk. Hale backs Blaine on reciprocity and the force bill, while Reed counters. Boutelle, once a Blaine loyalist, now opposes him and backs Captain Boutelle of Bangor for Hale’s Senate seat. The dispute threatens to fray old ties and shape autumn Maine conventions.
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Washington
Blaine
Reed
Maine
Capitol
Fale
Hale
Captain Boutelle
Bangor
Boutelle
Scotland
Bill
Senate
Seth Milliken
House
Council
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Ry Blaine
Secretaror
Mr. Blaine
Frye
Newfoundland Fisheries Tension Flare Over Fiona Incident
Montreal reports a new Anglo French dispute off Newfoundland as the steam cruiser Fiona fires on a French fishing boat violating bait rules. Comus sails from Halifax to reinforce. Ottawa notes imperial correspondence 1884 1890 on the French shore controversy and Canada protests Newfoundland bait licensing.
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Montreal
Newfoundland
Fiona
Comus
Halifax
Ottawa
Tupper
Dominion Fisheries
Canada
Lord Knutsford
Lord Stanley
Into the Water We Go at G W Simmons & Co
Preparations for enjoyment at G W Simmons & Co include an assortment of bathing suits swimming tights bathing shoes hats and oil caps. The store offers steamer chairs hammocks beach and mountain shoes tennis bicycle and lounging suits. Address noted as familiar.
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G. W. Simmons & Co
Death Sentence Commuted for Joseph Chapleau
Rubany New York July 16 Governor Hill commuted the death sentence of Joseph Chapleau to life imprisonment. Chapleau was to be executed by electricity next week for a Clinton county murder.
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Rubany
N. Y
Hill
Joseph Chapleau
Chapleau
Clinton County
Transatlantic ship movements from New York and Europe
A list of ships arriving and sailing near July 16 including Marmion from Jamaica, Teutonic from Liverpool, City of Columbia from Havana, Majestic for Liverpool, Suevia for Hamburg, Alaska for Liverpool, and other vessels at various European ports with routes via Queenstown, off the Lizard and related signals. Several ships depart for London, Liverpool, and Montreal.
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Boston
Marmion
Jamaica
Kaltimore
America
Bremen
New York
Teutonic
Liverpool
Westernland
Antwerp
Chester
Rotterdam
la Campina
City of Columbia
Havana
Brow Head
Majestic
Suevia
Queenstown
Alaska
Montreal
London
Hamburg
Marsala
Tynedale
Avalon
Guy Colin
Catalonia
Kosten
The Quiet Farn Elites Do Not Fear Campaign Costs
London July 16 Mr Parnell denies that his party’s peaceful stance is caused by the cost of the Ponsonby estate campaign in New Tipperary. He refuses to reveal motives behind the campaign, which is rumored to have cost the league £50,000.
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London
Parnell
Ponsonby
New Tipperary
League
Vatican Negotiator Shift Tied to Sir Adrian Dingli
London reports Sir Adrian Dingli, Malta crown proctor and longtime influence, has assumed the Vatican negotiation mantle from Sir L Simmons. Though visiting Rome to see his Jesuit schoolbound son, Dingli is said to be tasked semi-officially with addressing major matters with Leo XIII. Papal departure signals possible compromise with Italian authorities.
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Vatican
London
L. Simmons
Adrian Dingli
Crown 4
Malta
Adrian
Rome
Mondragone
Leo XIII
Transfer of Heligoland and European notes
Emperor William plans a ceremony for Heligoland cession during his visit to Queen Victoria with a German council to guide the island’s future before the next Reichstag session. Also from Paris a note denies alarmist Niger reports while confirming a French protectorate deal with native chiefs.
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Heligoland
Berny
William
Queen Victoria
Paris
Gaulois
Upper Niger
Senegal
M. Ribot
Upper
Niger
Strikes Across Cities Prompt Meetings and Closures
Reports from New York, Stamford, Lynn, and New Bedford detail ongoing labor unrest. Cloak cutters endorse delegates, Yale & Towne closes its plant leaving 800 unemployed, Morocco dressers push for higher pay, and shoemakers’ factory disputes continue with no immediate settlement.
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New Yor
Pythagoras Hall
Stamford
Conn
Yale & Towne Company
Lynn
Sprcra
N. Webber
Knights of Labor
Morocco
Manufacturers’ General Association For
New Breprorp
Hathaway,Soule & Harington Co
Lasters’ Protective Union
Daly
Martin
Brockton
Soule
Knowlton
No Lottery For Dakota Circulated Circular Letter
Governor Miller denounces moves to legalize a lottery in North Dakota. The July 12 1890 letter warns against schemes by lottery promoters and Foreign interests, urging county officials to report conditions and resist self serving endeavours to place state governance under private control.
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Ellenparr
N. D
Miller
State of North Dakota
Tismancnk
Louisiana Lottery Company
Focal
North Dakota
Joan Maller
Killed and wounded at King's Mills explosion list
Chsermatt Ohio July 16 Following is a list of the killed at the explosion yesterday at King's Mills Mrs James Deacon Henry Reynolds Samuel Stephens Mrs Jim Moss and child Mrs Fred Keller and child William Franey brakeman Ralph Williams Baby Elstine Nick Snyder an unknown man Following are the injured Ladie Behr aged thirteen employed in the shell factory lost right arm Ernest Collins skull crushed will die Mrs John Schneider scalp wound Fred Kettler night watchman severely bruised about the body John Maas bruised about the face will lose both eyes Mrs Ben Dowdell severely burned Mrs Elstine internal injuries she will not live Operator Hunt scalp wound Harry Smith Frank Hunt Miss Anne Schneider Miss Gillam Miss Maggie Hutchinson and sister
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King's Mills
Chsermatt
King’s Mills
James Deacon
Henry Reynolds
Samuel Stephens
Jim Moss
Fred Keller
William Franey
Ralph Williams
Elstine
Nick Snyder
Ladie Behr
Shell
Ernest Collins
John Schneider
Fred Kettler
John Maas
Ben Dowdell
Hunt
Harry Smith
Frank Hunt
Anne Schneider
Gillam
Maggie Hutchinson
Dr Dale to chair International Congregationalists
London reports Dr Dale has accepted the presidency of the International Council of Congregationalists to be held in July 1501. The inaugural sermon will be delivered by Rev Dr Storrs of Brooklyn, with other schedule details noted from this foreign dispatch.
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London
Dale
International Council of Congregationalists
Storrs
Brooklyn
Vienna
Board of Health
Valencia
Alicante
Berurm
Prince Bismarck
Schoenhausen
Victoria
B._C
Cariboo
Ashcroft
Amsterdam
Board of Trade
Hundred bodies recovered in Lake City disaster
Minneapolis report says a total of 100 bodies have been recovered with twenty five more found today from the Lake City incident. About a dozen are still missing, as the search continues.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lake City
The
Journal
Pearson Smith Wedding Held at Centre Congregational Church
A July 16 ceremony in Haverhill united Boston businessman Charles Henry Pearson of A. Hirsh & Co. with Miss Alice Nichols Smith of Haverhill. Rev. E. Hallman officiated. Couple to reside in Boston after a honeymoon to Block Island and Newport.
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Haveruinr
Centre Congregational Church
Charles Henry Pearson
Boston
Alice Nichols Smith
R. C. Smith
E. ©. Hallman
A. Hirsh & Co
New York
Haverhill
Chester Square
Chicago Overtakes Philadelphia in Census Count
Washington July 16 Superintendent Porter received a count from Chicago census supervisor placing the city population at 1,101,263, ahead of Philadelphia. Though unofficial, the tally is considered close to the official figure.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
Porter
Obituary for Samuel Emerson Turfman of Natick and Tributes
Samuel Emerson a well known New England turfman died after a long illness at his Natick home. He once leased major tracks at Franklin Park Saugus and Riverside Beacon earning fame for honesty and fair dealing. His horse Captain Mc Gowan was the first to trot twenty miles per hour over Riversine in 1865. He leaves a widow and son Frank Emerson. Other deaths noted include Elwell of the Portland Transcript and poet Gottfried Keller.
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Samuel Emerson
New England
Natick
Franklin Park
Saugus
Dan Mace
Hiram Woodruff
Peg” Pfeifer
John Turner
Lill Woodruff
Steve Hayes
Riverside
The
Beacon
Emerson
Regiar
Captain McGowan
Riversine
Dock Bowen
Frank Emerson
Elwell
Portland Transcript
Bar Harbor
Maine Press Association
Machias
Hoe
Zurich
Munich
Switzerand
Senate of
Heidelberg
Berlin
Calvin Boutwell
Contoocook
N. H
Amherst
White Caps in New Mexico Terrorize Territory
Secretary of the Interior reviews a circumstantial report from a New Mexico source detailing the White Caps mob violence near Las Vegas. Hundreds of Mexican attackers on horseback destroy crops fences houses and bridges, shoot and terrorize residents, while looting and arson claim numerous depredations across thirty miles. The secretary asks Governor Prince for a full report and possible government remedies.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
New Mexico
Las Vegas
Prince
Ohio Republicans at Chevi Lane Convention in Music Hall
The Ohio Republican State convention convened at Music Hall with ex Governor Foraker as temporary chairman. A. Thompson of Portsmouth elected chairman. Daniel J. Ryan named Secretary of State and Thaddeus A. Minshall as Supreme Judge by acclamation. McKinley and Sherman telegrams read. Flickinger and McCulloch contest for Board of Public Works resolved in McCulloch’s favor. Platform endorses 1888 Republican program and Harrison administration.
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Chevi Lane
Music Hall
A.T. Brinsmaide
Foraker
Campbell
Sherman
McKinley
Foster
Harrison
Republican Congress
Committee On Permanent Organization
Thompson
Portsmouth
Committee On
A. T. Brinsmaide
Daniel J. Ryan
Ryan
McKinley, Cooper
Boothman
Smyser
Caldwell
E. B. Taylor
J. D. Taylor
D.ick. Watson
Thaddeus A. Minshall
Board of Public Works
A. Fhickinger
Frank McCulloch
Flickinger
McCulloch
Moore
Committee On Resolutions
John C. Fremont
Hurley’s Suicide Attempt in Woburn Averted
Dennis Hurley a Woburn stone mason attempted to kill himself by cutting his throat with a shoe knife on Bow street near Sherman Place. Found by boys and police, he was bleeding but conscious and walked home with a minor neck wound. He said he wanted to get out of this world after being provoked.
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Woburn
Wopuka
Dennis Hurley
Bow Street
Sherman Piale
McDermott
Hurley
Richard Croker Sails for Europe Tonight
New York report notes Tammany leader Richard Croker boarded the steam ship Columbia tonight and will depart for Europe early tomorrow morning. The departure underscores Croker’s continued involvement in party affairs while abroad.
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Richard Croker
New York
Tammany
Columbia
Europe
Insane Indian in Ohio Penitentiary Rampage
James Larney, an Indian inmate serving a manslaughter sentence at the Ohio Penitentiary, grabbed an axe and attacked fellow prisoners. He felled Jacob Cross, likely fatally, struck Ted Cunningham, shattered Charles Greeves’s shoulder, and chopped Michael O’Hara’s head. Deputy warden and inmates restrained him, chambered in a cell. Authorities deem Larney insane.
Paraders Of North Atlantic Squadron Sail For Bar Harbor
The July 16 parade in Baru Maine featured six hundred men in line with picks shovels and equipment from pioneer detachments marines seamen infantry and artillery detachments. A reception aboard the Baltimore for ladies followed in the afternoon and the squadron plans to sail tomorrow at 1 pm for Bar Harbor.
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Baru
North Atlantic
Baltimore
Bar Harbor
Street Railway Transfers in Salem July 16
A deed records Plum Island street railway selling all property and franchise to Black Rocks & Salisbury Beach Railway Company for $1. The latter agrees to assume all debts and to pay $100 per share for Plum Island stock on demand. A mortgage to International Trust Company secures $105,000 bonds.
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Salem
Plum Island Street Railway
Black Rocks & Salisbury Beach Railway Company
Black Rocks & Salisbury Road
Plum Island Company
International Trust Company
Army and Navy Gazette Special Orders Indefinite Leave Granted
Army orders report First Lieutenant Richard I. Earle has been found unfit for active service by a retirement board and granted indefinite leave. Naval orders detach Ensign William J. Maxwell from Washington yard to the Dolphin, Ensign John H. Shipley from the Michigan to the Kearsarge, and Lieutenant H. O. Rittenhouse to the Naval Academy.
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Washington
Army
Richard I. Earle
Naval
William J. Maxwell
Washington Yard
Dolphin
John H. Shipley
Michigan
Kearsarge
H. O. Rittenhouse
Naval Academy
Drownings at Newport Beach Claim Three Lives
At Newport Beach, a seaside resort near Santa Ana, Lieutenant C V Donaldson of Fort Grant Arizona and Miss Lottie Surgeon drowned while swimming. B F Hall and his daughter entered the surf to aid Surgeon but were pulled out. Donaldson rescued Hall and his daughter then perished alongside Surgeon as currents swept them away. Bodies were recovered.
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Donaldson
Hall
Santa Ana
Weather Forecast For New England And Mid Atlantic Regions
Weather bulletin notes cooler fair conditions across Maine Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts with northwesterly winds. Connecticut Rhode Island show fair winds from the west with stationary temperatures. Eastern New York slightly cooler, high 90s to 94 in earlier day. warmer in central valleys by Thursday and continued warmth east of the Mississippi through the next four to five days. Washington briefing continues.
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Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
North Carolina
Mississippi River
Washington
Tennessee Democrats convention prolongs governor ballot struggle
Nasvatity Tenn July 16 The State Democratic convention took five ballots for Governor with no material shift in candidate strength. Baxter faction sought to allow instructed delegates to disregard instructions and vote individually but the motion was defeated.
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Tennessee Democrats
Nasavitty
Tenn
Baxter
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