Record setting day at driving park league meet
About 4000 to 5000 spectators saw the twelfth annual League of American Wheelmen meet at the Driving Park. Banker and Brinker of Buffalo Athletic Club broke the half mile tandem record in 1 minute 8 seconds, surpassing the previous 1 13 1-5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dermort
League of American Wheelmen
Driving Park
Banker and Brinker
Buffalo
N. Y
Peoria
L. W. Schimmel
Detroit
H. A. Coxsitt
Owosso
Mich
W. L. Marks
O. Slocum
New Haven
C. H
Tonawanda
J.M. Keenan
L. A. Lafferty
C. H. Dickinson
L. A
Tyler
Highlandville
Mass
B.C. Bode
Chicago
Nayce A. Zimmerman
New York
A. U
Newark
H. A. Githens
Hyde Park
Ill
Jane Camas Woodstock
Ont
L. A. W. Chamgoy Nps
W.F. Murphy
Newtonew York
F. H. Tuttle
LC. C Chimaco
J. M. Worden
Springfield
Handiag
E. W
J. i Dra
A.C
Philadelphia
J . R. Sieton
W. W. Taxis
A. C. S. Nuhiladelphia
A. A. Zimmerman
N. York
Hydeback
Ww. M. Carman
Woodstock
Githens
Zimmerman
Banker
Brinker
Buffalo Atletic Club
Business activity mixed across regions in mid July Dun review
The Weekly Review of Trade reports modestly rising activity in the East and West driven by demand and crop yields, with stronger leather and wool markets and improved clothing orders. Southern markets remain dull, while Detroit Milwaukee and Chicago show solid gains. failures total 274 for the week, up from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Weekly Review of Trade
K. G. Dun & Co
Europe
Boston
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Chicago
St. Paul
Minnesota
St. Louis
Nashville
Memphis
Little Rock
Savannnah
New Orleans
Jacksonville
G. Dan & Co
E. Russell & Co
Lynn Suffers Major Damage In City Fire
Large blaze causes extensive damage as residents flock to the scene from across the city and nearby towns. Firefighters struggle through the night while external aid is dismissed by 1:30 AM. Insurance losses listed include multiple companies and substantial sums for buildings and property.
Lynn Fire Devours Blocks on Union Street Tour
A major blaze in Lynn destroyed the Strout and Blake five story blocks and threatened the Currier Block, with flames leaping across Union Street. The fire started 9:50 PM in Blake Block and by 10:30 was overpowering, drawing aid from neighboring towns and prompting extensive losses estimated near 200000 to 300000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Blake
Union
Mulberry
Strout Bros
Department of Lynn
B. W. Currier
Currier
Strout
Faben’s
Union Street
Titus and Buckley
Continental Clothing Company
Robinson & Lyons
G. H. Roby & Co
E. W. Dearborn & Co
Lynn Electric Company
Gray & Wessom
James H. Fisk
C. W. Blake
RK. W. Hyde
F. L. Barnard
G. Gunn
Lynn Laundry
Caleb Lawson
N. D. A. Clark
Charles Connell
Elmer Boynton
Almont Street
W. M. Currier & Co
Carrier
W. M. Carrier & Co
Clothier
Niles & Carr
Pleasant Mills Land Company
Constable
American Provident Investment Company
Oston
Dunn & Co
C. Armstead
Alice T. Damon
R. W. Ingalls
Boston Herald
J. Culliton
Annie S. Morse
Grand Central
Order of the Helping Hand
Order of Fraternal Aid
F. E H.waggard
Wheeler & Northend
I. K. Harris
E. E. Strout
Dam & Warner
John Carniff
Legro & Co., S
Janes H. Fisk
G. H
Fogg
Boston Department
Downing
Spinney
William Carrier & Co
Essex County
Bergenren
Central Square
National Security Bank
G. E. Tucker
Tucker
Boston & Maine
Swampscott
Saugus
Marblehead
Salem
Chelsea
Boston
Standard Clothing Company
E. B. Strout
C. R. Blake
Orient
Connecticut
United States
Royal
Delaware
The
Pennsylvania
A. T. Dearborn & Co
Equitable
Lewis & Newhall
Connecticuts
John L. Conniff
Fires Sweep Across Cities In July Destruction
A long list of fires reports wide damage from Santiago Chile to Boston Massachusetts on July 17. Losses reach millions in Santiago and Glasgow and Minneapolis and Sacramento. Incendiary origin suspected in South Easton. Firefighters battled towers stoves and sheds amid alarms and injuries.
Tragedy in Hanover as Christie Warden slain
Miss Christie Warden age 26, a teacher and State Normal School graduate, was shot twice in the head by Frank Almy in Hanover New Hampshire while returning home with her mother and sister Fannie. Almy, a former employee of her father Andrew A Warden, fled. Sheriff Foster marshals search parties as a $500 reward is offered for his capture.
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Hanover
N. H
Christie Warden
Fannie
Louise Goodell
Frank Almy
Christie
Almy
Miss Warden
State Normal School
Andrew A. Warden
American Watch Jobbers Meet at Astor House
Ex-committee of American watch jobbers met at Astor House with delegates from New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburg San Francisco and other cities. In six years the association cut average prices of movements and cases by 40 percent and raised daily watch production from 2500 to 6000 units while lowering consumer prices and improving quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Astor House
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
San Francisco
Association
Meserole Indicted for Murder in Brooklyn Case
Darwin J. Meserole, son of General Meserole, is indicted for first degree murder for shooting Theodore Larbig in Mrs. Davie Comstock’s flat on June 22. Meserole pleads not guilty and is remanded for trial, with Mrs. Comstock held as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookntyn
N. Y
Darwin J. Meserole
General Meserole
Theodore Larbig
Davie Comstock
Meserole
Comstock
Desperate Kentucky mob attempts to murder Middlesboro police
In Louisville Kentucky a gang planned an ambush near Gum Springs and opened fire as officers pursued Gillis Johnson and Frank Kossimus. Johnson surrendered after a long chase, while Kossimus was dragged from the jail, shot several times, hanged from a bridge, and left with a warning placard reading that would be murderers meet a like fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisvilr
Middlesboro
Gum Springs
Louisville & Nashville
Gillis Johnson
Frank Kossimus
Maples
Dorsey Williams
Tedeker
Johnson
Rossimus
Pineville
Pollitt
Kossimus
Tornado and hail wreck fields across Minnesota counties
Special reports from Stearns Sherburne and Benton counties describe a tornado and accompanying hail storm that damaged 2500 acres of wheat or 60 000 bushels. The path included St Joseph St Cloud St Augusta Fairhaven Haven and Benton county. Superior Wisconsin reports show the storm was a tornado with buildings leveled but no casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Journal
Stearns
Sherburne
Benton
Superior
St. Joseph
St. Cloud
St. Augusta
Fairhaven
Haven
Sherburne County
Benton County
Wis
Third
Tower Streets
South Superior
Fisher Hotel
O Unitation Church
Union Depot
Eton
Dangerous grade crossings to be abolished at Winslow and Norwood
Surveys for removing the Winslow station grade crossing on the New York & New England Railroad are under way led by Civil Engineer Frederick Endicott of Canton under the State Board of Railroad Commissioners. A second crossing at Norwood central will also be eliminated at an estimated total cost of about $65,600 with the railroad paying 65 percent and Norwood town plus Norfolk County covering the rest. Plans must be filed promptly and construction may begin within a year after filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OrpHaAm
Winslow Station
New York & New England Railroad
Frederick Endicott
Canton
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Norwood Central Station
Norwood Central
Norwood
County of Norfolk
Endicott
Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners
Metropolitan Sewerage System
Chelsea
Everett
Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners
Lincoln Street
Boston
Liosea Kingman
Robert T. Davis
Massachusetts
Wowamp A. Caxson
Hovey and Bixby Win Lawn Tennis Doubles Final
In Saravaca New York on July 17 the lawn tennis tournament continued with the gentlemen's doubles final. Fred H Hovey and H G Bixby defeated E L Hall and Dean Miller 8 6 7 5 6 4 to clinch the title. The event will conclude Saturday morning with the mixed doubles consolation finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saravaca
N. Y
Fred H. Hovey
H. G. Bixby
E. L. Hall
Dean Miller
Hovey
Hall
Lord Denman Silenced in Parliament Session
In London on July 17 the Upper House silenced Lord Denman after he attempted to move a return on attendance by the late Lord Granville and himself. Lord Salisbury ruled the motion unseemly and moved Denman be heard no more this session. Denman left angrily as old feuds resurfaced. Meanwhile Irish politics shift as Mr Sexton gains support and Mr Dillon weighs withdrawal plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Denman
Judge Denman
Lord Granville
Lord Salisbury
Lord Kimberly
Lord Salhisbury
Sexton
MacCarthy
Dillon
America
Liverats
Mr. Sexton
Trish
North American Transport Company Formed For Norfolk Steamers
Prominent New York ship men join English owners and Norfolk & Western to form the North American Transport Company with offices in New York London Newcastle upon Tyne West Hartpool and Norfolk. Steamers will sail from Norfolk to Liverpool London Bremen and other ports as business grows. The Norfolk & Western Railroad backs the venture, with Western and Southwestern connections to funnel freight to Norfolk for foreign shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baaltimmoree
New York
Norfolk &* Western Railroad Company
North American Transport Company
Atlantic Transport Line
Baltimore
London
Newcastle-on-Tyne
West Harttpool
Norfolk
Liverpool
Bremen
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
Norfolk & Western
English officers slain in Shanghai riot in Withsiep
The Shanghai Mercury reports Chinese rioters killed English Customs House officer A. W. Green and Methodist missionary colleague Mr. Argent in Withsiep. Homes burned. mission ladies evacuated by steamer Tepsing. bodies loaded onto the Palos. Argent crushed by a rock strike. Green reportedly throat cut. Canton woman killed after defending others. Other riots threaten, but gunboats at Kinkiang kept crowds in check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Shanghai
China
A. W. Green
Argent
Methodist Mission
Withsiep
Mission
Tepsing
Cain
United States
Palos
Green
Canton
Kinkiang
Nitro Glycerine Explosion Report From Pennsylvan ia
News of a nitro glycerine explosion reaches Pitrspurg with a Washington Penn incident. Two men and a pair of horses are said to have been blown to atoms amid surrounding damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitrspurg
Penn
Washington Penn
Air Ship Company Dissolved in Burlington
Burlington Iowa July 17 The Burlington Air Ship Company incorporated two months ago with capital of 10 000 000 dissolved today. Little or no stock could be sold.
Wild Family Grave In Pine City Shocks Minnesota
A fishing party returns to Pine City with a mother and her 16 year old daughter who report a husband eaten by wolves and a year of starvation. The mother and daughter were jailed for safety as investigators weigh possible murders by the deranged mother. The village buzzes with plans to inspect the family home. The daughter names Peterson as the family, with Hans Peterson a logging camp worker as the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Snake River
Pine City
Z . F. Glason
Ray
Peterson
Hans Peterson
Nelson Sagas Saginaw Record Bid In Rapid Pace
Saginaw Mich July 17 six thousand fans packed Union Park to watch Nelson the stallion attempt to lower his record of 2 10 4 for a $10000 purse though he was sick last night and his owner delayed the run he finally started clocking 2 11 4 to 2 11 3 4 in the heat while Aleryn took the free for all with 2 16 best time Emma Batch won the 2 40 class in 2 20 4 and Little Albert claimed the purse for 1000 dollars with ee two other winners noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Mich
Union Park
Nelson
Aleryn
Emma Batch
Little Albert
Em Ee
Exposition Labor Contract Laws Questioned by AG Opinion
Washington July 17 Attorney General Miller issued an opinion at the State Department’s request on how US contract labor laws apply to the Chicago exposition. The ruling states that skilled foreign experts and other personnel brought to the United States to assist foreign exhibitors are outside the contract laws when entering in good faith for the purpose of aiding exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miller
State Department
United States
Citizens Rowing Regatta At East Boston
East Boston residents plan a citizens rowing regatta on Apple Island course at Wood Island Park. A committee led by P C Kelly J C Power and Francis Lally will solicit subscriptions from islanders starting next week. Telegrapher reunion in Washington gathers Old Timers Association and Society of United States Military Corps members for July convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston
Grand Army
Wood Island Park
Apple Island
P. C. Kelly
J. C. Power
Francis Lally
Washrncton
Telegraph Fraternity
Washington
Baltimore
Richmond
Old Timer’s Association
Society of United States Military Corps
Business Failures in the United States This Week
Bradstreet's reports 262 failures this week, up from 22 last week and 181 a year ago, bringing total to 6665 this year. The Dominion notes 32 failures this week, vs 33 last week and 21 in the same week last year, total 1076 to date. Confederate ex Speaker Thomas Bocock is dying in Virginia, and Navajo trouble ends with the arrested leader undergoing examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet’s
United States
the Dominion
Lyncue Bure
Thomas Bocock
Confederate Congress
Appomatox County
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Business Outlook
A. P. Lege & Co
Etna
American
Citizens
Home
Imperial
Lberty
London & Globe
Northern
Phanix
Commercial Union
Manchester
Norwich Union
London & Lancashire
St. Paul German
Firemen’s
New Jersey
Sun
EK. E. Strout
Ina
Niagara
Phoenix
Hartford
Piramix
Charles R.lake
Mulberry Street
Merchants
Santiago
Chile
South America
Louisvieux
Glasgow
Woods
Morris & Co
Boles
Ganly
Norra Easton
S. D. Simpson
South Easton
Danbury
Conn
Elliot Brothers
Braintree
A. B. Keith
John Kingman
Joseph Crickmays
Eleventh Avenue
Minnearolis
Christian Bros. & Co
Sacramento
Cal
Central Pacific
Paul’s Block
Bristol Street
Fire Department
Grady
West End
Albany Street
H. ‘Ft. Hogan
Webber
Adams
Hetleman
BE. 5
Hamlin & Co
Federal Street
Kentucky
Winslow
Fruaystarr
Ari
Parsoy
LS. Johnson & CO
Custom House St
Johnson & CO
Chas, Winfield Scott, M.D
Col. Tremont Street
Boss'ton
Mutual Life Endowment Order
Edwin J. Morse
Tremont Street
Some Savings Investment Company
New Hampshire
Main St
Cambridgeport
C. C.hoffman
D.winter
Treas
Chas.n. Conant
Order OF the Golden Shield
Jamies A. Russell
Supreme Organizer
Boylston Street
Boston, Mass
Chauncy Hall School
G. W. G. Noble
West Cedar St
Cambridge
Highland Military Academy
Worcester
J. A. Shaw
A.M
Hiead Maater
Abby H. Johnson
Newbury Street
Fitchburg Railroad
Adirondacks
Montreal
Vermont
Canada
Lake Champlain
Plattsburg
Bellows Falls
Hoosac Tunnel
Washington St
Fitchburg Rairoad
Causeway St
J. R. Watson
Gen’'s Pass
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Tilly Haynes
Spruce Lumber
Alpheus
Stetsop
Fairford Rift
Seaboard Lumber CO
Exchange Building
State Street
Kosten
Liberty Square
W. Virginia
Harry N. Hubbard
Friendly Aid Society
Boylston Sr
Room
the People's United Legion
Hanover SE
E. C. Morris & CO
Sudbury St
E. Co. Morris & Co
Barnard & CQ Ee
Temple Place
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