Chinese Treaty, Plenipotentiaries Debate In Senate
In Washington the Senate approved a resolution to study letting a private postal card pass at 1 cent. A long floor session followed with debates over the Chinese laborers bill and the pending fisheries treaty. Mitchell defended the treaty. Morgan criticized it as a sham. The river and harbor bill moved toward final passage as the House adjourned after a long private pension bill session.
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Washington
Senate
Callom
Post Office Committee
Fuller
United States
Yeas
Sherman
Chandler
President
Jame Bb. Angell
William L. Putnam
Great Britain
Doph
San Francisco
Mitchell
Pacific Coast
California
Morgan
Secretary of State
State Homes for Disabled Soldiers Bill Debate
The House opened with the debate on a $250,000 appropriation for state homes for disabled volunteers. Kilgore of Texas proposed reducing the sum to $100,000 arguing municipal subdivisions should handle their own paupers and criticizing federal plans to shape state affairs.
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Washtheron
House
Kilgore
Texas
Congress
Fires Raging in Port au Prince and New York Simultaneously
Reports from Port au Prince describe a July 4 blaze that consumed about 1000 houses within two hours after discovery in the Senate building. A second fire three days later burned to the sea, leaving much of the city in ashes. In New York, July 20, losses include Barnes store and tenement block at West Main Street, about 8000 dollars. Belle furniture factory at West Twenty seventh Street, about 25000 dollars. Additional alarms cited fires at Beacon and Washington streets and at Drew & Steadman establishments on Harrison Avenue, with the Oxford place kitchen fire insured for roughly 2500 dollars and total loss likely under 1000.
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New York
Port Au Prince
Senate
Ware
Henry F. Barnes
West Main Street
Frederick Belle
West Twenty-seventh Street
Beacon
Washington Streets
Michael B. Dewire
Messrs
Oxford Place
Lodge's Bad Blunder in Lynn Laborers Speak English Not
A Post reporter probes brick yards around Boston after Henry Cabot Lodge's warning about free bricks. He finds mainly French-Canadians and Canadians, few citizens or voters, working May to October in Lynn Saugus Everett Malden and other towns. Brick makers are described as poor speakers of English and largely non taxpayers.
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Lynn
Henry Cabot Lodge
New England States
Sangus
Everett
Belgium
France
Saugus
Malden
Medford
Revere
Chelsea
West Cambridge
New England
Bay State Brick Company
Post
John McClure
Canada
Oliver Foster
John P. Peirce
Somerville
Pemberton Square
Concern
Hom
P. Squires
Bay State Company
West
Cambridge
The Illness of Miss Amelia B Edwards
Miss Amelia B Edwards, after thirty years without serious illness, suffers a mild typhoid attack caused by her labors as writer and lecturer. Confined to her room for nearly a month, she writes to Rev. Dr. Winslow praising a calm, patient approach and fate as she rests in a darkened room.
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Amelia B. Edwards
Winslow
Miss Edwards
Jack Allens Dying Words at Hanging in Monticelio
Monticelio New York July 20 Jack Allen was hanged in the Court House at 11 45 today for the murder of Ursura Lirich at Jefferson ville last October. He sang and prayed in a Bong clear voice and asked for whiskey which was refused. He said Let her go Gallagher as the sheriff pulled the lever and Allen swung. He had tried insane and religious dodges in prison.
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Monticelio
N. Y
Jack Allen
Court House
Ursura Lirich
Jeffersonville
Allen
Gallagher
Notable Guests At Hotels List Of Travelers and Names
Yesterday at several hotels a parade of social figures and visitors appeared including Brunswick with Gray and family from Chicago, Mor gan, L. C. Dayton from Minneapolis, Henderson in London, and many others from cities such as Edinburgh Pittsburg St. Louis New York Philadelphia Providence and Toronto. Edwin Booth departed for Narragansett Pier while numerous party groups and families were noted at Tremont Vendome Vincy and other properties with prominent names such as Roosevelt Blaine and Putnam among the attendees.
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Brunswick
Edward E. Gray
Chicago
A. S. M. Morgan
U.S.A
Miss Morgan
L. C. Dayton
Minneapolis
Victoria
Isaac Henderson
London
A. J. Parsons
Washington
E. P. Loring
Providence
Vendome
F. C. Crawford
Edinburgh
John P. Shinn
Pittsburg
John G. Priest
St. Louis
Samuel H. Sterett
Johnston
C. C. Emerson
Bangor
de Volney Everett
New York
C. E. Hayward
Springfield
American
W. W. Watson
Ill
J.C. Egelhoff
Kansas City
J.C. Sengeman
George R. Mayo
Grand Rapids
Mich
B. F. Watson and Family
E. Whittlesey and Family
R. W. Scott
Philadelphia
Arker’s
Williams E. Dodge
H. A. Dodge
Baltimore
Mace J. J. Coppinger
James G. Blaine
Ndian Territory
William KE. Peck
Buenos Seppak
R. K. Strawbridge
F. D. Ellis
San Francisco
C. J. Colt
French
Rhode Island
W. Thompson
New Hampshire
Young’s
Mrs. James Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
J. Henry Smythe
A. KE. Gilliat
M. Perry
Denver
Col
Kingman N. Putnam
Wealthiest English Peer Duke of Westminster Heads Estates
The Duke of Westminster, owner of vast estates in Cheshire and Wales, is described as England's richest peer with an income said to equate to 80 shillings per minute.
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England
Duke of Westminster
Cheshire
Wales
Migrant French-Canadian Brick Yard Workers in U.S. Seen As Foreign Laborers
Report describes 275 workers at a West Cambridge brick yard all French-Canadians from Quebec. They arrive in May and return to Canada in October, with most not speaking English and many living in a company house. They earn pay up to 75 dollars monthly and send earnings home, rarely becoming American citizens.
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Chicago
Charles Brosseau
Quebec
Canada
Bay State Brick Company
West Cambridge
Foster
Coughlin
Sands
Parry Bros
de Rosa
Yates
Bay State Company
Brosseau
Lodge
Belgium
South Boston Tragedy Links Suspect to Murder at Saloon
John Curran's body was found with a knife wound to the heart near First Street. Michael P. Collins, a bartender, is under arrest as a suspect after a dispute at Mrs. Newton's saloon. Four witnesses were detained, and the weapon has not been recovered. The case heads to court.
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John Curran
First Street
Curran
Station 12
Michael P. Collins
Collins
Newton
First
K Streets
Framingham
M.J. Mehegan
G. E. Holdfelder
R. L. Steadman
Patrick Murphy
Newton’s
Woman falls to her death at Niagara Falls
Mrs. P J Tully of Macon Georgia aged 22 perished yesterday afternoon after going over the American Falls during a sailing excursion. Bariber was rescued when the boat capsized but Mrs Tully slipped from his hold and disappeared into the water near Goat Island bridge and went over the falls. She was reputed to be the handsomest brunette at Niagara.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
P. J. Tully
Macon
Tully
W. H. Barber
Barber
Titania
Mrs. Tully
Goat Island
Niagara
Rich gold discovery at Lake Superior shaft
Ishpeming Michigan July 20 news reports the richest gold discovery outside the Comstock lode at the Lake Superior Tron Company's shaft seven miles away. A blast yielded 300 pounds of free gold valued at over 60 000 per ton brought to town, with a quartz sample worth about 10 000.
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Ishpeminee
Mich
Comstock Lode
Lake Superior Tron Company
Obituary of Rev Edward Payson Roe Civil War Chaplain Novelist
The Rev Edward Payson Roe died suddenly at Cornwall on the Hudson New York from heart-related lung pain after dinner and visitors. Born March 7 1838 in New Windsor he served as a Presbyterian minister and Civil War chaplain, later turning to nurseryman and prolific author with 750000 total copies sold. His best known works include Barriers Burned Away and Opening a Chestnut Burr. He leaves a widow and five children.
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E. P. Roe
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson
N. Y
Hawthorne
James River
Lincoln
Fortress Monroe
Mr. Roe
Highland Falls
West Point
Cornwall
Dodd, Mead & Co
New York
Eden
Nature
Horace Greeley
Henry Ward Beecher
Roe
General Thomas M. Young Dies in Cincinnati
Death notices report General Thomas M. Young died yesterday in Cincinnati. Born in Ireland, he came to America as a youth, enlisted at 16, served in the regular army and in the volunteers during the Civil War, rising to brigadier general. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio with Hayes in 1875 and became governor after Hayes became president. He was elected to Congress in 1878 and re-elected in 1880.
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Thomas M. Young
Cincinnati
Ireland
America
Ohio
R. B. Hayes
Hayes
Congress
Yacht races today launch series from Gloucester to Boston
Gloucester cup Race Cape Ann Club Beverly club open sweepstakes Monument Beach Corinthian Marblehead South Boston regatta. Janthe sold to C L Davenport Boston for cruising fitout. NYYC annual cruise set Aug 8. Atlantic squadron arrives New Reptorp port after Newport voyage. Pleon Yacht Club prepares second class challenge cap for season.
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Cape Ann Club
Beverly Club
Monument Beach
Corinthian Club
Marblehead
South Boston Club
Herreshoff
Janthe
Lawley’s
C. L. Davenport
Boston
New York Yacht Club
New Reptorp
Atlantic Yacht Squadron
Newport
Fanny
Pleon Yacht Club
A. G. Wood
Lynn Stitchers Object to Price List Decision
A Boston press claim that Lynn stitchers 8000 strong protested a State board of arbitration price list that would cut earnings. Richard P. Barry explains Means and Carr sought a Lynn wide third grade price, board actions followed, Means then left the field, and reopening was debated with a Friday hearing pending a decision.
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Lynn
Boston
State Board of Arbitration
Richard P. Barry
Henry C. Means
James F. Carr
Means
Carr
Stage News and Notes on Summer Theaters and Openings
The season brings Corinne in Monte Cristo Jr at the Boston Museum and Boccaccio at Oakland Garden drawing good crowds. New York openings loom with Fifth Avenue Theatre in September and major revivals planned at Madison Square, Daly's, and Niblo's. Wallack’s lease price rumored at 350000 and Langtry to perform at Long Branch next month.
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Corinne
Monte Cristo, Jr
Boston Museum
Boccaccio
Oakland Garden
New York
Casino
Prince Methusalem
Wallack’s
Madison Square Theatre
Literary Notes on August 15 New Translations and Publishes
Brentano announces three strong stories from Balzac, Feral, and Sardou to begin a series, with a longer tale promised. August sees George Moore's Confessions of a Young Man in print, plus Canterbury Poets and other series. Sun and Shade debuts a new photo-heavy periodical in New York, with technical text and popular cuts. Scribner's August fiction number features Stevenson, James, Jewett, Thanet, Stimson, and Blunt.
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Messrs
Brentano
Théophile Gautier
Prosper Meérimeée
Balzac
Feral
Sardou
Gaboriau
Boisgobey
Mr. Saintsbury
Malory
Macaulay
Sun and Shade
Erolla
New York
Scribner’s Magazine
Robert Louis Stevenson
Henry James
Sarah Orne Jewett
Octave Thanet
F. J. Stimson
Maria Blunt
Mr. Stevenson
Stevenson
Henry Bacon
Boston School
General Gage
Columbia College
Garnett
British Museum
Macnoid
James T. Fields
Blaine Set for Augest Visit from England
Chicago report states Mr Blaine will sail from England August 1 and arrive in New York around August 7 or 8, per a despatch to C E Freiselle secretary of the Young Men's Blaine Club from J S Clarkson vice chairman of the Republican committee.
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ChicaGo
C. E. Freiselle
Young Men’s Blaine Club
Clarkson
Republican Committee
Blaine
England
New York
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Blatchard
Louisana
Samuel Noble
Oates
Alabama
Rivers and Harbors
Port-au-Prince
South Boston
Falls OF
Ishpeming, Mich
Edward Payson Roe
Lillie West
Yum Yum
Florence Bate
Pitti Sing
Bessie Fairbairn
Peep Boo
Helen A. Russell
Katisha
Harry Brown
Ko-Ko
Percy J. J. Cooper
Pooh Bah
Frank B. Molten
Frank Soule
Pish Tush
Alice Carle
Tompkins
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Steele Mackaye
Edwin Booth
Lawrence Barrett
Madison Square
Fourteenth Street Theatre
J. W. Pigot
Denman Thompson
Old Homestead
Mr. Stanton
Australia
New York Mirror
Melbourne
The
Royal
Carrie Swain
English Opera
Fannie A. Myers
Strakosch
Kellogg
Max Maretzek
Clara Louise Kellogg
English Opera Company
Kansas
Hutchinson
Kan
J. D. Botkin
Wichita
R. J. Freely
Abilene
Lily
Seabury
Bury & Johnson
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Crates
Barnlett Pears
Virginia
Tennessee
Holbrook & Fox
Post Office Square
Suffolk
Edwin A. Eaton
Messrs. Helbrook & Fox
Postoffice Square
Edwin A. Baton
Ktle
Prymouth
R. Cook
Plymouth County
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Middlesex County
B. Hiller
South Middlesex
Payson E. Tucker
S.R. Knights & Co
Washington St
Main St
Cambridgeport
County of Middlesex
A. D
S. R. Knights &Co
Washington Street
Sail County
Jabez Fisher
Moore Street
James W. Mason
Willard A. Bullard
Martha E. Whittemore
Alex. Dickinson
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Wesley FP. Balch
Live Stock Commission Agency
Devonshire St
Balch
Richards & CO
West Newton
N. T. Allen
Mass
Jariends School
A. Providence
Augustine Jones
Thayer Academy
Lraintree
J.B. Sewall
South Braintree
Gannett Institute For Young Ladies
Gannett
D.D
Chester Sq
Varlsbad
L. Flekles
Royal Press
Carlsbad
DR. A. L. A. Toboldt
International Medical Congress
Seegan
University of Vienna
Eisner & Mendelson CO
SS. Reet
Ss.orz
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