Defies Japan Through Chinese Influence Reported in Tokyo and Shanghai
Despatches from Yokohama via London say Corea demands Japanese troop withdrawal before reforms and may be influenced by China to oppose Japan. Negotiations with Pekin continue, but no war confirmation exists. British and Japanese officials doubt Shanghai reports of war or 10,000 Chinese troops heading to Corea.
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Washington
Yokohama
London
Corea
Japan
China
Tokio
Pekin
Shanghai
Man Overboard from Pilgrim in Fall River Tragedy
Joseph B. Lord, 49, a former Boston carpet firm member and Philadelphia house traveller, leapt from the Pilgrim steamer near Watch Hill at 2:50 am. He had recently resigned from ill health and was en route to his aging mother in South Berwick. He left a wife and three children in Brooklyn.
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Fall River
Joseph B. Lord
Pilgrim
Watch Hill
F. H. Lord
Boston
Lord, Whittemore & Putney
Thomas C. Leadon
Philadelphia
South Berwick
Brooklyn
N. Y
Beverly Boy Westwood Suicide at Portland Basin
Arthur Westwood of Beverly Massachusetts 20 arrived in Portland to visit his aunt Mrs William Roberts keeper of the almshouse. He bathed near Fore River and later shot himself with a 32 caliber revolver placing a note to his aunt in his coat. Relatives refuse publication of the letter which mentions trouble with his mother as the cause.
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Portland
Arthur Westwood
Beverly
Mass
William Westwood
William Roberts
Fore River
Roberts
Young Westwood
Schooner Robert H. Mitchell Founders Off Seabright Shore
The Baltimore schooner Robert H. Mitchell foundered about two miles offshore near Seabright while en route from New York to Norfolk with salt. Captain West and seven life-saving volunteers rescued five crew members clinging to rigging for over an hour. The vessel sank in seven fathoms after attempting to beach. Value listed at 5000 dollars, uninsured.
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Branchport
N. J
Hotel Normandie
Seabright
Robert H. Mitchell
Baltimore
New York
Norfolk
Mitchell
Pratt
False alarms spark Malden fire scare
In Malden on July 22 two fire alarms were pulled by James McGrath causing city business district excitement. No flames were found after Box 42 and Box 47 alarms. McGrath, arrested after claiming he saw fires while intoxicated, said he believed several blazes were burning.
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Malden
James McGrath
Bowker
Feltrup
KEEP THE HENS AT HOME. MALDEN HEN POISON CASE DECIDED
Judge Pettingill in Malden ruled against Wakefield Burgess, dismissing charges that Richard Palmer poisoned hens by salt. Palmer argued he used salt to kill yard weeds and that hens wandering into his yard and eating treated weeds caused the fatalities. The judge held salt not a poison and that Palmer had right to kill weeds, not liable for hens’ deaths.
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Malden
Pettingill
Wakefield Burgess
Cross Street
Ichard Palmer
Palmer
Tragedy Over the Providence River Claims Local Hustler
The body of James Callahan, a hustler, was found in the Providence River on Saturday. He may have been knocked off a low bridge in Bowers county by a train or fallen accidentally. no violence marks were found. He had no local relatives, though a brother was said to live in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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New York
McLennan Bros
Providence
James Callahan
Bowers County
Callahan
Lynn
Mass
The Deadly Electric Accident in Providence
George R. Grant aged 20 was thrown from a carriage when a horse frightened by an electric car. He suffered a fractured skull and is expected to die. The incident occurred today in Providence.
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Providence
George R. Grant
Rumors of War Between China and Japan in Corean Affairs
Shanghai rumors of a China Japan clash lack confirmation from the State Department yet officials deem the situation critical. Corean reforms proposed by Japan, now accepted by Corea, may ease tensions if China agrees. Japan seeks reforms in taxation trade, judiciary, and arbitrary local controls, to protect Japanese interests and promote freedom of travel.
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Peach
Corea
Japan
China
Legation
Boston Workers Reject Mongrel Transit Bill
Citizens voice strong opposition to a proposed rapid transit measure. They argue wages would not be paid at city rates, contend most work would go to cheap foreign labor under contract, and call for future bills to include city wage protections while urging working people to vote against the current plan.
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Boston
Vote No If You Do Not Understand The Rapid Transit Bill
The text urges voters to opt against the rapid transit bill, noting the public understands it poorly and urging a cautious negative vote. It warns that a favorable vote could cause serious harm, while a negative one is harmless, and reminds readers the Legislature reconvenes in five months.
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Boston
Charlestown
No steam locomotives on Boston elevated rail line
Opinion rejects allowing coal burning engines on an elevated Boston railroad arguing electricity has emerged as a cleaner motive power and that steam would scatter cinders dust and oil through city streets.
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Boston
Boston Transit Bill Is Flawed and Futile
The speaker argues that the proposed bill offers only a vague tunnel promise for East Boston, with no funding and doubtful construction. It would delay true rapid transit, worsen spending, and fail to connect with elevated lines, while Meigs road remains unaddressed. Charlestown, Roxbury, Dorchester, and South Boston residents seek real elevated lines, not speculative subway schemes.
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Roxbury
Highlands
Dorchester
Boston
Matthews
Meigs
VOTE NG A Highlands St James Street Stance on Rapid Transit
Post canvass on the Meigs subway bill finds seven opposed and five in favor in the Highlands district. Reported opinions from St James Street residents reveal mixed views on subway versus elevated lines and concerns about city debt and feasibility.
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Post
Boston
Highlands
St. James Street
Warren Street
Washington Street
Meigs
Calvin Bigelow
West End
A. M. Davis
William C. Herrick
Kittredge
J. W. Pemberton
Labor unions plan big absorption drive in Chicago
The Herald details the American Railway Union and American Labor Union strategy to absorb all labor groups except railroad workers. A January convention in Chicago would draw 2000 delegates to set wage reports and demand readjustment by May 1, 1895, potentially triggering a general walkout if refused. Debs is expected to tour the East to organize and counter Gompers followers as Union plans unfold.
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Chicago
The
Herald
American Railway Union
American Labor Union
United Mine Workers of North America
Knights of Labor
Railway Union
Debs
New
East
Gompers
A. R U
Mutual Aid Association
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Champaign
Danville
Terre Haute
Hayes
Knights
Rail union calls public to boycott Pullman cars
From Chicago July 22 President Debs Vice President Howard and Secretary Kelliher of the American Railway Union together with Editor Rogers of the Railway Times issue a manifesto from Headquarters Cook county jail urging travelers to refrain from using Pullman cars to pressure the company. The document asserts wage cuts high rent and other grievances by the Pullman company and notes continued discussion appears on page 3.
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Debs
Howard
Kelliher
American Railway Union
Rogers
Railway Times
Cook County
Pullman Company
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