Destructive and fatal events across the nation and world
The page surveys diverse items including stock market opening and dull close, baseball standings, coroner bonds for indigent Jews, a staff staffer in a Detroit accident, legislative attacks in New Hampshire, Keystone bank witnesses, a Liberian sentence for an American citizen, Colorado train collision, a public appointment in Dunham, Maine party meet, Jersey City election outrages, a gossip note on Mrs. Bradish, transit commission plans, whiskey production concentration in Peoria, lightning damage in Carlisle, the fate of Almny the New Hampshire murderer, North River street cleaning, Pine Bluff gas explosion, revenue receipts, copper output, ship shafting duties, California woes, the new cruiser No. 13, vigorous foreign policy, African American colonization plans, Leyden tablet unveiling for John Robinson, Crispi defending Italy, a London cable on politics and religion, fatal electric railway accident, city and suburban notes,邮 Boston postal service needs, Governor Russell review, Fall River story, Massachusetts health boards, and a Western church league dispute.
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New York
N. L
Cleveland
Chicago
A. A
el Wyandotte
Detroit
Chandler
New Hampshire
Gallinger
Keystone
Liberia
Thomas H. Dunham
Eatant
People’s Party
Maine
Jersey City
Bradish
Rapid ‘Transit Commission
Peoria
Carlisle
Penn
Almny
North River
Pine Bluff
Ark
United States
Page & Slaughter
California
Leyden
John Robinson
Signor
Crispi
Italy
Dreibund
London
Danvers Asylum
Boston
Russell
Fall River
Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health
High
Brooks
Tennessee Strike Ends as Troops to Return Home
In Tennessee July 24 the miners' committee presented a plan to Governor Buchanan. The state will restore the status quo, guards and convicts to be left unmolested on return to mines. Militia on College Hill were released from strict discipline and will travel home tomorrow. Convicts shift to Briceville and Coal Creek, while guards travel with them to ensure order on arrival.
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Byoxvuur
Tenn
Buchanan
General Assembly
College Hill
Briceville
Coal Creek
Knoxville
Record of Fires Destroys Campbell & Elliott Mills
The Campbell & Elliott cotton and woollen mills at Washington avenue and Twelfth street, Philadelphia, were burned, with losses estimated between 600000 and 750000. The blaze, filling with inflammable material, left over 450 people unemployed. Related reports note a separate block fire in another city area with losses over 50000 and injuries to Michael Garrison and Heron Stafford. Damage to Cairo’s Abdin palace is pegged at 150000.
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Philadelphia
Campbell & Elliott
Washington Avenue
Twelfth Street
Michael Garrison
Vheron Stafford
Cairo
Abdin Palace
Clyde Line steamship reports Haiti unrest risk at Port au Prince
The steamship George W Clyde arrived from Port de Paix eight days after leaving a quiet port amid talk of imminent trouble. Insurgent and government representatives, newly arrived in the U S, were said to plan buying ships to convert into warships. When Clyde departed, officials expected hostilities to flare at Port au Prince.
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New York
George W. Clyde
Clyde Line
Port de Paix
Clyde
Port-au-Prince
Late Ship News Lists Ocean Movements From New York Harbor
New York July 24 steamers and schooners sail for European and domestic ports. Vessels including Dimock Odoston Carl Hamburg and others depart for Geestemunde London Christiania and various Atlantic stops. Several ships cleared for Glasgow Liverpool and Bremen with mixed cargoes and passengers. local Nova Scotia winds report sailing Navassa and Laconia for Calais and New York respectively.
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New York
F Dimock
Oston
Carl
Hamburg
John Brooks
P G Thompson
New Ledford
Georgietta
Jankford
Mella Clifton
Millbridge
SJ Watts
Y Gregory
St John
Josephine
Pepe Pier
Delhi
Kennebec
Empress
Rock
Gutheil
Geestemunde
Ludgate Hill
London
Yahia
Winthrop
Homer
Eastport
Fulda
Ringk
Bremen
Tauric
Roberts
Liverpool
Trinacria
Mitchell
Martello
Kea
Hull
Apollo
Sykea
Deptford
Colla
McDonald
Montego Hay
la Bourgogne
Lebouef
Havre
Alaska
Murray
Wieland
Karlowa
el Callao
Witherell
Cumana
Maasdam
Polter
Rotterdam
Capitan
Humphrey
Saigon
Araguda
Green
Adelaide
Victoria
Stabin
Konigsberg
Havana
Rice
M Petersen
Storsen
Stetlin
Windsor
Navassa
Hatenc
Calais
Laconia
Crane
Newark
Elite Kentucky Whiskey advertised by Hetherston Importing Co
Worth knowing that the oldest maturity and best bargain in value is The Hetherston Importing Co s Elite Kentucky Whiskey. Sealed bottles about 116 gallon and sold by Weeks Potter Rust Richardson Allen Turner W illoughby Howland Hill and others in Boston and East Boston druggists hotels and grocers.
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Hetherston Importing Co
Kentucky
Weeks & Potter
Washington St
Rust & Richardson Drug Co
Hanover St
Wm. M. Allen
Tremont St
Union Park
Turner Bros
Dudley St
W. R. Willoughby
Maverick Sq
Boston
C. C. Howland & Co
Shawmut Av
J. W. H. Hill
Lynn Names New High School Principal Nominee
At the High School Committee meeting a new principal candidate was nominated as E. D. Russell of Waltham. Russell, a Harvard graduate, has taught in Bradford Natick Wakefield and Waltham, totaling years of service across Massachusetts. The school board favors him, with N Moulton slated to remain as janitor.
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Lynnn
Verson
E. D. Russell
Waltham
Russell
Bradford
Natick
Wakefield
Harvard
Colege
N Moulton
Columbia Oil Company Fails After Brief Existence
The Columbia Oil Company collapsed after failing to float bonds, blamed on a strong Cottonseed Oil Trust rival. The firm, organized June 1 with 1 million capital, operated at 44 to 64 Erie Street with Memphis and Owatonna branches, and employed 721 people. Receiver Sidney A. Stevens appointed. stockholders led wind-up efforts.
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Curcaco
Columbia Oil Company
Erie Street
Memphis
Owatonna
Minn
Blodgett
Sidney A. Stevens
Cottonseed Oil Trust
Columbia Company
J. Foster Rhodes
Hard-Worked Boy in Dist Court Over Mill Absence
In Fall River a 15-year-old boy faced District Court accusations for leaving work without his father James Dutton's consent. Evidence included a history of harsh discipline by Dutton, who allegedly whipped the boy with a belt and burned a marriage certificate. Dutton's wife and grown children testified to his cruel temper. The boy was allowed to return home until September 26.
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Fall River
James Dutton
Union
Marshall Freek Dutton
Dutton
Judge Blaisdell
Exiled Omaha Resident Sentenced in Siberia
A letter to Abe Goldstein reports 8. Gerber of Omaha, living there five years, exiled to Siberia by Russian authorities. He traveled to Myszynca near the German border to return with his family. Labeled a runaway to America, he was jailed one year in Lemsey and banished for five more years with confiscation of property.
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Omaha
Neb
Abe Goldstein
Gerber
Siberia
Myszynca
Poland
America
United States
Lemsey
New York Street Cleaners Backlash Sparks Citywide Dirt Backlog
In July in New York Lower West street basks in odd excitement as Beattie’s night crew cleaned gutters after months of neglect. Carts and crews vanished by daybreak leaving heaps of mud and fresh complaints. Officials say 500 workers have been cut to 328 to 356, leaving no money for improvement and a worsening mess across Courtlandt to Liberty and Albany streets.
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New York
Spectar
the Post
Lower West Street
West Street
Mr. Beattie
Beattie
Cortlandt Street Ferry
Liberty
Albany
West
Yolo Maid Sets New Detroit Driving Club Record
About 9000 to 10000 attended the fourth day of Detroit Driving Club racing in Detroit. Yolo Maid broke her record by half a second in the last heat of the pacing race. Wyandotte died at his stall after the fifth heat of the 2 30 class, owner John I Madden of Lexington, Ky., had been offered 10000 for the horse. Little Albert won the 2 30 pace, McDeel backers lost heavily, Yole Maid won the free-for-all pacing, Rosaline Wilkes won the free-for-all trotting, Lynn W and Clayton failed to beat 2 19, and Filemaker did only exhibition.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Driving Club
Yolo Maid
Wyandotte
John I. Madden
Lexington
Pittsburg
McDeel
Little Albert
Lord Clinton
Prince Hogarth
Yole Maid
Johnston
Dallas
Rosaline Wilkes
Alvin
Alcyron
Mathew Kiley
New York Driving Club
Lynn W
Clayton
Filemaker
A Disappointing Hunt in Hanover New Hampshire
Christie Warden was killed by rejected suitor Frank C. Almy who vanished after the crime. A week of police searches yields no trace of him. Montreal detectives claim Almy remains in the city, noting a gold ring linked to him was sold after his supposed escape aboard the steamer Mongolian.
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Hanover
N. H
Christie Warden
Frank C. Almy
Montreal
Frank Almy
New Hampshire
Russian Jews May Land After Bond Agreement
Coroner Levy and bondsmen prepared to post up to 100000 dollars in bonds to secure sixty Russian Jewish immigrants. The deal required sustenance or return tickets if any became public charges, and the landing was approved with Levy, vice president of the Jewish Alliance of America, present.
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New York
Levy
Owen
Coroner Levy
Jewish Alliance of America
Whiskey Trust to Consolidate West Distilleries
The Whiskey Trust plans to concentrate West production at its Peoria Illinois headquarters. Outside distilleries will be sold as land becomes available, with capacity boosted at Peoria to cut operating costs. Actions will occur gradually rather than immediately.
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Curcaco
Internal Revenue Office
Whiskey Trust
Trust
Peoria
Ill
Floods and avalanches devastate Moravia Silesia and Tyrolese Alps
Vienna reports rising flood areas in Moravia and Silesia as the Vistula and the March near Olmuts widen to a mile and submerge much land. Avalanches in the Tyrolese Alps sweep into valleys, causing extensive damage.
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Vienna
Moravia
Silesia
Vistula
March
Olmuts
Tyrolese Alps
Royalty Seeks Bride in England Visit
Vienna July 24 The Neue Freie Presse reports Prince Ferdinand of Roumania plans a visit to England to pursue a betrothal with the daughter of the Prince of Wales.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Ferdinand of Roumania
England
Prince of Wales
Irish legislation looms as Salisbury faces cabinet changes
Wisbech bye election shocks both sides as Liberal Gladstone gains a smaller Conservative margin. Officials push for quick Irish measures before dissolution while Salisbury and Balfour resist. Cabinet reshuffle eyed with Chamberlain Gorst Hartington likely inside. Pope intervention on episcopal action prompts strong political move against Parnellites.
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Loxton
Wisbech
Gladstone
Gladstonian
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Balfour
Smith
Duke of Rutland
Matthews
Home Secretary
Chamberlain
J. E. Gorst
Lord Hartington
Ireland
Parnell
Dublin
Times
America
Congregational Council
The
Baptists
Noble
Goodwin
Dr. Parker
Parker
Felixtowe
Christian
Princess Louise
Prince Aribert
Berlin
Queen Victoria
Emperor William
Canadians Sweep Prizes at Bisley Rifle Tournament
At Bisley on July 24 the Marchioness of Salisbury presented prizes after the rifle tournament. Canadians earned awards totaling £581 as top winners in the event.
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London
Bisley
Marchioness of Salisbury
Education Bill Cleared Third Reading in Lords
London July 24 The English education bill passed the third reading in the House of Lords today signaling progress in reform plans. The measure aims to restructure schooling standards and funding across England.
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London
House of Lords
John Robinson Memorial Unveiled in Leyden by Americans
The Leyden tablet commemorating Rev. John Robinson of the Mayflower era was unveiled at St. Peter's Church in Leyden. A large crowd of Americans and local authorities attended as Dr. Palmer praised Robinson's role in liberty and religion, noting the monument honors a shared transatlantic heritage.
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Amterdam
Leyden
John Robinson
Holland
Pilgrim Fathers
St. Peter’s Church
University of
Palmer
Republic Beyond
Noble
Professor Kuenen
Keystone Bank Scandal Witnesses Cite Rebates And Silence
A Keystone Bank scandal hearing reveals witnesses refusing to answer, posting written statements, and detailing rebates paid to newspapers. Postmaster General Wanamaker opposed citing bank details, while auditable sums and suspects surface as Grafton’s death shifts collections to an unofficial handler. Names include McMichael, Cook, Elverson, Morwitz, and McCamant.
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Parapeipaia
Bardsley
Wanamaker
van Osten
Graham
Hensel
Pattison
Chestnut Street National Bank
Thomas J. MecCamant
Europe
McCamant
Mercantile
H. M. Grafton
Grafton
J. 8. Singer
Fourth Street National Bank
Marsh
Keystone Bank
Singer
Joseph Morwitz
German Democrat
Clayton McMichael
The
North American
R. J. Cook
Press
W. F. McCulley
Bulletin
James Elverson
Inquirer
Captain Grafton
Bardsley Or McCamant
Cannibalism Rampant in Congo Frontier Action
Reports from Stanley Falls in the Congo Free State describe widespread cannibalism by natives along the Lomani River who blocked the waterway with armed canoes and killed Europeans. An expedition of ten Europeans and fifty Arabs engaged the rebels, routing them after a day's battle and occupying villages, with hundreds killed or wounded.
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London
Stanley Falls
Congo Free State
Lomani
Frightful Casualty on London Electric Railway Elevator
A terrible accident occurred in a Thames electric railway elevator. Over fifty passengers rode upward when several feared overloads led some to alight. As the last passenger stepped out a gentleman was decapitated and disemboweled as the car rose abruptly. The car halted and others were landed safely. Investigations to follow.
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London
Thames
Crispi Defends Italy Against French Attacks
Signor Crispi writes in Contemporary Review defending Italy from French press attacks. He accuses France of opposing Papal reconciliation with Italy and using Vatican issues to challenge the Quirinal. He notes Italy joined the Dreibeund for Papal guarantees and to deter future French Papal expeditions.
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London
Signor Crispi
Contemporary Review
Italy
France
Vatican
Signor
Crispi
Church tower collapse in Szalatan kills sixteen workers
A church tower under construction in Szalatan, Hungary, collapsed today in Vienna, killing sixteen workmen. The accident halted further work as investigators probed the cause and safety measures.
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Vienna
Szalatan
Hungary
Mercy shown to captured Russian officer
St Petersburg reports that Captain Schmidt, once condemned and executed in secret for selling Cronstadt defences, has been banished to Siberia. Officials say leniency followed proof he was coerced by a few usurers who sold the plans to a rich Jew who betrayed him after taking the bribe.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Schmidt
Cronstadt
Siberia
Protection of French Ports Celebrated by Naval Committee
Paris July 24 The Naval Estimates Committee backs a Brisson plan to place torpedoes in France’s principal ports and expand home squadrons by a 9 to 8 vote M Barbey the Marine Minister opposed calling the proposal ridiculous and costly The committee vote served as a protest against his failure to propose an alternative plan
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Paris
Naval Estimates Committee
Chamber of Deputies
M. Brisson
France
M. Barbey
Marine
Barbey
The French Fleet at Cronstadt Banquet Honors Visitors
A grand banquet at the French Embassy in Cronstadt celebrated the visiting French fleet. Attending were Grand Duke Alexis Admiral Gervais Russian ministers and the Assistant Foreign Minister. The French Ambassador toasted the Czar and Alexis toasted President Carnot and the gallant French squadron.
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Cronstadt
St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Alexis
Gervais
Interior
Finance
Commerce
Russia
Carnot
Knights Templars Arrive in Queenstown for European Pilgrimage
The steamship City of Berlin arrived from New York with over 200 Knights Templars aboard. Detachments from across the United States begin a European pilgrimage, landing at Queenstown to travel to Glenariffe before visiting Ireland England and other parts of Europe.
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Knights Templar
Queenstown
Berlin
New York
Knights Templars
United States
Europe
Glenariffe
Ireland
Ingland
Mellin's Food Presented as Best for Babies and Invalids
The preparation most resembling mother's milk is proclaimed the best for babies and a nourishing, comforting option for invalids or convalescents. Mellin's Food is noted as meeting these requirements and gaining favor with physicians and the public.
Bay Side man accused of disorderly conduct
George Bradish of Bay Side L. L. faced Justice Kane yesterday for failure to provide for his wife and daughter. The man worth over 600 000 resides at a Bay Side mansion and has cut allowances, prompting the wife and daughter to travel to summer resorts as they returned home after the cash supply was stopped.
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New York
George Bradish
Bay Side
L. L
Bradish
Golden City Returns From Twenty One Months Whaling Journey
Whaling schooner Golden City under Captain Maudley arrived at New Beprorp port after a twenty one month voyage. She carried about 700 barrels of sperm oil and ten barrels of whale oil, nearing full capacity, after leaving Hatteras ground where the E B Conwell was sighted with 240 barrels of sperm oil on June 15.
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Golden City
Maudley
Hatteras Ground
E. B Conwell
Thunderbolt strikes Carlisle shoe factory injuring workers
A damaging thunderstorm in Carlisle Cumberland Valley caused extensive property and stock damage. Lightning hit the shoe factory, panicking 300 workers mostly women, with several unconscious and others seriously injured. Miss Spangler and Miss Johnson were reported fatally injured.
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Carlisle
Penn
Cumberland Valley
Spangler
Johnson
Two Trains Collide Near Carlisle Colorado
A narrow gauge east bound Rio Grande express from Salida and a broad gauge Salt Lake express traveling west collided near Carlisle Colorado early today. The wrecked engines and front coaches left four dead including engineer George A. Ardell and conductor A. H. Parros. Injured include Ben Williams and several others.
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Denver
Col
Salida
Denver & Rio Grande
Salt Lake
Carlisle
George A. Ardell
A. H. Parros
C. M. Cole
Gas Explosion Destroys Tailor Shop in Pine Bluff
A gas blast at Fred Schneider's tailoring shop injures three workers in Pine Bluff Arkansas one fatally Alexander Strauss Pp H Faber and C W Weiler badly hurt The building stock worth 10000 is lost and adjacent McCain and Alouston house is damaged A match lit gas escaping days earlier triggering the explosion.
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Prine Buurr
Ark
Fred Schneider
Schneider
Alexander Strauss
Pp. H. Faber
C. W. Weiler
McCain & Alouston
Fraudulent Contracts In Canada Committee Testimony
Robert McGreevy testified before Privileges and Elections that his brother MP Thomas McGreevy received 190000 from Larkin Connelly Co to influence public works contracts. Montreal contractors Rousseau and Waters said a 42500 contract was awarded to a ministerial favorite contractor for 60000 at Public Works.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Committee On Privileges and Elections Today
Robert McGreevy
Thomas McGreevy
M.P
Larkin, Connelly & Co
Committee On Public Accounts
Messrs
Rousseau and Waters
Montreal
Minister of Public Works
The Copyright Law
London July 24 The official correspondence relating to the copyright law has been issued. It outlines that a contemporaneous publication abroad does not bar an author from English copyright and that residence in Britain is not required for an alien to obtain copyright.
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London
United States
Lord Salisbury
Robert T. Lincoln
Chilean cruiser President Pinto runs aground at Toulon
The Balmacedan cruiser President Pinto grounded while leaving Toulon harbor. Government tugs refloated her, embargo on powder from England stands, and the ship now has a small crew. She plans to proceed to Genoa to arm and recruit.
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Paris
President Pinto
Toulon
England
Genoa
Lowell Baseball Club Disbands At July Meeting
At the Washington Hotel tonight Lowell Baseball Club directors voted to disband. Director McLaughlin and Whittaker had raised funds to sustain the club and are repaying contributors. The old books are locked in a hotel safe and liabilities are unknown amid allegations of bad management.
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Lowell
Lowell Baseball Club
Washington Hotel
McLaughlan
Whittaker
Alaska Imprisoned by Sinking Canal Boat
The canal boat Mary Washington, coal laden, sprang a leak and sank while passing Pier 28 North River yesterday, trapping the Alaska bound for tomorrow. It is hoped the Mary Washington can be raised in time to release the Alaska for its scheduled sailing.
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Alaska
New York
Mary Washington
North River
Guion
Match for big money at Morris Park on July 30
Colonel Pulsifer's Tenny and M F Dwyer's Longstreet have been matched to race one mile and a quarter over the Morris Park course for six thousand dollars a side. The association will add two thousand six hundred dollars. The match is certain, with owners having signed a contract. Both horses will carry 126 pounds.
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New York
Colonel Pulsifer
M. F. Dwyer
Morris Park Race Course
WRECKERS ON THE ROAD HERALDS TRAIN TROUBLE
The frog freight leaving Providence at 7 50 p m for Worcester struck a tie near Milbury Tuesday night and Thursday night the engine nearly derailed after hitting pig iron a suspected wrecking attempt as the passenger train ahead had no issues on either night.
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Providence
Worcester
Milbury
Refused to be Plucked Royal Arkers Disband in Worcester
Sheridan Lodge of the Royal Ark orders disbandment after members face paying over 100 dollars each for certificates. The group loses about 35 dollars per member while the supreme lodge has withdrawn around 2500 dollars from Worcester during four months of the lodge's existence.
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Worcester
Sheridan Lodge
Order of the Royal Ark
Supreme Lodge
City
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Hamilton Place
L Life Ins. Co
Dev
Lynn
Mr, Blaine
Stockholm City
Francisco
Eng
Jay
Cilurnum
Castlegate
Matanzas
Leon
Jamaica
Columbian
Grave
New Ts
al Suez
Euphrates
Yokohama
Hong Kong
A . Liverpool
City of
Almy
Gregational Council
Bates
the Thames
Miss and Mrs. Bradish
Carisle
Penny
Royal Arkers
Gay Head
Kiass
Manacer
Washington
Mass
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