Diplomacy in Flux Over Venezuela Boundary Ties
A diplomatic muddle unfolds as the United States weighs reciprocity with Venezuela while Venezuela links trade concessions to the boundary dispute with Great Britain. President Harrison seeks separate handling, urging arbitration and resisting motives tied to British aggression and internal Venezuelan politics.
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Wasu Hinc Ton
Spreran
Yostr
Venezuela
Great Britain
Boston
United States
Congress
Blaine
British Guiana
Bayardy
Cleveland
Phelps
Senate
Harrison
Orinoco
Guzman Blanco
Blanco
England
Europe
State Department
Ofenezuela
Missing boating party drifts in New Haven Sound
New Haven Connecticut July 27. City attorney Hugh Daily Rufus Shepard a bank clerk and Clarence Beebe of the Sargent Company sailed in the sound on a catamaran. A disabled catamaran believed to be theirs was sighted drifting. The excursion steamer Margaret searched the sound from 8 to 11 without finding the boat or its occupants. A larger party began a search as soon as the Margaret returned.
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New Haven
Conn
Hugh Daily
Rufus Shepard
Clarence Beebe
Sargent Company
Margaret
Earthquake Shocks Evansville City at Night
A strong earthquake struck Evansville Indiana at 8 29 p m frightening residents who rushed into streets. Stores and homes emptied quickly as churches sent congregations outside in panic. At the First Baptist several children fell on steps and were injured though none seriously.
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Indiana
Evansville
Ind
Pell Meil
First Baptist
Record of Fires Sparks Wide-Scale City Devastation
A string of fires across Newport News Salisbury Beach Newburyport and other locations on July 26 destroyed over twenty buildings including the Washington Hotel and various shops stations and dwellings. Estimated losses reach tens of thousands with several fatalities reported from fright and several insurers involved. The incidents began at Salisbury Beach with a stable fire spreading rapidly to adjacent structures and a railway station before sweeping elsewhere.
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Fort Monroe
Newporn News
Washington Hotel
Newburyport
George Limuefield
Salisbury Beach
Amesbury
Black Rocks
Mr. Littlefield
Edgar C. Reed
Daulas
Tex
J. B. Cowan
Commerce _ street
B. F. Wolfe & Co
Texas Storage Company
Benbroeck School Furnishing Company
J. B. Cowan & Co
Sanger Bros
W. I. Ervay
W. L. Betterton
Benbroeck
Milforrd
Central Street
A. Clarla-Ketts
Philadelphia
Penn
Burr & Bro
Delaware Avenue
South Haven
Mich
Woman toasting bread prompts alarm at 4 Sheridan Place
A woman toasting bread at 4 Sheridan Place in South Boston led a citizen to raise the alarm from Box 129 at 7 o clock last evening.
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Sheridan Place
Boston
Dinner for Mrs Davis Fails to Draw Mrs Davis
A Providence dinner for Mrs Jeffer son Davis and daughter Winnie drew about fourteen guests, but Mrs Davis did not attend, with speculation about illness and no clear reason given. Notables present included Secretary Tracy Senator Aldrich Senator Carlisle General Draper and Mrs Draper, plus Mrs General Preston and other ladies. The event ran from 8 to 11 30 with lavish service and flowers, reflecting Sherry hospitality.
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Providence
BR. I
Jefferson Davis
Narragansett Pier
Winnie
Serry’s
Draper
Hopedale
Mass
Davis
Tracy
Aldrich
Carlisle
L. H. Carpenter
Fifth United States Cavalry
Cowles Ofek
Dispatch
Hoyt
Boston
General Draper
Jones
Murphy’s failed suicide attempt at Charlestown armory
William D Murphy 26 attempted to take Rough on Rats yesterday afternoon about 6 o'clock at the City Guards Armory in Charlestown. He was found in time and later taken to City Hospital from Station 15. Home at 20 Leverett street. Despondency from alleged bad luck named as motive.
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William D. Murphy
Murphy
Leverett Street
City Guards Armory
Charlestown
Man Shot by Friend Mistaking Burglar in Cambridge Arm Wounding
Arlington man Michael Costello and John Cronan of North Avenue Cambridge shared a home sleepover. Costello, awaking around 1 am, was shot in the arm by Cronan who thought him a burglar. Costello to hospital. Cronan jailed pending investigation.
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Michael Costello
Arlington
John Cronan
North Avenue
North
Cambridge
Costello
Cronan
Preparing for the Fair Jackson Park in Summer
Curcaco reports on Jackson Park as a bustling urban retreat in a summer day, noting families, rides, boats, and parks amid World’s Fair preparations that bring fences, mud canals, and grand plans. The piece contrasts park charm with looming construction, real estate speculation, and Chicago’s growing pains from a million residents to new prospects.
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Curcaco
Sprerzar
Chicago
Lincoln Park
Jackson Park
Boston Park Commissioners
Providence
Forestry Commission
Michigan Avenue
Boston
McVicker’s
Paine
Pekin
Oak Woods
Washington Park Club
Hawthorne
Chicago Racing Association
Garfield Park
Washburne
Sherman and the Atlantic’s August Portraits
The August Atlantic offers a detailed appraisal of General Sherman by John C. Ropes, noting his decisive campaigns and contested policy of devastation. It also surveys essays by Harriet Waters Preston, Louise Dodwell, W. P. Garrison, Edith Repplier, Alice Morse Earle, and Henry James, with a brief poetic fragment on Miss Lippmann’s sweet peas.
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THER
Atlantic
John C. Ropes
Sherman
Mr. Ropes
Ropes
Washington
Hood
Thomas
Harriet Waters Preston
Louise Dodge
Preston
Seneca
Paul
Senate
W. P. Garrison
Miss Repplier
Alice Morse Earle
Henry James
Stedman
Lawrence Barrett
Scribners Fiction and Verse in the August Number
Scribner’s August issue features The Wrecker prologue and chapters set in the Marquesas with scenes across a Western American town Edinburgh and Paris. Included are stories by Russell Sullivan Annie Eliot A A Hayes Thomas Nelson Page and John J a Becket praised for The Anatomist of the Heart. Also poems by Mrs Moulton and Mrs James T Fields with reviews of Wigmore Parliamentary Days in Japan and Great Streets of the World Piccadilly.
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Scribner’s
Mr. Stevenson
Marquesas
South Sea Islands
Edinburgh
Paris
Russell Sullivan
Annie Eliot
A. A. Hayes
Thomas Nelson Page
John J. A’ Becket
Sullivan
Wigmore
Japan
Confucius
Lane
Piccadilly
Judge Wright of Lawrence Dead at 65
Judge William H. P. Wright, a longtime Lawrence figure and former Associate Police Court Justice, died after a long illness at age 65. He came from Lowell to Lawrence, served in law, and was briefly active before retirement. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Gerrish, and a son, Emery I. Wright. Funeral date not set.
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Wright
Lawrence
William H. P. Wright
Lowell
Stevens
Thomas Gerrish
Emery I. Wright
Three Ladies Jump From Moving Train in California
At Champion Mills California yesterday three lady tourists leaped from a logging train during a sharp turn. Mrs William Cameron was badly injured Miss Nellie Prater broke her collar bone and ribs and is seriously hurt Miss Eva Prater suffered a broken leg and other serious injuries in the incident.
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San Francisco
Champion Mills
California
William Cameron
Nellie Prater
Eva Prater
Glorious Cape Cod visit eases Democrats’ social image
Governor Russell and staff visited Hotel Chatham on Cape Cod for a reception and a Sunday stay following a reception for ex President Cleveland at Sandwich. The trip featured bracing sea air, a sail past islands, and informal gatherings. notable attendees included Adjutant General Dalton, Generals Corcoran, Carmichael, and Russell, Cols. Cutting, Donohoe, Borden, Andrews, Mason, and Congressman Coolidge. The party returns to Boston after a day of seaside sightseeing and a sail aboard a catboat piloted by Governor Russell.
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the Post
Russell
Hotel Chatham
Cleveland
Sandwich
Cape Cod
Buzzard’s Bay
Cape
Governor Russell
Dalton
Corcoran
Cutting
Donohoe
Borden
Andrews
Carmichael
Matthews
Sherman Hoar
Charles S. Hamlin
Josiah Quincy, Jr
Frank E. Elwell
Colonel Mason
Taunton
Robert P. Clapp
Lexington
Alfred A. Glacier
Boston
William B. la Casas
Malden
Congressman Coolidge
Dorchester
Baltimore and Norfolk Line
Mason
F. Edwin Elwell
Josiah Quincy
New York
Longwood Club Hosts First Annual Lawn Tennis Tourney
The Longwood Cricket Club opens its first annual lawn tennis tournament with forty five entries under NS T A auspices. Matches are best of five sets, consolation best of three. Prizes include a solid silver loving cup and runner up prizes. Play starts 10 am daily with ample transport and lunch arrangements. Located at Longwood, Boston, 1891.
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Longwood Cricket Club
Longwood
Longwood Club
Tremont Street
Park Street
Brookline
Boston & Albany
Longwood Station
Switchman Crushed By Plank Breaks Leg in Yard Accident
W. E. Cochrane, 36, a Boston and Maine railroad switchman, was struck by a plank early Sunday while riding a switching engine in the freight yards. His left leg was broken and he was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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W. E. Cochrane
Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts General Hospital
Three Railroad Wrecks Near Middle Town injure several
Joseph T Sweeverly 25 of Pottsville Penn suffers spinal injury James Murphy 50 is badly injured in the small of the back Miss Reese of Osborne Ohio and Dayton residents Warren Thompson Fred Weidner Marks Emerick R S Buttle Kate Schlein Elden Benson wife Frank Leiger William Oman Mary Gram Annie Venard Samuel Lohr Charles Myers Magne Frost Annie Brennan Pearl Shorthill and W C Thompson sustain various hurts A Columbus tramp Ames Wilson and two boys riding freight claim railroading occupation Two wrecked cars reach Dayton en route to Lima shops with Patterson in critical condition from blood loss.
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Joseph T. Sweeverly
Pottsville
Penn
James Murphy
Miss Reese
Osborne
Dayton
Warren Thompson
Fred Weidner
Marks Emerick
R.S. Buttle
Kate Schlein
Elden M. Benson
Frank Leiger
William Oman
Mary Gram
Annie Venard
Samuel Lohr
Charles Myers
Mag
Lima
Rank Patterson
Fifty Die in St Maude Excursion Train Collision
Paris reports a collision at St Maude between two excursion trains returning from a music festival. Fifty killed, many injured, fifteen bodies recovered, and flames quelled by soldiers and fire brigades. Witnesses describe panic as victims are extricated. the second train’s driver and fireman burned alive.
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Paris
St. Maude
Fonteroy
Freights Wrecked at Galion and Red Key
A rear end collision near Galion Ohio between two Big Four freight trains wrecked multiple cars and scattered cargo as the first section began to move from a side track. The engineer and fireman jumped with unknown injuries. The line is blocked. Earlier a dead end collision on the Fire Railway near Red Key New York caused extensive damage and hours of train delays.
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Dayton
Galion
Red Key
N. Y
Engine Overturns After Cow Collision Near Mission Ridge
Chattanooga Tenn July 26 The suburban train on the Chattanooga Rome and Columbus railway overturned after striking a cow near Mission Ridge. Fireman Lewis Potts is believed dead and engineer Thomas Burchell injured. A wrecking train is en route and clearance will take hours. full damage details expected in the morning.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus
Mission Ridge
Lewis Potts
Thomas Burchell
Boulangist Demonstration in Paris Ends in Uproar
In Paris on July 26 a Boulangist rally drew about 4000 people. M Deroulede praised General Boulanger’s patriotism as a resolution urged recalling Ambassador Herbette from Berlin and symmetrizing treatment of Germans in Alsace Lorraine, but the motion was swallowed by an uproar. A free fight broke out as anarchists stormed the hall and assaulted Boulangists.
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Paris
M. Deroulede
General Boulanger
Herbette
Berlin
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Lightning Fatality In Manville Berrying Party
Amazebei Labonte a 14 year old French girl was struck by lightning and killed instantly at Manville during a storm Saturday afternoon. The other children with her were rendered unconscious. The group with Mrs Labonte had sheltered under a large oak tree while berrying when the strike occurred.
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Providence
Amazebei Labonte
Manville
Tragic Accident at West Virginia Picnic Ends in Death
In WaHessina near Charleston on July 26 Joseph Febey fired a gun believed unloaded. The shot killed Sarah McGowan and injured Kate Kinney while also blinding George Wentzel. Police investigate as bystanders react to the accident.
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WaHessina
W. Va
Joseph Febey
Sarah McGowan
George Wentzel
Kate Kinney
Cigar-maker slain over six cents in Baltimore
Frederick H. Buchner, a Baltimore cigar-maker, was shot and killed tonight by an Italian man named Gormela after a dispute over six cents. Police are investigating the fatal confrontation.
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Baltimore
Frederick H. Buchner
Gormela
Depew Sees Harrison Nomination and McKinley Bill Benefit
London interview reports Chauncy M. Depew predicting Harrison would be renominated by Republicans and Morrison as presidential candidate. He says Blaine strongest, Cleveland likely for Democrats, and credits McKinley tariff with boosting Republican prospects through reciprocity with South America and farmer prosperity.
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London
Chauncy M. Depew
Depew
Republian
United States
Morrison
Blaine
Harrison
Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
South America
Germany
England
America
Farmers’ Alliance
Man Kills Self After Shooting Wife in Rapio City
J W Saulterey, a mechanic, shot his wife three times this afternoon, believing he had killed her, then fatally shot himself. Mrs Saulterey likely to recover. the couple had been separated for about a year due to Saulterey's jealousy.
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Rapio City
J. W. Saulterey
Death From Tobacco Pipe Fire in New Haven Employee
Springfield July 26 Patrick Leonard aged 45 an employee at the Southwick house of Upson and Granin New Haven was burned to death this afternoon at 3 o clock He was smoking an after dinner pipe in a shed probably fell asleep the shed caught fire and his charred body was found He leaves a family at 116 Franklin Street New Haven
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Springfield
Patrick Leonard
Southwick Sea Hous
Upson & Granin
New Haven
Franklin Street
Sued for Breach of Promise in New Haven Case
New Haven July 26 Mrs Marie Reinhart of New York sues Edward Malley a wealthy dry goods merchant for 25000 alleging breach of promise of marriage and seduction under such promise. She served as governess in his family for about two years after his wife died. Malley declines to discuss the case.
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New Haven
Conn
Marie Reinhart
New York
Edward Malley
Against the New French Tariff Mass Meeting Protests
Paris July 26 mass meeting under the Committee for the Defence of National Food Supplies adopts resolutions opposing the tariff. A memorial to the Senate is approved to avert misery and suffering seen as caused by duties for the profit of privileged interests.
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Paris
Committee For the Defence of
Senate
Arrest Over Letters At Employer Site
Jacob Catarins was arrested Saturday afternoon by Inspector Evans for opening letters belonging to his employer. The incident involved unauthorized access to internal mail at the workplace.
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Jacob Catarins
Evans
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