New Outrages in China Reported from Missionary Attacks
Reports from San Francisco detail fresh anti missionary violence in China. Looting and arson hit Yan kao on June 29. Kiangsi chapels and priest residence looted and burned on June 26. French orphanage at Haimen destroyed with eight or nine children taken. A Canton rumor speaks of a large rebel force capturing a city in Fukien. A junk fight off Kingho on June 15 left two hostages dead and others wounded, with survivors later rescued by a fishing boat.
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China
Yankao
Kiangsi
Euchom
Haimen
China Mail
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Fukien
Kingho
Weather Bureau to Expand Local Forecasts Nationwide
Professor Mark Harrington toured here as chief of the U S Weather Bureau. He announced plans to appoint twenty local forecasters to provide highly detailed local forecasts, expand usefulness to farmers and communities, and distribute forecasts along the northern boundary where changes are frequent. He cautioned that results will take time and that local offices are still being selected.
Bank cashier's over issued stock fraud uncovered at Auburn
Directors of the Shoe and Leather National Bank of Auburn learn that cashier Percival issued twenty fraudulent stock shares two years ago. Bethel Savings Bank had purchased these along with twenty five regular shares. The bank will buy in the over issue and cancel it, absorbing about $2000 plus paid dividends. No other similar case is reported.
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Lewiston
Shoe and Leather National Bank of
Auburn
Percival
Bethel Savings Bank
Shoe and Leather Bank
Woman’s Poverty Leads to Sudden Wealth Claim
Mrs Martha Mortimer, born in Baltimore, lived in Taunton and Fairhaven before guiding an invalid in Maine. She claimed to be sort of heir to General Francis Spinola, a Civil War soldier and New York financier, who died and left her most of his property. After extensive ads in the South, no replies came until her return to Taunton.
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New Berford
Martha Mortimer
Baltimore
Taunton
Mass
Fairhaven
Hallowell
Francis B. Spinola
New York
Congress
New York City
Eight-Hour Law Battle Shapes Nebraska Railroads
Nebraska railroad managers prepare to oppose the eight hour workday law taking effect August 1. Companies plan to employ and pay by the hour, sparking labor opposition and fears of strikes as crops are moved and penalties loom for evading the provision.
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Oman
Neb
Nebraska
Alliance
Two Young Ladies Denied Dance Over Color at Beacon Villa
Annie M. Lee and Mattie J. Lee charge Henry A. Gray and Joshua R. Delano with racial discrimination at a Beacon Villa dance in Fairhaven on July 9. They report being barred from dancing and escorted out because they are women of color, prompting legal action under the 1885 act.
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Henry A. Gray
Joshua R. Delano
District Court
Annie M. Lee
Mattie J. Lee
Misses Lee
Beacon Villa
Fairhaven
Gray
de Jano
Boy Drowns In Avon Bay
Avon Bay New Hampshire July 27 11 year old John Lynch the eldest son of Patrick Lynch a Boston and Maine railroad employee at this station drowned this afternoon in Avon Bay.
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John Lynch
Patrick Lynch
Boston & Maine Railroad
New Adirondack Tales by W. H. H. Murray
The new two volume set features The Mystery of the Woods and The Story of the Man Who Missed It. John Norton, the Leatherstocking-like trapper, drives both adventures with vivid Adirondack settings. Critics note energetic cabin fights, panther-man encounters, and strong nature themes, though deem The Man Who Missed It less effective.
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MR. Murray
W. H. H. Murray
John Norton
Herbert
Henry
Carlyle
Murray
Norton
Magnet
Tom
Joan Norton
Boston
de Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Some Summer Novels Excerpt Review and Critique
A brisk survey of contemporary fiction highlights Old Abraham Jackson and The Wages of Sin as representative works from Nebraska life and German-French social themes. It praises Hancock’s optimism, Rabusson’s clean storytelling, Madame D Orgevaut s Husband for its simple, sharp characters, and Jenny s Ordeal for propriety and drama. It critiques translations and notes critics sparingly, with Minn ie Armstrong s The Modern as a contemporary touchpoint.
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Nebraska
Hancock
M. Rabusson
Madame D’orgevaut
Nedia
Nadage Dorée
Pasteur of
America
Paris
Miss Dorée
Jenny
Minnesota
Minnie Armstrong
Volstoi
New York and Chicago 19th Century Book Listings
A catalog of 19th century books and translations noting titles such as Evil as a tract for free love, The Wages of Sin translated from German, Madam D Orgevaut s Husband translated from French, and other works followed by publisher details in New York Chicago and Boston. Names include Anson A Han cock Henri Rabusson Camden Curwen and Minnie L Armstrong among others.
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Abraham Jackson
Anson A. Hancock
Chicago
Charles It Sergel & Co
Madam D’ Orgevaut
Henri Rabusson
Pe Potter
New York
Dodd, Mead & Co
G. W. Dillingham
Boston
de Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Nedia
Nadage Dorée
J. 5
Oglive
Jenny’s Ordeal
Ot de Tinseau
Camden Curwen
Worthington & Co
Minnie L. Armstrong
St. Paul
Price-McGill Publishing Company
Oberammergau and Edward the Black Prince reviewed
A critical notice compares William Allen Butler's Oberammergau with Douglas Sladen's Edward the Black Prince. Butler's verse is praised for fidelity and reverence, with severe illustrations and attractive binding. Sladen's epic is critiqued for long prose in verse, many characters, and uneven historical rendering.
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William Allen Butler
Mr. Butler
Butler
Douglas B. W. Sladen
Edward the Black Prince
Mr. Sladen
New York
Harper & Bros
Douglas Sladen
Cassell Publishing Co
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting Book Review
A review praises William T. Hornaday and his Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting as a practical, richly illustrated handbook urging immediate collection to avert mass animal extinction. It compares the work to the Encyclopaedia Britannica articles by E Ray Lankester and notes its scholarly yet accessible approach for amateurs and advanced readers.
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William T. Flornaday
Mr. Hornaday
Atlantic
Florida
Ray Lankester
New York
Charles Sceribner’s Sons
Boston
W. K. Clarke & Co
Franco Russian Sociability Banquet for French Fleet Officers
In St Prierspure on July 27 Grand Duke Alexis hosted officers of the visiting French squadron aboard the Russian flagship Asia. A cordial, brilliant event followed after the Czars telegraphic greeting to President Carnot. Two hundred sailors attended a Slavianski Choir concert and sang the Marseillaise in Russian with the crowd cheering at Cronstadt quay.
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The
Novoe Vremya
Dreibund
Lord Salisbury
Russia
France
Europe
Wounds On Her Head In Fairbank Murder Case
Toronto July 27 Sophia Handcock 22 daughter of Edward Handcock storekeeper in Fairbank near Toronto was found dead at the foot of cellar stairs. Suspicious head wounds led to murder suspicions. Government detective investigations led to the arrest of both parents, charged with her murder.
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Toronto
Ontario
Sophia Handcock
Edward Handcock
Fairbank
Money and Stocks Clearing House Rate Firmer
In Boston on Tuesday July 28 the money market showed firmer lending at 3 percent in Clearing House loans, up from 2 percent last week, with demand exceeding supply. New York funds traded at par with discounts, and gold shipments to New York helped support a tighter tone. The Boston bank statement showed deposits and due to banks down by over 2.5 million, offset by declines in loans and reserves. Call rates stood around 4.5 percent, with lime money and business-paper discounts firm. The stock market remained weak on Wall Street with bears pressuring many active issues and several major issues slipping, though some gains and losses varied across nomes. News notes discussed corporate rumors, bond offerings, and mining developments, with mixed implications for near-term market sentiment.
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New York
London
Treasury
Clearing House
Buenos Ayres
Wall Street
Shorts
Richmond
Northern Pacific Common
Preferred
Chicago Gas
Lead Trust
Jim’ Keen
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Atchison, C
Wisconsin Central
Mexican Central
Alumet & Hecla
Quincy
Centennial
Huron
Bell Telephone
Thomson- Houston
New York Times
Bell Telephone Company
Western Union
Bell Company
Chicago Junction Railways
Union Stock Yards
Boston News Bureau
Santa Fe
Quotations of Various Stocks and Dividends Listed
A fragmented list shows multiple companies with quarterly or semiannual dividends or shares, including VALUE Co, Bay State Trust, Boston & Montana Mining, Central RR of NJ, Canadian Pacific RR, City Market Co, Daly Mining, Great Northern RR, Laconia Co, Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western RR, National Corporation Co, New England Telegraph Co, Pepperell Mfg Co, Pullman’s Palace Car Co, Quincy Mining Co, Somerville Electric Light Co, Tamarack Mining Co, and Wheeling & Lake Erie RR, among others, with dates like Aug 1, Aug 15, Aug 17 and payment figures per share or par value. Gold or silver mining firms, railroads, and holding firms are listed with quarterly, semiannual, or monthly disbursements and stock quotes.
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Asnton Value Co
Bay State Trust Co
Boston & Montana Mining Co
Boston Lead Mra
Bourine MilLs
Central RR OF NJ
Central Pacific RR
Canadian Pacific RR
City Mrg Co
D’ Alene Mining Co
Ahi
Alabasp Tea Tire Ins
Daly Mining Co
Warcnu & Clock Co
Great Northern RR
Holland Must
Illinois Central RR
L. Laconia Co
Lake Erik & Western RR
Lyman Mills
Mass
Corron MiLls
Milwaukee
Lake Suorg & Western
Ee Chattanooga & St. Louis
National Corpace Co
New Reprorp Copter Co
New England Telepone & Telegraph Co
Ontario Silver Mining Co
Pepperell Mrog
Pullman’s Palace Car Co
Quincy Mining Co
SaLem Gas Liaut Co
Somerville E.ectric Licut Co
Tamarack Mining Co
Om & Ohio Central RR
Union Cotton Mrc Co
Waukenhole Co
Wheeling & Lake Exige
New York Financial Report Shows Mixed Market Activity
Money on call remains easy while prime mercantile paper holds at 5 4 2 percent. Sugar leads gains as market ends heavy and weak with declines in Lackawanna and Chicago Gas. Richmond & West Point issues and Gould shares show notable weakness amid broad selling. overall turnover about $526,000 with Sugar the sole strong point.
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Chicago
Burlington
Richmond & West Point
St. Paul
Po Tosell
Chicago Gas
Lackawanna
Omaha Bridge
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Gould
Lead Trust
Mining Stocks Closing Prices July Twenty Seventh
Closing prices for mining stocks list Col Coal Hocking Coal Homestake Ontario Quicksilver Yellow Jacket Potos iol Best and Seldier Savage and other entries. Notable values include Homestake around 2.00 and Quicksilver near 4.25 with several 1.85 to 3.50 ranges across listed firms.
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Cecess
Chollar
Cseesseees
Hocking
Seeeesses
OpMir
Ontario
Potosl
Yellow Jacket
Con
Cal & Va
Best & Seldier
Savage
Cscesess Los
Financial Market Grains and Bank of Germany Hike
London midday quotes show Consols at 95 9 16 for money and 95 1/2 for account with various railway stocks and Reading at 14, Mexican Central 71, New York Central 101 1 2, Illinois Central 96, St Paul 64. Open market discount at 1 5 4 per cent. Berlin reports Imperial Bank of Germany specie rise by 13.64 million marks.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Berlin
Imperial Bank of Germany
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