London Dispatch Warns of Cholera Spread and Bond Plan
London July 7 report notes cholera spreading from Egypt toward Cairo and onward, with British sanitary failures blamed. Also covers Confederate bond revival led by a London syndicate, and Henry Irving’s disappointment at missing knighthood, plus Irish reception for Senator Jones and various London society items.
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Jones
Florida
Ireland
United States
Fugland
Treland
London
Balbriggan
Senator Jones
Dublin
Liverpool
Parnell
Healy
Monaghan
Egypt
Damietta
Nile
Cairo
Tod Iy
Kassassin Locks
Tel-el- Kevir
Alexandria
England
St. James
TheGazette
Lord Penzance
Bruce
M. P
Gorst
Brutal alleged abuse at Dallas county poor farm shocks officials
Dallas County officials and residents react to reports of brutal management at the county poor farm where convicts toil long hours under harsh guards. Accounts describe beatings, underfeeding, alleged deaths, and fear of retaliation to silence witnesses, with calls for an official probe and possible lynching of Superintendent Kinnen.
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Chicago
Dallas
Tex
United Press
Daily Times
Dallas County
Liberia
John St. Clair
ER. M. Watson
Dr. Potter
John Scheder
Lewis Able
Charles Cumming
Noah
Kinnen
Peyton
Grand Jury
Kinunen Aways
Hutchins
Swiss Storms Ravage Crops and Pastures Across Nation
Heavy storms across Switzerland cause extensive damage to upland pastures and nearly wipe out lowland crops, with grain reporting the greatest losses. Geneva reports the widespread impact on agriculture across almost all regions.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Postmaster General Decision on Louisiana Lottery Case Restores 1879 Order
Washington July 8 Postmaster General Greshams decision in the Louisiana lottery case restores Key s November 18 1879 order prohibiting money orders and registered letters to the lottery firm The suspension of that order during an appeal ended with the appellant s dismissal in vacation The order stands as originally written and will be executed as if the later order had not existed
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London
Duke of Marlborough
Marquis of Blandford
Reynolds
Marquis of
Mandford
Aylesford
Nelle Eart
House of Lords
Lord Aylesford
Robert Franceau
Mad Jack
San
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Accused of Starving His Wife in Iowa Trial
Judge McHenry began the State against John Duncan for manslaughter in a case alleging death by starvation and neglect. Prosecution says Duncan refused aid and threatened to shoot helpers while his poor condition and pneumonia-stricken wife were cared for as best as possible. A large crowd attended the unusual trial with witnesses gathered from spectators.
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Drs
Duncan
A Mother's Terrible Experience
In Hoosac Falls New York a mother crossing the railroad track dropped her infant last Thursday. The child was struck and killed under the passing cars before the mother recovered the body. She was carried home insensible and later recovered.
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New York
Masry Derby
Hoosac Falls
Horrible Deeds of an Insane Farmer
Cincinnati dispatch reports George Ayer a well-to-do farmer near Mount Creb murdered his nephew Charles Preston in his bed, set fire to house and barn, and then killed himself by a shot in the burning barn. His wife’s recent death is cited as unsettling his mind.
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Cincinnati
George Ayer
Mount Creb
Charles Preston
Tragedy in Washington: Children Die After Sausage Ingestion
Katie and Mary Markin of Baltimore aged 3 and 5 visiting Washington ate imported sausages on Saturday and fell ill at once. The younger child died shortly after. the elder probably will recover.
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Washington
Katie
Mary Markin
Baltimore
Arrested for the 113th Time in New Haven
William Sheridan aged 33 was arrested in New Haven for the 118th time. The record notes he first faced arrest on April 4 1862 as a 12 year old for truancy and has since spent two thirds of his life in jail and state prison.
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New Haven
William Sheridan
Tariff Bill Threatens Canadian Malt Exports
Toronto July 8 The Globe reports the new tariff bill will devastate Canada’s export malt trade valued at about 7 million pounds annually. It also doubles the tax on hay, with further impacts to follow.
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Canada
Toronto
the Globe
Trade impact forecast on Wen and weol trades
The text predicts injurious influence on trade with Wen and weol, noting exports not fatally harmed but faces price shifts. Wen trade may be destroyed or prices rise, dependent on American iron work action. Weol trade likely sees a small rise in Canada and a reduction to the United States.
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Canada
Mile Litta Prima Donna Dies in Bloomington
Mile Litta born Emma Von Elsner Cleveland in Bloomington IL in 1866 died after ten weeks illness at age 28. She rose to renown as a lyric soprano with studies in Europe and America later leading a concert troupe bearing her name. Her career included work with Max Strakosch and engagements in Italy Boston and elsewhere before health decline.
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Litta
Bloomington
Mile
Emma von Elsner Cleveland
Maria Litta
Italy
America
Miss von Eisner
Max Strakose
Boston
von Elsner
Harry Cléveland
Destruction of the Institution at Bridgewater
A fire at the state workhouse in Bridgewater destroyed the east wing and spread to the main complex, with steam pumps delayed. Taunton and Brockton steamer aid arrived by train, but by 2 pm nearly the entire wooden facility and contents were lost, except two stables. Loss estimated at over $150,000. inmates watched from the field as their home burned.
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Bridgewater
Mee
Tunton
Brockton
Taunton
H. M. Blackstone
Leonard
Crane
Poisoning Texas woman confessed to seven killings in life
San Antonio resident Mrs Christian has confessed to poisoning seven men since early life. Investigators trace the crimes to the New England states with ties to Boston. One detailed case recalls a 1881 breakfast poisoning near Laredo that killed two men and a Mexican hostler, leaving Mrs Christian as a suspect in a civil suit motive and now facing punishment.
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Galveston
Tex
San Antonio
Christian
Borgia
New Eugland States
Boston
J. B. Burkett
Mr. Howell
Gonzales
George M. Liston
Chicago
Laredo
Canadian girl age 17 attempts suicide by river
Louisa Blake a 17 year old Canadian domestic at 41 Warren avenue attempted suicide by jumping into the Charles River near the Union boathouse Thursday morning. Rescued by Patrick Fitzgerald and Thomas Harrington, Dr B Strong aided then sent to Massachusetts General Hospital. Despondency over being unable to secure dressmaking work followed apprenticeship completion days earlier.
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Louisa Blake
Sarah Baker
Warren Avenue
Charles River
Union Boathouse
Patrick Fitzgerald
Charles Street
Thomas Harrington
Barton Street
B. Strong
Massachusetts General Hospital
Pollock Starts Audit In Wilkesbarre To Clear Deficiency
Ex-clerk John P. Pollock arrived from Wisconsin and began examining accounts alleging $7000 deficiency results from auditor incompetence. He vows to clear books to auditors and treasurer Griffiths while prosecuting papers branding him a thief. Griffiths doubts Pollock can prove accuracy.
Desperate Damietta Residents Fire On Cordoned Troops
In Alexandria on July 9, reports say Damietta faces severe provisions shortages. A large crowd yesterday attempted to breach the military cordon, prompting troops to fire. Casualties feared, with several wounded and possibly killed.
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Alexandria
Damietta
Almost Two Hundred Heirs In New York Estate
James Canda died at La Harbor leaving an estate of 25000 dollars. His will directs distribution among lawful heirs. Executor Captain Hunting has located 193 heirs entitled to shares. Surrogate Tuthill has ordered the distribution to be made.
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New York
James Canda
la Harbor
Captain Hunting
Tuthill
Ending Business From Fear of Death in Troy
July 8 Troy reports a Lansinburg merchant closing his shop and preparing to die as he fears following his ancestors who died at his current age.
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Troy
Lansinburg
Deathbed confession reveals a Pole's vendetta and murder
Alexander Semiloff relates a lifelong plan of vengeance starting in Ikomer Poland, with letters from his father and a path across Russia, Italy, and Poland. He describes killing Captain Romanoff and his brother, then stalking Albert Loboski in Northumberland County. A skeleton is found with a dirk knife, confirming the tale. Loboski's postmortem awaits.
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ReveEp
Northumberland County
Penn
Alexander Semiloff
Ikomer
Turkestan
Romanoff
Baden-Baden
Warsaw
Crimea
Sone Chance
Italy
Milan
Florence
Victor Emanuel
Over a County Seat in Grand County Shootout
Denver dispatch reports a masked gun attack on Grand county officials. Commissioners Day and Mills were killed. Clerk Dean and Commissioner Webber mortally wounded. Mills was among the assailants. Redman and Costlin rumored as suspects. Public alarm follows long running county seat feud.
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Denver
Grand County
Hot Sulphur Springs
Grand Lake
District Court
Supreme Court
Barney Day
R. G. Mills
P. Webber
Wham
Day
Mills
Webber
Dean
Asps
Bill Redman
Len Costlin
Bread Clock Impresses Milan Residents
A Peruvian living in Milan built a clock entirely from bread due to poverty. He sacrificed the soft bread to eat, using salt to harden the crust into a durable, water insoluble case. The clock is accurate and the bread case is described as handsome.
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Milan
Two Men Cooked to Death in Boiler Explosion
In South Chicago at North Chicago Rolling Mills Company two workers, John Hero and John Hallenge, were killed when a valve broke and steam flooded the boiler area during cleaning yesterday afternoon.
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Chicago
North Chicago Rolling Mills Company
South Chicago
John Hero
John Hallenge
Man slips at Nassau and Fulton streets. quicksilver spill reported
A man fell at the Nassau and Fulton corner at 3 yesterday afternoon and dropped a package of quicksilver in the gutter. He tried to pick up the metal with his fingers and a cardboard as about a dozen boys gathered to help.
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Nassau and
Fulton Streets
New York Sun
Lim
Avotier
Quicksilver episode ends amid muddy chase
A group watched as quicksilver escaped recapture, eluding a cautious owner for twenty minutes. A man showed it would cling to silver, lifting some for the lads with a half dollar. With only two five cent pieces and eight copper cents, the boys abandoned the silver until it was buried under mud and churned by passing wheels.
Sculptor Knox Returns to Texas After Duel Near Hoboken
New York reports John A. Knox of Austin after an alleged duel with sculptor D. B. Sheahan. Knox spent the night with a friend in the city and left by morning to Texas. The wound was minor and required no surgery. Sheahan is in Connecticut and has not yet contacted his wife, who has not disclosed the note she received.
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Henry Irving
Prince of Wales
England
Irving
Prince
Wales
London Society
John Henry Broadrich
Mary Anderson
Lyceum Theatre
Ingoiar
John Clark
Harpers
Virginia Rider
London
Paris
Kate Pattison
Morton Selton
Langtry Company
Walter Besault
Professor Palmer
Als
Adelina Patti
Ola
Arts
St. Petersburg
Romanoff
Romanoi
Spizzia
New Orleans
Poland
Siberia
America
New York
John A. Knox
Austin
Texas
Hoboken
D. B. Sheahan
West Fifty-fourth Street
Sheahan
Connecticut
Enraged Black Community After Mound City Lynchings
Great excitement grips Mound City as a Negro murderer named Howard is lynched. Colored residents fear revenge against Janitor Painter and Marshal Ross, a young Kettle, and conductor Gibson of the train. Officers urge Gibson to halt trips for safety as Wabash trains run cautiously through Pulaski county.
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Carro
Mound City
Howard
Marshal Ross
Kettle
Gibson
Cain
Pulaski County
Reported Garfield Interview Before Assassination
William A. Cook recounts a Thursday interview with ex-President Garfield on prosecutions by MacVeagh. Garfield allegedly urged intelligent justice, aiming to assess all facts and ensure fair outcomes, without using improper means to shield or convict anyone. Cook denies Garfield’s disgust at his government employment or urging his dismissal.
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William A. Cook
Garfield
MacVeagh
Cook
United States
Garteld
R. Cook
Defaulting Tennessee treasurer Polk case juror drawn
Nashville July 8 only one competent juror was drawn from over 100 names in the Polk embezzlement case. Jury selection resumes Monday as Captain Fleming, Polk's former book-keeper, remains central. Fleming posted a $2000 bond to appear as a witness amid questions over a fugitive arrest warrant and governor’s requisition.
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Nashville
Tenn
Polk
Fleming
Tennessee
Noone
Bate
M. T. Polk
Arkansas
Flemming
R. M. Potter
Fatal Fireworks Tragedy in Creston Fourth of July Display
In Creston Iowa on July 8 a fireworks display ended in disaster as rockets exploded injuring several. A little boy died from a head wound after rockets shattered a French plate glass window. Mrs. William Palmer was fatally burned and others suffered cuts and injuries. The event continued late despite the tragedy.
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Creston
Adams Street
Hin
William Palmer
Stiles
George Deval
Marked Men Push Treasury and Justice Probes
Several Democratic members-elect in Washington say they will urge investigations into the Treasury and Justice Departments once Congress convenes. They accuse Folger of obstructing reform and shield ex Secretary Sherman, alleging misused funds and failed probes over his eighteen months in office.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur
Treasury
Department
Department of
Sherman
Treasury Ring
Sherlan
Crop reports from Inter Ocean predict strong yields
The Inter Ocean notes West and Northwest crops with hay harvests among the heaviest and cured. Barley and oats look unusually good and may set records. Corn prospects brighten after hot weather, while wheat holds near average and winter wheat harvests in lower latitudes are large.
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Inter-Ocean
Attempt to Rob a Belleville Bank at Midday
A Belleville Savings Bank robbery attempt reported from St. Louis describes two men entering the Belleville bank at 1 30 p m yesterday One distra lected the cashier while the other grabbed cash A clerk says he saw a packet of money in the hand of the man who passed behind the counter Though pursued by citizens the pair escaped with no confirmed theft as per bank officers
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Belleville
Ill
Child Carried by Toy Balloons Rescued Off Sea
A three year old girl, brought to North Carolina for fever recovery, floated away attached to red bladder balloons after a carnival toss. A rifleman shot balloons away until the child descends to a sand bank. she is found alive and unharmed amid a dramatic crowd rescue and brief ducking near the wharf.
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Morenfad City
N. C
Robert Elliott
Major Hawkins
Alabama
Birdie
Dixon
Atlantic
Beaufort
Angel
Clond
Charles J. Voorhees
Southern Express Company
Voorhees
Smith & Wesson
Harker’s Island
Reno Piver
Birdle
Mamma
Colonel Whitford
Drs. Haywood
Arendall
Keily
Louisiana
Disaster on Clyde as Daphne steamer capsizes
July 3 Glasgow crowds watched the launch of the Daphne end in tragedy when a ballast fault caused the ship to keel over. About sixty to possibly a hundred men are believed drowned with forty bodies recovered by night. Retrieval work continues with divers inspecting the interior.
Massive Mary the Gymnast in Court Contempt Stunt
In Hudson July 8 Trial Justice Joslin fined Patrick Lary for drunkenness as his sister Mary Driscoll a Mansion House cook, about 60 and 200 pounds, erupted with invective. She dashed to the Mansion House, disrobed to her garments, and dangled from a third-story window until three men pulled her in. She was later escorted to the judicial laundry and fined a nominal contempt of court penalty.
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Carter
Mary
Paul Revere
Cornering a Desperado Deadly Police Encounter in New York
Policemen Donovan and Reynolds pursue a burglar to a liquor store at 695 Grove Street. The suspect fires twice, strikes Donovan with a jimmy, then mortally wounds him before Donovan shoots him in the chest. The dying robber, calling himself Frank Brown of New York City, dies.
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New York
Donovan
Reynolds
Jersey City
Grove Street
William Seeley
Barge
Frank Brown
New York City
New Postage Stamps Planned Four-Cent Design
Washington July 6 The Post Office Department will select a design for a new four cent postage stamp to be issued October 1 alongside the new two cent stamp. A circular will soon publish detailed information about the new two cent law as the date approaches. Silas H Butterick dies at 64 in New York Charity Hospital after losing about 80000 in silver mines. No friends have claimed his body yet awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Washington
Post Office Department
New York
Silas H. Butterick
Marks, Butterick & Co
Cedar Street
Charity Hospital
Generalmont
Pike’s Peak
Man shoots self on wife’s doorstep in Troy
Michael Quilty killed himself Friday evening shot through the head on his wife’s Greenwich doorstep in Troy. He had sought control of his son and threatened to kill his wife, from whom he was separated.
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Troy
Michael Quilty
Greenwich
Quilty
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