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Boston Weekly Globe
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1881
Page
5
Storm Swept Structures in Old Dominion Damaged by Tornado
A July 11 tornado in Danville Virginia caused extensive damage including a railroad and a new bridge roofs blown off several buildings. The First African Baptist Church and tobacco factories suffered roof losses while several homes were razed. Six people were unharmed in North Danville when a house structure collapsed. Lightning struck a Jacksonville residence, causing a blaze and notable crop damage. In Iowa, Perry Valley cyclone demolished a farmer’s house, injuring his wife and two children, and wrecked George W. Chamberlain’s home. A bridge over Perry creek also fell apart.
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DaNville
New Free Bridge
First African Baptist Church
North Danville
Jacksonville
Stocx City
Perry Valley
Coe
George W. Chamberlain
Perry Creek
Plucky Woman Aids Husband in Capturing Burglar at Manchester
July 11 reports Thomas Callahan and Dominick Moran of Lowell were captured after a struggle with Frank Hutchinson at his Piscataquay bedside. Hutchinson and his wife pursued and held Callahan while police were alerted. Moran escaped briefly but was later recaptured by officers.
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Manchester
N. N
N.H
Thomas Callahan
Dominick Moran
Lowell
Frank Hutchinson
Piscataquay
Hutchinson
Callahan
Mra. Hutchinson
Moran
Mr. Hutchinson
Riot on a Mid Ocean Ship Quelled by Carbolic Acid
The Ann Boynton arrived in Portland from Hong Kong with 350 Chinese after a June 15 riot aboard. About 150 on each side clashed using sticks and pins. Captain Nason used carbolic acid to restore order, noting lethal action was unavoidable to save the vessel and lives.
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San Francisco
Cal
Ann Boynton
Portland
Hong Kong
Nason
Portable engine blast kills three in Talbot county
A boiler explosion in Trapp's district Talbot county destroyed a threshing engine. Victims Solomon Merrick J H White and Alexander Bantum were killed instantly with severe scalds. James Cox died later from injuries while Edwin Shehan and four others suffered scalds. A horse also died. The blast followed a low water level and sudden refill.
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Baltimore
Trapp
Talbot County
Solomon Merrick
J. H. White
Alexander Bantum
Bantum
James Cox
Edwin Shehan
Violence and vengeance cross nations in July reports
A Denver dispatch details an El Paso Chihuahua stage attack by hidden Indians. the coach burned, ex-Senator Pugh’s son captured. New York items cover Captain Henry Taylor’s brutal assaults and a policeman’s actions. Newman, Georgia reports a lynching of Walldrop after a murder and rape. Jacksonville, Florida notes Sheriff Mickler’s movements near the Hernando county court fence.
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New York
Henry Taylor
Jersey City
N. J
Raeder
Cranmer
Excel
Policeman Speer
Taylor
Jacksonville
Fla
Mickler
Hernando County
Devastating Fire Destroys Cincinnati Factory Complex
A massive blaze at H. J. Marques Sons' children's carriage factory in Cincinnati on July 7 destroyed the six story building and spread to Meadors furniture factory and other nearby concerns. Ninety workers, including a dozen who jumped from windows, faced injuries. two men died. Losses across multiple factories and lumber yards are estimated at two million dollars with heavy insurance.
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Cincinnati
H. J. Marques Sons’ Children's Carriage Factory
Smith and
Augusta Streets
Charles Peake
Burt Schulte
James Russell
H. Botal
George Burches
Manning Carmen
Gus Oscar
Henry Brown
Nathaniel Brown
Gus Jones
Ernest Schulte
Mathews
Meadors Furniture Factory
Marquess
Closeman & Furniture Factory
Smith Street
Cabinetmakers’ Union
Rogers
Meader
Closeman’s
Marques
Auditor French Hints Better Off Without MacVeagh
Washinston July 11 Auditor French, discussing his removal, says either he or Attorney General MacVeagh must retire. He contends if allowed to stay he would have secured the entire owed sum from railroads, about 100 million dollars, by year end. He argues the government will lose his experience and knowledge of Pacific Railroad indebtedness.
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Washinceton
French
MacVeagh
United States Treasury
United States
Pacific Railroad
Six Shots Fired By Bar-Worker in Dover Shooting
Dover July 11 a serious shooting affray occurred at a low saloon when Alphonzo A Cheney of Os bad Cheney expressmen tried to escort George Morrill home. Peter Delage a bar employee drew a pistol and fired six shots, striking Cheney in the hip and arm. Delage was arrested next day and pleaded not guilty. Cheney testified.
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Dover
N. H
Great Falls
George Morrill
Alphonzo A. Cheney
Osgod & Cheney, Expressmen
Cheney
Merrill
Morrill
Peter Delage
Delage
Speci
Knapp
Connecticut Soldier Seized in German Service Case
Hartford July 11 William Brink of South Manchester Connecticut National Guard member was seized in Dorhmuhle Germany and forced into German military service. His naturalized father Frederick Brink worked at South Manchester silk works. Brink had voted and served four years in the First Regiment C N G. The seizure is seen as a treaty violation and a statement has been sent to Secretary Blaine by Congressman Buck with proofs of Brink's citizenship to be forwarded.
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Hartford
William Brink
South Manchester
Connecticut National Guard
Germany
Dorhmuhle
Frederick Brink
Blaine
Buck
Brink
Confidence Men Arrested After Escape Attempt
Inspector Houghton and Private Detective Chapman nabbed two veteran New York confidence men at the Old Colony station after observing Vale and Riley with a suspicious stranger. Both men faced Municipal Court. Riley leaped from a courthouse window during transport but was recaptured. Vale and Riley held on $500 each for obtaining money by false pretenses.
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Houghton
Chapman
New York
Old Colony
Fall River
Ihe
Vale
Riley
Northern Hemisphere Sighted Early Morning June 20
The first observed cover event was noted in the northern hemisphere around 4 o clock in the morning of June 20 by G. W. Simmons Jr. of Boston. He reported while camped at Morelos Mexico thirty miles west of Eagle Pass along the Rio Grande near latitude twenty nine.
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Scientific American
G. W. Simmons, Jr
Boston
Morelos
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Rio Grande
Missing Sigel’s Son Alleged Theft Ring Eyed
Paul Sigel aged 23 son of General Sigel is reported missing in New York on July 11 and suspected of absconding with 1200 dollars from his employers. Police allege he is implicated in similar thefts across the area.
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General Sigel
Mirsinz
New York
Paul Sigel
Albany Balloting Stalls As Caucus Candidates Lag
Still no choice in Albany balloting as Monday caucus votes fall short of decisive totals. Candidates remain short of needed support, delaying an election outcome and keeping officials awaiting clear results.
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Albany
Rangeley Roof Raising Disaster Injures Ten Men
At Rangeley on Wednesday a meeting-house frame fell during roof raising injuring ten men. William Berry Canton suffered a broken shoulder blade. Wesley Raymond broke a leg and dislocated an ankle. Charles Sumner dislocated an ankle. John Liles workers Frank and Dennis were badly hurt. George M Esty slight injuries. Captain Wilber sent a special train for Farmington doctors who arrived after midnight.
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Pullirs
Rangeley
William Berry
Canton
Wesley Raymond
Charles Sumner
John L. Niles
Frank
Dennis
George M. Esty
Greenvale House
Wilber
Farmington
Phillips
England and France Clash Over Newfoundland Fisheries Rights
A New York dispatch notes potential trouble between England and France as France claims territorial rights along 600 miles of Newfoundland coast north of Cape John. England’s treaty rights allowed French fishermen to fish and cure there, while Newfoundland taxes provoked protests. A French frigate commander has sided with locals, citing it as essentially French territory. The issue has been raised to both governments.
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New York
St. John’s
N. F
England
France
Newfoundland
Cape John
Mexican Massacre Report from Paso del Norte
Despatches describe an American surveying party of about thirty under C C Meacham and M J Cunningham found thirteen dead at a point on the El Paso to Chihuahua road. Attacks by Indians and Mexicans killed four more on the southbound stage. A rescue party found five more bodies. victims include Charles Green and Larry Fordham. Renegade Apache attack attributed. some survivors reported safe.
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St. Louis
Paso del Norte
Chihuahua
el Paso
Sam Hills
C. C. Meacham
Iinois
Denver
Col
Republican
Santa Fe
Mexican Central Railroad
Charles Green
Independence
Kan
Larry Fordham
Boston
Guy Leavitt
Indiana
George Wallace
Taylorville
Charles Haines
Kansas
Upham
Penete
Greene
Fifty Nine Killed in San Mateo Church Roof Collapse
City of Mexico dispatch reports the San Mateo church roof cave in killing fifty nine worshipers. In Pueblo government forces captured Amadoe Flores and twelve companions during a robbery in progress. A $1000 reward was offered for Flores after his escape and deaths of fourteen men. The Morelos railway fund for widows and orphans of recent accident soldiers rises to $4000 as officials gather testimony on a bridge collapse.
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City of Mexico
Oaxaca
San Mateo
Pueblo
Amadoe Flores
Morelos
Fugitives from Massacre Escape Amid Indian Attacks
General Juan M. Zuloaga Walter Carrington and A R Hammond arrived from Chihuahua to Chicago New York and London in mine interests. They escaped Indian attack by mounting atop conch while crossing the Candelara mountains and firing pistols to deter the redskins. Indians later raided Zuloaga’s outfit eighty miles from the frontier driving off stock. They met a south bound stage attacked by Indians, killing the driver wounding a passenger and capturing Thomas Pugh son of ex Senator George E Pugh and nephew of Governor Hendricks. A band of forty Indians attacked Lieutenant Gonzales of the Mexican army killing seven men but Gonzales captured seventeen head of Indian stock. Indians also killed five men in a wagon taking supplies to railroad surveyors of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe.
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St. Louis
Juan M. Zuloaga
Walter Carrington
A. R. Hammond
Chihuahua
Chicago
New York
London
Santa Clara
el Paso
Candelara
Zuloaga
Thomas Pugh
George E. Pugh
Hendricks
Gonzales
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Exposition Entries Grow as New Buildings Are Planned
Entries for the International Cotton Exposition at Atlanta show space filling fast and extra buildings will be erected to accommodate desirable exhibits. Chattanooga merchants take 5000 square feet for a city industries exhibit, Pope Manufacturing Boston displays bicycles, Thurber Brothers New York show food goods, with heavy turnout in carriage and wagon entries and notable native wood and ore displays by Southern teens. A fated family: Florida Senator Jonas learns of sister Mrs Margaret Dowd of Galveston Texas death, third in family losses this year.
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Atlanta
Chattanocoga, Lenn
Pope Mannufacturing Company
Boston
Thurber Brothers of
New York
Washington
Jonas
Florida
Margaret Dowd
Galveston
Tex
Fire destroys nineteen buildings in Canadian town
A morning blaze in a Canadian town threatened the entire community and consumed nineteen valuable buildings. Loss was estimated at 100000 dollars. In Montreal a fire fatality occurred as the boot and shoe house of James was totally destroyed.
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JoOureTre
Can
Montreal
Monttreea
James
Firemen Buried as Wells Collapse at Witham & Co. Loss
This afternoon James Towers and Robert Smith of the salvage corps were trapped when wells collapsed at Witham and Co. Towers was crushed to death while Smith was rescued after about an hour, buried four feet under debris, in a $13,000 loss incident.
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Witham & Co
James Towers
Robert Smith
Towers
Smith
Printing Office Established By Nihilist Refugee In New York
In conversation with Klimenko a Nihilist refugee, Truth reports that Russian pamphlets are now printed in New York City. Printers are Russian Jews. output is slow, 600 copies per hour. Presses may move to a bullock or Hoe press. funding from Russia expected. Printing aims to aid Nihilist distribution, with plans for a multilingual NY Nihilist paper, but costs and logistics may hinder success.
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New York
Klimenko
Justus Schwab
Russia
New York City
Doston
St. Petersburg
Bowery
London
Paris
Geneva
Boston
Bakunin Revolutioni
Klinenko
French War Ships Bombarding Sfax in Tunisian Territory
French frigates Alma Reine and Blanche plus three gunboats shell Sfax while a transport with 1200 Tunisian troops lies offshore. Reports say forts mosques and parts of the Mussulman quarters are destroyed, insurgents initially fight but fear and bombardment may force a landing. journal says one army corps mobilized.
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Paris
Alma
Reine
Blanche
Sfax
Mussulman
la Liberte
le National
Tunis
House of Lords
House of Commons
General Grant Spends $250000 on New York Horses
General Grant bought a pair of Hambletonian geldings from Goshen for Mrs. Grant. A.P. Beatty and A.J. Smith arranged the purchase for the summer residence at Long Branch. The bay horses, aged 6 and 7, stand sixteen hands high and cost $1000 each. One has white hind feet, the other is dark throughout. They were shipped to New York by the Newburg barge Wednesday evening. They will be taken to Long Branch.
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State Street
New York
Prime Mercantile
New York Stock Market
Washington
Amercan Securities
Suenar
Newburg Journal
A.S. Grant
Newburg
Goshen
Grant
Long Branch
A. P. Beatty
Erie
A.J. Smith
Cable Company completes organization lands at Sable Island
OrTAWA July 9 The Canadian European American Asiatic Cable Company which received a charter at the last session of Parliament has completed its organization The Canadian end of this Atlantic cable will land at Sable Island They will also establish telegraphic communication with the West Indies by laying cables to the Bermudas and Bahamas.
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American & Asiatic Cable Company
Sable Island
West Indies
Bermudas
Bahamas
Newport Strikes Hell Gate Rocks
The steamer Newport struck an Execution rock in Hell Gate at low tide while en route from Newport but released herself and reached her pier safely. After discharging passengers and freight she proceeded to the dry dock for repairs. Damage was not heavy.
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Newport
Hell Gate Rocks
New York
Hell Gate
History of a Parisienne translated and published in Philadelphia
NEW PUBLICATIONS. THE HISTORY OF A PARISIENNE. Being the story of a Parisian woman of fashion. By Octave Feuillet. Translated from the French by Charles Ripley. The work shows how a beautiful wife transformed by a cynical husband becomes morally ruined and criticizes mothers for arranging unsuitable marriages. T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia. Also ad for D. R. V. G. Dyspepsia Remedy guaranteed by druggists.
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Octave Feuillet
Charles Ripley
France
T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Publishers
Philadelphia
Penn
Commodities in Boston Market Report July Price Notes
The Boston Daily Glone lists fruit and vegetable prices with apples at 75 cents per crate and assorted beans, peas, and red kidneys at varied per bushel rates. Butter, cheese, coal, coffee, copper, eggs, fish, flour, corn, and other staples show prices and demand with cautious activity and steady to firm trends.
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Val
Elaine
Tetraleum
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Rye
Porto Rivo
Choice
Kentucky
Ohio
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Boston Daily Glone
New York
New Northern Choice Creamery
Fhenley Jets
Franklin County
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Choice Vermont
Choice New York
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Maracaibo
Luig
Canada
PE Island
Flour Market Sketch and Agricultural Prices Report
A detailed price snapshot shows flour and meal futures firming amid moderate demand and limited prime lines. It covers grain futures, wheat, rye, oats, corn, and barley activity, with notes on rice, sugar, coffee, and fats, plus international freight rates and eggs.
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Sud
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Wisconsin
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Egosiether
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Lee
Auwrnst
Ato Tae
New York
Boyya
Talec
Bond
London
Glaasgow
Avonmouth
Antwerp
Cork
LIVE stock MARKETS Brighton Cattle Market July 6
Western beef cattle prices and quotatons announced for Brighton Market on Wednesday morning. Listings include working oxen, milch cows, calves, veal, and hides with per pair and head prices, buyers noted as W. Svollans and Aldrich & Johnson. Milk cows in slow trade, springers and calves show varied bids and sales.
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Boston Daily Globe
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Hige
Tada
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Gloucester Fish Market Receipts and Prices July Market Report
Special correspondence reports the week’s fish arrivals totaling about 2420000 pounds with codfish dominant from Charges, West of Banks, and Grand Banks, plus halibut, mackerel and various byproducts. Prices list large cod, halibut, haddock, hake and cod liver oil, with barrel lots of salt mackerel and other items. figures reflect onshore, bay, and offshore grounds and include H addock and mackerel tones.
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