Irish Coercion Bill Passes Third Reading Amid Debate
The week abroad notes the Irish coercion bill passing its third reading after months of effort. It reports critics' view that the measure deprives liberties, outlines a Cork convention on evictions, and cites Gladstone's reaction and liberal hopes for Home Rule. The piece contrasts Tory and Liberal fortunes, highlighting Paddington results and London press influence.
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Ireland
Great Britain
Cork
Cork County
National League
Gladstone
England
America
Salisbury
Vane
Gladne
Reland
T. P. O’connor
Imost
London
Paddington
The
Times
Smith
Parnell
Theorning
Lincolnshire
Regent street outrage sparks Commons defeat over women case
A London scandal centers on Cass a millinery forewoman arrested for soliciting men on Jubilee night. Judge Newton frees her after employer’s testimony. Parliament debates, Home Office inquiry, Endicott perjury charges loom, and public uproar follows. A Swiss landslip in Zug buries hundreds of buildings, 70 missing, 600 homeless, $250000 damage, rescue efforts unfold.
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Commons
Regent Street
Cass
Endicott
Boro Street
Newton
Naeon
Ewton
Yan Ain
Pramen
King Newton
Rae Paaneoe
Home Secretary
Ashley Jones
Regent Street Shrouded After Dark Stirs Nine Days’ Wonder
Town meeting convened to discuss the disgraceful condition of Regent Street after dark. Residents describe the scene as a nine days’ wonder, prompting calls for improved lighting and order.
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Regent Street
Carnegie lays foundation stone for free library building
Epinsurant July 9 report Andrew Carnegie inaugurated a free library foundation with a $260000 endowment. Mr Blaine attended and spoke claiming Mrs Carnegie as a countrywoman. He lauded Scottish thinkers and Chambers publications, noting their wide American circulation. Mr Bisine was warmly received and cheered.
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Epinsurant
Andrew Carnegie
Free Library
Blaine
Carnegie
United States
Edinburgh
Chambers
Scotland
America
Wreck of the Merrimac on Little Hope Rocks
The steamer Merrimac, from Halifax to Boston, struck Little Hope Island in dense fog and sank. Passengers and crew were saved, though a few injured. the ship, 119 tons, built 1861, owned by Harrison Loring of Boston, is a total loss.
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Liverpool
Merrimac
Halifax
Boston
Little Hope Island
Crowell
Lockport
Port Joli
Rock
Hart
Prince Edward Island
Harrison Loring
Irregularities Charged in Beecher Case at Port Townsend
Chronicle prints papers by which Deputy Collector Blake accused H F Beecher of irregular conduct as collector and treasury agent at Port Townsend W T. Documents detail an informer named Rouse losing 16000, a Chinaman receipt for 3000 while only 133 received, and alleged overcharges to the government. Rouse wrote to the paper and Minty, an agent, met Blake in Chicago with foul play suspected in Blake’s death.
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San Francisco
The
Chronicle
United States
Blake
Port Townsend
W. T
H. F. Beecher
Treasury
Rouse
Jake
Beecher
Washington
Ne Poe
Pyonicle Tageres
Chicago
Menlo
Americans Likely to be Shot in Mexico
Ex Paso July 9. John Vanstone and J Y Clume, Americans, are under arrest at Paso del Norte for highway robbery. They face execution as the Mexican government treats highway robbery as a capital crime and the evidence against them is clear.
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Mexico
Paso
Tex
John Vanstone
J. Y. Clume
Paso del Norte
Prolific and Titanic Saga of a Maiden Mother of 15 Sons
Mrs. Sarah Brandon of Moundsville Marshall county recounts that 16 of her sons served in the Union Army during the Civil War. One died at Shiloh, another starved at Andersonville. her husband Charles Brandon, born in 1761, lived to 95, and she bore 15 children while caring for 18, with many lives woven into frontier battles and early Ohio Valley history.
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Charles Brandon
England
America
Charles
Ohio
Capta Foreman
Foreman
Moundsville
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Mary Meyers
Josaphine
Elizabeth
Fannie Slusher
Mr. Brandon
Sarah Barker
Elijah Barker
Maryland
Ohio Valley
Pipe Creek
Peter
Johns
Evans
Josephus
Hiram
James
van Buren
Jacob
Abraham
Alexander
David
Reese
Andrew
John— Eyans
Jim
John
Charley
Chigkamangs
Andersonville
Virginia
McClellan
Hooker
Meade
Pope
Grant
Fipathey
Fipathey Did What They Could In Support of the Government, Ay
Shiloh
Mrs. Brandon
Marshall County
Esther Ann
Cincinnati
Charlotte
William
Frederick
Brandon
Ren Jans
Louis. Wetzel
Balatoncanna
Upper
After Twenty Years Heat of Family Rift in High Society
New York reports Guy C Hotchkiss Jr once vanished with his wife and child from the firm Guy C Hotchkiss Field Co. The elder Hotchkiss died leaving an 18 million fortune to the prodigal son if alive. The son, now about 21, sought his father in California and found him living as a busy hermit-like worker who welcomed him.
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New York
Guy C. Hotchkiss, Jr
Guy C. Hotchkiss
Gran Iat
Hotchkiss Family Returns to Brooklyn Home
A man named Hotchkiss appeared at the threshold of his Brooklyn home after a separation attempt. Maurice Wynn, a millionaire tied to the M. Squire case, was connected to the foundry where a young Hotchkiss worked. The departed son’s position at the firm was preserved under the old name following the father’s death.
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Ion
Hotchkiss
Fourth Street
Brooklyn
Maurice Ty Ynn
M. Squire
Guy
Field
Busiess
Hurley Fire Destroys Town With Twelve Lives Lost
Hurley Wisconsin suffered a devastating blaze on July 10 as the Alcazar Theatre and adjoining structures burned. Eleven or more people perished, including Sadie Wells Powers and other performers, with extensive damage to homes and businesses along Main Street. The disaster, fanned by a north wind, left the town largely destroyed and insured losses estimated around 500000 dollars.
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Ashland
Wis
Hurley
Gogebic Range
Alcazar Theatre
Main Street
Sadie Wells
Iabel Powers
Eatre Werd
Rank Young
Sadie McCabe
Jackson
Tillie Moore
Mabel Goodrich
Fenton
Lake Shore
Buxton House
Germania
Furley
Pin Lames
Billy Acring
Euxton
Bank of
Rcan Express Company
Attica
Western Union
Anview
Alcazar
Marrying a Chinaman Wealthy New Haven Heiress Weds Yale Scholar
Yan Phon Lee of Fragrant Hills China, Yale graduate with high honors, marries Miss Elizabeth Maud Jerome of New Haven at the bride's mother's home. The ceremony, conducted by Rev. Dr. J. H. Twichel, draws Yale professors and local figures, amid quiet family attendance.
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New Haven
Yan Phon Lee
Fragrant Hills
China
Yale
Elizabeth Maud Jerome
Gilbert Avenue
J. H. Twichel
Asylum Hill Congregational Church
Hartford
Han Fang Wing
Ompaney
Hon Lee
America
Apringfield
N Ven
Hopkins Grammar
Ishina
Jerome
Vt Haven
Excommunication of Dr. McGlynn Declared by Archdiocese
New York on July 9 reports Rev. Dr. Edward McGlynn has been excommunicated after failing to respond within 40 days to a papal order. The major excommunication cuts him off from sacraments and church rights, while minor penalties apply to those who remain in religious contact with him.
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New York
Edward McGlynn
Corrigan
Rome
Catholic Review
Lorrreral
Clevere
Archdiocese of
New Belt
Sacred Congregation of the Proppaganda
Ward McGlynn
St. Stephen's Church
Dr. McGlynn
Michael Augustin
Nortw
York
C. E. McDonald
Hsm
Davies
Glynn
Normanee
eGlynn
Mel Bret
Eens
Milwaukee
Grand Central
McGlynn
Astor House
Brooklyn
Barnes
Cooper Union
Nex
Irienas
Galileo of the Church or Priest Defies Rome on Land Theories
Dr McGlynn asserts he will not retract his land theories despite excommunication. He vows to teach the poor and remain a Catholic, accusing Rome of infringing his rights while criticizing two Irish prelates for interfacing with religious and political issues.
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Dr. McGlynn
Galileo
Rome
Reichstag
Mgr
Persico
Gualdi
Ireland
Tauire
Ero
Lost Money Found After Many Years
Papacan Kentucky July 7. While sheriff of Callaway county in 1873 J H Smith became 3000 short in his accounts and suffered disgrace. He could not trace the money wife subject to fits revealed recently in her ravings the tale of the missing funds and disgraceful episode in his career.
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Papacan
Callaway County
J. H. Smith
Explosion at Cellonite plant kills two in Arlington
An explosion at the Cellonite Manufacturing Company's works in Arlington New Jersey destroyed three buildings and caused about 20 serious injuries. A Swede named August and Miss Arianna Muchmore died instantly. Losses exceed 50 000 dollars with extensive damage to nearby stores and houses and total disruption for the town.
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Arlington
N.J
Cellonite Manufacturing Company
August
Arianna Muchmore
Revolution in Hawaii sinks old ministry and sets new cabinet
The Mariposa brings news that Hawaii has toppled the Gibson ministry. Residents of Honolulu seize government authority with volunteer forces backing them. King Kalakaua remains on the throne but with reduced power and a new constitution awaited after arrests of Hiter M Gibson and F ayselden. Arthur M Green to head a people chosen cabinet.
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San Francisco
Australia
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Gibson
Arthur M. Green
Kalakaua
Hiter M. Gibson
Fayselden
Fire destroys most of Clarendon amid arson arrest
A major blaze swept Clarendon Pennsylvania last night destroying over 100 business and dwelling houses including Weaver's and Logan's Hotels and the post office. The town lacking a fire department fought flames with water buckets. The fire started at 11:50 PM in Weaver's Hotel and an old mill, fueled by fireworks and spreading to oil tanks. John Stewart was cremated after being caught in a bursting tank. others feared dead. An arrest was made as the hotel proprietor, accused of starting the fire, escaped a mob on bail.
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Berne
Switzerland
Zug
Hotel Zurich
Lucerne
Boar
Ingin
Transatlantic
Aldershot
Duke of Cambridge
Stewart
Skagefjord
Iceland
Berlin
Prince Bismareck
Boston
Fortuna
Green Rock
Count of Paris
England
Isle of
Jersey
St.-Medard-en-Jaille
Bordeaux
Coolgrainery
Edward Thornton
Braithwaite
Rathfriland
County Down
de Gaulois
Comte de Paris
Soo
Ardnahoe
Buteshire
Scot
Winchow
China
Chuchow
Nagy Karolyi
Hungary
Jedmmen
Cuba
Porto Rico
Peromonasaroprakar
London
New York
Flo Is & Rother
the of Siam
Bangko Way
San Francisco
Victoria
Norway
United States
Phelps
Novoe Vremya
Frdinand
Saxe-Coburg
Russia
Austria
Leipsic
Germany
Roccella
Calabria
Catania
Sicily
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Erin
Penn
Clarendon
Oil Country
Pennsylvania & Erie
Weaver’s Hotel
Logan’s Hotel
Weaver's
John Stewart
Née
Weaver
Lightning bolt wounds boy in hayfield near Mippletown
In Mippletown New York a lightning bolt struck a 15 year old boy working with his father six miles north of town. The bolt split to either side tearing a trouser leg and shoe but the lad revived within an hour and fully recovered except for leg soreness by the next morning.
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Mippletown
N. Y
John W. Cowser
Train Robbers Foiled Near Pendleton Temple
Fort Worth Tex July 7 An attempted robbery of the through Texas express on the Santa Fe between Pendleton and Temple was stopped by a telegraph alert and armed posse. Six men tried to board the train but were driven off after a volley. one robber was wounded and carried away by companions as deputies hunt for the remaining assailants.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Pendleton
Temple
Nortow
Oulvers
Birthmark Removal Case Ends in Fines and Jail Time
In Cui1cano a Chicago woman Mme. de Benkalear and Dr. Birt were each fined 500 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in county jail by Judge Tut hill for destroying a birthmark on Baby Andrews. Contempt of court and tampering with evidence were cited as the offenses. The birthmark identification led to the controversial possession case.
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Mme. de Benkalear
Birt
Tuthill
Andrews
Me. de Benkalear
Tuth
Chinese Miners Murdered in Idaho Raids
Report from Idaho says multiple Chinese mining camps along the Snake River were raided by Indians or whites. Numerous mutilated bodies are found, with four or five buried together at streams and fences. Some claim the attackers were white men seeking revenge after recent killings of Chinese workers.
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Porrtland
Ore
Idaho
Snake River
Booming Belle from Boston Captivates Spokane Audience
Mise Lillie McAllister, recently departed, earns rapid Territorial fame. In Spokane Falls crowds, she feels at home and declines a station to return. Her refined vocal interpretation and cultured mind evoke strong emotion, signaling future world recognition.
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Tacoma
W. T
Mise Lillie McAllister
Key
Spokane Falls
Apache Scalps Offered for Hostile Band in Mexican Valley
Report from Ex Paso dated July 9 says about 100 Apache warriors remain in a hidden valley 20 miles northeast of Laguna and southwest of Lake Guzman. Miners and Mexican guards report killings and torture of Americans by the raiders as prospectors warn of a looming attack and a Mexican bounty of 500 dollars per scalp.
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Paso
Tex
Miles
Laguna
Santa Maria
Lake Guzman
Salamayuca
Caiches
Cachizes
Dragoon Mountains
Arizona
Mangus
Geronimo
Tom McGraw
van Ness Smith
el Paso
Smith
McGraw
Coca Grande
Ascension
Sabional
Janos
Mexico
Blancha de la Pla
Sabinal
Corral de Pedras
Rio Santa Maria
Plancha
Mexican Central Railroad
Gran
Blancha de la Plata
Chihuahua
Jefferson Davis Guests in New Orleans Confederate Visit
July 56 in New Orleans saw Continental Guards picnic to Beauvoir call on Jefferson Davis. Captain Crowns spoke of unity burying past bitterness. Davis recalled Civil War memories and Revolutionary roots, praising shared ideals of the Declaration and Constitution while cautioning against reviving old conflicts.
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New Orleans
Continental Guards
Beauvoir
Mass
Jefferson Davis
Crowns
Davis
Univetes
Ducked by Lightning in Yesterday's Storm
Newsburyport, July 11. Seven boys in a riverboat were caught in a thunder shower. A bolt struck near Byfield injuring youths. one boy died, others injured, including John Higgins whose clothes were torn and foot cut. Homes in Byfield and Burley suffered damage.
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Newsburyrort
Mass
Byfield
Osborne House
Great Rock
Bury
Joseph Hayes
John Higgins
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Servia
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Clermont Ferrand
Bercy
Schimak
Moravia
Havre
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Glasgow
Cobden Hotel
Dr. Fisk
Jasz-Bereny
Jazgia
Valencia
Souleas
M. Bonvir
Chamber of Deputies
Genoa
Columbus
States of America
Patrick Ford
Mr. Blaine
Boston Steamship Line
Little Hope Rocks
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Byper
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Hawaii
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Tors
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Cot Coumrens
Warran
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
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