Egg shaped barrel voyage through Niagara rapids succeeds at first test
C D Graham a cooper from Philadelphia passed the perilous whirlpool rapids in an iron bound egg shaped cask with air vents and manhole. He started from Buffalo with companions and reached Lewiston in about twenty five minutes. The test drew thousands on the banks and Grand Trunk bridge as officials questioned arrests and doubts about his safety. Graham survived the upper rapids and escaped serious injury though the cask was dented and water entered through air holes. He plans further trials and possibly another run over the falls if successful.
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Captain Webb
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Philadelphia
Matt Tand
Seneca Street
Buffalo
Falls
Old Maid of the Mist
Suspension Bridge
Ed Mahoney
James Madigan
al Richté
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John Brown
Madigan and Miller
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Devil’s Hole
Lewiston
Fhotoarapae Barker
Elsheimer
Webb
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Heiress Hunt Tied to Old Orchard Case Sightings
Four Boston and Lowell lawyers discuss a Maine sea captain Hascome and a supposed daughter. A Maine wrecking tale centers on a will leaving wealth to Winsteed L. Hascome, with detectives tracing a claimed heiress from Bucksport to Boston, now employed as a lady's maid.
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Old Orchard
Maine
West Indies
Florida
Hascome
Massachusetts
Bucksport
Lowell
Well
Westboro
Boston
Whirlpool Passage Saved Steamer Maid of the Mist
Only two living persons previously traversed the whirlpool when the Maid of the Mist crew completed the dangerous passage about thirty years ago to salvage the vessel from an overdue mortgage.
Tragic Chicago Suicide Ties to Boston Divorce
Mrs. Nellie E Davis aged 26 killed herself in Chicago after years of separation from her Boston husband T E Davis. She left a son who died, pursued painting, and had become engaged to Carl Howes, planning to marry in the West. without a Boston divorce she chose death rather than a legal separation.
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West Erie Street
Davis
Boston
T. E. Davis
Carson
Howes
Mrs. Davis
West
Branded on His Back by Fraternity Hazing at Mount Union
Alliance Ohio July 9 A brutal hazing case at Mount Union College left F M Marshall of Stark County subjected to deliberate cruelty. He paid a 1 dollar initiation to join a secret society and was blindfolded taken to an abandoned hall rolled on ice struck with a barrel and branded on the back with the fraternity emblem. The incident has led to faculty action expelling the involved students.
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Fraternity
Nellie Grant Sartoris Endures Humiliating Marriage in England
Washington reports a Grant relative states Nellie Grant Sartoris lives in northern England with her children, treated as a poor relative, receiving only meals in two rooms while her husband and his father offer no support. Remittances had continued earlier, but poverty followed General Grant's death. Sartoris has not contributed for years and has been absent since last spring. The Grant family has urged separation and return to America, which Nellie has rejected, insisting on no contact unless in-laws cease pressure.
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Washington, D. C
Grant
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Sartoris
General Grant
Nellie
Ferdinand Ward
Mr. Sartoris
Money Troubles and Pension Debates Hit Congress
The House debated pension bills and defense on the deficiency appropriation bill as President Cleveland vetoes stirred reactions. Senate discussions focused on river and harbor funding, the Hennepin canal, and cross-aisle clashes between Illinois and western lawmakers.
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Hennepin Canal
Thirst for drink ruins dying wife in Athens tragedy
A drunken husband buys whiskey for his ill wife, then becomes intoxicated at home for two days. He neglects his dying spouse while lying drunk on the floor. Neighbors later find the wife dead and the husband drunk beside her. The case stems from a purchase from an illicit liquor dealer in nearby county.
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Athens
Barner-Watchman
Oglethorpe County
Miss Cleveland Seeks Editorial Control at Literary Life
In Chicago Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, contracted to edit Literary Life, faces opposition from business manager Elder over front cover credit. A literary letter insists her name be kept off the cover and demands preapproval of any advertisement and content before publication.
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Curiaco
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland
Chicago
Elder
Miss Cleveland
W J Stone Kentucky Civil War Hero and Fields On Love
In the Cleveland Leader story William J Stone of Kentucky is praised for his wartime bravery. An account recalls his battle wound near Cynthiana, a Union soldier’s water救, and a later scene where young women from Cynthiana mourned him with ramrod memorials around his head as he lay on the field.
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Cleveland
Congress
William J. Stone
Kentucky
Oscar Turner
Stone
Cynthiana
Wales
Federa
Mr. Stone
Romance on the Battlefield and the Unexpected
A clipped reflection on romance amid conflict notes that after recovery a couple succeeded in running a comrade to safety. The author muses that truth outpaces fiction with more romances surrounding us than on bookshelves.
A Turtle From the Clouds Amid Cyclone in Bloomington
A Bloomington cyclone at 7 PM caused trees to fall and streetcars to stop. a twenty pound turtle dropped from the cloud onto a sidewalk narrowly missing a pedestrian. Nearby Missauxkee Junction reports rain saving Harding's mills and Cadillac hosts light rain easing danger. St Paul storms damaged homes and crops in Sleepy Eye and Huron.
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Broomrscray
Ill
Missauxkee Junction
Mich
Harding
Hurricane Ire Sweeps Apalachicola Coast
Mosier Alabama reports the July 30 hurricane near Apalachicola Florida. Winds blew shingles timbers and trees while business districts closed and residents boarded up. Ships dredges and mills suffered damage including blown roofs and leveled buildings. Four men died when a dingy capsized and several others were lost at sea as the coast faced extensive wreckage and isolation.
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Apalachicola
Fla
Coombs & 8
C.H. Smith & Co
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Monroe & Co
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N. Kimball
Emden
Coombs & Co
James Orman
McKnight
Milner
D Island
Key Vista
Isha George's Island
Famous Beauty Cora Pearl Dies in Paris Brief Career Sketch
Paris July 9 Cora Pearl the once famous demi mondaine is dead Emma Gropen claimed English birth daughter of Baltimore professor F Nicholls Crouch author of Kathleen Mavourneen Her life famed for scandal memoirs blackmail rumors and a Paris stage appearance as Cupid in Offenbach her public image marked by luxury and a fatal dye incident involving a poodle The Duval scandal and alleged suicide by the restaurant proprietor’s son ended her famed career
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Cora Pearl
Demi-Mondaine
Emma Gropen
F. Nicholls Crouch
Baltimore
Kathleen Mavourneen
Lydia Pearson
Emma
Crouch
Bois de Boulogne
Cupid
Offenbach
Prince Plon-Plon
Duc de Morny
Prince of Orange
Duval
Dakota Heatwave Devastates Crops and Flocks
Reports from Minnesota Dakota and neighboring states describe an intense heatwave with temperatures reaching 120 degrees at night and 100 by midnight. Crops and livestock suffer severe damage across Red River valley Wahpeton to Grand Forks and Brainerd to Bismarck Oak. Train crews report blistered faces and widespread fear as drought worsens prospects for rain to save fields along key routes.
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St. Pau
Dakota
Northern Pacific
Pioneer Press
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Red River Valley
Wahpeton
Grand Forks
Pacific
Brainerd
Minn
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Oak
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Charles Jones Dead at 95 in Washington
Charles Jones died in Washington at age 95 after a long historical life. He aided religious consolation after Hamilton's death, declined at the Burr Hamilton duel, and knew Thomas Jefferson. He once stayed a week as a guest of President Madison and his wife at the White House. He had come to visit his daughter a month earlier.
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Washington
Charles Jones
Aaron
Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Jones
Hamilton
Jefferson
Madison
White House
New York City Memorial Album for Hancock Rested in City Hall
The Hancock memorial album for his widow was delivered to the New York Common Council and placed in the City Hall. The 20 by 24 inch album contains the Mayor’s message and Board of Aldermen resolutions on his death, engraved in India ink and Chinese white on French gray cardboard, five inches thick, bound in black sealskin with a silver city coat of arms plate. It sits in a viate-glass case with the monogram and oak border on the upper glass.
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Eneral
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New York
The Tory Victory And British Elections Analysis
The piece reviews weeklong British election results across Scotland and Ireland, noting Tory and Unionist gains while Liberal and Gladstonian defeats mount. It highlights Sir Charles Dilke’s loss, O Connor’s summary, Catholic and Protestant shifts, and internal religious feuds influencing votes, with projected House of Commons balances and clerical interventions.
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Q Gladstone
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Dilke
Crawford
Sir Charles
Aly
North of Ireland
Justin McCarthy
Londonderry
William O'Brien
South Tyrone
Ulster
House of Commons
T. P. O'Connor
Wales
Royal visits and gifts tied to British royalty
Bonpon July 10 The Prince of Wales plans a visit to Australia next year and will open the jubilee exhibition at Adelaide, likely traveling via the Canadian Pacific route. The King of Portugal aims to visit Green Victoria in August. Prince Alex of Esse, father of the Battenberg princes, donates 75000 dollars of 260000 dollars to Prince Henry, husband of Princess Beatrice, from a Cumberland estate settlement. The Duchess of Madrid visits her son Don Jayme, a Jesuit college student at Beau.
Heir to 2.5 Million Bequest Named for Don Jayme
A letter from Mont near Windsor informs Don Jayme that he has become heir to 2 500 000 from the late Countess de Chambord. The legacy allows him to dispose of the fortune at 18, as he is now 16. His father Don Carlos wishes him to donate half to the Carlist fund, though the sacrifice for political aims remains undecided.
Monarchist press visits Comte de Paris at Tunbridge
Twelve members of the Monarchist press traveled to Tunbridge to pay respects to the Comte de Paris. He urged the press to enlighten the people about their legal and moral fight to change government while stressing the need for readiness and strong authority. The deputation presented a bouquet to the Comtesse de Paris and she signaled a period of action.
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Comte de Paris
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French Statemen Shooting Fails To Kill Deputies In Chamber
In a second shooting at the French Chamber of Deputies within a year a pistol fired by a lunatic caused only alarm and imprisonment of the assailant. The piece notes rising Russian moves in the East, tension with Britain and Berlin, and cholera outbreaks in Italy including Brindisi and Venice with growing fatalities.
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Black Sea
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Lord Salisbury
Germany
England
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Italy
Brindisi
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Paris Brussels grisly remains tied to Mme Rodelet crime
Paris reports a grisly Brussels discovery of a woman’s remains traced to Mme Rodelet and accomplice Masquelier. Beeman’s kin described as good family, sister nuns, brother Belgian officer. Beeman lured by a high personage, died at Rodelet’s house, body dismembered and dispersed.
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Mme Rodelet
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Masanor
Czar Kaiser Francis Joseph Meeting Revival Report
A Vienna despatch says revived talk of a autumn meeting among Tsar Alexander, Emperor William and Emperor Francis Joseph. In London Harcourt urges prompt Ireland home rule after Liberal setback. Algeria vine phylloxera ravages Oran province. inspectors warn government.
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Francis Joseph
Koenigsaburg
Kiel
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Lonpox
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Poole
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Epidemic Typhoid Strikes Waterford Wisconsin Town
Waterford, Racine county, faces an outbreak traced to improper disposal of bathing water. Four weeks after Barney Henning returned from Milwaukee, his sister fell ill, spreading typhoid to parochial school children. Thirty five cases led to school closures, isolation, and several deaths amid business disruption and evacuation.
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Waterford
Racine County
Barney Henning
Milwaukee
Hair pulled by revolving shaft kills worker at West Madison laundry
Mary Maloney, a young woman at the West End laundry on West Madison street, was badly injured when her hair was caught in a revolving shaft. Lifted from the floor, the force tore her scalp from her head. Surgeons sewed the scalp back, but doctors fear she may not regain her reason.
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Curcaco
Mary Maloney
West End
Madison Street
All Three Boys Drowned In Brook Near Aiken Street Bridge
In Lovett at 4 PM two boys Victor and Eugene Le Fontain aged 7 and 9 drowned after venturing beyond their depth in a brook near Aiken street bridge. Fabyan Demarrer aged 18 attempted rescue, drowned from cramps. Two younger boys sank. Lemarrer recovered, search for others continues.
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Eugene le Fontain
Aiken Street Bridge
Fabyan Demarrer
Lemarrer
Hailstorms ruin 3000 acres of grain in Benson region
Three severe hail storms hit Benson Minnesota last night damaging 400 glass panes and flattening crops. An estimated 3000 to 4000 acres of grain were ruined and several buildings were destroyed by lightning. At Sleepy Eye a hurricane-like wind wrecked the sonic Hall and overturned freight cars with no reported loss of life.
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Benson
Minn
Sleepy Eye
Sonic Hall
Redress Secured as City Point Sails Amid Seizure Row
Portland dispatch reports US and British dispute over Nova Scotia schooner seizures. Officials detail consular actions, fines paid, and test of legality while City Point sails. Documents cite Halifax court actions and compensation promises for unlawfully deprived property.
War over Canadian fisheries reported by Representative Boutelle
Representative Boutelle received a dispatch from Eastport Maine alleging that on Friday night American boats near St Andrew s New Brunswick were driven away by the Dominion cruiser Middleton after herring to be canned as sardines. The State Department advised collecting full statements and affidavits for evidence.
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Boutelle
Eastport
St. Andrew’s
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Middleton
Dominion
State Department
C. A. Boutelle
House of Representatives
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Hale
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Bontelle
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Senate adopts Hoar resolution for information on seizures
Washington July 10 The Senate approves Mr Hoars measure requesting the President to reveal facts in possession of the State Department about seizures or detentions of American vessels in foreign ports and the pretext for them. The move seeks redress and steps to prevent recurrences. Three schooners may be released City Point George W Cushing and C D Harrington ordered freed upon deposit of 400 in fines awaiting grace claims.
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Haliwax
City Point
George W. Cushing
C. D. Flarrington
Tax Discrepancy Found in Springer Estate Records
July 10 Crecknnatt auditors uncover an old back tax entry for the Reuben R. Springer estate dating to 15381. Personal property reported at 12,000,000 over six years escaped taxation. An investigation into the matter is underway to determine total Treasury exposure on unreturned property.
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Crecknnatt
Auditors
Reuben R. Springer
Saxelion
Far-Reaching Failures Across United States and Canada
New York July 9 The business failures reported to R G Dun Co Mercantile Agency show 159 in the United States and 20 in Canada, totaling 179. The figure is 13 above the recent weekly average, with failures spread fairly evenly across the country.
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R. G. Dun & Co
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