England Offers Mediation Between France and China
London reports that England has offered mediation between France and China. The Chinese government accepted. Marquis Tseng and Lord Lyons engaged in negotiations. The proposal includes opening Red River and Annam ports to European trade with conditions on suzerainty and duties.
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Sunday Globe
London
England
France
China
Gladstone
Lord Lyons
Paris
Marquis Tseng
Red River
Annam
Tonquin
Earl Granville
Pekin
Vrance
Tonguin
Fort Granville
M. Jules Ferry
Dr. Eliphalet Clark Funds Planned Medical School
Dr. Eliphalet Clark of Deering reportedly left about 100000 dollars to educational and benevolent causes. Fifty thousand goes to the Methodist seminary at Kent's Hill with interest restricted to study subjects and a tobacco ban triggers reinvestment of that year's interest. Several Deering land parcels are given to establish a new medical school.
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Portland
Eliphalet Clark
Deering
Methodist Seminary
Kent’s Hill
Tobreco
Cousin of James Brothers Faces Turbulent Life in Fort Worth
Mrs. Benjamin Singleton a cousin of Frank and Jesse James attempted suicide with twenty grains of morphine but survived. Witnesses say she had nothing to live for. Singleton, linked to Quantrell spies in the war, recently forced a re marriage after a revolver threat and has a notorious divorce history.
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Singleton
Quantrell
Fort Worth
Tex
Benjamin Singleton
Frank
Jesse James
Kansas City
Watty
Novel Boiler Accident at Beymer Holbrook Saw Mill
A unique accident occurred last week at Beymer Holbrook Stiles saw mills seven miles from Shawneetown on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad. The boiler rose and backed out straight, sparing all eight men nearby, but wrecking a large lumber pile and tearing up a switch and the main track.
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Shawneetown
Ind
Beymer, Holbrook & Stiles
Smills
Ohio & Mississippi
Kentucky whiskey production lags in fiscal year
Up to May 1, 1888 Kentucky produced 5,060,715 gallons of whiskey, far below last season. In bond on May 1 there were 54,524,357 gallons. Consumption last year was about 12,000,000 gallons, roughly double the annual production five years prior.
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Kentucky
Washington
Bond
Ohio Democrats Nominate Judge Hoadley Amid Turbulent Convention
The Ohio Democratic convention in Cormeets Ohio on June 21 featured a packed, noisy scene as Judge Hoadley secured the nomination on the second ballot with 245 votes to Bird’s 0. The selection bolsters Pendleton’s position while General Ward, invited to speak, announced his own candidacy for U S senator, stirring strong reactions.
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CormeEts
Durbin Ward
Hoadley
Eosabe Ox Teks Elakthsberense Venieeteedess FF
Judge Hoadley
Bird Hoadley
Wapg Eve Sesendeecencssedete
George Hoadley
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Senator Pendleton
Allen G. Thurman
Ward
Judge Thurman
General Ward
United States
Cincinnati Enquirer
Pendleton
The Candidate Steadily Followed His Convictions
George Hoadley, born a Democrat, shifted to anti Nebraska free soil, joined the Republican party, then returned to Democrat stances after the Hayes Tilden contest. He served as counsel for Tilden in the 8 to 7 commission and later argued against the Pond liquor law before the Ohio Supreme Court, shaping Democratic persistence in Ohio.
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ColumBus
George Hoadley
Salmon’. Chase
Republican Party
Hayes
Tilden
Supreme Court
Ohio
Platform of the Democratic Party of Ohio at Columbus
The Ohio Democratic platform pledges purification of public service, punishment of treasury robbers, tax equalization, and reform of public policy. It calls for a revenue tariff, opposes monopolies, resists sumptuary laws, regulates liquor with licensed controls, condemns convict labor competition, affirms protection for all citizens, and demands civil service reform to root out corruption.
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Democratic Party
Osio
Ohio
Thomas Jefferson
Republican Party
Republican Congress
Congress
Large Cattle Transaction In Lexington Kentucky
Lexington reports a momentous cattle deal as R C Edmonson buys 110 high grade bulls to upgrade 10 000 Texas cattle on the Franklin Land and Cattle Company tract in the Texas Pan Handle. The English syndicate partnership with B B Groom and Son is noted. Also 54 Jersey cattle imported by Alexander McClintock and Son arrived from Jersey.
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Lexington
R. C. Edmonson
Franklin Land and Cattle Company
Texas Pan
B. B. Groom & Son
Jersey
Alexander McClintock & Son of
Millersburg
Island of
Death of Charley Backus Minstrel of Birch & Backus
Charley Backus a famous negro minstrel and partner at Birch and Backus died Thursday at 146 West Forty fourth street New York after an extended period of unconsciousness.
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Charley Backus
Birch & Backus
West Forty-fourth Street
New York
Notable Local Resident Dies After Illness
Forty eight hours. His trouble was Lees disease of the kidneys, and almost every vital organ of the body was paralyzed. Mr. Bac was in his fiftieth year. He was born in Ester, is the son of Dr. Backus of that city.
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Lees
Mr. Bac
Ester
Backus
Terrifying incident at Snydertown shocks town
News from Snydertown reports a widow Mrs Moore and her 16 year old son endured a night of horror. The son claimed a man, his father killed five years ago, appeared at the window and a fall from the pane followed. Neighbors carried them to safety as the boy raved and barked in frenzy. The scene stirred intense excitement in the community.
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Philadelphia
Snydertown
Ex-Speaker Randall Arrested by The World Over 1876 Vote
The World prints a Congressional Record statement alleging Randall delayed the 1876 electoral vote count to block South Carolina until February 28. It accuses him of directing the count and proceedings in an arbitrary way, while noting he acted as the Speaker only an organ of the House.
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New York
The
World
Randall
Congressional Record
South Carolina
Hayes
Chicago Girl Caught Masquerading in Male Attire
A 17 year old girl was found at Wells Street Bridge masquerading as a boy named Frank Chambers at the Chicago Avenue station. Described as handsome with black hair and eyes she claimed three years in male attire aboard fake vessels. She refused to reveal her real name, saying only that her mother is dead.
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Chicago
Frank
Curiaco
Wells Street Bridge
Frank Chambers
Chicago Avenue
Lis
Emigration Commissioners Move to Send Home Immigrants
The New York emigration commissioners met to decide steps to return large numbers of immigrants landed at Castle Garden from the steamers Spain and Furnessia. They proposed detaining those proved sent here by the Ragin government and appointed a committee to urge the transport companies to repatriate the passengers to their port of origin.
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New York
Castle Garden
Spain
Furnessia
Stephenson
Ragin
Belgian in Hyde Park Kicks Wife and Faces Mob After Boy’s Burial
Chicago dispatch reports Edward Venmuler, a Belgian, brutally kicked his wife in Hyde Park. Neighbors complained and police arrested him as the wife, in critical condition, claimed he killed a boy four months earlier and buried the body under the kitchen door. A mob of 600 armed men was deterred by police prompt action.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
Edward Venmuler
Terrorists Acknowledge Temporary Loss of Power
The Russian Nihilists publish a manifesto admitting a temporary loss of power and leadership, reduced activity due to financial exhaustion. They vow to persist in fighting for their country and liberty, predicting Russia’s drift into war with Germany and eventual defeat.
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St. Petors Bourg
Russia
Germany
Forty four Internal Revenue Districts Abolished
Washington June 24 A large force of clerks prepared the consolidation order for the internal revenue districts. The plan reduces the number of districts from 126 to 82 with a projected annual saving near 150000. Nevada joins California’s fourth district and four Pennsylvania districts vanish. Read ing district and parts of Philadelphia district reorganized. Readings eastern district to keep Collector Dame while Mr Slack exits.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
White House
Newersey
Internal Revenue Office
Nevada
California
Pennsylvania
Reading
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Shore
Dame
Slack
Convict Author Publishes Poems and Music in Prison
Dr. Albert Goerson, Moyamen Sing prison inmate for over three years, faces a Supreme Court appeal and a new trial after a wife murder conviction. He has read 720 volumes, produced thirty musical pieces, some published, and written poetry in English German and Latin. He has earned money from penmanship and is preparing a homoeopathic medical work for publication.
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Philadelphia
Albert G. F. Goerson
Moyamensing Prison
Supreme Court
Mystery Shootings in Tarrytown Barber Shop
In Tarrytown New York a masked woman entered John McCarthy's barber shop yesterday afternoon and fired two shots. One bullet hit McCarthy in the thigh causing a serious wound. The attacker fled and McCarthy says he does not know who fired the shots.
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Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown
N. Y
John McCarthy
Msossy
Many Farms Under Water Floods Hit West Nebraska
Immense flood damage in southern Nebraska last week totals in the hundreds of thousands. Crops and buildings destroyed, railroads immobilized, and much livestock lost. Rail service suspended and reports slow as Nemaha river valley fills. Drownings include Join Grub’s wife and four children, J. Aker and wife, and seven of ten Boheralans. five more deaths reported.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Nemaha River
Join Grub
J. Aker
Mississippi levee breach floods 100000 crops
Flood damage reported along the Mississippi as Fish lake levee broke at 11 PM, submerging about 10000 acres of Illinois farming land. Estimated losses exceed 100000 dollars. The Isbelle bridge on the Missouri Pacific line was carried away but trains will detour via Moberly and Booneville during repairs.
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St. Louis
Fish Lake
Illinois
East Carondelet
Isbelle
Missouri Pacific
Jefferson City
Moberly
Booneville
Farm lands under water as Mississippi floods Illinois
Heavy rains broke a levee near Alton Illinois washing away hundreds of feet of embankment. The flood inundated bottom lands from Madison to Mitchell with thousands of acres of crops destroyed and likely several lives lost. Hundreds of cattle drowned and communications cut off as Mitchell remained submerged. Loss to crops estimated at $600000.
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Alton
Madison
Mitchell
Nameski
Dlinois
Riots in St. Gall Swiss Town Target Jewish Citizens
Anti-Jewish riots erupted in St. Gall Switzerland with mobs looting Jewish shops, assaulting Jews, stoning police, and striking the mayor who ordered dispersal. A military force restored order and left substantial property damage.
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London
St. Gall
Switzerland
Tood
Fire devastates Puppit Theatre at Lake Como with 47 dead
A fire destroyed the Puppit Theatre at Dervia on Lake Como in Italy. Forty-seven people died and twelve were injured, some leaping from burning windows, as flames engulfed the building.
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Lake Como
Rome
Puppit
Dervia
Italy
Mrs McIntyre Preaches in Front of Church. Released by Justice Duffy
Sophia McIntyre of 23 Waverly Place stood on the outer door steps of St. Francis Xavier Church on Sixteenth Street and began preaching. A crowd blocked the street as four policemen arrested her and brought her before Justice Duffy at Jefferson Market Police Court. She spoke at length about reducing arrests by steering youths from vice. The judge said she was sane and respectable but delcared her to be unwarranted in her religious activity without a license and discharged her with warning.
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Els
New York
Sophia McIntyre
Waverly Place
St. Francis Xavier’s Church
Sixteenth Street
Bean
Duffy
Cintyre
Two Women Held in Chicago for Child Kidnapping Case
Chicago reports Mrs. Katherine Baumgarten and Mrs. Shate held for trial on charges of kidnapping six and seven year old Charles and Everest Engel. Orphans adopted by wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Dreyer, discovery of German inheritance prompted the alleged abduction. Baumgarten arrived from Pittsburg with forged letters from Germany relatives. Dreyer refused surrender, leading to the capture of the women and children before departure.
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Chicago
Katherine Baumgarten
Shate
Justice Ingersoll
Charles
Everest Engel
Dreyér
Germany
Enormous Imports of Opium Raise Alarm in San Francisco
San Francisco reports show oriental steamers bringing about a quarter of a million dollars in opium per vessel. By July 1, with duty changes, the stock is estimated at 4 million dollars. Banks hold most of the opium as collateral, lending about 75 percent of its value. Local vaults contain no less than 2 million dollars in opium in neat forty pound boxes, as Chinese dealers distrust warehouses.
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San Francisco
The Bridge Lights at Night Illusion on Harbor Boats
The New York Herald reports an optical illusion from the Brooklyn bridge and Battery lights. From steamships near Governor's Island the bridge arcs appear continued by the Battery lights, perfect until vessels approach Castle William.
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Governor's Island
New York Herald
Brooklyn Bridge
Castle William
Fate of a Balloonist in Missouri Upholds Local Tragedy
Fayettes Missouri June 24 A. E. L. Stewart aeronaut ascended in an old hot air balloon last week It burst at about 2000 feet sending balloon and aeronaut into Bonne Femme Creek They plunged and disappeared but Stewart's body was recovered with the craft seen to sink in the water.
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Fayette
E. L. Stewart
Bonne Femme
Stewart
Trains Impeded by Caterpillars on Colchester Rail
Caterpillars in large numbers appear in Colchester and neighboring counties hindering railroad tracks and delaying trains. The infestation covers tracks, forcing crews to halt operations and seek detours while officials assess the scale of the damage and potential remedies.
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Haprax
Colchester
Countie
Infant Slaughter Report From Philadelphia Bones Found
Philadelphia on June 25 reports startling information released after bones of twenty one infants were found in a house cellar. Authorities have opened inquiries into the deaths and surrounding circumstances. The case draws wide public attention and prompts calls for a full investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dks
Starkey & Palen
Girard Street
Philadelphia
Penn
Noted Horse Thief Escapes West Chester Jail Cell
John Frankford alias Frankford Joe and fellow inmates Clarence Dunn and J Lewis Robison pulled a dramatic night escape from a reinforced iron cell in West Chester jail. They tunneled through a wall using improvised saws, reached Dunn and Robison's cells, then fled via attic and roof with blankets lowered to the ground. Thirteen other prisoners were freed. pursuit followed as Robison fled alone.
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West Durstrer
Penn
John Frankford
Frankford Joe
Clarence A. Dunn
J. Lewis Robison
Frankford
Lancaster
Chester County
Lancaster County
Tron
West Chester
Toney Brooken
Robison
Noelson
Robinson
Hobison
Tor
Williston Township
Dunn
Neve
Baltimore Society Sensation Elopement of Sixteen
In Baltimore a sixteen year old Miss Calista Hopwood eloped with John Oberndorfer, a twenty three year old Israelite from Norfolk. After failed attempts to marry in Maryland and North Carolina, the couple wed in a village just over the border. The bride’s family learned of the match as she settled into the Oberndorfer home in Norfolk. Society deems it a major sensation.
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Baltimore
Calista Hopwood
Norfolk
Calista
John Oberndorfer
Oberndorfer
Vale
Navy Yard Work to Stop at Pensacola and Other Yards
Secretary Chandler issues orders to halt work at Pensacola League Island New London and Boston yards while preserving some activities at Boston rope walk and sailmakers departments. The commission's reorganization recommendations drive the step with a $50 000 appropriation for care of yards or stations slated for closure. Portsmouth repairs may continue while Washington vessel repair work not listed will stop.
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Washington
Chandler
Navy Yards
Navy Yard
Pensacola
League Island
New London
Boston
Portsmouth
Railroad Exposition Closes Amid Dissatisfaction
The international railroad exposition formally ended in Chicago with exhibitors voicing discontent over judge favoritism and neglect. The event was not financially successful.
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Chicago
Light House Undermined at Pamet Inlet Point Pleasant NJ
Residents of Point Pleasant New Jersey fear the sea has undermined the Pamnouss Light foundation exposing six to eight feet of the government lighthouse base. A large hotel near the inlet is at risk of washing away.
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Point Pleasant
N. J
Pamnouss
Sudden Death of the Zulu Giantess at Salamanca
Despatches report Fanny Connell of Mansfield Ohio, exhibited as the Zulu giantess with Nathan’s circus, was found dead in her bed Friday in Salamanca New York. She weighed 696 pounds and death ended her display.
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Pittspura
Salamanca
N. Y
Fanny Connell
Mansfield, O
Nathan’s Circus
McGeoch Heavy Liabilities Reveal Big Losses
CrtcaGco June 24 report states J R Beasley receiver for the bankrupt lard firm McGeoch Everingham & Co. says liabilities will exceed 5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCeoch
CrtcaGco
J. R. Beasley
MccGeoch, Everingham & Co
Mutiny and Death Aboard the Lucretia in Arctic Voyage
Mutiny aboard the Lucretia led by John Madden ends with Madden killed by a captain’s rifle after a three day struggle. The crew, once menaced, surrendered and were chained, then pardoned. Captain Edmund Kelly returns to port, awaiting U S authorities action. Madden had a prior history as a bully.
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San Francisco
Wild Gazelle
New Bedford
Mass
Edmund Kelly
Lucretia
Arctic Ocean
Behring Sea
Joe
John Madden
New York
Madden
Albert Boye
G. H. Andersen
Boyd
Capain
Andersen
Ben McCord
Jefford
St. Paul
Kelly
United States
Mon a Captain and Mate Were Lost A Boat s Crew Missing
Provincetown dispatch reports Captain Dunham and the mate of the whaling schooner Ellen Rizpah lost with a boat crew after a whale strike fouled the lines and dragged the boat under. Only one colored man survived. Dunham is the captain’s brother and leaves a family. The crew size is uncertain, likely six to eight.
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Provincetown
Dunham
Ellen Rizpah
Woods Hall
Tevis Reunites With Former Wife Kate Reese in Philadelphia
Rush Tevis of St. Louis and his former wife Kate E. Reese daughter of Colonel H B Reese and niece of Senator Sherman were married in Philadelphia on the 16th inst The couple had been separated after a sensational St Louis shooting involving Tevis and Tevis later retained custody of their daughter They have now been reunited in Lancaster Ohio context notes the marriage announcement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tevis
Philadelphia
Monument to Confederate Dead Dedicated in Kershaw County
Erected by Kershaw county women, the monument to Confederate dead was dedicated with a grand military parade of over 1000 troops, led by Chief Marshal Col E B Cantry and Brig Gen Richardson. About 8000 spectators attended as dignitaries including Senators Hampton and Butler and Governor Thompson watched the unveiling by young women.
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Ascot
Peck
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William Harcourt
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Great Britain
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Redmond
Australia
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House of Coimons
Wey
Loudoun
Prince and Princess of Wales
Duke of Connaught
Prince George
Canada
Prince George of Wales
Plymouth
Prince
James
Ohio Democrats
Buckeye State
Mississippi
Boston Navy Yards
Rush Tevis
Mary A. Mead
Springfield
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