Major Beebe Suicide Shocks Hudson Native Ex Secretary
Major Wilxuia AM M. BEEBE Jr., once of Hudson Ohio and private secretary to General Hazen, committed suicide in Washington on the 7th. He was 41, unmarried, and had served with the Greely relief to Alaska. health impaired by expedition hardships.
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Wilxuia AM M. Beebe, Jr
Hudson
Ohio
Hazen
Signal Service
Washington
Major Beebe
Greely
Alaska
Treasury Department
Senor Coverusias
Mexico
Germany
United States Senate
Ilges
Gresham
Drum
National Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers Convene in Philadelphia
The annual convention in Philadelphia on the 7th gathered 15 officers and 168 delegates with President Jarrett presiding. Resolutions of sympathy were passed for striking telegraph operators before a secret session.
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National Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers
Philadelphia
Jarrett
JoHn Treat
Portsmouth
N. H
Wright, Wooster & Co
Boston
Lester Goodwin
Nathaniel Smith Richardson
D. D
Church Guardian
New York City
Bridgeport
Conn
Richardson
American Quarterly
Western Nail Association
Pittsburgh
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Samuel Heller
Millsboro
Washington County
Sprague
Rhode Island
Union Company
Butler
Charles DeLan & Co
Bangor
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Leavenworth
St. Joseph
Omaha
Shermitz
John Fisher
Quincy
Mass
Fisher
Moses Watpple
Troy
N. Y
Charles W. Copeland & Co
Shaw Bros
New England States
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific
Canada
Provinces
A. H. Jacquitte
Gardner
William M. Coburn
Pittsburgh, St. Louis & Cincinnati Railroad
Brotherhood
Western Union
Devere
Dennison
Ohio
Burke Named Director General of World Expo in New Orleans
Magsor E A Burke, manager of the New Orleans Times-Democrat, has been appointed Director General of the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition marking a major leadership selection for the event in New Orleans.
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Magsor E. A. Burke
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Western storms, deaths, and early oil finds reported
A severe four mile wide storm in Western Iowa caused crop damage estimated at over 500000 dollars with five inches of hail. In Ohio, Lieutenant Barnet Wagner died of Brights disease in Cleveland. Lookout Mountain cave discoveries reveal a massive underground lake. A Texas negress killed her child in a brutal act, prompting jail. Lexington and Indianapolis banking turmoil disrupts daily life as First National pays out deposits. Petroleum finds spark wild land speculation in Missouri Bates County.
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Tion
New Orleans
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Lenson
Adelphi
Barnet Wagner
Second
United States Artillery
Cleveland
Ohio
Bright
Wagner
Akron
Wilson Creek
Nathaniel Lyon
Springfield
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Texas
Louisiana
Phelps
Blair
Merritt
Senator Walker
Pierce
Lowe
Hussein & Newson
Manistee
Mich
Marthins InGrang & Co
Baltimore
Kentucky Distillers’ Association
Louisville
Western Export Association
H. B. Miller
D. S. Rush
Chicago
Adolph Woolner
Peoria
James Walsh
Edwin Stevens
Cincinnati
Lexington
Congress
Distillers’ Association
Kentucky
Running Bird
Tolequah
I. T
Running Water
Steen
Hume
Halfpenny
Wheeling
W. Va
A. W. Lyon & Co
William A. Waldron
G. P. Hawes & Co
Richmond
Cleveland & Lorain
Massillon
Graham
Wilson
Wilton Junction
Muscatine
Arnell
National Convention of
Milwaukee
J. H. Kent
Rochester
N. Y
Leo Weingartner
J. I. Ryder
A. Klouber
J. Landee
Andrews
Minneapolis
Moore
William Reardon
San Francisco
Joseph Rademacher
Nashville
Archbishop Elder
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Austin
Fair Grounds
Louis LaFountain
Monroe
Knapp
Colter
Stover
Lapeer
First National
Indiana Banking Company
Indianapolis
Ind
W. H. English
W. C. Depauw
E. F. Claypool
Rich Hill
Bates County
Debt bill passes commons with large majority in second reading
In the House of Commons on the 7th the National debt bill passed a second reading by 149 yeas to 9 nays. It aims to replace terminal annuities expiring in 1885, canceling about £173,000,000 of debt in twenty years. Opposition included Irish members and some Conservatives urged using gains to cut taxes. The measure’s supporters argue it aids credit and reduces debt as the process allows.
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House of Commons
America
London Times
Madrid
Badajoz
Spain
Teo
Sweet
Manitoba
Belle Isle
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Gilmour
Hull
Canada
William Disaporrf
London
Portugal
France
Mexico
Colombia
Austria
Italy
St. Peterseure
Micnart Leagar
Raphoe
Ireland
County Donegal
Host of Fires and Fortunes Across Cities and Banks
Reports from Atlanta describe the Kimball House fire with many guests escaping and a $1,000,000 loss. Gate City Bank on the first floor held half a million cash. Other items note Vineyard Haven fire, Creek troubles settled, and a new statuary gift for California. The piece also covers a bank failure in Indiana and a bicycle record on Mount Washington.
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Kimball
Atlanta
Gate City Bank
D.O. Milts
Sacramento
California
Columbus
Isabella
Mills
Capitol
City National Bank of
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Hay
Henry Fitch
Ohio River
Vineyard Haven
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Baptist Church
Washington
Marco A. Soto
Honduras
Commodore Stevens
Hogg
Navy Department
Owen Dorris
John Kirwis
James Cannon
Demler Station
Allegheny Count
C. E. Hearn
Chicopee
Mount Washington
New Hampshire
Summit House
Glen House
Diverse U S Facts Range Across Population, Industry and Prisons
A compilation of statistics from 1880s sources covers Georgia population by race, Delaware fruit output, Prescott Arizona fundraising for a railroad, telegraph work rates, poultry and bicycle trends, U S Fish Commission distributions, Pacific coast fire losses, a Colorado mine tunnel project, and prison death rates across states including New York Auburn Sing Sing and Connecticut.
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Georgia
Delaware
Prescott
A. T
Chicago Times
America
England
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Gilpin County
Colorado
Gill
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
New York
Sing Sing
Auburn
Clinton
Wisconsin
Mississippi
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Maine
Vermont
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Polariscopic Tests of Sugar by Saccharometer Methods
A Chronicle reporter visits Dr. Charles Burrell’s chemistry office to learn how sugar assays are performed. He outlines four principal methods: specific gravity, fermentation alcohol yield, chemical action, and polarized light rotation using a saccharometer. The polarized light method is the department’s exclusive instrument for assessing sugar content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle
Charles Burrell
Noted Trip of the Maid of the Mist
A detailed account of the 1861 voyage of the Maid of the Mist through Niagara whirlpools. Captains Robinson and Jones faced peril as the boat bucked the rapids, survived a near capsize, and completed the journey to Lewiston. The craft measured 72 feet long with 17 feet beam and 100 horsepower.
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Niagara
Fort
Joel R. Robinson
Falls
Robinson
Mr. Jones
McIntyre
McIntire
Lewiston
Wit and Wisdom Across Voices and Vignettes
An assortment of humorous sayings and anecdotes from American papers. Jokes about modest men and bakers with butter heads, marriage advice, playful exchanges about eggs with a hen on them, flirtation at a supper table in Austin, a child’s remark on fullness, and rustic aphorisms from plantation and frontier voices. The bits showcase regional humor and social quirks through period language.
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey County
Herat
M. R. Patterson
Attorney-at-Law
Cambridge
Shaffner Building
J. C. Steele
Hutchison Block
Marlott
Sam’l C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
Physicians and Surgeons
C. A. Moore
Cambridge, Ohio
Postoffice
L. C. Wells, M. D
Taylor Block
E.j.blair,m.d
Davis Block
Herald Office
J.C. Warne, M.D
Wall's Drug Store
WM. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Hosital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D. C
Hutchinson Block
Apl
Sly Cambridge
J. R. Downar
Eagle Hotel
Hotels
Hering
Lea Iing
Antrim
J. M. Albaugh
Exchange Hotel
John W. Robinson
Zanesville, Ohio
WM. Kirk
Thompson
Crow
Farmers Hotel
Mill Street
Wm. Rainey & Son
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Col. Broadway
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smith
Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
James Canada
James Stevens
Scott's
S. S&. Carnes
Fred
Pine Street
Main
Garrett
D. K. Kyle
Marble and Granite Works
Marris
Lambert Thomas E. Harper Jefferies
Lambert Thomas & Co
Produce and Wool Commission
North Water St
N. Wharves
Me. McPheesee
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Newnom & Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
E. McCollum
W. A. Rainey
Allegheny Mountains
True & CO
Augusta
A. N. Llogg
R.h.shumway
Rockford, IL
Cheay Rece
J. E. Shepard & CO
Elm St
News OF the
Foreign Intelligence
Egypt
Kinglake
Eothen
Cairo
Mr. Kinglake
Dgath
London Spectator
United States Fish Commission
Union
Chicago Herald
Maid of the Mist
Northern Pacific Railway
WIT and Wisdom
Y. Herald
Hartford Times
Newport
Mamie
Mamma
Harper
Charley
Arkansaw
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