Naval Board to inventory three Roach cruisers at Delaware Works
A board led by J F Nanscomb J B Hoover Richard Gatewood and Lewis Nixon will examine and inventory the Chicago Atlanta and Boston cruisers under construction by John Roach at Delaware Iron Works Chester Pa. Also notes pension agent fees and various federal actions including rivers and land grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Board
J. F. Nanscomb
J.B. Hoover
Richard Gatewood
Lewis Nixon
Delaware Iron Works
Chester
Chicago
Atlanta
Boston
John Roach
Whitney
Yantie
Swartara
New Orleans
Washington
Latur
Harrison
General Land Office
Northern Pacific Railroad
Wallula
Washington Territory
Lamar
McFarland
United States
Mason
Marseilles
Robert G. Sims
Greenville
Miss
Thornburg
Utah
Secretary of the Treasury
Corwin
Arctic
Atlantic
Eliza
Walker
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Congress
Legislative
Luther M. Milly
Rights of
Lima
L. Harrison
Meily
Ohio
Vandeveer
Bishop
Wright
C. B. Judd
Indian Bureau
Judd
Colorado
Exterior lights to guard Grant tomb from vandalism
Park Commissioners decide to illuminate the exterior of General Grant's tomb after repeated desecrations, turning to electric lighting to deter further damage and preserve the monument and brickwork.
Wheat and corn yields for Kansas and national notes
Kansas boards report winter wheat 9,649,000 bushels from three quarters of counties, Spring wheat 1,250,000, corn 198,000,000. James W. Marshall dies at 74 in California. Brow and Scott assignments announced in Detroit. Amalgamated Traders and Steel Workers elect officers in Wheeling. Fire destroys Sturtevant Lumber planing mill in Cleveland. Vandereouck found safe in Baltimore. Grant Monument Fund passes $50,000. Confederate relic horse moved to Richmond. Donahue brothers die after quarry collapse. Florists convention in Cincinnati. Poisons strike families near New Philadelphia. Gas suffocation kills two near Charlotte. San Francisco report on Arthur C. Preller case. Amanda Towne murdered. suspect Benner killed by mob. Jonesboro murder confession and arrests. East Saginaw strike ends with hours and pay dispute. Sixteen mills at eleven hours, four at ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
James W. Marshall
California
Kelsey
Sturtevant Lumber Company
John F. Vandereouck
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Saratoga County
N.Y
Grant Monument Fund
Chicago
Stonewall Jackson
Richmond
Frank
John Donahue
Davis
Youngstown
National Society of American Florists
United States
Daniel Ashbaugh
New Philadelphia
Richerson
Dayton
Charlotte
N. C
Amos Garland
Charles Kerr
San Francisco
Maxwell
Arthur C. Preller
Preller
Amanda M. Towne
Mad River
North Fork Mill
Cal
Henry L. Benner
Benner
Jonesboro
East Saginaw
Mich
Cholera Rages in Spain Amid Deaths and Unrest
Reports show 3 510 new cholera cases in Spain and 1 33 deaths in 24 hours with the Archbishop of Seville among victims. Across colonies, Catholic dignitaries mark a silver jubilee in Charlottetown while famine and riots accompany the disease as moral and civic strain rises. An expedition boat capsize near Royan leaves eight dead as authorities struggle with outbreaks and dying civilians.
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Spain
Seville
Lake Missiassini
Sydney
Australia
General Grant
Grant
Canada
Charlottetown
Chatham
N.S
Prince Edward Island
Congo
Marquis Buonofanti
Casman
Equator
Montreal
Board of Health
Clinic
Granada
Royan
France
Gironde
Athletes Sprint Past Team Then Fatal Crash Ends Rider
A pack of bicyclists overtook a team between Girard and Fairview Pennsylvania on the 10th and spurred a race that left their harnessed horses unmanageable. Driver August Guelcher was thrown and crushed by the wagon dying instantly. Other brief items note assassination attempts on Hugh Kinney in Shawnee Colorado, a European political aid meeting in Chicago, and military orders over cattle on the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation.
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Girard
Fairview
August Guelcher
Hugh Kinney
Shawnee
Kinney
Chicago
Parnell
Riddleberger
Virginia
General Mills
Department of the Missouri
Krepps
Charlevoix
Mich
William Gilson
Edward Gallagher
Beaver Island
Aurora
Thomas Hartington
Apelaide Rupowin
Cleveland, O
Garfield
Kansas State University At
Lawrence
Queen's Speech Outlines Sudan, India, and Europe Policy
The Queen delivers a prorogued Parliament speech detailing the Khartoum campaign’s setbacks, Russia-Afghanistan tensions, and efforts to defend India. It notes Somaliland and South Africa events, colonial defense steps, and reforms in Ireland and Scotland. Lord Vane Tempest dies, and notices from Paris and Constantinople recount Russia-England diplomacy and Turkish unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nile
Khartoum
India
New South Wales
Red Sea
EL Mahdi
Egypt
Russia
Ameer
Afghanistan
South Africa
Buchanaland
House of Commons
Mous
Australasia
Ireland
Lord Randolph Churchill
Ridgeway
Zuliar Pass
England
Lord Vane Tempest
America
Paris
St. Petersburg
Zulficar Pass
Constantinople
Kremakhoog
Dneiper
Poltava
Destructive cyclone hits Norwood New York August storm
A powerful cyclone struck Norwood New York on a Wednesday afternoon, causing seven minutes of terror with hail and heavy rain. Homes, bridges, and factories suffered severe damage as several fatalities and many injuries were reported. rail lines and culverts were washed away and repairs expected to take days.
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Norwood
N. Y
West Potsdam
Norfolk
Fitzgibbons
Nicholas Martin
Ormsby
Knapp’s Station
Richard McCormick
Peter Gebo
William Hathaway
Stephen Leslie
E. E. Avery
David Fitzgibbons
Baldwin Place
Amsterdam
Hoffman's Ferry
Turnpike Bridge
St. Johnsville
New York Central
Saratoga
Boston
Western Union
Lester Chatterton
Here
Charles Slade
Chatterton
Creal
Vicky Springs
Granite Street
Balloonist Glorieux Rescued After Channel Drift
An exhausted aeronaut, M. Glorieux, was picked up out of the English Channel by a New Haven packet. He ascended at Lille aiming for Paris but contrary currents carried the balloon seaward over Calais and Boulogne, making a landing impossible. The car touched water as land disappeared from sight. Glorieux had made many prior ascents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Glorieux
English Channel
New Haven Packet
Lille
Paris
Calais
Boulogne
Mr. Glorieux
Massachusetts English mission held by many notable presidents
The Boston Transcript notes that in forty five years Massachusetts has held the English mission about half the time under ten of thirteen presidents. It praises a line of eminent men from the state who served in this office, naming the Adams family, Daniel Webster Everett Bancroft Motley and James Russell Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Loas
Adamses
Everett
Bancroft
Motley
Lowell
Boston Transcript
Rail line spur spurs growth in Southern Black Hills
Construction of the Black Hills branch of the Sioux City Pacific Railway drives settlement in the Southern Black Hills counties. The project accelerates development and attracts homesteaders seeking new opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Sioux City & Pacific Railway
Postal law cuts stamp to two cents for ounce letters
The Chicago Journal notes a new postal rule allowing an ounce letter to be sent for two cents. It highlights how a young woman can write to a friend she has not seen in ten hours using two sheets, avoiding cramped margins and cross writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
Manitoba Farm Goods Not Subject To Execution
A recent act exempts a settler's household effects and furniture from seizure and also protects 160 acres of land and buildings up to 25 000 dollars in value. The Chicago Times notes this provision as protection for settlers against creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Chicago
Questioning Crown Marriages in Royal Law
The text argues there is no legal prohibition on royal marriages, citing Henry VIII as an example with five marriages to illustrate that a queen or king may wed multiple times without losing the crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Henry Vil
Special delivery system to start October first
Postmaster General Vilas has arranged the special delivery of letters at 620 post offices following the last Congress decision. The service will begin on October first, with ten cent stamps added to regular postage. Messenger boys, substitute carriers, and salaried messengers may operate, under strict postmaster guidance to ensure public utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wiles
Ion
Vilas
Treasury Department
United States
Fober
Representatives of the Peoples' Party Meet in Saratoga
Saratoga August 15 report a meeting of about forty People s Party representatives including ex Senator Boyd Lewis F Post Dr Ferdinand Segar and Robert Blissert. Segar chaired and was later named permanent chairman. A committee led by Boyd drafted principles urging government issued money as legal tender and proportional taxes. State Convention set for September 9 in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Peoples’ Party
Boyd
Lewis F. Post
Ferdinand Segar
Robert Blissert
New York
Segar
T. B. Carroll
D. M.S. Fero
Roberts
New York City
Water Spout Hits Dakota Valley Drowning Immigrant Family
Advices from Deadwood report a water spout near Lone Tree Creek Chadron Dak last Thursday flooding the valley drowning four men two children and harming horses. A family of immigrants camps on the creek loses the head of the family who drowns saving two children. The mother survives clinging to a wagon box. A four year old is found alive next morning in White River after floating debris. The flood trails show many dead horses and grading tools.
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St. Paul
Minn
Deadwood
Lone Tree Creek
Chadron
Dak
White River
Death of Mrs Helen Hunt Jackson in San Francisco
Mrs Helen Hunt Jackson known as Hl H died in San Francisco at age fifty one while visiting friends. Her first husband Major Hunt of the U S Army was killed by a premature torpedo explosion. Now married to Colonel Jackson of the Denver Rio Grande, she authored Ramona and One Summer. She was contracted to write for Century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Helen Hunt Jackson
Hl. H
Major Hunt
United States Army
Colonel Jackson
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company
Ramona
The
Century
Oklahoma Boomers Dispersing at Caldwell Camp
The Payne Oklahoma colony at Caldwell Kansas is breaking up per Captain Couch orders. The administration signals a move toward opening Oklahoma soon. Some colonists will freigh t to Reno while others take hay contracts. Coach and Secretary Blackburn stay to manage correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Kan
Payne Oklahoma Colony
Couch
Oklahoma
Reno
Blackburn
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey
E. W. Mathews
W.S. Heade
Hutchison Block
Cambridge
W. A. Carpenter
Cambridger
Davis Block
Sam’l C. Ludcock
Attornecy-at-Lawyz
Wv. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey
Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott
Attorneys-At-Law
New Taylor Block
Physicians and Surgeons
L. C. Wells, M. D
Taylor Block
Main Street
J. CO. Steele
Fred. L. Rosemond
Steele & Rosemond
Old National Bank
WM. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Hospital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D. C
Hutchinson Block
Aplyssy
J.M. McGill
City Drug Store
Adams Building
Myli
Cumberland
Ushderla
Aaser
Gero
E. Cendree
Janii’s
Joseph Morton
Eagle Hotel
W.A. Gill
Marlots
Arcade Hotel
Cambridge, Ohio
Wiliam Weaver, Prop’r
Fiirst
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell, Ohio
John W. Robinson
Ire
Eouusse
Garner Market
Fourth Streets
Avm
Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
Thompson
Crow
Farmers Hotel
Mill Street
Rainey & Son
Mar
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Col. Broadway and
South
Washington, Ohio
James Smite
Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
James Canady
Pine Street
Main
Marn
Cambridge, O
DR. Kyle
Lambert Thomas
F. Harper
ES. McPhErs
Boots
West Main $T
Jsoan Aloss
C Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
Det Stly
News OF the
Pennsylvania
Erie
Cayuga & Lake Shore
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Ithaca
Michael McManus
Patrick Mahon
Fahey
William A. Pond
Henry M. Oliver
Federal Street
West Canada Creek
Poland
Tillie Viebow
Minnie Krutzberg
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Pacific States
Glenville
Carrie Loeschmad
Hancock
Mr. McGregor
Gordon
Georgia
Lee
Philo Hurd
Bridgeport
Conn
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Naugatuck
New Haven
Hudson River Road
Morgan
Ed Goulding
Mussel Shell River
Montana
Goulding
Joseph P. Carberry
Ohio State Board of Charities
Hoadly
Lyman J. Jackson
Perry County
Joe Stout
Napoleon
Scott
Adorep A
Cipcun
Eddyville
Robinson Dunham
Proctor Creek
Wetzel County
St. Louis
John C
Jeancleigh
Johnny the Snake
Union
Missouri Pacific Railway
Ovier
HW. Hi. Veitch
Avent
Hallet? & Co
E. McColla i
South End
Corrs
Belore
Broad Road
Once & Co
Augusta
Tye
T. C. Stanley
Rpaper Frangseer
Ovier’s
Blue Bell
ULC. & M. Junction
Point Pleasant
Hartford
Senecaville
W.H. Atkinson
Vice Press
Batesville
Valley Railway
Emred
C. Mi. Ys
Cleveland, Independence
Akron
East
Uniontown
Greentown
New
Berlin Lake Park
Canton
Crossing
A. m
Valley Junction
Lake Park
New Berlin
Independence
Cleveland
Abs. Mn. Demi
Tae Tee
Isaac Reynolds
R.A. Carran
Yen’! Pass
W.M. Bmi
Master Transportation
Sac
Pennsylvania Greenbackers
National Labor Party
Rollins
Mrs. Dale
Stokes
Dale
James
Mallinckrodt Convent
Wilkesbarre
O’ Hara
Europe
Oswego Falls
N. L
D. J. Hamburg
Syracuse
Battle Monument Association
Bennington
J. P. Rinn
New Hampshire
Natick
Mass
Bayard
Louis Riel
Greenwood Tron Works
Parrott Tron Company
Greenwood
Daniel Noll
Reading
Augustus Wentzel
Bankers & Merchants’ Telegraph Company
United Lines Telegraph Company
Bankers & Merchants
Brakes
Comrmission
Foreign Intelligence
Vane Tempest
N. Say
Hoffman
Perry
Betna
State of
Dakota
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