Treasury reports cholera risk paper tags imported via Canada
Treasury officials warn that low grade paper tags from Egypt, Turkey and South France, possibly carrying cholera, are entering the United States through Canadian ports. A large Liverpool shipment prompted the alert as authorities assess health and trade controls.
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Treasury Department
Egypt
Turkey
France
United States
Liverpool
Messrs. Cisson & Co
Walent
Shington Manuport
General Hazen
Nichols
Washington
Schley
St. Johns
Portland
Gresham
Philadelphia
New Orleans
San Francisco
Iron works accident and ore strikes in multiple states
Reports describe Zachariah Taylor nearly decapitated by a hot rod at Cambria Iron Works Johns town Pa then rescued by Thomas O’Neil who is badly burned. Other items note Hungarian workers en route to Alabama coal mines, a Parker railroad embankment collapse killing two and injuring others, a Swanton Vermont post office safe robbed, and various political and industrial incidents across the country.
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Cambria Iron Works
Johnstown
Zachariah Taylor
Thomas O’neil
Taylor
O'Neil
New York
Warrior
Alabama
Parker
Swanton
New York Democratic State Committee
Albany
New Hampshire
Concord
Independents
Boston
Chicago
L. O. Thompson
Freddie Bishop
Medina
N. Y
Illinois River
Sidney
Ill
John May
Conshohocken
United Order of American Mechanics of Pennsylvania
J. F. Koechlin
Pittsburgh
Nathaniel Sylvester
Shelter Island
Long Island
Sylvester
Charles II
Horsford
Harvard University
William W. Johnson
Greenpoint
L. I
Johnson
Niagara
Havana
Edward T. Condon
Western Union Telegraph Company
Court of General Sessions
Condon
Fifth Avenue
Register
Smyth
American Cable Railway Company
Bomba
A. B. Darling
Ramsey’s
N. J
Darling
Monongahela River
Henry Bloom
Baltimore & Ohio Express
Baltimore
Cumberland
Bloom
New York City
State Greenback Congrern
Crematory plan unfolds on city outskirts modeled after Le Moyne design
The project proposes a public crematory near the city outskirts modeled after Le Moyne in Washington with a natural gas furnace. Separately two eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad freight trains collided near Bainbridge Pa on the 18th injuring none and wrecking twelve cars and an engine. A fire in New York on the 18th destroyed multiple clothing stores with losses totaling 36000 dollars. For the week ended the 18th, 215 business failures were reported in the United States and Canada, up from 198, led by Carnart Whitford & Co and other firms. Liabilities reached 1,556,000 with 189,898 contingent, assets 911,562 actual.
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LeMoyne
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bainbridge
New York
Stone & Fischer
B. Gardner
Goldsmith & Plant
United States
Canada
Western
Middle States
Carnart, Whitford & Co
Clothiers
Milwaukee Siphon Under River Nearly Finished Time
Under the river at Milwaukee Wisconsin the siphon for the sewerage system nears completion. It is the largest submerged pipe in the world at fifty two inches diameter and will drain much of the city into the lake costing about five hundred thousand dollars. Colonel T O Shackelford ex Surveyor of the port of Louisville died recently at Gainesville Florida. He was a prominent politician and well known across the South.
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National Education Association
Madison
Wis
Blandin
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Supreme Court
Central
Illinois
Decatur
National Anti- Labor and the Nation
San Francisco
Butler
California
Chicago
Bankers’ and Merchants
Baltimore & Ohio Panies
Western Union
Texas State Comptroller
Abovo
Lexington
Blue Grass Cooper Shop
J. D. Dillard
J. H. Campbell
Phil B. Thompson
HeNp Deerson
Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway
Indiana
Cincinnati
Peter Neider
Ruskin
Redding
Iowa
Eli Quigley
Dr. Quigley
Acters
Embra
Greenback
Lana F Murphys
Lynch
Quigley
Northwestern Mutual of
Milwaukee
Bankers? Association
Duke & Sons
Durham
N. C
Cedar Springs
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wagar
Johnson & Link’s
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway
J. W. Wasson
Buckeye Brewing Company
Toledo
Thatcher
Lawrence Thompson
John Connors
Phillips
Troy
N. Y
Kansas City
Casey
National Teachers’ Association
F. Louis Souder
St. Louis
Connors
T. Oo
Shackelford
Louisville
Gainesville
Fla
South
General Merritt Eyes Vv for United Certainty in London
General Merritt in London plans to examine Vv for United certainties as the American Consul assigns a physician to assess sanitary conditions. A warrant is issued for Missionary Paul Hammer of Nevada. French demand to withdraw Chinese troops from Tonquin frontiers rejected. war seems imminent. In India, Bastile celebration rocket explodes at Pondicherry killing 15. A gunpowder plot to blow Salisbury’s monument fails.
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London
United
Vienna
Paul Hammer
Nevada
Shanghai
Tien-Tsien
Tonquin
France
Tsung Li Yamen
Pondicherry
India
Salisbury
Lord Herbert
Pesth
Hungary
Prince of Wales
James B. Eads
The
Society of Arts
Toronto
Thomas Gilbert
Montreal
Campbell Company
New York
Mozart
Marseilles
Arles
Toulon
Almeda
Portugal
United States
Pratt
Cork
Queenstown
Ferdinand van Hoeuhstetters
Harrington
England
Panama
Cholera Precautions and Disasters Reported
The president urges strict precautions to prevent cholera importation while Treasury directs revenue vessels to patrol U S coasts. Quarantine may extend to Canada and Mexico as yellow fever spreads. an $78000 epidemic fund will cover costs.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Revenue Marine Service
United States
Gulf Coast
Canada
Mexico
Rescue of Greely Expedition Reaches Cape Sabine
The Thetis and Bear rescued Lt A W Greely and eight others from the Lady Franklin Bay expedition after 9 a.m. June 22 near Cape Sabine Smith's Sound. Seventeen perished from starvation. detailed list of dead and survivors released along with notes on final transport and burial plans.
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Navy Department
A. W. Greely
Brainard
Fredericks
Long
Beiderback
Connell
Ellison
Lady Franklin Bay
Godhaven
Thotisand Bear
Eskimo
Turvevik
Disco
Greenland
Cross
Wedenek Eskimo
Linn
Lockwood
Jewell
Ellis
Ralston
Wedenck Eskimo
Henry
Schneider
Rice
Salen
Bender
Parey
Gardner
Jens Edward
Esquimaux
Greely
Fort Conger
Baird Inlet
Smith’s Sound
Payer Harbor
Cape Isabella
Sir George Nares
Beebe
Cape Sabine
Garlington
Colwell
Littleton Island
Hare Island
Smith
Thetis
Bear
Cape York
Melville Bay
Dundee
Emory
W.S. Scuney
Sound
Aguero's Band Worsts the Regulars in Two Encounters
Private advices from Jamaica report Cuban insurgents under Aguero attacking plantations of government supporters. They burned buildings at Santa Maria and La Mercedes, repulsed by regular troops, with casualties on both sides and ongoing plans to coordinate for future operations.
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Jamaica
Aguero
Santa Maria
la Mercedes
Sagua
Official
Madrid
Pinar del Rio
Cortes
Vuelta Abajo
Cuba
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Trinidad
Cienfuegos
New York Board Ends Assisted Pauper Emigration
The Board of Emigration Commissioners adopts a rule prohibiting any assisted pauper immigrant from remaining in the United States if one member objects. All paupers will be sent back, with no exceptions, after a steamer from Hamburg brought four Jewish families. Ward's Island received the group for repatriation from Breslau, Germany, as decided by Commissioner Stevenson.
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New York
Board of Emigration Commissioners
Jackson
India
Hamburg
Breslau
Germany
Ward’s Island
Stevenson
Indian Skeleton and Relics Found in South Carolina Plowed Field
D O Potts of Lancaster County unearthed an Indian skeleton in Sugar Creek bottom lands while preparing to plant watermelons. The find included a bead necklace a tomahawk a calumet nine pipes and various buckles and relics resembling current Catawba craftsmanship. Such discoveries occur as new ground is brought under cultivation in central and upper South Carolina.
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Columbia
S. C
D. O. Potts
Lancaster County
5. C
Sugar Creek
Western New York apple buyers adopt standard barrel size
Farmers in Western New York react to a convention of apple buyers from Orleans and Niagara Counties. They agree that after October first no fruit will be bought in barrels smaller than a standard flour barrel. Dealers and farmers fear trouble when the apple market opens as the plan expands to all local dealers.
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Lockroar
N. Y
New York
Orleans
Niagara
Tribune Fresh Air Fund Sends Ten Groups to Country Holiday
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund begins its summer program with ten parties leaving New York City for two weeks in the countryside. Started in 1877 by Rev. Willard Parsons, the fund uses all donations for transport at reduced half fare rates. City missionaries select needy children and organzers ensure no office costs. Last year nearly 4,500 children enjoyed two weeks and over 5,700 visited Coney Island. two parties today included 521 children.
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New York
Tribune “Fresh Air Fund
Willard Parsons
The
Tribune
Coney Island
Fatal dress fire shocks Racine couple on Villa Street
Yesterday afternoon Frank Shirly and Miss Emma Kempf were riding when a cigar ignited her light muslin dress. She leaped from the buggy and flames enveloped her. residents smothered the fire with a carpet. Her left arm, chest, and back burned. doctors fear death. She is taken to Kenosha home. Shirly is distraught. She is about eighteen and described as very attractive.
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Racine, Wis
Frank Shirly
Eimma Kempf
Kenosha
Villa Street
Shirly
Esser
Washington Monument Views From New Elevator Ride
The Washington monument will be completed before Christmas and offer the city’s most delightful view. The capitol is seen below, with Washington spread in panorama. The Potomac beyond Harpers Ferry and Maryland mountains are clearly visible. An elevator will take visitors to the top in nine minutes.
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Washington Monument
Capitol
Washington
Potomac
Harper’s Ferry
Maryland
Thief Nabbed Near North Stonington After Selling Loot
A thief who stole a horse and carriage in North Stonington, Connecticut was nearly caught when a sheriff came by as the thief attempted to sell the loot. The sheriff tried the horse, fetched handcuffs, and soon secured the man. In Baltimore a freight sale auctioned unclaimed tombstones stored twelve years, with most items selling for five cents each.
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North Stonington
Conn
Baltimore
Paris Taxi Fees Prompt Cab Owners to Seek Cut
Paris cab drivers pay the city a franca day totaling about $730000 per year. They are now agitating for a reduction of one half, arguing the charges are excessive.
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Paris
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