Washington Notes on Exports and Quarantine News
Exports of breadstuffs for August totaled 16.46 million dollars, down from 18.88 million in August 1883. Eight months to August 31, 1884 show 96.0 million against 114.2 million prior year. Surgeon General Hamilton says quarantine keeps yellow fever and cholera risks away. Harry Kislingbury named cadet-at-large at Annapolis. Treasury bought 400,000 ounces of silver for New Orleans and Philadelphia mints. Ohio crops report droughts in July and August with severe impacts on pastures and stock feed.
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Hamilton
Marine Hospital Service
Harry Kislingbury
Kislingbury
Greely
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Treasury Department
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Boiler explosion devastates Lykens Valley colliery
A boiler blast at the Lykens Valley colliery on the 17th seriously injures Paul Schultz Joseph Dunlap and George Bright and fatally scalds Elmer Kocher. Four boilers exploded hurling debris. mining will pause for weeks. A salary and rent cut across Cambria Iron Co affects about 4000 workers after October 1.
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Lykens
Pa.) Valley
Paul Schultz
Joseph Dunlap
George Bright
Elmer Kocher
Cambria Iron Company
Johnstown
Anna Rutter
Reading
American Political Alliance
W.L. Ellsworth
Pennsylvania
Charles H. Waterman
New York
United States
Philadelphia
H. H. Bingham
Charles O'Neill
William D. Kelly
A. C. Harmer
Pittsburgh
J & Co
Maine
Robie
Redman
H. B. Eaton
Eustis
W. T. Eaton
Annie C. Nutt
Captain Nutt
Dukes
Uniontown
Laconia
Worcester
Mass
Richard Flynn
Eddy Sheridan
Randall Brothers
Sea View
William Abbott
Albert Derby
Glassboro
N. J
Anthony Thompson
Essex County
New Jersey
West Orange
N.J
Irish National League
League
Army of the Cumberland Association
Rochester
N. Y
Phil Sheridan
Henry M. Cist
James Fullerton
John W. Steele
Peter Clark
Albany
John A. Hearn
Boston & Hoosac Tunnel
J. B. Storm
Congress
William H. Payne
New York City
Williamstown
Camden & Atlantic Railroad
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Stehtion
John Onr
James Irwin
Explosion kills locomotive engineer in Wisconsin rail disaster
A boiler explosion on a farm engine at River Falls on the 16th killed engineer Charles Eiker and fatally scalded Cheney Chapin. A broad stretch of incidents follows including fires in Detroit, a fatal stabbing in Ohio, train wrecks in Indiana and Illinois, and multiple deaths from accidents and violence across several states.
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Wis
Charles Eiker
Cheney Chapin
John Hunter
James Jones
Corning
Ohio
Jones
Detroit
Mich
Alexander Moore
Delbridge, Brooks & Fisher
Grand River Avenue
Farmer City
Ill
Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway
Hendricks
Peoria
Samuel Wannamaker
Youngstown
Grand Council of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria
Pittsburgh
Kentucky
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
Indiana
Delaware
Tennessee
New Jersey
West Virginia
Baltimore
Mary Frances Xavier Walde
Order of Sisters of Mercy
America
Mount St. Mary’s
Manchester
N. H
Horatio (. King
Nevada
National Democratic Committee
John H. Dennis
King
Cleveland
Allen Miller
Congress
Lizzie Baxter
New York
New York Journal of Commerce
William Searcy
Nelson County
Searcy
Portland
Oregon
Custom House
Utsaladdy
Washington Territory
British Columbia
Victoria
Columbus
R. A. Day
Leadville
Col
Vanderbilt
Robinson
Charlotte
Knights of Malta
Philadelphia
Charles McClintock
Winds State Board of Agriculture
Chicago
RE. C. Larned
Illinois
Lake Forest
Muskegon
Temple Manufacturing Company
Wilmington
Del
Edward Redden
Zephyr lieutenant dies after mistaken fire in Kinpai
Dispatches report Lt Hubbard of the British warship Zephyr killed when Kinpai forts were fired on by Chinese forces in error. Two thousand French troops landed at Kin Pai Pass, demolished repaired fortifications, and defeated Chinese camps with heavy losses despite being outnumbered.
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Kinpai
Foo Chow
Kin Pai Pass
Min
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Ontario
Carling
Eva Hattie
Naples
Italy
Republic
Windsor
Canada
McGregor Iron Works
Essex Mills
San Francisco
Papeete
Tahiti
London
Dudley
Stephenson
Brooks
England
Egypt
Alexandria
Two River Steamer Fires Claim Several Vessels At Fulton Landing
Morning Mail and Bonanza burned to water edge at Fulton landing near Cincinnati on the 20th while the lighthouse tender Lily suffered upper-works loss. Valuations were 30 000 and 24 000 with 20 000 insured on each vessel. Lily damage estimated at 10 000. Various other incidents reported include deaths, fires and a railroad collision with casualties.
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Bonanza
Fulton Landing
Cincinnati
Lily
Pennsylvania Railroad
Market Street
Newark
N.J
Nashville
Tenn
Sam
Will Wells
Hoyle
Baltimore
Marta Messer
Boston
Mass
New York Associated Banks
Washington Monument cap-stone set for November first
Workmen prepare derricks to place the pyramidal roof stones atop the Washington monument five hundred feet high. The cap-stone weighs about twelve tons rough, will weigh about one and a half tons after marble removal, and is to be armored with copper. Relic hunters seize chips as souvenirs while the roof nears completion. If progress holds, the cap-stone will be iced in position by November first.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Capital
Treasury Department
New Orleans
Amoun
Southern Express Company
Treasury
Attorney General
Internal Revenue
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Oldest Known Black Man in New Jersey Dies in West Orange
Anthony Thompson, born in 1798 in Somerset County, known as Essex County’s oldest and best known colored man, died at his West Orange residence. He was enslaved early, later bought his freedom, and spent years with the Ward and Williams families, eventually living in Orange.
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Albert Delgroat
Commodore Vanderbilt
United States
Richfield Springs
N.Y
Watertown
N. Y
Jerry McCauley
New York
Water Street
Cremson
Twentythird Street
Pennsylvania
James B. Everhart
Rindskopf Bros. & Co
New York Clothiers
Coal Center
Connellsville
Coke Producers? Association
Pittsburgh
Newark
N. J
Anthony Thompson
Essex County
West Orange
Anthony
Artan
Somerset County
Phillip Duryee
Raritan
Dominie
David Lilles
Samuel Ward
Carnetown
Mt. Clair
Mr. Ward
Williams
Death of a Friend of Lord Byron in New Orleans
New Orleans reports the death of Henry Frellsen an elderly merchant and former Danish consul he was over eighty four native of Copenhagen and a friend of Lord Byron since youth Frellsen supported Greek independence arming ships and supplied aid to natives He possessed Byron autographs and letters and left a large family and wealth after two marriages.
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New Orleans
Henry Frellsen
Denmark
Copenhagen
Lord Byron
Byron
Whales Seen Off Cape Flattery With Vast Herring Herds
A Washington Territory report describes a spectacular sight off Cape Flattery where a large school of whales, about forty in number and up to 100 feet long, spouted and dove among a thick congregation of herring. The whales fed by sweeping up vast quantities of the fish, tail flicks and all.
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Washington Territory
Cape Flattery
Nails From Bessemer Steel Touted To Transform Industry
The article predicts Bessemer steel nails will revolutionize the nail business in the United States due to greater rigidity and tenacity with lighter weight than iron nails.
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Bessemer
Italian Silk Factories Use Child Work to Lower Costs
Girls aged ten and fifteen earn twelve cents for seven teen hours of toil in Italy's silk factories. Through frugal cooperation they cap daily expenses at half of their income, reflecting a penny wise but troubling labor practice.
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Gow
Sutson & Co
Portland
Maine
Italy
Cost to care for Indians comes to 35 456 389 31 this year
The Chicago Journal reports a yearly expenditure figure of 35 456 389 31 for duties toward Native Americans. The amount is presented as a government cost, reflecting federal obligations and welfare provisions.
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United States
Chicago Journal
First Annual Meeting of American Forestry Congress
The American Forestry Congress opened its first annual meeting in Saratoga with Hon. George E. Loring delivering the opening address. He outlined forestry as a national priority, pressed forest preservation, and praised recent forest laws in Ohio and New York. Officers and papers on the Adirondacks and New York water courses were slated for today.
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Sarasoga
American Forestry Congress
George E. Loring
United States Commissioner of Agricultural
Loring
Ohio
New York State
Adirondacks
N. C. Thompsons Suspension Prompts Fifty Per Cent Stock Plan
Rockford Ill September 17 The suspension of banker and manufacturer N C Thompson draws modest concern as creditors favor a plan to pay fifty percent of claims in Thompson Manufacturing Company stock. Liabilities likely under 60000, assets exceed debts, farmers in Scotch settlement held about 159000. other banks untouched and general optimism prevails.
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Rockrorp
Ill
N. C.thompson
Thompson
Singer, Nimické& Company
Excise Board Employees Deemed In State Civil Service
New York excise commissioners argued to be state officers under law. Attorney General OBrien says excise regulation began in 1643 and state government has long treated excise staff as state employees. Therefore all excise employees statewide must submit to Civil Service examinations.
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Albany
N. Y
A. Schoonmaker
O'Brien
Civil Service Commission
Schoonmaker
Excise Board of
New York City
British Association of Science Excursion Returns
The British Association excursion passed through Wigsbee to the Rocky Mountains and back. In the mountains, Professor Selwin and Mr Law son of the Dominion Geological Survey and Dr Royal of Manchester survived a rockfall while collecting specimens. A reception followed at Princess Opera House with Sir Richard Temple praising Northwest Territory soil. Half the group will visit Yellowstone and major eastern cities. the rest head back to eastern Canada via the lake route.
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Man
British Association
Rocky Mountains
Selwin
Lawson
Dominion Geological Survey
Dr. Royal
Manchester
England
Princess Opera House
Richard Temple
Association
Northwest Territories
Yellowstone Park
New York
Boston
Washington
Canada
Montreal
Cow Dies After Rattlesnake Attack Near Mt Hamilton Nev
A man near Mt Hamilton Nevada reports a cow fleeing in terror with a rattlesnake clinging to its nose. He could not calm the animal, and after half an hour she collapsed. He killed the snake, which had thirteen rattles. The cow died shortly after.
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Mt. Hamilton
Nev
Denver Tribure
Drunken Rider Wins Speed Match At New Haven Road House
A Wayback citizen type drove a shabby horse to a New Haven road house and challenged a flyer owner to a race for large stakes. After laughs, the match occurred and ended with the rider, a noted jockey, prevailing on a horse with a proven pedigree. The stunt echoes ancient tactics.
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Wayback
New Haven
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Ohio and Nearby States
Reports from Cincinnati to Akron describe a series of tremors on September 20 with shocks lasting up to thirty seconds. Cities including Columbus Detroit Indianapolis and Adrian reported movement of buildings furniture and chandeliers- no major damage noted.
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Bee Line
Fuller
Quincy Street
Sergeant Line
Payne
F. A. Coburn
Coburn & Barnum
Blackstone
Cincinnati
Ohio
Coyington
Cutter Street
Covington
Worthington
Mt. Vernon
Delaware
Columbus
Capitol University
M. C. Lilley & Co
Ohio State University
Cuscaco
Detroit
Louisville
Indianapolis
Auburn
Ind
Ligonier
Indiana
Wellington
Lansing
Mich
Capitol
Derrort
Adrian
Ann Arbor
Port Hynox
Ursinanti
Crcir
Archibald
Fostonia
Deriancr
Telepo
Akron
Jamaica seeks change in government with Dominion talks
Jamaica would prefer a representative provincial government within the Dominion of Canada if Jamaica is admitted. Hon Michael Solomon, after a conference with Canada's premier, warned that the United States might be asked to present terms if Canada rejects the proposal. He noted Jamaica lacks manufactures and opposes the current high tariff.
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Ottawa
Ont
Michael Solomon
Jamaica
Dominion
Canada
United States
Prisoner Escape After Assault on Deputy in Watertown Jail
Deputy Sheriff Seaton entered the county jail quarters when five inmates rushed him, bound and gagged him, and escaped with keys secured. Rewards are offered as search parties pursue the fugitives.
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Watertown
N. Y
Seaton
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