Frightful Fate on Atlantic City Rail Collision
Philadelphia dispatch describes a deadly Atlantic City excursion train crash at May's Landing New Jersey. One passenger James McSweeney killed instantly. forty one injured and many burned or scalded. Conductor and engineer held on manslaughter charges. multiple victims transported to Philadelphia hospitals.
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Philadelphia
James McSweeney
Atlantic City
May's Landing
Frst
Pelmell
Sarah Collins
Pennsylvania Hospital
Sarah Weight
Camden
N. J
Union Hotel
David McDistal
Mra
Katie Welch
Lillie Grace
James Sweeney
Mary Henrietty
Fred Carr
James Mullen
Mary Waddell
Edward Arken
Hoe
McCrystal
Lille Grose
C. M. Hoagland
Edwin Aiken
Wright
Jas. McGovern
Kose Murphy
Kate Murphy
Mary Gallagher
Greatest Turf Pretime Event Despite Late Laborious Times
In Rochester and St Julien battle for a track record with Maud 8 and Sleepy Bonac among the horses. St Julien shows 2:12 best record while Maud 8 runs 2:14. Crowds cheer, odds swing, driver Orrin A Hickok leads the heat trials and judges confirm the fast times.
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Rochester
N. Xe
Maud
St. Julien
Bonac
All Darby
Oret
Hin Gret
Redwater
Bair
Cincinnati
St. Julien’s
Stone
Hickok
Prem
Train wreck near Spring Valley injures many in New Jersey
Jersey City Aug 12 An east bound New Jersey railroad train derailed a half mile east of Spring Valley tumbling thirty feet down an embankment. Several passenger cars were wrecked but only a few coaches spared. many passengers were injured though none killed.
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St. Paul
St Paul
Duluth
City
Minneapolis
Peter Martin
John Ervine
George Adams
Jersey
N. J
New Jersey Railroad
Spring Valley
London
Midland
Leeds
Lancaster
Morecambe
Wennington
Northern Belle declares dividend and lists Central Pacific directors
In San Francisco on August 12 the Northern Belle declared a 50 cent dividend. A stockholders meeting of the Central Pacific railroad company elected directors Leland Stanford P Ayntington Charles Crocker OC F Crocker E H Miller je M W Huntington and E W Hopkins.
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San Francisco
Atshoanngal
Oenteal Pacific Railroad Company
Leland Stanford
P. Ayntington
Charles Crocker
OC. F. Crocker
E. H. Miller
M. W. Huntington
E. W. Hopkins
Alaska Revenue Woes Prompt Reform Plan
The Washington special reports the Treasury dissatisfied with Alaska governance. It cites wasted revenue collection funds and criticizes Sitka Collector Ball as ineffective. A proposed fix: replace the current machinery with four justices of the peace with broad jurisdiction, a plan to be sent to Congress.
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Inter Ocasa
Aregsury
Alaska
Ball
Sitka
Bitka
Alaska Commission
Department
Congrem
Indians Cross Rio Grande in Mexican War Zone
A Santa Fe special reports 75 to 100 Indians from Victorio's band cross the Rio Grande near Quitman heading into Chibanhane. Col DeValle will try to stop them as Col Grierson's force holds water and passes north. A later column of about 100 Indians follows, possibly the main group.
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Denver
Santa Fe
The
Tribune
el Paso
Victoria
Mexico
Ft.Quitman
Eagle Springs
Rio Grande
Quitman
Chibanhane
DeValle
Victorio
Col. Grierson
Gen. Hatch
Miemberes
Mogollon Mountains
Col. Buell
Fort Cummings
Slocum
Las Placitas
Jease Martin
Lew Wallace
Galveston
Tex
San Antonio
Army
Guatemalan Rail Contract Extends to San Jose Ext
A contract signed in Guatemala extends the San Jose and Excuintla railroad toward the capital for 45 miles. Contractors William Nanne and Louis Schlessinger recently finished the extension from the republic’s principal port to Excuintla, a 33 mile section, with an eighteen month timeline.
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Panama
Guatemala
San Jose & Excuintla
Wm. Nanne
Louis Schlessinger
Republic
Excuintla
Nicaragua
Corinto
Leon
Honduras
San Salvador
Coste Rica
Lima
Callao
Chilian Times
Treasury transfers gold bullion to Philadelphia mint for coinage
The treasury department moved 5,000,000 in gold bullion from the New York assay office to the Philadelphia mint for conversion into gold eagles and half eagles.
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Washington
Treasury Department
New York
Philadelphin Mint
Cleveland and Providence Baseball Scores Reported
Cleveland defeated Worcester 6 to 3 and Providence beat Sellall 6 to 0 on August 12. Cincinnati defeated Boston 7 to 2 while Buffalo lost to Troy 5.
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Cleveland
Clevelands
Worcesters
Providence
Sellall
Cincinnatis
Bostons
Buffalo
Troys
Buffalos
Democrats nominate Wright for governor at Tennessee meeting
Nashville delegates nominate John W. Wright a debt paying Democrat for governor while repudiationists nominate S. F. Wilson. In Buffalo the tenth annual National Liberal League convention to meet in Chicago September 17 18 and 19 will select or endorse a presidential ticket.
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Nashville
Tenn
State
John W. Wright
S. F. Wilson
Buffalo
National Liberal League
Chicago
Veterans parade draws 15000 in three mile procession
Ohio on Aug 12 saw a grand veterans parade with an estimated 15,000 participants. Regimental groups bore old battle flags and ensigns, sometimes with a single member carrying a flag. The presidential party watched from carriages.
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Ohio
Republicans Unite Behind Hartford Rallying Call
The Herald hails Connecticut Republicans for subordinating personal rivalries to party welfare at the Hartford convention. It notes the GOP in Connecticut and other swing states show skillful canvassing, shaping strategy to outmaneuver opponents.
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New York
the Herald
Connecticut
Hartfort
Lodiana
Quarter mile and other races at Saratoga list winners
Saratoga meet results include the three quarter mile dash won by Dan Sparling with Jeri cho second in 1 18, Keener stakes two miles with Luke Blackburn first and Gledalia second in 3 354, Mile and a quarter won by Spotilla with Telemachus second in 2 154, and one mile dash won by Warfield with Dank second in 1 44.
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Saratoga
Dan Sparling
Jericho
Luke Blackburn
Gledalia
Spotilla
Telemachus
Warfield
Dank
Oregon Steam Navigation Company Receives Stay Amid Fraud Case
Stockholders in the Oregon steam navigation company win a stay of proceedings before witnesses are examined and obtain discovery in a suit against the Oregon railway and navigation company the Pacific company and the Trust company. The case questions conveyances as fraudulent transfers.
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New York
Oregon Steam Navigation Company
Oupreme
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
The
Pacific Company
Trust Company
Oregon Railway,and Navigation Company
Donohue
Treasury Orders Shipment of Silver Dollars to Three Mints
The department to day purchased 375000 ounces of fine silver for delivery to the Philadelphia San Francisco and New Orleans mints. An order was issued for shipment of standard silver dollars from U S mints at the expense of the mints upon deposit of United States currency notes or fractional coins with an assistant treasurer. Smaller sums will be mailed free of postage at the sender's risk.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
San Francisco
New Orleans
United States
Mayor Cooper Declines Chair of World’s Fair Committee
New York August 12 Mayor Cooper declines chairmanship of the executive committee for the world’s fair and W J Strong is chosen. Cooper notes expansion could be in Central Park but needs special legislation. committees were named and the executive committee subject to the chair’s call.
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New York
Cooper
W. J. Strong
Central Park
Pirates raid Norwegian ship in Cork harbor theft of rifles
At 1 am a large shore party in six whale boats boarded the Norwegian ship June at Queenstown, looting three rifle cases and cutting Cork telegraph wires. The captain and crew were confined in the cabin. Six men were arrested, part of a shore party amid about a hundred involved in the raid.
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Cork
June
Queenstown
Boute
Horse Express
President urges federal aid for southern education reforms
The president promotes using national resources to supplement inadequate southern education, citing vast ignorance and two million lacking schooling. He notes Reconstruction success hinges on educating the uneducated as the war ends, with land deeds and appropriations seen as tools to secure universal schooling. A miner report from Running Water claims a Cheyenne lode vein bonanza near a tunnel top.
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Sewor Srage
United States
Northwest Territory
Olio
South
America
Congress
Seabody Educational Fund
A. I. TH. Stuart
Virginia
National Treasury
Union
Messrs
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