Victoria and Camperdown collision sinks flagship Victoria
The British battleship Victoria was sunk off Tripoli after a head on collision with the Camperdown during a maneuvre. Vice Admiral Tryon and 21 officers drowned. about 250-400 crew saved or lost as boats capsized and rescue attempts failed. News from London reports rapid loss of life and official inquiries begin.
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Tryon
Jane
Victoria
George C. Tryon
K.C. B
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Camperdown
Tyron
Syria
Damascus
Hay Werc
Battleship Gap
Charles Johnstone
Admiralty
Athbert UW. Markham
Trataleur
Edo
Vripoli
Malta
Chaplain Morris
Lieut
Munro
Rickard
Harding
Deadman
Hatherly
Seaton
Gunner Howell
Tarnard
Carpenter Beall
Inelis
Grieva
Fawkes
Henley
Gambier
Scarlett
Allen and Savage
Armstrongs
Iller
Chicago
George Tryon
Ashuiral Tryon
Cays
Nasal
Sebastopol
Sebasterpoland
Winburn
Tunis
Sfax
Just
Secretary Carlisle orders July interest prepaid on bonds
The Treasury directs Morgan to anticipate the July interest on the 4 per cent United States bonds and Pacific railroad bonds. Total due 7 554,000 with 1,900,000 for Pacific rail bonds and 5,640,000 for 4 per cent bonds. Holders may present coupons for payment without rebate and cash July interest checks on receipt.
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Hindon
Carlisle
Morgan
United States
Pacific Railroad
Ile
San Francisco
New York
Pacific Coast
Gaudaur and Hanlan Bet $1,000 Side for Orillia Race
Toronto reports C Gaudaur and Hanlan have deposited the final 4100 to stake $1,000 a side for a quarter mile race at Orillia on July 22. Gaudaur also deposits 8500 forfeit against Stansbury for a $2,500 purse and world championship, to be rowed on Lake Queinsiga mond, Mass.
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Toronto
Ont
Gandaur
Hanlan
Orilla
Gaudaur
Stansbury
Lake Queinsigamond
Mass
Special items from the era span famine drought and crimes
Reading rehabilitation plans fail due to lack of assets. Peasants suffer crop losses from drought across the German empire. World’s fair admissions reach 127,272 in a day, 2,875,200 total. Kansas populist railway officials plan tariff fights. Two men die from black damp while digging near Manitowoc Wisconsin. Rev Dr Samuel Hart elected bishop of Vermont. Brazil’s Jackson Park exhibit delayed two weeks after Olivera death. Czar thanks Russian US extradition negotiators. A 19 year old in Alliance Ohio dies after a sleep fall. Nelson Grocery Emporia burglary and fire cause $5,000 loss. Faulkner County Wheel editor G G Farmer dies after fall. Elk Grand Lodge elects Ashley Apperly and Allen C Myers as leaders. Frick and Butterworth plan to build iron mill in Pindley Ohio for projectiles. Typhus sweeps Munich soldiers with 400+ cases and seven deaths, blamed on food quality.
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Kansas
Grath
Flerman Welke
Manitowoc
Wis
Samuel Hart
Trinity College
Episcopal Church of Vermont
Marshall Oliveira
Brazil
Jackson Park
Russia
United States
James Starkey
Alliance
Nelson Grocery Company
Emporia
Kan
G. G. Farmer
Faulkner County Wheel
Conway
Ark
Elk Grand Lodge
Detroit
Ashley Apperly
Louisville
Allen C. Myers
Cincinnati
H. C. Frick
Carnegie Company
Ben Butterworth
Pindley
Ileckert
Munich
Gas Explosion Kills Five In Susquehanna Coal Slope
In Wilkes Barre on Thursday night an explosion at the Susquehanna Coal Co shaft No 6 gangway No 6 slope near Nanticoke killed four men and a boy instantly and badly injured three others, while eight workers were present.
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Wilkesbarre
Nanticoke
Susquehanna Coal Company
Man Dies Trying to Save Comrade in Spoon River
Lewiston Newfoundland reports two young Spain, Nova Scotia businessmen E Fleming and Frank Ross drowned at Bernadotte in Spoon River. Ross gave his life attempting to rescue his comrade. Also notes the sudden death of Congressman J. W. Mittehler of Pennsylvania from heart disease.
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Lewiston
E. Fleming
Frank Ross
Spain
Bernadotte
Spoon River
Ross
Grand jury fails to indict in Sam Bush lynching case
In Decatur Illinois on June 24 the Macon county grand jury reported failing to indict any leaders or participants in the Bush lynching. Judge Vail berated the panel for not following oath duties and warned of potential new juries or further actions. Leaders C D Britten W H West and Thomas Atterberry were identified amid threats of violence if arrests occurred.
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Decater
Ill
Sam Bush
Faris
Vail
Circuit Court of
Macon County
C. D. Britten
W. H. West
Thomas Atterberry
Mills
Bush
Death of a diplomat McCoy dies in Monrovia
William D. McCoy Indiana born diplomat and minister resident to Liberia died in Monrovia May 14 and was buried with military honors. He helped Stephen A. Dorsey become U S senator and served Helena Arkansas in multiple civic roles before his 1882 appointment by President Harrison.
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New York
England
William TD. McCoy
Indiana
United States
Republic of Liberia
West Africa
Monrovia
Mr. McCoy
Cambridge City
Ind
Helena
Ark
Stephen A. Dorsey
Dorsey
McCoy
Harrison
Alexander Clark
Town
Large iron mines idle in Lake Superior district
Eight hundred workers lose jobs as Norrie East Norrie and Pabst mines at Ironwood shut down last night. Present indications suggest about two thirds of district mines will be idle by July 1.
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Negauner
Mich
Lake Superior
Norrie
East Norrie
Pabst
Ironwood
Wealthy California fruit grower killed after sleepwalk from train
Melenza Mc Leod of Stockton California, a wealthy fruit grower, was killed instantly when he walked from a Denver and Rio Grande train near Canon City while asleep. He was en route to Chicago and leaves a wife in Denver.
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Denver
Cal
Melenza McLeod
Stockton
Canon City
Chicago
Poison Suspect Siblings in St. Louis Family Tragedy
Police suspect Maud McKibben, 19, poisoned dinner at her father John McKibben’s home, leading to the deaths of his wife and daughter and illness of another daughter Mrs. J C Biggs. Maud avoided dinner while others fell violently ill after soup and cabbage. Evidence reportedly shows she bought paris green recently. The family, well to do, faces jealousy as a motive.
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St. Louis
Charles Stewart
John McKibben
St. Luke’s Hospital
J. C. Biggs
Wetzel
Maud
McKibben
Biggs
Maud McKibben
Paris Green
Express Robbery Aboard Rock Island Train
United States Messenger Spear was bound by a robber aboard the Rock Island westbound train after Virginia Nebraska to Beatrice Nebraska. The thief used a rope and revolver to force entry to a small safe, taking 300 dollars before escaping as the train slowed at the Union Pacific crossing. Spear was found bound upon arrival in Beatrice.
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St. Josefn
Rock Island
Virginia
Neb
United States
Spear
Tompkins
Spears
Union Pacific
Beatrice
Oil-Well Shooter Dies in Glycerine Wagon Explosion
Bradford Pa June 24 A glycerine explosion near Guffey station kills oil-well shooter Andy Muldoon who carried 200 quarts of glycerine. His overturned wagon slid down a hill and shocked nearby residents. No trace of Muldoon or the horses was found, only scattered flesh noted in the woods.
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Bradford
Guffey Station
Andy Muldoon
Guffey
Muldoon
Methodists Hold Exhibit but Cover It on Sabbath
Curiaco June 24. Methodists decide not to withdraw their world’s fair exhibit but will cover it on the Sabbath. Church committee calls the directorate’s pledge betrayal harming Chicago’s business integrity. Burned to Death in Jail Dunvin Minn June 24. Three men jailed for drunkenness reportedly perished in a fire with their charred remains found among the ruins. Black Diphtheria in Michigan HonLanp June 24. West Olive reports a malignant diphtheria outbreak. a 17-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl die, two siblings ill, father also sick.
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Curiaco
Church Committee
Directory
Congress
United States
Chicago
Dunvin
Minn
Virginia
Michigan
HonLanp
Mich
West Olive
Here
August Brecker
World’s Fair to Host Sunday Sermons in Festival Hall
Curiaco announces a standing schedule of weekly religious services at the world’s fair. The first service is Sunday at 3 PM in Festival Hall with Rev. Dr. H. W. Thomas delivering the sermon.
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Curiaco
Festival Hall
H. W. Thomas
Widow Angeline Demarrie Dies at 121 in Wisconsin
Mrs. Angeline Demarrie died at her daughter Mrs. H. S. Allen’s home in Cuieewa Falls Wisconsin on Thursday night She was born in 1772 making her 121 years old Her father was a Frenchman and her mother a Chippewa Indian
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Cuieewaa Falls
Wis
Angeline Demarrie
H. 8. Allen
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Little Kanawha Lumber Company
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Fostoria
Charles Foster
Fostoria Light & Power Company
Rome
Caleb Wright
Vienna
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Austrian Galicia
Bellarmre
Lyda Anderson
St. Clairsville
James F. Hobson
Hobson
Jourrtt
Charles W. Andrews
Anperson
John R. Brunt
Anderson Iron & Bolt Company
Brunt
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Clearing House
People’s Home Savings Bank
Cataract Bank
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Pune
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Friedman & Friedman
Adams Street
Ilenry Sheldon & Co
Coffee and Tea Commission
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American Banker
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Boston
Creesy & Noyes
Benning C. Noyes & Co
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J. Wi. Mittehler
Decatur
William D. McCoy
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