Panic Averts Bankruptcy Of Baring Brothers Bank
The Barings risked collapse after heavy losses in Argentine securities and a $12 million withdrawal for the Russian government. The Bank of England, the Rothschilds, and other European banks intervened, stabilizing the firm. Editorials praised the rescue and noted the long history of the Baring Brothers, with links to Ashburton and Webster relations shaping its prominence.
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Baring Bros
Ins
Republc
Baring’s
Baring Brothers
Wallstreat
Baring’a
The
London Times
Savona
Overend, Gurney & Co
Bank of England
the Times
London
Fgstantes
London Pal Mall Gazette
Baring
Bankx of England
Rothschilds
Destructive Trestle Wreck Near Salem Oregon
A southbound Overland Pacific train plunged from a Lake Labish trestle near Salem. The engine and cars broke apart, with nine to ten dead suspected and many injured as bystanders and rescuers worked amid fires and wreckage.
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Overland Pacific
Lake Labish
Salem
Oregon
Nihe
McFauden
En ‘Impathy
C. Griebel
Milwaukee
Wis
Oriesa
Navy Medical Service Seeks Recruitment and Reports
Surgeon General Browne in his annual report to the Secretary of the Navy laments long standing vacancies in the Medical Corps since the Civil War. He notes Congress has not adopted the department's pay and qualification proposals. The Mare Island Medical Board failed to fill more than five candidates. In 1889 the bureau acted on 2037 pension cases with 207 remaining. Of 18,444 examined for naval service in 1889, 4852 were rejected for physical disqualification. Infections admitted to treatment totaled 12,029 with 8102 on ships, 1505 in hospitals, 2332 at navy yards. Total deaths 205, including 111 at sea, 70 in naval hospitals, 22 at navy yards. The overall mortality ratio was recorded per 1000.
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Browne
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Congress
Department
Mare Island
Cal
Naval Service
Washington
Margaret &. Watkins
Senator Quays
General W. Benev
Bureau of Ordnance
Secre of War
Treasury
Treasury Department
Secretary of War
Smith
Ryan
Carles Steadian
United States Navy
South Carolina
Granét Dewey
Bureau of
State Department
John D. Delile
Bristol
England
Procton
Desperate Fight for Church at Boschritz Transylvania
In Boschritz Transylvania a clash at a church between Saxon and Rouman forces over a new pastor turns deadly. A candlelit assault ends with six killed and sixteen wounded as factions struggle to gain control of the edifice.
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Boschritz
Transylvania
Cwmin
Wry
Bank closure sparks panic era across Eastern markets
The North River Bank in New York City closed amid the Wall Street panic with five minor failures reported at the Stock Exchange. Census Bureau granted Mayor Grants request for New York City census returns. A fishing party perished near Ipswich Bay and multiple fatal accidents occurred in Erie and Pennsylvania rail and road incidents. A notable death is mathematician Stovano Gatoven of South Weymouth for paralysia at age eighty one.
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Middle States
North River Bank
New York City
Stock Exchange
Grant
Census Bureau
Washington
Themar Wapswonrty
John Whalen
William Hastings
Ipswich Bay
Mass
Luthersaura
Pennsylvania
Dubois
Lttle
Schuylkill Valley
Nerpetra
Reading
Stovano Gatoven
South Weymouth
Mars
Cranes H. Easrey
John H. T. Mayo
P. W. Gastaupet & Co
William F Owens
Wall Street
Wide-ranging late 19th century troubles across the U S and world
Reports of suicides and violent deaths touch Kansas City and Walter Hester in North Carolina. Typhoid outbreak in Clementville Ohio with 89 cases and 25 deaths. Train crash near Mil tersburg Indiana kills James Finley. others fatally injured. Ann Arbor riot injures students and a militia. Fires destroy Wertheimer building San Francisco and Burton Ohio. Various political and military notices including naval reports, consular death, and a Honduras revolution unfolding.
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Setar Joxz3
Kansas City
Waa
Hall & Willis
Tr.p.sarpens
Justica
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Fort Smith
Walter N. Hester
North Carolina
Clementville
Ohio
Miltersburg
James Finley
John Garisay
Ann Arbor
Mich
Bettween
Wertheimer
San Francisco
Cal
Burton
Jopls Davin R. McLeEox
Ofieavings Bank
Savannah
Channel Jones
Sam FP
Jenna
Evangulian
Jim Fong
Cartersville
Jones
West Superior
Wis
Brooklyn Broker Albert H Smith Charged With Forgery
Albert H Smith of Brooklyn is jailed on a forgery charge involving six years of schemes at the firm Malls Robeson Smith. He admitted guilt before arrest and transferred his property to aid creditors. The loss to the firm is about 270000, with some recovery anticipated.
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Albert H Smith
Columbia Street
Brooklyn
Mully, Rolron & Smith
Broadway
New York City
Watson
Smuth M.hs
Walker Logan
Smith
Cumberland Street
Byrnes
Charles Bodell
Ship
Malls, Robeson & Smith
Albert H. Smith
Washington Park
Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club
Oxford Club
Homeopathic Hospital
Clinton Avene Conegational
Uruddington
Plymouth Church
Tas
Smit
Thurman Bids Farewell to Public Life at Columbus Banquet
Ex Senator Allen G Thurman announces withdrawal from public life at a grand Columbus banquet honoring his 77th birthday. The Thurman Club event featured Grover Cleveland, John J Lentz and other dignitaries, with toasts on Our Guest and Citizenship in America drawing loud applause.
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Allen G. Thurman
Columbus
Fourteenth Regiment
Cleves
John J. Levtz
Thurman Club
Clevelyand
Joseph Mc- Donald
Mr. Thurman
Aven W
Mc- Donald
Don M. Dickinson
W. C
Breel~ Wuride
Thomas Ewing
Oye
Grover’ Cleveland
R. A. Norrison
John A. Watterson
Daniel Lamentu
Facksin
Lentz
America
Cleveland
Mooral
W. c. B. Breckinridge
Don
J. Dickinson
Tammany Hall
County Democracy
Rotten Bridge Tragedy Hits Kansas City Freight Train
A ruined bridge at the Kaw River mouth in Kansas City Missouri collapsed under a Kansas City Wyandotte Northwestern freight train. Several workers died or were seriously injured as the engine and five cars plunged, fire broke out, and survivors struggled amid a chaotic rescue.
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Kaw River
Kansas City
Ax Oock
Packiing
Patch
Alen
Allen
Pateh
Henry Walliams
Thirty killed as tram crashes near Salonica
A railway tram carrying a large number of soldiers was wrecked near Salonica. Reports say thirty killed and many wounded as a heavy shelling and a fire followed the collision. A nearby temple corner is to be rebuilt as a twenty story, 100 foot high structure.
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Astub
Salonica
Irs
Tho
CME
Cains
Diverse 19th Century Uproar Sweeps Nation in Report
A sprawling recap covers suicides and lynchings. bank and brokerage failures. boiler disaster in Pennsylvania. drownings skating on Elk Lake. liquor and temperance committees in Georgia and Denver. legal cases in London. Russian troop actions near Moscow. wind fatality in Hopedale. U S political shifts with senators elected. a Czech or Alsace crime. Cuba train derailment.
Carey Wins Wyoming Senate Seat in Territorial Era
James M. Carey Republican Territo rial Delegate in Congress won a Senate seat securing 39 of 46 votes over Democrat George W. Haxter. The Territory transferred 4000 to the State and left a 230000 debt. Carey, born in Sussex County Delaware in 1845, was a Union College educator and Penn Law graduate who served as U S Attorney and territorial Supreme Court Justice.
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Warren
Wyoming
Chey-enne
James M. Carey
United States
Carey
George W. Haxter
Caray
Suxox County
Del
Union College
Law Department
University of Pennsylvania
Siz
Supreme Court of the
Territory
Dynamite Blast Kills Family Member at Canter Quarry
A dynamite explosion at Canter’s stone quarry in Tama Ohio injures four and kills one family member. The blast leveled a shack, sent debris across the area, and blew nearby horses from their stalls. Injured residents and nearby workers are reported. authorities search for missing people and clear wreckage.
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Tama
Ohio
Canter's
Kadesak Chird
George Figher
Mit
Henry Waunkop
Ivan
Che Sane
Ava
Charles Surkert
Smile
Honduras
Birchall Hanged for Benwell Murder in Woodstock Jail
J Reginald Birchall was executed by hanging at Woodstock jail for the February murder of Frederick C Benwell. He refused to confess claiming innocence, exchanging a final handshake with the hangman before the drop. The crime trace shows Birchall lured Benwell from New York to Canada and killed him near a swamp before fleeing with accomplices.
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Boston
Mass
Esuso
Franklin H. Basco
Montpelier
Gregory, Batton & Co
Randall & Wierum
New York City
TanEt
Mertztown
Penn
J. Reginald Birchall
Woodstock
Canada
Frederick C. Benwell
Benwell
Firchall
Langman
Birchall
Chamberlain
Birchalhyieade
Maine Launches United States Armored Cruiser at Navy Yard
The Maine shipyard ceremony in Brooklyn featured Secretary Shaw and officials as the armored cruiser was launched amid crowd and ceremony. The ship, protected by heavy armor and a plan to mount turrets, is expected to take about a year to complete, with delivery to follow.
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United States
Maina
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
New York
Shaw
Whitney
We Navy Yard
O'Clork
Gang of Metals
Sas
Alice Wilmerding
Secrsary Lraug
Father Neptune
Haship
Great Holt
Li Wall
Maine
Chivage
Baltimore
Treasury Report Shows Record Revenue and Surplus
The Treasurer James N. Austen reported fiscal year results with ordinary expenditures at 207 million and a surplus around 105 million. Revenue reached 400 million with internal revenue contributing 11.7 million and bond premiums accounting for part of the surplus.
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United States
James N. Austen
Winsom
Treasury
Tigasg
Wits
Ua Potoedies Department
Sano
Allan Ysu
Tess
Seadoo
Capsized ship near Dalmatia and many lost
A sailing vessel with crew and a party aboard was capsized by a sudden wind off Dalmatia. Thirteen survivors were rescued and many perished, with 38 dead and 109 missing as authorities organized search operations along the coast.
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Inborere
Unitas
Brazgs
Dalmatia
Beth
War Department outlines fortifications and army reforms
Secretary of War Proctor renews coast defense plans under the Fortifications act. New York harbor houses three mortar groups and long-range guns. Boston harbor one group. San Francisco one group. Gunmaking progresses with Bethlehem Works delivering eight, tenduch and twelve-inch breech-loading guns by November 1893. Navy limits on the Great Lakes may need revision as Canada can send fifty British war vessels. Desertions decline. proposed pay and rank reforms aim to curb favoritism and open promotions. Post-traders reduced from forty-two to about thirty-seven. aligns with frontier towns growing near posts. National Guard expansion is urged along with 75 army officers as agricultural college instructors. Statues of Sheridan and Logan await pedestals. Hancock statue funding to be adjusted. Alaska exploration and survey recommended. Next year’s estimates total 43 749 936.77 with salaries, military establishment, public works, and miscellaneous expenses.
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Tannepee
New York Harbor
Boston Harbor
San Francisco
Bethlehem Ron Works
Great Britain
Great Lakes
Board of Fortifications
Proctor
Schofield
Ife
War Department
Congress
West
Eitiey
Clus
National Guard
Sheridan
Logan
Hancock
Alaska
Army and Military Academy
Revenue Marine Division report on fleet operations and needs
Captain Shepard reports for the Revenue Marine Division that 36 vessels sailed 288109 nautical miles examined 23101 ships with 15 violations and 304616 in fines. Eighty distressed vessels aided valued at 2500000, 43 people rescued, 15 assisted in other ways. Expenditures were 037003 and 17212 for anchorage lines. Manhattan is inadequate and should be replaced by a larger steamer. Alaska vessels enforced salmon act of 1889 with new ships needed. Growing Pacific traffic requires another duty vessel. Boston New York Philadelphia Chicago San Francisco ports will require replacements within two years.
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Shepard
Revenue Marine Division
Wwlnehat
New York Harbor
Manhattan
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
San Francisco
Grettly
Pacific
Printing Bureau Plans End of Steam Press Era
The report by Captain William H. Jers dith, chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, notes the decision to permanently discontinue steam presses in plate printing due to Congressional limits. Substitution with hand presses was hampered by contract forms, yet efforts kept government operations running. Expenditures totaled 3h,010,270 with $7779 unspent. 702,020 sheets of various securities and stamps were produced, along with drafts and other government work. Projections for next year indicate a 15 percent rise in planned work and an 8 percent increase over the prior period. The bureau expects to meet all demands promptly.
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Willam H. Jersdith
United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Congress
Duran
United Sprites
Internal Revenue and Customs
Editorial and consumer health debate on cures and quacks
The piece surveys many medical approaches from regular physicians to homeopaths faith healers and patent medicines, arguing that knowledgeable doctors are preferable. It cites the Buffalo Commercial and Rochester papers, plus a reader letter praising Warner's Safe Cure, and notes artificial pearl production and the potential of English walnut grafting as a future economic opportunity.
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Ousta
Christian Scientista
Rochester Union
Buffalo
Rochester Morning Herald
Warner
Bright
D. F. Shriner
Scioto Gazette
Chillicothe
Ohio
Remarkable Cave Found Near Pilot Knob by Galena Hunters
A party of Galena sportsmen found a cave four miles from Galena while duck hunting near Pilot Knob. They explored a half mile or more, saw vaulted chambers with stalactites ice and mineral cubes, and evidences of a prehistoric occupancy. They brought back specimens including stalactite and stalagmite cubes and broken pottery. The Globe-Democrat notes 98 evidences of the discovery.
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Pilot Knob
Galena
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Hall's Catarrh Cure claims and Toledo ads offer
An 19th century mixture claims a 100 dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by J Cheney Co Toledo. It lists distributors, praises the product and notes testimonials. Also mentions Indian police strength, Dobbin's Electric Soap, and a large Virginia chestnut crop.
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Toledo
Algne
J. Cheney
Sli Buiness Transacions
West
Seoax
Watbrixa
Kinxan & Manyin
O. Hall
India
Dobbins
Virginia
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Cure for Female Weakness
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female weakness and enfeeblement. It claims shown relief with a money-back guarantee if not effective and urges women to learn about the product and use it, noting Dr. Pierce’s Pellets regulate the stomach.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
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