Important U S Financial and Tax Updates From Washington
In a broad briefing sent to readers, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue classifies makers of cordials bitters and tonics as rectifiers if their products are sold as alcoholic beverages, with licensing implications for liquor dealers. Secretary Folger orders sanitary inspections for ships leaving London Liverpool. Treasury reports include a $4400 conscience money payment, a dispute over trade dollars authority, mint silver dollar issues at $824000 for the week, and a $100000 damages suit against Postmaster General Gresham. Clearing house exchanges reach $1,007,000 for the week, while 3 percent bonds are recalled. Treasury reserve at $142,001,796.
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Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Department
Treasury
Washington
M. A. Dauphin
Louisiana Lottery Company
Walter Q. Gresham
United States
Folger
New England States
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States
National Treasury
Not Found at Niagara Falls Webb Lost
The famous English swimmer Captain Webb attempted to swim the rapids at Niagara Falls on the afternoon of the 24th. He breasted the rapids but disappeared in the whirlpool. his body had not yet been found.
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Webb
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Langtry
New York
Europe
Alaska
Edwin J. Gaddis
Jamesport
L. L
Sarah
Ida Hamton
Newark
N. J
Audean
Newport
Nianticoke
Aail
Schenectady
Crane Iron Works
Catasaqua
William Dunn
Robert Reed
Samuel Harland
Jersey City
N.J
Lewiston
John H. Pettingill
Monte
New Hampshire
United States
Chandler
Bingham
American Rapid Telegraph Company
Brotherhood of Telegraphers
Longfellow
Cambridge
Mass
Dante B. Putuurs
Weston Evangelist
White Mountains
Martin’s
Hanson Springer
Queenstown
Ont
Captain Webb
Suspension Bridge
Boston
Buffalo
Falls
McCloy
Pier Collapse at Tivoli Disaster Kills Dozens Near Baltimore
A catastrophic accident at North Point Tivoli excursion site near Baltimore on July 25 caused the barge Cockade City to strike the wharf and collapse the pier. About sixty to seventy died, many women and children were among the victims, with bodies recovered at Henderson's Wharf and two hundred excursionists reported. An inquest opened Tuesday, pointing to rotten timbers and possible criminal liability for the property owners.
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Barrowore
North Point Tivoli
Patapsco
North Point Lighthouse
Holly Grove
Tivoli
Mt. Royal
Catholic Church of
Amanda Howell
Henderson’s Wharf
Henderson's Wharf
Captain Webb Drowned After Niagara Rapids Swim
Captain Matthew Webb arrived via Buffalo and announced a rapids swim at four. He swam from Maid of the Mist area, passed the rapids by 4 37, entered the whirlpool and disappeared, with reports confirming his death after searches by Frederick Kyle and companions.
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Niagara Fats
Matthew Webb
Buffalo
Clifton House
Jack McCloy
Maid of the Mist
Captain Webb
Frederick Kyle
Queenstown
Lynching of Polk City Murderer Stirred by Mob
Des Moines Iowa July 25 Hardy the Polk City murderer was taken from a jail in Harlan and hanged by about fifty masked men who traveled from Maine. They tied the jailer and his wife handed over keys, freed the prisoner, hanged him, shot him, and threw the body into the river. Sheriff Chature holds the body as the mob dispersed. In Syracuse New York the Board of Aldermen barred Salvation Army street parades.
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Julia Blake
Hantax
Hosmer
Lee
Fulton
N. Y
Haulan
Bridgeport
Conn
Howe
Almeda
Maggie Cramp
Joseph ‘Cramp
Pine Creek Valley
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Charles E. Upton
Allan Campbell
New York
Welsh
Missartz
Mount Joy
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio Company
Brotherhood
Northeast Harbor
Fall River
Mass
Butler
Sprague
Rhode Island
Monier
Haley
Scranton
Newark
N. J
Thomas Swann
Maryland
Leesburg
Seabird
Milwaukee
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Col
Grant
Rosebush Agency
North Point Tivoli
Baltimore
Memphis
Enn
Harlan
Hardy
Polk City
Llano County
Tex
Huntsville
Ala
Miss Walker
Ivafield
Rich Hill
James Rand
D. P. Proctor
Georgia House of Representatives
Camden County
Anthony Wilson
Claremont
Leoxano & Blackies
Piqua O
Soldiers and Sailors
Columbus
Robert B. Beath
Phildelphia
Bank of
Leadville
E. L. Campbell
Tunlinois
Frank Drake
Waccamaw River
Horry County
D. C
Marsh T. Polk
Tennessee
Tur Ward Iron Company
Niles
Miles City
M. T
Rigney
Lynchburg
Mahone
John Barbour
State Central Committee
Wis
Des Moises
Maine
Watkins
Chat‘ure
Fatal Carlton wreck leaves twenty five dead
A Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad excursion near Carlton N Y ended in disaster Friday night when a standing freight car on the main line was struck at high speed. Twenty five killed and over thirty injured include engineer and fireman among the dead. Names of the dead and wounded listed. coroner's jury to reconvene. authorities seek how the car was left on the track. The tragedy also claims Hon. Thomas Hoyne who was reported among the dead and features a daylight robbery attempt on a bank cashier nearby.
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America
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Alexandria
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al Cairo
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Ogdensburgh
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Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
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Thousand Islands
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Jane Carl
Lansing
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Mich
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Bay City
Ashley Tyler
Camden
N.Y
J.C. Wortley
Latine
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Benton
Booth
Burnham Bostwick
Toledo
Thomas Stalls
Watertown
Leslie
Crombe
Adams
Dower
Jane Care
Jennison
Philadelphia
Hall
Master Chancey
William Rockafeller
Mme
Josephine Lefevre
Bay Cit H
K. V. Manda
Bay Cit
Mime
Lefevre
W.T. Hall
Mis. Briggs
Battle’ Creeks
Miss Hall
W. T.’ Hall
Alles Jenison
C. W. Stone
Batte Creek
Alexander Towers
Meridian
Anna Me
Dudley
Salisbury
E. S. Gould
Carthage
Arman
Lyndonville
Hoyne
Michigan Central
Niagara
Ogdensburg
White Mountains
Saratoga
Mr. Hoyne
Death and Destruction from Italian Island Earthquake
Reports from Ischia and Casamicciola describe a devastating earthquake killing about three thousand on Ischia and Casamicciola, with towns ruined, hotels sunk, and thousands injured or missing. Nobles and officials fled to aid victims as fear of a second quake grows.
August A Season Of Languid Heat And Ideas
August is described as a dull month with heat lingering like oven warmth and minds in a daze. Yet it offers schools closing, potential sermons and essays, and a chance for intellectual ripening, with authors seeking novels and writers finding yeasty ideas that mature by September. Included are mentions of lawyers on vacation, readers seeking beach or forest escapes, and the broader mood of a slow, contemplative month.
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North Woods
Norway
Charles Dudley Warner
Harper's Magazine
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