Internal Revenue circulates liquor relabeling cordials as rectifiers
A Washington circular warns makers of cordials bitters and tonics sold as alcoholic beverages are to be treated as liquor dealers from July 1. Folger orders consular sanitary inspectors for ships to the U S and reports of disease on board. The Treasury notes conscience money receipts and trade-dollar authority disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Fouger
London
Liverpool
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Department
Treasury
Washington
M. A. Dauphin
Louisiana Lottery Company
Walter Q. Gresham
Folger
Anl
New England
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States
Notable 19th Century News Update From The East
The report covers Captain Webb attempting Niagara rapids and disappearing, Mrs Langtry sailing to Europe, Edwin J Gaddis drowning while rescuing others, a Newark shooting injuring two, the Audean fever ship at Newport quarantine, women stopping a prize fight in Pa, a Schenectady freight train crash, fatal burns from Crane Iron Works blast, Jersey City ordinance against underage alcohol sale, a Lewiston man defrauded at a circus, NH Senate deadlock, Am Rapid Telegraph salary pact, Longfellow property value, evangelist Puinlips death, first frost in White Mountains, yellow fever death at quarantine, Hanlan Hosmer Lee race, Howe Machine fire, Maggi Cramp drowning, new oil strike near Pittsburgh, Upton bank sentencing, NY Comptroller resignation, Pennsylvania fatal crash, telegraphers strike stance, B&O denial of compromise, Northeast Harbor Boston Miss Case killed by runaway team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Langtry
New York
Europe
Alaska
Edwin J. Gaddis
Jamesport
L. L
Sarah
Ida Hamilton
Newark
N. J
Audean
Newport
R. I
S Capes
Nianticoke
Schenectady
Crane Iron Works
Catasaqua
William Dunn
Robert Reed
Samuel Harland
Board of Aldermen
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
Daniel B. Puinlips
Boston
White Mountains
Philadelphia
Julia Blake
Hanlan
Hosmer
Lee
Fulton
Bridgeport
Conn
Piney Creek Valley
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Charles E. Upton
Allan Campbell
Compttrollership of
Henry Welsh
Alice Swartz
Mount Joy
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio Company
Brotherhood
Northeast Harbor
Miss Case
Callie White
Bal
West and South and the Swann Died Near Leesburg
West and South ThomMAS Swann former Governor of Maryland died at his home near Leesburg Virginia the other night. The schooner Seabird wreck near Milwaukee on the 24th with six Chicago crewmen drowned. Grand Army encampment opened in Denver with over ten thousand veterans in the parade. Sioux sundance at Rosebush Agency drew ten thousand. Catholic excursion crowd at North Point Tivoli near Baltimore many drowned. Fire in Memphis Virginia destroyed property worth about 200000. Masked men hanged Hardy in Harlan Iowa after abducting him from jail. Carriage skeletons found under a Llano County tree may be English tourists struck by lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thommas Swann
Maryland
Leesburg
Seabird
Milwaukee
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Col
Grant
Rosebush Agency
North Point Tivoli
Baltimore
Memphis
Venn
Harlan
Hardy
Polk City
Llano County
Tex
Huntsville
Ala
Miss Walker
Rich Hill
James Rand
D. P. Proctor
Georgia House of Representatives
Camden County
Anthony Wilson
Claremont
Leonard & Blackies
Piqua O
Columbus
Lawson
Scanlan
Lexington
John B. Kidd
Robert B. Beath
Philadelphia
Bank of
Leadville
E. L. Campbell
Trunk Lines
New York
Grand Trunk
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Frank Drake
Waccamaw River
Horry County
S. C
Marsh T. Polk
Tennessee
Ward Iron Company
Niles
Miles City
M. T
Rigney
Lynchburg
Mahone
John Barbour
State Central Committee
Wis
Postmaster General Montgomer y dies at Silver Springs
MoNTGOMERY Buiard once Postmaster General under Lincoln dies at his Silver Springs Maryland home on the 27th aged seventy. Other items note an insane prisoner attempting arson at Richmond Virginia Penitentiary buildings housing seven hundred, thwarted by a steward. A Fort Worth Texas storm wrecks nine buildings and injures three. St Louis saloonkeepers vote to ignore the Sunday law and stay open. Polk’s ex-treasurer counsel seeks new trial on grounds of jury incompetence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Buiard
Lincoln
Silver Springs
Virginia
Richmond
Fort Worth
Tex
St. Louis
Polk
Tennessee
Severe storm damages Exeter hotels churches in Ont
A wind and rain storm swept Exeter Ontario on the 23rd causing heavy damage to hotels churches and houses though no lives were lost. In Hamilton an elephant named Barnum's Prince died recently at thirty eight years old valued at twenty thousand dollars. Major General E O C Ord died in Havana on the 23rd from yellow fever.
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Exeter
Ont
Barnvum
Prince
Hamilton
E. O. C. Ord
United States Army
Havana
Maryland
West Point
Lee
London
France
Hungary
Austria
Lake Lugano
Switzerland
Cretewayo
America
Cetewayo
Damietta
Tanalap
Metalla
Chobar
Samanoud
Mehalet
Zifteh
Mansoura
Ghizeh
Menzaleh
Alexandria
Pedro Carbo
Guayaquil
South America
Sir William Fenwick Williams
Kars
Eng
Sir Charles Dilke
House of Commons
Europe
England
al Cairo
Sherbin
Mehalla
Tantah
Kafrelhamza
Mexico
Tamatave
Pierre
Zululand
Trains, Fires, Disasters Mark Late January News
A Rome Water Town Ogdensburg excursion train struck a freight car at Carlton Station killing 22 and wounding 35. A fire in Minneapolis destroyed 350000 in property and five states saw losses. Skiffs capsized in Mississippi river killing five. An Ischia earthquake killed 3000 and injured 800. In Sicily a mine explosion killed 35 of 70 workers. Yellow fever deaths in Havana reached 48. French sortie near Hanoi killed 1000 enemy. 11 French fatalities. A Norwich Bridgeport lightning storm killed several. Francisco Barca Spanish minister killed himself in New York. The Olio crew drowned near Matane. Egyptian cholera deaths tallied by city and province. Captain Webb’s body found in Niagara River. Masonry fund set for his family.
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Rome, Watertown
Ogdensburgh
Carlton Station
Thomas Hoyne
Chicago
Minneapolis
Minn
Lincoln
Neb
Mayersville
Miss
Casamicciola
Ischia
Bay of Naples
Caltanisetta
Sicily
Havana
Madagascar
French Ministry of Marine
Badens
Hanoi
Norwich
Bridgeport
Conn
Francisco Barca
United States
New York
Europe
Joseph Hays
G. Hays
Albert Gordon
Matane
Can
Egypt
Cairo
Zifteh
Barrage
Mehalla
Shirbin
Tantah
Ghizeh
Mugamr
Zagazig
Galonbieh
Garbieh
Nenonfieh
Captain Webb
Niagara River
Lewiston
Boston
England
Baltimore Pier Disaster At Tivoli Exposition
A large crowd was drowned when the outer end of a pier collapsed at the North Point Tivoli excursion site near Baltimore. About 60 to 70 people died, many women and children, as barge Cockade City struck the wharf and fell into ten feet of water. The incident prompted an inquest and questions of responsibility as authorities recover remains and identify victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
North Point Tivoli
Patapsco
North Point
Holly Grove
Tivoli
Mt. Royal
Catholic Church of
Amanda Howell
Henderson’s Wharf
Captain Webb Drowned After Niagara Rapids Swim
Captain Matthew Webb arrived at Niagara on Tuesday and announced a river swim to four o'clock. He began at 4 24 PM and, after passing the rapids by 4 37, was last seen during the whirlpool and is presumed dead. Frederick Kyle, Webb's manager, ordered a search toward Queenstown with no tidings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
N. Y
Matthew Webb
Buffalo
Clifton House
Jack McCloy
Maid of the Mist
Captain Webb
Frederick Kyle
Queenstown
Lynching of Polk City Murderer Reported in Iowa
Hardy, the Polk City killer, was taken from Harlan jail by about fifty masked men before dawn. They tied the jailer and coerced his wife to surrender keys, released Hardy, hanged him, shot him, lowered him, and threw the body into the river. Sheriff Chatborne holds the remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatborne
Syracuse Aldermen Bar Salvation Army Street Parades
The Syracuse New York Board of Aldermen passed a resolution prohibiting the Salvation Army from conducting street parades within the city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen of
Syracuse
N. Y
Salvation Army
Saratoga Cottage Rates Include Meals at Thirty Dollars Daily
A historic notice cites that occupying a Saratoga cottage costs thirty dollars per day with meals extra, reflecting lodging charges tied to the resort facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Fatal Carlton Train Crash Kills 25 Near New York
A Thousand Island excursion train collided with an empty freight car near Carlton New York on Friday night. Twenty five people died and over thirty were seriously injured as travelers bound for the Thousand Islands Quebec and Montreal were swept into wreckage. The engineer and fireman were among the dead, relief trains were rushed to the scene, and a coroner's jury began investigations while officials speculated on the car's placement and cause. Prominent Chicago figure Thomas Hoyne was among the killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton
N. Y
Rochester
Rome, Watertown
Thousand Islands
Quebec
Montreal
Lewiston
Oswego
Daring Daylight Robbery Attempt Ends in Capture
Homer J. Smith, cashier of the National Bank at Orange New Jersey, boarded a Delaware Lackawanna train with a valise holding $10,000. A man struck him with a lead pipe and tried to seize the bag, but passengers intervened and three assailants fled. After a chase all three were captured, with one identified as Nugent of Manhattan Savings Bank notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer J. Smith
the National Bank
Orange
N. J
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Nugent
Manhattan Savings Bank
Hildegarde A New Gentle Sport For Women And Men
Hildegarde resembles cricket or rounders and uses a soft ball bats and circular wickets set off the ground. Any number can play on a rough field making it likely to become popular. It benefits women and even cricketers must respect the skill needed to excel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildegarde
American Girls Change Trouville Social Scene
The Tribune notes that American girls have transformed Trouville in France, drawing many men with winning manners and impressively dressed appearance, provoking anger among British women who decide to taboo the Americans. The item reflects a sensational period-society view from a mid-19th or early 20th century paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trouville
M. Y. Tribune
Infant Drowned After Falls Into Water Bucket
At Martin's Ferry Ohio Hanson Springer gave his wife a drink then left a large pail by the bed where she and a newborn lay. He slept briefly but woke to his wife's scream and found the baby had fallen head first into the bucket and drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin’s Ferry
Hanson Springer
Chicago Times
Ischia Earthquake Kills Thousands at Casamicciola
Naples dispatch reports an earthquake on Ischia island killing about three thousand residents of Casamicciola and Ischia, with widespread ruin to hotels baths farms and mines. The theater and hotel collapsed as residents fled to the sea amid fires dust and panicked crowds. Authorities fear a second shock and possible eruption of Mount Epomeo. many officials and soldiers rushed to aid, with Rome and Naples coordinating relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Italy
Ischea
Casamicciolo
Hotel Piccola Sentinella
Piccola Sentinella
Palma
Diriseis
Zappati
Signora Cecere
Pacca Laurati
Casamicciola
Saratoga
National Assembly
Senate
Ischia
Florentineli
Rome
Admiral Acton
Marine
Signor Berti
Mount Epomeo
Captain Webb's Body Found at Lewiston Portage
The body of Captain Webb was found floating in the river below Lewiston New York on Saturday afternoon. An inquest returned a verdict of found drowned and a scalp wound three inches long suggested to have caused the death. The body, decomposed with bruises, wore scarlet trunks and was coffined for shipment to Boston for Mrs Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Ont
Captain Webb
Lewiston
N. Y
Suspension Bridge
New York
Boston
Webb
Buffalo
Lightning Smashes 90 Ton Rock on Locust Mountain
A massive lightning strike shattered a ninety ton rock atop Locust Mountain Pennsylvania. Nearby tenements were demolished and wrecked. another dwelling was struck later, lifting its roof. One woman died two men were injured one person driven insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locust Mountain
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
European noble family uses coat of arms as trade mark
A European noble family loses wealth and members migrate to the United States. They work hard, using their ancestral coat of arms as a trade mark, build a large trade and fortune sold widely. Returning home they regain status but find their arms widely recognized as a popular trade mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
N. ¥. Times
Florida Builds Twenty Six New Protestant Churches
Florida reports construction of twenty six new Protestant church edifices. The program advances church growth with rapid project progress and expected community impact across multiple counties. Local congregations anticipate renewed activity and expanded worship spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
August the Yeast Month of the Year
Charles Dudley Warner in Harper's Magazine describes August as tedious yet fertile, a lull before September's productivity. He notes lazy heat, seedy vitality, lawyers on vacation, and a chance for minds to ripen before renewed activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kage
Rockies
North Woods
Norway
Evey
Charles Dudley Warner
Harper's Magazine
England's poor face constant struggle for livelihood
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes that England bears a heavy social burden with 300,000 London families pawning small items and 6,000,000 unclaimed pledges sold annually. It claims 270,000,000 articles are put in pawn each year, illustrating deep class hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Captain R. Y. King’s Vast Texas Ranch Empire
Captain R. Y. King, reported to have sold extensive cattle interests in Texas, now controls about 85,000 cattle, 20,000 horses, and 30,000 sheep. His pastures exceed 1,000,000 acres, with land and stock valued around 5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Y. King
Texas
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Defiance
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S. A. Chace
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Sprague
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Scranton
Foreign Intelligence
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Jane Carl
Lansing
C. W. Stone
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Luther
Willis Lefevre
Bay City
Ashley Tyler
Camden
C. B. Troop
Mary M. Troop
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J. C. Schenck
Thomas Dixon
Cleveland
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Pine St
Jane Care
Jennison
Hall
Chancey
William Rockafeller
Mme
Josephine Lefevre
R. V. Manda
Mme. Lefevre
W. T. Hall
Leslie
Briggs
Miss Hall
Alice Jennison
Prof
Alexander Towers
Meridian
Anna McMaster
Ireland
Dudley Salisbury
E. S. Gould
Carthage
Lyndonville
Cuiiaco
Hoyne
Ogdensburg
Sanny
East Liberty
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