Premature quarry explosion kills nine at Cambria Iron
Fresh intelligence from around the world reports a fatal premature blast at Cambria Iron Company Stone quarries in Birmingham Pennsylvania. Nine men were killed or wounded as rock collapsed after a two blast sequence. Survivors include one badly hurt worker named Ressell. The accident followed a morning powder loading and a noon setback. Additional news covers royal jubilees investors and legal cases.
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Cambria Iron Compary
Birmingham
Iilinen
John Hoof
U. P. Stewart
Ellis Myers
Emanuel Hodes
Harry Neil
Jacob Schoenfelt
George Weisser
Ressell
da. Micneszir
el Paso
Nogales
Bayard
Col
Aroizu
Mary Wiseman
Little Valley
New York
Patapsco Clemical Works
Baltimore
Balis
Supreme Court
Parrydeln and Crime in The Times Ends Its Series
The London Times ends its second series on Parnellism and Crime with a fierce attack on the Clanena Gael society of America for allegedly planning dynamite outrages to mark the Queen's Jubilee. It hints Parvell knows more and hints at possible legal action for fuller information. Other items note the Turkish Sultan ceding Cyprus to Britain, crop losses in Hungary easing, a Papal mass offered for the Jubilee, and various European banking and political positions.
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London Times
Hungary
England
Germany
Austria
Cear
Rosia
Europess
Rothschilds
Wesleyan Church
Theiss
Personal notes from a late 19th century newspaper item
Legal notes report the Chemical National Bank sues William Kinsane alias William K Rogers for forgery with service at his Sonoma County ranch. Other items note fund subscriptions totaling 295,004.45 to the Logan fund, a presidential fishing outing with Col Lamont, and anniversary celebrations of Mr and Mrs Cleveland plus visits to John Brown's grave.
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Chemical National Bank of New York
William Kinsane
William K. Rogers
Sonoma County
California
Kiesane
George E Lomon
Logan Fund
Logan
Hilton
New York
Col. Lamont
Prospect House
N. Y
Cleveland
Lamont
Rosman
Lake Placid
North Elba
John Brown
Adirondacks
Gov. Hill
Executive
Albany
President Cleveland weighs extended Western trip this summer
A Washington telegram reports President Cleveland plans a broad summer journey across the country in August and September. He would travel in a special car with his household and several Cabinet members, visiting cities from Philadelphia to Portland and San Francisco, with expenses borne personally. He aims to see more of the nation and please his wife while avoiding political favors, though northern and southern rivalries loom. The report notes a possible Alaska detour and promises the president has not committed to any Southern states.
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Washington
Cleveland
West
St. Louisa
White House
Ietter
Vilas
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Northern Pacific
Portland
Oregon
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Paul
San Francisco
Omaha
Louis Ville
Cincinnati
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Alaska
Financial and Industrial Failures Drift Down Week by Week
Financial and industrial summary notes U S and Canada weekly failures total 150, down from 175 last week and 187 year earlier. Western and Pacific states report only 52 failures combined. Treasury money absorption cited as key weekly fact. Knights of Labor board calls Pennsylvania cokeworkers strike illegal. Detroit reports molders strike in Michigan stove works with about 500 out. Philadelphia telegram adds brief notice.
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United States
Canada
Pacific
R. G. Dun & Co
Treasury
Wisconsin
Texas
Alabama
Chicago
Knights of Labor Haa
Pennsylvania
Detroit Dispatch
Michigan
Peninsular
Philadelphia
Brewers End Strike After Agreement With Employers
Long-continued brewers strike ends Saturday as a pact is reached. Union members may return to work as space allows and may admit non-union workers to join. Remaining disputes to be settled by arbitration.
Railways deny ICC jurisdiction and water competition relief
National Railway Commission reports that IFP Tucker of Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul denies ICC authority to grant relief in the Burton Stock Car Company case. Union Pacific attorney PPP pleads same defenses. Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad seeks suspension of section 4 citing water competition. Rumors say ICC may allow special rates where water competition exists, arguing circumstances differ from noncompeting routes.
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Ifp Tucker
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railrd Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burton Stock Car Company
Burton
A. J. Poppleton
Union Pacific Railway Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Company
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad Company
Moorhead City
Kingston
N. C
Fires and Quakes Rock Chihuahua and California Regions
In Chihuahua Mexico a cathedral panic followed an altar candle catching fire. Several children died in the crowd and women were injured. Simultaneous tremors hit Charleston South Carolina and much of Northern California and Western Nevada. Houses cracked near Genoa Nevada, Sacramento shook, and plaster fell in the Nevada Supreme Court room. Hot springs dried up amid widespread effects across multiple towns including Virginia City Truckee Marysville Chico and Nevada City.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Charleston, & C
California
Nevada
Qne House
Genoa
Sacramento
Yosemite Valley
Carson City
Nev
Walla
Supreme Court
Capitol Building
Virginia City
Truckee
Marysville
Chico
Nevada City
Lynchings, killings, and expanded free delivery plans amid unrest
Reports from Eckert Indiana say the Davis boys abducted and brutalized Miss Flannigan before lynching. William Kellam, father-in-law of one Davis boy, reportedly killed. Andrew Emlow remains missing as lynchers refuse to reveal his fate. Miss Flannigan recovering. Corydon notes Lynch and daughter Mary whipped. Lynch described as having a bad reputation. Free delivery routes extended to many towns across states. John Connelly shot drunkenly, then died by self inflicted actions. Robert G Hall, Philadelphia figure, killed Mrs Rivers and wounded himself. her husband had earlier tried to kill her over the affair.
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Eckert
Ind
Davis
Miss Flannigan
William Kellam
Corydon
Lynch
Mary
Illinois
Belleville
Cairo
Danville
Englewood
Freeport
Jacksonville
Moline
Ottawa
Indiana
Elkhart
Logansport
New Albany
Vincennes
Iowa
Clinton
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Waterloo
Kansas
Emporia
Fort Scott
Winfield
Mandotte
Michigan
Adrian
Ann Arbor
Muskegon
Saginaw
Montana
Helena
Ohio
Hamilton
Lima
Newark
Portsmouth
Steubenville
Wooster
Xenia
John Connelly
John Stoddard
Braceyville
Iil
Robert G. Hall
Philadelphia
Lillian Rivers
Mixed Welfare Efforts Highlight Prohibition and Cathedral Plans
Des Moines reports that the Iowa State Temperance Alliance extends a circular to clergy for fundraising to aid Haddock prosecution, noting funds hampered Arensdorf trial. Gabriel Dumont prompts Northwest protests, with two mounted police killed pursuing his couriers. Bishop Potter urges $6 million Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York. O Willis James pledges $100,000. Dairy Commissioners compensate Edward Brady’s pleuro pneumonia herd at $12,000. convicts in New Caledonia gain freedom and seek passage to San Francisco with £1,000 state aid debated in Washington.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Temperance Alliance
Friends of Prohibition
Haddock
Arensdorf
Gabriel Dumont
Riel
Northwest Territory
Dumont
Potter
Episcopal Church
New York City
St. John the Divine
Willis James
Presbyterian
Lairy
Edward Brady
Westchester County
Brady
New Caledonia
South Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Department of State
Washington
Public Debt Recapitulation of the 1st Inst
A ledger style summary lists debt categories with principal and interest totals, including bonds at various rates, refunding certificates, navy pensions, Pacific Railroad bonds, and silver and gold certificates. It shows cash available for debt reduction, cash in the treasury, and net balances, with a month‑end decrease in debt and reserve fund details.
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Navy
Pacific Railroad
United States
Ini Sey
U. S
Railroad Circular Urges Cleanliness to Halt Pleuro Pneumonia
Washington special reports the Department of Agriculture asking railroad and transportation managers nationwide to enforce strict cattle car disinfection. The circular requires cleaning litter and manure, washing, and applying lime solution, plus weekly stockyard sanitation and affidavits from shippers. It notes outbreaks traced to rail shipments and appeals for coordinated enforcement.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
Huge Rubber Trust Plan Shocks New York Business
Secret meetings among East Coast rubber manufacturers reveal a proposed nationwide rubber trust modeled after Standard Oil. It aims to control production and pricing of crude and finished goods, fix wages, and limit strikes by workers while concentrating buying power in one brokerage.
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America
East
Standard Oil Trust
Trust
Editorial urges Thurman to accept Ohio gubernatorial nomination
The Columbus Ohio special notes a leading Ohio Democracy editorial urging ex Senator Thurman to consent to the use of his name for the gubernatorial nomination despite his declination letter. It suggests Thurman would accept if unanimously tendered, with supporters arguing patriotism requires accepting a party that aided him, and that his name may be presented at the Cleveland convention.
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Ohio Democracy
Thurman
Cleveland
The Famous Irish Editor William O'Brien
A profile of William O'Brien the Irish editor of United Ireland born in Mallow. The piece traces his famine reporting, fearless style, clashes with Gladstone and Parliament, and role in Irish home rule. It notes his imprisonment, political defeats, Vatican influence, religious tolerance, frugal life, and charitable allocation of a $5,000 donation.
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Freeman’s Journal
Ireland
Parnell
United Ireland
O’brien
Freeman's Journal
the Nation
Forster
O'Brien
Kilmainham
Mr. Gladstone
Vatican
America
Dublin Castle
Mallow
Death's Summons. Life of Hon. William A. Wheeler
An obituary outlines the long life of former Vice President William A. Wheeler. He died at his Malone New York home on June 3 after years of declining health. The report notes a March chill and sinking spell, a temporary rally, then gradual mental deterioration to insanity and brain softening. His death was painless.
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William A. Wheeler
United States
Malone
N. Y
William Almon Wheeler Biographical Sketch
William Almon Wheeler born Malone New York June 3 1819. He attended University of Vermont briefly then studied law. admitted to bar at 25. Held Malone town clerk and school posts, served as district attorney and state legislator, bank cashier, state senator, congressman, and constitutional convention delegate. Named to committees on appropriations Southern affairs Pacific railroads and commerce. helped nominate Hayes for president and was a vice presidential candidate.
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William Almon Wheeler
Malone
N. Y
University of Vermont
Burlington
Wheeler
Malone Bank
State Senate
Congress
Silas Wright
Cincinnati
Massachusetts
Hayes
Sunday school gains and global links at Chicago convention
The Fifth International Sunday-school Convention met in Chicago June 1–3 with broad delegate turnout. Reports show reorganizations in Delaware, British Columbia, Idaho, Utah, Washington, Louisiana, and Wisconsin, while Arkansas and others lapsed. Leaders discussed interdenominational work, mapping field coverage, and missionary outreach, with notable remarks from Rev. H. C. Woodruff and Edward Towers. The gathering elected an expansive executive committee spanning many states and territories.
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Chicago
E. Payson Porter
Delaware
British Columbia
Idaho
Utah
Washington
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Prince Edward's Island
Arizona
New Mexico
International Sunday School Association
Interdenominational Organization
United States
H. C. Woodruff
France
Europe
Bohemia
Moravia
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Woodrutt
Edward Towers
London Sunday School Union
Towers
London Society
England
Scotland
Ohio Cattle Growers Aim to Revive Beef Industry
The Ohio Cattle Growers Association spanning Ohio and neighboring states seeks to shift farmers toward raising and fattening beef cattle, arguing grass quality and beef demand favor profitability over grain farming. meanwhile reports of drownings, accidents, fires, and crimes pepper the region with updates from Put-in-Bay to Madisonville, including a Toledo drill team dispute and a gas reservoir explosion hint.
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Ohio Cattle Growary Association
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
West Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio Valley
John
Jacob
Nicholas Johnston
Put-in-Bay
Sandusky
Ferris
John Johnston
Gas Company No. 1
Nenia
Dill
Lebanon
Samuel Bean
Mr. Bean
Hillsboro
Toledo
Washington
Tri-State Fair Association
Akron
J. K. Simmons
Thomas Gaff
S. W
Vawters
Elmwood
Circleville
E. Fowler Stoddard
Dayton
Chubb
Matthew Porter
Newark
Sarah Hutchinson
Joliet
Hotel Royal
Capt
Spencer
Lieut. Miller
Salvation Army
Washington D. H
Foraker
D. S. Gregory
Cleveland
Sycamore
Philip Riemann
Cincinnati
Mary Lyons
Erie
Christian Straub
Mansfield
Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Tiffin
Ralph Allen
Lima
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Columbus
White Sewing Machine Company
Maria Johnston
Madisonville
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Jouper
Henry Hinton
Prescott Hall Butler
Stewart
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Shearman
Tas
Lord Randolph Churchill
The
Knights of Labor
Hicago
Carrir
Byrr
Indianapolis
Etna
Financial and Industrial
National Railway Commission
Total
Dent
Legal Tender
Reese Ieetee
Commissioner of Agriculture
Sthe Old Ruman
Columbus (Ohio
William O’brien
William A’mon Wheeler
Julius Grammar
D.D
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
W.H. Hall
Connecticut
BE. G. Wheeler
D. P. Ward
Dakota
H. W. Bailey
ER. A. Mott
Minnesota
J. A. Worden
D. D
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W. A. Duncan
Rev
D. C. Milner
Clinton B. Fiske
B. Case
J. B. Streeter
Black Hawk
Miss
M. M. Gibson
George W. Martin
Lone Pine
Neb
M. B. DeWitt
Nashville
Galion
K.warren
Threek Oaks
Mich
Washington Territory
V. P. Snow
Willard
W. H Levering
Lafayette
J. ML. Weaver
van Buren
Ark
Rey
D. J. Burnell
Dubuque
A. B. McCrilias
Providence
P. Die Wee Hall
West Hartford
Donn
John B. Wight
Joseph Pyle
Wilmington
Del
Sheldon Jackson
Ala
Eben Sharp
U. K. Wood
Salt Lake City
T. M Boyd
Lewiston
Walon Pane
B.C
I. Parsons
Benton
Lewis C. Peake
Toronto
James Croll
Montreal
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