Financial and mining news from the era report
The Comptroller of the Currency details national bank circulation, gold notes, and debt shifts. Major incidents include a locomotive wreck at Scranton, a tug boiler explosion in New York, shipwrecks near Boston, and widespread California hydraulic mining damage estimates to land and crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company
Scranton
John Blackwood
Daniel Vaughn
Essex
New York City
Leonidas Fuller
Joseph E. Laffay
Stephen Bennett
Boston
Baltimore
New York
Newton
Elmira
N. Y
Sherman
Pennsylvania
Vermont
United States Army
California
Congress
George P. Marsh
Marsh
Agricultural Bureau
Washington
Bear River
Yuba
Marysville
Feather River
Sacramento River
Steamboat Slough
San Pablo Bay
Sacramento
Suisun Bay
San Francisco
Jewett
Pacific Coast
Assassination Near Walpole Involving Pemberton and Roberts
Sam H. Pemberton and William Roberts were killed while returning from Gallatin to their homes near Walpole on the 26th. Authorities suspect the deaths resulted from a dispute involving Pemberton and parties with whom he had a luggage dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam H. Pemberton
William Roberts
Gallatin, II
Walpole
Pemberton
Lion threat and a bivouac tale among the Zulus
A narrator recalls a night beside a porcupine's hole when a lion seized him with claws. He shields himself with belt and coat, then wounds the lion's nose with a knife to escape. The incident ends with the lion retreating, wary of further attack, as the narrator remains still and calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrie
Fever Spreads Through New Orleans and Memphis Deaths Rise
Reports from New Orleans and Memphis between the 27th and 2nd detail ten deaths and numerous new cases. Gen J B Hood and daughter Lydia among the ill in New Orleans. National Board of Health sends 10,000 for isolation and disinfection. Plans for a quarantine picket around the city are approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily Commercial Bulletin
Northwest
Wisconsin
Amon
New Orleans
J. B. Hood
Lydia Hood
Generet Hood
Memphis Board of Health
Memphis
National Board of Health
Louisiana
Howards
J. B. Hoop
Lydia
Hon. Johnson
Family of seven hides under shed awaiting river barge
A police officer finds a family of five, two old trunks, and a hopeful escape plan under a shed by Second Street at 9 pm. The worried man jokes about a toothache while the wife rests, and the children cry for gum, a horse, and cake as they plan to sleep on board a wood barge.
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Blackwater River
Carthage
N. Y
Philadelphia Mint
Custer
West Point
Custer Fund Society
Schofield
Cusick
Urquart
Booth
Doherty
Harrold
Belle Plain
Ide
Washington
United States
Montauk
J. Wilkes Booth
National Hotel
Eld
May
Dawson
Arsenal
Johnson
Baltimore
United States District Court For
District of Columbia
City of
Holt
E. D. Townsend
Army
Boston Corbett
Wandell
Corbett
Courier-Journal
Memphis
Second Street
Yaas
Augustus Cesar
Charles Henry
Minerva
Free Press
A Siamese Love Talemenacing International Ties
A British Consul General in Bangkok defies royal authority after his Siamese daughter elopes with a noble. The couple faces royal punishment and diplomatic strain as Britain demands mercy while Siam resists. The case unsettles relations between England and Siam, with the king sending an emissary to London to seek Foreign Office guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette C. Baker
War Department
Doherty
General Baker
United States
Siam
India
Bangkok
Great Britain
Fanny
England
Phra Peecha
Thompson
British Vengone
Foreign Office
Peecha
Cleveland Voice
Wealth of early presidents and their estates
The Baltimore Ga notes the varied fortunes of U S presidents from Washington through Buchanan. Estimates include Washington 800000, Jefferson and Jackson generous, Adamses modest to large, Polk 150000, Taylor 156000, Fillmore wealth from later marriage, Pierce 50000, Buchanan 200000, Lincoln 75000, Johnson 50000, Monroe buried by relatives due to poverty, and Adams descendants’ fortunes through marriage.
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Washington
John Adams
Jefferson
Congress
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Charles Francis Adams
Jackson
van Buren
Polk
Tyler
Taylor
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Johnson
Baltimore
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Defiance Co. Express
Frank C. Culley
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Clinton and
Second Streets
L. G. Thacker
Snider
Defiance
T. H. Ashton
M. D.ffice
J. P. Suffington & Co S
Clinton Street
Defiance, O
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J. N. Thacker
Ayersville
E. W. Downs
FFICE
Eagle Block
Dittmer’s
Perry & First Streets
R. N. Sheldon
M. D. HiGnon James
Hoffman & Geiger
Opera House
Front Sts
D. P. Aldrich
M. D
Colby & Scott's
W.S. Powell
Bechel's Drug Store
Defiance, Ohio
Dele A. Rohn
Court and
Wayne Streets
Ohio
G. L. Myers
W.C. Travis Myers & Travis
LAW
Keystone Block
William Carter
Thirdstreets
Latty & Peaslee
Councellor
Colby & Scott's Drug Store
Henry Newbegin
Henry B. Harris
Notary Public
Newbegin & Harris
Hardy & Johnson
Wolsifers Block
S. W. Rohn
Wolsiffer Block
J. F. Deatrick
Third Streets
G. W. Kivteyr
Suerad
S. T. Sutphen
Wolsiffer
Milton E. Orcutt
Ralston’s Block
Court House
Charles E. Bronson
B. F. Enos
J. P. Cameron
Enos & Cameron
Bittner’s Building
Robert Cary
Ustice-Of-The-Peace
Wolfram’s
Keystone
L.R. C. Association
Defiance County Express
Defiance Post-Office
St. and Wabash Railway
I. B. Hills &Sony
StTrone
Adam Daub
Vane Oreting
Adam Daue
Northwestern
Zephyrs and
Germantown Yarns
Boots & Shoes
B. W.slagle
J. Schoonover
F. M. Thompson
Adam Minsel
H. W. Myers
Esident Pentist
Buffington & Co's
Patent Metalic
H. B. Hall
Undertaker
Crockery Store
William A. Hammond
Internal Revenue Bureau
Harrisburg
Rospertt Bonneer
Drews
Stichler
Hummel
Brandt
Raber
Lebanon
Bedi
Henri Stuart
William Elliott
United States District Court
Fort Smith
Ark
Indian Territory
Mexico
Texas
Montague
Charles Harris
John
Mites
Fort Keogh
Sitting Bull
Yellowstone
Boundary Line
Cambridge City
Ind
Carroll
Lee Morgan
Wit Warp
Annie Lewis
St. Louis
Cason
Boonville
Chicago
Charles Dg Younee
Kalloch
San Francisco National Gold Bank and Trust Company
Robert Stevenson
Kingman County
Kan
Samouel Ham
Roscoe
Cedar County
Henry Poth
John Goebel
Richard Kipf
Henry Reinhold
Ist
Poth
Goebel
Kips
Reinhold
Kentucky
Blackburn
Evans
Cook
Allen County
Tennessee
Anderson Corner
Japan
Oldham
Rhodope
Philippopolis
Adrianople
Roumelia
Yorkshire
Durham
Liverpool
Akum
West Coast
Africa
Carr Town
Wolseley
Cetewayo
New Orleans Picayune
Edward P. Doherty
Garrett
Sergt
Boston Corbitt
Captain Doherty
Irkutsk
Siberia
Don Carlos
Spain
Novi Bazar
Geneva
Martegenay
Chamonix
Wright
Lazoroff
Aayti
Port Au Prince
Gouaives
Sedan
Germany
Bouchamp
France
Garibaldi
Caprera
Toronto
George Brown
Robert Joffray
Dom Marados
Gainesboro
Tenn
James Haile
William A. Jenkins
Waynesville
Miami
Louisana
Minnesota
St. Paul
Pillsbury
C. A. Gilman
Newgarten
Garrett Mansion
Headouarterd
Sellers
Young Hyson
Defiance County
Mesenzoff
Siberian
Russia
St. Petersburg
Nabokov
Nabokow
Secret Police
Bushy Head
Adair
Ross
Brigham Young Estate
Boreman
Supreme Court of the Territory
Pine Bluff
Young
Cyprus
Samuel Baker
N. Y. Ne
Columbus Sunday Capital
Foreign Intelligence
Vienna
Austria
Infante
Jano Hitt
Peru
Bolivia
Happy Family
Oakland
Offham
Marwood
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