Building Collapses in Tex. Explosion Kills Lumber Co. President
San Francisco reports a three story building at Fifth and Mint collapsed yesterday afternoon, burying over 20 people. Five bodies recovered and 17 injured, including the president of a Nebraska lumber company and six others. Rescue efforts hampered by fire and debris. causes cited as unequal jackscrew heights on north and south sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Lumber Company
Doucette
Tex
San Francisco
Fifth and
Mint Avenue
Brighton House
Pioneer Coffee House
J. May
Dennis Griffin
E. L. Davis
E. Jewett
Michael Howard
James Daly
Fatal boiler explosion at Doucette kills Nebraska Lumber president and six others
In Woodville Texas on June 23 a boiler explosion aboard an Nebraska Lumber Co engine near Doucette killed A. L. Doucette president Grant Hammerly engineer Charles Walforth Charles Smith Wylie Sargent an unnamed Frenchy and another man. Dan Harman D 0 Sullivan and J Dowling were badly scalded. Victims buried near the scene with Doucette’s remains sent to Orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Lumber Company
Woodville
Tex
Doucette
Mr. Doucette
Orange
Three Men Killed at Atlantic City Grade Crossing
Near Atlantic City New Jersey on June 22 three men died instantly and a fourth was fatally injured when a wagon drawn by spirited horses collided with a Camden express train traveling about 60 miles per hour. George Huber age six and Fred Huber his son both died. Harry Henbeler of Philadelphia also died. George Sahl suffered a broken arm ribs fractures and a lung injury. The wagon was partly across the tracks when the driver tried to beat the oncoming train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Here
George Huber
Fred Huber
Harry Henbeler
Philadelphia
George Sahl
Camden
Hubers
Hendeler
Sahl
Two Die in Vermon t Railway Collision Near Montpelier
Two men were killed and three injured in a rear end crash on the Central Vermont line near Montpelier Vermont this morning. The collision involved a cattle train and a Montreal express. The dead are J Seskind of Chicago and Edward Brown of Janesville both cattlemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Central Vermont Railway
Here
J. Seskind
Chicago
Edward Brown
Janesville
Money for Agricultural Colleges Authorized by Interior
Acting Secretary Sims approved a treasury requisition for 22 000 dollars to each Morrill act state to endow agricultural and mechanical colleges in the United States. Funds apply to the 1898 87 appropriation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washmeton
Secretary of the Interior
Sims
The
Treasury
Funeral of a Living Man at Fallen Timbers
Lorenzo Dow McKinney, alive at his own funeral, attended by 8,000 in a forest camp meeting near Fallen Timbers. Rev Forest Evans led ceremonies as eight elders bore pallbearers. A solemn crowd sang hymns, preacher delivered the text The time of my departure is now at hand, and mourners bade farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O
Janei
Lorenzo Dow McKinney
Fallen Timbers
Grand Oaks
Forest Evans
Jared Blakeman
Jesus Lover
Pans
President Cleveland and Carlisle Take Potomac Fishing Trip
President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle departed Washington on the lighthouse tender Violet for a short fishing excursion down the Potomac River. Captain Lamberton accompanied the party. they expect to be away two or three days, possibly longer into Chesapeake Bay, seeking relief from the heat and duties of the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
Carlisle
Violet
Potomac River
Lamberton
Chesapeake Bay
Peculiar trolley crash injures twenty in Philadelphia suburb
In Frankford, two open trolley cars crowded with passengers attempted to pass each other on parallel tracks at speed. A jam followed injuring more than 20 riders with eight sustaining internal injuries. No deaths expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frankford
Depew Promises Hot Water Motor Rail Revolution
Chauncey M. Depew announces final experiments this week with a hot water motor. New York Central officials express strong confidence the new propulsion will revolutionize railroad traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central Railroad
Strike of Silver Miners Demands Higher Wages
In Leadville on June 21 eight hundred miners walked out after months of failed negotiations. They protest managers who refused to raise daily wages from $2.50 to $8, underscoring labor unrest in the silver mining district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville
Revenue Receipts for May 1896 Reported
The internal revenue bureau reports May 1896 receipts from all sources totaling 11,464,490, compared with 10,766,400 for May 1865, highlighting growth in federal revenue over thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bristow Former Treasury Secretary Dies in New York
Benjamin H. Bristow former secretary of the treasury during Grant's second term died at his New York home of peritonitis today after falling ill last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristow
New York
Benjamin H. Bristow
the Treasury
Grant
Gold Withdrawals Climb As Treasury Reserve Drops
Washington reports yesterday's gold withdrawals totaled 886 700 dollars with the treasury reserve ending the day at 102 221 907 dollars. The daily movement reflects ongoing pressure on the gold stock as policy and market forces interact at the federal level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jolley Withdraws From Governor Race Over Gold Platform
J L Jolley Republican candidate for governor withdraws from the contest saying he cannot run on a gold platform. He remains in the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yaxxtox
J. L. Jolley
League of Press Clubs in session at Iroquois hotel
The International League of Press Clubs meets at the Iroquois hotel with over 100 delegates in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Press Clubs
Burrao
International League of Press Clubs
Iroquois Hotel
Markets show little change in grain and livestock
Wheat gains on a large drop in world visible supply with July at 56 1/2 cents and September at 57 3/4. Corn sinks to 27 3/4 cents for July and 28 7/8 for September. Oats set new low, July 16 1/4 cents and September 17 1/2. Pork and rib futures rise modestly while lard advances to 4.05 and 4.20. Cash bids list No 2 red wheat 58 cents and No 2 corn 27 3/4.
South Omaha Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
South Omaha cattle receipts 1,800 active and rising. Native beef steers around 3.40 to 4.10, western and Texas steers near 3.00 to 3.85, cows and heifers 2.40 to 3.25, calves 3.00 to 5.25. Hogs receipts 4,700 with prices 2.95 to 3.05 heavy, 2.95 to 3.40 mixed, 3.00 to 3.05 latest. Sheep receipts moderate with natives and westerns 2.35 to 3.75 and lambs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Routh Omaha
Texas
Heceipta
LiJu
Westerna
Chicago Live Stock Market Report June Chicago day
Chicago live stock market summary shows hog receipts around 16 003 with mixed quality and prices from 2 858.05 to 8 6x. Cattle receipts near 85 0 natives firm with Texas steers and stockers noted. Prices include hogs 2 858.05 to 8 6x, cattle cows and heifers around 15 0 to 14 and steer figures mentioned without precise values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Beaves
Texas Ateers
BOE
Escapes Prisoner Jumping From Window at Creston and Other June News
Prisoner Charles Norton fled Creston Iowa after leaping from a second story window in a lawyer’s office. Rev. M. Johnson of Mason City resigns for health reasons. Muscatine authorities hunt for Policeman Niebert’s killer as his funeral draws large crowds. Spain recalls General Martinez Campos. Commodore steamer sails for Cuba. Venezuelan troops seize disputed strip from British surveyors. Two boys drown at Albany Missouri while swimming. Eugene Debs preaches for war rights in Philadelphia. Explosion injures five at Sheffield Alabama including a president’s son. Elopement ties two Missourians to a Fort Scott marriage. Moritz Prout wakes from cataleptic sleep in New York. John Diskin and two others drown after river incident in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Norton
Creston
Rev. M. Johnson
The
Christian Church
Mason City
Muscatine
Niebert
Martinez Campos
Charleston
D. C
Cuba
Will Allen
Clem Reames
Albany
Eugene V. Debs
Philadelphia
Sheffield Coal and Iron Company
Sheffield
Ala
Wills— R. L. Powell
L. C. Wilson
Joplin
George Varney
Wier City
L. A. Fortner
Juplin
Fort Scott
Kan
Moritz Prout
New York City
John Diskin
Pittsburg
Logan's Ferry
Diskin
Multiple tragedies and incidents noted in a June newspaper roundup
Fragments report lightning deaths in Arion Illinois and a fatal motorcar crash in St. Louis. A prominent West Virginia figure Dain gerfield dies by his own hand in Alexandria. Tonkin China faces harvest failures. Dalton outlaw Dan Clifton found in Paris Texas federal prison. Pollard and Harris sentences reduced to 50 years, seventh escape from hanging. A New York delivery horse dies after a loaded wagon explodes while chewing. Four youths in De Soto Missouri jailed briefly for attempting to wreck an Iron Mountain train. Indianaphils Indiana man struck by a flying maul while working. Louisville missing boys' bodies found in the river. In Hildorado Kansas a shooting wounds two men. suspect jailed. Colorado Springs body found near Pike's Peak may be S F Rowe of Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Mofield
Arion
Ill
Ndna Seligman
St. Louis
Rev
Daingerfield
Alexandria
W. Va
Tonkin
China
Dan Clifton
Dalton
Paris
Tex
Stone
Pollard
Harris
New York
de Soto
Iron Mountain
Adams
Charles L. Clow
Indianaphils
Ind
Louisville
Hidorado
Kan
Henry Bogardus
C. W. Sherrington
James Hilton
Bogardus
Sherrington
Pike's Peak
Colorado Springs
Colo
5. F. Rowe
Laas Vegas
Various Local Tragedies and Trials Reported Across States
A roundup of incidents includes a Derby Indiana murder sentence of five years for Joseph Carr, sheriff seizures in Fostoria Ohio, a three year term for an Anderson Indiana official, multiple deadly accidents in Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin, a $100000 waterworks test success in Watertown Wisconsin, drownings in Mount Sterling Illinois and Perry Iowa, a Milwaukee brakeman killed near Perry, a drowning near Latham Illinois, a drowning of a Rockford conductor, the Modern Woodmen Savings association forming in Greenville Illinois, a Joliet hospital shooting of George Maurice, a Camden Arkansas factory fire, cycle park reopening in San Francisco, beatings in Indianapolis, a Liverpool tennis cup semi final, a St Louis rent case arrest, a 40 foot fall on a St Louis pole, findings near the sunken Blairmore in San Francisco, and Tekonaha Michigan resident Judd Boyle headed to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Carr
Peter Bryant
Derby
Ind
W. A. Spensler & Sons
Fostoria
Dean
Anderson
John Belleville
Washington
Belleville
Bert Dugan
Toledo
W. P. Marshall
Davenport
Chicago
Minooka
Ils
Watertown
Wis
John McKenney
Fred Guthrey
Mount Sterling
Ill
McKenney
Guthrey
Isaac Warford
Milwaukee
Perry
WI Neal
Rockford
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Latham
Rock River
Woodmen Sayings Association
Greenville
Ills
Woodmen of America
Chicago and Alton
George Maurice
Hes
Joliet
Oxley
Camden
Ark
San Francisco
Milton Rolley
Indianapolis
Larned
C. R. Alen
Cambridge
Richard Hayes
St. Louis
Larry Manion
Young
Manion
Hlairmore
Lynetrand
Liverpool
Judd Boyle
Tekonaha
Mich
Russia
Diverse 19th Century Events Reported Worldwide
The dispatches recount violent incidents and social upheavals including a massacre near Van in Ottoman Armenia with sixty killed, a Chinese emperor’s mother dead, drownings in Muskingum, a Harlem-style assault in Alabama, and a hurricane on the Labrador coast. Also noted are strikes in St. Petersburg, a trolley crash in Philadelphia, avowed retirements of naval engineers, and insurgent losses in Cuba amid skirmishes in Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Migorod
Polotka
Judd
Providence
Constantinople
Van
China
Grant Harvey
Emma Collings
South Zanesville
Luella Evans
Given Puckett
Hartzell
Ala
Labrador
Blanco Sable
St. Petersburg
Philadelphia
Western Silver
East
Chicago
European Union of Astronomers
Notable deaths and trials across regions reported
A roundup of incidents from London to Michigan including the death of Sir Augustus Harris in London Paterson New Jersey, the Hobart nomination celebration, a Porter county spiritualist arrest, a Bayou Goula Louisiana stabbing, isthmus Tehuantepec fires and crop damage, Bouguereau wedding in Paris, a Missouri murder attempt, a Union City fire, Kokomo heart trouble death during a Sunday school convention, a Doucette boiler explosion in ex Nebraska, San Francisco building collapse with casualties, 30000 Japan tidal wave losses, a Moberly Missouri shooting, a healer named Schlatter turning up, Gentry murder trial in Philadelphia, a Sheridan County courthouse arson loss, animal disease bill passage in Britain, a St Louis prison escape, and Milton Rolley robbery torture incident in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Harris
London
Paterson
N. J
Garrett A. Hobart
K. H. Kind
Porter County
Michigan
Sandy
Madeline Albert
Bayou Goula
Tehuantepec
Mexico
Adolphe William Bouguereau
Elizabeth Gardner
Exeter
N. H
Paris
Mason Cooper
Saline
Phoenix Grain Company
Union City
Tenn
Dmirs
Isabel Leach
Kokomo
Ind
A. L. Doucette
Nebraska Lumber Company
Doucette
San Francisco
Japan
John Helensmith
K. Silk
Moberly
Schlatter
Olathe
Kan
James B. Gentry
Margaret Winfield Drysdale
Philadelphia
Sheridan County
Hoxte
Great Britain
House of Commons
Noble Sheppard
Merton
Miss Leahy
St. Louis
Milton Rolley
Shelbyville
Hom
Rolley
Jury Awards Belasco $16000 in Fairbank suit
A New York jury awarded Belasco $16000 in his suit against Fairbank over training Mrs. Leslie Carter for the stage. Illinois Democrats renominated Governor Altgeld and backed free silver. Wisconsin Democrats favored gold. Conservatives were overthrown in Canadian elections. Mrs. Fleming was acquitted in a New York poisoning case. Other items include a Akron murder trial, the Photographers' Association of America convention opening at Celoron, Miss Edith Shepard's engagement to Ernesto Fabbri, John W. Cowin found guilty of forgery, Corbett examined by Roentgen rays, Nellie Craven seeking to oust Fair heirs in San Francisco, and South Carolina watermelon railroad rates. Henry of Navarre won the Suburban handicap at Sheepshead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Belasco
Fairbank
Leslie Carter
Illinois
Altgeld
Siver
Wisconsin
Fleming
Romualus Cottell
Akron
Alvin Stove
Ira Stillson
Talmadge
Photographers’ Association of America
Celoron
Chattauqua, Lake
Endance
Edith Shepard
William H. Vanderbilt
Ernesto Fabbri
John W. Cowin
Pittsburg
Corbett
San Francisco
Nellie Craven
James G. Fair
South Carolina
Chauncey Depew
New York Central
Henry of Navarre
Sheepshead
Winter Chosen President of Reorganized Northern Pacific
New York June 24 The reorganized Northern Pacific railroad names E W Winter current general manager of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha as president elect He will assume the position shortly and lead the company in its next phase of operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Northern Pacific Railroad
W. Winter
Chicago, St. Paul
Ex-Congressman Walling Dies in Ohio Home
June 24 reports ex congressman Walling dead at 1 o'clock at his sville Ohio home. The notice notes his passing and locates the event in Ohio with no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walling
Sville
Populists Endorse Teller for President by Party Leaders
Leaders of the People's party draft an address urging Henry M Teller as their national standard bearer while disclaiming binding influence on members. The signatories include H E Davis M C Rankin T N Patterson and others from multiple states. Senator Teller avoids pledging acceptance of either Democratic or Populist nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
People’s Party
Hsk
Henry M. Teller
H. E. Davis
Texas
M. C. Rankin
Indiana
Thomas N. Patterson
Colorado
Hugh McDowell
Tennessee
John P.steele
Illinois
Thomas Fletcher
Arkansas
Howard Waylord
Ilinois
Homer Prince
J. W. Collison
M. R. Costeuran
J. H. Edgerton
Nebraska
R. A. Sankey
Kansas
Charles EB. Palmer
F. D. Eager
J. D. Hess
A. L. Maxwell
George M. Jackson
S. J. Wright
Teller
Republican College League Plans Campaign Against Free Silver
The American Republican College League of the United States met to organize the coming campaign. With about 30 000 college men, the group aims to educate the public and refute the free silver doctrine from the stump. Headquarters may be in Chicago with S A Perkins guiding the effort. KE J Henning and J M Perkins named to leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican College League
St. Louis
American Republican College League of the United States
League
New York
Chicago
A. Perkins
Tacoma
Wash
KE. J. Henning
Madison
Wis
J. M. Perkins
Boston, Mass
Pettigrew's Statement Explains Why He Left Convention
South Dakota Senator Pettigrew explains he quit the convention due to the gold standard issue. He argues the standard would worsen prices and harm producers, claiming global gold is cornered by professional creditors and would deepen economic misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Sr. Laws
Pettigrew
Express wreck delays Pennsylvania eastbound train near Walls Station
The Atlantic express derailed two engines two express cars a combination car and a sleeper near Walls station sixteen miles east of Pirrsuunre. Engineer McIntyre was badly bruised by jumping but no passengers were hurt. The train resumed eastward later. Garrett Hobart and the New Jersey delegation were reported aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Express
Pennsylvania
Walls Station
Here
McIntyre
Garrett Hobart
New Jersey
City Councilman Hayden Found Guilty in Bribery Trial
Memphis on June 23 city councilman Alfred T Hayden was found guilty of bribery in connection with market house plans. He was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days in the work house and fined $10. His lawyers immediately moved for a new trial and Judge Cooper took it under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Alfred T. Hayden
Criminal Court
Hayden
Cooper
Brook's Comet On Return Trip Announcement
A cable message to Cambridge reports the return of Brook's periodical comet via Javelle at Nice. In Washington, chief engineers George F. Kurtz and James W. Thompson of the navy will retire on June 26 after forty years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brook
Cambridge
Mass
European Union of Astronomera
Messrs
Chandler
Ritchie
Javelle
Nice
Kurtz
Thompson
Washingtton
George F. Kurtz
James W. Thompson
Navy
Senator Dubois to open Teller headquarters in June
Next week Senator Dubois will open Teller headquarters in this city. Plans to take all bolting delegates to Chicago were changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Senator Dubois
Chicago
New Wheat For Export Heads from Galveston
Galveston Texas reports no grain exports to Europe last week, ending old business. The first new wheat arrived from Oklahoma this morning signaling a shift in shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Europe
Oklahoma
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Score
Ty Son
J. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St
U.L. May & Co
St. Paul, Minn
Scientific American Agency For
Arae
Munn & CO
Broadway
America
Mie
Scientific American
AMN & Con
New New York City
Andrew E. Burzeran
Orthern
Pacific Railroad
Helena
Butte
Spokane
Seattle
Portland
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Fargo
Grand Forks
Winnipeg
Pacific Mail
St Paul
Pointa
Montana
Atlantic Mail
Pacific Coast Pointe
Montana Union Depot
Grantedale
Pacific
Grantsdale
Livingston
Northern Pacific
Tacoma and Northern Pacific Steamship Co
W. M. Tuchy
BE. Broadway
Charles 8. Fee
Paul
Minn
Denver
Brightside
United States
Poindexter
OAK
Dillon
Beaverhead
M. T.brand
Cate
Square
Stockmen’s Directory
Additi
C. Correll
Mt. Bortes
Washington, D. C
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