News of the Week Domestic Update Summary
Capt Eaps has earned 4 800 000 for work at the Mississippi mouth. Tacoma customs officials report a sloop seized for running Chinese across from British Columbia and seek more force. Minnesota millers and rail reps at Milwaukee failed to agree on grain and flour rates. Texas fever denied in cattle shipped from Texas. Bernard Phillips arrested in Mauch Chunk Pa for embezzling 800 dollars. Hail and rain ruin crops across Iowa and Nebraska with livestock losses. Prince Charlie, famed English Thoroughbred, bought by D Swigert of Lexington Ky. Baltimore tinware factory synagogue and twenty houses burned for 80 000. San Francisco ships to China include rifles and cartridges worth about 5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaps
Mississippi
Tacoma
W. T
British Columbia
Minnesota Millers
Milwaukee
Fort Dodge
Kan
Texas
Bernard Phillips
Mauch Chunk
Iowa
Nebraska
Prince Charlie
D. Swigert
Lexington
Baltimore
China
San Francisco
Henry Clews
John B. Alley
Frederick D. Grant
New York
Eliphalet Nott
Beverly
Mass
Williams
Salvation Army
Syracuse
N. Y
Aunning-Brird
Talequah
I. T
Freres
Danville
Meridian
Miss
Massilon
Dodge City
Epward Edlin
Daviess County
Ind
T.S. Atwater
Thomas Sullivan
Jefferson County
William Froman
Hussey, Howe & Co
Pittsburgh
Liverpool
Europe
Joan Fisher
Winifred Butler
Quincy
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee River
First National Bank
Indiana Company
Georgia Legislature passes general Local Option law on the 7th
The report notes a broad sweep of political activity including the Georgia Legislature passing a general Local Option measure on the 7th, a New York editor found dead in Bridgeport, and various federal and statewide political moves. It also covers executive revocation of revenue districts, an arrest at the Government Printing Office for pension fraud, a Buffalo marriage involving Mrs. William G. Farno, and other varied national items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Nathaniel Smith Richardson
D. D
New York Church Guardian
Bridgeport
Conn
Internal Revenue
Michigan
Indiana
Missouri
Kentucky
Alpha B. Beall
Government Printing Office
Washington
Christine Breamer
William G. Farno
American Express Company
Buffalo
N. Y
F. F. Fargo
Fargo
Famintz Sprague
Providence
R. L
Union Company
New York
National Party of
New Jersey
Asbury Park
Benjamin Urner
Union County
Maryland
Baltimore
Rospert Morrat
Livingstone
London
Wind River
Wyoming
Arthur
Cholera toll and diplomatic denials in early reports
Cholera claimed 627 lives in Egyptian towns on the 8th, including 78 in Cairo and 12 in Alexandria, raising total deaths to 16,448 with 6,336 in Cairo. Senor Covarrubias of the Mexican Legation denied any Germany Mexico military pact, saying the recently ratified treaty was commercial. Irish former landers were landed at Sydney after being denied entry at Melbourne. Spain faced unrest with republic fever and Carlist threats in the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Alexandria
Senor Covarrubias
Germany
Mexico
United States Senate
Kavanau
Hanlon
Melbourne
Sydney
N. 5
Spain
Syndicate buys Southeastern Railway for 3.8 million cash
A syndicate opposing the Canadian Pacific Road purchased the Southeastern Railway from Bradley Barlow for 3.8 million dollars in cash. Other items note Jeremie Haiti battle results, executions of seven generals, a Mexican defaulter, a minister’s suicide, and various global incidents from cholera to emigration plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Road
Southeastern Railway
Bradley Barlow
Jeremie
Hayti
Deasy
Flanigan
Featherstone
Dalton
Liverpool
Pieras Nagras
Texas
Straits of
Belle Isle
Manitoba
Sweet
Natal
Cetewayo
San Domingo
Gilmour
Hull
Quebec
D. W. & A. Dewuurst
Manchester
Eng
P. Caldwell
Hawick
Fort Williams
Fort Williams, Ont. Hartmann
London
Yawaska River
Can
Charles Lafleur
Eugene
Emile Pardis
Montreal College
British Canadian Lumber Company
Midland
Ont
Egypt
Cairo
Alexandria
Ekaterinoslav
Russia
Baron Noups
Liban
Earl Shaftesbury
Canada
Spain
Ltc
Seo de Urgel
Destructive fires and disasters sweep early 1900s towns
Fire in Vineyard Haven Mass destroys over fifty houses causing about 200000 dollars in losses as residents appeal for aid. Twelve men killed in Bozeman Montana railroad tunnel. Lightning kills three boys near Lincoln Nebraska. Stage robbery near Riverside Arizona Territory. Cholera death surge in Egypt with mass flight to Cairo. Kimball House and Gates City Bank burned in Atlanta. Tannery in Camden New York also destroyed. Several more incidents including drownings and mob violence are reported alongside railway wire-cutting and labor strife in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Bozeman
Montana
Lincoln
Neb
Riverside
A. T
Prescott
Egypt
Alexandria
Cairo
Kimball House
Atlanta
Gates City Bank
P. & P. Costerno
Camden
N. Y
Oliver Dorris
John Keavis
James Connor
Demler
India
France
Englehart
Stein
Hume
Halfpenny
Ohio River
Wheeling
W. Va
Miller County
Joseph Fulford
Lanegro
Colquitt
New York City
Western Union
Pittsburgh
Destructive Fires Hit Hotels and Towns Across Regions
The Kimball House in Atlanta burned to the ground after a 4:30 a.m. blaze inflamed its rear. Guests were awakened and evacuated in twenty minutes, with possible casualties. The fire caused a $1,000,000 loss, with $200,000 insured, and questions linger about its incendiary origin. Nearby Vineyard Haven suffered a total town fire loss of about $200,000, destroying cottages and stores. Additional fires hit Fargo, Manayunk, Jonesboro, Tombstone, Salonica, Camden, and Neaford, causing extensive property damage and several large losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Kimball House
South
Seville
Charles Slider
Phil Green
Fvo
Constitution Boys
Gate City Bank
L. J. Hill
Welborn Hill
Ed McCandless
H. J. Kimball
Robert Toombs
John Rice
Joseph B. Thompson
Gate City National Bank
Harrison & Bro
John B. Daniel
Culberson
Boston
Vineyard Haven
Martha’s Vineyard
James Davie
R. W. Cracker
J. H. Lambert
the Baptist Church
Luce Bros
Johnson Planing
Fargo
C. T
Robert Wild & Son
Manayunk
Jonesboro
Tenn
People’s Ice Works
Tombstone
Arizona
Salonica
Roumelia
P. & P. Costello
Camden
N. Y
Methodist
Noble & Gibson’s
Neaford
Ont
Wires Torn Across Region in Western Union Sabotage
On August 9, a coordinated attack cut eighty nine Western Union wires across Passaic to Elizabethport and Kingsbridge to Scarsdale with many more rendered useless. Linemen labored to repair as police eyed possible striker involvement amid rising tension between workers and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Somerville
Western Union
Passaic
Elizabethport
N. J
Philadelphia
Mutual Union
Kingsbridge
Scarsdale
Tarrytown
Hudson River
Homestone
Fort Washington
Western Union Company
The
Brotherhood of Telegraphers
Lynch Law in Georgia Ends in Mob Vigilante Hangings
In Georgia, Aug 18, a Miller County farmer Joe Fulford with Harry Bradley and Reuben Robertson murdered his wife. The mob hanged Fulford and Bradley near the jail after a coroner's inquest and preliminary trial, while Robertson remained detained. The men faced lynching amid local fear of further female murders and previous escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Joe Fulford
Miller County
Harry Bradley
Fulford
Reuben Robertson
Spring Creek
Uxoricide
Colquit
Court House Yard
Lynch
Aking
Collision on the Elevated Road in Church Street
A collision on the Elevated Railroad near Church and Dey streets in New York caused shattered glass and smashed cars. Engineer Theodore King was stunned and bleeding. passenger Valentine Retzheimer suffered a crushed foot. Travel south of Eighth Street halted for hours as crews cleared the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Church Street
Dey
Courtkind Street
Theodore King
Valentine Retzheimer
Eighth Street
Strange Freaks of an Insane Man Failures at Mass
Dusveavee August 9 W W Pyne former Key City House landlord and Oxford Junction hotel proprietor returned home acting oddly He interrupted mass at the cathedral proclaiming himself Jesus Christ and demanded attention A struggle ensued and he was captured then jailed likely to be adjudged insane The public remembers him as a popular man
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusveavee
W. W. Pyne
Oxford Junction
Jesus Christ
Capture of a Wild Man in Ohio
The wild man seen near Mason Ohio for weeks was captured by Constable Carrington three miles south of town. He has long hair and a beard and does not speak. He was taken to Lebanon for custody. General Meigs rejected two lawn vases sent by a Boston contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason, CO
Carrington
Lebanon
Meigs
Pension Office
Washington
Boston
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Beaver
United States
Waco
Tex
Sarah Lavina
Point Lookout
William Lawrence
Virginia
San Carlos
Bernard McNally
James Carr
Willliam H. Ostrander
Utica
Slay
Amite County
Thomas Williams
Hugh Edwards
Shenandoah
Kimball
Chicaco
Council Bluffs
Burlington Road
LaGrange
Fort Wayne
Valparaiso
Lynch Law
Ohio
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