Vessel Seized in New York Bound for Cuban Insurgents
The brig Pearl owned by L W and P Armstrong was seized by U S Marshal Hayden in Brooklyn on suspicion of carrying arms for Cuban insurgents. Armstrong denies responsibility and seeks government relief while Hayden reports to Washington. A Toledo note adds that Corbett Fitzsimmons fifth bout may be staged on two Lake Erie ferries to seat about 4000 spectators.
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Pearl
Marshal Hayden
Washington
Perry
Toledo
Ann Arbor Railway
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Lake Erie
Tragedy at Franklin Iron Works Beam Crushes Man
At Franklin Indiana a derrick beam fell when a pin pulled free crushing John Jackson who guarded the liver. He survived a fall in a small slope and is believed fatally injured. In Kingwood West Virginia Cornelius Miller died after being scalded in a boiling pit when a worker lit the digestors.
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Axt
Franklin
Ind
John Jackson
Jackson
Kingwood
W. Va
Cornelius Miller
The
Narrows
Maryland Line
Miller
Lightning Strikes Kill Farmhand in Indiana Field
A severe thunderstorm hammered the area as torrential rain and violent winds flattened hundreds of acres of corn. Bert Howe, 22, was killed near Newburn while harvesting oats and riding a mule toward shelter when struck by lightning.
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Columbus
Ind
Newburn
Bert Howe
Clear Unionist gain yields majority in English parliament
Election returns show Conservative and unionist totals of 231 seats with Liberals 44 and others. Unionists lead by 32 seats in the next House, even before all remaining contests are decided. Also reports a Lake Superior collision: the Nyanza sank after a fog collision with the Northern King near Sugar Island, valued at 110000 and owned by the McBrier syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Conservatios
Liberal
Parnellites
McCarthyites
Labor
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Sugar Island
St. Mary’s River
McBrier Syndicate
Erie, Pa
Barbarous Treatment by Belle Isle Fishermen After Shipwreck
Thirty six crew members from the steamship City of Mexico reach Montreal recounting barbarous acts by Belle Isle fishermen. They allegedly tried to set the wreck ablaze and plunder the cargo while Captain Daly and several sailors stayed aboard, but salvage was impossible.
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Montreal
City of Mexico
Belle Isle
Daly
Judge rules apportionment law unconstitutional in Indiana case
Judge Moffitt of Sullivan Circuit Court declares the last General Assembly apportionment law unconstitutional. The suit by E E Easter seeks to compel the Clerk Auditor and Sheriff to take all steps to hold a statewide election for State Senators and Representatives under the 1893 law.
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Moffitt
Sullivan Circuit Court
General Assembly
E. E. Easter
Frightful Cuba killings reported near Artemisa
A Havana special reports five attackers killed a family of five at Caryajubos near Artemisa, three women and two girls, with knives and machetes. Two others were wounded. attackers were pursued and captured by civil guards. A separate Cleveland area item notes Milas Lizzie Thomas of Brown County died after walking from a window at the Ohio Hospital for Wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Caryajubos
Artemisa
Milas Lizzie Thomas
Brown County
Ohio Hospital For of Wind
Gallipolis
Ohio
Peru Refuses to Apologize to Bolivia Over Demands
Lima reports Peru rejected Bolivia's ultimatum demanding an apology and flag dipping on Bolivian soil. Bolivia seeks Tacna and Arica with possible support from Ecuador and Chile, citing a peacetime vote to settle ownership after a ten year treaty.
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Peru
Bolivia
Lima
Tacna
Arica
Ecuador
Chile
Michigan Towns Burned by Forest Fires
Forest fires swept northern Michigan destroying Wallin and Clary between Thompsonville and Traverse City and forcing residents to seek refuge in Thompsonville. Morley on the Grand Rapids and Indiana line faces threat while fires spread from Manton to Mancelona. Oden Oden resort was in danger and ships report smoke threatening navigation on Lakes Michigan and Huron.
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Wallin and
Clary
Grand Rapids
Mich
Chicago and
West Michigan
Wallin
Thompsonville
Traverse City
Indiana
Morley
Manton
Mancelona
Oden-Oden
Lakes Michigan
Huron
Western League standings and naval build up rumors
The Western League clubs finish the week in order with updates on the National League standings. Airing views on Japan’s anticipated navy growth cites large indemnity funds from China and rising customs revenues as background to a shift in naval power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Baseball League
Mikado
Washington
Japan
China
Chinese Are Defeated at Hyin Chu Island Formosa
A clash left seven hundred Chinese attackers repulsed at Hyin chu Island Formosa with hundreds killed and many captured. On the Japanese side the loss was eleven men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyinchu
Formosa
Trade boom explained by spring frosts and July fears
Dun's Review notes a strong, rapid business influx that defies seasonal norms as May festivities and late harvests compress timing. Despite crops fears fading, the weekly review reports large July volume, a wheat price drop driven by speculation, and lower exports from Atlantic ports versus last year.
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Dun
R. D. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Atlantic
Lake ship canals call for traffic boom at Sault Ste. Marie
Col. O M Poe reports strong growth in Great Lakes waterways with traffic up across wheat down 3 percent while flour rises 10 percent. Total freight climbs 20 percent and passenger traffic 36 percent as work on St Marys River falls and Hay Lake channel progresses toward a twenty-foot depth with $2,165,000 of $2,659,115 appropriated and no further funds needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Col
O. M. Poe
Great Lakes
Chicago
Duluth
Buffalo
Lake Superior
Col. Poe
St. Mary's River
Hay Lake
Seven Fatalities Mark Chicago Area Sunday Toll
One day’s dark list reports seven deaths and multiple injuries in and around Chicago on Sunday. A string of accidents and drownings includes two Lipner brothers, John and Andrew, aged 17 and 16, who drowned at Lake Calumet after a fishing trip ended in a crabbed swim and cramps. their bodies were recovered hand in hand as their mother is overwhelmed with grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John
Andrew Lipner
Lake Calumet
Brice Buys a Railroad to Link Chicago and New York
Railway men say Brice has purchased the Pittsburgh Akron and Western Road and plans a vast system. They claim it will form the shortest Chicago to New York route with connections to major centers. The line would run between the Vanderbilt north system and the Pennsylvania south system, crossing the Erie at several points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brice
Calvin
Pittsburg
Akron and
Western Road
Chicago
New York
Vanderbilt
Pennsylvania
Erie
Stabbed Hero Keetley in Pittsburg Tragedy
Charles C. Keetley a flagman from Pittsburg Pennsylvania saved a tramp sleeping on the bumper of a P V & C railroad car but was stabbed three times by the grateful killer who fled into darkness Keetley likely to die The report also notes droughts in Britain with wheat acreage 20 percent lower than 1804 and crop damage across crops due to dry weather
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Charles C. Keetley
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
Keetley
Great Britain
The
London Times
Farmers Plan Irrigation Company in Fairplain Michigan
Farmers in the Fairplain vicinity form a company to irrigate their farms using a thirty horsepower gasoline engine to pump water from the St. Joseph through Fairplain. The unusually dry weather has convinced farmers that irrigation is necessary to have crops.
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Fairplain
Mich
Tt Ig
St. Joseph
Four Children Born to Pittsburg Family
Mrs. Elizabeth Rankin wife of Hugh Rankin gave birth to four children in Pittsburg three males and one female One male child died fourteen hours after birth The remaining three are doing well The combined weight of all four was twenty pounds
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Pittsburg
Elizabeth Rankin
Hugh Rankin
Sixteen Tramps Arrested After Freight Train Attack
Maryland trainmen and Canton police subdued a gang near Bay View Junction. Sixteen tramps and desperadoes were captured after a gunfire incident on a Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore freight train. The engine crew escaped to Canton for help, and officers pursued into woods, seizing the group and loading them into a box car.
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Maryland
Philadelphia, Wilmingon and Baltimore
Bay View Junction
Canton
Baltimore County
Billy
Rioting in Cuba and Kidnapping in Indiana Reported
Havana fronts three days of fighting as Gen Gasco’s forces clash with rebels in the Sierra Maestra with heavy rebel losses and captured arms. In Indiana a bride of weeks is abducted on a porch by a man, pursued by her husband and townsfolk, but details cannot be printed. Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil’s grim press on Saldanha da Gama aftermath. Fire devastates Lewiston steamer Cibola and nearby hotel. Armenian plight worsens as Kurdish raids continue.
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Gubans
Havana
Gasco
Sierra Maestra
Navarro
Garzon
Minas Daiquiri
Santiago de Cuba
Alto Villalon
Matayeguas
Sultor
Indianapolis
Ind
William James
James
Zionsville
Mr. James
New York Herald
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Saldhana da Gana
Markets Across Cities Report Strong Cattle and Grain Prices
Markets note varied prices for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo Milwaukee New York. Prices show ranges for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with notable highs and lows in regional trade.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Indiana Fair Dates and Hosts Across Counties
A long list details fair dates and secretaries across Indiana counties from late July into October. Entries include Bainbridge Delware Middletown Hagerstown Kokomo Madison New Castle and many others with responsible officials such as A R Allison P R Hudson J Mfartley D L Moulder and M Partridge. The schedule spans July 29 through Oct 19 with dozens of county and district fairs and names of towns like Wirt Station Lebanon Greenfield and Bedford.
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Indiana
Putnam County
Bainbridge
A. R. Allison
Delaware
Middletown
P. R. Hudson
Ripley County
Osgood
Weeteonty
Hagerstoug
Wayne County
Hagerstown
J. Mfartley
Howard County
Kokomo
D. L. Moulder
Wirt Station
Thomas Watlington
Jefferson County Fair
Madison
H. Demaree
Henry County
New Castle
Oglesby
Rockport
M Partridge
Newton County
Morocco
A. E. Purkey
Marmont
Dearborn
Lawrenceburg
Dorman
Warren
West Lebanon
M. A. Judy
Hancock County
Greenfield
Elbert Tyner
Clinton County
Frankfort
Joseph Heavilon
Witty
Johnson County
Franklin
Young
Harrison County
Corydon
Paoli
A. W. Bruner
Boswell
Daviess County
Washington
John Downey
Cowardington
W.T. Wise
Gibson County
Princeton
Lake County
Crown Point
Dubois County Fair
Huntingburg
D. Rentphaler
Lee Fa
Lagrange County Fair
Lagrange
M. Rowe
Plymouth
Chris Fisher
Wabash County Fair
Wabash
Knox
H. Rowes
Portland
Geo
W. Bergeman
Flora
C. E. Nobes
Fort Wayne
Rockhill
Lafotte County
LaPorte
J. Vene Dorland
Connersville
F. Downes
Monroe County
Bloomington
KR. Worrell
Bremer
Henry H. Or
Newport
John Richardson
Eastern Indiana
Kendallville
Goulogue
Michigan
South Bend
Dixon
Place
Bedford
T. Zollman
Poplar Grove
Waterloo
M. Kiplinger
Steuben County
Angola
H. Lystom
Bourbon District
Bourbon
D. Estinger
Knox County
Vincennes
J.W. Emison
Runaway crash injures Ws Saw and more
Reports list a probable fatal runaway crash at Shelbyville injuring Ws. Saw, the death of Rev. W. R. Tiggins a Terre Haute Presbyterian minister, a new hatchery planned in Richmond by the local fish and game club, and several other local incidents including drownings, a militia medical examiner appointment, and an election result in Jennings County approving a pike construction by a 64,000ish vote.
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Shelbyville
W. R. Tiggins
Terre Haute
Richmond
Fish and Game Club
Apotra S1tano
Clark’s Station
Lake Michigan
S. W. Eowina
Elwood
Indiana
Madison County
Tucke
Diana. B. Kenny
Ft. Wayne
R. J. Couzins
Indianapolis
Erie
Noblesville
Mas. Sanvuxi
Royuvan
Chester Township
Wabash County
Jennings County
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Patrick Feeney
Mary Burke
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Brooklyn
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Kansas City
Paul
Minneapolis
Lewiston
N.Y
Cibola
Lewiston, N. Y
Van
Minor State News
Montgomery County
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