Transfer of Formosa to Japan Reported
Shanghai and Formosa news detail Li Ching Fang and John W Foster returning after transferring Formosa to Japan per Sho Mokoseki treaty terms. Admiral Kaibayma named governor of Formosa. formal transfer occurred at Keelung on Sunday June 3. Foster to return to the United States aboard the next steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Li Ching Fang
Li Hung Chang
John W. Foster
Formosa
Shimomoseki
Foster
Viscount Kaibayma
Navy Department
Keo Lung
United States
Death of Lord Gough Opens Peerage To Heir in Washington
A cable from the British embassy in Washington reports the death of Lord Gough father of Hugh Gough the first secretary in Sabena. The elder Lord Gough dies leaving estates to the son who becomes Lord Gough and a peer. The elder Lord Gough previously served as commander in India and was honored by Parliament and the queen with a perpetual annuity. The new Lord Gough is a Oxford graduate and has served in Stockholm St Petersburg and Washington.
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Washington
Lord Gough
Hugh Gough
Sabenar
England
India
Grenadier Guarda
Oxford
Stockholm
St. Petersburg
Peaceful Union Confederate Reunion in Chicago Feasts
A remarkable reunion occurred in Chicago as 250 surviving generals from both sides gathered for a banquet hosted by the Citizens' Committee. Notables included Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet and Gen. Wade Hampton, with interactions across former rivals and shared toasts honoring Gen. John C. Black. The event featured coordinated seating, band performances, and cheers for "Sherman's March" and "Dixie."
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Chicago
Citizens’ Committee of
Mayor Swift
Fitzhugh Lee
James Longstreet
Wade Hampton
John M.palmer
Gen. Butler
South Carolina
Illinois
John C. Black
Sherman
Vaio
Clemency for Marquez Returns to Mexican Soil After Exile
Gen Leonardo Marquez arrives in Mexico City after twenty seven years abroad banished for taking part in the French intervention. He narrowly escaped execution after the 1867 executions at Queretaro by bribing a cemetery guard to hide in a grave. Banished then, he now returns by grace of President Diaz after years of advocacy by his friends.
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Maximilian
Mexico
Leonardo Marquez
Miramon
Mexia
Queretaro
Marquez
Portero
Los Angeles
Diaz
Drowning Fatalities of Farm Manager and Foreman
E C Dimmick manager of Stanton Breeding Farm Company and Ed Tucker ranch foreman drowned near Leigh Nebraska during dam repair. Tucker rode into the stream to free a team, was thrown, Dimmick jumped in to help and both were lost.
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Inch
Hia
E. C. Dimmick
Stanton Breeding Farm Company
Marshall Field
Chicago
Ed Tucker
Leigh
Neb
Tucker
Dimmick
Steamer Runnelle Burns Off Anbtabula Run
The steamer Runnelle caught fire thirty miles off Anbtabula Ohio and was towed in by the New Orleans and Milwaukee. Both boats pumped water into the burning steamer but failed to save her.
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Runnelle
Anbtabula
Ohio
New Orleans
Milwaukee
Tipplers Tabooed and Temperance Tide in Danbury
Four hundred young women in Danbury Conn have formed a sisters temperance society and are adding new members daily. A Sunday meeting drew a large Bethel delegation and pledges bar members from drinking and from courting drinkers. The movement triggers male opposition as several engagements reportedly may be broken.
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Danbury
Conn
Sisters’ Temperance Society
Bethel
Business Conditions Improve in Past Month Says Dun Review
R G Dun & Co Weekly Review notes broad improvement in business conditions with favorable changes in labor and monetary factors. It cites rising prices for wheat and cotton, possible crop damage, and stronger commercial demand though coal strikes and bank failures weighed earlier.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Big Lake Breaks Its Bonds In Medicine Valley
A torrent of water from Curtis Lake swept through Medicine valley in Frontier county Nebraska on Sunday destroying farms homes mills and railroad property. The flood carried away buildings and caused probable loss of life with Stockville and surrounding areas severely affected while Cambridge escaped the worst.
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Medicine Valley
Nebraska
Frontier County
Neb
Curtis Lake
Stockville
Medicine Creek
Cambridge
Medicine
Republican River
Curtis
Fire in Lehigh Shaft at Port Bowkley Coal Mine
A blaze erupted in the north shaft of the Wyoming colliery owned by Lehigh Valley Coal Company at Port Bowkley Pennsylvania. An explosion followed the fire injuring Patrick J. Duddy and Morgan Bevan. The cause is traced to a Polish miner who ignited a gas feeder. Fire crews fought fumes as flames spread through timbers.
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Lehigh Company
Port Bowkley
Wyoming
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Patrick J. Duddy
Morgan Bevan
Thames
Weavers End Eight-Week Strike At Blackstone Mill
Woolen weavers of No 1 mill Blackstone A L returned to work Friday after an eight weeks strike. Riverside Company Olneyville conceded the demanded wage advance. Price of coke rises in Pittsburg to 1 85 a ton with rumors of further July increases affecting iron and steel. Governor Hastings hosted Johnstown flood reporters in Harrisburg on the sixth anniversary.
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Slackstone
A. I
Blackstone
A. L
Riverside Company
Olneyville
Pittsburg
Johnstown
Harrisburg
Hastings
Sawmill Boiler Explosion Kills Firefighters Near Downaville
A boiler at Deal's sawmill near Downaville N Y exploded killing Fireman Ed Deal and Fireman Pender Oxford and Gordon Oxford. Reuben Jones died five hours later from injuries. Two other young men were bruised and scalded but expected to recover. Firemen had weighed down the safety valve.
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Deal
Downaville
N. Y
Ed Deal
Pender Oxford
Gordon Oxford
Reuben Jones
Gunboat Sucre Boiler Explosion Kills Commander and 14
The Ecuadorian gunboat Sucre blew up its boiler killing the commander and fourteen crew. Seventeen others were wounded with thirteen fatally. The vessel was transporting troops to Machala to strike rebels at the time of the disaster.
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Bolter
Sucre
Machala
Mourning the Dead Washington Pays Tribute to Soldier
Washington honors Walter Quinton Gresham with a national burial ceremony. Flags at half mast flutter across government buildings and posts as President Cleveland and ministers attend, reflecting deep sorrow for the fallen soldier and friend.
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Washington
Walter Quinton Gresham
United States
Cleveland
New Crop Reporting Plan Expands to 20 States
The Agriculture Department proposes a township level crop reporting system with a correspondent in every township reporting to the department. The scheme covers 1,889 counties across 20 states from New York to central regions, representing about 90 percent of the wheat area. Each county averages about fifteen townships, providing a cross check with the existing system.
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Agricultural Department
New York
St Louis Steamship Trial Yields Promising Speed
The St. Louis of the International Navigation Company completed her sea trial near New York, reaching twenty knots for thirty minutes and prompting officials to adjust furnaces and coal to sustain twenty one knots. New York crowds welcomed the vessel as a grand, imposing liner. Citizens contributed 1 662 books to the first cabin and 639 to the second cabin. Fritz Scheel of the Golden Gate Park Band quit afterDecoration Day due to poor music, ending his baton in San Francisco.
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St. Louis
International Navigation Company Line
Vesey Street
North River
New York
San Francisco
Fritz Scheel
Golden Gate Park
Scheel
Old Vienna
Bevier Township Teacher Found Dead in Woods
Kirksville Missouri resident Guy Curry, a local schoolteacher two miles southeast of Bevier township in Adair county, was reported missing since Sunday and found dead Tuesday evening in the woods with a bullet hole in his head. The cause of death remains undetermined.
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Guy Curry
Kirksville
Bevier Township
Adair County
Governor General and Lady Aberdeen Welcome Aberdeen Students
About 10,000 Toronto school children gathered in the new armory Friday to greet the Governor General and Lady Aberdeen. The crowd sang patriotic songs and heard a speech from Lord Aberdeen.
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Aberdeen
Toronto
New Armory
Governor General
Lady Aberdeen
Lord Aberdeen
National Market Averages Across Cities Report
Chicago cattle range 3.75 to 6.25, hogs 3.00 to 5.00, wheat No 2 red 77 to 81 cents, corn No 2 62 to 64, oats 20 to 30 cents, eggs 12 to 13 cents, butter 17 to 18 cents per pound with regional variations in Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo Milwaukee and New York markets showing similar price bands across cattle hogs sheep and grains with small discrepancies in grade and location. Resources include No 2 red wheat at 82 to 83 cents in some reports and several cities list livestock and grain values for the day.
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Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cleveland
CBS
Cincinnati
Chicago
Bawenee
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Eperee
Boston
New York
Washington
St. Louis
Louisville
Indianapolis
St. Louie
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Colima Disaster Reported Off Mexican Coast
The Colima, a 129th Panama voyage ship built in Chester by John Roach & Sons, sank after a boiler burst near Manzanillo. Ninety percent of the 182 aboard were not saved. nineteen were rescued, including fourteen passengers and five crew members, by the San Juan.
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Mexican
Pacific Mail
Colima
Mansanillo
Mexico
San Francisco
Phig Firme
Pitts
San Juan
Manzanillo
Passenners
Hansen
Punta St. Alma
Chester
John Roach & Sons
Panama
Youthful Soldiers Rally for School Military Drill
A growing movement establishes military drill in public schools. The American Guard forms in New York and Brooklyn with a Memorial Day parade of about 10,000. Support grows nationwide with Congress and state legislatures debating the issue. the Grand Army of the Republic backs the effort. Boston has long operated a similar program known as the Boston School Regiment.
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American Guard
New York
Brooklyn
Congress
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Uniformed Boys Form Large American Guard Militia
About 1,500 uniformed boys participate in the American Guard movement in New York and Brooklyn with battalions from public schools, each having a number and place in line. The drill is popular nationwide from Boston to Des Moines and Omaha, drawing pride and competition for officer positions as boys trade play for drill hours. Smaller, untrained companies serve as drill squads feeding regular units.
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New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Washington
Cincinnati
Columbus
Des Moinea
Omaha
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