News of the Week domestic heat, wrecks, and murders
Tax Fourth of July observed nationwide amid heat storms. An express near Cincinnati struck a farmer's wagon killing six, including Henry Kracke and family. A Brooklyn burglary saw $100,000 stolen. Fires, floods, drownings, and a series of violent crimes marked the period as storms and heat persisted across the country.
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Cincinnati
Henry Kracke
John
Annie
Maggie
Lizzie
H. W. Wheeler
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cornell
Lake George
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Gadsden
Ala
Haughn
Jefferson
Tex
Crrizzns
Skipwith
Miss
Martin Jones
Ambachern
Henry Wroxes
Catharine W. van Rensselaer
Greenbush
Fonda
Kirklanp
Massillon
Albert Kuan
Erie
Mary Steiner
Kuhn
Susquehanna
Williogbarre
Philadelphia
J. F. Kelley
Huntsville
Scranton
Warrooms & Kinpaul
Chicago
Woon
Opers House
St. Paul
Minn
Brattleboro
Evansville
Bolivia
New York
Buieakig & Co
Armstrong
Mass
Dover
N. H
Cocheco
Brewster
Bermuda
Staten Islands
N.Y
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Omaha
Milwaukee
Peekskill
Thirteenth Regiment
Pensacola
Fla
Vera Cruz
Tax Boards of Health of
Mas. Cristian
San Antonio
Tax
Mr. Oston
Prominent Grants and Political Moves Across Nation
Pratt of Baltimore donated a city library deed and 833 838.88 investment. Vanderbilt added 100000 to Nashville endowment reaching 700000. Lohmann wins 25000 libel verdict against Chicago Herald. National Anti Monpoly Convention in Chicago elected John J Henry president with 19 states represented. Georgia legislature meets in Atlanta. James F Jones elected to Congress from Alabama First District. Independent state convention at Jackson Miss endorses free ballot fair count railroad oversight and judges elected by people. Archbishop Puncein dies Cincinnati and Bishop Pinkney dies Maryland. Downing High License act upheld in Missouri. Henry elected permanent president at Chicago convention. Platform calls for state or federal control over corporations postal telegraph savings banks graduated income tax and patent law reform. Minnesota Democratic convention set for St Paul. Cholera deaths rise in Damietta and Mansourah. Various global shocks and disasters reported.
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Encog Pratt
Baltimore
Pratt Free Library
W. H. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
E. J. Lohmann
Chicago Herald
Chicago
John J. Henry
New York
Denis Kearney
Stephen A. Maybell
California
Georgia
Atlanta
James F. Jones
Congress
Alabama
Jackson
Miss
John Baptist Puncein
Cincinnati
Pinkney
Maryland
Cockeysville
Downing
Missouri Supreme Court
St. Louis
Bih
John F. Henry
Brooklyn
N. Y
Coat of Railways and Transportation
Minnesota
St. Paul
A. J. Streeter
Committee On
J. F. Crews
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Politica
Republicas
Democratic
Springer
Maine
Brown
James K. Magie
Kehoe
B. F. Shiveley
South Bend
Ind
N. B. Killmer
Edwin Lee Brown
R. F. Wingate
Missouri
John Henry Keen, Jr
M. Ramkin
A. H. Coffene
L. T. Foster
D. A. Clark
Iowa
D. W. Ray
C. H. Williams
Michigan
E. N. Hill
D.G
B.S. Heath
Dakota
J. Orms
Central American volcanic eruptions and English train wreck
Panama reports frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes across Central American republics with villages destroyed. In Huddersfield England a descending train caused a car to overturn with two dead and thirty wounded as a twenty four hour period ended.
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Panama
Huddersfield
England
Tur heat in New York reports 176 deaths in week
News notes a heat wave in New York with 176 fatalities including 13 sunstroke deaths. Weekly toll reaches 1,051, up from 718, as ice carts patrol streets to cool crowds and prevent further tragedies.
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New York
Chicago
Wien
East Liberty
Anti-Monopoly Platform Debate at Curcaco Conference
A July 5 Curcaco session reports the Independent party platform calling for government regulation of monopolies, land reform to public domain, national money sovereignty, and a direct presidential vote. Minority reports on woman suffrage trigger heated exchanges as officers are elected and reorganizations finalize.
Anecdotes of Edmund Kean Revealing His Temper and Generosity
Anecdotes portray Edmund Kean as blunt yet principled in poverty and fame. He rebukes a landlord for old slights, confronts a former manager over ingratitude, and defends a fallen friend in public. He also defends Incledon and refuses to abandon a friend in need during hardship.
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Kean
Portsmouth
Edmund Kean
Edmund
Earl of Essex
Incle Don
Incledon
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Turin
Italy
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Berlin
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Wesehington C. Detweiler
Reading
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Maria von Evcaner
Castle Garden
Marshan Hensley
Greenslare
James Owen
George Ayers
Salem
Mansuraoh
Sharbin
Alexandria
H. Reler & Co
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Teller
War Department
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Magpie Mitchell
Long Branch
Antienst
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