World News Clipping From Vera Cruz to Formosa
A condensed world news roundup notes Vera Cruz negotiating a $1,000,000 loan, fires at MontreAl wholesale stationers Boid Ellis, yellow fever in Mexico, a Formosa republic claim, New York Cuban aid meetings, and political debates in Tennessee and Spain amid multiple disasters and incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Boid, Ellis &Co
Montreal
Phillips
South Day
Ves Beeen
New York
Nashville
Tenn
Moorehead
Marshal Moorehead
William Sturgill
Reynolds
Troy Presbyterian Church
Nicholasville
George
John Montgomery
Arch D. Riley
Riley
George Montgomery
Maeno
Formosa
Chamberlain
Trish
Athens
Agen
Lkely
United States
France
Venezuela
Paris
Elre
Janasch Bros
Galien
Mich
Stown
Prince Bros
Peck
Robert D. Sowers
Eri
Chicago
Sowers
Mareau Carroll
Iewa “City
Iowan
Carrie Alexander
Phil
Elizabeth's Hospital
Missouri
Omaha
Anna Annabel
Sam
Queensberry
Manilla
William
China
Japan
Count Haiyashi
Spain
Formosa Declares Independence Rejecting Annexation by Japan
Formosa refuses to be annexed to Japan declaring independence. Queen Victoria knighted Henry Irving Besant and Morris. London capitalists delay Rawhide mine purchase with 30 day extension and 5000 dollar forfeiture. Greece suffers earthquake destruction in seven villages with fifty dead.
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Formosa
Japan
Queen Victoria
Henry Irving
Novelist Besant
Morris
London
Sonora
Tuolomne
von Hohenlohe
Poliiie Liter Mearague
Costa Rica
Greece
Ex Congressman's Memphis appeal fuels anti free silver drive
Ex congressman Bryan spoke at a large Memphis gathering replying to Secretary Carlisle. The New York editorial group opposed free silver as Carlisle is targeted by anti free silver Democrats for president. Carlisle, as Treasury head, led the Southern anti free silver convention in Memphis and defended the administration.
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Bryan
Memphis
Carlisle
New York
Democratic
Fires Wreak Loss Across Multiple Locations
Fragmented report lists fires at Defiance Ohio and Gasport Indiana with losses totaling about 30 thousand to 40 thousand dollars. Incidents include a Light and Power plant in Defiance and a Park Hotel in Gasport owned by Mrs. A A Rogers. Insurance coverage cited at 3000 dollars.
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Kansas Penitentiary
Defance Ohio
the Light and Power Company
Haron L CD
Houghtons
Gasport Ind
Park Hotel
A A Rogers
Casualties Amass From Mixed Mountain and Rail Disasters
At Owasso Michigan David C Hoods two year old son drank carbolic acid and died. In Birmingham Alabama mule driver BIH Fields and miner Neal Brandie were killed in a mine accident. In Cincinnati Southern freight wreck near Danville Kentucky Stanley Davis of Chattanooga and D Rk Stokes from Georgia were killed. five others injured. Pratt mines near Birmingham saw tram cars derail and several workers injured. William Fields died, Neal Brandle, mine boss, died after being run over. Two mules killed and a dozen men escaped death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owasso
Mich
David C. Hoods
Bih Fields
Neal Brandie
Birmingham
Ala
Cincinnati Southern
Danville
Stanley Davis
Chattanooga
D Rk. Stokes
Georgia
Pratt Mines
Alu
Wiliam Fields
Neal Brandle
Multiple Deaths and Legal Actions Spark Regional Tensions
Reports from Michigan Ohio Illinois Kentucky Indiana Wisconsin and California detail suicides deaths by poisoning and drowning. Trials and charges include Mra Thrush and Casper Emmett facing murder accusations, a Kalamazoo jury deadlock in Callahan case, a Louisville grand jury declining to indict Fulton Gordon, and a mob in Danville freeing suspects. An officer faces investigation over a suspected poisoning tied to Laura Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coltdivator
Mich
Emma Barlow
Ilness
Edward Downing
Lexington
Lake Huron
Ashland
Wis
Mra Thrush
Casper Emmett
Foster
Mark Thursh
Zip
James Stewart
Leadville
Colo
Wells-Fargo Express
Cripple Creek
Callahan
Kalamazoo
William Witkwire
Climax
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Louisville
Fulton Gordon
Arch Brown
Victoria Machen
United States
Willis B. Machen
Machen
Leslie
Danville
Ill
Gut
John Halls
William Royce
Laura Barnett
Vincennes
Ind
George Jordan
Jordan
O. W Wintrop
Laura Hi
San Francisco
Jennie Matthews
Winthrop
Diverse industrial and legal notices span mills to railroads
Detroit lumber firm Hathaway & Co shifts assets to J M Longwell while distillery interests and independent lines in Peoria and Hanover shut down. Western trust cuts capacity. mining, silver, and gold ventures grow. Church and civic matters include Presbyterian unfermented wine stance and a Joliet Catholic church dispute.
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Hathaway & Co
Lumber Senlers
Detroit
Mich
J M Longwell
Peoria
Ill
Manhattan
Hanover
Independent
Great Western
Trust House
Kansas
Inglish Capital
Sonora
Cal Capitalists
Alabama
Santa Creek
Pueblo and Silver Clif
Pueblo
Colo
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Communion Service
Mexico
Judge Ricks
Ohio
Sophia Peterson
St Joseph
Elizabeth Vandervere
Vandervere
Peterson
William Price
Champaign
George Lather
Annie Nelson
Mrs. Tom Thumb Company
Minneapolis
Minn
Renville
Buffalo
oMeers
Louis W Reed
Norristown
Philadelphia
Pictaburg
Price
Lamont
Arizona
Anna Shaw
San Francisco
Walnut Creek
Phoenix
Ariz
Joseph Egg
Eldora
Iowa
J. C. Martin
E. G. Miller
Presbyterian Assembly Proposes One Million Reunion Fund
Pittsburg May 25 The eighth day of the 107th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church adopted resolutions to raise a million dollars for a reunion memorial fund to wipe out debts of benevolent boards. The body approved issuing a supplement of the Assembly Herald with Rev W H Roberts address on The Growth of Presbyterianism During the Past Twenty Five Years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
107Th General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
MciSwen
W. H Roberts
Assembly
Ezra B. Newcomb
la Porte
Ind
Europe Wheat Crop Short in France and Russia
An American report from Washington details Europe crop conditions with a fall in wheat areas across the wheat belt due to low prices and winter kill. It notes strong corn area gains in the U S and reduced cotton, while British cereals look promising and French sowing is nearly complete. Prices in England fall short of harvest stocks, and Germany faces unsatisfactory winter seedings with rye showing yellowing.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
Agricultural Department
New England
Middle
Great Britain
France
Germany
Saxony
Prussia
Netherlands
Spain
European
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Sacramental Question Debated As Prohibition Pleas Rise
In Cleveland on May 26 a heated assembly debate focused on whether unfermented fruit of the vine fulfills the sacrament of the Lord s supper and calls to prohibit liquor trade were made but no action was taken. A report on theological summaries was set as a special order for Saturday morning. Rival to the Salvation Army, Catholic missionary workers plan a broad movement in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Catholic Missionary Workers
Death of Prince Rudolph link unveiled by Tranquilini
New York May 23 Johann Tranquilini dies in Ward's Island Asylum and reveals the secret history of Crown Prince Rudolph's Meyerling death. He says Rudolph was driven by him on unheralded excursions and that Baroness Vassera shot herself after attacking the prince, followed by a fatal blow from a relative count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johann Tranquilini
New York City
Ward's Island
Crown Prince
Rudolph
Meyerling
Fluker-Hutscher
Flacre
Royal Trode
Tranqubini
Vienna
Vassera
Count
Seven Villages Destroyed in Epirus Earthquake
Athens dispatches report seven villages destroyed and fifty deaths in Epirus, a region in what is now Albania. The tremor’s severest impact was in the southwest Epirus area, and London confirms latest advices from Athens about the disaster.
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London
Standard
Athens
Epirus
Albania
European
Turkey
Victoria's Birthday Observed by Britain in 19th Century
London observed Queen Victoria's birthday with bright weather and decorated public buildings. Lord Rosebery dined with the queen, who slept at Windsor and received an audience in the morning. The monarch approved a birthday honors list from the premier.
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London
Lord Roseberry
Windsor
Canadian Women Call For Stricter Laws On Bigamy
Quebec reports that the National Council of Women of Canada will address bigamy by Canadian citizens in the United States at Toronto next week. Countess of Aberdeen leads, noting that a married British subject who marries abroad cannot be convicted of bigamy in Canada even without an American divorce.
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Quebec
United States
Toronto
National Council of Women of Canada
Countess of Aberdeen
Canada
Trade Outlook Mixed After May Wheat Damage
R G Dun & Co reports wheat heavily hit by May snows and frosts but urges caution as prices may still rise. Western wheat receipts exceed last year yet export buying wanes. Corn, pork, oats advance. cotton climbs amid reduced acreage. Dry goods demand supports mills though cotton demand softens. 207 US failures vs 183 last year, 23 Canada vs 28.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Gold And Silver Output From American Mines In 1894
The mint director reports 1894 gold production in the United States at 1,910,800 fine ounces with coinage value 39,500,000 dollars, up 3,500,000 from 1893. Silver output is estimated at 49,500,000 ounces with coinage value 64,000,000 dollars, down 20,500,000 ounces from 1893. California leads gold at 13,570,000 dollars, followed by Colorado and Montana. silver leads with Colorado at 23,281,400 fine ounces and 30,101,200 dollars, then Montana and Utah. Overall silver value averages 31,432,400 dollars for the year.
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Washington
Mint
United States
California
Colorado
Montana
South Dakota
Utah
Idaho
Arms For Cuban Rebels Headed To Insurgents From New York
General Quesada will depart New York with four thousand rifles and substantial ammunition for Cuban rebels. He aims to reach Cuba soon and possibly command rebel forces, promising that arms will attract fighters. His nephew Manuel de Quesada and two others accompany him, while Henry Isroolis, a Cuban patriot, joins as an ally. Santiago is named as the target, not Havana.
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New York
General Quesada
Cuba
Quesada
Manuel de Quesada
Island
General Campos
Henry Isroolis
Gascogne
Paris
Tie
Santiago
Havana
Tragedy on Cotton Belt as Lane Kills Woolfork in Arkansas
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on May 24 WHI Lane a section hand and ex convict shot and killed Samuel Woolfork twelve miles north at Wabbuseka after Woolfork demanded pay. Lane fled but a posse pursued him.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Samuel Woolfork
Wabbuseka
Woolfork
Lane
Altheimer
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CRIME
Louis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Toledo
OFA
General Assembly
Pitsburg
The
Salvation Army
Chicago Board OF Trade
Prince Rudolph
Victoria's
ARE
Bigamists
Dun’s Weekly
GOLD
Toures
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