Labor and capital disputes heard in New York Senate hearings
The New York Senate labor and education committee heard testimony from William G Mooday of Brooklyn on foreign land purchases and wage pressure. P J McGuire spoke on the Central Labor Union with 700000 members. Lee Norvin Green of Western Union testified on stock value, salaries, and telegraph growth, noting high profits and low apprentice wages. He described government versus private telegraph efficiency and revealed free passes issued to politicians. The session adjourned to the 8th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
United States Senate
Edna William G. Mooday
Brooklyn
Great Britain
Europe
Austria
Italy
Switzerland
Ces
Witess
P. J. McGuire
Central Labor Union
Anderson
Lee Norvin Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Reen
England
Hee
A. T. Peck
People’s Bank
Pugh
Eorge
New En
France
Green
New York
Associated Press
Green Sudt
Domestic incidents report with multiple fatal and injurious events
A stenographic item notes a person named Stacie injured on the 29th at Hydnda New York with one death and five likely fatally hurt. Nearby in Colfax Louisiana Gil bert Dubois killed his brother-in-law over a thirteen dollar debt. Also a saw mill explosion in Durango Colorado killed two and seriously injured another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydnda
N. Y
Colfax
Gilbert Dubois
Magee
Dubois
Durango
Col
Summary of varied 19th century incidents and notices
A compilation of accidents crimes and civic items across several locations. Reports include a $100000 failed wager in New Orleans, a Northampton man killed by his own gun, a New Hampshire arrest for assault, a Philadelphia train wreck at Pleasantville, and a murder by unknown parties near Antonio Missouri. Also noted are a crematory proposal in New Orleans, a boy struck by wheels in Scranton, frost killed crops near Erie Pennsylvania, a Moody revival in Chicago, and new postal routes and telegraph lines.
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Me Namara
Johu Smith
Ocean Grove
N.J
Eleanor
May
Lewis D. Vail
Philadelphia
Atlantic City Railway
Pleasantville
Mace Manrspen
Allen Hensley
Antonio
Postal Telegraph Company
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
T. Jxss
Fort Worth
Tex
Tae Grand
New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Scranton
John Kerrigan
Erle
Tax Ocean Grove
N. J
Jerusalem
Evangelist D. L. Moody
Ira D. Sankey
F. G. Ensign
Madison Street
United States
Canada
New England
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific
States
New York City
Edward W. Sumner
Sigbert Rogers
Rogers
Castle Garden
Londonderry
Jon Smows
West Point
Miss
Rsau Suira
St. Joseph
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Personal and political notices from the era
Coroner H A Herrman who poisoned himself at Horseheads N Y had led local enterprises for thirty years. He told his wife he had carried strychnine in crises for ten years. Tax President and party of tourists encamped on Yellowstone Lake on the 28th. Massachusetts Greenbackers to hold state convention in Boston on September 17. Maine Legislature adjourned sine die on the 20th. Governor Crittenden of Missouri urged an extra session to strengthen the Downing temperance law. Pennsylvania Greenback convention at Williamsport approved tariffs and money issuance. Deaths: Hon John Nico Buffalo N Y Edward Mulvaney New York and George Moors Washington. New Jersey Republican convention called for Trenton on September 18.
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H. A. Herrman
Horseheads
N. Y
Yellowstone Lake
Massachusetts
Boston
Maine
Crittenden
Missouri
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Washington
George ¥. Moors
Texas
New Jersey
Trenton
Christian Temperance Union begins four day meeting
In Cottage City Massachusetts the Christian Temperance Union started a four day gathering. General Joe Shelby appeared in court on the 30th in an intoxicated condition and drew a pistol on the State's Attorney. He apologized and was fined ten dollars.
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Chriatian Temperance Union
Tonyete
Cottage City
Mass
Trane Jarade
Ay Santing Fo
Joe Shelby
Various Global and Local Conflicts Highlight 1889 News
Reports from Dublin note Parnell backing Irish Home Rule while Arctic explorers seek to rescue the Varna. Hungarian Jews flee Ezerszeg as France conquers Annam. Volcanic eruptions in the Aegean area cause massive losses with Krakots and Sihisie Island described. A Mexican gambling riot, cholera in Alexandria, and a Nova Scotia gale plus Newfoundland wrecks are reported.
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Dublin
Irish National League
Parnell
House
Commons
Xule
North Pole
Varna
Jenninette
Ezerszeg
Hungary
France
Annam
Chins
Jays
Krakots
Sihisie Island
New Laredo
Mex
Alexandria
Liverpool
Eng
Canada
Admiral Mirer
Canton
Catrantnz Connoty
Bruff
Ireland
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Shakespeare
Stratford-upon- Avon
Egypt
Cholera toll in Egypt tops twenty seven thousand
A London World summary notes Egypt’s cholera death toll reaching 27 218 by the 1st with the outbreak Las largely abating. Other items report M E Corrs dying in Oskaloosa Iowa, a Vermont Central collision injuring thirteen, Loring and Avery tannery fire at Sandy Creek and New Haven losses, and various political and natural disaster notes across the globe.
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Egypt
M. E. Corrs
Congress
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Colchester
Vermont Central Road
Loring & Avery
Sandy Creek
N. Y
New Haven
Conn
Massachusetts Democratic State Committee
Springfield
Butler
Java
Frankfort
D. T
Mur
England
Treasury
Havana
Western Maryland
Baltimore
Pensacola _Navy Yard
Isl
Farmingdale
L. I. On
Madagascar
St. Louis
Seyurd
Logos
Mex
Tragic Nova Scotia Storm Claims Seventeen Fishermen
A severe gale off the Nova Scotia coast sinks the Welcome at East Cape with ten lost and the J. W. Russell near Halifax wrecks, killing seven crew members and leaving five survivors. Ten others from Lunenburg are drowned, with names Himmelman and Spindle among those saved.
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Nova Scotia
Lunenburg
Banja
Im Hinmelman
East Cape
Prince Edward Island
Cape
Spindle
la Flave
Halifax
J. W. Russell
Mahone Bay
Allen Ernst
Bank Quero
Sambrought
Gloucester
Flora Delaner
Frank Wright
Hove Sn
Telegraph Company Concedes With Night Staff Pay Change
Western Union Telegraph issues order cutting night shift by thirty minutes per night and adding Sunday night overtime pay at one seventh of a day per extra hour starting September 1. Monthly pay now based on working days, not month length, yielding about $15 extra in typical $75 monthly wages.
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Bearon
Western Union Telegraph Company
Peculiar Marriage Shocks Town Elders
This town is excited by a marriage between Miss Ella Johnson sixteen and George Powell sixty four. Powell, a wealthy farmer, is on his fourth marriage. Ella becomes stepmother to five children, each old enough to be her parent, while Powell has several grandchildren.
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Mr. Powell
Eight Years After Sentence a Lethal Hanging
Esau Smith colored was hanged Friday inside the jail walls in Sr. Joserm La for the murder of Esau McCan on August 5 1875. He was convicted that October and later broke jail escaping until reincarceration in June when he made several attempts to escape again before being captured.
Krakatoa Disaster Details From Java Strait Eruption
A massive Krakatoa eruption near Java triggered tsunamis, lava flows, and deadly ash falls. Cities like Batavia and Anjer suffered heavy loss, with tens of thousands dead or missing among Europeans, Americans, and local residents amid widespread devastation and ash covered ruins.
Destruction by High Tides Ravages Atlantic City Beach
Atlantic City reports severe damage from a Wednesday high tide and heavy surf. Beaches, bath houses, restaurants, and shops were undermined or washed away. losses exceed 75000 dollars. Rail lines along the coast were submerged and passengers walked miles after trains abandoned.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Camden & Atlantic Railroad Company
Absecom
West Jersey
Shrewsbury River
Deadly Wedding Cake Sent to Nashville Man
Nat M. Smith of Nashville received a box of wedding cake with a note signed Annie L Sullivan from New Albany Indiana and Louisville postmark. After two bites he fell ill and was treated by physicians. Analysis found strychnine in the cake and Smith has no knowledge of the sender or motive.
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Nashville
Tenn
Nat M. Smith
T Annie L. “Bullivan
New Wibany
Ind
Louisville
Smith
Annie L. Sullivan
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Republican
Dor
Telegraph
NEW Mail
A. Martin
Orleans
Paezes
Northam i Ih
Chamberlain Lake
The
Telegraph. Company
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Ginjalfea
London
Ang
Krakatoa
Strait of
Sunda
Madura
Maha Merux
Gunung Gutter
Gunung Gunter
Gunung
Batavia
Anjir
Anir
Serang
Gherribon
Anjler
Merak
Batavias
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