Week in Review Aerial and Fire News from Bradford to Detroit
A series of disasters and incidents fill the week from Bradford Pennsylvania where a glycerine blast killed four and injured others, to Michigan forest fires that authorities fear claimed 600 lives. Detroit launches a rapid relief drive while Lonaconing Maryland endures a massive fire. A Minnesota California race winner named Belle Cook tops Emma Jewett in a twenty mile sprint.
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Michigan
Detroit
Lonacooning
Minnespolia
Emma Jewett
Minnesota
Belle Cook
California
Emma Dixon
Treasury Department
Washington
New York Silk Manufacturing Company
Marion
N. J
United States
Fort Smith
Ark
Arizona
Fort Apache
Reservation
Tonto Creek
Pleasant Valley
Benton Hammond
Evansburg
Joan Kgmmel
Jamaica
Tux
Chicago & Alton Railroad
James Brothers
Glendale
Neakr Whitmill
Robert Williams
Tonto
Bates City
Alton Road
Columbia
Frankfort
Mich
Malcom
Wiliam Crosby
William Muffiln
Miss Fitzgerald
Chicago
Collingwood
Kansas City
Chapman
Jesse Jampa
Jesse L. Wartman
Cincinnati
Thorn
Mount Forest
Glencoe
Ernest Voight
William Lynch
Reuben Wright
Frank Beverly
Long Branch
Secretary of the Treasury
Deanville
Uta
Inmnst
Thomas Heresy Trial And Political Roundup In Chicago
Reports on Rev Dr H W Thomas trial in Chicago for heresy with amended charges and a Not Guilty plea. Notes on Pennsylvania Republican convention supporting Garfield administration, Batley nominated state treasurer, Shinkel denial of Cornell crew claims, Guiteau health and plans, and Virginia fusion committee fund pledge to Roaduster campaign.
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S. M. Batley
Fayette County
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Europe
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Guiteau
Naane
Ina D. Barnkey
Europa
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H. W. Thomas
Willing
Thomas I
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mually
Bycamore
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Boston
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Washington
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Fusion
Republican State Executive Committee
Virginia
Roadjuster Campaign
Murders in New Caledonia and Egyptian political turmoil
From London report on the 7th a naturalist Dr Kleinsmith and associates were murdered by natives near Nournos, New Caledonia. two British sloops killed three attackers, the ringleader escaped. On the 9th the Khedive’s residence faced a four thousand strong assault, forcing ministers to resign and army to 18,000. Cherif Pasha named. Also, Russia’s czar met Germany’s emperor and officials at Danizlo with imperial yachts present.
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Littleton
Consistanta
Nournos
New Caledonia
Khedive of
Egrypt
Cherif Pasha
Russia
Germany
Bismarck
Danizlo
Various World Events From Dublin to Hammamet
Reports state three suspects released from Galway prison on August 8 and four offered release if they signed a promise to be good for the future, which they refused. Father Sheehy is ill while Davitt is reported in good health. A Tunis battle at Hammamet on the 7th destroys the town. French forces may have been defeated. Reichenbach village in Switzerland demolished by falling rock. Kao Kacakava mobilizes 6000 to 19000 Portuguese immigrants to settle near Honolulu. The Khedive ships public treasure to Alexandria.
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Croke
Fitzgerald
Davitt
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Reichenbach
Switzerland
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Sandwich Islands
Honolulu
Egypt
Alexandria
President on 8th 10th reports and medical notes
In an official bulletin Bliss and Hamilton say the President dispensed with doctors to relieve them of labor. Prayers were said at Tong Branch and in New Jersey Massachusetts and Maine. On the 10th his condition improved but a lung abscess formed. doctors consider possible surgery. Pulse temperature and respiration fluctuated. appetite remained good.
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J. J. Woodward
Hepbert Keyburn
Bho
Flee
Agnew
Washington
Lowell
Blaine
Longneh
Lamokin
Miler
Long Branch
Dr. Agnew
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Wilmington,& Baltimore
Boynton
Elberon
Kenney
Wilmington
Pennsylvania
T.nay
Morton
Paris
London
Lio
Eurgeons
White House
Chicago
MacVeagh
White Mountains
Pancoast
President Garfield's Move to Long Branch Under Close Watch
Reports detail the journey from Washington to Long Branch for President Garfield after his shooting. Surgeons and attendants describe a steady if cautious improvement, while noting lung complications and rising pulse and temperature during travel.
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Garfield
Long Branch
Nitro-Glycerine Horror Near Bradford Explodes Killing Four
A Bradford dispatch reports a nitro glycerine explosion near Sawyer City killing four spectators and injuring several others. Charles Rust caused the blast while adjusting a torpedo device, hurling him 300 feet. two other workers died and a boy and several bystanders were seriously hurt as the derrick, engine, boiler, and surrounding area were ripped apart.
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Jane Schoonover
Sawyer City
Hradford
Roberts Company
Charles Rust
Charles Krouse
James Thrashbier
William Bunton
Fred Slattery
Abe
Nevin Hastings
Edward Wilson
United Pipe Line
Sawyer
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