Andiana Progress Report of Tragic Local Accidents
A sequence of drowning and injury reports from Frankfin townshry Wagton county and nearby areas. Incidents include a man named Dishy assaulting two girls at Parker Ford, a rescue gone wrong with two drownings, multiple drownings in Johnstown and Oi City, and extensive storm damage across the coke region with fire and crop losses. A cyclist from Easton reaches San Francisco after three weeks on the road. Governor Pattison signs bills for a constitutional convention and liquor license bonds. A large Beaver Refining plant fire causes substantial losses while a 900-man expedition searches Wilkes-Barre Mountain for a missing child. various other injuries and tragedies are noted nationwide.
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Berber Streaw
Frankfin Townshry
Wagton
Dishy
Parkerford
Schurkill Canal
Gonerr
Bixby
Charles Ranco
Charles Kubrer
Conipy
New Cagle
Akir
Ames Sullivan
Jamestown
Oi City
Norwes Gas Company
Allegheny
John Mackay
Johnstown
Franklin
City Health
J. W. Grant
Marjoram
Miller & Sibley
Willem Oberteen
Leston
Mass
Danville
San Francisco
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Lubes
Best
Dauphin
Robert Purann
Benjam'n Whitman
Eric
George Bernham
Lawrence
George H. Riley
Searle
Susquehanna
Beaver Refining Company
Washington
Wilkesberre
Annie Prodrcks
John Montgomery
Altoona
Julia Fabeb
Syed
West Newtom
Assassination Rumors and Global Turmoil Across Continents
Reports from Jacmel claim President Hippiote was assassinated after Hayti's revolt, triggering widespread shock. Disjointed items note economic strains, political arrests, violent incidents in Europe, and a French Siamese border conflict, with ships sunk and crews missing.
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Aevices
Jacmel
Hippiote
Hayti
Business prospects improve across regions with mixed signals
R G Dun and Co weekly review notes improved crop prospects especially in the South and Northwest despite sparse rainfall. Money supply remains ample for legitimate trade while reports show varied conditions in markets from St Louis to New Orleans with stronger demand for wool and iron, yet coal dull and industrial failures up.
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R.G. Dun & Co
Luit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Detroit
Cleveland
Little Rock
Janin
Nashville
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Fittsburg
Chicago
United States
Canada
Convicts Escape Attempt Ends in Fatalities at Cole City
In Cole City Georgia a convict escape broke into violence as several prisoners seized work gates at 6 am led by John Ward a bank robber. Ward Langdel and three others died two guards Pat Rowland and Jack Rankin were killed and Foreman Moreland fatally shot. Three convicts escaped.
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Chattanooga
Cole City
John Ward
Langdel
Sand
Palmer
Jackson
Pat Rowland
Jack Rankin
Foreman Moreland
Atlanta
Favorable crop reports for cereals in WV and OH
Crop and trade reports from western West Virginia and border Ohio counties indicate excellent cereal prospects. Trade is dull in some areas due to local factors, while interior WV shows brisk business from railroad improvements. Wheeling wholesale volumes exceed previous years as money in banks remains available.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Border
Ohio
Eany St: Banka
Five Lives Blotted Out by Drowning Heroic Rescue Attempt
A Washington Pennsylvania pond tragedy left five youths dead after a raft rope broke. Young Jones sacrificed himself to save three boys McKeown Shouliss and Jones Jr aged 7 and 19, but all perished. Victims include the son of Rev J.P. Jones and John McKeown. In Washington D C two 15 year olds, Charles Davis and Roger Connell, drowned during a steamboat incident and bathing mishap.
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Young McKeown
Marsy Shouliss
Jotshu
Young Jones
Jones
Shouliss
McKeown
Shuyliss
J.P. Jones
Mov. Church
John eKenyn
John McKeown
Harry Shouliss
Mr. McKeown
Washington, D.C
Charles Davis
Whystwod
Rodger Connell
Hawthorne
N. F
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Robinson
Moore
Bear
Icy Bay
Alaska
Rusveil Mi. Se
Golconda
Hock Wisher
Willie Kreipe
Sebewaing
Mich
Heyman
Hick Lake
Peterburg
Ontario
John Foote
Charles E. Compton
Hunt
United States
Toups
Fr. Walla Walla
Wash
Carmel
John Salada
Rainmaker Claims Credit For Local Storms In Canton
Australian Frank Melbourne, visiting Canton, asserts a patented rain-making machine causes daily downpours with electrical disturbances and damage. He says he can induce rain within three to six hours over 252 square miles, notes a Weather Bureau report, and plans to mail 8 circulars announcing his invention. He is a brother of a prominent citizen and has been in town over a month. Local fatalities are being reported amidst the unsettled weather.
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Canton
Frank Melbourne
Melbourne
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Washington
Seven Negroes Drowned in Maryland Tug Incident
In Baltimore on Saturday a party of colored pickers from Chairs farm left a tugboat in a rowboat after a man fell drunk overboard. A strong breeze drove the group apart and several hundred yards away all aboard were drowned. Mohawk rescued three men, others perished. Drowned named George Titus Al Reaster Lulu Mason John Houston Walter Caron Gidney and an unknown man.
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M. D
Thomas B. Bowen
Samuel Garnes
Water Caston
Mohawk
Richard
Isaac Titus
Samuel Barnes
George Titus
al Reaster
Lulu Mason
John Houston
Walter Caron
Gidney
End of Iowa coal strike sees miners back at old terms
The Iowa coal miners return to work at prior wages and conditions amid a largely acknowledged failure of the strike. Outside competition and lack of statewide unity are blamed. Notable developments include limited eight hour gains at Doreath and Angus, with other districts resuming standard hours.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Doreath
Angus
Pennsylvania
Bridgeport
Knights
Edwin Beer
Youngstown
New Castle
I A
German Emperor Concludes Landtag With Peaceful Hope
The German Emperor closed the landtag in Berlin on June 23, praising ministers for yielding to upper and lower house demands. He noted progress on ecclesiastical stipends post kulturkampf and spoke of religious peace while aiming for fruitful session results and lasting peace for the nation.
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Berlin
Landtag
Error in ballot bill omits key polling section
Springfield reports a flaw in the ballot-return bill passed by the last assembly. Section 28 forbidding ticket peddlers within 14 feet of polls is missing, leaving the fate of the rest of the measure unclear and prompting questions about clerical responsibility and validity of the bill.
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Springfield
Friends of Secret Ballot
Leechburg flood wipes out five houses near Georgetown
Torrents from a cloud burst in Leechburg Pennsylvania on June 20 swept ravine homes and outbuildings downstream. Five dwellings were washed away while residents fled with children to higher ground. A railway bridge culvert at the ravine’s foot was carried away, narrowly averting greater loss.
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Leechburg
Georgetown
Ottawa
Ill
Attica
Behring Sea Dispute Modus Vivendi Proclaimed
President Harrison announced a U S and Great Britain accord on Behring Sea closed season aiming to prevent irritations and settle claims. The proclamation directs Treasury to inform revenue cutters and the Navy to coordinate with cruisers at San Francisco as British and American representatives review the agreed rules and enforcement.
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Harrison
United States
Great Britain
Navy
Treasury Departments
Secretary of the Treasury
Bear
Corwin
Bush
Secretary of the Navy
San Francisco
Kehring Sea
Lehring Sea
Behring Sea
Loucriny
Russia
Las Hation
Washington
Isul
Wiliam F. Wharton
Julian Paynesfote
Waverao
Bana
Benji
William F. Wharton
Bebring Sea
Department of State
Julian Paungefote
Biainz
Cated
Julian
Mer
Salisbury
Wearton
Lord Salisbury
Fires burn at Franklin Woolen Mills and more crisis
Across reports a Franklin Ky mill fire causes about 32,000 in losses with 15 people injured, plus other notes from national headlines. The casualty list includes John Latham and a black man injured, while James Wargner faces theft allegations in Cheyenne.
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Franklin
Acuck
John Latham
Fifty Chileans Killed in Labos Islands Clash
Washington reports a Peruvian telegram saying after the Esmeralda arrived at Labos Guano Islands the captain landed 59 men to seize provisions. Islanders and workers attacked the party, killing them and seizing arms. The ship fired 80 shots as ammunition ran out. The note denies Chilean government gains from Labos and urges action against nitrate speculators.
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Peru
San Diego
Labos Guano Islands
Labus Islands
Chile
Tarapea
Clarification on New York Life Insurance Society Mention
A telegraphed report from New York misnamed the company as the New York Equitable Life Insurance Company, causing mistaken fears. The item had no reference to the New York Life Insurance Society of the United States, led by Henry B. Hyde, a leading financial institution.
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New York
New York Equitable Life Insurance Company
New York Equitable Fire Insurance Company
New York Life Insurance Society
United States
Henry B. Hyde
Balloon Disaster Kills Four In St Petersburg Suburbs
A balloon owned by Count Apraxine burst during ascent as amateurs controlled the gas filled craft. Four men in a car plummeted hundreds of feet to their deaths near St Petersburg. Separate notes report four Lachance children drowning near Quebec and three Emerick township youths drowned fleeing a storm in Nebraska.
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St Petersburg
Count Apraxine
Ampateurs
Quebec
Lachance
St. Lawrence River
Teamer
Tilden, Neb
Emerick Township
Here
Public Grain Elevators Law Goes Into Effect
Nebraska announces a new alliance law aimed at ill grain elevators in public warehouses. The move is expected to reshape grain flow, diverting Nebraska cereals from markets in Chicago New York St Louis and other centers as alliances control storage and timing to press prices higher.
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Omaha
Neb
Alliance
Nebraska
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Infatuation turns tragic at Demmler mill
In McKeesport Pennsylvania on June 22 William Myers an employee at Demmlers mill and a married man became infatuated with Mrs. The case notes death by her own action and an attempted murder linked to the woman's response.
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McKeesport
William Myers
Demmler’s Mill
Michigan Legislature Passes Tax Measure Amid Defeat of Park Bill
In Lansing the Park bill to tax railroad property failed. The Richardson bill raising the tax on railroad earnings passed. Governor Fifer of Illinois vetoed a Holts bill authorizing mining or manufacturing.
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Michigan
Richardson
Fifer
Finois
Holts
Biographical Sketch of Ex Senator McDonald's Career
Indianapolis June 22 Ex Senator McDonald died last night at 1135 oclock after a period of illness surrounded by family. Funeral arrangements set for today. McDonald born Butler county Ohio entered Wabash College at 13 and pursued law after Asbury University. He served as Attorney General then moved to Indianapolis, served in Congress, ran for Governor, led the Democratic State Committee, and became a U S Senator in 1873 with influence on financial debates and tariff policy.
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Indianapolis
Ind
McDonald
Joseph Ewing McDonald
Butler County
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ulver P. Morton
Democratic State Committee
United States Senate
Assiz
Hnanve
Indiana
Cleveland
Hendricks
Markets Pittsburgh Apples and Goods Listing
Market entries show apples butter cheese turkeys potatoes seeds clover Timothy hay and other farm commodities in Pittsburgh markets. Numerous items divided by region and grade include rye wheat beans berries honey maple syrup tallow and eggs with varying quality labels from Ohio New York and Pennsylvania sources.
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Timothy Ccaga
Elie
N.Y
Mich
California
Philadelphia
Reamery Extra
Sheese
N. Y
Ohio Falls
State
Penn
Broom Growers Association Forms to Stabilize Prices
In Topeka Kansas on June 2 the Zam ona Broom Corn Growers Association filed to store farm products at Sterling broom ovens. The move aims to unite farmers to protest low prices and secure better market rates, signaling more associations forming to pressure for favorable pricing. Later reports recount earthquakes in Charleston and a fatal train accident near Million, leaving several injured or dead.
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Kae
Zamona
Objet
of & Ay
Stig
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