Indiana Progress reports coal strike settlement attempts
The State Board of Charities failed to settle the Brazil Indiana coal miners strike as operators refused to budge. Committees will push ahead with further negotiations. The semi weekly relief fund totals were shared among 5478 dependents. The Baltimore and Ohio surveyed a branch line from Pennsboro West Virginia to Ritchie County coal fields to feed the main line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Charities
Brazil
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pennsboro
W Va
Ritchie County
Williams
Allegheny College
Stillwell
Down
West Virginia
Meadville
Amos Sell
Susan Caster
Stoystown
Somerset County
Chariton
Iowa
Ramsey
John McGinnis
McGinnis
Haly Liverpool
Ohio
Hunters in a Storm Strikes Lugger Killing One
A party of bird hunters aboard a lugger at Lost Island faced a severe thunder storm when lightning struck the vessel. Ambrose Hiner was killed instantly, George Alden and Trout Rollins were unconscious but revived, with bruises and weakness reported. The scene follows reports of agricultural pests in Iowa and other distant notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alden
A. Terribond
Trout Rollins
Ambrose Hiner
Lost Island
Ambrose
Alden
Rollins
Destructive Hong Kong Storm Hits City With Floods
The May 29 30 Hong Kong storm caused 24 inches of rain in 33 hours with widespread flooding. Eight killed by lightning, others buried or drowned as streets turned to mud and water pipes burst. Public property losses estimated around 200000 dollars. water supply disrupted and authorities called in the military to clear debris and restore drains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Fong Kong
America
Winter Wheat Crop Yields for 1889 Estimated at 313 Million Bushels
The Farmers Review reports winter wheat in most states in good condition with strong yields. Seven states show total 195 million bushels, with Kentucky Indiana Missouri Iowa Illinois Ohio and others contributing. Assuming identical returns elsewhere, total winter wheat for 1839 reaches about 313 million bushels. rye also favored with a 28.95 million bushel forecast, the largest since 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer's Review
Kentucky
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinois
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
Union
Naples Plans Mass Slum Clearance and Redevelopment
The city authorities intend to demolish 17 000 houses and 62 churches in Naples slums to erect better housing and broad streets. About 108 000 residents will be half relocated as a mile and a half main thoroughfare is cut through the district. Costs run into millions, largely backed by the Italian government, with work authorized by Parliament after cholera lessons from 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Italy
Europe
US Minister Hicks in Peru Receives Warm Welcome
The U S Mohican was at Hayta Peru June 1 and on June 21 Minister John Hicks newly appointed to Peru was greeted by President Caceres. Hicks assured Peru will develop its vast resources and work with a conference to enact strong measures. His remarks drew unanimous approval from diplomats and officials.
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U. S
Mohican
Hayta
Peru
John Hicks
United States
Caceras
Hicks
Caceres
Train Plunges From Trestle Near Batavia Killing and Injuring Many
A Cincinnati Georgetown and Portsmouth Railway passenger train derailed through a 100 foot trestle west of Batavia in heavy rain. About 14 injured, some mortally. General Samuel F Hunt among the wounded. others include T D Rhoades, H L Sanderbrush family, conductor Kain, Frazier, Ballman, Mrs Williams and Mrs Hayward with baby. Most moved to nearby hospitals by midnight.
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Portamouth
Gncinousti
Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth
Batavia
Samuel F. Hunt
T. D. Rhoades
H. L. Sanderbrush
Cincinnati
William Kain
W. H. Frazier
Springfield
Til
H. Ballman
Williams
Williamsburg
Ohio
Hayward
Portsmouth
Hunt
Rhoades
Real estate fraud round in St Paul uncovered
Last Saturday a real estate man Stensgaard negotiated a $4500 loan with W D Jenney of Harrisburg Pa using a forged deed on a $15000 Milwaukee property owned by a brewer named Ublein. Police say a gang forged signatures and sold bogus mortgages, with hundreds of deeds filed and potential losses around $100000. Also arrested were J J Draper Avery Chadwick Leonard Partello Toll M M Cummings Sydney Carver and George Kingsley E A Carlson was arrested at Anooka on a St Paul order.
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Stensgaard
W. D. Jenney
Harrisburg
Milwaukee
Ublein
Uhlein
St. Paul
M. J. Bell
J. J. Draper
Avery Chadwick
Leonard Partello
Toll
M. M. Cummings
Sydney Carver
George Kingsley
E. A. Carlson
Anooka
Supreme Court grants Prospect Brewing wholesale license order
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued peremptory mandamus directing the Court of Quarter Sessions to grant a wholesale liquor license for the current year to Prospect Brewing Company of Philadelphia. It reversed the License Court of Allegheny County in cases involving fifteen bottlers and four or five wholesalers, granting proceedenda for license issuance. Chief Justice Paxson’s lengthy opinion on Mary E Pollard limits wholesale licensing discretion to US citizenship temperance and good character, reversing refusals where record showed disqualifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Prospect Brewing Company
Philadelphia
Court of Quarter Sessions
Allegheny County
Mary E. Pollard
Paxson
United States
Justce
China
Penitent Hayseed linked to wreck and scandal
Hiram Crabtree, injured in a Chesapeake and Nashville wreck near Bransford Tennessee, amid sensational claims of wife desertion and an affair with Mrs Claiborne. Crabtree sold stock to fund elopement plans with Claiborne’s three children and fled toward Gibbs Cross-road before the crash. Wife walked 25 miles to the scene to tend him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Crabtree
Chesapeake and Nashville
Bransford
Tenn
Lafayette
Hiram
Claiborne
Trousdale County
War in Hayti described by a steamship passenger
G B Nilson, a New York resident who had gone to Hayti as an engineer on Legitime’s warship, returned to New York saying Hippolyte’s force was stronger and nearing Port au Prince. He blamed demoralization on Gen Piquant’s cash escape, ministerial resignations, and embezzlement of government funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Wilhelm
Hayti
G. B. Nilson
New York City
Legitime
Hippolyte
Mr. Nilson
Port-au- Prince
Port-au-Prince
Nilson
Gen
Piquant
Grand Saline
Ansel Prophet
Cotton Crop Report Notes Poor June Conditions in Memphis District
The June weather mostly favored cotton but too much rain and late planting due to May drought hurt stands and overall outlook. One half of the crop is late, with late crop stands and scarce blossoms. Arkansas shows best prospects, Mississippi second. corn across four states blooms strongly with a bright outlook for wide cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Hill, Fontaine & Co
Johnstown Census Doubtful Living List Raises Alarm
The Bureau of Information revising living and dead registers reports up to 23 000 listed as living while totals suggest 10 000 or fewer. Duplications up to four entries per family inflate counts and indicate 12 000 in towns and 3 000 4 000 suburban residents unregistered. A tornado and hailstorm in Minnesota caused $100 000 in damage with drownings in Yucatan and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Information
Marnesota
Minnesota
Wisey
Winona
Houston County
Yucatan
Norway
Filmore
Preble
Andrew Frisco
Houston
Earthquakes Terrify Susanville in Lassen County
Susanville Cal Lassen County seat in the Sierras has faced daily tremors for a week. The 19th brought a heaviest shock yet and at least 78 distinct quakes have been recorded, with the first thirteenth fifteenth and eighteenth shocks described as very severe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susanville
Lassen County
Cal
Sierras
Industrial South shows surge of new mills and mines
The Tradesman reports 1 021 new industries in the last quarter, led by 51 new cotton and woolen mills and 82 mining and quarrying companies. Alabama dominates mining and quarrying. railroads show near doubling in new companies. Also noted are 7 blast furnaces, 46 oil mills, 11 potteries, and 5 rolling mills. A Cronin mystery grand jury returns indictments against seven men, with several fugitives at large. Locust swarms plague Lackawanna valley near Scranton, while Missoula reports Indians threatening Northern Pacific railroad. troops requested.
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South
Alabama
South Carolina
Bsrvex
Cronin
Coughlin
O'Sullivan
Woodruff
John F. Seggs
Martin Burke
Winnipeg
Patrick Cooney
Far
John Kunze
Condition of trade and rail accidents in 19th century notes
R G Dun weekly review reports mixed markets with crop optimism and heavy trade, oil boom, and cautious investors. North West grain outlook bright, rail crash at Crooked Bayou kills S C Stafford. other items include tin plate prospects from Black Hills and historic Senate secrecy debates.
Women Clubs in New York and a Bosphorus Walk
A survey praises New York women clubs for social, literary, athletic and charitable work while noting some struggle in upkeep. It highlights Sorosis as the oldest club, mentions Pot Luck and Athletic Club among others, and then shifts to a vivid Bosphorus promenade describing markets, money changers, guards, veiled and unveiled women, and diverse peoples.
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New York
Sorosis
The
D. G. Croly
Boston ‘Woman’s Club
Pot Luck Club
Jennie June
Richard Henry Stoddard
Eila Wheeler Wilcox
Joaquin Miller
Edmund Clarence Stedman
John Bigelow
Montague Maks
Athletic Club
Murray Hill
Staten Island
Recreation Club
Central Park
Harlem
Washington Heights
New Jersey
Knickerbockers
Atlantic Club
Mispah
Emma Lazarus
Jumping Toothache Leads to Ferry Boat Jump
An account describes a man who leapt from a ferryboat amid a jumpy toothache tale whispered by Elsie and Effie. The incident centers on a dramatic reaction to dental pain aboard a ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie
Elsie
Man Arrested in Boston for Selling Elixir of Life
A man accused of selling Elixir of Life in Boston was arrested after a domestic dispute. His wife reports the assailant struck her severely, saying she was left "within an inch of her life."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Thunder Ball Harney Remembered as Giant Soldier of Old
Reminiscence praises General Henry Atkinson Harney, reporting he served in the Seminole and Mexican wars, stood six feet four inches, and earned fame for strength endurance and marksmanship. Anecdotes describe him lifting foes, uprooting trees, and swimming miles to safety, earning the nickname Thunder Ball at Fort Snelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harney
Mexico
Frederick the Great
Billy Bowleza
Korch
Indiana
Fort Snelling
The Great Desert Wanderers and Caravan Routes
The Sahara is traversed by long caravan routes from Morocco to Timbuctoo and Algiers to the Niger. Oasis towns host Arabs Jews and merchants with Chambass tribes living under French authority. The vast arid belt south of the Maghreb is roamed by the Tonaregs whose two to three thousand warriors terrorize surrounding regions.
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Sahara
Atlantic
Nile
Desert
Morocco
Timbuctoo
Algiers
Niger
Tripoli
Jane
Soudan
Oases
Arabia
Piedmont Cattle of Cattle of Piedmont
The Pianura cattle of Piedmont have a good reputation abroad. They mature at five years and yield about sixty percent of live weight as meat. Milk is modest, color is light gray, and meat is well flavored. Mountain cattle are brown, black and white spotted. excellent beef and milk for cheese. In Piedmont there are 861,053 head including miners’ herds. in 1883 exports totaled 93,000 head. Prices: steers around $160, cows about $100, oxen $120.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Prairis Ferber
Debris Removal Underway After Bridge Disaster
Workers battle river debris from a bridge collapse with oil soaked piles and entangled wires. A hoisting engine on the bridge guides ropes to pull logs and pullers, while crews pour carbon oil to burn drift in a slow but deemed effective effort. The Lincoln Bridge on the eastern riverbank shows remaining wreckage as cleanup continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millville
Shah of Persia Arrives in London Amid Troop Review
The Shah of Persia arrived at Westminster amid a Thames embankment guard and was greeted by the Prince of Wales and the Earl of to Persia. State carriages conveyed him to Buckingham Palace where he will stay during his London visit. The crowd’s enthusiasm was subdued.
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Thamar Bere
Westminster
Thames Embankment
Persia
Buckingham Palace
London
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Akron
Wheeling
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
Emmett
Mich
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Hyde Park
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Lake
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Windy City
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Shinn
Kelly
W. Va
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Luneburg
Germany
S. Nicholas
West Africa
Stanley
Simon Cameron
George 8. Chambers
D. CD
Pine Street, Presbyterian Church
C. A. Hayden
Gettysburg
Washington
Fort Washington
Hunters
Different Parte
William Lon
Huntingdon
Ster
Williamson
Bolas
Tug River Valley
Layen Wire Sarven
Hermose
Tas Cruces
N. M
Snake Valley
X. M
Pennsylvania
Gusar Berra Geape
Seramp
Department of State
Ben
Auckland
New Zealand
Sowarrow
Pacific Ocean
Rapid
Shakken
Johnstown
Tax Railway
Soumawick
Lackawanna Valley
Archbald
Scranton
Missoula
Northern Pacific Railroad
Dickinson
War Department
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Galveston
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Canada
Tarovch
St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway
Crooked Bayou
Oneida
C. Stafford
Southern Express Company
Jackson
Langman
Earth
Amica
Dakota
Black Hills
Chicago Rolling Mills
Senate
Congress
Sixth and
Chestnut Streets
House of Representatives
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Far East
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Great Desert
the Shah
General Markets
Cusraax
Sroce
Ener Leer
Wentern
N. Y
State
Penn
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