Deportation batch of Chinese workers arrives in San Francisco
A group of five Chinese men under Geary Act deportation orders has landed in San Francisco from Los Angeles and awaits transport back to China. They are under guard by U S Marshal Gard and confined at the county jail until boarding the steamer China. The Six Companies and Consul General are negotiating for possible extension of registration time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Ofice
Washington
Cleveland
San Bernardino
China
In Need of Aid After Storm Strikes Charleston Area
The city reports repaired wharves and resumed rail service while telegraph, electric lighting, and telephone systems operate. Mayor Ficken seeks clothing for 6,000 to 10,000 destitute residents. Sea Islands stories are dire as aid arrives.
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Charleston, & C
Ficken
Kansas City
Secretary Hoke Smith and the pension policy
A local resident received £5 for testifying to the medicine’s wonders in a pamphlet signed by him. The witness states the cure made him sound and well, but the pension department at Washington later dropped his quarterly stipend after the pamphlet was sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoke Smith
Pension Department
Washington
Witch
Empress of China Reports Pirate Massacre and Loot
Steamship Empress of China recounts a brutal attack by Achean Chinese pirates near Lim Yang Om in July. Private Consul steamer seized, 24 killed, 15 injured, £20,000 carried off, 12 pirates aboard including two American women aboard, Dutch gunboat rescues survivors, pursuing pirates after deadly assault.
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Victoria
B.C
Empress of
Whestman
Alexander
Brooklyn
Wood
Swindled Through the Mails by South Carolina Swindlers
Post Office Inspector Jfred D. Peer reports arrests of J W Owens and several other postmasters in Spartanburg County South Carolina for running a mail fraud ring. He notes the gang used mail fraud to obtain planes organs typewriters sewing machines bicycles and other goods from businesses nationwide. He asks local merchants to publish the warning and assist with tips.
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South Ciroling
Spartansburg
Post Office
Jfred D. Peer
J. W. Owens
Owens
H.C Wyatt
Wyatt
RJ. McElrath
MecElrath
B. Low
Clifton
W. TL. Brown
Whitfield
A. Fe. McDowell
Walker
Thomas J. Wunnan
John T. Tilhman
W .L. Tinsley
Clarence Lee
Charles Barrett
Spartansburg County
South Carolina
Peer
United States
Night raid by four masked men on Elias Goettling
In Northfield Minnesota four masked White Caps raided Elias Goettling's rural home armed with rope switches and guns. Goet ling fought back from a granary window wounding one attacker as a rope attempt failed and the feud underlying the incident is noted as two years old with arrests expected.
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Northfield
Minn
Elias Goettling
Goetling
Guelling
Death Toll Rising in South Carolina Islands
The News and Courier reports widespread destruction along coastal islands near Charleston and Beaufort. An estimated 800 deaths in Leaufort County and surrounding isles, with many homes and crops destroyed, widespread destitution, and dire distress among Black residents. Relief committees form as ships wreck and the phosphate industry stalls.
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Charleston
S. C
The
News and Courier
Carolina
Leaufort County
Savinnoah
Stelon
Ladies
Wassu
Coosaw
Paris
Dawfushie
Dathan Islands
Port Royal Island
Pegroos
Elliott
Ports Royal
Beaufort
Priest Pummeled by Poles at Baltimore Church
Father Barnabase of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church was attacked by a mob as he entered the Baltimore church. Police intervened after a pistol shot brought reinforcements. several rioters were arrested and the pastor resumed mass despite injuries and church panic.
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Father Barnabase
Baltimore
Father Barabase
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
eEver
Aob
Seal Catch of 1893 Reported at 100000 Skins
Washington special Consul Meyers reports to the Secretary of State on the 1893 seal catch. By late June about 92 sealing vessels operated across San Francisco Seattle and British ports with roughly 100000 skins expected for the season. Prices ranged from 11 to 15 per skin with an average around 12 to 14.
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Washington
Consul Meyers
Victoria
D.C
Secretary of State
Itis
Victora
Mary Brown
Japan
San Francisco
Seattle
London
Pacific
Rioting English Strikers In Derbyshire and Wales
London special reports renewed disorder among striking coal miners. A thousand miners gathered near Chesterfield and marched to Oakthorpe and Shirland Collieries, overturning tracks for fuel. Troops from Sheffield deployed. violence spread to Yorkshire and Wales with burnings and property damage. Police overwhelmed. troops to stay. Independent reports note Emin Pasha allegedly killed and eaten. broader Brazil revolution news follows. Josiah Quincy resigns as Assistant Secretary of State.
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London
Chesterfeld
Oak Thorpe
Shirland
Sheffield
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
Sixth Dragoon Guards
Yorkshire
Trimble
Wales
Trains Collide near Colehour. twelve dead
A milk train from Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis collided with an east bound passenger train near East Hammond Indiana on the Panhandle line. Twelve were killed and nineteen injured as wreckage littered the single track and the baggage car was crushed beyond recognition. Rescue and medical aid arrived hours later.
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Colehour
Pittsburg
Chicago and
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Panhandle
Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Louis
Coldour
East Hammond
Ind
East Hammond Branch
Anson Temple
Schiller Theater
Temple
William Braxry
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Hines
Vince
Frisco Train Robber Confesses Leading Pacific Hold Up
The Frisco train robbery at Pacific Missouri is linked to Pennock who, under pressure from the sweater, admits leading the gang. He implicates three others and police arrest Sam Robinson, with Muncio Ray and Jim Pennock’s brother still sought as associates.
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Pacific
Pennock
Sam Robinson
Muncio Ray
Jim Pennock
National Banks Reopen in Mankato After Month-Long Closure
The Citizens' National, First National, and Mankato National banks in Mankato Minnesota reopened Thursday after a little over a month. During the first ninety minutes deposits totaled about 30 thousand dollars across the banks with no withdrawals.
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Mankato
Minn
National
First National
Mankato National
Murder and arson cases swirl in scattered notices
In Virginia a neighbor woman, Mrs. John Scott, shot Mrs. Wilson Berry and a son named Jerry was killed by the Scott woman's son. Firebugs in Harrisburg confess to eight fires causing about 30000 dollars in losses. A man named Charles Hill arrested in Seda lia is wanted in Kansas for cattle theft. A mob hanged a coloured youth, William Jackson, for assaulting a girl in South Fork Kentucky. A Scotch woman Miss Seal wins 300000 at Monte Carlo. Kansas corn crop estimates dominate the rest.
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Fairview
Virginia
Wilson Berry
John Scott
Jerry
Scott
Tiarrisburg
Sedalia
Charles Hill
Kansas
William Jackson
South Fork
Miss Seal
Monte Carlo
Great railway wreck with many dead and wounded
A severe train collision near South Chicago leaves numerous fatalities. Twenty masked men raid Selma warehouses, and other items include Mayor Willard facing removal, Lorrillard quitting racing, and Lehigh University president Lambertson dying of apoplexy.
Four California Pioneers Die Within Seven Days
In seven days four elderly California pioneers, aged 66 to 69, all close friends from the Arion club in San Francisco, died after gatherings for whist. Joseph Hug died at 69 from a paralytic stroke, Theodore Wetzel followed at 66, William Dargoner perished two days later, Emil A. Engelberg, a Stevenson's California Regiment member, died two days after the third burial.
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California
Arion
San Francisco
Joseph Hug
Hug
Theodore Wetzel
William Dargoner
Emil A. Engelberg
Engelberg
Stevenson
Cholera Rumor Shakes Commons As Charwoman Dies
In the House of Commons on Friday, Mr. Fowler announced the death of a charwoman who had worked there. Officials say a careful examination is under way to determine if cholera is involved, sparking a quick exit by many members as the situation unfolds. The report notes the doctor’s examination is ongoing.
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House of Commons
Mr. Fowler
Fowler
Coffee Consumption Bill Reaches 260 Million Dollars
The world uses about 650000 tons of coffee each year. Estimating ecoffee at 400 dollars per ton yields an annual outlay of roughly 260 million dollars for this beverage.
Hawkeye State items mix fairs fires and figures
Iowa news round up cites the World’s Fair in Des Moines events with Governor Boies duties and a military parade, a disastrous Conway fire destroying sixteen buildings, injures in Burlington and Keokuk, and reports of legal suits and local misfortune including a mayoral disappearance in Lehigh.
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Iowa
John Sterig
Pulaski
John York
Thompson
Salem
Oskaloosa
Rosa Benham
Waterloo
Chicago and Great Western Railroad
D. A. Wriart
Burlington
Joseph Dohner
Conway
B. F. Thompson
Des Moines
Grand Lodge of
Good Templars
Lehigh
C. C. Chase
Chase
Hawkeye
Iowa State Band
Exposition Grounds
State Building
Iowa Columbian Commission
Iowa Board of Lady Managers
Festival Hall
Gov. Boies
Keokuk
Tieves
Otto
Council Bluffs
Clarence Harmer
Grabscheir Brothers
Dubuque
J.C Parricrort
Clinton
Novelty Iron Works
M. A. Blodget
Port Maison
Norman Antleman
Alfred Andersen
Andersen
Puraint
Anteman Wes
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Con. Svant
York
BR. G. Dun & Co
New York
Europe
East
France
Siam
Dufferin
Switzerland
Marseilles
Madagascar
England
Clarrison
Buenos Ayres Special
Corriettes
Santo Toma
Workingmen's National Congress
Custom House
Clearfield
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Mary C. Hale
Savannah
Dagny
Mobile
Dublin
A. A. Esklund
Seamun Ole Oleson
Bathoona
Arkansas City
Jewell
Nat Gilbert
Rock Island
Portuam
Emin Pashia
A. J. Swan
Ajij
Emin
Brazil
Buenos Ayres
Rio Janeiro
Admiral de Mello
Peixito
Josiah Quincy
FT. Wayne Railway
Willard
Argentina
Kan
Selma
Cal
Pierre Lorrillard
Menon
Rogers Locomotive Company
MacGolrick
Duluth
Robert Alexander Lamberton
Lehigh University
South Bethlehem
Annie Wagner
Koester
Indianapolis
Joan Gibnart
Montgomery County
Jumbus
Ohio
Stephen Shea
Frank Holway
Shea
Cere BS
Reu Wreen
Inume
Teri
Yarhber
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