US Merchant Marine Total At 23 586 Vessels In 1804
Washington reports the US documented merchant marine on June 2 1804 totaled 23 586 vessels with 4 644 024 gross tons. Atlantic Gulf coast held 17 465 vessels totaling 2 712 000 plus tons, Pacific coast 1 520 vessels, Great Lakes tonnage up sharply, iron and steel steam tonnage rise, and San Francisco Cleveland Huron St Louis and Milwaukee port tonnages listed.
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Eugene 7 Chamberlain
Bureau of Parisition
United States
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Gulf Coast
Pacific Coast
Northern Lakes
Kerel
New York
California
Michigan
Great Lakes
San Francisco
Huron
Mich
Rot
St. Louis
Milwaukee
New Men in Congress Face Many Fresh Faces in Next Assembly
Nov. 20 report notes a wave of inexperienced lawmakers entering the next Congress, with 11 new chairmen among 46 veteran Republicans remaining. Longtime members listed include Harmer, Cannon, Reed, Bingham, Hitt, Henderson, and Hepburn among others, highlighting a shift in seniority across parties.
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Howe
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Representatives
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Congress
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Pennsylvania
Cannon
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Bingham
Hitt
Illinois
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Iowa
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Milliken
Payne
New York
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Boutelle
Maine
Bar
Michigan
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Oregon
Grout
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Hepburn
Doge
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Wadsworth
York
Grosvenor
Ohio
Iton
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Ctheut
Post and Smith
Dolliver
Walker
Stephenson
Iran
Sherman
Rey Brosius
Wright
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Pickler
South I Tay
Tennessee
Wilso
Californio
Hnel
Brought Back To Life After 4600 Volt Electric Shock
A Pittsfield man survived seven minutes after an electric shock of 4600 volts and is reported alive and well. Physicians in New York and Massachusett s are weighing whether the revival method may aid condemned prisoners in electric chairs. The injured man attributes his rebound to suggestion and to a Paris physician’s theory that drowning-like treatment can revive a person after electric shock.
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New York
Pittsfield
Mass
Arsonnyal
Paris
Charles W. Price
Teal Review
Mr. Cutler
Man Survives 4600 Volt Electric Shock and Burns
The account recalls a worker who touched live wires carrying 4600 volts and suffered a near fatal shock. He describes a moment of dark unconsciousness, seven minutes with no pulse, and later revival aided by chest and arm pumping. He recovered after the incident with scars but no lasting illness.
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D'Arsonaval
World's Fair Diplomas Near Printing Stage
Washington November 19 The engraver has the World’s Fair diploma plate nearly finished and will hand it to printers in days but parchments cannot be delivered to Mr Thatcher in the Bureau of Awards for about two months. The jurors text must be printed on nearly 30 000 awards requiring months of work and careful type setup with a single impression.
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Washington
Thatcher
Bureau of Awards
Committee On
Sovereign Men Win at Knights of Labor Convention
At the New Orleans convention the miners' delegation from Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania were unseated despite their claim of thousands of knights. Powderly lines up to lead a prolonged fight while miners favor secession and may seek injunctions to restrain current officers. Sovereign and Hayes appear set for reelection with a likely vote tomorrow.
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New Orleans
Knights of Labor
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Powderly
Sovereign
Hayes
Knights of Labor elects officers in New Orleans
Grand Master Sovereign was re elected without opposition. Mr Bishop of Massachusetts and Mr Merritt of Colorado were nominated for foreman and Merritt was elected. Secretary Treasurer Hayes was reelected amid some opposition. Delegates’ convention expenses totaling about 2500 dollars were approved for payment.
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New Orleans
Knights of Labor Assembly
Bishop
Massachusetts
Merritt
Colorado
Foreman
Hayes
Fire at Leadville Destroys Property in November Fire
A disastrous fire raged in Leadville causing extensive property damage on November 20. No injuries are reported as firefighting crews battled flames and secured the scene.
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Leadville
Fire in City Destroys Several Homes at 210 W Sixth
Fire broke out around five oclock in the rear of Mrs. Eliza beth Fanes residence at 210 W Sixth street. Flames caused about 12000 dollars in damage before the blaze was extinguished after spreading to several nearby houses. The fire department arrived promptly but could not stop the spread.
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Elizabeth Fane
W. Sixth Street
Falling smoke stack injures workers at Chicago offices
A 60 foot steel smokestack ripped from the University club building and crashed through a large skylight at the Handy Abstract Co. in Chicago. The incident injured two men seriously and bruised about 125 occupants, with several clerks and attorneys requiring treatment as physicians arrived. The stack narrowly missed fatal harm, and a large piece of glass struck ex United States District Attorney Milchrist, who escaped by leaping aside.
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Chicago
University Club
Handy Abstract
Washington Street
Curts
H. Hi. Handy
Handy Abstract Co
Fostrick
Hanor Fost
United States
Milchrist
H. H. Handy
William Boyle
Handy
City Hall
The
Abstract Co
Dearbon Street
Rocky Mountain Baptist meeting opens in Greeley
The Twenty-ninth annual session of the Rocky Mountain Baptist association convened at First Baptist church in Greeley starting on the 14th with large attendance. Cripple Creek ladies form a relief society and run a Saturday lunch room in the Pullen block offering hot coffee for 10 cents. The Agricultural College shows unexpected prosperity with many students despite hard times. The newly elected lieutenant governor is noted.
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Rocky Mountain Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Greeley
Ladies of
Cripple Creek
Pullen
Bennett Avenue
Agricultural College
Leutenant Gover
Earthquake Damage in Italy Sparks Heavy Losses
An earthquake on the 17th caused great damage in Italy with many deaths and injuries. Transmississippi Congress set for St. Louis on the 26th. Kolb alleges election fraud in Alabama and calls for peaceful inauguration at Montgomery on the Ist. Kate Field honored by France for literature and art. Western railroads cap passes. Denmark bans American beef. The czar buried at St Petersburg on the 19th. Captain Charles King named adjutant general of Wisconsin by Gov Upham.
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Italy
Transmississippi Congress
St. Louis
Kolb
Alabama
Montgomery
Kate Field
Washington
Denmark
Czar
St. Petersburg
Charles King
Wisconsin
Upham
Trolley chair judges track race by wire above
A new trolley chair hovers on a wire above a race track to carry two judges. South American agriculturists test an electric wheat drying machine for grain processing.
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