One Million Pounds Stolen in Cholera War Abroad
Reports from Cabul and London detail Isa Khan's uprising with Russian support against Abdullah Khan in Afghan-Turkestan. Khanabad sacked, plunder valued at £1,000,000. fears of Russian involvement rise as warlike activity and railway construction in the region escalate.
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Bomsax
Cabul
Isa Khan
Ayoub Khan
Ameer
Abdullah Khan
Kunduz
Afghan-Turkestan
Khannabad
Ameer Abdurratman
Loxpon
Khanabad
Lord Dufferin
St Petersburg
Vienna
Russia
Eurora
Sarakhs
Herat
St. Petersburg
Merv
Vindivostock
Tamilton
Prospects for Various Allnoia Crops and Livestock
The Jones report from the State Board of Agriculture notes unusually small plantings for barley flax broom-corn and sorghum with below average yields. Hay is expected to be average in forty six counties while potatoes apples and peaches show weak to failing yields. Domestic animals remain near average condition. Separately news from Fronteras reports a battle between Indians and whites with heavy losses on both sides and many Apaches killed.
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Srawnariep
Ill
State Board of Agriculture
Breedara
Tomasrons
A. T
Jay
AL J Huneke
Fronteras
Thomas Crocker
San Bernardino Ranch
Fort Bowie
Sonora
Davis
India
Obelisk Crumbling in Central Park
New York June 30 Professor Eggleston says the Egyptian obelisk in Central Park is rapidly decomposing. General Al Cesnola agrees the monument is disintegrating and frost plus temperature changes are to blame. He proposes enclosing it in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s central hall, requiring a stone foundation estimated at $40,000.
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Arnoad
Paris
United States
Eustis
Louisiana
Allison
Iowa
Oils City
Washington
North
South
Signor de Pretis
Pew
Signor Mancini
Signor Tajaul
Camp
Penn
Khartoum
New York
Eggleston
Central Park
al Cesnola
Metropolitan A Museum of Art
Acquittal in Murder Attempt Case Amid Insanity Evidence
Mrs. Lucille Yseurs Dudley was acquitted of attempting to murder O Donovan Rossa after a jury verdict of not guilty. Drs. McDonald and Hardy testified to insanity, while numerous witnesses including women she had contact with, testified about her condition.
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Josac New Yous
Lucille Yseurs Dudley
O Donovan Rossa
Lilesa
McDoald and Hardy
Revenge on a Rival in the Wawkeyr State
In Wawkeyr State, Miss Illa Shafer a 17 year old school teacher faced brutal assault by Miss Farney and her mother after outrunning Farney for Horace Kern. Shafer was beaten near the Farney residence, left bloodied and convulsing, with a doctor reporting probable fatal injuries. A masked threat followed, urging Miss Farney to leave, while the Farneys’ standing did not shield them from mob fear as locals urged departure.
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Wawkeyr
Warrisoo
Towa
Clarksburg
Illa Shafer
Ives Horace Kerns
Shafer
Miss Farney
Miss Shafer
Kern
Farney
Noted Tragedian John McCullough Committed to Bloomingdale Asylum
New York June 30 John McCullough tragedian is in Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane. He was taken for a drive with three friends including Captain William Connor of the St James Hotel. They lured him to the asylum and induced a tour before detaining him in his reserved quarters while friends returned home.
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John McCullough
Am Insals Raylun
New York
Bloomingdale Asylum
William Connor
St James Hotel
Broadway
Nicholas
McCullough
Ruinous Rains Flood Baltimore and Iowa Crops Damaged
A heavy rainstorm drenched Baltimore Maryland with 447-100 inches of rain flooding basements and streets, while Iowa Illinois reports cite crop losses after squall rains and hail. In New York ex banker J D Fish Jr sentenced to ten years in Auburn prison for Marine Bank actions, eligible for good conduct reduction.
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Baltimore and Vicnlty
Wiscousln
Bawkscne
Denuque
Iowa
Illinois Central Railway
Lowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Cherokee
Lamar
Waterloo
Manchester
Here
Sioux City
New Yeak
J. D. Fish
The
Marine Bank
Benedict
Auburn
Perished in the Flames in Lafayette Apartment Fire
Fire in an early Wednesday blaze in an Lafayette apartment building killed Miss Rosa Meisel and two children aged eleven and maybe seven or younger. Traveling man Mr Tran escaped by jumping and badly cut his face. the Cohen family also leapt to safety, as a woman dropped her four children on bedding tossed outside. Incendiary origin suspected.
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Rosa Meisel
Mr.Tran
Miss Meisel
Cohen
Mra Cohen
Beaver Dax
Wis
Stelt
Xavier Stelt
Stell
Jacob
Francis
Eigh
Cecilia
Alf
Stells
Yegtenday Worning
Walking on the Water Shoes at Toronto Island Race
A chaotic July 1 event near Toronto featured Hanlan’s galvanized iron water shoes and a mock two mile race against Lee Tonoxto. Hanlan performed the water-walking stunt, while Lee struggled. onlookers watched as wind delays and humorous demonstrations kept the holiday crowd entertained as authorities prepared for later investigations.
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Lee _ Tonoxto
Canada
Toronto
Ley
Hanan
Lee
Ijlanlan
Public debt declines and city directory growth noted
The public debt for June shows a decrease of 8.293, w and 43,404,704.04 since June 30, 1884, with cash in Treasury at 488,612,429.23 and various certificates outstanding. New York directory for 1885 reports 10,746 citizens listed, population about 1,553,730, and growth of 37,000 yearly. Other items: oysters destroyed by a parasite in New Haven. a boy escaped gypsies in Ricusony Lud. two tramps die jumping from a train in Phrrengees. Mormon converts sail to New York. Iowa population 2,200,000 with Des Moines area growing.
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Waaurgaton
New York
Ricusony
Lud
Samuel Johnson
Beig
Mount Vernon
Ind
Samuel Graham
James Griffin
Evansville
Ts Story
Iowa
Des Moines
General Grant near end of life on Mount MacGrroon
General Grant, two weeks at Mount MacGrroon, grows weaker daily. Dr. Douglas reports life prolonged by invigorants but end is near, with swollen tongue and reduced ability to walk. Grant writes, I feel better, though the mountain climate aids comfort as nature runs its course.
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General Grant
Oahy
Mount MacGrroon
General Grant Hs
Douglas
New York
Granti
Washington
Dent
Lam
Amayy
N. Y
Saratoga
Albany Journal
General Grants
Attann
Reducing the Public Debt in June Report
Washington notes a June drop of about 10.5 million in the public debt, lifting the year total to roughly 45 million. The prior year saw a 101 million reduction, with FY receipts near 331 million and expenditures about 310.38 million, leaving a 7.5 million shortfall against estimates.
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Washieton
Two Marriages and Five-Year Mackin Verdict
Freeport on July 1 reports Nellie Dame Yourex Baker Phillips aged nineteen remarried Charles Yourex her first husband. The piece notes four prior marriages still living. In Mackin on July 2 the perjury trial ends with a guilty verdict and a five year sentence, with defendant remanded to county jail.
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Freeport
Nellie Dame Yourex Baker Phillips
Charles Yourex
Mackin
Eadery A. Storrs
LN. Stiles
Ater
Dixhus
Alackin
Campaign Opening in Oni Fires Up Voters
The Republicans of Oni opened the campaign with Judge Foraker and General Kennedy arriving to speak to about a thousand people Tuesday night. The trio’s appearance set the tone for the statewide race as supporters rallied in the warm July evening.
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Olle
Columnpus
Oni
Judge Foraker
Kennedy
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