Fire Wrecks Philadelphia Baseball Park and Adjacent Stables
A massive blaze at Philadelphia’s baseball park ignited in the west end pavilion and spread to nearby Omnibus Company General stables and Traction property. About 10,000 spectators fled as grandstands and bleachers burned, injuring several, including E. W. Bartlett and Ed Ahern. Police evacuated crowds, hospitals treated the injured, and losses were estimated at $100,000.
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Philadelphia
Omnibus Company General
Thirteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Philadelphia Traction Company
Ball Park
Baltimore
Broad Street
Fifteenth Street
Huntington
Chicago Ball Grounds
Chicagco
West Side Ball Park
E. W. Bartlett
Ed Ahern
Chicago
Cincinnati
Polk
Lincoln
Lafe
Edward Ahern
Insurance Patrol No. 4
Presbyterian
Mills Tariff Aims at Revenue Only with Free Material Clause
Washington Aug 7 The Mills plan for tariff revision argues taxes must fund government and should not curb imports. It favors low duties on imported goods and exempts materials used for manufacture. Senate tariff talks move slowly with little progress on coal iron ore and sugar issues.
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Washington
Senate
Mills
House
Bill to make all sessions of Congress open to the public
Representative Richards of Ohio introduces a bill requiring every congressional session and committee meeting to be open to the public. If passed, secret meetings are forbidden and executive sessions of the Senate and conference committee would be included, promoting transparency and discouraging fraud. The measure aims to inform the public of official acts in Washington. Charles F. Dana, Ramsey County deputy sheriff, drowned near Isle Royale and his body was recovered and arrived in St. Paul.
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Washington
Richards
Ohio
Star Chamber
Senate
Conference Committee
Jana
Vu. Sr. Paul
Charles F. Dana
Ramsey County
Isle Royale
Lake Superior
St. Paul
Duluth
Congress Session Counts Progress On Key Laws
A Washington review up to Aug 8 shows the Fifty third congress passed major acts beyond tariff battles including Utah statehood measures with a republican government clause and church separation, creation of Labor Day, and three Paris tribunal awards. Senate talks probe sugar schedule concessions and Thayer and Porter judicial nominations. Other items include Duluth and Winnipeg railroad right of way, river and harbor bill clearance, a DC bicycle relay to Denver, stockyards workers returning to work, corn market spikes, and cruisers for Japan.
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Washington
Utah
Tribunal of Arbitration
Paris
South Dakota
Yankton
Suth Dakota
Congress
Missouri River
Lymin
Sterling
Noland
Jackson
Ziebach
Pratt
Presho
Gregory
Hard Inn
Charles H. Sheldon
Rail union aids mayor on damage claims riots
Chicago reports the American Railway union held talks with Mayor Hopkins and A R U official W E Burns to furnish information on railroad damage claims. They assert some destruction was caused by railroad employees and claim the rioting leader arrested July 5 may have worked for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois road.
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Chicago
American Railway Union
Hopkins
W. E. Burns
Railroads and General Managers’ Association
Rock Island Tracks
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Santa Fe
Illinois
Pullman
Debs
Terre Haute
Russia's Coup in Korea Sparks War Alarm
Washington dispatch reports Russia plans a coup to seize a port in Korea to gain year round access. The move aims to secure Siberian trade and warm port access, heightening tensions with Japan and China amid the broader war narrative. In Arkansas City a folding bed trap fatally injures Dewitt McDowell and seriously hurts his wife.
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the Post
Washington
Russia
Corea
Japan
China
Hermit Kingdom
Siberian
Arkansas City
Kan
Dewitt McDowell
McDowell
Advertised Letters at Mitchell Post Office August 1894
List of uncalled letters at Mitchell post office as of August 6 1894 includes W C Griedl C H Ley N J Lewis John Putman R N Reberson W Fasker and others. Patrons urged to call advertising letters and note they will be sent to the dead letter office if not claimed within two weeks. Inset ad promotes Hood s Sarsaparilla testimonials and cautions readers to consider the credibility of endorsers.
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Griedl
W C Ley
C H Lewis
N J
Putman
John Reberson
R N Fasker
Saaml
T. Green
P. M
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Work OF Congress
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Thayer
Amos M. Thayer
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Eighth Judicial Circuit
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Tennessee
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Priest
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Springer
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Country Commission
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Mitchell, South Dakota
General, Banking
C. G. Rathbun
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