Paris Celebrates Bastille Day Amid Boulangist Displays
Paris marks the Bastille anniversary with fireworks and tri color displays. Boulangist demonstrations attract thousands. police confront attempts to arrest leaders as crowds cheer and chants echo through the streets. Paris hosts the Socialist Congress with delegates from Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, and the United States.
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Paris
Bastia
Republic
Boulanger
Rhiee de da Caencombe
Double Tragedy follows quarrel ends in deaths
A German lady, Laly Acton, sister of Count Von Arce- Valley, commits suicide by leaping into the Tegerssee after a long illness and bereavement. Her lover, Lieut Count Waldemar von Blumenthal, Prussian military attache, shoots himself, believed to fail in a marriage plan with Lady Acton, both deaths linked to the quarrel and emotional strain.
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Laly Acton
Count von Arce- Valley
Bates
Tegersson
Queen's Bank Account Reveals Royal Finances
London officials prepare Thursday report for the House of Commons on royal finances and the Queen's wealth. The document challenges the view that the Queen is extremely wealthy and outlines the Queen's bar count and royal spending. It notes the Queen's director has long managed the treasury and presented figures suggesting modest expenditure contrary to popular belief.
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London
Prince of Wales
Thaly
House of Commons
French Balloonists Rescued After Sudden Descent
Two Frenchmen fell from a balloon at an improvised site near a Paris exposition. A vast crowd gathered as rescuers descended, and the travelers answered questions about their journey with satisfactory details despite the abrupt landing.
Henry George to Leave for America After London Farewell
A conversazione at the Bounty of British Artists rooms in London on Thursday will feature Henry George giving a farewell reception before his planned return to America. He is scheduled to sail for New York on Saturday June 0.
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Henry George
London
America
Mr. George
New York
Cholera Quarantined on Caledonian at Marseilles
The Austrian Lloyds steamship Caledonian from Singapore is quarantined at Marseilles with Ravlara aboard. She carries 177 passengers and many are prostrated with cholera. Two passengers died during the voyage.
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Loupon
Lloyd's
Caledonian
Singapore
Paris Debates One War Per Person Bill
M Viette introduced a bill in the chamber of deputies to limit contention to one war at a time. The measure was declared urgent and passed amid Saturday night proceedings.
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Paris
M. Viette
Chamber of Deputies
Indignation Meeting in Johnstown Denounces Beaver Policy
A July 14 Johnstown gathering denounced Governor Beaver’s commission policies. Resolutions claim funds were wasted and should be promptly distributed via a Conemaugh Valley committee, condemning outsider appointees as insulting to residents.
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Johxstown
Col Linton
W. H. Rose
GC. L.r Dick
J. A. Rose
Burgess Horrell
Riv D. J Beale
A. J. Hawes
Beaver
Conemanagh Valley
Beavers
Mary A. Swinefori
St. Louis
Dick Hawes Given Six Months Grace
Dick Hawes the convicted murderer has been granted a six month stay as a Supreme Court appeal proceeds. The postponement delays execution until December when the court reconvenes. Hawes was the prisoner mobsters attempted to lynch earlier, an incident that left several dead.
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Dick Hawes
Birmingham
Ala
Supreme Court
Hawes
Jealous Husband Shoots Wife Then Commits Suicide
Boston July 15. A 75 year old Dr William B White shot his 23 year old wife Elion at 4 Jefferson Place and killed himself. Officials say jealousy likely sparked the tragedy. Elion was a ballet dancer and White’s second wife, wed shortly after his first wife died a few weeks earlier.
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Boston
Jefferson Place
William B. White
Elion
White
Washburn Finances Clarified by Minneapolis Associate
Thomas Lowrey of Minneapolis, business associate, asserts Senator W D Washburn of Minnesota faced earlier financial embarrassment due to politics but has paid all maturing obligations and is now financially sound.
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Senator Washburn
New York
W. D. Washburn
Minnesota
Thomas Lowrey
Minneapolis
Lowrey
Murder adds to Baltimore's tally as Grose shoots
Elizabeth Ellen Gross shot and killed James E. Coates early yesterday after claiming he threatened her and her husband. Coates allegedly beat his wife and warned Grose, prompting her to draw a pistol and fire.
Desolated Princeton Tornado Reaches Ohio Valley
A tornado near Princeton Nebraska Cincinnati July 158 devastates the village wiping out about twenty dwellings. fifty people reported dead with no precise casualty details. Great property loss and some homes blown away. news sent to Hamilton for aid but exact figures unavailable.
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Nebraska
Cincinnati
Princeton
Hamilton
Wall of Water Twenty Feet High Ravages Maryland
A water spout near Baltimore swelled Herring run and Moors s empty runs, bursting two dams and creating a twenty foot high wall of flood. Several people drowned including Powwell Schoillner Lingenfelder family. Horses and cattle perished. bridges and crops destroyed. rail lines and a store washed away. travel disrupted on the Maryland Central line at Guilford.
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Moors
Baltimore
Reel
Burrington
George Lingenfelder
Lingenfelder
Bobble's
Halls Springs
Harford Road
Maryland Central Railroad
Guilford Station
Five Workmen Drown In Sewer Mud Bank Collapse
Early yesterday in Pirrasura Pa the mud bank over a Soho street sewer burst sending five workers into the main sewer. William Daily found dead near the mouth with hose about his neck. Andrew N McGregor died at 3.00 am. Robert Munn foreman seriously hurt. William McClay and Joseph McCarthy badly bruised.
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Pirrasura
Soho Street
William Daily
Andrew N McGregor
Robert Munn
William McClay
Joseph McCarthy
Fatal Cloud Burst Drowns Four in Nebraska Valley
A cloud burst on Soldier Creek valley near Fort Robinson Nebraska at daylight Saturday drowned Marsh Duncan and three of his children. Officials fear many more lives lost. Col Tilford leads Eighth Infantry search and aid for survivors.
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Nebraska
Fort Rosinson
Neb
Suldier Creek
Marsh Duncan
Tilford
Eighth Infantry
Sheriff Fires In Witness Strike Rumor
Braceville Alabama July 15 about 200 striking miners from Braidwood Eureka and Braceville moved to Godley to persuade workers to quit. The sheriff with 25 deputies and six Pinkerton men met them. After taunts he fired twice into the air and ordered a charge using pistol butts as clubs. Dan Lillis suffered a severe scalp wound from a pistol ball and Lawless was shot near the ear.
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Megion
Braceville
Braidwood
Eureka
Godley
Pinkerton
Dan Lillis
Lawless
Railway Inquirers at Chicago July 15 Hear Canadian Roads
The senate committee investigating Canadian railways and their relations to American roads held meetings in Chicago. J. M. Hansford of the Northern Pacific and George B. Roe of the Grand Trunk testified that Canadian lines obey the interstate law. Lawyer W. O. Goudy urged federal regulation of all commerce across state lines, while not advocating road ownership. E. T. Jeffery of the Illinois Central pressed for Canadian roads to be held to the same laws as American lines.
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Railway Inquirers
Chicago
Curoago
Senate
J. M. Hansford
Northern Pacific
George B. Rove
Grand Trunk
W. O. Goudy
Congress
E. T. Jeffery
Illinois Central
A Combination in Behevot Books
The fragment notes a combination phrase in Behevot Books with emphasis on Sera 1b and the idea of importance today.
Fragmentary Notice Mentions Creek Scene and Fatality
Fragmentary OCR reports a Creek area incident ending in a death with names obscured and unclear details. The brief references a person named Charles and a possible date in July with a mention of injury or fatality.
Settlement at Homestead Endures as Amalgamated Gains
At Homestead on Saturday a joint committee of strikers and Carnegie personnel reached a formal armistice and agreement. The Amalgamated Association is fully recognized with concessions from the company, including wage reductions averaging 23 percent in several mills, signaling a substantial victory for the workers.
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Carnegie
Pirrazano
Homestead
Sheriff McCandless
Amalgamated Association
Crookedness in the Grain Trade in Buffalo Firm Under Suspicion
Rumors of shortages and mixed grain haunt Sherman Bros. & Co. of Buffalo as investigators probe allegations of grain receipts with no grain in store and a possible $200,000 shortage. W. Sherman and F. Sherman cited. a criminal warrant for William H. Sherman denied. Public concern grows over elevator practices and bank checks.
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Buffalo
Burrato
Sherman Bros. & Co., Limited
Which & F. Sherman
W. Sherman
Sherman Broa & Co
Fim
American Exchange Bank
William H. Sherman
van Buren Point
Sherman
English syndicate takes option on Chicago flour mills
A Minneapolis telegram reports an English syndicate has secured an option on Pillsbury mills in Chicago including the Washburn Mill property and East and West Sides Water power holdings and Pillsbury elevators with a total capacity of 22 000 barrels daily. If closed, management would rest with C A Pillsbury.
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Chcago
Minneapolis
C. A. Pillsbury & Co
Washburp Mill Company
East and West Sides
Horr Scorns the Place for Valparaiso Consulate
East Sacinaw Mich July 15 Roswell G Horr named Wednesday for the Valparaiso consulate returned Friday evening from the east He refuses to accept the appointment calling it an insult and saying his party services are worth more than a minor post and its consequences.
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Horr
East Sacinaw
Mich
Roswell G. Horr
Valparaiso
Queeon
British syndicate buys Warner patent medicine firm
A British capitalist syndicate reportedly acquires the H. H. Warner patent medicine establishment in Rocaster New York for five million dollars. The purchase marks a notable expansion of foreign investment in American patent medicines during July.
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Rocaster
N. Y
Great Britain
H. H. Warner
Fatal duel in France leaves editor dead
In Manaxilles on July 15 M Buls secretary of the Marseilles Boulangist committee dueled with M Pierrotte editor of Le Petit Provencal. The editor was killed in the early duel.
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France
Manaxilles
M. Buls
Marseilles
New Engine Test Ends in Collision at Pa Rail Yard
At Orry Pennsylvania on July 15 a test run of a Western New York and Pennsylvania engine collided with a tight track. Brakeman Sneer Stone was killed and several others injured including a man whose nose was severed.
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Orry
New York
Pennsylvania
Sneer Stone
Neseniier
Ghesly Khax Halle: for Ka aay ae Jaly oer ie pa
A fragmentary report mentions Ghesly Khax Halle with unclear place and date details. The readable text hints at a namesake event or announcement but lacks concrete facts for full summary.
Congo Railway Plan Hails 4 Million Subscribed
Brussels reports every dollar needed for the Congo railroad raised totaling 4 million dollars. Belgium France Germany England and the United States major bankers and capitalists participate. Belgian government to subscribe two fifths of capital with bonds bearing 4 1 2 percent interest redeemable in 99 years. Ground to be broken before year end with four years of construction.
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Brussels
Congo
Belgium
France
Germany
England
United States
Congo Commmercial
Financiara
Chamber of Deputiees
Barly
Intarger
Minda
Equator
Sir William Mackinnon
J. H. Reuter
Mr. Huntington
Congo Commercial and Industrial Company
Europe
Marxist Congress Opens With European Representation
Paris hosts a Marxist congress with delegates from Germany England Austria and France among others. M Lafargue extends a welcoming speech promising fraternity while the Possibilist group meets separately in Saale Petitjeile.
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Germany
Social-Democratic Party
Bebel
Liebknecht
Volmar
Messrs. Morris
Carpenter
Hardy
England
Austria
Dr. Ablon
Europe
M. Lafargue
France
Arts
del- Tlex Aecro Cbaniup
Dé Balle Petiréile
Sister of Arco-Valley Not In Munich Death Report
The St James Gazette denies a Munich report that Lady Acton sister of Count Von Arco-Valley German minister in Washington committed suicide at Tegernsee. It says the person was a widow named Acton from an Italian Acton family and not the minister’s sister.
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London
Munich
Acton
Count von Arco-Valley
Washington City
Tegernses
St James
Tenants Defense League Formation Discussed in Dublin
Leading members of the Irish Home Rule party met yesterday to organize a Tenants Defense league. A committee was appointed to draft a constitution for the new organization. The committee includes Parnell William O'Brien Thomas Sexton and Timothy Barrington.
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The
Tenant's Defense League
London
Irish Home Rulers’ Party
New Tenants’ Defense League
Parnell
William O'Brien
Thomas Sexton
Timothy Barrington
China to Build a Railway in China
Shanghai dispatch reports the emperor issued an edict ordering immediate construction of the Tung Chow railroad and appointed Marquis Tseng as general director of all railroads in China.
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China
London
Shanghai
Standard
Tung Chow
Marquis Tseng
King Humbert Demonstrates Edison Phonograph
Roux July 14 report that King Humbert received an Edison phonograph and showed great delight in its functions. He spoke into the device for about an hour and sent a phonograph message to the queen, who is abroad in Venice.
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Humbert
Roux
Venice
Viscount Dunlo Marries Music Hall Artist Belle Bilton
The Pall Mall Gazette reports Viscount Dunlo aged 20, heir to the earldom of Clancarty, has wed Belle Bilton a noted music hall performer in London celebration on July 14.
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London
The
Pall Mall Gazette
Viscount Dunlo
Earl of Clancarty
Belle Bilton
Crop Failure Predicted in Bohemia After Storms
Recent violent storms across northern Bohemia ruin all vines in the region and wipe out the entire fruit crop, signaling a total agricultural failure for markets and growers in Vienna and nearby areas.
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Bohemia
Vienna
Lincoln and Harrison Dined with the Queen
London July 15 Minister Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln and Russell Harrison dined with the queen last evening in a formal royal reception reflecting continued diplomatic cordiality between the United States and Britain.
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Lincoln
Harrison
London
Mrs. Lincoln
Russell Harrison
Attempt to Steal the Body of Cronin Murder Suspect
Niagara Falls reports a body found connected to the Cronin murder. A letter on Third Sister island implies the drowned man was involved in the case and killed himself. The body lay in Drummondville cemetery until burial after attempted body removal by unidentified men.
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New York
Niagara Falls
Cronin
Drummondville
Lundy Lane
William Wright
Murder Tale Shocks Oregon Farm Community
In Coquille Oregon a landlord Gilman and wife killed tenant Eatenhover wife and child on a farm after eviction dispute. The husband was away. he escaped, alerted others, and the bodies were found buried in a gulch. Gilman and wife were arrested with threats of lynching.
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City
Ore
Gilman
Ekatenhower
Knights of Labor Split Rumor With Brotherhood Ties
In Curcaco July 164 a Knights of Labor executive board meeting delays T W Powderly and officials arriving from Philadelphia. The gathering aims to address rapid growth of the United Brotherhood of Labor and may lead to expulsions of K of L members who belong to the United Brotherhood.
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K. of L
Curcaco
T. W. Powderly
Knights of Labor
Philadelphia
United Brotherhood of Labor
United Brotherhood
Wage Scale for Ginsablowers Reflects Yearly Fix
Philadelphia report notes the state wage scale for this year set at a base rate of 260 list, with deductions and a 10 percent reduction for double issues at the company works. The Atlantic City dispatch provides the details of the adjustment and its impact on workers.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
N. J
Yeaterda Ear
Cum Mae Tee Ee Reny
Harvest Prospects Rise as Rain Boosts Northwestern Wheat
Rain showers revived the wheat belt despite prior droughts, improving growth and hinting at a harvest ahead. Northern wheat heads out unevenly with early sowing ahead of late, while Minnesota shows promise of a strong overall yield and better quality than last year.
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St Paut
Wheat Belt
Minnesota
Dakota
Fondo
Illinois crops show mixed prospects in state report
The Illinois state board of agriculture reports meadow conditions unchanged since May and forecasts less than 90 percent of average yield per acre. Potato yields look strong with potential for full average if plants remain healthy. northern counties expect above average yields, central near average, and southern slightly above average. Livestock shows improvement with pigs down 3 percent, calves up but not as strong, and foaling rates slightly lower than 1898.
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Minnesotta
Minnesota
Mipnegia
Springfield
Ills
State Board of Agriculture
Western Farmers Urged on Timothy and Prairie Hay Quality
In a July report from Dover Indiana secretary A Hpnt of the Iowa Hay tion issued circulars to raeers urging attention to timothy and prairie hay quality. The notices emphasize market-ready forage and growth conditions across land, with guidance tied to land, Atlantic states, and regional markets.
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A. Hpnt
Iowa Haytion
Middle Atlantic
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