Epitome of the Week Domestic News Summary
A washout wrecked a Central Vermont passenger train near Brandon Vermont injuring a dozen riders. A New York man was swindled of 230000 at Long Branch. A lynching occurred in Lafayette Louisiana. The Crystal City steamer sank after striking a snag near St Louis. Floods and weather events produced damage across multiple states and towns. Officials in several states reported financial and legal actions amidst ongoing disasters and crimes.
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Central Vermont
Brandon
Grerce Law
New York
Long Branch
N. J
Felix Keyes
Lafayette
Crystal City
Saline River
St. Louis
Johnstown
N. Y
Cayadutta Creek
New Yor
Philadelphia
Conemaugh
Arox
Nashville
Tenn
Sullivan
Pugilist
Johnson
Mississippi
Ainsley
Neb
Obe
Warren County
John Nutting
H. H. Ouney
Clay Center
Kaw
Charleston
George Whitmore
Ada Knapp
Rochester
Buffalo
William Wolf
Charles Boyle
Whitmore
Ada
Wolf
Boyle
Pierce
Ssomrany Nosye
National Confectioners’ Association
Jacob Buss
Cincinnati
Indiana State Board of Education
Indiana School-Book Company
Indianapolis
United States
Austin
Tex
Winey Marruews
Ozark
Bald-Knobber
Arkansas
Fresno
Cal
Mason J. A. ProKueEn
Interior Department
Washington
Noble
Oklahoma
Linton Brennincer
Ind
Lincoln
Jeff Davis
United States District Court
George W. Hawley
Mort Howells
Michigan City
EB. M. Slutz
Kansas City
London
Jacksonville
Ore
Newton Cook
Harry Hoover
Frank Warner
William Mrysn
Fort Wayne
August Rosenburg
Somerville
Mass
Bexton
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
Pittsburgh
American Association
St Louis
Brooklyn
Athletic
Baltimore
Columbus
Louisville
Western Association
Omaha
St Paul
Sioux City
Minneapolis
Denver
Des Moines
St Joseph
Milwaukee
Epmund Rier Dies in Minnesota at Seventy One
Personal and political notices report the death of former Fourth district congressman Epmund Rier at his White Bear Minnesota home aged seventy one. Other items list Harrison appointments for U S consuls Emmons Clark Archibald Sampson Roswell Harr and Hartigan with a note on the President and Secretary Windom at Deer Park Maryland. Also at Wellsville New York A N Coxe called father of the Republican Party dies aged sixty seven and Col D H Surin ex auditor of Kentucky dies in Louisville from heart disease.
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Epmund Rier
White Bear
Minn
Harrison
United States
Emmons Clark
New York
Havre
Archibald J. Sampson
Colorado
Axapulco
Roswell G. Harr
Michigan
Valparaiso
James F. Hartigan
Washington, D. C
Trieste
Kentucky
Louisville
Ohio Republican State Central Committee Organized in Columbus
At a meeting in Columbus on the 22th the Ohio Republican State Central Committee organized with A. T. Brinsmade of Cleveland as chairman and A. W. Kumler of Dayton as secretary. The funeral of the widow of President Tyler was held on the 12th at Richmond Virginia. interment followed beside her husband. E. Jordan, proprietor of the White Sulphur Springs at Winchester Virginia, died on the 15th from blood poisoning. Mr. O. Brewster, veteran publisher and printer, died in Boston on the 15th aged ninety two.
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Columbus
Ohio Republican State Central Committee
A. T. Brinsmade
Cleveland
A. W. Kumler
Dayton
Tyler
Richmond
E. ©. Jordan
Winchester
O. Brewster
Train wreck in Mexico kills four and injures twenty five
News notes report a Mexican Central railroad wreck near Chihuahua on the 10th with four dead and twenty five injured. Additional items include diplomatic notes, royal dinners, and various European and global incidents dated around mid month.
Ed i th Emery Arrives With Few Crew After Gale
The SHE fishing schooner Edith Emery, captained by Patrick Sullivan, reached Boston on the 16th with only three of nineteen aboard as the rest were lost in a gale while fishing from small boats. The day also saw a deadly clash in Mexico, drownings in Kansas, a bank embezzlement, and other incidents.
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Edith Emery
Patrick Sullivan
Boston
Chilapa
Mex
Guerrero
Puerto del Aguera
Appigz
Kate Gordon
Myrtle Cranby
Paola
Kan
Heller
St. Louis
New London
Conn
Tur
Johnstown Committee
Pittsburgh
State Commission
Waynesboro
Tenn
Brown
Jose Abramorrez
Antonito
Col
O. E. Leduc
Ortez
Trench Brewery
Indiana
Centlivre & Co
Fort Wayne
Tur National Educational Association
Nashville
Mrcnarr Bona
Belvidere
N. J
Michael Bellinshire
Oxford
Bolak
John LE. Burron
Elkhorn
Wis
Japeb Horton
John F. Beggs
Camp 20
Dr. Cronin
Chicago
Parnell
London Times
Drowned by a Deluge Across Maryland and Nebraska
A series of cloud bursts and floods struck Maryland and Nebraska on July 15, drowning several people and sweeping away bridges, barns, crops, and roads. In Maryland two men on Bellaire road and a family on Moore's run perished. Ludginger and Seifert families harmed. Nebraska reports four drowned in Soldier Creek valley and rescue efforts under way. Damage widespread from Dinwiddie to Lake Champlain and Ohio Valley with crops ruined and communications disrupted.
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Maryland
Nebraska
Baltimore
Herring Run
Moore’s Ran
Reed
Bellaire Road
Powell
Bcheiliner
George Lingenfelder
Seifert
Moore’s Run
Lingenfelder
Herrington
Bobb's
Hall’s Springs
Hartford Road
Maryland Central Railroad
Guilford’s
John McCormick
Frederick Road
John Colburn
Creek Neck
Fort Robinson
Neb
Soldier Creek Valley
Marsh Duncan
Telford
Eighth Infantry
Petersburg
Dinwiddie County
Darvill
Sussex County
Waverly Station
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Puntrspunc
N. Y
Plattsburg
Burlington
Lake Champlain
Evansville
Ind
Ohio
Cairo
Smithland
Davenport
Buying Up the Mills The English Syndicate Seeks Minneapolis Flour Mills
Minneapolis July 15 English capitalists move to take control of major mills including Pillsbury Washburn Western and East and West Side Power Companies with option expiring July 25. If completed A Pillsbury would run the combined 22 000 barrel daily flour capacity.
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Minneapolis
Minn
H. W. Holmes
Minneapolis Union Elevator Company
C. A. Pillsbury & Co
Washburn Mill Company
Western Flouring Mill Company
East and West Side Water Power Companies
Pillsbury System of Elevators
A. Pillsbury
Cincinnati Enforces Sunday Closing in Historic Sweep
In Cincinnati on July 15 the Sunday Closing and Common Labor law was aggressively enforced for the first time in 25 years. Saloons barber shops cigar stores bodegas meat markets and candy shops were closed. About 40 000 people left the city seeking leisure. Arrests dropped to roughly one tenth of the prior three months.
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Cincinnati
Warner Urges G A R Posts to Attend Milwaukee Encampment
General Warner issues a circular urging G A R posts to attend the National encampment at Milwaukee on July 15 in spite of railroad rate disputes. Headquarters expect attendance to be as large as if the railroads had granted a one cent per mile rate.
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General Warner
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Warner
Alphonso Hart Named Solicitor of Internal Revenue Bureau
Alphonso Hart of Ohio receives appointment as Solicitor for the Internal Revenue Bureau by the President. The action stated as July 15 in Luck, Washington, confirms Hart's new post.
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AndOhioan
Luck
Washington
Alphonso Hart
Ohio
Internal Revenue Bureau
Princeton wind storm wipes out village and crops
A severe wind storm hit Princeton Ohio cutting twenty minutes of destruction. thirty buildings wrecked, crops ruined, large school leveled, several homes destroyed, and no confirmed deaths though reports claimed up to fifty. Neighbors sheltered homeless families as damage nears four thousand dollars. Cincinnati also reports a terr ible wind and rain storm causing widespread damage.
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Princeton
Hamilton
Joseph Stinson
Finley Whitehead
Gus Kinnear
John Lenhart
Rose Miller
Stephen Clawson
Ash Walter
Cinciinnati
Liberty
Freeman
Cincinnati
Tragedy in Somerville as Mother and Son Die
Boston reports a frenzied shooting in Somerville at Dane Street and Dane Court. Mrs Catherine Smith aged 45 and her son Thomas aged 14 were killed. Rosenberg the alleged lover and not husband shot five family members, injuring two others. he died after attempting to escape by falling on a spike near Fitchburg tracks.
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Somerset
Mass
Boston
Somerville
Catherine Smith
Thomas
Augustus Rosenberg
Augustus
Charles
Mabel
Rosenberg
Fitchburg
Durrell
Seattle Citizens Thankful for Aid in Rebuilding
Citizens of Seattle thank donors and volunteers for sympathy and material aid after the recent disastrous conflagration. The address by J. R. Lewis, relief committee chairman, notes the city is being rebuilt as fast as money and men can do it.
Two Deaths Result in Sewage Flood Tragedy
In Prrrspuneyu Pennsylvania a mudbank collapse flooded the Soho street sewer. Five workers were swept away. William Daily died and Andrew N. McGregor followed hours later. Foreman Robert Munn was seriously injured with two men badly bruised. Wheat crop in Iowa forecast at half its average.
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Soho Street
William Daily
Andrew N. McGregor
Robert Munn
William McClay
Joseph McCarthy
Storm Devastates Iowa Illinois Farmland and Towns
Reports from Princeton Iowa and surrounding areas describe a cyclonelike storm that damaged farms, barns, and timber, unroofed many houses, and destroyed crops. Additional storms across Des Moines Lemars Dexter Glenwood and nearby towns caused heavy crop losses and infrastructure damage including bridges and power lines. In Maryland and Pennsylvania storms brought lightning fatalities and flooding with property loss and barn fires.
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Princeton
Iowa
Illinois
Hamiton
Hamilton
Union Village
Warren County
Des Mores
Davenport
Wilton
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Lemars
Glenwood
Dexter
Fred Leuvecker
Eli Snyder
Greeley Township
Audubon County
Marroon
Ill
John Moor
Humboldt
R. H. Williams
Mattoon
Cartwright
Okaw
Floods in China Trigger Massive Loss and Displacement
The Kiaying Chau region in Kwangtung reports a waterspout surge that flooded Chan Ping and Ping Yuen districts. Villages such as Chae Kon Ha Ku Hui Cueong Tan and others were swept away leaving over 6,000 dead and about 10,000 homeless. Reports arrive via Hong Kong.
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China
San Francisco
New York
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Japan Gazette
Kiaying Chau
Kwangtung
Chan Ping
Ping Yuen
Chae Kon
Ha Ku Hui
Cueong Tan
Hop Lui
Ngai Ku
Sam Chan Kiu
San Po Hui
Congress of the Three Americas Preparations Underway
Washington dispatch reports autumn meeting to discuss improving commercial relations among American governments. Circulars from the State Department outline goals including arbitration of disputes and adoption of a uniform monetary system.
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Washington
Congress of the Three Americas
England
State Department
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Jane BurLe
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Edward Steaniwoop
Youth’s Companion
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Hyde Park
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Joshua Warfield
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Salt Lake City
Tom Conper
Jack Riley
Troy
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William Bickur
Philip Hearst
Ohio River
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Goguille City
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William Henry Smith
Treasury
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Seeley’s Bay
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Count von Blumenthal
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France
Paris, Lyons & Mediterranean
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Windsor
Canadian
Anthracite Coal Company
Wisconsin
Mra
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Lady Acton
Chang Ping
Bohemia
Austria-Hungary
A. R
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Edward Warfield
Howard County
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