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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1894
Page
1
Markets report flour beer beef lard and corn meal prices with August bids. European cables show American silvers and meat prices. Atlantic notes on beef veals lambs and pork. Toulon reports anarchist arson attempts at the arsenal and battleship Garnes as fear and unrest grow. Riverton Gun Club breaks world pigeon shooting record. Barris Bay area dynamite blast kills three in Ontario.
Santo Cesario the anarchist who killed President Carnot faced trial in Lyons. A heavy security detail including infantry police and detectives surrounded the court. Cesario admitted responsibility for his actions but refused to answer on links to other anarchists, while the audience reacted with disdain to his cold demeanor.
Reports from Seoul cite Chinese forces under General Yes defeating a Japanese detach near Asan on July 27 as Japanese troops withdrew to Seoul. Dispatches note Chinese crossings at the frontier and an expected major naval movement at Karghwa. The emperor of China declares war a necessity and orders high officials to remove Japanese presence. Conflict narratives differ on Kow Shing wreck outcomes with British mediation sought.
Washington Aug 3 A Norfolk court martial found a marine guilty of drunkenness and assault but not guilty of striking the assaulted man, a paradoxical result endorsed by Acting Secretary McAdoo who confirmed the sentence of dismissal. Minneapolis Aug 3 Incendiaries at Minnesota Transfer damaged coal oil and waste. reward offered for capture of culprit. Washington Aug 3 US ministers instructed to protect Chinese in Japan and Japanese in China. Watlina Mass Aug 3 Pinkey Bliss dethroned as world mile record holder. Harry C Tyler set new marks for mile quarter half and three quarters. Cariaco Aug 3 Pullman works resume. 250 report for work but 1,000 strikers gather. Hati Eriz Pa Aug 3 heavy rain wipes out crops over wide area.
The grand jury charged Judge Morris with bribery involving witnesses. Four indictments target L W Brown city engineer for bribery. The cases reflect a broad probe into official corruption in the city.
News items report Wellman expedition setbacks with the Ragnvald Jarl wrecked after ice battles near Table Island. Depots built at Walden Island. Wellman and party aim for Dane’s Island by Sept 15 and plan to rejoin the sledge group. Updates trace deliveries, rescues, and new vessel plans.
Fire at the Handolph and Jefferson streets mill killed five firefighters and two others, with many injured as flames gutted the southern portion. The 200 foot long four story building, owned by Dan Cochran, housed cotton yarns and other contents, while McVlesker and O'Hara operated a carpet cleaning unit on the second floor. The blaze began from a spark in a picking machine, and two rescuers died en route to the hospital.
In Wasmerox on August 3 a major deficiency appropriation awaits Senate action after days of discussion. Notable amendments increased the year fund to 1,000,000 and granted 1,000,000 acres of desert lands to apply desert land laws to several western states and territories including Nebraska Kansas Utah Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma. A Dominion Coal Company investigation resolution was introduced by Mr Chandler but not acted on. The House approved majority election committee resolutions unseating Kansas representative Funston and seating H L Moore, with some Democrats voting against the move. Conference reports on District of Columbia and Indian appropriation bills were adopted. In Chicago a second large lumber fire destroyed three yards and a bridge, injuring firemen and causing about 100,000 in damage.
Five hundred workers at South Omaba packing houses walk out in sympathy with butchers. houses face contracts, managers concede, and plan to rehire all who will work after Monday. Carl Browne leads Army of the Commonweal into Vineland with sixty eight marchers greeted by crowds. Georgia Democratic ticket nominees named. Illinois min ers end strike with plan to return to work at Columbus prices. Evans killed by son Bud in Hamblen county near Balls Gap after drinking.
News notes report the old association of railroad coal operators reformed in Pittsburg after the recent strike. Oklahoma and Indian Territory plan a protest to Congress over indecent Indian dances. Jamestown Wyoming reports J I Lee dies from July 4 bicycle race injuries. A Nashville dispatch says efforts to rob Andrew Jacksons grave at the Hermitage failed. Minsk, Russia suffers a large fire destroying a quarter of the town and many missing. Michigan Democratic officials Cutcheon and Smalley resign over tariff reform letter endorsement.
Washington Aug 3 The Democratic conferees did not report progress as hoped and a final agreement seems distant. Despite optimism and a few days of better mood, members warn a report will not come this week. The dispute centers on sugar schedule with refiners seeking protective advantage and possible one eighth of a cent duty.
A sugar inquiry report presented to the Senate by Senator Gray and the finance committee exonerates Carlisle, condemns Edwards for public charges, and warns against unverified allegations. Lodge and Davis file a supplemental view. others defend the probe’s conduct amid tense political contention.
The text surveys a budding career for spoken storytellers and argues for a market in written tales. It notes the value of natural inflections, praises female inventiveness, and presents a suede bengaline costume description with a moss green moire knot and embroidered gauze details.
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