Submissions and Movements Amid European Tension
From Lancashire to London and St Petersburg, reports detail British and French coal output, Egyptian-Khedivial telegrams, gold withdrawals in London, Paris bond sales, and Abyssinian peace talks. Zulu chiefs surrender to Wolseley as Cape Colony leadership hints at Frere's continued governorship.
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Cola
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Butler
England
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English Swimmer Wabb Signs Long Distance Challenge
New York on August 7 reports Capt. Wabb the famous English swimmer ready to race anyone in America over at least ten miles in still water with a $500 prize. He claims he could outswim Boyton in a 20 mile water event with no attire, for the same prize.
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Wabb
America
Asaya
Boyton
Railway pooling proposal to Great Western Ry and Grand Trunk
President Ciniders of the Great Western Ry Canada proposes pooling all competitive traffic with the Grand Trunk railway. Any disputes over the agreement would be settled by arbitration and the arrangement would last twenty one years.
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London
Ciniders
Great Western Ry
Canada
Grand Trank Railway
Wallace Committee Opens Inquiry on Suffrage Restriction
Providence reports the Wallace Committee began examining a constitutional provision that restricts suffrage to foreign-born citizens who own real estate valued at 133 dollars. The inquiry focuses on how the clause is applied and its implications for voting rights.
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Providence
Wallace Committee
Weather Indications For Lake Region
Washington forecast notes rain followed by partly cloudy and clear weather. Variable winds shift to southwest and northwest during the night as the barometer rises.
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Washington
Lake Tegion
Two men killed in Newport duel over a woman
In Newport Pennsylvania on August 7 W K Miller of Harrisburg was shot dead by Samuel E Olbright after a dispute over a shared interest in a young woman. The confrontation occurred at the woman's house on Montgomery Ferry.
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Newport
W. K. Miller
Harrisburg
Samuel E Olbright
Montgomery Ferry
Yellow fever cases rise in Memphis area
Fileren new cases were reported this morning, seven of them colored, with two deaths since last night. Seventeen new cases, ten whites and seven colored, were reported to the board of health for the 24 hours ending at 6 pm yesterday, with five more colored fever cases brought in after the report. Heavy storms swept north of Memphis and a light shower touched the city at daybreak.
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Memphis
Memphia
Board of Health
Board of Health Office
Banks Taxation and Deposits Spark Debate at Convention
Saratoga August 7 Proceedings opened by Jobs J Koox comptroller of the currency detailing 440 banks with capital totaling 205 382 852 and deposits 124 279 490 He argued bank taxes burden rural borrowers and called for repeal noting government needs and prejudices from past note issues.
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Bankers Convention
Jobs J. Koox
Koox
Congress
United States
Washington Civil Service Order Sparks Reorganization
The State Association, dissolved after the President's civil service order, begins reorganizing. In Germany Americans face threats over property disputes as Carl Gerhard Boisselier wins a German decision favoring his family in a dispute about military enrollment.
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Civil Service
Washington
State Association
Germany
Carl Gerhard Baisselier
St. Louis
Baisseliers
Boisselier
Tage
Saratoga Track Outcomes Include Mile Dash Winners
At Saratoga on August 6 the track and weather were favorable. Clara D. Jerico won the mile dash with Dette second and Boanie Carrie taking the “Carendou r hotel stakes” for 3-year-old fillies. Oden won the Kentucky stakes for two-year-olds, with Minas as favorite and Gircfil2 second. times listed as 2 1 1/? and 1 1 7?.
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Dette
Wincer
Boanie Carrie
Lulu 2d
Contessa 2d
Oden
Minas
Canal Break Shuts Mills Idle About 1000 Bands
A break in the upper canal at Manchester New Hampshire halts mill operations and leaves about 1000 bands idle. The incident, reported August 7, disrupts textile work and affects local industry.
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N. H
Canadian bank suspended and Gainesville postmaster noted
Montreal reports the Tas Exchange Bank of Canada suspended this morning. General Longstreet, appointed postmaster of Gainesville, Georgia, is described with a sad face and striking likeness to the Emperor William. His right arm, wounded in battle, is paralyzed.
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Montreal
Tas Exchange Bank of Canada
General Longstreet
Gainesville
William
Bia
Chicago Man Dies by Own Action in Despondent Fit
Luke McDermon a 22 year veteran of Field and Leiter's pecking department killed himself by hanging from a bed post in his home this morning. He left a despondent note about a son lost in a railroad accident and leaves a wife and five children. The death follows a prior scaffolding fall at Music Hall and a Jesuit priest from Belgium seeking Episcopal clerical membership.
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Aux
Luke
Field & Leiter
Hia Roogs
McDermon
Music Hall
New Catamaran Vessel Under Construction in Poughkeepsie
A novel steam catamaran built from Merritt's design by George T. Polk in Poughkeepsie promises high speed and efficiency. The two long narrow hulls, 51 feet keel length with 7 feet beam, use eight foot feathering wheels to drive four propulsors. If results meet expectations, observers may nickname it the "Surprise" with speeds reaching about thirty miles per hour.
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Poughkeepsie
Ang. L
William T. Merritt
George T. Polk
Mr. Merritt
Afr
Merritt
Ahe
Markets by Totograph. Financial notes from Aug. 1570
Market summary from Chicago era notes prices on silver, state bonds, and grain. Wheat and corn show weakness or steadiness with various cash and future figures. beef, pork, and poultry prices noted. freight and shipping terms referenced. Local and international metals and currencies cited with sparse data.
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