Laborer Dies of Cholera Sparks Transport and Banking Turmoil
On the 16th excitement rose as a laborer died of water cholera at Schifflek amid rumors that Pacific Mail and other rail lines face difficulties and may withdraw steamer service. Banks in Australia suspend operations, including North Queensland and the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, amid large deposits and unsettled credit.
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Schifflek
North
Queensland
Queensgational Bank
the Commercialing Co
Sydney
N.S. W
Disasters and criminal cases fill late 19th century wires
A sprawling summary of wide-ranging reports describes hangings at Concord and Brownstown, river floods across Texas Mexico and Ohio, shipwrecks off Ashtabula and Lake Erie, bank failures in Australia hitting Chi cago merchants, fires in Yonkers and Montfort, rail and bridge damages, and political legal actions involving patent inspectors and telephone cases, with deaths, rescues, and economic losses.
Telegrams span diverse events from politics to weather
A San Antonio USB sets out for Chicago by wheel, three weeks. A three year old dies in New York from alcohol. brother six also drank. Parkersburg endures destructive hail wind rain on the 21st. Mrs Brarve will wed Dr Bull and change her name. Uniontown tax collector arrests six men for taxes. Commercial Bank of Oxford fails, assets unclear. Italy to elevate ministers to ambassadors. Rome reports. Little Rock & Memphis traffic halted by high water. one daily train between Little Rock and Widners Edmonson. Russian empire issues a new ukase expelling officials. banking anxiety minimal. 3,000 national banks, nine failures. A child born near Paris Ky without a head.
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Resto
Treasury Department
Georsk H. Apterr
F Almy
Twits Ronden
Concord
N. HS
Sing Sing
N. von
Pallister
Roehle
Bety
Simonds
Foster & Freeman
Washington
Reil Telephone Co
Simonis Ant
Bell Telephone Co
Rio Grande River
Seymour
Bedford
Hima
Eensland
Om Beeder
Naval Aaedemy
Theharleston
Continental
Secur
Fom
Nosgvestavs
Alfons
Hooner
Lake Erie
Conneant
Chicago
Patriix Morsay
Bethlehem
Philadelphia
Pr Elweext Worcester
Lehigh University
Worcester
Ashtabula
United States General
Buffalo Naturalas Fuel Co
Buffalo
N. Y
R. H. Derros
Co. E. Seventeenth Infantry
Fort Russell
Cheyenne
Wyo
W. Nickasox
Mexican Central Railroad
Atchison, Topeka
San Antonio
Texas
Ross Herter
New York
Willie
Parkersburg
W. Va
Brarve
William T. Bull
Thomas Toorspert
Uniontown
Tue Commercial Bank of
Oxford
Chicago Columbia
Italy
Rome
Little Rock & Memphis
Little Rock
Widners
Edmonson
Treasury
Charles Conway
Paris
Weekly Review of Business Conditions Across the Nation
R. G. Den & Co reports mixed national business signals with a general lack of substantial improvement. Weather eased for retail, but trade and consumer demand show hesitation. money markets soften with uneven collections and variable regional activity in hardware, wool, shoes, coal, and grocer sectors.
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R. G. den & Co
New York
R.G den & Co
Trace
Sherie
Philadelphia
Baltimere
Fe Wealler
Chicago
Tecal
St. Lewis
Atansas City
St Joseph
Leninville
Eckwari
Memphis
Theuc
Amrusta
Colin Thor Gerd
Collertears
Orleans
Death by own action shocks Northwestern firm leader
Chas S Rogers president of the Northwestern Cominge Works leaped from the High Bridge into the river this afternoon. A boy named J M Karl witnessed the event as Rogers handed him papers and a note bearing the name C S Rogers. Remains not yet found. authorities suspect temporary insanity, Rogers a prominent city businessman.
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Chas . Rogers
Northwestern Comings Co
High Bridge
Winn
Chas
Rogers
Northwestern Cockage Works
Elork
J. M. Kart
Ferh Bridge
T S. Rogers
Girore Street
Train kills man in Prvussiaen with gang ties
Charles Mylan was run down by a train at Thirty third street last Wednesday and died. A revolver mask and burglary outfit were found at the scene. His brother B G Mylan was arrested for transportation for himself and the deceased home. Police say the pair are part of a gang operating along the Pittsburgh Virginia and Charleston line for months. Mylan identified by train crew. a brakeman's watch was found on him.
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Prrvssiaen
Charles Mylan
Mylan
B. G. Mylan
Supt
Pitcairn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Presbyterians Report From General Assembly Call on President
The Presbyterian church reports from its General Assembly show gains across temperance, missions, and education. Delegates urge licensing reform toward prohibition and oppose army canteens while noting funds and attendance for church boards and colleges. The assembly then visited the White House to present a call on President Cleveland.
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Vartens Church Boards
General Assembly
Preatient
Wasaietox
Presbyterian Assembly
Congress
Special Committee
Board of Dercition Forma
Gocw Piel
Wront
Sanday Seheed Wehelars
Heard of Relief
Mixekmary Department
Wasuiseroes
General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church
Mesnsand
White House
Cleveland
Miraleveland
Craig
Chief End Of A Newspaper Debated At Convention
May 21 reports from the National Editorial convention show credentials committee naming delegates. King Herbert of Hiawatha Kansas read on the chief end of a newspaper arguing bankruptcy or business success as the aim. Voting chose Asbury Park New Jersey for the next meeting with 151 votes.
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Cmrcaco
Mr. Herbert
National Editorial Association
Asbury Park
N.J
Jacksonville, Fla
Asheville, N.C
Embezzlement Arrest Hits Booth & Firmh Quarries
Morris Long, time-keeper at Booth and Firmh quarries in McCann station, is under arrest in Pittsburgfor alleged embezzlement totaling about 10000. Superintendent Robert McCannce of Pittsburgh and his brother Alexander have resigned. Disclosures may trigger firings of seven or eight workers and arrests of several others.
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Pittsacacs
Morris Long
Booth & Firmh
McCann Station
Robert McCannce
Pittsburgh
Alexander
Long
Fatal railway wreck at Vanleer Station
Fatal wreck occurred on the Clarksville Mineral railroad at Vanleer Station twenty seven miles from Clarksville. The train plunged down an embankment smashing the engine and several cars. Conductor Robert R Robinson of Clarksville was killed outright. Engineer Wesley Alsup of Bowling Green Kentucky survived.
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Clarksvilla
Tenn
Clarksville Mineral Railroad
Vanleer Station
Robert R Robinson
Wesley Alsup
Bowling Green
Levee Plan Moves in Warren County Area
Warren County seeks to form an independent levee district to protect lowlands east of the Mississippi, with surveys planned and a legislative memorial. Vicksburg business leaders push the plan amid floods, aiming to include Issequena County and possibly part of Sharkey County in a new district.
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Warren County
Vicksburg
Big Black
Greenville Thistrict
Warren Oanty
Issequena County
Sharker
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