Davenport Price Marries Miss Davenport in Canton
Special Dispatch reports Edward Price, once the leading man in Miss Fanny Davenport's company, wed Miss Davenport eight days after their separation and divorce of Price's first wife Mrs. Price. The ceremony occurred at Davenport Cottage Canton with Rev B J Hayden officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Fanny Davenport
Edward F. Price
New York City
B. J. Hayden
Harry
E. L. Davenport
Davenport Cottage
Miss Davenport
Providence
A. 1
Fanny
George K. Goodwin
EB. L. Davenport
L. Davenport Herbert
Allen Valentine
F. Ketchum Elinor
Allen Tose
Anny Davenport
Continental Theatre
Boston
Arch Street Theatre
Louisville
Augustin Daly
New York
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Lou Ten Eycke
Hosalind
Mabel Renfrew
Mr. Daly
Lady Jeu2le
School For Scandal
Kate Hardcastle
Miss Fanny
Price
Arch Street Company
Toronto
Ontario
Pittsburg
Kittie Baker
Sarah Porter
McVicker’s
Chicago
Porter
Michigan
Troubles of a Candidate in Cincinnati July session
Witness Alex M. Pearce described the feud between Supervisor Ferry and Buck Brady for the Congressional investigating committee. Butterworth testified about campaign funds, denying Washington support and noting personal contributions and expenses, while Campbell clashed over motives and representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Congressional Investigating Committee
Alex. M. Pearce
Supervisor Ferry
Buck Brady
Ferry
Campbell
Butterworth
Drew
Congress
Robinson
Columbus
Washington
Eugene Hale
Judge Gorham
Chamberlain Foundry
Eph Holland
Weitzel
Gibson House
Holland
Duffy
Comte de Chambord Replies to Foresta on Monarchy Return
In a July 31 letter from Paris the Comte de Chambord thanks Marquis de Foresta for St Henry festival support. He contests claims he refused a throne, pledges clarity on 1873 events, and says monarchy must reflect majority while workers seek peace under rightful paternal authority, avoiding factional rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Comte de Chambord
Marquis de Foresta
Marseilles
Henry
Europe
Government plans 3 million pound war credit vote
In the House of Commons the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a 3 million pound on account vote to cover South Africa war expenses, raising total Zulu war outlay to 4.5 million. He warned the budget surplus would become a 1,165,000 pound deficit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Marquis of Salisbury
Earl Stanhope
Roumelia
Vienna
Russia
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Reuter
Turkey
Tewfik Pasha
Egypt
Paris
Osman Pasha
Times
Moniteur
England
Morocco
Spain
Tangier
Gibraltar
Chamber of Deputies
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Waddington
France
Senate
Registering Corporations Auditor General Schell Circular
Auditor General Schell will issue a circular on registering corporations under general revenue laws. All incorporated companies and institutions doing business in the Commonwealth must register by September 7, 1879, to avoid a £500 penalty. Exemptions require sworn statements of business nature and exemption grounds. Registries will be examined after September 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schell
Harriscura
Isonomy Wins Goodwood Cup In Straight Victory
London July 31 The Goodwood Cup was won by Mr. F. Greston's four year old colt Isonomy with The Bear second Parole third Touchet fourth Peter fifth and Reefer sixth. Isonomy started as 6 to 4 favorite and won by three lengths in 5 minutes 8 seconds. Parole faded before half distance and The Bear led until a mile from home. The match between Lincoln shire and Royal for £500 a side was declared off by mutual consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mr. F. Greston
Isonomy
Duke of Hamilton
the Bear
Mr. P. Lorillard
Parole
Lord Rosebery
Toucher
Mr. J.T. Best
Touchet
Peter
Bear
Ton Broeck
Lincolnshire
Lord Dupplin
Royal
National Camp Meeting Opens at Summit Grove
This morning the National Camp Meeting of the Methodists began at Summit Grove, York County, on the Northern Central Railway. Rev J B Inskip, president of the National Camp Meeting Association, directs the event which runs twelve days with about 250 tents rented, including visitors from Baltimore and Charleston, S C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Grove
York County
Northern Central
York
Baltimore
J. 8
Inskip
National Camp Meeting Association
Mr. Luskip
Messrs. Adams and
Etter
Charleston
8. C
Bank of Freedmen facing dividend limits in Washington
Washington July 31 The current state of Freedmen's Bank shows cash on hand of 112000 dollars insufficient to declare a dividend now. Officials plan to sell the main bank building to enable a potential twenty percent dividend, which with prior declarations could total fifty percent for depositors, viewed as the maximum likely outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Times
Washington
Freedmen’s Bank
Jamaica Faces Gloom as Officials Deemed Reckless
A Kingston letter from June 24 reports Jamaica's finances and agriculture in decline. Officials are criticized as extravagant and criminal, taxes are rising, and the first major public meeting since Crown government in 1866 drew over a thousand demonstrators opposing what locals call an oppressive, unnamed official class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kingston
Jamaica
Court House
Pleasure party yachts capsized on St Laurence voyage
A morning excursion from Drayton New York saw two steamers Farrington and Josephine lash together on the St Lawrence. Within minutes the headlash loosened and the Josephine capsized and sank. Several ladies including Mrs Persens of Binghamton and Mrs Sarah Bostwick were aboard with others reported lost.
Education's Wind-Up at National Educational Association
The National Educational Convention concluded its three day session with mixed afternoon plans at the Permanent Exhibition and a large turnout for speeches and demonstrations. Notables including Colonel Forney, Edward Shippen, and Edward McPherson praised the meeting, while Dr Paxson and Edison associate Professor Bentley showcased exhibitions on the phonograph and telephone, ending with McPherson’s exhortation on education and citizenship. The group elected officers for the next year and adjourned, with Chautauqua named as the next meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxson
Department of Normal Schools
Department of Industrial Education
General Association
Colonel Forney
Edward Shippen
Edward McPherson
Walt Whitman
John Hancock
Association
Dayton
Ohio
W. D. Henkle
Bentley
Edison
Philadelphia
Dr. Paxson
Memorial Hall
Hancock
Europe
Alexander Hogg
Texas
Lone Star State
Scott
E. E. White
Purdue University
Lafayette
Indiana
Hoosier State
United States
New York
Boston
N. A. Calkins
E. A. Sheldon
Wickersham
General Eaton
United States Commissioner of Education
Eaton
M’pherson
Pennsylvania
Hankey
National Educational Association
Chatauqua
J. Osmund Wilson
D. C
J. H. Smart
Norman
Calkins
N. Y
David N. Camp
Edwin
Bliss Spirits Prove Medium Bliss Genuine, Says Backed by Hands
In a sensational critique of Spiritualist fraud, supporters claim Medium James A Bliss proves spirit forms by using donors' hands as stamps on Mind and Matter. The Times notes twelve blue right hands point to passages, while blasts at opponents accuse opponents of falsehoods and Papal influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Bliss
James
Christina
Bliss
Jonathan M. Roberts
Bogus James
Neshaminy
Mind and Matter
Times Office
Col. Bundy
Iteligio- Philosophical Journal, of
Chicago
Races at Cleveland and Saratoga Held July 31
The Cleveland Club hosted a day of fast running with large crowds. Rarus won the open-to-all in three heats, while Lida Bassett edged Charlie Ford and Red Line in a 2.24 class. At Saratoga, Bramble won the opening dash, Rochester captured the Sequel Stakes, and Vagrant led the selling race with Sunlight second and Maritana third. Trouble won the steeplechase and Lucy claimed the pacing heat victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Rarus
Alley
Rose
Washington
Whitney
Lida Bassett
Charlie Ford
Red Line
McDowell
Trinket
Rose of
Saratoga
Bramble
Bonnie Wood
Gabriel
Anna Augusta
Oriole
Lottery
Wilful
Rochester
Bulwark
Grandblaster
George McCullough
Peter Hynes
Lulu
Vagrant
Sunlight
Maritana
Threats to U S Consul Sprague at Gibraltar Reported
London reports that a letter demanded $3,000 be deposited under threat of death to Consul Horatio J. Sprague and his family. Spanish authorities arrested fourteen suspects after investigating the matter, and Sprague received another threats letter afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Globe
Horatio J. Sprague
United States
Gibraltar
Extremists abstain in Paris chamber over bishops salaries vote
In Paris the Extreme Left in the Chamber of Deputies refused to vote on the bishops salaries estimate, leaving fewer than half the chamber voting and invalidating the measure. They may repeat the tactic to pressure the Senate to pass Jules Ferry's education bill anti Jesuit clause under threat of stopping ecclesiastical salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Senate
M. Jules Ferry
Moville to Queenstown and ports of call listed
Moville Alexandria and Queenstown Hibernia record routes from Baltimore and Liverpool while Liverpool Corsia Humboldt and Iberian depart from New York and Boston with last night’s Delaware Break water, Lord Gough, from Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moville
Alexandria
New York
Queenstown
Hibernia
Baltimore
Liverpool
Corsia and Humboldt
Iberian
Boston
Delaware
Lord Gough
Telegraphic Briefs From Across The Nation
Various late 19th century items: Philadelphia boy Charles Harris drowns at Chester aged twelve. Nebraska GOP sets State Convention for October 2. Iowa Fifth District Democratic nomination of H. E. Boardman for Congress. Pavlosk estate arrests of about a hundred under Grand Duke Constantine. Khagese raiders from China raid Russian Singhliapol with Cossacks recapturing loot and prisoners. Baseball results from Holyoke Hudson New Bedford Syracuse Providence Chicago Cincinnati. International and Great Northern Railroad sold in Austin for one million dollars to Kennedy & Sloan trustees. Consolidated Bank of Montreal fails to reopen, harming about four hundred widows and orphans. Rhode Island Democratic State central committee meets in Providence to discuss Wallace Congressional investigations.
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Charles Harris
Philadelphia
Chester
Nebraska Republican State Central Committee
Iowa
H. E. J. Boardman
Marshalltown
Congress
Constantine
Czar
Pavlosk
St. Petersburg
China
Singhliapol
Holyoke
Hudson
New Bedford
Springfield
Syracuse
Providence
Stars
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Buffalo
International and Great Northern Railroad
Austin
Texas
George Sealey
Galveston
Kennedy & Sloan
New York
Consolidated Bank
Montreal
Man nurses brother-in-law as Memphis fever plague spreads
Bariionre July 31. Andrew Schultz and family, yellow fever refugees from Memphis, arrived in Bariionre en route to Washington. Schultz stayed to nurse his brother-in-law Morris Torbin and wife until their deaths. He then cared for his dying son Henry, facing desertion around him while the city fled. The family eventually left by steamer, after disinfecting and securing travel. Schultz recounted widespread desertion and selfishness seen during Memphis’s fever outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bariionre
Memphis
Washingtonight
Andrew Schultz
Mr. Schuits
Morris Torbin
Bradford Street
Clay Street
Schultz
Torbin
Henry
Mr. Schultz
Health Department
Mississippi
Randolph
Tupton County
Tenn
Wrexhall
Brownsville
Ohio
Nashville
Norfolk
Death Roll Adds Four to New Memphis Yellow Fever Cases
Four new yellow fever cases were reported in Memphis and surrounding areas, including four colored patients. Three deaths occurred: Michael Athy, Brooks Wilson, and C. B. Forbes, with the latter from beyond the corporation line. The wife of Chief of Police Athy is ill, and his daughter Eudora is dying. A large colored meeting at Cochran Hall opposed camp removals and urged aid from merchants. In New Orleans, further cases were reported and officials urged calm amid sporadic illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Michael Athy
Athy
Brooks Wilson
Forbes
Corporation
Raleigh
Tenn
Eudora
James Hester
Jerry Creeder
Rachael Taylor
Mary Taylor
H. Dupratt
Cochran Hall
Howard Association
Camp Marks
New Orleans
Carrie S. Mainegre
Magazine Street
Vincenzo Spano
Italy
Second
Constance Streets
Louis Anfret
France
Bourbon Street
Bernhard Segismundy Berkson
John Knapp
Norway
Seventh Street
Choppin
Washington Street
St. Lovurs
William Martin
Memphis
City Hospital
Halliday
Belle
Colorado
Vicksburg
Oy Anan
New York
Bartholomew McKean
Merida
Havana
A. F.ruth
Saratoga
Pittston to Hawley Rail Route Survey Underway
A corps of engineers from Philadelphia has spent two weeks surveying the path for a new railroad linking Pittston with the Erie Railway at Hawley, Pa. This morning the work continued as planners advance the initial steps for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Corps of Engineers
Philadelphia
Erie Railway
Hawley
Returned Embezzler Saltzer Arrested In Philadelphia Case
George W Saltzer a former confidential clerk at T Musgrove & Co Philadelphia drew 2525 from the firm after his employer left for Chicago He fled to New York and was seized at Delmonico s He faced embezzlement charges at the Tombs and was later sent back to Philadelphia in custody of a deputy sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Saltzer
T. ©. Musgrove & Co
South Third Street
Musgrove
Saltzer
Sultzer
Woman killed by lightning as oil works burn in Poristane
Severe rain and hail struck Poristane on July 31. Mrs. Kate McCarthy, wife of a laborer in the east end, was instantly killed when lightning struck a chimney and she stood in the doorway. Six children survived with no other injuries. An 8000 barrel crude oil tank at Vesta Oil Works near the Allegheny Valley Railroad ignited, burning the works and delaying trains. Losses are expected to run into thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poristane
Kate McCarthy
East End
Vesta Oil Works
Allegheny Valley
Ocean Grove Celebrates Tenth Anniversary of Religious Services
Ocean Grove New Jersey marks the tenth anniversary of its first religious services with decorated public buildings, churches, cottages and tents. Bishop Simpson preached the morning sermon before about 500 people, followed by a large afternoon congregation. The dedication of the Young People Temple and unveiling of two memorial vases on Ocean Pathway featured remarks by Rev H Stokes and others, with Chancellor Runyon and Professor Williams among participants. Evening prayer meeting drew a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Grove
N. J
Simpson
New Jersey
Young People Temple
Ocean Pathway
H. Stokes
D. D
Fire destroys Lew Wallace and homes near Goquack Lake
A Battle Creek dispatch reports the pleasure steamer Lew Wallace burned at Goquack Lake two miles south of Battle Creek along with the dwelling of James Cleveland and three boat houses. Mrs. Cleveland and her infant died, two other children are fatally injured, and Mr. Cleveland saved one child by jumping from a second story window into the lake as the fire started in the steamer engine room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Battle Creek
Lew Wallace
Goquack Lake
James Cleveland
Sioux flee toward Wood Mountain as Sitting Bull bands retreat
Sitting Bull’s Sioux group, estimated at about 5000 with 2000 warriors, fled north from camp on Rock Creek near the boundary. General Miles reports dispatch stating he has trucks of force to meet whatever Sitting Bull can muster and that property lies scattered along a fifty mile route. General Terry in Dakota cites the retreat and Miles’ belief in sufficient force to confront the Sioux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pau
Minn
Terry
Vatican approves German terms on exiled clergy return
Rome dispatch to Pall Mail Gazette reports Germany will allow exiled clergy to return if they obey common law, May laws tacitly suspended, and new nominations go to the government. The Pope is said to be satisfied with these terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rome
Pall Mail Gazette
Vatican
Germany
Reformed Episcopal Council Adopts Resolution in Ottawa
In Ottawa on July 3 the Reformed Episcopal Church Council adopted a resolution to remain under the presbytery of Bishop W R Nicholson and to deprecate any separation from the church as it was originally organized by the late Bishop Cummins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Reformed Episcopal Church Council
General Council
W. R. Nicholson
D. D
Reformed Episcopal Church
Cummins
Five in Pleasure Boat Drowned in Raritan River
A rowboat with five people from New Brunswick was struck by the schooner Hayes in the Raritan River at about 10 AM. The boat capsized and two women, Mrs John Dunnigan and Miss Kate Horan, drowned. their bodies were not recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
William Guise
George Kenyon
John Dannigan
Kate Horan
Jessie Gould
Hayes
Raritan River
John Dunnigan
July Wheat Market Surges in Baltimore Trade
In July Baltimore witnessed unprecedented wheat activity with receipts near five million bushels, comparable to the city's entire annual intake in recent years, while exports approached four million bushels, indicating record commerce levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Democratic County Convention Nominates Straight Ticket
The Democratic County Convention today nominated a straight Democratic ticket without waiting for the Greenback Convention. Greenbackers met in Abbott Square with Congressman Ladd chairing a brief speech, followed by Alexee Troupe Solon Chase Moses Hull and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbackers
Abbott Square
Congressman Ladd
Alexee Troupe
Solon Chase
Moses Hull
Monument to General Anthony Wayne Laid in Erie
The corper-stone of the Anthony Wayne monument was laid in Erie Pa amid ceremonies. Wayne’s remains were exhumed in 1809 the flesh boiled from the bones and the bones reinterred to Chester County Pa. The Erie monument will stand on the site of the original interment where part of the remains lie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Anthony Wayne
Wayne
Chester County
Miner Wage Increase Approved by Schuylkill Operators
The Miners Journal will publish tomorrow a letter from President Pro Tem Keim of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company announcing a four percent wage increase for miners. The action sets the new wage rate for all operators in Schuylkill county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PortsviLux
Miners’ Journal
Losses From Afghan Return March Now Tallied
Official returns record twenty officers and four hundred men dying of cholera and related diseases on the return march from the Afghan campaign, while about one hundred men were killed in action during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Woman seeks protection in Rochester case of money and elopement
A middle aged woman, Mary Schick of Rochester New York, told Detective Houser she had been beaten and pursued by ruffians after withdrawing 3000 from a Rochester bank and purchasing 15000 francs in Brussels. She claimed her husband Joseph Schick had seized her money and had her confined, but she later left Utica asylum and traveled to New York awaiting a steamer to Antwerp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
Houser
Mr. Houser
New York
Howser
Mary Schick
North Avenue
Rochester
Joseph
Brussels
Belgium
D. W. Powers
Bank of Brussels
Utica
Reinhardt
Greenwich Street
Castle Garden
Antwerp
Police
Lean
Schick
Deeds From Across The States In A Turbulent Day
A string of crime notes from Scranton to CuHeyenne reports a woman’s suicide by river drowning caused by insanity, a boy killed by a train near Sloan Mines, bail granted to Samuel G. Grasty in a murder case in Atlanta Opelika dispatch, ex County Attorney R. R. Boothe shot dead in Hempstead, a large Nebraska reward for Doo Middleton and a dramatic capture near Columbus and Grand Island of Middleton and his gang after a siege on the Niobrara river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Howard
Episcopal Church of
Hempsteap
Texas
R. R. Boothe
R.T. Springfield
CuHeyenne
Doo” Middleton
Nebraska
Niobrara River
Columbus
Neb
Grand Island
Richardson
Middleton
Fatinitza produced by children at Broad Street Theatre
Managers Ford and Zimmerman present Fatinitza with a child cast Monday evening marking the summer season. Little Lillie Parsloe leads as Princess Lydia with a full group of young performers portraying Vladimir the reporter and others. A grand chorus, pretty dresses, and scenic effects promise a rich, musical entertainment. Reserved-seat sales begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suppe
Ford & Zimmerman
Broad Street
Lillie Parsloe
Princess Lydia
Charles Minchin
Vladimir
Ten Year Old Emil Zweifel Dies In Gas Explosion Saloon
Emil Zweifel ten years old ran a saloon at 535 Morris Street and kept a gas ice box in the cellar. He lit a match after a gas leak and died from burns at Pennsylvania Hospital. Coroner Gilbert conducted an inquest and returned a suitable verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Zweifel
Morris Street
Zweifel
Pennsylvania Hospital
Gilbert
Two Men Freed After Pawn Office Arrest in Diamond Theft
Frank Sandinger and Frank Haggerty, arrested by a Seventh district officer after leaving Megarry's pawn shop on Fifth and Vine, were discharged by Magistrate Pole. They admitted pawning an alpaca coat belonging to Donnelly for 25 cents, with four beers consumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sandinger
Frank Haggerty
Seventh District
Megarry
Fifth
Vine Streets
H. E. Weaver
York Avenue
Pole
Donnelly
Republican State committee accepts Greenback challenge for debates
The Republican State executive committee received a challenge from the Greenback committee for joint debates with either ex-Governor Charles Anderson W M Corry or Don Pratt. The challenge was accepted and meetings will be arranged at prominent points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Republican State Executive Committee
Greenback Committee
Charles Foster
Charles Anderson
W. M. Corry
Don Pratt
Weather Brief Indications for Today
Slightly warmer southeast to southwest winds. Clear or partly cloudy weather with a stationary or slowly falling barometer.
City Notes Recap of City Actions and Crimes
Last year 930 actions were begun against the city but only 127 reached the courts. Dennis Farren 1621 Tean Street committed yesterday at the Central for threatening his wife and children. Martin Nichols stone barn on Rittenhouse Street Germantown destroyed by fire about eleven last night. Walter Smitheran eighteen held by Magistrate Lukens for assault on Louisa Fisher eight in a saloon at Eleventh Street and Fairmount Avenue. Thomas Dunn and Rose Collins proprietors of a disreputable house on Clarion Street fore magistrate Pole yesterday. Dunn nine months in the House of Correction and Rove three
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Farren
Tean Street
the Central
Martin Nichols
Rittenhouse Street
Main
Germantown
Walter Smitheran
Lukens
Louisa Fisher
Eleventh Street
Fairmount Avenue
Thomas Dunn
Rose Collins
Clarion Street
Pole
Dunn
House of Correction
Rove
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Davenport Price
Edward Price
the Times
National Camp Meeting
Tax Times
Rhode Island
Democratic State Central Committees
Stee
Wallace
Sega
Stee You
Bene
Vesta Ol
Sitting Bull
Maine
Mad Anthony
Afghanistan
Fatinitza
Foster
City Notes
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