Great Natural Gas Explosion Rocks Indiana Valley
A spontaneous natural gas blast ten miles from Shelbyville Indiana lifted a cemetery, tore graves open and hurled boulders as trees toppled and windows shattered. Victims are not reported but crowds gather while gas streams flame across ten acres near Waldron, with wells nearby controlled by Cincinnati capitalists.
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Isp
Segenset
Greensburg
Big Four
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Indiana
Waldron
Tariff Debates Stall Senate Fight Over Tin Plate Duty
Senate debate on the tariff bill stalls action as West vows to discuss every provision item by item. Sherman hints at using a gag to force faster action if Democrats keep talking. Teller supports extended discussion, while Republicans fear prolonged stalemate harming tariff and election bill passage.
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Teller
Colorado
West
Pennsylvania
Cameron
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Pittsburg
United States
Dawes
Wilson
Maryland
Morgan
Debate in Detail Discusses Bill Delays and Rules
Senator Sherman complains of three weeks spent on the bill with little progress. He warns that without cross party unity on a key vote the Senate may extend its session. He favors keeping Senate rules if possible but urges majority duty to end the stalemate.
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Lant
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Lottery in Danger The Lobby Not as Powerful as Reported
Washington dispatch notes Caldwell anti lottery bill moves in the House while Senate Post Office Committee nears favorable action on a similar measure. The so called lobby is mainly the company's agents and counsel Chandler and Thompson. New censorship fears center on alleged meddling with mail as the main obstacle to passage.
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Louisiana Lottery Company
Congress
House
Senate Post Office Committee
General Bingham
House Post Ofice Committee
House Committee On Rules
Chandler and Thompson
Long
Corridora
Wanamaker
Post Office Heating Bill Amendment Proposed
Wasutmootion on August 11 proposes an amendment to the era deficiency bill to allocate 110 dollars for heating apparatus at the Pillsborg public building.
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Quay
Piborg
Clarkson Resigns as Postmaster General Effective September 1
Wasurector August 11. First Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson today tendered to the President his resignation to take effect September 1, next.
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Clarkson
Democrats Propose Navy Board Report on Linden Steel
In Washington August 11 a Democratic plan seeks to use forget stamps on steel plates at Linden Steel Works to mock the tariff issue. They would push a resolution asking the Navy Secretary to share the board’s Linden Steel inquiry with Congress, while the Navy already released the full report to the press.
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Washington
Linden Steel Works
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Navy Department
Population boom in Kansas City Kan drives apportionment debate
Census data shows Kansas City Kansas growing from 9,348 in 1880 to 33,170 now, a 308 percent rise. Superintendent Porter says countrywide counting should finish soon, enabling Congress to draft an apportionment bill for the next House. The national population is estimated at 64,000,000.
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Kansas City
Kan
Porter
Congress
Government Deficit Anticipated in Federal Revenues
The House considered the conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill and debated a likely revenue shortfall. Representative Dockery of Missouri forecast a deficiency of 20 to 28 million dollars for the current fiscal year, after which the conference report was agreed to and a new conference ordered on remaining amendments.
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Washington
House
Dockery
Missouri
New Connecting Line Unites Harrisburg Reading Railways
The Harrisburg Terminals Railroad and Harrisburg and Shippensburg Railway are merged into the Philadelphia Harrisburg and Pittsburg Railroad. A. A. McLeod is president with W B Taylor secretary and other officers named. The link connects Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via Harrisburg with work on the Susquehanna crossing underway and trains expected to run early in 1891.
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Reading General
Harrisburg Termins Railroad Company
Harrisburg and Shippensburg Basilroad Company
Philadelphia, Warrisburg and Pittsburg Railroad Company
A. A. McLeod
W. BR. Taylor
W. A. Church
George B. DeKeim
I. A. Sweigard
Davis
Albert Foster
H. Quarles
D. Jones
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Pew
Susquehanna
Reading
A Lover of Horses in Michigan Church Disciplinary Debate
Grand Rapids reports that the Michigan Methodist Episcopal Conference will convene in Muskegon on September 10 with routine matters and pastoral assignments. Rev J W Amy of Saranac may face discipline for officiating at a hogs trot last month and must choose between remaining in the pulpit or giving up his horses.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan Methodist Episcopal Conference
Muskegon
J. W. Amy
Saranac
Trains Collide at Sparta injuring postal clerks
At Sparta Kentucky last night the fast mail from Louisville collided with a freight train on the Louisville and Nashville line. The mail cars were telescoped and three men were caught. William Jones of this city was very seriously injured and J C Kennedy of Lebanon Kentucky was severely injured. An unknown tramp suffered a major arm injury. The train crew and passengers escaped with minor injuries.
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Crorommrati
Sparta
Louisville
Louisville and Nashville
William Jones
J. C. Kennedy
Lebanon
B and O. Railed by Dismissal in Inter State Suit
Judge Jackson of the United States Court dismissed the action against the B and O railroad under the interstate commerce law. The suit alleged violation of commission orders on theatrical party rates but lacked claims of selling round trip tickets without posted rates. Dismissal sustains the railroad's method of selling round trip tickets to theatrical parties.
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Coxcinnati
Jackson
United States Court
B. & O. Railroad
Leprosy Case Returns Home to Mexico
Manual Garrota a 20 year old Yucatan student with leprosy, treated on North Brothers Island, was sent home with his parents. They departed New York by the Pennsylvania Railroad and will travel via the Mexican Central Railroad to his native country after July 17 declaration.
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Manual Garrota
Yucatan
Garrotta
Flushing
North Brothers Island
J City
Mexico
Mass mill shuts due to curtailment of production
Mille Stat down as curtailment of production takes effect this morning. Nearly three mills shut down today for 60 hours amid the Fant River region industrial slowdown.
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Fant River
Mass
Cardinal Newman Dies at Edgbaston in His 90th Year
Cardinal Newman died last evening at the head house of the oratory Edgbaston after a severe pneumonia attack at age ninety. clergy and lay dignitaries assembled. both Catholics and Protestants mourn the loss, with telegrams of sympathy pouring in.
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Cardinal Newman
Wales
Nat Goodwin
London
John Henry Newman Early Life and Career Highlights
John Henry Newman born in London February 21 1801. He graduated Trinity College Oxford 1820 elected fellow of Oriel 1822 tutored and assisted Whately in Dialogues on Logic ward at Oriel appointed vicar at St Marys 1828 opposed Peel in 1829 Catholic emancipation 1830 became select university preacher and began writing The Adriana of the Fourth Century.
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Great Britain
London
Trinity College
Oxford
Oriel College
Whately
Oriel
St. Mary's
Robert Peel
Cardinal Newman and the Rise of Anglo Catholic Thought
The article outlines John Henry Newman's role in forming an Anglo Catholic movement in England, his Tracts for the Times, and the controversy with the Bishop of Oxford. It notes his 1841 Tract No 90 refusal to withdraw, his 1845 conversion to Catholicism, and later founding of the oratory at Brompton, Edgbaston, and schools. It covers his papal honors, including Cardinal in 1879, and his enduring scholarly output and vigor.
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Newman
the Times
Oxford
Rome
St. Philip Neri
Brompton
Birmingham
Edgbaston
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Leo
Welsh Coal Docks Paralyzed by Striking Agitator Loxpox Burns
Labor leader Loxpox John Burns travels to Wales to help organize a massive strike causing complete trade paralysis. Docks show extreme idle time as freight falls from about 10 000 tons daily to below 2 000. Ships and cargoes await movement while rail lines from nearby districts contribute to the crisis.
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John Burns
Wales
American Actor Nat Goodwin Excites London Audiences
A London revival of The Book Maker draws enthusiastic reviews praising Nat Goodwin for his Sir Joseph Trent role. Critics laud his natural dialect, restrained humor, and broad appeal, noting his stage presence keeps audiences engaged with a mix of laughter and suspense.
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London
Daily Telegraph
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Joseph Trent
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Sir Joseph Trent
Local Roads Unmoved by New York Central Strike
Railway agents along the central routes report tickets sold and freight moving despite the New York Central strike. Pittsburg lines expect minimal impact unless settlement delays slow transfers. Traffic officers say no official orders to halt service and freight continues on major lines including PB&O and Lake Erie roads.
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Carload of Men Leaves Ft Wayne for New York Central
A telegram from Ft Wayne reports a carload of men headed to work on the New York Central line. They left on the eight o twelve train, due in Pittsburg this morn.
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Pittsburg
Flood in the Mountains Hits Town Area
A water spout burst above Bomper in the mountains causing a rapid river rise. The cabin of W. J. King and wife near Silon was swept away and they drowned. The rail line washed out. 3000 trains could run for three days. Two ton boulders rolled from the hills. A hail storm near Loveland ruined crops. Denver faced a severe rain storm with lightning leaving several stunned but none fatally injured.
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W. J. King
Silon
Loveland
Denver
Smallpox Fear Hits Mississippi Towns After Outbreak Claim
Report from Hattiesburg Mississippi and nearby Northeastern road towns describe an alleged smallpox outbreak. A recently arrived girl from Mexico fell ill and sparked quarantines as about 60 residents left town. Three more cases followed and officials pursue strict measures though some doubt the disease.
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Hattiesburg
Mexico
Mine Fire At Sandy Run In Pennsylvania
At dawn a fire broke out in the Sandy Run mine operated by M S Kemmerer & Co in Bloomsnomad Pennsylvania. Pumps engineers were trapped but rescued through an opening. The blaze started in the pump house and spread to the slope. No damage estimate available.
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M. S. Kemmerer & Co
Sandy Run
Pamphouse
Brick Manufacturers Association Raises Half Million in Boycott Support
At Astor House in New York the Brick Manufacturers Association of New York and New Jersey subscribed half a million dollars to sustain four boycotted brick works at Verplanck's Point on the Hudson River. The meeting occurred August 11 and aims to back the brick firms facing disruption from the boycott.
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Brick Manufacturers’ Association of
New Jersey
Astor House
Verplanck’s Point
Adion
Celebrations Over Celman Fall Rally Massive Buenos Aires Crowd
August 11 in Buenos Aires sixty thousand people attended mass meetings to rejoice over the fall of President Celman. General Mitre was cheered as a favored future candidate. The gatherings were orderly and peaceful.
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Celman
Mitre
Burning Egypt steamer sinks cattlemen escape Canada arrival
The steamship Canada reached Egypt New York with cattlemen from the National Line steamer Egypt which burned at sea. William H Hammond said the fire began in cotton and spread fast as crew and passengers abandoned ship. Boats could not be swung due to rusty davits and four boats were rotten.
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Egypt
New York
Canada
National Line
William H. Hammond
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