Famine Threat Looms as Irish Potato Blight Spreads
Chauncey Depew voices protectionist views in London while discussing free trade and municipal neglect in America. The Irish potato blight worsens hunger amid crop failures in Castle Haven and Moyross, with distress spreading through Cork, Limerick, Kerry, and Waterford as wet weather persists.
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London
England
Ireland
Depew
America
Mr. Depew
West
Lyons
Castle Haven
Ross
County Cork
Thurday
Cork
Limerick
Kerry
Waterford
Patti Will Not Sing With Prince Arrangements Altered
July 19. Mme Adela Patti promised to sing for charity at the urging of the Prince of Wales but the season is too far advanced and she will not appear before November 3. Proceeds would have benefited charitable purposes.
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Prince of Waters
Mme
Adela Patti
Prince of Wales
Helvy
Pattiara
English Officials Move to Establish Permanent Census Department
Lompox July 19 Government moves to create a permanent census department to conduct decennial returns and five year population studies by age and sex. Experts cite inaccuracies in current data affecting death rates and sanitary policy, with calls for fewer intrusive questions and tighter costs.
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CABLE
Lompox
House of Commons
Alfred Marshall
Cambridge University
Washington
Radi
United Kingdom
Peculiar Swiss Monastery Tickets Sell Heaven Access
The Einsiedeln Abbey faces a warning from Swiss authorities over selling pilgrimage tickets to heaven at 70 centimes each. Some 45,000 tickets have been sold since January, bearing the monastery arms and moral verse on the reverse, promising health and spiritual benefits for a price.
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Dibratcrs Berse
Einsiedeln
House of God
Anger in Vienna over US delay to pay exhibitors
Austrian letters denounce the US government for failing to compensate exhibitors for goods displayed at the 1884 New Orleans Exposition. The Sockl Express Company warns that unpaid bills tied to transport of Austrian exhibits threaten goodwill and influence German press against participation in Chicago's World Fair.
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Vienna
New Orleans
United States
Great
Sockl Express Company
Weaver
Express Company
Fred Grant
Chicago
Case Without Parallel details fierce lifeboat rescue
In a Margate court a lifeboat man Henry Jones recounted boarding the stricken steamer Bell amid May storm danger on Goodwin sands. Captain George allegedly struck Jones between the eyes and tried to throw him into the sea as the boatmen departed, leaving the vessel to reach shore unaided. The assault case proceeds.
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Lorxnor
Bell
Goodwin Sands
Margate
Henry Jones
George
Jones
Bella
Unclear UK litigation sets record with unusual verdict
A fragmented legal snippet notes a plaintiff receiving a nominal sum and claims no similar British case exists, suggesting a historic parallel in world jurisprudence. The text hints at an unfilled or misread award and a broader comparative context.
Russia’s Czar Drives Orthodox Crackdown Against Old Believers
In St. Petersburg July 19 the Dispatch reports a broad surge of religious intolerance across the empire. The Old Believers face exile and death for refusing orthodox tenets, with 65,000 sentenced this year. Separately, cases of vigilante violence and corruption use religion to excuse murder and looting, stirring unease among foreign missionaries.
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The
Novosti
Empire
Europe
Siberia
Alexander II
Russia
Americans Push Delay on French Customs Bill and Treaty Plans
Paris dispatch reports merchants press for two month delay to enforce the new customs bill while seeking European talks to shield export trade. Walter Damrosch and his bride tour Paris society before joining Andrew Carnegie for a Scotland coaching trip. many Americans depart for English villages and Swiss resorts as the social season ends.
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American Senate
French Budget Committee
United States
France
Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Walter Damrosch
J. G. Blaine
Whitelaw Reid
Count von Munster
Senor Mariscal
Private Soldier’s Luck and Cuban Governance Ties
July 19 dispatch from Ley Cable reports General Polavieja named Captain General of Cuba will depart Spain August 10 to assume command. Once a private soldier, he rises amid Spanish grandees as he faces Cuban aristocrats. He recently married an heiress and earned favor with the Queen Regent. Also noted, Charles Tennant, Stanley’s brother in law, sails to New York on the Umbria. Second Secretary McCormick travels to America on leave aboard the Britannic.
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Cuba
Polavieja
Spain
Alfonso
Stanley
Charles Tennant
New York
Umbria
Legation
McCormick
Britannic
America
Purnel O Shea Case Postponed Yet Again
Loypos July 19 The Purnel O Shea case has been postponed again and is now believed to be settled privately rather than go to trial.
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Dunlap
Loypos
O'Shea
Reed's Original Package Law Debate Heats in House
The House spent the day debating the original package bill with Speaker Reed pressing for passage while several Republicans opposed it. Democrats backed the measure as Republicans wavered, and observers expect a House vote Monday with broader support likely in the Senate.
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Congress
Reed
Capitol
Lehrbach
New Jersey
Mason and Adams
Chicago
Senate
Republicans Press Federal Election Bill in Senate Committee
Republican senators on the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee resumed work on the Federal election bill today and met last night. The drive is aimed at completing a measure for a caucus early next week amid heightened urgency. Sudden Death of a Congressman report follows as Representative Docker of Missouri received a telegram.
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Washmeter
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Hixorox
Docker
Missouri
Death of Congressman James P. Walker in Missouri
This afternoon announces the death of Congressman James Peter Walker due to apoplexy at Dexter Missouri.
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James Peter Walker
Dexter
White House Real Estate Frolic Sparks Suburb Boom
Washington buzzes over real estate moves by ladies of the White House led by Mrs Harrison. A Glen Echo Heights syndicate plans aggressive advertising to attract visitors and profit as suburban speculation grows.
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Wianberton
Washington
White House
Bietaresque
Gien Echo Heights
Glen Echo Heights
Cleveland
Capitol
Outrage in Canaan Over Flag Vandalism by Locals
AP report from Hamilton details Joel Smith of Mount Hope defending a U S flag at his home on July Fourth as a mob of neighbors fired over 20 shots, tore the banner, and later pelted spectators with rotten eggs while some Canadians prefer political union.
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Canaan
Smith
A Man With a History
New York July 19 Charles L Lawrence died at 638 West End avenue. He led a vast conspiracy to defraud the Custom House costing the United States about 1,500,000. Lawrence born in London, later used surname Lazarus and rose as a custom-house broker and Tweed associate.
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New York
Charles L. Lawrence
West End Avenue
Lawrence
Sam
Custom House
United States
Atlantic
England
London
Lazarus
William M. Tweed
Americas Club
Tweed
Judge Thurman S illness postpones Thurman Club meeting
The mass meeting planned by the Thurman Club in Columbus to protest the Federal election bill was canceled due to Judge Thurman’s illness an abscess in his back required an operation yesterday though his overall condition is not serious Ex-Congressman Converse was also absent as the principal speaker.
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CoLumbus
Citizens’ Mass
Thurman Club
Judge Thurman
Converse
Quay Leaves the Capital for Beaver Mission
Senator Quay departed from Harrisburg for Beaver via Harrisburg to handle private business and said he would take no part in the Beaver district muddle. He plans to return through Philadelphia for talks with state political leaders and believes the law should run its course.
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Philadelphia
Hisnoeron
Quay
Camp John F. Hartranft Opens At Mt Gretna In 19th Century Guard Muster
Camp John F. Hartranft opened at Mt Gretna with a 43 gun salute by Battery C Phoenixville after Battery B arrived late. Generals Hastings Wiley and Snowden attended as regiments from Pittsburg Wilkes Barre and Philadelphia arrived, chaplain Milligan led services, and a large visitors' turnout was anticipated with strict camp security and new drum corps noted as a highlight.
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Battery B
Pittsburg
Phooixville
A. B. Huot
Shephard
Lew Brown
Trodes
R. C. Kimmel
A. G. Lloyd
Prof
P. Dannhhardt
John Wiley
Franklin
Miller
W. W. Greenland
Clarion
Andrew Curtin
Belle Oute
Samuel Hazlett
Washington
W. F. Bradon
Greenville
F. K. Patterson
Freeport
G. C. Hamilton
Warren
J. H. Murdoch
J. L. Milligan
Western Penitentiary
Milligan
Scranton
Philadelphia
Alex. Hawkins
James B. Streator
Greeneville
W. A. Kreps
D. P. Hackard
Wilkesbarre
Morris J. Keck, Sr
Robert Deexert
Pattison, Hoyt
Curtin
Frank Behlmen
de Camp
Atulf
Allegheny County
Lancaster
Smith
Delamater to Visit the Camp and Guard Camp Costs
Senator G. W. Delamater, candidate governor, will visit the camp with his son Monday after telephoning Adjutant Gena Hastings. Bennett Groft, 290 pounds, the heaviest guard member, aims to shed weight by pedestrian exercise. A 70 pound, lank man in another regiment doubles as a flagstaff when needed. State camp costs are estimated at 65 000 dollars. An order for 1 500 new Springfield rifles from the United States will be issued next week to complete Guard equipment.
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United Stes
Mcawican
Funnel Shaped Cloud Wrecks Fortunate Escape in Pacific Junerros
A cyclone struck Pacific Junerros Iowa at 2:15 this morning wrecking two business blocks a grocery store and a feed store and several residences. A passenger coach was hurled into a ditch injuring a conductor who may die. The cloud vanished after rising again.
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Burlington Depot
Sonn
Arlington Depot
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Mystery of Train Robbery Attempt Ends in Murder
The engineer Mat Vandevander and fireman Sumwoodhouse were attacked on train No. 4 near Vanwert by convict Blair Mock, who killed Vandevander. Mock, seen in Enterprise seven miles south, had vowed vengeance after the 1884 Huntington murder of Mock's son. the fireman survives and Mock remains at large.
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Huntington
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Mack
Enterprise
Here
Evolution in the pulpit shocks Cantox clergy and parishioners
Reverend Howard MacQueary, author of Evolution and Christianity and rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal, returns from Rawley Springs faced with an Episcopal trial or a bishop’s admonition to stop preaching evolution. He camps on Easter against Christ’s bodily resurrection and rejects the Virgin birth story, drawing denouncements from clerics of multiple denominations.
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Howard MacQueary
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Rawley Springs
Bishop Leonard's
Christ
MacQueary
Factional clash at Hubbard's Mills leaves four dead
In Hubbard's Mills Kentucky last Thursday, two political factions Smith and Messer faced off during a speaking event. Four people were killed as the confrontation ended. Authorities reported the violent encounter and ongoing investigation.
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Louisville
Hubbard’s Mills
Smith
Messer
The Dispatch Directory of Classifieds and Notes
A multifaceted page listing various columns, notices, society items, and advertisements. Entries include real estate, real estate notices, summer resorts, jokes, and gossip sections with named contributors and page references across Part I and II.
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Wand
London
ELI Perkins Tipples
William E
Paes
Washington Society
Miss Grundy, JR
Homewood Driving Park
Beaver County Republicans Repudiate McDowell Nomination
Beaver County Republican Committee votes 47 to repudiate Major McDowell’s nomination for Congress amid accusations of bribery and corruption. Dr. R H McConnell of New Brighton reads resolutions condemning the process and urging prosecutions. meeting lasts 25 minutes with many proxies present.
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Republican Committee
Major McDowell
Ffrom
Messrs. Miller and
Haus
Court House
Miller
U. S
Marshal Harragh
Barragh
A. P. Marshall
R. H. McConnell
New Brighton
McDowell
Mercer County Fouaders
Marshall
Sigent
New Castle
Congress
Mercer County
McConnell
Alex. McDowell
Twenty-fifth
Nomiee
David McKinney
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