Prohibition Fight Clouds Treasury Statistics Chief
Washington dispatch alleges Colonel W. F. Switler head of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics made errors and misleading figures to aid prohibition. The conflict with Warner P. Sutton over Mexican import values centers on incorrect invoicing and currency conversions.
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Treasury Department
Bureau of Statistics
Miller
Supreme Bench
Distatch
Washington
W. F. Switeler
Missouri
Statistical Bureau
Miller linked to Supreme Court vacancy in Washington chatter
Washington rumors tie Attorney General Miller to a Supreme Court seat as a possible October nomination. Judge Brown of Michigan visits Deer Park stirring talk of open seats. Lawrence Maxwell of Cincinnati garners support among bench members for high court work.
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Washsdton
Miller
Brown
Michigan
Deer Park
Lawrence Maxwell
Cincinnati
Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
Indiana
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Fuller
Ilinois
Fourth Circuit
Maryland
Virginia
Carolinas
Seventh of Illinois
Justice Harlan
Louisville
Chicago
Tennessee
Fourth of Maryland
Taney
Minister Reed Reports Paris Case on Dressmaker Dispute
Reed informs State Department that in Paris he has taken statements from Miss Van Nostrand and Mrs. Doery. The women, involved in a dressmaker dispute that led to arrests in Mentone and imprisonment in Nice, had their claims paid. The State Department ordered an inquiry and expects conciliatory French action and full damages.
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Washington
Reed
State Department
Paris
van Nostrand
Doery
Mentone
Nice
France
Republicans Move to Control Liquor Bill at Conference
A telegram from July 20 reports Republican leaders pressing terms in a liquor law conference. Disputes sparked when proposed 2 percent conviction weight, 200 foot license proximity, and schoolhouse buffer were debated. Fees split favors cities, but license commissioner terms split between aldermen mayors, signaling a fierce political fight with likely no agreement.
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Firct
Senate
House
Drowning of Nyack Society Man Aboard Beatrice
Ferdinand Buys, 22, popular Nyack social figure and Nyack Rowing Association member, drowned after being swept from the schooner yacht Beatrice near Bay Ridge during a ten day cruise. Companion John Moore twice dived for the body as Captain James Rose steered the Beatrice east.
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Nyack
Ferdinand Buys
Bay Ridge
Beatrice
John Moore
Bays
Nyack Rowing Association
Young Bugs
New York City
James Rose
Healthy competition speeds Japanese shipments to New York
A Special Telegram notes steamship and rail rivals racing to deliver tea and silk from Japan. A 16 express car consignment traveled 6000 miles from Vancouver in nine days via CPR lines while another arrival by Oceanic used Union Pacific rail, arriving a day later but faster by rail. The rivalry pleases shippers as they gauge expected arrival times.
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New York
Japan
Canadian Pacific
Rome
Watertown
Ogdensburg
Ontario
Western
Vancouver
Parthia
Yokohama
Oceanic
Union Pacific
Enoch Comes Home From Wartime Mystery
Alfred Waite, who enlisted in the Union Army from Pittsburg 28 years ago, reappears to find a wife remarried and children grown. He learns his wife and Emery family moved away and his son Henry lives nearby in Westside while Alfred resides in Youngstown. He served about 13 years in the regular army and later worked in railroading, now living with his mother on Pine Street as the family reconciles a long-hidden separation. The outcome remains uncertain.
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Henry
Westside
Alfred
Youngstown
Emery
Sciota Street
Waite
Regular Army
Pine Street
Border Ruffianism Telegram on Patrick County Murder
Governor Lee received a letter from Patrick County Commonwealth's Attorney J N Moore about a murder near the North Carolina line. John Smith shot and aided by William Smith sparked a confrontation. Griggs died, Bill Smith fled. the Smith family, moonshiners, are accused of crimes along the Virginia North Carolina border.
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Rich Mono
Lee
J. N. Moore
Commonwealth
Patrick County
North Carolina
Moore
Virginia
John Smith
J. W. Grips
Smith
William Smith
Bill Smith
Griggs
Johan Smith
Bull Smith
Founder of Denomination Excommunicated for Building a Church Dies
Rev. Matthias Brinser, founder or Brinser denomination later named United Zion's Children, died last Saturday at his Hillside home Dauphin county. Born May 10 1795 he organized the sect after being excommunicated by River Brethren Dunkards in 1835 for building a meeting house. He served as Senior Bishop at his death, with members in Dauphin Lancaster Lebanon Cumberland and Franklin counties.
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Matthias Brinser
United Zion's Children
Brinser
Daunhin
Lancaster
Laken
Cumberland
Franklin
Sweet Potato Trust forms in Baltimore market
A Sweet Potato Trust has emerged in Baltimore as a new market collaboration. The Sweet Potato Supply Company is incorporated by John H. Seward, George Roberts, Edward D. Holbert, John E. Bell, and James McDonald with 22000 capital in 220 shares of 100 each. The president is J H Seward. This year's crop is reported large.
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Baltimore
Sweet Potato Supply Company
John H. Seward
George Roberts
Edward D. Holbert
John E. Bell
James McDonald
Gas Illumination Marks Saltsburg Company Progress
Hon. R. B. Stone, president of the Saltsburg Gas Company, arrived for a stockholders meeting. The firm now serves Pittsburg, Saltsburg, Saline, Indians, and Blairsville with a 28 mile line and $230000 capital stock sourced from Murraysville. A major Indiana illumination will celebrate the line completion tonight.
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R. B. Stone
Saltsburg Gas Company
Pittsburgera
Saltsburg
Saline
Blairsville
Murraysville
Indiana
Royal grandchildren grants clash in heated Commons debate
In London the House of Commons debated a royal grants bill amid bitter exchanges as Morley failed to gain support for a restrictive amendment. Proponents argued the line of royal provision ends with the current reign, while opponents warned against broader future claims and questioned government assurances.
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Queen Victoria
House of Commons
Lord Randolph Churchill
Select Committee
House
Lord Hartington
Letter shows tampering on Harrison reply to Dublin
Dusit July 29 President Harrison sent a reply to Lord Mayor Sexton expressing thanks for Dublin's sympathy and gifts after the Johns town disaster. The envelope bore traces of tampering with melted seal and resealed with gum and a different crest, raising questions about authenticity.
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Harrison
Dusit
Sexton
Dublin Corporation
Johnstown
Dublin
Remarkable Bird Trumps Soldier Sight in Cross-Country Tale
A passerby journeying from New York to San Francisco then New Orleans and Montreal would be more surprised by a soldier than by the unusual Adjutant bird. The vignette notes the striking contrast between human military presence and a rare avian marvel.
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New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
Montreal
Alabama Outlaw Burrows Defies Capture Amid Troop Request
Reuben Burrows and four accomplices evade state and federal authorities in Lamar county Alabama as a posse of detectives and railroad guards pursue them. The Sheriff sought state troops after Burrows warned he will not be taken alive following a string of robberies and killings connected to Arkansas Illinois Central and Southern Express crimes.
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Birurscuam
Ala
Eube Burrows
Alabama
Express
Lamar County
Burrows
Reuben Burrows
Jim
Arkansas
Rube Esen
Rube
Ilinois Central
Mississippi
Postmaster Graves
Guinn
Graves
Southern Express Company
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Prisoners brought to trial in Cronin murder case
Five men indicted for Dr. Cronin murder appeared in Judge Horton’s court. Beggs Couchlin Woodruff Kunze and O Sullivan were arraigned. Motions to quash and a change of venue were argued. Kunze, unseen by the public before, said he had no lawyer and did not know what he was arrested for. Trial date set for 10 o'clock tomorrow.
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Cxarenco
Cronin
Horton
Burke
Cooney
Beggs
Couchlin
Woodruff
Kunze
O'Sullivan
Winnines
Kunse
Longenecker
Foster
A. W. Browne
QO. N. Carter
Hawes
Burned in a Coal Mine Tragedy Near Bremingham
July 29 Bremingham telegram reports a fire in shaft No 2 of Pratt coal mines six miles from Bremingham. Two miners and 30 mules trapped, died after being cut off from air. Fire burning 300 feet. cause unknown. Names of the men not learned.
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BremingHam
Pratt Coal
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Churchill Urges Conservatives to Show More Energy
Lord Randolph Churchill told a Walsall audience that Conservatives must develop latent energy and not underestimate opponents. He cited bye elections showing opposition strength and warned the Empire’s fate hinges on the next election, urging Unionists to exert themselves.
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Loxpos
Lord Randolph Churchill
Walsall
Magee Nominated for State Treasurer Possibility
Harrisburg July 29 Colonel Frank J Magee of the Eighth Regiment National Guard is seen as a possible candidate for State Treasurer at the Democratic State Convention in early September He says he would not decline if nominated and is noted as a popular military figure having served as State Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic last spring
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Harrisburg
Frank J. Magee
Eighth Regiment National Guard
Magee
State Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Kate Field Withdraws Resignation From Viticultural Commission
Miss Kate Field writes from Richfield Springs New York withdrawing her resignation from the California Viticultural Commission citing sympathy and support for their cause and alleging pressure to abandon opposition to their program.
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Sam Francisco
Kate Field
California Viticultural Commission
Wetmore
Richfield Springs
N. Y
Vitien Steaval Commission
Chicago Man Ends Life in Lake Tragedy
An unidentified well dressed man hired a skiff at Harrison street and rowed to mid lake where he stood in the boat and shot himself. The body fell into the water and was not recovered at dispatch time.
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Chcaco
Clio
Harrison Street
Hce
Banquet Honors Massachusetts Riflemen by Ancient and Honorable Artillery
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company hosted a banquet for the Massachusetts Riflemen with Major Jones presiding. Guests included Mr. Lincoln the United States Minister and Sir Robert Morler. Major Durrant proposed a toast, Frost responded.
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Loxpox
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Massachusetts Riflemen
Major Jones
Mr. Lincoln
United States
Robert Morler
Durrant
T Frost
Lincoln
State Convention Prep Hints at Harmony and Leadership
Colonel Quay sits out the convention to avoid disruption as Boyer seeks a sure nomination. W. Eh. Andrews is set to become chairman if the plan holds, with confidence in harmony guiding the process.
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Quay
Boyer
Andrews
Quay Foresees Harmonious Harrisburg GOP Convention
Republican leaders show confidence in next week's Harrisburg convention with Senator Quay absent and William H. Andrews slated for re election as State Chairman. Henry Kline Boyer to be nominated for State Treasurer by acclamation. Local Democrats doubt a prohibition surge from June results.
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Philadelphia
Quay
Harrisburg
Beaver County Statesman
Magee
Europe
McManes
Henry Kline Boyer
Seastor Qusy
Republican Party
Wallace
Atlantic City
James McManes
House of Representatives
Andrews
Cooper
Frank Willing Leach
Richard R. Quay
Will
Pennsylvania Railroad to Add 5000 Freight Cars
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans a 3 million dollar expansion of rolling stock by adding 5000 freight cars including gondolas and box cars. About 2000 cars may serve lines west of Pittsburgh with the rest eastward. funded by a 1 million dollar car trust loan.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Altoona
Convention dodges temperance issue in Boise
The Boise convention adopted a section declaring government must prioritize virtue at home and support temperance and morality. It created a commissioner of immigration and labor statistics, set eight hour workdays on public works, barred convict labor outside prisons, and prohibited aliens from state and municipal public works.
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Boise Crry
Spain
Immigration and Statistics
Tar and Feathers at Bank City Depot
Mrs John Emmons defied her husband by visiting an excursion train. he assaulted her with their baby in her arms and threatened the children. City Marshal jailed him. later a mob broke into the jail and tarred Emmons. a grocery store clerk was also involved.
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Gaytorep
Bax
John Emmons
Emmons
Teward
Smob
Von
Church and State Clash in Washington Constitution Debate
July 20 Olympia reports Washington and Montana conventions weighing a preamble invoking Almighty God and risks of church state separation. Montana panel sets executive salaries Governor 5000, others 3000, while efforts to cut pay fail. Wire dispatch notes prohibition stalling and female suffrage dead, railroads backing gross earnings, and tense talks ahead.
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Olympia
Wasa
State of
Washington
Turner
Montana
Rick
Bismarck
N. D
Suffering Woman Exposed Toinnocent Confinement Case
Miss Annie McCormick of Brm Geront Connecticut faced unlawful confinement after a Falls Village sister sought her incarceration. She endured a year in Middletown Insane Asylum while a conspiracy claim persisted. A farmer aided her escape and she was later declared sane. Governor Bulkeley referred the matter to the State Board of Charities for accountability.
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Geront
Annie McCormick
New York
Feon
Middletown
Miss McCormick
Bulkeley
State Board of Charities
Narrow escape after electric shock shocks Cleveland maid
Ella Free, a domestic worker for Mrs. Merrick in Cleveland, narrowly escaped instant death when a rain loosened a telephone wire touched the trolley line. A ball of fire followed the wire, a chimney fell and broke the circuit as the girl picked up a live wire. She suffers paralysis in her right arm and severe pain with a swollen tongue.
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Cleveland
Ella Free
Dr. Merrick
Dr Ck
Augerly
Miss Free
Western Union Protest Over Postmaster General Telegraph Rates
New York July 29. The Western Union Telegraph Company protests the Postmaster General’s rate cuts for government telegrams. It argues the 1866 act limits rate power, cites constitutional protections, and disputes uniform 1 cent per word plans. President Green supports just compensation and cites figures.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Green
Dickering With Gould A Bridge Fight Plans Sellout
A syndicate led by Governor Francis aimed to break Jay Gould’s Mississippi bridge monopoly by constructing a rival bridge. Francis reportedly met in New York with Gould to discuss selling the new bridge and reorganizing a tunnel company to compete on equal terms.
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Pispa
St. Louis
D. FR. Francis
Jay Gould
Francis
New York
Gould
Umpire Goldsmith Triggers Baltimore Baseball Disturbance
Umpire Goldsmith's controversial call in a Baltimore game between the Association and St Louis sparked a near riot as spectators surged the field. Police sent to keep order. seven innings finished scoreless before the match ended in a 0–0 draw amid fines for O Neill and McCarthy.
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Goldsmith
Baltimore
St Louis
Kilroy
Latham
Jnst
O'Neill
McCarthy
Walking the Water at Night by Prof Oldrieve
Special telegram reports Prof. Oldrieve walking from Hull to Boston along the harbor route used by steamboats. He battled strong tides in darkness and fog, landed exhausted near Long Island Light, reached Boston near dawn, and plans further coastal treks and a $1000 reward claimed for arrival before noon.
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Oldrieve
Boston
Suly
Hull
Iggs
Rainsford
Long Island
Rainsford Island
Pemberton
Manhattan Beach
Crescent Beach
Cramp Moves to Form American Yard Purchase Syndicate
Theodore Cramp of Philadelphia sails from San Francisco to Tacoma en route to Alaska and Vancouver Island. Reports claim Cramp forms a U S syndicate with $4 000 000 subscribed to buy the Esquimalt yard and docks from Britain for own shipbuilding via Cramp & Sons Harlan Hollingsworth Pusey & Jones. The British government reportedly finds Esquimalt yards inadequate for their needs.
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San Francisco
Theodore Cramp
Philadelphia
Tacoma
Alaska
Esquimalt
Vancouver
Cramp
Cramp & Sons
Harlan Hollingsworth
Pusey & Ots Veet
Oe Bricen
Almalt
Rabid Mongrel Dog Attacks Several in Hoboken Area
A stray black dog bit Frederick Bruho a sailor on the hand and arm, then at Washington and First streets bit 12 year old Nicholas Grozetti on the arm and Grozetti’s dog. The beast then mauled staff at Hamburg steamship dock including Charles Basso and Peter German before being killed by Officer Ecks and a stevedore.
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Honoses
N. J
Frederick Bruho
Washington
First Streets
Nicholas Grozetti
Grogetti
Hamburg
Custom House
Charles Basso
Peter Ju
Greman
Geffert
Ecks
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MR. Miller
Hartison
Yor
Supreme Court
Switzler
Warner P. Sutton
Nuevo Laredo
Mex
Sutton
Javier Stavoli
Mexican Bureau Statistics
Mexico
Switsler
Switeler
Rhode Island Legislative Committee
Enoch
Jan
Virginia and
South Carolina Line
Sweet Potato Trust
Salzaburg Gas Company
Ras
Chamberlain
Mr. Gladstone
Morley
Gladstone
Thut
Dr. Cronin
Churchill
Miles Kate
ST Rclas Teleomlam
THE
Dispatch
London
Colonel Quay
W. EH. Andrews
P. ER. BR
TAR
Washington Constitution
Norvin Green
Mr. Wanamaker
Dickering With
LIFE
Baseball Grounds
York Road
Foreman
Quinn
Boylees
Eppeelton
Abee
Shindle
Griffin
Tucker
Comiskey
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