Johnstown to sue South Fork Club for damages
John Thomas & Son announce a test suit for 150000 against the South Fork Fishing Club over flood losses. Over 100 merchants back the move, Cambria Iron Co will not sue, and a broad civil action could mobilize many more claims with estimates of total losses reaching into millions. Local leaders see a united push with a looming coroner’s decision and potential large settlements.
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Johnstown
South Fork Fishing Club
John Thomas & Son
Jonxsrows
Horace Rose
W. E. Thomas
Cambria Iron Company
Cambria County
Ciub
Wakefield
Kernville
Beverybody
Evans
South Fork Club
John P. Linton
Pittsburg
IsrazEl
Ilaconesses
Iskazel
Thousand Are Lost Bach Estimate From City Doctors
Johnstown June 22 local physicians from Bedford Street Hospital gathered from all parts of the stricken city. After discussing the calamity they joined in a common estimate of the losses and the extent of the disaster.
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Bach
Johnstown
Jonxstown
Bedford Street Hospital
Flood Loss Estimate Cited by Local Echoes
The provided fragment notes a conclusion that not a son and under 10,000 people were lost in the flood. It mentions general knowledge among the eiluns, with the estimate receiving cautious acceptance.
Engineers Debate Johnstown Dam Failure At Seabright Meeting
The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers opened at Octagon House Seabright New Jersey with papers on water purity rainfall records and the Johnstown dam disaster probe. Chief Aqueduct Engineer discussed surveys and the need for reservoir watershed data before final conclusions.
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Seabright
N.J
American Society of Civil Engineers
Octagon House
Croes
George W. Easler
Rochester
Desmond Fitzgerald
Brookline
Mass
Boston
Aey
Aqueduct
New York City
Society
Johnstown
Juniata
Ivanis
Altho
Desperate Search After Mass Casualty
Jones Town reports twenty one bodies recovered with twenty taken to Millville morgue and one child found in Kernville. Several victims identified include Annie Lenhart daughter of John Hannon James Murtha wife and three children Jacob Hamilton Maggie Ripple. Others unnamed. One body described with brilliant earrings. A man appears identified by a tablet note J McK No 1698r.
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Jonestown
Millville
Kernville
John Hannon
Annie Lenhart
James Murtha
Jacob Hamilton
Maggie P. Ripple
J. McK
Jatarn
One Cent a Month for Rent in Cambria City
Dr. Lee of the State Board of Health sent Dr. Matthews to Cambria City to select sites for portable houses. Mr. Mogham will lease lots at 1 cent per month. The doctor insists cellars be cleaned before occupancy. Kernville houses exist but heads of families are away at mills.
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Jonas Town
Lee
State Board of Health
Matthews
Cambria City
Mogham
Kernville
IsRa Et
Cutting Down the Force at Proma Staff Corres
On Monday Philip Flinn will cut his workforce by 500, reducing timekeepers by 15 and stopping 11 hoisting engines leaving 4 engines and 500 men. Contractors ordered to reduce forces. Flinn expects rehire in a few days. General Wiley lectured Guy Deomies and two Italian colleagues for stirring discord among workers. they promised to behave.
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Johnstown
Philip Flinn
Flinn
Guy Deomies
General Wiley
Soldiers Will Be Paid and New Suits at Camp
General Hastings assured the Fourteenth Regiment that pay will be issued next Saturday and new uniforms provided at camp’s end. He told Colonel Perchment the unit could remain in camp this summer or be inspected in fall, a plan satisfactory to the men. Ismarr
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JouxsTows
Hastings
Perchment
Ismarr
Fifty New Business Houses Begun on Public Square
Johnstown reports the Building Committee began construction of fifty business houses on the public square this morning.
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Johnstown
Indian protests over Monteith agent tenure reach officials
James Reubens, a Nex Perces Indian from Omaha, urged Secretary Noble and Acting Indian Commissioner Betts to remove Charles F. Monteith from his Nes Perces agent post. Reubens cited cruelty and indifference to tribal welfare during Monteith’s earlier term, directing the charge to the secretary who promised careful review and possible removal if unfitted.
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Washington
James Reubens
Omaha
Noble
Betts
Charles F. Monteith
Monteith
George W. Norris
Reubens
Reuben
Mr. Monteith
New York Newspapers Hit by Private Wire Disruption
June 22 reports state New York city papers with private wires faced disturbances as telabetae non and prae comple bere ears caused disruption to their offices. The incident affected the flow of news across multiple outlets.
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Dispatch
New York
Tanimerae
Christ-Claimant Preacher Dazes Charleston Negroes Deserts Labor
A self styled Jesus Christ attracts widespread followership among Charleston area African Americans causing crops to lie neglected and labor to stop. Authorities arrest the wanderer named Campbell on vagrancy grounds after a three week craze prompts whites and blacks to seek action. He asserts Calvary scars and predicts a heavenly ascent by chariot.
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Charleston
Savannah River
Jesus Christ
Soe
Campbell
Calvary
Mrs Hayes in Critical Condition After Stroke in Fremont
Reports from Fremont on June 22 describe Mrs. Hayes resting quietly after a stroke. General Hayes notes she presses a hand in response when spoken to but shows little recognition of her son Webb who arrived from Cleveland. Doctors and intimate friends doubt a full recovery amid family strains and sympathy from numerous correspondents.
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Fremont
Webb
Mrs. Hayes
New York
Burchard
Toledo
Cleveland
Sod Scott
Cornell
Bud
Miss Fannie
Hayes
Joseph Webb
Appointments Named for Hawaii and Uruguay Posts
John T. Stevens of Maine is named Minister Resident to the Hawaii Islands. George Money of Tennessee becomes Minister Resident to Uruguay and Uruguay. John Martin Crawford of Ohio is appointed Consul General at St. Petersburg. Stevens previously served as Minister to Paraguay and Sweden Norway. Money earlier led Tennessee delegates in 1868 and was Minister to Colombia. Crawford is noted scholar who translated the Scandinavian National Epic.
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Washington
John T. Stevens
Maine
Hawaii Islands
George Money
Tennessee
Uraguay
Uruguay
John Martin Crawson
Ohio
St. Petersburg
Stevens
Paraguay
Grant
Hayes
Sweden
Norway
Havin
Republic of Columbia
Garfield
John Martin Crawford
Red Nose Mike to be hanged next Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre
June 22 report from Wilkes-Barre says the sheriff and reporters entered Red Nose Mike's cell and served the death warrant for the Paymaster McClure and Flanoxgan murder. The prisoner remained calm during the reading, then collapsed in tears upon returning to his cot.
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Wilkesbaere
Red Nose Mike
Mies
Trru Sher
McClure
Flanoxgan
Parliament Hears Ireland Arbitration Plan Debate
The House of Commons debated referring landlord tenant disputes to arbitrators with strong opposition from Tories. Liberal Unionists backed the government, claiming arbitration would reduce evictions. Reports cited evictions in Ireland and Cork landlord Smith Barry, noting soldiers guarding evictions to calm public reaction.
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Lexpos
House of Commons
Ireland
James Ellis
Sexton
Mr. Gladstone
Balfour
Ponvonby
Smith Barry
Captured by Americans in London as theater crowd swells
London becomes the property of Americans with daily scenes of theatregoers and shoppers. A. M. Palmer, Charles Overton, Henry Jarrett, and Eugene F. Tompkins pursue plans to turn the New York Academy of Music into a stock company and concert hall. Imre Kirally heads to Budapest for a Hungarian ballet. Bolossy Kirally sails to New York after quarrel and settlement. Tony Pastor, Helen Dauvray Ward, James Powers, Henry Abbey, Sara Sate, Evans and Hoey, and others mingle in the bustle.
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Loxpox
London
A. M. Palmer
Charles Overton
Henry
Jarrett
Eugene F. Tompkins
New York Academy of Music
Academy
Alhambra
Imre Kirally
Buda Pesth
Bolossy
New York
Tony Pastor
Helen Dauvray Ward
Horace Greeley
New York Press Club
James Powers
Henry Abbey
Sara Sate
America
Evans and Hoey
The Good Points of Peace and War Costs
June 22 report notes a calming of war scares as Russia pulls back and Berlin’s predictions fade. It cites statistics showing war killed 1,945,000 people from 1 to 1877 and cost over 2.4 billion pounds, arguing peace has economic benefits.
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Distat Tech
Sorpov
Russia
Berlin
Bismarck
Waldersee
Germany
Pretty Prisoner Stephanie Won't Leave Viena Soon
A report from London notes Princess Stephanie, widow of Rudolph, must stay in Vienna for ten months as no posthumous heir is possible. Afterward she may move to Lacrimà on Lake Lucerne, with gossips already linking potential successors and an attempt to erase Rudolph’s fatal estate. The Empress regains health through massage, aiding mountain activities.
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Stephanie
Rudolph
Vienna
Austria
Lacrima
Riviera
Switzerland
Lake Lucerne
Ber
Stephanis
Rubing
Parker Weighs Leaving City Temple Amid Gold Box Oddity
The Rev. Dr. Parker, famed for religious rhetoric likened to Boulanger, hints he may quit City Temple. He recently told his congregation plans to resign are under serious consideration, noting no notice has been given. His remark followed a rare discovery of two gold pieces in the collection box, a twice-in-two-decades event.
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Parker
Boulanger
America
Henry Ward Beecher
City
Thorsday
Dr. P
No Respecter of Persons in Royal Assault Case
June 22 report from London states Duke of Cambridge must be summoned by a court over an assault on author and journalist Mr. Sims. The Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Hawkins ruled that even royal relatives must answer in court and face similar treatment as ordinary suspects.
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Sims
Duke of Cambridge
Bridge
Hawkins
End of Brilliant Career A MP Tries to Starve Himself
Loxpon June 22 Bruce Liberal member of Parliament resigns and leaves the House after a two year decline. The second son of Lord Elgin promised a brilliant career and has recently refused food, was restrained, and has now gone abroad.
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Loxpon
Bruce
Forfarshire
Lord Elgin
Preparing for the Shah
The Shah will arrive soon and London hosts rush for opera seats pushing stalls to five pounds. He brings a valise of Order of the Lion and the Sun decorations to distribute. During his Holland visit he gave many away, delighting several Dutch merchants.
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Cath
Order of the Lion and the Sun
Holland
Boulangists Accumulate Arms After Schnaebele Crisis
Lorpox June 22 Our Boulangist friend is quiet lately and attends small receptions. A Paris rumor claims he secretly purchased vast numbers of rifles after the Schnaebele incident. Supposed stores hold weapons to be distributed to Boulangists when action is needed.
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Lorpox
Boulanger
France
Germany
Sears
Cena
Young bank clerk on trial for embezzling thirty five thousand
Harry Flamm, a bookkeeper at the Marine National Bank, was jailed on embezzlement charges amounting to $35,000. He is described as under 19 and had earlier run away with Colonel Kilgore's daughter, marrying her in New Jersey. Bail set at $20,000.
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Harry Flamm
Marine National Bank
W. W. O'Neill
Alderman McMasters
A. A. Heiner
Heiner Detective Agency
Flamm
J. H. Porte
Grant Street
Porte
J. Scott Ferguson
Heiner
Kilgore
New Jersey
Pittsburg
Young Flamm
Marine Bank
Local Man Waldo Wells Found Dead in Coney Beach
Waldo Wells formerly with the New York Custom House was missing from his Brooklyn home last week. His body was recovered half buried in sand near Norton's Port at Coney Island, likely after days in the water. Wells, about eight years in the Custom House, lived at 11 Lafayette Avenue with his boarding house wife and two daughters. A friend noted his despondency before he went to the races. suicide appears likely.
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New York
Waldo Wells
Custom House
Brooklyn
Norton’s Port
Coney Island
Wells
Cleveland
Cooper
Lafayette Avenue
Man with Twenty Aliases Pleads Swindle Charge
Daniel O'Neill, a voluntary inmate with ten aliases, was committed at Garston Lan cashire to stand trial for swindling. He has spent twenty years living by deceit and has been a frequent resident of various lunatic asylums across the country.
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Garstong
Lancashire
Daniel O'Neill
O'Neill
After Forty Years A Man Under Surveillance for Murder
In Woopsville New Hampshire a German peddler vanished about forty years ago and a decayed body was later found with rings bearing the victim’s name. Suspect Alexander M Greenough fled to Canada and Central America then Chili. He confessed recently and is under surveillance as officials read the written confession.
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Dispatch
Woopsville
N. H
Alexander M. Greenough
Canada
Central America
International conference urged for Christian youths against gambling
Loxwpox June 22 reports a scheme for a major international gathering to combat the universal evils of gambling and betting among Christian young men.
Governor Signs New Secret Ballot Bill in Hartrory
In Hartrory Connecticut on June 22 the governor signed the new secret ballot bill into law today. The action marks a key change in voting procedures with officials noting its impact on elections across the state.
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Connecticut
Hartrory, Conn
Boilermakers Union Debates Immigrant Labor at Convention
Delegates at a Chicago session of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders pressed for a pro US citizen hiring plank at the Republican National Convention. They cited immigrant workers at San Francisco and Brooklyn Navy Yard, and criticized pay cuts on the Maine project as proof of bad faith. The meeting ended with plans to lobby for citizen-only labor on government work and to consider constitutional revisions.
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New York
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders
Chicago
Republican National Convention
Benjamin Harrison
California
United States
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Brotherhood
Republican Party
Castle Garden
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Maine
Thomas J. Curran
Hoover
Tracy
Lee
American Federation of Labor
Lyon Park
The
International Conference Proposed to Decide Behring Sea Dispute
Ottawa reports Britain orders no action against Canadian sealers in Behring Sea. A joint commission of maritime powers is proposed to resolve U S exclusive look at the Behring Sea claim. France and Germany may join. Britain plans a north Pacific cruiser patrol. Sir John Macdonald to visit England.
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Behring Sea
Ottawa
Ont
England
United States
Behring
British Columbia
France
German
Great Britain
Sir John McDonald
Woman Seeks Certified Copy of Marriage License
Cincinnati June 22 Mrs Alice E Ladd organist of St Pauls Episcopal Church married Edward M Reynolds Oct 8 last year She trusted him believing him rich after meeting him in Chattanooga He later deserted her and she later learned he had married another while in an inebriate asylum in San Francisco Now she seeks a certified copy of the marriage license through Attorney William at the Probate Court.
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Cincinnati
Alice E. Ladd
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Edward M. Reynolds
Ladd
Reynolds
Chattanooga
H E
San Francisco
Victoria Line Vessel Not Wrecked Says Agents
Anchor Line agents report the Victoria is likely safe after wreckage found off Nantucket including doors a desk and old cargo papers. They think a desk and papers were thrown overboard to clear space while a cargo of cattle bound for Avonmouth England remains afloat.
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Toria Ls
Nantucket
Victoria
Avonmouth
England
Duel at Lover's Oaks in dawn confrontation
In New Orleans at 5 this morning H. L. Salvant and E. J. Lebreton faced each other in a duel over a benevolent association presidency. Three shots were fired before police halted a fourth. Both men were taken to court and bonded. The incident stirs talk of a revived code of honor in Louisiana.
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TE Dispatch
New Orleans
Lover’s Oaks
H. L. Salvant
E. J. Lebreton
Neipals
Ssitomt
Coupes
Code of Honor
Louisiana
Queen Victoria to oversee vast Windsor agricultural show
Leiloxpor June 22 report that Queen Victoria will return from Scotland next week to personally supervise a colossal Windsor Castle park agricultural show. The plan envisions twenty miles of ploughs and oxen on display with visitors walking the length. Beatrice, Victoria's daughter, is noted as recovering after childbirth and tending a garden. The Queen reportedly finds consolation in meeting her imperial ally the Shah, a prospect she does not favor.
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Leil
Loxpor
Victoria
Scotland
Castle Park
Windsor
Beatrice
McKinley Declines Governor Candidacy Weighs Service
Major McKinley states he will not run for Ohio governor and will not have his name used in the race. He vows to keep faith with friends and will support another candidate at the Columbus convention while attending the party gathering in Dayton.
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Major McKinley
Ohio
Dayton, O
Major McKinler
Sherman
Chicago
Cadiz
McKinley
Columbus
Chicago relief fund to decide use of remaining foods
The Chicago committee of the Johnstown relief fund meets to determine the disposition of $64 060 left in the Mayor’s hands from a total subscription of $121 954 for Johnstown and $1 264 for Seattle. A further letter from J H Ferguson of Renovo Pa urges aid if Pittsburg funds are unavailable. The issue will be reviewed by the relief committee.
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Chicago
Johnstown Relief Fund
Johnstown
Seattle
J. H. Ferguson
Renovo
Pittsburg
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The Dispatch presents an issue brimming with world news and sensational U.S. events, plus magazine sections by Clara Belle and other bright writers. It promises diverse content from Foreign and Domestic reports to Society Gossip and Arts Notes.
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