Massachusetts Reports Say Vice President Wilson Improving
Massachusetts papers report Vice President Wilson’s condition is better than it has been for a long time, despite contrary reports. In England the House of Commons passed a bill granting the Duke of Edinburgh an annuity of 25,000 pounds in view of his forthcoming marriage, with 18 dissenting votes.
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Duke of
Edinbury
London
Austin Bidwell
Freuds
Bank of England
Accus
Grain supplies at Chicago Milwaukee and Buffalo elevators
Chicago elevators held 4 006 471 bushels of grain, Milwaukee 804 535, and Buffalo 1 120 000, with visible grain at lake and seaboard points totaling 18 592 261 bushels. Week exports include flour 58 500 barrels and wheat 766 000 bushels, corn 423 000, rye 27 000, pork 4 500 barrels, lard 4 255 000 pounds.
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Chicago Journal
Chicago
Milwaukee
Lake
Seaboard
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Portland
Wika Corner in Chicago Board of Trade Corners
The July wheat corner involved six Milwaukee operators led by Mr. Collins. They secured 800,000 bushels for duty at $119, bought 400,000 cash at $122, and profited on 800,000 sold at $130 to $140, netting about $130,000 from an $800,000 cash capital. The spectacle drew loud cheers, likened to historic victories, as the market tightened and spectators celebrated with spring grain showered over the board.
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Curracy
Milwaukee
Collins
Calon
Excursion and grain order dominate Springfield dispatchs
Springfield August 1 large crowd of Baptist Sunday School excursionists visited Oak Ridge Cemetery Lincoln Monument and the state house. The Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners prepared a coal tariff and new grain inspection rules inserting the word new in certificates until October 15 for wheat oats rye barley and for corn until designated. Grain in sight at Chicago totaled 4 006 471 bushels versus 4 295 143 last week and 5 331 303 last year. White of the New York Tribune studied the new railroad law. Hardy Council an elder of Williamsville died at 80. Grand Lodge I O O F to meet October 14 in Springfield. New York agents report San Domingo insurgents buying arms in New York and opposition to Baez growing amid Samana Bay Company complaints. True Blue won the two mile race for 8000 at Saratoga in 3 7 5. Cholera deaths reported in Kentucky. The governor of Tennessee offers 500 reward for murderers in Memphis and several notable deaths are listed. A California land patent threatened to be blown open. authorities intervene. U S circuit court debates about 5 million in St Paul Pacific bonds. FOREIGN: Valencia bombardment, French deputies to the Pope, Almeria consulate house attacked, Seville uprising suppressed, Don Carlos in Biscay.
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Tennessee
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Col
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U. S
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Baton Rouge
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San Francisco
General Land Agent
United States District Attorney
Dillon
United States Circuit Court
Davenport
Iowa
John 8. Kennedy
Henry M. Baker
John R. Barnes
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Outlook on Vice President Wilson’s Health Improves
Boston reports that a Washington telegraph said Wilson faces a major operation with uncertain survival, but the vice president is improving and no operation is planned. In New York the Boston correspondent says Wilson is in better health, seen in Boston, walking easily, with only facial weakness and a black patch over the right eye remaining.
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Hounting Traveller
Washington
Wilson
New Yoas
Springfield Republican
Revelations of Italian Slavery Reported to Consul
Two Italian boys petitioned the Italian Consul General for protection from their Padrone Michele Carcone, alleging barbarous cruelties after being entrusted by parents for $40 a year to be cared for and educated in music. A separate report notes Christopher Schmech and his wife and child killed or fatally injured when struck by a passing train while crossing the Flushing and Northside Railroad track in Long Island.
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New York
Italy
Michele Carcone
Carcone
Christopher Schmech
Flushing and Northside Railroad
Long Island
Schmech
Fire damages Natchez boarding house and cost yard
A boarding house and cost yard at Natchez Mississippi burned Thursday evening causing an estimated loss of seven thousand dollars.
New York Stock and Money Markets Notes August 1
Market updates show gold at 1153 with government bonds around 1040s. Wheat at 114% to 144 for August cash. corn 36 48 for September. oats 26 31 to 27. rye firmer at 81 for September. Pork and lard steady. whisky firm. butter and eggs quoted. Chicago grain and livestock receipts reported. New York and Milwaukee markets show minor changes in flour, wheat, corn, oats, and securities.
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Cmcaco
Milwaukee
Corp
Secu Lions
I Whisky
Examination for State teacher certificates at Princeton
Hon N Bate man State Superintendent announces an exam for State teaching certificates to be held at Princeton Aug 28 29 under Henry Boltwood principal of Princeton High School aided by local officials and teachers. The piece also notes railway consolidations and World War era events including emancipation anniversary celebrations and the Bidwell trial.
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Springfield
N. Bateman
Princeton
Henry Boltwood
Princeton High School
Narrow Escape from Lynching Murders Executed
A terse dispatch reports a narrow escape from lynching in Br Louis on August 1 as Peter Kesseler and his son August, jailed for mule theft in Calla way county, were moved to Fulton for trial. Other items note executions in Baltimony for Mrs Lampley’s murder, a judge denying an injunction in New York, a warehouse fire in East Boston with $150,000 loss, increasing frontier Indian forays, Iowa wheat arrival, and a Norwich fire causing $75,000 insured loss.
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Peter Kesseler
August
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