Cyclone devastates Charleston and ships at Sullivan Islands
Reports from Charleston and Omana describe a cyclone that unroofed a quarter of Charleston, damaged church spires, wrecked wharves and ships, and left telegraph lines down with no trains running. Loss estimated at 1 million dollars as restoration begins.
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Charveston
D. C
Charleston
St. Michael’s
St. Matthew’s
Citadel Square Baptist
Sullivan’s Island
Ashby River
Omana
Neb
Patrick Eagan
Irish National League of America
League
New York
Chicago
America
Parnell
T. D. Sullivan
Doublin
Sullivan
Dublin
Irish National Party
Portland
Oregon
Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
Omaha
Kansas City
Henry D. Jardine
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
James Runner
St. Joseph
G. Gierlon
Jefferson City
B. E. Reed
St. Louis
Reed
Robertson
Washington
Miles
Colorado
Interior Department
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Congress
Tompstonk
Arizona
San Pedro
Mexico
San Bernandino
United States
St. Lows
Bee Line
Vandalia
St. Paul
Moorehead
Braarp
Minn
Northern Pacific
Burrao
N. Y
Jamestown
Reuben E. Fenton
First National Bank
Knights of Labor
Wyandotte
Mexico News In Brief On Cholera Byproducts And Crime
Guanajuato reports a low death rate averaging 15 daily while Puebla clergy offer prayers against cholera. Smallpox appears in Paz Aguabampo Ahome and other Sinaloa towns. A Dolores hospital is inaugurated named after Cure Hidalgo. Trial of Alvaradero and Cabanas begins in Mexico City for sedition. A mail robbery near Chilpancingo is noted. Mexico’s $5.6 million six month import total and export to China are reported. Mexican dollars are favored in China.
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Guanajuato
Puebla
Paz
Aguabampo
Ahome
Sinaloa
Dolores
Ilidalgo
Alvaradero and Cabanas
Mexico
Chilpancingo
Guerrero
Sochitepec
Cuermavaca
el Nacional
London
Guzman
Chiapas
Tabasco
San Francisco
China
Celestial Empire
Board clears Professor Brown of grave charges at adjourned meeting
An adjourned School Board session found Professor Brown not guilty of undue intimacy with Miss Harris after presentation of a marriage certificate to New Braunfels. Witnesses included Rote Williams Dickey and Davis. The board declared the charges unfounded and Brown thanked the board. A separate note describes Wolfson's store preparing to liquidate large quantities of merchandise to make room for new arrivals.
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Brown
Miss Harris
New Braunfels
Professor Rote
David Williams
William Dickey
James R. Davis
Sheriff Thumm shoots Deputy Niggli at Castroville feud erupts
A long running Medina county feud between Sheriff Thumm and Deputy Marshal Ferdinand Niggli culminated last night in Castroville when Thumm and a deputy shot Niggli as he sat on a sidewalk. Niggli was wounded in the neck and left shoulder and transported toward San Antonio where doctors awaited. Thumm and a deputy fled but were later arrested in Castroville. Both men are married. Thumm has six children and Niggli four.
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United States
Ferdinand Niggli
Thumm
Medina County
Castroville
San Antonio
Niggli
J. Meny
Doctor Graves
Captain Shely
Ees Shely
Medina
Messrs
Joe Finger
Joe Lehman
George Brown
Brown
Boerne
Nigli
Sheley
Ford Nigel
Court House
Niggs
Hhem
Strikin Niggli
T'bumm
Mr. Thumm
Shely
Nigel
Eggs Ship Across Atlantic From Antwerp and Hamburg
Nearly 20 million eggs are shipped across the Atlantic to a country each summer, predominantly arriving from Antwerp and Hamburg as the season peaks.
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Atlantic
Antwerp
Hamburg
Global Railroads Could Reach Earth Ten Times Over
A passage notes that if every railroad in the world were linked there would be a gauge around the earth’s longest circumference more than ten times. It then begins a marketing line claiming Opera Puffs cigarettes do not stick to the lips, as a product endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Uts Direct
Galveston News urges Prohibition View Declarations for Governors
The Galveston News argues the Democratic party should require every Governor candidate to declare their views on Prohibition and suggests the party adopt a Barebones parliament style rule that no candidate may run unless deemed truly godly by the party.
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Galveston News
Democratic Party
Houston
District Court summons in Walden divorce case 1885
Summons issued for Thomas L. Walden to appear at the District Court of Bexar County San Antonio on September 7 1885. Plaintiff Annie Walden seeks dissolution of marriage alleging drunkenness abandonment and failure to provide. Publication ordered in San Antonio Light and sheriff notified.
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District Court
Bexar County
Seven
Texas
Bexar
Thomas L. Walden
San Antonio
Annie Walden
George Kt. Dashiell
A. D
Eorge R. Dashiell
M. the JP
Grorge Kh
Dasarenn
D.C
M. Yrunxt, Jr
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Josee Brothers
W. B. Smith
Northern Assurance Company
England
Commercial Union Assurance Company
Imperial Fire Insurance Company
Lancashire Insurance Company
Phenix Assurance Company
Insurance Company of North America
Phoenix Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Brooklyn
American Central [Insurance Company
J. Louis, Mo
Rische’s Cigar Store
Commerce Street
Southern Hotel
James P. Hickman, JR
J. H. Marquart
THE
Newport
FW. McAllister & Bro
S. Alamo ST
Cor, Villita
San Antonio, Texas
Austin
Rosendale
Thomas Goggan
Byrnes & Kerr
Irish National League
Necanes
Baschuica
Gapilo Franco
Paris
Spain
Germany
Bismarck
Marshilles
Rhone
Lancon
Graus
St. Aharnes
Istnes
Mariginare
Aix
Arie
Sisteron
Basse Alps
Cmcaco
Lucretia W. Davis
Davis
Davis Addition
Lake and
Fulton Streets
Western Avenue
Symond Streets
Licar
L. Wolfson’s
Wolfson
Wolfson Flrst
Treasury Department
J. A. Selby, & Sa
L. Wolfson
West
Main Plaza
Acequia Street
W. Commerce Street
A. Stevens
W. G. M. Samuxn
Rice & Fowler
R. Cohn 4
J. D. Devine
J. Clavin
William Lippe
Eighth Cavalry
J. A. Selby &Co
Antonio
Harry L. Fowler
Houston Street
Stevens
Frank B
Abilene
Licur
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