Columbia Wins Ocean Dash Aboard Fast Destroyer
The United States commerce destroyer Columbia arrived in New York from its record Atlantic crossing from the Isle of Wight to Sandy Hook. It completed the voyage in six days twenty three hours and forty nine minutes with a 2118 knot course and notable speeds while facing squalls and iceberg proximity. Captain George W. Sumner praised the run as a success and highlighted crew efforts including coal handling and engine performance.
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New York
United States Commerce
Columbia
Minneapolis
Needles
Isle of Wight
Sandy Mook
Sandy Hawk
Sandy Hook
North River
Navy Yard
United Press
George W. Sumner
Neus
Lucania
Liverpool
Southampton
Engineer's Department
Sumner
Hamburg
St. Louis
Colubia
Paris
Furst Bismarck
Normania
Handy with a Gun Betsey Flagler Shoots Colored Boy
Miss Betsey Flagler daughter of General D W Flagler fired from her window at 2144 California Ave Northwest striking and killing Ernest Gron a colored boy who with a companion tried to steal fruit in the yard. The shot prompted a patrol wagon and police to scene and the young lady was taken into custody. General Flagler is in Toronto Canada.
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Flagier
Miss Flagler
Prand
Betsey Flagler
Washington
Miss Wetay Plagler
D. W. Yard
Flagler
Call- States of America
Ernest Gron
Plager
California Avenue
Northwest
Gran
Mins Flagier
Gron
General Flagler
Toronto
Canada
Osies Flagler
Ernest
Funeral of Bishop Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe Held in Bristol
Right Rev Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe bishop of central Pennsylvania died recently. A simple funeral service was held at St Michael's Episcopal Church Bristol with bishops Rulison Whitehead and Perry officiating. The casket borne to Juniper Hill cemetery Bristol for interment.
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Nelton S$. Rulison
Central Pennsylvania
Courtland Whitehead
Pittsburg
William Stevens Perry
Iowa
George L. Locke
Michael's Church
Bristol
Risht
H. L. Jones
J. B. Pratt
J. F. Powers
William P. Ortick
D. D
Guy B. Farquhar
Robert H. Sayre
A. N. Cleaver
Hugh North
Howe
H. M. Howe
Philadelphia
Reginald H. Howe
G. Pomeroy Allen
Patton Defects to Quay Camp Over Sheriff Appointment
Philadelphia Aug. 2 Councilman Edward W Patton Republican leader of the Twenty seventh ward writes Senator Quay that seven tenths of his ward favor Quay for state chairman and he will vote for him as delegate. Patton's desertion may shift two delegates to the Quay side, Hastings camp still claims a fight remains. Patton moved by disappointment over deputy real estate sheriff post not going to him.
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Philadelphia
Edward W. Patton
Twenty-seventh Ward
Senator Quay
Republican State Committee
Sam Oaliered
Patton
Hastings
Frank Willing Leach
Clement
James 8. Miles
Select Council
Hove Soldiers Deserting in Madagascar Drive by French
A Maungua dispatch reports Hova soldiers deserting after repeated defeats as the French army advances steadily from the day to day.
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Hove
Berlin
Majunga
Madagascar
Nave
Enmane
Askew Co. Fails. Judgments Entered in 16,000
Charles T. Askew & Co a leading Altoona clothier failed yesterday with judgments for 16 000 entered and executions upon them issued. Rev M Orth a Lutheran minister died at Mechanicsburg aged years. He was president of the Pennsylvania synod and part owner of Irving College. John and Frank Curry aged 14 and 18 were arrested at Easton and brought to Pottsville for entering a railroad car and stealing watches from a repair gang. Peter Cassidy a renowned railroad engineer died at his Reading home aged 42. He gained fame during the railroad loss of 1877. When Engineer William Baracool was driven from the cab by a mob he completed the trip to Pottsville.
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Charles T. Askew
Easton
Pottsville
Peter Cassidy
Philadelphia and Reading
Reading
William Baracool
Holmes conviction chances fade in Philadelphia trials
Philadelphia anxious over lack of tangible proof against H Holmes as DA Graham renews effort to locate missing Pietzel child and challenge Holmes with new questioning. Officials report limited evidence while investigations expand to Minnesota and Indiana amid broader political platform debates.
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Philadelphia
H. Holmes
Chicago
Toronto Trust
Graham
Harlow
Thomas Fahy
Pletnel
Goyer
Geyer
Howard Pretazel
Fidelity Mutual Life Association
Howard Pietzel
Holmes
Artest
Commonwealth
Uldell
General Coxey Nominated for Ohio Governor
Columbus August 2. General Jacob Coxey was formally nominated for governor by the Populist state convention. The nomination crowns a surge in Coxey’s political campaign as he seeks to lead Ohio amid populist issues and reform promises.
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Ohio
Columbus
Jacob
Coxey
Epworth League sub-district meeting at Avoca
Avoca Methodist church hosted the Avoca sub-district Epworth league with delegates from Avoca Kendham Lackawanna Pittston West Pittston Tunkhannock Eatonville and others. Officers were elected and G A Baldwin addressed the gathering before a love feast. Next rally set for Rendham on Sept 17.
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Avoca
Epworth League
Avoca Methodist Episcopal Church
J.C. Tennant
HW. Lynan
Tunkhannock
Mia
Kate Campbell
Avorn
GO. Evans Avery
Mra. J
Wilson
Duryea
Rendham
G. A. Haldwin
Wyoming
Simpson
W. M. Hiller
N. 8. Hoskins
Hev
J. St. Wagner
W H Gray
Ella Keith
Edith Rolls
Rachel Steiger
S. Judson Stark
W. H. Lyman
Minnie Bannatyre
Joe McKown
Pittston
W. KR. Cochrane
George Johns
Hulser
E. Johns
Mise Ella Huber
May Kortright
Emma Hulser
Moosic
J. C. Tennant
John King
Fred King
Lena King
Carrie Seibersheim
Edith Smith
Lackawanna
E. L. Santee
D. C. Reed
Lydia Reed
Lizzie Wicon
John Farrady
Lizzie Bostwick
EB. L. Santee
Yatesville
James Jones
Arthur Brown
Amy Hale
Isabela Brown
Rachel Hale
Joseph Madison
Defender Defeated as Gaff Breaks Halts Nearing Home
Newport R I Aug 2 Defender loses first race after a new gaff on the maingall breaks near the middle forcing retirement. Vigilant wins with Jubilee and Volunteer distant as crew prepare for the next test and a voyage to Vineyard Haven.
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Newport
R. T
Ogden Goedet
George J. Gould
Charles J. Paine
Jubilee
J.malcolm Forbes
Vineyard Haven
Bristol
Vineyard
Governor Hastings Names Thirteen Women to Cotton States Exposition Auxiliary
Tonight Governor Hastings announced thirteen appointees to the Cotton States Exposition auxiliary commission. Names include Miss Julia Harding chair from Washington Westmorland and several others from Philadelphia Lancaster Allegheny Carlisle Williamsport Wilkes Barre and Chambersburg with spouses and Mrs. Ada Cable Bradford among the appointees. The list names Mrs Anna Scott Strong Mrs Anna F B Kauffman Mrs Kate Wentworth Thompson Mrs George Edward Reed Mrs Mary White Emery Mrs dee Wright Mrs William Hollidayeburg Mrs Henry W Williams and Miss Elizabeth Marshall along with additional members.
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Harrisburg
Hastings
Woman's Auxiliary
Cotton States and International Exposition Commission
Julia Harding
Washington
Merger
William Yy
Treasury Officials Report Large Gold Withdrawal Not Indicative of Panic
Acting Secretary Curtis states the New York gold export demand exceeding two million dollars reflects American importers paying debts, not a treasury weakness. He notes the Morgan Helmont syndicate may be involved, but the action concerns liquidation of foreign accounts and does not signal a bank run. The official reserve stands at 107,118,251 dollars as of 2 PM.
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Washington
Treasury
Sub-Treasury
New York
Morgan-Helmont Bond
Hank of
Mountrea
Curtis
Montreal
Midsummer Lassitude Amid Stagnant Markets
Dan & Company report sluggish markets with no clear downturn yet. July railroad earnings surge 268 percent versus last year while overall prices edge higher. shortages persist in crops, wages rise, and strikes occur though not prolonged. Failures for twenty five days total about 5.99 million dollars, split between manufacturing and trading concerns.
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New York
Review of Trade
Misalasippi
Bat
United States
Canada
Compromise Reached Averting Western Pennsylvania Miners Strike
Pittsburg reports a compromise ends the threat of a Western Pennsylvania coal miners strike. The miners accepted a wage plan extending to October 1 with sixty cents per ton initially, then sixty four cents cash and sixty nine cents where company stores or coupons exist. Operators ratified the plan and set wage readjustment for November 1.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Operators’ Association
Miners’ Convention
Minera
Corbett Divorced. Ollie Corbett to Resume Maiden Name
In New York Superior Court Judge Gilder signed an absolute divorce for Mrs Ollie Corbett from Pogiet James J Corbett. Referee Jacobs found evidence of improper conduct with Vera. Alimony set at 5200 a year. Mrs Corbett may remarry after the death of her husband.
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New York
Gilderaleeve
Superior Court
Ollie Corbett
Pogihet James J. Corbett
Jacobs
Corbett
Vera
Weather outlook for eastern Pennsylvania fair and warm
Far eastern Pennsylvania expects a mainly fair afternoon with a slight warm-up and only a low chance of rain. Cloud cover and a warming trend noted, with temperatures edging higher and milder conditions through the day.
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Pennsylvania
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Women's Auxiliary
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Charles A. Schieren & Co
Spruce St
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Lewis, Reilly& Davies
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