Turmoil and tragedy across nations and states
Reports of Mollie McGuire violence feared in Pennsylvania. Poland Rucker of Palestine Texas sentenced to death for murder. rumors of Turco armies beheading Gen Skobeloft. diphtheria like disease hits Cincinnati children. locust plague devastates crops in Tabas Chipas Oaxaca. Jesuits expelled from France settle in Aberdare Wales. Kopisk Russia artillery explosion kills eighteen.
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Mollie McGuire
Pennsylvania
Poland
Rucker
Palestine
Texas
S. P. Grayson
Gen. Skobeloft
Cincinnati
Tabas
Chipas
Oaxaca
Mexico
France
Aberdare
South Wales
Kopisk
Russia
Pine Bluffs
Arkansas
Gonzales
Dessong
Grangers
Michigan
Greenback State Convention
California
W. A. Howe
Salamino
J. D. Godfrey
Los Angeles
Patrick Swaine
Auburn
N.Y
Horace Exner
Henry Page
Montezuma
Monroe County
Mich
Delaware
Oregon
Washington Territory
Camas Valley
State and Local Notes from Indiana County Reports
Population figures and treasury totals from Indiana counties show Howard county with 575 prisoners and a 1890s budget balance of 51 355 82. Richmond council issued 64 000 in cancelled bonds. Evansville temperance actions threaten Sabbath theaters. Farmers seek 60 cents per bushel for corn amid scarce supply. Evansville population 29 366, Vanderburgh county 41 753.
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Howard Country Treasury
Gibson County
Richmond Council
Presbyterians of
Warsaw
Marshall County
Howard County
Marion County
Evansville
Vanderburg County
California
K Christy
Indianapolis
Bos
Sharks plague New York bays amid city dumpings
Watermen warn that the bay and rivers around New York are crowded with sharks drawn to garbage scows and seaside hotel waste, making dock bathing increasingly dangerous for residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tea Growing Trial Promises Profit in America
TEA has been raised in Georgia by a party of experimenters and the result was highly satisfactory. The success gives encouragement to those who for many years believed tea growing could be profitable in America.
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Georgia
America
Watermelon and Ripley fortunes in early 1900s report
A New York letter notes watermelon consumption rising with last year’s totals of 2.5 million nationwide and about 1 million in Long Island. It reports George Ripley earned eight cents per Appletons Cyclopaedia volume and $1.25 per set, aiding his wealth as over 200,000 sets were issued. He was the Tribune’s sole original staffer able to afford a Fifth Avenue house.
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San Francisco
Marshall County
Wm. Jennings
Union Township
Howard County
Amos Stillwell
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
Brownstown
Wuile Eva Thornburg
Hiram B. Cole
Morristown
Indianapolis
McFarland
West Washington Street
Mitchell
Lawrence County
Frank T. Woodford
Cassi
America
Jackson County
Seymour
Springfield
Catalpa
Wabash
Indiana
White River
Worthington
New York City
Long Island
New York
George Ripley
Appleton
The
Tribune
Fifth Avenue
Peruvian claims secret water route can rival canal project
A Peruvian man informs De Lesseps that he knows of an ocean to ocean water passage requiring far less funding than the canal scheme. He says he learned the secret in 1822 while surveying a route for the Colombian government and offers to sell it for payment, stating the secret is his fortune.
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de Lesseps
Lima
Sugar grading dispute in Demerara trade
The treasury commission reports sugars shipped to England often become brown in transit and are bleached white for the U S market to dodge higher duties. It notes Demerara practices are common and proposes grading duties by saccharine strength rather than color.
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Treasury Department
England
United States
Custom House
Department
Widowers and the Vice Presidency in 19th Century Politics
A Washington Letter argues that widower status suits vice presidents as the role has few social duties. It notes Henry Wilson William Wheeler Arthur and English as examples, citing Colfax Wilson Wheeler Colfax and their quiet, official lifestyles in Washington.
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Henry Wilson
William A. Wheeler
Arthur
English
Washington House
Wheeler
Riggs House
Washington
Decline of American Colony in Paris Cited by Mrs Hooper
Mrs Lucy H Hooper notes a dwindling American colony in Paris as households ship furniture tax free to the United States and prices rise. She attributes the decline to the Empire's fall, aristocratic patronage shifting abroad, and increasing living costs, with only servants’ wages and cab fares lagging.
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Paris
Lucy H. Hooper
United States
The Garland Mamie Disaster Claims No Bodies Recovered
Detroit saw no bodies recovered as divers and boats scour the river for victims. The city blames incompetency as the likely cause and notes a second collision between the Garland and Mamie after the initial blow. Catholics plan solemn services for altar boys and other victims.
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Detroit
Mich
Census fraud suspicions loom in Southern gains
Washington July 28 reports claim Southern census boosts in ten years are likely fraudulent. Officials warn large increases in most Southern cities match North immigration and deaths removal trends, prompting calls for a congressional investigation into census manipulation.
Republican effort to recruit first time voters in New York
The Republican Central Committee plans to form Young Men's Campaign Clubs in every school district to mobilize first time voters for Presidential Electors. A Saratoga convention may schedule measures to advance this effort while election officers prepare inspector and poll clerk blanks for August 1 submission to Police Commissioners amid possible clashes with Democratic inspectors led by General William F. Smith and Sidney.
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P. Nichols
Tammany Hall
Irving Hall
New York
United States
Hudson River
Republican Central Committee
Saratoga
Bureau of Election
William F. Smith
Sidney
Flames Devastate Plan Schmidt Mill and Nearby Factories
A noon fire in Plan Schmidt's planing mill at Quincy Illinois spread to multiple buildings, including E C Plans Schmidt mill and sash factory, a large foundry formerly Bennet Duffy, Harris Beebe tobacco factory, Gardner governor factory, and a Greiser residence. Total losses near 100000 with about 25000 insured. several smaller dwellings burned as flames raged through town.
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Quincey
Ill
Planschmidt
Planing-Mill
E. C. Planschmidt
Bennet Duffy
Harris & Beebe
Gardner
Governor
L. Greiser
Ohio Street
Smith, Hayner & Co
Wellman& Dwire
Fire Rages Through Industrial District with High Winds
The blaze scorched an area between State Street and Payson Avenue and Fourth and Sixth Streets. Most buildings were old and losses could have been larger. Firefighters feared defeat as they sought help from Keokuk and Hannibal, but calls were recalled amid shifting winds.
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State Street
Payson Avenue
Fourth
Sixth Streets
Keokuk
Hannibal
Four Days in the Woods With Lost Boy Found
Nine year old Willie Heisler vanished in the Moosic Highlands after starting blackberry gathering with his father and brother. He was found near Green Run after four days of wandering, exhausted and covered in berries and dirt, calling for his brother Charlie.
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Scranton
Moosic Highlands
Willie Heisler
Dodgetown
Green Run
Willie
Charlie
Frederick Goetz
Goetz
Cuban Insurgents Reach Turk's Island Amid Spanish Pursuit
Captain Williams reports a Cuban insurgent general with forty followers landed at Turk's Island aboard the Hayti after escaping Cuba for Hayti. They were chased by a Spanish warship, had assets confiscated, and were ordered off by Haytian authorities before boarding the mail steamer to Turk's Island. Turk's Island Governor refused surrender as a Spanish vessel arrived. Abdurrahman Khan plans to meet British representatives next Saturday at Zimma after marching from Charikar.
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Halifax
Williams
Turk’s Island
New York
Cuba
Hayti
Ayoob Kahn
London
Bombay
Primrose
Candahar
Burrows
Marquis of Hartington
House of Commons
Phayre
Simla
Abdurrahman Khan
Charikar
Zimma
Dr. Tanner Extends Fast in New York Report
His Thirty-First Day notes Dr. Tanner entering the thirty-first day of fasting in New York. Officials report he drank less than a gill of water in the past twelve hours. He walked about the hall enclosure twenty-five times, nearly half a mile, with firm gait and elastic step.
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New York
Tanner
Burglar Killed Near Solomon Farm
Early today one of two burglars was shot and killed while attempting entry to the residence of Hon. D. H. Solomon on his farm about thirty miles from Council Bluffs on the Wabash road. The fatal shot was fired by B. L. Solomon, son of D. H. Solomon. The burglar’s name is not known.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
D. H. Solomon
Wabash Road
B. L. Solomon
D. H
Creek Attack Kills Cherokee in Oklahoma Territory Reprisal
Near Gibson Station I. T. today a party of Creeks attacked two Cherokees killing one and wounding the other. The assault followed a Cherokee reprisal after two Creeks were hanged Monday night.
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Denison
Yex
Gibson Station
I. T
Population of Oregon Reaches 175 535 in Census
Census returns from every district in Oregon show a statewide population of 175 535, reflecting a 93 percent increase since 1870. Portland reports the state totals and growth figures as part of the statewide census release.
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Oregon
Portland
Market summary of grain and produce prices in New York and Baltimore
The Market notes mixed wheat prices in New York with Chicago at 106 107, Milwaukee 10754 108, No 2 red winter. Corn quiet at 4714c No 2. Oats range across several grades. Whisky quiet. Pork steady with July 1400, August 1420, September 1430, 1225 asked. Lard varying July to year-end. Baltimore reports flour firm and wheat Western up, corn Western dull, rye weak.
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New York
Chicago
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Wheat and corn price notes from TonEpo market
Dull tone for wheat and corn with bid prices listed. No 1 White Michigan at 1.00, No 2 red Wabash 0.90 to 0.97, No 8 Red Wabash uncertain, Illinois amber 1.04. Corn ranges include No 2 white 0.39, rejected 0.8834, oats run 0.254, Michigan 0.824.
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TonEpo
Michigan
Illinois
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