Folger Death Shocks Geneva as Treasury Secretary Dies
Secretary of the Treasury Folger died at 4 55 PM in Geneva New York amid sudden illness. Family present include Mrs Hart Dr Knapp Dr Smith and servant James The news spread to President Arthur and local officials as town mourns a beloved public figure. Folger will be buried in Geneva beside his wife.
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Geneva
N. Y
Folger
Hart
Knapp
A. B. Smith
James
Smith
J. S. Lewis
Henry Foster
Ernst
Polger
Adirondacks
Chas. W. Folger
Alexandria
Lewis
Arthur
Coon
N Sperry
Co. Acton
Thirty-fourth
F N. G.S8
Cleveland and Hendricks
Seneca Street
Telegraph Rates Tolls Set by Postmaster General
Washington September 4 The Postmaster General issued an annual tariff for government telegraphing under the 1866 act. Day rates for up to twenty words are twenty cents within one thousand miles with five cents added per 250 miles beyond that, max fifty cents. Night rates up to twenty words are fifteen cents under two thousand miles, twenty five cents beyond. Extra charges apply for every five words over twenty. Cipher weather reports cost not over three cents per word. Government rates mirror public charges, and the new schedule marks the greatest reduction in years.
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Washington
Postmaster General
Signal Service
Senate Committee On
Republican Party of
Iowa
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Iowa City
Telegraph Office
Bulletin-Board
Franklin
Bea
Court House
Buffalo
Thomas A. Hendricks
Dean Swift
Hendricks
Congress
Victor Hugo
Jean Valjean
Mr. Hendricks
Cincinnati
Vilas
Wisconsin
Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Electoral Commission
South
Mn Tilden
la Boulaye
United States
Republican Party of America
Matthew Arnold
Troy
Carpenter
New York
Beacon Hill
Franklin Care
America
Publican
Providence of God
James Buchanan
John Quincy Adams
Cholera Panic in Italy Spreads Across Towns
Rome dispatch reports a cholera panic gripping Italy with towns erecting guards and quarantines of twenty days. Gates closed and armed cordons set by villages provoke widespread disruption and travel paralysis. Troops move to enforce travel bans in Casino Aboli and other towns resisting Naples entrants.
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Lonnon
Rome
London Times
Italy
San Genaro
Casino
Aboli
Peroes
Naples
Fatal Fall of a Building on the South Side
While workers raised a frame house a jack screw slipped out and the building collapsed. Daniel Troutewein, twenty, was killed. his sister William Troutewein was injured. A woman named Lynch and several children were in the house. the roof fell and most of the structure was damaged.
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Daniel Troutewein
William Troutewein
Lynch
Alugh
Ken
Fire losses hit record levels in August reports
New York reports August fire losses at 10.5 million, the highest for the month, lifting year to date devastation to 74 million and exceeding eight month totals by about 11 thousand.
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New York
Daily Commercial Bulletin
Horse is Shot After Break in Race at Omerry PA
A valuable running horse owned by D J Kahan broke a leg while racing a lady bicyclist this afternoon and had to be shot. During a separate race the rider was thrown from her bicycle and rendered unconscious with blood at the nose and mouth.
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Omerry
Penn
D. J. Kahan
Bishop Pierce Jr Dies in Sparta at Dawn
Savannah Georgia reports the death of Bishop George F. Pierce Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He passed away at Sparta at 9 o clock this morning, prompting obituary notices and tributes from church colleagues.
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Bishop Pierce
Savannah
George F. Pierce, Jr
M. E. Church South
Sparta
Blast at ExHanon furnace injures workers
At ExHanon Pennsylvania last evening six workers were blasting iron in the stack of a galley furnace when a spark from a hammer ignited a powder charge. One man died from injuries and four others were badly burned in the accident.
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ExHanon
Death claims young banker at Union Mills
The body of J C Law was found with a bullet through the head at Union Mills Indiana. Authorities deem it a self-inflicted death. A bank clerk from Forfar New Brunswick, he held recommendations for a similar post here.
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J.C. Law
Union Mills
Ind
Forfar
N. B
Clermont Cows OVERTISING Ad Rates and Terms
Public notice details advertising rates and rules. First insertion costs ten lines and eight lines per year for continued insertions. Mentions reductions for advertisers with six lines or less and miscellaneous terms related to classified notices.
Cholera Ravages Naples and Spezia Amid Panic in Italy
Reports from Rprie and Rome on September 3 detail ninety three cholera cases in Naples with forty two deaths, spreading to nearby coasts as Spezia reports fifty nine new cases and thirteen deaths. Arabia unrest grows as eight thousand Arabs surround Yemen and Mecca officials request troops. The Czar departs for Warsaw at midnight, with five hundred more police arriving and talk of a three-emperor meeting at Skirnievic.
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Rprie
Naples
Spezia
Loxpon
Hedjaz
Arabia
Yemen
Mecca
Troe
Constantinople
St. PrierssurGe
Warsaw
Skirnievic
Fifth annual Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science opened in Philadelphia
The fifth annual meeting of a society unites agricultural colleges, experiment stations, and amateurs in scientific agriculture. Officers elected are President Major Henry E. Alvord, Secretary F. A. Gully, and Executive Committee member W. J. Beal. E. Lewis Sturtevant presented a paper on Agriculture Nomenclature followed by Beal on The Vitality of Seed. attendance noted as not large.
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Psirapelphia
Society For the Promotion of Agricultural Science
Henry E. Alvord
Houghton Farm
New York
F. A. Gully
Mississippi State Agricultural College
Ntlemen
Enterprise Mine disaster devastates 250 acres in Pennsylvania
In Wilkes Barre on September 5 the Enterprise Mine at Port Bowkley owned by Andrew Langdon suffered a massive cave. Ground settled four to six feet, railbed sank five feet, six houses wrecked, mules killed, about 100 workers displaced. Water and gas filled the mine, with air blasts and a second fall. Losses approach half a million dollars.
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Wilkesbarre
Enterprise
Port Bowkley
Andrew Langdon
Buffalo
Lehigh Valley
Three Chinese Armies March to Invade Tonguin Frontiers
Advices from China report three Chinese armies preparing invasion of Tonguin. The Kwang Si unit with 25 000, Yunnan force about 3000 men, and Kwang Tung army around 20 000 move toward Tonquin frontier. Combined forces aim at Hung Hoa while Canton forces approach Bac Ninh. French troops of about 6000 hold Hanoi and surrounding areas.
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London
China
Tonguin
Kwang Si
Yunnan
Kwang Tung
Lao Kai
Tonquin
Nekae
Red River
Hung Hoa
Cao Binh
Canton
Bacninh
Hanoi
Sontay
Royal decree suspends officials over cholera measures
Romer reports a royal decree suspends all prefects and syndics who instituted arbitrary cholera measures. The Pope sent 42,005 to Naples for sufferers. Naples faces rising cases with 144 new cases and 125 deaths in the last day while Spezia reports 27 cases and 7 deaths.
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Romer
Naples
Spezia
Startling Confession in Braxton County Murder Case
Weston West Virginia September 8 six years after a murder near Savagetown a local preacher fatally wounded by a falling tree confessed to the crime with another man a prominent merchant. The names are withheld for now but a warrant has been issued.
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Weston
W. Va
Braxton County
Savagetown
Shoemaker
Two Young Girls From Steamer Republic Arrive in New York
Two girls aged nine and ten arrive at Castle Garden from the steamer Republic. They attract attention due to large name tags reading that Mary Slingsby goes to Urbana Ohio to meet a father awaiting her. The girls are being forwarded tonight.
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New York
Castle Garden
Republic
Mary Slingsby
Urbana
Vessel Lost with All Hands in Newfoundland Gale
Trepassey lantern reports a southeast gale on the west coast. An unknown vessel was lost with all hands at St Shotts, seven bodies washed ashore. The schooner Lilly of Buern capsized in a gale Monday and all hands perished near St. Joan Newfoundland.
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St. Joans
N. F
Trepassey
St. Shotts
St. Joan
Lilly
Buern
All Hands Lost after Iceberg Collision Near Trinity Bay
In St. Joan Newfoundland on September 3 an inspection of the abandoned brig Resolven shows a collision with an iceberg caused sudden panic. The crew and passengers launched boats that were swamped by boiling seas against the iceberg, leaving all hands dead. One hundred forty five icebergs lie between the scene of the fleet in Trinity Bay and Wadhbams.
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St. Joan
N. F
Eet
Trinity Bay
Wadhbams
Dynamite Blast Kills Workman Near Union Depot
This morning near the Union Depot in Pirrispure Pennsylvania a premature dynamite explosion during rock blasting for track widening killed workman William Campbell instantly. Superintendent Pitcairn’s private car on the side-track was wrecked. no other injuries reported.
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Pirrispure
Pennsylvania Railway
Union Depot
Wm. Campbell
Pitcairn
Riot at Wire Drawing Mills Over Wage Cuts
A riot broke out at the Wire Drawing Mills when wage cuts sparked unrest blamed on state penitentiary competition. Some workers remained, others attacked them. the Chief of Police and several others were seriously hurt but not fatally. Many rioters were arrested and fined.
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Jollie T
IIL
International Copyright Conference Opens With Limited Participation
Brune reports a conference to draft an international copyright law opens Monday with delegates from France, Italy, Austria and Germany while England and America send none. Observers expect the conference to fail due to the absence of full government representation.
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Brune
France
Italy
Austria
Germany
England
America
Train kills two noted sheep breeders near Milwaukee
James R. Fisher of Southfield Michigan and Bellefontaine Ohio and Prosper Humbert prominent sheep breeders were killed when their double rig was struck by a Chicago and Northwestern train near Milwaukee. Fisher and Humbert were crushed beneath the wheels as the vehicle was demolished.
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Milwaukee
James R. Fisher
Southfield
Mich
Bellefontaine
Prosper Humbert
Chicago and Northwestern
Fisher
Humbert
Thieves Loot 24 Duluth Homes in Systematic Band
In Duluth last night twenty four stores and residences were entered by thieves. Money was taken in many houses but not more than thirty dollars in any. The gang appears well organized and active in a methodical pattern. No arrests have been made.
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Dulurs
Duluth
Gan
Mastodon Skeleton Unearthed Near Grand Rapids
In Alpine Township nine miles north of Grand Rapids two doctors exhumed most of a mastodon skeleton. The 12.5 foot skeleton is the largest found besides Prof. Warren's discovery and unique as the only remains from Western Michigan drift formation.
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Grand Rapids
Mis
Alpine Township
W. H. Dreamland
Joel C. Parker
Prof
Warren
Michigan
Crop Failures Drive Indian Families Toward Despair
Dispatches from Bombay report near total crop failure due to rain shortage. Women are seen taking extreme measures to feed children as famine spreads. In Pennsylvania, Mrs. Washington Keeler dies after a forty eight day fast sparked by biblical example. her weight dropped from 275 to 100 pounds.
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Bombay
India
Week's Failures Across the United States and Canada
New York report notes business failures nationwide over seven days totaling 213, up from 196 last week. United States 199, Canada 14. Western and Pacific states show many casualties while other regions run below average in assignments.
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New York
United States
Canada
Pacific
Treasury allows rags landing from afloat cargoes
New York on September 5 reports Collector Robertson received authorization from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury. Rags afloat may land only if not from disinfected cholera sources. shipments made after the latest order will not be allowed to land.
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New York
Robertson
Secretary of the Treasury
Destructive gale and vessel loss reported at Trepassey
A dispatch from Trepassey dated September 5 reports a violent southwest gale on the west coast Monday. Tuesday morning an unknown vessel was lost with all hands at St. Shotts, seven bodies were washed ashore.
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Br. Johns
N. F
Trepassey
St. Shotts
Woman's National Equal Rights party nominates Belva Lockwood for president
In San Francisco the Woman's National Equal Rights party convention nominated Mrs Belva A Lockwood of Washington for President. Today she sent her letter of acceptance to the President of the convention outlining her candidacy.
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Washington
Woman’s National Equal Rights Party
San Francisco
Belva A. Lockwood
United States
Lockwood
American Schooner Seized at Behring Sea
September 3 report from St Petersburgh states the Russian Corvette seized the American schooner Sophia Johnson at Behring's Island Behring Sea for illicitly selling rum to natives.
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Sr. Petersburg
Sophia Johnson
Behring’s Island
Behring Sea
Serious Accident at a Soldiers Reunion in Nebraska
Omana September 4 This afternoon during a sham battle at the soldiers reunion at Fremont Neb a platform holding a large crowd of spectators gave way precipitating the occupants to the ground. Forty persons were injured some quite seriously no fatalities.
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Omana
Fremont
Neb
Pleuro Pneumonia Detected in Illinois Jersey Herds
State Veterinarian Dr Panren investigated pleuro pneumonia cases in Jersey cattle owned by D H and S Tapp in Proria Illinois. Two animals Miss Innis and Helen Rex were ordered slaughtered valued at $800 each. The right lung of Miss Innis weighed seventeen pounds.
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Illinois
Proria
Ill
Panren
Jersey
D. H
Miss Innis
Helen Rex
British Scientist Dead in MonITREAL
Walter Raleigh Brewer, M. A., a distinguished member of the British Association, died here of typhoid fever in MonITREAL on September 5.
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Monitreal
Walter Raleigh Brewer
British Association
King Otto’s Phantom Ride Ruins Fine Bavarian Stable Horses
King Otto of Bavaria owns superb horses but overdrives them at night. He rises, saddles a black steed, and dashes along hill roads in a whirlwind ride. The well kept hills crumble under this spectral pursuit as if a supernatural decree pursues him.
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Oat
Bavaria
London editor’s son hires cab to midnight fares
A former leading London editor’s reduced son hires a cab after dark and collects fares until midnight. He claims other impoverished gentlemen in London do the same, and that their grasp of the world and European languages serves them well.
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London
Woman Given Rose Sparks Sisterhood Joke From Court
A playful gallant offered a rose to a lady claiming she was presented to one of her sisters as a bug crawled out and settled on the rose. In Atlanta, an man who received a letter to mail eighteen years ago finally posted it recently.
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Troy Times
Atlanta
Ohio News Roundup From Falls to Portage and Expositions
Ohio items report a fatal railroad accident near Akron, with a wagon beside the track and the victim's young son injured. Crop data, drought notes, and wheat yields are released by Secretary Chamberlain with state percentages and county estimates. Prohibitionists nominate Teachant. Hayden jailed for murder in Cincinnati. Various incidents include assaults, a lamp company assignment, a fatal fall from a horse, pension fraud case, and a Columbus exhibit committee plan for New Orleans.
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Joan McCullough
Cuyahoga Falls
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Toledo
Akron
McCullough
Cleveland, Akron and Columbu S
W. I. Chamberlain
Ohio Board of Agriculture
Ohio
Twenty-first
Abram Teachant
Jay O’dell
Jm Hayden
Mike Morgan
Cincinnati
Covington
Rendville
M. Gibney
Ohio Central
Holcom
Gibney
Emmitt Mitchel
Charles Griffith
Loudsville
A.T. McDowell
Fostoria
Henry Newhurst
Canton
Charles Tervo
Dayton
United States Court
Peter Shafer
New Orleans
Columbus
State Board of Agriculture
State Horticultural Society
Dairy Association
Joan Burnell
Baltimore & Ohio
Zanesville
Union Advocate
David P. Boyer
Wesley A. Lumm
Sandusky
Lumm
Akron Sewerpipe Company
Smith
Portsmouth
Andrew Hunster
Minnie Secord
Hunster
Robert Cochran
Dresden
Apsulant W. B. Anderson
Fourth Regiment
Ernst Wittrock
Orry Soxuicrron Haean
Springfield
Factory Street
Ferncliff Avenue
Delliver Elected Temporary Chairman at Iowa GOP Convention
At the late Iowa State Republican Convention J P Delliver was chosen Temporary Chairman. He delivered a fiery speech praising the party, vilifying Democrats, and urging support for Blaine and Logan. He hailed Republican leadership, condemned Democratic fraud, and predicted swift, decisive convention action.
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Iowa
J. P. Delliver
Delliver
A Blow from the Shoulder on Cleveland Nomination
The Independent repudiates support for Governor Cleveland after a staff investigation found personal impurity allegations true. The piece calls for Cleveland to withdraw, a new ticket to be formed, and warns that backing the current nominee would insult the nation and threaten the Democratic Party.
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Kinsley Twining
Cleveland
Buffalo
Grover Cleveland
Independent
Democratic Party
Republic
N. FD Tete
Cleveland letter highlights silence on policy and duty
The letter of acceptance is criticized for not stating Democratic policy or clear views on tariff or national issues. Editors argue Cleveland fails to explain platform meanings, offers brief, ambiguous lines, and shows ignorance of presidential duties. Critics phrase the letter as shallow and unconvincing, likening it to a partial, evasive stance amid ongoing campaign clashes.
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Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Hancock
New York World
Courier-Journal
Senate
Andrew Johnson
New York
Blaine
Logan
Butler
Hendrick
Hendricks
Indianapolis Journal
New York Sun
Indiana
Democra
Bwt
Pittsburgh Dispatch
New York Times
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Smith M. Weed
South Carolina
Tilden
Detroit Post
Ndrjcka
Buffalo Sabres
Campass
Milwaukee Sentinel
Waz
Herald
Brasswaithe Seeks Editorial Post Amid Quips at Curtis
A skit shows Mr Brasswaithe seeking a writing job at Curtis’s office. The exchange mocks literary pretensions and sartorial quirks, while Curtis reluctantly approves the applicant. The Herald notes Democratic tariff debate as the big backdrop, calling Cleveland’s stance a joke.
Republican Bolters in Maine Speak of Independent Republicanism
A wire service style column notes scarce Republican bolters in Maine and growing Independent Republicans. It observes Blaine’s strength where meals are eaten midday and warns reform is needed to prune the drift toward labor element support ahead of elections. The piece cites Union and New York advice and mentions Bar Harbor.
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Blaine
Sananane
Republican Party
Seri
Maine
Union
New York
Bar Harbor Cor
Philadelphia
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Clermont
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Promotion of Agricultural Science
Pennsylvania
Washington Keeler
Newfoundland
Stee
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Republcan
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James G. Blaine
R. Cleveland
Dlemon
Asia Protection
Cleveland Herald
Thurman
Pittsburgh Ocommercial Gazette
Cincinnti Commercialpax
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Gland
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
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