Trade review notes August shrinkage offset by some gains
R G Dun and Co reports varying August activity with overall shrinkage in July inflation offset by certain industries performing strongly. Wheat prices fall, Atlantic exports poor, cotton stocks high, iron and steel demand rising with price adjustments. Bank clearings show mixed regional results and several brief notices appear, including fires in Cuyahoga and public event rumors in Colorado.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
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Pacific Coast
United States
Canada
Baseball Scores and League Restructuring Report
Western Leagues games listed with Kanes City 40 over Grand Rapids and Detroit Bullwankes 4 to 1. Indianapolis forfeits to Minneapolis 9 to 0. National League Philadelphia splits with Louisville 5 4 and 2 4. New York defeats St Louis 7 0. A Peoria meeting reorganizes the league dropping Denver Jacksonville and Springfield. new lineup Lincoln Peoria St Joseph Rockford Quincy Des Moines.
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Philadelphia
Louisville
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Western Association
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Denver
Jacksonville
Springfield
Lincoln
St Joseph
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Des Moines
Waller Prisoner Visit to Clarevoix Heads to Paris Deputies
Paris cable from the state department says Ambassador Eustis has agreed with the French foreign minister on deputies to visit ex-Consul Waller in a Clarevoix prison. Deputy Newton B. Eustis and Alexander are to access the prisoner, who is serving a twenty year sentence. The prison lies 140 miles from Paris, marking the first chance for a full statement from Waller.
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Filibusterers halted by Pensacola watch
A Newton Corman letter from Lherry Missouri reports a band of filibusterers halted at Pensacola Florida where they planned to sail for the Cuban revolution. Incoming surveillance deterred further action and the group reportedly abandoned the effort. Floods hit Elkport Iowa with seven foot rise and homes flooded. Rescue by teams due to swift water. Widespread farm and garden damage recorded. In Jefferson City Missouri State Auditor J M Seibert declines run for governor in 1955, seeking re nomination for auditor.
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For Killing Morrissey Arrest Links Husband to Case
St. Louis, Aug 24 Alpert Andrews who says he for thirteen years was Maud Lewis’s husband and is accused of murdering State Senator Morrissey was arrested yesterday on the charge that he shot Morrissey himself.
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President Cleveland to touch button for Cotton States Exposition
Arrangements set President Cleveland to press the button at Gray Gables on September 18 initiating the machinery and unfurling the flags for the Cotton States International Exposition buildings.
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Cardinal Gibbons Returns From Europe
Cardinal Gibbons arrived in New York after a fifteen week absence. He said his Rome visit had no special significance since visits to the pope occur every eight to ten years. J Kier Hardie arrives in New York for a lecture tour. Cuban insurgents form a complete government at Najasa after a conference of delegates from all five provinces. Morse Dry Goods Co. appoints a receiver as creditors allege fraud. Debs' lieutenant George W. Howard released from jail after contempt sentence.
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Mission Commission Held Prisoner at Foo Chow Massacre
A Shanghai dispatch reports the commission sent from Foo Chow to Cheng Tu to probe the massacre of missionaries are effectively prisoners. Commander Newell of the U S cruiser Detroit has gone to Cheng Tu to consult with Mr J C Hixson about landing Marines for protection of the commission and other members. Chinese officials celebrate the failed inquiry efforts while delays allow defense preparations for the prisoners.
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Naval Officers Question Shanghai Dispatch Details
AT WASHINGTON Naval officers here discredit the Shanghai dispatch. Ku Cheng is cited as Cheng Tu in London reports, with riots at Cheng Tu and Foo Chow farther apart. McAdoo notes London as the dispatch path, while a senior naval official says Britain aims to draw the U S into a fire for a show of force, not haste to act.
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Big Fight Debate as Governor and Sheriff Clash in Texas
Governor Culberson and Dallas County Sheriff Cabell exchange letters over enforcing prize fighting laws at the Corbett Fitzsimmons event. Culberson warns force may be used to prevent the infraction while Cabell asks if shooting citizens would be sanctioned, prompting a referral to the attorney general.
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Will Marry Millions Miss Emma Rockefeller Engaged
Miss Emma Rockefeller eldest daughter of William G Rockefeller is engaged to marry Dr. David Hunter McAlpin Jr of New York. The wedding is expected this fall and will be one of three Rockefeller offspring marriages. Edith Rockefeller’s engagement to Harold McCormick was announced last June. William G Rockefeller is set to wed Emms Stillman.
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Harold McCormick
William G. Rockefeller
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Emms Stillman
Suit for 150000 Damages in Promissory Marriage Case
New York August 24 George Law street railway president and noted millionaire stands as defendant in a suit seeking 150000 for breach of promise to marry Miss Josephine Mack age 21 a lecturer and author who studied music in Paris Colonel Robert Ingersoll represents the plaintiff Olga Smith married to Law in September 1904 the case hinges on alleged engagement and breach. Cleveland Ohio August 24 a circular signed by every Methodist Episcopal church elder urges united political action to elect legislators who will oppose saloons in the next session.
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Paris
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Creveland
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Methodist Episcopal Church
United Politiies
To Protect the Knights Conclave At Bostos
Aug 24. Authorities tighten security for the Knights Templar conclave week in Bostos. The detective force is augmented with liquor squad state police and detectives from major US cities to safeguard visitors and citizens.
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Asylum Scandal Appeals Charges in Dunning Death
Aug 24 reports from Carcaeo say President Healey Superintendent Morgan Commissioner Ritter and Butcher Evans Chicago in Darkness face charges linked to Patient Pucik's death at Dunning hospital. Cxtenco notes Chicago was hit by a heavy rainstorm causing a citywide blackout as electric lights short circuited.
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Cxtenco
Twenty Rounds Fought in Beaprorp Boxing Bout Drawn
Dick Moore of St Paul and Billy Hennessey of Boston fought twenty rounds to a draw at the Central Athletic Club. Hennessey broke his right hand in the thirteenth round but continued bravely, with both fighters deemed well matched.
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Billy Hennessey
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Central Athletic Club
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Discharged Worker Aims to Kill Railroad Official
Andrew Collins a discharged Southern Pacific laborer visited the railroad general offices in San Francisco this afternoon with the stated aim of killing Superintendent Fillmore who is acting as general manager. A railroad detective arrested the crank.
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Andrew Collins
Southern Pacific
Fillmore
Safe Makers Consolidate Across Ohio and New York
Three regional safe manufacturers Mosler Safe of Hamilton Ohio Mosler Safe and Lock of Cincinnati and Corliss Safe of Providence consolidate under the Mosler Safe company of New York with capital stock of 1 million dollars.
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Editor Given Three Years In Murder Case
Across the region weight showers are noted in North and South Dakota, Dodge City Kansas El Paso Texas Montana Omaha Chicago and Springfield Missouri. Davenport Iowa reports a gond soaking rain above three inches. In Soria the editor of Svoboda is sentenced to three years in prison for publishing an article claiming that once Ferdinand bore moral responsibility for Stambulof’s murder.
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Panic in a Church Kills Three in Galicia
During mass at a Boga zeno church in Galicia a panic arose when a taper toppled. In the ensuing confusion three people were killed and many injured as worshippers fled in fear.
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Cholera in Japan Drives 16000 Deaths Reported
Condensed dispatches note 16000 cholera deaths in Japan, July post office receipts for the thirty largest cities up $348000, jail escape by Harry Morgan Jim Norvall and William Maxfield in Pike County Missouri, and other brief items including a Turkish minister comment on American outrages at Tarsus.
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I Come This Evening to Tell You My Heart Miss Mildred
In clipped stammering dialogue a youth named Mr Spoonamore confesses he has become deeply interested in Miss Mildred. He pleads that his future visits depend on her reply and laments his disadvantaged emotional state. She retorts with sarcasm referencing his lack of force and speed, typical of a Chicago Tribune style dramatic vignette.
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Gate Kiss Promises In Courtyard Between Youth and Mother
Somervile Journal quizzed a mother and daughter on romantic etiquette while a testimonial promotes Beg Tee Salve for piles and skin ailments. The ad claims free samples for burns scalds and sores and urges readers to ask their druggist.
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