Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Brooklyn and New Jersey
Three distinct earthquake shocks were felt in Brooklyn around 6 am with East New York and South Brooklyn hardest hit minerals and chimneys rattled but no major damage reported. New Jersey experienced tremors in northern towns with three to twenty seconds duration and a general east to west movement. Animals at Philadelphia Zoo and several other areas reported alarm while some reports noted minimal effects and scattered damage.
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Pumaperraia
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Mother Earth
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Wilmnos
Del
Chester
Cheering Up Debs Unions Send Message to Debs in Prison
Cincinnati unions of the A R U wire Eugene V Debs in Woodstock Ill. They praise his leadership and say labor will gain its rights. They bless him and hope he guides workers to safety, likening him to a guiding star.
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Cincunnati
Ohio
Eugene V. Debs
Cincinnati
Woodstock
Ill
Bethlehem
Mayor Hopkins Advised the A R U Strike
Camwago September recounts a claim by George W How ard ex vice president and director of the American Railway union that Mayor Hopkins of Chicago advised the great railroad strike of 1844. Eugene V Debs, president of the union, corroborates it. Hopkins reportedly held a Pullman position before being discharged and is accused of backing strike leaders to spite Pullman.
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Camwago
George W. Howard
American Railway Union
Mr. Hopkins
Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Pullman
Nebraska irrigation law upheld in district court ruling
In Keith county Nebraska Judge Neville ruled the Alfalfa irrigation district legally organized and its bonds valid. The decision also upholds the irrigation law passed last session as constitutional. Case to be docketed in the Nebraska supreme court for precedence. Mayor charged with extortion in Wisconsin.
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Ogaraiua
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Keith County
Neville
Alfalfa Irrigation District
Supreme Court
Cholera Ravages Russia in Volynia Death Toll Rises
Official returns show 2025 cholera cases and 719 deaths in Volynia government from July 11 to August. Special attention given to lace making waists and laundry services by Peerless Steam Laundry.
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St Perenssume
Volynia
Valuable Bequests From Late M U Payne Char and Colleges
Marvexx, Iowa, Sept. 2. The Fremont county millionaire M U Payne who died recently left a will with real estate chiefly in Fremont county and a personal estate around 223.00 besides land assets. He bequeathed 30,000 to preachers and widows and orphans, 10,000 to Park College and Tabor College endowment funds, 9,000 to the M E church loan fund, 5,000 to the Shenandoah school, and 30,000 for preachers on his Fremont county land. He also left 10,000 each to Central College Fayette and Park College in Missouri. He was a life long friend of Jefferson Davis and once was named secretary of the interior but never served.
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Marvexx
Iowa
Fremont County
Jefferson Davis
Payne
Union
Davis
Mississippi
Charles S. Hantry
Firebrand
Shenandoah
M. E. Church
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Board of Church Extension
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Fayette
Park College
Parkville
Tabor College
Tabor
Town
Sugar Beet Could Shape World Sugar Market
In Norfolk district about 4000 acres of sugar beets are laid by in good condition. Recent rains boost root development and harvest could exceed previous seasons, possibly over 40000 tons yielding around 7,000,000 pounds of granulated sugar. Dry weather last year increased sugar content despite lower tonnage.
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Neb
Norfolk
Corporations at War Over Telegraph Lease Dispute
The Western Union and Southern Pacific clash over telegraph line leases in San Francisco on September 2. The Western Union, owning and operating lines for the railroad, owes Huntington 1000 dollars annually. Payment is overdue as negotiations linger with a proposed 33 percent rent reduction.
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San Francisco
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Huntington
Jack the Ripper Confined in English Lunatic Asylum
Dr Forbes Winslow of London claims the London murderer known as Jack the Ripper is incarcerated in a county lunatic asylum in England. He says doctors know the fact but suppressed it while noting he travels to New York for the medico legal congress. The event includes his chairmanship of the insanity and mental medicine department and a paper on suicide as a mental epidemic.
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Yous
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London
Jack the Ripper
England
Winslow
New York
Medico-Legal Congress
Department of Insanity and Mental Medicine
Memorial exercises mark forest fire victims in City Hall
In Memory of the Dead reports a solemn memorial in the new City Hall honoring over 600 lives lost in last year’s forest fires. The event featured extensive ceremonies described as grand and moving. Princess Colonna case updates note the court’s decision to place the couple’s sons with the princess from Mrs. John W Mackay’s daughter.
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Mion
New City Hall
Princess Colonna
Man shoots wife and step daughter in Decarus Ul incident
George P. Allen shot his wife and step daughter Minnie Deffenbaugh yesterday morning in Decarus Ul. Minnie Deffenbaugh died from the wound while the wife survived. Allen perched on the porch afterward and fired a revolver to keep neighbors away for about an hour.
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George P. Allen
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Allen
Sedan Celebration In Cincinnati At Zoo Gardens
Ten thousand Germans marked Sedan Day in Cincinnati Ohio with events at the Zoo garden. German imperial consul Herr Pillier presided as Mayor Caldwell spoke in English and Judge A H Bode delivered remarks in German.
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Missionaries Driven Out as Western China Riots Rage
New York reports from the Baptist Missionary Magazine detail widespread uprisings in Western China during late May and early June. About 146 missionaries were forced to flee, many escaping by river or on houseboats, with authorities largely unable to aid them. The capital Shen Tu saw placards alleging "foreign barbarians" scheme and mobs destroyed mission properties. Riots followed across Sze Chuan as students were blamed, while officials stayed in the background.
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American Baptist Missionary Union
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Colorado Fuel and Iron reports higher year earnings
The third annual report shows gross earnings of 5 667 185 with net earnings of 804 229, up from the prior year. Coal output rose to 1 480 425 tons and coke to 249 250 tons, with over 550 000 tons of iron manufactured. The company claims it can compete with eastern mills on price. Major political journalist dies. storm and military movements also noted.
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Cal
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Tug Medinah Collides With Pathfinder In Duluth Duel
Rivalry between the Inman and Singer tug lines sparked a collision as the Medinah of the Singer line struck the Pathfinder. The Pathfinder rolled over in fourteen feet of water with only the smoke stack visible. Fireman Jacob Wasser and the crew escaped. Captains Lietzel and Brown were arrested and jailed.
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BASE BALL SCORES WESTERN LEAGUE AND NOTES
Baseball scores from Milwaukee Grand Rapids Burlington Rockford and Quincy with results. Chinese Christian harassment reported near Hing Hwa Fo Kien and a fatal wounding. In Constantinople Armenia talks ministers met at the palace. Emperor William declined intervention Paure action. Emperor William Memorial Church consecrated in Bern with imperial family present. Empress Augusta health rumors denied.
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Underground trolleys and civil service reforms sweep era
Condensed dispatches report plans to put New York electric streetcars underground and move fourth class postmasters under civil service. Other items note a Bourlaid Ind. Ter. postmaster arrested for rifling letters, Davenport home sale, Bourbon county ticket, large senatorial convention ballots, Capital Gazette acquisition, and the death of Fish Commissioner MacDonald.
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W. Tucker
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Academy of Music
Glenny Sonus
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Dallas County
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Harvey
Kasson Proposes UPU Congress in Washington May 1898
John A Kasson notes the Universal Postal Union's history from early mail carriers to the 1863 Paris congress and 1874 Bern reforms. He reports preparations for the 1898 Washington congress, with goals including a 2 cent half ounce international rate, stamp questions, and a written constitution.
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John A. Kasson
Congress
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Montgomery Blair
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William A. Seward
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Washington
Edmund Hoeln
International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union
International Bureau of the Union
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