Five States to Elect Governors This Year
Cancert Bulletin notes Massachusetts Ohio Iowa Kentucky and Maryland will elect governors this year. It also cites Panama Canal cost of 1 billion dollars with 275 million in obligations, and Epison claiming over 2,008,000 spent on electrical experiments with submarine signaling. JAVANESE printers reproduce American textbooks and Patti announces a seventh farewell tour. Ciara Fourz, a Pacific coast lawyer, plans to resign law for journalism and start her own paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Ohio
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Epison
Ciara Fourz
Pacific Coast
City directory lists New York population at 1.6 million
The new city directory reports New York City's population as 1,600,000 while 2,500 Smiths 1,800 Browns and 900 Jones are enrolled. Senator Don Cameron hosted a Fourth of July event near Washington entertaining 1,500 underprivileged children at his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Don Cameron
Washington, D.C
Barnum Fetes 77th Birthday With Clam Bake in Bridgeport
P. T. Barnum celebrated his seventy seventh birthday at Bridgeport Connecticut with a clam bake attended by thirty children grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Barnum
Bridgeport
Summer resorts claim Jersey skeeters at neighbor's sites
Thirty two summer resorts between Cape May and Long Branch each boast that the dreaded Jersey mosquito is only to be found at the neighboring property. The dispute highlights local tensions as innkeepers compete for reputation in the peak season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape May
Long Branch
Skeeter
Indian River Fla Claim Straightest River in World
Indian River Florida is described as the straightest river in the world. A straight line is said to run for seventy five miles along the watercourse without touching either bank. The claim emphasizes its remarkable uniformity and length of alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian River
Fla
Trickster Insertion Would Have Banished Spools Sales
A bill in the last Illinois Legislature reportedly contained a sly insertion that would have made selling spools on the state race tracks illegal if not found. The alleged tampering was discovered, preventing the restriction from taking effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Washington Correspondents and Bureau Chiefs Salaries
The country maintains about 125 regular Washington correspondents. Chiefs of bureaus earn from $2,000 upward, with Charles Nordhoff of the New York Herald the best paid at $12,000 a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles Nordhoff
New York Herald
Notable Americans andame highlights from a diverse clipping
The piece notes Gabrielle Greeley as Horace Greeley's sole surviving relative living at the Chappaqua farm with Mrs and Miss Chamberlain. It observes rapid railroad town creation on the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley line with eleven towns formed in three months. Jules Verne remains vigorous at fifty nine, writes two novels yearly, and favors American characters. A Buffalo boy spends five dollars to buy shoes hat and fireworks but returns with cheap goods and most of his allowance in fireworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabrielle Greeley
Horace Greeley
Chappaqua
N. Y
Farmer
Miss Chamberlain
Los Angeles & San Gabriel Valley
California
Jules Verne
America
The
Buffalo Express
Defaulter Sheriff Reveals Hidden Gold After Loss
J Hamp Swirr, once sheriff of Calloway County Kentucky in 1873, faced a $3 000 shortfall. He surrendered his property to support his family as a day laborer. His wife recently insane, in raving mention of hidden money led to £5200 in greenbacks found in a smoke-house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hamp Swirr
Calloway County
Dan Rice Marries Texan Bride After County Challenge
The veteran showman Dan Rice arrived in Cincinnati with his rich Texan bride. He recalls facing three counties Gonzales Lavaca and Fayette before winning his bride amid rumors and stories. He says the victory pleased his wife who is thrilled by travel and new experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Rice
Cincinnati
Gonzvales
Lavaca
Fayette
Longevity organist Rovert Evver dies at 62 in New York
Rovert Evver longtime Sixteenth Street Baptist Church organist in New York dies suddenly at his home aged sixty two. He became blind after a childhood eye injury and later earned high honors in music. Also noted, Jeanette L Bourlass appointed Washington's first woman treasury clerk, later vanished after going to Scotland to seek a fortune in 1870s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rovert Evver
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
New York
Treasury
Washington
Jeanette L. Bourlass
Ion, N. Y
National Capital
Gerrit Smith
Scotland
German ad invites bride for ark building venture
An odd notice from ONS Bis of Martinetti claims a second Noah’s flood will devastate Europe. It states he will build an ark at about 60,000 marks and seeks a willing young lady to become its wife, insisting the ad is serious and honest, not a joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ons Bis
Martinetti
Europe
Net gold in treasury rises and US exports notable
The News of the Week from Washington notes the treasury gold rose from 159,933,005 on July 1, 1886 to 186,875,060 on July 1, 1887. It cites a June rise of 788,016 in standard silver dollar circulation since July 1. June breadstuffs exports valued at 17,25,540 with six months to June 30, 1887 totaling 34,166,000, contrasting 69,862,506 for the same period in 1888. It records the murder of Josefa G. Kennepy in Washington on the 18th by John Daily. The Treasury says Contract Labor law allows Canadian residents to work in the United States. Seven days to the 15th show 149 business failures, up from 136 the prior week. Iron ore production estimate for this year exceeds 1886 by one million tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Durine
Josefa GC
Kennepy
John Daily
Kennedy
Tur
Treasury Department
Canada
United States
Sons of Temperance meeting and events across the nation
The annual Sons of Temperance convention began in Boston on the 12th with additional notes on membership and fires. Reports include Wixthoor R. Cunnienam & Sons failing for 1 million, AntHOONY's photo material loss of 125000, a fatal foul ball in Mount Vernon, postal letter theft in Flatbush, and drownings in Port Richmond and Boston harbor. The piece also covers labor unrest, piror and current pirate strikes, politicians, and a presidential centennial event in Clinton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Temperance
United States
Canada
Boston
Wixthoor R. Cunnienam & Sons
New York
E. & H. T. Anthoony
Eppie McCapr
Mount Vernon
Samson
Flatbush
N. Y
Watte
Delaware River
Port Richmond
Andrew Welsh
John
Alexander McCarson
William H. Everson & Co
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ernest Kemmy
Philadelphia
Powderly
Knights of Labor
Henry Prince
Michael
Charleston
Cleveland
Clinton
Joseph M. White
Philadelphia Times
Tur Sons of Temperance
Jacob Swanp
Barrett
A. B. Hrw
New York Stock Exchange
M. E. de Rivas
Eddyville
Lawrence Cement Works
Bergdall Company
Lewiston
Caquarine Wan Burren Lamay
Presbyterian Home For
Tur
Standard
Mt. Pleasant
National Educational Association opens Chicago convention
The National Educational Association opened its annual convention at the Exposition building in Chicago on the 12th drawing representatives from every state and territory. The event featured multiple notable items including elections, executions, fires, and disasters as reported from various locales.
Damaging Droughts and Disasters Across States on the 14th
Damaged Nogales property and several Sonora houses washed away with one child drowned. In Illinois a Decatur hail storm ruined corn fields as a lightning strike destroyed David Buckingham’s barn and horses. Leonard Swett wed Marie Decker on the 14th. Aaron Grove elected president of the AEA for the year ahead. Indiana deputy attorney general W J Cunningham drowned. Iowa Prohibition convention nominated a full ticket with Gov candidate Farnham and platform backing separate political action, stricter temperance laws, two cent mileage, woman suffrage, and postal savings banks. Neak Galena reports a new tiny potato bag pest. Southern pig iron output expected to slip below last year. Rock Island Railroad offers free haul of Kansas products to eastern fairs. Drought kills thousands of watermelons in Lawrence County, NL. Prohibitionist J C H Lewis declines Supreme Judge run. Chicago heat hits 98, Cincinnati sun strokes rise. Illinois and Indiana hit 104. In Carbondale NL a woman injured in carriage accident. Fresenut trains crash near Lincoln with $200,000 loss. Baltimore and Plymouth fires total large losses to mills and business districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
A. T
Sonora
Mex
Lowra
Decatur
David Buckingham
Leonard Swett
Chicago
Marie Decker
Aaron Grove
Colorado
American Educational Association
Art Mt. Clements
Mich
W. J. Cunningham
Indiana
Iowa
Des Moines
W. G. Farnham
Plymouth County
Neak Galena, Lll
C. H. Lewis
Rock Island
Kansas
Lawrence County
National Educational Association
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Illinois
Mercury
Joan A. Logan
Carbondale
Lincoln
Neb
Baltimore
Homing Mill and Gambrill Manufacturing Company
Plymouth
Wis
Global events and disasters reach far and wide
Reports from around the world dated the 12th to 15th describe Britain facing large wheat imports, a new Bulgarian government,Guatemala’s president seizing control, a Montreal firm failure, a favorable Pasteur hydrophobia probe, Massowah gunpowder explosion casualties, Irish Land bill debate, a major Essen gun maker’s death, a Quebec cyclone, a deadly rail wreck near St Thomas, Ameer forces’ victory near Kabul, and a Montreal sugar refinery fire causing substantial losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evnorean
Great Britain
M. Stoiloff
Bulgaria
Australia
San Francisco
Honolulu
Baranias
Guatamala
McDougal, Logie & Co
Montreal
M. Pasteur
Massowahi
Loxo RaNapoitrpa Cucrenina
House of Commons
Herr Keerr
Essen
Prussia
Quebec
Can
St. Thomas
Ont
London & Port Stanley
Canada Southern
Tue Ameer
Guania
Cabul
St. Lawrence
Weekly National League standings and calamities from midweek
The week saw Detroit leading with 41 wins and Chicago at 47 in the NL standings as of the 16th. A saloon in Fairmount Indiana exploded, fires claimed several lives in Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh, a Michigan man killed his wife while cleaning a gun, a Mackinaw boat wreck killed four near Detroit, and a cyclone hit Waupacan. A presidential train accident near Clayton left the engineer dead while the president and party were unhurt. Steel workers injured in Chicago, a New York warehouse fire, and dozens hurt or killed in heat and sunstroke across major cities marked a deadly, record week with temperatures reaching 100 degrees in several locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chicago
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Fairmount
Ind
United States
Pennsylvania
Brockwayville
Willliam Davenerty
Apollo
Moshen
McDonald
Witte
Henry Hallstone
Crystal Falls
Mich
Tur
Mackinaw
Christopher Nicolas
Jacob Roller
Jacob Bachman
Waupaca
Wis
Clayton
Alder Creek
N. Y
Bridgeport
Avviers
St Thomas
Ont
Mississippi
Lakes
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
St Louis
Des Moines
St. Louis
Deadly Heat Sweeps Nation With Dozens Fatal
Chicago reports 102 degree heat on Saturday with 25 sun stroke deaths and 60 heat prostrations. Across cities from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and St. Louis record extreme temperatures and multiple sun-stroke fatalities as cyclones of heat move eastward.
Earthquakes in the East and Prohibition Effects
Reports from July 18 describe a Cairo earthquake damaging mosques and killing one with several injured, felt also in Ismalia and Alexandria. Separate coverage notes Lake Bluff temperance convocation declaring prohibition reduced saloons across twelve Southern states. A St Thomas related Detroit rail disaster lists twelve deaths and about sixty injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexpos
Cairo
Egypt
Ismalia
Alexandria
South
Cutcaco
Lake Bluff
Henator Colquitt
Georgia
Maine
Kansas
Alabama
Detroit
Mich
St. Thomas
Ont
Free delivery service to list of towns announced
Wasmixatos July 18. Streator Illinois Sheboygan and Janesville Wisconsin and Flint and Port Huron Michigan are in the list of towns to be provided with the free delivery service. The citizens of these towns will have their letters carried to their houses about September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasmixatos
Streator
Sheboygan
Janesville
Wis
Flint
Port Huron
Mich
Molten steel explosion injures several at Bridgeport mills
Chicago report states that on Saturday morning an explosion of molten steel at the Bridgeport steel mills at Thirty third street and Ashland avenue badly injured several workmen. George Woodburn Michael Hisch and Scial Kutche are listed among the injured and likely to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bridgeport
Thirty-third Street
Ashland Avenue
George, Woodburn
Michael Hisch
Scial Kutche
Teachers Convene in Chicago for National Education Plan
A large Chicago audience gathered at Central Music Hall for a national teachers convention opening with a focus on modern teaching methods and the Blair Educational bill. Key speakers from Wisconsin to Boston debated Socratic and scientific elements of elementary culture and the value of classical instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South
Central Music Hall
William E. Sheldon
Mayo
Boston
Congress
Southern States
Union
Republic
United States
J. W. Stearns
University of Wisconsin
Prof. Stearns
F. J. Soldau
Normal School
St. Louis
W. T. Harris
Concord School of Philosophy
Rebecca Ricoff
J. M. Greenwood
Kansas City
H. S. Tarbell
Providence
Aaron Gore
Denver
University
College
J. J. Sigert
Vanderbilt University
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Department of Higher Education
Weber Music Hall
Homer B. Sprague
San Francisco
Andrews
Marietta College
Ford
B. A. Hindale
Cleveland
Alice
General Morgan
Rhode Island
Frederic Root
Oliver
Westcott
Department of Secondary Education
Methodist Church
A. T. Nightingale
Lake View
Minnie C. Clark
Cambridge
Mass
Department of Normal Schools
A. B. Taylor
I. J. Gray
St. Cloud
Minn
Department of Elementary Schools
Farwell Hall
N. 8. Williams
Catlettsburg
Nathan C. Schaeffer
Westminster College
Pennsylvania
Western Traffic Association
Thomas A. Banning
Northwest
Large daily demands for small bills at sub-treasury
Curcaco July 14. Applicants for small bills claim daily needs 5 to 10 times the supply. Some days see requests up to 200,000 dollars, average about 50,000. Payments on these demands range from 3,000 to 10,000. No 10 dollar silver certificates on hand, only 4,000 to 5,000 in fines. Congress allocating for silver certificates since July 1 with presses now printing 28,000 sheets daily. an assignment of these certificates expected soon for distribution. Wheat shipments to the country remain large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sub-Treasury
Louisville seeks Cleveland visit for Kentucky convention
A committee led by Governor Knott plans a major Kentucky industrial and commercial convention in Louisville this October. They will invite President Cleveland to visit on or around Thursday October 4 to open the proceedings, in coordination with the Louisville authorities and key civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Knott
Kentucky
Cleveland
Board of Trade
Second Day Proceedings of the Teachers Convention
Over 7 500 teachers registered by last evening with many more seen in the city. The convention opened at Central Music Hall with reports from leaders, resolutions praising civic education and humane treatment of animals, and discussions on university roles in public instruction. A large afternoon program covered kindergarten, normal schools, and manual training, with next convention set for San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chcaa
Central Music Hall
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of American
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of
Offiers
Aaron Cove
Colorado
James H. Canfield
Kansas
Edwin C. Hewett
Illinois
William E. Sheldon
J. W. Strong
D. D
Carleton College
Minnesota
Christian College
Isaac L. Hopkins
Emory College
Georgia
T. H. McBride
Iowa University
T. H. Chamberlain
D.D
Wisconsin State University
F. A. Noble
The
Advance
Mayo
Price
Tennessee
Campbell
California
Hagar
Massachusetts
Farwell Hall
W. N. Hailman
Hailman
la Porte
Ind
Charles de Garmo
Normal
Lil
G. S Albee
Oshkosh
Wis
Albee
Chicago Opera House
Ordway
Boston
Vincent
Chautauqua
Albert Marble
Thomas J. Morgan
Rhode Island
National Educational Association
San Francisco
Caiiaco
Reform School
Pontiac
Asylum For the Blind
Institute For the Deaf and Dumb
Jacksonville
Chicago
Normal University of
Cook County
Wisconsin
School For the Blind
Janesville
School For the Deaf and Dumb
Indiana
Lafayette
Rose Polytechnic School
Terre Haute
Ohio
Youngstown
Cleveland
Manual
Toledo
Michigan
Iowa
Winona
Golden Gate
Young Ladies’ College
Nashville
Louisiana
New Orleans
School For the
Resolutions Adopted At Educational Convention Meet
In Chicago a committee led by Gen Thomas Morgan outlined resolutions stressing education as vital for the republic. They call for expanded training, depoliticized schools, better teacher selection, rural supervision, longer school years, higher wages, older-teacher retirement, compulsory attendance, stronger libraries, and civic and moral instruction. The exhibit highlights nationwide progress and a push for federal aid, with next year’s meeting set for San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cmeaco
Central Music Hall
Committee On
Thomas J. Morgan
Rhode Island
National Bureau of Education
Congress
South
Chicago
Francis H. Walker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
San Francisco
Unrest in St Petersburg and Missouri Masons Split
Dispatches report a July 10 failed assassination attempt on Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovitch's wife at Pavlovsk over a contested marriage settlement. In Missouri, the Grand Lodge A F and A M faces a split over expulsion and admission of new saloonist members amid anti liquor dealer circles. Mrs Logan suffered a severe scalp wound in a buggy accident near Cannon, Illinois. An Austrian export ban on horses has been revoked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londox
St Petersburg
Gumbinnin
Nicholas Constantinovitch
Nicholas
Constantine
Pavlovsk
St. Louis
Grand Lodge
A. F
A. M
Missouri
Masonic Hall
Cannonpage
John A. Logan
Henry Campbell
Fatal Excursion Tragedy Hits Town On Rail Collision
A Grand Trunk excursion train from Port Stanley collided with a Michigan Central freight train near St Thomas. Oil cars caught fire destroying warehouses and a dwelling, with many killed or injured. Nine bodies recovered by eight thirty, names uncertain. several more hurt. A second incident at Havelock, Nebraska, saw two Burlington and Missouri freight trains collision, thirteen stock cars burned, heavy losses estimated at two hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
St. Thomas
Dan
Grand Trunk
Michigan Central
Stanley
Griffin
John Campbell
Donnelly
Port Stanley
H. Donnelly
Zealand
Nickelborough
James Smithers
Herman Ponsford
Nelson Gadsey
W. H. Joyce
Grand Trunk Railway
W. H. Walbourne
Fre Department
Charles Dake
Dake
Richard Woodruff
Olliver Norsworthy
Archie Norsworthy
Potts
Michigan Central Railroad
Lixcons
Neb
Burlington & Missouri
Havelock
Here
Randall
Fatal Sun Stroke Reports Across Several Cities
Pittspuren Pennsylvania reports the hottest day of the season with temperatures around 106 degrees in the shade. Three deaths from sun stroke and many prostrations occur among iron workers and factory workers as heat suspends operations. Similar tallies of sunstroke and deaths are noted in Crervernnatr and Cleveland with temperatures near record highs and workers affected in open air jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Health Department
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Mississippi
Cincinnati
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
New Castle
Staunton
Richmond
Lock Haven
Winchester
Troy
N. Y
Pirrsreren
The
Mercury
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Ind
Signal-Service
Joniet
Perix
Detroit
Mich
Kalamazoo
Louisville
Signale
Punapetonia
ToLepo
Pittspuren
iCrvernnatr
Cieve Lann
Inter State Commission hears short railroads fate
The Inter-State Commission reports receipts of many letters from state short railroads asking if they fall under the Inter-State Commerce law. Through rates and through bills to other states bring them under the law. Public hearings to wrap up in Washington by month end with August hearings planned in distant locations and sessions in Chicago and other Western cities. Indiana murderers captured in Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-State Commission
Wasnineros
Washington
Chicago
Free New Brunswick farm products face legal authority barrier
Assistant Secretary Maynard rules no legal basis exists to admit duty free farm products grown in New Brunswick even if the farm is US owned and seed came from this country. A bank window dispute elicits a quip about infallibility and a gag about a $20 bill. The piece juxtaposes hotel telegraph operators and socialite chatter with a county bounty in Barnes County using gopher tails as currency, and a satire on heiress disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maynard
Province
New Brunswick
United States
Barnes County
D.T
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cancert Bulletin
Turquez Canal
Panama Company
Japan
Boston Globe
Patti
the News of
Exposition Building
Andy Martin
Rockingham
N. C
Henry McNeil
Martin
Virginia
W. A. Garner
Royal Center
Minnehaha Falls
Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Oscar Neebe
Colby
Bessemer
J. P. Strout
West
Davenport
der Demokrat
National Council of Education
J. L. Pickard
Iowa City
Cass County
Logansport
BB. Cuatnam
Lexixton
Miss
John §. Harkins, Jr
Bulletin
Lake Superior Iron Company
Ishpeming
Ith
Hanford
Cal
N. K. Fairank & Co
Gerereal Rienand Bowrrr
Carlinville
Washington Pari Track
RF. Cowan
Knights of Pythias
Columbia
Iith
Dakota
Huron
D. T
Foreign Intelligence
Ashbury Park
N. J
Phillipsburg
Ruston
Louisvile
President Cleveland
Joliet
Elgin
Jone
Redney’ Burns
Rhownow
Nibsey Payne
Elgin Asylum
Circanco
Harrison
Guides OF the
YOUNG
Voic
Lonpox
Frederick William
Golden Square
Carmie King
Peter White
Messrs. Parnell
Davitt
Dublin
Ireland
Herr Krupp
Berwin
Frederick Krupp
Rhenish
Gladstone
Lonpos
Tyndall
Dominion
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Austria-Hungary
Texas
Loganxsport
Buck Stanley
Fort Worth
Tex
William
Amer Green
Green Brothers
Enos Broombrugh
Young America
Amer
Luella Mabbit
Hartinan
N. Y. Sun
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