Steam heated cars for local trains next winter
The New York Central & Hudson River Railroad expects to heat all cars for local passenger trains with steam next winter. A rough tally from the Van Wert Bulletin shows about 2,700 souls in the Nation, with roughly 900 at the Durango Agency and 1,800 at Ouray and Uintah. A Byrny man rates himself about right, and an old Quaker quips to his wife that all the world is queer except thee and me, and thee is a little queer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durango Agency
Ouray
Uintah
Tuk
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Global birth and death rate figures stated
A calculation claims the world experiences 97,790 deaths per day and 35,639,835 deaths per year while births total 100,800 per day and 86,792,000 per year, presenting a higher annual birth count than deaths. The figures contrast minute level rates of 67 deaths and 70 births per minute.
Colored Memphian's gradual whitening draws attention
A Memphis woman named JeU1a Mitevers has been slowly turning paler since 1855 and now appears white in most areas, remaining only in small spots of color. The report notes the unusual skin whitening phenomenon and its public curiosity without medical explanation.
Harney, Early Star of U.S. Army Artillery General
The text notes William Selby Harney as the oldest General of the United States Artillery. Born near Nashville Tennessee in 1800 he joined the army in 1818 and received a brevet promotion to Major General on March 13 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William Selby Harney
Nashville
Tenn
England's Stilt Walking Champion Completes Long Trek
STILT WALKING rises as a popular sport in England with a new champion who arrived in London after walking from Dundee, a nearly five hundred mile journey accomplished in twenty eight and a half days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Dundee
Boston bean heir to Texas fortune shocks drivers
Richard Bean, a Boston taxi driver, and his sister are named heirs to a Texas relative's estate valued at 10 million dollars. The extraordinary inheritance follows several years of local notoriety around the family and Bean's daily prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bean
Burglary Suspects Targeted. Innocents at Risk in Shootings
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes that the number of burglars shot is small but the victims of hasty shooting grow alarmingly. It questions firing in the dark and urges halting random target practice. It argues better to let a hundred burglars escape than risk shooting an innocent wife or mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter Ocean
Bridget
Oldest living printer and writer lives in California
Winliam MebDiarmip who claims to be the oldest living printer and newspaper writer in the United States resides in Healdsburg Sonoma County Cal. Born in Edinburgh in 1792 he was apprenticed at fourteen and came to the United States in 1836. He worked on several papers in New York and Cincinnati until 1878 then moved to California where he wrote for the press until a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winliam MebDiarmip
United States
Healdsburg
Sonoma County
Cal
Edinburgh
New York
Cincinnati
California
Name Change Bid Sparks Injustice Call in New Jersey
Joan Hernan of New Jersey has twice sought a name change from the Legislature, which has refused. The writer calls it a manifest injustice, noting Hernan is crippled in business and reputation. He cannot have a steamboat or sleeping-car named for him, as respectable people won’t travel on a Hurrah, and even his wife could be arrested for waking him each morning. The piece laments the lack of a law for the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Hernan
New Jersey
Washingtons diary fish tale and family pistol advice
Extracted in two anecdotes. George Washington records a modest cod catch at the Fishing Banks and a blunt diary note. An exchange advises cautious response to burglars, urging nonlethal measures and family safety over shooting.
Treasury aims to curb fake National currency in circulation
The Treasury Department intensifies action against the production and circulation of counterfeit National currency. Sharpers nationwide have used these imitations to swindle the public, with legitimacy challenged by the widespread practice among commercial colleges and firms. A Washington business college’s staff notes were recently seized and destroyed by the Secret Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury Department
Secret Service
Washington
President Felton at Harvard University Press
The passage recalls President Felton of Harvard University noting many spelling changes from his manuscript in the printed proofs. He remained calm and, addressing the compositor group, joked that though he may lack vernacular English, he has an edge in Greek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felton
Marvard University
Death of Jesus Valdonado in Vera Cruz Texas Farmer
San Antonio dispatch reports the death of Jesus Valdonado a Veracruz farmer with substantial property. He was described as 154 years old at death. Pallbearers at Waldonado’s funeral were his three sons aged 140 120 and 19 years, all white haired yet vigorous and of sound mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Evening Telegram
San Antonio
Tex
Vera Cruz
Mex
Jesus Valdonado
Waldonado
Louisville Barber Denied Insurance for Disability
Jd Avert of Louisville held a $3,000 disability policy with the Order of Chosen Friends. After paralysis ended his ability to shave, his claim was denied by Judge Burr of the United States Circuit Court, who ruled the disability did not prevent him from earning a living. The decision, based on evidence of his work in a store since becoming incapacitated, is noted as a precedent for cooperative societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jd. Avert
Louisville
Burr
United States Circuit Court
President Cleveland appoints Goode commissioner of fish and fisheries
The News of the Week reports President Cleveland named Prof. G Brown Goode to be Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries to succeed the late Prof. Baird. The administration also appointed 8. 8. Carlisle to be Minister Resident and Consul General to Bolivia. Telegraphetic dispatches note Colorow and followers back at Ouray agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
G Brown Goode
Fish and Fisheries
Baird
Carlisle
Louisiana
Bolivia
Washington
Colorow
Ouray Agency
United States
Treasury
Turovanovr
East faction selects slate for New YorkDemocrats convention
Ten New York Democrats plan a Saratoga state convention on September 27. Reports detail balloon parachute landing near Binghamton, Pennsylvania treasurer changes, Lehigh Valley coal suspensions, and various 19th century incidents. News notes include immigration totals, rail consolidations, and corporate failures amid a broad array of political and social events.
Inauguration and various shocks across states in late ultimates
The report lists events from Frankfort Kentucky the inauguration of General Buckner as governor. Henry Francis’s suicide near Royalton Ohio. a 3000 dollar defaulter case in Auglaize County Ohio. fires destroying properties at Hiciumond Kentucky and a Michigan threshing fire with fatalities. It notes floods in Michigan towns with inflated currency. an arson attempt on a Wabash road culvert near Lafayette Indiana. floods in Northern Texas with drownings. St. Louis car wheel works fire. Muskegon Michigan’s 75th trading post anniversary. fires east of Mexico Missouri. Greenback leaders in Iowa rename to Union Labor party. death of Jennie Twitchell of Cincinnati Newsboys Home. a large oil well strike in Ohio. and a golden wedding in Jeffer-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckner
Kentucky
Frankfort
Henry Francis
Royalton
Tsrael Lucas
Auglaize County
Canada
Hiciumond
Lyman G. Curtis
Flint
Mich
Michigan
William Arnold
Durand
Wabash Road
Lafayette
Ind
Texas
Cleburne
St. Louis
Muskegon
Mexico
Greenback Party
Iowa
Des Moines
Union Labor Party
Jennie Twitchell
Cincinnati Newsboys
Chicago 1837 wedding couple tied to late 19th century reports
The snippet recounts varied items from the era: a Chicago marriage in 1837, numerous damages suits tied to the Chatsworth disaster, fatal accidents in Fremont Nebraska and Wisconsin, deaths from hydrophobia in Kenosha, and violent incidents across Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. It notes political conventions in Iowa, fire losses, a new Ohio oil company, and troop arrangements on the Uinta border.
Foreign Intelligence and Maritime Incidents Highlight Seas
A 4200 ton American ship from Yokohama arrived at Tacoma with tea worth 1.5 million after a 29 day voyage. A Grand Trunk wreck near Shannonville destroyed 75,000 of rolling stock. The Times condemns American handling of British sealers in Alaska and suggests a British cruiser be sent there. Reports of a battle in Egypt’s Baggara region list 1300 Dervishes killed. The British Cabinet reportedly plans to limit Irish National League proclamations to certain districts. Marie Regnault and companions were guillotined in Paris. English coast storms cause marine incidents, and a Canadian cruiser seized an American fishing schooner near Campobello Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Tacoma
Furcour
Grand Trunk Railroad
Shannonville
Can
Tue
London Times
Alaska
Baggara
Egypt
Irish National League
Marie Regnault
Annie Gramet
Paris
Sistult
Campobello
Bay of Fundy
National League standings and varied weekly notices
Summary of baseball NL week ending the 8th shows Detroit leading with 61 wins, followed by Chicago 54, New York 55, Philadelphia 54, and Boston 52. other teams listed with fewer wins. The week also reports trade dollars redeemed at New York sub treasury, stock-exchange totals, a fatal blaze in Cincinnati, and multiple domestic and regional events across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburgh
Washington
Indianapolis
United States
Cincinnati
John Martin
Tun Land Office
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Clement
Rights of the Utes War Strain on Colorado Front
Washington reports Indian troubles in Colorado show Indians victimized by cowboys and authorities. Telegrams urge restraint to keep civil actions within law. Colorow and followers at Ouray Agency prefer peace, while theft of horses and sheep by militia and cowboys escalates tensions. Rangely sees ongoing disputes as Crook seeks terms to keep Utes out of Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WasHington
Colorado
War Department
Terry
Chicago
Byrnes
Fort Duchesne
MacFeely
Interior Department
Adams
Randlett
Colorow
Ouray Agency
Chipeta
Ouray
Agely
Leslie
Burnett
Kendall
Atkins
Denver
Col
Pray
Meeker
Crook
General Crook
Uintah Reservation
Omaha
Rawlins
Forced to the Wall as Two Coal Firms Fail
Pamapetori Aug 31 The failure of Robert Hare Powell Co and Robert Hare Powell Sons Co shocks the city. Manager John C Bradley says Pennock’s unpayable notes caused the collapse. Liabilities cited at 1.5 million with assets around 4 million. Creditors may recover full value via Guaranty Trust assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hare, Powel & Co
Robert Hare, Powel, Sons & Co
Pennock’s
New York
Guaranty Trust Company
Philadelphia
Coatesville
Powell
Tyrone
Saco Savings Bank Robbed by 19-Year-Old Clerk
A nineteen year old clerk, Frank McNeilly, absconded with about 500000 in bonds and cash from the Saco and Biddeford Savings Institution. The bank remains solvent with a surplus reported over 63000, and examiner notes the United States bonds cannot be misused by the thief. Detectives seek McNeilly while photos and details circulate. authorities promise depositors face no risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Saco
Saco and
Biddeford
Frank
McNeilly
United States
Melville H. Kelly
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Kennebunk
Kelly
Frank McNeil
Richards
Congress
Boston and Maine
Fpanmington
F. BE. Richards
Pesate Bank Examiner
Biddeford Savings Institution of
United States Express Buys Baltimore & Ohio Express
An official release states the United States Express Company has purchased the Baltimore & Ohio Express plant, franchises, and business for thirty years for about 82.5 million dollars. The deal includes wagons and operating rights, expanding the buyer to roughly 25,000 miles of territory and signaling a major shift in American express service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Express Company
BE. & O. Company
New York
Baltimore & Ohio Express
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Garrett
Europe
Wall Street
United States Express
Platt
Baltimore& Ohio
America
Samuel Spencer
Baltimore & Ohio
T. C. Platt
Express Department
United States
Jay Gould
Express Company
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company
Railroad, Telegraph and Express
Chicaco
Sept
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Robert Garrett
Wrecking blast kills man on John Hill farm near Louansfort
Henry Pletcher, 23, of Elkhart, died in a dynamite blast while blasting stumps on John Hill’s farm five miles east of Louansfort Indiana. About fifty cartridges exploded, body parts scattered over distance. breast bone found in a tree fifty feet high, tongue located near the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louansfort
Ind
John Hill
Here
Henry Pletcher
Pletcher
Elkhart
Chatsworth wreck damages suits filed against railroad
Nineteen damage suits totaling 127,500 were filed in the circuit court against the Toledo, Peoria & Western railroad over the Chatsworth disaster. Administrators of multiple deceased and injured individuals seek varying sums from 5,000 up to 20,000 dollars, including Emma Ryan seeking 15,600 and others such as J. D. McPadden and Elton Waters among plaintiffs.
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Peoria
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Chatsworth
James Deal
Allen
Jail
Valentine
Putney
J. D. McPadden
Elton Waters
M. Regan
William Stevens
Alice Stevens
Jacob Bogart
Earl French
Kate Jones
Albert Valentine Thrce
Edward Putney
Phena Frahm
Emma Ryan
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway
Ann Kellogg
Isaac Chellen
Willhelmina Garretson
Fatal floods drown family and wash bridges in Texas
In Cleburne a man named Schmidt his wife and four children drowned when a waterspout struck near the town. The Buffalo creek flood washed away the Santa Fe railway bridge, while in Waco heavy rains left the Brazos river eighteen feet above its three year level, drowning cattle and delaying trains due to bridge destruction.
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Cleburne
Tex
Schmidt
Buffalo Creek
Santa Fe
Waco
Brazos River
Doom of the Anarchists Said to Be Sealed
The Illinois Supreme Court is expected to affirm the death verdicts against seven condemned anarchists. The Ottawa ruling scheduled for Tuesday will seal their fate, with expectations of no dissenting opinion. Public interest intensifies as the court session begins next week and appeals options are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Supreme Court
Ottawa
Cuicano
Supreme Court
The
Magruder
Curiaco
Ill
Parsons
Fielden
Supreme Court of the United States
Oglesby
Defense Committee
Lincoln Declines Vice Presidency and Presidency Bid
Robert Lincoln, in an interview with a Toledo reporter in Chicago, says he could not accept a vice presidency due to business interests and would not pursue the presidency either. He stresses a dislike for official life, recounts burdens of the office, and notes past service in Arthur's cabinet as shaping his wish to return to Chicago practice. He doubts any nomination will occur and criticizes pledges in ticketing while lamenting the wear and tear of public office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toredo
Chicago
Toledo
Robert Lincoln
Lincoln
Washington
Mr. Arthur
Garfield
Goode Appointed to United States Fish Commission
President appoints Prof. C Brown Goode assistant secretary of the Smithsonian to the Fish Commission after Solicitor McCue declined. Goode’s long service dates to 1871 with the commission, involvement in the Centennial fisheries board, Halifax work, Gloucester expedition, and national museum duties. He represented the U S at Berlin and London fishery exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish Commission
Goode
Wasuiadoux
C. Brown Goode
Smithsonian Institution
United States Fish Commissioner
McCue
The
Government
State Department
Halifax
National Museum
Gloucester
United States
Berlin
London
Irish National League Meeting Plans Entrance to City Hall
William O'Brien presided over the fortnightly Irish National League gathering in this city. He outlined that the first branch would meet with closed doors and resist police access, prompting a forced entry scenario. The central branch seeks Lord Mayor approval to use the city hall with dedicated police to guard meetings inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustry
William O'Brien
United Ireland
Irish National League
Defalcation Sues Auglaize County Treasurer Lucas
Israel Lucas, treasurer of Auglaize County, has vanished with an alleged defalcation of about 30 000 dollars. Lucas and his wife disappeared after a supposed visit to a nearby town. County commissioners audited his books, triggering detectives to locate them, with prior similar defalcations noted in the county within a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la. O
Israel Lucas
Auglaize County
Lucas
Canada
Skeleton Found A Finger Ring Leads to Recognition
A year after Mrs Eliza McAlister of Terre Haute Ind vanished on a Chicago and Alton train between St Louis and Kansas City a skeleton was found on the Missouri river bank near Marshall Mo The remains were identified by an inner ring inscribed with her name The investigators believe she was robbed and thrown from the train
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Kansas City
Eliza McAlister
Terre Haute
Ind
St. Louis
Missouri River
Marshall
A College Burned at St Meinrad Benedictine Abbey
A Huntingburg dispatch reports the St Meinrad Benedictine Abbey and college at Indian Town Spencer County was destroyed by fire destroying a 15000 volume library rare coins and a large museum with total loss about 200000 no insurance. The college had just been repaired for the new term beginning Sept 19 and will be rebuilt at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
St. Meinrad
Indian Town
Spencer County
Ferdinand
Death of Bishop Harris in New York City
Bishop William Logan Harris, longtime New York Methodist leader, died at 5:05 pm at his home after heart trouble following a round of illness in Liverpool. Surrounded by family, his last rites and funeral details were under consideration, with Bishop BE G Andrews expected to preach. Harris, born 1817 in Troy Ohio, had a long career in teaching and church leadership, being ordained in 1839 and elevated to Bishop in 1872.
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New York
Saratoga
Binghamton
N. Y
Livesey
Pennsylvania
Quay
Lehigh
Netm Sartonis
General Grant
England
Boston
C. A. Campbell
Pennsylvania Democrats
Allentown
J. Ross Thompson
Erie
J. McCratin
Ireland
Theodore P. Greegy
Jeffrey
N. H
New Annunciation Catholic
Williamsport
3Ist
Baltimore & Ohio Express
United States Express Company
Frank C. McNiinry
Saco
Biddeford Savings
United States
Th Bank
Dvaeixne
Castle Garden
Butler
Ward
John F. Kerns
Niagara Falls
Lewiston
Hastings
Olcott
Thomas Jorer
Pittsburgh
Jolly Aveny
Bowdoin College
Baring Brothers
J. S Morgan & Co
Brown, Shipley & Co
London
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Kidder, Pearddy & Co
Brown Brothers
Western Union
C. M. Howry
Cambridge
Mass
Richmond Paper Company
Providence
R. J
William Logan Harris
Methodist Church
East Wighty-first Street
Liverpool
W. H. Harris
Bishop Andrews
Andrews
Bishop Harris
Troy
Richland County
Norwalk
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Soule
Atwell
Dover
Avon
Wooster
Roberts
The
Missionary Society
Brooklyn
Ohio Wesleyan University
Allegheny College
Baldwin University
The American party convention eyed by politicians
Washington reports on the American party convention planned for Philadelphia September 16. Observers note quiet preparations suggest broader reach and inquiry into its aims. Delegates from affiliated groups total about 150 and a New York paper venture may explain the movement. A keynote declaration is expected to call for stricter foreign immigration laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
New York City
New York
American Order
Carlisle and President Prepare Tariff Measure for Unity
Washington reports Congressmen Carlisle and the President plan a tariff bill to unite Democratic factions. The proposal centers on abolishing tobacco taxes while preserving whisky levies, with broad cuts on life-necessity customs duties and revenue projections to back harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Washington
Cleveland
Oakview
Congres
Treasury
Randall
Heening Star
Mills
Texas
Ways and Means
Bureau of Statistics
Powderly to Ireland to plead home rule support
Scranton notes General Master Workman Powderly will travel to Ireland to press the home rule cause after receiving an urgent invitation from Michael Davitt. He pledges Knights of Labor support and readiness to face consequences, with possible arrest of Irish leaders looming over Tory coercion efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Workman Powderly
Ireland
Michael Davitt
Atlantic
Powderly
Knights of Labor
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van Wert Bulletin
Summersett
Aunnold
Prop’s
George Washington
Ohio
Maurin M. Kinham
Sarah A. Pmalley
Jeffer
Son
Harry Rockare
Baldwin
Fremont
Neb
Wabash
Darrow
Cheboygan County
Mary Yerarury
Brownsville
Kimball & Clark
Hurley
Wis
Randall Blakeslee
Mercer County
Miss
T. J. Anderson
D. M. Elder
Charles S. Fogg
H. W. Sawyer
Vndorses Cleveland
Pension Department
Gladstone
Parnell
Cause
Richard Emerson
Kenosha
Harrison County
John Hildebrant
Joshin Terrell
Columbus
Phelps
Pever
Henderson Green
Lancaster
el Cooley
Green Brothers
Inpraxarous
Ohio Oil Company
Lima
Standard Oil Company
George Mount
James Grady
Nodaway County
Marysville
St. Methrap Colnege
Lebanon
Frank Hammond
Lizzie Tate
Apams
Mesker
Foreign Intelligence
Wabash County
Republican State Convention
Massachusetts
Tremont Temple
Charles Coleman
Frelingsburg
Pitceburgh
Trouk
Battugranes
Peru
Faille
Bruar
Oflangaw
Yarmouth
Koy
Eur Wittiama
Fartier Reeieting
Vortlach
Lev
Florida
Misseeippi
OF the
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Sam
Englisi
Duke of Wellington
High Keep
Mr. Ledger
Drenkins
Dr. Schmidt
Moses Levy
Young Garrett
Drexel, Morgsm & Co
Baring Bros. & Co
Drexel & Co
Brown Bros. & Co
Ives & Co
West Shore
New York Central
Reading Syndicate
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
J. 8. Morgan & Co
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Brown Bros
City
A. J. Cassat
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania & Reading
Staten Island
Ist Iist
Baltimore & Ohio Rail
Pulman Palace Car Company
Baltimore& Ohio Railroad
Sux
Baltimore & Ohio Company
Western Union Company
J. Pierrepont Morgan
New York Central Railroad
Aud
Lockport
Hickson
Grand Trunk Road
Monvreau
Joseph Hickson
Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Jury
Springfield
Harris
American Party
Tariff Tinkerers
Duluth
Dutvara
Minn
E. P. Taylor
South Bend
Timothy Goggin
Samoa
Beaver Creek
Louisville Express
Shaw
French Republic
France
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