Telegraphic Gleanings Summary of bank closures and fires
Omaha firm Sloan Johnson & Co faces liabilities over 300000 and 80000 admitted. Green Ville bank closed by bank examiner. Mecca cholera deaths 317. Gas strike causes blaze at Iron City Tennessee. Hartley Marshal mine explosion. three miners entombed. Ridgeway Bank closed. Penn National Bank Pittsburgh creditors to be paid 12 to 18 percent. Intel on Philadelphia and Chicago rate cuts. Bayard presents credentials at Windsor. Counterfeiters arrested near Las Cruces. Forest fires burn mining camps in Minnesota. International Navigation Company directors elected in Jersey City. Virginia Mountain Iron destroyed by fires. 2000 homeless. Creerar will upheld. large bequests to library and churches. Seaffner & Co liabilities, clearing house notes reach 4.9 million.
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London
Mecca
Iron City
Tenn
Hartley & Marshal
Banksville
Pittsburg
Ridgeway Bank
Ridgeway
Penn
Pennsylvania National Bank
Byram
New York
Richmond
East Tennessee
Virginia
Georgia
Cincinnati
Wabash Avenue
Congress Street
Chicago
John Quincy Adams
Wharton
St. Louis
Iron Mountain
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Thomas F. Bayard
Great Britain
Windsor Castle
Bayard
Las Cruces
New Mexico
el Paso
Denver
St. Paul
Minn
Mountain Iron
New England
First National Bank
Jersey City
International Navigation Company
New Jersey
John Creerar
Creerar Public Library
Monument
Lincoln
Second Presbyterian Church and Missions
Bible Society
Chicago Literary Club
Herman Seaffner & Co
Bankers of Chicago
Bank of Commerce
Clearing House Association
Clearing House Committee
Bomb throwers explode near ex premier’s residence
Madrid reports a midnight bomb blast near ex premier Canovas del Castillo injuring a man who fled on hands and knees. A head and hand were found nearby. many homes damaged but no occupants hurt. Police identify an anarchist victim named Russe, with accomplice Suarez confessing partial details. Five more anarchists arrested locally and seventeen in Barcelona for the plot.
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Castillo
Madrid
Canovas del Castillo
Canovas
Suarez
Russe
Barcelona
Tuesday's Financial Failures Across States
A Washington special reports Linn County National Bank of Albany Oregon fails with capital of 100000. Bank Examiner Jennings takes charge. James McMillan of Minneapolis makes voluntary assignment to M C Fletcher. Fletcher estimates assets 700000 liabilities 250000. Adrian Vollers of Wilmington NC assigns with preferences following New Hanover Bank collapse. Isaac Held dry goods dealer Richmond VA assigns Liabilities 10500. The General Engineer Co Harvey OH assigns with liabilities about 75000.
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Washington
Eckels
Linn County National Bank
Albany
Oregon
Jennings
James McMillan
Minneapolis
M. C. Fletcher
McMillan
James McMillan & Co
Fletcher
Adrian & Vollers
Wilmington
N. C
Bank of New Hanover
Tsaac
Richmond
General Engineer Company
Harvey, Ol
Edwin Booth Will Disposes Vast Estate to Daughter and Kin
Edwin Booth's will filed in New York lists his daughter Edina Booth Grossman as primary heir. Personal estate valued around 605000 dollars. Brother Joseph A Booth and niece Mary Booth Douglass receive 10000 each, other nieces and nephews 5000 each, cousins Charlotte Baltman and Robert Mitchell 10000 each. Actors funds and actor societies receive 5000 each.
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Edwin Booth
New York
Booth
Edina Booth Grossman
Joseph A. Booth
Mary Booth Douglass
Charlotte Mitchell Baltman
Robert Mitchell
North Carolina
Actors
Greek magazine blast near Athens kills twenty people
A government powder magazine near Athens Greece exploded on Friday. Twenty persons including officers and soldiers were killed and extensive property damage occurred. The crown prince went to the scene to aid the victims. Estimated loss about 3 000 000 francs. The magazine was at Schramanga.
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Athens
Greece
Theen
Schramanga
Georgia News Notes Highlight State Farming and Rail Talks
Georgia farmers show improved prosperity with ample supplies, while Col James D Waddell promotes the state fair. Rail tensions flare over melon shipments as Augusta and Manchester railroad advances toward Augusta. The Negro Press Association meets in Atlanta and urges education and temperance. Georgia Teachers plan Gainesville session with extensive schedules. Crop reports describe variable rainfall, healthy corn and wheat, but grassy fields and cotton lice hinder progress. melons ripen, fruit drops occur in the south, and warm sun is needed.
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Georgia
Lightning’s Fearful Work at Ringling Circus Tent
A thunderstorm at River Falls Minnesota struck a Ringling tent during a circus, instantly killing seven people and injuring many more. Surviving spectators fled in panic, but Ringling staff and crew helped stabilize the scene and tend the wounded as officials worked to manage the calamity.
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River Falls
Minn
Ringling
Messrs
Ringland
Employes
Ringlings
Southeastern news notes of progress and disaster
A summary of widespread events from east Nashville to Atlanta. The Sutherland yards burned for about 75000 dollars. Banks in Los Angeles closed amid money market pressure. Governor Turney failed to place bonds in New York due to market stringency. A Knoxville trial acquitted Sam Walker amid public doubt. New Hanover Bank faced closure with assets of 1.25 million and liabilities of 0.8 million. Birmingham run on First National sparked by rumor, then subsided. Vice President Stevenson visited Memphis amid civic welcome and champagne. Savannah’s A J Miller Furniture faced receivership with 25000 dollars liabilities. Geologist surveys brown stone beds in Moore and Anson counties and clay beds in Harnett. Virginia officers dispute Seay’s commission and qualification. Paul R. Trammell appointed Georgia internal revenue collector. Sale of Castell Publishing Company matters stir in Atlanta. Mortgage foreclosure actions pursued by Garrard against Mobile and Girard and Georgia properties. Nashville grain firm B S & Rhea & Sons reportedly restructured to protect creditors.
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Los Angeles
Cal
First National
Southern California
Broadway Bank
East Side Bank
Bristol
Knoxville
Tenn
Sam Walker
Bank of New Hanover
N. C
Wilmington Savings and Trust Company
First National Bank of Birmingham
Ala
Stevenson
Memphis Tenn
Little Rock
Ark
A. J. Miller Furniture Company
Savannah
Clayton P. Miller
Falligant
Griffin & Seiler
Raleigh
Holmes
Sanford
Moore
Anson
Harnett
Pender County
Richmond
McKinney
William M. Seay, Jr
Fitz Lee
Lynch
Whitefield County
House
Georgia Senate
L. N. Trammell
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Georgia
Cassell Publishing Company
New York
Atlanta Ga
Henry W. Grady
Toombs
P. A. Stovall
Dr. Lee
Atlanta
Property Conveyance Totaling Over 115000 Indebtedness Details
The conveyance total exceeds 115000 dollars with about a quarter of the debt owed to Nashville banks. The passage records whom they were indebted to secure the claims and notes the substantial bank involvement in the transaction.
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Nashville
Dun and Co Review of Trade for the Past Week
Dun and Co reports concerted New York bank action eased liquidity with clearing house certificates. Western bank stringency hurts merchants as foreign demand shifts, wheat and corn prices edge up, but exports lag. Pig iron output, stock on hand, and iron market remain weak, while southern money scarcity appears in Charleston Mobile New Orleans Knotville. Trade in cities shifts from dull to improving in some regions. stock market strength limited, 313 U S failures in the week versus 153 last year.
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Dun & Co
BR. G. Dun & Co
New York
Charleston
Mobile
New Orleans
Knotville
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Omaha
Kansas City Fair
St. Joseph Fair
St. Louis
United States
Mrs Grant and Mrs Davis Plan Daily Meeting at Cranstons
New York reports that Mrs Ulysses Grant and Mrs Jefferson Davis will meet daily at Cranstons-on-the-Hudson near West Point. Both ladies visit the site tied to their husbands as graduates of the academy. Mrs Grant hopes Mrs Davis will not disappoint as last year and looks forward to shared historic ground.
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New York
Ulysses Grant
Jefferson Davis
Cranstons-on-the-Hudson
West Point Military Academy
Great
Cranstons
Davis
Mrs. Grant
Mrs. Davis
Drexel Morgan Plan Adds Baltimore Deposit Agent
A Baltimore special reports Drexel Morgan Co appoints the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Co to receive Richmond Terminal Richmond and Danville and East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia securities for deposit under the reorganization plan. The Richmond and Danville bondholders committee in Baltimore urges Georgia Pacific holders to accept an amended plan and deposit holdings. Drexel Morgan consents to amend plan for Columbia and Greenville concessions. First mortgage 6s to be issued under same terms as Georgia Pacific class.
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Mercantile Trust Company of
Baltimore
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company
Richmond Terminal
Richmond
Danville
East Tennessee
Virginia
Georgia
Richmond and
Georgia Pacific Securities
Columbia and Greenville Holding
First Mortgage
Georgia Pactic
Incendiary Fires Reported in Tren River Wis
Reports from Tren River Wisconsin say fires were started by an incendiary with another arson attempt on a house outskirts. Firefighters worked around the clock and officials fear the worst is over as last week’s fire losses total around 2.5 million dollars.
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Tren River
Wis
Tron River
Why the Earth Shook: Inquiry Into Zante Disaster
A detailed study of the January 31 earthquake on the Ionian island of Zante. Observers from the Ecole Francaise d'Athenes and W G Foster document the destruction,原因s, and geological theory of regional folding and crustal movement. The city and surrounding villages suffered extensive damage due to poor construction on soft alluvial ground.
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ANTE
Ionian Islands
Zante
Gaeton
Mediterranean
Peloponnesus
Ecole Francaise d’Athenes
Ardaillon
Annales de Geographie
Chicago Herald
W. G. Foster
Eastern Telegraph Company
Japan
Soin Zante
Castro
Gulf of Corinth
Cephalonia
Wise Words From A Bygone Era On Life And Morals
A collection of aphorisms on money desire happiness and human character. Topics include credit avarice misplace fashion and the value of effort. The lines contrast education thrift and the consequences of cultivating will and action.
How the Chinese Prepare Rice
A historical note describes two main methods of cooking rice across Asia. It explains Celestials in Corea boil half cooked rice in water, then steam in boiling water, without salt. It contrasts methods from Shanghai natives and Japanese practice of washing overnight and boiling in the morning.
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Shanghai
Corea
Japan
Plate glass used in shops expands with building size in London
Plate glass became universal beyond opulent use since 1557 and now adorns frontages of large businesses. Insurance providers offer moderate premiums to replace broken panes, a market driven by competition and protection for this increasingly common feature. Nearly seventy round towers in Ireland, 30 to 125 feet high, are linked to fireworship memorials.
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London
Wits
Insurance Monitor
Ireland
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Cartersville
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W. J. MceKennie
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