Multiple Global and Local Crises Reported in 1888 Briefs
Chronicle of scattered incidents including ship crew rescues near Boston, a phosphate pool forming to raise fertilizer prices, year ending labor migrations 1888 at 350,515, Gladstone's responses on marriage praise, Marlborough marriage legality, a Brooklyn politician jailed for perjury, a gymnast’s suicide amid abuse, Empress of Germany’s newborn son, Copeland wreck with Haggard aboard, Congo deaths, New York wallslaughter arrest, bank thief remanded, Canada fines remitted to fishing vessels, Mills bill debates, a double funeral cremation, Yazoo City killings, Long Island railroad discipline, Cornell janitor death and body willed to anatomy, Anarchist threats, Cignarale commuted to life, various murders and sensational crimes, journalists’ libel cases, typhoid in Philadelphia, and other national incidents.
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Tidal Ware
Boston
Emily P. Wright
Providence
South Carolina
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
Gladstone
Lord Granville
Tiadstone
Duchess of Marlborough
England
G. P. Johnson Howard
Brooklyn
John Lemont
New York
Jemont
Germany
Royal Palace
Potsdam
Copeland
Pentland Firth
Scotland
H. Rider Haggard
Deans English
Stanley Falls
Congo
McLean
Twentythird Street Horse Railroad
New York City
Levy
Pitcher
Montreal
Canada
Daily News of London
New York Tribune
Courtlandt Palmer
Yazoo City
Miss
Eden Station
Long Islan
Joshua Hirst
Cornell University
Hirst
Anatomical Department
University
Chicago
Chleboun
Chiara Cignarale
Hill
Parnell
Minnie Cookie
Chambersburg
Marion
Mass
Gen. Sheridan
Nonquitt
Ireland
Henry Heesh
Cluara Cignvale
Black Island
A. H. Shipman
Geneva
N. Y
Fla
Breve
Catharine Gaffney
Patrick H. Gaffney
Blackwell's Island
Gen. Bo
David Goodenough
Oliver Sweeney
Gear Works
Watertown
Goodenough
Feverish Stock Market Closes Slightly Lower
The New York stock market opened feverish and unsettled, with prices irregular at noon and finishing just below Tuesday's close. Lake Shore, Western Union and Union Pacific led activity while overall volume reached 233,566 shares as Vanderbilts and New England pressured the market higher into the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorn
Lake Shore
Western Union
Llase
Union Pacific
New York Money Market and Commodities Report
Money market in New York shows rates at 14 percent, with a high and low range noted. Exchange closes steady with posted rates around 4.96 and actual rates near 4.96. Government bonds mixed, Pacific rampayt bonds quoted, flour and grain prices move, wheat and corn options active with minor gains, oats steady, butter and cheese steady, eggs dull. Buffalo market confirms dull to firm tone across flour, corn, oats, rye, butter, and cheese with varied price levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dena
New York Produce Exchange
Minnesota
St. Louis
Bieher
Sterdy
Canada
Buffalo
Bureato
Velje
Cheese Market Weak In Vtica On July 31
The Vtica cheese market was weak and spiritless with a decline of two and a half cents. New York advices were discouraging and buyers stayed away, making it hazardous to pay top prices. Sellers remained cautious though activity showed many were eager to trade. totals reached 1 773 boxes with various lots and prices listed, compared to 15 503 boxes the year prior at four and a quarter cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vtica
N. X
New York
Sige
Skye
Little Falls Cheese Market Yo-yo in Prices and Sales
The Little Falls Cheese Market shows a slight weekly sag with the price table near the usual range. Last week more was sold at higher prices, and yesterday’s drop roughly equals fourteen percent. transactions include 12 lots at Sic, 17 lots on commission, totaling 3,485 boxes, with farm dairy cheese and butter sales noted across various lots and bulk purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mlibhe
Sige
Pennsylvania News Short Items From Across the State
An array of brief reports from Elk Creek to Reading recounts drownings, accidents, and criminal schemes. Notable events include a lake capsizing where Eric McIntyre died and Dell Ball survived, a fatal buggy collision injuring Miss Neilie Gibson, mining accidents in Shamokin, and a Paris green poisoning attempt in Upper Macungie. The piece also notes a miracle claim in Pittsburgh, gas field decline, a Forest Grove cavern discovery, a lightning fatality near Fayette City, an injured circus worker, and a Bunco sting in Bucks County.
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Eric
Earnest McIntyre
Dell Ball
Elk Creek
North Springfield
Ball
McIntyre
Neilie Gibson
John Brown
Charles Murray
Hack
Brown
Miss Gibson
Murray
Pittsburg
Solomon
Samuel Berman
Fifth Avenue
Toland
Selwyn Taylor
Murraysville
Beaver
Ohio
Forest Grove
Uniontown
Noah Lutz
Fayette City
Honesdale
Charley
Robbins’ Circus
Delaware
Levi Hedge
Silver Grove
Charles
William Neelling
Frank Simpson
Col
A. C. Simpson
Neeling
Rev. P. Born
Death by Morphine in West Virginia Printer Case
John B. Congdon, a middle aged printer with a troubled home life, killed himself by morphine after abusing his wife and children. He attempted to coerce his sons to die with him, left letters pleading for forgiveness, and died after hours of small morphine doses. His wife and two young sons had previously left him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Thomas Becker, Sr
Pargkerasuure
W. Va
John B. Congdon
Congdon
James Hyler
Prominent Family Daughter Accused in Theft Case
Miss Mamie Phillips, aged 1 year, daughter of a respected Allegheny City family, was arrested for stealing 720 from James Devine. Detectives traced silk goods, a piano, a gold watch and furniture to her, with letters to herself that claimed thanks for heroism in rescuing Mrs Collins from a streetcar incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Phillips
Allegheny City
James Devine
Devine
Phillips
Mamie
Mrs. Collins
Glenn
Collins
Aliss Phillips
Arres
Montreal Bank Clerk Hid Defaulter Suicide Return
Ansosta Conn Aug 1 The man who registered at the Richelieu hotel Montreal under the name W L L Lee of Plymouth Mass shot himself Monday and is identified as Henry H Holbrook clerk of the Ansonia Savings Bank Holbrook later vanished Friday an examination showed a shortage of about 32500 from the bank He was also tax collector and Y M C A treasurer but these accounts were fine Treasurer Bartlett says the bank will lose nothing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Ansosta
Conn
Richelieu Hotel
W. L. L. Lee
Plymouth
Mass
Henry 8
Holbrook
Ansonia Savings Bank
Nobordy
Young Men’s Christian Association
Bartlett
Young Robbers and Elopement Cast Across County
A Madison theft tale features Frank C. Bush 17 son of a Madison grocer arrested at his father’s home after a safe burglary with three other youths, yielding about £1000. Bush confesses. accomplices arrested. Separately in Punxsutawney, Pa., F M Myers and Ossie Nordstrom elope to Indiana, register, flee when pursued, and are captured. Ossie plans to wed upon age and inheritance in 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Bush
Madison
Wis
Harry Shaw
Young Haw
Louis Reed
Fred Morrill
Murrill
Bush
Chicago
Inoriana
F. M. Myers
Western Union Telegraph Company
Punxsutawney
Ossie Nordstrom
Indiana
Miss Nordstrom
New York State
West Lebanon
Myers
Ossie
Ground to a jelly on railway near depot at Ellicottsville
The remains of a man crushed and mangled beyond recognition were found on the railway near the depot at Ellicottsville. John Prime identified the remains as his brother Jacob, who had been drinking in Salamanca and returned home. Coroner RB Wilcox empaneled a jury and verdict followed the coroner’s findings. In Milwaukee the Evening Journal reports that Henry Smith of the Union Labor party faces strong opposition from protectionists who will bankroll efforts to defeat him if he seeks re-election, mirroring tactics used against Morrison and Carlisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellicotsville
John Prime
Jacob
Salamanca
D. Wilcox
Milwaukee
the Evening Journal
Wisconsin State Republican Central Committee
Henry Smith
Union Labor Party
Congress
Morrison
Carlisle
Cockerills
Lords
Townsends
Howards
Hoe
Allan Forman
The Fascination and Flaws of Newspaper Life
Allan Forman profiles journalist life and editor Charles A. Dana of The New York Sun, praising Gertrude Garrison and noting Dana’s eccentric circle including Count Joannes and boxing squire Maguire. The piece contrasts journalism’s hard, low pay with its cultural pull, then shifts to anecdotes about Dana’s acquaintances and a temperance exchange in a humorous dialogue about Vinegar Bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Forman
The
New York Suen
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
New York
Mr. Dana
Joannes
Bowery
Old Tapp
Mark) Maguire
Maguire
Tom Acton
Arthur
Broadway
L. M. Barlow
Slam” Barlow
Farm and land sale notices in Pittsfield and Farmington
Multiple property notices outline sales in Pittsfield township and Farmington Warren County Pa. One hundred fifteen acres offered with down payment options and long terms, five to ten minutes from Dunkirk depot. A fifty seven acre farm near a school in western Pennsylvania listed with comfortable buildings and eight acres orchard. Also a heavy horse and wagon for sale by Jesse Jones.
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Pittsfields Township
Staubk
Lulance
Dunkirk Depot
Trsnire
Pittsfield Hotel
Mas
Junta A
Farmington
Warren Co
School House
Pennsylvania
U. Pono
Lt Busti
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Albany
Milan
Natalie
Emperor William
Frau Wagner
Wagner
Bayreuth
Copenhagen Dagblad
William
Schleswig-Holstein
William O’brian
Cork
O’brien
Berlin
Liznor Crisgi
France
Mediterranean
Kansas City
Cooper, Hewitt & Co
Ringwood
N. J
Hewitt
New Commercial Bank
St. Joseph
House of Commons
Times
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
San Carlos Agency
Arizona
Miss Wilkins
Paterson
Henry Hush
Finance and Trade
Tica Cheese Market
Little Falls
Pennsylvania News
Shamokin
John Bolton
Frank Morenzie
Neilson
Church Hill
Bunco
Bucks County
Jordan Snyder
Snyder
Philadelphia
Wee Dee
OUR
Gertrude Garrison
Man
Belford’s
Donn Pratt
John Shorthouse
Philip
Jack
Bright
Phil
R. D. McDonald Drag Co
Washington St
Jesse Jones
High Street
Public Way
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA
Vali Teri
Legius
Wighsmide
Ardress
Wilbur G. Williams
D. D
Greenville, Mercer Co
Hotel LaPierre
M. Wtugan
Exchange
Oil Exchange
Mks
3. M. Logan
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