Delays threaten Peary expedition success in Labrador
From Labrador reports Lieutenant Peary’s Falcon faced heavy seas to Battle Harbor arriving July 18. Donkeys on board suffer near perishables from exposure and injuries. repairs and recovery took two days delaying departure. Attempts to buy dogs failed in Battle Harbor Hopedale and Turnagain with prices high. the delay risks Greenland plans as season wanes and ship may freeze in.
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Sr. Johns
N. F
Peary
Labrador
Falcon
Battle Harbor
St. Johns
Hopedale
Greenland
Money Market Rates and Bond Quotes From New York
New York Money Market figures show money at 3 3 percent with closing 53. Bar silver quoted at 6834 cents. Exchange actual business at 4.79 to 4.80 for 60 day bills and 4.8134 to 4.8234 for demand. Posted rates 4.81 to 4.1844. Government bond quotes include 4.8334 to 4.854 for 60 days and bid on 4s coupon at 1.1334, extended 2s registered 1.00 bid. Pacific railroad bonds show Union firsts 1.02 bid, sinking funds 1.0144 bid, Centrals 1.02 bid.
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New York
Pacific Railroad
Union Firsts
Centrals
Grain and livestock market summary with mixed prices
Wheat and flour prices range from 1.9 to 4.50 for various grades, rye, cornmeal, and barley listed with Midwest and western lots. Spot futures quotes appear for No 2 red wheat, corn and oats, with pork at 18.00 to 18.75, butter 15 to 19½, cheese 8¾ to 9, and eggs at 16 to 17 cents in state and western markets.
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New York
Minnesota
City Mills
Canada
C. F
Northern
Milwaukee
Rei
Chicago
White State
HAY
World News Highlights From July 26 27 28 31
A sweeping roundup notes wrecks with fatalities at Dodgeville and Morganfield. bank suspensions at Louisville and Findlay. postmaster appointments. cholera in St Louis Naples and Senegal. rail and court actions. fires in Cleveland and Pittsburg. arrests and deaths including Dr John Roe and Donald McNaughton. ships moves and Behring Sea queries.
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Merchants’ National Bank of Louisville
Akron
Bank of Commerce of Indianapolis
Dodgeville
Louisville Deposit Bank
Ripley & Bronson
Iron Merchants of
Clarence Creek
Ont
Weir City
Kan
Topeka
John Roe
London
St Nelsor
Ortland
Fourth National Bank of Louisville
Carlisle
Treasury Department
National Bank of Louisville
Farmers’ National Bank of Findlay
A. F. Davis
Vermont
Ernest Meyer
New York
Greenway Brewing Company
Syracuse
St. Luis
Senegal
Naples
Lomax
First National Bank of
Vernon
Tex
Morganfield
France
St. Clair
Philadelphia
Oberman Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Notable Literary Figures and Their Vantage Points
The piece surveys writers and artists from Celia Thaxter to Rudyard Kipling, noting Thaxter’s college earnings via china painting, Peck’s turkey farming, Lang’s comment on Swinburne, a unique Vatican statue of Ariadne, Stoddard’s dismissal of Kipling, Buchanan’s pessimism, and du Maurier’s French birth and art career shifting from chemistry to painting.
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Celia Thaxter
Samuel Minturn Peck
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Andrew Lang
Swinburne
Vatican
Rome
Ariadne
Naxos
Theseus
Rudyard Kipling
Richard Henry Stoddard
Kipling
Robert Buchanan
George du Maurier
Punch
University College
Paris
Interesting facts from history and statistics
Steel bells replace bell metal in a notable shift. Henry I’s ell equals the arm length. Some Chinese coins equal one-twentieth of a U S cent. Missouri honors eight presidents in county names. Virginia Dare was the first white child born in the colonies, August 18, 1587. Maritime danger has fallen from 1 in 106 to 1 in 256. St Paul’s site shows Roman, Saxon, and cathedral layers.
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Henry I
Missouri
United States
Virginia Dare
Roanoke Island
St. Paul’s
London
World’s Fair Notes on New Buildings and Exhibits
A Chicago World’s Fair digest covers July 26 to Aug 1 notes. Educational congress sessions feature Herbertian theory and apperception contrasts. commercial travelers day includes concerts and receptions. 78,254 paid admissions on Tuesday. Turners from Milwaukee active in procession and gymnastic displays. lacrosse and tug of war events eyed for next week. British Empire World’s Fair Day planned for Aug 9. attendance slack on July 31. Scottish assembly parade signals opening events in Chicago.
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World
Farr Grounds
National Educational Congress
Hall of Columbus
Herbert
Levi Seeley
Lake Forest University
E. E. Brown
University of California
Charles DeGarmo
Swarthmore College
Pennsylvania
C. B. Gilbert
St. Paul
Earl Barnes
Leland Stanford University
American Exhibitors’ Association
Terminal Station
Festival Hall
Cincinnati Band
Davis
Higinbotham
O. J. Dowd
Chicago
W.F. Mitchell
Des Moines
John Fenimore
Columbus
Iowa State Band
Milwaukee
Northwestern Railroad
Illinois Central
Exposition Grounds
Turners
Stock Pavilion
Shamrocks
Montreal
Toronto Lacrosse Club
Zorra
Canada
Aowin'towa Thead Miterfissie
Sherman House
Charles D. Gooch
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wamip
Farrr
CnicaGco
Scottish Assembly
Cold Storage Fire Suspect Incendiary Claim Emerges
Cuiiaco August 1. A local paper reports a sensational theory tied to the grand jury probe of the cold storage warehouse blaze. The allegation claims the fire was set to conceal a wholesale theft of goods stored at the facility.
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Cuiiaco
Grand Jury
New Appointments Named for New York Customs District
Private Secretary Thurber announced presidential appointments in New York. James T. Kilbreath of New York is named collector of customs for the district of New York, replacing Hendricks. Walter H. Bunn of Cooperstown becomes appraiser of merchandise for the district of New York, replacing Cooper.
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New York
Washington
Thurber
James T. Kilbreath
District of New York
Hendricks
Walter H. Bunn
Cooperstown
Cooper
Fire on South Side Kills 2 and Injures Several
A South Side fire caused by an explosion of stove polish used by a peddler killed Maggie Witchell age 11 and Joseph Russell age 25. Charles McDonald and a Polish girl were fatally burned. a ped dler suffered severe injuries. The blaze destroyed a saloon residence occupied by Frederick Wilson, with losses around 3000 dollars.
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Pittsburg
Maggie Witchell
Joseph Russell
Charles McDonald
Eighth Street
Frederick Wilson
Tragic Nitro-Glycerine Blast Kills Van Buren Brother
In Pittspur near Sample's Station on the Pittsburg and Western railroad M S Van Buren and two brothers sought a nitro glycerine load for an oil well shot. A blast hurled bodies and debris. only part of Van Buren’s leg recovered. Three horses and most of the wagon were blown to fragments. Several bystanders were injured but expected to recover. Van Buren, 22, unmarried, was killed. his brothers were uninjured.
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Pittspurg
M. S. van Buren
Sample
Pittsburg and Western
van Buren
Bohemian Confession Ties Prague to PA Murder Case
Austro-Hungarian Consul in Pittsburg reports Karl Smetana, dying on his Prague hospital bed, confessed to killing John Wolkouski in Pennsylvania in 1890 and stealing 210 dollars. He also named Olkouski as an innocent man jailed for the crime.
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Pittsburg
Max Schamberg
Prague
Karl Smetana
John Wolkouski
Pennsylvania
Olkouski
Allegheny City
Pittsburgh man kills wife and two daughters then burns house
George Smauls, 35, murdered his wife and two daughters aged 4 and 2, then set the house on fire. Firemen extinguished the flames and Smauls was arrested. A 5 year old boy escaped and said his father struck his mother with a hatchet three times. Jealousy is suspected.
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Pittrsburg
George Smauls
Mary
Madge
Smaus
Steel mills idle as closures hit Pittsburgh area
The Bessemer steel department at Jones & Laughlin Browntown mill shuts down leaving 500 men idle. Rumors say Oliver & Co may idle South Fifteenth street mill, while Nimick Sligo reportedly gears up with a non union force.
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Pittsburg
Bessemer Steel Department
Jones & Laughlin
Browntown
Oliver & Co
South Fifteenth Street
Nimick-Sligo
17 year old Annie Orr escapes delirious from Castle View
Annie Orr, 17, daughter of John Orr, fled Castle View in delirium after typho malarial fever. The suburban residence near BritvGEPort is two miles from town. Authorities fear she wandered into the woods or drowned herself.
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Britvgeport
Conn
Annie
John Orr
Castle View
Mob executes Will Steen in Paris, Mississippi
News from Paris Lafayette county reports Will Steen a Black man was hanged by a mob. No further details are available at this time.
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Gilmore
Hein
Water Valley
Miss
Paris
Lafayette County
Will Steen
Westinghouse Wilmerding mill cuts wages 15 to 20 percent
Pittsburg reports 800 Westinghouse Air Brake machinists at Wilmerding Pa have been notified of a wage reduction of 15 to 20 percent. With 400 men already laid off, observers expect the cut to be accepted amidst an active shutdown.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Wilmerding
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Brooklyn
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Olga
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