Global news briefs from the era of imperial headlines
London reports Sultan declines to occupy Souan and British guards stay at Alexandria. Abyssinian king mobilizes before Italian moves on Red Sea ports. Yorkshire miners accept master’s wage cut. Stanley praised by Baptist Missionary Society. France and China treaty talks move forward. Turkish stance on Suakin debated. Russian special envoy to Afghanistan. Irish fund for James Stephens reaches £700. Hugo funeral in Paris draws vast crowds. Ashenhust, Roush & Co. in Manchester fails with assets $75,000 on $65,000 liabilities. Douglas assigns in Brainerd. Henderson fails for $74,000 in Indiana. California wheat outlook weak. US weekly failures at 161. Silver dollar coinage May total $4.55 million.
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London
Souan
Alexandria
John
Abyssinia
Adowa
Red Sea
Serheit
Yorkshire
England
Baptist Missionary Society
Henry M. Stanley
Africa
Leopold
Tatsia
France
Ching
Turkey
Suakin
Cairo
P Rte
Lessar
Col. Ridgeway
Afghanistan
Ireland
James Stephens
Paris
Victor Hugo
Arc du Triomphe
Ashenhust, Roush & Co
Manchester
Ohio
C. H. Douglas
Brainerd
Minn
David B. Henderson
Frankfort
Clinton County
Ind
Lafayette
California
State Agricultural Society
Oregon
Washington Territory
United States
Canada
Windom
Grant's doctors report steady condition and good health
Reports from General Grant's physicians indicate his disease is nearly stationary while his general health remains excellent. He walks at home and in the street without fatigue and enjoys a daily park ride. Hotel proprietors at several mountain resorts have invited him to visit.
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New York City
Vilas
Whitney
Manning
Endicott
Lamar
Flora Emily Downs
St. Louis
Frank O’neil
New Zealand
Maxwell
Missouri Republican
William Hyde
Europe
Has. F. Gay
Marquette
Mich
Highland
Ill
Maurice Huegg
Rhynder & Co
Judge Alen
Boston
John L. Sullivan
Theodore Hunt
Louis Surfman
Gen. Terry
Gabriel Dumont
Rriel
Fort Assinaboine
Louis Reaume
Barrett
Chicago
Denver
Fror
Detroit
Michigan
Consolidations and Bank Failures Hit Several Firms
Financial notes report the Canada Co-operative Society of Montreal with 400 000 liabilities. Bank of Mitchell led by Elijah Butterfield suspends and appoints a receiver. John J. Van Leuven of Grand Rapids assigns 35 000 liabilities. Merz Architectural Works of Louisville assigns. Thomas Warner of Hooshton NY with 300 000 in preferences. Ferry Brothers’ debts reduced by accepting real estate worth 100 000. Adam Pritz of Dayton fails with 50 000 in security debts and 148 000 assets. Thomas Brown of Erie Oil Co. fails with nearly 500 000 in liabilities. Shackamaxon Bank of Philadelphia closed with 200 000 overdrawn.
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Canada Co-operative Society
Montreal
Bank of Mitchell
Dakota
Elijah Butterfield
John J. van Leuven
Grand Rapids
Mich
Merz Architectural Works Company
Louisville
Thomas Warner
Chocton
N. Y
Ferry Brothers
Michigan
Adam Pritz
Dayton
Ohio
Thomas Brown
Erie
Shackamaxon Bank of
Philadelphia
President's China mission reassessed amid California sentiment
President Cleveland reconsiders sending the Chinese mission to California due to local opinion. Edward Campbell Jr. is appointed Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa, superseding C. L. Williams of Keokuk. Gov. Hill vetoes New York's state census bill, delaying any census this year. The President also names new Internal Revenue Collectors, including Owen A.
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Cleveland
California
China
Edward Campbell, Jr
Iowa
C. L. Williams
Keokuk
Hill
New York
Internal Revenue
Owen A
Tornado Toll and Floods Hit Texas and Other Cities
Destructive weather across Texas near Waco floods McLennan County with eleven dead and five drowned. Brazos River surge causes immense crop and property losses. East Waco evacuees count near two thousand. Fire devastates Scottville and Medford areas. Phenix Arizona suffers $75,000 in damage. Maritime collision sinks a fishing bark off Newfoundland. multiple drowning cases reported in Missouri North Carolina Maryland Indiana and London.
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Waco
Texas
McLennon County
Brazos
East Waco
Scottville
Mich
Medfor
Bear Creek
Hannibal
Fred Rayne
Lee Tisdale
J. W. Winn
Tony
Notable Crime Roundup From Early 20th Century News
The report chronicles multiple violent crimes and punishments across the United States. Sentences include Hungry Joe for snatching a £50 note in New York, a Memphis teen killing his stepfather, Arch ie Gibson executed in Richmond Texas, John Terry hanged in Barnwell, and Charles Barnes killing kin in Woodlawn Maryland. Louis Reaume, a Detroit fresco painter, goes on a rampage aboard a Wabash train from Kansas City to Chicago, firing at passengers and resisting capture.
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Hungry Joe
Sing Sing
New York
Memphis
William Kauert
K. M. Schuyler
Archie Gibson
Richmond
Texas
John Terry
John G. Session
Barnwell
S. C
Charles P. Barnes
Woodlawn
Louis Reaume
Detroit
Kansas City
Chicago
Peoria
el Paso
Englewood
Patroman Cornelius Barrett
Lunatic shot by police squad in Mexico City party
A revolver silent as a crowd Lieut Laughlin on the forehead. W H Chadwick, ex bank cashier of Nantucket mass, sentenced five years for embezzling 1000 dollars. William C Smith, Postmaster at Hiden Mo, confessed deficit 90, with a revolver. Robert Hardy, 21, an American, killed at a public dancing party in Mexico City.
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Laughlin
W. H. Chadwick
Nantucket
Mass
William C. Smith
Hiden
Washington
Robert Hardy
Mexico
Chicago Storm Kills Watchman and Damages Grounds
A severe storm in Chicago caused one death and injuries as a watchman at Mcstermick reaper works died after a shock from a fire alarm. Lightning damaged the south wall of the new baseball grounds and injured several residents. Four more people were reported killed by lightning, with extensive damage in Lake and southwestern districts. Meanwhile other items note bets on gambling houses, military dispatches, union elections, a Denver mill explosion, an Indian Cashmere earthquake, and accusations of graft against a New York senator.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Terry
St. Paul
Fort Assinabinn
Gabriel Dumont
Louis Riel
Michael Dumais
Perkins
Big Bear
Strange
Fort Pitt
Saskatchewan River
New Mexico
Gila River
Silver City
Crook
Bear Creek
Gila
Col. Phillips
Santa Fe
Cleveland
New York
Gen
Grant
Senator Logan
Bloomington
Chicago
Philadelphia
Providence
John Montague
Mcstermick Rerper Worss
Lake
Meara
Hungary
Carter Harrison
Chica
Bowie
Arazor
Gild
Mexico
R. H. Witter
St. Louis
Internationl Typographical Union
Baptist Missionary Union
Saratoga
Ward Judson
Missionary Union
Denver
Colorado
C. R. Davis
Davis
Bombay
Cashmere
India
Serrinigar
Gunn
New York Colege of Medicine and Surgery
Senator Coggeshall
U Ki
Fleet collision sinks French bark George Jeanne near Newfoundland
The City of Rome collided with the French fishing bark George Jeanne in fog off Newfoundland on May 25. Survivors Hubert Albert and Frank Alphonse Marie rescued after the sinking. captain Joseph Biondin perished attempting a rescue. 821 passengers aboard the City of Rome departed Liverpool May 20, with dense fog complicating rescue efforts.
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New York Telegram
City of Rome
Anchoribe
George Jeanne
Newfoundland
Hubert Albert
Frank Alphonse Marie
Liverpool
Queenstown
Rome
Turner
Joseph Biondin
Albert
Marie
MENNONITES DROWNED IN NEBRASKA FLOOD DISASTER
Indianola reports a tragedy as seventeen Bohemians traveling to Dundy Creek are flooded in Richmond Canyon near the Republican River. Three women and six children die. two bodies remain missing. One wagon carried a coffeepot with $12,00 washed away. The disaster recalls a 1871 military flood deaths in the same canyon.
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Indianola
Neb
Dundy Creek
Richmond Canyon
Republican River
John Macek
John Osmer
Osmer
Macek
Praine
United States Cavalry
Dairy Industry Circular Aims For Monthly Factory Records
The Commissioner of Agriculture, Colman, seeks full dairy industry facts focusing on pure butter and imitations. A circular targets cheese and butter production, proposing monthly manufacturer reports to Congress for comparative national statistics.
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Commissioner of Agriculture
Washington Telegram
Colman
Congress
Tragedy in Reading Well Fatal for Two
In Reading Pennsylvania Charles Smith aged 12 dropped a knife into a twenty five foot well and was overcome by gas when he descended to recover it. Isaac Doyle aged 26 went to aid him and also succumbed. Both men died.
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Reading
Charles Smith
Isaac Doyle
Grant House in Philadelphia Sold for 22500 at Auction
Gen Grant’s Philadelphia home gifted by citizens after the rebellion sold at Lubic auction for 22500. W H Verbit held a mortgage. site to be vault-placed on Alexander H Stephens grounds, Liberty Hall. Bayard praised as the cabinet’s most unselfish man. Queen Victoria’s lady in waiting earns 2500 per year.
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Alexander H. Stephens
Liberty Hall
Frightful Runaway Injures Maud Duff in Columbus
A Columbus woman Miss Maud Duff suffered severe injuries after a runaway horse bolted on Waterloo pike. Her sister Mrs. Jane Duff lies in a critical, doubtful prognosis. Both patients were treated at Columbus homes with medical care and concern from relatives.
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Enquirer
Washington D. H
Maud Duff
Columbus
June Duff
Miss Maud Duff
Ambus
Waterloo Pike
Maud
Miss Duff
Pad
Jane Duff
Noted Forger Arrested In Mansfield Transit Case
Fremont marshal Hunsinger and Officer Hausmer arrested J. W. Carnahan, a noted forger, after a chase in Mansfield. Carnahan posed as a traveling salesman for the Ohio Oil Company and obtained $59 from Jerome King on a fraudulent draft. He was jailed in irons, had shown money, and had attempted suicide with laudanum. He had been staying with his mother and sought to buy Dr. J. M. Corry’s home.
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Marshal Hunsinger
Fremont
Mansfield
Lae
J. W. Carnahan
P Marshal
O T Hausmer
Carnahan
Ohio Oil Company
Cleveland
Jerome King
J. M. Corry
Death of General Samuel Beatty
General Samuel Beatty died of apoplexy at his farm near Massillon. A Civil War volunteer officer, he served as First Lieutenant in the Third Ohio and rose to Brigadier General after Stone River and Major General by war’s end. He was Stark County sheriff 1857 to 1861 and lived in frac son township fifty six years.
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Samuel Beatty
Massillon
Ohio
Stone River
Nash ¥ J
Stark County
Frac Son
Coroner Faults Sullivan Firm Over Fifth Floor Fire Fatalities
Coroner Carrick blames Sullivan & Co for the Sixth Street disaster saying ladders on the fifth floor could have let girls escape via the hatch. One Sullivan employee died after saving three girls. coroner condemns negligence but praises the man’s bravery.
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Carrick
Sullivan & Co
Alleged Lamb murderer held by Toledo police
Police in Toledo claim to have the Lamb murder suspect in custody, Sotall William Lamb a Buckeye Tobacco Works book-keeper was killed in his home after a burglary. City-wide manhunt failed and two men were arrested in Monrovia Michigan for robbing Luke Sheurs, police suspect one is Ashums Jay. Lamb’s widow and daughter identified the suspect, who appeared agitated before the daughter.
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Toledo
Lamb
Sotall
William Lamb
Buckeye Tobacco Works
Monrur
Ichigan
Luke Sheurs
Ashums
Jay
Daugher
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Tyes
American Association
Athletic
Bal
Imore
Brooklyn
Weveccucecnsees
Cincinnati
Metropolitan
Pittsburgh
Regina
Court of Claims
North Carolina
Wells
Wisconstny
John B. Malony
J. EB. Eichholtz
Sunbury
Jacob Odell
Youngstown
George W. Evans
Ocean Grove
N. J
Henry 8. Benner
Gettysburg
Maurice Litsch
Mahanoy City
Martin A. Rutter
Meyersdale
S. A. Ashe
Raleigh
N. C
Olivia A. Hastings
Port Gibson
Miss
Samuel W. Hobbs
Storm Lake
Willard Stearns
Adrian
George W.cooper
James E. Pennell
Lebanon
J. F. Regan
Terre Haute
W. Groesbeck
Independence
G. B. Falconer
Minneapolis
Kan
C. H. Sproule
Elko
Nev
John A. R. Warner
Lexington
William Henry Ritenour
Harrisonburg
Daniel V. O'Leary
Albany
Josephus P. Dejarnette
Chetopa
Adelbert B. Crampton
Delphi
Curtis Reed
Menasha
Wis
Robert E. Austin
Tama City
George S. Witters
Ida Grove
Chas, G. Kress
Lewiston
I. T
Andrew Barders
Sparta
Enoch A. McLead
Palmyra
Sanford L. Sturtevant
Fullerton
Clement Philbrick
Halstead
L. D. Mitchell
Jamestown
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J. le Meade
Hazlehurst
Copiah County
Meade
Matthews
Wheeler
Col
Charles Denby
Evansville
John Russell Young
Isaac H. Maynard
United State Treasury
George W. Julian
Indiana
A. N. Hathaway
Connecticut
Nice
Robert A. Howard
Arkansas
Studebaker
South Lend
John Elliott & Sons
Whitlock
Sore Reeves
Chicago Reeves
Prine
BaRrLey
Milwaukee
PorRick—New Mess
Indianapolis
Goa
East Liberty
Nebraska
Mr. Bayard
Buckeye News
the Monty
J. Cooper Price
City
John H. Titus
Kingsville
P. Keifus
Jim
Cincinnati Enquirer
Jim Wise
Delhi
Mississippi
Demi
J m Wise
Express
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