Revival in Business Prospects Brightens Trade Outlook
The Dun and Co weekly review reports improving business across the nation with higher bank clearings, better crops, easing labor troubles, and rising commercial loans. Grain and cotton markets show mixed signals, while wool and iron sectors gain on demand and price advances. Railroad earnings rise and failures decline, signaling a steadier economic tempo.
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New York
Dun. & Co
der Hestarer
South
Ellison
Bessemer
Gray
Pittsburgh
Desperado Killings Stun Natchez Island Plantation
At Natchez Island plantation a shanty boat hunter named R W Dawson shot and killed Frank Macklin manager of the estate and wounded a negro boy after being ordered to leave. A coroner’s inquest followed. A later report says William Conti Macklin’s brother in law shot Dawson after he tried to rise, killing him with a Winchester.
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Dawson
Natchez
Macklin
Bope
William Conti
Troublesome Manitoba School Question Debated
In Ottawa on June 15 Premier Greenway of Manitoba signals no immediate action on the school question. Ontario Liberals and conservatives show disappointment while Orangemen and ultra Catholics claim satisfaction. Reports say Ontario MPs urge a five judge commission to study Manitoba conditions.
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Ortawa
Ont
Greenway
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Ontario
Legal tangle in Indian Territory courts debated
Judge W M Springer and Judge Stewart met with Attorney General Harmon in Washington to fix issues in the law governing Indian Territory courts. The talks focus on clerk and marshal duties and payment methods, with optimism for a clear solution to the legal tangle.
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Indian Territory
Washington
W. M. Springer
United States Court
Northern District
R. W. Springer
Army
Stewart
Central District
Department of Justice
Springer
Harmon
Severe Earthquakes Hit Barbadoes Antigua and St Kitts
Special correspondence reports multiple earthquakes from June 20 to 24 across Antigua Barbadoes and St Kitts. Bardoba bore heavy shocks with eight major tremors on June 20 damaging a school, church, great house and many dwellings. Antigua saw loud rumblings and foundations shaken while St Kitts experienced similar movement though less intense.
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United Press
Barbadoes
Antigua
Barduba
St. Kitts
Coming Home for Two Months Vacation
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador Pierce M. B. Young arriving in San Francisco and proceeding to Washington. He will take a two months vacation at home, with official duties to resume afterward.
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Washington
Pierce M. B. Young
Gutemala
Honduras
Olney
San Francisco
Insurgent gains and Cuban unrest reach Havana
From Key West advices a Cuban force of about 2,000 under Maceo, Rabí, and Miro captured a train with 126 Spanish troops near Gibara Holguin, seizing $80,000 in silver 1,000 rifles and 50,000 rounds. Pedro Torres burned Camasi near Matanzas. Gomez leads 2,000 in Camaguey. Marti presumed dead. Havana braces as bank note issue looms and home rule party disbands.
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Camasi
Netanzas
Key West
Banda
Jacksonville
Fla
Times-Union
Maceo
Rabi
Miro
Auras
Matanzas
Conde Venadito
Aso
Cabo Cruz
Santiago de Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Camaguey
Gomez
Monetverde
Ramon del Asyaguas
Menocal
Montoro
Cuba
Europe
New York
Havana
Martinez Campos
Spain
Oliva
Marti
Saratoga
Expedition Lands 100 Men for Cuban Aid From U S
A Cuban expedition landed at Arensas River with 100 men 1 000 rifles 2 000 000 rounds and 250 000 in gold under Col Hernandez. They sailed from Key West June 6 to Bahama Island and moved toward Gomez at Tunas Camaguey as yellow fever falters and Marti reportedly dead.
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United States
Jacksonville
Fla
Times-Union
Gainesville
Maj
Hann
Philadelphia
Arensas River
Cuba
Hernandez
Key West
Bahama Island
Gomez
Tunas
Camaguay
Marti
F. P. Hann
C. V
elaborate naval regulations at Kiel and Hamburg opening of North Sea canal
Berlin authorities propose strict naval etiquette and crowd control for Kiel and Hamburg fetes marking the North Sea canal opening. Plans assign German officers to escort ships, regulate shore access by nationality, deploy 262 plainclothes detectives, and fund German ships with 2000 marks each for entertaining foreign officers. A temporary hospital is to be set up at Holtenau for casualties.
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North Sea-Baltic Canal
Beruin
Jung
Berlin
Admiralty
Kiel
Hamburg
North Sea Canal
Pfeil
Friedrichfort
Baron von Tausch
Holtenau
Half a Million Dollars Fire Destroys New York Theater
A fire at H R Jacobs Third Avenue theater in New York began on the stage just after midnight and rapidly engulfed the house. Fire alarms were raised, the blaze confined to walls with two adjacent flats evacuated, and the building condemned as a fire trap despite closing on June 6. The theater, built in 1877 by McKee Rankin, housed valuable scenery and had been a noted venue in the area.
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New York
Thirty-first Street
Third Avenue
H.R. Jacobs
Third Avenue Theater
Thirty-first
Thirty-second Streets
Dialogue on Bills in Legislatures Cited by Banker and Lawyer
A Chicago Evening Post remark notes a lawyer saying there are too many bills in legislatures. A banker replies that the character of legislation often shows some bills are of high denomination.
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Chicago
Evening Post
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised as Constitutional Cure
An antique advert claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is a constitutional remedy priced at 75. The fragment mentions a barber mockingly insinuating hair loss and a Grimshaw remark about treating hair with anti-fat for two weeks under the impression it was a hair restorer.
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Hall
Grimshaw
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