Provision Speculation Causes Broker Failures and Profits
In Omecano Inn on June 1, the Peters failure triggers a scramble among brokers. McGeorch, Haley & Allen, M. OBrofts & Co., William Martin & Co., Ellis & Lightner, and Tabor & Wilson suspend or face closures. Armours profits cited. market drama turns to a volatile lard and provision board with wide losses and large potential totals.
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Omecano
Inn
Washington I
la Salle
McGeorch
Haley& Allen
M. Obrofts & Co
William Martin & Co
Otis Block
Ellis & Lightner
la Salle Street
Tabor & Wilson
Tabor
Matthews & Ball
Armour
B. F. Mills
Mr. Armour
Board of Trade
Jury verdict in Jordan death cites lack of crossing gates
Coroner's jury investigates Patrick Jordan's death after being struck by P W & B railroad engine No. 40 at the Fourteenth street crossing. Witnesses describe warnings, horse pulling, and no flagman or safety gates. Jury rules death due to engine strike and urges safety gates at all city crossings. Also notes seven carloads of berries shipped on the Delaware division to Jersey City and Boston.
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Merritts
Marshalt
Trainey
Trenton Baer
Brooklyn
Dorr
McKenna
Battery
Scrapple Hundred
Mets
Our Boys
Ocheltree
St. Louis
Rodgers
Kemp
Bir McCleary
S.s
Cole
McKay
Orgy
Lackey
White
Smith
A. Fullmer
E. Godwin
W. McCue
BE. Clark
E. Garrity
J. Lucas
J. Stephenson
J. Quinn
J. Sheriden
New Castle Avenue
Heald Street
South
Wilmington
Council Chamber
Pickels
Conrad
Messrs. Johnson and Lutzenberg
Fourteenth Street
Marsh Road
Burryng Department
Stant Enineer F. C
Hatton
Twenty-fourth
Eee
Martin Keogh
Markee Street
Huilron Gates
Patrick Jorden
H.B. Melotire
James Danby
William B. Hickman
Daniel B. Woodward
William 8. McNair
B. Harold Rhoads
Rayworth Weldin
J. Alfred Collins
Frei Haemayer
H. B. Melmtre
McNair
Ciy Hall
Dobu Orley
Patrick Jordan
Jordan
Cornell
Eall
Robert Hammond
Vie
Brandywine Station
Claymont Street
Thomas C. Riddle
Hammond
Theodore H. Osborne
George Frederick
Frank Hawkins
Frank A. Mitchell
William H. Harris
Fourteenthh
P., W. & B. Railroad
Waeneas
Tragic Sunderland Hall Crush Kills 186 Children
A deadly crush at a Sunderland hall during a Victoria Day entertainment left 186 children dead or dying. The stairway bottleneck and a single narrow gallery door caused a stampede as thousands crowded in, with ages four to fourteen among the victims. Queen Victoria sent condolences.
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London
Sunderland
Durham
Victoria
Allendancr
Universe
Thedren
Cilldren
Graham
Fay
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Lynn
Massachusetts
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Frank Pyle
C. & J. Pyle
Helen
Birdsell
Mich
Europe
Ladies of Brandywine M. E
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company
Clayton House
Joseph N. Harman, Jr
Atlantic City
Ferris & Brothers
Nicholas F. Goldberg
Institute
Lewis P. Bush, Jr
Thomas McCorkle, Jr
Edwin H. Gayley
J. Harry Cleaver
George E. Kirkman
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Rodney Street
J. P. T. Faekel
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Knights of St. Lawrance
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Woodland Beach
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Flrst Regiment
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Es Snyder
Ee Uusick
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Greenwood
Fennelly
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Jersey City
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John Et
Edward Sewell
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