Explosion Kills Six at Canyon Largo Oil Mill
Summaries report an explosion on the second floor of a Canyon Largo New Mexico oil mill instantly killing six workers. Other items note a large money transfer in Washington from Jordan to Hyatt taking months, severe wind damage at Opelika Alabama, and various national events including suffrage meetings in Boston and gas strikes near Norfolk.
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Canyon Largo
N. M
United States Treasury
Jordan
Boston
Norfolk
Toe National Baptist Convention
Minneapolis
Minn
Joan Vandenburgh
Rockville
Lint Anderson
Ganeeral Cnook
Company K
Ninth Cavalry
Cheyenne
Interior Department
Wyoming
Tun Olio Association of Mexican Veterans
Toledo
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Butchers National Protective Association of America
Chicago
Dexter
Toe
National Association of Builders
Tes
Grand Laden
Good Templars
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Mancom I. Seguin
Philadelpha (Pa
Sunecox Exerau Hantrton
Key West
Fla
Ciantis Turren
New York
O'Brien
Toronto
Dominion
Canada
James Sut
James Thompson
Fulton County
TSS
Duric
J. J. Ferguson
Pettis County
Kan
Michall Frat
Treasury
Washington
Mary J. Gunning
Shelbyville
J. N. Crouse
Woman's Home Mission Society of the Baptist Church
White House
Pearsivext
Lars Christiansen
Utah
Jersey City
Roth
Hudson River
Washington Square
Northwest
Safe and Look Company
Cincinnati
United States
New Cumberland
W. Via
San Angelo
Tex
CiakLes Dansutagg
Canton
Salvation Army
White Star Line
United States Brewers? Association
Baltimore
Bex Hoxe
Union City
Lod
Chang
Brontlyn
Brooklyn
Westville
Puris Green
Vorinin
Johm Thomson
Hamilton
Gut
Diane Astorut
Medunald
H. MM. Kix
Kyainsyulg
Ind
Esteemed Philadelphia clergyman dies aged seventy four
Obituary notices list a Philadelphia Episcopal clergyman dying at age seventy four. Other deaths include Pioneer journalist Coronna J. Herwrox in Cincinnati, and Cedar Rapids physician Dr L K Mannstrenn after forty years practice.
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Estant
Philadelphia
Pha Thea
Osk
Cooper Union
New York
Coronna J
Herwrox
Garfield
Cincinnati
Parsment Curyveranno
Lamont
Washington
Adirondacks
Tresipant Clevaland
L. W. Reid
Virginia
Treasery
Amy Avante
Clarendon
W. FL Davidson
St. Paul
Minn
LK. L. Mannstrenn
Cedar Rapids
Wurte
Minneapolis
Wadsworth
Maysville
W. & Wiurrr
Wichita
Kau
Gearon
Assury
Norfolk
Strikes and Disasters Sweep Europe Across Varied News
Reports from Europe and the Americas recount a wide set of events: a Calcutta shooter killing ten before suicide, resignation due to ill health by Quebec’s Lieutenant-Governor Mason, Queen Victoria’s birthday observed across Europe, Northumberland miners ending a wage strike, Irish political detainees released, Belgian unrest and peasant violence, smallpox outbreaks in the Americas, a Birmingham firm insolvent, canal work blocked by earth fill, the Opera Comique fire in Paris with many dead, smallpox on the Amazon, Chamberlain urging Irish policy supporters to organize, a Turkish conspiracy unearthed, Paris Opera Domingue death toll revised, Belgian factories forced to use German coal, and William O’Brien concluding his Canadian mission.
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Calcutta
Mason
Quebec
Queen Victoria
Europe
Ryan
Slattery
Ireland
Opera Comique
Paris
Amazon
Ecuador
Colombia
Josuin Chamberlain
Turkey
Belgium
William O'Brien
Montreal
National League Baseball Records and Various 1880s News Briefs
The record shows Detroit 0 to Boston 12 and New York 15 to Philadelphia 13 inNL games. Earthquake shocks hit Mexico with no fatalities reported. Paris opera house ruin recovery noted. multiple factory fires and drownings reported. Wheat prospects improve in Indiana and Illinois due to rains. Gas explosion in Blantyre Scotland kills several. tourism to Europe rises. Labor unrest in Chicago persists with workers seeking reemployment under agreed terms.
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Detroit
James
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Washington
Indianapolis
Mexico
Mason Br. Pering Poors
Ted
Wastraxton
Opera Comque
Paris
Lorin M. Pahner Cooperage
Williamsburg
N. Y
Lavt
Urien
N.Y
Montreal
Can
John A. Logat
Danity Papnick
Bhatlyvilla
Ing
Middletown
New Aqueduct
Natehe
Miss
Indiana
Tisi
Italy
United States
Blantyra
Scotland
Europe
Canada’s Annexation Debate Reflected in Canadian Union View
The World reports Canadian views on closer ties with the United States amid calls for commercial union. Farmers favor annexation prospects while Ontario resents subsidies, tariffs, and debt. The piece analyzes rail, trade, and immigration factors driving discontent across provinces and the potential peaceful invasion of Canada. Sir Charles Tupper warns against non intercourse and notes Canada’s stake in through traffic to American markets.
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Vavor Annexation
New York
The
iWorl
Canada
United States
United State
Dominion
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Northwest
Ottawa
Sue
World
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Seaboard
Charles Tupper
Boston
Portland
Montreal
Quebec
Sir Charles
Queen's Birthday Observed Quietly Across Cities
Reported lack of formal observance in New York and Boston. In New Haven, a British flag flew at harbor ships while Dr. Morgan led a Queen's birthday service in Brooklyn. A crowd protested English emblems at St Marys Church, and an effigy in New Haven was burned after a mourning display.
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New Haven
Conn
New York
Ray
Morgan
Church of the Heavenly Rest
St. Marys Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Littlejohn
Wales
New Mayen
Hannah O'Brien
Peculiar Sort of Bed in Nikko Japan
An observer describes Nikko lodging with eight thick silk comforters on the floor beneath a large coat used as a bed. A wooden pillow is replaced by a rubber pillow, and a night lantern stays lit due to fear of darkness. The note mentions social quirks like bachelors not taxed but required to support cheaters and other oddities.
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Nikko
Japan
Switzerland
Fire destroys Opéra Comique in Paris deaths and injuries
Paris May 26 a major fire swept the Opéra Comique during a performance. Nineteen known dead and forty three injured as patrons fled from the burning building and many leaped from windows. The blaze began during Mignon and spread rapidly trapping actors and audience amid panicked crowds and collapsed balconies.
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Theater Comiqa Naring
Opera Comique
Paris
Ibis
Leas
Opors Comique
Corps de Ballet
Mme. Mergvillier
MM. Tasquin
Bernard
M. Tasquin
National Library
Perkiell
Mme. Bellier
Rue Favart
Thurty-firat Regiment
Rue
Richelieu
W. J. Ayres
New York
N. B. Rutter
Miss Ayres
Mr. Ayres
Mr Ayres
Mra. Ayres
Mr. Rutter
Atlas Ayres
Mrs. Ayres
A Hard Man to Kill at Ottawa Meeting
Editor O'Brien survives a volley after a mob hissed as his carriage neared London style Market Square. Shots fired eight times, a bystander wounded, crowd disperses, hotel exit blocked, rotten eggs hurled, no arrests. O'Brien reports later torch light reception with 30,000 present in Montanat.
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Ottawa
Ringaton
O'Brien
Hamilton
Fila Voachman
Knofls
Ont
Rink
Ararrow Alley
Market Square
John Nelson
James Street
James and
Marrick Streets
Mr. McMahon
Mr. O'Brien
Chic
McKinnon
Nelson
James White
Montanat
Can
Lordi = Lansdowne
Ontario
Dominion
Lanesdowné
Boston
Great Blaze Wrecks Belt Line Stables in New York
A devastating fire at the Belt Line stables in New York destroys 1,200 horses and damages multiple districts. One life, Elizabeth Walsh, 76, dies from shock. many residents displaced.Insurance losses exceed 1.2 million, with extensive property and animal losses across railroad stables, tenements, and frame buildings.
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Tevement House
New York
Belt Line
Elizabeth Walsh
West Fifty-fourth Street
Tha Btreat-car Company
New
Paris Opera Comique Disaster Death Toll Rises
Paris May 28 The Opera Comique catastrophe prompts grim discovery as pompiers uncover a mass of human remains. Sixty-eight bodies found with eight identified, twelve severely wounded, sixty floating in water. total fatalities speculated around four hundred by Deputies official. Other notes cite a London court anecdote about recovering fifty cents.
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Paris
Opera Comique
Brooklyn
Pompiers
Guy
Revellion
Chamber of Deputies
Pere
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Klein
Hartford
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General Steedman
Chickamauga
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church of
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Windom
Nanticole
Turbark McLeod
Phildelphia
Bucenos Ayres
Ove Mindon
Mata
Jonny Faun
Jefferson Township
Mehuska County
Sssassib
Wandl
Mt. Cotson
United States Commissioner of Agriculture
Cook County
Minot
D.T
Treasury Department
New York City
Borsians
H. P. Wasson & Co
Jefferson
J. W. South
Nat Bruen
Burlington
Michigan
Lake Lindon
Oxford
Ture
John Finch
Evanston
Good Templar
Fivis Husprey
Sandford & Co
Essen
Tom's Run
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Pennsylvania Road
Springfield
Wilson's Creek
Milwaukee Brewers
St. Stephens
Cape Cook
W. T
Kentucky
Tammary Society
Williwin O'Brien
Pas Voula
Avatt
Anna S. Dengrea
Aberdth
Cleveland
Kicuaup Newton
Commercial Union
Parmera
Brussels
Seraing
Charleroi
Knights of Labor
Pillagre
Surikera
Helge
St Pierre
Paralugues
London
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