Chicago Hopes Tower Bigger Than Eiffel at World Fair
A Chicago plan proposes a 1120 foot tower with a $1.5 million stock, backed by Andrew Carnegie, MacArthur Bros and others. The design by engineer Morrison includes a 5000 seat colonnade, three landings, and an elevator capacity of 7500 per hour to crown a lighthouse and flagstaff above a 440 by 440 foot base.
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Curiaco
Chicago
Eiffel Eiffel
American Tower Company
Er. L. Cragin
Adams Express
Andrew Carnegie
MacArthur Bros
George A Fuller Company
Roche
E. L. Cragi
George 8. Morison
Fixed It With The Cashier The San Francisco Call Robbed Of About Fifty Thousand
John White former business manager of The San Francisco Call confessed to embezzling about $50 000. He admitted colluding with the cashier to steal from the money drawer and conceal deficits. White spent $10 000 on horse racing and lost another $10 000 on a patent medicine venture and a land deal near Death Valley.
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San Francisco
John White
San Francisco Call
White
Death Valley
Drove Away the Colored Miners in Tennessee
Nashville reports that free white miners near Oliver Springs attacked Monday night and drove off about 100 free negro miners. The company planned to hire free labor. convicts to return to stockades if needed, per Governor Chanan.
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Nashville
Oliver Springs
Chanan
Anchor Line Steamship Philadelphia Sinks After Break Down
The Anchor line steamship Philadelphia carrying flour from Chicago to Buffalo broke down near Bar Point at the Detroit river mouth. It drifted past the lightship and began leaking, sank early morning with no loss of life.
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Amherstburg
Ont
Philadelphia
Chicago
Buffalo
Bar Point
Detroit River
Man Sentenced to Hang Claims Maine Killings
Isaac Sawtelle of Coxcoxp New Hampshire says he killed his brother Hiram but in Maine where capital punishment is illegal. He seeks a new trial with the Maine killing affidavit, while the court reviews the affidavit in the hanging case.
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Coxcoxp
N. H
Iaac Sawtelle
Hiram
Maine
Wham C Allises and President Car Mauuls Attend Philadelphia Meeting
A fragmented report notes Allison Car Mauuls presiding with Major Thomas Harvard, described as the oldest man in Brooklyn, in an event linked to war service in 1618. The readable fragments sketch a ceremonial gathering in Philadelphia with dated references.
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Wham C
Twenty Men Believed Buried Alive Near Canton Station
Tacoma reports a Canton Station disaster where twenty men were allegedly buried under earth and mine waste. Northern Pacific officials denied the tale until Tuesday when a special correspondent transmitted mountain reports confirming it. Eye witnesses describe the scene as gruesome and cruel, with no recovery efforts underway.
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Tacoma
Canton Station
Northern Pacific Company
Mountains Wires
Beals Ends Faith With Child Stealer Charge Increase
Mr Beals decides to prosecute abductors of his child after an interview with the prosecuting attorney who hinted at compounding a felony. He provided a description of the man who returned the child and police have a matching picture, suggesting an imminent arrest.
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Kansas City
Beals
King
Washingtor Case Weighs Costumes as Free Entry
Miss Alice Hunt ington draws a United States Supreme Court review after the treasury department decided to appeal a ruling that her stage costumes are tools of trade. Officials say the costumes tights and related items are wearing apparel and subject to duty. The case promises amusement at trial.
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Alice Huntington
Supreme Court of the United States
Treasury Department
United States District Attorney
Board of General Appraisers
Desperate Elk Attack Near John Day River
William Ireland of Melton, while hunting on the John Day river in Grant county, shot an elk that fell. The elk then attacked Ireland with horns and fore feet, knocking him unconscious. He woke to find himself beside his foe in a death struggle. After twenty four hours he crawled back to camp with dangerous wounds.
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Portland
William Ireland
Melton
John Day River
Grant County
Ireland
Wrecking Leviathan Destroyed by Fire in Cheboygan
The great wrecking tag Leviathan burned completely on Monday in Cheboygan Michigan with an estimated loss of 20000 dollars, fully insured. The vessel had a storied wrecking career and earned fortunes for her owners. Fire is believed to have started in her bunkers while the crew slept.
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Cheboygan
Mich
Leviathan
Vease
Ckicful Wrecking Masters
Dynamite Explosion Kills Miner in Michigan Mine
In CORNLA? Mich two miles northeast of Kincaide coal mines workers thawing dynamite caused a cartridge blast. Michael Caster was killed and two assistants were seriously injured as the shed was wrecked.
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Corngna
Mich
Dee
Kincaide
Michael Caster
General Butler Seriously Ill At Lowell Home
The World’s Boston dispatch reports General Butler is seriously ill at his Lowell residence. Close friends doubt he will leave his house again as a severe cold and weak condition confine him to his room under constant physician care.
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General Butler
New York
Boston Dispatch
Lowell
Grudge Ends in Alabama Slaying Leads to Jail
Bud Talley and Bob Newherge, Blount county farmers, jailed at Oneonta after being charged with the murder of neighbor Stephen Cafes. An old feud spanned years, ending when Cafes was shot just after midnight. Duty on India seed imports debated in French senate with exemptions proposed.
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Alabama
Birminouah
Bud Talley
Bob Newherge
Blount County
Oneonti
Stephen Cafes
Cafe
Cyrus W Field in precarious condition as firm entanglement lingers
Cyrus W Field remains in a fragile state with no improvement reported. The collapsed firm Field Weichers & Co is described as hopelessly entangled. In Pennsylvania miners Thomas Williams Jobo Pugh and Evan Price were badly burned in a gas explosion at the Serene Omeene colliery.
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Cyrus W. Field
New York
Field, Weichers & Co
Wiiewuasne
Thomas Williams
Jobo Pugh
Evan Price
Omeene
Pugh
Price
Three Bodies Found in Crown Hotel Ruins Collapse
From Blackburn on December 2 three bodies were recovered in the wreckage of the Crown hotel and two shops that collapsed after a mysterious explosion. Fire crews continue to search for more victims as authorities investigate cause and assess structural damage.
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Mancurstes
Blackburn
Crown Botel
Hotel Warwick owner kills wife then himself in Springfield
George F. Barr proprietor of Hotel Warwick shot and killed his wife Monday night before turning the gun on himself in Springfield Massachusetts. The tragedy occurred after a dispute at the hotel.
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Springfield
Mass
George F. Barr
Hotel
Warwick
Triumph of the law as mob fails to lynch Bissow
In Indianapolis a mob of 150 men attempted to seize Charles Bisson after his confession to multiple assaults on young girls. Police intervened, and Judge Cox sentenced Bisson to twenty-one years for rape. he was escorted to Michigan City prison under guard.
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Indianapolis
White Chapel
Bessie Wright
Pleasant Run
Blanche Staton
Charles Bisson
Splan
Little Bessie Wright
Hamilton
Bissow
Langenberg
Dawson
Peter Lehr
Bisso
Bisson
Cox
Malcolm The Disinherited
Will of Gordon Lester Ford of Brooklyn filed in New York on December 2 leaves $1,509,000 to widow and two sons Worthington and Paul Ford. Malcolm W. Ford, a famed athlete, is not named. Reconciliation after illness did not change the disposition. Contested will expected from the disinherited son.
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New York
Gordon Lester Ford
Brooklyn
Worthington Ford
Paul Ford
Malcolm W. Ford
Malcolm
Counterfeit Ring Netted About Two Thousand Dollars
Federal authorities arrested Os and William Petty James Carpenter and Dan Enstow for passing counterfeit silver dollars. Their Curt Off island plant near Omaha produced about $2 000 in spurious coins over the past year using a chemical preparation to alloy spoons into silver dollars.
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Omaha
William Petty
James Carpenter
Dan Enstow
Curt
Nebraska
Dakotas
Montreal Politician Choquette Talks Annexation Pace
Montreal observers react to P A Choquette MP Montmagny in Le Sentinel St Thomas. He argues Conservatives claim unrestricted freely risks annexation and says Canada may be annexed sooner or later, better to join now by immigration rather than gradually.
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Montreal
P. A. Choquette
Montmagny
le Sentinel
St. Thomas
Grain movement in spring wheat states totals 53.806 million bushels
The first three months of the crop year show Duluth and Minneapolis receipts in Minnesota and the Dakotas reaching 53.806 million bushels. Duluth notes 20.064 million and Minneapolis 24.832 million bushels with remaining at other stores.
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DonLours
Mion
Minnesota
Dakotas
Duluth
Minneapolis
Minneapolia
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