Desperate Riot near Jellico Leaves Four Dead
Reports from Jellico, a mining town on the Kentucky Tennessee border, describe a bloody affray in a saloon that killed four men including Frank Kincaid, Press Willoughby, and Richard Kerr. Marshal Woolwine, shot Miller during the riot, then faced a counterattack from Miller’s allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbine
Jellico
Kentucky
Tennessee
Nash Miller
Woolwine
Miller
James
John L. Smith
Frank Kincaid
Press Willoughby
Richard Kerr
Dover collision claims 132 lives in disaster
London dispatch reports 132 lives lost as the W. A. Scholten sank after a collision. Captain is presumed lost, with Mr. Robson among survivors. The steamer carried 800 life-belts, but many proved useless as passengers were trapped when the decks burst during foundering in twenty fathoms of water.
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Dover
London
Robson
W. A. Scholten
Ebro
Pund
Feiland
Schotten
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Ladsow
Paducah
Chesapeake and Ohio Southwestern
Goodlander Flour-Milla
Fort Scott
Karsa
Parsons
Kansas City
Fire destroys thirty five buildings in Mound City blaze
A large fire in Mound City caused extensive damage with thirty five buildings burned including two hotels, the Mayor’s residence, the Patriot office, and three dry goods stores. An arrest was made for causing the conflagration by setting fire to an unoccupied hotel. Fadiay Inl. suffered near destruction, and dwellings, stores, and churches were consumed. A Cleveland Ohio packing establishment loss reached 35 900 dollars. Newark Ohio wire cloth forks also burned.
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Mound City
Lil
Patriot
Fadiay
A. J McCres
Cleveland
Ohio
Newark
Business Troubles Hit Savage & Sons Milwaukee Grocers
The business of Savage and Sons, Milwaukee grocers, is placed in the hands of a receiver. James Cowlin, a New York lace importer, shows assets of 415 and liabilities of 172277. Jas Jenks and Co from Detroit, machinery dealers, failed for 40000 with J Fay and Co of Cincinnati as principal creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savage & Sons
Milwaukee
James Cowlin
New York
Jenks & Co
Detroit
J. Fay & Co
Uimeinnati
Czar’s Visit Deemed Unimportant by Berlin Press
Berlin dispatch notes Russian papers view the Czar’s interview with the German Emperor as unlikely to spark major political change. The anti German press hints at policy variance between Prince Bismarck and Emperor William while expressing sympathy and respect for the Emperor personally.
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Berlin
Germany
Bismarck
William
Trebly Fatal Accident Near Bellaire on Cleveland and Pittsburg Road
A wrecking train plunged into a landslide on the Cleveland and Pittsburg Road near Bellaire Ohio. Engineer Dick Johnson and Fireman James Russell were killed, Brakeman Hugh Niles died at once, the train was badly wrecked and the fireman survived for several hours.
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Cleveland and
Pittsburg Road
Bellaire
Ohio
Dick Johnson
James Russell
Hugh Niles
National Grange Seeks Permanent Headquarters in Washington
The National Grange Executive Committee, meeting in Lansing Michigan, reported 4583 dollars spent on lecturers last year and recommended establishing a permanent headquarters in Washington to store records and related items. It also favored changes in patent laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Grange
Lansing
Mich
Washi
Crown Prince in Germany condition unchanged says Berlin dispatch
A Berlin dispatch reports no radical changes in the health of the Crown Prince of Germany. Secretary Bayard has received a courteous reply from the Emperor to a sympathy message sent on behalf of the people of the United States.
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Germany
Berlin
Bayard
United States
Chicago
Dominion
Henry V. Leslie
James AL. Wilson
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal Company
Philadelphia
The Old World and Political Turbulence Across Nations
The note reports Rochefort and Marmack duel in Paris after a quarrel. A Canton dispatch says steamer Wah-Yeung destroyed by fire with about four hundred passengers lost. Hawaii’s Kalakaua appears controlled by cabinet and legislature amid reforms. In France, Rouvier cabinet resignations follow a defeated motion, and President Grevy warns resignations could set a dangerous precedent.
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M. Henri Rochefort
Ja At
Paria
M. Marmack
Cri du Peuple
Canton
China
G. H. Martin
Hawaii
Rouvier
Thei
Grevy
Rich gold ledge near Prescott touted as country’s richest
A recently located gold ledge near Prescott Arizona Territory is described as the richest yet found in the nation. Traced over nearly two miles, quartz yields around $100000 per ton. Concurrently the Central Bank of Canada in Toronto failed amid tight money markets, with $1003000 capital not expected to incur losses. Isaac Sickle of New York wholesales laces and velvets declared for $115000, while the New York Cable Construction Co filed an assignment with $10060 liabilities. RH Hill, a Philadelphia stockholder, defaulted, 13000 shares sold under account rules, yet the market remained unaffected, per Dun & Co weekly trade review.
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Prescott
A. T
Central Bank of Canada
Toronto
Isaac Sickle
New York
Lamar comments on cabinet rumors and land policy
Secretary Lamar told a New York Herald correspondent that he had no knowledge of Don Dickinson joining Cleveland's Cabinet and that Sparks' resignation would not alter the administration's land reform policy. He praised President Cleveland as the author of the land reforms and said Dickinson is a good Democrat and citizen.
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Lamar
New York Herald
Supreme Bench
Don Dickinson
Detroit
Cleveland
Mat Dickinson
Ee O
Sparks
Explosive disaster wipes Hancock works and six men dead
From Ishpeming Michigan comes a report of a vast explosion at the Hancock Chemical Company packing house near Hancock. Six men were inside the building when it vanished, leaving only scraps of flesh and a yawning pit where the structure stood. Foreman Tabelle says over a ton of dynamite fed the blast, felt thirty miles away and causing hundreds of dollars in damage in nearby towns.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Red Jacket
Calumet
Houghton
Hancock
Lake Linden
Hancock Chemical Company
Wm. Renard
Chas. Barkell
Thos. Thompson
Timothy Crowley
Willie King
William Tapp
Tabelle
Memphis
Merchants’ Cotton Compress and Storage Company
W. F. Keeffer
Patterson & Sessions
Camilus
N.Y
Gloucester
Mass
Ziegele Brewing Company
Buffalo
Barnum & Bailey
Bridgeport
Conn
W. A. Schoten
Rotterdam
New York
Rosa Mary
Dover
England
London
Eight or Nine Tramps Seize Eastbound Freight Near Utica
A gang of eight or nine tramps boarded an eastbound freight west of Utica and forcibly took charge of the cars. They overpowered the conductor and forced him to take them toward Herkimer. An attempted arrest prompted them to fire on the train crew.
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Utica
Herkimer
Tramps Arrested After Train Stop in Little Falls
A train stopped at Little Falls leading to the arrest of three tramps. In Lexington Kentucky a shooting affray left Col L D Baldwin dead and Thomas M Green wounded. August Ranekert near Himrod New York committed suicide after an arranged setup to kill himself. his daughter’s elopement with a railway trackman sparked the act.
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Little Falls
Thomas M. Green
Maysville
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Col. L. D. Baldwin
Nicholasville
Lexington
Baldwin
Green
Mr. Polk
August Ranekert
Himrod’s
N. Y
Typhoid Alarm Prompts Albany Water Boil Order
Miscellaneous notes report typhoid fever spreading in Albany New York with the mayor urging residents using river water to boil it. The dispatches also detail unrest among Michigan settlers facing land forfeiture battles on the Marquette Houghton and Ontonagon lands and Mormon proselyting violence in Alabama.
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Albany
N.Y
Marquette, Houghton and
Ontonagon
Michigan
Detroit
Congress
Calera
Alabama
Alabame
Mower
Sea
Merchants’ National Bank
Amsterdam
N. Y
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle
House
Nashville
Frances E. Willard
Temperance Temple
Chicago
Mra T. B Carse
National Grange
Lansing
Mich
Luce
Darden
O. M. Barnes
Allen
Willets
The
Agricultural College
Rovie
Maine
J. H Brigham
Ohio
J. M. Lipscomb
Cincinnati Telegram
Indiana
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Brookville
Ind
West Virginia
Maysville
Hillsboro
Hamilton
Dayton
Anarchist Johann Most Arrested and Detained in New York
Johann Most, the anarchist, was arrested at his newspaper office in New York on Thursday, taken to police headquarters, and jailed on a warrant by Justice Cowing for an incendiary speech. A crowd incited riot prompted the charges, and Most was later released after Ida Hoffman posted a $1,500 bond.
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Johann Most
New York
Inspector Byrnes
Justice Cowing
Most
Chicago
Ida Hoffman
Veterans Poem and Letter B in Liverpool Docks Story
A long excerpt blends a Civil War veteran’s memory with tales of the British Letter B blockade runner. It notes a veteran’s steadfast endurance and the nation’s triumph, then shifts to the Letter B launched in Liverpool and its daring ocean runs under Captain Stevenson. The piece contrasts valor at home with naval daring abroad.
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Liverpool
Admiralty
Stevenson
South Carolina
Charleston
Match Her History and a Lieutenant's Paralyzed Arm
A narrator recalls a swift riverine craft and Civil War battles near Sumter as a doctor treats a lieutenant with a paralyzed arm. Brandy yields relief, prompting a medical consultation and a dramatic note from a departing officer with an amputated arm. The missive praises the brandy and explains the arm is sent for demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Docrorn
Blockaders and blockade runners in Civil War times
A reminiscence recalls the Confederate blockade and the swift English built steamers that evaded ships off Charleston Wilmington and other ports. The Chicora’s fame as a fast blockade runner is described with a Chattanooga homeland anecdote and wartime supply stories.
Regimental Doctor’s Brandied Spoils Sparks Soldier Label
A Thirty-fifth Illinois tale recalls a regimental doctor famed for fine brandy not spared to officers. A lieutenant, seeking a nip, entered the doctor’s tent and announced his intention, provoking a notable display of military camaraderie and restraint.
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Ytow
Rooting Out Prejudices Learned at the Mother's Knee
A traveler recalls childhood lessons about reverence, love of country, and hatred of Britons. The piece argues prejudices form in youth and are hard to remove as one seeks progress, citing religious and medical figures endorsing unity and tolerance.
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Ieetee
England
Dr. Robson
London
J. Gunn
Medical College of
New York
Warner
Ing
Rankin
United States Senate
Kendrick
Rochester University
West Point Colonel Carroll and the Irish Private Moment
A veteran colonel later promoted to major general, Carroll, disciplines a boastful Irish private with a musket butt. The private recovers quickly and greets his commander later, demonstrating Carroll’s mix of imperious will, courage, and notable tact that earned his troops’ loyalty.
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West
Carroll
Haelad
Dan
Den
Portrait Map in Tent Sparks Cartographic Misfire
An army camp tale recalls a soldier artist drawing a portrait that stirs surprise when a bystander mistakes the “hair” for a sweetheart’s hair. The artist reveals the shaded lines form the map of the United States with mountain ranges as hair.
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United States
Unmarried Life Fostering Great Works Says Philosophers
The passage cites Bacon Schopenhauer Moore and others arguing celibacy or childlessness nurtures creativity. It contrasts Dante Milton Shakespeare Dryden Wagner Handel with marriages that allegedly hinder or complicate artistic output, noting various biographical anecdotes and opinions on domestic life and genius.
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Bacon
Schopenhaner
Moore
Dante
Milton
Shakspeare
Dryden
Beatrice
Scott
Wagner
Liszt
Haydn
Berlioz
Juliet
Ophelia
Handel
Lubeck
Court Ad Journed After Brief Deliberation
A judge orders a court adjournment after a brief exchange with lawyers and a court student. The judge notes busy schedules and sets the next session for tomorrow at 11 o'clock. A whispered remark hints at political friends waiting outside.
Child’s dinner wish quotes whale on toast humor
A Boston Budget item recalls a quick witted child asked for dinner. When prompted for a choice the girl answered in earnest she wanted whale on toast. The anecdote highlights playful mother daughter dialogue from the day.
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Boston
An Able Protector From Hostetter Stomach Bitters
The advertisement promotes Hostetter Stomach Bitters as a powerful defender against disease, fever, and aging. It claims to renew vitality, prevent chronic dyspepsia, stimulate liver and kidney function, and stabilize nervous vigor for sedentary or exposed workers.
An Indian's Confession of Faith as Translated by Wright
Rev Dr G F Wright prints a terse Alaska Indian confession of faith in the Independent. The lines state God is boss over all, God loves us, the speaker feels love for God and every person, and a wish that all would love Jesus so they would be good, with no bad or fight.
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Eonne Pointe
United Labor Party of
Missouri
Kansas City
Syracuse
Cincinnati
United Labor Party of Missouri
Free-Soil Party of
United States
G. F. Wright
God
Jesus
Hood
A. Cox
Ingham
Providence
I. Hood
C. L. Hood & CO
Apothecarica
Lowell
Masa
A Suerire's bill of sail Bill Mc Garigle
The Experience of Mrs. Peters documents a nautical journey and social dynamics aboard a ship. It highlights Mrs Peters as a central figure navigating the voyage and related interactions during the voyage era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suerire
Bill McGarigle
Man in the box lands in Port Adelaide shock
A West Australian convict concealed in a wooden box six feet tall arrived with a steamer crew. He endured seven days cramped aboard the cargo, hoping to evade passage payments. He was found at Port Adelaide and detained by police, with customs unsure how to tariff his status.
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Port Adelaide
South Australian
West Australia
A Carpenter’s Word on Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
A carpenter writes of long illness with no results until using Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. He claims the medicine restored health, strength, and hope after prior remedies failed, noting improvement and renewed vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Fragmentary Burlington Free Press notice on disease
A damaged OCR fragment reports a Burlington Free Press notice describing suffering from dizziness indigestion eye inflammation headache lassitude and inability to perform mental work. The text references discomfort loneliness and loathsome disease.
Pullman Sleeper and Chair Car Service Details
Car service between Chicago and Indianapolis includes a Pullman sleeper and a Cuarr Car run with meals served any hour. Passengers from north bound routes may occupy the car after 8 p m and returning travelers can use the car after 1 10 p m. This feature highlights an on board meal option and superior chair car service on day trains. Stated by E O McCoxMIC General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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Pullman
CarcaGo
Indianapolis
Lear- Indianapolis
A. i
Indianapolis Union Depot
Sam
Berth
Chai
Louisville
de Serta
Pullman Affet i
Caer
Manta Company
McCoxmic
Menon
Eago
Tih
Wisconsin Central Line Gains Popularity in Northwest Rail
The Wisconsin Central Line becomes a favored rail factor in the Northwest with neat service, attentive attendants, and best dining cars. It runs solid fast trains between Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Minneapolis, including through sleepers to Ashland, Duluth, and mining regions of Northern Wisconsin and Michigan.
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Wisconsin Central Line
Northwest
As & Ress
Chi Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Iman
Chicago
Ashland
Duluth
Wisconsin
Michigan
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Scholten Wreck
Anarchists
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Nwenkee
Cope
Ieeeue
Pork—Mess
Iikeonse
Science
Aidan Chee
Kaward Jay Alien
Pittsburg
P. V
Gettysburg
Sumter
James Franklin Fitts
Atlantic
Confederacy
Noles
Wall
Gulf Coast
Nassau
Globe
Great Lakes
Quartermaster’s Department
New Orleans
Wilmington
Mobile
Galveston
Lewiston
Niagara River
Lake Ontario
Bessemer
Chicora
Chattanooga
Sequatchie
Cal Day
Hank
Uns
Cal
Henry Calkins
Twenty-first Wisconsin
Moccasin Point
Tennessee River
Lookout Mountain
Federal
Yank
Johnny
ED Warwick
West Pointers
Mrs. Peters
Dr. Pierce
Barber
St. Joseph Vette
Boston Commercial
Aman
Burlington Free Press
W. R
Connele
Manchester
Max
Puck
Inig
P. O
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pensions
Sxccon Ias
K. Sheed
St. Jacobs
Ss. W
BR. G. Troll
Jas, W. Law, Jr
Pottstown
Mega
St. Jacobs Oil
Tang Capeqens
Raek
P. O. Vickery
Augusta
Bae
Pettit
H Paree
Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co
Holly
Moddy & CO
Oal
Ieee
Cireslags Ee
Bryant
Busti Res College
Trention
Kidder
Coeoiner
AR & Lavounasce & Ca
Seper
Music CO
Ely
ELY Bros
Greanwith St
Montana
Warnen
Gen. Pass. Agt
St. 2
Mim
Lgeed
C. H
Minnesota
Union
Este & H
St. Veut
Inc Ing
Joan Dakota
Tmryraas
John St., N
Mencmants Owwut
Kh W. Tazaut & Co
State Street
Secomnt
Camp Serraptoms
Express and Post Office
G. Root
Penni St
ARDIL
Company
Athen
Je Owers
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