Paris Death Toll From Consumption in 1890
Paris records show 46 988 deaths in 1890 with 12 314 from consumption about one quarter. Ages 1 to 20 account for 387.2 percent of deaths and ages 20 to 40 for 60.2 percent. An Alabama geologist near Decatur reports gold and phosphate traces but withholds exact location. In Logan county Ohio a mastodon skeleton was found near Round Prairie, tusk nine feet across at the socket.
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Paris
Alabama
Decatur
Round Prairie
Logan County
Castle home of Oswald dAurMene at historic convent
The castle built by monks 309 years ago at a convent has a varied history. Oswald d Aurmene, a Belgian artist, has offered Mr Sruger a home there. It was once owned by someone who entertained royalty and was bought recently by M d Aurmene who restored its splendor and added modern comforts.
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Oswald d’Aurmene
Mr. Sruger
M. d’Aurmene
Vast Vesuvian ruin unearthed with ancient frescoes
Fresh excavations on Vesuvius eastern slopes reveal a large 24 room edifice with walls covered in frescoes dating before Pompeii. The Berlin Museum director is present and reports say the Kaiser offered 100000 pounds for the find.
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Vesuvius
Pompeii
Berlin Museum
European staffs study Boer model for special corps feasibility
Several European general staffs weigh creating Boer model style corps. Main challenge is horse supply across governments, except Russia. Russia reportedly has over 10,000,000 horses fit for war per the latest census.
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Russia
Pension Rift Ends Tragedy of Civil War Veteran
Lorney L Salley a 70 year old Civil War veteran of Freeport Indiana had his pension cut from 40 to 25 per month after irregularities were found in his affairs. He refused food for weeks and died on Thanksgiving day amid worry over the pension action.
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Lorney L. Salley
Freeport
Ind
Signal station keepers guard Sierra snowsheds
Mr and Mrs Paul Relcke of California run a signal station at a high Sierra brow. They stand alert with field glasses to spot fires in snowsheds along the railroad. A small flame unnoticed an hour could burn the sheds and endanger the tracks. The woman watches by day and the husband by night.
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Paul Relcke
California
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Rocky Wilds
Boer farms burned to force land sales for settlers
Pall Mall Gazette correspondent in Johannesburg advocates forming a company to buy Boer farms cheaply and sell to English settlers. He argues that returning prisoners will find burned homesteads and few stock, leaving them desolate and dependent on land sales.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Johannesburg
Time locks cost church eight thousand seven hundred
Rev. David Conway died before the bank could deliver bonds placed to the church by will. Under state law bequests must be made thirty days before death, so the bonds were added to the estate and divided among Conway's relatives rather than to the church.
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Mount Joy
David Conway
Conway
Market Woman Finds 40 000 Franc Fortune in Paris L tur
A Paris market woman discovered a cache behind a loose brick in her lodgings containing notes cash and securities valued at 40 000 francs. She turned the find to police and may claim it in a year if the owner does not come forward. Within half an hour she received a marriage proposal after the discovery became known.
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Jacques
Paris
Washington Notes on Navy Creations and Diplomats
A Washington missive covers requests for funds to add a story to the treasury building and Senate nominations including George Von L. Moyer as ambassador to Italy and Gen Isaac Khan as Persian minister. It notes Col Liscum’s funeral with McKinley present and naval moves toward Manila as seven new cruisers purportedly ordered.
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Senate
George von L. Moyer
Massachusetts
United States
Italy
Isaac Khan
Hay
William D. Bynum
Indiana
Col. Liscum
Tien-tsin
Arlington Cemetery
McSinley
Long
Foss
House Naval Committee
Representative Boutelle
Maine
Paris
Washington
Manila
Navy Department
Notable Obituaries and Deaths From Across the Nation
A wide list of notable deaths includes Henry Dudley Ryder Earl of Harrow in London, ex Senator John L. Manning in Columbia South Carolina, Rev Charles Pelton in Milford Ohio, Amherst professor Marshall Henshaw in Springfield Massachusetts, Canon Barry in London, and Rudyard Kipling and his wife leaving Southampton for South Africa. Also reported are Archbishop Corrigan and Ireland possibly being named cardinals, Charlies Peck Chicago founder of the Academy of Design, Maj James Converse Texas railroad builder who died in Abilene, Thomas Taylor Salt Lake City financier in Los Angeles, Cal Grucci taken to alms house in San Francisco, Mrs Washington McLean dying in Washington, Charles McCaul Chicago builder in Philadelphia, United States figures visiting the U S from Australia, Archbishop Kean celebrating a high mass in Dubuque, Henry Russell London composer of A Life on the Ocean Wave, H M Hanna gifting stock to Lake View Hospital, Maj Henry Sweeney dying in San Diego, August Waldauer St Louis music professor and author of Fanchon, and Maggie Mitchell’s fame from his violin work with Jennie Lind.
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Henry Dudley Ryder
Earl of Harrowby
London
United States
John L. Manning
Columbia
S. C
Charles Pelton
Milford
Ohio
Marshall Henshaw
Amherst College
Springfield
Mass
Canon Barry
Westminster
Rudyard Kipling
Southampton
South Africa
Corrigan
Ireland
Charlies Peck
The
Academy of Design
Chicago
Maj
James Converse
Southern Pacific
Texas
Abilene
Thomas Taylor
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Cal. Grucci
San Francisco
Washington McLean
Dewey
John R. McLean
Charles McCaul
Philadelphia
Duke
Duchess of York
Australia
Archbishop Kean
Dubuque
Iowa
Henry Sweeney
San Diego
Cal
California
Loyal Legion
August Waldauer
St. Louis
Fanchon
Maggie Mitchell
Jennie Lind
Fire and accidents stain Stiles Wis and nearby regions
A fire in Stiles Wisconsin caused about 75000 dollars in damage and artist John McAuliffe was accidentally killed. A Peavey concrete elevator at Duluth suffered partial destruction. The iron ore barge Charles Foster sank in Lake Erie with eight aboard. A hospital fire in St Louis triggered panic among 600 patients. Mrs Gray of Mason City was burned while lighting a stove with kerosene. Mrs Nancy Clark, sister of ex Governor Clark of Pennsylvania, was killed by a train near Torrensdale Pennsylvania.
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John McAuliffe
Duluth
Charles Foster
Lake Erie
St. Louis City Hospital
Gray
Mason City
Nancy Clark
Clark
Pennsylvania
Torrensdale
Notable crimes and sentences Across the United States
Reports list several primed sentences from across the nation. John W. Jolly in New Port is to be hanged for shooting his wife. George F. Pettibone in Fond du Lac faces four years for horse stealing. Peter Wallert near Henderson is ordered to be hanged for killing his wife and four step-daughters. Anthony Poor receives sixty years for killing John Adams in Collins. Blas Aguirre faces execution after extradition from Mexico. FP Bentley in Clinton is arrested for fraud. Coroner’s jury links Ollie Odell’s death to a bullet by Arthur Cupps or Ole Gusted. John Gafford in Madison is sentenced to life for murder of an Indian. Charles James, claiming Jesse James kinship, is arrested in Bound Brook for robberies. Lewis Van Riper and John McKenzie flee. Morgan is arrested. bail set at five thousand dollars. Hampden-Benges feud escalates in Clay County. Nathan Hampden shot. both sides injured. danger persists.
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John W. Jolly
Newport
Kxy
George FE. Pettibone
Fond du Las
Wis
Waupon
Peter Wallert
Ienderson
Minn
Anthony Poor
John Adams
Collins, Mo
Blas Aguirre
Mexico
F P. Bentley
Colorado
Clinton
Iowa
Ollie Odell
Arthur Cupps
Ole
John Gafford
United States
Madison
Stillwater
Charles Charles James
Jesse James
Bound Brook
N. J
Lewis C. van Riper
New York
John B. McIenzie
Charles W. Morgan
Croker Told to Pay £20000 Income Tax Announced
The British income tax assessors order Richard Croker to pay an annual income tax of £20000. The Nuremburg Electric company begins manufacturing electric typesetters, a new German venture. The Roumanian government ends negotiations with Standard Oil over a petroleum field lease.
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Richard Croker
Nuremburg Electric Company
Germany
Standard Oil Company
French Chamber of Deputies
Turkey
Armenia
Michael Hicks-Beach
Matthew White Ridley
China
Harvard Beats Yale in Intercollegiate Debate
Intercollegiate debate ends with Harvard defeating Yale. Other items note a Honolulu claim of hypnotism harming a girl, Minnesota fair dates set for Sept 2 to 7, and a Woodbury County corn harvest of 5,898,000 bushels.
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Harvard
Yale
Minnesota
Woodbury County
Iowa
Hawaiian Islands
United States
W H C Folsom Dead Pioneer of Northwest
W H C Folsom dies at Taylor's Falls Minnesota at age 83 after a stroke. Born June 22 1817 in St Johns New Brunswick he moved to St Croix valley in 1845 and built the first frame building at Taylor's Falls later becoming a prominent lumberman sawmill operator steam boat builder wagon maker and merchant.
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Northwest
Taylor’s Walls
Minn
W. H. C. Folsom
William Henry Carpenter Folsom
St. John’s
N. B
St. Croix Valley
Point Douglass
Stillwater
Arcola
St. Choix Falls
Taylor's Falls
Mystery disappearance of 11 year old found in Mankato
The eleven year old daughter of J B Shipman a traveling salesman for North Star Boot and Shoe Minneapolis vanished Saturday afternoon. After extensive searches she was found Sunday morning at the City hotel in Mankato carrying two grips. The family has no relatives in Mankato making the motive puzzling.
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Mankato
Owatonna
Miaun
J. EB. Shipman
North Star Boot and Shoe House
Minneapolis
City Hotel
Canadian chemist uncovers vast gold strike at Virginia City
In Madison county Butte on December 18 C A Damours a young Canadian chemist and mineral ogist reports a discovery at the Kearsarge quartz mine at the head of the gulch near Virginia City Experts say the ore in sight could be worth a million dollars and indicate the largest gold quartz deposit known to date in the region
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Youngs
Butte
Mont
Virginia City
Madison County
C. A. Damours
Canada
Kearsarge
Daiours
Missing heir seeks Meacham son for forty thousand dollars
Dec. 18 Winona Minnesota L H Wilcox of Louisiana Missouri is searching for James Meacham's son. The father, heir to $40,000 after his death, left Sparta's daughter after a 18 year old marriage ended with abandonment and the mother’s death. The son’s race remains unknown.
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Meacham
Winona
Minn
L. H. Wilcox
Louisiana
James Meacham
Sparta
J I Case Threshing Plant to Move Near Racine Factory
May Move to Milwaukee says reliable authority. J I Case Threshing Machine Co of Racine may relocate its large plant to Milwaukee or a nearby site within city proximity. Richard T Robinson confirms the move is driven by space limits and broader interests in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company
Racine
Richard T. Robinson
Perry Convicted in Grand Larceny Case. Norton Case Continued
In Forman North Dakota on December 18 Perry was found guilty of grand larceny in the case against him and Wade Norton. Norton, eighteen, has been jailed three months awaiting trial for stealing wheat and oats. The court offered a jail plea for Norton, which he refused. trial continued to next Monday.
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Forman
N. D
Heart on Right Side Kills Fifteen Year Old Skater
Lonnie Timmins collapsed and died while skating in Fargo North Dakota. Doctors ruled heart failure as the cause and noted his heart was on the right side. He recently tried to join the YMCA gym class but was denied because of the unusual heart position.
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Fargo
N. D
Lonnie Timmins
Kenosha Council Blocks Milwaukee Electric Franchise
Kenosha Wisconsin city council votes not to grant a franchise to the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light company. The decision halts plans to extend a Milwaukee to Chicago line through Kenosha and prevents immediate completion of the projected route.
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Kenosha
Wis
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Milwaukee
Chicago
Collision kills two in South Milwaukee freight wreck
A collision between two sections of a broken freight train at South Milwaukee yesterday killed two men and possibly three. Two oil cars crashed and the bodies of two workers were found among the wreckage, with multiple injuries reported.
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Milwaukee
South Milwaukee
Mead kills self in Minnesota barn
Decorah Iowa December 18 A H Mead er committed death by own action by cutting his throat with a razor in his barn at Mabel Minnesota. He was helping his wife with the washing. He left her, went to the barn and cut his throat.
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Decorah
Iowa
A. H. Meader
Mabel
Minn
Two men die in well accident during boring job
In Miller South Dakota two workers William Wise age 1 and William Haberling age 24 were killed when a rope broke during a well boring operation. They fell to the bottom as they were raised.
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Miller
S. D
William Wise
William Haberling
Conductor Wiley Dead in Tracy Minnesota
Tracy Minnesota December 17 John A Wiley longtime Northwestern Road conductor died at his home after several months illness from cancer He leaves a wife and two children
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Wiley
Tracy, Minn
John A. Wiley
German training ship Gneisenau wrecked at Malaga harbor
The German training ship Gneisenau entering Malaga harbor during a storm sank with the commander and many cadets drowned. A lifeboat carrying about forty men disappeared and is feared lost. The wreck left masts above water as crews clung to rigging. The vessel, built 1879, displaced 2856 tons, 242 feet length, 45 feet beam, speed 13 knots, armed with Krupp guns and torpedo tubes. Combat crew of 461, training mission for boys. Total losses estimated at 100 to 140 with forty rescued badly hurt.
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Madrid
Malaga
Genisenau
Dantzie
War Revenue and Pension Bills Pass the House
Congress reports quick passage of the pension appropriation bill totaling 145 million dollars in thirteen minutes. The war revenue bill passed without Democratic support as opponents tried to amend for a 70 million dollar cut and an income tax to dodge a Supreme Court ruling. An express receipts tax amendment failed 125 to 139.
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House
Washington
Supreme Court
Woman in Cincinnati Ends Life After Elaborate Plan
A 30 year old woman calling herself Gladys Esmond committed suicide in a Cincinnati rooming house. The bed was moved beside a gas jet and a cloth face cover placed over the victim with chloroform saturated batting. A knife lay nearby and a letter to the coroner explains she was an orphan from Chicago and tired of life.
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Cincinnati
Gladys Esmond
Chicago
Porter Is Dead Pummer Porter Dies in Putnam Connecticut
John Adaison Porter, former private secretary to President McKinley, died at his Putnam residence after weeks of illness from malignant intestinal disease. An operation two months ago slowed the disease but could not halt its progress. he remained frail, took a drive last Wednesday, then suffered a severe sinking spell and died unconscious most of the time until death.
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Pummer
Putnam
Conn
John Adaison Porter
McKinley
Senator Nelson to Offer Eulogies for Davis on Jan 12
Washington, Dec 15 Senator Nelson of Minnesota announced at the Senate session that on January 12 he will submit resolutions on the death of Senator Davis and move to suspend business to honor the deceased's services with appropriate eulogies.
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Senaator
Nelson
Washington
Minnesota
Senate
Davis
Esterhazy in London Slum Poverty Amid Charity
Paris dispatch reports Major Esterhazy living in a London slum in ragged poverty. His wife remains with five children, selling furniture and valuables to stave off starvation while awaiting support.
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Dreyfus
London
Paris
Esterhazy
Mine Explosion At Ellsworth Coal Mine
Gas explodes in Ellsworth coal mine blowing out the tipple. Over 100 men were inside when the blast occurred. officials believe all escaped. Explosion caused by gas ignited by dynamite. mine had only operated a few months and this was the third blast since opening.
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Monorgahela
Ellsworth
House Passes Bills to Divide West Virginia and More
Washington reports that under suspension of rules the House passed bills to divide West Virginia into two judicial districts and to create another district judge in Ohio. It referred Texas public-improvement claims to the Interior, debated civil service reform, and approved 102 private pension bills. The Senate met briefly in open session before executive handling of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
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House
Washington
West Virginia
Ohio
Secretary of the Interior
Texas
Greer
Oklahoma
Philippines
Fon. Charlies
A. Boutelle
Maine
Littlefield
Hst
Littlefeld
Boutelle
Insurgents Burn Panay Village as Manila Reports
Dispatches from Iloilo say insurgents burned much of Cabatuan Island of Panay Saturday night. Assistant Surgeon Frederick A. Wassburn Jr and 18 men protected key buildings with no American casualties. A new political party under the American regime forms, pledging recognition of sovereignty and native autonomy. Nearby San Pedro Macati suburbs yield 70 prisoners with 30 rebels identified.
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Panay
Manila
Iloilo
Cabatuan
Frederick A. Wassburn, Jr
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
San Pedro Macati
Twentieth Infantry
Gaines
Conference on Conciliation and Arbitration in Chicago
In Steinway hall a former adversarial mix of leaders from capital and labor gathered for a two day conference on conciliation and arbitration aimed at ending strikes. Speakers including Franklin McVeagh Henry W Hoyt Carroll D Wright and Samuel Gompers urged voluntary arbitration over compulsory measures and discussed a national board guiding voluntary work.
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Chica
Chicago
Steinway Hall
Franklin McVeagh
Henry W. Hoyt
National Founders Association
Carroll D. Wright
Samuel Gompers
Kruger Stops Runaway Team Near The Hague
Ex president Kruger calmed frightened horses after they bolted in suburb driving. A secretary jumped out, the elder statesman grasped the reins from the driver and halted the squad. He told the secretary to stay seated next time and trust in God.
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The
Hague
the Hague
Kruger
Referendum in Colorado tests Senate candidates
In Colorado an informal popular vote is used to gauge support for Gov. Thomas or J. M. Patterson for the United States Senate. The process began with a secret political group and ads in newspapers urging public opinion on the preferred candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Buffalo Girls for Manila sails from New York
The auxiliary cruiser Buffalo departed yesterday for Manila via the Cape of Good Hope. Additional recruits will be taken on at Delaware Breakwater and Hampton Roads as it proceeds on the voyage.
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Buffalo
Manila
New York
Cape of Good Hope
Delaware Breakwater
Hampton Roads
Keane Appointed Bishop of Dubuque in Secret Consistory
Rome Dec 18 pope appoints several bishops including Mgr Keane former rector at the Catholic University of Washington to Dubuque diocese in a secret consistory.
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Keane
Rome
Mgr. Keane
Catholic University At
Washington
Dubuque
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