City of Rome wreck report proves mistaken loss
New York Oct 15 report claimed the Anchor Line steamer City of Rome sank near Marine Cove St Marys Bay N F but the vessel involved was the Citta Di Roma. Captain and first officer drowned. rest of crew saved. Citta Di Roma sailed Sept 25 for Bordeaux via Norfolk with 108000 bushels grain. Built at Newcastle on the Rhine. value $200000. owned Genoa Gastaldi & Co. Tramp steamer with no passengers. chartered by W L Green Co of St Louis. likely insured.
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New York
City of Rome
Wheeler
Marine Cove
St. Marya Bay
N F
Citta di Rema
St. Johns
N. P
Citta di Roma
St. Marys Bay
N. F
Bordeaux
Norfolk
Bartolatto
New Castle
Rhine
Gastaldi & Co
Genoa
Tialiang
Tes W. L. Green Commission Company
St. Louia
Twenty Men Missing After Fierce Long Island Storm
A severe coastal storm along the Long Island shore leaves many boats lost and several men missing. New York reports indicate four New York men hired boats Sunday and have not been seen. one craft recovered with no survivors. At Rockaway Beach and Hollands, sixteen and seven sailors respectively vanished, presumed drowned as mountains of water slammed the inlet. A three-man crew from a Canarsie schooner was swept overboard. a life saver perished, and the owner survives in shock.
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Volant Sound
New York
Rockaway
Bond
George White
Alfred Kane
Mark Thursby
Alden Little
Sistren
Hollands Station
Jams Moore
Canarsie
Baltimore
Tullis Quay
Sayer
Moore
Convict Slashes Victim Ears In Lexington County
An escaped inmate from the state penitentiary, Kemparon, returned to Lexington County where he offered his former victim a choice between throat injury or ear cutting. He mutilated the ears and removed a portion of her clothing before fleeing, after previously being jailed for assault with intent to kill.
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Carelina Convic
Parmer Vietlitts
Kemson
Lexington County
Serault
Italy
Aline
Lexington
Kempaon
Herald
Dinwrine
Cus Pervort
Uruguay Uprising Claims Hundreds Wounded in Revolt
New York reporters say about 600 revolters surged in Montevideo with 53 killed and many wounded. Plot to assassinate President Obes uncovered. clergy blamed by government supporters for inciting the revolt. Montevideo martial law declared, rumors claim $800000 offered to turn the city to rebels. Following, a separate report notes a later explosion at Grand Forks Guayo Forks causing $15000 damage to a brick block including opera house and five stores.
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Kyle
New York
the Herald Pub
Ashes
Montevideo
Grand Forks
Guayo_ Forks
N. D
Gaunling
South Dakota School Lands Pick 50 000 Acres in Black Hills
Deputy commissioner Bowmon Bowman, on a four month tour through the Black Hills, selected 50,000 acres of timber land in Pennington Mead Fall River and Harding counties. He notes 750,000 acres remain to be chosen, with 82,000 acres yielded from the old Fort Wadsworth reserve in Marshall and Roberts counties. A substantial tract east of the Missouri river may be set apart for future selection by Huron and Aberdeen land districts.
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W Bowman
Schoo and Public Lands
Spink County
Bowman
Pennington
Mead
Fall River
Hardis
Bill Country
Fort Wadsworth
Sisseton Indian Reservation
Marshall and
Roberts
Huron
Aberdeen Land
Polk Will Contested Over President Polk’s Estate
In Nashville Tennessee on December 13 attorneys for relatives of President James K Polk filed a chancery bill seeking a receiver for Polk Place. The petition cites the will of Mrs Polk and names forty to fifty heirs. Mrs Fall’s niece is named to receive Polk Place if the will takes effect. the relatives argue Mrs Fall’s claim rests on the residuary clause and that Mrs Polk would inherit if the will fails.
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Ghjoc
Naswviley
Tenn
James K Polk
Chancery Court
Polk
Holle Place
Mrns
Polk Place
Priest in Denver Accused of Conducting Illegal Marriage
Sensation in charel circles as Rov. JT. Brandt of Highland Christian church faces charges by Mrs. Miora of Santa Fe New Mexico. A Spanish Indian widow sought a priest to wed her daughter to Charles Wagner, a divorced man. Brandt allegedly performed the ceremony for payment while claiming Christian service, aided by language confusion.
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Brandt
Highland Christian Church
Mra
Mipra
Indy
Santa Fe
N.M
Charles Wagner
Santa Me
Miora
Denver
Wagner
Miera Jows
Brannt
Eres
Raya
Appeal for Contributions to World Fair Fund
The Nesote Ward's Fair Commission appeals for contributions to a fund of 1400 dollars based on assessed property values. County citizens may issue notes or donate outright by fairs lectures or concerts to raise funds, with receipts provided if the legislature reimburses contributors.
Britain Sundered by Renewed Gale Smashes Coasts
A fierce storm hit England Scotland and Ireland, with wreckage along coasts. Holyhead reports a steamship fireman washed ashore. a Cardiff coal ship lost crew in a vessel that foundered. Irish Sea storms cause severe damage. Newhaven and Fleetwood suffer sea wall breaches and ships driven ashore.
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Holyhead
Midlant
New Haven
Sussex
Fleetwood
Morcombuy
Milford
Pearl Wales
Forgeries totaling twenty five thousand surface in LaCrosse area
George Hiles reports forged notes worth ten thousand dollars added to a total of twenty five thousand. Affected notes were negotiated by M. R. Hanann and held by LaCrosse banks. L Harmon of the First National and Grand Rapids also hold five thousand dollar notes bearing Hiles name. Legal action appears pending against Filles and Hansen.
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Fifer
Wikemain Lumlerman
Minwauxer
George Hiles
Dade
M. R. Hanann
LaCrosse ‘Banka
L. Harmon
Grand Rapids
Hangen
Hiles
Filles and Hansen
Stil Mining
Wreck on Baltimore and Ohio Ends in Fatal Train Crash
Fort Wayne reports the Baltimore and Ohio fast express from Chicago to New York jumped the track near Hicksville Ohio at 4 pm. Two passengers were killed and eleven injured, with several seriously hurt. The crash occurred on a sharp curve on an embankment, speed about fifty miles per hour. Rescue and medical aid quickly organized as town facilities opened to assist the wounded.
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Ind
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago
New York
Hicksville O
Emis
Thomas Watterstone
Bridgewater, O
A. G. Mathers
Boone
J. W. Crabuhauge
Manafield
Sarah Snyder
Porter
Rhoda Woodall
Buffalo
Niger
Botton
Taken Suddenly IL WOTC Delegates Poisoning at Bradford Hall
Nearly 100 delegates at the W T C U state convention in Bradford fall ill after a dinner hosted by McKean county. Within minutes many are vomiting and unable to continue. Medical staff treat dozens as officials and reporters from Bradford Phillipsburg Pittston and Scranton Truth are among the seriously affected.
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Branforn
Woman's Christian Temperation Union
Ee Hall
McKean
Mra. Gance
Mra. Owens
Phillipsburg
Miss Pent
Ada Cable
Era
Miss Davis
Mra
W.H. Harvey
Pittston
Scranton Truth
Senator Hale Praises Blaine’s Health On Boston Stop
Senator Hale of Maine says Blaine travels well and sleeps well. He notes Blaine’s mind stays active. Hale mentions Blaine visited Ellsworth on the Bar Harbor to Augusta journey and that Blaine’s old Augusta home suits an October residence. He dismisses paralysis reports as nonsensical.
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Alaine Mae
Boston
Senator Hale
Maine
New York
Blaine
Ellsworth
Bar Harbor
Angusta
Hale
Eleven Injured in South Park Locomotive Boiler Blast
Eleven workers on a locomotive boiler at South Park were injured shortly after 2 near Olive liner at St Paul Minnesota October 15. Two are probably totally disabled. The machinists were at work repairing the engine when the boiler exploded. The cause of the accident is not known.
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South Parl Minn
Meploden
St. Pauk
South Park
Explosion on steamer Exangel kills and injures multiple
At the Scheme dock in Port Townsend a boiler explosion aboard the steamer Exangel near Port Townsend and Belling Bay killed one deck hand and injured several others including Willa Biggs and Jin Flint who face probable death. Several crew members were burned and the captain and chief engineer were aboard moments before. In Denver a separate report notes a treaty commission’s success with the Shoshone and Arapahoe nations ceding part of Wind River reservation for 1000000 dollars in land and funds for Indian welfare and development, alongside provisions for irrigation and schools. Also reported is J J Casur, famed horseman, gravely ill in Racine Wisconsin with a large thriving business and estimated wealth.
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Jin Flint
al Biggs
Jos Cook
David Ruse
Lineberg
Stewart
J. Foesey
Bane
Davin
Port ‘Townsend
Denver
United Press
Noble
Arapahoe
Wyoming
Wind River Reservation
United States
Lundy
Yellowstone Park
impostor claims over Melbourne discovery in 1891 letter
Governor Hiuophrey receives a letter from Michial Cahill, M D, asserting Frank Melbourne’s Austrilia dyinaker is an impostor and that Cahill spent decades developing his discovery. He alleges Cahill informed the Austrian government and says Melbourne’s operations fail when the ground is damp and air stratum conditions differ.
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Clatus Syine
Toren
Kan
Hiuophrey
Stacleton
Cal
Michial Cahill
M.D. Cahill
Saya Franke Melbourns
Ydinaker
Melbourne
Unatered Lottary Citietsts In Beatrice Arrests
Oct 14 report from Washington lists indictments in Louisiana lottery case and 550 related counts. Indictments target Paul Conrad and officers for anti-lottery law violations. trials expected to start next week. Also notes Beatrice arrest in auto rapist case, Doomsday lynching updates, land claim by Comanche chief Maggie Smith, and Allerton Delmarch trotting race results.
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Wasutseron
M.D. Wheeler
Maynard
el Pasy
Tex
United States Grand Jury
Paul Conrad
Liutisiana State Lottery
Lottery Company
Anl
Thie Noown
Omana
Neb
Smith
Beatrice
Omaha
John W. Haight
Hin Haight
City weighs new electric street railway franchise
A proposal to grant Altera Franchise and Fanco a franchise for an electric street railway extending about two and a half miles was presented to the city council. The plan, aiming to begin operations by January 1, 140%, was tabled to be considered again on Monday night amid scattered remarks and prior notes.
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Altera
Fanco
N. D
Areca Hepat Semanib
Moyrheid
Tragic Engine Accident Kills Four on Illinois Rail Line
In Crewe Illinois a derailed engine on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway fatally injures three newspaper men, Inter Ocean contributors Lyonard Washburne Fred Henry and McAfferty plus engineer Ames Clark. Fireman Lafferty injured as eighty passengers escape. Washburne a noted sports writer and travel companion for the Chicago club. Remains await mass gathering in Chicago with press fraternity planning action.
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Lyonard Washburne
Thy Liter Ocean
Fred W. Henry
Phe
Tutte Oeran, JR
Mapferty
Ames Clark
Evansville
Crewe
You
Henry
McAfferty
Washburne
Chicago
Indiana
Lafferty
Leotaird D. Washbern
Inter Ocean
Hadson Huach Chicago
Cmnada
Attac
Jordan
Washbourne
FLY WHEEL BURSTS KILLING THREE IN MANCHESTER
A wheel burst at the Amoskeag corporation plant in Manchester New Hampshire at about 40 a m damaged floors on two stories. Engineer Samuel J Bunker was killed and Mamie Kenn and May Ada Cra died from injuries. Dana French Susie Broke Jngs Mary Richardson Nellie Board man and Emily Dune were injured though not seriously. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Maxcaseren
N.H
No. T Mill
Amoskeag Corporation
Lural
Samuel J. Bunker
Kilied
Mamie Kenn
May
Ada
Cra
Dana French
Susie Broke
Jngs
Mary Richardson
Nellie Boardman
Emily Dune
Struck by a Train Kills Three in Isolated Town
A train crash near Bensonville Is considered fatal for Mrs Dinah Messman and her daughter while their infant son is gravely hurt. The wagon accident occurred while crossing the railroad, killing two instantly and injuring the ten month old child. The incident underscores dangers at rural crossings on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line near Is.
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Cutcaco
Dinah Messman
Bensonville
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Mesaman
Mia
Messman
Daughter
Shipping Firm in Boston Faces Collapse Amid Red Tape Delays
Boston October 18 The large Harrison Loring & Co shipyard at City Point, South Boston, reports unsigned liabilities around 70000 with assets near 58000 as it completes government contracts. The firm blames delayed payments by the government and red tape for its liquidity crunch while continuing work on United States steel armored cruiser No 11 and several tugboats. The note notes wages are paid and attributes this to government payment failures and bureaucratic obstacles.
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Boston
Harrison Loring & Co
City Point Works
South
United State Steel
Ates
Anen
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