Landau and Brougham Ordered for Inaugural Use
Russell Harrison directs final preparations for the presidential regalia with two carriages the landau priced at 1600 and the brougham at 1800. Both will be shipped to Washington for the inauguration with plain plain finishing and no gilt or initials. Harrison seeks a matched pair of horses as no two are alike and he hunts across the state for a pretty matched team.
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Cniaco
Russell Harrison
Landau
Brougham
Widow's tribute to dead General nearly finished
In Washington on January 8 the memorial hall planned by Mrs. Logan for Gen. Logan's death is nearly complete. The room in the Logan homestead at Calumet Place features a red wall scheme, a frieze eagle with a scroll of battles, a stained glass skylight, and a central portrait memorial window.
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Washington
Logan
Calumet Place
Gen. Logan
Grant
Vicksburg
Fifteenth Corps
Army of Tennessee
Catastrophe at Pittsburg destroys building kills five
A high wind at 12 30 pm demolished a seventh story brick under construction in Diamond alley behind Welden & Company. Five men were killed and ten to fifteen injured as debris blocked Wood Street. twenty workers were on site and several trapped in the wreckage.
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Pittssurg
Diamond Alley
Welden & Company
Freiden & Co.y
Wood Street
J. R Weldon & Company
Alison Brothers
Ba Ber
Weldons & Company
Proceedings in Congress and Ben Hopkins Death Notice
The Senate and House adjourned after discussing the Panama and Nicaragua canal issues, tariff bills, and rule changes. A joint resolution authorized hunting for decoration was passed. Ben Hopkins, ex cashier of Fidelity National Bank of Cincinnati, died at 55 amid fallout from the bank’s 1887 fraud case and subsequent imprisonment and pardon.
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Senate
Sherman
Hayti
Banama Canal
United States
House
Dakota
McKinley
War and Navy Departments
Arkansas
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Panama Canal
Smalls
Oklahoma
Destitute Norwegian Settlers in Dakota Reported
A distressing story from Watts county includes fifteen Norwegian families with five to six children each, lacking clothing and food after frost ruined crops. Relief is being organized with Reverend Q. M. Riches directing distribution of used goods.
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Farsco
Dak
Watts County
Q. M. Riches
Park River
Walsh County
Misunderstanding Likely Over Samoa Crisis Involving Germany And US
The Samoa dispute pits German and American authorities against each other with claims that an American consul overstepped. Analysts say Berlin and Washington will reveal who bore responsibility, while German aggression may have driven the unrest more than American meddling.
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Loxpon
Samoa
Germany
Berlin
Malicota
Tamaseso
Klein
Apia
Washington
America
Mill blast at New Hope mill kills five, injures several
A boiler explosion at James Carter's grist mill near New Hope Mercer county on Saturday killed five men William Carter Lafe Shields John Wimmer Joe French and Eli Shields who died after being injured. Others including miller James Carter engineer Wade Shuppleberger and Joe Carter were badly burned or injured as the mill and surrounding property scattered debris. Cause traced to a defective boiler supply pipe that allowed water to leak.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
New Hope
Mercer County
James Carter
William Carter
Lafe Shields
John Wimmer
Joe French
Eli Shields
Lafe
Wade Shuppleberger
Joe Carter
Italian blows up house killing two in Seattle
A man avenging a prior threat detonated a dynamite bomb at George Bodayla's Gilman home, wrecking the house and fatally injuring Mrs Bodayla and her child while Bodayla suffered broken legs. Two men died in the blast and the Italian suspect was lynched after evidence of his crime was found.
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Anderson
Ing
Horn
Lafe Kemper
Lan Biddle
Kemper
Seatte
W.T
George Badagla
Gilman
Bodayla
Recaptured convict among telegraph brief notices
John Matthews, once among the condemned Bald Kygobberas who escaped Ozark jail, has been recaptured. Congress has reassembled. The Kentucky Midland railroad is booming with the first spike driven Friday. Mrs. Sheridan chooses a monument design for Arlington grave. Oberkampf and Mack, Chicago box thieves, sentenced to five and three years. Smallpox in Newport deemed chicken pox. White Caps division established at Lock Haven. Cotton bagging trust at St Louis fails. Henry Schufeldt & Co keep whisky price at 1.05 in the east. War records publication urged by military groups. President to live in Orange, New Jersey, after term ends denied.
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John Matthews
Ozark
Congress
Kentucky Midland Railroad
Sheridan
Arlington
Oberkampf
Mack
Chicago
Newport
Lock Haven
St. Louis
Henry Schufeldt & Company
Whisky Trust
Schufeldt
Orange
N. J
Five Vessels Reported Lost After November Storms
Agents report five ships and cargo valued at 1 000 000 dollars lost after the November 25 and 20 wind storms. Vessels include Steamship Samana New York November 22 for Hayti Brig Nile West Indies November 10 for New York Brig K W B Armstrong Guadaloupe November 13 for New York Schooner Ella A Warner Porto Rico November 24 for New York Schooner E M Bacon Port Rico November 15 for New York Fifty four lives are listed as lost.
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New York
Maritime Exchange
Samana
Hayti
Nile
West Indies
K. W. B. Armstrong
Guadaloupe
Ella A. Warner
Porto Rico
E. M. Bacon
Port Rico
Indiana Crime and Tragedies Span State News
Reports detail a post office thief Charles Wilson arrested in a freight car at Laporte Indiana and Logan Milling burglars fleeing with 25 dollars. Dr Alexander C Stevenson a Putnam county pioneer dies aged eighty seven near Greencastle. Two Ladies injured in a runaway near Liberty. Detective Thornton confronts Cin cinnati Tom Tom and Tom White Leonard jailed in Indianapolis. Hammond residents fault fire chief over dog fight with engine house key. Dr C C Givens acquitted in Terre Haute murder trial. Madison woman sues Ohio Mississippi railroad 10000 damages for Hardenburg death. John Dillons body found in Lafayette canal after three weeks missing. Funeral of reporter Clarence Galey held at Crawfordsville. Indiana Republican chairman Huston travels to Florida for health.
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Charles Wilson
Laporte
Ind
Logansport
Logan Milling Company
Alexander C. Stevenson
Putnam County
Indiana
Greencastle
Liberty
Thornton
Cincinnati
Tom White
Tom Leonard
Queen City
Indianapolis
Hammond
C. C. Givens
Terre Haute
Webb Stuart
Max Cohen
Madison
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Hardenburg
John Dillon
Lafayette
Clarence Galey
Chicago
Crawfordsville
M. Huston
Indiana Republican Committee
Florida
Gambler Slays Gambler in Shelbyville Saloon
In Shelbyville Indiana at 8 o clock Friday evening Bill Berliss alias Windy Bill a noted gambler confronted Tom Peel from Nicholasville Kentucky over an insult. Berliss struck Peel in Doran s saloon Baxter confirmed the quarrel and Peel fired killing Berliss. Peel fled to his hotel and out the back. Berliss s wife known as Flo Dowden runs a local maison de joie.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Redda Doran
Bill Berliss
Windy Bill
Tom Peel
Nicholasville
Berliss
Peel
Joe Baxter
Doran
Baxter
Flo Dowden
Maison de Joie
Fire and Heat Claims Our Lives at Mrs Geralds Home
TERRE HAUTE Ind Jan 5 The residence of Mrs William Gerald burned yesterday The firemen rescued all inmates including her four year old son and six year old daughter The boy died from severe burns and the mother is gravely injured One fireman fainted from heat while bringing out the boy The other items describe the Chesapeake and Ohio line bridge and a diamond watch on display in St Louis with high value and history.
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Terre Hache
Ind
William Gerald
Gerald
Chesapeake & Ohio
Cixcinxati
River
Cheapeake & Ohio
Chesappeake & Ohio Bridge
Ingalls
Ashland
Fifth Street
St. Louis
Lichihai
Nous Street
Chias
Dirk
Multiple Fatal and Injuring Incidents Across Several States
A compilation notes numerous tragedies and crimes: John Godown and Bryan Dennis shot by Osages on the Arkansas in the Osage nation, Dennis killed. Erb and Shhoecker blown apart by dynamite near Norristown. county treasurer KE. W. Gilchrist of Montgomery County Texas short 4000. drownings at South Farmingham and a school scuffle in Marysville. deaths from a hoop factory explosion in Clinton North Carolina. and more including a Paris Brown sinking, train collisions in Carbon Pennsylvania, a housekeeper killing in New York, and various shootings and accidents across towns.
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Bryan Dennis
Canton
Kan
Arkansas River
Dennis
Godown
Erb
Shhoecker
Norristown
W. Gilchrist
Montgomery County
Texas
John Ryan
Charles
Fred St. Peter
South Farmingham
Mass
Col
John Ashford
Clinton
N. C
Col. Ashford
John Brady
Will Robinson
Garrett’s
Marysville
Robinson
Brady
Paris C. Brown
Mississippi
Carbon
William Mann
New York City
Terre Haute
Ind
Joseph McCann
Willis Edwards
Theodore Roland
Cre Bia Iron Company
Lancaster
New York
Gustav Simon
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Druggista
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National Medical Association
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