Double Murder Bodies Found in a Well in Connecticut
Three men are under arrest after a brutal double murder in Bloomfield, Hartford County. Henry Bushenhagen and wife Emily were killed by a sheltering tramp, their bodies mutilated and hidden in a well. Police describe the scene, note no robbery motive, and report a $200 reward offered by town officials.
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Hartford
Conn
Hartford County
Bloomfield
Henry Frederick Bushenhagen
Emily
Dwight Newberry
James Ryan
Buschenhagens
Newberry
Airsbuschenhagen
Buschenhagen
Pinney
Pusey
Holcomb
Kuschenhagen
Germany
New York
Tainton
Louis Lauer
Windsor
Bushenhagens
Pat McDonald
John Parker
Spencer
McDonald
Lawrence caucuses nominate Allen delegates across county race
Republican caucuses in Lawrence elected eighteen Allen delegates for governor led state ticket. In councilor race Jefts and Loring led with sixteen of eighteen delegates. Senatorial, county and register of deeds delegations were to be named. Methuen’s Coronel WE Rowell was expected to be tendered the senator nomination amid rumors of a Crapo challenge.
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Lawrence
Register of Deeds
Allen
Crapo
Alien
John E Dustan
Harry W. Gesing
George W. Hall
Charles A. Bell
Jefts
County
Coronel WE. Rowell
Methuen
Delegates Named to State Convention Standings
The record lists delegates chosen so far for the state convention including Allen Lexington with 2, Melrose with 6, Belmont with 1, Lawrence with 15, totaling 27, and Unpledged Framingham with 6.
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Allen
Lexington
Melrose
Belmont
Lawrence
Total
Framingham
Bixby Holds The Cup In Center House Tennis
The Center House tennis tournament ends with J G Bixby defeating George H Crocker 9 7 0 6 6 3 6 4 in a hard fought match. Bixby retains the cup for one year from date and must win it three times to own it. Both players are members of the Longwood Tennis Club.
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Centre Harnor
N. H
Center House
George H. Crocker
J. G. Bixby
Longwood Tennis Club
Bixby
Crocker
Sea Gull crew arrive after shipwreck at New York
Eight shipwrecked sailors from the bark Sea Gull of Boston were landed at New York aboard the steamer Arizona. The Sea Gull, 313 tons, traded in South America before sailing to Accra, Africa, where she wrecked in a storm. Some crew drowned. remaining mariners were taken to Liverpool. Built in Fair Haven, Massachusetts in 1853, the vessel was rebuilt two years ago and owned by John K. Brooks of Boston.
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New York
Arizona
Boston
South America
Accra
Africa
Liverpool
Fair Haven
Mags
John KF. Brooks
Loston
Fire at Rockingham Hotel disrupts Narragansett pier guests
Flames issued from the Rockingham Hotel cupola shortly after 2 AM injuring 116 guests who fled in night clothes or barefoot. Fire spread from an open fireplace to the elevator shaft and tower. damage estimated at 5000 to 8000 dollars, mostly to water. Fire escapes were available but not used. quick suppression averted larger loss as Casino sits nearby.
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Narragansett Pier
R. L
Specrat
Rockingham Hotel
Rockingham
Narragansett
South Briper Mass
William Comstock
A. Marcy
Marcy
First Performance of The Dancing Girl a Success
New York August 31. Mr Sothern starred in Henry Arthur Jones play The Dancing Girl at a Wyse manager's venue. The drama charts a duke's reform with a Quaker daughter as wife. Strong staging and ensemble support elevate the production and Sothern's growing fame.
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New York
Eirics
Sothern
Virginia Harrod
Morton Selten
Augustus Cook
Typhoon in Japan causes heavy loss of life and wrecks
From Vancouver reports via the Empress of Japan the great typhoon in Japan on Aug 16 to 17 caused over 200 deaths and widespread damage. The German vessel Helene Rickmers went ashore wrecked and many sailors drowned. Light ships and cargo vessels were swept away with many missing. Meteorologists say it is the most violent typhoon in years in Oriental seas.
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Vancouver
B. C
Japan
Helene Rickmers
WuiCa
Oriental Seas
Maine Armored Cruiser Engines Pass Exhibition Trial
The 6648-ton armored cruiser Maine had its engine exhibition trial at Quintard's Iron Works on the East River with Secretary Tracy attending. The engines, largest of their kind in the country, ran smoothly for two hours, powered by two turning engines. US engineers praised the result and said final installation in the ship would begin in about a month after disassembly from temporary quarters.
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New York
Maine
Quintard’s Iron Works
East River
Tracy
Navy
United States
Rumsey Bros. & Co Close Trades on Board of Trade
Rumsey Bros. & Co. ordered their trades on the Chicago Board of Trade closed this morning. Henry Towner, the senior partner, says customers had been bear minded for a long time and the firm, margined up to the recent decline, deemed the fight hopeless and quit. Losses may reach fifty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. the firm has been in business forty years.
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Chicago
Rumsey Bros. & Co
Board of Trade
Henry Towner
Teir
Towner
Brookline Selectmen Award Road and Wall Contracts
Brookline officials awarded the Boston and Albany Railroad 40 cents per cubic yard for approaches to Cypress street bridge with cost sharing. Goddard Land Company gets a west side slope agreement. Thomas J. Kelley to build retaining wall for 9375. Milk inspector salary raised to 250. Chief Bowman reappointed. Hearing set for a free hospital for women at Park and Vernon streets on the 8th.
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Brookline
Brooking
Speclar
Brookline Selectmen
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Cypress Street
Goddard Land Company
Bovyiston Street
Thomas J. Kelley
Boylston Street
Bowman
Park and
Vernon Streets
Money back demand hits bucket shop in New Haven
New Haven Conn August 31 An attachment for 600 dollars was served today on the Mutual Stock Company a bucket shop operation that has been in business since January Last ten days saw the firm pay out 25000 dollars claimed by a member as a result of a bulge in the stock market The action is pursued in the interest of a speculator and seeks repayment of funds.
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New Haven
Conn
Mutual Stock Company
Vine Street Motor Railway Company
State of
Missouri
Recorder of Deeds
Jackson County
A. D
A. Ly
A.D
Recorder’s
Sal Vine Street Motor Railway Company
Motor Street Railway
Apparte Fanhces
County of
Jackson
East
Eighteenth Street
Vine Street
Kansas City
Lynn Avenue
Lynn Avenus
Highland Avenue
Airhland Avenue
Somerset Place
City of
Kansas
Bugbee Place
Thirtieth Street
John Kaufmanna
Apen and Scross
Altamont
Euclid Avenue
Upen
Lis
Garfield Avenue
Sedgwick Avenue
Amanda Johnson
Henry Ackerman
Ivanhoe Park
City
Thirty-seventh Street
Thirty Eighth Street
County Court
Aieo
Wil
Missouari
Thoieon-Houston Electric Company
Wineh
A.b
Ondersiznen
County
Ruth and
Delaware Streets
Tils Otice
Wall Street
City of New York
State of New York
Two NY Firms Fail to Settle on Exchange
On the Consolidated Exchange today two failures were announced James Loys and Co. of 62 Exchange place and Joan Hickling of 60 Broadway unable to settle the difference against them.
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New York
Consolidated Exchange
James Loys & Co
Exchange Place
Joan Hickling
Broadway
Death of Benjamin Noyes Ex-president dies in New Haven
Benjamin Noyes former head of the National Life and Trust Company died at New Haven hospital after suffering a paralytic stroke yesterday. The death follows his long career in finance in New Haven.
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Benjamin Noyes
New Haven
Conn
National Life & Trust Company
New Haven Hospital
The Chilean Simian Attracts London Scientists Since 1884
A highly intelligent ape from Chile has been the main draw of a London collection since 1884. Reported to count to ten and distinguish hands, she aided visitors with a flower and spoon before the cup emptied. Notable acquaintance included Charles Darwin.
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London
Charles Darwin
Germany to Lift Restrictions on American Pork
Aug 31. Hamburg reports say all limits on American pork will be removed tomorrow. United States Minister Phelps dodges confirmation but hints the hog will enter Berlin before acorns fall, echoing past remarks. His latest dispatch warned German officials that patience of President Harrison and Mr. Blaine would not last beyond September.
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Brnaty
Hamburg
United States
Phelps
Brandenberg
Foreign Office
Harrison
Blaine
Fourneau Expedition Attacked in Central Soudan
Paris reports a dispatch that Fourneau's Sangha Bayen Central Soudan and French Congo expedition was attacked by natives. Sixteen died and thirty one were wounded including Fourneau. Merchandise and rifles were lost and the party retreated under harassment.
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Paris
Fourneau
Sangha Bayen
Central
Soudan
French Congo
Russian Jews Not Wanted in Argentine Major Hirsch Plan
Buenos Aires reports oppose wholesale Russian Jewish immigration as Baron Hirsch plans aid for refugees. Arnold White consulted with Hirsch before leaving for Russia on the matter. Also notes Nijni Novgorod Fair requests finance minister Vischnegradski to create cotton export bounties to avert mass mill layoffs. A police commissary murdered near Kiev. an express train collision in Zurich injures many. Spurgeon relapse in London. Rome reports cyclone hitting San Mauro Castiglione Gassino with injuries and damage.
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Zurich
London
Bank of England
Spurgeon
Rome
San Mauro
Castiglione
Gassino
Funeral of W S McGregor florist of Woburn
Funeral services for William S McGregor florist of Woburn were held at the First Congregational Church with Clan McKinnon of Woburn in charge. Thirty five Gardeners and Florists Club members attended. Burial followed at Salem Street Cemetery after escorted procession by Clan McKinnon and Duncan McLean.
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Wopurn
William
McGregor
First Congregational Church
Woburn
Clan McKinnon
O. 8, Co
Gardeners and Florists Club of
Boston
Daniel March
Surprise at Harvest Yields Across Nations
At the Vienna corn fair on August 31 delegates noted larger than expected American and Indian harvests. The general view is that total global yields are fair, famine prices unlikely unless price rings push up costs, while ruinously low prices are not expected for years despite higher cultivation.
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Vienna
City Hall Plan Sparks Local Battle in Brockton
At the August 31 Brockton board meeting an order for a hundred thousand dollar City Hall on the old High School lot on School street was passed under suspension. Aldermen Wheeler and Jones opposed. Wilbur Packard Jordan Abbot and Emerson supported. The decision likely triggers a sharp local clash of sectional interests.
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Brockton
Sreeran
Board of Aldermen
Sehool Street
Wheeler
Jones
Wilbur
Packard
Jordan Abbot
Emerson
Settlement Plan Adopted by Old Colony Distilleries
In New Haven on August 31 five sixths of the shares were represented at the creditors backed meeting. The group unanimously approved the settlement plan to resolve the distillery's financial difficulties. Resumption timing is not yet set.
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New Haven
Conn
Old Colony Distilleries Company
Stabbed in arm after night of drinking in Manchester
Robert Garland of Union Village Manchester was stabbed several times in the left arm by an unknown assailant while intoxicated. Wounds deemed serious. Garland under a doctor's care.
Portuguese Poet General Coelho Dies in Lisbon
Lisbon reports the death of General Latino Coelho, a renowned Republican leader and celebrated poet, at age unknown. The obituary notes his influence in politics and literature as of August 31.
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Lisbon
Latino Coelho
Reaching for an Earldom in Berkeley Case
A Providence Journal recounts a House of Lords inquiry into who inherits the Berkeley earldom. Lord Fitzhardinge challenges the line through Mary Cole, alleged mistress and later wife of the fifth Earl, with contested 1796 marriage records and a hidden entry. The Privileges Committee ultimately favors the 4th Earl's descendant, denying Fitzhardinge's claim.
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Providence Journal
House of Lords
Barkley
Lord Fitzhardinge
Earl of Berkeley
Randall Mowbray
Thomas Berkeley
Fitzhardinge
Lord Berkeley
John Chapeau
Mary Cole
Miss Tudor
Mary
Susan
Sister Ann
Knoker
Nes
Mr. Chapeau
Chapeau
Pudor
Lords
Dursley
Yales
Lord Dursley
Berkeley
Committee of Privileges
Lord Bramwell
Fitzhardinge Springs
Flags of the Confederacy Explained by Fort Worth Gazette
A Fort Worth Gazette note presents two Confederacy flag models with Jefferson Davis letters. One is the 1861 national flag variant with a star circle. the other is the Confederate Congress battle flag with blue cross stripes.
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Gazette
Jefferson Davis
Confederate Congress
Confederacy
Davin
Bank Robbery at Corder Missouri
Two men robbed the American Bank in Corder Lafayette county near Higginsville. They entered at 2:30 while the bookkeeper was out, forced the cashier to surrender, grabbed $690 in currency and a small balance, then rode toward Lexington. Officers pursue.
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Kansas City
Corder
Chicago & Alton
Higginsville
Lafayette County
American Bank
Lexington
Gasoline explosion injures man outside Kirby House
August 31 in Denver a gasoline carboy on the first floor of the Kirby House exploded during a blaze. T. E. Rowley, on the sidewalk, was fatally injured. several others hurt by flying bricks. House damage about $3000 with no insurance.
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Denver
Col
Kirby House
T. E. Rowley
Vanderbilts Denied Control of Union Pacific
Absolute denials were issued regarding reports that the Vanderbilts gained control of the Union Pacific railroad. It is believed that J Pierpont Morgan interests have control, with no management changes until the annual election.
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New York
Vanderbilts
Union Pacific Railroad
J. Pierpont Morgan
Fine new organ to bless Salem church wedding day
The South Church in Salem has a completed organ to be used at tomorrow noon's wedding of Harris P Hale and Lavinia Bowne. The second month of the new drunk law shows higher arrests in Salem with more women detained, August counts 91 arrests including 10 women, 76 released on probation. The Republican City Committee met and set ward caucuses for Friday Sept 4 to choose delegates to state councilor and county conventions.
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Salem
Arg
South Church
Harris P. Hale
Lavinia Bo
Republican City Committee
Venezuela Treaty Negotiations Adjusted For Revenue Loss
Washington reports the Venezuela government did not reject the reciprocity treaty with the United States. It sent the document back requesting modifications to avoid a revenue reduction of about 33 percent. Venezuela is willing to accept roughly half the proposed concessions and talks will resume.
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Venezuela
Washington
United States
Rush Park harness records fall with multiple fast times
Independence Iowa August 31 several trotting records fell at Rush Park Pat Downing cut 2 18 to 2 16 Alix beat 2 19 14 with 2 16 14 Allerton lowered from 2 12 to 2 11 and manager the 83 year old pacer mark dropped to 2 11 54 all quarters clocked 83 1 90 644 1 30 4
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Independence
Iowa
Rush Park
Pat Downing
Alix
Allerton
Provincetown Schooner Wrecked Off Conception Bay
Halifax Nova Scotia reports the Provincetown fishing schooner Charles F Mayo was wrecked near Broad Cove Conception Bay after striking a rock in dense fog. The vessel was hauled off by another schooner, then beached to save lives as it began sinking. Most crew belongings were saved.
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Provincetown
Halifax
N. S
Mass
Charles F. Mayo
Broad Cove
Conception Bay
N. F
Mayo
Moderate prices for yearlings auctioned at Wattersalls
The Peytons, Hurstbourne and Fernecliffe studs yearlings sold at Wattersalls auctioneer William Easton event. Prominent turfmen from across the country attended as brisk bidding produced moderate prices. Receipts totaled 17276 dollars, averaging 42.30 dollars per horse.
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New York
Peytons
Hurstbourne
Fernecliffe
Auctio
William Easton
Wattersalls
Hartford Surgeon Not Blamed After Fatal Chloroform Death
Keren Flannery, 45, died of heart failure while under chloroform for an operation in Dr. Storr's Hartford office. Authorities report the anesthesia was administered with care and find no fault with the surgeon, one of Hartford's leading medical men.
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Harthorp
Conn
Keren Flannery
Linfield Athletics Defeat Fall River Club in Belfast
A cablegram reports the Fall River Pawtucket and Canada football players losing 38 to 2 to Linfield Athletics of Belfast on Saturday in Great Britain. The Aug 31 update notes it as the team’s second defeat on the tour.
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Central Fabtyus
Sproran
Fall River
Pawtucket
Canada
Great Britain
Linfield Athletics
Belfast
Providence Corinthian Regatta Sees Bertha May Win Cup
The Providence Corinthian Yacht Club held its annual cup regatta off Pawtuxet in a northeast breeze. Bertha May won the pennant for best actual time in classes 2 and 3, Zara claimed the class 4 J. G. Anderson cup, and Khedive earned the Corinthian cup for cats.
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Providence
R. I
Providence-Corinthian Yacht Club
Pawtuxes
Bertha May
Zara
Khedive
Corinthian
Major Tillman in Canada Arrives in Windsor
Major William T. Tillman, cashier of Falls City Bank Louisville, whose accounts show a $37,000 shortage per the bank’s assignee, arrives in Windsor while in Canada on private business, per his statement.
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Tillman
Canada
Winpsork
Terrible Fate of a Butcher in New York Market
Charles Ross a 28 Second Avenue butcher at Shea Bros. meat market fell from a ladder while hanging a side of beef and was impaled on a lower hook dying before coworkers could release him. The accident occurred on August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Ross
Shea Bros
Second Avenue
Leading Citizen of Bangor Dies after Illness
Banacor Me Aug 31 The Hon Newell Blake a leading Bangor citizen and former mayor in 1874 died tonight after several weeks illness He was over 70 years old
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Bangor
Banacor
Newell Blake
Rube Field the illiterate math prodigy of Hazel Hill
The Kansas City Times profiles Rube Field, a man deemed a mathematical wonder who cannot read or tell a simple figure yet instantly solves vast calculations and predicts time with uncanny accuracy. He distrusts others, guards his secrets, and claims a grand future revealing mysteries beyond numbers.
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Kansas City Times
Rube” Field
Hazel Hill
Rube
Earth
Western Union
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Kansas City
New York
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Botcer, Stillman & Hubbard, Phillips, Ste.ant, Cunningham & Eliot
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