West Shore rail crash kills Italians in Port Byron area
News of the week reports a terrible wreck three miles west of Port Byron as the West Shore railroad flyer collided with a freight train. Fourteen people died, all but one Italian, with eleven more badly hurt. The smoking car was wrecked and the passenger train burned except for three sleeping cars. A relief train carried injured to hospitals as investigators and railroad men surveyed the scene.
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West Shore Railroad
Port Byron
Dutches Cut
H. D. Dideman
W. Smith
Tobin
Steigns
Connolly
St. Louis
West Shore collision inquest faults two crewmen
Coroner Stew art of Port Byron holds an inquest into the West Shore crash near Montezuma. Witnesses say Flagman Connolly ignored a signal to leave the freight and flag the express. Conductor Tobin failed to ensure Connolly obeyed the order. Jury finds Tobin and Connolly criminally negligent. both jailed for grand jury.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Stewart
Port Byron
West Shore
Montezuma
Whitcomb
Kelly
Kanaley
Edward Connolly
Montezumia
Connolly
Thomas Tobin
Tobin
Wreck of Express Near East Palestine Injures Several
The New York and Chicago limited express on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad wrecked near East Palestine Ohio about 50 miles west of Pittsburg. Ike Ritchie suffered a badly lacerated left leg and back injuries. Fireman William Corner also injured Elmer Clapper was killed instantly. About 50 passengers escaped unhurt except for a few with minor bruises. The switch is believed to have been left open by night crews.
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PrimseuRe
New York and Chicago Limited
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Express Train Collision Near West Haven Station
An express train from New York due in New Haven at 10 15 collided with a switching train near West Haven, derailing cement cars and causing minor injuries. The impact narrowly averted a worse disaster, with damage and losses reported but no serious casualties. Preliminary estimates place the value of the damaged property up to 25000 dollars.
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New Haven
Conn
New York
West Haven
New York & New Haven
Pacelae Bape
Train collision kills two on Sunday excursion near Champlain
A Central Vermont Sunday school excursion train carrying 6765 passengers collided with a mail train east of Champlain New York after Wednesday night. William Angell aged 17, son of a Champlain merchant, and Sim Venett a laborer of Canoe Lake Champlain were killed. About 20 others were injured, several severely.
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Ellenburg
Rouse’s Point
Vermont
Champlain
N. Y
Wellsboro Point
William Angell
Cham
Bain
Sim Venett
Eanoe
Lake
President on a Mistake in Army Messenger Dismissals
The President and Secretary Foster acted after Floyd Clarkson’s push to remove 40 veteran messengers from the New York custom house. Harrison called it a mistake and indicated G A R men could work if capable. Foster deferred to Maj Enkrite and Col. Siet’s recommendations, saying he did not know whether the men were soldiers or civilians or their party.
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New York
Foster
Post Department
Floyd Clarkson
Grand Army of the Republic
Clarkson
Custom House
Cape May
Washington
Harrison
Biye
Ry Foster
Col. Et
Col.siet
Fasse
Martyr to Science By Transfer of Flesh
Dr Bates a senior surgeon at Manhattan Hospital is donating tissue from his own body to Warren Low a Hudson River railroad switchman injured last June Low lost part of his thigh after being struck by a freight train and Bates is supplying flesh to fill the wound His self sacrifice aims to advance medical science and improve Low’s recovery efforts despite the personal risk to Bates.
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New York
Bates
Manhattan Hospital
Warren 5
Low
Hudson River
Queen of the Ocean Majestic Sets Western Voyage Record
The White Star liner Majestic arrived at Sandy Hook after a Liverpool crossing in 5 days 18 hours 8 minutes, breaking Western ocean voyage records previously held by the Teutonic. The earlier mark was 5 days 19 hours 6 minutes from last summer.
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Focvey
Xperts
Majestic
New York
White Star Line
Sandy Hook
Liverpool
Queenstown
Teutonic
Greyhound City
of Foxe
Uncle Sam to the Rescue in Mail Fraud Case
Officers from the Post Office Department thwart a Montreal based swindle the Home Fascinator Company used to lure Americans with prizes. They instructed Canadian exchange offices to refuse money orders and return registered letters, aiming to stop the fraud as thousands of letters and payments were redirected back to senders.
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Wasuinotoy
Post Office Department
Home Fascinator Company
Montreal
Can
Bome Fascinator
United States
Kentucky
Missouri
Iowa
Pennsyrapid
Canada
Fascinator
Destinaton
New Chinaman Entry Trick Baffles Officials at Border
Treasury agents report a clever scheme by Chinese merchants to evade exclusion laws. Seven men were stopped near the northwest border with Chicago merchant certificates and photos. Montreal wires note twenty six left for that city with similar papers. Officials believe certificates were forged locally and mailed to China. Training schools in China allegedly teach emigrants the streets and rooms of Western cities to fake prior residence.
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Cuscaca
Treasury
Citiens
Chicago
Montreal
United States
China
America
Cowley
San Francisco
Hacf-Sitten
A Negro Author Col George Washington Williams Dies
Col George Washington Williams a noted negro lawyer author journalist and adventurer died at Blackpool Lancashire Born 1849 in Bedford Springs Pennsylvania He served in the Civil War and was lieutenant colonel of artillery in the Republican Army of Mexico Later studied law in Cincinnati and was Ohio legislator 1879 Judge Advocate General of the Grand Army U S minister to Hayti 1886 He went to London 1888 as delegate to a missions conference Known for writings on race and history including History of the Negro Troops and Reconstruction of the Insurgent States He was active in abolitionist and missionary efforts in London later present at a missionaries conference bearing on his views.
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George Washington Williams
Blackpool
Lancashire
Williams
Bedford Springs
Penn
Mexico
Newton
Boston
Baincinnati
Alphonso Taft
Ohio Legisature
Grand Army
United States
Hayti
Wiliams
London
Conference of Foreign Missions
Spai Ag
Trouble Looms in China War Vessels Ordered There
A Washington special reports that in response to a Chinese insurrection Assistant Secretary Soley will send more warships to Chinese waters. The Alaska steamer carried orders for the Marion to head from Behring Sea to China, expanding naval presence amid unrest.Ships Alert and Charleston follow as powers coordinate protection of citizens and interests in the empire.
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New York
Washington
The
Herald
China
Soley
Alaska
San Francisco
Marion
Behring Sea
Alert
Balknap
Asiatic
M. Rougyan
An Tsin Kwo Yin
Roustan
France
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Nelson's drive to beat trotting record at Freeport Driving Park
A large crowd watched Nelson attempt to beat the 2 1 4 mile record at Freeport Driving Park. He clocked split times 3 344 for a quarter, 1 05 for the half, and 81 for the second quarter, finishing the mile in 2 11 42, nearly 1 second shy of his best. The driver weighed 180 pounds, with observers noting extra weight may have held the horse back.
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Freeport
Ill
Nelson
Nelson Nearely
Tragedy in Serv erance man kills wife and child then himself
In Serv erance Kansas Samuel Freeman, a wealthy merchant, shot dead his wife and their year old daughter at their suburb home and then took his own life after neighbors were alarmed by a noise. The two bodies lay beside him in the house.
Freeman found shot in footway with revolver at scene
In a dim room Freeman lies unconscious with a bullet wound to the forehead and a revolver showing four empty chambers nearby. Authorities offer no clear motive but note the couple had trouble on Monday. Freeman was a member of the Grand Army.
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Freeman
Grand Army
Freeman kills wife and infant then shoots self in Kansas
In Severance Samuel Freeman, a wealthy merchant, killed his wife and their year-old daughter at home, then shot himself. The mother and child were found dead, Freeman unconscious with a bullet wound, a revolver nearby. Investigators cite prior trouble but no clear motive. Freeman was a member of the Grand Army.
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Severance
Kan
Samuel Freeman
Freeman
Bes
Sida
Aeenecaan
Grand Rmy
Wright Faces Complaint From Knights of Labor Whites
New Orleans reports that A M Wright on the national executive board will file a complaint to national authorities over white assemblies clashing with negro posts. Whites claim the negro assemblies burden the order, especially after the recent strike. The Knights of Labor have thousands of members in New Orleans where whites fear ongoing dominance by black posts.
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New York
New Orleans
A. M. Wright
Knights of Labor
Grand Army
Moqui Snake Dance Opens Near Winston Arizona
The famed Moqui Indian snake dance began on the reservation sixty miles from Winston, starting August 5 and lasting sixteen days. Reports say the government plans to stop the rite, making this possibly the last performance. Aldson joined with a photographic outfit and the government sent a photographers corps.
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Winston
Ariz
Aldson
Yellow fever fatality in Port au Prince on first season case
The Herald reports a first season yellow fever death in Port au Prince, crewman Sargent of a French man of war buried with naval honors. Vigorous measures are under way to curb spread and prevent an epidemic.
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New York
The
Herald
Port Au Prince
Sargent
Needle In Arm Causes Long Arm Pain In Girl
Mrs J Campbell of PuHILurospura Penn reports a childhood incident where a needle driven into her right arm at age nine caused escalating pain over twenty years. The needle migrated through the arm and shoulder, finally being linked to ongoing suffering by a family physician.
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Puhilurospura
Penn
Unitarian National Conference to Meet in Sanatoga
The biennial Unitarian National Conference will convene in Sanatoga New York from September 21 to 24. George William Curtis is elected president replacing the late Chief Justice Miller. The agenda includes a discussion on Divorce led by Holt Carroll D. Wright. Meetings will be in the Town Hall. the Methodist church cannot be used this year after ten years of service.
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N. F
Labrador
J. George’s Bay
Hey
Robert Pinsent
Supreme Court
St. Carew
William Whiteway
London
Sanatoga
N. Y
Unitarian National Conference
George William Curtis
Miller
Holt
Carroll D. Wright
Methodist Church
Castaway sailors Chisholm and McKay arrive from Caraquette
Two Gloucester schooner crewmen aged 29 and 23 drifted 150 miles after losing their ship William Stevens in fog off Cape Breton. They were picked up by George and Mary and sent home exhausted after six days adrift with little food and water. Also reported: a Grinnell fire causing 75000 dollar loss, protests against a European ballet troupe, body of Henry Ogden found at Monmouth Beach, a Brooklyn swindler named Henry E Simpson arrested, Newark bartender Henry Bartel killed by electricity, and a homicide suspect discharged after alibi. A presidential decision on Ezra Haywood pardon noted.
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N. B
Chisholm
McKay
Scatterie
Caraquette
William Stevens
Gloucester
Mass
Cape Breton
George and Mary
Jersey
Grinnell
Musical Protective Union
Europe
Walter Damrosch
Henry OC. Ogden
Monmouth
Sand Hook
Monmouth Beach
Ogden
Henry E. Simpson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Simpson
Feldstein
Grand St
Newark
Martin Phillips
Hannah Robertson
Glendale
S. 1
Ezra Haywood
The
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William Williams
Willis Lowe
Eliza Lowe
Abbeville
Norman Campbell
Consolidated Exchange
New York
Prospect Park
Zisler
Hyde
Auburn
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
William M. Lloyd
St. Louis
Lloyd
Maryland
Treasury Department
Oliver Herd
Halifax
Claus Spreckels
Marie Gordon
John T Raymond
London
Tillie E. Starbuck
America
Liverpool
Moyer
W. J. Rainey
Schawb
Manchester
Eng
Montreal
William Lavin
Mary Howe
Miss Howe
Presbyterian Church
William Henry Roberts
John Duckett
Washington
New York Staats Zeitung
Sing Sing
John
Woods
Jersey City
Pittsfield
Pearson
New England
Austin Fornig
Long Island Roads
New Engand
Crawfordsville
Ind
Rev
D. Chase
Boston
Broadway
Daniel W. Haydock
Carridge
John N. Marcellus
Schenectady
Kgo
R. H. Macy’s
Macy
Sidney Frey
Baltimore
Jack Estus
Tom Long
Eee Jamoroughgood
Ned
Dover Delriday
Long News String Reports various crimes and incidents
Miscellaneous 1890s dispatches detail assaults arsons murders suicides and crimes, with notes on pardons pensions mine disasters and stock market movements. Reports mention convicts at Auburn and a shifting treasury guard plan, a ship launched in America, and notable deaths including Claus Spreckels and Marie Gordon. The piece bins together society crime finance and industrial notes from New York Philadelphia Chicago and London.
Foreign News Notes on Naval Manoeuvres and Europe
European officials monitor three weeks of British fleet maneuvers in the North Sea. Reports praise rapid mobilization and 110 ton guns on Sans Pareil, while torpedo boats prove less effective against ironclads. Lord Salisbury in Dieppe discusses fleet reception. Franco Russian alliance rumors are denied.
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S6a
Euarope
Admiralty
Lord Salisbury
Chateau Cecil
Dieppe
M. Waddington
Portsmouth
George Hamilton
House of Comnons
Maldington
Tidal Wave at Melbourne Flood Destruction Reported
San Francisco notes a Melbourne flood on July 18 with harbor waters rising above town levels. Two thousand homeless in South Richmond. up to ten deaths believed. Danegdon range landslide, railways washed for 20 miles, many sheep drowned. total loss estimated at £500,000. Murray River rising. widespread sickness from exposure and flood slime.
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San Francisco
Cal
Auckland
N. C
Melbourne
Yarra
Richmond
Danedenong Range
Albury
Parliament Prorogued Amidtonight Queen Speech
London, Aug 5 Parliament prorogued until Oct 24. The Queen's speech noted friendly ties with other powers and treaties with Portugal and Italy on Africa. It cited arbritration efforts with the United States over Behring Sea seal fishing, and Newfoundland disputes with France. It praised Ireland measures reducing agrarian offences and famine relief, and urged land, workshops, savings banks reforms to improve public health and welfare.
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Great Britain
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Italy
Africa
United States
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French Republic
Newfoundland
Ireland
Pope
London Whitechapel rumor of Ripper resurgent shocks residents
In Whitechapel on Aug 7 an elderly German woman, Woolfe, aged 70, was attacked by a masked knife aggressor while alone in a dark alley. She survived and identified the assailant. the wound on her arm suggests defense, while officials differ on whether it was a personal attack or attempted homicide. The incident centers on Carmon Street Road near Commercial Road and St George's Street. Emperor William may visit Chicago World’s Fair, per reports, though unconfirmed, with mixed European reaction.
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William Randal Cremer
England
United States
Admiralty
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Prince of Wales
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Daily Telegraph
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China
Germany
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Standard
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Egypt
Loudon Chronicle
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Times
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Warsaw
Russia
Brody
Austrian Gallicia
Vodosla
Maj
Serpa Pinte
Fade River
Pazarutz
Porto D'Anzio
Rome
Roman Ecclesiasical College
Laneroniene
Gerry J. Deering
St. Louis
Parnell
Mr. Parnell
Leas
Vatican
Bank of van
Europe
London
Whitechapel
Techapel
Woolfe
Carmon Street
Commercial Road
St. George's St
Williams
London Hospital
Checkers and Chess Notes From Boston Aug 11 1891
Column of chess and draughts notices with problem solutions and player details. Reports include positions and moves by Washburn Robertson Stearns and Wyllie, notes on meetings at Boston locations, and a death of G Ternaut linking to draughts history.
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Boston
Edwin A. Durgin
Mass
Tremont St
C. Taylor’s
Water St
Leeds reminiscences mark fading prime and old school
Wylie and a 25 year veteran era are recalled amid a memorable Bullock match and a 8 1 victory. The Leeds Mercury notes the loss of a veteran who mixed with players for 14 15 years and reflects on Aberdeen and Northern Aberdeen clubs, Dundee and Glasgow results, and a range of historical sports figures and events from the era.
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Wylie
Bullock
Leeds
Leeds Mercury
Aberdeen
Aberdeens
Martins
Larkhall
Glasgow
Dundee
Dundees
Old Gate
Peo
Jundees
Dra James Hill
Teddington
Gregh
S ‘Ketch
J. Dunlap
Butter and dairy goods prices in Boston market
Boston Monday market notes a higher demand for butter with price increases. Higher grades are strongest, creamery and dairy products from Vermont New York and Western sources quoted, with assortments in creamery Extra and firsts. Cheese trade quiet but steady amid light receipts. beans, peaches, hay and groceries priced. various meats fish and produce listed with regional quotes.
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Boston
Franklin Co
Maas
Vermont
New York
New York Extra
Fiat
Tverpool
Cape
New Hampshire
P. Island
Casio Northern
AB AB
Mnurrow
Oretana
Pippin
N. H
N.B
Bay Ryedge
del. Bartlett
Jersey
Bastern Choice
Arrivals of Livestock at Brighton and Watertown Week Past
Arrivals show cattle 2643, deer 15478, yeals 1840, hogs 26337, horses 470. Western cattle 2249, Eastern and Northern cattle 1753. Western sheep and lambs 13725. Prices note western beeves 25.50 to 6.50 per 100 lbs for choice, other grades to 23.50 to 4.50 for common. Northern cattle price vague. Hides and skins listed with varied figures. woolskins and sheared skins also present.
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Brighton
Watertown
Gouaay
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