Napoleon's Secretary Daughter Targeted by Florida Senator
Detroit November 26 Francis F Palms, formerly Napoleon's secretary Ange Palms of Antwerp, inherits at least 4 million alongside his half sister Clothilde, amid a vast Detroit land and lumber empire built by their father. Senator Jones of Florida pursued Clothilde with persistence, while Palms rose from clerk to private secretary and major landowner with a Southern upbringing and ties to New Orleans.
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Detroit
Mich
Francis F. Palms
Clothilde
Michian
Waterloo
Napoleon
Ange Palms
Antwerp
Belgium
Palme
New Orleans
Young Palms
Palms
Crescent City
Francis Palms
Sumter
Lee
Creels
Mr. Palms
Senator Jones
Florida
Miss Palms
Catholic Church
Thompson
William G. Thompson
Troubles in Ireland and European tensions linger
A lengthy newspaper column reports on Ireland under coercion as the British government enforces law amid tenant strikes and rent reductions. It notes Dublin trials, nationalist reaction, and troop deployments, while detailing British politics, Irish leaders Dillon and O'Brien, and landlord resistance.
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John Dillon
Dublin
Tocal
Ireland
Gladatone
Sligo
Thither
United Ireland
People's Organ
Dillon
Messrs. Dillon
O’brien
Diplomatic Moves Over Bulgarian Crisis Draw Western Powers
Berlin reports a Berlin treaty basis for settlement among England Germany Austria Hungary and Italy to check Russian moves in Bulgaria. Bulgarian delegation travels to Vienna St Petersburg Berlin London Paris Rome and Constantinople to seek support and a Bulgarian throne candidate. Roumanian King Charles hosts a new parliament and confirms Prince Ferdinand as heir. foreign relations praised despite frontier tensions.
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Berlin
England
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Stoiloff
Grekoff
Vaitcheff
Vienna
Bulgaria
Gadbeu Effendi
Mingrelia
Russia
William
The
Times
Prince of Mangrelia
Charles
Ferdinand of
Reichstag Opens as Emperor Sets Policy Aims for Peace
The German Reichstag opened on Thursday with Herr von Boetticher, interior minister, reading the throne speech. The Emperor pledges Empire policy to maintain peaceful relations with all states and to exert efforts in favor of this aim.
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Herr von Boetticher
Interior
ward trip through blizzard tests steadfast mules and men
Officers recount a brutal seventy two hour trek through a blizzard to Fort Lincoln. Exhausted mules kept moving only by whips and goading sticks as shelter failed and one animal died within half an hour of arrival. They faced an Indian camp that refused aid, claiming fatal superstition. The journey, described as a fight for life, dwarfs any military march.
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Fort Lincoln
Boston Defaulter: Treasurer Reed Owes Over $100,000
William Reed, eight year treasurer of the South Boston street railroad, defrauded the company of more than 100000. He confessed to using railroad funds and covering deficits with fraudulent stock issues, arrest followed, bail set at 60000. Reed also led the Mexican Telephone Company, with stock from par value about 810, selling around 160. Charges center on misappropriation and over-issued shares amid domestic troubles.
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South Boston Railroad
Boston
William Reed
South Boston Street Railroad
Reed
Mexican Telephone Company
Tug Sunbeam Blown Apart in East River Explosion
New York reports a boiler explosion sank the tug Sunbeam off Seventy-ninth Street. Three crew aboard. only one body found. Sailor Edward Bradshaw and schooner Deputy steward William Hodgkins were near by. Bradshaw saved himself while Hodgkins died. Debris washed ashore, including a large boiler fragment.
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New York
Sunbeam
Seventy-ninth Street
East River
Edward Bradshaw
William Hodgkins
Baltimore
Bradshaw
Alderman McQuade Case Ends in Jury Disagreement
In New York on November 24 Alderman McQuade’s case ended with a jury deadlock nine for acquittal and three for conviction. Rumors of jury fixing followed the stalemate, which was blamed on one obstinate juror. A new trial was ordered and set to begin Monday, with expectations of a two day proceeding and an eventual acquittal.
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New York
Alderman McQuade
McQuade
Discharged Mail Clerk’s Death After Disgrace
J W Ross a postal clerk on the St Paul road was discharged November 3 for drunkenness and attempting to force entry into a sleeping car to see a Mitchell woman. His body, found near Mitchell station November 21, bore three bullet holes and was attributed to self harm due to disgrace. He hailed from Rockwell Iowa.
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Carcano
J. W. Ross
St. Paul Road
Mitchell
Oak
Rockwell
Iowa
Extravagant coats and furs captivate New York fashion
A New York fashion tour reveals rising spending on women's clothes with lavish coats priced up to 160 and 225 dollars. Russian sable furs dominate the market, with skins selling 39 to 200 dollars and sable sacques priced as high as 1200 to 1500 dollars. A top furrier reports two $4000 sable ensembles made this winter for Mrs. Morgan and a Cyrus W. Field household member.
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New York
Thrilling 70-Hour Blizzard Ride From Fort Lincoln
A party of army officers arriving at Briswarck, Dakota recount a 70 hour blizzard trek from Fort Lincoln covering about sixty miles. They rode in an ambulance drawn by four mules, braving snow drifts six to ten feet high during the peak storm.
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Briswarck
Dak
Fort Yates
Fort Lincoln
Couple Buried Together in East Alstead
Captain Samuel Munson and his wife, longtime residents of East Alstead, N H, died within hours of each other in Belltows Falls Vt on November 28. They were 79 and 76 and were buried today in a single grave in their native town.
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Belltows Falls
Samuel Munson
East Alstead
N. H
Death of a War Veteran in Milltown Fire
At Milltown New Brunswick a fire destroyed a newly purchased house and out-buildings occupied by Barney Ryan. Loss estimated at 1500 with no insurance. Ryan, about 60, died trapped when the barn collapsed while workers tried to rescue livestock. He leaves a wife and two children in destitute circumstances.
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Calais
Milltown
N. B
Barney Ryan
Ryan
Fall Wheat Prospects Favorable Across States
The Farmers' Review finds fall sown wheat looks better than in years past with Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri reports noting good stands. Michigan, Wisconsin and Kansas report vigorous plants and solid protection from snow, suggesting a strong crop entering winter. Of 149 winter wheat counties, 103 show average or increased acreage over 1886, while 46 report decreases. Illinois and Kansas show the largest drops, with Ohio and Indiana showing fewer declines.
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Farmers’ Review
Ilinois
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas
Illinois
Havana Sugar Market Quiet After Irregular World Prices
Havana reports a quiet sugar market over the past week due to price irregularities abroad, with small business at full prices and a firm close. Details include molasses, muscovado, and centrifugal sugars with varying degrees, warehouse stocks in Havana and Matanzas, weekly receipts and exports, and freight rates to the United States.
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Havana
Matanzas
United States
Admiral Porter's Report Highlights Home Defence Over Ships
Admiral David D. Porter urges prioritizing home defence over cruiser construction. He suggests arming ironclads at City Point for coast defence, praises the Naval War College, supports a torpedo station, and calls for a government iron shipyard. The report includes life-saving service statistics since 1871 with losses, property values, and rescue figures.
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Washtineton
David D. Porter
Secretary of the Navy
City Point
Naval War College
Huron
Metropolis
Labor Factions Roil United Labor Party Debates
In Chicago on November 27, the United Labor party's twenty one member committee called for delegate elections to form a permanent party. Union members must renounce Republican or Democratic ties and pledge support to the United Labor party. Each union may send one delegate, with no government officers allowed as delegates. Tensions rise over T J Morgan and rivals denouncing the cooperative packinghouse plan, prompting a criminal libel warrant by Jacobson. Morgan claims charges and hearings will proceed next week.
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Mr. Dillon
Clanricarde
Lord Pancelnn Churchill
Robert Hamilton
Randolph Churchill
General Buller
London
Ireland
Churchill
Builler
Lord Salisbury
Hatfield House
Cutlers’ Company
Ashbourne
Fishmongers’ Company
Drapers’ Company
Londonderry
United Ireland
Sir Reavers Buller
Robert Awilton
Foreland
Winer
Ad Commission
House of Commons
House of Commons Denouncing General Uller
National League
Land Commission
Chcago
United Labor Party
Knights of Labor Assembly
Republican
Democratic
Committee of Twenty-One
Inn
T. J. Morgan
Stoc Yards
Morgan
Hi. J. Jacobson
Committee of
Labor Party
Jacobson
Y Winkerton
Knights of Labor
National trades unions federation planned in Columbus
Federation of Trades Unions forms in Columbus on December 8 with Pittsburg delegates and Eastern representatives. The meeting aims to create a national federation of trades unions and may resolve the dispute between the International Cigar Makers Union and the Knights of Labor, forcing members to choose one organization.
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Knights of Labor
Boston Labor Reformers Duel Over Mayoral Candidacy
A Friday Boston Faneuil Hall meeting on labor candidates for mayor dissolved into disorder. George E. McNeill declined to allow his name, though his Knights of Labor ties were noted. Others named, but McNeill's withdrawal left the plan to form a reform party in Boston in doubt amid Republican motives to split the Democratic vote.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
George E. McNeill
Knights of Labor
D. A. 30
McNeill
Fall River Spinners Gain First Board of Trade Conference
Fall River Massachusetts saw a notable labor victory as manufacturers refused to raise wages, yet the Spinners Union earned formal recognition from the Board of Trade. A conference committee discussed grievances, with no decision reached but promising potential for amicable adjustment.
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Fall River
Mass
Board of Trade
Spinners
Labor movements clash amid strikes and unions in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
Reports from Fall River shows divisions in the local labor movement as Moss Manufacturing mills near Westerly halt for Thanksgiving, 200 workers displaced and residents in company tenements ordered out. Boston officials push for eight hour city employment, while unions shift alignments. Knights of Labor absorb and pressure rival unions in Whitman and Pittsburgh amid broad coal and mine sector changes. In Chicago stockyards, strike leaders regain roles and scab workers face no redress. textile and knit goods factions clash with little prospect of settlement.
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Fall River
Mass
Moss Manufacturing Company
Westerly
R. L
O’brien
Boston
Massachusetts
Iron and Steel Workers of
Pennsylvania
Amalgamated Association
Knights of Lauber
Knights
Knights of Labor
Muasters
Whitman
Pittsburg
Penn
Mounonalela Valley
Theittsburg
The
Miners’ Association
Chicago
National Association of Knit Goods Manufacturers
Pickets Rally as Protests Burn Across City Streets
About one hundred men and women defy the mayor by patrolling streets near the ill venue. Calls spread to boycott goods lacking K of L labels and ban Amsterdam Democrat. Glass Blowers' League divides, ordering a secrecy strike in the eastern division covering 11 territories east of the Alleghanies including Canada. Strike hits apprentices with a 6 percent wage cut, affecting roughly 000 workers as fires are ordered banked.
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Amsterdam Democrat
Battlers
Glass Blowers’ League
Baltimore
Alleghanies
Canada
One Man's Carelessness At Coal Mine Disaster
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania the Conyngham colliery owned by Delaware and Hudson suffered a deadly explosion shortly after 7 am. The blast killed and injured many workers gathered at the bottom of the shaft where flooded gas filled the old west mule barn. Thomas O'Brien, blamed by the boss for the catastrophe, wandered toward danger and triggered the blast after a delayed work decision by the inside superintendent. Ten men burned severely, five of whom were married with large families. Fourteen others were injured but expected to recover. An earlier similar disaster at the same mine occurred a year ago. O'Brien later died in agony, reportedly asking forgiveness from his companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Conyngham
North Wilkesbarre
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Thomas O'Brien
O’brien
Toy
O'Sirien
James Evans
Thomas Brien
Cornelius Bayle
Thomas O’brien
Terrible Wyoming colliery accident claims several lives
At Winkesparr Penn November a miner misfired a shot at the Wyoming colliery lighting a fuse a second time. A live spark reached a keg of powder causing a massive explosion. Door tender William Cosgrove and miners Henry Tarks John Vandling and a Polish worker Zelinside were severely burned with Cosgrove dying that evening Vandling and the Polander not expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winkesparr
Penn
Wyoming
William Cosgrove
Henry Tarks
John Vandling
Zelinside
Cosgrove
Vandling
Simeon Ryan Tries to Halt Cattle Slaughter
Simeon Ryan, owner of 173 head of cattle, raced to Bridgeport after a Phoenix distillery abattoir order to stop the slaughter but was too late. The state commissioners completed the killing, with 120 head from Mr. Nelson to be slaughtered last night and 150 more to be taken today. Ryan plans to sue for the animals’ value under appraisal.
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Curiaco
Phoenix
Bridgeport
Simon Ryan
Ryan
Commission
Nelson
Disasterful Duluth Fire Destroys Elevators and Buildings
A devastating fire in Duluth Minnesota caused about 850000 in losses with 600000 insured. Elevator Q and its annex plus Elevator A burned, nine surrounding frame structures were destroyed. Three men died including foreman Charles Lee. watchman Charles Moore survived a dramatic 80 foot leap. Total grain loss near 880000 bushels valued at 585000 with 613000 insured on grain and elevators. additional property losses around 15000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Moore
Laroche
Charles Lee
Duluth and Western Elevator Company
George R. Christian
Minneapolis
Union Improvement and Elevator Company
How to manage a hus- and paler self wrote by women
Unclear fragment notes that the author comments on how unmarried women often write about managing a husband and pale subjects. The text hints at gendered expectations in domestic writing and social roles of women. The piece appears to be a clipped excerpt with no concrete names or events.
Niagara duo survives perilous Niagara whirlpool barrel ride
George Hazlett and Sadie Allen, both of Niagara Falls, braved the Niagara River in a barrel from Chippewa Ontario to the Maid of the Mist landing. The ascent into the whirlpool ended with a safe landing at 3 46. Hazlett was bruised but unhurt. Allen was carried from the barrel and later reported bruised and exhausted. A crowd gathered from Buffalo and local towns to witness the feat, the first time a woman attempted such a ride.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara River
George Hazlett
Sadie Allen
Niagara
Buffalo
Lewiston
Larry” Donovan
Larry
Buffalo Sporting Resorts
Will Potts
Hazlett
Potts
Carlisle LD
Graham
Holmes & Adams
Donovan
Haslett
Chippewa
Ont
Maid of the Mist
Canada
Miss Allen
Jersey
Elmer Jones
Joe
John Hearndon
Hearndon
Fesnoes
Joo
Old Maid of the Mist Landing
Captain Wabb
Thompson's Eddy
Frank E. Lawson
Colt
Hearn's
Hazlett and Potts
Hazlitt
Norristown Herald Humor Figure Jack Williams
The Norristown Herald features its famed humorist Jack Williams known as the funny man of the Norristown paper. Described as middle aged and eccentric in dress, he favors loud English check patterns and tight trousers over alligator boots, carrying Artemus Ward’s cane to the Montgomery cemetery where he meets Charles Hunsicker for daily jokes. He is an easy talker and hosts receptions twice weekly.
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Norristown Herald
Philadelphia Times
Norristown
Jack Williams
Norr. Herald
Artemus Ward
Montgomery Cemetery
Charles Hunsicker
Fatal Powder Explosion Ends Agent Lynch’s Life
Joseph C. Lynch, travelling agent for Hazard Powder Company of New York, died in Galveston after a dangerous attempt to destroy 600 pounds of moist powder. He tested a match near the powder as coworker Thomas A. Drew fled. the blast seared his clothing and hair, tossing him high before he fell lifeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Lynch
Hazard Powder Company
Galveston
Tex
New York
Mr. Lynch
J. L. Brown Hardware Company
Brown Company
Lynch
C. L. Wood & Sons
Brown
Wood
Thomas A. Drew
Aimateh
Drew
Brooklyn Bridge Suicide Attempt Averted
William Kurtz an 18 year old resident of 187 Christie Street West Virginia, leaped from a truck onto the Brooklyn bridge railing into the East River amid a passing loaded track. He was rescued in a dying state and hospitalized at Chamber Street Hospital after being found near Roosevelt Street.
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New York
William Kurtz
Christie Street
West Virginia
Brooklyn Bridge
Kurtz
James Dooley
James O'Neill
Roosevelt Street
Chamber Street
Sanford Flemings Pacific Australian cable scheme exposed
Ottawa reports informed circles that Sanford Fleming plans a Pacific Australian cable with a new company to be formed in Parliament’s coming session. Directors and major shareholders include Sir George Stephens Sir John Macdonald A Smith Erastus Wonan Sanford Fleming and leading English financiers. Capital fixed at 1000 000 with 500 000 to be raised in fifty shares and 40000 in 4 per cent stocks backed by imperial colonial guarantee Canada to receive 75000 Australia 175000 Great Britain 250000. Proposed rates London to Vancouver Island twelve cents a word and England to Australia four shillings a word with press rates one quarter of regular rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Sanford Fleming
George Stephens
Bart
John Macdonald
A. Smith
Erastus Wonan
Imperial
Canada
Australia
Great Britain
London
Vancouver
England
Fighting over a county seat in Dakota
In La Moure county seat fight a mob attacked the Grand Rapids records. Sheriff and a 20 man posse fled as doors were broken and archives seized. Judge Francis holds La Moure in contempt for not serving an injunction and orders return of records within ten days. Further violence feared.
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Fanne
Dak
la Moure
Grand Rapids
United States
Francis O
Francis
Dakota
Tragic Engine Collision At Anderson's Station
Engineer Edward Drohan on a trial run at Anderson's Station eight miles south of Cincinnati saved his life by throwing his two sons aged 6 and 7 and John Maher aged 5 from the cab then perished when the engine struck a north-bound freight. Frank Lockwood the freight engineer was badly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Anderson's
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Edward Drohan
Anderson’s
Drohan
John Maher
Frank Lockwood
Hunting for Sweet Smells In Ancient Egypt
A young French professor in Lyons reconstructs two ancient Egyptian perfumes from papyrus and temple inscriptions. He deciphers recipes for tasi and kyphi, used in temple rites and for personal scent. Kyphi spread to Greece and Rome after Egypt’s conquest, becoming a luxury fragrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Nile Valley
Greece
Rome
Egypt
Last of the Narragansetts Isaac Church Dies at 100
In Block Island cottage near Great Fresh Pond Isaac Church aged 100 years 19 days died Tuesday November 23. Last full blooded Narragansett descendant, he was born in slavery and recalled island traditions. Funeral held at Central Church with large attendance. family history recalls Captain Hornby murder and the Gibbs Church split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Block Island
R. 1
Great Fresh Pond
Isaac Church
Narragansetts
Mary
Peter Church
Aaron Church
Carlos Gibbs
Thomas J. Walmsley
William Hornby
William Roberts
Stephen Girard Krig
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Island
Gibbs
Church
Caugh
Isaac
Aaron
Refuses to Reinstate Stone
Washington reports Cleveland has refused a request for a statement by William A. Stone recently suspended as district attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania for participating in the political campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
Washmeton
Cleveland
William A. Stone
Western District of
Pennsylvania
Boston Faces Yet Another $10 Defaulter
Boston again reports a $10 defaulter, a sharp jab at local finance woes. The line hints at ongoing monetary slips and echoes the ancient critic Diogenes exploring hypocrisy in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Diogenes
Free Sample Offer Promises $100 to Early Responders
A message invites readers to send the largest club received before February 1 to win $100 plus the regular agents commission. It promises free samples and immediate start.
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Stern
Reichstag
France
Paris
Premier de Freycinet
Chamber of Deputies
M. Delafosse
America
Nethercliff & Anderson
Newmarket
Fred Archer
Meads
Barnsley
Illustrated News
Harper's
Charles Warren Adams
Lord Coleridge
East
Ostend
Viviers
English Mail
Colin Campbell
Pall Mall Gazette
Peror
Vermont
Milltown, N. B
Admiral Porter
Labor Notes
Simeon Ryan
Duluth
Charlestown
Niagara Rapids
Puck
Pekin Gazette
Brooklinn Bridge
la Mour
Ianac Church
Manasses
Rochester Post-Express
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