Loss of 131 Lives in Scottdale Coke Mine Disaster
News of the Week reports a gas explosion at the Mam moth shaft of the H C Frick Coke Company near Scottdale Pennsylvania.131 miners died or were seriously injured with many bodies recovered and a large-scale rescue ongoing as the coke region reels from the tragedy.
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H. C. Frick Coke Company
Youngwood
Scottdale
Penn
Mine Aton
Peter Wise
Kerfouot
James McBride
Mike Disman
John_R. Byrne
Parker
James Keegan
Mammoth
Frick Company
Lynch
Coke
Kansas' new Senator ToreKa facts and votes in joint session
In Kansas, the joint legislative vote for United States senator resulted Peffer 101, Ingalls 68, Blair 3, Baker 1, Merrill 1, Kelly 1. Peffer supports a lower tariff, opposes general tariff protection, and aims to align with farmers and labor interests. He favors free coinage, government loans to farmers, unlimited pensions, and prohibition.
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ToreKa
Kan
United States
Peffer
Ingalls
Blair
Baker
Merrill
Kelly
Congress
Senate
Fort Worth rumors warned of Kiowa war scare and militia mobilization
Fort Worth Texas yesterd ay buzzed with reports from Salisbury Wellington and Childress of Kiowa war raids on Wellington and mass killings. The Fort Worth and Denver Railway mobilized militia and volunteers led by Capt McMurray with 400 volunteers from Amarillo Clarendon Quanah Vernon and Bowie joining. Governor Hogg ordered a strict investigation into the suspected conspiracy to frighten Wellington residents and shift the county seat.
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Fort Worthh
Tex
Fort Worth
Salisbury
Wellington
Childress
Fort Worth & Denver
Jones
McMurray
Statena
Amarillo
Clarendon
Quanah
Vernon
Bowie
Delamater bank embezzlement suspects arrested in Meadville
G W Willer of Meadville filed a complaint with Justice Dougan leading to warrants for G B Delamater G W Delamater T A Delamater and W M Delamater. Former partners of the bank Delamater Co and the cashier face embezzlement charges under the 1889 act alleging insolvency knowledge and $400 missing.
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Meadville
Penn
Delamaters
Willer
Train Collision Near Florence Injures Troops En Route Fort Riley
A passenger train collided with a special bearing about 400 soldiers from Pine Ridge on the Union Pacific line at Florence near Irwin Kansas. The seven car train carried horses artillery and ammunition and two engines were wrecked. Several soldiers were seriously hurt and at least two killed including Sergt Beporkbat and Private Men of Troop G.
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Pine Ridge
Union Pacific
Florence
Irwin
Kan
7Th Cavalry
Battery E
Light Artillery
Fort Riley
Sergt
Beporkbat
Hartford Republicans Likely Push Constitution Convention
A Hartford report says Republicans will offer a new settlement basis for the governorship dispute centering on a constitutional convention. Judge Stoddard, a top Democratic lawyer, is in Hartford. Some leaders from both parties have heard nothing definite, yet Democrats express cautious hope the idea may be true as discussions intensify in state press.
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Hartford
Stoddard
Montana Legislature Ends Gridlock with Cross‑Party Plan
Helena Montana January 29 after 24 days of a double headed Legislature Democrats and Republicans agree on a compromise to meet as one body Republicans 28 members Democrats 27 Democrats to hold speaker and committee control Speaker Witter Republican House ill with pneumonia wife died of consumption yesterday Speaker Comly Democratic House also ill with pneumonia
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Helena
Mont
Witter
Comly
Prices for 43 young trotting stock at New York sale
At the American Institute Building in New York on Thursday, 43 head of young trotting stock bred on Palo Alto Farm, California, were sold. Senator Stanford received a gross sum of 41,745 dollars, averaging 970.80 dollars per head. The best prices were recorded.
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American Institute
New York
Palo Alto
California
Stanford
Auction Prices Show Strong Demand at Stud Sale
The sale featured notable entries including a pair of star colts and two fillies led by Electrical, an Electioneer descendant, and a top-priced mare at 8500. Bidders favored quality stock, with prices overall higher than expected though not reaching historic peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breda
Electioneer- Yether
Bark Montreal Afloat After Long Desperate Atlantic Voyage
Bark Montreal left Windsor Nova Scotia November last for St Simon Island Georgia and was reported lost by Lloyds. A recent sighting showed the vessel distressed with torn canvas and scarce provisions. Captain Dexter, in command, said 67 days at sea with storms and near starvation but planned to reach port aided by signals and deck turnover. Captain Chambers offered tow and supplies. Dexter believed he could complete the voyage.
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Montreal
Windsor
N. S
St. Simon Island
Lloyds
Chambers
Dexter
Nova Scotia
Georgia
Chestnus
Gulf
Christin
Bed Teen
Fire Destroys Cygnet Business District. Three Die
Fire early today in Cygnet wipes out the millinery area and nearby shops. Michael Slattery, Conrad Maloney, and Gertrude Maloney perish as the blaze sweeps through a building above a millinery shop. Loss estimated near $60,000 with no insurance.
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Herman TD. Hahn
Jacob Fenburg
L. J. Myers
Nation
W. H. Belknap
Buckeye Oil Company
Shaw, Kendall & Co
Toledo
West Anston West Virginia Gunfight Ends with Multiple Wounds
In Arnold's creek Central District near West Anston violence erupted after Constable Gaston attempted to arrest Ernest Perkins. A firefight left four men shot including Ramsey and Arch Smith, with officer units retreating after about 75 shots were fired.
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West Anston
W. Va
Arnold’s Creek
Central District
William Gaston
Ernest Perkins
Rulin’s Mills
Hard Times for New Jersey Horsemen
Clifton race track managers George Engeman John Engeman William Engeman A H Battersby and Charles Sass were each sentenced by Judge Dixon to one year in state prison with hard labor and a 500 fine for maintaining a disorderly house at Clifton Bail set at 5000 and they may depart The Passaic County Agricultural Association was fined 500 in each of two indictments for the same charge Charles W Thomas a pool seller was fined 500 for keeping a pool hall in Paterson and jailed until the fine costs are paid
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New Jersey
Clifton
George Engeman
John Engeman
William Engeman
A. H. Battersby
Charles Sass
Dixon
Regue
Paterson
N. J
Cnonge
Passaic County Agricultural Association
Charles W. Thomas
Smuggling Chinamen Reported in Port Arthur Route
An undercover U S Treasury agent has been in West Surveyor Wisconsin for days investigating suspected smuggling of Chinese migrants into the United States from Port Arthur Ontario. The operation allegedly steps from Canadian ports through Port Arthur to U S transport, with arrests expected within a day or two.
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West
Wis
Atr
United States
Treasury Department
Port Arthur
Ont
Canadian Porte
Banquet speakers back reciprocity and political shifts
The report notes Sir Richard Cartwright and Attorney-General Longley advocating reciprocity at the Boston Merchants Association banquet. It also lists political moves including Wisconsin electing ex-Postmaster-General Vilas, and the Senate committee backing transit and vessel registration bills amid various national worries.
Vast News Roundup From 1890s Legislature and Disasters
A sprawling digest notes Nebraska legislative action on the elections bill, party alignment with independents voting with Democrats, and a U S Senate stance. Reports cover Rock Falls mill explosion in Starling Minnesota with fatalities, Richmond Virginia fire losses, and rumors of an Indian massacre in the Texas Panhandle. Also included are New York City rapid transit bills, Dakota Senate race, Philadelphia and Montreal incidents, barbed wire trust formation, Behring Sea case progress, and assorted naval wrecks and society dinners in New York.
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Harris H. Smiler
Nebraska
United States Senate
Rock Falls
Starling
John Myers
Alonzo Bell
Richmond
Texas Panhandle
New York City
South Dakota
United States
Mr. Moody
Henry J. Cloran
Theistrict
Montreal
Mroumnade
F Ish
National League
Canada
Pennsylvania House
Cameron
Capt. Pratt
Carlisle Indian School
Lieut
Casey
Carlisle
Rosebud and
Pine Rdgwe
Clayton Brave
Open Door to Big Trade
Washington February 1 The bureau of American republics received a letter from a Brazilian merchant outlining strong demand for American goods. He cites glassware tins hardware and textiles and notes a record shipment from the United States sold quickly at high prices in Rio de Janeiro. He urges New York firms to expand trade and suggests producers could supply all Brazilian provinces.
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Washington
Bureau of American Republics
Brazil
America
United States
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Badly Pinched For Funds In Chicago World’s Fair Plan
Outcane Feb 1 report says the finance committee expects 15 million dollars needed for each department, with only about 9.9 million in sight by May 1893. Only 5 million from city bonds becomes available after 3 million subscription payment. A director proposes increasing the exhibition company capital to 10 million. Delinquent stockholders to be sued as the ways and means committee acts next week.
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Finance, and Ways and Means
Seerger
Exhibition Company
Ornce
Exposition Company
Chicago
Ways and Means
Suburban kitchen robbery attempt shocks two chatelaines
A New York Times report describes a curious case where a carriage with liveried coachman halted at a suburban home. The coachman escorted the cook into the carriage, spoke with her, then drove away. The cook refused the alleged proposal to switch employers, marking an odd attempted theft.
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New York Times
He Will Always Find Something
A brief blurb notes a wry line about life, debt, and love from the Atchison Globe. It reflects on a man who lacks debt and romance, implying further unhappiness or complaint remains despite financial freedom. The phrasing suggests a social column or humorous aside from the periodical.
Mutiny in Portugal and Ireland Debate Stir Parliament
London reports Mr. Balfour refused to appoint a judicial commission to arbitrate landlord tenant disputes in Ireland, sparking surprise in Parliament. Parnellites and McCarthyites unite only recently amid mutual recriminations as Gladstone faces opposition over a Catholic lord chancellorship plan. Archbishop Croke denies famine fund claims while West Ireland distress prompts future public statements.
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London
Balfour
Ireland
Parnell
John Pope Hennessey
McCarthy
Hennessey
Gladstone
Ope
Russell
Lolcs
Parnellites
Mr. Sexton
Archbishop Croke
Freeman
Freeman's Journal
Mrugene Kelley
New York
Kelley
West of Ireland
Death's Shining Marks Meissonier Obituary
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, famed French painter born February 21 1815 in Lyons, died. He rose from poverty to prominence in Paris painting and engraving, earning medals from 1840 to 1848 and the Legion of Honor. He created Le Petit Messenger and Cui rassiers 1806, with 400000 francs paid after its 1878 exhibition, later burned in New York 1881.
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Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
France
Lyons
Paris
Louvre
M. Leon Cogniet
Legion of Honor
Sane
Institute
Fauteuil
New York
Death of Charles Bradlaugh MP for Northampton
Charles Bradlaugh, long prominent as Northampton MP and atheist reformer, died at 6 am Friday after a period of critical illness. Born September 26, 1833, in Hoxton, his life story spanned clerkships, political agitation, editorials for Iconoclast and National Reformer, refusal of oath in 1880, and formal admission to Parliament in 1886.
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Charles Bradlaugh
Northampton
Mr. Bradlaugh
Hoxton
London
East India Company
Hee
Esca
the Iconoclast
Bradlaugh
Gladstone
America
Revolution in Chill Tops Chilean News From Ayres
War reports say insurgents blockade Valdivia Port and Corral, with naval forces surrounding Valdivia and Chiloe. Insurgent ships patrol Gulf of Ancud and occupy Ancud after a skirmish with a government vessel flying the British flag. Balmaceda offers to negotiate while rebels gain momentum across multiple fronts.
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Buenos Ayres
Chili
Valdivia
Corral
Callacalia
Chiloe
Chiloe Archipelago
Gulf of Ancud
Ancud
Awa
Vesse
Bunting
Balmaceda
Rumors of Nihilist uprising and European tensions
The Warsaw report notes rumors of a Nihilist revolt planned for March 18 the Czar Alexander anniversary with Russian refugees in Bulgaria suspected of aiding the plot. Police across Europe are warned to tighten vigilance as political instability flourishes amid mutinies in Portugal and colonial notes from San Francisco to Tripoli and Oldham.
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Warsaw
Alexander
Bulgaria
Europe
Russian Empire
Senate Urges No Extra Session as March 4 Adjournment Looms
The New Congress scene: a Republican steering panel pursues a March 4 adjournment, aiming to limit sessions while tackling fortification, pension, and District of Columbia appropriations. Bills move between House and Senate, with shipping, eight hour, and bankruptcy measures in flux amid pending coinage battles and ongoing annual appropriations.
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Wasumncroy
Senate
District of Columbia
House
Capitol
Bland
Waita
Congress
Military Academy
Navy
Wives Wonder If There is a Best Man
The note recounts a playful exchange about wedding roles. A sister asks to be a bridesmaid while the speaker laments that wives often assume the best man is unnecessary, joking that they never marry the best man.
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Smith, Gray & Company
Goldust
Jack
Jove
One Thing the Real Coward Isn't Afraid of
The article argues that fear of being called a coward drives many to fake bravery, noting that true courage is not shown by public posturing but by actions under pressure. It frames cowardice as a social stigma that motivates bluffing rather than genuine bravery.
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Cutchison Globe
Senate and House Clash Over Apportionment Bill Amid Windom Death
The Senate shelved the elections bill by one vote and passed the apportionment bill as read from the House amid a noisy session. Debates over representation shifts, eight hour law issues, and Behring Sea questions dominated, while the House approved the military academy bill and prepared for Secretary Windom’s funeral with adjournments and memorial proceedings.
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Senate
House
Yeas
Blair
Gorman
Allison
Fras
House Journal
J. A. Owenby
No Return To Cloture Or Elections Bill, Aldrich Says
Senator Aldrich stated there is no chance the cloture resolution or the elections bill will be heard in the Senate. He notes eight Republicans will vote against them and that Cameron Stanfard and Washburn remain firm. He predicts no extra session and that pending measures like the bankruptcy bill international copyright and revenue cutter transfer await action. He expects the Senate to finish appropriations and clear calendars.
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Windom
Senate
Morrill
Porermmens
Secretary of the Treasury
McKinley
Messrs
Mills
Dunnell
Holman
O'Neill
Pennsylvania
Forney
Vandever
Blount
Snyder
Cameron
Washburn
Sherman
Allison
Harris
Payne
Gorman
Teller
Starkweather
Bth
Louse
Lee
Abraham
Edward F. Noyes
Washington
Jan
Aldrich
Stanfard
House
Revenue Marine
Commercial Matters. Butter and eggs market report
Bosvox Monday Feb 2 reports plentiful butter supplies with modest demand and varied receipts from Northern creamery and Western dairies. Cheese demand remains light as receipts fall. eggs show some improvement with steady to rising quotes. Beans, flour, coffee, and other staples listed with current market prices and range notes for domestic and imported goods.
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Bosvox
Western Ivery
Entra
Franklin Co
Mass
Roxtin
Vermont
New York
New
Fort Washington
Cape
Fey
New Hampshire
Michigan
Western St
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Medina
Maine
Niass
Washington and Titles: A Young Colonel’s Humble Rule
Moncure D. Conway recalls how George Washington, early in his career, followed a boyhood rule to avoid boasting of achievements or rank. While serving under Gov. Shirley in Boston, Washington avoided flaunting his standing, even as titles were highly valued.
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Moncure D. Conway
Washington
Gov. Shirley
Massachusetts
Boston
Earl of Ferrars
Washington Watid
Bunetington
Ashington
Peters
Harrison on Indian Trouble and Uprising Causes
Henry Guy Carleton reports President Harrison’s view on Indian issues. The president calls some grievances imaginary, cites bison loss and famine as factors, defends past removals, and praises current Indian affairs as honest and effective. He assigns Congress funding as the key to Indian needs.
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Henry Guy Carleton
Harrison
Congress
L Eng
Indian Affairs
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