The Rising Waters Floods Sweep Across The Nation
Floods raged through New Orleans, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and beyond causing ruined bridges, submerged towns, silenced railways, and widespread property loss. Wild ice jams and high water disrupted travel and commerce while emergency crews aided stranded residents in many cities including Washington and Cincinnati.
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New Orleans
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Vermilion
Pennsylvania
Schuylkill
Allegheny
Monongiahela
National Capital
Potomac River
Long
South
Georgetown
Alexandria
New York State
New Jersey
New England
Mississinewa
Indianapolis, Dayton & Cincinnati
Wabash
Delphi
Wabasi & Erie Canal
Muncie
Elihart
Poison Suspected in Death of Elsie Nilson in Providence
Inquest opened in Providence into Elsie Chace Nilson 31 who died January 28 after a stomach containing white arsenic was found. Autopsy said organs were healthy aside from the stomach. authorities consider possible arsenic poisoning amid family conflicts and hints of foul play. Further investigation planned.
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Providence
Elsie Chace Nilson
Livya Morton
W. O. Brown
Ienry W. Vaughan
Nilson
Niles Nilson
Chace Place
Tts
Hanlan Wins Seven-Boat Lengths in Thames Sculling Race
Hanlan defeats Laycock by seven lengths in the Thames sculling match for £500 and the Sportsman’s Challenge Cup. Official time 25 minutes 41 seconds. Hanlan takes Middlesex side, with Trickett and Drewitt as pilots. Post-race plans include visits to Westminster Aquarium and future Tyne regatta ambitions.
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Lonpos
Hanlan
Laycock
Thames
Putney
Mortlake
Hanian
Hammersmith Bridge
Middlesex
Trickett
Drewitt
Wesminster
Sportsman
Tyne
Strange Disappearance of Thomas Peterson Newport R I
Charles J. Peterson head of a publishing house fears for his son Thomas who has been missing for over a week. The family visits Newport each summer and the son may have stayed away from home since last autumn. He is married with at least two children and his wife is reportedly an invalid.
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Thomas
Peterson
Fatal shooting during a prank in Hamilton boarding house
Edward H. Henning aged 20 from Hamilton Ontario was accidentally shot and killed by his friend Charles J. Smith in Carrcaco while they examined a revolver. Smith playful seized Henning pressed the pistol to his head and fired saying a Denver hold up. Henning died instantly. Smith is grief stricken.
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Carrcaco
Edward H. Henning
Hamilton
Ont
Charles J. Smith
Smith
Smitth
Henning
Denver
Tragic Parental and Family Suicides Stun Carthage
In Carthage Missouri on February 15 a grim sequence unfolds as Mrs Elliott Nichols formerly Ella Hogg dies by her own hand shortly after her sister Mamie Hogg also killed herself by leaping into a well near Nichols home. The Hogg family history includes William Hogg a once prosperous merchant who shot two of his children and then killed himself in prior reverses.
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Carthage
Elliott Nichols
Ella Hogg
Joomington
William Hogg
Mamie Hogg
Corner in Pork Sparks Massive Market Surge in CuToaGo
February 14 report notes a corner in pork and lard driving a sharp price surge. Within a week the industry reports about 25,000,000 pounds of snort ribs, 24,000 barrels of pork, and 10,000 tierces of lard moved. Primary actors are the same traders behind last year’s deal aiming to push prices higher.
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CuToaGo
Six Men Dead in Ohio Coal Mine Explosion
Roontys Ohio February 15 A terrible blast at Monser's coal mine killed six workers and injured many others after a worker ignored cautions about a fire damp room. Mules and a train were hurled from the entrance. a man was thrown over a embankment. Names of the dead and wounded are listed, with a grieving mother at the door.
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Jackson Leek
James Logan
James Mehan
William Haley
George Henshilwood
Ed Smith
James Crouch
Robert Haley
Ed Creignan
John Aiken
Peter Wilson
Winnipeg
Can
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Nou
Humberstone
Ont
Bannerman & Co
Welland Canal
Herbert Atkinson
Bergen
N. J
Standard Oil Company
Bayonne
Asheville
N. C
Trains Buried in Buffalo Depot Collapse Kills Four
A roof collapse at Buffalo New York Central depot buried two New York Central cars and a Lake Shore train. Four people died including Levi Hunting and John Byrne. others escaped through shattered windows as workers cleared debris from the 460 by 100 foot ruin. The accident occurred last week and wreckage resembled an earthquake.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Exchange Street Central Railroad
New York Central
Lake Shore
John Byrne
Henry Walters
Wiles
Levi
Hunting
Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad
John
Jackson
William 8. ¢Dell
Wagner Sleeping Car Company
J. Covey
Train Collision at Rock Hill Penn Missing Telegram
A north Pennsylvania passenger train crashed into a freight train near Rock Hill on February 15 amid dense fog. Both engines and several cars were damaged. multiple fatalities and numerous injuries were reported among passengers and crew. the wreck was blamed on a telegram misinterpretation by the freight train engineer.
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Rock Hill
Penn
North Pennsylvania
Michael Hallahan
South Easton
James Farley
Quakertown
Mr. Meetridge
Germantown
John Gately
Richard Morton
South Bethlehem
George Yoomans
West Bethlehem
Charles Yeifert
George Green
Charles Everett
Bethleem
Wood
Philadelphia
James Moore
Mauch Chunk
Explosion at Peoria sugar refinery injures workers
An explosion in a Peoria sugar refinery mud-drum manhole plate blew out, creating a large wall breach. Five workers on a scaffold were badly scalded, one man, Michael Carney, fell into steaming water and died instantly, with others severely injured.
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CuicaGco
Peoria
Michael Carney
Train Jumped Rails in Communipaw Disaster
A Somerville outbound Central road train near Communipaw, Jersey City, last night jumped the last two cars and the next car overturned and caught fire. Several passengers were hurt, with Edward Reeves of Elizabeth fatally injured and other seriously injured including A C Laird of Somerville Thomas Daven Port Bound Brook William Steele of Staten Island George H Frost of Elizabeth William Saunders of Somerville Miss Nellie Harris of Elizabeth and James Hane.
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A. C. Laird
Somerville
Thomas Daven
A Bark's Perilous Voyage Toward Boston
The bark Teresa Lo Vico, sailing from Palermo Sicily with sulphur and schumac, arrived in Boston Friday and is now berthed as port officials await further instructions. The voyage showcased perilous seas and a crew report of steady weather conditions during the crossing.
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Teresa Lo Vico
Palermo
Sicily
Boston
Lying at Long Wharf After Long Voyage in Ice
The vessel lay at Long Wharf eighty seven days due to bad weather. Heavy seas carried away bulwarks and ice covered the ship. To prevent flooding, crew nailed planks over the damaged area. The captain called it one of his roughest trips, with rain or snow from January 27 to February 2. Located at latitude 40 40 North longitude 1 84 West. Ice bound, engines frozen, unable to tack. Only excellent seamanship kept the vessel from foundering.
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Long Wharf
Tow to Fayal: Columbia Tows Batavia Across Atlantic
The Anchor Line steamer Columbia reports towing the disabled Cunard Batavia from New York toward Fayal Azores after a week of heavy seas. Battling broken lines and failing gears, the towed steamer made 562 miles in seven days and four hours, arriving at Fayal with both ships intact.
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Haifax
N.S
Columbia
Ats A. m
Cunard
Batavia
Queenstown
Fayal
Azores
New York
Vayal
Io Fayal
Proposed Jeannette relief expedition plan debated
Washington officials weigh Representative Crapo's idea to buy a Scotch steam sealer and use Wrangel Land stations with Esquimaux, dogs, and sledges for a polar relief expedition. Navy favors the plan, citing Lt. Schwatka’s sledge journey and Capt. Howgate’s colony station concept as feasibility supports.
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Washington
Fhe
Navy Department
Crapo
New Bedford
Atkins
Blackburn
Cra
Corwin
Esquimaux
Wrangel's Land
Pathern Point
Esquimanax
Wrangel
Schwatka
Howgate
Professor Reamy faces charge over birth death reports
In Cincinnati on February 15 Thomas A. Reamy a obstetrics professor at Ohio Medical College is accused of failing to report births and deaths. The college allegedly trains students by delivering women in class with about 300 pupils present. Reports claim several cases ended with deaths or stillbirths and were not reported to the health officer. The Times Star recounts a reporter's covert attendance during one delivery. The exposure caused local excitement.
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Meadville
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Beaver District
Bridgewater
Newcastle
Reading
Susquehanna
Schuylkill
Lehigh
Deaware
Pan Haven
Leesburg
Kiekiminetes
Titusville
Times-Star
German Women Fight in Court Over Land Will Distribution
In CuicaGco on February 11 a Superior Court session before Judge Jameson saw a land distribution dispute among German women turn chaotic. An enraged contestant struck her rival, sparks flew, and eight women fought, including a 70-year-old, with spittoons flying wide. Attorneys restrained their clients as order was restored.
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CuicaGco
Jameson
Roush Family Death Shocking Murder Plot Revealed
Bloomington rumor details the death of stock raiser George M. Roush from heart disease three years ago. His son Peter, who moved to Iowa and died recently, is alleged to have poisoned his father to secure a share of the estate. A Cincinnati note reports Blaine’s portrait gifted by Ohio admirers with an inscription from Ingersoll’s speech.
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Bloomingeton
George M. Roush
Peter
Iowa
Blaine
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ob Ingersoll
Grafton
Accomplished Paper-Hanger Dies After Complication
Post-mortem by Drs. Brownell and Leonard found intestinal stricture worsened by two large cranberries blocking passage. Elizabeth M. Thatcher, renowned as an accomplished paper-hanger, is the deceased in New Bedford.
Lawsons Bride Abducted in Thompson Valley
Richmond reports Lawson wed to Coombs in Thompson valley. A night raid by roughs breached the bridal chamber, the bride torn from Lawson's arms after a struggle, and they fled. Lawson has not seen his wife since.
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Richmond
Lawson
Coombs
Thompson Valley
Blizzard Strikes West Causes Heavy Snowbound Trains
A severe blizzard swept the western states on Friday and Saturday, blanketing Missouri and Kansas with deep drifts. Rail lines including Chicago Milwaukee St Paul, Iowa Midland, and Hastings & Dakota faced prolonged blockades. In St Joseph and Mountain Lake trains were stranded for days, with efforts ongoing to restore service as wires failed and coal shortages appeared in Omaha.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Iowa Midland
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
St. Joseph
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Chicago
St. Paul
Hastings & Dakota
Mountain Lake
Sioux City
George Cook
Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha
Winter
Severe Winter Grips Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa Rail Lines
Western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota endure a harsh winter with drifts burying telegraph poles and blocking railways. Des Moines reports the worst storm in thirty years, trains stuck and six to eight foot drifts. Montevideo and Portville report suspended business, buried houses, and stables. Montreal forecaster Vennor predicts heavy snow from Montreal to Washington in early March.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Chananambeau
Des Moines
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Ort Dodge
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Chicago & Northwest
Iowa Central
Portville
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Montevideo
Minn
Nocturnal Entry and Mrs Barker’s Surprise
A man aims to enter a house quietly to avoid waking occupants, removing boots and searching for a latch-key on the doorsteps. He rings the doorbell by mistake, and Mrs Barker meets him at the door with a broomstick, despite careful precautions.
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Mrs. B
Clever Smuggler Dupes Customs in Silk Heist
A Philadelphia woman, Mrs. Ray Gordon, arrives aboard Britannic and is found to have smuggled hundreds of yards of silk and velvet. Officers confiscate contraband after a gleaming display of concealment. she later vanishes from Kreuger’s Hotel with 200 yards of silk hidden under tapes on her shoulders. Police trace her to a Twenty-sixth Street rogers.
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New York
Ray Gordon
Philadelphia
Europe
Major Forbes
Mrs. Gordon
Death of Fernando Wood in Hot Springs Ark
Fernando Wood of New York dies in Hot Springs Arkansas on February 14. Born Philadelphia June 14, 1812 to Quaker parents, he built a shipping business in New York and amassed wealth. He served as mayor of New York and held multiple Congress seats from the Twenty-seventh to the Forty-seventh, noted as a versatile statesman and prominent figure.
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Ark
Fernando Wood
New York
Philadelphia
Young Wood
Ben Wood
The
New York News
Wood
GLOBE
Whip Gawed on the Last Turn in a Faro Romance
A dramatic scene unfolds in Baxter street as Romeo de Nildesperandum vows to quit truck work, gamble, and strike it rich by July Fourth, then spirals into a perilous downfall through a casino fueled life. The tale blends satire and reckless ambition with a late night fall and a cliffhanger ending.
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Romeo de Nildesperandum
Baxter Street
Indiana
Samuel J. Tilden
Nellie Hazeltine
St. Louis
Jay Gould
Velegraph
Young Men’s Christian Association
Battery Park
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Barnegat
City Hall
New York and Brogiel Ya
Assembly
Chatham Street
New Jersey
Thirteen in a Bed at German Peasants Home
A traveler found hospitality in a rural German cottage with one bed shared among eleven relatives. He slept first until the grandmother joined him, followed by a sequence of family members including a father, mother, four sons, and five buxom daughters, all undisturbed. The tale emphasizes communal sleeping and the household’s modest comforts.
Beecher Protege Slicer Leaves Park Avenue Church
Rev Timothy Slicer, once Methodist, joined Congregationalism under Henry Ward Beecher, plans to resign from Park Avenue Congregational Church due to doctrinal shifts. He is said to favor Unitarianism like G C Min, may join Unity Church in Chicago, and could preach in Dr Chapin’s pulpit after accepting an invitation.
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Unity Church
Chicago
Robert Colyer
Slicer
Church of the Divine Paternity
Dr. Chapin
Striking French Masked Bail Costume At Wall Street Scene
A New York letter describes a French masked bail wearing a tunic of green leaves over flesh colored tights resembling naked skin. The crowd pursued her, corners her, and she was plucked of the leaves while willing to dance in a corset but the floor managers retired her.
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New York
Wall Street
Curious bladder contents case shocks Plainfield physicians
Mrs. Buchanan Bellville of Plainfield Ohio has reportedly passed over two thousand iron and other foreign objects from her bladder through catheters during episodes of mental aberration. Doctors regard it as the most remarkable case on record, attracting little comment from medical men.
Notable Cabinet Names Listed in Buffalo Express
The Buffalo Express cites a roster of U S officials including Secretary of State Robert Lincoln of Illinois, Secretary of the Treasury Charles J F Adams Jr of Massachusetts, Secretary of War Fred Dent Grant of Illinois, Secretary of the Navy Powers Fillmore of New Jersey, Secretary of the Interior Webb Hayes of Ohio, and Postmaster General Walker Blaine of Maine.
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Buffalo Express
Robert Lincoln
Illinois
Treasury
Charles JF. Adams, Jr
Massachusetts
Fred Dent Grant
Ilinois
Navy
Powers Fillmore
Newark
Interior
Webb Hayes
Ohio
A. Douglas
Nos
Walker Blaine
Maine
Popular Vermont conductor dies from strangulated hernia
Ira W. Bemis, longtime Passumpsic railroad conductor, died after strangulated hernia worsened despite a truss. The Vermont Union report notes his years with the railroad, his character, and a doctor’s operation. It urges readers to seek Dr. Sherman’s treatment at 43 Milk Street, offering his book by mail for ten cents.
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Vermont Union
Ira W. Bemis
Passumpsic
Woodaville
Mr. Bemis
Burke
Fassumpsie
Dr. Sherman
Fishery Frauds Accain Promises More Revelations
Professor Hind reports plans to publish a Governor-general letter from two years past that may shed light on the fishery question. He ties fraud claims to actions by Delfosse and Bergne during Alabama negotiations, notes Thornton’s summer hire of Kellogg’s Pittsfield residence, and hints at social ties with the British minister used for influence, without asserting improper conduct by Kellogg.
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WaAsumnoros
Professor Hind
Mr. Hind
Leonard Talley
Iis
J. Hind
GLOBE
Messrs. Delfosse
Bergne
Belgium
Washington
Alabama
Edward Thornton
Pittsfield
Ensign Kellogg
Halifax
Kellogg
Band of Blacks in Virginia Town Murderous Spree
In Pittsylvania county Virginia the Black man Sam Wright was judged for mistreatment of a magistrate and assault. A second Black man Joe Wright attacked several whites, fatally injuring J C Arthur who died Sunday. The pair fled to their True Friends club hall and were protected until a posse finally arrested them after a nightlong chase.
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Virginia
Arthur
Artist's Wife Sues Saloon Keeper for 25000 Damages
Cureano February 13 Mrs Lucy A Elkins widow of Henry A Elkins files suit against saloon keeper William Cudney and building owners for 25000 alleging debauchery by the saloon caused her husband to squander about 20000 of his earnings. He was earning 10000 yearly and has become unable to support his family.
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Cureano
Lucy A. Elkins
Henry A. Elkins
William Cudney
Elkins
Cudney
Detroit & Bay City railroad sold in mortgage foreclosure
The Detroit and Bay City railroad was sold today under foreclosure for 3.5 million dollars to bidders James McMiller and Ledgard for 3.62575 million dollars. Purchasers are reported to represent Mr Vanderbilt. The sale clears all bonded indebtedness. Michigan Central had operated the road and management change is unlikely.
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Detroit, Mich
Detroit & Bay City Railroad
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of
New York
James McMiller
Ledgard
Vanderbilt
Michigan Central
Peter Cooper's Ninetieth Birthday Celebration
In New York on February 12 the ninetieth anniversary of Peter Cooper's birth was marked by a Cooper Institute lecture. He donated his $100,000 check for repairs to the institute that bears his name.
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New York
Peter Cooper
Cooper Institute
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