Fidelity at the Helm in the City of Columbus Disaster
A Boston preacher denounces Captain Wright’s conduct after the City of Columbus wreck with 126 lives lost. He argues the tragedy stems from man’s incapacity not an act of God and urges public servants remain vigilant one hour longer to avert such losses.
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New Brororp
City of Columbus
Gay Head
98 Ledge
Wreckig
New London
Scott
Comig
Pase
Gay Hew
Davis
Lynn
Boston
Gay Flead
Vineyard Haven
City of
Columbus
Leaver
Innis
State Force
Huarung
Aslea
Harding
Kost
Nobska
A Tian
Lue Sei
Comany
Wuo
Caphn Wright
Rubska
Nobskiu
Bresides
Viellus
Captain Wright
Wailers
Ada
Eve
The
Est
Lee
Metropolitan Press
Laive
Devil's Bridge
Commodore Smith
Joseph
Tag
Shen Jovy
J. B. Hingley
Allen Street Methodist Church
Sermon on the Wreck at Gay Head Preaches Fidelity
Rev. Wright Butler preaches at North Baptist on the Gay Head catastrophe urging Christian fidelity beyond peril. He questions the wreck’s causes, cites captain and crew responsibility, and warns the city to seek lessons for future sea safety. The sermon portrays Captain Wright as a brave, burdened leader facing devastating outcomes.
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Wright
Wright Butler
North Baptist Church
Mr. Butler
Jesus
Gethsemane
Papa
Mamma
City of
Columbus
Ohn Rowch
Warniug
Secon
Harding
Slo Als
Festiny
Savanush
Millionaire Ringo Dies After Adopting Six Orphans
Durkin Ringo, a Newport recluse aged 72, died this morning. He inherited about 300000 from a guide, left his half million to six adopted orphans, and lived apart from others sheltering a large library. He drank nightly at a Cincinnati saloon and employed two watchers.
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Newport
Durkin Ringo
Augusta College
Ap Uide
Huge Roof Coal Fall Traps Two Men at Scranton Mine
In Green Ridge colliery, O B Johnson & Co, Scranton, a roof coal slide occurred injuring two workers. Miner Aaron Sellows and laborer Owen Mulloy were struck as hundreds of tons of rock collapsed yesterday morning and the men were buried.
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Scranton
Penn
Mornig
Green Ridge
O. 8
Johnson & Co
Aaron Sellows
Owen Mulloy
Randall's Programme Aims to Control Tariff Reform Debate
Washington dispatch notes ex-Speaker Randall and allies aim to use the appropriation bills to block revenue reformers. They would gridlock Congress by pushing one appropriations bill after another, threatening to reopen tariff talks only later in June. Randall defends a tariffs stance protecting manufacturers and labor, while exposing corruption in the justice system and political pressure surrounding a Utah governor appointment.
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Washington
Randall
Committee On Appropriations
Committee On Ways and Means
Morrison
Democratic Party
Lan Determn
Tam
Bliss Plot Aims to Shelve Corkhill for Personal Gain
Washington January 23 A rumor-filled report outlines a alleged scheme by George Bliss to defeat ex District Attorney Corkhill reappointment to justify large fees for star route defense. It claims Bliss sought Corkhill removal to enable per diem charges and shield special counsel payments, with Brewster cited in context of past appointments and contracts.
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Washington
Corkhill
Supreme Court
Brewster
George Bliss
George Bliss Was the Prime Mover Against the Old Officer. As the Story Wolls
Biss
Corkuill
Gic
Bolonny
van Wyck
Springer Committee
Senate
MacVeagh
Garfield
Jeremiah Black
Bliss
Forced to Face His Dishonorable Record in Murray Probe
Washington reports detail a long Deputy U S Marshal turned Kentucky governor Eli H Murray facing a Justice Department inquiry into his six year term. The committee cites fraudulent fee bills, fictitious expenses, and improper prosecutions. Evidence points to systemic overcharges and biased cases with shell hearings and unneeded witnesses.
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Sively
Lawnsville
Alan
Thiry
Marstal
Lonsville
United States
Louisville
Wem
Wharton
Murray
Department of Justice
Utah
Kentucky
Washington
Eli H. Murray
District of
Reymblican
Springer
John D. White
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Utan
G. K. Chace
Pierrepont and Devens
Chace
Lecusés
Marshal See
Oe Tia Warenek T Nian
Gold Medals Won by United States at International Fisheries Exhibition
The United States leads with 40 gold, 47 silver, 29 bronze medals and 24 diplomas at the international fisheries exhibition held for a record attendance over 3,000,000. Norway, Sweden, and Canada trail in gold medals, while American displays from the fish commission and national services receive high honors.
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Washineton
Goode
Baird
Mali
United States
Norway
Sweden
Canada
Lefuaing
Fish Commission
National Museum
Lesaving Services
Lighthouse Board
Signal Service
Tewksbury to be Discussed in Congress
U S Senate Republicans open a bloody shirt debate on Sherman’s Danville resolution as Massachusetts and Virginia tensions loom. Mahone West Lamar discuss Mississippi politics, while Keller’s testimony and Keifer’s explanations face close scrutiny in Washington.
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Tewksbury
Congress
Washington
Senate
Sherman
Danville
Massachusetts
Virginia
Mahone
Lamar
West
Matter
Miss Sarah Alton Abie to Walk After Six Weeks of Prayer
Putnam Connecticut Miss Sarah Alton a 28 year old resident long afflicted with a spinal disorder reports rapid improvement after six weeks of earnest prayer and a Boston treatment She describes regaining the ability to sit without support and walk without crutches while voicing modest gratitude and renewed health prospects.
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Sarah Allston Abie
Putnam, Conn
Sarah Alton
Hfas
Boston W
Miss Alton
Smith
Boston
Putnam
Miss Aton
Mias Alten
Laous
Tinner Elijah Jones Learns of English Inheritance
Elijah Jones, a tinner in Wallingford Connecticut, learned by letter that his Branford family says his late Trenton grandmother’s English estate of 600000 dollars is to be divided among three heirs in the United States. The news arrives as he completes his apprenticeship with F W Phelps. he plans to finish regardless of the fortune. The grandmother’s widow, now in Branford, is married to Sheriff Linsley.
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Wallingford
Voun
Elijah Jones
F. W. Phelps
Branford
Trenton
N. J
England
Herbert Jones
Waterbury
Josiah Jones
Eli
Linsley
Bijah
Tragic Crested Butte Mine Disaster Kills Fifty Seven
A massive explosion at the Colorado Coal and Iron Company mine in Crested Butte Gunnison county murdered fifty seven miners. Rescue efforts began as physicians and workers arrived from Gunnison City and nearby mines. Some survivors and workers were overcome by dust and fumes while others fled the wreckage awaiting further safety checks. The mine, though highly ventilated, has long been viewed as dangerous and unstable.
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Denver
Col
Crested Butte
Gunnison County
Colorado Coal and Iron Company
Gunnison
Wither Chamber No. 1
John Aungus
Ite
Cameron
Crested Butte Mine Disaster Claims Thirty-Four Lives
Reports from Crested Butte detail a deadly blast at a Colorado Coal and Iron mine. Forty miners planned to ride to Crested Butte but were warned away. searchers recover thirty four bodies with more expected as work continues toward chamber No 2.
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Krysfour
Chicago
Denver
Crested Butte
Mully Maguires
Ois
Steele and
Sweeney
Gunnison County
John McNeil
A. H. Danforth
Colorado Coal and Iron Company
Butte
Gibson
Moshes
Cause of the Denver mining disaster inquest continues
In Denver the inquest into the mining disaster dragged to midnight with adjournment to Monday. Evidence shows air supply five to six times legal, explosion during wax-filled woodwork repairs in Chamber 18. Fifty-nine bodies recovered. two more found, both with pale looks. Funeral frame building for forty workers completed, no funeral date set.
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Denver
Gloucester Sloops Lost Add to Fishermen Toll
The schooner George W. Stetson sails December 10 for Georges Bank and is believed sunk with twelve crewmen missing. Owners fear the loss on the Georges fishing banks. The Waldo Irving and others are overdue, increasing Gloucester’s toll of missing fishermen to many.
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Gloucester
George W. Stetson
Georges
Orst
Grand Mayau
Stetson
Laughlin McLeod
Henry Haruish
Angus J. McLeod
Malcom McLeod
James McArthur
John McDonald
Simon McEacheren
Patrick Sisk
William Kennedy
Angus McArthur
John McVahan
John Ryan
Waldo Irving
Waldock
Essex
J. P. Wonson & Co
Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company
Alice
Jordan
Jed Warren
Fortune Bay
N. F
Put Off a Train and Died
NEWBURYPORT January 28. Saturday evening Conductor West put off from the Eastern train at Rowley a stranger giving the name Joseph Mehiggan who, having no place of refuge, died after being left at the station.
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Newburyport
West
Rowley
Joseph Mehiggan
Death of 87 year old Peter Hutchinson at Byfeld
Lodged in the depot over Sunday, Peter Hutchinson fell ill with frothing at the mouth and died after being moved to Mr Rogers's home. The 87 year old, whose lungs were congested, left a son in Ipswich and a daughter in Dedham. Overseers of the poor take charge of the remains. The police identify the deceased as Peter Hutchinson of Byfeld.
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Bartlett
Rogers
Robinson
Ipswich
Dedham
Peabody
Peter Hutchinson
Byfeld
Ruined mill near Kingabridge road holds a starving child
On Kingabridge road at Two Hundred and Twentieth street the derelict Dykman mill stands in decay. Police and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children uncover a starving three year old girl in squalid straw, identified as Angelina Kelly, daughter of Henry Kelly and former Souter Duyvil resident. The mother was found demented, and both parents were placed in care with the child returned to her.
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New York
Kingabridge Road
Two Hundred and Twentieth Street
Westchester
Dykman
Society For the Prevention of Creely
Policeman Care
Society Ofer Burlande
Tee Girret
Kingsbridge
Angelina Kelly
Souyter Duyvil
Old Willan Boughton
Hudson River Railroad
Henry Kelly
Beautiful and accomplished Nellie Trumley on the run from convent to stage
Nellie J. Trumley escaped a Port Sarnia convent four months ago and toured Detroit Cincinnati and Nashville in the Buckingham theatre company. Her irate father Mitchell M. Trumley traced her to Nashville where she was arrested and sent back to McComb county Michigan with a firm word to return home. The girl, known as Nellie, is described as beautiful and accomplished and a capable balladist.
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Nashville
Tenn
Nellie J. Trumley
Holy Name of Jesus
Port Sarnia
Qnt
Detroit
Mich
Mitchell M. Trumley
McComb
Cincinnati
Vine Street
Buckingeham Theatre Ne
Hervinny
McComb County
the Depot
Miss Trumley
Mamie Palmer
Nellie
Narrow Barrow Escape Near Newburyport
Two men narrowly escaped death when they slipped into a culvert beside Green Street in Newburyport. A sloped street slab and eight inch water flow trapped them, but timely rescue saved them from being drawn into the river.
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Newburyport
Green Street
Waer
Savcor
Town Sinks After Massive Cave-In in Pleasant Valley
An extensive cave-in in Pleasant Valley near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania collapses ground over fifty acres, causing fissures six to eight inches wide and wrecking Oud Fellows Hall and McGuhen's store. No serious injuries reported as residents flee struck by fear of further subsidence and many homes become untenantable.
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Wilkfsbarre
Penn
Pleasant Valley
Oud Fellows’ Hall
McGuhen
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Ffteen
Notable Miscegenation Douglass Weds Helen Pitts
Frederick Douglass, aged 65, marries Helen M. Pitts, 33, a white clerk in his office, at the Congressional Church in Washington. The bride, active in woman suffrage and moral reform, joins Douglass amid discussions of district anti intermarriage law and public curiosity.
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Washington
Fred Douglass
Helen M. Pitts
Douglass
The
Woman Suffrage Association
Doniass
Miss Pitts
A Double Ripper Sled With Cow-Catcher Gains Fame
The New York Sun describes a new two sled design featuring seating boards and wide foot rests. A ladder truck like steering system uses iron brakes with hooked ends to grip, while a wooden cow catcher in front gives the look of a miniature railroad train.
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New York Sun
A Bullet in His Grain and May Recover
Edale White of Fair Haven aged 1044 years has carried a bullet in his head for twenty five days after being accidentally shot by his brother. Surgeons cannot extract the ball near the basilar arteries. Despite brain matter exuding from the wound his mind remains clear and recovery is possible.
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New Haven
Edale White
Fair Haven
Earthquake Waves Felt in California
Washington reports that on January 26 an earthquake was detected in San Francisco by observatory instruments. The waves showed a vibration amplitude from three to six seconds of arc and continued for several seconds.
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California
Washington
George Davidson
Superintendent of Coast and Geodetic Survey
San Francisco
Panic in Wall Street as Gould Sage Syndicate Buys Oregon
Speculators surged as a Gould Sage & Co syndicate moved to relieve the Oregon Transcontinental by purchasing 50,000 shares. Stocks of Oregon Railway and Navigation jumped 30 percent before retreating, with Northern Pacific positions also involved and leaders including Drexel Morgan Co and Cyrus W Field cited.
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New York
Gould, Sage & Co
Oregon Trancontinental Company
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Bears
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Notor Wus Hannbal
Stu Joe Corner
Oregon Transcontinental Company
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Northern Pacific
Mr. Endicott
Boston
Kelday
Farwerson and Trust Company
Jay Gould
Mr. Sage
Work, Strong & Co
A. J. Drexel
Philadelphia
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Cyrus W. Field
Oregon & Transcontinental
Imphiest Cath
Gould, Sage and Field
Wall Street Brisk Oregon Navigation Squeeze Amid Volatile Trading
New York January 28 The market opened lower but Oregon Navigation jumped with heavy buying as shorts covered, producing pandemonium. The stock rose from 87 to as high as 119 before retreating to around 95 at noon, while other issues gained 4 4 to 5 percent then pulled back later. Traders blamed manipulation by Gould and partners and criticized Oregon Transcontinental Company for selling to the syndicate, causing losses to Willard and others.
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Wall Street
New York
Oregon Navigation
Shorts
Bears
Villa Wis
Gould
Oregon Transcontinental Company
Willard
Iow
Sage
Desperate Indiana death reveals cold destitution at cabin
A Bloomington man and his newborn died of exposure in a Clear Creek cabin eight miles south of the city. Neighbors found the starving woman in bed with the frozen infant, while the bedridden husband described his illness as preventing him from seeking help.
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Bloomington
Ind
Clear Creek
Here
Adams
Camel nose bridge proposed at Barnum show
Bridgeport reports two camels fought at Barnum's winter quarters. One camel lost nose cartilage after jaws locked. Barnum's team seeks healing, then considers a wooden bridge across the camel's nose using lip wood as a substitute, with later plans for stronger materials if successful.
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Bridgeport
Barnum
James F. Clark Wealthy Cleveland Leader Dies
James F. Clark, 73, millionaire president of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company and director of the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad and several banks, died of heart disease in Cleveland after thirty six years residence.
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Cleveland
James F. Clark
Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohi Railroad
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Tichter
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Georgia
Eden
BR. Ringo
TUE Fishery Awards
Keller
Mimasit
Speaker Keller
House Committee On Accounts
Keifer
Tyson
Robeson
McCord
Remova
House Committee On Public Lands
Northern Pacific Railroad
Portland
Astoria
Edwards Pierrepont
Portand
Colorado
Mer Catia
Kent
Twain
Frederick Douglass
Clerk
Syndicate of Liars
Gould and
Oregon
Indiana
J. A. Sherman
Lve
Mil Street
Brodway
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