The Bradtown Captain Murder Mystery Startling Clues Emerge
In Bradtown the captain known as Mr Joseph Tonce arouses gossip before a violent crime. Police find a bloodstained bedroom, a heavy indent on the bed, a missing pocketbook, and a folded note listing 42 bank notes worth £270. Footprints lead toward a bank and riverbank, hinting at a staged burial.
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Joseph Tonce
Bradtown
Ralston Bank
Quiet High St
Mary Willcombe
Policeman Jones
Ralston
Scotland Yard
Riverbank Murder Case Deepens as Inspector Investigates
The body lay carried from a deep sluggish river as bank notes traced to a banking firm’s payment via a Saturday letter from Cowie sped Co. A man in a red coat and wide hat fled to London by the 5.30 train, prompting Inspector Perkins to return from London amid growing crowd pressure. The detective, wearing a black mustache, faced skeptical townsfolk while efforts to unmask the culprit continued.
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Jones
Balston
London
Cowie, Sped & Co
Detective Perkins
Ime
Perkins
Captain Tonce Forgery Case Ends in Life Sentence
Perkins unravels a staged crime scene and a forged letter, linking Captain Tonce to Cowie Nabob Co through a London bank forgery. The inspector and Perkins expose the fraud, revealing Tonce’s alias history and the boot clue. Tonce is arrested at the London docks and later sentenced to life penal servitude.
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Perkins
Mary
Ley
Tonee
China
A. Compton
Compton
Watkins
Crowder
Tonce
Cowie, Nabob & Co
Ralston Bank
Cowie
Nabob & Co
London
Melbourne
Ralston
Joseph Tonce
Bradtown
William F Sheehan Early Buffalo Oarsman and City Leader
William F Sheehan, longtime lieutenant governor of New York, was a prominent Buffalo oarsman and a leading figure in the Celtic Rowing Club. He rowed professionally for money prizes, competing in four oared races against noted rowers, and became Celtic Ace Club president at age 16 in 1876, winning several professional races. He also boxed as a hobby at the Critics club, where he was famed for his skill with the gloves.
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William F. Sheehan
New York
Buffalo
Celtic Rowing Club
Toronto
Ten Eyck
Wise
Kam
Billy
Baan
Celtic Ace Club
Absent minded contest in town between Sage and Old Hutch
Russell Sage and Old Hutch, a wheat operator, clash on the sidewalk in front of the stock exchange claiming the absent minded championship of the world. Sage says he stood on 12th Street and 6th Avenue for 10 minutes holding up his finger to stop the strains. Hutch retorts that Sage is trivial and adds a tale of nearly leaving his nater at home only to find time to go back.
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Russell Sage
Old Hutch
Stock Exchange
Mr. Sage
12Th St
Huw
Russia
Odessa
Shanghai
China
St. Petersburg
Paris
Berck-sur-Mere
Boulogne
Vishnegradski
Chalon-Sur- Saone
France
Foochow
Foo-Kien
Min
Tehwei
Secret Society
The
Kalao Hui
Nankin
Sir William
Dusan
William
Berlin
Francis Joseph
Austria
Europe
Cardinal Manning
Ireland
Malago Vale
Bristol
House of Commons
South Molton
Devonshire
Libera
George Lambert
Power Lalor
Lady Aberdeen
Irish Industries Association
Insh
Laler
Promised Profit Scheme Advertised by SHoor & Co
A Racine Wisconsin notice advertises a $60 appointment in 30 days promising a $150 profit in four weeks or nothing, with a free stamp sample offered. The firm name reads SHoor & Co and provides an address in Racine.
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A. Shoor & Co
Racine, Wis
Cts
Ibarclay & CO
Etone St
New York
Pate Guanantere
Shoop & CO
Cowl Unis
Howard's Letter on the next national conventions in New York and Chicago
A lavish, opinionated commentary reviews where the presidential nominating conventions might be held. It recalls Chicago’s 1860 Wigwam, New York’s delegations led by Manning, and the tense fight among Cleveland, Hendricks, Blaine, and Garfield. The piece weighs costs, logistics, and regional flair for a Pacific or Atlantic host, with New York favored by some, Chicago by others, and political maneuvering shaping next year’s gathering.
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New York
The
Recorder
Glaser
George W. Turner
San Francisco
Chicago
St. Louis
Mike DeYoung
San Francisco Chronicle
World's Fair Directory
Associated
United Press
Pacific Coast
Seward
Morgan
Evarts
Henry J. Raymond
Ilinois
United States
Mr. Hendricks
Manning
Grover Cleveland
Hendricks
Cleveland
Harrison
Inauguration
Cleveland Hall
King
Mr. Manning
Treasury
Col
Dan Lamont
Gen. King
Albany
the Treasury
Athens
Coney Island
Long Branch
Madison Square Garden
London
Brazil
Santa Anna
Porto Alegre
Rio Grande Do Sul
National Party of Brazil
Famine-shipwrecks and turmoil in Brazil and Europe
London reports warned by a leading financial house describe dire Brazil conditions with revolts, troop defections, and looming civil war as Da Fonseca battles Dom Pedro II style opposition. Other dispatches cite Spanish and Russian concerns, Chilean and Mexican tensions, famine, and trade disruption amid global unrest.
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London
Brazil
Fonseca
Fonston
Rio
Rev. Harry George Found Guilty in Manslaughter Case
The jury convicted Rev. Harry George of manslaughter for causing the death of his adopted daughter Lotta Townsend by malpractice. He was sentenced to 165 years of hard labor at Dannemora prison after the verdict at 9:57 p.m.
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Catsxita
N. Y
Harry George
Lotta Townsend
George
Dannemora
Emperor of Germany Laughs At Bold Reporter Train Stoppage
A reporter disguised as a imperial domestic boarded the Kaiser's Potsdam to Kreuse train and took notes until detected by Baron Lyncker. He was forced off at a remote woods stop and laughed at by the Emperor who approved the punishment.
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BER Tw
Potsdam
Hts
Baron Lyncker
Loss of cattle on voyage led to disposal for rendering
Reports from Glasgow and Dundee detail heavy cattle losses on ships from America with 140 carcasses on the General Gordon trampled to death. Officials ban sale of such carcases for food and order boiling for rendering. Across Dundee, sixteen steamers report 500 head lost out of 10,000 shipped.
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Gruascow
America
General Gordon
Glasgow
Dundee
Untitled Ocean Rescue Aboard Damaged Steamer
A distressed steamer named Teayes in Biscay was abandoned after the ship began pumping water. The Darwin ty crew abandoned ship and were later rescued by Fairfield’s crew who took to boats.
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Darwin
Biscay
Fairfield
Portrait of Mr. Parnell by T. P. O Connor
The observer sketches Charles Stewart Parnell’s appearance noting iron resolve and icy reserve in a lithe frame. Details praise a handsome face with a long straight nose and proud mobile mouth, yet crown his piercing hard eyes as the defining feature.
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Mr. Parnell
T. P. O’connor
House of Commons
Next Year's Half Dollar Woman on Coin Design
The mint unveils new designs for subsidiary silver coins the half dollar quarter and dime. A Liberty head fronts the obverse with olive wreath Phrygian cap and motto In God We Trust while the reverse shows the Great Seal. Dime omits the motto and uses United States of America on the obverse. Coinage planned to begin January 1 under Director Leach approval.
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Washington
United States
United States of America
Leach
Mint
Philadelphia
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Wiig
Senator Sheehan
Oarsman
Howard
Assembly
Philosopher
Abraham Lincoln
Horace Greeley
George William Curtis
William M. Evarts
E. D. Morgan
Greeley
Oregon
Convention
Grant
Blaine
Garfield
Joy
James F. Blaine
Roscoe Conkling
Thomas C. Platt
Conkling
John Sherman
Tur Guiespe
Cincinnati
Hill
Tammany Hall
Russell
Sutdkesp
Foreign News
England
San Paulo
Sao Paulo
Santos
Rio Janeiro
Pernambuco
Bahia
Minas Geraes
Los Catilenes
San Gabriel
Bage
National Party
da Fonseca
Congress
Balmaceda
Castillo
Daily Telegraph
Grao Para
Senhor Mendonca
Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande
Diario Oficial
Commercial Association
Trade and People
Castilhos
Assiz
Casal Ribeiro
Gen
Osorio
Chermont
Kansas City
George Schafer
Mexico
Garcia
Schafer
Great Britain
Greasers
State Department
Berwin
Essen
Liverroot
Evans & Co
Samara
St. Petersbura
Quebec
Mecsherry
Tpunlap
Queeryvstown
Gylfe
Count Macsherry Bay
Germany
Lonnox
Somersetshire
Parret
Parnell
Barry
Liberty
California Fig Syrup CO
Cal
Louisville
N.Y
Wytt
Pinless Clothes Line Co
Hermon St
Worcester
Mass
Cowy
California
Ise
Elver
Foster
Benchley & Woodson
Chamber Commerce Ce Ldg
Chicago, IL
Om Gemaad
Prudential Trust Co
Phila
Paconti
Notant
Gare
Catter
New York City
About Globe Book Co
the Times
Peterson’s
Monthliea
Peterson's Magazine
Chestnut St
Globe
Irving
Cooper
George Eliot
Walter Scott
Charles Dickens
Giobe
CLOBE
Boston
Walthmas Schiffmann
Mall. lAddress
R. Schipfmann
T. Paul
Hina
Eae
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps & Co
Homeopathic Chemists
Erie Medical CO
Wyly Jyz
Chichester
Ennyroyal
Tsk
Namo Dene
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Ravers
Pilada, i
Eownset Fall
Allion Pharmacy CO
Lock Box
Albion
Mich
GUNNS
Clement Ger
Main Street
Ohio
J. D
Wtf
Wyée Greene
Centennial Myg. CO
Ill
Gaus
Fowler
Moodus
Roman's Ballod
Wilcox Specific Co. Philn
Aive
Dearborn Street
Bein Holder Co
Iolly, Mich
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