Three Fatal Collisions on a Pennsylvania Express
A Western express from Jersey City collided with an emigrant train near Meadow Station by the Hackensack River bridge, followed by a Lehigh Valley train from Newark. Ten killed, many injured, including decapitations and mangled bodies. Fire and wreckage blocked tracks as救 responders rushed to aid victims and retrieve the dead.
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New York
Western Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Meadow Station
Hackensack River Bridge
Lehigh Valley
Newark
Meadow Coal Bridge
Toraa
Owen Hall
Jersey Cit
Velna Arncare
Madison
Wis
Christian G. Bolsted
Minneapolis
Minn
Marinus Clinger
Lake Junaeta
Col
Laura Redesen Melanared
Locomotives Collide On Boston & Lowell Division
On the Northern division from Concord to White River Junction an express freight engine separated from its cars near West Andover, delaying the Chicago passenger express. Fog shrouded the single track as both trains met at midline, toppled, with firemen escaping bruised. Concord and nearby crews were named in the report.
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Concord
Boston & Lowell Railroad
White River Junction
West Andover
East Andover
Chicago
Grafton
East
Lucius Groves
Cond
John ¥ T .of
Emerson
Ehiin
Collision Between Michigan Central and Grand Trunk Trains
A dense fog caused a serious wreck at Canfield Junction Ontario as a Michigan Central eastbound freight was struck by a westbound Grand Trunk freight. The engine collided five cars from the caboose, destroying one car and badly damaging several others. The engineer was seriously injured.
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London
Ont
Michigan Central Railway
Canfield Junction
Hammond
Barrett
Grand Trunk
Buffalo & Lake Huron
Caboose
Michigan Central
Rainy Ohio election ends with Foraker victory and fraud concerns
On a dull rainy day the Ohio election returns Foraker a Republican governor by about 20,000 over Hoadly while Republicans also win the Legislature on joint ballot. Prohibitionists claim little impact. fraud and irregularities surface in several districts. A Cincinnati committee acts to restore calm as warrants are issued and officials face court scrutiny.
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Ohio
Foraker
Hoadly
Dr. Leonard
John Sherman
National Senate
Mahoning County
J. G. Blaine
Prohibition
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Gincindar
Olice
Ple
Buckeye
Secret Manning Plot Says Democratic Defeat Linked
A Cleveland dispatch reports a Democrat informant alleging that Democratic absenteeismover last Tuesday's loss was orchestrated by the administration. The source claims Dan Manning engineered Hoadly's defeat to aid Cleveland's renomination in 1888 and to eliminate rivals in Ohio and New York politics. The scheme allegedly seeks future advantage by sidelining Hill and Davenport.
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Cleveland
Hoadly
Senate
Payne
Dan Manning
Ohio
New York
Hill
Davenport
Government seeks full reports on Pacific railroads
Assistant Secretary Jenks conducts a special study of Pacific railroads to gain access to information the government provided through donations. He asserts the government has a right to call for data, aiming to assemble a complete record despite current gaps in reporting.
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Washington
Jenks
Road reporting rules for subsidized roads to tighten
The text notes forthcoming rules for subsidized roads mandating more complete and frequent condition and resource reports. Roads must rigidly comply with these new requirements once enacted.
Ireland of Minnesota Pledges Catholic University Plans
Ireland of Minnesota, a director, says the directory will meet in Baltimore on November 11 then adjourn to Washington to formalize incorporation. Six hundred thousand dollars is raised, aiming for 1,000,000 in three months. Ground work for a wing costing about 250,000 will begin soon, with each chair endowment placed at no less than 100,000.
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Washngton
Ireland
Minnesota
New Catholic University
Baltimore
Loyal Defence Union
London
Louis Kiel
Privy Council
Riel
Phelps
Inurmah
Dulierin
Burmah
Calcutta
King Theebaw
Horn
China
France
Ding
Madagascar
Tumatave
Hovas
Ely
Naot
Czar
Russia
St.burg
Prussia
7Ower
Austria
Madrid
Intoxicated Youth Slays Companion After Row Near Rochester
In Dover on October 17 a Boston Comedy company show drew a large party from Gonic to Rochester. Afterward J McKey, 13, and Michael Crannen, about 15 or 16, walked toward Gonic. McKey, intoxicated, argued with Crannen and stabbed him in the abdomen with a knife. Crannen died within minutes. McKey was arrested and sent to Rochester for a preliminary hearing. The incident caused great excitement.
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Dover
N. H
Boston
Rochester
Gonic
J. McKey
Michael
Crannen
McKey
Gonic Village
McKegan
Remarkable Cargo Brought By Bark to Philadelphia
The Bark Joshua Loring arrived from Havana with a curious cargo of old bones cracked bells and other metal items from Cuba. On deck and in the cabin myriads of lizards centipedes and scorpions appeared as the crew faced fever and discomfort during unloading at Moro Castle the mate hinted at ROMER skulls among the bones.
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Philadelphia
Havana
Cuba
Joshua Loring
Moro Castle
Chilian Legation Attache Arrested for Drunken Disorderly Conduct
Washington report details the arrest of Emanuel del Campo, second secretary of the Chilian legation, for drunken and disorderly behavior. He resisted, claimed national identity, and was taken to the fifth precinct before being sent home. this marked at least the third such arrest in recent times.
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Washington
Chilian Legation
Emanuel del Campo
The
Emanuel de] Campo
Aed
Telepi
Ansom
del Campo
German impostor Spiro swindled Texan creditors in Eagle Pass
A man known as M. D. Spiro posed as heir to a 162,000 fortune and opened a dry goods store with partner M. D. Steinhardt. He expanded to buy properties in Texas and Louisiana, but Anton Oppenheimer seized his warehouse assets and Germany denied any heir. Spiro fled to Mexico, reputedly carrying about 15000 in cash as creditors moved in.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
M. D. Spiro
Germany
Spiro
M. D. Steinhardt
Aon
Gad Hough
Texan
Louis
Oppenheimers
San Antonio
Anton Oppenheimer
Spiro & Fe
Oppenheimer
Mexico
Hill and Jones Accept NY Democratic Tickets
New York October 15 Messrs Hill and Jones Democratic nominees for governor and lieutenant governor have sent in their acceptance letters. Hill praises the party platform and Cleveland administration while contrasting it with the Republican platform. Jones focuses on pensioning indigent soldiers and related labor concerns.
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New York
Messrs. Hill
Jones
Hill
Cleveland
Foreign affairs and the Balkan crisis unfold across Europe
The piece surveys a tangled panorama of Balkan and European tensions. It covers Bulgarian Turkish relations, Servia’s precarious stance, Austrian and Russian rivalries, Roumania mobilization, and shifting alliances, alongside British domestic politics on church, language, and Ireland, with broader notes on colonial and imperial moves, boycotts, riots, and economic issues.
Wealthy merchant turned cobbler vanishes then reappears as forger
Reapine Pennsylvania October 18. Andrew J. Moore, once a leading Lebanon shoe dealer and Shirk and Moore partner, disappeared after unpaid notes exceeding 10,000. A stranger opened a basement shop as A J Moore cobbler in Hinkletown. Moore was arrested in Lebanon on forgery charges after being identified by a Lebanon rope maker. He denied intent of suicide and posted bail for a Tuesday hearing.
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Reapine
Penn
Andrew J. Moore
Shirk & Moore
Lebanon
Shirk
The
Law
Hinkeltown
Reading
A. J. Moore
Augustus Patske
Hinke
Moore
Eagle carries off two year old child in Montreal tragedy
In St. Vincent de Paul a bald headed eagle seized a two year old boy named Jean Baptiste Romilly. Neighbors armed with shotguns chased the bird to a barn roof a mile away. The eagle killed the child with a beak thrust and devoured part of the skull before it flew off. the child's death was confirmed.
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Montreal
Jean Baptiste Romilly
St. Vincent de Paul
Laws Governing Land Grants
Washington October 16 Assistant Secretary Jenks of the Interior Department has devoted attention to railroad land grant law. He believes the secretary has ample power to inquire into railroad matters and plans to routinely demand detailed accounts of operations rather than only annual statements.
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Washington
Jenks
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Mrs Amelia Opper of Clyde Dies After Mental Collapse
Syracuse widow Amelia Opper dies at Clyde after long insanity triggered by husband’s death in the 1864 Wilderness battle. Her mind briefly returned four weeks before death, then faded.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Amelia Opper
Clyde
Centenarian Nathaniel Conkling Dead at 163
Nathaniel Conkling, aged 100, died at Shrub Oak in Westchester County. Born in 1783, he owned a Cortland town farm. He married at 42. Surviving are his wife, 80, and three daughters.
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Conkling
New York
Nathaniel Conkling
Shrub Oak
Westchester County
Cortland
Arctic voyage yields wealth in Hudson Bay fisheries and minerals
Thrilling reports from the Arctic steamer Alert detail observations over fifteen months at Hudson strait and bay. McNaughton cites mild temps, thick ice fields, and a navigable bay seven to eight months yearly. The piece highlights wealth in fisheries and minerals, and recounts Stupart’s perilous 400 mile trek to Chimo bay amid famine among Esquimaux and the Alert’s relief efforts.
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HarrFax
Far North
Alert
Hudson's Strait
Bay
Dominion
Europe
Geological Survey
James McNaughton
New York
Northwest
Arctic
Davis Straits
St. John's
N. F
Hudson’s Bay
McNaughton
Stupart
Hudson Strait
Amon
Esquimaux
Hudson Bay
Chimo Bay
Chimo
Labrador
Rigoulette
Lovers Elopement Stuns Philadelphia Family
Henry Claudi of Philadelphia learns his son Augustus aged about 11 and his ward Lizzie Brown aged 12 eloped with each other to Jersey City to marry. They rode separately to Jersey City, were found together, and sought a hotel room overnight before returning toward home. The couple cried during the journey and faced fear and confusion at every step.
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New York
Henri Claudi
Means
South Ninth Street
Philadelphia
Augustus
Mr. Claudi
Henry Brown
Emily
Lizzie
Brown
Jersey City
Michael Teller
Ksey City
Penny Promises and Farewells in Philadelphia
The speaker recounts longsaying this in pennies for years, but after fares were paid and purchases settled in Philadelphia, he had only a dollar left, and his affection for Lizzie faded. The young gentleman faces a boarding shop, and Miss Brown will go to a convent.
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Philadelphia
Lizzie
Brown
Couple in Hoboken Hang Self After Reunion
Teresa Descari and her husband Liberato Descari, both jailed after Teresa's elopement report from Bangor, Maine, attempted suicide by hanging. The jailer found them revived, and after a later reconciliation she left with him for home, though a second suicide attempt occurred earlier.
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New York
Teresa Descari
Hoboken
Bangor
Liberato Descari
Perpetual Henry of Wisconsin Promises Motion Solution
Francis Henry Otto known as Perpetual Henry, of Burtmoron Wisconsin, claims to have solved perpetual motion and filed for a patent. He says a wheel within a wheel device can power stationary or locomotive engines, start or reverse by a lever, and stop by a hand-brake. He began the quest 29 years ago in Meadow Ohio and a machine is now in a Racine shop.
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Burtmoron
Wis
Francis Henry Otto
Looming Meadow
German Saloon Couple Elopes With Husband’s Cash
Hermann Rolie and Annie Rolie ran a lager beer saloon in Rappach Germany. Gustav Grabb befriended them, swindled the couple, and persuaded Annie to leave with him for America. They fled to New York, then planned interior travel as police seized 1010 German marks and 98 in U.S. money on Grabb. The missing funds total about 4 pounds.
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New York
Hermann Rolie
Annie
Rappach
Germany
Gustav Grabb
America
Youn Rolie
York
Castle Garden
Grabb
Kentucky
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Hoboken
CREO
United States
Rolie
Lie
Neal Dow predicts GOP defeat after Ohio trip
General Neal Dow, arriving from Ohio, praises Prohibition gains and cites liquor league backing for Republicans. He predicts a national Republican collapse, plans to campaign in Maine, and frames the movement as organizational work. says he may publish national views soon.
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Ohio
Maine
Dow
Clock of the Century Hums in Woodbury County
In Woodbury County a young mechanic exhibits a 12 by 5 by 3½ foot clock with eleven dials showing times from Washington to Moscow and a large central dial for local time. A feature at a set hour animates William H. Vanderbilt rising with a charter while railroad magnates bow and fade through alcoves.
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Penn
Woodbury
County
Washington, D. C
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
London
Pekin
Constantinople
Melbourne
Vienna
Cairo
St. Petersburg
William H. Vanderbilt
Man Feeds Himself With Thumbs After Lockjaw
In Port Jefferson New York on October 18 Edward Emmons aged 530 years is bedridden for ten years with lockjaw like rheumatism. He has used only his hands for seven years and can feed himself by placing a plate on his chest and pushing food through his teeth with both thumbs. His sister shows similar symptoms.
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Port Jefferson
N. Y
Edward Emmons
President appoints several consular posts and auditor
Washington October 16 report lists Benjamin F. Bonham of Oregon named consul general in Calcutta and William A. Garesche of Missouri named consul at Martinique along with Charles Joe of Indiana named consul at Elberfeld and Ernest P. Baldwin of Missouri named deputy first auditor of the treasury.
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Washington
United States
Benjamin F. Bonham
Oregon
Calcutta
William A. Garesche
Missouri
Martinique
Charles Joe
Indiana
Elberfeld
Ernest P. Baldwin
The
Treasury
Government cannot retain anyGee susie eel Sea upon discharge
The second comptroller of the treasury rules that the government may not retain any wages or assets upon discharge. In prior cases where such deductions occurred, the retained amount must be returned to the employee. The ruling clarifies improper withholdings and outlines corrective steps for affected workers.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Treasury
Four Victims of Fire In Bates Cottage Tragedy
A early morning fire at 6 Vernon Park Place in Curcaco destroyed a one story cottage, killing four of five Bates family members and injuring W S Bates. The servant girl started the blaze in the kitchen and fled, leaving the door open. Bates tried to douse the flames, then alerted the fire department which arrived as the house burned. The charred remains included Mrs Mary E Bates and young children John Eddie and Mrs Drevicon. Bates survived but prostrated from grief and injuries.
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Curcaco
Vernon Park Place
Bates
MacAllister Place
Looms Street
Mr. Bates
Mary E. Bates
John Bates
Eddie Bates
Dreyfoot
Tes
Miners Running Mines at Chartier's Station Cooperative Plan Adopted
At Chartier's Station on the Allegheny Valley railroad the Arnold Coal Company miners adopt a cooperative mining plan. The company transfers full control of the mine to the workers, who manage labor, profits, and operations. Wages are fair, markets for coal are steady, and the agreement can be closed with 30 days notice. The arrangement aims to keep the mine open, with the company supplying bulk purchases and no rent for the first month.
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Prrrapunna
Penn
Arnold Coal Company
Chartier’s Station
Allegheny Valley
Milley Metcalf & Parker
Su Tendent
Comipaw
Salem Witchcraft Trials Split Minnesota Swedish Parish
In Mankato Minnesota on October 16 local Scandinavian settlers recount witchcraft beliefs. A sick woman’s aunt faces a church trial led by Swedish preacher Anderson with deacons as jurors. Mrs Johnson is found guilty amid testimony of flying crafts and illness. A West Newton case ends with an aged couple mobbed and nearly killed to extract a confession. The child’s bones later found in a wash near its home.
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Mankato
Minn
John Solomon
Johnson
Anderson
Solomon
Johson
West Newton
Desperate Escape After Flood Rock Explosion
New York reports that two large glass bottles used for battery fluid survived the Flood Rock blast while others ground to powder. Lieutenant Derby theorized a man protected by straw could have sat on a bottle, possibly living to tell his tale.
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New York
Derby
Public notice on Jones not an agent for The Globe in Maine
The Weekly Globe warns the public that J. T. Jones is not an agent and that no Globe traveling agents operate in Maine. Jones last heard from in Searsmont and residents are advised to beware of him.
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J. T. Jones
Maine
GLOBE
Jones
Searsmont
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