Providential Escapes From an Awful Death of Daily Peril
A hunter recalls near misses with dangerous Africa wildlife. A charging rhinoceros falls into a mud hole. a python enmeshes a deer and a native is fatally crushed by a second serpent. a lions stare elicits nerve and restraint as a panther and tiger encounters near misses. The survivor recounts bowing to danger across Niger, Benue and Burma.
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Niger
Africa
Benne River
Cameron Mountain
United States
Phade
Builders Plan for Lifting Stones in Pyramids Debated
A British Association paper argues possible methods to raise massive stones for pyramids using tilting levers and wedges, with rollers and inclined timber planes as alternative aids. The discussion notes no use of direct lifting from above and acknowledges substantial obscurity in the technique.
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British Association
Valley of
The
Nile
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Writers Paths: Pens and Typewriters Through History
The article surveys noted authors and editors showing preference for pen, pencil, longhand, or typewriter. It cites Jane Panton, Marion Harland, Murat Halstead, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Gilder, Captain Charles King, George Cable, and others, highlighting shifts from pen to typewriter and related methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes Panton
Marion Harland
W. H. Riding
Edward Eggleston
W.co. Stoppard
Murat Halstead
F. R. Stockton
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A. W. Tovarcer
Richard Watson Gilder
The
Century Magazine
Charles King
George W. Cable
George Kennan
Minister Allen Thorndike Rice Dies in New York Hotel
Allen Thorndike Rice, late newly appointed United States minister to Russia, died at 3:30 a.m. in the Fifth Avenue Hotel New York after throat illness. Born Boston June 14 1853 he studied at Oxford and Columbia Law School edited the North American Review and Le Main and directed the Charity expedition. He ran for Congress in 1886 as a Republican and supported the Australian voting system.
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Allen Thorndike Ice
New York
Allen Thorndike Nice
Russia
Fifth Avenue
Rice
Europe
Fuller and Gold
Thwaite
Allen Thorndike Rice
Boston
United States
England
Oxford
Columbia Law School
North American Review
France
Central America
Mexico
le Main
Paris
Congress
General Spinola
Abraham Lincoln
New World
German miners and employers near settlement of strike
Efforts to end the miners strike progress toward a general return to work by Tuesday. The Emperor urged peace and ordered workers to avoid socialist intrigue while praising the delegation’s patriotic spirit. A provisional eight hour day agreement, wage rises, and no compulsory overtime were discussed with mine owners.
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Beruis
Westphalia
Herr Hammacher
Reichstag
Weimar
Steamer Alaskan Wrecked Off Cape Blanco with 34 Aboard
The Oregon Navigation Company's iron steamer Alaskan wrecked in a May 13 gale off Cape Blanco. Captain Howse, Captain Woods, and 11 crew were rescued by the Vigilante. five crewmen are believed drowned and two boats remain missing. Ship valued at 550000 dollars and insured for 200000.
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Ore
Columbia
San Franecisco
Oregon Navigation Company
San Francisco
Cape Blanco
Howse
Woods
Vigilante
Northwest
Railroad wreck near Pittsburgh injures eight workers
A freight air backing from a siding caused a wreck on the Pittsburgh Virginia and Charleston line near Ormsby, Pittsburgh, at 7 am. About 100 workers, mostly Hungarians, were on the train. eight were injured eight, three seriously, with several cars badly wrecked.
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Pittspurcu
Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston
Ormsby
Tragic drowning at Florida lake party ends in deaths
A Florida lakeside gathering turned fatal when a 12 year old boy and his sister drowned after he wandered beyond his depth while swimming. The boy clung to his sister as both sank, their mother aiding before rescuers arrived and saved herself from a similar fate.
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Jacksonvinchr
Fla
W. P. Shereth
W. J. Denham
Tim Aing
Lake Trout
Bartow
Denham
Storms Leave Cities Damaged and Trailing Floods
A historic May storm closes with severe damage from Milwaukee to Apicena. Three men drown after a tunnel dam bursts near Island avenue in Milwaukee. Lightning strikes kill a mother in La Prairie Wisconsin and destroy a Livery barn in Expora Texas. Major rail and river flooding disrupts Kansas City and surrounding lines.
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Milwaukee
Island Avenue
Mapisson
Wis
Dayton Flagg
la Prairie
MinnAaukkern
Big Patch
Alfred Terrell
Jacksonville
Rockramp
Rockford
Charlie Keeler
Kansas City
Kan
Missouri River
Chicago & Alton
Rush Creek
Liberty
Chillicothe
Kansas City, St. Joseph
Rock Island
St. Joseph
Cameron
Union Pacific
Manhattan
Kaw
Missour Pacific
Brne
Eighteenth Street
Tenth Street
Twelfth Street
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Tn Armourdale
Split Log Creek
M. Hissler
Kansas
Apicena
Thirty Three Men Missing From Alaskan Steamer Sinking
Captain Jones and first officer Wood return to Portland with grim news from the Alaskan disaster off Cape Blanco. Of forty four crew plus three stowaways, ten saved, six dead, thirty three missing. one body found, others lost at sea.
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Portland
Ore
Re.jones
Cape Blanco
Wood
Columbia
James Foley
John Welch
Fhich
Swain
Fatal Runaway in Washington Ends in Death
A horse and cab overturned on Fifteenth Street near Boundary in Washington killing Mrs. A. E. Horton of San Diego during a visit and injuring Miss Haight, also of San Diego, as the two women rode a cab shortly before 4 p.m. Horton had been visiting sister Mrs. M. B. Hay after thirty years apart.
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California
Washington
Fifteenth Street
Boundary
A. E. Horton
San Diego
Cal
Kansas appoints new U S Marshal as Jones is dismissed
Richard L. Walker of Kansas was named United States Marshal for the district of Kansas to succeed Marshal Jones, who faced misconduct charges tied to the opening of the Oklahoma settlement. The President and Attorney General did not accept Jones’s resignation and ordered his removal. Miller suspended action in Marshal Needles’ case pending more information.
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Marshal Jones
Oklahoma
Washingcton
Richard L. Walker
Kansas
United States
District of Kansas
Jones
Miller
Needles
Washington schoolteacher slain by husband then kills himself
Mrs. Sarah Allen, a Jefferson school teacher in South Washington, was shot by her estranged husband Oswald C. Allen in the cloak room of the Jefferson building around 5 pm. He then killed himself. The tragedy drew a large crowd as children witnessed the scene and responders treated Mrs. Allen, who died at 10. Allen, described as a lifelong petty offender, had a history of abuse and misfortune.
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Washington
Sarah
Allen
Jefferson School
Oswald C. Allen
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jefferson Building
Soth
Vernon
R. W. Johnson
Washngton
Oswell
Hts
Charlottsville
Death in the Freezer at Connecticut Festival Ice Cream Poisoning
New Haven May 18. South Glastonbury held a May festival for St Luke's Episcopal Church. Over 100 people fell ill after eating vanilla ice cream. 34 may not recover. Coroner Bunce will analyze vanilla extract used in the cream prepared by John Ritter.
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Connecticut
New Haven
Conn
South Glastonbury
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
F. A Glazier
B. F. Williams
William 8. Williams
North Glastosbury
Bunce
Rumor of Chinese Gordon alive and freed for ransom
An evening paper claims James Gordon Bennett departed for Khartoum three weeks ago to secure the release of Chinese Gordon. Competing reports say Bennett seeks to ransom Gordon with 1 00 000 francs after a Cairo envoy hinted the captive is alive. No confirmation reached New York presses.
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New York
Gordon
James Gordon Bennett
Khartoum
Ays
Bennet
Feyptian
Bennett
Cairo
Mehdi
Kordofan
Bahr-el- Gazel
Darfur
Egypt
the Herald
Marseilles
Alexandria
Terribly Afflicted Texas Family Fire Tragedy
Mrs Louis Palmer dropped a lamp while cooking in Rockdale Texas and was fatally burned. She escaped to the yard where her husband and two young sons aged 3 and 4 slept. The husband tried to fight the flames but could not save them as the house and children burned. Palmer himself was badly burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Louis Palmer
Rockdale
Tex
Palmer
Iron Firm's Heavy Liabilities Prompt Receiver Appointment
Chester Van Syckle appointed receiver for West End Mining Company owner of iron mines in Hunterdon County New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Liabilities exceed assets by 300000 to 500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bempert
N. J
Chester van Syckle
West End Mining Company
Hunterdon County
Pennsylvania
Ex Secretary Bayard to Be Married in Summer
Washington announces ex Secretary Bayard to wed Miss Clymer daughter of Dr. Clymer of Washington. The couple plan a European wedding trip and several months in Europe after the ceremony in a summer timeframe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard
Witsaundton
Del
Clymer
Washington
Schooner Merrick Sinks After Collision With R P Ranney
In Port Huron Michigan on May 20 the steamer R P Ranney reports collision with the schooner M F Merrick of Presque Isle causing her sinking with five crew lost and one survivor. The wreck occurred about five miles off Presque Isle as both vessels battled thick smoky weather and a southeast wind. The survivor, William Goodfriend, recounts the moment of impact and rescue by the Ranney, while a list names the dead: Martin Johnson John Charlebois William Ours Patrick Kanaly Mrs. Cole.
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Merrick
William Goodfriend
Port Austin
Portage
Presque Isle
Ranney
Cole
Martin Johnson
Detroit
John Charlebois
William Ours
Ashtabula
Patrick Kanaly
Clayton
N. Y
Mrs. Cole
Cleveland
Cook
Cash P. Taylor
Tragic Arkansas clash leaves three dead in Forest City
In Forest City on May 2 a violent confrontation over school politics left three citizens dead. A. M. Neely and G. W. Ingram had stoked racial tensions. Captain John Parham, Thomas Parham, and Sheriff Folbre were implicated as shots rang out. Folbre died from a back shot, Tom Parham and Sheriff Wilson were mortally wounded. Fusionists Wilson and Parham were among the dead or wounded. Citizens demanded Neely flee town as chaos ensued.
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Forest City
Ark
A. M. Neely
G. W. Ingram
Neely
Washington
Front Streets
John Parham
Marshall F. M. Folbre
Thomas H. Parham
Marshall
Folbre
Tom Parham
D. M. Wilson
Wilson
Parham
Engine With Seventeen Men Dashes Through Bridge Tragedy
A Nashville area accident on the Lebanon branch of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis line left three laborers dead and six injured when a bridge over Stone River collapsed after an engine and crew attempted to douse a fire. The engineer William Morgen suffered serious internal injuries and the fireman a broken leg.
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William Morgen
Steamship La Normandie Sinks Pilot Boat Off Sandy Hook
In heavy fog the steamship La Normandie collided with the pilot boat Charlotte Webb twelve miles off Sandy Hook lightship. Boatkeeper Malcolm and crewman Charles Fitzgerald drowned. five others survived after rescue by La Normandie and were brought to New York aboard the Etruria.
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New York
la Normandie
Havre
Charlotte Webb
Malcolm
Charles Fitzgerald
Webb
Sandy Hook
Westphalia Mining Masters Accept Most Strike Proposals
The Westphalia Mining Masters Association accepts most miners demands, excluding overtime. Mine owners and Boechum strikers plan to resume work in deserted pits. Warmuth strike persists as owners refuse concessions. At Zwickau, a majority oppose Masters concessions, though 18 masters would negotiate with employees on a different basis.
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Berlin
Westphalia
Warmuth
Zwickeau
Masters’ Association
Ten of Alaskan crew reach shore after sea ordeal
Ten crewmen from the steamer Alaskan survived an open boat voyage to the Sinslaw river mouth in Lane County Oregon. Eleven started for land near Cape Perpetua but one, weakened by hunger and exposure, drowned. The men endured two nights and three days without food or water before reaching shore.
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Portland
Lane County
Cape Perpetua
Cab
Aia Ad
Hehoo
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Cambridge Herald
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Ohio
XE. W. Mathews
Attorneys-At-Law
Hutchison Block
Canbridge
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Moevis
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Steele & Rosemond
Cambridge
OFLO
Riggld
Old National Ank
J. M. Bushfield
Attorneeoy-at-iman
Rainey Block
Court House
D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
V. B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott
Columbus Dispatch
Physicians and Surgeons
WH. T. Ramsey, M.D
Providence Hospital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington,d.c
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Main Street
Hotels
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Dels
Exchange Hotel
Etre Eoovsm
WM. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
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Miiney & Son
Washington, Ohio
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Prop
Berwick
H. OF. Hunt
S. S. Carnes
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Orson West Cambridge
Janet Je. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambride, Ohio
Petice Gazette
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
N.Y
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Wall's Drug Store
Boots and Shoes
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Tropics
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Siam
N. Y. Sun
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E. Z. Hays
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Ravenna
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Smith
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Doane
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Eniee
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Cetess & Pocceres
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PRG
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IO Sandusky
Teusehsee
CURIA
Viet Wong
Omio Republican League
Ohio League of Republican Clubs
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O’neall
Lebanon
R. P Kennedy
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George William Curtis
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Allen Thorndike
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