Burlington Collision Leaves Dozens Injured in Gibson wreck
Omaha dispatch reports a Burlington and Missouri railroad crash near Gibson injuring about fifty passengers. Two engines and multiple cars were wrecked and a chair car burned. Peter Reuland died after hospital treatment. Several crew and passengers listed with serious injuries.
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Omaha
Burlington and Missouri
Gibson
Lincoln
Chicago
No.g
No. 9
Peter Reuland
Tremont House
E Mix
New York
Francis Elder
Fred Shultz
J. Falkenberg
G. O. Chaffee
Isaac Sabalo
Cincinnati
J. Kalisher
Kemper
Buffalo
S. Y
Isaac W. Rooks
Hartford
Conn
Leverin
Engineer McCoy
Haskins
Martini
Train Collision Kills One and Injures Several on Midland Railroad
Lepaxox Oct 16 A construction train backing a freight near three miles east of Lepaxox killed brakeman Moore and fatally injured Oliver Heath and John Fitch with several others seriously hurt.
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Lepaxox
Midland Railroad
Moore
Oliver Heath
John Fitch
Fatal Colliery Explosion at Bentillee Pit
An explosion occurred at Bentillee colliery Longton Staffordshire early today. Seventy miners were in the pit. eleven are alive. The pit is wrecked and recovery work begins as volunteers search for bodies.
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Loxton
Bentillee
Longton
Stafford
British Minister Pauncefote to See Blaine Over Fisheries
Sir Julian Pauncefot, the British minister, said he would seek an audience with Secretary Blaine within two or three weeks to discuss the Canadian fisheries and Behring seal questions. He had earlier avoided contact with the American state department due to diplomatic tensions.
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Blaine Washineton
Julian Pauncefot
Blaine
American State Department
Internal Machine Mail Discovered at Milwaukie Post Office
A package addressed to W. B. Neeves of Grand Rapids contains a hidden dynamite device with ten cartridges and about two quarts of powder. Police take charge and seek the sender, with no clues yet.
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Milwaukie
W. B. Neeves
Grand Rapids
Mexico seeks colonization plan for egret colony coast
Reports from Mexico City via Galveston on October 16 note renewed focus on Negro immigration. Officials and prominent citizens of Mexico claim to be compromised as interviews in a leading paper discuss government aims to create a large coastal supertrans colony of about two hundred people.
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City of Mexico
Via
Galveston
Tews
Mexico
Blaine Jr Confesses Judgment Over Family Medical Pay Claim
James Blaine Jr son of the secretary of state confessed judgment in New York Supreme Court for 329 dollars to Dr Fuller. The suit seeks pay due for professional services alleged to have been provided to the defendant's wife and child in 1885.
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New York
James. Blaine, Jr
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Fuller
Mncover Payavet
Diplomatic Reception Marks Start Of Marine Conference
Washington October 16 Secretary Blaine hosted a private diploma tic reception for delegates to the International Marine conference. Delegates, dressed in naval gold lace, were presented by their ministers and individually greeted. Blaine then addressed the group, expressing general gratification at the proceedings.
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Washington
State Department
Blaine
International Marine Conference
Deliberations Open as Nations Seek Unspoken Language
Delegates welcomed by the United States to a convention on international intercourse and commercial safety at sea. Admiral Franklin elected president and adjournment set for tomorrow. The group was photographed and brought to the White House where the president delivered a brief welcome, hoping for good global results.
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United States
Franklin
White House
Electric Flashes From Aboard and Abroad
Reports say African traveler A Monks was killed by his men on the Lambesi river according to Bishop Price of Orange Free State. John L Sullivan challenges all comers to a gr of graves under Queensberry rules. Swiss expel Kempf Schmidt and Eiieschel as German anarchists. Governor Hill's reception at the Piedmont exposition drew about one hundred thousand, rivaling Cleveland’s 1882 welcome. Newark baker strike widens with eight more shops out and five hundred workers idle. a bakery driver dumped two loads of dough into the Passaic river.
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A. Monks
Lambesi
Price
Orange
Free State
John L. Sullivan
Jem Smith
England
Graves
Queensberry
Kempf
Wurtemburg
Schmidt
Baden
Eiieschel
Hamburg
Switzerland
Governor Hill
Piedmont, Ga
Cleveland
Newark
Passaic River
Drunken quarrel ends in fatal shooting in St Louis
Paul MeBride, son of a prominent lawyer, shot and killed Frank Lotus of the fire department after a trivial quarrel. MeBride was drunk. The incident occurred in St Louis on October 16.
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St. Louis
Paul MeBride
Frank Lotus
Fire Department
McBride
New York to Press Electric Utilities on Safety Wires
Mayor Grant pledged to use all means to halt electric plants until wires are proven safe. City crews labored all day replacing gas lamps and burners on posts to improve street lighting.
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New York
Grant
Prize Fighters Arrested in AsuLaxo Casino Raid
Prize fighters arrested at the Casino in AsuLaxo were arraigned and held to bail this morning. Authorities plan further arrests including the chief of police who guaranteed the fighters would not be molested.
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AsuLaxo
Miss
Murderous act in Santa Ana woman slays two children
Murders her two young children and then attempts suicide. Authorities suspect Mrs. Effie Shell acted from despondency over the prospect of her divorced husband gaining custody of the children.
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Santa Ana
Cala
Effie Shell
Indifference to Giant Powder Incident on Mountain Road
A Denver camper recounts a dangerous mountain crossing where a wagon with giant powder boxes is driven past boulders after the wife hides behind a rock. The keeper insists the explosive cargo poses no danger, having hauled powder for ten years, until friends persuade him to wait and move the load fifty feet.
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Denver
Lolo
A Missing Ledger of Boarders Returns in Odd Talk
Mrs Starven, a boardinghouse landlady, recalls Mr Grigwa who stayed a week and was a comfort yet left. conversation turns to his return with shabby clothes and missing teeth, yielding a comic, rambling domestic scene with a jumble of words.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Holds Twenty-Sixth Convention
Delegates assembled in secret session at the Tabor Grand Opera House Denver for the twenty sixth annual convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Chief Arthur delivered the annual address urging unity, caution on strikes, and a strong stance against dissension while noting the order’s growth to over 26000 members and $2506169 paid to widows and orphans since inception.
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Denver
Brothererhood of Locomotive of Engineers
Arthur
Locomotive Engineers
Tabor Grand Opera House
W. W. Hall
George R. Dority
Charleston
Mass
Sandy” McGuire
Minneapolis
Londoner
L. W. Reynolds
Town
J. K. Cheat
Union Pacific Railway System
Colorado
Charles Meek
Denver, Texas and
John Scott
Myron Reed
Chamberlin
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Order
Burlington
Rail Brotherhood Discusses Name Change At Session
The St Para Ger morning session of the Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen heard officers report on key proposals. Vice Grand Master Slattery of Butte favored renaming the order to Brotherhood of Railway Trainsmen due to a third of members being conductors and baggage men. He also addressed relief schemes advocated by major railroads including the Philadelphia and Reading and the Baltimore and Ohio.
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St. Para
Ger
Brotherhood of Railway
Slattery
Butte
Brotherhood of
Philadelphia
Reading
Baltimore
Ohio
Notable remarks on Masonic order growth and cautions
The passage notes advice to members to weigh schemes carefully, fearing social control by employers. It cites a grand secretary and treasurer O Shea reporting valuable statistics on the order’s growth and state, implying prudent caution about external manipulation.
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Burlington and Quincy
O'Shea
Idaho and Wyoming seen as next states
Delegate Dubois of Idaho argues for quick admission of Idaho citing a perfect state constitution and strong citizen support. He predicts Wyoming’s admission this winter while New Mexico’s bid faces doubt. Senators Reagan and Perkins back cautious stances citing lack of Democratic representation or white population support.
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Washington
Denver Republican
Dubois
Idaho
Congress
Wyoming
New Mexico
Reagan
Texas
Perkins
Kansas
Montana election contest heats up in Silver Bow case
Reports from Hetexa Patl and Helena outline how Silver Bow county may be counted as returned by election judges, risking a shift in legislative control. Democratic and Republican viewpoints clash over canvassing board authority and potential impact on statehood and governor contests with hearings set for November 7.
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Hetexa
Independent
Silver Bow
Montana
ST. Patl
Pioneer Press
Helena
Silver Bow County
Deer Lodge
Herena
Fatal Stand Pipe Collapse and Farm Boiler Explosion
On October 17 in Benmcinem Pennsylvania eight men fell forty feet when a scaffold broke during water department work. Foreman Murphy died. John Kinnon was fatally hurt. three others severely wounded. In Lima Ohio a threshing boiler explosion killed Perry Signler and fatally injured Joseph Silvers with two others badly scalded. Jamestown New York Madame Janauschek was thrown from a carriage and badly bruised.
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Benmicnem
Water Department
Foreman Murphy
John Kinnon
Lima
Hanon
Perry Signler
Joseph Silvers
Jamestown
Janauschek
Track meet results from Lexraton dated October seventeenth
Attendance was large and the track fast with several races listed. In the 2:29 class Dad Wade won followed by Bracelet Marquis Jennie B with Best time noted as 2 224. Yearling match results show Stamina ahead of Administer Time with a 2 4444 mark. Free for all saw Jack win and Harry Wilkes second Junemont third Best time 2515. 241 class saw Gold Leaf first Bermuda second Lottie W third Almont fourth with Best time 2 19.
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Lexraton
Dad Wade
Bracelet
Marquis
Jennie B
Stamina
Administer
Jack
Harry Wilkes
Junemont
Gold Leaf
Bermuda
Lottie W
Almont
Tragic double stabbing ends in fatal injuries in Lemaxon
In Lemaxon Missouri on October 16 J W Hardy of Spring Hollow confronted his daughter’s suitor S K Lamson over their relationship. A fight ensued and Lamson stabbed Hardy twelve times while Hardy fought back striking Lamson five times. Both men are expected to die from their wounds.
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Lemaxon
J. W. Hardy
Spring Hollow
S. K. Lamson
Damson
Hardy
Samson
Locomotive Engineers Hold Secret Session in Denver
The Locomotive Brotherhood meeting in Denver entered a secret session this morning. The day focused on credentials and routine business ahead of the convention’s regular program.
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Denver
Convention of Locomotive Engineers
HOM Mitte
Remedy promises quick cure for bloody flux in New Brunswick
Lat Melabe offers to pay for anyone troubled by bloody flux who uses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy exactly as directed and fails to improve quickly. A 45 cent bottle cured his case after other medicines failed. the remedy is widely sold, with many bottles daily and claims of safety and effectiveness for cholera morbus dysentery diarrhea and bloody flux when directions are followed.
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Lat Melabe
New Brunswick
Chamberlain
Is Waterson Wise to Repel Assistance From the Entire Country
Louisville reports Oct addressing the board of trade where Mr. Watterson questions whether national aid should be treated as a local issue. He argues for order and law under an intelligent government and discusses the South’s claim to civilization and the dangers to the black man’s rights under the constitution amid outside pressure.
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Louisviter
Board of Trade
Mr. Watterson
South
North
Ed and Bill Woods Run Amok in Colorado Town
Ed and Bill Woods, cowboys on the ae ranch, got drunk in LA Tenta Colorado and assaulted City restaurant staff after a disputed bill. They fired at proprietor C. C. Watson and demolished dining room furniture before fleeing to the saloon. authorities delayed action due to one Wood on sheriff staff.
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LA Tenta
Colo
Bill Woods
Ae Ranch
C. C. Watson
Watson
Rock
John Woods
Morris
Wood Boys
Pon
Fears for Prince Ferdinand in Paris Amid Guarded Visit
The report notes Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria arriving in Paris and fearing an assassination attempt, with guards from French and Bulgarian detectives. It mentions Admens of the national committee being escorted by Naguet to Boulanger and a forthcoming trip involving Boulanger through Jersey, Russia, and Geneva en route to France for a new trial. The German Gazette allegedly doubts Mataafa’s kingship in Samoa, with Berlin conference leaders backing Malietoa as king.
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Pants
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Paris
Admens
National Committee
Boulanger
Naguet
Arty
Jersey
Russels
Geneva
France
Beatin
Warts German
Germany
Mataafa
Samoa
Vwowers
Berlin
Malietoa
Developments Predicted at Chaco Grand Jury
Henry L. Stottenberg, private secretary to Alexander Sullivan, was arrested and released after testifying before the grand jury. Henry J. McCardie, another Sullivan clerk, followed and claimed to reveal nothing. Reported sensational developments were anticipated for the afternoon or evening.
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Chaco
Henry L. Stottenberg
Alexander Sullivan
Shim Ilenry J. McCardie
Sullivan
Gramd
Ambiguous diplomatic moves seek Cuban severance from Spain
Important dispatch reports Blaine aiming to persuade Hayth Bred Doty to urge Hayth and San Domingo to accept US protectorate while preserving autonomy. Palmer to quietly pursue severance of Spanish links with Cuba from Madrid.
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Wasunxaten
Ipeclus
Hhayth
Jase
Blaine
Hayth
San Domingo
United States
Palmer
Madrid
Cuba
Hippolyte Emerges as Candidate in Wan New Year Election
Dispatch from Hayd informing arrival of Athos with intelligence on presidential election plotting Hippolyte seen as likely unanimous choice. Election scheduled for this month with Hippolyte expected to top the poll.
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Hippolyte
Athos
Haydaig
Jury room bustle as grand jury indicts jail bribe cases
Excitement in the jury room as twelve indictments are filed eleven on jail cases and one joint bill against six men for conspiracy to bribe jurors. Witness Kelly declines comment while Henry Statenberg’s status prompts habeas corpus talks. Suttenberg claims unlawful restraint and refuses questions without counsel. Cronin teal jurors remain scarce with four seats and numerous challenges pending.
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Crienne Gett—frrent
Kelly
Hlenry Statenheng
Windes & Sullivan
Mr. Windes
Catleman
Fred Smith
Jeremiah O'Donnell
Alexander L. Hanks
Joseph Koren
Juremen
Windes
Grand Jury
States Attorney
Longnecker
Stattemberg
Woard
Cronin Teal
Rail freight wreck and political moves in 1880s news
The report lists a washout wreck on the Texas Pacific near El Paso injuring crew, a noon start for a special train from Dantzie to St. Petersburg, assorted appointments including Richard E. Sloan to Arizona Supreme Court, and pensions updates with ex-Pension Agent Poole named pension commissioner. It also notes Hypolye president of Hayti and General Hartranft’s death from pneumonia after kidney illness.
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Dantzie
Petersburg
Admiral Porter
Jamestown
Washington
Pullman Palace Car Company
Richard E. Sloan
Arizona
Supreme Court of Arizona
Harrison
Poole
Syracuse
N. Y
Tanner
Maritime Exchange
Hayti
John Lewis
Jerome Race
Thomas Cooney
Hudson River
Texas Pacific
el Paso
Bible
Mansfield
Golden Gate Athletic Club
William Henry
Kansas City
Charles Turner
Stockton
John T. Hartranft
Norristown
Hartranft
The Many Ways of Kisses Through History
A playful exploration of kissing as a historical and cultural force. The piece notes famed kiss moments, from the Duchess of Gordon and the Gordon Highlanders to Waterloo, then shifts to gossip on modern kissing etiquette and perfumed romance, ending with a sensuous imagery of kissing a lover.
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Duchess of Gordon
Gordon Highlanders
New York Graphic
Nook
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Hailway Bake
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