Tragic Chicago Street Car Crash Kills Four
Four people died and twelve were injured in a dawn collision in Chicago as a Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne passenger train struck a crowded street car at Forty-seventh Street and Stewart Avenue. Rescue crews and police questioned crossing workers as inquiries begin into speed, signals, and responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CuyicaGo
Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne
Forty-seventh Street
Stewart Avenue
John Blaha
Fiftieth
Loomis Streets
Archibald McAndrews
Forty-seventh
Wood Streets
Mercy Hospital
Carson
Fort Wayne
Pardoning James Dunlap by Massachusetts Governor
Massachusetts Governor Russell signed and the executive council voted unanimously to pardon James Dunlap the notorious bank robber. He was released from state prison at 9 45 am. The article recounts a 1876 Northampton burglary by Dunlap and a seven man gang stealing 800000 in coupons 600000 in stock and 2000 in bank pills while forcing the bank cashier to reveal vault combinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Russell
Massachusetts
James Dunlap
Boston
Executive Council
John Whittlesey
Northampton
Whittlesey
Northampton National Bank
Bob Scott
Red” Leary
Shang” Draper
Billy Conners
Polley’ Conners
Edson
Dunlap
Scott
Red
Leary
People's Party Leaders Urge Stand Firm in Senate Votes
Indianapolis Dec 30 The People's Party leaders issued a manifesto urging party legislators in Nebraska Wyoming Montana California North Dakota and other states to stand firm on senate ballots and reject fusion. They call for a square fight for principles and urge organizing the Industrial Legion in every state county and district.
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People’s Party
Indianapolis
Inprayarenrs
Ind
U. E F. Taubeneck
J. H. Turner
M. H. Rankin
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
California
North Dakota
United States
United States Senate
People's Party
Industrial Legion
Milwaukee Fire Pattern Blamed on Carelessness
A day of new testimony shifts blame away from a firebug theory in Milwaukee. Evidence suggests most fires over the past two months arose from carelessness, prompting a chamber of commerce mass meeting to back authorities in uncovering the true cause and pledging public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwauker
Milwaukee
Chamber of Commerce
Last Dollar Spent For Dance Lesson Then Die In Indy
In Indianapolis Cor a Griffith 28 came to the city eight months ago with her parents after both died She spent her last dollar for a dancing lesson then begged food at a restaurant and swallowed carbolic acid dying within an hour A letter blamed unrequited love for her suicide Also notes about Bob Slavin at epo ny Baltimore officers arrested Tron Hall leaders and US consul Col Smith denying a $40000 suit against Three Rivers Ontario.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Cora Griffith
Miss
Tragic House Fire Kills Three In Wictoria County
Leon Thomas Griffiths returned home to a blaze three miles north of town and found his three children dead. He is described as insane from the shock of the fire and loss.
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Wictoria
Leon Thomas Griffiths
Battle in San Juan District Over Disputed Gold Claims
Denver dispatch reports a Tuesday mine war in Colorado's San Juan camp with over 100 shots fired and eleven men dead. Two notable victims are George Ferguson and James Cody, nicknamed Blind Jim, among 40 plus engaged in the clash over unrecorded claim lines and large nuggets found in a stream bed. The fight stoked Denver's excitement and could draw thousands to the new camp, where deadly mining disputes are seen as proof of wealth.
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Denver
Col
San Juan
Bluffs City
George Ferguson
James Cody
Blind Jim
Arizona
New Mexican
Dolores
John Eddy
California's Able Jurist Dies After Paralysis Stroke
San Francisco reports Judge John R. Sharpstein of the California Supreme Court died Wednesday night after Monday paralysis. Born May 28, 1823 in Richmond New York, he practiced in Wisconsin before moving to California in 1864. He served as district attorney and edited the Milwaukee News before entering the judiciary, later as a long serving supreme court justice.
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San Francisco
John R. Sharpstein
Supreme Court
Sharpstein
Richmond
N. Y
Sheboygan
Wis
Wisconsin
Milwaukee News
California
Twelfth District Court
Birthday salutations arrive for William E Gladstone
Reports from London Hawarden and Biarritz note Queen Victoria leading congratulations on Gladstone’s eighty third birthday. He enjoys good health and benefits from a continental visit as telegrams and letters flood in from many places.
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Lonpox
Queen Victoria
William E. Gladstone
Hawarden
Biarritz
Gladstone
Continent
Two Negroes Hanged After Luling Store Murder
White clerk Emmanuel Bastel was killed when two masked black men shot him at the A Silver store in Luling Louisiana. A second attempt to murder a telegraph operator failed as locals captured four suspects. A mob then lynched Lewis Fox and Adam Gripson at the parish jail.
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New Orleans
A. Silver
Luling
St. Charlies Parish
Emmanuel Bastel
Bastel
David
Lewis Fox
Adam Gripson
Attempted blast at Paris police office sparks mystery
An explosion in the hall leading to the Paris prefecture of police offices caused windows and woodwork damage but no deaths. Investigators weigh anarchist blame against a possible gas leak, tied to the extradition and trial of Francois, the anarchist linked to the Cafe Very blast.
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Paris
Francois
Prefecture of Police
Fancy price for hogs in Chicago sale of 107 head
J H Bielenberg of Toronto Iowa delivered two loads of extra prime hogs to the Chicago stock yards selling 107 hogs weighing 342 pounds each at seven dollars per hundredweight to a city butcher. The deal set a new high for a full load since June 1883 amid last minute market gains and tight supply.
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Iowa
Chicago
Curiaco
J. H. Bielenberg
Toronto
Tes Moines Wife Murd ered by Retired Farmer
A Tes Moines resident Peter Sutter 58 murdered his wife Teresa 40 at their boarding place on West Twenty‑ninth Street and Kingman Avenue at 10 a m. He strangled her with a towel and struck her with a hammer after a long quarrel. He then surrendered to police downtown.
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Tes Moines
Des Motes
Peter Sutter
Teresa
West Twenty-ninth Street
Kingman Avenue
Sutter
Flood Ravages Sacramento Valley Lands Forcing Settlers To Flee
Reports from the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys record flood damage exceeding 1 million dollars. Levees broke near Colusa and Sutter county, submerging 50 000 acres of wheat land and 4 000 acres below Colusa. Levees failed along Yolo county, causing extensive loss. many residents fled, stock perish, and salvage work including sand bagging was underway as water slowly receded. The Stephenson Creek dam at Fresno was destroyed, washing away the mill and lumber and causing extensive property loss.
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San Francisco
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Sutter County
Colusa
Sacramento City
Yolo County
Tracy
Stephenson Creek
Fresno
Stephenson
Bank Fails in Fairfax Minn Doors Closed No Cause Given
Fairfax Minn December 30 The Fairfax bank led by J A Beard of Redwood Falls president and Finley A Gray cashier in Fairfax closed its doors Wednesday The suspension was unexpected causing excitement among business men and depositors Asset and liability figures not available Deposits estimated at 10000 about 2000 of which were county funds Bondsmen to cover shortfall The bank opened in 1889 with paid up capital of 20000.
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Fairfax
Minn
Fairfax Bank
J. A. Beard
Redwood Falls
Finley A. Gray
Renville County
Bankers
Yellow fever epidemic in La Guayra and Caracas
The report describes a growing yellow fever outbreak in La Guayra and rising deaths in Caracas. It notes typhoid fever as prevalent, a doubled death rate since birth, and criticizes the lack of sewerage and public cleanliness in the city of about 60 000.
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Caracas
la Guayra
Puy Valley
Multiple historic items report via 19th century press notes
A collage of brief items includes Samuel Evins's suicide over landlord issues in White Haven Virginia, treasury inspectors uncover opium smugglers, William Potter presents credentials in Italy, Blaine discussed Cuba winter move, a Spokane to Portland telephone line project, Mrs. McNair's 110th birthday, Loring Pickering's death, a drunken shooting riot at Alton Kansas, a gas-like water brine report in Michigan, and various press notes on race terms, railway work, Illinois building associations, wage scales, forgery cases, and a Minnesota court ruling on embezzlement recovery.
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Samuel Evins
White Haven
Treasury Department
Boston
William Potter
Italy
King Humbert
James G. Blaine
Cuba
Spokane
Wash
Portland
Orve
McNair
Godmanchester
Can
Loring Pickering
Morning Call
San Francisco
Pickering
Pacific Coast
Alton
Kan
Lind Endsley
Hutchinson
Philadelphia
J.C. Con
Clarence Shaw
Manistee
Mich
African Press Association of Georgia
Dubuque
Illinois
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Brotherhood of
Annie Murphy
Moline
Ala
St. Cloud
Doolittle
Knoxville
Otis
St. Paul
Minn
Nelson
Rens
J. P. Davis
John Moore Dies After Icy Fall in Desvaunt IA
Desvaunt Iowa reports the death of John Moore a prominent citizen who slipped on an icy wall Wednesday fell and fractured his skull in an instant death authorities note no additional details available at this time
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Desvaunt
John Moore
Chicago and New York Grain and Livestock Markets Report
The market rounds show quiet to steady trading across grains and livestock. Spring wheat and corn futures hold firm, oats and barley mix, pork and beef prices steady to weak, while live hogs and cattle see slight shifts in price, with regional notes from Toledo and Cleveland.
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Chicago
BatLey
Pork
Berter
Otis
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ater
Indiana
New York
The Sense of Smell Across Animals and Humans
The article argues that human smell is rudimentary compared with the superior olfactory sense of horses and dogs. It contrasts human perception with animal perception, noting the eye’s education via touch and the rich, colorless odor world animals inhabit. It suggests dogs read the world by scent and humans cannot fully grasp animal inner life.
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Bishop Berkeley
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Emma Shea
Vorson
Bob Slavin
Epo
McNish, Slavin & Johnson’s Minstrels
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Baltimore
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Edward W. Rouse
Tron Hall Organization
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Marshal Frey
Smith
Montreal
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Three Rivers
Colorado
Judge Sharpstein
MR. Gladstone
Judge Horton Bates
St. Louis
Barton Bates
Supreme Court of Missouri
St. Charles County
Austin, Minn
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Alexander HH. Loucks
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McDowell County
West Virginia
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Frank Ives
Maken
Louisville
George Aicher
Mattew Ransom
Acme
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Havennut
Mass
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J. J. Ingalls
Kansas
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Pirrspureh
Max Newman
Thomas Coyne
Carnegie Hotel
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P Steel
Illinois Steel
Idaho
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Secretary of the Treasury
A. G. Weissert
National Association of
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T. H. Haggerty
Homma
Charles H. Bennett
Michigan Central
Venezuela
Minneapolis
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Hong Kong
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Davidson House
Randall
Samuel J. Randall
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Toledo
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