Four Die in Fire on Hudson Street Blaze Destroys building
A Sunday morning fire at 374 Hudson Street in New York killed four people and injured two. Miss Margaret Ryan, 60, leapt from a window and died. Miss Kate Higgins and Miss Mary MecMahon among the occupants suffocated. Fireman injured after being knocked from a ladder. Archibald Grogan and Thos Mallory also perished. damage estimated at $10,000 as the three-story brick building burned.
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New York
Hudson Street
Margaret Ryan
Kate Higgins
Ryan
Mary MecMahon
Thos. Mallory
St. Louis
Archibald Grogan
Indiana Miners Face Conference Delay and Pay Scale Tension
Terre Haute Ind March 30 Indiana miners and operators plan no joint conference before the April 21 annual convention. The January 8 special session set a wage scale of 60 cents through March 31 and 66 cents after, with no meeting between sides. Purcell and O'Connor travel to Danville Illinois to urge higher prices while Illinois miners push for reductions.
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Indiana
Terre Havre
Ind
Chicago
Northwestern
Illinois
Danville
Purcell
United Mine Workers
O'Connor
United Mine Workers of
Iinois
Democratic Conventions in Missouri Endorse Free Silver
Missouri Democrats in five counties held conventions on Saturday and adopted free silver resolutions. In Madison County the humor of a joke resolution praising Grover Cleveland as a duck hunter was treated seriously, while criticizing foreign money lenders and bond issuance payable only in gold.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Madison County
Grover Cleveland
Death by poison ends Cleveland man in Detroit hotel
W E Streibinger of Cleveland committed death by own action at the Randolph hotel in Detroit on Sunday by taking poison. A note blamed money loss in speculation and a card gave 29 Euclid Avenue Cleveland as his address. He was about 34, well dressed, and was last seen Saturday night.
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Dommita
Detroit
Mich
W. E. Streibinger
Cleveland
Randolph Hotel
Streibinger
Euclid Avenue
Fiendish double murder shocks Northeastern Ohio
In Tallmadge area near Akron a 69 year old man Alvin Stone and wife 62 were murdered with brutal head beatings and knife wounds. Daughters Hattie 29 Emma 27 and servant A F Stillson gravely wounded. Neigh borhood suspects point to John Smith a dis miss ed worker from Stone's property. bloodhounds failed due to rain. News notes a second Ark. tragedy and a denial from Havana.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Tallmadge
Akron
Alvin Stone
Hattie
Emma
A. F. Stillson
John Smith
Woodward Parker
Stone Homestead
Kent Road
Smith
Flora
Charles Sackett
Sackett
Stone
Detective Dunn
Marshal Mason
Sheriff Griffin
Hart
Ravenna
Probable lynching at Crown Point jail prompts guard
At Crown Point Indiana a mob surrounded the jail where Albert Knauss, a farmhand for Nicholas Haan, is jailed for assaulting Mrs Haan. Sheriff Hayes posted deputies and warned the crowd with a Winchester as fifty men pressed the jail overnight, sparking further danger before dawn.
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Crown Point
Ind
Albert Knauss
Nicholas Haan
Fire destroys homes of four families in Mancie Indiana
In Mancie Indiana on March 80 four poor families lost their residences to fire. The flames began at Oliver Shores’s home and spread to Samuel Huston Willard Bowen and Chas Cawgill. Most occupants are homeless penniless and some without clothes. Loss exceeds but not a thousand five hundred dollars.
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Mancie. Munci
Ind
Oliver Shores
Samuel Huston
Willard Bowen
Chas. Cowgill
Shores
Firemen Hurt by Falling Floor in Waipakaiso Residence
The Summers home in Waipakaiso burned in the early hours after a child woke the family. Four firemen were badly hurt when the second floor collapsed onto them. Loss is estimated at 3500 dollars, insured. Quick Work. In Mitton Gardner and Fitzpatrick, charged with burgling F M Jones Co store on St Patrick's day in Cincinnati were brought here, pleaded guilty, and sent to Jeffersonville penitentiary for three years.
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Waipakaiso
Ind
Vene Summers
Lossex Building
Mitton
Not as Ill as Reported Hoosier Poet Riley Slights Illness
In InpraNnAPo Indiana on March 30 the rumor of brain fever for J Whitcomb Riley is denied as untrue. Riley has been slightly ill but was up by Saturday. Damages Against a Saloon Keeper. Mundy Indiana March 30 Melvina Dowling sued Mike Reardon for 2000 after ordering him not to sell to her husband. she won 120. Receives 400 Damages. Roxomo Indiana March 30 jury awards Abram Bates 400 damages for being put off a Lake Erie and Western train for refusing to pay extra fare. Shanklin Out of the Ha De. Greensburg Indiana March 30 President Clark Indiana Silver league received a letter from John Gil Shanklin Evansville with drawing from the democratic gubernatorial race. Zo Boom Doxey. Munort Indiana mince 8 oes Chas corps
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Inprannapo
Ind
J. Whitcomb Riley
Hoosier
Mundy, Ind
Melvina Dowling
Mike Reardon
Roxomo
Abram Bates
Lake Erie & Western_ railroad
Shanklin
Greensburg
Clark
Indiana Silver League
John Gil Shanklin
Evansville
Forecast of Congressional Week in House and Senate
A weekly forecast notes the sundry civil appropriation bill as the first house business, with opposition anticipated from Democrats over eight month operating changes. Senate focus shifts to appropriation bills, Arkansas compromise, post office, Indian and naval bills, and Can non resolution. fur seal protection also eyed.
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Congress
Wasumcton
House
Committee On Appropriations
United States
Senate
Physician Shot by Tenant in Scranton Clash
Dr J R Newton was shot twice by his tenant W H Grieves a dyer and merchant tailor in Scranton Pa after a long running dispute over eviction Grieves fired three shots wounding Newton in the shoulder The doctor was treated and the inmate claimed the act was deliberate and regretted not killing him
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Scranton
J. R. Newton
W. H. Grieves
Batchelor
Penn Avenue
Spruce Lstreet
Grieves
Newton
Gardner
Three Lives Crushed by Huge Rock In Mountain Crash
In Hiron West Virginia on March 30 a rock slid from a mountain and killed Jim Tilman Frank Tilman and Luck Law as they stayed in a Echo station house on the New River bank. Two other family members were seriously injured. Henry Law escaped and warned an east bound express train to prevent a wreck.
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Hiron
W. Va
Jim
Frank Tilman
Luck Law
Echo
Here
New River
Henry Law
Signor Crispi Faces Cabinet Crisis as Parliament Debate Intensifies
Rome dispatch reports Signor Crispi’s opposition grows stronger threatening the cabinet. Marquis di Rudini could dissolve parliament with royal decree, while the king’s authority remains a key factor in the crisis. In St Louis, Mensing and Francis compete in linotype totals for a $200 prize.
Iowa launches battleship Iowa amid Iowa Governor’s presence
The sea going battleship Iowa was launched at Cramps shipyard in Philadelphia. Miss Mary Lord Drake christened the vessel, with Gov. Drake and Navy Secretary Herbert witnessing. The ship weighs 11,410 tons with 18 guns and five torpedo tubes, cost over 3 million dollars, and can cover 7,000 miles at low speed.
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Philadelphia
Iowa
Cramps
Mary Lord Drake
Hawkeye State
Drake
Herbert
Navy
House of Representatives Naval Committee
Senate Naval Committee
Noa
William Cramp & Sons
Hall and Machinery
Disastrous End of Expedition From Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville Ind March 30 Captain E J Howard reports the steamer Verapase bound for Livingston Guatemala foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. All on board were lost except two deck hands Frank Twomey Melvin Skaggs and engineer William Bateman who stayed in New Orleans. The Verapase left March 7 to be towed to Central America and cost 13000 dollars.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
E. J. Howard
Livingston
Guatemala
Gulf of Mexico
Frank Twomey
Melvin Skaggs
William Bateman
New Orleans
Verapase
Seans
Foxall
Central America
Selous Leads Forces in Matabele Uprising Clash
Care Town reports Selous with a force from Bulawayo clashing with Matabele rebels leaving many enemy dead. Whites killed amid ongoing massacres. Transport riders flee to towns. Matabele raiders loot estates and seize cattle. In Quebec area snow disrupts rail service as trains stall. Death of author Edward King noted in Brooklyn. A Chattanooga foreman Sheehan found dead with throat cut after dispute over color blindness.
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Care Town
F. E. Selous
Bulawayo
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sheehan
Cl Cinnati
Southern Raily
Notable Thesema unrest and world notes from Telegraph era
Telegraph items report Mrs Elizabeth Charles death in Hampstead England. British troops under Capt Spreckeys defeat Matabele force with no British casualties. Li Hang Chang sails from Shanghai for Moscow to attend czar coronation. Baron Russell to visit US for Saratoga jurists conference. Volusia abandoned at sea with crew rescued. Mine disaster at Brupe rton New Zealand kills five and entombs 60. John Rech arrested for Estellville wife murder. confession rumored. London Times notes Egyptian affair misconceptions used in Paris. Glenmere worsted mills Philadelphia burn damages 195000 stock. 140000 insured. London Chronicle opposes sending expedition to South Africa. M Barthelot resigns. Bourgeoise named foreign minister. Doumer interim interior. Weather: Ohio and Indiana fair Monday with showers. Kentucky similar. mild cooling.
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Spain
Hampstead
Eng
Spreckeys
Li Hang Chang
Shanghai
Moscow
London Chronicle
Baron Russel
Killowen
England
United States
Saratoga
Volusia
Kingston
Jamaica
New York
Higgins
Bruperton
New Zeeland
John Rech
Estellville
London Times
France
Paris
Glenmere
Philadelphia
Africa
M. Barthelot
Doumer
Ministry of the Interior
Grain and market activity appears in scattered quotes
The text records disjoint market notes from Chicago and Cincinnati with bids for corn, oats, rye, and cotton goods, noting no red on track and varied elevator pricing. It lists May and June deliveries, futures quotes, and miscellaneous commodity terms, reflecting a uneven trading day.
Arch Fiend of Paris Riots and a Saddler’s Crime
A Paris crime tale recounts a saddler employing a degenerate boy named Robin to abduct and assault a 15 year old girl by luring her to a house. The pair planned the act after Robin’s shift delivering a message and the girl’s guardians lived nearby.
Murder at the Voiguier house shocks Paris society
A child’s body is found in the river after screams and a door disturbance. Voiguier’s account points to a neighbor. an elderly clerk Perier is briefly jailed but cleared of suspicion as authorities search for the killer described as Robins de Robin and his companions.
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Boileau
Noiguier
Anne
Gether
Bao
de Betes
Paris
Alice
Vipquier de Robin
Perier
Robin
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