Eleven Miners Injured in Foster Coal Mine Explosion
An explosion at Foster coal mine near Orrumwa Iowa injures eleven miners, with Louis Folger fatally burned. Officials blame a cold air meeting warm gas that ignited from lamps as shafts opened. Injured include Robert Williams John Ferrell G Anderson David Scott Thomas Conner William Morgan John Pierson. mine damage is slight.
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Orrumwa
Foster
Louis Folger
Robert Williams
John Ferrell
Peculiar Hydrophobia Case Near Campbellstown
RicuMont January report details the first hydrophobia death in years at Campbellstown nine miles east of the city. Wash McKee, bitten by a mad dog 35 years ago, had a long remote wound that finally healed years ago. He suddenly suffered a severe seizure last Sunday, causing the family to flee. He was tied to a chair and restrained before dying yesterday, a rare delayed onset of the disease.
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RicuMont
Campbellstown
Wash McKee
Mr. McKee
Reporters Die In River Collision Near Quarantine
A collision between the steam yacht Argo and steamship Albert Dumois in the New Orleans river at 1:23 this morning sank the Argo. Two Picayune reporters, H. P. Hester and F. Blassimi, were drowned.
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New Orleans
Argo
Albert Dumois
The
Picayune
H. P. Hester
F. Blassimi
McKinley Cabinet List Believed Complete in January
Washington January 28 observers say McKinley’s cabinet is now full with expected posts including State SHERMAN Treasury GAGE War ALGER Interior MCKENNA Attorney General CORR Agriculture WILSON and Postmaster General likely to be Hanna.
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Washington
Sherman
Treasury
Gace
War—Alger
Mary—tone
McKenna
Corr
wiLson
Hanna
Senate
Gage Indorsed by Labor and Capital in Chicago
Labor organizations and capitalists in Chicago have declared in favor of Lyman J. Gage for Secretary of the Treasury. The text notes the unusual breadth of support and questions whether another financier in the country could receive two such broad endorsements.
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Chicago
Lyman J. Gage
Treasury
Indiana county notes and regional events
Crown Point bears a bonded debt over 50000. White and Benton farmers form an insurance company. Lagran ge county reports 225 births 124 marriages and 152 deaths in 1896. A Maine Immaculate church in Rushville is awarded a 25000 contract. Elias Cortner near seventy in New Market ends his fifty day fast January 27. Ice harvests begin in Wabash with 24 hour storage efforts. Chicago horsemen seek a Kouts race track site on the Pan Handle road. Heber Stoddard ex sheriff of Porter county is arrested for aiding a fatal crime in Burnett s Crossing. Boone juries drawn early. indictments may fail. Evans Wright and Morton punished at Terre Haute. A Richmond man dies of hydrophobia from a mad dog bite 35 years prior. An Ohio river steamer sinks near Evansville with one lost. Joseph Boxell shot his sweetheart then killed himself at Dundee Ind.
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Maine Immaculate Church
Rushville
Elias Cortner
New Market
Wabash
Chicago
Kouts
Heber Stoddard
Porter County
Valparaiso
Grace Crowell
Burnett’s Crossing
Carroll County
Boone Circuit Court
Evans
Wright
Morton
Terre Haute
Richmond
Evansville
Damness of $1 Against the Editor in Indiana Case
Mamie Roberts sued Benjamin F. McKee editor of the Levanon Thioneer for damages after a published item wrongly identifying a Whitestown resident. The editor retracted, but Roberts pursued the suit in Crawfordsville. A jury awarded $1 to the plaintiff.
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Crawfordsville
Indd
Mamie Roberts
Benjamin F. McKee
Levanon Thioneer
Whitestown
Altgeld Attacks Election Fraud Claims In Party Quarrel
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes Altgeld accuses McKinley of winning via hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes and asserts in many states the total vote exceeded the voting population. It warns Altgeld should cool his head.
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Altgeld
McKinley
Wheeling Intelligencer
Six year old Willie Mack dies after fireplace burn
Evansville newspaper notes the death of Willie Mack, six, who fatally burned while warming at a grate after his mother left the room. The measles patient died despite parental rescue efforts.
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Evansville Inc
Willie Mack
New Indiana Fish Commissioner Named
The Rev Zachariah T Sweeney of Columbus Ind was appointed state fish commissioner by Governor Mount after reviewing over twenty applicants. A longtime pastor and avid angler he vows to enforce the fish laws and protect Indiana streams, with supporters praising the selection as wise and fitting for sport lovers statewide.
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Zachariah T. Sweeney
Columbus
Ind
Mount
Sweeney
Indiana
Religi
Oas
Star
Rev Z T Sweeney Appointed Indiana State Fish Commissioner
Rev Z T Sweeney, longtime Christian Church pastor and former U S consul general to the Ottoman empire, is appointed Indiana State Fish Commissioner. He advocates stricter laws and police powers to enforce fish protection, including penalties for illegal fish capture and possession of unlawful nets, and urges dedicated state funding to support enforcement.
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Oas
Butler University
J. H. Vicent
Indiana Christian
Indiana Anti-Liquor League
United States
Ottoman Empire
Abdul Hamid Khan II
Turkey
Sweeney
Indiana
Misplaced switch causes crash on Brooklyn elevated line
New York Jan 28 A misplaced switch toppled the engine and front car of a loaded passenger train into the street after colliding with empty cars on the Brooklyn elevated line. Six injured four passengers and two crew. Engineer Thomas Gaffney with skull fracture likely to die. Fire Herman Heath severely injured. Engineer Albert Brown scalp wound broken arm. Julius Tiamberry spine injury Henry Fehr es sprained leg Andrew Dondario facial cuts and arm injury. Later Garrney reported dead.
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New York
Brooklyn
Snre
Thomas Gaffney
Herman Heath
Will
Albert Brown
Julius Tiamberry
Henry Fehres
Andrew Dondario
Garrney
Gage Accepted Treasury Post Amid National Turmoil
The day’s news reports Lyman Gage taking the Treasury portfolio while chaos spurs a string of fatal incidents across the nation. Two men killed by nitroglycerin in Cygnet Ohio, and a series of high profile political moves including W S Forman confirmed as commissioner of internal revenue and Henry Heitfeit elected US senator from Idaho. The Nevada grove contest bill advances, Corbett-Fitzsimmons likely to Reno, and a Birmingham England fight ruled a draw. The Madisonville Opera House block fire causes $30,000 loss. An unidentified white man dies by self harm near Persington Gap Virginia. A Chicago coachman murders Mrs Benning then kills himself. The Evening Post tallies five murders or self-inflicted deaths across the country.
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Lyman Gage
Treasury
Cygnet
Ohio
W. S. Forman
Internal Revenue
Henry Heitfeit
United States
Idaho
Dubois
Nevada Senate
Reno
Burge-Connolly
Birmingham
Eng
Grosvenor
DeArmond
Morton
Supreme Court
Koerner Lodge
Knights of Pythies
Opera House
Madisonville
Per
Ington Gap
Benning
Chicago
Evening Post
A Difference Worth Considering in a Marriage
A woman asks if marriage is wise and the man says refusing would break his heart. She admits serious contemplation, calling marriage a lottery and notes you cannot draw again if you fail, unlike a torn lottery ticket she could renew.
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Washington Evening Star
Sleighing Party Returns After Fraternity Outing
Fifteen members of Beta Theta Pi and their ladies from Whitten College traveled to Urbana for a sleighing party. On the return trip the sleigh overturned, the driver entered Springfield, and locals were roused to help. A farmer finally hauled them to town arriving at eight this morning nearly frozen.
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Springfield
Onto
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Whitten College
Urbana
Vanderbilt Set to Make Washington Winter Home
The Evening Star reports Cornelius Vanderbilt and family will occupy the Lowery mansion at Vermont avenue and K street for three months. The move includes a full New York household with cooks, servants, twenty horses, six coachmen, four grooms and multiple carriages. Other Vanderbilt circle members seek similar upscale accommodations, signaling Washington as a winter base.
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Washington
Star
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Vanderbilt
Lowery
Arlington
Senator Brice
L. Z. Lester
George Westinghouse
Centerburg Fire Devours Business District in Ohio
Centerburg Ohio population 1500 reports a major blaze consuming ten buildings in the business area. An engine was dispatched from Columbus. Postmaster F T Mercer from Centerbury Knox county telegrammed that the town was burning and the post office faced possible loss with slim chances of saving the building.
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Columbvus
Centerburg
Columbus
John F. Salmon
F. T. Mercer
Centerbury
Knox County
Heitfelt Elected U.S. Senator to Succeed Dubois
Henry Heitfelt, a farmer from Nez Perce County and current state senator, is elected United States senator to succeed Dubois. Heitfelt is forty years old with a rudimentary level of formal education.
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Spaio
Henry Heitfelt
United States
Dubois
Heitfelt
Nez Perce County
Monster Baby Draws Laughs In Curious Exchange
A nurse shows off a proudly presented first-born with an amused crowd reacting to the oversized infant. Mr Gottleft comments with surprise and a joking understatement, noting the boy’s impressive size while the mother listens.
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Mr. Gottleft
Plague Ravages Reported in Indian Cities
The official Bombay report shows 4396 plague cases with 3275 deaths. Karachi records 696 cases and 644 deaths. Poona reports 65 cases and 60 deaths, with a few cases noted in Surat Baroda Ahmadabad Kathiawar and Cutch.
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Bombay
Karachi
Poonah
Surat
Baroda
Ahmadabad
Kathianwar
Cuteh
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Indiana Notes
Crown Point
White and
Benton Counties
Lagrange County
Joseph Boxell
Dundee
Lad
Broadway
NEW Fish Commissioner
Z. T. Sweeney
Z.T. Sweeney
Christian Church
Rev. Sweeney
Harrigan
Cincinnati
Sleighing Party
Otto
Yoiler
H. L. Rost
Washington Street
Dunnington’s
Dunnington
Washington St
White House
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