Monument Dedication Draws 60,000 to Indianapolis Crowd
A 60 000 strong crowd packed Indianapolis for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument dedication with a 1000 strong cavalry escort and a parade lasting 45 minutes. President Harrison attended a reception before addressing the assembly and the ceremony featured speeches and a cornerstone inscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Army of
theRepublic
Targ
Marely Hey Watts
Fng
Oruant Association
Lacey Sinoe Hovey
D. Manson
Whiardsville
John Coburn
Harrison
America
Denhim Hotel
Nort
Deer
Aloo
Seventh
Indiana
Barnum and Bailey Train Wreck Near Potsdam NY
A Barnum and Bailey wreck east of Potsdam on the Rome Watertown Ogdensburg line killed twenty four ring horses and one camel. Six cars were detached with two telescoped crushing contents. elephants escaped unharmed and moved from the derailed first car. Loss estimated around 10000 dollars with possible 18000 in Montreal receipts. Also notes Kansas school vote with 50000 women participating and many school officers to be women.
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Potsdam
N.Y
Rome
Watertown & Ogdensburg
Montreal
Barnum
J. A. Bailey
Cire
Kansas
Financial Failures Hit Mills and Burns Across Regions
Multiple mills in Providence The Wawogan and Nottingham mills and Thornton Worsted Co fail tied to Lewis Bros and Brown Breese Clark collapses. Severe storm hits Winthrop Missouri with a tornado rain and crops damaged. Fire and accidents reported nationwide including refinery explosion and gunboat trials.
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Middle States
Providence
Wawrogan
Nottingham
Thornton Worsted Company
Lewis Bros
New York City
Brown, Breese & Clark
Boston
Winthrop
Keystone Furnace Company
Ronading
Penn
Josefa Pora
A. Gasonie
A. D. Miller
Allegheny
Sealing Schooner James G. Swan Seized in Behrington
The American sealing schooner James G. Swan has been seized in Behrington by the United States revenue cutter Richard Rush with 235 dead seals aboard. Reports also note Anunricana at Buenos Ayroshea sinking fighters and damaging shipping. A tower twice Paris Eiffel’s height is planned for London. Captain Wissuann of the German East African expedition advances toward Bagamoyo.
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Foreign
Shanghai
China
Austria
France
Cuba
Tutuly
London
England
Victoria
British Columbia
United States Revenue Cutter
Minnie
Behring Ben
Sitka
Alaska
Bdleson
Paris
Tuard
Franco
America
Whitelaw Reid
Edison
Eiffel Tower
United States
Reid
M. Bartholdi
Depew
Count Vox -Mottice
Louis
Denmark
Messrs
Goopennav & Wenrs
Toronto
Canada
Cuorena
Bagdad
Basa‘rab
Arabis
Ghent
Belgium
Dar-es-Salasim
Bagamoyo
Kingani River
Fire claims a German farmer amid grim disasters and a coal deal grows
A German farmer Philip Henrickle perishes in a barn fire. A coalition of Eastern capitalists plans to buy Monongahela River coal properties in Pennsylvania at a reported 13 million dollars. The page also notes fires, earthquakes, ship trials, famines, lynchings, and other 19th century disasters with multiple named places and people.
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Av Paradiso
Pene
Philip Henrickle
Monongahela River
Pennsylvania
Nat Bellingham
Mass
Five Men Killed in Bradford County Mill Explosion
An explosion at the To wanda rolling mill and nail factory of Bostley Godharles & Co in Bradford County instant killed five workers, fatally injured two, and caused minor injuries to about a dozen others. The blast ripped the mill roof, tore rafters and girders, and hurled boiler fragments across the workshop and into scrap iron. The blast’s roar drew crowds from town as rescue efforts began.
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Buck- Tey'a Mills
Russell County
Thhat Point
Michael Dance
Joseph “Moore
William King
Andrew Martin
Jaif
John Ramsay
Ibands
Towanda
Bradford County
Pep
Bostley, Godharles & Co
Amlf
Lally
Mmill
A Cloudburst Destroys Dams in Rockingham North Carolina
A cloudburst over Rockingham and vicinity wrecked dams along the Vee Dee Rober Doo Great Falls Midway and Ledbetters mills. damage includes machinery losses at Pee Dee and Great Falls mills and Midway building, with estimates of 100000 and 500 workers displaced. railroad tracks on Carolina and Suffolk and Palmetto routes were washed out in several places.
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Rockingham
North Carolina
Great Falls
Midway
Pee Dee
Carolina & Suffolk Railroad
Palmetta
Cheraw
Hamiet
End of Haytian War as Hippolyte Wins Victory
The Haytian war ends with General Hippolyte in control after Legitime surrenders. French and British support shifts, with the capital Port au Prince under U S Navy protection. The conflict leaves significant destruction and numerous casualties though commerce is expected to resume.
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Hayti
Hippolyte
Legitime
de Sesmai
France
Ds Sesmaisons
Paris
Logitime
Gherardi
United States Navy
Her
Kerguelen
Port-au-Prince
Salomon
Leguline
Hippoly
Franco
Mirebalais
Legitimo
Grandsoling
M. da Lesmaisons
Egitime
Polite Riviera
England
Germany
Haytian
Hippolita
Marchand
Marmalade
St. Michael
St. Marc
Gongives
Port Au Prince
Baseball Notes From The Era Of Early Stars
A collage of baseball gossip and stats cites many clubs and players. It notes Conxon, Ryan, and Beronex among others, mentions Pittsburg being fined, St. Louis home runs, and Washington discipline. It references Glasscock release attempts, and recalls 1870 crowds and the Rel Stockings versus Atlantics.
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Firisucre
Clevelands
Conxon
Ryan
Chicago
Cutcago
Louisville
Ray
Boston
Beronex
Hartford
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Hoovers
Kansas City
es ‘ _ McGinn
Denven
Cincinnati
Higdiss Waisey
Joux M. Wann
New York
Tux Chicagos
Willamison
Draf-Mute Hoy
Connor
Clarkson
Wade
Sven Stradeht
New Yorks
Dines
Mason
O'Rourke
White
Groner Wiscut
Arthur Cuanines
Brooklyn
Rolinson
Washington
Witte
Indianapolis
Hart
Glasscock
Brush
Ant
American Association
Tucker
Buros
Lyona
Orr
Holliday
Larkin
O'Neill
Milligan
Mth
Hamilton
Comiskey
Rel Stockings
Cincinnah
Atlantics
London Strike Paralyzes Docks and Markets
A London inland strike shuts water access, paralyzing markets in Mark Lane and halting cargo. About 76 000 workers including dockers carpenters iron workers gas stokers and sailors join or threaten to join the walkout. Unloading and loading cease as logistics deteriorates and authorities prepare to quell unrest.
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London
Thames
Mark Lane
Carmen
Bermandsay
Laidon
Herhitho
Doh
Labor Across Nations Shapes Early 20th Century Industry
Reports show vast labor movement and wage shifts from Paris to New York. Union growth in England and Ireland, Nicaragua Canal work, and rising pay for painters and bricklayers paint a picture of widespread industrial change and mounting organizing pressure.
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PIO ES Ie
Paris Carpenters' Union
Madison
Bostox
New York State
Oregon
Tas Cambria Iron Company
Johnstown
Penn
Nicaragua Canal
Cincinnati
England
Connellsville
New York City
Indianapolis
Herne
Switzerland
Illinois
Indiana
Carthage
Salvador
South America
Chicago
Thomas del Went
St. Catharines
Canada
New York
Boston
Giorcia
South Carolina
Tangas
Glenarm
County Antrim
Ireland
Notable Figures From War, Politics, and Science Tidbits
A swept compilation notes varied figures including Von Moltke elevated to colonel and Presdent Tar NI5ON's ear ailment. It mentions Constantin heir to the Greek throne, Turkish sultan's education in England, and many other prominent personalities across Europe and America with brief, often curious details.
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Austria
von Moltke
Notorious 1888 Murders On New York Streets
Ferdinand Carolin killed his wife Bridget on March 16 1888 at 7 Stanton Street striking her with an axe while intoxicated. Patrick Packenham a former New Orleans policeman killed his wife Margaret on March 13 1888 at 212 West Twenty seventh Street after she refused him money for liquor. James Nolan shot Mrs Emma Buck on November 90 1684 at 0 Second Avenue after she said she would leave him. Black Lewis a colored man killed Alec Jackson on July 17 1888 at 64 West Third Street after she refused to live with him and he had previously shot her.
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TERN
New York
Charles Carolin
Pattrick Packenham
John Lewis
James Nolan
Tombs Prison
Roe. Packenham
Nolan
Carolin
Lewis
Toor
Jim
Caroline
Packenham
Henry Carlton
Charles Giblin
Madelins Goetz
Lewis. Ernor
Ferdinand Carolin
Bridget
Stanton Street
Patrick Packenham
New Orleans
Margaret
West Twenty-seventh Street
Emma Buck
Second Avenue
Dlack Lavwis
Alec Jackson
West Third Street
Hero
Operator's Blunder Triggers Fatal Parkersburg Train Crash
A derailment near Parkersburg West Virginia after wrong orders caused a collision between an accommodation train and a special Baltimore and Ohio bound for officials. Nine aboard were affected with three killed instantly and four fatally injured. several others injured. The crash occurred on a sharp curve at speed, wrecking both engines and a baggage car.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Petroleum
Silver Run
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Centra
Robert Malley
A Child to Hang in Salisbury for He Found Jewelry
Henry Winford a twelve year old boy faces the death penalty in Salisbury North Carolina for an nighttime burglary and assault on Mrs. Barger near Rows on County. He entered by a window tied the widow and took jewelry before being captured. The judge reportedly spared him due to his youth.
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Hitt
New York
Giblin
Canistian W. Luca
Aeryman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles McElvaine
Churen
New Bamshire
Wikimar
North Carolina
Henry Winford
Balisbury
Henry
Judge Lyne
Port Costa Wheat Warehouse Fire Devastates McNear Site
A McNear wheat warehouse at Port Costa California burned destroying about 10000 tons of wheat and 42 Southern Pacific cars. The total loss is estimated at 2700 000. The fire began in the warehouse end and spread rapidly driven by wind toward ships and the bay. Local engines saved some cars but forty two loaded cars were destroyed.
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McNear
Port Costa
California
Southern Pacific
Seon
Armenian
Honauwar
Enilworth Wero
San Pablo Bay
Mara Island
Navy Yard
Vallejo
Sun Eclipse Expedition to Africa Under Naval Observatory
Captain Phythian reports active preparations for an American expedition to observe the December solar eclipse in Africa. Funds are tight at 5000 Congress dollars, guiding careful purchases and planning. The Baltimore may not sail in time, with the Alliance or another older vessel likely to carry credentials from Norfolk.
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Phythian
Naval Observatory
Washington
Africa
Congress
St. Paul de Loande
Baltimore
Thendentials
Alliance
Norfolk
Diphtheritic Scourge Rages Through Ohio Town
State Board of Health reports a diphtheria epidemic in Moscow Clermont County Ohio with twenty six cases and several deaths. Residents spread urgency with wild scenes including sulphur bonfires and public street disinfection as Dr McKibben appeals for help.
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Ohio
State Board of Health
Moscow
Clermont County
McKibben
Flood Victims in West Virginia Face Cold Winter Suffering
Terrible suffering among victims of the recent flood in Slate, Tucker, Tygart, Lee, Bandy valleys and surrounding Limestone Mountain area. Relief efforts by neighbors and charities are underway but unlikely to prevent severe hardship as winter approaches.
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Slate
Tucker
Tygart
Lee
Bandy
Limestone Mountain
West Virginia
Montreal boy killed after botched amputation by students
George Prendergash, a Sobiston Lithographing Co. worker in Montreal, lost two fingers to machinery. Two students at age under 20 attempted amputation without a doctor, leading to vomiting and death within 30 minutes. They were arrested pending coroner's inquest. a brother sought vengeance.
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George Prendergash
Sobiston Lithographing Company
Montreal
Canada
Montreal General Hospital
Minister Fires After Egg Incident Over Suitor
The Rev D Helmrich of Neola shoots Earl Palmer in Neola after Palmer, a Connell Bluffs suitor to Miss Ella Porter, egged the minister and provoked the confrontation. Palmer dies from the gunshot wound amid lingering town tensions and a prior marriage in Council Bluffs.
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D. Helmrich
Methodist Church
Neola
Town
Earl Palmer
Connell Bluffs
Palmer
Ella Porter
Council Bluffs
Helmrick
Starvation in Egypt Sparks Distress Across Nile Towns
Distressing famine reports from Kamrtoum Kassabe Tokar and other Upper Nile towns describe twenty deaths daily in Tokar and bodies eaten by survivors. Imperial approval cited for Chinese flags and legations. Mortgage filings show large liens totaling over 771 million. Blood poisoning cases linked to elixir of life shipments alarm regional health officials.
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Kamrtoum
Kassabe
Tokar
Nile
Upper Egypt
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Republican State Convention
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Netman's Grove
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Mexico
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T. Fowler
Buckeya Cost
Mercer County
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C. E. Lysarcen
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Lybarger
Navy Department
Wyebington
Mason J
J. J. Meyer
Towa
Sixth Auditor'’s Office
A. C. Anderson
Rhode Island
Masschusetts
Neversink Mountain
Black Bear Fon
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Blarny Ann Donnelly
Atlantic City
N. 2
Robert H. Hamilton
Nell Cottage
Bantk-Ie
Stone Bridge
T. J. Mahler Carriage Company
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John L. McDonald
Patrick Cronin
Jacon Thourson
Port Tobacco
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Hell
Ralph Emerson
William Ward
Cavanaugh
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William IR. Lewis
Tangiers
Morocco
Greece
Scalera Hava
Great Britain
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Jons Astoy
Taylorsville
Penu
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Jefferson Township
Kang
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CARO
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ECOND
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Rev. T. di. Wirt Tausace
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Robert Burns Wirsos
Kentucky
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Krupp
Essen
la. M. Barlow
Jay Gouen
Delaware County
Anny Bixon
Zodbists
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Geronimo
Walle
Fort Augustine
Fla
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E. P. Crownin
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C. P. Hestinatov
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Barry Rose
Jes Eweereee
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Mich
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Louis Globe- Democrat
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Main St. Richmond
Tanaill
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Hood
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Conn
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J.C. Herman Jettersch
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Peerless
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Ll. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Oliver
Rockton
Masa
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Hang
Seaved
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ARES
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Douglas
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Bextons
Carnsta
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