Electric Execution Described in Slug Sing Case
Frederick McGuire, executed at Sing Binz Prison, faced a 1800 volt current in the chair, with clergy present as witnesses. The process continued with staged voltage drops and a final death confirmed by heart cessation, autopsy showing natural-death-like results.
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Frederick McGufre
Tir Shooke
Slug Sing
Frederick Metulre
Old Ary
Gregory Neir
Middletown
N. Y
Sing Binz
Medulen
Conkling
Silas Edgerton
McGuire
McWairvs
Herstoforn
Wintry Weather Grips Western Kansas Settlers
Severe cold and deep snow hit Western Kansas causing suffering among settlers. Cattle and horses lack grazing fuel and supplies as storms hamper hay and fuel delivery, with desperate conditions feared if the weather persists into the spring.
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Kansas
Tuart
Countzaz
New Swiss President Charles Schenk Elected Sketch
Dr Charles Bohenk named President of the Swiss Confederation with A Frey as Vice President. Born 1823 in Borna Schenk trained for ministry and held multiple cantonal and federal offices including Interior Minister and five terms as President. Also reports a tragic accident in Scranton Pennsylvania where a woman died after leaping from a seventh story window.
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Charles Bohenk
A. Frey
Charles Emmanuel Schenk
Borna
Schupfan
Kanpen
Canton
Berns
Deo
Explosion at Bamfarlong Colliery Kills Dozens in Wigan
An explosion at Bamfarlong Colliery in Wigan England killed many miners. Rescue teams recovered bodies in twos and threes as sections of the mine collapsed and smoke filled the tunnels. Survivors say the blast likely started near the engine house, trapping workers underground.
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Bamfarlong
Wigan
England
Thors
Reacusea
Ston Beveral
Bno Teecus Pry
Senator Gibson Dead at Hot Springs Ark
Randall Lee Gibson, Louisiana senator and Confederate veteran, died at Hot Springs Arkansas after a long illness. Surrounded by family, he had been bedbound since November 12 and was to be buried beside his wife in Lexington Kentucky. Born September 10 1833 in Kentucky, he served in Congress and the Senate as a Democrat and held prominent Civil War roles.
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Randall BD. Gibson
Gibeon
Louisiana
Hot Springs
Ark
Gibson
Asthe
Lexington
Randall Lee Gibson
Sprin
Bil
Tecre Bonne Parish
Louisians
Yafe
Tulane University of Lousiana
Spain
United States Senate
Ranning
South and
Waat
Kansas
Mmcconnell
Grant Loxyp
Seventh Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kan
Wounded Knee
O. R. Jones
Jess Jones
Choir
Bomanaan Lanter Ee
Awile
Michigen
Sorell
Ublicans
Hog Run
Watton
Louisville and Nashville
Trxay
Missisippi
Texas
Arkansas
Washington
Helsna
Montana
Fort Harrison
United States
Tarasvry Fosten
Asrvica
House Committee On Election
Edward Scall
Sedor
Pennsylvania
Thomas Groovy
Secuetary Foster
The
Treasury
Boreau
Mandenbail
Ecxct
Cleveland
Arlington
Vermont Avenue
Gray
Delaware
Smithsonian Institution
Piacagh
Louisana
World's Fair exhibits and displays planned for Summers Park
The article outlines plans for World’s Fair displays at Jackson Park including a 32 by 61 foot mineral cabin in the Mines building to showcase mineral resources. It notes preparations for a grand reunion of early prospectors, ongoing exhibit setups, a new ethnologies building, a massive redwood section from California, and demonstrations of artificial ice and cooling methods.
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Jackson Park
Onto
California
Observatorica
Secret Service Report Details Counterfeiting and Fraud Arrests
A. L. Drummond reports 5 percent of people arrested for counterfeiting and notes 29.4 million in notes and securities captured. The study urges tighter safeguards, opposes transporting unfit currency, and condemns water and coin mutilation. It cites bank frauds and overdrafts and exposes the “green goats” scam, urging legislation to curb it.
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A. L. Drummond
Secret Service Division
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Washington
United States
Drummond
Secret Service
Philadelphia
Five killed in Hyattsville confrontation with marshals
A deadly shootout occurred in Hyattsville Johnson County Wyoming when Deputy U.S. Marshals and three horse thieves attempted arrests. June Hult and William B W Natcher were involved, with all five suspects killed and one deputy reportedly wounded.
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United States
Hyattsville
Johnson County
Wyoming
June Hult
William BW
Natcher
Ira Walker
Ace Achilec
Vast mix of 1890s world notes and local disasters
The item catalogs varied events from U S Mint shipments of Columbian half dollars to a Brooklyn fire that destroyed a wholesale grocer's building. It also reports executions in Missoula and Hughes counties, floods, political canvassing in Kansas and Michigan, and international incidents including canal frauds and cholera statistics.
40000-Pound Aerolite Finds In Mexican Drill Site
The largest aerolite ever seen in Mexico was taken to Mexico City from Jiminez Chihuahua after weighing 41000 pounds. It fell about four months ago forty miles from Jiminez and split the mountain side in two, exposing a rich vein of silver being worked for profit.
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Mexico
Jiminez
Chihuahua
Jimnez
Fifty-Second Congress Debates and Bills in Session
The record highlights discussions on the McGarrahan claim bill and Anti-Option measures, votes on Brooklyn Navy Yard land sale, and amendments to the Interstate Commerce Law. House actions include Army and Indian affairs bills, pensions, and public land reports, with adjournment for a holiday recess.
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McGarrahan
McPharson
Brooklyn
McGarrobon
Hunton
Virginia
George
Powerrs
Cameron
Quay
Oceanic
Philadelphia
Sun Dar
Afr. Gorman
Benattr Gibson
Louisman
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Bate
New York
New Jersey
Committee On Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Jahoma
Amr
Antony
Alon
Tracy
Mlimitein
Puget Bound
W. B. Franklin
Board of Managers
National Home For
Department of the Army
Henaie
Fort Wayne
Ind
Secretary of War
Fort Brown
Ross Winan
Navy
Bureau of Congressional Service
Percn
United States
Committee On Public Lands
Frightful Great Northern wreck at Nelson station kills eight
A derailment and collision on the Great Northern at Nelson Minnesota left eight men dead and five seriously injured. The wrecking train caboose and several cars burned after a westbound freight failed to stop as it neared the caboose. Conductor William Nickey and Engineer James Maloney were aboard the freight as it plunged into the wrecked train. Names of the deceased and injured include Nelson Dokken and Ole Mattenson among others, with several unidentified victims.
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Great Northern
Nelson Station
Alexandria
Minn
Nelson
Pipman
William Nickey
James Maloney
Nickey
Ara
Nals O
Dokken
Christ
Ole Mattenson
Ossakls
Johnn Engstrand
Spruce Hill
John Akerscon
Engstrands
Nace
Don Brummer
Yankton
South Dakota
Mail Tubes Planned Between New York and Brooklyn Post Offices
The Postmaster General agrees with United States Automatic Despatch Company of New York to lay a double line of tubes at the company's expense connecting the New York main post office to the Brooklyn post office. The company will pay construction costs, maintain and operate for six years, and remove the system if required. It will also provide electric power and transfer tubes to the Post Office Department when tests are executed, with tests to be funded by the company. Construction to begin soon.
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Wanamaker
United States Automatic Despatch Company of
New York
Postofice
New York City
Brooklyn
Nysten
Agroas
Postofics Department
Newark
Suisa Jt
United States
Cleveland to Open Chicago Exposition with Speech
The 1893 Chicago Exposition plan centers on Grover Cleveland giving a May 1 speech. A ceremonial electric bell will start a 14 090 horsepower Machinery Hall plant to power the fair. Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes is expected to deliver a brief prayer.
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Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Thas
Oliver Wendell Holme
Annual Statement of Education Chief on U S Pupils
The United States Commissioner of Education reports 13,205,171 pupils in common schools and 4,404,58 average daily attendance for the year. It notes progresses for formerly enslaved regions, with counts of teachers and expenditures and mentions changes due to low wheat prices.
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Iarriy
United States
Comite
Eclipses for 1893 and celestial cycles listed
The text outlines two solar eclipses in 1893, a total eclipse on April 16 and an annular eclipse on October 9, with visibility regions noted. It also lists seasonal dates, planetary motions, and church days through the year, including winter solstice and Advent timing.
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North America
South America
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Europe
Asia
Pacific Ocean
City Vaults Rifled and Treasurer’s Son Commit Suicide
In St. Louis the city hall vaults were found open with papers burned. Edward Foerstel, son of City Treasurer Foerstel, and his assistant died by their own actions in a case linked to forged note endorsements and suspected embezzlement. The situation remains complex with financial pressures and forged loans.
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St. Louis
E.1 Foerstal
Foerstel
Yoon Foerstel
Edward Foerstel
T. W. Yow
Edward
Late Wholesale Prices of Country Produce in New York
Market items show beans peas and corn values with 1892 1893 dates, including Red kidney beans and Lima beans per bushel and barrel. Dairy, butter, creamery products, and fresh fruits vegetables list state and western prices. live poultry and dressed poultry rates appear with regional distinctions and weights.
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New York
Roconia
Creada
State
Penn
PneEst
Baldwin
Groening
Catawba
W.N
Concord
Cranberriag Cape Col
Bil
Bora
Prlind
Jersey
N. JL
Peon
L. J
Jursay
South Jersey
Ryu
City Steam
Discovery of hammerhead snakes in a California basin
An expedition led by Dr EE Brown reports a three acre meadow basin in California ringed by 300 foot cliffs. Snakes with hammer shaped heads thrived on rock ledges striking prey with whip like blows. The crew observed a quail and rabbit killed by a single head strike and attempted to capture the snakes without success.
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California
Acotter
Brown
Selina
Fragmented passage on fathers praising daughters musical progress
Two fathers discuss their daughters singing progress with pride. One compares his daughter to another, noting the other’s singing seems remarkable. The text appears garbled and partially illegible.
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Tress
Noluy
Parenta
Wolo
Jones
Desert Roads: Bridges of Sand and Mud Across Death Valley
The New York Sun details desert engineering feats in Death Valley and Nevada where salt deposits form natural bridges bearing trains, and where mud roads persist in extreme heat. Bridges of sand create solid crossovers over deep, soft mud, supporting mules and wagons as impressed by local improvisations near John W. Searles’s marshes.
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Acen
Daath Valley
Marah
St. Lawrence River
Death Valley
Nevada
California
John W. Searles
Atlas Mountains
New York Sun
Camel Rides and Moonlit Tools Noted in 19th Century Tales
The text recounts an observer mounting a camel in a desert trip and nearly falling, with a humorous exchange about the camel’s temper and a companion who swapped donkey for camel. It ends with a note from Sheffield steel workers about tools gaining a blue hue and losing temper after moonlight exposure.
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Sheffield
England
St. Louis Republic
Grizzly Slain After Long Mountain Chase Near Buckeye
A crew tracked and killed a 700 pound grizzly near Buckeye Canyon after a two day pursuit. Hunters used a large bear trap and a 46 caliber ball finished the beast. many Winchester bullets failed to penetrate its tough muscles. The party, including N B Hannemill and Mr Miner, held a bear meat barbecue in town.
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Bridgeport
N. B. Hannemill
Mr. Miner
Winchester
San Francisco Examiner
Finest Caves in England Highlight Peak Cave at Castleton
The Brooklyn Citizen notes England's best caves in Derbyshire with the Peak Cave at Castleton praised for its grandeur. Described as a sequence of caverns at the end of a rugged gorge, the entrance spans forty two by one hundred twenty feet, followed by a long hallway narrowing into gallery spaces.
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England
Derbshhire
Castleton
Peak Castle
Brooklyn Citizen
Hair Color and Lifespan Observations in San Francisco
The San Francisco Chronicle notes children’s hair grows faster than adults and that light haired people may live longer than their dark haired counterparts. The observation mentions most inhabitants have dark brown hair and contrasts longevity between hair colors.
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San Francisco
Extraordinary Coincidence at Pleat Street Bank Run
A London man misplaced a fifty pound note after a club settle, found it missing at a restaurant, then traced the same cab to the Bank of England and later to Scotland Yard. He discovered the note had not been in the cab, but the driver confirmed the earlier trip.
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Ile
Pleat Street
Bank of England
Threadneedle Street
Scotland Yard
London Telegraph
Wash Your Lemons Lesson From a Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript passage recalls a lady advising a new housemaid to wash lemons. She notes citrus peels harbor tiny scales or insect eggs and suggests brushing, then soaking lemons in water for five to ten minutes before use to avoid contaminating dishes.
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Boston Transcript
Deafness Cured by Constitutional Remedies AdVits
An old advertisement claims deafness stems from an inflamed eustachian tube and promotes constitutional remedies. It promises a hundred dollars for any cure from catarrh and touts Beecham’s Pills for headaches dizziness and rheumatism. The text markets druggists and solicits readers to send for a prospectus and medical claims.
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F. J. Corser & O
Toledo
Druggiats
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Atlanta, Ga
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Poliah
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IFE
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la Crono
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