Dual Launch Of Vesuvius And Yorktown Shocks Philadelphia
The Cramp shipyard in Philadelphia hosted the first wartime launch in years with two vessels: the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius and the gunboat Yorktown. Congress officials and 166 House members watched as Miss May Cameron christened the Yorktown with champagne, then Miss Eleanor Breckinridge christened the Vesuvius. The Vesuvius features triple expansion engines, twin screws, four boilers, and 3500 horsepower aimed at twenty knots, with three 20 pound dynamite guns mounting to propel shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cramp's
Philadelphia
Rover
Vesuvius
Yorktown
Congress
Columbia
George Tyler
Washington Street
Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Cramp's Yard
Bayly
House of Representatives
Charles Camp
Arivor
Misa May Cameron
Senator Cameron
Pennsylvania
Orktown
Delaware
Hardiy
Aliss Eleanor Breckinridge
Congressman Breckinridge
Kentucky
Gunboat Yorktown: 100 ton unarmored cruiser with giant 15 inch guns
The Yorktown or Gunboat No 1 is described as a 100 ton unarmored steel cruiser of about 200 by 33 by 13 to 15 feet. It features triple expansion engines, a top speed near seventeen knots, four pneumatic launchers for dynamite projectiles, 15 inch guns firing 64 pounds explosive shells, armored conning tower, torpedo room, speaking tubes, telegraphs, and electric light plant for the crew and pilot communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Gover
Craas
Global labor contrasts and industrial feats in old world and US
The OCR text surveys widespread labor conditions and big industrial projects across continents. It notes bricklayers earning five dollars a day for eight hours, thousands employed in Australian copper mines, a Montpelier Vermont factory capacity, a large Knoxville blast furnace, and major coal and paper production figures. It mentions looming layoffs near Connellsville, Ohio River plant costs, and various wage pressures. It also covers German strikes, cooperative labor efforts, child labor in Fall River, textile toil in Bombay, and wild claims of production scales in the US and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denyon
Col
AcLotnes-Py
Montpelier
Knoxville
Tenn
Taree
Kangascoal
Toad Ane
Powderly
Ala
Dow
Watertown
N.Y
Wni
Ohio River
Owensboro
Kewark
Fall River
Mass
Capnotresa
Bombay
India
Coburg
Germany
Connellsville
Penn
Puluth
Minn
Suor
Labor Contral Committee
New York
Shamokin
Hardofora
Carnegie
Steal Works
Pittsburg
United States
Johnstown
Poon
Havana
Punta Gorida
New England
Fall Street
Louisville
Carthage
Republicans Nominate Mitchell for Supreme Court in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania GOP at Harrisburg nominated James T. Mitchell for Supreme Court Judge and selected delegates from Largo to the Republican National Convention led by Senator Quay. The platform called for protection to American industries and noted extensive fire losses to Delamater Iron Works in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Massachusetts
Boston
Chicago
Senator Hoar
Platformig
Kingston
Plymouth
Foxboro
Tax Maverick Oil Works
Mass
Grang Dexa
Woodbury
N. J
Mainy
Bangor
Blaine
New York
Jony B. Biscor
Leonardtown
RP. Dixon
General Grant
Edgar £. Heermance
Presbyterian
White “Ains
N. Y
Josrra EF. Jouvston
Brazil's J Bueno linked to mass poisonings of Indians
A Sao Paulo weekly reports Senhor Joaquin Bueno claimed to have commanded about seventy men to exterminate Indigenous groups in Brazil using poison and starvation. Villages were struck with poisoned wells, maize liquor, and rations, killing thousands while Bueno boasted of support from officials.
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Joaquin Bueno
Bueno
Sao Paulo
Paulista
Taubato
Goyaz Hay
Senhor Joaquin Bueno
Guaymas
Indus
Senhor
J. Bueno
Papal Decree Condemns Plan of Campaign in Ireland
Rome issues a papal letter condemning the plan of campaign as illegal and urging obedience to law. It argues rents will be reduced by courts and notes lands are extorted from supporters. Dublin Freeman urges patience while Nationalists vow to press on despite papal decree. Dillon defends the plan, while London papers discuss the papal move as a major blow to Nationalists.
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Rome
Hay
Ods
Inws
Dublin Freeman's
Aml
Jaynen
Dillon
Herbertstown
Ireland
Wis Lony
League
London Times
Spon
Pop
London Jost
London Standard
A Dakota Town Burns Destroying Central City
A Dakota Dakota town named Central City with 1000 inhabitants was wiped out by a fire two miles above Dearwood. About 130 buildings burned, leaving around 28 households homeless and entire families with nothing but their lives. Water supply failures hampered fire brigade efforts from Central Wood and Leai City. Main street on both sides burned from Saw Pit to Gol street. Fairview quartz mill destroyed and goods scattered across the mountain. No lives lost and bullion valued at about 100000 dollars monthly referenced.
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Central City
Dearwood
Dakota
Ceartwood
Leai City
Main Street
Saw Pit
Gol Street
Fairview
Lie
Various 19th Century Obscure Notices From A New England Page
Reports of frauds and forgeries in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Appointments by President Cleveland include David N. Bugke as Consul to Bahia and Francis Gross as Appraiser in New York. A forger in Columbia, Penn., and a fatal lamp explosion in New York City kill children. A peanut trust forms in Norfolk, Virginia. Murders, battles, political conventions, and other assorted items across states. Royalty, military acts, and an admiral drowned in the Thames.
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Farsuers
Connecticut
Merrimac
Kennebec
New England
Wisconsin
Minnesota
David N. Bugke
New York
United States
Bahia
Francis Gross
Cleveland
W. G. Durrennorren
Columbia
Penn
Bia
Emil Faist
New York City
Norfolk
Mia
Mary J. Kearney
James Hand
Colorado Springs
Col
William Caldswell
Rushville
Ind
Alexican
Tojamboo
Taut Krecer
Transvaal Republic
Charles A. Kickerd
Dit
Brunons
Samuel J. Tilden
Tilden
Casulin de Bacy
National Park Bank
Canada
Concord
St. Louis
Henry Pore
Summarville
Gordon
Stataepublican
Colimbra
S. C
Chicago
Elko
Neb
Madison
Taruf
Nelson Daney
Wiconsin
Thomas Thompson
Tremormalean
Gevernl Wirt Adam
Tul II
Gros Ventre
Piegan
Blood
Blackfeet
Montana
Greenvilla
Tein
Rypen
Thames
London
Ryder
Notable Figures and Elusive Biographical Snippets
A stream of portraits lists prominent individuals and titles from politics, religion, science, and society. It mentions Tesxyson at work on a poem, balloonist Hesnur T. Coxwist, preacher Bintar Wesson, and several European and American figures with varied achievements and curiosities.
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Tesxyson
Hesnur T. Coxwist
Mandy Tou
Bintar Wesson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Evrenon Cox Prono
Brazil
George Eliot
Euan Cany
Staxton
Sixatar Saursnuy
Delaware
United States Senate
Evraris Evizaneta
Austria
Rosa Eliz
Cleveland
Washington
Trramentraz of
Mevicos
Grand Cross
Legon
Touur
Breecrarny Woortsey
Tur
Robert Collyer
New York
Bum
Gata. Savatsony
Tonarry
Tun Duede Cazes
Isabela Blanche Singer
Apollo
Lom Acelsius Lortes
Queen Victone
Vienna
Javiy Loftus
London
Grartan Rovnavern
France
Ameriea
United States
Clohany
Great Elector
Hiinais
Legation
Biaru
Sherman
Edmunds
Windom
Kine Hummer
Italy
Hla Bair
Germany
von der Lusa
Copenhagen
Steinitzi
Blackburn
Memarck
von Maltke
New Year News Miscellany Of Odd Facts And Fortunes
A scatter of items notes Roscor Coxsrtna’s $250,000 fortune and a 250 acre ostrich farm near Red Bluff California. London police expand to 18 600 men while New York City consumes 50 000 Frank mee sausages daily. Odessa warns 2000 Jews to quit within a week. Salt Lake City hosts 12 000 to 14 000 Mormons. A Georgia Alabama industrial school teaches colored youths. Minneapolis mills produced 169 200 barrels of flour last year. Other notes mention Governor Gonzales ordering bullfighting suppression in Guanajuato. a quack’s no cure for consumption ad in Frauen. a wine cellars cost 1500000. New Jersey’s perch fisheries thrive. Kentucky state treasurer reports 225000 short on funds. Cincinnati pledges over a million for a summer expo, expected to net two million for the city. The Nagy region tale of famine relief and prison crowding follows, with imperial wealth transfers amid William I estate talks.
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Roscor Coxsrtna
Avs Ostrich
Red Bluff
Cal
New York City
London
Sianriess
America
Odessa
Russia
Salt Lake City
Minneapolis
Bauurs Morrines
Iniiana
Lucianapolis
Honsie Valley
Mass
Attonney
Buewit Eid
Teast
Dng Son
Titi Hhe
Thuty
UceNa
Napa County
Jersey
Kentucky
Perensnvn
Cincinnaty
William
Frederick
Prince Henry
Centennial Planning and Monuments Talk in Carpenter's Hall
Delegates from the thirteen original states meet in Philadelphia to discuss plans for a national monument commemorating the Constitution and the Declaration. Governors Green of New Jersey and others seek coordination with New York and other territories for the centennial inauguration and related commemorations. Chicago Chinese community totals around 20 souls with two women and about 100 merchants. local firms report aggregate capital near $500,000.
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Beater
Massachusetts
Carpenter’s Hall
United State
Green
New Jersey
Wasede Chatran
Miney
Marhulelphias
Troubach
New York
Washington
Chicago
Fuller Nominated for Chief Justice by President Cleveland
The President nominated Melville W. Fuller of Chicago to be Chief Justice. Fuller, born in Augusta Maine in 1833, is a prominent Chicago lawyer and former Democratic legislator with deep Supreme Court familiarity. He declined prior offers, seeks only active legal work, and is noted for his Episcopalian faith and eight daughters.
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Melville W. Fuller
Chicago
United States
Fuller
Maine
Westen
Ilinois
Washington
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Namadl
Department of Justice
Civil Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Railroad Commission
Hox
Protestant Episcopal
Pullers
Melvilla Weston Fuller
Augusta
Frederick A.fuller
Catherine Martin
Justica Nathan Weston
Melville W
Bowdoin
E.J. Phelps
England
Bangor
Harvard University
Age
Ninos Bar
Calista
Reynolds
Mary Ellen
William J. Coolbaugh
Supreme Court of the United States
Mesera
Edmunds
Thurman
Hoadls
Loverell
Puller
Fis
Northwest
Whale entangles ship anchor during Atlantic voyage
Captain George im and crew aboard the Nelson of Glo face a dramatic incident when a whale becomes attached to the ship’s anchor. The whale causes the vessel to surge so violently the crew abandon to their boats, prompting the captain to cut the cable and later recover the crew before steering toward Newfoundland for repairs and a new anchor and cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayan
Cook
Newfourtland
Wholesale Hanging at Fort Smith Marks Seven Executions
A public execution in Fort Smith Arkansas saw seven condemned murderers hanged under Judge Parker’s order. The crowd from the Indian Nation and Arkansas witnessed the scene as the seven were executed in the Choctaw Nation and nearby areas for crimes spanning 1879 to 1887.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Parker
United States Court
Arkansas
Owen D. Hill
Jack Crow
Charles G. Wilson
Iss
Georga Mosbotolortf Ter Thay
George Taft
Red River County
Jefferson Dintebrand
John Ridgeway
Coffeyville
William Alexander
Ils “Whitefield
Emanuel Peterson
Willard 13
Hayes
Richard Southerland
Jake Burrows
Frost Bows Virginia Farms Hit by Severe Weather
Damage estimates range from forty to two million dollars as frost sweeps through coastal Virginia farms. Salt air from south winds scorched crops in Norfolk and Nansemond counties, destroying potato vines beets corn beans watermelons and tomatoes. Farmers report stock shortages hindering replanting efforts across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Norfolk
Rmeesy Ann
Nansemond
Battle with Indians and federal forces in Sonora
A battle between Yaqui Indians and U S federal troops occurs in the Zamalaguaes mountains near Ayuh Verde. Major Ener and Lieutenant Vallareal lead two columns in a fierce assault, the fortification falls after several charges, many Indians killed or wounded, and one American wounded. Separate notes mention American travelers facing credit issues with a London firm and explorers’ opinions on Stanley’s location.
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Sonor
Murica
Ener
Vallareal
Zamalaguaes Mountains
Ayuh Verde
Kins
Congress Proceedings Describe Tariff and Budget Actions
The report covers House and Senate actions with bills on pension changes for widows, relief funds, and a New York Harbor anchorage. It notes conference committees, opium smuggling reports, and a $150,250 appropriation to fund executive participation in the Cincinnati Centennial Exhibition. The tariff bill debate continues into the evening session.
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Dar
Navy
Marine Corps
Department of Agriculture
House
Ricketts
Secretary of the Treasury
Beecher
Tingla
British Columbia
Voorhoss
Senate
Parks
Chandler
Smith
Melville
New York Harbor
Potomane
Washington
Beverly Kennon
Bill Day
Stewart
Starling
Department of Labor
Columbia
Territories
United States Naval Observatory
United States
Spooner
Civil Service Commissioners
Mary Sullivan
Walliam Sackman
Ingalls
Fonse
Who
Springer
Lillmots
Bynum
Indiana
Moses
Dorkery
Committee On Appropriations
Cincinnati
Hoste Buchanan
Hemphill
Osborne
Ucth
Alaska
Illnois
Brower
Michigan
Mewrs
Tarsney
Russell
Golf
Ford and
Landes
Bryce
New York
Hous
Moser
Growvenor
Rayner
Nutting
Henderson
Gallinger
Mr. Foran
Mieasury
Mesrina HeCreury
O'errall
Wll
Unreliable Claims Target Purported Dr Pierce Purge
A fragment warns about unscrupulous sellers and fake testimonials for Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets. It condemns pretenders who deceive customers, stating genuine products are harmless yet powerful cleansers that restore appetite and regulate the body, while exposing medical frauds.
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Rtence
the Labor World
Zurich
Switzerland
Lucerne
Geneva
Zurinh
Ronth
Wee
Fort Worth
Texas
Fionina
James Cummings
FG. Dun & Co
Dayton
Ohio
Kamu Dew
Ralsanville
Metcalf Bros. & Co
Detroit
Mich
Touts Stroman
Springfeld
58. C
Bucnet
Stroman
Governor Gray
Clevaland
St Louis
Fite Westroy
Chester
Til
Tim Keapers
Wen
Galesburg
Tit
Heiberg
Sturlington
Kille Hebert Newell
Alexander Jesus
Tallahasea
Fla
George Cuthbert
Rushaylvani
Quannrs
Ridgeway
8. C
Rochmoni
Arch
Fus
Mississippi River
Memphis
Sluth, Rainy Lake River and Southwestern Railway Company
Tuy Ways and Means
Srk P.M
Georgetown
Brooklyn
Witnes
Cramp
Fairchili
Cnss
Prince of Wales
Berlin
Query
Shearness
French Chamber of Deputies
BSIS
Tount de Lessaps
Panam
Smyrna
Iste
Wight
Egypt
Damanhour
Alexandria
Nova Scotia
Mr. Waite
George Im
Jaxrin
Berlin Geographical Society
Stanley
Emin Dey
Patti Broventos
Tank
Itu Notew
Joan
Esta Tyunsay
Europe
Cuantis Wiscortas
John Wilkes Booth
Brown Potter
Sarancisco
Wallack's
Tia
Hood
Quincy
Sud
Ud West
Harley
Suifta
Ali Sad
Primo
Brian Lone
Lards
City Steam
Butler-State
Dainy Oo
West Inn Creanory
Chease—Ata
Pristag Skinn
Downaick
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Columbia ‘River
Oregon
Piers
Alvvaya
Scott
W.H.S. Connery
K.E. Johnson & Co
Richmond, Va
S Jacobs Oil
Reeumatism
Lowall
Maza
Lewla
Bae
Orin Hobine
Bt Jacobs Oil
Bt Jacobs of
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Britto
Jarre Treer
Mrowster
Holly, Herbrand-Fifth
Herbrand CO
Fremont
Fornstien
Aurthinzelee
Tele & Uo
Augumla
Volgiox
Moody's New
Curtlag, Hoody & CO
Procter & Gamble
Bly
Lares
Zi Greenwich
W.l.douglas
Cerrrzury
Nouneau
Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Pearl St
Frazer Axe
Sola
Asec Ib
Petes Eve Silverworth
PALMS
Buslocas College
Phila
Tvor
Seleterious Ag
Hell
Radway CO
Warren Street
Suk LO
Radway
Gricexwood
A.J. Tower
Simmons St
Hoston
Aldad
SEA Way
ADWAY
Pierce
Invalids’ Water and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
de. Pierce
THE
Kidreys
Oro
Guy
Tome
Ike
Parnce
J. F. Morgan
Lexington St
Sowton
Plerea
Seestenerta
Chareely 5 Ic
F. Conwin
Post Creek
N. Py
California
Mra
Ep. M. Caurert
Oakland
Jony Stewart
Chippewa Falth
Wie
Burraro
N. Ye
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