Eight drown in Watuppa Lake disaster at Fall River
Fall River dispatch reports eight lives lost when a flat skiff crowded with six adults and six children capsized near the water works. Rescue efforts saved two men, Turner and Hamer, while others perished, including Samuel Whittles and Levina Buckley. Names of victims include Buckley and Whittles families with several children among the dead.
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Adlispatch
Fall River
Mass
Watuppa
Stance
Samuel Whitties
Tish Tires
John Buckley
Walter Turner
Holmes
Whittles
George Hamer
Lake Ummin
Afarmer
Mindo
Fwo
Duckleys
Whit
Nany
Les
Edwin Whittles
Hamer
Buckley
Ife
Yarner
Levina Buckley
Fred Buckley
Wi Wes
Willie Buckley
Avs
Baseball notes and league updates from early reports
The piece surveys numerous baseball figures and teams, noting infield unreliability, leading batters, catchers, and various associations. It highlights player movements, captaincies, salary disputes, and emerging stars while recounting incidents, injuries, and administrative changes across leagues and clubs.
Fragmented World News From A Distant Era
European royalty births resignations and riots mixed with distant crimes and disasters. Reports cite Queen Victoria, Prince Albert Victor, and Danish royalty. violence in Ravanna Italy. a German general’s suicide in Wiesbaden. a Chinese murder during fever. floods near Kez Morocco. riots at Pilsen Austria. and a Quebec lumber firm failure.
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Queen Vicrontal
London
Highlands
Scotland
Prestogyre Cauxor
France
Petia
Morrtelimar
Department of Drome
Montelimar
Avignon
Nimes
Besancon
Vosoul
Bedfort
Ravanna
Italy
Presiprst Krvcen
South African Republic
Princess Louise
Crown Prince
Frederick
Denmark
Suity, Ware & Co
Quebec
Canada
Avondale
Earl of
Morocco
Bianchi Company
Cardenas
Pilsen
Austria
Multiple Disasters and Political Moves Across States
A string of calamities and political notes from various locales: a cottage collapse in Wisconsin kills two and injures another. several fires devastate Cambridge and Port Leyden. drownings occur near Eagle Rock Montana and Providence Forge Virginia. farmers lose funds to grain fraud in Versailles Kentucky. election officers face actions in Jersey City. a Boston launch capsizes with two deaths. ex Speaker Carlisle sworn in as U S Senator from Kentucky. authorities reach a Customs bill agreement. President Harrison commutes a death sentence to life imprisonment. a squadron reaches Tangier en route to Brazil. consuls regulate Samos. floods and storms hit Germany with casualties.
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Pyettigrew Brothers
Commission
Versailles
Jersey City
N. J
Port Leyden
Lews County
Allan J. Wan Busxink
Henry J. Freaman
Boston
Ipwitch
Mass
Carlisle
United States
Kentucky
Senate
House
Thres Wesky
Harrison
Lewis Williams
Washington
Albany
N. Y
Tas
Tangier
Morocco
Brazil
Samos
Germany
Alvensleben
Saplinger
Kemmler's doom sealed by supreme court ruling on electrocution
The U S Supreme Court upholds the death by electrocution in Kemmler case at Auburn prison. Justice Fuller writes the opinion. The ruling affirms state power to execute as prescribed and discusses the fourteenth amendment as applying to state law. Remaining NY murderers awaiting appellate fate include Strugo Medlvane Slocum Wood and others.
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Supreme Court’ of the
United States
Kommiler
Auburn
Chef Justice Fuller
Remuniter
New York Court of Appeals
Sherman
Keminler
Abdua Preiin
N. Y
Durster
Kemmiler
Erie County World
Kemmler
New York State
sTuRigo
New York City
Medlvane
Luca
Brooklyn
Slocum
New York
Wood
Charles Rullin
Croton Aqueduct
Murder suicide kills family in Sedalia farm case
A fatal murder in Sedalia area ends with Charles Moore amitus son James dead, bodies found buried on a farm. The killer, farm hand Thomas Wilhansen, 28, killed James with an axe and Charles in bed with a club, then drank strychnine in a park to avoid capture. Williamson, a Salvation Army captain, was named in connection with ownership of the property.
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Namsi James Hendrickson
Chicago
Unsuc- Soak
Peterson
Grant Anderson
Columbus Miss
Gil
Karren Lirrigercip
Jesup
McCall
Littlefield
Jennings
Sagoate
Tigh2
First Artillery
Fortress Monroe
Manning
Mixe Bacaot
Joseph Goncaim
Dominick Ginglin
Hecla
Mich
Farrer
A. Barnett
Siester
Bud
Incage
Patrick J. Heady
T. J. McMaxos
Washington
Lake Torraship
Minn
Barboursville
Ben Exor
Darlington County
D. C
Murray
J. F. Martin
Wynne, Ark
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lucas
Ohio
Kale
Fort Dodge
Iown
Charles Moore Amitus
James
Sedalia
Thomas Wilhansen
Williamson
Salvation Army
Four Die as Lightning Strikes German Village Church
Severe hailstorms damaged St Mahlen near Hildegheim Germany bringing people to Inachiavéh for prayer. A thunderstorm followed killing four instantly and injuring twenty. Four became blind and two children died crushed near the doors as villagers fled.
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St. Mahlen
Hildesheim
Germany
Arte
Oklahoma Governor Steele Arrives to Salutes in Arkansas City
Governor Steele, Oklahoma's first, arrives amid cannon and musket salutes. A reception committee from major territorial cities welcomes him as a delegation from across the territory attends. He reads an address of welcome and immediately assumes duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele
Oklahoma
Arkansas City
A Total Hurricane Strikes Western Pennsylvania Storms
A massive storm swept Western Pennsylvania bringing record rain and lightning. Fattsburg and East Bud suffered damage with houses torn from foundations and trees uprooted. McKeesport saw large hail and flooding while Greensburg and Washington reported fatalities and injuries from lightning. Rail lines flooded across Fayette County and Ohio reports describe wrecks, washed tracks, and mudslides.
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Pennsylvania
Fattsburg
Old City
Bud
Winebid Allo Avenue
Black Horse Hill
John Miller
Tiotx
McKeesport
Penn
White’s Hollow
Fifth Avenue
Centre Street
Berkfolder
Greensburg
William Fry
St. Jose
Acadleny
Ifulls
First Reformed
Washington
Robert Miller
Willam Furman
Williamy Gates
Layton Station
Baltimore and Ohio
Scottdale
Oil City
Ou Exchange
Wheelinz
W.va
Allegheny
Youghiougheny
Monongahela
Alliance
Ohio
George Patterson
Crayton
Oho State Ling
Ellis
Nicholson
Johnston
Chinese Drowned as Ship Wrecks in Behring Sea
Captain Anderson of the ship Oneida reports the vessel wrecked on Hemings Rock near Lanck Island in Behring Sea on April 28. Seventy seven Chinese were lost, with forty five white men aboard. the ship carried building and tanning material for a salmon cannery. The Oneida, built in Maine in 1866, was 1800 tons and owned by Leon Sloss.
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Anderson
Ieshiyy Onenda
San Francisco
Cal
Mary Kimball
Hemings Rock
Banck Island
Behring Sea
Ouvida
Bond
Lanck Island
Tas Island
Flr.s
Henines Rocks
Maine
Leon Sloss
Famine in the Soudan prompts Commons question
In Parliament Mr Henry I Howarth asks if relief has reached starving Soudan sufferers. Reports say widespread famine, cannibalism feared, with Tokar Aassale Suakin areas losing thousands daily. Sir James Fergusson cites government aid where reachable, while inaccessible districts suffer severe deaths due to crop failures and famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Henry I. Howarth
Soudan
Africa
Tokar
Aassale
James Fergusson
Suakin
Labor World Predicts Strong Year for Industry
Snow blocks hit bottom. Bristol Tennessee erects new furnace then Baltimore? No. Jacks Express Company hires 20,000. stenographers in Washington see rising demand. carpenters in Boston push for eight hour day. locomotives ordered. Bethlehem Tennessee to install largest steam hammer. mining machinery orders surge east of the Mississippi. Lancaster, Pennsylvanian workers establish free circulating library. industrial expansion spurs cannibalizing capital and rail equipment growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Tenn
Jodns Express Company
Washington
Tor
Boston
Bessemer
Ala
Central Railroad of
Georgia
United States
Bethlehem
Mississap
Jas
Kassie
Fragmented Southern cottonseed projections and labor notes
The report notes varying projections for cottonseed production in the South since February 1, mentions compulsory wage payments for workers in New York after July 1, and records a Los Angeles cooperative formed by forty laborers with six fewer contracts than 200 days. Also cited is annual income decline in the Monongahela Valley region.
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A. Pnnes
York State
Fourty
Los Angeles
Cal
Monongahela Valley
Senate Debates on Tariff and Naval Bills in Fifty-First Congress
The Senate discussed the Silver bill, the Naval Appropriation bill, and the tariff measure with amendments. Key actions included warrants for improvements at Portsmouth Navy Yard, a dry dock for Port Royal, and the swearing in of Carlisle as Senator from Kentucky. The House moved through tariff amendments, approved tin plate duties, and considered census penalties, river and harbor items, and public business in memory of Speaker Reed.
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Senate
Tifth
Stewart
Evarta
Dolph
Dante
Stanford
Committee On
Butler
Francis Marion
Columbia
Blackburn
John G. Carlisle
Kentucky
Beck
Committee On Appropriations
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Davis
Cockrel
Mr. Blair
Great Britain
Western Hemisphere
Grogvenor
Ohio
Houc
McKinley
Pasage
Butterforth
Kerr
Dundell
Coleman
Louisiana
Yeas
Jolmaya
House
Featherstons
Arkansas
Mer. Quinn
Hennapin Canal
Flower
Parrett
Bur- Tows
Michigan
Henderson
Mississippi
Ohio River
Wade
David Wilbur
New York
Eulainte
Sherman
McCormick
Pennsylvania
Mckue
Kansas
Russel
Connecticut
Traczy Pnd
Farquhar
District of Columbia
Rock Creek Park
Mc Bingham
Newsy Gleanings and Global Happenings
A miscellany reports distant events and trends. Georgia hosts a newly found disease, Germany’s Reichstag adjourns, Israel troubles London, and Cairo faces fever. Russia records fires, Siberia eyes a transcontinental railway, and American meat and grain demand rises.
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Georgia
IsrLveszZa
London
Cairo
Egypt
Pennsylvania
Russia
Javan
Tuman
California
Siberia
Constantinople
Turkey
Nei Wheeling
We Va
Engrisi
United
Philadelphia
Rtussie
Baltse
Inds
Wisconsin Farmers Institute
Markets and commodities listing for Watertown and Philadelphia
A fragmented markets page lists beef dressed weight and live weight sheep, lamb, and lumber with prices, plus flour wheat corn oats potatoes butter and cheese notes from Philadelphia and Northern regions. It mentions No 3 wheat May futures and miscellaneous energy and dairy products with scattered figures.
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Funaly
What the People Will Vote For During 1900
A survey of state by state elections in 1900 shows governors secretaries of state treasurers attorneys generals auditors and legislatures on the ballot. Numerous states also list educators supervision officials and specific statewide offices to be decided in November and other dates.
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Congress
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Gavcena
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Gates
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Prominent People Speak In Aged Anecdotes And Odd Facts
A collage of brief notes on notable figures: Twain’s tobacco, Lawer aging, Joan Latrone still practicing law at 87 in Baltimore, San Jose’s Rucken at 25, and the Prince of Wales deafness. Entries cover Melville, politics, wealth, and European diplomacy with vivid, if fragmentary, portraits.
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Mank Twain
L. Q. C. Lawar
Joan Latrone
Baltimore
Mayvor kKtect Rucken
San Jose
Cal
Prince of Wales
Junius &. Morgan
England
Biswanck
Augustus Sala
London Telegraph
WJ. Ankell
Jundge
Joan H W. Suoganenara
Pittsburg
Fred Grant
Liorpr Fones
J. Randall
Steanve
Queen Victoria
Anna S. Aywitt
New York
Gaia
Grenenat EB
Kiang Sutra
Ahantin
Florida
St. Augustine
von Caprivi
Foreign Office
Washington
Belknap
Tellerania Sastronome
Duke of Northumberland
Coxinessway
Burrenworth
Cincinnati
Ohio
Srvator Evans
Windsor
Grance Vanderbilt
Pwston
Mins NetiLin Arthur
Arthur
Cairo
Egypt
Stanley
Vanderbilt
Vgransixtative Wisen
Plagoth Lettes
Walhelm
Emnyror
Pratsiue
An Oyster City on Piles
A New York Sun description of Franklin City Accomac West Virginia a marshy oyster hub at the state’s northeast corner. The town sits on pilings with elevated boardwalks two avenues and two side streets and no sewers. Homes rely on oyster beds for income and are built on shells with wells drilled in the bay for fresh water. The bay teems with birds and fishing is superb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin City
Accomac
W. Va
Salt Bay
New_York Sun
Ingenious Walking Stick with Stool Dice Cup Fan
A novel walking cane in ebony wood with a silver plated head screws off to reveal a camp stool seat and a dice set. The cane also serves as a drinking cup a concealed fan and stores oil. bamboo stock forms the camp stool. total weight thirteen ounces and rated to bear 200 pounds. The item is marketed as handy for camping outings sports events fishing and outdoor games.
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New York Tribune
A Superfluity of Madisons
Twenty two Madison Post offices across the United States share notes on uncalled for and undelivered mail each week. Letters intended for Madison, Wis., often end up diverted to the dead letter office. A past notice in Madison, Ind. advertised a letter for a Madison, Wis. man with a ten dollar bill inside. Other Madisons in Ohio and Mine also receive misaddressed mail.
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Madison
United States
Wis
Ind
Ohio
Mine
Freak of Fashion Strikes With Striped Shirt Sensation
The Detroit Free Press recalls a striking fashion oddity once seen year ago a bold red blue and yellow barred shirt worn by a social leader. He paired the garment with a white linen solar a low cut vest creating an attention grabbing grid iron effect noted by astonished friends and readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attratron
Sing Sing
Detroit Free Press
Meat Cured Without Ice by Plummer in Indianapolis
B F Plummer of Indianapolis claims a warm weather meat curing method needing no ice and seeks a patent. He says meat can be cured ready for smoking in thirty days using only natural agencies, with Indianapolis pork packers showing strong interest and noting results rivaling ice curing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Plummer
Indianapolis
Ind
Plummer
Chicago Herald
Adamless Eden Opens Park For Women Prospects In Colorado
Olive Wright promotes an all women company to establish Dinos Park in Colorado. Camping lots of three to five acres will be sold or leased to women only for possible use in poultry beekeeping fruit and flower growing. The prospectus omits whether men may be employed for work.
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Colorado
Olive Wright
Dinos Park
New York
Distances in Miles and Yards of Various Nations
The list presents miles in yards for nations and groups: Irish 2240, Swiss 9153, Italian 1766, Scotch 1984, Tuscan 1808, German 8106, Arabian 2143, Turkish 1626, Flemish 6869, Vienna 2965, Roman 1628 or 2025, Rising 1167 or 1337, Dutch and Prussian 6480, Swedish and Danish 7341.5, English and American 1760. The figures reflect an antiquated measurement compilation with dual or uncertain values for some entries.
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Vienna
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Tau Brooklyn Association
Jack Nelson
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Nice
J. Palmer O'Neill
Montcovery
Szecond Bascuan Dunnar
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Sucm Ali Association
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Chicago Brotherhood
Harry Brovey
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Pete
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Higgins
Detroit
Percy Ho
Cushing
Bow
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Serocy City
Garg Hatimore
Worcester
Wilw
Republic of Guatemala
Eegstern
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Grongr W. Roverts
Smith,& Griggs Manufacturing Company
Waterbury
C. Flt Kinvien
Pennsylvania Gan Company
Warren
Elizabeth Furnace
Krvight
Doylestown
Widgwa
Clarence
Jewett
Stoel
C.F. Jewett Publishing Company
Pensacola
New York Harbor
Auice G. McGer
Warren County
New York and
New Haaven Road
South Lyme
Sreaxen Reerp
Mia
Matilda Prince Heed
Deering
Ehsba W. Coaley
Aurania
Cunard Line
Yeada
Bedley’s Island
Charles
Henry Biel
Henman Kemprnsnt
Canaway
Bear
Harnison
Isaac W. Dyer
District of Maine
J.D. Adratams
Secretary of the Treasury
United States Navy Department
Contractora
Preumatic Dynamite Gun Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Luis Otera Y Astes
Havana
Conscience Fund
Treasury Department
Huston
Executive Mansion
Sinrise
Seeaxen Reep
Portland
Ste
Mr. Perkins
Francisco Romeno
Merida
Yucatan
Eyranp
Cuba
Nova Scotia
Eznt
Acheen
Bueno
Ayres
Argentine Republic
Puerto Alegre
Tote
Consellce
Wirman C. Chapman
Wellford G. Dean
Richmond
Providence Forge
Supreme Court
Behring Seca
Watertown Mass
Philadelmila
Senaee Wiverteeskes
Hay
Seenuneee
utter—State Creamery
Darry
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Buffalo
Steers
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Yetlaw
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Tocnsia
Sranyvanedsia
Tarnté
Hannah Jane
Wwe
Avon
Piorca
Temedica
Hannah Jane Fc
Pierca
Erin
M. L. Thompson & Co
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Condersport
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Diana
Tobias
Morse J
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Horaca
Janis
Murray St
Kaine
Kline
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Friendship
Jacobs
James Stowe
Ames M’'s'g. Co
Chicopee
3Fars
St. Jacobs
J. CG. Buckley
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Ayer
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
J. L. Stemhens
Lebanon
C. D. Greet & Co
Schenck
J. H.schenck
Zoe Weir Factory
Ata Parment Farr Egas
Varie Goods
Luvana Ira
Bile Bey Waitetes
Erazer Ita
Gail Pah
Nelge
Trex
A. McGormick & Bons
Washington, D. C
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Dothichem
Koehler
Clerka
Book-Kdepora
Poyer
H. Law
RAYCE
Falitor
Hood
C.J. Hood & CO
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Lowell
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Uayfeverd
Driicgista
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Lala Biothens
Warren Street
Salt Lake City
Thy Chamber of Commercy
Nearcal
Nut Lake City
Utah
Coteus
Thomns
Willson
Batest
Salt Lakeity
Couibyslee
Byouglas
Brockton
Maes
EPPS
Wales
LoxDos
Exoland
J. Hamilton Ayers
A.M. M
Miles
Trent -Alx
Hindle
Kitty
Paul
Vane
Bicka
Poe
C. Tavannabie
House Wired
Leonard St
New Yorken
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