Terrible Scotch colliery explosion mourns 200 lives
A blast at High Blantyre near Glasgow in No 2 and No 3 pits killed or trapped over two hundred miners and boys. Rescue attempts battled choke damp and heat while bodies were recovered, many burned or crushed, as families and Scotland mourned the disaster.
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London
Glasgow
Scotland
High Blantyre
No. 2
No. 3
No. 3 Pit
No. 2 Pit
No. 1 Pit
Bolton
Henry
Gilmour
No. 2 Pst
Silrently
Pit
Blantyre
Clerical Statesmen and a Navy Secretary Preacher
The piece recalls United States Senators Everett Colquitt and Tipton as preacher-politicians and notes House ministers Hilliard and Seelye. It highlights Secretary Thompson of the Navy preaching on Sundays during vacations at his farm, and quotes J C Fletcher on Thompson’s gospel expounding with his wife’s support. A separate War Correspondent's Letter comments on Russian army bands and morale.
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United States Senate
Everett
Massachusetts
Colquitt
Georgia
Tipton
Nebraska
Hilliard
Alabama
Seelye
Thompson
Navy
J. C. Fletcher
Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Scott
Congress
Secretary Thompson
Col. Thompson
Granger Laws Rise From Supreme Court Rulings
The Supreme Court affirms state authority to regulate railroad fares and freight, signaling a shift in inter state commerce oversight. The New York Journal of Commerce notes the decision could curb monopolies and spark broader state regulation, prompting railroads to reconsider rates and combinations. Strong entities include Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, and New York papers, with references to general governors of state power over railroads.
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United
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Chicago Tribune
Supreme Court of the
United States
Game Court
Wisconsin
New York Journal of Commerce
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Congress
Growth of a Dead Man's Hair Exposed in Coffins
Dr Caldwell of Iowa cites 1862 case where buried body opened coffin joints and hair grew long two years after burial. Hair reached eighteen inches and whiskers eight inches though shaved before burial. A 1847 Mercer County Pennsylvania case had hair ten to twelve inches after ten years underground. Conversation is the ventilation of the mind.
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Caldwell
Iowa
Mercer County
Pennsylvania
How the Czar Centers Honors at Imperial Breakfasts
A London Times war correspondent describes how two hundred officers dine at the czar's table daily. An aide bears a cushion of crosses and sword knots to the chosen recipient who kisses the imperial hand and becomes a marked man. The system concentrates power in one center but stifles initiative and spontaneous action among Russians, who respond as obedient, well trained soldiers rather than self-starting individuals.
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London Times
Bucharest
Hermit Known as Oregon Bill Fires at Intruder
Colorado tale recounts Oregon Bill at Summit Park where a hermit shot an intruder who had invaded his cabin. Bill, wounded in a leg attempt, fled to Saguache, surrendered, was examined, and discharged while a fatigue party was sent to plant the other man.
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Colorado
Summit Park
Oregon
Bill
O. Bill
Saguache
Denver News
Curious Nesting Water Wag-tail In Train Car
East Cosham reports a water wagtail nesting beneath a third class smoking carriage on the London and Southwestern line. The train runs from Cosham to Havant five times daily, about forty miles, with the male bird awaiting the return of its thriving four fledglings during the train’s absence.
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London Times
East Cosham
Hants
London and Southwestern
Cosham
Havant
Fern farming in New York a chi cking income idea
A New York letter notes the fern mania spreading through the city. One woman earns a modest income by growing ferns and mailing fresh and pressed leaves, sold in small baskets with a dead butterfly as a decorative touch. It requires taste and knowledge of natural history, as florists pay fifty cents or less per piece while selling for a high price during holidays.
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New York
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