Propeller Vernor Lost on Lake Michigan Killing 22
Fresh dispatches report the propeller Vernor missing on Lake Michigan north of Manitowoc Wisconsin with the entire crew of twenty two feared dead. The news summary also notes Secretary Whitney's temporary absence from Washington due to severe headaches and lists multiple local incidents including a fatal trap fire in Leadville Colorado and a vicious railroad accident in Vierceton Indiana.
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Lake Michigan
Manitowoc
Wis
Washington Star
Whitney
New York
Washington
Perry Cochrane
Athens
Mr. Cochrane
Sam Jones
Cochrane
William Coover
Vierceton
Ind
Louisville
Evansville
St. Louis
Cooper
Savie Olveson
Iron Hill
Leadville
Col
Srole
James O'Brien
Chicago
Rudolph Schnaubelt
Haymarket
Germany
Engel
Lingy
Vegier
Schnaubelt
Cannelton
W. Va
John Merath
Montcvomery Hotel
Pat Murphy
Murphy
McGrath
Ved
Samann D
J. L. Kegan Printing Company
John Marder
SUC
James McIntyrr
Payne, C
Robert Garrett En Route to Mexico in Diminished Health
Notes report Robert Garrett former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad president traveling through Chicago toward Mexico for the winter. The dispatches claim he is in poor mental health with agitation triggered by references to Jay Gould. Also mentioned is John Spyder near Mill Grove dying after years of constant walking and J E Smith the Texas governor rewarding him after killing two train robbers near El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Garrett
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chicago
Mexico
Baltimore
Jay Gould
Mill Grove
Ind
John Spyder
J. E. Smith
Paso
Texas
Ashmore and Downey Face $100,000 Loss in Philadelphia
Waste dealers Ashmore and Downey of Philadelphia have failed for about $100,000, indicating financial trouble in their operations and potential losses for creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashmore & Downey
Philadelphia
Latrobe Wins Baltimore Mayoral Race in 65 Thousand Vote Poll
In a Wednesday municipal election 65 075 votes were cast Latrobe Democrat won mayoral with 34 640 Bartlett Republican 3435. Latrobe leads by 4 05 and Democrats gain since two years ago. City council will be 12 Democrats 8 Republicans in the first branch and seven Democrats 3 Republicans in the second branch. Republicans surprised by reformer aided outcome.
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Baltimore
Latrobe
Bartlett
Fires and Accidents Haunt Early 1900s Coast and Mines
Reported tragedies include George W. Moore Jr. burned in Brazil and his grandmother injured fleeing for a doctor. In Huron South Dakota Eugene Kelly home fire kills two children left alone. Balaklava dismasted cape horn crew drowned. Garner Coal Mines Des Moines fire losses reach $20,000 with $4,000 insured. Hamilton mauled by sharks at Hillsboro Inlet Florida while delivering mail. Way Lee lost near San Francisco with 28 Chinese and five Europeans drowned. Anton typhoon sinks others. Two killed and three injured at LN Topliff carriage factory in Cleveland.
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George W. Moore
Brazil
Huron
D. T
Eugene Kelly
Cape Horn
Garner
Des Moines
Iowa
James FE. Hamilton
Miami
Lakeworth
Atlantic
Hillsboro Inlet
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Hamilton
Hong Kong
Yokohama
San Francisco
Lee
Anton
LN. Topliff's
Cleveland
Ohio
Pardon Granted in Henry G. Curkendall Case Amid Anarchist Supreme Court Arguments
The President pardoned Henry G. Curkendall, convicted in Michigan for counterfeit coin, with a four year sentence. A Washington Supreme Court session heard three hours of arguments from J. Randolph Tucker and Attorney General Hunt regarding the Presser anarchist case and the reach of the fourteenth amendment, amid discussion of state vs federal powers and jury trials. A Joliet dispatch notes a dark crime near Morris and a Rock Island freight wreck on No. 16 early Friday.
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Henry G. Curkendall
Michigan
Supreme Court
Washington
J. Randolph Tucker
Hunt
Ilinois
Tucer
Justice Field
Mr.Tucker
Miller
Tucker
Presser
Chicago
Federal Supreme Court
United States
Mr. Hunt
Gen. Butler
Fielden
Ed Shockiey
Burlington
Ind
James Carry
Joliet
Morris
The
Rock Inland Road
Grinnell
Gary
Denker
Sanford
Butler
Mr. Grinnell
Kerr and Guiteau
General Butler
Mr Grinnell
Stples and
Illinois
Pennsylvania Depot
New York
Wreckers Kill Two on Kansas City Express Run
Reports detail a telegraphed rail attack east of Morris that toppled a track, killing William Orth the fireman and John Mills the engineer as a freight train also wrecked. The Rock Island Company set a $2,000 reward for captors while other crime notes include a Russia town grog shop shut down and a murder-carriage discovery in Chicago.
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Morris
William Orth
John Mills
Kansas City Express
Orth
Engineer Mills
Rock Island Company
Peter Kemp
Russiaville
Ind
United States Supreme Court
Grinnell
Chicago
B. Butler
World championship series ends with St Louis win 9 to ?
The final game in the St Louis vs Detroit world baseball championship was won by St Louis in St Louis by 9 to ?. Detroit led 10 of 15 games and 71 total runs to 53 for St Louis. Also reports presidential proclamation for Thanksgiving, emigration papers in Ottawa, a Postal Telegraph rate increase, and Chicago crook McGarigle believed seen in Winnipeg.
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St Louis
Detroit
St. Louis
J. Grover Cleveland
United States
Ottawa
Jay Gould
Chandler
Postal Telegraph Company
New York
William J. McGarigle
Chicago
Boodler
Winnipeg
Manitoba
E B Washburne Dead At Chicago Home
The death of Elihu B. Washburne is reported from congestion of the heart and lungs after a brief illness. Born 1816 in Maine, he rose through law to Congress and served as Speaker of the House. He allied with Lincoln and Grant, helped promote Ulysses Grant, and later held a diplomatic post in Paris.
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Chicago
Elihu B. Washburne
Mr. Washburne
W. Bishop, Jr
Bridgeport
Conn
Livermore
Oxford County
Christian Intelligencer
Gardner
Galena
Ill
Harrison
Henry Clay
Washburn
National Whig Convention
General Scott
Congress
Washburne
House
Schuyler Colfax
James G. Blaine
Treasury
Abraham Lincoln
Grant
Foreign Department of
France
Commune
Paris
Darboy
Sabae
Arts
Germany
Hayes
Dakota Governor cites growth and unoccupied public land
L K Church reports strong year for Dakota Territory with railroad expansion, population rise to about 567,477, and rising property value. He notes 23,811,145 acres unoccupied and 32,014,000 acres entered in six years. Wheat area and livestock values climb. education amenities grow. He avoids a stated preference on statehood.
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Washington
L. K. Church
Dakota
Beaumarchais Life of Fortune and Infamous Trials
Beaumarchais born Paris 1732 son of a clockmaker rose to favor with Louis XVI daughters. He fought legal battles over a will, faced imprisonment, bribery attempts, and a dramatic memoirs boom praised by Voltaire. His wit and mischief, amid peril, lifted him from poverty to renewed fame.
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Beaumarchais
Paris
Louis XVI
Comte de la Blache
Louis
Voltaire
Madam Gusman
The Credit of Lincoln's Nomination
The piece argues Lincoln won not by intrigue but by political necessity. It notes the Republican party formed to meet a Southern crisis and that victory depended on New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Illinois. Delegates imply Seward could not carry these pivotal states amid concerns over abolitionist influence and popular sovereignty debates.
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Lincoln
Republican
South
Free States
Seward
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Buchanan
Douglas
Degradation of Hindoo Women Recited in London Sermon
Miss Swainson spoke at Dr. Thain Davidson’s Presbyterian Church in London detailing Hindu women's dire status in Punjaub zenanas. She described early marriage, confinement for thirty years, neglect in illness, and rituals like sati’s legacy, noting Christianity has helped but more change is needed.
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Swainson
Punjaub
Thain Davidson
Presbyterian
London
Ganges
Boston
The Brave Man and the 1848 Paris Escape
The excerpt recalls Charles Reade during the 1848 revolution in France. English residents faced danger from intoxicated Republicans, with mass violence feared. Reade narrowly escaped harm and returned home to a family reunion, his brother remarking on his peril. He humorously notes a damp bed at Bolougne.
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Lord Brassey
London Times
Charles Reade
France
Reade
Charles
Bolougne
Aged Twenty Five Seen as Turning Point for Women in Business
An old merchant argues women gain value in business after twenty five due to new teeth and sharper appearance. He cites dangers of late hours and red nose from frozen foods, noting a calculating gaze at male managers. Burdelle adds keep-your-mouth-shut value over lengthy explanations.
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Edmund Sparkler
Burdelle
Ohio State News Briefs and Industrial Disasters
A merged Ohio report lists patents granted to multiple inventors across cities like Arcanum Xenia Cleveland Dayton and Cincinnati for items from fodder presses to cable railway components. It also covers a fatal boiler explosion at the Lawrence Iron and Steel Co Ironton with several workers killed and many injured, hog cholera outbreaks in Clinton County, a gas company consolidation in Lancaster area, a dry goods burglary near Koneta, a fatal horse liniment incident near Akron, new glass works in Fostoria, bread price cuts in Findlay, a prison escape attempt at Columbus, a railroad accident near Newtown, and school enrollment figures in Cincinnati.
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Ohio
Geo. H. Clemmer
Arcanum
Geo. E. Gardner
Xenia
E. W. Gaylord
Cleveland
Henry J. Gilbert
Dayton
Chas. M. Harding
Franklin
Chas. C. Hebbard
Wm. Heston
J. M. Akers
Alliance
Arthur 8. Hobby
Cincinnati
Augustus L. Hott
John A. Kienhardt
G. H. Geiger
Henry M. Lane
Lane National Cable Railway Construction Company
Michael D. Luehrs
James D. McDougal
Columbus
Francis A. Miller
Home City
John H. Parker
M. F. Richards
Toledo
Sameul A. Richards
Nova
Frank Rosewater
Jas. M. Sanders
W. A. Stamats
Morrisville
Sanders
Sarah G. Smith
Seth H. Smith
Delta
Jacob A. Stable
Thos. and
F. Stantland
John Walker
Samuel I. Wellman
G. W. Goetz
Fuel Gas and Electric Engineering Company (Limited
Pittsburgh
Granville T. Woods
Woods Electric Company
Lazard Kahn
R. Thiem
J. & L. Kahn & Bros
Hamilton
Lawrence Iron and Steel Company
Ironton
Mike Dyer
Catcher
James Dyer
Thomas O. Davis
James
Dyer
Peter Clay
Benjamin Golden
James McCormick
Robert Jones
John Wayne
Mac Grubb
George Sherman
Charles Sloan
John Pritchard
Thomas Hicks
James Hattan
Clinton County
Lancaster
Mt. Pleasant
East End
Timmermeister
Wapakoneta
Akron
George Bures
Fostoria
Mambourg
Findlay
John Murphy
Ohio and Northwestern
Newtown
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Defiance Co. Express
Defiancehe, Ohio
the Express Publishing Company
Chester
Perkins, Dupes & Co
State Street
Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati
W. P. McLaren
Milwaukee
Sturgeon Bay Lumber Company
Arkell
American Paper Bag Company
Knights of Labor Organization
Chicago Dispatch
Waratz
Biscasnacii
Hous Peters
India
Carrie
ST Liberty
Cavria
E. B. Washburne
Gov. Church
Madam Guaman
London Science
Nicolay
Hay
Ohio State News
E. E. White
Public Schools of
Eugene Mergy
Corryville
John A. Shull
Shull & Parker
Jesse Plumley
W. W. Carpenter
Broughton
Carpenter
Andrew J. Chafine
Springfield
Robert Scott
M. D. Ingalls
State Fish Commission
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