Fire Ends In Loss At Fayette City Mines
Six stores and several houses burned in Fayette City Pennsylvania, a mining town. Loss around 50000 dollars with 13500 dollars insured. Horace Deland eighteen of Brookfield New Hampshire chained to a brush heap and set it afire, killing himself. A razor wound and a note to his parents suggest unrequited love as motive. In Boston a gilding case in which Stephen G Russell is convicted for gilding English coins. Congress declares counterfeiting a crime. James B Park, Buffalo iron magnate, returns after three months disappearance claiming mental strain from business troubles and a trip to Europe.
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Fayette City
Horace Deland
Brookfield
N. H
United States
Boston
Stephen G. Russell
Congress
James B. Park
Buffalo
Europe
Rumors of a lynching and a string of violent incidents reported
Denver dispatch notes unconfirmed rumors of a lynching by vigilantes of seventeen cattle thieves near Rock Creek in the Gore range west of Georgetown. Other items mention a deadly bomb blast during a Peoria parade injuring Edward Hammond, a woman shot by masked men near Escondida, Neb., a Central City schoolhouse fire, and various legal and criminal cases across Ohio and Wisconsin.
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Denver
Rock Creek
Gore Range
Georgetown
Peoria
Ill
Edward Hammond
Clark
Hammond
George E. Hutchinson
West
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Dental Society
Escondida
N. M
Central City
Neb
Connelly
Salt Lake City
Palmer
Chicago
Charles Steele
Westminster
Ben Heffner
Cincinnati
United States Grand Jury
Cleveland Herald
Patrick McKfown
Anthony
Hamilton County
William Brooks
Logansport
Ind
George Haigh
Brooks
David S. Chadwick
Watertown
Wis
Local mills cut wages and debts loom in 19th century notices
Widespread wage cuts hit Baltimore operatives by 10 to 15 percent. Mobile Alabama firm Danner Land and Lumber assigns liabilities at 70000 dollars. Jones Faulkner chief of staff and others face interest defaults on an 1881 building loan totaling 150000. A Baltimore child suicide and a Louisiana political melee with multiple deaths are reported amid a broader spate of violent incidents in Dresden Tennessee and New Iberia Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Danner Land and Lumber Company
Mobile
Ala
Chales J. Faulkner
Jack Iedot
Mortimok
New Iberia
Fontelieu
Louisville
Kellogg
Joseph Guilfax
Capt. Bell
Joseph Gilfaux
Oliver Boutte
Adolph Bienvenu
Dresden
Tenn
Taylor
Pillowville
Andy Taylor
East Tennessee
Public debt statement for October shows total debt and interest data
The October public debt report lists interest bearing debt totaling 1 206 475 600 with maturities and credits including four and a half percent and four percent issues. It notes debt bearing no interest, legal tender notes, gold and silver certificates, and the balance in the Treasury. Information covers cash balances, assets, bonds to Pacific Railway companies, and interest paid by the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecceses
Escevessece
Navy Pension Fund
Treasury
Babee
United States
Saki
Pacific Railway
Trade failures rise in U S week and Canada reports jump
Bradstreet records 205 failures in the United States during the week versus 234 prior. Comparable weeks show 195, 154, and 135 in 1883 1882 and 1881. About 81 percent involved traders with capitals under $9,000. Canada reports 31 failures, up 32. Attorney General Miller hanged in effigy at Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bradstreet
Canada
Miller
Winnipeg
Multiple Developments Mark Political and Social Events
Manitoba faced pressure over a prisoner escape and the premier promised to weigh Miller’s dismissal. Baltimore hosts the Association for the Advancement of Women reelecting Julia Ward Howe as president. Three hangings occur in Louisiana and Tennessee. New York City clearing-house receipts drop sharply year over year. Pittsburgh White Lead Works and Willow Spring Distillery suffer large fire losses. The White House costs exceed 116 thousand annually. The Montreal Herald owes creditors about 80 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Miller
Norquay
Association For the Advancement of Women
Baltimore
Julia Ward Howe
Albert
Charles Goodman
St. Bernard Parish
Louisiana
Isaac Fain
Kingston
Tenn
New York City
New York
National White Lead Works
Pittsburgh
Willow Spring
Omaha
White House
Montreal Herald
Germany election results show mixed gains across parties
The parliamentary vote returns thirteen Conservatives of the Center party and seven Socialists among many groups, with twenty-nine districts needing second ballots. Also reported are Dublin acquittals of Cornwall and Kirwan, a papal inquiry to Bishop O’Farrell, the Khedive learning of Gordon’s capture, mediation talks over Franco Chinese issues, liberal defeats blamed on weak leadership, and a Glasgow theater fire causing sixteen deaths and twelve injuries.
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Germany
Center Party
People’s Party
Cornwall
Kirwan
Dublin Castle
Dublin
Trenton
N. J
O'Farrell
Holy Father
Ireland
England
Egypt
Gordon
Dongola
Star Theater
Glasgow
Wabash President James F Joy returns from England
News notes Joy, head of the Wabash Railroad, has returned from England where he met bondholders. He reports cordial reception and says his mission will benefit the Wabash system. Additional items report Arab riots in Hyderabad killing eleven policemen, and looting. a Baltimore girl’s accidental suicide. and various financial, criminal, and international updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Joy
England
India
Hyderbad
Mary ©. Clifford
Hillen Street
Baltimore
George Dingman
Meak
Mount Bridges
Canada
London
Dingman
Greencastle
Indiana
Thomas Richards
Young Richards
Battle at Fausse Point Leaves Dozens Dead and Wounded
A clash at Fausse Point near Iberia Parish ends in sixteen Black men dead and many wounded after a Democratic line opens fire on agitated Republicans and Black supporters. Joe Gilfoux is killed after exchanging shots, triggering a chaotic melee with hundreds fleeing into Bayou Teche and canebrakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Fansse Point
Iberia
Kayou Teche
Judge Fontelien
Louisville
Court House
Joe Gilfoux
Gilfaux
Bayou Teche
New Iberia
Loreanville
Manville
Joe Gilroux
Gilfoux
Bell
Sixteen Die in Glasgow Star Theater Stampede Fire Alarm
A false alarm cry of fire at the Star Theater in Glasgow sparked a panicked rush to exits. A crush on the stairs from the gallery left sixteen dead and many injured, with eight women among the victims. Fire brigades and police attempted rescue but could not prevent tragedy. The arrestee, reportedly drunk, caused the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rascow
Scotland
Star Theater
Glasgow
Fire Brigade
City Ambulance Corps
Blood curdling crime in New Orleans street duel
Edward Gardner master mechanic for the New Orleans City and Lake Pontchartrain Railroad was killed by John Duffy in a Canal and Broad streets street duel. Duffy a former employee challenged Gardner who came with three seconds. Duffy used a large butcher knife slashing Gardner twenty one times until a passing Sister of Charity intervened. Gardner died from multiple mortal wounds as a coroner's jury witnessed the mutilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gardner
New Orleans City
Duffy
Gardner
Dawn
Charity
Public cattle sale and varied local notes
At the fat stock show public sale in Kansas City thirty nine cattle sold for eleven dollars forty five cents total average twenty four dollars highest price Rose seventh at one thousand thirty nine dollars. Also reports from St Johnsbury Vermont about skating rink attendance as resignation equivalence. Miss Chara Barton receives permit for American Red Cross building in Washington. Deacon Richard Surry of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette injures arm after stepping from hotel steps. In San Jose execution case the trap was held by hair from the head of the murdered wife. An elegant herd is said to be led by a female.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Interstate Association
Jan Wasclewsky
San Jose
Cal
Mason & Hamlin
Grand Central Station
New York
Springfield
Mass
James Parton
Mason & Hamlin Company
Boston Journal
Jeremiah Wright
Marion County
Allen
Wt. C. Digges
Bowling Green
Meredith
Cincinnati
WM. A, Graham & Co
Wholezale Druggists
Zanesville
Ohio
Mathias Freeman
Kelef
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific Ra Y
Blue Island
Auburn
Joliet
Seneca
Peoria
Ottawa
la Salle
Geneseo
Great Rock Island
Missouri River
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Albert Lea
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
Indianapolis
la Payette
Council Bluffs
United States
Canada
European grain outlook shifts global wheat markets
The Commissioner of Agriculture reports Europe faces stagnation and low prices pushing farmers toward reduced wheat acreage next season. Large crops abroad keep supply high while demand grows, potentially boosting prices and activity if foreign demand rises and U S prices firm.
Indians Report Urges Aid and stricter laws for tribes
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs reports progress toward civilization among Indians, urges larger appropriations and an easy path for a new law against arms and liquor sales, and calls for a U S court in Indian territory. He notes land dispossession plans, school funding needs, and the Mississippi reservoir damages case.
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Congress
Montana
United States
Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe
Kansas Southern
Indian Territory
Payne
Mississippi
Lost on the Shoals off Sabine Pass
A Galveston special reports the schooner Lucy with 400 tons of coal wrecked eight miles west of Sabine Pass during a Gulf coast gale. Three crewmen are believed lost. The Raleigh steamship burst a steam pipe but reached anchor. The hawser broke in the night, the Lucy ran ashore, and rescuers could not reach them. Tugs from Sabine Pass went to assist, but the vessel likely broke up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Gulf Coast
Lucy
Raleigh
Sabine Pass
New Barracks Site Chosen for Covington Kentucky
Gen Perry and other army officers visited Newport Kentucky to select a new site for Covingtons barracks. They chose a high ground on the Taylor homestead, land deeded long ago to the government. The old barracks suffered severe flood damage in the Ohio rivers last two winters. Upon abandonment the new post will revert to Col Taylors heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Cincinnati
Perry
Department of the East
Newport
Ohio
Taylor
Col. Taylor
Prohibition City Named Dakota Town
The clipping notes Prohibition City as the name of a new town in Dakota. It mentions Lieut. Greely leasing a house on I Street Washington for the winter, and Mar Gerster canceling engagements due to rheumatism of the throat. It also records Ohio and Indiana couples buried in Covington Ky over the last eighteen months. President Darling of Hamilton College elected to the Vicaria Institute and Philosophical Society of Great Britain. John T. Raymond advertises a grand parade and hires 100 boys to march with torches through Cleveland streets, the theater crowded all week.
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Sacramento
Montana
Prohibition City
Dakota
Lievr. Greely
I Street
Washington
Mar. Gerster
Ohio
Indiana
Covington
Darling
Hamilton College
Vicaria Institute and Philosophical Society of
Great Britain
Cleveland
John T. Raymond
Congress
Curious and Scientific Observations From Early Reports
Havana doctor links mosquitoes to yellow fever germs and elephantiasis parasites. Sweden funds five more chemical stations to give farmers scientific crop advice. Dewar lists liquefaction temperatures for common gases. Russian physicists reach record 328 degrees below zero with liquid oxygen. Falk notes drowning cramp in rabbits at 40 45 F. Ground air chemistry shifts oxygen to carbonic acid. Factor links ground air CO2 to soil impurity. Berlin Society hears a disinfecting compound using rosemary lavender and thyme with nitric acid to purge odors and infection.
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Havana
Royal Academy of Science
Sweden
Dewar
Physiological Society of Berlin
Falk
G. H. Roche
Berlin Medical Society
The Surround ings of the Sun Recounted by Langley
Professor Langley presents a Century essay describing how a lunar shadow sweeps Earth during an eclipse. He cites Forbes observer at Superga Turin who recalls a black stormlike shadow and the astonishment of observers at the rapid, silent motion across the horizon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langley
Earth
Turin
Forbes
A Jersey City Ferry Tale and German Army Reflections
A narrator recalls waking on the Jersey City ferry with only 10 cents, drinking whiskey, then a belligerent barkeeper offering hire to drink more. The piece contrasts German soldiers served as students, not servants, arguing Prussian discipline makes the army superior and urging Sheridan to end soldier subservience in America.
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New York
Jersey City
Jerse City
Boston Globe
Europe
Germany
Dresden
America
Sheridan
Chicago Tribune
Hotels and fiber mills urged for Mexico reform
Ex Governor Rice emphasizes need for convenient modern hotels modeled on U S systems. He also calls for machinery to process Mexico’s fibers for carpets rope matting and paper citing vast unused fiber that could fuel global supply. He predicts the fiber industry will become a major future sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Rice
United States
Europe
German underground telegraph linked many cities
The German empire completed an underground telegraph system after years of trials. A pair of main cables run north to south and west to east, connecting Berlin with Konigsberg Strasbourg Metz and other cities. Cost about 30 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Halle
Konigsberg
Strasbourg
Hamburg
Ratisbon
Metz
Cologne
Konigsburg
Dresden
Stuttgart
Munich
Kiel
Cuxhaven
Bremen
Emden
North Sea
England
America
Stephan
Women Agree On Favorite Prescription Remedies All
A humorous Texas Siftings snippet notes that women unanimously approve Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as the best remedy for women’s chronic ailments Transforming the anxious female into a healthy household figure. The piece also recounts a Austin poker tale where Col Yerger, slightly drunk, is challenged by a San Antonio gambler named Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Yerger
Austin
San Antonio
Stone
Texas Siftings
Humorous and medical quackery scattered in an ad copy
A collage of satirical lines and medical pitches touting Dr. Pierce and Kidney-Wort, Mason & Hamlin organs and pianos, Prickly Pear bitters, Diamond Dyes, and Lydia E. Pinkham portraits. The piece blends humor about calves in society with claims of cures for blood, liver, and bile disorders, plus piano and organ production stats and consumer products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Sunday Era Advertisements and Cure Claims
Readers are urged to subscribe to The Cutcage Leverr with eight stories per issue for one dollar yearly. Promotions tout Grand Union Hotel in New York with lavish rooms and low rates, and advertise Brown's Bronchial Traches and Dr Hall's Balsam for the Lung with a testimonial from Mrs Harriet Cummings of Cincinnati about a lung illness recovery.
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The
Lepger
Chicago
Ill
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Union
Harriet Cummings
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wm. Hall
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Mrsday
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Lima
Cairo
Paris
Mahdi
Khartoum
Shendy
Stewart
Berber
Toronto
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Boyd
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Schweninger
Bismarck
Dubois Reymont
Reymond
London Daily Telegraph
France
China
Beeves Pete Wee
Waseereseees Hocs
Toledo
Milwaukee
Louis
Detroit
Rees
Liberty
New Orleans Dispatch
St. Johnsbury
Chara Barton
American Red Cross Association
Washingon
Deacon Richard Surry
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
St. Nicholas Hotel
Commissioner of Agriculture
Indians
Butler
Court of
Italy
Augusta
Dr. Oote
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Book of Directions
W. H. Cole
Joplin
Mensman
Caswel, Huzzird & Co, Proprietors
Cruggsts
Philip
Reno
Nev
Lydia E. Pinkham
New York Journal
the Great American Chorus
Ely
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard St
Philadelphia
Poultry Keeper
Chicago, IL
Horsford
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Boston Post
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
SGLE
St. Louis An
Gallaral Hospital
West Philadelphia
David Kennedy
Rondout
N. Y
Kennedy
Dr. Kennedy
Lung Ballan
Societe Hippique Percheronne
Fance
M. W. Dunham
Foss Becubeur
Morgiaha
Morgiana
State Street
Coicnco
van Schaack
Stevenson Co
Kensinton
M.teria
Ree
Weller & Doxey
Dayton
T. J. Anderson
J. D. Walker
Buckner, Mo
Biba
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16Th Street
Washington, C
J. Wickliffe Jackson
Wilmington
Del
Montgomery Ward & Co
Wabash Avenue
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co
Tremont St
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Catarre
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H.W. Payne & Sons
N.Y
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Star Comb CO
Frankford
Cleveland Business College
Jos Ballhouse
A. P. Lace
Tine Bros
National Publishing CO
D 'Emenee & Co
LaSalle
Peas Engrs
R. R. Cable
Pres
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