Steamer City of Monticello Disaster Toll Grows
The steamer City of Monticello wrecked off New England coast with 86 on board. 25 bodies recovered as survivors recount a gale pounding the vessel and breaking it apart. Coroner rules accidental drowning.
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Yarmouth
City of Monticello
Rockville
Fuller
Bildredge
Poole
Fripp
McGee’s Sons
St. John
N. B
Monticello
Smith
Pleming
Quartermaster Wilson
New Ingland
Nova Scotia
Bay of Tandy
Otis Arrives to Take Command of Department of the Lakes
Major General Elwell S Otis arrived in Chicago and assumed command of the Department of the Lakes following War Department orders. General James H Wade ceded command and returned to his St Paul station after about two months in charge. Otis made no immediate changes on his first day.
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Chicago
Elwell S. Otis
Department of the Lakes
War Department
James H. Wade
Wheeler
St. Paul
Otis
Judge Sanborn Ends Union Pacific Receivership
Walter H. Sanborn of Saint Paul issued an order approving the final report of the receivers for the Union Pacific railway, closing a case started October 13, 1893. The system then included 8165 miles of lines with $470 million capitalization. under Sanborn in 1894 the receivers handled $106 million without loss. The United States claim of $58 million was paid in full and unsecured creditors received about 40 percent.
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Walter H
San St. Paul
Sanborn
United States
Union Pacific Railway
Union Pacific
Fracas Over a Flag Stops Riot in New Westminster
In New Westminster British Columbia a racial clash erupted over a shared flag on a new post office. French Canadian workers from Quebec raised both the Union Jack and the French tricolor on the same pole, British workers removed the British flag, a crowd clashed as the French ensign floated alone, and authorities intervened by pulling down the flag to avert further violence.
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Vancouver
B. C
New Westminster
Quebec
Tests on Khaki Uniforms at Fort Myer
At Fort Myer cavalry post tests compare khaki and blue uniforms for visibility under varied light and weather. Reports prompt War Department about khaki’s potential as a better target. The study observes garments at multiple distances to gauge conspicuousness.
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Washington
Fort Myer
War Department
Scene of New York Explosion Scene
Photo shows the elevated railroad structure after a large drug house exploded in New York City. The blast caused loss of life and the destruction of a block of buildings. Chemicals used in the drug trade, including chlorate of potash and sulphur, were involved.
Carnegie Water Route to Europe and Gulf Waterways
Prominent rail baron Andrew Carnegie pursues an inland water route from New York to the Gulf of Mexico via Delaware and Raritan Canal and Chesapeake Bay, James River, and Norfolk routes. A parallel inland corridor links Pittsburg to Europe through Lake Superior and the St. Lawrence, with steamers planned to move Carnegie products across lake and ocean. The proposal is described as feasible by engineers and government studies.
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Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
New York Bay
Delaware River
Trenton
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Delaware
Philadelphia
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
the James
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Cod Canal
Boston
Andrew Carnegie
Europe
Pittsburg
Conneaut Harbor
Ohio
Carnegie
Folk
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
Currituck Sound
North Carolina Sounds
Albemarle
Parulico
Core Sound
Beaufort
N. C
Capes Hatteras and
Lookout
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Suwannee River
Gulf
Cos
Absolu
Celery Nerve Compound Marketed for Blood Purity
An old catalog note touts Lichty’s Celery Nerve Compound as an invaluable specific for diseases arising from an impure state of the blood. Sold by City Drug Store.
Fashion notes reveal lace veils and pale Cheviot frocks Surge in late season dress styles
The piece outlines revived blond lace veils with pattern work, Cheviot in pale and dark shades, white gloves and variegated tints like fawn cream and lilac. It describes lace flouncings shaped to skirts, silk jersey yoke tops, Chinese silk waists trimmed with lace, red brown beaded leather trims, lace net capes, and ornate millinery with lace hats and white satin or translucent straw.
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New York Sun
Careful bowel relief promised by Cascarets candy
Headline touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a natural cure for digestive ills from headaches to cancer, claiming easy movement and health recovery for ten cents to start. It warns against imitations and notes the genuine metal box packaging with each tablet marked 0. 0. and a factory number 428.
Settler John Cosgrove Files Final Proof at Virginia City
Department of the Interior notice states John Cosgrove has filed for final proof on his claim H Ei 10742 for parcels NEY NW44 NW44 NE and 8% NE. The proof is to be made before Clerk James G. Walker in Virginia City on December 24. Witnesses Alfred Lewis Henry Lewis Thomas Flynn and Robert H. Rash, all of Dillon Montana, will testify to residence and cultivation.
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Department of the Interior
Helena
Mont
James G. Walker
District Court
Virginia City
Montana
John Cosgrove
Alfred Lewis
Henry Lewis
Thomas Flynn
Robert H. Rash
Dillon
Greave
Hegister
United States Land Office
Frank McGahey
Lima
Beaverhead County
L. J. Price
U. S
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Thomas O' Connors
Oscar K. Paul
Stephen Cook
Granas D. Greene
Register
Helens
J. Price
William O. Thompson
Frank Conklin
Robert W. Bammer
William Steed
Fred Cox
George D. Greene
James (. Walker
Vittore Guglielaimi
L. F. Price
U.S
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Vittore Gugliolaimi
Jonathan Lovell
Charles Padley
Charles H. Deputy
Dillon, Montats
Grong D. Greene
Rogiater
James Lt. Fleming
Dell
L. J Price
Clark McNinch
William O'Rourke
Widward Crawford
Ernest B. McNinch
Gronran D. Greene
Justin B. Gowen
Milton E. Hays
Marcellus Pyle
Polaris
Thomas Maaney
Andrew Pyle
Granase D. Greene
Witnesses to continuous residence on arid farmland
Fragmentary OCR note lists witnesses to continuous residence and cultivation of arid land including J Daniel Gating and Charles Gu i Bodeen of Lima, Montana.
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J Daniel Gating
Harles ' Gu 'i Bodeen
Lima
Montans
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