Fifteen Die as Two Trains Collide in Berlin Newton
A Manhattan Beach train and a Rockaway Beach train collide near Calvary cemetery in Newton, killing fifteen and injuring seventeen. Names listed include Col. Be A Buck and others. fog and disputed signals cited as possible causes.
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Lone Island City
L. 1
Ang
Berlin
Calvary Cemetery
Newton
Manhattan Beach
Rockaway Beach
Col
BE. A. Buck
Spirit of the Times
Oscar Dietzel
East Width Street
St. John’s Hospital
Maggie Dietz
East One Hundred and Fourteenth Street
Theodore Graeven
Broadway
New York
Bertila Wernstein
Thomas Finn
Mortimer Dittmer
Green Street
John C. Dickhoff
James J. Wylands
Richard Newman
Max Sekin
Witty Second Street
Joseph M. Thelan
George Fielding
Tower
Nutt
Concrite
Rockaway
Fire devastates South Chicago area causing mass homelessness
A major blaze in South Chicago destroyed at least 30 buildings across five blocks, starting in a three story brick structure at Ninety-first Street and Superior Avenue. The estimated loss is $500,000 with nearly 500 people left homeless as churches fell early in the fire.
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Curiaco
Chicago
Ninety-first Street
Superior Avenue
First Methodist Church
Ninety-first and
Battle in Mexico as Galanists clash near Nadadores
Reports from BaGue Pass detail a violent confrontation between Galanists and rivals at Puerto del Armen near Nadadores. About 45 total killed, with Galanists driven from the pass and Trevino assembling forces near Piedras Negras. Prisoners refuse liberty until Governor Reyes arrives.
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BaGue Pass
Tex
Puerto del Armen
Nadadores
Galanists
Francisco Trevino
Piedrasnegras
Reyes
Manuel Rosas
Jefe Politico
Piedrasnegrass
General Reyes
Cardenas
Santa Rosa
Abosola
Trevino
Piedras Negras
Porto del Armen
Natadores
Cuatro Ciemnages
Moneloya
Monclova
Last Stage of Home Rule Bill Seen in Commons
Crowded galleries witness the report stage as John Morley introduces 18 government amendments. Only two face opposition challenges while the government gains an 88 vote majority in each division. The speaker fixes the third reading for next Wednesday and the house adjourns.
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Lonpox
House of Commons
John Morley
Ireland
Columian Liberty Bell Ships for World Fair Tour
The Colum bian liberty bell cast with revolutionary relics departed Clinton H. Meneeley Bell Foundry near Troy New York for New York escorted by a delegation of the American Daughters of the Revolution. The plan is to travel by day along major cities stopping en route and sidetracking at night en route to Philadelphia Washington Chicago.
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Troy
N. Y
Clinton H. Meneeley Bell Foundry
New York
American Daughters of the Revolution
Broadway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
McDowell
Arbitration board fixes grain grades across major markets
A Missouri board meeting established uniform grades for hard and soft wheat barley corn oats and rye. The rules apply to Omaha Kansas City St. Louis Kansas City Kan Cairo Soninville Memphis New Orleans and Galveston.
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St. Louis
Board of Arbitration of the Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Oatis
Omaha
Kansas City
Kan
Cairo
Soninville
Memphis
New Orleans
Galveston
Daily Market Report from Chicago Grain and Provisions
Chicago report lists Wheat prices for August through December and Corn, Oats, Pork, Lard, and Ribs futures, with bid ranges. Crow Stock Yards notes cattle receipts and price ranges for steers, stockers, cows, and heifers, plus hog and sheep receipts and price bands for various grades.
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Chicago
Cattle and hog market results at Union Stock Yards
Union Stock Yards South Omaha reports cattle receipts around 2,400 head with steers and cows trading $4.15 to $5.80 per hundredweight and many terms. Hog receipts near 5,700 head with prices from $4.90 to $5.20 per hundred. market opened slightly lower and closed steady. Sheep receipts about 1,400 with muttons $3.50 and lambs $3.40 to $4.50. market steady.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omanma
Reminiscences of Thackeray and London Social Circles
The narrator recalls Thackeray unexpectedly inviting them into Lambert’s shop to buy a gold brooch for his wife and describes dinners with Thackeray at 36 Onslow Square near Baron Marochetti. He recalls reactions to Macaulay and notes diary entries from 1860 mentioning Teinbed and a new story related to Eton and Keate.
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Thackeraies
London
Thackeray
Lambert
Onslow Square
Baron Marochetti
Poets’ Corner
Macaulay
W. M. Tein
Eton
Keate
K.—femple Bar
Cockney Riddles and the Oyster Hoister
A notes and queries snippet discusses a famous riddle styled by a costermonger. The riddle presents a charade where the first is a small bird, the second is essential for crops, and the whole hints at sparrow grass or asparagus, as noted by Dr Parr preferring the pungent term over the polite form.
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Parr
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