City of Blood City of Benin City Expedition Disaster
British expedition under Coast General J. K. Phillips is ambushed near Benin City as natives attack armed with guns and spears. Most of the party are killed or wounded. Bolsragon and Locke survive but exhausted. Seven carriers escape to spread word of the disaster. A punitive expedition to Benin City is planned with six men of war off the Niger coast and troops massing at Brass. A steamer heads to Sierra Leone for West Tadiz troops.
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Inn
Evening News
Lagos
J. KR. Phillips
Benin City
Obbah
Africa
Bolsragon
Locke
Bourn
Kroomen
City of Blood
Niger Coast
Protectorate
Brass
Sierra Leone
Tadiz
Lost in gale as Nahum Chapin sinks off Fire Island
A severe winter storm off Fire Island wrecked the schooner Nahum Chapin after striking the outer bar. The nine crew members, captained by Capt. 4. Arey, perished or were unaccounted as two bodies washed ashore. The vessel and cargo were valued at $18,400 and partly insured. ships had sailed from Boston in November.
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Nahum Chapin
New York
Fire Island
Long Island
Sre
Arey
Boston
Poor Little Girls Rescued From Blizzard Near School
Will Smith, living near here, took four children aged nine to thirteen in his sleigh during a blizzard. They became lost, dug out a hole in a stack, and sheltered with their dog at the school house overnight. A second blizzard forced them to return, but Smith ferried the two youngest girls back to safety and the parents later retrieved them.
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Bonilla
Will Smith
Smith
FAVA Did NOT GO Ambassador Takes Leave Yet Remains
Washington June 22 Baron Fava the Italian ambassador visited the state department surprising officials who thought he had sailed for Europe last week He has leave of absence to return to Italy with his son's remains but an unexpected demand of business prevented him from leaving.
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Hinlinn
Washington
Baron Fava
Olney
State Department
Hclals
Europe
Italy
Unknown dead suicide case linked to ex-signal officer Brown
Kansas City reports reveal the Jan 3 morphine suicide of a man identified as Thomas J. Brown, a former United States signal officer and member of the affluent Turner, New York family, resolving a mystery of an earlier alleged death.
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Kansas City
Thomas J. Brown
United States Signal
Turner, N. x
Unclear Federal Funds Case and NY Death Report
Abewed Postal Embasrtar Chamberlain 8 D Jan 22 D A Flilot of Buffalo Gap accused of em pezzling about 600 of Uncle Sains postal funds waived examination before US commissioner His bond set at 1006 He will be tried at the Deadwood term of the federal court next month W I Misner of Lanark Tl found dead in his room at the Song hotel in New York He had blown out the gun There was no indication of death by own action.
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Chamberlain
Buffalo Gap
Uncle Sain
United States
Deadwood
W. I. Misner
Lanark, Tl
Song Hotel
New York
Expedition of Weyler Heads Toward Havana Province
Capitan General Weyler, with entourage, leaves a ranch by Lugano highway to concentrate Spanish forces near Havana. They aim to press insurgents to evacuate the province, possibly moving east to confront Gomez’s army. Reports also allege the imprisonment of insurgent leaders’ wives by Governor Rodriguez. Insurgents in Placetas lose ground after a Jan 11 clash, with seven wounded and three civilians dead, as Spanish battalions reinforce and fire drives them back.
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Sinrta Ont
Tiayana
Weyler
Mserbano
Col
Dominguez
Porrun
Po- Mee
Lugano
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Gert
Puerto Principe
Senora Guebriela Verona
Miranda
Senora Eya
Allegranddo Rodriguaz
Rodriguezsa
Almevicnn
Velug
Inspigzetts
Placetns
Usta
Pavia
Convicts and Shot in Cavite Revolt Sees 80 Dead
Jan 21 report from San Francisco describes the Cavite prison outbreak on Dec 8 where 147 convicts seized weapons, killed guards including the superintendent, and escaped. Sentries at St Felipe fort and arsenal opened fire as runaways split into two groups, with Cavite-wide involvement and about 80 killed and 18 to 20 captured by Dec 7. Oriental papers note spreading unrest in Batangas Pampanga Morong Luzon and Bulacan provinces.
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San Francisco
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Jaci
Rio de Janeiro
St. Felipe
Oriental
China Mail
Manila
Baalan
Batangas
Pampanga
Morong
Buzon
Bulacan
Poachers clash with Tolleston gamekeepers in Crown Point
In January near Tolleston Club grounds five men were shot during a duck swamp expedition. Four youths were killed and a watchman named Blackburn died from a skull wound. Keepers, armed with shotguns and pistols, confronted the invaders who fired back from about three rods away.
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Crown Point
Ind
Wollastan Club
Ramekeepers
Tolleston Club
Chica
Hare
Tate
Duck Swamp
Blackburn
Drowned student clings to boat on Lake Mendota
In Madison Wisconsin on January 21 a student named Fred A Kewhn from Arlington D D drowned after ice boating three miles from the city. His companions Walter QC Vickery and Fdoward C Waller swam to shore and raised the alarm but darkness and unamic conditions hindered rescue.
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Madison
Wis
Jnc
Fred A. Kewhn
Arlington
D. D
Lake Mendota
Walter QC. Vickery
Fdoward C. Waller
Waller
Vicory
Keahn
Kuohu
Collision at New York harbor involving British Queen and Alvena
A collision occurred at the junction of Kedney and Swash channels near New York between the Wilson line steamer British Queen coming in and the Atlas line steamship Alvena outbound. The British Queen anchored after separating. the Alvena pressed on toward Randy Hook bar with her stern underwater and bow high out of water.
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New York
Wilson Line
Atlas Line
Alvena
STOKERS SCALDED ON FRENCH STEAMER
Explosion aboard the French steamer Saghallen off the Chinese coast on December 2 killed eleven stokers and one engineer. The chief stoker died hours later, and four more men perished the following day from burns. The incident was reported from San Francisco on January 21.
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San Francisco
Bollera
Saghallen
Singapore
Hong Kong
Persian Gulf Earthquake Kills Thousands on Kisham Island
A Tehran dispatch reports 2,500 fatalities from the Kisham Island quake in the Persian Gulf. Kisham Island, the region’s largest island near its entrance, lies about fourteen miles offshore with an Arab population around 6,000. A Bombay cable adds that three strong shocks were felt in the area.
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London
Teheran
Persia
Kisham Island
Persian Gulf
Toronto Without Light Fire Destroys Electric Works
A spark from a dynamo at the Toronto Electric Light Company started a fire that wiped out the main dynamo and left the city in darkness. The blackout affected all streets as power was cut to allow new dynamos to be installed. Loss is about $150,000, fully insured.
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Toronto
Jin
Oronto Electric Light Company
Nicaragua Concession Granted for Bluefields Rail Line
United States Consul O'Hara reports to the state department that Nicaragua has granted Alfred Raymond Vornar is a United States citizen a concession to build and operate a railroad from Bluefields to the harbor mouth at Bluefields.
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Nicaragua
Washington
United States
O'Hara
Bluefields
Sate
Goverment
Alfred Raymond Vornaris
Ad Railhoad
Binefields
Priest Sues for Slander Over Archbishop Claim
Deposed priest of St. Mary's Barton Wisconsin sues for slander against Archbishop Katver of Milwaukee. Proceedings described as unprecedented. Any compromise must be sanctioned by the pope.
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Miwanker
Tan
Hellateth
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Barton
Wis
Hassed
Katver
Milwaukee
Actor seeks divorce from Elizabeth Reardon in New York
Sam Bernard known privately as Samuel Baornett files for invalidation of his marriage to Elizabeth Reardon stage named Livale B. Thaymond claiming she was already married when they wed. Also mentions Cuban Sympathisers initiative in the United States Cuban League aim.
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New York
Sam Bernard
Samuel Baornett
Elizabeth Reardon
Livale B. Thaymond
Bernard Aleges
Cuban League of the
United States
Heliot Movement Urges Pacific State Ship Grain Aid
San Francisco telegrams from the citizen's committee petition governors of Oregon Washington Kansas Nebraska and Iowa to join California in sending a grain shipment to the starving people of India as an international relief effort.
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Heliot Movement
San Francisco
Eltizen's Committee
Oregon
Washington
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
California
Udda
Premier Greenway 6 Asks Legislators to Name Good Farmers
Premier Greenway seeks fifty members of the Manitoba legislature to pick a competent farmer to testify before the dominion tariff commission in Winnipeg, with hearings set for early February. The move aims to showcase farming leadership and inform tariff policy.
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Winnipeg
Man
Greenway
Dominion Tariff Commission
Bebpury
Government ready for reforms after Cuba war effort
Madrid Jan 22 At the close of the last cabinet meeting premier Sen or Canovas del Castillo declared that while the government had full confidence in the success of military operations in Cuba they were prepared to undertake great reforms on the island.
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Hadk
Madrid
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Cuba
Union begins push for city telephone exchange deal
Devonnah Iowa Jan 22 A contract has been drawn with H Stevens president of the Standard Telephone Company for a city exchange. The company proposes to furnish the exchange for exactly half the price the Iowa Union currently charges.
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Devonnah
Iowa
H. Stevens
Standard Telephone Company
Che Company
Furoiah
Von der Ahe seeks new trial in Baldwin verdict case
In Pittsburg on January 22, a county court motion for a new trial was filed for Chris Von der Ahe the St. Louis baseball magnate. He faces a verdict for 4505 dollars awarded to pitcher Mark Baldwin.
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Chrck
Pittsburg
Chris von der Ahe
St. Louis Baseball Mag
Mark Baldwin
Death of Mrs R EB Bulard in Belmont
Mrs R E B Bulard mother of Wilford Bulford, longtime Iowa state senate secretary, who was recently convicted of forgery, was found dead in her Belmont home. The report notes her son Mason Ctty Iowa Ten and provides few additional details from the OCR fragment.
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Ted
Mason
Ctty
Iowa
R. EB. Bulard
Wil
Bulford
Iowa State Senate
Belmont
Travehny Mun Wangs M himself death in Wisconsin
John Brower a renowned travelling salesman in the Northwest died by hanging at his Waupun Wisconsin home on January 22 Despondency is blamed on sales pressures and travel fatigue of a hard working salesman tale notes the tragic end and the local response in the community.
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Travehny Mun Wangs
Waupun
Wis
John Brower
Northwest
Voor Sales
Prentice hunter loses hand and both eyes in accident
Albin Larson, a hunter from Prentice Wisconsin, tripped and his gun discharged, destroying his eyes and severing his hand. It is reported there is still hope for recovery despite the grim injuries.
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Prentice
Wis
Dau
Albin Larson
Henry Grant Strike Threat Looms Over Des Moines Area
Des Moines report notes a likely large strike in the district involving about 20,000 miners. The action stems from the coal war that forced operators to cut wages, with the situation described as almost certain to unfold.
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Henry Grant
Des Moines
New Trans-Pacific Steamship Line Reported
San Francisco dispatches report a new steamship service with a vessel named Nue originating from Yokohama. The ship is expected to depart Yokohama for San Francisco around February 5, marking the first voyage in this proposed trans-Pacific line.
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New Steamship Line
San Francisco
Honolulu
Nue
Yokohama
Yokokama
Senate advances land bill amid canal debate in Washington
Washington notes report the Senate passed the land act permitting settlement of public funds seized from Indians and exempting settlers from further payments. Morgan presses Nicaragua canal bill, seeks judiciary inquiry on railroad bond defaults, and Chandler/Cullom push probes. House debates dairy and public land issues as tributes to Speaker Ohl.
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Senate
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Judiciary Committee
Union and
Central Pacific
United States
Chandler
Interstate Commerce Commission
Civil Service
Hones
Congress
John Gibbon
W. A. Nichols
Iato
Charles 1, Ohlsp
Georgia
Columbia & Red Mountain Railroad Company
Columbia River
Stevens County
Wash
Doolittle
Catron
Fort Marey
Santa Fre
N. Mex
American Invalid Aid Society of Boston
Turpie
Julian A. Stauel
Erastus B. Tyler
Hannaly E. Rodgers
Matthew M. Trumbull
Janu
Turple
A. Morrow
Congress Debates Venezuela Boundary Surrender Issue
The House pressed positions on the Venezuela boundary dispute with Mr Pettigrew urging information from the secretary of state. Unanimous consent allowed filling a lot for an international monetary conference Tuesday. The day focused on the Yost Tucker contest from Virginia's Tenth district with a split committee vote and anticipated debate continuation.
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Ate
ADP
Dave
Pettigraw
Venezuela
Wos
Great Britain
Secretary of State
Committee On Foreign Relations
Tuesany
Yost-Tucker
Caae
Virginia
Tucker
Altting
Yost
Nout
Tucker Wit
Grain and livestock prices drift in national markets
Wisconsin and Minnesota reports show cash grains and hogs moving slowly amid price shifts. No. 2 red wheat around 90 cents, No. 2 spring near 70 cents, hogs trading slowly with lows near 3.00 to 3.20 per hundredweight. Minneapolis and St. Paul highlight mixed wheat values, corn and oats steady or weaker, while Detroit and Cleveland notes reference rail freight and public notices.
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Chicago
Cashonta
Milwaukee
Wis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
South St
Torpedo Boat 60 speeds to contract speed in trial
Newport announces Torpedo Boat No. 60 completed its builders speed trial achieving 20.85 knots with 180 pounds steam pressure. The test refines reserve power to reach the contracted 27.5 knots. In Jefferson City Missouri on January 22, rail workers oppose a plan to cut passenger rates to two cents per mile.
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Newport
Jefferson City
Citybred mill maid question answered by farmer
Farmer Weterbury-Well explains the mill maid question is largely settled locally with many details made at Maa Citybred. The exchange hints at community involvement and a regional dispute over the maid’s origins and duties.
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Weterbury
Livery of Dilommness and the Bitters Cure
A dubious health notice praising Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for a range of ailments including headache nausea irregular bowels and nervous complaints. It claims the product improves appetite sleep and overall well being in a florid old fashioned style.
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Uso
Signs of Ganvia and the Doctor’s Parlor Pun
A fragmentary joke exchanges a boastful physician and patient about persistent illnesses. The boy’s ailments are listed in a humorous, garbled line, ending with an exchange about “Infinite capacity for taking pains.”
Adventures of a United States Government Scout
A historical account recounts how Teres Charlie’s life was saved by Indians and chronicles a bare remedy that first aided his Cuna and later gained use during the Civil War era worldwide.
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Teres Charlie
United States
Kickapoo Indian Remedies Chronicle
An old government scout known as Texas Charlie recovered from a deadly fever with Kickapoo Indian Sagwa and later helped acquire tribes secrets for medicines. The narrative credits Kickapoo Sugar and a full line of remedies including Warm Cure Salve and Oil as cures for kidney liver and blood disorders, sold at drugstores.
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Chat, Bigelow
Indian Territory
Lg Wna
Hicé
Mn Bigelow
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