Five Persons Perish in Tenement Fire on Water Street
A six story New York building at 89 Water Street burned yesterday. Janitor Bartholemew O Keefe died from burns. Ann Gibbons and two children survived with serious injuries. James Gibbons, four, was burned to death. Mrs Gibbons fled to the roof with two children as their clothes burned. Total loss listed at 55 000 including 40 000 in cigars held by M Ybor & Co.
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New York
No. 89
Water Street
Bartholomew O’keefe
Ann Gibbons
George
John
James Gibbons
O'Keefe
M. Ybor & Co
Philadelphia
Twentythird
Chestnut Streets
Wanmaker Furniture
Knafi
Planing
Phelan
Stoward
Morehouse Bros
Bridesburg
Troy
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Plattsburg
Plattsburg Dock Company
Vermont
Williams de Wilesey
Aria
Ashley & Bailey
Fort Plain
Oppressive Heat Hits San Antonio Area
In San Antonio Texas on August 1 eight sunstroke and exposure deaths have occurred this season. The latest victim was a Negro who died yesterday afternoon as heat worsened. Officials note the heat is more oppressive than in recent years.
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Texas
San Aston
Tex
San Antonio
Megro
Killing at dance sparks jealousy motive in Texas
At a dance in Texas on Wednesday night David Martin was called out and shot dead by Eugene Murphy. Police report Murphy acted from jealousy as the killer, with the motive described as jealous rage and murder.
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St . Danes
Times
Tex
David Martin
Eugene Murphy
Murphy
Martin
Ng Lange
Lavation Fight on August 1 Fan Night
Event notes indicate a fight night called Lavation Fight scheduled for August 1. The fragment cites a Thoman as a participant or organizer and mentions fan engagement. Details are sparse, but the piece signals an arena event with combat or exhibition elements and local name involvement.
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Thoman
Welcome Home Greely Relief Fleet Arrives at Portsmouth
The Arctic relief expedition members reach Fortmouth after weeks at sea in the Alliance Thetis Bear and Avliance. Secretary Chandler meets Schley Coffin Emory and Luce aboard the Tennessee, greeting the officers while Mrs Greely reunites with her husband. Family members join the reunion as officers are told of forthcoming promotions.
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United States
Alliance
Greely
Bear
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Thetis
Avliance
Isle of Shoals
Vigit
New Castle
Chandler
Government Tus Leyden
Constitution
Tennessee
Pallapoosa
Fort Saint
Schley
Secretary Chandler
Luce
Secretary of the Navy
Coffin
Alert
Emory
Navy Department
Gunnell
Atrtc
Hava
Portmouth
Ald
Coumranier Schley
Ache
Lieutenant Greely
Mrs. Greely
Arthur
T Grteely
Newburyport
General Hazen
Squatton
Greely Heet
Family Feud Fatal Near Burns Kentucky Shootout
A shooting near Burns in Breckinridge County leaves Elisha Anderson dead and John Poole and Mrs. Charlie Poole wounded after Alexander family members intercept a returning party. The Poole party, aided by Charley Poole’s brother John, opened fire amid long standing feud rumors. No arrests reported.
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Burns
Louisville
Timea
Alexander
Charley
Toto Gales
Elisha Alexander
John
Pool
Poole
Cholera Epidemic Aims at Marseilles and Toulon
Consul Mason reports cholera devastating Marseilles and Toulon with urban sanitation measures praised. Despite strict cleansing, disinfecting, and market controls, deaths rise as sewers drain into enclosed harbors, threatening a grim summer. No emigrants have left for the United States recently, but ships from infected French ports will face strict health checks on arrival.
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Mason
Washerox
Secretary of State
Irom
Tong
Toulon
Marseilles
Marselles
Oké
Marceilles
Saignop
China
Foutun
United States
Bordeaux
Jarre
la Rochelle
Crean
Si Thia
Democratic Executive Committee Meeting Adopts Advisory Campaign Panel
In New York on August 2 the Democratic National Executive Committee discussed campaign planning. An advisory campaign committee was appointed to assist the executive committee, with members from Maryland New Jersey Indiana Virginia and New York among others named to serve.
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Executive Committee
New York
Democratic National Executive
Yazoo City Killing of Escaped Convict by Local Officer
J F Ray in Yazoo City shoots and kills an escaping convict named Wash McIntosh, with the dray surrendering. The incident ends a tense pursuit as local authorities respond to the escape and the fatal shooting remains under investigation.
Hawaiian cotton arrives at Morgan Railroad port
The Morgan Railroad received 206 bales of cotton from San Francisco via the Pacific destined for Liverpool aboard the Explorer of Harrison Line. It marks the first Hawaiian cotton arrival in port shipped rail intact. Also reported is the first bale of new crop cotton from Houston. There is scattered crime and local track news from various places.
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Morgan Railroad
San Francisco
Sandwich Islands
Liverpool
Explorer
Harrison Line
Pacific
Morgan Road
Houston
Dynamiters Convicted After Warwick Trial in August
The trial of John Daly James Egan and William McDonnell for dynamiting in London ended with a verdict of guilty. Daly received life imprisonment Egan twenty years while McDonnell was freed on recognizance. Reports from Cardiff note a cholera death on a French steamer and fear of war between France and China.
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John Daly
James Egan
William McDonnell
Warwick
Daly
Cardiff
Granville
Marseilles
Penarth
Foo Chow
Reuter
France
China
Champion
Merlin
Britannia
New York
London
Toulon
Glascow
Airdne
Dixon
Paris
Morton
American Artisas of
Barthold
Vienna
Auguste-Henri Laube
Ghastly Hanging Report From Brooklyn Execution
August 3 reports Alexander Jefferson, a jealous killer of Henry Kricky and Emma Jackson, hanged before 400 spectators at Mrs. Jackson's Buffalo Avenue residence. He faced clergy and a final plea, the rope cutting, and a prolonged death, followed by morgue transport.
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Alexander Jefferson
Henry Kricky
Ema Jackson
Anna Jackson
Celestial Jefferson
Jefferson
Casuuiper
Cephas
de Sheriff
Scorrisone
Ala
George Smith
Asberry Hughes
George Hughes
Haan Porter
Sand Mountain
Smith
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