Mars Observations from Arequipa Report Change on Polar Regions
Professor Pickering reports from Arequipa Peru observations of Mars in 1890 noting two large permanently blue equatorial areas, a growing dark region near the southern snow cap, and rapid changes in northern and southern seas. He describes a Y shaped feature, expanding dark areas, melting snow feeding seas, and a bright green area near the north pole observed Monday night.
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New York
New York Herald
Pickering
Arequia
Peru
Harvard College
Mars
Mediterranean Sea
Lake Erie
Poles
North Pole
Pickerinc
Hind Words From Gee on Newspaper Prosperity
Reub Williams of the Evening Sentinel quotes Gen. Reub Williams and Quincy Hossler on newsroom finances and new Fort Wayne Evening Executive press. He urges prompt payment of earnings to support newspapers and notes Louisiana votes a $36000 world’s fair appropriation.
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Gee. Reub Williams
The
Evening Sentinel
Reub Williams
Quincy Hossler
Warsaw Daily Times
Fort Wayne
E. A. K. Hackett
Sexriven
Cholera Rages in Trebizond Riots Over Lazaretto Butchered by Troops
In Trebizond cholera confinement swells with 1500 detainees as unrest grows. Troops fire on rioters attempting escape from the lazaretto leaving eight dead and thirty four wounded. Authorities pledge cleansing and strict penalties amid public fear. Advices say cholera declines in Crimea and Caucasus while Moscow closes factories. Grand Duke Sergius and Grand Duchess Elizabeth aid relief efforts. Monks and prayers accompany sanitary measures.
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Asia Minor
Persia
Trebizond
Vilayet
Crimea
Caucass
Russia
Moscow
Sergius
Elizabeth
Victoria
Lavine and Burge Fight Draw In Pacific Club Bout
In San Francisco the Saginaw, Michigan challenger Billy Lavine and Australia’s Jim Burge known as Iron Bark Jimmy battled 50 rounds for a 1250 purse. Burge pressed early, Lavine struck back with left jabs and sharp counters, but fatigue and momentum swung between them until the final round without a winner.
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San Francisco
Billy Lavine
Saginaw
Mich
Jim Burge
Jimmy
Australia
Pacific Athletic Club
Burge
Lavine
Pacific Coast
Bhut Burge
Lavin
Ile
Coal price violence and draw declare defeat in fight
The piece argues no one could win the coal price fight and declares a draw while detailing how coal prices could rise to ten dollars per ton. It cites the alleged conspiracy among Pennsylvania railroad and major coal firms, and notes Attorney General Stockton’s suit as a potential check on price fixing.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania
Reading
Lehigh
New Jersey Central
Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
Vanderbilt
Stockton
New Jersey
Lizzie Borden Arraigned in Murder Case in Far River
Lizzie A. Borden appeared before Judge J. C. Blaisdell in the second district court on charges of homicide in the death of her father and stepmother. She entered a not guilty plea, requested a trial at once, and a continuance was granted to August 22. Bail was set at $500 for two witnesses and she was committed without bail pending a preliminary trial next week.
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Far. River
Mags
Lizzie A. Borden
J. C. Blaisdell
Miss Borden
Morse
Bridget Sullivan
Emma Borden
Buck
Miss Bo
Knowlton
Mr. Morse
Miss Berden
Mr. Buck
Hillyard
Blaisdell
Paris green poisoning blamed on potato crop in Hampden area
Baxcor Maine Aug 15 A Morgan family in Hampden were poisoned Saturday after eating potatoes treated with paris green to kill potato bugs. The father and son are improving while the mother may not recover. Others in the neighborhood who used the same potatoes also fell ill but less severely.
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Baxcor
Maine
Morgan
Hampden
Morgans
Deacon Refuses France Release As Divorce Suit Looms
Edward Parker Deacon, imprisoned in France, declines a condition to leave the country. French authorities hope to bar his divorce suit against his wife by exposing misconduct claims with M. Abielle. Deacon’s supporters in foreign circles back him, while Abeille interests press to curb his access to the court. The divorce trial set for September 23 appears likely to be hotly contested.
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Edward Parker Deacon
France
Deacon
Abeille
Republic
Paris
Nice
Switzerland
Fiend Arrested in Port Arthur Banker's Assault Case
A sensational arrest rocks Winshee Nebraska area as Colonel Ray a Port Arthur banker and military man faces a charge after accosting Mrs. Bathurst wife of Dr Bathurst in Huntington. He allegedly assaulted her and offered money to suppress the matter. Dr Bathurst vows to pursue justice. The report also notes a Huntington feature on the Feeble Minded Band from Fort Wayne performing in town with a welcome reception.
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Winshee
Colonel Ray
Port Arthur
Ray
Bathurst
Colone
Huntington
Huntington Democrat
Democrat
Institute
Fort Wayne
John Blake
Wm. Blake
Bari
A. H Shaffer
Herald
Notable names cited at local institute gathering
James Bradley Joe Weibel Frank Shultz Joe Bradley Geo Archer Robi Wise Tom Hindman Cec Sharpe Weible Ed Cahill Elmer Eaton Chas Davis John Woodard and Superintendent Blake praised as a Christian gentleman conducting the institute in the best possible manner.
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James Bradley
Joe Weibel
Frank Shultz
Joe Bradley
Geo. Archer
Robi. Wise
Tom Hindman
Cec. Sharpe
Weible
Ed Cahill
Elmer Eaton
Chas, Davis
John Woodard
Blake
Institute
Horrible death of two boys in Michigan ice chest trap
Earl Price and Arthur Kurtz of North Lansing, both eight, were found dead inside an unused ice chest after apparently climbing in to play. Neighbors searched until midnight before the chest was opened at about 1 AM, revealing the two youths crowded in a space two feet five inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-one inches deep, with the lid sealed by the outside clasp.
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Laysixe
Mich
Earl Price
Arthur Kurtz
North Lansing
Price
FALLING WALLS CLAIM FIVE LABORERS IN INDIANA FACTORY
At Hartford City Indiana a tank room wall collapsed at 13:33 yesterday killing five laborers Alex Moore Albert Inman W H Foreman and Charles Sawyer and injuring two others Cyrus Epply and Press Cradshaw. The collapse followed pressure from newly filled behind the wall. a water boy warned workers who tried to prop it up.
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Santcorp City
Ind
New Glass Factory
Hartford City
Alex Moore
Albert Inman
W. H. Foreman
Charles Sawyer
Cyrus Epply
Press Cradshaw
Moore
Inman
Foreman
Pummell
Cool Robber Steals Tobacco Load by Forged Order
A bold thief used a forged order from Cohen & Co. to steal forty six bales of tobacco at the New York dock and load twenty five onto a truck before leaving. Only twenty one bales remained when a Cohen & Co. truckman arrived next morning. Value stated at about 12000 dollars. Government detectives and the department were notified.
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New York
Cohen & Co
Water Street
Byrons
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Sextiser
Seti Nel
Indianapolis Sentinel
Interior
the Sentinel
Louisiana
Jimmy Burge
Paris Green
Edward P. Deacon
Eady
Merrins
Tenn
Brown
Kentuck
Buchanan
King
Memphis
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