Astrological signs and the coming end in 1892
Yale professor C A L Totten contends in a New York periodical that planetary conjunctions like Jupiter and Venus signal historic events. He cites Star of Bethlehem lore, the Hebrew calendar, and prophetic signs, predicting 1892 as a pivotal year and Russia as a rising disruptor.
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C. A. L. Totten
Yale University
New York
Sun
Daniel
Joseph
Jupiter
Venus
Luther
Mars
Cassiopia
Bethlehem
Leovitius
Jean
Tycho Brahe
Omar
Jerusalem
Vault of Heaven
Heaven
Russia
Plots To Kill Montt And Canto Foiled
Feb 17 report states plots to kill President Montt and General Canto were discovered and stopped. Rail rails were removed north of Maine station to wreck a train Montt was to ride. Rail officials detected the sabotage, preventing disaster. General Canto found his seat saturated with kerosene after the Santiago express arrived at Llaillai. burned matches were found nearby. No suspect identified.
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Varraratso
President Montt
General Canto
Maine Station
Montt
Santiago
Llaillai
Louisiana Lottery Ends as Profits Plummet After 1894 Prohibition
The Louisiana Lottery Company report details a near 30 million annual gross before anti lottery laws. It outlines ticket schemes totaling 51 million if all sold, with monthly and daily drawings. After restrictions, sales collapsed to 20 percent, yielding net yearly profits of about 1.36 million and making perpetual licensing unaffordable.
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Louisiana Lottery Company
Louisiana
New Orleans
Express
State of
Montagu daughter faces trial over deadly neglect
A Coleraine case reports Mrs. Anna Margaret Montagu, daughter of Lord Montagu, committed for trial on charges connected to the death of her three year old daughter Mary Helen. The girl, punished by confinement and tied to a wall, died choking as neighbors and officials seek justice amid family scandal.
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Beneast
Coleraine
Londonderry
Here
Anna Margaret Montagu
Robert Montagu
Mary Helen Montagu
Montagu
Mrs. Montagu
Mary
Little Mary
Ice
Mary Montagu
Lottery chief denies plan to move to Mexico
President Conrad of the Louisiana state lottery company denies a report that the firm will relocate to Mexico. He calls the story false, started by an enemy or to boost Mexican lottery stock. The lottery will remain in New Orleans until its charter expires and will not seek a home elsewhere afterward.
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New Orleans
Conrad
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Mexico
Solomon Crow
Ash Pole Feud Splits Clay Township School District
A political row over flag material and party symbols inflames Clay township in Hamilton county. Richard T. Russell warns of possible bloodshed as Republicans demand ash wood while Democrats call for neutral wood, with clashes spreading to streets, churches, and local papers.
Coroner to Verdict in Surgical Institute Fire
Coroner Manker delayed verdict on the Surgical Institute fire as stenographic transcripts lag. He plans to exonerate institute management from neglecting fire fighting apparatus and escape provisions, with any criticism likely aimed at the on duty employees that night.
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Ixpraxatoris
Manker
Surgical Institute
Rumor of Cabinet Shuffle Involving Minister Egan
An unverified rumor circulating February 17 suggests the administration may transfer Minister Egan to a different post and appoint Col. Thomas H. Nelson of Terre Haute to the Chilean mission. Nelson previously held the post and knows Chilean customs and Spanish.
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Inpianavonis
Egan
Col
Thomas H. Nelson
Terre Haute
Nelson
Boy Kidnapped Near Earoxtrowy Exposes Farm Search
Seven year old Walcott from a well to do family was kidnapped yesterday by tramps while skating on a pond near Earoxtrowy New Jersey. Farmers and residents gather to aid the search as Fort Wayne Evansville and other cities join to oppose a patent syndicate on fire apparatus led by retired Martinsville farmer John Thomas. We settled in Morgan county in 823.
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Earoxtrowy
N.J
Walcott
Fort Wayne
Evansville
John Thomas
Martinsville
Grip
Morgan County
Underground street railway proposal shakes Town Talk club
Roy recalls joining the Town Talk club aimed at practical justice. A member proposes an ambitious underground street railway to move intoxicated prisoners directly to police HQ, bypassing public display, wins unanimous support and prompts a hurried adjournment to a saloon.
Grand Lodge A. U. W. of Indiana Elects Officers at Princeton
At Princeton Indiana the grand lodge A Q O U W session elected officers led by grand master workman T D Neal Fort Wayne and grand foreman Harry Chester Elkhart. Lafayette chosen for February 1894 meeting place. Also noted are aurora borealis scare at Hardy Plainfield Trotting association officers and bee wing rate.
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Grand Lodge
Princeton
Ind
Euterpe Hill
William R. Wright
Princeton Lodge
Harry Chester
Elkhart
C. L. Weddling
Evansville
T. D. Neal
Cicero
G. A. Spitzer
Fred Baker
James Cox
Berte Haute
Frank Stumpfle
Norton Conover
Fort Wayne
W. S. Harrison
Indianapolis
Paul H. Curtner
Hazzleton
Supreme Lodge
N. 8
Byram
C. C. Genung
L. H. Carr
Lafayette
A. W
Indiana
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Chili
Killedeher
The
Minister Egan
the Town Talk
Fort Wayne Street Railway Company
Harrison Street
West Jefferson Street
Broadway
Crow
Limecooley
Calaboose
Roy
U. W
N. Conover
Hardy
W. D. Harvey
Plainfield Trotting Association
John Morgan
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