Assassination in St Peters burg explodes in drive
Gidwborn March 14 dispatch reports the czar and Grand Duke Michael in a closed carriage near the Ekaterinofsky canal when a bomb shattered the steps. The czar and his brother escaped unharmed but a second bomb wounded the czar and his son. Two assassins were arrested as crowds gathered and public places closed. The czar lingered an hour, the czarevitch survived the attack, and rumors of further arrests spread through Moscow. The report recalls previous attempts and notes Alexander II. died, Alexander III to succeed him.
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Gidwborn
Ekatrinofsky Canal
Michael
Michael Palace
Darjibky
Winter Palace
Cologne
St. Petersburg
Michael Garden
Canal
Czaf
Russia
Alexander NI
Maria Alexandrovna
Hesse- Darmatadt
Alexander
England
France
Turkey
Sebastopol
Karakozoff
Komesaniff
Russian Empire
Appleton
Moscow
Voung
Commiercial Marine
Bbberia
Rusenian
Alexander III
Dagmar
Nicholas
Regulators’ Lynching Plagues Indiana Village
In Palestine near Richmond Indiana a horse trader Wes ley Guyer was shot by masked riders after warnings to leave the country. A year later an old man Steve Wade refused to flee and was killed in a similar vigilante attack. Authorities sought suspects but no arrests were announced.
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Richmond
Ind
Ohio
Palestine
Greenville
Spartaneburg
Wesley Guyer
Guyer
Steve Wade
Fragmented 19th century telegraph items from Wisconsin and beyond
A mixed dispatch from 1880s press reports a $15,000 matched mare sale in Wisconsin, a close vote defeat on a women’s constitutional amendment, a deadly shooting in Maxey Arizona, and a London baritone wed to Boston’s vocalist. It notes a Republican convention stalemate, counterfeiters chased from Pennsylvania to Texas, and a fatal throat cut in Kentucky. Fires devastate Bill Miller’s grocery in Rosita Colorado, while railroads show lower February earnings and an indictment surfaces in Mississippi for Falls County editor William Shelton.
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Wisconsin
Maxey
Arizona
Dick Lloyd
E. Menn
O'Neil
London
Counpser
Oston
Bardette Coutts
Bardette
Conger
Pennsylvania
Texas
Dallas
Cynthiana
Sallie Carr
Rene Fowler
Tex
William Shelton
Falls County Index
Marlin
Mississippi
Northwestern
Wabash
Chicago and St.Paul
Cincinnati
Hamilton and Dayton
Fireman Frank Hickok Dies After Wreck Near Muncie
Frank Hickok the fireman killed in Wednesday’s Lake Erie and Western wreck seven miles west of Muncie Ind died Friday morning at the Haines house. He was badly scalded and no reaction occurred. His brother Reuben Hickok survived and is expected to recover. Reuben’s wife arrived from Lafayette. Trains are running on schedule again.
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Frank Hickok
Muncie
Ind
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Here
Haines House
Reuben Hickok
Lafayette
Fire destroys Miller's grocery in Rosita
A March 11 fire in Rosita Colorado destroyed the entire business district including the post office and contents of Miller's grocery store. Investigators suspect arson as coal oil saturated outbuildings and the store floor ignited, with an exterior explosion sending brands across the area. Water from wells failed, leaving the blaze to burn out of control.
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Rosita
Col
Miller
Losa
Miller’s
Mountain Coal Fire Breach Damages Rail Bed In Pottsville
In Pottsville on March 11 a historic mine fire caused water to burst through the mountain side. The flood swept away mine supports and badly damaged the Reading railroad road bed, following years of prior water filling the creek from Anchor colliery fire.
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Pottsville
Anchor
Reading Railroad
Wagons and Lumber Burned in Lawrence Fire
A lumber factory owned by H T Hamilton with stock valued around 10000 dollars burned yesterday afternoon in Lawrence Kansas. Milburn wagons and McCormick reap ers stored in the building were destroyed. Total loss about 15000 dollars with no insurance. Building loss estimated at 5000 dollars.
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Lawrence
Kan
H T. Hamilton
Milburn
McCormick & Co
Record silver dollar order shocks Philadelphia bank
The largest order of standard silver dollars ever received came from Philadelphia with 100,000 coins requested by a single bank. Weighing about three tons, the shipment will be sent in bags, puzzling Treasury officials who suspect the coins fund old leases payable in silver to dodge currency fluctuations. The Treasury is relieved, as vaults are crowded and silver flows in faster than it leaves.
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New Cone
Vanderbilt
Forty-second Street
Epolinting Fonabueser
J. C. Cacy
Robert Poulet
W. K. Vanderbilt
L. P. Morton
Adrian Iselin
Wm. H. Vanderbilt
Pierpoint Morgan
James R. Keene
C. R. Garrison
D. O. Mills
Wisursgtox
Maren
Philadelphia
Treasury
Letter Carrier Arrested For Robbing Letters
Curcaco March 15 Lysander Tiffany a former well to do citizen once worth $50,000 has been a letter carrier for thirteen years. He was arrested for rifling letters given for delivery after being seen putting letters aside for examination. He claims innocence amid many complaints of systematic letter robberies in the city.
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Curcaco
Lysander Tiffany
Tiffany
Surrender Sought by Sitting Bull Band at Yellowstone Crossing
Milea City dispatch reports a portion of Sitting Bull’s band, scared from Poplar River by Ilgea gunfire, waiting on the north side of the Yellowstone for waters to subside to cross and surrender. Commanded by Long Bull of the Uncapapas with two Sans Aries and one Agallallas.
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Paun
Pioneer Press
Milea City
Sitting Bull
Poplar River
Ilgea
Yellowstone
Long Bull
Sans Aries
Agallallas
Arrest of a Dead Letter Clerk in Washington
The Chicago Times reports the arrest of a dead letter office clerk in Washington after he was found pocketing a torn letter containing $780 and another with a greenback visible. He was escorted from the room by the visitor bell as guilt was established.
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Washington
Chicago Times
Longevity Tales from Hufeland and Antiquity
The essay surveys opinion and anecdotes on human lifespan reaching centuries. It cites Professor Hufeland’s 200-year limit theory, notes gender differences in reaching old age, and compares animal lifespans. It chronicles ancient and later cases including Pliny, Cicero, Henry Jenkins, Thomas Parr, and Mitttestedt, highlighting longevity as a celebrated but debated phenomenon.
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Hufeland
Pliny
Vespasian
Apennines
Cicero
Lucera
Henry Jenkins
Yorkshire
England
Thomas Parr
Shropshire
Parr
London
Hafeland
Mittlestedt
Fredericks
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United States
James Heflin
Letchen County
Rockford Valley
Cumberland Mountains
John Morgan
Perry County
Breathett County
Bey
Wade
Everal
Jacob Long
Iowa
Aireteld
Jas. F. Wilson
United Polinee Senate
Mc‘boe
Wiietary
Ogixefield
Masc
Wakefield Rattan Works
Eldorado
Neb
Hank
Parish
Clark
Greenwood
New Works
Graat Opera House
Ingratiiene
Stewart
Fife
Osome
Butler
St. Louis
Leroy Arbuckle
Eestaphes
Kansas City
Expresa
Dal
Mr. Arbuckle
Alragat
Inspectora
Baker
Bundy
Funkstown
Dail
J. M Kalloch
Chas. de Young
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