Vessel arms shipment linked to Hawaiian rebellion
San Francisco reports reveal the captain of the Waimanalo delivering arms and ammunition to royalists in Hawaii. He says he was paid ten thousand dollars to unload at Waikiki, with instructions to transfer cargo to a schooner and two accompanying boats. Three hundred carbines and sacks of ammo were involved. The captain denies knowledge of who supplied or paid for the goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Waimanalo
Honolulu
Washington
Congress
State Department
W. H. Richard
Waikikii
Waikikil
Under The Ice Tragedy At Batavia Ice Hole
In Batavia Ohio 18 year old Howard Silcott skated into an air hole on East Fork creek and sank under ice. A stranger named John Con Bors struck the ice to stun him, then tied a rope and dragged him under again before being freed. Silcott survived but suffers great pain from the blow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Ohio
Howard Silcott
John Con Bors
Silcott
Lelpaic Fire Devastates Town Amid Severe Cold
A massive blaze in Lelpaic Liepsic Ohio destroyed five businesses two opera houses and one home as the town lacking protection relied on Deshler and Ottawa departments. The mayor appealed for help and five blocks burned while temperatures dropped to 12 below zero hindering efforts. Loss exceeds 100000 with little insurance and many families were driven from their homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelpaic
Liepsic
Ohio
Deshler
Ottawa
Father and son Perish in Pittsburgh Fire
Frederick D Miller and his six year old son died in a midnight kitchen fire at their store residence on Second avenue Pittsburgh. Mrs Miller, another child, and a hired man escaped by jumping from second story windows. Finnegan's residence also burned and Fireman Patterson was badly hurt by a fall from a ladder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick D. Miller
Pittsburgh
Miller
Second Avenue
John Finnegan
John Patterson
Cuban revolt rumor stirs Key West Cuban community
In Key West Florida rumors of a near term uprising by Cuban revolutionary groups escalate civic zeal. Gonzales Oneseda arrives from Tampa to boost arms funding, with Tampa cigar makers pledging substantial sums. A San Carlos Hall meeting fuels patriotic fervor amid reports of Elbe wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Dark Hinta
Marti
American Party
Gonzales Oneseda
American Revolutionary Organization
Tampa
San Carlos Hall
Hallope for War Recommends Balloon Material Purchase
Capt. Glassford of the signal corps stationed in Denver recommends purchasing material for a war balloon and directs that construction be carried out at Fort Logan Colorado.
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Hallope
Capt
Glassford
Signal Corps
Denver
Col
Fort Logan
Eldorado Gold Fields Reported by Siberian Papers
Siberian newspapers describe rumored vast gold fields along the Noya river in Yeni province, highlighting rich mineral prospects and distant exploration. The note references the Ala region as a geography marker and notes the tale of wealth spread through distant reaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibertag Eldorado
Ala
Noya
Erin
Yeni
Crime and Casualty Across the Nation
A jury in Minneapolis began evidence in the Hayward murder trial while a burglary at John Hellenburg’s home near Kurtz Indiana led to a violent struggle. a school sled crash near Salem Ohio injured four. 314 people died in the Elbe disaster. a Southern Pacific train robbery occurred near Wilcox Arizona. Ex-State Treasurer Taylor of South Dakota tracked to Central America. a Chicago girl, Cherry Amy Douglas, died after a porch window fall. eight armed men in Jasper County Missouri threaten travelers trading horses. Will Ward jailed for four deaths in Millican Texas. Catherine Morrison of New York commits suicide in a church confessional. Bud Ellis of Aurora Missouri, insane, killed his wife, shot his daughter, then killed himself.
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Hayward
Minneapolis
Todd Post Office
Kurtz
Ind
John Hellenburg
Hellenburg
Salem
Ohio
Elbe
Southern Pacific
Wilcox
A. T
Taylor
South Dakota
Central America
Cherry Amy Douglas
Chicago
Jasper County
Missouri
Will Ward
Millican
Texas
Nunn
Catherine Morrison
New York
Bud Ellis
Aurora
Fire Record: Mother's escape from flames and multiple blazes
A New York mother Mary Walsh rescued her two children from a fourth story window as flames trapped them. The scene included a burning house beam bruising her shoulder. Other fires destroyed a Jackson Miss college, a Ben ton Harbor high school, and the Jennings Avenue Deaconess Home in Cleveland with four fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Walsh
New York
Mrs. Walsh
Benton Harbor
Mich
L Ows
Jennings Avenue
Cleveland
Albert Allmeyer
Minnie Baumer
Jacob Krause
Deaconess Hospital
Chicago
Notable Surnames Mourn Prominent Figures Across 19th Century Era
Judge E. Rockwood Hoar former United States Attorney General under Grant dies at 70 in Concord Magss Henry Whipperman longtime Democratic voter dies at Loganaport Indiana Ward McAllister New York society leader dies at home 16 West 36th Street at 9:30 pm Surrounded by family Grip cited as cause Mrs Joseph Studebaker of Anderson Indiana dies after 117 days without food or sleep Colonel Nathaniell H R Dawson longtime U S Education Commissioner dies in Selma Mississippi Augusta Tabor wife of ex Senator dies in California Miss Marguerite Shepard daughter of Eliott F Shepard dies of pneumonia in New York Captain Isaac Keys federal officer dies in Springfield Ti and five prominent bankers dead there.
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E. Rockwood Hoar
United States
Grant
Concord
Magss
Henry Whipperman
Loganaport
Ind
Ward McAllister
New York
Weat 36Th Street
Marion McAllister
Elizsbeth
N. J
McAllister
Grip
Joseph Studebaker
Anderson
Nathaniell. H. R. Dawson
Selna
Mia
Augusta Tabor
H. A. W. Tabor
California
Marguerite
Eliott F. Shepard
Isaac Keys
Lincoln
Springfeld
Spanish Senate Passes Import Agreement for Cuba Puerto Rico
From Washington informally reports that United States Minister Taylor in Madrid says the Spanish Senate has approved a media vivendi restoring the United States to the most favored nation status for duties on imports into Cuba and Puerto Rico. The bill remains unsettled in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
United States
Taylor
Madrid
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States trade and finance dominate Cuba, Asia and Congress
The article notes Cuba and Porto Rico duty rates restored favoring US trade in flour and lard as rivals push a railway pooling bill toward filibuster. It cites Cleveland confident bonds will sell, a Dockery Commission reform plan for land patents, and Wall Street gold movements. Breckinridge and Heard clash over Hawaiian resolutions leading to arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Senate
Cleveland
Bonds
Maxwell
Olney
Dockery Commission
Private’ Land Claims Division
Miscellaneous Land Claims Division
Railway Division
Swamp Lands
Land Grants Division
Recorder of the Land Office
Wall Street
Treasury
Treasuy
Europe
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Heard
Missouri
House of Representatives
Foreign Dispatches on War and Trade Across Asia
Dispatches report Japanese forces capturing Wei-Hui-Wei with Chinese losses around 2000. Chinese envoys reach Hiroshima for preliminary talks. US grain market idea to ship four million bushels to Italy if duty relief granted for macaroni from American wheat. Concord crew in Chin Kiang incident. Chinese peace talks stall. Italy permits full drawback on imported wheat. Ambassadors to Tokio return with no authority. Major Oddi goes insane in Milan. Mexico-M Guatemala border mobilizations proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheefoo
Wei-Hui- Wei
Hiroshima
United States
Huntington
Castellaminari
Italy
State Department
London
Shanghai
Chin Kiang
Concord
Tokio
Japan
China
Empire of China
Major Oddi
Mexico
Guatemala
Auction sells first edition of The Temple 1638 for 1060 dollars
George Herbert's The Temple first edition of 1638 brings 1060 dollars at New York auction. Dodd, Mead & Co. act for Philip Armour of Chicago. In Jeffersonville Indiana a family of four eats diseased pork. father may die from convulsions. Reverend H M Brown of Kansas City condemns Sunday school as gospel spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Herbert
New York
Dodd, Mead & Co
Philip Armour
Chicago
Jeffersonville
Ind
8. M. Brown
Kansas City
Blue River Baptist Missionary and Sunday School Association
Brown
Denver Chamber backs West in bi metaling stance
The Denver Chamber of Commerce directors praise West for bi metallism and announce a mass meeting next Tuesday to oppose a proposed 500 million dollar bond issue. The item notes broader support across twenty one states west of the Mississippi and parts of the East.
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Denver Chamber of Commerce
West
Mississippi
South
East
Denver
Chicago
Swense
Brooklyn
Dunn
Cornelius
Green Point
J. B. Hawthorne
Atlanta
Anna Shaw
Minnesota
Fresno
Cal
Directum
Union Pacific
New Western Passenger Association
Amerique
Cape Augusta
Financial and Industrial News Summary
The People's Savings Institution of Northeast near Erie Pa. assigned to BE A Davis. deposits about 193000, total liabilities 359000, assets claimed at 500000. National Bank of Commerce in New York favors opening a gold account. Brooklyn strikers seek Federal aid over unlawfully carried mail signs. Assignee of Banker Kingsland faces 30000 in liabilities and 2000 in assets, with Kingsland believed in Chicago. Dun & Co says a new loan may be negotiated amid record gold withdrawals and weak commodity prices. January set lows for cotton, wool, silver, and near lows for wheat. A large Decatur Alabama machine foundry bought by Chicago investors to overhaul and manufacture paper cat-wheels. Brouwer & McGowan suspended with liabilities 400000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Savings Institution of
Northeast
Erie
A. Davis
Sampson Short
Alfred Short
National Bank of Commerce At
New York
Brooklyn
Kingsland
North Branch
Minn
St. Charles
Kingeland
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade
Decatur
Ala
Brouwer & McGowan
New York Stock Exchange
Market summaries across multiple cities with grain and livestock prices
The markets report cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo Milwaukee and New York with values for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and pork. Notable ranges include Chicago cattle 1.75 to 6.00 hogs 3.00 to 4.50. wheat No 2 red 50 to 51 cents. corn No 2 41 to 44 cents. butter creamery 28 to 40 cents. eggs 25 to 30 cents.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Iidc
En. York Cattle Ag
Foreign conflicts and canal debates in era press collage
A dense compendium of 19th century editorial opinions and brief notes from U.S. papers on Central American tensions between Guatemala and Mexico, canal ambitions in Nicaragua and Panama, French ministry changes, Korea independence, and assorted international affairs. Readers see arbitration calls, war talk, finance cautions, and commentary on Chinese and Japanese events, with scattered humorous asides.
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Lelpai
Kanos
Erican
Lowestoft
North Sea
Crime and Casualty
Chicago Post
New York Sun
Chicago Times
Chicago Tribune
Kansas City Star
Dias
Philadelphia Ledger
Diaz
Chicago Herald
Indianapolis News
New York World
Nicaragua
Nicaragua Canal
France
St. Louis Republic
Ribot
Baltimore
M. Ribot
Syracuse
M. Quibot
Philadelphia Inquirer
Dupuy
Baltimore Sun
Koren
Ching
Korea
Gresham
Buffalo Expresa
Li Tung Chang An
Port Arthur
Pebkin
Loulaville Courier-Journal
Pekin
Living Pictures
Astor
St. Paul
Li Hung Chang
Grand Rapids Democrat
Brother Park
Boston Herald
New York City
Indianapolia Sentinal
Philade Inquirer
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