Fatal boiler explosion at Pennsylvania saw mill kills five
A boiler blast at a saw mill between Perryville and West Bingham Pa. kills five men and fatally injures three others. Names of the dead include Claude English James Mowers Eugene Merrick Lyman Perry and Charles Grover. Injured include Caleb Donverse Albert de Gravet and Dell Gridley. The mill owned by Peck Haskell Cobb employed ten men awaiting belt repair.
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Perryville
West Bingham
Claude English
James Mowers
Eugene Merrick
Lyman Perry
Charles Grover
Caleb Donverse
Albert de Gravet
Dell Gridley
Peck, Haskel & Cobb
Ulysses
Morrison will verdict splits estate value of $450000
A Richmond Ind jury awarded plaintiffs in the Morrison will case after a trial exceeding ninety hours. The will of James L Morrison valued at $450000 is declared broken and re divided by law. Plaintiffs were James and Bertha Morrison grandchildren of the testator. Trial costs near $100000 with $15000 paid to Gen. Harrison. Verdict hinged on mental unsoundness and undue influence.
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Morrison Will
Richmond
Ind
James L. Morrison
James
Bertha Morrison
Gen. Harrison
Child Scalding Accident Shocks Upper Sandusky
Mrs. David Bowers Jr at Upper Sandusky Ohio told her 2 year old daughter Come to miamma and the child slipped into a pan of scalding water used to clean a churn. The child was badly burned and is thought to die.
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Miamma
David Bowers, Jr
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Schooner H. M. Avery Goes Ashore at South Haven
In a heavy southwest gale the schooner H. M. Avery with Capt. David Smith ran ashore off the South Haven pier. The life-saving crew rescued all aboard with no loss of life. The vessel is stranded on the first sand bar and may be refloated when weather conditions improve. Apachee Renegades: Miners killed near Fort Bayard New Zoe on Mescalero Indian reservation. attributed to Kid and his band. The outbreak is not general.
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South Haven
Mich
H. M. Avery
David Smith
Fort Bayard
New Zoe
Mescalero
Kid
Cuban War Ends Insurgent Chiefs Report They Quit
Havana dispatch says the Cuban war nears end as insurgent chiefs abandon their cause in despair. Capt. Gen. Martinez Campos orders port works at Santiago and railways telegraphs to be rebuilt across multiple towns. News of Cleveland Dupuy de Lome talks and tax reductions boosts public enthusiasm.
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Havana
Martinez Campos
Santiago
Manganillo
Bayamo
Puerto Principe
Santa Cruz
Bitten by mad dogs in South Chicago injures letter carrier and children
L L Brooks a South Chicago postal carrier was bitten twice in the calf by a rabid looking dog near the Polish Church at Eigh ty-seventh Street and Commercial avenue. He was treated at the Pasteur Institute. Two young girls were also bitten nearby as police seek the attacking dog.
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Brooks
Chicago
L. L. Brooks
Uth
Eighty-seventh Street
Commercial Avenue
Brooke
Pasteur Institute
Treatys Ratified and War News Across the Asia Scene
A dispatch to the London Times says China and Japan exchanged midnights ratifications of their peace treaty. Russia asserts defensive aims in Manchuria while France and Germany plan naval buildup in Chinese seas. Washington confirms from Che Foo. Regional business activity improves with a broad revival noted by Comptroller Eckels.
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China
Japan
London Times
Che-Foo
Russia
Manchuria
State Department
Washington
United States
Reed
France
Germany
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Irkutsk
Tomsk
Crop Outlook Improves Amid Bond Market Movements
Fifteen states report slight frost damage, while R G Dun & Co notes foreign bond sales depress exchange rates and fund a revival in business. The survey highlights improved crop prospects, anticipation of summer demand, and ongoing strike-related slowdowns in major industries.
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Frost
Idaho
Ebrazil
R. G. Dun & Co
Manhattan
Brazil Moves to Cleanse Finances With 100 Million Loan
Senor Mendonca, Brazil’s minister in Washington, explains the internal loan of 100,000,000 contoes about 50,000,000 dollars. Part of the funds will redeem paper money and strengthen the gold reserve while reducing paper in circulation. The plan aims to place gold and paper on equal footing, without full bi metallism due to limited silver.
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Republic of Brazil
United States
Senor Mendonca
Washington
Sherman
Brazil
Coroner in Denver Wins Corpse Wager Over Murderer
Dr. Rucker of Pocatello Idaho traveled to Denver to claim the body of Cueblo Perri, who died by his own hand while awaiting execution for murder. Perri bet his corpse against $100 that Rucker could be defeated at cards. Rucker won and the body remains with him. Italian consul Ceuno vows to contest and bury Perri per Rome rites. Other notes recount a storm wreck in Manaillon Ohio and multiple railroad and drowning incidents across the region.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Dr. Rucker
Denver
Ceano
Cueblo Perri
McNamara
Perri
Italy
Rucker
Ceuno
Church of
Payroll Loot Exposed in Chicago Public Works
The Evening Fest reports gross payroll fraud in Chicago’s Department of Public Works. Investigators found dead men and dummies on city employee lists with one to two months’ pay. Salary shavings and rank robbery showed open looting. Commissioner Kent refused approval until the city law department reviews the lists.
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Chicago
Department of Public Works
Kent
City Law Department
Slain by False Friends and Fires Blaze Across Nations
Dalton-Doolin gang leaders Bitter Creek Newcomb and Dynamite Dick Vierce were said to be killed in their sleep by the Dunn family after promises of rewards to the captors. Eleven hurt in Chicago Board of Trade explosions at M Hoppels saloon. Rail line in Ontario County washed out by a cloudburst. Chatterey rancher rescues his child from a religious frenzy mother. Cholera aboard Japanese transports near Talienwan. Two killed when a Duluth boat was struck by lightning. Ceresco Nebraska business district destroyed by fire.
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Eckels
Washington Dispatch
Dalton-Doolin
Dunn
Newcomb
Bitter Creek
Vierce
Dynamite Dick
Oklahoma
Ingalls
Chicago Board of Trade
Jackson and
Sherman Streets
M. Hoppel
Sherman Street
Ontario County
N. Y
Middlesex
Naples
Rushville
Markets Across Cities Report Mixed Prices for Trade Commodities
The report lists regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo Milwaukee and New York. It covers wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes broom corn and pork with varied quotes reflecting shipping grades and regional quality.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
G&c
Milwaukee
Usc
New York
Hugh Western
Peculiar case of consumption cured by pink pills
The Philadelphia woman Mrs. Sallie G. Bowen told how she was diagnosed as in an advanced stage of consumption at Episcopal Hospital in July. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health, gaining weight, and ending her cough, after other therapies failed. The ad notes the pills' price and availability and cites large California raisin vineyard acreage and production data.
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Episcopal Hospital
Philadephia
Sallie G. Bowe
Wm. G. Bowen
Meighan Street
Philadelphia
Tha
Shelmerdine
Clementine Street
No-To-Bac touted in St Louis agricultural editorial
The St Louis Journal of Agriculture argues against tobacco use and promotes No-To-Bac as a cure. It cites a prominent St Louis architect who quit after twenty years of smoking and chewing, and mentions two boxes curing him despite tobacco smells. No-To-Bac is sold everywhere with a guarantee.
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St. Louis Journal of Agriculture
St. Louis
Sterling Remedy Co
New Or
Chicago
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