Freight charges and multiple disasters flood a Columbus daily page
The report covers state board rulings on freight terminal charges at stock yards and a Santa Fe interstate case, plus fatal and serious accidents in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Notable items include a crossing collision near Valparaiso, cholera updates from Japan, a brutal Memphis lynching, and a shipboard fire near Chili.
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Chicago
State Board of Warehouse
Rai Commissioners
Union Stock Yards
United States
Santa Fe
La Paz Razed by Wind and Water Attack
Private dispatches from San Francisco report La Paz, capital of Lower California, destroyed by a hurricane followed by a tidal wave. The bay water rose to unprecedented height, flooding the city front and sweeping wreckage into the harbor. Loss of life said heavy, but details scarce.
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la Paz
California
San Francisco
Mexico
Lower
Mexican Pilgrims Fire Public Demonstration Sparks Arrests
In Mexico City 2000 Puebla pilgrims violated a reform ban by marching into Guadaloupe with banners and bronze crucifixes. Prefect Velasquez halted the procession, forcing removal of religious badges and banners while Father Yermo, who led the march, was arrested, fined fifty dollars, and warned.
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Mexico
Puebla
Guadaloupe
Pricats
Velasquez
Father Yermo
Trolley Car Runs Away in Cincinnati Narrow Escape
An electric Cincinnati trolley with sixty riders neared a freight train when crossing gates failed to stop the car. The gates shattered as the car halted just before the engine, leaving several women faint and the car platform demolished. Embezzler Van Bekkelen surrenders in Mexico City after avoiding extradition. Captain Armes is discharged by Judge Bradley for unlawful arrest by General Schofield. British steamer Napier rescues ten of Thvonia crew after collision. fourteen perish. Drought grips Allegheny region with low rainfall across several states. Government reports show October corn condition at 95.6 percent, up from September in many Southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desath
Cincinnati
C. van Bekkelen
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company
Chicago
Central Express
City of
Mexico
Pinkerton
van Bekkelen
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Bradley
District Supreme Court
Washington
George A. Armes
Schofield
Army
Captain Armes
Armes
Department of Agriculture
Hype Joe Nesbitt Dies Poor in Chicago Lodging
Joseph Nesbitt once a Montana mining king known as Hype Joe died Sunday afternoon in a Chicago lodging house at 208 South Clark Street. Once wealthy at about $1,000,000, his fortune dwindled to $165,000 before death. He was famous for cocaine and morphine addiction and gambling exploits linked to a World’s Fair era gambling venture.
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Chicago
Nesbitt
Price trends in Cotter goods and trade outlook
R G Dun weekly review notes that cotter goods rise amid a cotton crop shortfall while prices for wool hides and leather dip. Despite record business volumes, uncertainty grows over near term industrial prospects as wage advances are few and few strikes for higher pay.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Butler Seniors and Underclassmen Clash at Butler University
Tensions rise as a seniors faction and underclassmen clash in Butler Indiana university. A pitched battle leaves several injured with faculty intervention restoring order after thirty minutes. Seniors wear rope-badge trophies from the clash while underclassmen vow to strip them of the marks and anticipate another confrontation.
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Butler
Ind
Trolley Car Disaster Kills Three in Pittsburg
A Sunday night crash on the Carnegie branch of the West End traction road in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, saw a brake failure on a trolley car. The car sped down a steep grade, plunged around a curve, and landed upside down in McCarthy’s run. Three passengers were killed, twelve to fourteen injured, and the conductor urged others to lie down as the car crushed roofward.
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Carnegie
West End
Pittsburg
McCarthy
Agents of the Flournay Company Refuse to Leave the Reservation
J F Myers of the Journay Company with Garrett and George Myers faced an encirclement by twenty Sioux Indian police at the Pender Nebraska reservation. Myers refused arrest and warned against molesting white settlers under Flournoy leases, backed by Garrett and George Myers who held pistols. The Indians withdrew, heeding Myers.
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Flournay Company
J. F. Myers
F Journay Company
Garrett
George Myers
Pender
Neb
Myers
Myera
Colt’s Navy
Myere
Steamer Africa Lost With Eleven On Board in Lake Huron
The Africa of Owen Sound sank in a heavy northwest gale off Cove Island while coalbound with the Severn. All eleven aboard are feared dead or lost, including captain H. P. Larsen and engineer Hay. The Severn, torched by the storm, reached shore five miles north of Loyal Island. crew saved after twenty hours in the rigging.
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Lake Huron
Africa
Owen Sound
H. P. Larsen
Toronto
Willian Anderson
Hay
Edward Forrest
William Mann
John King
Oakville
Mise Lee
Cook
Severn
Cove Island
Loyal Island
Various 19th century society notices and crime snippets
The item catalogs multiple brief vignettes: Congregational Home Missionary Society’s cash shortfall and unpaid salaries. a youth named Chillia Server arrested riding freight car with weapons and heading to Tennessee. Rev W H Evens inherits Irish estate with $40,000 to $45,000 yearly. detective Geyer links H H Holmes to a key found at a murder house. Edwin P Evans shoots his ex wife and himself after a Minnesota divorce. Daniel Fralick once Lincoln appointed postmaster dies in Ohio. Buffalo embezzlers pad payrolls with dummy names from the street bureau.
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Chillia Server
Covert
Mich
Benton Harbor
Tennessee
Lincoln
Daniel Fralick
Brokenaword
Ohio
Fralick
Abraham Lincoln
Midwest and East Market Prices for Cattle and Grains
A historical listing of regional prices for cattle hogs sheep and various grains and produce across multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo Milwaukee and New York. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes broom corn and pork products with wide ranges by grade and city.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
His Wife in Flames Sees Tragic Farmhouse Fire
John Parr of Sheredan area awoke to find his wife burning in a house fire caused possibly by cooking stove gas ignition. She died in the blaze amid a peaceful, unconstrained posture, while Parr believed she became insensible before the flames spread. The incident is part of a broad collection of local disasters and notices across the state, including ship, rail, and agricultural losses, property burns, and multiple deaths.
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John Parr
Sheredan
Glancin
Heaton
Bloomington
Elkhart County
Bristol Bridge
Eliza Smith
Alexandria
Frank Bennett
Helmer
Randolph County
Chase Memorial Fund
Atkinson
Wabash
Chase
Johnson Orr
Billingsville
Paris Convent Garden Awakens to a Mother’s Return
In a tranquil Parisian convent garden, Rube and Luce linger with sisters and a piano. News arrives that Rube’s mother, long absent, has sent word to fetch her daughter. The Superior explains Rube will soon be called to her native land, revealing a complex past and family ties as the cordial scene pivots toward an inevitable farewell.
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Jane
Paris
Peermet Chateau
Sisters of St. Cecile
Rube
Luce
Aube
Paul
Mr. Duorlam
Elisabeth
Marie
Luce Lowther
Lucie
West Indies
Madame Dulan
Doctor Durham
Tace
Dylan
Elise
Mamma
St. Agnes
Elsie
Auba
Emperor's Tokyo Palaces Show Modern Comfort and Ancient Style
The imperial family owns thirty palaces but the emperor occupies only three or four, with new Tokyo residences completed in 1888. The complex blends ancient Japanese architecture and modern comforts, including French furnishings in some rooms. The throne room, dining hall, and ballroom feature European touches, while private apartments mix unpainted wood, paper windows, and imported French furniture. Guards are diligent, and meals alternate between foreign service and native chopsticks and sake.
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Nikko
Tokyo
China
Palace
Chicago
France
Empresas
Rolled Down Hill Ends In Striking Train Tale
Ira P. Smith of Phosalx Arizona recounts a bizarre incident on the North and South road near Jerome Junction. A young man boarding the train to Ash Fork resembled Rip Van Winkle in appearance, with a pinched face and tattered clothes, his eyes wide and wary.
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Ira P. Smith
Phosalx
Ariz
Ash Fork
Jerome Junction
Monument to Jenny Lind Marked in Malvern Hills Grave
In English countryside at Malvern Hills a cross shaped monument marks the grave of Jenny Lind Goldschmidt the Swedish nightingale praised for generosity and saintly acts. Her devoted husband reportedly visited daily and donated flowers and money during her final days. P T Barnum once viewed a bust and portraits in the family hut. Her fame as a singer is noted alongside her benevolence and impact on indigent clergy.
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Malvern Hills
England
Jenny Lind Goldschmidt
P. T. Barnum
Geschmidt
Dauter
Mr. Barnum
Jenny Lind
Wild Horses and Their Global Spread as Pests
The article notes wild horses in many countries originate from imported European stock and have become pests in Australia and the Americas. It cites 7000 shot in New South Wales in 1865, discusses their spread and intelligence, and argues horses should remain domesticated to serve humans rather than roam freely.
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North
South America
Europe
Atralia
Colon
New South Wales
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DLES
the Globe
Bhores
Domentio Hapinge
Simon Histich
Philadelphia
Canal Dover
Yeph McGee
Emma
Lucy Iner
Valparaiso
Cheson
Lucy
McGee
Crocker
Geon General
Marine Hospital
Fira
Japan
Elyria
Tyre
Memphis
Tenn
Jett Ellis
Fayette County
Mississippi
Braden
New York & Pennlvania
Eldred
Jesse Baxter
Buffalo
Oakway
Brakemun Iaymire
Chilli
Parthia
Yptain Carter
Bath
Werpool
Chili
da Port
Hackett Leahy
Rainey
Lilly
Leahy
Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Tober
Fair Virginia
Clara Morris
Napier
North Shields
Cronstadt
Rotterdam
Auland
Thvonia
Leith
Allegheny Mountains
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Dunn’s Review of Trade
Indiana College
Sarah Coolidge
Boston
Maya
Nervante
Trim
Beth
Hugh W. Crowe
May Rambo
Wilbur
Bila A. Crowe
Dewitt
Deadwood
8. D
W. Allerton
Congregational Organization
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Home
W. H. Evens
Warwick
N. Y
Christ Church
Ireland
Carbury
Holmes
Geyer
Irvington
Howard Pietzel
H. H. Holmes
Minn
Edwin P. Evans
Mancie
Colfax
Holland
Bremen
Peter Renner
Columbus
Albert Robinson
North Manchester
Hancock County
William Whitney
Washington D. H
Daviess County
Isaac Doddridge
Milton
Samuel Cromwell
Brazil
Cromwell
Catherine Peters
Cass County
A. B. Peters
Logansport
Peters
David Shumaker
Union City
Scott Mann
Marshall Menafee
Menefee
Gaswell No. 2
Albany
North Salem
Anudrownae
Ellee
Martha
Dijon
Kennedy
Williams
Arizona
Jerome
Earth
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