Twenty Lives Lost In Steamer Disaster Crew Names
A damaged OCR summary recounts the loss of nineteen lives aboard a steamship with crew members named Alexander Gillies George Gibson Willi Clancy J D Vaylor Stew a Velsenn Skinner Gilmore Ghenn Wheelman Robert Wheelmas Rich Blanker Gregory Otis Healy Rochester N Y M Bene and other officers. The vessel was placed into commission after the tragedy, marking one of the era’s most widely reported maritime losses.
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Eit
Alove
Alexander
Gillies
George Gibson
Willi’ Clancy
Siuffalo
D. ‘Vaylor
Skinner
I Wis
Gilmore
Watchman
Ghenn
Wheelman
Robert “Wheelmas
Aw Od
Rich Blanker
Ireman
Gregory
Otis Healy
Rochester
Maino
William Rochester
Cavas
Glycerine Explosion devastates West Virginia town
A nitro glycerine magazine exploded near Piniefork, close to New Martinsville, West Virginia, killing William Conn of Cuba, Virginia, and injuring two teams. A two-horse wagon carried twelve cases of nitro glycerine to shoot some. The blast shattered windows within half a mile, damaged a nearby magazine and killed a man whose foot was blown off. Two men in another wagon eluded clear accounts. The entire scene was described as the worst explosion known in the area.
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West, Virginia
Piniefork
New Martinsville
William Conn
Cuba
N. Va
Agazine
Naturalization Papers Arrest Report From Philadelphia
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a naturalization matter in Philadelphia. Mentions United States circuit and Merrick and Son, with unclear language about employees and speech. Details are garbled but suggest a legal or naturalization context involving authorities.
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Philadelic
Merrick and Son
United
States
Yeach
Weyler to Be Rebuked For Fare Remarks in Havana
Spanish cabinet to demand explanation from Gen. Weyler for statements in his farewell address in Havana. Weyler received autonomist delegates and said his removal did not surprise him and he offered to serve the party aiming to retain Cuba for Spain.
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Awell
Havana
Gen. Weyler
Tchad
Senor Canovee
United States
Spain
American ship with food for India suffers Calcutta abuse
Captain Lavergue of the whaleback City of Everett writes from Calcutta to Duluth alleging harsh official reception for famine relief cargo. He claims Calcutta officials refused duties on stores yet demanded payment for stores and even urged delivery of rapid fire guns to kill Indians.
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India
Alexander McDougell
American ‘Steel Barge Company
Duluth
Minz
la Laverge
City of
Everett
San Francisco
Calcutta
Lavergs
Laverge
Murder of Entire Family by Adopted Son Shocks West Virginia
Widow Mary Green and her two daughters and 18 year old son were killed on Grass Lick farm near Ripley by adopted son John Morgan after he forced entry, struck Mrs Green, then killed the two daughters. The son died in a corn crib, the youngest daughter escaped to raise the alarm. Morgan confessed after being found.
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Mary Green
Grass Lick
Ripley
Jackson County
West Virginia
John Morgan
Morgan
Pupil Killing Teacher in Whitland Missouri
James Allen a Whitland Missouri teacher was beaten to death by pupils after school detention for misconduct. He died Friday morning from a crushed skull after being pelted with stones and clubs while returning home. Several youths were arrested.
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James Allen
Whitland
Hickory County
Allen
Ater
Horrible quadruple tragedy reported from Rawdon Canada
The week in trade notes a attempted assassination of the president of Brazil and a blend of weather and embargo effects. It reports yellow fever, quarantine changes, and revival in staple merchandise demand. Rain and cold favor farmers and interior stores while Louisville, St. Louis and Kansas City see positive trade signals. Northwestern jobbers await seasonal weather to move heavy dry goods and winter clothing. Eastern centers show no general rise, while New England orders favor the west.
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Bradstreet
Bradstreet’s
Colster
Louisville
St. Louis
Kansas City
Attempt on Moraes in Rio with deadly pistol shot
A Brazilian soldier tried to shoot President Moraes at the Marine Arsenal in Rio de Janeiro as he landed from a steamer visit. The president’s nephew Co Moraes was slightly wounded in the quick disarm. Gen Bittancour, secretary of war, was stabbed and died from the wound soon after. The city shook with agitation.
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Rio Janeiro
Batallion
President Moraes
Marine Arsenal
Barbosa
Minerine
Bahia
Co. Moraes
Bittancour
Marse de Barcourt
Quadruple murder reported in Rawdon Canada
A farmer Nully returns from a visit to find his three daughters aged 18 16 and 14 and his 10 year old son murdered at home in Rawdon Canada. Two girls were found with throats cut in the scitchen and the eldest lay between the house and barn. the boy was found in the barn. Neighbors offered no motive beyond an alleged attempt to assault the girls.
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Rawdon
Canada
Can
Nully
St. Julienne
Scitchen
Wealthy Widow Seeks Adoption of Cuban Heiress
Wealthy Chicago widow Mrs Colia Wallace of the Auditorium proposes to adopt Evangelina Cossio y Cisneros, a Cuban refugee, and make her an heiress to a fortune around 600000 dollars. Evangelina shows interest and is told a father’s written consent is needed for legal adoption.
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Chicago
Colia Wallace
Auditorium
Evangelina Cossio Y Cisneros
Fraud Probes to Begin Over New York Election Violations
Citizens Union of Greater New York plans a series of prosecutions against election law violators. They claim to hold evidence of fraud on election day in New York City, suggesting the fraud is widespread enough to affect official returns. Chairman Reynolds vows prison for violators as investigations proceed.
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Citizens’ Union
Citizens’ ‘Union of
Greater New York
It 8
Reynolds
Fragments Describe Friday Afternoon Departure
Readable fragments indicate someone named leaves for Guba on a Friday afternoon, with unclear context. The terse notes resemble a travel or dispatch fragment, mentioning an ice related instruction and a person or place reference. The full event is not clear due to the fragmentary OCR text.
Wedding Unites Nations In Private Hawaiian Ceremony
Namous Holland Painter Maarrica Remarkable Hawaiian Beauty Trolland and Hawaii witnessed a quiet wedding at St. Vin. The crown printer to the Dutch royal family, Joseph Imbert Vos of The Hague, married Eleanor Kolkilan Graham of Tond ulu, daughter of the Trawatian king. Only two friends and the bride’s two children attended. Vos, famed portraitist, has resided in the U S, recently in Fort Cotton to study Indian types. Mrs. Woa is said linked to Hawaiian royalty. her former husband reputedly a wealthy planter. The couple departed for Wonolulu Saturday afternoon.
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Namous Holland
Marrica T
Trolland
Hawaii
St. Vin
Joseph Imbert Vos
the Hague
Eleanor Kolkilan Graham
Tondulu
Vos
Europe
Fort Cotton
Woa
Wonolulu
Brave Cincinnati Girl Defuses Murder Attempt at Clifton Home
Miss Delsine Barrett, a brave Cincinnati girl, tackled Lindsay Neighbert who burst into Mrs. John Toory’s Clifton home and fired twice at the wealthy widow. A servant restrained the killer until he fled into the woods where he died from a self-inflicted wound. Barrett’s quick action saved Mrs Toory, ending the attempted assassination.
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Delsine Barrett
John Toory
Clifton
Oto
Lindsay Neighbert
Henry
Neighbert
Airship Experiment Flies Near Berlin
A German inventor tested the Schwartz aluminum airship with a benzine motor near Berlin. It rose to 1,000 feet and floated twelve minutes under the pilot’s control before a strong wind made it uncontrollable.
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Berlin
Illinois Lloyds Insurance Ruling Opens State Doors
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Lloyds plans may transact insurance in the state and that a state law prohibiting such activity is unconstitutional. John A. Barnes, who sold Lloyds policies, was fined $600 but the court’s decision broadens access for nonresidents. The ruling upholds equal treatment for insurers across states.
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Supreme Court of Ilinois
Illinois
Lloyds Plan
Jonn
A. Barnes
Lloyds
State Insurance Department
Myron H. Beach
Chicago
Supreme Court
Illinois Hias
Liloly
Dynamiter Daly Arrives in New York on Campania
John Daly the alleged Irish dynamiter who was jailed in Portland for life after a Liverpool 1883 arrest arrived in New York Saturday aboard the Campania. He was met by about sixty Irish Americans and will speak on Irish political prisoners and British policy.
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Dynamiter Daly
John Daly
Liverpool
Portland
New York
Campania
Rich Iron Ore Find Near Crystal Falls Michigan
A major iron ore discovery on the Menominee range is reported a few miles east of Crystal Falls Michigan. A drill hole at an 80 degree angle reached ore at 117 feet, and from there to 194 feet the bore encountered clean ore.
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Menominee Range
Crystal Falls
Mich
Market quotations and grain prices across U S cities
A fragmented listing of cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee with grain and butter rates. Prices cover No 2 red wheat corn oats rye and other staples, showing wide ranges and regional shifts.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louia
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Apathy as Feature in Post-Election States and Cities
The article reports on state and city results after a presidential election year, noting voter apathy and party shifts. It highlights New York City mayoral victory by Van Wyck, Iowa and Ohio outcomes, and statewide returns in New York, Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia, Nebraska, Colorado, and South Dakota, with party splits and looming senate contests.
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van Wyck
New York City
Bushnell
Wis Blate Teket Associates
Victonlions
Fenaator
Piicht
Shaw
Maryland
Virginia
Kkentucky
Nebraska
Colornado
J. [Loge
South Dakota
Tunter
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Spitz
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Aingreasge
Latin Union
Brazil
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Cisneros
George §. Shaw
Cloquet
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Senate
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Malket
Ohio
Ioway
McKinley
A. B. Parker
Assembly
Stobert G. van Wyck
Tammany
Seth Low
Benjamin F. Trrey
Henry George
Marcus A. Hanne
United State Senate
Tinmillon County
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Massachusetts
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Iverett
Flower House
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Partien
Kentucky
Sam J. Shincklefons
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