Diverse global notes and local oddities in Chicago era chatter
Columns note German exhibit prowess at the Chicago fair and strong peach prospects in New Jersey. Emin Pasha death rumors prompt wry reaction from Henry M. Stanley. A pickpocket steers a Colombian guard, while talk of English crowd scorn and British premier echoes. A Spokane defendant kills himself in court, and a Maine fly fisherwoman tallies trout records. The prince of Wales sails Britannia to beat Valkyrie in regatta, and St Louis steamship plans loom amid skepticism. Asbury Park fights hot sausage sales. a crippled veteran asserts street commerce rights. Cascading flood and fire woes spark musings on a rain equalizer.
Portraits of Sinners and Polish Statesmen Stir Controversy
A fragmentary bureau of odd observations notes an Austrian painter misrepresenting Polish officials in church commissions. The piece mocks editors, cholera talk, and political figures from England to Nicaragua, hinting at dubious publicity and shifting loyalties in a satirical column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butrica
Miss Minnie Brooks Married Daughter of Arkansas Masons
Little Rock June 17 Miss Minnie Brooks adopted daughter of the Masonic fraternity of Arkansas and a noted Southwest figure married William Anderson of Fayetteville at that city. Judge J H Van Hoose adopted her into his family during childhood and she has long addressed Masonic conclaves with writings that endeared her to the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Minnie
Masonic Fraternity of Arkansas
Southwest
William Anderson
Fayetteville
J. H. van Hoose
The
Mystic Tie
Masons
Stop the Coinage of Silver in Indian Mints
In Lonpox June 13 report of a commission led by Lord Herschel to fix India's silver money derangement recommends stopping private coinage of silver in Indian mints. The commission examined causes and remedies for the monetary issue and proposals include halting private silver coinage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpox
India
Lord Herschel
Blarney Stone Arrives at World’s Fair Exhibit
The Blarney stone once in Blarney Castle Ireland has been installed in the World’s Fair reproduction of the castle in the Irish village. Mayor Carter H. Harrison will formally unveil the historic stone today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cariaco, Th
Blarney Castle
Ireland
Carter H. Harrison
Uruguay forces disarm frontier troops amid border clash
A Rio Grande do Sul revolutionary advance chased government troops under Generals Telles and Lima to the Uruguayan frontier at Artigas. Uruguayan guards disarmed the soldiers, provoking Gen. Telles to protest and accuse Uruguay of aiding the revolutionists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatraraiso
Artigas
Telles
Lima
Rio Grande Do Sul
Tells
Uruguay
Woman fatally wounded in razor attack near Cluntor
Miss Sue Webb died after an assault by George Nixon ten miles east of Cluntor. Nixon, a young farmer and suitor, attacked her with a razor when advances were repelled. Webb fought for her life as rescuers arrived too late. Nixon is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cluntor, Hl
Miss
Sue Webb
George Nixon
Here
Nixon
Miss. Webb
Murder Report Narrowed On Inmate Killing
June 17 report from Davros asylum says George Smith was murdered by an unknown assailant. Officials allege another patient. Coroner to investigate. Two rational inmates claim attendants killed Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Dayton
Davros
Smith
Explosive Magazine Blast Leaves Twenty Dead Near Athens
A government powder magazine near Athens exploded, killing twenty people including officers and soldiers. Affected area suffered extensive property damage. Crown princess rushed to the scene to aid victims. Loss estimated at 3,000,000 francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Cholera Outbreaks Reported in French Regions and Saratoff
Paris reports cholera in the department of Herault with three new cases and one death in Cette on Monday. A dispatch from St. Petersburg notes rapid spread in Saratoff province, with local doctors overwhelmed by the surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Herault
Cette
St. Petersburg
Saratoff
Embezzling Treasurer Flees to Mexico After Deficit Loss
Jeffensonville Indiana reports Allen Jenkins county treasurer who admitted a $20,681 deficit and fled Wednesday night rather than repay. He said he could not raise the money and absconded to Mexico after being notified to make good the deficit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffensonville
Ind
Allen Jenkins
Mexico
Dolphin Repair Under Way After Collision at Navy Yard
The United States warship Dolphin lies in dock at the New York navy yard as repairs are made to the bow after a collision. The vessel will be restored to thorough order following the damage assessment and reconstruction work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolphin
United States
New York Navy Yard
China to retaliate against Geary act kerosene ban
Advices from Hong Kong and Yokohama report the Chinese government will retaliate against the Geary act by prohibiting kerosene imports to the United States. Papers predict additional prohibitions may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Hong Kong
Yokohama
United States
Drowned Children From Bayard and Orman Named
Miss Gay Rye aged eight from Bayard and Wille Hammer aged five from Orman were drowned in Lake Madison Saturday night. Both were to graduate at the normal school today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapinox
Gay Rye
Bayard
Wille Hammer
Orman
Lake Madison
Forger Wilson Taggert Linked to Local Tragedy
In Bellaine O June 17 Mrs John Tagrt collapsed and died after the disgrace of her son. The article notes Wilson Taggert, recently arrested in Oveana Virginia for a $20,000 forgerY, as a related figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaine
John Tagrt
Wilson Taggert
Oveana
Destructive Storm Strikes Puachmella Mexico
A severe storm hit Puachmella in Presa Mexico on June 13 injuring about thirty people with no fatalities reported. The storm damaged structures and destroyed all the crepe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presa
Mexico
Puachmella
A Bold Highwayman
Jackson Cal June 16 An attempt to rob the mail stage from lone to Jackson yesterday even ing was reported with details of the incident and the suspected raider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Cal
Lone
Highway Robbery杀 Messenger Murdered on Stage Route
A lone highwayman ambushed a four passenger stage near five o clock. Tony was killed instantly and Clifton Radcliffe was wounded in the back. The coach sped off with six horses until the driver halted and returned to Jackson with the murdered messenger. The robber escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Radcliffe
Wells Fargo
Michael Tovgy
Tony
Radecliffe
Jackson
Texarkana Bigamy Convict Sentenced To Three Years
W L Grigsby aged 26 was found guilty in the circuit court of bigamy and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. He had married a Bright Star neighborhood woman two years prior, vanished, then wed a former sweetheart twenty miles away. He lived with the second wife a week, returned to the first, and attempted suicide when pursued, rescued by medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
W. L. Grigsby
Grigsby
Bright Star
Western Missouri storm kills and injures several
Reports from western Missouri towns say severe electrical storms yesterday killed four people and injured four others. Lightning struck Rich Hill killing a miner and injuring two others. six Wright brothers in Addian took shelter as lightning killed two and burned the others. In Marshall a Wright son was instantly killed. Macon Bevier also suffered damage and barns and outbuildings were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Rich Hill
Addian
Wright
Marshall
Macon
Bevier
Robbery and crime reports from distant towns surface
June dispatches recount a monastery theft in Russia with monks charged for sacrilege and possible Siberian banishment. California outlaw Evans survives grave injuries after capture. Okl h ezen Baer killed by a hired worker. Louisiana duel ends in death. Leehe wounded. Washington state mother poisons children and herself. Nebraska train robbery reported in Omaha police alerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Perenssere
Chuder
Kremlin
Russia
Siberia
Three Soldiers Die In Barge Collision
A barge collided with a boat carrying soldiers near Cuatham Ontario on June 15. Three soldiers were crushed and drowned, with several others severely maimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuatham
Ont
Boat capsizing in Bayou Bartholomew claims Strothers and others
Pine Biery Arkansas on June 12 report says Robert Strothers Robert Washington and W P Packers drowned when a boat capsized in Bayou Bartholomew. In Chicago June 16 W A Nicholson of Dallas was found drugged in an alley after being dragged and robbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Biery
Ark
Robert Strothers
Robert’ Washington
W. VP
Bayou Bartholomew
Cmicaco
W. A. J. Nicholson
Dallas
Life sentence links murder convict and supposed victim in Texas
The piece reports on the December 1892 murder conviction of Peter Meigs in Grimes county for the killing of Mike Ferry. Ferry was later convicted of a felony and both men are serving life and other sentences in Huntsville. The article notes Meigs may have limited remedy against the state and questions state liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Texas
Peter Meigs
Mike Ferry
Grimes County
Weigs
Huntsville
Meigs
Ferry
Terrible Collision Near Paris Texas Claims Lives
A wreck on the St. Louis and San Francisco line sixty miles north of Paris Texas at a sharp curve on the Kiamitia river killed two railway workers and fatally wounded several others. Oscar Frame and Luke Stinson died. John O Melia William Clark F J Hopkins Pat Hurd and Conductor Washburn were badly hurt. Two hundred fifty head of cattle perished or were crippled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Here
Talihina
I. T
Lapita
Kiamitia
J. M. Gates
Oscar Frame
Luke Stinson
John O' Melia
William Clark
F. J. Hopkins
Pat Hurd
Washburn
Bakersfield
Cal
James M. Reed
Miv
Reed
Kokomo
Ind
Grand Fty
Greentown
Ira J. Chase
J. F. Paris
L. 8. Wilson
Monticello
Calcutta
Koti
Borneo
Cripple Creek
Colo
Football clash ends with injury at Corsicana arrest
Corsicana June 17 William White night operator for the Cotton Belt railway and local ball club member won permission to travel to Sherman with the team. B Ford agent for the railway objected. An argument led to blows and Ford cut White in the breast. Six stitches were required. Both men arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsicana
Tex
William White
Cotton Belt Railway
Sherman
B. Ford
Ford
White
Restaurant owner injured in Beaumont brick assault
Beaumont Texas June 15 Yesterday afternoon Louis Goldstein proprietor of a Bowie street restaurant was struck in the head with a brick by Banks McDonald a negro. The skull fracture was treated by physicians who removed bone fragments and say Goldstein is in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Louis Goldstein
Bowie Street
Banks McDonald
Goldstein
Multiple incidents reported from Texas towns
June reports describe a dangerous stabbing and shooting at Batt’s plantation near Wertsoun involving overseer Lary and blacksmith Sandy Carter. Other items cover a severe thumb injury to brakeman Frank Shepard on the Texas and Pacific, a birth of four stillborns near Gorvox, a burglary at L. McClosky’s store in Kingsville, a warrant for Tom Smith of Eureka, and a shooting in Bowling injuring Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wertsoun
Tex
Batt
Cisco
Frank Shepard
Texas and Pacific
Barber shoots at intruder in Avine home. no explainable pose
W S Lewis the barber fired three shots at a man in his Avine Texas residence about 10 o clock last night. The incident is described as a position not explainable. In Prearsant Nevada a rattlesnake bitten 13 month old Victor Maddux at play led to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avine
Tex
W. S. Lewis
Wivndering Peddier Hooster Tex June 13
Yester day morning about 10 o'clock ped-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooster, Tex
Dress Theft Arrest After Purchase at Travis Street Store
I Goldstein visited Mrs Anna Schuske on Travis street and traded for two dresses. One dress was stolen after payment. Goldstein fled but was arrested minutes later. Police found 55 cents on him. he later deposited money in Houston National Bank. He is jailed on theft charges for 27 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dler
I. Goldstein
Anna Schuske
Travis Street
Houston National Bank
Key
Stevens
Goldstein
Woman Shot in Davis Texas After Dormant Threats
Dora Ford, a colored woman, was shot through her window in Davis Texas at 1 am. The bullet hit her lip and left hand while she slept. a child slept nearby unharmed. She accused a colored man from a local hotel of threatening to kill her, and police hunt him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Tex
Dora Ford
Houston
Wood Streets
Amos Johnson
Huntsville
Phelps
Johnson
Dallas
Ed. Finlay
Paris
Santa Fe
Cleburne
Constable Wounded in Moody Bruceville Chase
Sheriff Burke received word Constable George W. Tilley was mortally wounded after attempting an arrest at Moody. Bloodhounds were sent from the county farm to pursue the killer in Bruceville, but the search yielded no result by late night. Details remain scarce as the investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
W. L. Burke
Moody
George W. Tilley
Bruceville
Williams jailed after fatal Meeks shooting in Georgetown
Milton Williams, who killed L. D. Meeks in May, was jailed in Georgetown after being found asleep at his Lee county home and moved to Giddings. He claims self defense and has five dependents. Jail Delivery reports seven prisoners escaped from Tyton jail, with rewards offered for recapture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Tex
Milton Williams
L. D. Meeks
Lee County
Giddings
Brookshire
Williams
Meeks
John Samples
Kerens
Corsicana
Wealthy Terrie woman takes own life amid ill health
Terrie Texas June 15 Mrs John Talley living near here committed death by her own action yesterday morning. She broke open a trunk with an ax to get a pistol and fired two shots into the floor before shooting herself. She left a note to her husband blaming ill health that affected her mind and deafness. The family is among the county's wealthiest and most respected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxxersacre
W. Va
Kate Kerch
Mollie
Terrie
Tex
John Talley
Here
Mexican man sentenced for killing Anita Rodriguez
In San Antonio on June 15 Ro molo Espita, a Mexican, received ninety nine years in the penitentiary for the August murder of Anita Rodriguez. Jealousy prompted the crime, which the judge described as fiendish cruelty witnessed by the victim’s seven year old daughter who slept in the room. The trial lasted three days and drew much public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Romolo Espita
Anita Rodriguez
Young Farmer Arrested in Silk Handkerchief Theft
Gainesville Tex June 14. R T Hill a young farmer from a wealthy family was arrested yesterday evening for theft. Hill and another man entered a store asked to view silk handkerchiefs. While the clerk attended Hill allegedly grabbed a $1.25 handkerchief and fled. Marshal Frasher arrested him and he is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
R. T. Hill
Hill
Marshal Frasher
Trackwalker Dan Kelly Falls to Creek Bottom Fatality Near Del Rio
Dan Kelly, a trackwalker for the Southern Pacific, was attacked by vertigo while crossing a bridge near Del Rio Texas. He fell about 100 feet into a dry creek bed and died in San Antonio Monday night after the accident Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Dan Kelly
Southern Pacific Railway
del Rio
Killing in Greenville: Telegram Reports Temple Stabbing
Sheriff ONeal received a telegram from Campbell reporting a killing in Greenville where two black youths argued and one stabbed the other in the temple, causing instant death. The suspect was captured and brought to town last night. names not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Tex
Sherif O'Neal
Campbell
Collision near Whitney injures several workers
A collision about one mile east of Whitney on the Texas Central railroad hurt a man with a broken collarbone, another with a badly mashed hand, and three or four others slightly injured. In Waco, Dock Thompson, a colored man, was shot in the back while in a servant’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney
Tex
Texas Central Railroad
Waco
Dock Thompson
Ashburne
Rural man injured by pitchfork accident near Danado
Fayette Jones living about two miles southwest of Danado fell from a load of oats and a pitchfork prong pierced his thigh. The wound is not considered dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson, Tex
Fayette Jones
Danado
Breviary of Texan Oddities and Local Incidents
Readable roundup from across Texas includes a Kerens man killed by cart wheel, a Beau mont laborer who died by morphine and laudanum, duck raising profits in Brazoria, hail and water spouts near Rio Grande City, drownings near Trinity river, and a Galveston wager trek from Galveston to Chicago. Also reporting Dallas saloon curbs, new post offices, prolific apple shipments to Denison, and stock buyers in Kinney county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Rodney
Dallas
Galveston
Chicago
Rio Grande City
Starr County
Wharton
Texas
Thrash
Nacogdoches
Corbet
Navarro County
Faught
Lamar County
Nilar
Floyd County
Denison
Furniture Men’s Convention Crowds St Louis Building
The Furniture Manufacturers Convention in St Louis reports strong turnout and lively sessions with harmony and promptness. Separately the Travelers Protective Association heads to Peoria and Chicago for World’s Fair events while Union Depot progress advances and a Belt Line project unfolds. Cycling meets grow with a De Soto ride featuring four Chicago gold medalists, a rainy day aside, and a successful return by special train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Furniture Manufacturers
Travelers’ Protective Association
Peoria
Chicago
Union Depot
America
Burlington Road
Round Top Market
de Soto
Landseer Draws Two Images Simultaneously
At a party Sir Edwin Landseer claimed he could draw two things at once. He held a pencil in each hand and produced a stag with antlers and a horse head at the same moment. Both drawings were executed simultaneously and with equal skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Landseer
Relic Rhinoceros Tale and Ties to Dakota Lake History
A three toed rhinoceros in the American Museum of Natural History is claimed by paleontologists to be hundreds of thousands of years old and the sole survivor of its herd after crocodile predation in a lake near present day Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota. The item is presented amid varied notes on royal marriage, German paper stockings, Niagara Falls power contracts, saloon statistics, and a closing quip on LK wares buyers.
All Over the World News Roundup
A collage of brief items reports McFarlane of Philadelphia surrendering, pleading guilty, and getting four years in Pennsylvania penitentiary for million-dollar bank and insurance fraud. Also covered are Kentucky primary violence, bank fraud indictments, accidents in Bakersfield and Kokomo, a World’s Fair transport token, and various local incidents cross country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. McFarlane
Philadelphia
Brazil
Pennsylvania
Bank of America
American Life Insurance Company
Bell County
Pineville
John Jones
Levi Haskins
Jim Green
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Graham
Germany
Jersey
Africa
Emin Pasha
Henry M. Stanley
Cnantes Russeut
Charles
Spokane
Cornella T. Crosny
Maine
Chicago Press Congress
New London
Conn
Bermuda
Washington
Prince of Wales
Britannia
Earl of Dunraven
West Indies
Tur
Asbury Park
N. 1
Pillen
Hamburg
Aty
Sin Cranes Russell
Fngland
Leshea
Nicaragua
Wulalic
Miss Minnie Brooks
France
New York
Irving Savings Institution
Clarence Heaton
Brooklyn
William S. Buxon
D. D.tompkins
Pirrssere
Huddleston
Hen- Avon
Kittie
W. C. Boyle
Mia
Boyle
Pran, Capute
Visalia
Evans
Stalberl
Girant
Amos Baer
Baer
Louisiana
Sr. Gasmen
Ed Leche
Pontchartrain
Trusy
Omana, Neb
Missouri Pacific
Fourth and
Leavenworth
Bowling
Leon County
Rolfe and Piste
Gorvox
Gatesville
Consteana
Tom Smith
Eureka
Jewrtt
John Allison
Phillips
Wivndering Peddier
Tyton
Lady
Daily Press
Empire State of Texas
William Witty
Cleaver
Brazoria County
Orphans Home
Dallas County
McAdams
Otto Praeger
George Walter
Ed Headhead
Eidelman
Trinity River
Fort Worth
Longview
Jim Vines
B. F. Garrison
Decatur
Jim Stevens
Criminal Court of Appeals
Austin
Lakes Jackson
Bend
Velasco
Louis Lopez
Jim Morgan
Lopez
Guadaloupe
Gonzales
Kinney County
Furnituremen's Convention
Manufac
Turers
Duke of York
May
Niagara
Radical Electric Railway Comy
Hamilton
Ontario
Niagara Falls
Census Bureau
Pittsburg
Federal Bureau of Statistics
Gresham
Samuel Engle
Peter Wolf
John Maha
Burnside
Shamokin
Penn
Wolf
Thomas E. McCracken
Nebraska
Post Office
Louisville
Sam Carter
Sere Pone
Chariton County
Gov
Pattison
South Missouri
Richard
New Orleans
I. G. Tupper
Cincinnati
Jack the Hugger
Morgan Park
Annapolis
Weena
Richmond
James ‘Ambleman
Hebron
An ~ Sohn
Waunakee
Wis
Lamont
Ill
Creston
Iowa
D. D. Smith
Burlington and Queney
New York Cotton Exchange
Sky
Winfield Weaver
Emma Sprague
Pottstown
Joseph Hernetein
Henri Selmon
Vicksburg
Migs
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