Count of Paris Born in 1838 and Banished
The Count of Paris Louis Albert Phillippe d Orleans grandson of the late King Louis Philippe was born in Paris on August 4 1838 and was ten when the 1848 revolution broke out. He now lives in England as pretenders were banished by the French government. His enemies acknowledge his honesty and admiration for American institutions.
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Louis Albert Phillippe d’ Orleans
Count of
Paris
Duke of Orleans
Louis Phillippe of
France
Count
England
Russia's grain lands split into rich black soil and arable steppes
The piece details two Russian grain zones the black lands a fertile region stretching from Poland to Siberia and the arable steppes like western prairies. It notes vast unused areas, rising wheat exports from 1886 to 1888, and urges government reforms to end tyranny over exiles and boost cultivation for national benefit.
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Russia
Poland
Siberia
Nile
Mississippi
Prairies
Alaska fur monopoly eyed for renewed lease in coming session
The piece argues that early next year Congress may renew the lease of the Alaska Fun Seal company, extending a monopoly over Behring Sea. It asserts Behring Sea is a closed area for all, and urges ending the monopoly’s blanket protections while allowing U.S. citizens access.
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Alaska Fun Seal Company
Ppm
Congress
Behring Sea
Alaska
Alaska Fur Company
Ehring Sea
Washington
Cavil
United States
Desperate Knife Fight Lands Two Farmers Wounded
In Kansas City a feud near Spring Hollow led to a knife fight between J W Hardy and S H Lawson. Lawson stabbed Hardy twelve times after Hardy forced the daughter of J W Hardy to dismount from a horse. Hardy retaliated with five knife wounds, both men gravely injured with uncertain recoveries.
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Kansas City
Spring Hollow
Here
J. W. Hardy
S. H. Lawson
Hardy
Lawson
Locomotive Brotherhood Convened in Denver
The Locomotive Brotherhood of Engineers of the United States convened in Denver with Chief Arthur presiding. He praised growth, warned that a radical faction among members threatens unity and must be suppressed.
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Denver
Col
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of the
United States
Arthur
Order
Frightful Accident at Leadville Smelter
James McHasley a workman at the American smelter fell into a pot of burning slag while wheeling it out. He attempted to save himself and burned from the waist to the knees and on his arms hands and head. He was taken to St. Vincent hospital.
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Leadville
Col
James McHasley
St. Vincent Hospital
Murder Ends In Front Of Maloney's Saloon In St Louis
Frank Loftus former foreman for a local firm was shot and killed outside Maloney's saloon at 211 North Seventh Street by Tan McBride son of prominent lawyer James J. McBride after a drunken dispute. Loftus leaves a wife and five children. McBride was arrested.
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St. Louis
Frank Loftus
Maloney
Salooon
North Seventh Street
Tan McBride
James J. McBride
Young McBride
Loftus
McBride
Ames Rejects Atchison Plan Bondholder Fairness
Gov Oliver Ames expresses opposition to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe reorganization plan saying it favors stockholders while harming bondholders. He notes bonds were bought for income and calls for a fair settlement.
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Boston
Mass
Oliver Ames
Atchison
Topeka
Santa Fe
Woman Kills Her Children Then Self in Santa Ana
Mrs. Effie L. Schull in Lustin is found with a deep throat wound and her two 5 year old children also slain, a dull knife used. She attempted suicide but is expected to recover. Divorce from O. R. Schull three years ago left her with custody as he sought the children.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Effie L. Schull
Lustin
O. R. Schull
America
Geo
Den
Dot Shack
Dot Feller
Carl Dunder
Mr. Dunder
Toledo
Cincinnati
Chicago
Dot
Mr. Donder
Train Crash Wrecks Cars. Thirty Hurt In Station
In Brossers on October 16 a passenger train from Mons failed to brake and slammed into the buffers at the station. The impact wrecked several carriages and injured thirty people.
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Brossers
Mons
Old Score Settled In Avousta Shootings
A fragment reports a second bloody chapter in a long running feud after C. E. McGregor was shot in his yard on December 13, 1887, with violence continuing on War streets in Avousta, Georgia.
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Avousta
C. E. McGregor
Repairs on a fatal shooting in Renton Georgia
In Renton fifty miles away a shooting killed J. W. Cody by C. E. McGregor. Witnesses saw Cody ride in from the country with James English then stop near Pilcher & Co. store. McGregor stood opposite Capt. Thomp son’s store and then quickly drew a revolver and shot Cody four times, killing him.
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Renton
J. W. Cody
C. E. McGregor
Cody
James English
C. W. Pilcher & Co
F. N. Pool
D. W. Rogers
English
McGregor
Capt. T. Thompson
Fire destroys Brooklyn Tabernacle and adjacent properties
The Brooklyn Tabernacle led by Rev. T DeWitt Talmage was completely burned in a Sunday blaze. Firemen saved nearby structures as the building burned to ashes. the loss is estimated at 150000 dollars with occupants awakened and police aiding evacuations.
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New York
Trooklyn Tabernacle
T. DeWitt Talmage
D. D
Ames
Talmage
Hacked in Thirty Places in Louisville Fight
Michael Hade a Louisville and Nashville switch man was hacked in thirty places with a knife in a quarrel. Andy Lassiter was shot dead. Hade is unconscious but expected to recover. Both men were drinking. robbers lured Hade into an alley for a robbery, Lassiter drawn into the fight and died from a pistol wound after staggering into a nearby house.
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Louisville
Michael Hade
Nashville
Andy Lassiter
Hade
Lasseter
Appalling accident on Cincinnati Inclined Plane
The Mount Auburn Inclined Plane near Main Street saw a cable break during the ascent. Nine passengers were aboard as the car plunged toward the bottom, killing two instantly and injuring several more.
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Cincinnati
Mount Auburn
Wich
Main Street
Cronin Case Jury Selection Resumes in Canton
In Canton on October 16 the Cronin case jury selection continued. The defense submitted four final candidates to complete the panel, one man was rejected, and questioning to fill the vacancy proceeded. Rumors of counsel resignations were denied by Judge Wing and refused comment from Forrest.
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Cnicaco
Cronin
Messrs
Forrest
Wing
Mr Forrest
Young couple from Nashville wed at Corumpes hotel
James Clevenger aged 15 and Anna Patterson aged 14, both of Brown county, married at the Western hotel in Corumpes Ind. Rev W W Tevis officiated. The pair had formed an attachment since childhood and had twice tried to elope before gaining parental consent for marriage.
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Corumpes
Ind
James Clevenger
Nashville
Brown County
Anna Patterson
Western
W. W. Tevis
Loth
Explosion at Bentole colliery traps miners in Longton
An explosion at Bentole colliery Longton Staffordshire early today traps seventy miners. Eleven survive while many lie buried. The mine is wrecked and volunteers search for bodies, with fifty corpses recovered in the morning as rescue efforts continue.
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Lonpox
Bentole
Longton
Stafford
Freight door derailment injures fifteen in Delaware crash
A southbound Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore freight train dropped an iron door on the track between Charleston and Northeast Maryland, derailing a passenger train around 4 45 this morning. Fifteen persons were injured in the derailment near Winsineton, Delaware.
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Winsineton
Del
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Baltimore
Chaleston
Maryland
Miss Tessie Fair of San Francisco Wealthiest Teen in America
Miss Tessie Fair a nineteen year old daughter of Mrs. Fair of San Francisco is described as heir to an estimated eight million dollars from her parents. The article notes her wealth from both parents and outlines her talents in music painting and literature along with her interest in embroidery travel and swimming.
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Tessie Fair
San Francisco
Cal
America
Boy mangled in cotton gin shaft disaster at Cannon
A 14 year old boy named Harding ran away from near Rising Star and found work in a Cannon cotton gin. His coat caught in a tumbling shaft and he was spun at 200 revolutions per minute. He was twisted free after the engine stopped and died ten hours later in a horrific state.
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Cannon
Tex
Harding
Rising Star
Destructive Fire Destroys Lumber Yard at Serpent River
Sauit Sig Marie Ontario saw a massive blaze from Cook's lumber yard in Serpent River Saturday afternoon. A northwest wind drove flames to docks and warehouses, engulfing ninety miles from the air. By 6 pm the town of forty buildings burned, with a special fire response from Sault Ste. Marie and CPR aid. Estimated loss reaches $300,000 as a million feet of this year’s lumber burned.
Train wreck at Lewis Station kills brakesman
An east bound Indiana Midland train collided with a stationary freight car at Lewis station five miles east of Ground to Pieces. The crash derailed the train and crushed its cars, with Sherman Main, brakesman, killed in the wreck and ground to a shapeless mass.
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Qreanon
Ind
Indiana Midland Railway
Lewis Station
Sherman Main
Nine to Hang in Indian Territory Murder Case
In Ssitu Oklahoma Territory October 16 Charlies Pallard was sentenced to death for the March 6 murder of Walker Bean at Gibson Station Cheroxee nation. Pallard approached Bean at work on the rehab and shot him after a quarrel. Bean was unarmed making Pallard the ninth man in jail under murder conviction awaiting the death sentence.
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Ssitu
Ark
Charlies Pallard
Walker Bean
Gibson Station
Cheroxee Nation
Ballard
Bean
Tallard
Alianes seize Dotein town amid tax resistance flare
A special from Atlanta reports Alianes forces occupying Dotein to oppose a license tax. Early gunfire killed two men, and two town officers were mortally wounded with about a dozen others seriously hurt.
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Boston
Mass
Atlanta
Dotein
Double Hanging in Placerville After Ranch Murder
William Drager and John Olson were hanged at 7 oclock in Placerville California for their role in the March 1888 murder of Julian Lowell on his ranch. They were convicted with J H Myers who was executed last November. Myers had been on death row over a year.
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Placerville
Cal
William Drager
John Olson
Julian Lowell
J. H. Myers
Myers
Judge rules dressed beef act unconstitutional
Judge Irvin of Marion county criminal court ruled the dressed beef act unconstitutional and ordered the discharge of Philip Klein of the Chicago Dressed Beef company from the case.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Irvin
Marion County Criminal Court
Philip Klein
Chicago Dressed Beef Company
Prohibition Amendment Defeated in Most Towns in State
Full returns from 167 of 168 towns show the prohibition amendment defeated by a 27 246 vote under the local option law. Eighty three towns went wet, a gain of three, while eighty five stayed dry.
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Hanthorp
Conn
Three Drowned in East River Shipwreck
The schooner Laura carrying iron sank after capsizing in the East River near New York. Three crew members perished while others were rescued by nearby boats and officials.
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New York
Laura
East River
Immigrant Dunder Stories and Three Card Monte Lesson
Carl Dunder, an immigrant, recounts early struggles and culture shock in America. A constable witnesses Dunder’s misadventures with a three card monte swindle, highlighting tricks, deception, and Dunder’s stubborn learning curve and farewell reflections.
After the Battle and the Quiet Rest
A poem-like summary of resilience and renewal shows cycles of hardship followed by peace. It pairs events such as after the shower and after the battle with calm outcomes like tranquil sun, emerald leaves, radiant rose, and peaceful graves.
Boxing as a Beautifier at the Metropolitan Opera House
A New York observer notes two women who promenade Broadway after an hour of boxing outdoors to redden their cheeks. They return home with pale complexions and the claim they have the rosiest cheeks in the city.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Broadway
New York
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Graham
the Count of Paris
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Locomotive Brotherhood
Miss Tessie Fair
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Bendall
Woodbridge Street
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