Steamer Rebecca Ever Ingham Burns with Many Lost
A river steamer on the Chattahoochee River caught fire at FitzGerald Landing and burned with fourteen dead or missing. Captain Whitesides and Pilot Lapham, aided by his fourteen year old son, directed an emergency landing as passengers fled in night clothes. Three hundred seven bales of cotton and freight burned. ship valued at 24,000 with no insurance.
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Bourteen
Robaces
Ever Ingham
Chattahooche
Potts
Conoseus
Gay
Rebecca Ever Ingham
George Whiteside
Fitzgerald Landing
Chattahoochee River
Miss Avant
Cuthbert
Miss Simpson
Fort Gaines
J. B. Yates
Bainbridge
W. L. Kennedy
Eufaulia
Julia Adams
Dolph Thomas
Robert Griffin
Randall Singer
Ackland
A. S. Stephens
D. D Williams
Lagrange
George H. Whitesides
George L. Lapham
Central Line
Chattahoochee
Columbus
Apalachicola Bay
Gulf Coast
Frank Laplami
George Lapham
Switchman causes deadly railroad wreck in Belleville
A Jamesville and Nashville passenger train backing from the depot through an open switch fell twenty feet, killing John Comstock and injuring twelve others. The switchman had left to drink at a saloon, and a conductor says the fault lies with him as he feared lynching. Victims were taken to local hotels under Belleville physicians care.
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BelLevitxe
Ill
Jamesville & Nashville
John Comstock
R. Gibbons
P. M. Anderson
J. A. Mohrer
John Barton
Rosa Barton
Annie Hoffman
G. B. Morris
James A. Larkin
After the Flood the Buffalo Gnat
Message from Rew Onveans Louisiana April 4 reports the Mississippi River falling slowly from Vicksburg to the gulf while still high. New Orleans area water retreat shows over a foot drop. Planters hope for timely runoff to plant a full crop. buffalo gnats appear with little damage so far. Thousands of working stock killed in Mississippi and relief work accelerated amid ongoing inundation and dry spell forecasts.
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Onveans
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Gulf
New Orleans
Louisiana
Barbed Wire Trust Formed in Midwest Industry
The Age of Steel reports a Chicago area barbed wire cartel formed to consolidate major manufacturers across the United States. Incorporated in Illinois last December, the company has 2,000,000 in capital divided into preferred and common stock. Aimed to secure steady profits and control raw material costs through a unified purchasing agent.
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Br. Louis
Age of Steel
United States
Illnois
Five Poles Die as Backing Engine Strikes Workers
In Scranton Pennsylvania on April 4 seven Austro Polish laborers seeking work were hit by a backing engine. Five men were killed instantly one lost an arm and the seventh was seriously hurt. Dismembered bodies and scattered limbs were reported along the road as rescue crews responded.
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Scranton
Lust
Natal
Cyclone Toll Rips Through Indiana and Nearby States
A devastating cyclone leaves Oakville Indiana nearly razed with five killed and about twenty five injured and extensive property losses. Other towns in Pennsylvania Ohio North Carolina Alabama report wind storms causing injuries and structural damage with multiple fatalities.
Detective names suspect in Mount Pulaski murders
Illinois news notes Detective Butler in Bloomington reveals the arrest of William Hoaglin tied to the Mount Pulaski killings of McMahon Matheny and Carroll in August 1882. A farmer found bloodstained checked shirt and pants near the scene, aiding the probe and linking Hoaglin to the crime. Eugene Hoaglin remains uncaptured.
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Butler
Bloomington
McMahon
Matheny
Carlock
Mount Pulaski
Logan County
Farmer
William Hoaglin
Lincoln
Eugene
Wide Range of Local Trials and Fatalities Reported
Reports from Loami and surrounding counties describe Beam’s death and a confession by a Beam household servant that John Dodd killed Beam over a dispute with his mother. Other items include deaths of Mrs J W Summers and multiple local incidents involving theft, accidents, and public appointments.
The Nome-Made Dude In A Detroit Barber Shop
A Detroit man in Griswold street prompts a barber’s tale of a quirky customer scene. The barber recalls a lively exchange about reforming a mid-part hairdo amid wary laughter and a wheezy, humorous critique of certain patrons.
Our Candle Lecture
A playful postscript mocks Mr Kumminlate's supposed office fatigue and chalk marked coat. The narrator jokes about pedometer readings and balancing books, lampooning a busy night and a clumsy clamber up a bookcase in mock detective style.
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Mr. Kumminlate
Kumminlate
General Logan Plans a War Memoir Focused on Rebellion Years
The Chicago Herald reports General Logan intends to publish a book detailing his personal involvement in the Civil War era while excluding the political history of the period.
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Logan
Times
Chicago Herald
Obituary: Joseph R. Benjamin Dies in New London
Joseph R. Benjamin died in New London aged sixty nine. He set type on the first New York Herald issue, was with the Suz for twenty years, and later worked as a compositor for the Harpers.
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Joseph R. Benjamin
New London
New York Herald
Suz
Aarpers
Boston Herald
Leprosy in the Northwest Case Findings and History
The State Board of Health presents facts on leprosy outbreaks in the Northwest. Twelve cases were found. two originated in the U S, one immigrant cured, and ten deaths in Minnesota since settlement. Studies by William Osler and Norwegians show eight cases in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota from Norwegian coast. heredity noted in several cases. Climate and cleanliness reduce contagion but disease runs its course once acquired.
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Northwest
Charles Tonvold
Hhe State Board of Ealt
Europe
William Oecle
Christiania
Norway
America
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Norwegian
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Reluctant Warning Over a Liars Claim and Local Watch Co-op
An elderly Black man confronts a man who allegedly called his son a liar. The exchange includes insults and insistence on dignity as the two men clash over language. The Arkansaw Traveller notes the incident and the Philadelphia Press adds a separate item. The latter reports twenty five men in Boyerford forming a cooperative to buy gold watches, paying a dollar weekly and drawing a watch every two weeks, with a local jeweler supplying twenty five watches at fifty dollars each.
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Detroit
Griswold Street
Lizzia
McQuede’s
Mr. Merryweather
Abe Lincoln
Bismack
Merryweather
Boyerford
Carbon County
Mauch Chunk
Philadelmian Press
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Oakville
Ind
Pennsylvania
Ohio
North Carolina
Alabama
Fort Wayne
Johnny Sullivan
J. Raprogla & Co
J. L. Holtzinger
C. A. Fleming
Hoffman
James Sanders
Middletown
Mr. Sanders
Muray
William Lines
W. Frank
Oakvill
Lightylog
Hall
Oliver & Roberts
Ninth Street
William Lacy
James Donahos
Twenty Eighth Street
Robinson
George Jones
Homestead
Robert Irwin
John Randolph
Reynoldsburg
Dublin
Philip Wolf
Arcanum
Jaysville
Mechanicsburg
Mutual
Bowlersville
Atlanta
Dade County
Colonel Tatum
Alabama & Great Southern Railway
Night Express
Ed Brown
Mike Fromley
Huntsville
Alr
Timder
White
Illinois
State’ News
Dwals Futts
State Department of Agriculture
Springfield
Adams
Browne
Ono
Helyldera
Mt. Sterling
Bureau
Princeton
Owas Irginia
Deen Ene Ug
Champign
Champaign
Crawto, Robinson
B. Cumberland
Toledo Sever
Sycamore
Do Witt
A. Clinton
Farmer City
Edgar Cer Aris
Etingham
Gingham
Piper City
Franklin Enton
Ga Matin Iton
Avon
Greene
Bhawneeton
Carrollton
Hamilton
Ardin
McLeansboro
Henry
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Cambridge
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Watseku
Yorkville
Knox
Noxville
la Salle
Mandota
Livingston
Fairbury
Ofon
Bee ‘Marion
Mancoupin
Caribouille
Marshall
Oo Venona Centralia
A. P McDonough
Bushnell
McLean
Montgomery
Hillsboro
BIG Roves
Rochelle
Perry Wenew
Dingknopeilis
Platt
Monticallo
Pike
Pittsfield
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Ra Pactph
Sparta
Seline Pe Orado
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Schuyler
Rosnville
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Tark ‘Ou
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Tazewell
Union Delavan
Vermillion
Arren
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Whiteside
Williamson
Marion, Sterling
Sees
Winnebago
Hookford
Woodford
el Paso
Loami
Sangamon County
Beam
Jesse Dodd
John Dodd
Young Dodd
J. W. Summers
Lillian de Garmo
Normal
McLean County
Peter N. de Garmo
John Eiflander
George Tilton
Filmore
Fayette County
W. F. Linthorse
Ramsey
Tilton
Moulton
James P. Brown
Montgomery County
Military Academy
West Point
South Evanston
Cook County
Wyoming
Stark County
William E. Boggs
Newton
Jasper County
Wiliam H. Scrimscher
Menard County
Peter Carrigan
Open Board of Trade
Chicago
Mark Miles
Fossland
Hugh Donnelly
Woodstock
MicHenry—County
Leprosy
Alys
Arkansaw Traveller
New Yoas
Ebeen
Baltimore
Cnr
Jones
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