Epitome of the Week Domestic News Highlights
A rapid roundup of disasters and legal cases on the 20th to 24th shows a hotel fire in Baldwinsville killing guests escaping unharmed, a poisoning suicide pact in Michigan, fatal roof collapse in Kansas, and a livery blaze in Iowa. Also noted are Cronin trial testimony shifts, bank suspensions, labor disputes, and multiple drownings, fires, and accidents across states.
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Finx
Baldwinsville
N. Y
Seneca
Waite
Nathaniel Straney
Pulaski
Mich
J. H. Koorts
Julius~ Klary
Paola Kan
Wikritas Lewis
Council Bluffs
Louisville
Michael J.lizrney
Standard AY Company
Cronin
Chicago
O'Sullivan
Iceman
Thomas Whalen
Kate McCormick
Mat Danahy
William Coughlin
Martin Burke
New Berne
N. C
Long & Co
Pittsburgh
W.S. Rosecrans
Register of the Treasury
Washington
Mateh
Board of
M. E. Church
St. Louis
Bowman
Jenny BR. Witltrass
Marblehead
Mass
Tye
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Louis Budenbender
Hoboken
N.J
Dr. Cronin
W. L. Wilkins
Albia
James W. Tanner
W. W. Dudley
Commissioners of Pensions
Pensions and Claims
Empire City
Ore
Fearless
Eowanp Cunningham
Milton
Parry-nrse
New Orleans
Davin E. Day
Buffalo
General Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons
Atlanta
New Bedford
Christian Kimmick
Scottsburg
Ind
Albuquerque
N. M
Pedro Lopez
Frank Chase
Lawrence Bank
Suerman Aourey
Elizabethtown
Ira ‘Aubrey
York County
John Maloone
Lincoln
Neb
Glasgow Iron Company
Pottstown
J. Warren Merrill
Cambridge
Baptist
United ’States
United States
Double Murder Reported in Pine City Minnesota
William Brooker allegedly killed William P. Coombs and his wife in Pine City Minnesota on the 24th in a cold blood shooting. The event prompted police investigation and local officials to urge residents to cooperate with authorities.
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William Brooker
Pine City
Minn
William P. Coombs
Pierce Elected U S Senator by North Dakota Legislature
North Dakota lawmakers chose ex Governor Gilbert A. Pierce as United States Senator in a unanimous vote. Abraham Greenthal better known as General Greenthal, a noted robber, died in New York on the 20th. Missouri election law may bar Prohibition and Union Labor nominees. Kansas Lee, a 105 year old black woman, died in St Joseph Missouri on the 22nd. Charles H. Turner, a Tammanyite, nominated for Congress in New York's Sixth District. Alexander C. Lanton of New York wed Stella Seening in Indianapolis after 40 years.
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North Dakota
Bismarck
Gilbert A. Pierce
United States
Abraham Greenthal
Greenthal
New York
Missouri
Prohibition
Kansas
Lee
St Joseph
Charles H. Turner
Alexander C. Lanton
Stella Seening
Indianapolis
Ind
Prescott tragedy and global unrest sweep through 1900s reports
Across the period, a couple in Prescott Ontario were found dead under suspected homicide suicide, while Berlin and Zanzibar reports denied a Dr Peters massacre. Ottawa fears Mormon immigration, a Monongahela valley syndicate forms, and Brazil adopts a republican flag with 27 stars Order and Progress. Cuban unrest grows as Costa Rica revolts spread.
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Prescott
Ont
Fred Brunning
Berlin
Zanzibar
Dr. Peters
Ottawa
Canadian Northwest
Pittsburgh
Monongahela Valley
London
Henry M. Stanley
Schinze
Hoffman
Mpwapwa
Italy
Quebec
Rio de Jeneiro
United States
Brazil
22D
Costa Rica
Esquivel
Carlos Duran
Switzerland
Northwest
Canada
2Nt
Cuba
Cronin Case Prosecution Closes as Rebuttal Begins in Chicago
Cronin serious case defendants Kunze and O Sullivan see their alibis bolstered by two to three witnesses as the defense rests and the State moves to rebut. Flood victims found in Johnstown Pennsylvania. Beaufort County South Carolina cyclone destroys homes. Edwardsville Illinois fire hits Kehler Brothers mill and warehouses. Loss estimated at 300000.
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Tur
Cronin
Chicago
Kunze
O'Sullivan
Johnstown
Beaufort County
8. C
Campbell's Creek
Dick Phillips
Havana
Cuba
Nocsuso
Gronae H. Penpietox
Ohio
Germany
Brussels
Tax Helcatron
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frederickson Land Company
Susan R. Carry
Jamestown
United States
North Dakota
Scott Hawthorne
Dayton
Hawthorne
Idaho Ingane Asylum
Blackfoot
Constantinople
India
Sean Sea
Postal Service Annual Report Highlights Growth and Costs
The annual report by First Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson notes 2,770 new fourth class offices, 8,583 money order offices, 401 free delivery offices, and 8,257 carriers. It cites increased mail handled and local postage revenue, with extensions proposed for free delivery to towns with 6,000 population and $8,000 revenue. Whitfield reports star routes cost $5.18 million with 15,077 routes. total rail costs near $19.44 million.
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Woman’s Indian National Missionary Convention
Newark
N. J
Braddock
Tax Sherman Oil Company
Lima
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Frank Burger
TarLon
Tennessee
Barnards
Hancock County
Marion
Ind
Tambanxs & Co
St. Johnsbury
Walter F. Prey
Philip Fisher
Weymouth
Mass
Missoula
Mont
Petrus
Ohio River
Point Bridge
Pittsburgh
James Suiru
New York
Anna Probasco
Henry Probasco
Cincinnati
Charlottesville
United States
Joselm A. Smith
Elkton
Marshall Williams
St. Lawrence
Butte
Agniz McDowe
Mary Mullarkey
Frizzellers & Johnson
Vienna
Sanoen & Weis
Joan B. Drake
Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago
Robert Buano
Annie Gea
Prince George County
Minnesota
Goneral J. & Clarkson
Carrriers
Sharpless Bros
Philadelphia
Freon
Hiawatha
Kan
Vantassel
San Francisco
Honolulu
Bay
Lake City
Fis
A. B. Hart
Janney & Andrews
Tyr
I. C. Webster & Co
Orchard Hill Farm
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Pryor Creek
I. T
Washington
J. S.clarkson
J. I. Bates
Clarkson
Whitfield
Charles E. McDonald
N M. Brooks
Brazil
Army needs reorganization and force increase urged
Secretary Proctor submits War Department annual report showing 1888-89 expenditures at 46.65 million and current-year appropriations at 33.99 million. He supports General Schofield's plan to raise the army to 80,000, noting current strength at 265,000 matched to population. Retired officers and promotions concerns cited. retirement list raised to 450 with fifty officers retired early. Coast defense urged with plans to fortify Atlantic capital and Pacific port.
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Wasitsaton
Proctor
War Department
Department
Schofield
West Point
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific
Salvation Army must curb parade drumming in cities
The Springfield appellate court affirms a Bloomington ruling fining Mrs. Washburne of the Salvation Army three dollars and costs for beating a bass drum after mayoral orders to stop. Costs total five hundred dollars. The decision upholds city power to regulate Salvationists in public parades.
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Uinols
Broomington
Springfield
Washburne
Bloomington
Pendleton Ex-Minister to Berlin Dead in Brussels
Hon George H Pendleton longtime U S minister to Berlin died in Brussels Sunday night after six weeks illn ess His two daughters were present Funeral set for Wednesday in Protestant church and body to be shipped to America Department of State confirmed his death Blaine sent condolences Pendleton known for civil service reform work and his 1883 law passage after leading Senate committee actions
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Germany
Brussels
America
Washington
Department of State
Pendleton
Blaine
George Hunt Pendleton
Nathaniel Pendleton
Hamilton
A. Burr
Hyde Park
George H. Pendleton
Ohio
Cincinnati
George H
O. M. Mitch
Europe
Italy
Greece
Heidelberg
Paris
George E. Pugh
United States
Congress
Chicago
George B. McClellan
New York
Horatio Seymour
R. G. Hayes
Stanley Matthews
Berlin
William W. Phelps
Senate
Train Robbery at Pryor Creek Sparks Rumors of Loot
Reports spread that bandits stole between 46000 and 50000 dollars, but Express Messenger Johnson claims only 1817.40 was taken. The incident occurred on the Missouri Kansas Texas line near Pryor Creek Choctaw Nation as robbers in masks boarded the express car and demanded money.
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Express
St. Louis
Pryor’s Creek
Missouri, Kansas& Texas
Johnson
Pryor's Creek
North Dakota Elects L. R. Casey Senate Choice
In a joint session the North Dakota House and Senate elected L. R. Casey of Jamestown as the state’s second U S Senator. On the final ballot he secured 51 votes and the result was declared unanimous. Casey’s background spans New York, Michigan, Buffalo and Detroit business ventures, and Jamestown leadership with the Carrington & Casey Land Company.
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North Dakota
Lyman KR. Casey
United Staten
Bramanck
N D
House
Senate
L. R. Casey
Jamestown
Lyman J. Cosey
York
Ypsilant
Mich
Ann Arbor
Buffalo
Baltimore
Detroit
Platt & Co
Teft, Casey & Kellogg
Europe
Miss Platt
Dakota
Carrington & Casey Land Company
Gas explosion destroys Hawthorne home. two children killed
Dayton Ohio reports a 2 story brick house owned by Scott Hawthorne blown by natural gas at 1 am. Hawthorne his wife and father badly injured, two children killed. Rescued to hospital as natural gas officials rush to shut off gas in the area. Explosion heard citywide.
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Dayton
Scott Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Counterfeit Ivory Lookalikes Flood Market
The notice denounces many white soaps sold as just as good as Ivory Soap, noting they lack Ivory’s peculiar qualities and urging readers to seek the genuine Ivory Soap. It emphasizes the widespread sale and marks counterfeits as inferior.
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Secretary of War
MR. Pendleton
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Dayton, O
Beeves—Shipping
Henry
Financial & Commerciale I
Beat
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Bree Erin
Wratss
Witness
Bample
John Dougall & CO
Nassau St
Loisette
Pete
Arin Thal
Sins Naling
Eure
Rye
A. Poisette
Peat
Ayonss
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