Fire destroys five story New York tenement kitchen
A deadly kitchen fire at a five story tenement on Seventh Avenue New York originated in John Snyder's restaurant rear. Officials list nine fatalities including Mary Wells and Bertha Lustig with several others smothered or burned. Fifteen families homeless as flames swept hallways and stairways, with total losses pegged around ten thousand dollars. The cook is missing and mystery surrounds the blaze location and ignition.
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Seventh Avenue
New York
Glennon
Nellie McGeogelan
Mary Wells
Jane Wells
Thomas Wells
Tbertha Lustig
William McKee
Jane Jeffrey
William Glennon
John Glennon
John Snyder
Severe Minnesota storm floods towns with two inches rain
A severe Tuesday night storm pounded Minnesota with two inches of rain from 2 to 5 am, causing track flooding delays between two cities and widespread damage. In Stillwater lightning killed three horses owned by Hon John B Taft and struck nearby houses, while Eau Claire buildings and grain were destroyed at the Northwestern Fair Association grounds. Duluth suffered about 11000 in damage and broader losses were feared as the storm swept the region.
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In &T
Paw
Stillwater
John B. Taft
Mesers
Lohman
Smithton
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Northwestern Fair Association
Duluth
Mail train robbery in Terre Haute reported
A large registered mail pouch said to contain about 10000 pounds was stolen from a fast mail train in Terre Haute while clerks were at supper. Postmaster William Hyde confirmed the incident, noting the pouch came from Albany to St. Louis and included cattle transfer remittances.
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St. Louis
Terre Haute
Ind
William Hyde
Albany
Stolen Dry Goods Recovered Tied to Denier Ring
Scranton merchants report a large stock of stolen dry goods traced to John Denier, arrested as a receiver. John Donnelly, clerk for T F Leonard, confessed that Denier initiated thefts worth 1000 and profited from sales. Silk and satin trunks found at Denier's home. Searches authorize warrants. several stores report long-running disappearances. Denier posted 3000 bail as investigators probe clerks in multiple stores.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
John Denjer
John Donnelly
T. F. Leonard
Denier
Donnelly
Missing Mrs McDonald Linked To European Elopement
The wife of millionaire Mike McDonald of Chicago vanished from her Ashland Boulevard home a week ago. Detectives recovered her diamonds, sold or pawned in the East, and authorities suspect she is in Europe with a Catholic priest from a South Chicago parish who allegedly aided their elopement. Meanwhile John Turner, the man who killed Charles Walker at Rush Run, was captured in Nelsonville Ohio and brought to Huntington West Virginia. rewards totaling over 2000 dollars were set for his arrest as Fayette County residents vow justice.
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Mike” McDonald
Chiago
Europe
Chicago
John Turner
Charles Walker
Rush Run
Nelsonville
Ohio
Huntington
W.va
Fayette County
Fort Bend
Texas
James Garvey
Blakely
J. W. Parker
Mason
Henry Prost
Volney Johnson
Ames
Massachusetts
New England
Congress
Newark Clothing Salesman’s Association
Chautauqua
Walter Asburg
Berriam
Pooler
Savannah
Georgia
Lula Kissman
Hayti
Legitime
Port-au-Prince
Hippolyte
Humbert
Italy
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edson
Nuevalcon
United States
Chiapas
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Mississippi Supreme Court
Lowry
Fayetteville
W. Va
Wheeling
Seabright
Home Gas Fuel Company
Youngstown
Bridgewater (Pa.) Company
West Virginia Central Railroad Company
Hendrickson Island
Potomac
Perdmoot
Fellowsville
Piper
General Jottings of the Week in Various Fields
A wide ranging digest notes crime abroad and at home with Joe Atkinson seeking extra gallows for a planned quintuple execution of women killers in New York. Other items report a prowler dubbed Jack the Peeper in Elizabeth New Jersey, a fatal beating in Covington Kentucky, a pugilist shot in Chicago and a fatal beer glass injury in a crowded ball. Military smokeless power trials on the continent, train robbery on the Western New York and Pennsylvania line with four captured, and political notes from Clan na Gael in Chicago. Also included are health, weather, and societal updates from Europe and the Americas along with notable appointments, legal actions, and local incidents.
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Joe Atkinson
New York City
Elizabeth
N. J
Jack the Peeper
Mr. Zimmer
Rascal
Harry Terian
Covington
Ww. Gallagher
Olver Smith
Chicago
Smith
Western
New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
Irvington
N. Y
Olean
Clan-na-Gael
Dr. Cronin
Gladstone
Parnell
Father saves children as Tecumseh house burns down
At Tecumseh Ontario a fire at Rector Robinet's home trapped the family. Robinet leapt from a second story window to hurl his three children to safety as flames engulfed the building. Mrs Robinet was rescued unconscious and her father in law died of injuries. A nearby wine shop exploded after a keg of powder was found. Property loss is estimated at 6000.
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Tecumseh
Ont
Rector Robinet
Robinet
Mrs. Robinet
Forest Fires Raging Across Montana Threaten Towns and Timber
Vast fires sweep Montana over three weeks destroying timber across counties. George town near Phillipsburg is ringed by flames, threatening the Bimetallic Mining mill. Deer Lodge and Yellowstone country pineries burn, forcing rescue efforts as Texas cowboys fighting the Gre in Forsythe are reported missing.
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Montana
Chonteau County
Deer Lodge
Georgetown
Phillipsburg
Bimetallic Mining Company
Yellowstone
Pineries
Miles City
Glendive
Forsythe
Henry Casey
J. P. Harrison
Texas
Gre
Copper Conference Sees Copper Price Supported
Copper producers meeting in New York moved to Boston reports steady progress toward price support. They cite rising European electrical demand and shrinking visible supplies as reasons for a firm price around 12 cents per pound and deny a looming European surplus.
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New York
Boston
Europe
Ingo
Conspiracy to murder five farmers surfaces in Winamac case
Charney Lytle files affidavit accusing John Sutton of plotting to dose five neighbors with strychnine and burn their barns and the Star City Odd Fellows building. Lytle would be paid five dollars upon completion. Sutton, a wealthy farmer near Star City, faced prior quarrels with locals and a 1883 gun accident involving neighboring boys.
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Winamac
Charney Lytle
John Sutton
Lytle
Sutton
Odd Fellows
Star City
Bheriff Burton
Winmac
William Bannett
Newfoundland Fisheries Convention Enforces Bait Act Strictly
The Newfoundland Government enforces the bait act vigorously. The cruiser Lady Glover has seized eight vessels this season. Masters of two ships were fined 1000 dollars and imprisoned five months, others five months more. A French vessel used a false bulkhead, cut decking, and hid herring with a spread seine to dodge detection.
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Newfoundland
Lady Glover
Notable Killings and Local Crimes Prompt Cumberland Rally
In Pittston John Tates killed Thomas Snell and Charles Fitzgerald died after stab wounds at the same location. Ed ward Welsh was arrested for the crimes. In Plymouth Michael Miblskinski fatally stabbed Joe Ledoucheshi. Rev Abram Martin, aged 91, the county’s oldest Mennonite minister, died near Beartown. Cumberland Republicans met in Carlisle to nominate a full county ticket. Greenville camp meeting attendees reported store robbery of $30 and several country house entries.
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Pittston
John Tates
Thomas Snell
Charles Fitzgerald
Edward Welsh
Plymouth
Michael Miblskinski
Joe Ledoucheshi
Abram Martin
Beartown
Lancaster County
Cumberland County
Carlisle
Greenville
P. P. Galvin
Miners Locked Out Face Hunger and Unrest in Illinois
A dispatch cites hunger and sickness among Northern Illinois coal families as relief supplies run out. Operators reportedly plan to reopen mines with non union workers and may call on sheriffs and armed forces, raising fears of clashes. Separate reports note severe storms near Plainview and St Hilliard Minn, with damage and a fatal lightning strike. In West Virginia a white man fatally assaults a Black man, with the attacker killed by the victim and the attacker’s relative linked to a lynching case.
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Illinois
Chicago Relief Committee
Dun's Review Reports Broad Trade Improvement and Mixed Markets
Dun and Co weekly review notes generally encouraging business prospects across sectors, with exports up and a tempering in breadstuff speculation. Interior cities show rising trade, money markets ample though rates firming, and iron showing clearer improvement amid steady overall price ranges and strong railroad earnings.
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RG. Dun & Co
Father Crop
Treasury
Connellsville
Bureau
Philadelphia
United States
Canada
Horrible murder and mining disasters hit Ashland area
A brutal crime in Ashland Wisconsin ends with an unidentified man dead after a train massacre. A posse forms to hunt the killer as miners die in a Triampo mine fire in Mexico near July. Forest fires across Montana threaten lumber and grazing lands. Marvel of Indianapolis dies after 67 days of fasting. A poison murder case in Elmira links Mrs Artz to her former husband. A Cleveland Grove picnic leaves over 100 poisoned by tainted ice cream.
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Ashland
Wisconsin
Omaha
Alejandro
Guaymil
Mexico
Triampo
San Francisco
Montana
Isaac Artz
Also
Winots
Elmira
I. Y
Cassidy
David
Ransey
Dave
Cleveland Grove
Steifel's Grove
West St. Paul
Min
Clairvoyant claims reward in Cheney case
A Cincinnati salesman EJ Cheney vanished last January, rewards totaling 1150 spread nationwide. In May two men found a body in Lavanna river identified by Cheney’s pencil, coroner citing death by own action. Madame Ryan, who foretold the finding, now seeks the reward and has hired Granger and Hunt for suit.
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EJ Cheney
Cincinnati
James Panghorn
Rudolph Kantz
Lavenna
Panghorn
Cheney
Clara G. Ryan
New Albany
Ind
Lavanna
Ripley
Madame Ryan
Granger & Hunt
Terrible boiler explosion at Allegheny brewing works
A boiler blast at Gang visch Brewing Company on Magnolia and Juniata streets in Allegheny Pa killed engineer Nicholas Schneider and mangled another man and a young woman. The boiler tore from its foundations, wrecked the brewery, and toppled the boarding house. The firm had just left the engine room moments earlier after inspecting water levels.
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Gangvisch Brewing Company
Magnolia and
Juniata
Allegheny
Nicholas Schneider
John Hober
Schneider
Gangwich
Plucky Officer Prevents Bridge Disaster At Chicago
At Clark Street pontoon bridge a steamer signaling to open the draw swung the span as a crowd stood on the passage. Officer John Cox of Harrison Street Station urged evacuation as the vessel struck the bridge, demolishing it but sparing many lives.
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Chicago
Clark Street
John Cox
Harrison Street
Flint and Pere Marquette Company
Cox
Gloomy outlook after flood hits Tucker and surrounding valleys
The flood victims across Tucker Tygart State Little Sandy and nearby creek valleys face severe hardship. Many are houseless and homeless, relying on charity from poorer neighbors while farming communities struggle to supply aid. The coming winter promises greater suffering as weather turns colder.
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Tucker
Tygart
State
Little Sandy
Missing Butler employee leaves $30,000ish deficit in Philadelphia firm
Short in his accounts William Jones, a trusted E H Butler & Co. employee for 20 years, vanished leaving a suspected deficit. The firm reports Jones has begun restitution, with a potential $30,000 shortfall. He was known for collecting old books engravings and antiques. His Germantown home holds valuables likely to cover the loss.
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William Jones
E. H. Butler & Co
Philadelphia
Educational Publishers
Jones
Germantown
Chloroformists Described as Cosmopolitan Railroad Thieves
A St Louis Globe Democrat summary explains how a band of chloroformists operate on trains, using narcotics to incapacitate victims. They target wealthy travelers, share a contrived meal on board, then apply chloroform while masking murder by natural causes, stealing the victim’s money but not jewelry.
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St Louis Globe- Democrat
France
Switzerland
Alone at Pike's Peak Signal Station in Winter
A Signal Service officer atop Pike's Peak endures isolation in a stone station bolted to granite. He survives on melting snow, keeps to light duties, reads, and watches a distant Colorado Springs life fade to a dreamlike world of ice and silence.
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United States Signal Service
Pike's Peak
Lee Meriwether
Colorado Springs
Inseparable bustle names may go with it
A fragmentary exchange cites Mrs Younghusband and Octavius arguing that once the bustle is removed the names will disappear as well. The dialogue hints at social changes and reputational shifts implied by the phrase bustle.
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Younghusband
Lucille
Mra. Younghusband
Octavius
Pearls of Thought Incomplete Aphorisms and Reflections
A fragmented collection of maxims on virtue, wisdom, and behavior. It presents terse statements about storms, envy, youth, time, history, gratitude, opportunity, and confidence, with many garbled spellings and unclear references.
Babies and will power in infant development lecture
A New Orleans lecture quoted a distinguished female physician arguing that a baby’s head control stems from will power, not neck strength. She described instinctive standing, imitation of facial cues, and the emergence of memory, ego, and curiosity from ages two onward, noting tears are delayed and fear appears early in some cases.
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New Orleans
Wreck on West Penn bridge kills several and injures many
A train wreck near Freeport caused by rotten timber on Bridge No. 6 of the West Penn line resulted in at least three deaths and numerous injuries. Cars left the embankment after a 15 foot plunge, with victims pinned and crying out in the wreckage. Names include William J. Powers a Pittsburgh billiard parlor owner and Mrs Farrell’s child among the injured.
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Suajer Division
West Penn Railroad
Na & Bridge
Sarvessville Station
Butler
Hess Moe
Lee
William J. Powers
Forty Fourth Street
Pittsburgh
Butler Street
Pareell
Farrell
Tarentum
Buffalocreek St
Freeport
Milwaukee woman captures thief in pistol stand off
In Milwaukee Mex RO HL Bryan heard a noise and saw a young man ask for Mr Johnson. After discovering no one by that name, she chased the thief to the alley. She retrieved a gold watch and, at gunpoint, forced the thief to surrender before pursuing a policeman. The thief knocked a neighbor aside and fled.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Bryan
Mr. Johnson
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