Train wreck at Havana shocks Illinois town
A Jacksonville Southeastern passenger train on the A T S F line derailed near Havana forty one miles south of Peoria after hitting a sharp curve. Fireman Saddler was killed, engineer Birkenhead lost an arm and a leg, and many others were injured. Passengers escaped through windows as cars burned. the wreckage caused extensive losses and a storm hindered aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Jacksonville
Aitchison
Topeka
Sante Fe
Havana
Witch End
Saddler
George Birkenhead En
Edward Hemmett
Walter Conover
Manito
Als
Charles Mulvaney
Streat
Ill
Will Gre
Emma Rushton
St. Louia
Express Messenger Hates
Chicago
Frank P. Lewis
M. J. Kennnedy
Eureka
Co. L. Hughes
St. Louis
Awful Blizzard Strikes England and U S Midwest
A severe blizzard devastates England with knee deep snow and evacuated streets as telegraph and rail services fail. Simultaneously a major snowstorm blankets Minnesota and surrounding states with drifts up to twenty feet, delaying trains and halting wagon travel across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
St. Cloud
Minn
Moorhead
Winterset
Nebraska City
Neb
Bismarck
N.D
Officials Held Liable After New York Tunnel Disaster
Coroner Leary sues warrants for arrest of New York New Haven and Hartford Railway officers and directors over tunnel deaths. Warrants target President Clark and others in New York and Connecticut, including Chauncey M Depew and William Rockefeller. Bail set at $25,000 for leading figures, $10,000 for engineer Fowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leary
New York, New Haven
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central Road
C. P. Clark
New York, New Haven and
Hartford Road
Hunt and Miller
McManus and
Breen
Fowler
Koches lymph doomed by English physician report
London March 9 English opinion says Kochs lymph is doomed. Dr Jordan Lloyd of Queen’s College reports two months of use shows the lymph is a perfectly useless agent for treating consumption and lupus. He adds it cannot be depended upon as a diagnostic tool despite its claimed powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Koch
Prustian
Jordan Lloyd
Queen's College
Germany
Harolo Mother Rescues Five of Her Children in Fire
Halifax report details Mrs Babcock rescuing five of her children from a Bay Roberta house fire on Saturday. She saved one child per ascent through flames six times, left one to its fate, and jumped breaking a leg. Several rescued children were severely injured. Wealthy woman and her son later found dead in Philadelphia hovel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harolo
Halifax
John Babcock
Bay Roberta
N. F
Philadelphia
Herish McWilliams
David
Mulbery Street
Multiple 19th Century Crises Span Fires Trials and Treaties
Disjointed items report on misworded mint funding in Philadelphia and Judge Gordon’s 20 year sentence for the thief Bob Hackett. Also noted are the Sisseton Wahpeton treaty opening 1,000,000 acres, a steamer disaster with fatalities, cremation of Professor Steffen’s ashes in Cincinnati, a vote split on women as church delegates, mine disaster verdicts, trichinosis deaths in Iowa, and a string of fatal fires in Nashville Omaha Chicago and Pittsburgh. Further items include earnings strikes by Chicago carpenters, a lamp-induced fire in Cincinnati, a Creek Nation murder sentence, bank wrecking convictions, several railroad and freight fires, a Berlin lion tamer killed, a New York fashion dispute verdict, a Calduell duel death, pension money protections, a fatal gas poisoning in Massachusetts, a tragic hanging in Pittsburgh, a bank wreck sentencing in Philadelphia, a Chilean victory near Tarapaca, a Madrid Koch treatment ban, and a British flour price rise in Leeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Gordon
Bob Hackett
Wahpeton
Washington
Buckeye State
Patriot
Ind
Janes Jones
Samuel Hamilton
Wiliam Steffen
Louisville
Ohio River
Newport Bridge
Cincinnati
M. E
Jeansville
Ls Grove
Iowa
Nashville
Tenn
C. W. Russell
Laughlin & Sillman
Wood & Hatton
C. W
Missouri
Methodist Episcopal Church
Brookville
Ellen Mery
Berlin
Chicago
Nicholas Vincent
Dames
Colbert
Creek Nation
Sam Logan
Checkotah
I. T
Joe McIntosh
James H. Hamlin
Mapleton
P. Rk. R
Tragedy on Eleventh Street Ends in Dr Baird’s Death
In Wheeling on a Saturday morning Dr George Baird was shot twice by Dr George S Garrison a State Board of Health member and former city Health Officer. The quarrel stemmed from a year long feud with Baird insulting Garrison. Baird died ten minutes after being shot in Prager's paper store. Garrison surrendered to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Eleventh Street
George Baird
George S. Garrison
State Board of Health
Dr. Baird
Baird
Garrison
Prager
Washington and Jefferson College
James G. Blaine
Board of Public Works
Pennsylvania Notes Chronicle of local tragedies and stats
West Washington costs about 400 dollars. Michael Welsh fatally injured by a train at Derry. A mine car derailed near Shenandoah, two men and a team killed. Dr Manhattan Pickett of Corry gains a large pension with 16000 back pay. Norristown man crushed by stove at 80. Stockraisers Insurance consolidates. Graham’s horse killed by a buggy collision. Drowning accident near Reading claims two boys, one survives. Gustave Bently faces animal cruelty charges over sheep. A Stewart's Run boy shoots himself in the chest and dies. Educational stats show 965444 pupils in PA public schools, 14195 schools, many parochial entries. Joe Nicely jail escapes foiled. prison cell sewa found. Jeanette Volunteer Fire Dept chartered. 4-year-old Robert Shields attacked by a cat. Slate Lick church burned by natural gas. Board of Pardons denies Nicely case hearing. Erie terror by arson ring. George Holebrat arrested. John Casper injured at Cambria iron works. New Brighton Glass plans move to Clarksburg WV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michael Welsh
Derry
Shenandoah
Manhattan Pickett
Corry
12Th
New York Volunteers
Aaron Schwenk
Norristown
Live Stock Insurance Company
Stockrainers
Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company
Beaver
Consolidated
William Graham
Graham
Reading
John S Liers
Schuylkill Canal
Samuel
Gustave Bently
Meadville
Alderman
Mr. Bently
John A. Dawson
Stewart's Run
Census Office
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
Sewa
Joe Nicely
Dave
Jeannette
Robert Shields
Slate Lick
Freeport
Board of Pardons
David
Joseph Nicely
Somerset County
Erie County
George Holebrat
John Casper
Cambria Iron Works
Johnstown
New Brighton Glass Company
New Brighton
Clarksburg
W. Va
Colored appointee urged for World’s Fair managers
John H. Smyth, ex-Minister to Liberia, writes to President Harrison urging the appointment of a colored man as a World’s Fair manager in Chicago. Venice is to be reproduced in the lake with gondolas at the fair. The treasury rules Koch’s lymph levy at 25 percent ad valorem. Secretary Proctor orders enlistment of up to 2,000 Indians. Missouri population by race tallies 2,679,184 with 154,131 Negroes. A raft heading to Pisces, Clifton, Ariz., on March 9. A Mexican woman and five children drown trying to cross the Gila River at Solomonville on a raft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington State
W.va
Gov. Fleming
Arizona Lowe
Gee Ceries
Corone
Wisconsin
Madison
South Dakota
Indianapolis
Ind
Hover
Weeford
Ath Howes
California
Hau of Representatives
Tennessee
Greig
Chlfornia
Idaho
John H. Smyth
Liberia
Harrison
Chicago
Venice
Treasury Department
Koch
Proctor
Census Bureau
Missouri
Clifton
Ariz
Solomonville
Gila River
New York Trade Review Reports Little Change Across Regions
R G Dan & Co's Weekly Review of Trade notes little change since last week with slight improvement in some areas. Detroit and Cleveland show stronger or normal activity, Chicago reports declines in beef and grain but gains in cured meat and wool, while cotton markets fall to near historic lows. Wool, iron, and rails show mixed signals as coke strikes and shipper activity influence prices. overall domestic trade remains varied with some gains in dry goods and exports while imports rise. Big wool clip expected, sheep numbers down about 5.0 million pounds from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dan & Co
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Mahoning
Shenango
United States
Canada
Clerical Edicts Against Parnell and Global News Roundup
Reports include Rev Patrick McAllister’s letter discouraging Catholic support for Parnell, London chamber resolutions for penny postage to colonies, Treves banning Joseph’s coat exhibition, and heightened wartime factory activity. Also notes Chilean insurgents defeated, Silesian iron works layoffs linked to socialists, banking partner Lindsay Antrobus found dead, Landes fire burning 3000 acres, and shadowing reform in Parliament. Yellow fever in Brazil and severe northern weather with heavy snow and high seas feared wrecks. Fire destroys home of Gustav Zander family. embezzlement probe into Herr Friedenthal. Glasgow ammonia condenser explosion kills seven.
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Patrick McAllister
Cown and Connor
Parnell
Associated Chambers of Commerce
London
Treves
Joseph
Mary
Frederick
Paris
Hoenos Ayrea
A Valle
Lasarena
Silesia
Lindsay Antrobus
Court
England
Gustav Zander
Finsterwaede
Brandeburg
Capital and Labor Notes Show Regional Industry Shifts
The 92 ovens at Pennsvile Coke Co. now operate, the third regional set with Fairchance Furnace and W. J. Rainey’s units. Rainey’s workers report no discontent. Wanamaker Brown’s stores exit all remaining branches outside Philadelphia after April 1. Flint glass blowers end a two year Glassboro strike and return to work. Adelaide Silk Mill Allentown cuts heavy ribbon weavers wages by 10 percent. Slate and tile roofers seek 50 cent daily raise, eight hour Saturday, limited union apprentices, holiday shutdowns. Fifteen hundred Indianapolis carpenters idle due to strike. W. J. Rainey claims coke workers are content with wages. Nearly 200 Reading Railroad employees are discharged for voting against the company in a councilmanic election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glassboro
N. J
Adelaide
Allentown
Indianapolis
W. J. Rainey
Pennsylvania Colts
Reading Railroad
Reading Company
Miners Return After Nine Week Bituminous Strike
Six thousand coal miners in the Monongehela valley went back to work after a nine week idle period. Operators agreed to a 3 1/2 cent rate, a decision applauded by miners with families suffering during the stoppage. Rumors of 300 workers resuming at 3 cents circulated as Kanawha operator competition influenced markets in Cincinnati and Louisville. The nine week strike caused substantial losses difficult to estimate, likely in the thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongehela
Cincinnati
Louisville
Pittsburg
Record of Congress ends with many bills failed
In the last days of this Congress few general laws passed aside from Copyright and Appropriation bills. The Fifty-first Congress saw thousands of bills introduced in both houses, with hundreds of joint resolutions and notable vetoes by Presidents. Numerous measures failed, and three Senators plus twelve Representatives died in office, marking a high casualty level for the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Cleveland
Harrison
Elections Committee
Pure Foods
Kruptcy
Niagara Falls
North
South America
United States
Exico
International American Bank
Pan- American Transportation Company
National Bank
Kutterworth
Russia
Government Postal Telegraph
Revenue Marine Service
Navy Department
Army
Longevity and Fame Across Literary Figures
A Galveston News excerpt surveys how lifespan affects legacy, noting Shakespeare and Byron, Keats, Shelley, and Bailey, with opinions on Michelangelo, Voltaire, Goethe, Emerson, Longfellow, Hugo, Dumas, and Hum blot, comparing ages and works to judge lasting impact.
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Atlantic
Marlow
Shakespeare
Byron
Shelley
Keats
Festus
Bailey
Tasso
Jerusalem
Michel Angelo
Voltaire
Goethe
Emersons
Carlyle
Longfellow
Teanysom
Hugo
Dumas
Huambolit
Coe
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Indiana Progress
Weexeepay
Gee Pereen
Geuste
Smang
Morestis
Perg
Foth
Mre. C
Samos
Pelican Rapids
Tate Gs
Tee Ceore Buresu
Texas
Milam
Tema
Sarsh Bekowp
Af Darden
Ells
Lomdom
Eng'ani
Mercury
English
St. George
Wales
Brighton
Scotland
Dover
New York Tunnel
Kocce
Department of Sate
Brazil
Wessan
Taylor Brothers’ Foundry
Lyons
T. L. Taggart
Hinesdale
Deitzler & le
Andrew Dunphy
George Potter
Upliants Corner
Mass
Union Station
Annie Bloch
South Thirty
Sixth Street
Ewa Boca
Wratnuwski
Duor
Ulica
Wopohole
Warszawa
Rusland
Bank of America
American Life Insurance Company
Arnold
George F. Work
James 8
Dungan
Louis E. Pfeiffer
Iquique
Congress Party
Pobeless
Pozo
Almonte
Tarapaca
Tquique
Madrid
Leeds
Bellefontaine
George Smith
DS. Baird
Pennsylvania Notes
Washington Notes
Pisces
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Agricultural Department
Friedenthal
Gunburz
Hesse
O:xon
Glasgow
Capital and Labor Notes
Pennsvile Coke Company
Fairchance Furnace Company’s
W. J. Rainey's
Wanamaker & Brown, Clothiers
Ohio
New ‘York
Perermrer
N. Y
British Museum
National Library
The
Alabama Indians
Mississippi River
John Scott
Billy Poncho
Washington Silestine
Charley Thompson
Joshua Poncho
Big Sandy Creek
Mr. Curry
Coenen
Goh Bate Srekkoaien
Ayette
Bill Te Silow
Treete
Soronen
Vna
Fubiie
Shaengavin
Tom
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