Tragic West Chester Fire Kills Five Occupants
Watson Bownes home in West Chester New York burned at about 1 00 am Tuesday leaving five dead including Mrs Bownes two young children and the grandmother Kate Dunn and her sister Annie also perished. The blaze started after a lamp in the hall exploded and the Empire Engine Company aided by villagers battled the flames but the house burned to the ground. Bownes injured while rescuing his wife and is being cared for by the Free Masons though his wife injuries threaten to prove fatal.
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West Chester
N. Y
Ames
Annie
Empire Engine Company
Ema
Desperadoes Rob Florissant Bank Office Raid Ends in Battle
A bold robbery at Florissant Colorado targeted the post office and store of Frank Costello. Three gunmen seized cash after brief resistance from clerks, a pursing clash wounded William Brady, and a night-long chase with deputies and a posse left one robber dead and another wounded behind a rock barricade. The third remained at large as dawn neared.
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Florissant
Colorado
Frank Costallo
Putnam
Costello
William Brady
Jackson
Cyclone devastates Stafford Kansas towns staff and area
A powerful cyclone swept Stafford and Rice counties in a northwesterly path Tuesday night, destroying Staffed and Stafford. Several killed and about fifty wounded as farms houses and barns were leveled. The Eureka schoolhouse was blown away, and many residents escaped to safety moments before disaster.
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Kansas
Stafford
Rice
EK. Glad
Mra
KE. Lindsay
George Drew
William Crawford
S. Crawford
John Love
Eureka
Oklahoma Boomers Suffer Amid Border Movements and Land Scramble
A Washington era dispatch describes distressed Oklahoma border conditions as 1000 wagons march south and 800 return, with camps filling again in Arkansas and Walest valleys. Guthrie remains the leading city while Oklahoma City elects Capt Crowsh as mayor. Debates over deputy marshals and jurisdiction, including Marshal Needles of New Mexico and the Indiana Territory, hint at federal overreach and political maneuvering before opening. Needles claims restraint on federal authority. Jones presses full commission and 700 deputies.
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Walest Fiver
Guthrie
Qulahama City
Crowsh
Boomer Payne
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
U. S
Marshal Jones
Marshal Needles
Jones
Needles
New Mexico
Indiana Territory
Kansas
Neadler
Washington
Arototing
Tom Needles
Centuries of American stability and French volatility contrasted
The piece compares the US centennial under the Constitution with France’s revolutions and republics. It argues Anglo-Saxon temperament favors steady, deliberate reform while French handling is rapid and discursive, leading to repeated upheavals and unreliable governance.
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United States of America
America
France
Attempted assassination of President Carnot at Elysee Palace
A stranger named Perrin, a marines storekeeper, fired a blank pistol at President Carnot as he left the Elysee to attend Versailles celebrations. Perrin claimed persecution by Martiniquian authorities and said his act was a bid for redress, not a lethal attempt, appearing insane and destitute.
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Palace of the Elysee
Versailles
M.carnot
Perrin
Marines
Martini Qu
Various World and Local Troubles Reported Across Nations
The report recounts diverse events including Holland restoring royal power under King William, a Chicago bakers trust going into operation, Canadian parliament prorogued, a Rochester man involved in a murder case, Irish meetings in Melbourne, a Wheeling arrest for child abuse, and political and crime news from Maryland Ohio Arkansas and Michigan. Other items mention labor disputes, elopement, a train accident death, and alleged corruption in land allocations and a state asylum.
Two Hundred Killed in Guane Justo Jail Fight during Priest Arrest
During a confrontation in Guane Justo Mexico following the imprisonment of five Jesuit priests for sedition a mob of 12 000 attacked the jail at dusk. Army and police opened fire killing hundreds including miners and laborers while 16 soldiers were wounded or killed. The five priests are confined in Castello de Granderas for safety.
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Ark
Lotta
Musette
Haton
Samuel Coffman
Fayette County
Bunko
Saman Conference
Bamos
Manistee
Mich
Father Grochowski
Psstsiz
Pricets
Guane- Justo
Mexico
Guanajusta
Messisa
Guacajanta
Castello de Granderas
Ben Clarks Confession on McCausland Murder Revealed
Ben Clark’s sworn statement from June 16 1883 was released after James Neff’s trial. He recounts Taylor visiting Neff then Clark’s house, carrying a pistol and liquor, and claims Zach Taylor fired the killing while Neff received $300. He details plans to flee and the suspected involvement of George Clark and others.
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McCausland
James Neff
Taylor
McCaugland
Frank Clark
George Clark
Clark
Zach Taylor
Neff
Ben Clark
Hedannette
Desperado John Justice Seizes Steamer on Big Sandy
John Justice, husband of a Hatfield relative, forced the Spurlocx captain to sail past a price, fired threats and revolver shots, assaulted a passenger, and killed clerk Hamilton in a mash parade melee. He forced the boat ashore, escaped, and is believed to be in Hatfield country with armed kin.
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Hatfield
Spurlocx
Big Sandy
Justice
Finmlly
Hamilton
Justion
Tragedy on swollen Braxton stream kills two
In Braxton county West Virginia P B Carr, his wife, and two children started to visit a neighbor. Crossing a swollen mountain stream in a canoe the craft capsized. Mrs Carr and one child sank immediately. Carr, an expert swimmer, saved the remaining child and clung to the overturned boat as they drifted a mile. They found overhanging brush and held on until help arrived. The bodies of Mrs Carr and the other child have not been recovered.
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P. B. Carr
Braxton County
W. Va
Carr
Burglars Loot Portersville Bank Vault Earlier Wednesday
Ca bier Marshall of Portersville Butler County Pennsylvania arrived at the bank Wednesday morning to find burglars had entered. They pried boards from the door, entered the room above, cut through the floor over the manhole to the vault and escaped with $800 in cash and $1.20 in jewelry.
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Ca Bier Marshall
Portersvill
Butler County
Five Men Missing After Oyster Vessel Sinks at Sea
Six men from St Andrews, M B., aboard a small vessel known as the little yeassl went down after the boat sank. A government fishery protection cruiser has begun grappling for bodies. The lost were married men with families.
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St. Andrews
M. B
Centennial ball exposed as major executive failure
Report notes guests from high offices and elite circles at a lavish Centennial ball, where $10 to $96 tickets funded a spectacle deemed vulgar. Suppers devolved into chaos, with delays and disdain for accountability, marking the event as a stark clash of elite expectations and improvised excess.
Cyclone Ravages Warnaw North Carolina
A severe cyclone struck Warnaw in eastern North Carolina causing extensive destruction. Houses were blown away and the Seminary and Presbyterian church were heavily damaged or destroyed. No deaths, but many were injured and strawberry crops suffered widespread ruin with total damage likely exceeding twelve thousand dollars.
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Warnaw
North Carolina
Presbyterian
Osceola Miners Strike for 74 Cent Wage and Local News
State briefs report Osceola Coal Works miners striking for 74 cent wage. Braddock sewer project to cost about 12000 dollars. Edward Cook, a Philadelphia painter, injured in a fall at Tiffin. McKeesport High School commencement to be held at Opera House on July 4. Millage debate from 13 to 18 mills. Coleman Conroy stabbed John Hangton in Brad dock street row. Conroy arrested. Various local notes on barber shop dye, old liquor growler, debutantes, fashion, and political remarks.
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Osceola
Braddock
Edward Cook
Philadelphia
Tiffin
McKeesport High School
McKeesport
Coleman Conroy
John Hangton
Conroy
Freaks of nature draw huge weekly salaries in dime museums
A Philadelphia Record summary notes that grotesque curiosities fetch from $25 to $1000 weekly in dime museums. Abnormal traits including one-eyed, skeleton, woolly infants, dog or hyena faced individuals, giants, Japanese performers, and six footed girls command high pay.
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Honorel
Dime Museum
Lucia Zarate
Japan
Philadelphia
Eskimo Hunters Use Ancient Arrows In Ptarmigan Chase
In a snowbound period, Eskimo youths near snow houses pursue ptarmigan with bows and arrows as birds run rather than fly. Before firearms, villagers relied on bows and arrows, and although modern tools appear, children still imitate traditional craft while hunters guard flocks in winter.
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