Man Dies After Chicago Water Works Explosion, Mass Fatalities Feared
A turbulent late news digest reports a deadly explosion at the Chicago water works beneath Lake Michigan. Maurice Call, the torch bearer, is slain. The item lists multiple incidents from across the country including desertions from the Pensacola, a Kentucky feud killing, and a string of fires, accidents, and battles in Chile signaling the collapse of Balmaceda’s government and a broader regional crisis.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Maurice Call
Wheat market wobble and grain trade overview
The weekly trade review notes a breakdown in breadstuffs speculation, tepid wheat exports near 110 dollars, and a possible crop withdrawal by the Farmers Alliance. Receipts reach 11.4 million bushels the past week, with Treasury actions adding liquidity. Grain prices drift lower after a Russia export tax scare, while exports of wheat run about six times last year.
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Kh. G. Dan & Cao
Farmers’ Alliance
Treasury
Russia
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
United States
Canada
Washington Notes and Government Inquiries
The consul general at Berlin reports German paper exporters use convict labor and importations are illegal under the 1890 act. A bromide syndicate plans large potassium bromide consignments to undercut U.S. manufacturers. The postal system trial in small towns fails. Wanamaker proposes county inspectors to report office conditions. Blaine returns Oct 1 to resume State Dept control. Weather forecasts may be relayed by locomotive signals along rail lines.
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Berlin
Treasury Department
Germany
Wanamaker
Blaine
Washington
State Department
Weather Bureau
Verdict by coroner's jury on barge disaster deaths
Inquest into the August 12 excursion barge wreck at Cold Springs concluded with a verdict that thirteen people were killed by the roof collapse caused by high winds, poor hurricane deck construction, and rotten masts. The Republic Barge company faces numerous damage suits for loss of life and injuries. CRUSHED AND SCALDED. Terrible railroad wreck details follow with four Parsons killed and many injured.
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Cold Springs
L.1
Rodman
Republic
Foreign Fragments Chronicle Global Turbulence and Tragedy
Four women arrested in Szent tamas Hungary for poisoning husbands and selling poisons to others. A colossal statue of King Louis I unveiled in Kissengen. An explosion in a Welsh tinmine imprisoned 103 miners, 69 rescued. Frey, an Italian steamer, burned near Bergen with eight drowned. Lombard arrested in Paris for attempted murder by molten lead. Haitian? Hurricane in Senegal wrecked an Italian steamer and two cutters, 18 drowned. German arms ban on Chilean Presidente Pinto. King Kamaharero repudiates cession to Germany. Loch Lomond carried 120 dead cattle after storm. Riots in Vilna over rye export embargo. Russia to send fleet to Cherbourg, arriving September 15. Peasants in Vitebsk resist rye shipments. two killed. Gladstone denounces gambling and pledges aid to curb it. Heavy rains flood crops. potato disease spreading. Bear in Vilna tavern drinks whiskey, kills master and three children. Additional Senegal hurricane reports. Austria floods and storms cause damage. Lightning strikes kill three women at Tualis. Gambier and Easby collision near Melbourne. Gambier sinks, multiple fatalities. London Standard urges Indian corn imports from America. Bedminister mine fire-damp explosion kills ten, injures twelve. Alps tunnel project announced. eight and a half years, $13,454,000, nearly 30,000 yards long. Rev. Spurgeon ill again. Swiss express train disaster. Zurich crash injures many. Funfkirchen collision kills four.
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Szenttamas
Hungary
Louis I
Bavaria
Kissengen
Frey
Dronthenheim
Bergen
Lombard
Paris
Senegal
Rufisque
Presidente Pinto
Africa
Austria
Tualis
Gambier
Easby
Fort Philip Heads
Melbourne
Spurgeon
London
Switzerland
Zurich
Funfkirchen
Germany
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Butler
Cameron
Clarion
Crawford
Elk
Erie
Fayette
Forest
Greene
Indiana
Jefferson
Lawrence
McKean
Mercer
Somerset
Venonga
Warren
Washington
Westmoreland
Kittanning
Beaver Falls
Conenélisville
Uniontown
Tionesta
Waynesburg
Blairsville
Baltsburg
Brookville
Punxsutawney
Reynoldsville
New Castle
Bradford
Kane
Greenville
Sharon
Sharpsville
Mayersdale
Franklin
Oil City
Tidioute
California
Cannonsburg
Claysville
MoDongahela City
Greensburg
Jeannette
Latrobe
Mt. Pleasant
Scottdale
West Newton
Little Mary
David Foster
Manor Township
Sampson, Kay & Co
William Strouble
Shenango
Carbondale
Frank Wakefield
Nineveh
Misa Carrie Kramer
Baker's Furnace
Cumberland
Wakefield
Missy Rodgers
B. F. Werman
Pittsburg
Thiel College
Altoona
John Crawford
George Sewell
W. W. Walton
Greenfield Township
Etla O'Connor
Norristown
James Bigley
Hollidaysburg
Bigley
Smith
McGrath
Sun Office
Collins
Igley
Edge
State Department of Agriculture
William Dalby
English Bill
Jim Higley
Charles Byran
Juniata River
Tyrone
Steele
Jacob Kemerer
Penn Township
Allegheny County
Kemerer
Steeth
James B. Withrup
Kennerdel
Venango County
New Castle Fair Grounds
Via Riley
Riley
James Young
Laura Pfaff
du Bois
Ray Lloyd
Salina
Lofty
Pottsville
Center County
Grand Jury
Bellefonte Court House
J. Rollinson
Five Points
Mercer County
Vica
J.lynch
J. Holgate
Chinchilla
Lackawanna County
C. L. Bailey
W. Sheerer
Mattawans
Mitchin County
J. H. Sayer
Vantassel
Jefferson County
Mount Jackson
Lawrance Cunty
Mahoningtown
Lawrence County
Crow Creek Valley
Washington County
Chart
John Archer
Buffalo
Governor Appeals for Help After Martinique Hurricane
The Governor of Martinique reports widespread destruction from a fearsome hurricane that killed over 350, injured more than a thousand, with entire villages vanished and crops destroyed. He appeals via telegraph for assistance for starving and shelterless survivors across the island.
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Paria
Martinique
Population figures for Western Pennsylvania counties and towns
The corrected census population table lists Western Pennsylvania counties led by Allegheny and Westmoreland with Beloved cities such as Beaver Falls New Castle and Butler in the district. It also notes mortality accidents fires thefts and political notices across multiple towns including Erie Uniontown and Sharon with various casualties and incidents.
Quaint And Curious World Bits From Around The Nation
A collection of oddities and notes including Ashantee royal claims, a Japanese kiss term, Camden cemetery seizure, a king-snake in Griffin, Berlin practice subjects, a Grand Rapids lightning incident, U S and Canada area figures, Cincinnati watch tax findings, Congo Sakams nails, London church accommodations, Edgar Adair’s corn tassel curiosity, a Paterson infant alive in a coffin, cotton posts for drying wheat, hens vs horse incident, and a Paris made lighthouse lantern shipped to the United States in 1888.
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Congo
Africa
London
Dying of Starvation in Russian Village Describes Famine
A Russian ecclesiastic touring Kersa province reports extreme famine in Narody. Villagers lacked bread for weeks, many groups gathered in public places in waning strength or raving for food. Of 199 families in Narody, 47 have died from hunger as lime loaf pulp fed survivors.
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Vienna
Kersa
Narody
High Andes Mining Camps Reach Record Altitudes
Engineer Arthur Pearce reports Arevichiary at 17,950 feet and Muc capata at 16,153 feet host mining camps of about 200 miners year round. A Panama Yara railroad line and a Galera Tunnel project push mean altitudes toward 15,850 feet. The mining network uses compressed air brakes electric lighting and phone links across 17,000 plus foot high spans.
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Galera
Peru
Arthur Pearce
Andes
Arevichiary
Muccapata
Panama
Yara
Gaiera
St. Louis Republic
Heavy Cattle in Kansas City At World’s Fair Talk
Two red Durhams, among the heaviest cattle seen in Kansas City, weighed 8040 pounds with one at 4000 pounds. Both six years old, six feet tall and twelve feet long, nearly identical in size. Owners asked high prices, offered 50 cents a pound would be about 21070, and considered taking them to the World's Fair.
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Kansas City
New York Witness
CAMP HORROR INSIDE A frontier Army Camp
A veteran recounts a Sioux and cavalry night on the Kannas frontier where a sentry fired at an unseen intruder, a settler mother was slain by a guard thinking danger, and the child she carried survived as the trooper took his own life in remorse, leaving two graves and a haunting memory. The tale mirrors other antiquated notes about the Stone of Destiny and its storied travels from Tara to London.
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Chili
United States
Balmiaceda
Balmaceda
Congress
Liberal” Party
Ad Feng
Kannas
Banda
Anid
West
Babs
Sill
M. Quad
New York World
Ireland
Toatha Na Danasn
Tara
Iriah
Scotland
Fergus
Albany
Scone
Edward I
London
England
Jacob
Boston
Transcript
Labor Strikes Hit Ax and Tool Firms Across Several Cities
Reports describe a large scale walkout by workers at five Amedean Ax and Tool factories aimed at resisting unionism while the Federation of Labor offers weekly relief to married and single strikers. Concurrently Ponsville Iron & Steel resumes non union work and Vesuvius mill continues double time production as wage talks falter.
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Pittsburg
Aledown
Saturniays Amt
Catasauqua
Dsors
Im Com TV
Milroad
Mahoning Valley
Coe Hss
Mamhhasten
England
Cambria
Bes Doeidiell
Wallidayshare
Moorhead Bros. & Co
Vesuvius Iron Works
Sharpeberg
Amalgnanetad
Amedean Ax and Tool Company
Federation of Labor
Smd
Ponsville Iron & Steel
Wisi
Vesuvius
Smith
Es’ Union
Adop
Youngstown
Whewkland
Teporeminil
American Ax and Tool Company
Lewistown
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Indiana Progress
Sandok
Alvin J. Moore
Franklin County
Mas
Byrd
J. Howland
New York
Ben Graham
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Ive
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Senatobia
Miss
Sadge McAllister
Nashville
Briceville
Pensacola
San Francisco
Tareday
Cinins
Georgetown
Milton Kendall
Milton
Jebs Jerva
John A. Montgomery
Burrell Jarvis
Montgomery
Benesciacr County
New York State
Troy
Petersburg
Lebanon
Prings
Sliters Corners
Bote Atem House
Jeen Harter
York City
George E. Heydron
Grand Rapids
Bich
W. L. Echols
Gadsden
Als
Ross
Binghempton
N. Y
Wumset
Cornell
Holland
Mich
Cape May College
Julia Filmore Warris
Millard Filmore
Waleed States
Em Francisco
Lerson
Chasies Harris
Frederick Burkenhagen
Emily
Bloomfield, Conn
Coney
Kirby Stone
Denver
Col
Thome Dowley
Selim Callalan
Hamilton
Kingetoe Penitentiary
Hamilton Stret E
Virginia
Charis Rom
Alfred Harlow
Adirondacks
Peoria
George A
Beber
Julius Kerle
Wisnemetres
Masonic Hall
Silver Mar Sewepard
Gx8
Furmer
Ceres
Roberts Bros
Carters House
Valley Mail
Hackett
Harry F. Haverstick
Lancaster County
Cepeketon
Minn
Central Elevator Company of Cincinnnati
Charles B. Cruger
Nua
Beemaker-Moore Paper Company
Kelieville, Ky
Albert
Willie
Danville
Ind
Pennsylvania Gait Company
Natrona
Canto
Valparaiso
Vina-del-Mar
Santiago
Barbosa
Algerreca
Alzerreca
Vanto
Oscar Viel
Admiral Brown
Will
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Chile
Santiago Westerlay
Plaville
Goday
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General Barbosa
Placilla
Senors McKenna
Eastman
Salmaceda
Baquedano
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France
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Senate
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Ith
Almirante Cochrane
Huascar
Tquique
Coquimbo
Port Coquimbo
Valdivia
Chiloe Archipelago
Coronel
Iquique
Pisazua
Soto
Batte
Col. Robles
Mt. Sebastopol
Tarapaca
Florence
Blanco
O' Higgins
Washington Notes
Evansville
Cannelton
Louisville
Darbar
Waterloo
Whichcote
Kamaharero
Damaraland
Loch Lomond
Dundee
Montreal
Vilna
Cherbourg
Kasnakoff
Vitebsk
Vancouver
B.C
Japan
Helen Rickmeres
Oriental Seas
Texas Creek
Denver & Rio Grande
Ogden
One Hundred and Fifth Street
Central Park
John J. Sherman
Francis North
Raleigh
N.C
Bastigns Bridge
Statesville
Keystone
Quaent
Curiodd
Ashantee
Constantinople
Camden
N. J
Griffin
Children’s Department
St. Mark’s Hospital
Alaska
Ohio
Edgar Adair
Carnesville
Paterson
Talbotton
Henry Greens Neighboors
Irvington
Cal
Board of Light House Directors
Fmt
Guta
Corning
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