Notable County News and Local Tragedies Reported
A Johnstown youth Willie Kleinmyer died after being frightened. Reports of accidents include a Bradford man killed near Summit Cut and a miner slain by slate fall near West Elizabeth. A circus train wreck injured workers near Gannonburg, and a child perished from fire in Winton. Counterfeits circulate in Sagoniar Valley. several injuries and deaths occur across Butler, Armstrong, and Washington counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Kieinmyer
Johnstown
Buchanan
Bradford
Gwen Brady
Illerstown
Butler Co
Willerstown
P. B. Menon
Pittsburg
Summit
Se. Wayne
Chicago
Zen Connor
Joseph Walon
West Elizabeth
Washington
Seceb Fit
Perry Boadman
Kecksburg
Seba WM. Jvkes
Pitsburg
Moss Side
Monroe County
Morgan
William Jones
No. Sculliery
N. & H. Company
Myemouth
John Robinson
Gannonsbburg
Deranken Row
Wopsononock Prack
Huncounty
Menjemia Cemp
Youngwood
Kennedy Square
Adams
Park Counties
Balmaceda Shoots Himself In Santiago Amid Turmoil
Ex president Balmaceda killed himself in his room at the Argentina Legation in Santiago after a failed escape from Chile. The city reacted with frenzy as authorities viewed the body and issued a commission to certify the death. Balmaceda left a letter blaming deceitful generals and confirming his resolve to act for Chile’s interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Chili
Balmaceda
Argentina
Santiago
Legation
Senor Arriburia
Balmaceia
Junta
Senora Urriburia
Urriburia
Carice Walker Martinez
Domingo Larro
Balmacaza
Arrieta Melchor Corlata
Uruguay
Carlo Walker Martinez
Senor Mechor
Senor Concho
Acuerro
Supremes Court
Gutschmidt
Concan
America
Egan
Alous
William L Scott Dead Ex Congressman Dies in Newport Rhode Island
William L Scott a Pennsylvania millionaire and former Democrat congressman died suddenly in Newport Rhode Island his body brought back to Erie Pennsylvania for burial He rose from a House page to shipping clerk then coal and iron interests railroads and stock exchange speculations He was born July 2 1822 in Washington DC and married into the Tracy family of the New York Stock Exchange He served in the Fortieth Congress and was a director of several railroads and a stock market patron
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Scott
Pennsylvania
Newport
R.I
Erie
Penn
Mr. Scott
Scott
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
General Reed
Frank D. Tracy
New York Stock Exchange
Sect
Union Pacific
Lalta Bore
Northwestern
Canadian Southern
Bank Robbery Shocks London Financial District
London authorities report the London and Westminster Bank Limited at 41 Lathbury Street robbed of two large parcels of bills. Thieves exploited access from a street-adjacent apartment while staff audited last week's settlements, indicating a carefully planned heist in the heart of the banking area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London and Westminster Bank Limited
Lathbury
B.C
Country Banke
London and Westminster Bank
Skepticism on the Point Turns a Catholic Professor Into a Protestant
Berlin reports Prof. Winzechied of Leipic joins Protestantism, citing disbelief in the actuples garment as a reason and prompting Catholic concern. In Chicago, three boys aged 11 to 15, Peter Foster, Ernest Gerios, and George, are reported killed in a separate incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Winechied
Leipic
Chicago
Peter Foster
Ernest Gerios
George
World Food Supply Warns of European Shortage and US Exports
An exhaustive study for the Anterior Agriculturist warns of a deep world food shortage affecting America and Europe. It cites Russia’s famine, exhausted European reserves, and minimal prospects for rye and wheat exports. It notes Ireland’s potato failure, rising wheat exports from the U.S., and forecasts sharp price swings as demand exceeds limited supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anterioua
Mpiasizis
America
Europe
Russia
Konstantinovka
Ministry of Finance
Rusia
Germany
Baltic
United States
Canada
Ireland
Nuurope
Areais
Agriculture News
Foreign Fragments On Disasters And Global Events
A flame explosion at Waldenburg Filesia kills seven miners and injures Toany. The Russian Holy Synod orders aid to the starving and favors food over money. A colliery blast near Charleroi Belgium kills forty nine. Ten of twelve buried by a Messina tunnel collapse survive. Paris backs Chile’s provisional government. Refel village destroyed during a religious festival. Yellow fever rages in Rio Janeiro. American pilgrims arrive at Treves under Missionary Braun. Reports of cures by the Holy Coat surface. The schooner Pannonia sinks near Hawaii. Captain Lovedale’s wife and children drown. A Hamburg syndicate plans pig abattoirs in Chicago to control pork imports. Fifty workers die in a new Trieste railway tunnel collapse.
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Holy Synod
The
Charleroi
Belgium
Paris
Santiago
Chile
Refel
Rio Janeiro
Braun
Timesets
Treves
Pannonia
Marshall Islands
Hawaiiian Islands
Lovedale
Hamburg
Chicago
Germany
Trieste
Tennessee Assembly ends after twenty days of work
Nashville reports the extra session adjourned with little accomplished besides the Apportionment bill strengthening Democratic seats and several local laws. The convict regime and penitentiary construction were left in stalemate, and public verdict calls the session a failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennesse Assembly
Nashville
Tennessee General Assembly
Large Wheat Yield and Minnesota Elevator Wheat Stocks
A report from Huron by D. D. Sept. 23 4 notes a wheat yield of fifty three bushels and twenty pounds per acre on the Consolidated Land and Irrigation company farm graded No 1 hard. The Northwestern Miller records private Minneapolis elevators holding 1 689 000 bushels of wheat, up 240 000 since last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
O.k
Huron
D. D
Consolidated Land and Irrigation Company
Minneapolis
Northwestern
Two Railroad Wrecks and Other Tragic Incidents
A series of wrecks and deaths reported: near Beverly the Chicago and Northwestern collision between the Pacific express and a stock train injures many veterans. Smyrna Georgia fireman Cox killed and engineer Hockney hurt in Western and Atlantic wreck after an open switch collision. Newburg Hudson River five drown in a rowboat accident. Chicago report of Oscar Gantleman killing wife then himself in a jealous frenzy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chicago and Northwestern
Beverly
Pacific Express
Smyrna
Cox
Hockney
Western and Atlantic
Many Must Starve in Russian Famine Crisis
Reports from Tamboff and surrounding provinces say Zemstvos provide resowing and grain supplies till January but face severe food shortages afterward. Tax collection falters, salaries drop, and famine spreads as oats, hay, and livestock dwindle. Officials donate to famine funds while some merchants are jailed for poisonous bread mixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Tamboff
Zemstvos
Saratoff
Pinsk
America
Deyote
Business conditions improve with unprecedented crop demand
R G Dun & Co reports improved activity across major cities with European demand supporting prices. Wheat receipts in the West average over 1.5 million bushels daily, while exports lag behind yet foreign demand steadies values. Lard and hog futures ease, cotton falls, and wool manufacturing shows strength. treasury cash rises modestly amid gold shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.g.dun & Co
Shevies
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
Treasury
Europe
New York
United States
Dominion of Canada
Fires and Failures Across Cities Cause Heavy Losses
A Chicago fire destroyed 4,000 bushels of oats and 150 bushels of corn, suffocating 17 horses and causing losses of 25,000 dollars insured. Hindee Whipple livery stable in St Louis lost 160 carriages and 73 horses, one driver believed suffocated. Wm Kuebler in Tiffin Ohio failed for 20,000 dollars. Needles California burned with Monaghan Murphy mercantile remains. 40,000 dollars in logs insured unknown. Napa county vast fires killed livestock. Camargo Indiana burned several businesses at 30,000 dollars loss. Rico Colorado inmate Dennis Sullivan perished in a jail fire. ten-thousand dollar loss. Hastings Minnesota fire caused 100,000 dollars damage. Millers town Pennsylvania groceries and elevators burned. Colcine Window Glass Works Fortoria Ohio lost 25,000 with no insurance. Foster the Treasury secretary named as principal owner. Topeka Kansas bank seized by a receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hindee & Whipple
St. Louis
Wm. Kuebler
Tiffin
Needles
Cal
Monaghan & Murphy
Napa County
Hames
Colcine
Fostoria
Secretary of the Treasury
Foster
Capital and Labor Doings and Mine Strikes
Three hundred Leavenworth coal miners strike for higher wages. Workers from Philadelphia on a Neidringhaus tin plate mill assignment at St. Louis quit and returned home. Rock Hill Iron and Coke Company strikers at Orbisonia Pa. wage cut by 10 percent. Rock Hill Hunts. Pa. strikers accept 5 percent cut. Morea colliery near Pottsville Pa. strike over supplier prices. 400 men and boys quit. Tenement fire in Chicago Sept 22 destroys a six member family including John Schalk and wife and four children. no one burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Philadelphia
Neidringhaus Tin
St. Louis
Rock Hill Iron and Coke Company
Orbisonia
Rock Hill
Huntingdon
Morea Colliery
PottaviLe
Chicago
John Schalk
Annie
John
Jamies
Late News Bitelets From Across The Nation
A wide roundup of violent and dramatic incidents across cities and towns. Dated items report murders, lynchings, accidents, robberies, arson, and disasters, with names, places, and outcomes. Notable entries include a jail lynching in Reno and a fatal railway collision near Montgomery Illinois.
Burning the Dead in Madrid Crematories
Toledo's Valleys illuminated by crematory bonfires where recovered dead and cattle carcasses are soaked in petroleum and reduced to ashes. Floods devastate Consuegra and Villafranca with crops lost and potential riots feared if aid is delayed. 1781 flood victims buried in Almeria as houses collapse amid continuing misery and an influenza outbreak concerns Badajos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Camuanas
Villafranca
Consuegra
Almeria
Spain
Badajos
Hemp and whale power in 19th century notes
The article surveys hemp cultivation in Kentucky highlighting its growing use for binder twine, cites forecasts from the Secretary of Agriculture about widening hemp cultivation to more states, and explains cultivation practices. It also reports Sir William Turner and John Henderson’s estimate that a large Fin ner whale could deliver about 145 horsepower to reach 12 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Secretary of Agriculture
Manila
St. Louis
William Turner
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Turner
John Henderson
Glasgow
Anchor Line
Finner
Longuiddry
Messrs. Turner and
Henderson
St. Louis Republic
Watermelon seed chain novelty shown in Sandersville
A Sandersville Georgia representative of the Atlapta Constitution describes a curiosity a chain made of hollowed watermelon seeds. The chain resembles a necklace and is crafted with pocket keifs. The piece captures local interest as a quirky novelty item from last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandersville
Atlapta
Sa Hake
Nclatp
Do the Right Boys and the Caterpillar's Teeth
A mixed page of moral verses and science tales describes honest conduct for youth, then shares curious notes on how a caterpillar eats with saw edged jaws and how bees beat pigeons in a playful race. Also includes a story on Guinea eggs and a wholesome vignette about Susie Moore's sunny resilience.
Fires Rage Across Minnesota and North Dakota Farmlands
News notes a series of large fires destroying timber land and farm buildings in Minnesota and North Dakota, with residents forming fire breaks, evacuations, and schools and houses burned. Separate items report a five fatality Union Pacific wreck near Port Neuf Idaho and two drownings on Peoria Lake. A commentary criticizes idleness among youth, while a satirical piece questions modern titles and honors amid royal and civic pomp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwetern
Sota
Red Lake
Tion
Ma'aca
Esterbrooks
North Dakota
Pocatello
Idaho
Union Pacific
Port Neuf
Tasgenzer
L. W. Wiedmeyer
Mail Cerk
Fort Hall Reservation
Markets Brief With Mixed Grain and Flour Prices
A fragmentary market note reports wheat at No 2 medium and corn at No 2, with flour prices and general winter conditions. The legible items reference millet, millet sale details, and political notes amid a rural market scene.
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Westerm
Ancy
Giasonsonnwe
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Diana Progress
Blany Ewenta
Conwell & Gstrickler
Sam 'icLaigniin
Lesaw
Sagonier Valley
Seuiel Conrad
Walton Mince
Huff
Andrew Collish
Winton
Amity
Washington County
Ben McCready
Roswith
Paani Ebster
Westmorland County
Gapp
Franklin
Morgen
William Jane
Plywaecth
Wertin Shaughneser
Clifferdine- Washington
G. ¥. Reed
New Castle
Leis
White
Christy Park
Itwburg
Charlie Juster
Thiester Lima
Ard Fischer
Hatrieburg
Frisa
Fale Fair
Samont Wit
Albion
Wises
Ano
Eis Pons
W Lim
H. H. Leig
Sheela
Christian Hess
Reuben J. Mott
Port Auleghene
Davis
W. Donald Maye
Hive
A. F. Bates
Enbold
He Bate County
Kreps
Elmer Grant
Sever Falls Prise Fitter
Ull Om
Sarbin
Juan Manual Balmaceia
Pris
Club de la Reforma
Balmacads
Congress
Liberal
Sants ‘Uaria
Balmacada
Cuili
Sanpuentes
Salmacaianett
Sanfuentes
Quarre
William L. Scott
R. T
Waldenburg
Filesia
Toany
Messina
Italy
Newburg
Low Point
Hudson
Oscar Gantleman
North Side
Camargo
W. A. Hall
A. F. Jarman
Rico
Colorado
Dennis Sullivan
Sullivan
Hastings
Minn
Smith & Thompson
Millers Grain
CLC
Pearce
Millerstown
Judgmenta
United States Savings Bank
Topeka
Kansas
Randor
Coney Island
Thomas Goodrich
Kansas City
Thomas J. Steele
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grant Haydes
West Penn
John Haley
Chestnut Street
Allegheny
Charles Athorn
James Cradshaw
Saginaw
Albert Mores
Grant Kitchen
Savannah
Richard H. Duncan
Eagle Pass
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Ill
Ruddy
Wood
Southern Express
Perkins, Turner
de Laughter
Mosley
Fla
Reno
Nev
Louis Ortiz
William Nash
George W. Johnson and Son
Bismarck
N. D
Jake Harvey
Alice Lehman
Dayton
John Roth
W. A. Higgins
Milwaukee and Eastern Transit Line
Dougass
Tillie Hunter
Sadie
Mary Cullen
Boston Mass
Utah
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Lelisetta
I. T
Frank A. Bigelow
Anthony T. Courtney
Girard
Col
William Harney
Golden Gate Woolen Mills
Minnesota
Dakotas
Clarence T. Jenkins
Armstrong, Gilbert & Co
William Berry
Providence
R. I
John Sullivan
Lynn
Mass
Altoona
John Adelmann
Opticians
Oil Commercial Advertiser
Galavotti
Derbec Draft
Nevada
J. D. Ostrom
Barley H. Allen
Massachusetts
Boston
William Hall
William M. Otin
George A. Marden
Albert E. Pilsbury
John W. Kimball
Toledo
Pearls OF
Fioutine
Julius Brigg
Aame
Westphalia
Rynbern
Hamine
Madame
Fionera
Dar
de Guinea
Grandma
Arthur
Susie Moore
Grandna
Susie
the Bay
Maimma
Janie
Pape
Guthrie
O. T
Oklahoma
Sunriss
Kdyaris
Mwah
Promised Land
Cimarem City
Beam
Peoria
Hill
Herbert Thompson
Joseph Hanger
Harper
Harvie
City
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