Bodies Stolen From Washington Graves By Robbers
A Morning Advertiser report exposes a grave robbing gang in Washington DC led by a man named Marlowe. Bodies are looted from potter’s fields and private cemeteries for medical colleges, with at least two named victims and widespread desecration noted.
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New York
Washington, D. C
Potter's Field
Marlowe
Washington
Jennie I. Teasdale
Queens Baptist Church
Francis Griswold Drake
Medical College
Oak Hill
District of Columbia
Wandere and Returns To Sinks Gisd the Heart of His Aged Mother
John Sheehan, missing in action for 27 years, returns to Crown Point bringing joy to his 80 year old mother. He traveled across states and seas, was believed dead, and rejoined his wife who followed him from Indiana. The Twentieth Indiana comrades thought him fallen in battle.
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Varrararso
Ind
John Sheehan
Enoch Arden
Sheehan
Indiana
Crown Point
Tae
Train Collision Kills Fireman Injures Crew Near Latrobe
An eastbound passenger and a freight train collided near Latrobe Pennsylvania on Monday at 2 AM. Fireman William Metzeus was killed instantly, Engineer George Cannon badly injured. Five coal cars and the passenger train engine wrecked. several trainmen including George Canich and William Getting hurt, passengers unharmed.
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Gneo
George Camich
George Kelly
William Getting
Bouse Hurned
Starling At
Albert Gresch
Headquarters Chemical
Collier & Murphy’s Ambulance
Fire Headquarters
John Buskirk Dead in Bronteron Indiana
John W Buskirk a leading attorney and former legislator in Bronteron Indiana died Sunday evening after a three year battle with Brights disease. The obituary notes his standing in the local legal community and his past service in the state legislature.
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John Buskirk
Broonteron
Ind
Jano. W. Buskirk
Bright
Indiana 36 Hour Weather Forecast Ends Jan 17 1893
Weather forecast for Indiana calls for slightly warmer conditions with occasional cloud cover and local snow showers. Expect variable skies and intermittent flakes, with temperatures inching higher and brief bursts of snow possible in limited areas.
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Indiana
Pattijohn's California Breakfast Foods Etymology Note
Stoser requests Pattijohn's breakfast etymology in ten main entries. The note compiles breakfast noun origins, focusing on California brands, terms, and regional usage. It outlines linguistic roots and cultural cues influencing early morning menus and item names.
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Pattijohn
California
Nude in the Zero Air at Kenwood Institute Fire Alarm
A midnight fire at the Kenwood Institute on Madison Avenue in Chicago forced fifty young women aged 14 to 20 from their dormitories at 6am in minimal clothing. An overheated flue set woodwork in the basement ablaze. students were bundled into freezing air as fire engines arrived. Neighbors aided victims. many suffered frostbite as the three story brick building was nearly destroyed.
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Kenwood Institute
Madison Ave
Burglar Trys for Gold at Fertig Home Cellar
At 4 30 Monday morning police were notified of a burglar in the cellar at 299 East Vermont Street. The fugitive escaped as officers arrived. Francis Fertig resident, reported he had money hidden in the cellar. A daughter of Mr. Fertig was assaulted by the burglar who tore her dress and fled after a struggle. About $50 and private papers were stolen. George Davis, previously jailed for hides theft, was arrested as a fugitive after escaping Greenfield prison by breaking through a stone wall and pouring water on it.
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Vermont St
Francis Fertig
Meney
George Davis
Davis
Greenfield
Cunard Bothnia Fire Aboard Near Queenstown
The Cunard steamer Bothnia from New York reached Queenstown on Monday after a fire broke out in the after-store room near the first-class state rooms on January 15. The blaze reached the upper deck, causing passenger panic. Crew discipline prevented a worse disaster as hoses were readied and fire fought, with quick extinguishment. In Bismarck North Dakota, jailer Harry Smith was knocked unconscious by two prisoners, bound, and locked in their former cell after a raid. The sheriff and wife were away, delaying recovery until Monday.
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Cunard
Bothnia
New York
Queenstown
Bismarck
N. D
Harry Smith
Smith
Local Notices and Obituaries From Town Ledger
Mrs Anna M Cropsey suffers apoplexy Sunday and remains critical. Gas escape nearly suffocates a family at 190 Dorman St, one child revived with difficulty. Deaths include Laura Bush 33, Malinda Young 31, Libbie Walter 4, and others. Marriages list Frank Langa Matilda Armhorst and others.
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Anna M. Cropsey
John Anderson
Dorman St
Bintns
Chas
Carrie McNishan
Abraham
Jennie Turner
Parry
Lizzie Johnson
William
Annie Beaning
Jennie Stafford
Fred
Pauline Hier
Andy
Josephina Jax
Thomas
Maggie Laffrey
Patrick
Emma Howard
Laura Bush
James R. Carney
Malinda Young
Libbie Walter
Lizzie Dider John
William Martin
Frank Corey
Phillip Dean
Charles Neighbors
Arthur Schmidt
Ellen Vogele
Frank Langa
Matilda Armhorst
Albert A. Raines
Emly A. Crouch
Jacob Oppenheimer
May Dowal
James Woodman
Julia Wilson
John H. Harman
Nancy Woods
Charles Kornel
Ida Ross
William Scheld
Serapte
Smith
William ©. Brooks
Mary Boyer
Probe at Work in State House A Prison South Inquiry Rages
Lawmakers return after a late start as debate over the southern prison inquiry dominates both houses. Warden Patten seeks examination. Lindemuth and Ader offer competing resolutions. Meredith, a bright new member, courts attention while dog law bills falter and nursery and gas noting moves advance.
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Father O’donaghue
Mr. Suchanek
Sooshank
St. Joseph
Patten
Ader
Putnam County
Lindemuth
Prison South
Culiop
Knox
Johnson
Marion
Dailey
Clark
Ohio River
Committee On Agriculture
Fippen
McIntyre
Montoux
Gibson County
Larlow
Madison
Senate
Loveland
House
Kern
Central Hospital For
Ork
Magee
Committee On Prison South
Fourteen cardinals named by the pope in consistory
The pope elevated fourteen cardinals at the consistory on Monday. The list excludes American prelates, but includes Arch bishop Vaughan of Westminster and Archbishop Logue, primate of Ireland. Two more non American cardinals are to be created.
Blaine Reported Restful After Night Improving
Washington January 16 It was stated Monday morning that Mr Blaine passed a good night and was such better The brief bulletin notes his condition showing marked improvement since the previous day with no complications reported.
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Washington, D. C
Blaine
A Cold Day Sermon at Plymouth Church Features Father’s Business
Rev F E Dewhurst delivers his sermon on Luke 2 49 with the theme The father’s business focusing on Christ’s boyhood and the broad reach of religion beyond prayers and liturgy. The Plymouth church interior is vast and somber with an organ filling the rear and a 400 strong, diverse congregation. Dewhurst, a Maine native educated at Colby, preaches plainly from a prepared manuscript while engaging attendees in the society rooms after services. The church emphasizes worship, renewal, mutual aid, and charity through education and lectures. Frances Anne Kemble, famed actress and author, dies at 83 in London after a noted U S tour in 1833.
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F. E. Dewhurst
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Mr. Carstensen
Plymouth
Plymouth Church
Dewhurst
Maine
Colby University
Wallverton Heights
Quincy
Mass
Burlington
Christ
Jesus
Sun
Cold Wave Across Nations Halts Trade and Life
A sweeping cold spell grips Europe and North America with subzero of up to 30 degrees below in Minnesota and Indiana recording 15 below zero. Reports from Paris to Constantinople describe frozen canals, halted rail traffic, and rising deaths amid widespread suffering and efforts to aid the poor.
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Loxpoy
Europe
Russia
St. Petersburg
Germany
Baltic
Turkey
Constantinople
France
Cincinxitr
Cincinnati & Southern Road
Kentucky
Tennessee
Cixersywatt
Hag
Ingalls Hag
Sranra
Vig
Benim
Rhine
Hungary
Constantinoplia
Buioomington
Knoxvile
Tenn
Nasuvirae
Cumberland
Hungarian killer electrocuted for debt murder in Schenectady
Cornell E. Loth, 23, a Hungarian, was executed by electric chair in Dannemora after confessing to murdering Mrs. Etta Demackz in Schenectady on June 14 1892. He killed the widow to settle debts with her husband who was not involved. Detected by renter John Feltheimar, Loth faced 20 witnesses and two physicians, calmly facing the chair and murmuring a prayer as 1725 volts passed through him.
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Dannemorna
N.Y
Cornell EE
Dannemania
N. Y
Loth
Bolanger
Bandry
Uleth
Judge Cox Rules on Green Carpet Case and Courtroom Queries
In London morning the motion for a new trial for Ida Marsh was overruled by Judge Cox after a jury convicted her of attempting to kill her husband and sentenced her to six months in the workhouse. A small colored boy named Davis faced assault and battery charges. his lawyer sought a continuance, aided by testimony from the boy’s mother about a $40 offer to help, while Judge Cox questioned a lawyer named Jackson’s admissibility in this court. Deli Mounts pleaded guilty to stealing a horse and buggy last October and received three years and six months in the prison south. Hugh Griffin, colored, got one year south for stealing gloves.
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Cox Balla
Londey
Ida Marsh
Cox
Jackson
Ela
Davis
Deli Mounts
Allison
Hugh Griffin
Peter Gufly
Mill the Second and Third Engineers of a Steamer
The steward of the British ship Glenderin in New York Bay found Grandyilie Stavengon and Henry Thompson, second and third engineers, dying from gas inhalation after a charcoal stove burned overnight. The door was forced open and both men died despite rescue attempts.
Warring Politicians and Quiet Sunday Strife
War of words grips Toruxa Kansas and nearby areas as populists and Republicans clash over party legality and arbitration. In Varararso Indiana, Sunday dawns with record cold and pastors preaching in heavy coats while Michigan City penitentiary faces heating challenges.
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Toruxa
Kas
Jar
U. S
Varrararso
Ind
Indiana
Michigan City
Wagnerian Noise At Poultry And Food Show
The Tomlincon hall Poultry and Food Show features a lively canines and fowls display. A dominant brown rooster directs noise while Wyandottes falter, and several fine dogs including a Newfound land and three St Bernards are shown. Prizes go to various breeds. legal notices follow with downtown court actions against John Francia for robbery and George Voght fined for assault and battery.
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Tomlincon Hall
Wyandottes
Indiana Association
J. W. Springsteen
St. Bernard
Peter Trivers
FE. M. Chambers
Indianapolis
Mysterious death leads to coroners inquiry in Haughville
Mrs. Wm Colman dies at 65 Haugh Street amid a health board and coroner investigation. Neighbors report miscarriage and suspected improper treatment after a druggist prescribed medicines without seeing the patient. Coroner Beck states peritonitis from miscarriage caused death and notes evident negligence. The Colman family is destitute. body buried at Mount Jackson cemetery.
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Haughville
Haugh St
Wm. Colman
Reilly
Sun
Colwan
Beck
Girton
Mount Jackson
Police probe to map child confinement in city
The Board of Public Safety will investigate reports of many children confined in houses of ill repute. Rev N A Hyde asks for names and ages of all inmates. Charges were filed against Fireman Diggins for alleged attempted theft at Bernlocher's shop. Officer Caldwell resigned. Albert Robertson appointed. Lewis Saylor became fireman and Samuel Insh moved to police. James Lewis questioned law on unhitched horses.
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Board of Public Safety
Rev. N. A. Hyde
Board of Children’s Guardians
Diggins
Bernlocher
Caldwell
Albert Robertson
Lewis Saylor
Samuel Insh
Jas
Lewis
Clash on the Silver Question Stalls Senate Caucus
Republican senators met in Washington on January 16 to set an order of business, but divisions over the silver issue left no decision. Some urged immediate action on the silver repeal after the anti option bill, while silver senators resisted, adjourning the caucus until Tuesday.
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Washington
French Expel Corriere Reporter in Panama Bribe Case
Paris on January 16 reports government action expelling Signor Bernascolli, Milan based Corriere della Sera Paris correspondent, for accusing Gen Monabrea of Panama briberies. Other correspondents from London outlets face expulsion over sensational Panama tales. Berlin notes French move seen as supporting republic stability.
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Paris
Signor Bernascolli
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Monabrea
Panama
London
Republic
Newcomb seeks warrant for life of hospital patient
A despondent man entered Squire Daniels court on Monday morning claiming to obtain a warrant for the life of Grubbs, a hospital patient. He named George Newcomb as the requester, said he recently escaped the hospital, and recounted abuse experiences, growing excited until police were summoned.
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Squire Daniels
Grubbs
George Newcomb
Squire
Newcomb
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