Danville Fire Debacle Shows Water Works Shortfall
Danville residents recall a long past era as the new water works system tests fail during a blaze. Volunteers rush to the scene with a hose cart, pony, and improvised lines. Fire chief’s daring stance is questioned as ice and snow hindered pumps and hydrants. The event marks a decline in public support for the volunteer company.
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Danville
Hendricks
Indiana
Hona
Danville Volunteer Fire Company
Skeletons of 48 soldiers found in old canyon
In New Mexico's Aziguiu Fort Marcy area, fourty-eight soldiers missing since 1879 were discovered by Captain Stan levy and companions in Devil's Gulch. Skeletons lay near a spring with remnants of rifles, ammunition, and horse bones, suggesting the men died after drinking poisoned Verdigris spring water.
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Aziguiu
N. M
Fort Marcy
Stanlevy
Silverton
Col
Spanish Copper Canyon
Devil's Gulch
Fireman Joe Goodrich and police activity update
Fireman Joe Goodrich says Ray Fielding provoked him while Justice Daniels fined him 26 cents. George Ross declines police board seat with Gov. Matthews appointing W. C. Mitchell in his place. Police seek highwaymen who robbed M. A. Jenkins on Dal aware near Michigan. Home of Chas. Roush was entered Monday night with $12 and silverware stolen. Eva Jordan 16 on trial after being thrown from an electric car last summer. Wants $16,000 damages. John Shaughnessy at police headquarters deemed insane after arrest with $300. Logen Montgomery colored sent to work house 180 days for public indecency. Women oppose liquor license reissuance for Bernhart Hessling. Fred Kissell lists horses at public sale April 11 at fair grounds. Wholesale grocers accused of not selling to consumers. McCune-Schmidlap contract questioned. deemed a clerical mistake. Judge Harper rules first for mechanic rest cases and contractor Miller priority for pay before Star association. case to Supreme Court.
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Joe Goodrich
Ray Fielding
Justice Daniels
George Ross
Lefayetts
Eva Jordan
John Shaughnessy
Logen Montgomery
Cabi
N. Noble-st
N.noble-St
Bernhart Hessling
N. Noble St. Isloon
Fred Kissell
Fair Grounds
Dallas
Pointer
Fred Douglass
Annie K
McCune- Schmidlap Company
Harper
Joseph Miller
Louis
Herbert Jones
Star Savings and Loan Association
Miller
Association
Harner
Bla
Supreme Court
Youthful Spirit Drama Exposes Spirit Cabinet Trickery
Miss Anna Eva Fay’s seance at the Grand Opera house featured a precocious five year old helper Georgie Pingree who manipulates the routine by slipping in and out of a dress trained cabinet to perform tambourine tricks and spirit writings. Prof Zanzig and Mme Florine challenged such tricks at the Empire theater offering $500 and the night's receipts for any unrevealed deception.
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Anna Eva Fay
Grand Opera House
Miss Fay
Madame Blavatsky
Theosophy
Georgie Pingree
Miss Fey
Opera House
Georgie
Empire Theater
Cursing Cleveland delays spark furious western congressmen
Western lawmakers press President Cleveland over pension commissioner selection while a sensational bank theft past resurfaces. Senator Rosch of North Dakota facing possible ouster amid Republican anger at Cleveland’s slow, disputed appointments. threats to block tariff reform and silver legislation rise as calls grow for rapid spoils distribution.
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Washington
Iff
Cleveland
Gen Slocum
New York
Final Steps in Street Railway Deal Nears
McKee Verner and Richard Clay arrive in Chicago to confer on Indianapolis street railway assu ration and form a new board. Four current directors resign to install McKee Verner Clay and A L Mason, then choose three more from Indianapolis. The new board will elect officers and map future plans. the trio may stay in town several days to study the system.
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Messrs. McKee
Verner
Richard Clay
Chicago
Indianapolis
Messrs
McKee
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Mr. Clay
Solicitors’ Loan and Trust Company
Philadelphia
Clay
A. L. Mason
Messia
U S Wants Hog Island as Quarantine Station
Washington March 14. Hog Island where President Cleveland vacationed is to be taken by the government as a quarantine station. The decision came after a conference between Surgeon General Wyman and Secretary Carlisle on Tuesday. Existing stations near Chesapeake Bay were deemed too distant from Baltimore.
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U. S
Hog Island
Washington
Ho Island
Clevelan
Wyman
Carlisle
Cheasapeake
Baltimore
Bloody Feud Sparks Court House Shooting in Tennessee
In Nashville Tennessee March 14 Thomas Jones shot and wounded Joe Winters and Andrew Winters during a bitter feud between the Winters and Jones factions in the county courthouse. Winters was gravely wounded with a bullet near the spinal column while another wound tore an arm. Joe Winters was awaiting trial for murder of a toll gate keeper named Jones as Andrew Winters was taken back to jail. The crowd surged with fear as Jones fired five shots before being locked up.
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Wnashville
Thomas Jones
Joe Winters
James Boundurant
Winters
Andrew
Jones
Andrew Winters
Joe
Tom Jones
Senator Ingalls Caught in Kansas Trust Bank Crash
The Kansas trust and banking company of Atchison failed on Monday in a collapse that sent shockwaves through banking circles. Senator Ingalls, president, lost $10,000 to $15,000. R. M. Manley, general manager, $250,000. liabilities near $800,000 with assets just over $700,000. Freeland Tufts was appointed receiver amid revelations of past loans on Kansas properties at boom prices.
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Kansas Orry
Kansas Trust and Banking Company
Atchison
Senator Ingalls
R. M. Manley
Freeland Tufts
Kansas City
Kansas
Atchison, Ixas
Manley
Manleys
H.G. Armaby
Logal
Ingalls
Manleye
Armsby
The Daily Mine Disaster at Anderson Mine Explodes
A McAllister I T dispatch reports mine No 1 of the Choc taw coal company at Anderson exploded Tuesday morning. Nine men are dead and many others are dangerously injured in the blast.
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Kansas City
McAllister
I. T
Texas Man Caffee Alias Miller Arrested as Fugitive
A.J. Caffes known as George D. Allier or Coffee, 67, Texan ranchman and former Comanche county treasurer, was detained at the post office on forged embezzlement charges. He claimed political persecution and offered to return without papers, pending Texas sheriff’s arrival.
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A.J. Caffes
George D. Aliller
Comanche County
Texas
Geo. Miller
McGuif
George Miller
Vexan
Miller
Zeveral
Commanche City
Colbert
Sherif
Sun
Ife
Caffee
Col. Caffee
Bmiller
Gee. Carter
Foster
Caifea
Suit to annul marriage of Mary Fox and Peter Fox
Judge Brown heard William Schleicher guardian for Mary Fox sue Peter Fox to nullify the marriage. Fox had earlier been declared insane before marrying. guardians opposed the union to prevent control of Gunsierable property. A night detention led to a false imprisonment claim later dropped.
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Aewang
Boy Undertaker Survives Tacks at Embalming School
The Indiana school of embalming in Girton's undertaking rooms featured a display of coffin trim mings and dressing of caskets directed by Joseph Fitzhugh. Phil Merrmann, 15, son of Undertaker Merrmann, impressed by handling a coffin and listening to lectures by Mr Barum and Prof Barnes. He even swallowed a mouthful of tacks during demonstration but was unharmed and continued to perform tasks.
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Indiana School of Embalming
Girton
Joseph Fitzhugh
Phil” Merrmann
Merrmann
Barum
Carl Barnes
Phil
Hero
Barnes
Masonic Hall
Phil” Herrmann
De Lesseps Dilemmas In Portentous French Bribery Case
Paris March 14 The De Lesseps trial stalled as witnesses testified on alleged bribe lists. M Vues-Goyot did not appear. Constans denied handing a list to President. Sans Leroy claimed funds tied to his wife's dowry. Lang Leroy documents lacked relevance. Prosecutor Boulay urged secrecy on the list of 104 deputies.
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Paris
Charles de Lerseps
M. Vues-Goyot
MM. Constane
Carrot
Br. Constans
Toineter
The
Interior
Cernor
Sans-Leroy
Advocate-Ge Meal
Lang-Leroy Hadi
M. Buulay
de Lesseps
A Town Afire Des Moines Des Moines Fire Rages Polk City
Fire swept Polk City sixteen miles north of Des Moines on Monday evening and continued past midnight destroying the Chicago and Northwestern depot a grain elevator and other property A special train with fire apparatus was sent to the scene In Exeter New Hampshire the old portion of the cotton mills burned early Tuesday with losses estimated at 250000 partly insured
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Des Moins
Polk City
Here
Chicago & Northwestern
Eartin
N.H
Exeter Cotton Mills
Joss
Aggested For Murder In San Francisco Case
Richard Berath son of the late General Heath is arrested in connection with the August murder of Louis H. McWirter, a prominent Democratic politician. McWirter insured for sixty thousand dollars, was shot in his back yard at night while investigating a disturbance. Authorities theorize Heath sought an enemy at McWirter’s house and shot by mistake, with Berath attempting to prove an alibi.
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San Francisco
Richard Berath
Heath
Bhig City
Louis H. McWirter
Fiemme
McWirter
Victer
Les
Therc
Mintake
Telegraph items gather in a mixed bag of crimes and civic ventures
Telegraph tips report Gladstone fn batter case in court with $5,000 deposits demanded. Two cotton warehouses burned in Liverpool with $50,000 loss. A sleeping car porter attacked in Chicago. English noble Lord Herbert dies in Arbuckle mountains Texas. In Baltimore five story building burns with $100,000 logs. Supreme Court refuses interference in murder case of How ard Schneider to be hanged in Washington. Cardinal Gibbons backs fundraising for official residence for Mgr Satolli. Buffalo bishop Ryan to serve as treasurer. Kentucky robbery leaves Thomas Bryant burned. he reveals where $1,800 is hidden. he faces death. Authorities capture Cora Bell and Reuben Coley near Meriden charged with wrecking a freight train.
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Gladstone
Jackson
Corbett
Liverpool
Eng
Chicago
Lord Herbert
Arbuckle Mountains
Texas
Matthias Ingraham
Baltimore
U.S. Supreme Court
Howard Schneider
Washington
Cardinal Gibbons
Mgr
Satolli
Ryan
Buffalo
Qumberland County
Thomas Bryant
Cora Bell
Reuben Coley
Meriden
Miss
New Orleans
Pirith’s age noted in Pennsylvаnia listing
A fragment notes Pirith with unclear age and mentions Pennsylvania with partial text reading sein and Olsan7ng, Pirith's age works. The readable portion centers on the unnamed subject and a Pennsylvania reference, leaving the exact details obscured.
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Sein
Indianapol is Encampment Fight Darkens Grand Army Vote
Contention over securing the Grand Army encampment in Indianapolis heats up with finance committee inaction and looming deadlines. Debates foreseen on a $75,000 appropriation as injunctions threaten time to prepare for the event. A. New Born Baby Falls Into a Pail of Water reports the coroner’s inquiry and a possible case of infant death linked to birth. William Driver, named as father, remains jailed as investigators review the regional incident.
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Indianapolis
Incenne
Friends of
Grand Army
Beck
Chapel St
Ware
Emma Guest
Pettiford
Back
Seong
William Driver
Tue Lux
Daniels
Visional healing and doom foretell Mrs Worley’s cure
Mrs Worley of 270 North Alvord avenue, a longtime invalid from neuralgia, recounts a Saturday night vision of heaven and angels, followed by Judas Iscariot warning of an end times. She abandons medicine, trusts divine cure, and reports improved condition with expected full recovery. The account notes her Seventh day Adventist or Methodist affiliations and ongoing medical treatment.
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Dudas Iscariot
W.E. Worley
N. Alvord At
Seventh-at, Methodist Church
Heaven
God
Judas Iscariot
Signs of Spring coal price cuts decided
A meeting of eastern coal agents on Tuesday afternoon agreed to a wholesale reduction in coal prices. Broken coal drops 10 cents a ton, egg coal 40 cents, improve coal 60 cents, and chestnut 50 cents, effective immediately. Western contigents may join and follow with similar reductions.
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New York
Wanted Right Quick in Political Field Chairman Prospect
The republican state central committee seeks a chairman with patience and alertness. Rumors point to John K Gowdy or Senator A Winsbard, while ex US Treasurer W Nebeker Gen Steele are considered unlikely. Col Roberts notes Winsbard’s youth ambition and notable patience as key traits for the post. Isaac P Gray’s return from Washington affects ministerial duties in Mexico.
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Republican State Central Committee
John K.gowdy
John K
Iit
United States
Wnebeker
Gen. Steele
Meesis
Steele
Nebeker
A.¥. Winsbard
Col. Roberts
Tater
Senate
State Central Committee
Col. Roberta
Isaac P. Gray
Washington
Sun
Mexico
Floods devastate southern Kreshers region near Howlandsville
A march 14 report from Kalanazoo Michigan describes the dome at Howlandsville south of Kare swept away by floods. Large areas inundated with many believed drowned and property lost. Another notice from Bincnamton New Jersey notes an ice jam on the Delaware River near Devoslt with farmland and barns submerged and livestock in rising water as grounds and amusements flood.
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Kalanazoo
Mich
Howlandsville
Kare
End Plainwell
Otsegu
Bincnamton
Dela Ware
Devoslt
Wang and Plunger At English’s and Park Shows
The touring figures of Wang at English’s entertain with Hopper’s company still drawing crowds led by Della Fox and a popular messenger girl, while The Plunger at the Park features Mrs Byron as a witty Irish dialectist and a strong supporting cast. The London gaiety at the Empire with Ethel Carter also impresses audiences. Barnardo homes in London entertain with bells and pipers, serving 50800 boys and girls saved in twenty years.
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Oliver Doud Byron
Ada Rehan
London Gaiety Girls
the Empire
Ethel Carter
Barnardo
London
England
First Baptist Church
Girie
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M Harper
Bernhamer
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Post
W. N. Rosch
North Dakota
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Roach
Rosch
Atlas Life Yasarance
Ina
Lone Star
Hmbuahners
Lesse
Ames
Sie
John K. Gowdy
Brenan
Wang
Parx
Exvink
Londen Galrts Girla
de Wolf Hopper
Hopper
Della Fox
Myetic Shrine
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