Cannibals in the South Seas War Zone Aboard Morning Star
San Francisco dispatch reports fierce cannibal conflicts on the island of Ruk in the Mortlock group. Missionaries quit posts as tribes attack with rifles and knives, with multiple deaths and evacuations described. Spaniards, Germans, and natives interplay amid tensions and desertions aboard ships.
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San Francisco
Ruk
Mortlock
South Pueblo
Duncan
Morning Star
Min
Seannel
Hoe
Auchy
Logan
Nolan
Marshall Islands
Chinamen Plot to Smuggle Celestials Into U S
Denver officials uncover a Chinese scheme to flood the United States with registered Chinamen. The plan involved multiple registrations, certificates sent to San Francisco Six Companies, and possible evasion of the Geary law. Authorities estimate thousands in the district are affected and many towns remain unregistered.
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Denver
Kingdom
United States
Colorado
Wyoming
China
San Francisco
Inspector Freeman
Freeman
Washington Ibis
Suo Francisco
Peru
Woungho
Nagain
Son-Katoo
Tientsin
Tragedy on Redondo schooner ends in deaths of two sailors
Report from Los Angeles describes a clash between union and non union sailors aboard the Halcyon at Redondo. Gunfire wounded a non union man, Peterson, who disappeared overboard, while union member Michael Silver was found dead in a San Pedro boat. A separate rescue off Brigantine shoals involved the Booth Brothers schooner and the Yankee James W. Bigelow, saving Captain Albert Burdick and five others from sinking with 600 tons of paving stone aboard.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Redondo
Halcyon
San Pedro
Redondo Union
Nalcyon
Prior
Peterson
Michael Silver
Atlantic City
No 1
Ife Savers
Bigelow
Barnegat
Wall Street Review reports mixed signals after earlier panic
Dun s Review notes a price collapse in Wall Street with industrials hit hard though some markets show strength. Cordage and Sugar fall sharply, a Cordage receivership easing tensions, while grains and real estate show activity and shipments rise in the East. Overall failures total fifteen above ten thousand dollars in the United States and Canada.
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Dun
Wall Street
General Trade
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Sugar
Manhattan
Cordage Company
Chicago
At &J. Louis
United States
Canta
Immigrants swarm to America amid new inspectors rule
A flood of immigrants heads to New York as a new immigration law prompts a rush. Steerage passengers leaving May 3 onward face a revised Ellis Island questioning system under a new Board of Inspectors. Ten thousand Italians depart Marseilles and 13,000 from Bremen join others in transit. Among landed, 700 of 1,359 on the Stuttgart are Flons, a migrant group headed west with two marriages recorded en route.
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New York
Spediu
America
Ellis Island
Board of Inspectors
Marseilles
Belgravia
Bremen
Stuttgart
Young Republic
Midh
West
Behring Sea Tribunal Rivalry Over Pelagic Sealing War Risk
Commissioner Carter argued the United States holds ownership rights to seals and power to seize pelagic fishing vessels. He described females slaughtered while bearing young, pressed for humane duties and warning of potential war with Great Britain. Baron de Courchelles praised the speech as lofty and fitting for the court.
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Behring Sea Tribunal
Carter
United States
Great Britain
Baron de Courcelles
Raazullbert
Cyclone hits Oxford and surrounding towns with heavy damage
A cyclone struck Oxford forty miles south of Raleigh causing widespread destruction in a 400 yard wide path from southwest to northeast. Frame houses toppled, brick roofs torn off, and many structures ruined. The town stood in darkness as rain and unusually large hail shattered windows. Estimated damage reached 200000 dollars with multiple injuries including ten in Henderson and several at a granite quarry. Reports of another possible strike emerged as telegraph lines failed.
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Raleigh
Oxford
Henderson
Greystone
Leader Vasquez heads provisional government in Honduras
Report from Honduras describes General Vasquez taking command of government troops and consolidating control amid revolutionary activity in the region. Panama coverage notes regional triumphs and rising authority under Vasquez.
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Honduras
Panama
Vaquezs
Vasquez
Terrible Lafayette Wreck as Air Brakes Fail
A passenger train on the Illinois Central line crashes into Lafayette depot after airbrakes fail. Ten killed and eleven injured as wreckage blocks tracks near Union Station. Fire extinguished. engineers and crews aid victims while authorities assess damage and reopen lines.
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Lafayette
Ind
Wabash River
C Neinnath
Union Station
Bender
Trafic
Danger of a Smallpox Epidemic in Jamestown Immigrant Influx
North Dakota residents face possible invasion by immigrants from Winnipeg amid quarantine. Dr. W Neidle notes 4000 foreigners are in poor sanitary condition with smallpox spreading, though few details are confirmed. He travels to locate farm work for the group and may continue to the west if needed.
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North Dakota
Jamestown
N. D
W. Neidle
Winnipeg
Lfe
Willantpes
Reidie
War Between Brazil and Uruguay Invasion and Battle Near Revery
Montevideo reports the latest clash as Castillista troops crossed Uruguayan soil near Revery. General Garcia pursued with cavalry and the two forces met, yielding heavy losses including two Brazilian officers and forty-three men and twelve Uruguayans dead. Overnight dispatches note a Zanzibar dhow capsized drowning 125 slaves. Cleveland electrification plan wins right of way to link to Toledo and Detroit.
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Brazil
Uruguay
Valparaiso
Montevideo
Castilbista
Amaro
Revery
Garca
Cave Alry
Sne
Murder of Wis mother by William Burke shocks Rockford
William Burke, drinking and half crazed, surrendered to Sheriff Burbank and confessed to killing his mother Margaret Burke with a shotgun in a locked Rockford cottage. The body lay decomposed for days, the note on the door detailing alleged motives and life, with Burke held without bail as a grand jury indictment follows.
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William Burke
Rockford
Burbank
Cirreuit
Margaret Burke
Burke
Triumph of Tobacco Importers in Tariff Case
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals upheld claims by tobacco importers in a case tied to the 1884 tariff act. The dispute centers on duties for leaf tobacco used for wrappers, with totals estimated between 1.5 and 2 million dollars. An earlier collector’s rule had shifted duties, prompting multiple suits and appeals.
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New York
Hendricks
Roberton
Caiming
Connecticut
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
A Trout Bite Fatality Attributed to Rare Wound
St Joseph man Ted Campbell ate Chork and died at an early hour. Michne bell’s death is traced to a peculiar injury from a large trout at Lake Minnetonka last summer. While removing the fish from the hook his hand was cut and later blood poisoning led to death after returning home and seeking relief at Excel sior Springs.
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St Joseph
Ted Campbell
Michnebell
Lake Minnetonka
Ife
Excelsior Springs
Tuts
Iowa News Roundup: Fires, Trials and Rail Plans
A sweeping Iowa page notes fires in Burlington and Muscatine, legal actions against arson and assault, train death cases, new rail equipment plans, religious and educational meetings, and civic developments from Fort Dodge to Clinton and Dubuque. Notable items include a Burlington boardinghouse fire with six deaths, a Whittemore murder charge, plans for a Danish college in Clinton, air brake plans for Chicago and North Western cars, and the state fair premium list with a $35,000 offering.
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Council Bluffs
Flint
Berlin
Mills County
Muscatine
Co. W. Marison
Foster
Thomas Comefoot
Mr. Cone
Whittemore
Koss
Aurora
Robert Kenny
Dubuque
Anamosa Penitentiary
Boles
Kenney
Presbyterian Mission Board of the Northwest
H. J. Penfield
Chicago
W. B. Jacobs
C. B. Farrell
H. W. Sherwood
Fort Dodge
Illinois Central
Capt. Merry
Ilinois Central
Merry
Iowa State Agricultural Society
Jefferson Street
Burlington
Judson
Waterloo
Des Moines
Roman Catholic Mutual Protective Society of
A. J. Riper
Iowa City
Iowa Cty
Blackhawk County
Charles Gatsch
Tor Godfrey Marine Ways Company
Lyons
Keorte
Reds
Fullen
Democratic State Committee
I. A. Dover
Silverstein
Grand
WRECKED BY CROOKEDNESS IN SIOUX CITY FAILURES
Reports detail serious charges connected to failures in Sioux City. Assignments, notes, and securities exposed fraud risks at Union Loan and Trust, Union Stock Yards, and related firms. Receivership actions, missing funds, and controversial note disputes involve Wacillie Missouri River ridge and others.
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Sioux City
Union Loan and Trust Company
Hubbard
Chesley
Union Stock Yards Company
Stock Yards Company
J.S. Hedges
United States
Gunkle
Wachusetts National Bank of
S‘itehburg
Mass
A. L. Waddell
Kansas City
Wacillc
Missouri River Ridge Company
Sioux City Packing Company
Trust Company
Cownie
Sioux City Dry Goods Company
Sioux City Lagina Works
Ed Hankinson
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Papar
Sioux County
Peary
North Pols
Prof Wan
Prigid Zone
Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia
London
Zanzibar
Cleveland
Ohio
Toledo
Detroit
Makke
Omaha
Wis
Dune Park
Chesterton
Wiliam I Hayward
Seventh Regiment of Cavalry
Camp Sullueno
Texas
Lake Shore
Chester Tou
Coates
Hayward
East St. Louis
Wabash Road
Bureks
Mich
Willsdale
City of Mexico
Mexico
Diaz
el Democrata
News OF
Iowa
L. S
Bronx
Brown
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Iowa Hahremann Society
A. H H. Hanchett
D. W. Dickinson
George Royal
State University
Cedar Rapids
Cuares Gorson
Webster City
Horn
Henry East
Fred Wirdsall
Lake City
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