Henry Irving Dies After Final Performance in Bradford
English stage icon Sir Henry Irving died suddenly in Bradford after a farewell performance. Bram Stoker was present when he collapsed. the family seeks simple funeral arrangements. Public mourning and calls for municipal theater funding mark the loss.
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Sir Henry Irvin
Sir Henry
Bradford
Bram Stocker
Sir Henry Irving
Bradford Town Hall
London
Drury Lane
United States
England
Brandford
Becket
West Minister Abbey
British Treaties and Norwegian Monarchy Prospect
The London Observer reports Britain will uphold the 1855 treaty safeguarding Scandinavian integrity, contingent on Norway establishing a monarchy. Prince Charles of Denmark is said to have virtually secured broad party support for the Norwegian throne. Officials from Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Oregon Short Line announce a seasonal one way second class fare of 33 dollars for Chicago to Pacific coast routes during two four month periods each year.
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London Observer
Great Britain
Scandinavia
Norway
Prince Charles
Denmark
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Oregon
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Storm Hits Bering Sea and Caribean Coasts
Severe storm sweeps the Bering Sea causing high seas and damage. Reports mention Jamaica and Kings Island feeling tremors from two earthquake shocks amid ongoing meteorological unrest. Ex President Cleveland survives his cabinet except Vilas who led the nomination convention.
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Bering Sea
Cleveland
Mr. Vilas
Nisual
He Island
Weton Reef
Jamaica
Kings Cently
Mining Notes Point to Drill in Kendall and Expansion Plans
Within days a diamond drill will operate at Kendall Ont with the Bullard Extension moving machinery to the ground. Le Roi No 2 gains management to extend the cross from the 1500 foot level into the Josie ground. Idaho delegates to the American Mining congress are named. a plan for a Boundary district concentrator is outlined. Federal Mining & Smelting is close to buying the Morning mine in Mullan for 5 million dollars, seen as a major investment in the Coeur d'Alenes.
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Kendall
Ont
Bullard
Thisland
B. C
le Roi No. 2
le Roi ‘Ning Company
Josie
August Paulson
E. H. Moffat
Wallace
al Page
Wardner
L. “. Steadman
Murray
Federal Mining & Smelting Company
Mullan
Idaho
Peter Larson
Thomas L. Greenough
Coeur d’Alenes
Trainmen killed in Iowa freight wreck near Ton
Five Sea ton trainmen died when an Iowa Central double header freight struck a herd of cattle on the track near Oskaloosa Iowa. Locomotives and eleven freight cars piled up in flames. Engineers Caffill and Summers fireman Barr Brailey and brakeman Morgan were killed. Summers died after being scalded in cab.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Seaton
Ill
Iowa Central Railroad
George A. Caffil
Harry Summers
Harry Barr
L. H. Brailey
P. T. Morgan
Brailey
Monmouth
Summers
Wholesale Produce Prices in Spokane and Nearby Markets
A detailed price list from Spokane Wholesale Produce shows new potatoes 60 65c cwt onions 75c to 1, cabbage 1.25 to 1.50, citrus cases 35.75 to 6, lemons 5.50 to 6 per case, and numerous fruit vegetables with per crate or per cwt figures. Also listed are meats, dairy, poultry, hay, grains, and regional notes for Colfax Lewiston Tacoma Portland and other markets.
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Spokane
Red flags waved as pistol shot triggers funeral panic
In St. Petersburg on Sunday crowds waved red flags at Nevsky Prospect as gendarmes and Cossacks dispersed demonstrators without force. A prince’s funeral cortege to Moscow drew mobs, a pistol shot sparked panic, and police charged. A printers strike over politics could expand into a general labor action.
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St. Petersburg
Nevsky Prospect
Prince Troubetskoy
Nocholai
Moscow
Sporting Notes Highlight Diverse Across Boxing and Racing
Liddie Santry defeats Eddie Kenny in Chicago six rounds. Gold Dust wins the $400 trot at Kalispell in three straight heats. Sheridan sets a discus world record at 188 feet 3 inches. Beldame retires to August Belmont’s nursery stud after a near $100,000 turf win. Farmer Burns rebounds to win two falls and the match versus George Baptiste, settling the mid dleweight title race. New York NL champions beat Philadelphia 2–0 to clinch the world pro baseball title. Kid Egan eyes Nelson Gardner bout at Goldfield purse of 25 000 with 5 000 deposited. Peterson trains for Spokane bout with Mellody. 20 round match postponed to Oct 27 in Spokane.
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Liddie Santry
Eddie Kenny
Chicago
W. T. Knipp
Spokane
le Roi
Pacer
N. K
la Grande
Ore
Russ Hall
Seattle
A. F. Wieseman
Washington
Kalispell
Mont
Gold Dust
Kelly
Martin J. Sheridan
Irish- American Athletic Club
America
Beldame
Kentucky
Belmont
Farmer Burns
George Baptiste
St. Louis
Des Moines
Iowa
Egan
Goldfields
Gardner
Nelson
George Peterson
Honey Mellody
Peterson
Billy Honey Mellody
Boston
San Francisco
Captain Taggart Granted Divorce and Custody
Judge Eason grants Captain Elmore F. Taggart divorce from Mrs. Taggart and custody of sons Culver 11 and Charles 7. Mrs. Taggart may visit. younger child Tiddles remains with the mother in Wooster. Trial cited army drinking as a factor in the dispute.
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Taggart
Culvert Taggart
Mama
Culver
Eason
Tiddles
Wooster
Grand Duke Cyril Shamed for Marriage to Divorced Cousin
The Grand Duke Cyril arrives at Peterhof after being summoned from Germany to face imperial displeasure for marrying Grand Duchess Victoria of Hesse, a divorced cousin. He loses his rank as aide de camp, his army commission, and is exiled from Russia, facing greater punishment than brothers Paul and Michaelovich for defying the emperor and violating canon law.
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Cyril
Peterhof
Germany
Victoria of
Hesse
Munich
Bavaria
Russia
Paul and
Michael Michaelovich
Grand Duke of
Death by own action kills a friend in Philadelphia
William Vogel a baker after a night of dissipation returned to his lodgings at the National Bakers home and determined to commit death by own action. By mistake he entered the room of Gotlieb Burkhardt and after turning on the gas lay down. An employee noting the gas odor broke in to find both men dead.
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Philadelphia
William Vogel
National Bakers’ Home
Gotlieb Burkhardt
Burkhardt
Vogel
Nansen Named Minister At Washington
The Politiken reports Fritzjof Nansen the Arctic explorer will be appointed Norwegian minister at Washington. The piece notes Nome Alaska is 300 miles west of Honolulu and Alaska has nearly two and a half times the coast line of the United States.
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Christiania
The
Politiken
Fritzjof Nansen
Washington
Nome
Alaska
Honolulu
United States
Local Saturday Football Scores Hit by Narrow Spreads
Lewiston High School beat Colfax High 6 to 0. California defeated Stanford 6 to 0 in the 12th annual freshman game at California Field. Whitman tied the University of Washington 6 to 6 in a major Seattle surprise. Montana second team fell 24 to 6 to Spokane High School at Spokane Park in Missoula.
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Lewiston High School
Colfax High School
California
Stanford
Seattle
Whitman
University of Washington
University of Montana
Missoula
Spokane High School
Spokane Park
Cure Cancer With Radium Coatings Reported at NY Hospital
Dr. William H. Dieffenbach told the Homeopathic Medical Society that five cancer patients at Flower hospital were cured using radium coated on celluloid rods inserted into diseased areas. In six cases only one failed, due to advanced disease.
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New York
Flower Hospital
William H. Dieffenbach
United States
International Medical Congress
the Hague
Homeopathic Medical Society of
Dieffenbach
Train wreck injures seventeen near Kilburn Colorado
Seventeen people were injured when Missouri Pacific train No. 7 derailed at Kilburn 69 miles east of Pueblo due to spreading rails. The final three cars including a Pullman sleeper a tourist sleeper and a day coach overturned. All passengers were brought to Pueblo for treatment with severe injuries hospitalized.
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Pueblo
Col
Missouri Pacific
Kilburn
Man Throws Himself Before Car at Sawtelle
Warren Henderson, an inmate of the Sawtelle soldiers home near Long Branch Cal, leaped in front of an electric car at Sixteenth and American avenues just beyond the city limits and was killed instantly, his fear of losing memory driving the act.
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Long Branch
Cal
Warren Henderson
Sawtelle
Sixteenth and
American Avenues
Aunt Esther Damon Pioneer Pensioner of Plymouth Union
In Plymouth Union Vermont near Ludlow the last surviving Federal Revolutionary War widow Aunt Esther Damon lives on a modest pension. Born August 1 1814 she endured poverty and toil then married Noah Damon a much older veteran. After his death she cared for her mother and now lives with Mrs Snow on a small pension of 24 dollars a month while maintaining her faculties.
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Black River Valley
Windsor County
Vermont
Ludlow
Plymouth Union
Esther” Damon
Esther
Plymouth Township
Tyson
Noah Damon
Masachusetts
Esther Sumner
Damon
Boston
Reading
Snow
Evolution of the steam carriage and its decline
The article traces steam carriage origins with Cugnot Trevithick and Evans, notes Sir James Anderson built a 15 passenger model reaching 15 mph in 1829, and explains the vehicle's social impact. It compares early steam coaches to modern cars and cites high fares, grease, and soot as drawbacks. The rise of railways and closed coaches pushed steam carriages into museums.
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Cugnot
Trevithick
Oliver Evans
Sir James Anderson
London
Taxes Rise in France and Quiet Dogs Alarm
The article notes France’s average tax per man growing from 15.25 dollars in 1876 to over 25 dollars currently. It also mentions people tying up calm dogs in yards to prevent possible howling.
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France
Whose Funeral Draws Attention on City Procession
A public procession draws much curiosity as bystanders ask whose funeral is passing. The event highlights how community interest follows prominent figures and their final rites.
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Feneral
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