Caravan of the Dead and a Question About Steam Shadows
A London Standard writer describes a dawn caravan toward Khanekin in Ottoman territory. Defunct Persian pilgrims carry remains to the gates of paradise near Kerbelā, with mummified remains in bandages swaying beside laden mules. A steam gauge mystery follows, explaining why steam casts a shadow while pure water does not.
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Djennet
Gates of Paradise
Aga
Iman Hussein
Kerbela
Tshaush
Empire
Gate of Paradise
Hussein
Kerbera
Cantley Faces Expulsion Over Miss Golightly Sit
Dialogue recounts Cholly alleging Cantley was seated with Miss Golightly on his knee. Chappie reacts with disbelief as Cholly claims the incident ruined his trousers. The exchange conveys scandal over propriety within the club.
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Cholly
Cantley
Chappie
Miss Golightly
Leadville Mining Output For 1894 Reveals Strong Gold Camp
Leadville Herald-Democrat reports 1894 camp output at 8,160,074 dollars with gold contributing 1,934,240. If silver were coinage value the value would reach 13,000,000. Total ore tonnage 362,907 tons. Smith-Moffat group leads with 1,000 tons more than last year. Grand total mine yield 1879-1894 stands at 196,440,447.29. Workforce includes 2,231 miners, 650 smelter hands, 150 ore haulers.
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Leadville
Colo
Smith-Moffat Group
Maid of Erin
Gray Sagle Consolidated
Horseless carriage debut in Kansas City
A Kansas City invention creates an electric carriage with seating for six, built by J. H. Elberg and Dr. H. C. Baker. F. S. Patton supervised the trial, reaching 11 miles per hour with a seven to eight hour battery life and a 2,000 pound weight, claiming it outperforms European coaches.
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Kansas City
Fourteenth Street
Cherry Street
Mother Shipton
United States
H. C. Baker
J. H. Elberg
F. S. Patton
Bribery Allegations Shake Chicago Alderman Powers
A Chicago Herald report alleges Alderman John Powers offered 40 votes for 25 000 to secure passage of the anti cigarette ordinance. The proposition was said to target Neil McCaul, Chicago manager for a large firm, with a stenographic record of the bribery talk.
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Chicago
the Herald Today
John Powers
Neil McCoul
McCaul
Herald probe fuels public outrage over city corruption
A Herald reporter, hidden behind a removed door panel, obtained a statement from a representative amid plans to investigate police corruption and municipal graft. The disclosure sparked intense public interest and further scrutiny of city officials.
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Aed Sane Coul
Herald
Crookenness
Mount Rainier Climbing Party Near Carbon Glacier
A message from the Poat-Intelligencer Mount Rainier party reports five miles from the Carbon glacier, delayed by heavy packs and floods. It was 20 degrees above zero this morning, warmed by winds from the crater. approach may shift to the south. The climbers are all well.
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Seattle
Wash
Poat-Intelligencer
Mount Ranier
Carbon River Canon
Carbon Glacier
Carbon River
Cattle Thief Threatened Lynching in Beaver Valley
In Beaver Valley north of Chadron Nebraska a cattle thief is under threat of lynching by an armed mob after a recent assault left the man badly injured. Authorities fear loss of life as the time limit for his exile expired and tempers run high among furious cattlemen and their allies.
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de Lynehedt
Chadron
Beaver Valley
Short-Weight Coins Worry Gold Exporters
New York reports traders seek light-weight gold coins to game the treasury while exporters push for stamped bars. Treasury holds 46 million in gold, redemptions limited to coin. banks balk at accepting light coins. a private detective investigates two allegedly smuggled bars from Mexico.
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New York
Suth
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Assay
Assay Office
Mexico
Becomes an Indian Chief in La Crosse Wisconsin
Mayor Powell of La Crosse White Beaver received a delegation of Winnebago Indians offering him the position of chief. A petition with 200 signatories and representation from a Nebraska branch supported the move. Powell, a physician and Populist candidate, expressed willingness to accept pending federal confirmation.
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la Crosse
Wis
Powell
White Beaver
Nebraska
Avinne- Sheik
Hat We Are Not There
Marion the French astronomer notes that if Earth were as near the sun as the Moon, it would melt like wax under the solar heat. He describes the sun as a luminous dust stratum floating on a dense gas ocean.
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Marion
Frightful Collision Near Crewe Injures and Kills
An express train collided with a baggage train at Crewe on December 22 amid a gale. Nineteen people are reported dead with over sixty injured as debris and wreckage scattered across the tracks and stations.
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Kogten
Crewe
Eng
Western Railroad
Ford
Ree
Optrons
Manchester
Income tax law tested in Supreme Court case
The first case to challenge the coastal ity of the income tax law reaches the Supreme Court. Jeremiah Wilson represents G Moore of Moore and Schley. Judge Cole plans an early hearing date. Several New York men are involved as plaintiffs challenging the tax as discriminatory against small incomes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jeremiah Wilson
G. Moore
New York
Moore & Schley
Cole
Equal Supreme Court of the District of Bia
Miller
Niveral Eaue
Moore
Outlaws Raid Claremore Town After Train Hold Up
A band of seven robbers raided Claremore last night, stealing about $10 and forcing passengers to open safes. Dee French and Cheroke Bil are linked to the incident as local victims. The gang fled after forcing a passenger to unlock a door and pushing the car onto a Kansas rail line. authorities fear they may strike again before the next train arrives.
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Claremore
Kansas and Railroad
Mafety
Fragmentary remarks on mine safety and inheritance laws
A Massillon speaker discusses miners and the starwatic area. He argues workers should accept conditions until a reform is opened. He believes the act should regulate all lives and transportation, and fortunes should be left to heirs.
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Massillon
Ohio
Dex Bride
Seely Sent Up to High Term for Bank Defalcation
Seely was sent to the penitentiary for eight years by a United States circuit judge after being found guilty of altering the books of a leather bank. The defalcation amount involved was 5080 pounds.
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Seely
New York
Lus
Wes
United States Circuit
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Sys
Mount
Ranier
Indian Territory
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