Train Collision Kills One and Injures Sixteen Near Brighton
A rear end crash between a Union Pacific passenger train No. 3 and an excursion car near Brighton caused a fire that destroyed cars and mail. Express Messenger Winfield and brakeman Ham Law died in the blaze. Randleman was burned beyond recognition. Firefighters spent an hour fighting the flames before remains could be recovered. Officers blamed the Boulder accommodation directed by Rector BR W McAllister for the wreck.
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Field Randleman
Ham Law
Boulvalley
Union Pacific
Clfic
Brighton
Winfield
United States Mail
Htop
Randleman
John Nally
Movement at Tugela Rumors of Buller Plan Near Ladysmith
Dispatches suggest General Buller may renew efforts near the Tugela to relieve Ladysmith. British retreat toward Frere and river rise hinder frontal attack while additional artillery heads north. Parliament pressure and voluntary funds for troops remain prominent as relief totals climb.
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Toor
Chieveley
Ladysmith
Tugela
Wollen
Bariment
Buller
Addi
Frere
Hoberts
Kaf
Lenatches
Case of Commons
Buckinghamshire
Big Steamer on the Rocks Under In Heavy Gale
An outward bound Hamburg liner reportedly struck sands on the east side of ageness amid a continuing heavy gale. The vessel carries many passengers and perilous conditions persist. Tugs and life boats are being sent from Folkestone and Dover, Dover harbor master reported difficulties launching due to the gale. Rescue is challenged with no definite vessel name available.
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Onder
Ageness
Ban
Tauce
Folkestone
Dover
Glasgow Accepts American Firm for Tramway Feeder Cables
The city of Glasgow accepted an American company to supply feeder cables for extending the tramway system. The contract value is £151,000 with the firm underbidding the British tender by about £10,000, reflecting a price advantage.
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Americanuc
Pornish Power
Glasgow
Corporation c Ity of
Niler
National Conduit and Able Company
Explosions Kill Two in Colorado Mines and Town Fires
In Minturn an engineer Samuel H. Quackenbush is killed and fireman Irvin Salien fatally injured by a locomotive boiler explosion. A fire at Caribou near Boulder destroys seventeen buildings, with no insurance. Other notes include Hastings mine fatality in Trinidad and plans for snow sheds on the Gunnison line to keep winter operations open.
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Minturn
Samuel H. Quackenbush
Irvin Salien
Florence Cement Works
Colorado & Southern
Gunnison
Alpine Pass
Baldwin District
South Platte Canon
Ines
Cripple Creek
Horse Creek
Peter Falsetto
Hastings
Victor Coal Company
Trinidad
Reading
Andrew Sweeney
Leadville
Sweeney
Weston Pass
Victor
Walsenburg
W. J. Milsap
Klein Hotel
Milsap
Mexico
Smith Center
Kansas
Pueblo
Caribou
Boulder
S. W. Richie
P. J. Werley
W. G. Grosser
Louis Thorpe
Hanpan
Rufus Gray
William Brooks
Confidence in Wood gains Cuban trust and reform
A Havana dispatch reports Cubans increasingly trust the American administration under General Wood. McKinley and Wood pledges, a reformist cabinet to be announced January 1, and a Havana congress invite signal intent to unite Cuban parties behind Wood. Bliss prosecutions deepen a custom fraud ring as appraisers and brokers face judicial action. General Wood tours prisons, studies conditions, and plans early radical reforms.
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Wood
Chicago
Havana
Cuba
McKinley
General Wood
Santiago
Congress
Cuban National Party
Bartolome Maso
Bliss
Custom House
Audencia
Strong Interest Reported in Salt Lake to Los Angeles Rail Line
The Record notes that eastern capitalists and promoters, including Warner Miller, are in Chicago discussing a new western railroad. A Salt Lake City to Los Angeles line is considered, potentially direct to California via Utah and Nevada, with investors tied to western and southern railways.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Warner Miller
Trattle
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
California
Utah
Nevada
Western and Southern
Art Collection to be Sold by Estate Executors
The Corotos, Meissoniers and other masterpieces, valued over 500000 dollars, from the late Judge Hilton, will be dispersed by the executors. A second collection of early English French and American silver ranks just behind Morgan pieces. Sevres porcelain includes vases bought for 15000 dollars. Hilton’s gallery holds about 200 paintings by modern French masters, including Meissoniers works such as the artist's portrait of himself and L Awone.
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New York
Corotos
Meissoniers
Judge Hilton
Hilton
L’auwone
The Fall of Kipling and a Gold-Gilded Gavel Tale
Critic Robert Buchanan lambasts Rudyard Kipling in the Contemporary Review while noting his blunt style and moral claims. The piece then shifts to a Manila incident involving Captain Charles V. Mount of the Shenandoah company who secured wood from the Reina Christina. A gold inlaid gavel, bearing Henderson’s monogram and coats of arms with 45 gold stars, is described as costing $200.
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Robert Buchanan
Rudyard Kipling
Contemporary
Review
Kipling
Mr. Buchanan
London
Rosetti
Swin
Manila
Charles V. Mount
Shenandoah Company
Fifty-first
Monrejo
Speaker Henderson
Remarkable Waltham Factory Girl Becomes Governor's Wife
Mrs Banks of Waltham, widow of Gen N P Banks former governor of Massachusetts and U S congressman, celebrated her 80th birthday. Her life moved from factory girl to first lady of Massachusetts and social figure in Washington and Europe including a memorable meeting with Empress Eugenie. Her story links to a roselined gavel from a factory era.
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Massachusetts
Waltham
Mass
Banks
Gen. N. P. Banks
Gen. Banks
Commonwealth
United States Volunteers
National House of Representatives
Napoleon III
Eugenie
Prince of Wales
Boston
Congress
Europe
Washingtons Most Desirable Matrimonial Catch Duke Castagneta
Duc Gaetan Caracciola de Castag neta is hailed as the year’s top matrimonial prospect in Washington. On his twenty first birthday the Duke appears handsome, amiable, and magnificently wealthy, drawing many invitations. Castagneta, near Rome, was his childhood home where he excelled at outdoor sports and horse riding.
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Duc Gaetan Caracciola de Castagneta
Washington
Castagneta
Caracciolos
Rome
Eternal City
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Jogenteen
Pacific Railroad
Brightvoleck
Colorado
Eldorado
Sunshine
Tyxds
Colorado Chautauqua
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Spiegel
Henderson
David B. Henderson
Bulwer
the Duke DE Castagneta
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