Ocean steamers grow larger in modern naval work
The present time shows a trend toward bigger ocean steamers for fighting purposes with ships of 8,000 to 10,000 tons becoming common. The Croton Aqueduct in New York is praised as surpassing all modern engineering feats with a total cost, including commissions and interest, of 12,500,000. The Lebel rifle used by the French is described as wonderful and formidable, with bullets shown to penetrate trees in Dahomey.
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Croton Aqueduct
New York
Dahomey
Wuirutn House in Haverhill to Be City Property
The birthplace at Haverhill will pass from the family to the city. The city will preserve the house and grounds and take good care of the property for public benefit.
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Wuirutn
Haverhill
Niagara Falls electric plant proposed to power World's Fair machinery
Proponents of a great electric plant at Niagara Falls propose to string wires toward Chicago and supply power for the World’s Fair machinery. The plan envisions transmitting large electrical energy to illuminate and operate vast exhibits, signaling a major advancement in power distribution.
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Great Electric Plant
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Pension payments rise sharply in current fiscal year
For the first four months of the current fiscal year pension payments exceeded last year's for the same period by 16 million pounds. This yields a total year increase of 48 million dollars.
Marlborough Heiress and Blenheim Restore Ruined Palace
The vast expenditures by the duke of Marlborough's American wife to rebuild Blenheim into its former palace glory are likely unrecovered. It is unlikely the heir will compensate, and English law assigns the entire estate to him.
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Duke of Marlborough
Blenheim
England
White sultan of Sarawak rules Borneo like Ireland
The most curious figure on Borneo is the white sultan Sir Charles Brooke, English by birth, who governs a Sarawak sector as large as Ireland. The United States is the sole nation recognizing his sovereignty and his subjects pay tribute in rice.
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Borneo
Sarawak
Charles Brooke
United States
Ireland
Inmate of Armenian convent dies at 115 in Jerusalem
A Jerusalem convent inmate aged 115 died after entering at 17 and remaining inside for 98 years. The obituary notes she never left the convent walls, marking a remarkable long life within monastic bounds.
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Jerusalem
Epitome of the Week shows U S grain supply and crises
The weekly bulletin lists U S grain stocks on the 21st with wheat 69 506 000 bushels corn 12 235 000 oats 7 091 000 rye 1 285 000 barley 2 814 000. Pension commissioner Gwens BO Raum estimates 180 000 000 dollars needed for next year. The week ends with 1 105 000 045 dollars in exchanges at leading clearing houses, and 4 785 banks operating October 31 1802 with 260 045 68 045 capital and 85 510 004 897 in resources. Thanksgiving observances appear nationwide amid other reports on fires, trials, bank embezzlement, and notable votes.
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Gwens BO Raum
Crisis Office
Pension Bureau Annual
J. A. B. Harners
Deunire
Cascade of Maritime and Social Turmoil News
A wreck near Everett, Washington sinks Prof Garnard, his wife and son, and Miss Thompson, all musicians, while other reports note season closures of navigation on the upper Mississippi and lumber mills in Dubuque. The nation records deaths, fires, political shifts, and accidents across multiple states, including a governor’s father’s death in Canton, a St. Louis labor rally stance, and a series of drownings and losses from fires, floods, and storms.
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Canton
Nutctional
Champaign
Mariners’ Mutual Benefit Association
United States
California
Franks
Fuller
St. Joseph
Cleveland
Stramnoer
Stockton
Cal
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Marshfield
Wis
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Robert Gerading
Lewiston
Wash
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Harrison
Nelson
Flanes
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Detroit
Snohomish
Wrissert
Grand Army of the Republic
Huon Boyp
Annie Thompson
St. Johns
Mich
Boyd
Cairo
May Sams
Ransom Sampson
Sampson
Multiple disasters across the globe and nation cause heavy losses
A sweeping late news roundup details a California storm destroying ships and orchards with losses over 500000, a Mexico mine collapse, Ohio gas shortages, Cuban factory fire losses, pension fund estimates totaling 166851350, a fatal boat capsize near Newbern, and a deadly bull attack in Arteaga. It also notes fires in Dunkirk Indiana and Scotland, mayoral resignations in Canada, and violent crime including a lynching and a gruesome Arkansas murder. World and local votes and health data from Germany and Kentucky are listed.
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San Francisco
Eicbery
Borda
Pachuca
Mexico
Ohio
Vales & Co
Havana
Cuba
Tue
Secretary of the Treasury
Newborne
N. C
Arteaga
Dunkirk
Ind
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Gordon County
Gau
Plainville
Jester Scott
William Morrow
Jenner
Edinburg
Scotland
Iowa
Harrison
Cleveland
Weaver
Bidwell
J. J. C. Annory
Canada
Sir John Thompson
Ann Davis
Wales
Schuylkillhaven
Tur
Berlin
Germany
Kentucky
Henry Banks
Clarksville, Ark
Falking
Joseph Perry
Banks
United States Proposes International Silver Policy at Conference
The American delegation circulated bilingual proposals on silver coinage urging a fixed gold silver parity, wider use of silver, and an international conference to decide measures. Allison led calls for free mintage while some delegations backed current laws. other nations planned to vote later after Rothschild proposals are reviewed.
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United States
Brvesuis
Allison
America
Charles Rivers Wilson
Great Britain
Punch
Rothschild
Assassination of Agent Wortham Sparks Arrests in Jellico
In Jellico Kentucky Tennessee a joint agent for the Louisville and Nashville and East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroads Sidney Wortham was shot and killed at midnight. Frank McMillian and a man named Jonas and Jonas’s son are in custody for the murder. Officials suspect involvement with a local house of ill fame and a raid gone wrong. Wortham died instantly from buckshot injuries.
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Danvirin
Sidney Wortham
Louisville & Nashville
East Tennessee
Virginia
Wortham
Oldest Sir Knight Hugh Boyd Dies in St Johns Boarding House
Nov 26 reports three fatal incidents across Minnesota New Jersey and Michigan. Hugh Boyd a noted Sir Knight born Ireland Nov 12 1708 died in a St Johns Michigan boarding house where his companion Mrs Johnson also perished. A separate Minnesota case reports a reaper found frozen near Cloquet. In Paterson New Jersey Robert Barbour president of Barbour Flax Spinning Company died of apoplexy leaving a fortune estimated at 25 000 000 to 10 000 000.
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Hugh Boyd
United States
Verish
St. Johns
Mich
John Johnson
Johnson
Mr. Boyd
Ireland
Clyde
N. Y
Newark
St. Johns Commandery
Patensos
N. J
Robert Barbour
Barbour Flax Spinning Company
Meteor Shower Traces Back to Split Comet Biela
New York astronomer Garrett P. Serviss explained that Wednesday night’s meteor shower is made of Bielaid meteors, fragments from the split Biela comet. The swarm spans a 25 million mile diameter cylinder along the comet's orbit, with irregular bunches drifting across space.
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New York
Garrett P. Serviss
Sun
Biela
Bank Statistics Show Growth Amid Insolvencies and Liquidations
Comptroller Hepburn’s forthcoming report notes 165 banks organized in the year with 15.3 million pounds capital, 53 voluntary liquidations, 17 insolvencies, and a net gain of 9 banks. Two thirds of failed banks’ liabilities stem from Maverick Bank. domestic exchange and clearing-house data illustrate extensive use of bookkeeping substitutes, with under 10 percent of transactions in actual money.
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Washington
A. B. Hepburn
Mississippi River
Maverick Bank
Robbers force male travelers to surrender on Northern Pacific
Three masked men held up the west-bound Northern Pacific near Hot Springs Washington and robbed six male passengers in the Pullman sleeper Wadena. They took $1200, a gold watch, and jewelry, spared the women, fled into the woods after ordering all men to raise their hands.
Eighty Lives Lost by Walling Temple in China
Reports from Foochow and nearby districts recount a September gale with a waterspout flooding Changchow area. The Confucian temple and City God temple were submerged. the City God temple wall collapsed, burying eighty soldiers. Nan-Hsien suffered heavy losses. October storms off Japan wrecked boats and drowned nineteen fishermen. An Iowa contractor was killed by drunken workers in Angona, while Harrison may win North Dakota electors as Weaver leads in most counties. Bank robbers who took $10,000 from Roslyn were captured at Arlington, Oregon.
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Armour Pring Company
C. Siclair
Keystone Bank
Erie
Kepler
John Courtney
Charles W. Hawley
Tu Carnegie Company
Homestead
H. O. Dannenowrn
Sharpsburg
Dannehower
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Harrison
Bidwell
Weaver
Wing
Socialist Labor
Plymouth
Mass
Paul Reyexe
A&m
Otis Corbett
Pittsburgh
Sylvester Critchlow
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Newport
R. L
San Pancrazio
Italy
Blondel
America
William O'Connor
Toronto
Can
Changchow
China
San Francisco
Foochow
Nan-Hsien
General Dadley and a Lady’s Jab at a Lost Battle
A satirical piece mocks General Dadley as Swift Runoffski Dudley a pompous loser who never wins. The wife chides him for always being whipped, while excerpts from poems and quips fill the page. Advertisements for medicines and humorous exchanges conclude the fragment.
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Swift Runoffski Dudley
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