Travel badly blockaded in Denver ditch trapping men
One hundred men imprisoned in a ditch at Denver as a deadly rescue effort unfolds. Four killed and two mortally injured, with total losses including $800,000 for the Marblehead fire in Havoc Among the Wirsa. Kansas City dispatch notes last night’s snow and feet cripple telegraph wires and railroads. The telephone company bears the heaviest loss at about $20,000 as Grand avenue wires and poles suffer through the storm. Tonight it grows colder and the snow has ceased.
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Denver
Marblehead
Mass
Kansas City
Electric Grit Company
Telephone Company
Grand Avenue
Sixth
Sixteenth
Snowstorm Hits Iowa and Kansas City Districts
Cuabaco reports a broad snow storm across Iowa, Northwestern Missouri and parts of Kansas with wet snow in most areas and sleet near Kansas City. Telegraph lines between Cuabaco and Kansas City are largely down, but some improvements follow. Snow began last night, light winds, and about a foot on the ground though heavily drifted in spots. Rail travel remains minimally impeded as temperatures drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuabaco
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
California Rainfall Exceeds Average Across State
California rainfall to date greatly surpasses the seasonal average and last year totals. The San Joaquin Valley reports three to five inches compared with last year’s one and a half. San Francisco records ten inches versus three. Martinez seven versus two. Marysville ten versus four. Sacramento eight versus one and a third. Stockton five versus one and a half. Fresno four versus one and a third. Los Angeles eleven versus two.
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San Francisco
California
San Joaquin Valley
Martinez
Marysville
Sacramento
Stockton
Fresno
Los Angeles
Winter Snow Storm Roars Across Minnesota and Dakota
Snow storms rage across southern Minnesota and Dakota after Christmas outings. Missouri River at Chamberlain stays open while northern weather is milder than the south. No fatalities reported.
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St. Paul
Dakota
Chamberlain
Missouri River
Sleet and Wet Snow Hits Dusveaus Weather Outlook
Sleet and wet snow fell in Dusveaus Ia on December 28 and continued this afternoon. Forecasters anticipate a heavy snowfall and a drop in temperature based on the current storm.
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Dusveaus
Denver Cable Car Trench Collapse Kills Four in 15th Street
A Denver trench collapse on Fifteenth Street near Tremont and Court Place kills at least four workers and mortally wounds two others. The Denver Gas Company employed about 100 men to excavate a six foot deep ditch along the cable car line when the track section suddenly gave way, burying workers beneath the fallen rail. Rescue crews shift debris and recover bodies as four are confirmed dead.
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Denver
Fifteenth Street
Tremont
Court Place
Denver Gas Company
Mrs Parsons Thwarted Curiaco Chicago December 26
Hand bills announced that Mrs Lucy Parsons wife of the executed anarchist would lecture in Waverly hall tonight. Police halted the plan via orders to the hall owner and a police guard to deny entry, citing risk of a violent anarchist harangue and potential arrest.
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Curiaco
Lucy Parsons
Waverly Hall
Hubbard
Laughlin
Lowrie
Mr. Lowrie
Hannah Victime Fire Disaster Claims Twenty Four
A New Orleans report to the Republic details the steamer Hannah disaster. Twenty four people died, four or five may die in hospital, including Givens the hero. Funeral services were held with harbor flags at half mast. Pilot Bob Smith, famed on the river, died. Rumors spoke of incendiary origin as burning cotton floated downriver past Plaquemine. The Paraguard could not land due to the burning cargo.
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St. Louis
Republic
New Orleans
Givens
Bob Smith
R. E. Lee
Hannah
Plaquemine
The Marblehead Fire of 1880s Rebuild In Doubt
Mass city faces 800000 dollar losses and 12000 workers displaced after last night’s blaze. Thirty seven buildings destroyed including thirteen homes and twelve shoe factories. Fire rode across eight to nine acres in minutes. recovery this winter seems unlikely.
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Maruledead
Mass
Nihilist Bomb Attempt Near Edinburgh Duke Duchess Not Present
A Malta dispatch reports the duke and duchess of Edinburgh were not at the theater during a bomb attempt. A burning fuse and bomb were found in the lobby. The Russian consul at St Marta was released after no evidence linked him to the plot, now thought to be mischief.
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London
Malta
Duchess of Edinburgh
St Marta
Discontinued Order on Customs Surveyor Actions
Complaints were made to the treasury department regarding the Kansas City customs surveyor over bills connected to transportation entries. Secretary sirchild approved the surveyor’s stance that ownership determinations fall to the collector at the port of arrival and instructed further steps.
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Jasminaton
Treasury Department
Kansas City
Sirchild
Depot Affairs Atchison Aitcuron December 26
The building committee of the Union Depot Company reports progress on depot improvements at Atchison and Aitcuron with a timeline for completion and details to be announced at the next meeting.
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Atchison’s
Aitcuron
Eee Union Depot Company
The Dismembered Trunk Found in East Fairmount Park
A boy found two bundles in the East Fairmount park lake containing a dismembered human trunk and nude legs. The head was crushed and three knife wounds mar the face. German victim about 35. Evidence points to a murder within 24 hours. Investigators note newspaper scraps with German writing and bloodstains, wagon and wheelbarrow tracks, and a vigilant gardener who heard barking dogs before seeing a mysterious visitor. The case is assigned to the chief detective and aides.
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Pin la Delrita
East Fairmount Park
Reservoir Hotel
Columbia Avenue
Park
John Ernest
Reservoir
Ernest
Youthful Forger Confesses in Cincinnati Case
Cincinnati December 26. Chas Tinkler aged 19 admitted forging three checks for 5000 dollars each on a bank in September. He had fled to London where he was arrested is reported. Cincinnati police also report Charley Hopkins son of Ben Hopkins arrested for mutilating one of Tinkler's forged checks. Hopkins bail set at 15000 dollars and he remains jailed.
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Cincinnati
Chas
Tinkler
London
Charley Hopkins
Ben Hopkins
Fidelity Bank
Negro Riot Reported Near Lamar Miss Conflict
A private telegram claimed a negro riot was underway at Lamar Mississippi twelve miles south of Grand Junction Tennessee. Requests were made for Winchester rifles on the first train. No replies reached the senders by midnight. Rumors listed two whites and five negroes killed.
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Mimorum
Bulle
Lamar
Miss
Grand Junction
Tenn
Dlinois Central
State Teachers Association Opens With 600 Attendees
The State Teachers Association held its first meeting tonight in Representative Hall, drawing about 600 attendees despite the partial OCR errors. The gathering marked the group's initial public session and showcased early interest from educators.
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Torzxa
Ledger Burned Out in Tacoma Treasure of Newsrooms
The Tacoma Ledger office burned at 7 morning, an incendiary act given no workers present due to a holiday. The loss includes editorial rooms, library, and files, estimated at $5,000 with $1,000 reward offered for the culprit. The paper plans to publish tomorrow and rebuilds immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
W. T
Tacoma Ledger
Schemes to Evade the Law and Interstate Commerce Debate
A collection of interviews on the Interstate Commerce Law from Cubano to Dec 26 notes rail executives arguing the act is poorly observed. Traffic Manager Reeve cites widespread evasion. Bond seeks repeal of pooling limits and longer rate-notice periods. Stickney calls for stronger administration, stressing the act’s defect in limiting government power over carriers.
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Reeve
Chicago & Grand Trunk
Bond
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Canada
Stickney
Chicago, Kansas City & St. Paul Railway
Western Freight Association
Dodrige to be GM of St Louis Arkansas Texas railroad
W B Dodrige, superintendent of Missouri Pacific Central Branch, resigns to become general manager of the St Louis Arkansas Texas railroad effective January 1. C M Rathburn, formerly division superintendent on the Santa Fe, is named successor and will begin a Central Branch inspection tour to Morrow.
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Atchison, Kas
W. B. Dodrige
Central Branch
Missouri Pacific Road
St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railroad
Dodrige
Missouri Pacific Northwest
Kansas City
C. M. Rathburn
Santa Fe
Ladunta
Rathburn
Morrow
Brooklyn Wife-Shot Suicide Mystery Deepens
Asbury Park reports F. J. Barnett stating Schoonmaker told him a woman with him ten days ago was not his wife and that he feared exposure. New York records Edith Schoonmaker dying today after being shot by her husband last Sunday.
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Asbury Park
N. J
F. J. Barnett
Schoonmaker
Brooklyn
New York
Edith Schoonmaker
Pendleton and Wilson Certificates of Election Issued
Governor Wilson issued certificates of election to John O. Pendleton and W. L. Wilson, both Democratic congressman elects from the first and second districts. No protest was filed. Certificates were not issued to the third and fourth district congressmen-elect.
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Wassinet Tonn
Charleston
W. Va
Wilson
John O. Pendleton
W. L. Wilsop
Prado Seeks Death Judgment Clarification Letter to Carnot
Prado, condemned murderer of Marie A. Gaston, writes to President Carnot protesting innocence. He states he does not seek commutation and wants to die soon, saying he cannot bear the disgrace and awaits execution with impatience.
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Prado
Marie A. Gaston
Carnot
Second inquiry blames crime conspiracy in czar train wreck
St Peterspurce December 26 report notes a second inquiry into the czar's train disaster at Borkir attributes the wreck to a criminal conspiracy. All recently discharged railway employees will soon be arrested.
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St. Peterspurce
Borkir
Sherman County Bank Assigned to Sheriff in Forenoon
A Bee dispatch from Loup City reports Sherman county bank was assigned to the sheriff this forenoon. Cashier Mathies has been absent for some time while E. E. Whalley, the bank president, is on the scene.
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Omana
Neb
Loup City
Sherman County Bank
Mathies
E. E. Whalley
Blacksmith John Redmond Declared Insane Over Abducted Daughter
Curcaco December 26 John Redmond a blacksmith was adjudged insane today due to worry over his four year old daughter Tessie abducted May 22 last and still missing.
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Curcaco
John Redmond
Tessie
McAuliffe Hyams Fight Ends in Knockout in Ninth
New York December 26 Metcalf stops Hyams in the ninth round of a ten round glove contest at the Palace Rink Williamsburg with McAuliffe awaiting the outcome.
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New York
Jack McAuliffe
Hyams
Palace Rink
Williamsburg
Metcalf
Blaine Named Commissioner for Washington Inauguration Centennial
Avacosta Me Dec 26 Governor Marble appoints Hon J G Blaine and others to attend the Centennial celebration of Washingtons inauguration in New York on April 30.
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Avacosta
Marble
Hon
J. G. Blaine
Washinton
New York
Bank closes at Clark with $80,000 liabilities
A Bee special from Clark Nebraska reports the banking house of W R Morse closed its doors Saturday. Liabilities total about 80 000 with no assets. The event highlights a sudden financial collapse in Clark. Local officials and creditors await further details on liquidation and repayment prospects.
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Omaha
Clark, Neb
W. R. Morse
Tts
Logan's Remains Moved to New Logan Chapel
Washington December 26 remains of General John A Logan were removed from the Hutchinson vault at Rock Creek cemetery to the new Logan chapel in the national Soldiers Home cemetery. Present were John A Logan Jr and wife Major and Mrs William Tucker and son Logan, Mr and Mrs Daniel Sherherd and Miss Mary Beau of Chicago, Mr and Mrs A B Muller, Mr Hall, Rev Dr G H Corge, and seven artillerymen who kept watch. Logan Jr thanked guards and conferred gold medallions bearing Logan's head to Sergeant Ford and privates Hamilton Lesicski Bonora Timm Carmody and Gibson. The Maine granite chapel, Norman style, will be a family sepulchre with Saxon cross apex and a bold relief over the doorway. The interior measures about 18 by 15 feet, lined with pressed brick. the coffin will rest in a steel casket in the center, visible through a grated door.
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Washington
John A. Logan
Hutchinson
Rock Creek
Logan
National Soldiers’ Home
John A. Logan, Jr
William Tucker
Daniel Sherherd
Mary Beau
Chicago
A. B. Muller
Hall
Ford
Hamilton
Lesicski
Bonora
Timm
Carmody
Gibson
New Hare
Maine
Telegraphic News Notes General Boulanger rises in power
General Boulanger gains in influence as reports note military arrests of five Bevier strikers. A Christmas boating party of seven drowns in San Francisco. Additional details mention captured Waha isk negroes, a fatal Horton Kansas switch engine accident involving Charles Schatter, and a theater fire in Ashland Wisconsin with $150,000 loss. Other items include political pardons, accidents, and crimes across several states.
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General Boulanger
Bevier
San Francisco
Charles Schatter
Horton
Kas
Olympic Theater
Ashland
Wic
France
Russia
Northwestern Miller reports low water limit flour output
Minnea Pouis Minn December 26 The Northwestern Miller notes low water and floating ice hamper platform operations. Last week flour production totaled 59,480 barrels, averaging 9,913 daily, down from 64,500 the prior week and 102,000 for the same period in 1887.
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MinxeaPouis
Minn
Northwestern
The Stanley Arrest In Texas Commanding General Far From Action
Washington December 26 the war department has received no further particulars about the arrest of General Stanley commanding the department of Texas and has issued no instructions for his future action
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Washington
War Department
Stanley
Department of Texas
Will Contest the Seat in Fifth Maryland District
Baltimonye December 26 Mr. Sidney E. Mudd Republican candidate for congress in the Fifth Maryland district has through his counsel sent written notice to the Hon Barnes Compton that he will contest his seat in congress.
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Baltimonye
Sidney E. Mudd
Congress
Maryland
Barnes Compton
Death of ex Judge Robert A Johnson shocks Hamilton county
Cincinnati December 26 news comes that ex Judge Robert A Johnson of Avondale killed himself in his residence. The bar and bench of Hamilton County are deeply shocked by the suicide of the former jurist.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Robert A. Johnson
Avondale
Advice to Mothers by Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup
A promotion for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming it is prescribed by a leading male nurse and physician in the United States for teething children. It asserts forty years of use with never failing relief, easing pain and supposedly curing dysentery and wind colic, with a price of 5 cents per bottle.
Cosmetic fears and aging in old-time chatter
An elderly man laments fears about cosmetics while remarking on a companion who uses whitening powders to look younger. The dialogue drifts to health remedies and advertising for Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, framed as a century-old quip about cosmetic vanity and medical cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uae
Import and Export Totals for Uae Sete Dec 1868 Report
The chief of the bureau of statistics releases a fifth monthly statement for the current fiscal year detailing imports and exports of the Uae Sete. The report compares the five months ending November 30 with similar periods last year, showing total import value around 1.9 billion dollars and mixed export figures.
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Wasurxeron
Bureau of Statistics
Uae
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Jack the Ripper
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Soldier’s Home
Blaine
Telegraphic News Notes
Secret Service Department of the
Missouri Pacific
Nice
Louis Melikoff
Butler
Anarchiste of
Arbeiter Hall
Coffey County
A. A. Kimba
First District Court of Utah
William Weatenberger
Logan, O
Henry J. Page
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad Company
Western Indians & Belt Line Railway
California Overland
Spencer Bryant
Jeffsonville
Ind
Joe Caxton
Caxton
Louisville Ky
Beackien
Rusports and Experte
Smgutae
Mosthe
SS Menihe Ealsd
Sonraneet
Sadanae
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