Old Story of Gas Explosion at Conyngham Shaft
A gas explosion at the Conyngham shaft near Wilkes-Barre Pa on the 26th injures forty-two men, with twelve expected to die. Laborer Cornelius Boyle is fatally burned after entering a gas-filled chamber with a lamp on his hat. Dozens more are treated, with many missing or feared drowned in water near the dump. seventeen mules are burned. Wives and families gather at the engine house as injured men are rushed to hospital.
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Ganin
Conyngham
Wilkenbarre
Cornelius Boyle
Ming
Boyle
Tha Shale
Hopetees
Hugh Sweeny
Edward Kerns
Richard Coulter
Miner
Candy Lunnon
Thomas O'Brien
Cornghye Boyle
John Cannon
Christopher Brundage
Juborey
Michiel O'Brien
Daniel Ferry
John Doupherty
Deonna McQabe
David McDonald
Fheman
Rochester Post-Exprea
Han
Pape
Bounty Ends Decade-Long Cherokee County Murder Quest
In Cherokee County a 20 year search ends as McKee is arrested in Southwest City Missouri for the 1906 murder of Joseph Hardwick. Hardwick’s brother pursued the case across states, triggering excitement among region cowboys who feared a rescue attempt. McKee is handcuffed to Hardwick’s suspected killer as they travel in convoy for justice.
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Lnat
Coun
Alan Calvin Mule
Joseph Bardwick
Moses
Hardwick
Oursuit
Moke
Various 19th century U N O R News Notes
Reports from Chicago to New Jersey detail robberies, drownings, a fatal factory fire, a suicide, a stabbing, and corporate failures. Notable items include Jennis Fay’s death after a Chicago robbery, drownings from a Windsor NY boat capsize, a Me Vernon Kentucky fatal barn fire, and a large wholesale house assignment in Cincinnati.
Tragic Train Collision and Several Notable Losses Reported
A collision occurred between two astile trains on the North-Western road near Chicago on the 24th. Aca boone and two cars were amasked, and a drover named R.G. Paul was in a tant. The victory at Cincinnati rad faco it, owned by the George C. Ware estate, was burned on the 25th. Less $40,000, folly insured. General Mr Read of the South Boston Horse Railroad Company is in jail with embazslement of $100,000 of over-issue of the company stock. Baldwin Gardner, president of the Pacific Mining Brook Exchange, bought ha conded, leaving claims to the wount of $200,000. Dispatches of the 234 report that smallpox is making rapid progress in Upper Austria.
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Chicago
Acaboone
R.G. Paul
Cincinnat Rad
George C. Ware
Mr Read
Sooth Boston Horse Railroad Company
Baldwin Gardner
Pacific Mining Brook Exchange
Bougha
Snallpox
Upper Austria
Mail Robbery on Belgian Train Sparked London Police Probe
A Belgium bound express train carrying letters from England to Germany Russia Austria and the East was robbed on the 27th. Twenty-two sacks opened and plundered of registered letters while other letters remained untouched. Forensic clues point to a gang linked to earlier English mail thefts. Read more about the ongoing investigation and potential suspects.
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Frag
Meila
England
Germany
Russia
Austria
East
Belgium
Oatend Expresa—Art Service
America
Cholera Gains Ground in South America
Buenos Aires reports cholera in Combora with five cages and three deaths on November 23. Rosario records twenty one cases and eight deaths, while Chia City shows four cases. Texas health officers fear links to New Orleans and Galveston as eleven ships bound for the ports approach Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Buenos Ayres
Combora
Rosario
Chia City
Texas Atate
New Orleans
Galveston
Ibigesid
Arriva
Christmaas
Banquet Honors Henry Branley Explorer at New York Club
A New York Lostow Club banquet honored Henry Branley the Africa explorer. Stanley reviewed his African travels, Congo discovery, and the Berlin conference gift to the king of the Belgians with Bis marck’s free trade. Lieut Greely lauded Branley, Chauncey M Depew Gen Porter and others spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorér
Aizten
Tos Club
Naw Terk
Lostow Club
New York
Henry, Branley
Africa
Whitelaw Eid
Stanley
Lieut. Greely
Arctic
Chauncey M. Depew
Horace Porter
Bullivan
Heron Aven
George Alleed
Townsend
Acores
Mr. Stanley
Livingston
Congo
Conference of the Fourteen Powers
Bismarck
Berlin
Conference of Free Trade
Chauncey M. Capem
Gen. Porter
Revolt in Southeast Africa Stuns Portuguese Authority
Advices from Durban report a native uprising in Inhambane, Mozambique, against Portuguese taxation. An October 23 battle near 8 000 Portuguese and allied natives faced 80 000 hostile natives. casualties run to about 9 000. Rev. Wilcox says Movamba governor pursues suppression and evacuation plans for Inhambane.
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Fortogacey Nour
Wilcox Palls
Movambicun
Inhambane
Tha
Missionary Inn
Ironib
Shipa
Col Togernell to Appeal for Condemned Anarchists
Chicago reports state Col. B. G. Togernell has been retained to represent condemned anarchists in a supreme court appeal scheduled for March. The engagement allegedly occurred during Ingersoll's Chicago visit, but officials have not provided official confirmation or sources.
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Redeatho
Supreme Court
Chicago
Col. B. G. Togernell
Agasthi
Ingersoll
CHOLERA IN BRESLAU PROMPTS STEPS TO STOP SPREAD
A Berlin dispatch reports a medical officers conference at the ministry of instruction to probe deaths from alleged Asiatic cholera in Breslau. Minister von Goweler presided. the victim was an emigrant from Austrian Silesia arriving in Breslau in a dying state. Orders have been issued for stricter frontier examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ministry of Instruction
Breslau
von Goweler
Duluth Elevator Fire Kills One Man and Two Feared Dead
At 8 p.m. on the 28th a fire destroyed the Duluth elevator Q owned by St Paul and Duluth Elevator Company. Charles Moore fell eighty feet to the ground and died. Two others, Le Rouchi and Ed Lee, are believed burned to death as flames spread to the annex. Total losses reach $1, ~180,000 for the elevator and annex, $125,000 for elevator A, and grain losses of $664,000 with insurance around $600,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stovkes
Duluth
St. Paul & Duluth Elevator Company
Charles Moore
le Rouchi
Ed. Lee
Leelevaford
Pope Eyes Renewal of Vatican Relations with England
Archbishop Smith of St Andrews visits Rome for talks with the Pope on renewing diplomatic relations between England and the Vatican. A long conference was held on the 28th and reports say special apostolic legates may be sent to England to advance the objective.
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Smith
St. Andrews
Rome
England
Vatican
Wogland
Crow Chief Big Thunder Drowned With Party in Missouri River
Reports say Big Thunder the Crow chief and his son White Eagle were among those drowned while attempting to cross the Missouri River about ten miles north of Bismarck. The party sought to join a band aiming vengeance on the Sioux killed days earlier. Simms miners also reported deaths during the blizzard.
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Big Thunder
Missouri
Bismarck
D. T
Bis Son
White Eagle
Simms
Man Dies After Freight Car Fire Near Mt. Carroll Ill
M V Seavey of West Libertyville dies after smoke erupts from a freight car on the 815 Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line near Mt Carroll on the night of the 24th. Seavey, in charge of stock and goods for Wright County, was pulled from the car but succumbed within minutes as the fire likely ignited a lantern.
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Kingolar
Ohicago, Mulwaukee & St. Paul Road
Chicago, Milwaukee
Seavey
Judge Brown Accused In Blockade Whisky Claim
A Georgia tale alleges Judge Jim Brown trapped in a blockade whisky incident at Ellijay court. A young man, seeking revenge after a reported harsh sentence, supposedly offered the judge whisky, leading to a dramatic sequence culminating in a public accusation against the judge for removing and concealing liquor.
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Jim Brown
Georgia
Ako
Brown
Jude
Ellijay
Tyea
Mgm Awore Ont & Wal Rank
Blizzard grips Dakota region with heavy snow and cold
A second blizzard hit the northern Dakota belt early on the 22nd, driven from the northeast. Portland logged twelve inches of snow with drifting, Grafton showed 19 degrees and falling, Huron had thirty mph winds and a record low barometer, Ellendale reports snowbound trains and dwindling coal supplies as the blizzard spread over Montana, northern Dakota and northern Minnesota.
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Dakota
Portland
Grafton
Huron
Absthesaraporta
Ellendale
Saya
Blizgard Wee
Mantans
Minnesota
Imporcant Visit to Grand Union Hotel in NYC
A garbled note advises visitors to save luggage and $3 per carriage while departing New York City, praising the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot. It promises lower living costs versus other hotels, mentions elevated rail depots, and notes 734 artesian wells in the San Bernardino Valley.
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New York City
Grand Union
Grand Central Depot
Blake
San Bernardino
Adams Funeral in Quincy for Charley Adams
Funeral services for Charley Francois Adams were held at the Stone Temple in Quincy. The brief rites included burial ritual readings by Rev. D. M. Wilson and Rev. Henry W. Foote with a Temple male quartette, followed by committal at Mt. Wallaston Cemetery. No flowers or drapery noted. A separate item reports Joseph Daynon, an anarchist, entering Franz Presaino on Allen Street, New York, with a cocked pistol shouting about social revolution.
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BE Temple
Quincy
Charley Francois Adams
Stone Temple
Mars
D. M Wilson
Henry WV. Foote
Kings Chapel
Boston
Temple
Mt. Wallaston
New York
Joseph Daynon
Franz Pres Aainoo
Allen Street
Hia Hana
Piett
Anarchist in Pasar Eight Shootout Arrested
Damon, a 24 year old tailor from the Progressive Tailors Union, fired during a bar shootout wounding Knotsman and others. Policeman Bouxenburg subdued him and he was dragged to the station amid a chaotic scene. A stash of antisemitic and revolutionary writings was found on him.
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Pasar
Sebastian. Knotsman
Damon
Progressive Tailors’ Union
Supreme Court Grants Superseder in Chicago Anarchists Case
The Supreme Court of Bloomington granted a superseders order in the Chicago Anarchists case on the morning of the 26th. Chief Justice Brots presided and disclosed the decision after leaving his room in the courthouse between 8 and 9 o'clock. An hour later he communicated the ruling to Capt. Black, Mr. Salomon, and Mr. Swett.
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Suprema Court
Brots
Supreme Court
Frore
Overcoats Pawnshop Trade and Cholera Alarm Abroad
The Buenos Ayres dispatch reports a cholera spread in Rosario with seventy two new cases and fifty four deaths, while Cordova also notes new instances. A Rochester Post-Express item narrates a pawnshop selling overcoats in fall fashion, with customers seldom redeeming them, and a shopper’s tale of a barefoot child prompting sympathy. A demonstration by Prof. Gleason using a Jersey City horse in Cosmopolitan Hall ends with the horse subdued and the trainer unscathed amid applause.
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Gre Pkilty
South Armoerton
Buenos Ayres
Rosario
Cordova
Congress
New York
Gleason
Noree
Jersey City
Cosmopelitan Hall
Gleyvon
Third Avenue
Official state vote tally for governor received in Madison
The secretary of state in Madison received the official state vote for governor. The record notes the submission of the gubernatorial tally as part of the official electoral documentation.
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Secretary of State
Madison
Baby Falls and Coughs Stop Turmoil with Rubs and Oil
A fragment from a 19th century-style page describes a baby crying after a fall, then relief as rubs and St Jacobs Oil ease distress. It mentions routine folk remedies, a farmer in Howard County Maryland noting four children with throat ailments allegedly cured by Red Star Cough Gore, and then shifts to reflections on Jewish holidays and leprosy cases among Ispera of Molokai, with a priest named Furaze Danoy becoming a leprosy patient and contemplating faith and fate as per Dr Foote's Health Monthly.
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Boring Green
Howard County
J.T. Ridgely
Red Star
Tims
Mr. Snaggs
Mra
Furaze Danoy
Molokai
Randwich
Parhait
Strike Spreads Across Eastern Division Amid Labor Turmoil
In Baltimore on the 87th, labor leaders ordered a strike across the eastern division, affecting about 3,500 workers and prompting wage cuts of 5 percent. Mills in Northeast will restart after a halt since August 7 as strikers demand higher pay. Arrests of over 100 mill operatives in Amsterdam, along with legal actions and boycotts, fuel tensions as Knights of Labor seek settlement and broader labor action.
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Babor
Battlers
Gises Blowers’ League
Baltimore
Bailey and Me Suite
Knights of Labor
Down
Knights
Manufacturers’ Association
Ab Datrolt
Trades’ Council
Voight, Kling, Stroh, Gobel and
Heuck Brewing Companies
Brewers’ Association
Brewers’ Union
Aame
Ingergitora
Bogcott
Coopera of Cincinnati
Wolfe & Co
Cincinnati
Teyar
New Yorker Masquerades as Pumpkin Exhibit Wonder
A New York mapkin allegedly grew a 200 pound pumpkin by soaking it in milk with a root resting in a milk basin and consuming a pint daily. The奇 tale mocks excessive pumpkin farming antics and hints the season is just beginning.
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New York
Hoxie dies after operation on bladder in New York
H M Hoxie general manager of the Gould South Western system died at 2 30 after an operation at Salvatora in the Metropolitan Opera House. He had suffered kidney disease for 35 years and grew weaker after the May rail strike woes. Mrs Hoxie and Capt Hayes were present. He had traveled from St Louis to Saratoga then Montreal and to New York where doctors said his willpower carried him bravely.
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Misxers Pacific
New York City
New York
H. M. Hoxie
Gould South
Western System
Broadway
Hoxie
Biaroome
Metropolitan Opera House
Salvatora
Mr. Hoxie
Montreal
Ysebee
Waits Mountains
Heberamont
Dra. Metcalf
Ward
Hozia
Havea
Caveral
The Alive Bee of Avetrals in Historical Notes
The piece discusses the bee introduction in various countries and cites Froude on Oceana noting New Zealand honey from wild bees and their rapid spread. It references Oxford, Christ Church, and Cot ton with bees, plus a contrast to costs of sacred fire at Row temples and temple wood requirements in Bombay.
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Froude
Oceana
New Zealand
Oxford
Christ Church
Coston
New Easland
Selwyn
Bombay
Exciting bear chase on Cole farm ends with bear killed
On a Clifton township farm a bear breached the hog yard killing a pig. Hiram Olmstead and James Cole pursued it with a rail trip and a hay knife thrust, ending when the bear died. Farmer Cole received a $20 reward and the skin made into a robe for his daughter’s Christmas wedding. Also notes a living petrified man in Cambria and a short humorous anecdote about Professor Greene and a student.
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Hiram Cole
Bilas Olmstead
Cole
Clifton Township
James Cole
Che Farmer
Farmer Cole
Olmstead
Ipsu
Cola
Guain
Olmsland
Mrs.Cole
Bitad
Mrs. Cole
Tbs
James
Tames
Fragmentary Psalmic Verse on Land and Providence
Fragmented religious verse laments land and harvest woes. It invokes divine sustenance and blessing, praising Providence and sacred will amid illness, storms, and sorrow. Named figures or dates do not clearly appear in readable form.
George Law and Vanderbilt Poker Tale in Philadelphia Record
A Philadelphia Record excerpt recalls prewar poker games with George Law and Commodore Vanderbilt. Law boasted profits from a night’s play, claiming $865,000 gained and $900,000 promised for future stakes, amid recollections of lavish ante and high rolling in New York. The piece also notes a London cab proprietor bragging as Europe’s wealthiest driver, living in Belgrave Square with three new hansom cabs and boasting aristocratic lineage.
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George Law
Philadelphia
Albany
Swan
Commodore Vanderbilt
Dean Richmond
George Lew
Bill
Vanderbilt
Lisa
Ono
Law
New York
Europe
Fron
Manhanter Guardian
St. James’ Club
London
Maniber
Tia
Belgrave Square
Birmingham
West End
Europa
England
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Hound
News Notes
Jennis Fay
Mrobattae Hotel Company
Men Onobo
Orley
Ernest Lake
Brothers
Jos
Sandford
Windsor
William Woodcock
Railroad Master Mechanics’ Association of the
United States
Elizabeth
N. J
Granville Grant
Me. Vernon
B. Sachs
Quinn & Gray
Dey Goods
Littis Rock
Ark
Assizabed
Yar Dilisies
Apalachicola
Fla
J. A. Glazier
Riva
Laura Tuas
Hut Husband
Oak Street
Jansen
Roscoe
Hth
J. W. Forshes
Nitea
Mich
Battle Cresk Banitarium
Blind Tom
Patrick Hayden
James Osvanagh
John D. Baggio
Dominion of Company 4
Montres
Lowa
SLU
Bob
Ade
Milwauke
Tides
Sanias
Danny
Jove Ienreinterees
Hartpel Wisun
Abe
Suneestizeuad
Mess
Rio
Edna
Toledo
Sig Thunder
Lone Thalr
Ple
BR. Adams
Conntica
Aghia
Peeabis Baytele
Butta
Crawford
Dane
Toads
Florence
AG Forest
Jefferson
Jack
Recah
Kewaunee
la Mayotte
Tacgade
Oeonta
Ana Senatoe
Peps
Sol Pat Phucue
Vernon
Walworth
Wanker
Ale
Secratory of
State Board
Districht Aswell
Poolittia
Durant Priall
Cannegroond
Gavather
Delaney
Lagersall
Gueuther
la Follette
Ui Gataahe Ic
Richmond
Scattering
Binck
Trask
Smith Plurality
Siitth
Kosterman
Budd
Atturing
Clark
Hatlu
Kauouse
Thomas
Dickenson
Bix Ath
Price
Brackin
Dam
Stephenson
Ringle
Stephane
Plurailty
Ablican
Jacobs Oil
Fitzburg Chronicle
Sngie Ptory
California
Besa
Pitmapkin
Connecticut
Enormona
Charley Ercildouns
Big Horn
Laramie
Big Hore
Pumber
Old Bridger Trail
Wind Canyon
Avetrals
Sam Tameman
Elmira
Jonathan Baas
Cambria
Niagarz
N. X
Bassis
Ags
Hewen
Jones
Pawpurtoy
Aformon
Tommer
Tight
Garkwoud
Theos
Alexoed Auchom
Kerr Professor
Frank
Karper's Bazaar
Meabuer
Northern Shakespeare Society
Panch
Werristown Herald
Jexas
Pittsburg Dispatch
Little Willy
Marilda
Slimdood
Veter
Orraha World
Paysictax
New York Sun
Hheir
Victor
Lauvitt
Othar
Cheses
Taaiayls Courier-Journal
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