Royal death by own action shocks Munich crowd
The report confirms King Ludwig II of Bavaria committed suicide by drowning in Bergsee after going for a walk with Dr. Gudden. The physician and Ludwig’s attendant died trying to save them. The king’s watch stopped at 6:46, life declared extinct at midnight.
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Ludwig
Bavaria
Drawelog
Bergastio
Munich
de. Gudden
Brarneerg
Mueller
Hubert
Pr. Gudden
Berg Caatie
Eitber
de. Mueller
Ambulance Corpa
Goth
Ilforsant
Ibis
Polka Hiya
Berg Castle
Gudden
Avery
King
Gaddea
Noth
Two Young Sisters Attempt Murder in Maryland Farmhouse
In New Market Maryland on the night of the 15th two Greco sisters aged 19 and 18 armed with clubs entered the home of W E J Waller and his sister Miss Jane Waller. They beat the old man and his sister with deadly blows and robbed about 330 dollars. Both victims were left severely injured and the sisters fled but have not been captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother
Mary
Benny Gren
New Market
Waro W. E
Waler
Jane Waller
Greco
Miss Waller
Mr. Wailer
Blra Ho Seavca
Misa Valley
Seoven
Nev
Daly
Mise Waller
Vast fire and crime report from scattered 19th century incidents
A garbled 19th century issue lists multiple mishaps and crimes: Haydock Brothers’ carriage works in St. Conia destroyed by fire. Jacob Swinglay of Creston fatally harming his daughter and wife before suicide. a rash of arson and killings across Indiana Illinois and Missouri with several captures and injuries. Greenfield bicycle record, Templeton shooting, Missouri Car and Foundry fire, Minneapolis sawmill loss, Richmond shooting and suspected insanity, death of Paris, Kentucky lawyer, lynching in Hebron, Iowa and Irish relief fundraiser in Boston netting about ten thousand. broader losses and insurance figures cited alongside various local crimes and thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haydock Brothers
Third Street
Chateau Avenue
St. Conia
Jacob Swinglay
Creston
Greenfield
Ind
Samuel Hollingsworth
Charles W. Cobley
Templeton
Moss
Wee
Missouri Car and Foundry Works
St. Louis
North Star
Minneapolis
A. Richmond
Harald
Cal
J. W. Strong
Fred
Richmond
David Hatehovat
Paris
Calebour
Eli Owens
Hebron
Neb
He Pevedanna
Obstinwa
Bostox
Beneft
Sind
Hetzel
Gooding
Bates
Jones
San Francisco
Antiadell & Co
Henry &Co
Ab Bushnell
Multiple Disasters Mark 16th With Fires Floods and Deaths
A furious wind storm on the 16th felled Wallace & Co.s circus tent injuring thirty. Cedar trees toppled and damage to a New Haven meat packing house. A fire destroyed Parry & Barnes at New Haven with losses 350000 and 300000. Firemen injured and other misc tragedies reported across several states including a bank receiver appointment, a police-involved shooting, a double shooting in New York, and two drownings in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace & Co
Cea Ada
Oraam Provision
Bparry & Barnes
New Haven
Conn
Logs
Manrance
Stanper
Miharper
Kaa
Adama
Joseph Igecombe
Houston
Tex
Farmers' Bank
Poland
Jouett
North Atlantic
U. S. Navy
Winfield Lee Thompson
Kanane City
Robert Robinson
Wadesboro
S. C
Mississippi
Muscatine
Boy Swallows $20 Gold Coin Then Passes It
June 16 in Port Wis a 15 year old boy from JUS PasSED IT. Wellabey of this city swallowed a $20 gold piece while playing with it in bed after a broken leg left him immobile. The coin lodged near his lungs for a time and then moved into the stomach where it stayed six days without hurting him before emerging as a prized keepsake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
John Wellsbay
Wellabey
Fourteen Hour Day At Custom House Labor Rules
Acting Secretary Fairchild approves Baltimore customs hours circular. One half of the force must stay through the noon recess and the 4 PM close remains optional for public access. Officials and staff are required to remain at their posts during the stated hours, with authority given to close doors at 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Moto
Wasuraton
D. C
Fairchild
Diatoma
Baltimore
Department
Sega
Attempted assassination on Kansas City street car scene
A quarrel in Kansas City Missouri led to a near triple tragedy as W A Carlisle fired three shots at Dr Munford, publisher of The Times, on a crowded street car. Carlisle was arrested after the attack but no serious injuries occurred beyond minor wounds to three bystanders. The Times had earlier discussed attorney W A Cauligle over alleged mistreatment of his ward Miss Sallie Crute.
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Kenean City
Kansan City
Toelath
the Times
W. A. Cualigle
Mise Sallie Crute
Cacligle
Times
Munford
Carlisle
Kansas City
Bloody Affray in Borota Guards Kill Soldiers
A Panama dispatch reports a deadly clash in Borota the capital, between the prison guard and national battalion members. One general several officers and thirty soldiers were killed in what is described as an old score with no political significance.
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Panama
Borota
Republic
Prisona
Officara
Guarda
Vineland High School honors Grac e Brewer as classmates forfeit diplomas
Grace Brewer, a colored graduate, received her diploma alone on the fifteenth at Vinconeed High School. Eight white classmates forfeited their diplomas to avoid social integration. Brewer read an essay on the education of colored youth and was met with an ovation from a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ws Negress
Grace Brewer
Vinceoned
Ind
Browser
Labor and political reforms at North American Turnerbund session
At Boston on the fourth day of the North American Turnerbund meeting the labor question dominated. The convention favored shortening the workday for industrial labor with the length left to those concerned, and it barred factory work for children under 14. A platform urged people to retain sovereignty and hold representatives directly accountable, reducing government to a single chamber with an accountable administration. It called for public lands to remain under popular control, education at public expense, and opposition to church tax exemptions. It also proposed abolishing the Senate and president, redistribution of communications, and opposed Chinese immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Senate
Northern Pacific land forfeiture and appropriation bills debated
The record covers June debates in Congress on the Northern Pacific land forfeiture bill and related measures. It notes adjournments at 6 o'clock, subsequent House and Senate actions including military and Indian affairs provisions, public buildings funding, and tariff discussion. Multiple bills were advanced or passed, with open executive sessions discussed and committee actions on diplomatic and consular appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benatas Mornay
Benater George
Military Academy
Senate
House
Hampton
Milwaukee
Leavenworth
Salem
Ore
Oregon Railway Bridge Company
Oregon
Arctic Ocean
Postmaster-General
Mississippi River
Little Falla
Inn
Thin
Mr. Frye
Thie Webe
United Stater
Mexico
Csptral
South America
Washington
Lin
Duluth
Minn
el Paso
Tux
Hannibal
Peoria
Til
Frankfort
Keokuk
Fuunay
John Porter
Cohmbia
Territories
Port-Oliloaa
Maring
Army of the United States
Senata
Dmr
Cobb
Ind
Committee On Public
Maude
Atlantic & Pacific Land
McRae
Ark
United States
Congo
George Hashington
District of Columbia
Washington Cable Railway Company
District of Colors
Heard
Gibson
W. Va
Turepax
Wrovisvar
Thiongoay
Howes
Hower
Fanay
Belmont
N. Y
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Congressional actions and a Chicago elevated railway proposal
Report on the President's address to the Blaton of Liberty Enlightening the World is referred to a committee. A resolution seeks a July 3 adjournment. Bills pass on inspector duties and import labor, and a bridge project is approved. In Chicago, a bill to authorize an electric elevated railway, four and a half miles, with midstreet alignment and electric power, is introduced by Thomas O'Reilly with funding expected from Enat capitalists.
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Belmont Glan
New York Harbor
Anderson
Congress
Moon
O'Neil
Committee On Labor
Unit States Navy Yards
Sanunpay
Aelsst
Minocessta
Minn
Weaver
Missisippi River
Dubuqua
Chicago
Mt. Sonta
Br. Lovia
Dale Gates
Thomas O
Aemgne
Succestors
Fourth Street
Forest Park
O'Reilly
Enoatem Capitaliite
Vancouver Fire Destroys Town. Thousands Homeless
A telegram from New Westminster dated June 14 reports Vancouver heavily damaged by fire. Three thousand people homeless, at least twelve lives lost, about 500 houses burned, total losses around 2 million dollars with only 10 thousand insured. Victoria dispatch notes the blaze near Vancouver town.
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New Weatminater
B. C
Renovet
Toronto
Vancouver
Plenga
M. A. M' Gay
Dispatch
Victoria
B.C
Chicago Rail Suit Challenges Iowa Beer Transport
Bowman Bros sue the Chicago and North Western in federal court alleging the railroad refused to transport 5 000 barrels of beer to Marshalltown, Iowa, arguing the state's prohibition law makes carrying beer illegal. The suit aims to test the constitutionality of the Iowa prohibition statute and may reach the U S Supreme Court.
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Chicago & North-Western
Iowa
Chicago
Federal Circuit Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Bowman Broa
Bec Yeochee
Chicago & North-Western Railroad
Marshalltown
Towa
Bowman Bros
Ohio decision upholds new Public Works Board and Senate
The Ohio Supreme Court refused the writ in the quo warranto case, affirming the validity of Gov Foraker's new Board of Public Works and the reorganized Senate. The ruling also supports the state loan act of 500000, redistricting for congressional purposes, and other legislature acts. A Dow liquor tax case decision is anticipated.
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State Senate
Supreme Court
Cincinnati Board of Public Works
Ohiosoorems Court
Board of Public Works
Gov. Foraker
United States
Woman Dies in New York Believed Cholera Case
A coroner was summoned after the sudden death of Lovige Walze an Alsatian woman at 1023 Green Street New York. She exhibited symptoms resembling Asiatic cholera including black discharge from the mouth. Dr Frederick noted malignant cholera morbus as a likely cause though abrupt onset and black vomit suggested possible peptic cholera. Coroner will investigate the death.
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New York
Green Street
Ysse
Lovige Walze
Frederick
Reverend Leavitt Initiates Palmyra Church Project
Patargas Wis June 14 The Rev J8 Leavitt Milwaukee presiding elder of Milwaukee District ML E Conference opened at M E Church in Palmyra quarterly meeting on church building business The society plans immediate construction on the recently purchased lot and to complete the new church before fall Milwaukee donor Geo H Foster add $500 toward the project.
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Geo. H. Foster
Milwaukee
AWARE ELECTION MASSACRE REPORTED IN SANTIAGO
Dispatch from Santiago dated the 16th reports a violent election day with forty killed and many wounded. Hospitals overflow with injured. a prominent Radicals leader was killed. Outcome favored the Liberal party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santi- 0
Galveston
Grant ‘Tinh
Seor Dinator
Radics Party
Libarala
Grand Union Hotel in New York City Promises Lavish Stay
The report describes the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot with 613 rooms, costing one million dollars to fit. It offers European plan, elevator, restaurant, and elevated rail access. It contrasts city lodging with country stays and mentions a fisherman’s tale from the Lowell Courier as a moral aside.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Jesw Monty
Waer
Erchin
Lowell Courier
Depredation discourse and Apache notes from Deming
Reports from the Southwest describe two men killed near Bonora fifteen miles below the line. Advices confirm a dead man found in the Florida Mountains with letters to Charles T. Wisner. Yaqui chiefs surrender count sixteen, while locals urge a harsh march to clean out the reservation. Residents fear Apaches might be driven into Sonora, urging strong force use. Gen Miles hints at using Sonora Pimas, risking wider conflict. A widow, Mrs George Shipard, mourns her husband killed in the Calabse raid and later dies from shock and exposure. Geronimo is linked to the tragedy, offering a grim memory of past violence.
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Edro
Bonora
Deming
Florida
Charles T. Wisner
Snd
Arigona
Sonora
Miles
War Department
Arizona
Sierra Madre Mountains
Saguariha
Sierra Madre
George Shippard
Calabse
Geronimo
ECCENTRIC KING LUDWIG DEFENDED BY DOCTOR
Dr Vonscuseias, once Ludwig's physician, denies the king was insane and says he was eccentric. He notes he disagreed with the official examiners and would have faced prison for speaking out. Dr Gintl agrees, while the official autopsy cites degenerative disease from chronic inflammation.
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Vonscuseias
Ludwig
Iosane
Examining Board of Physicians
Gintl
Jake and Hasp to Squeal in City Bribery Case
Jake Sharp faces a New York alderman bribery indictment and is poised to testify against Alderman Aldnemen and the Broadway company head President Samex A. Richmond. Aiding prosecutors, Sharp plans to argue that bribery is an old city council custom and that railroad franchises were paid for by projectors, while others seek immunity under criminal law’s bribery provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldnemen
Baye Alea
Jake Sharp
New York
Outrage Confession Near Sligo Spurs Informer Turn
Patrick Keeley an informer recounts that Patrick Curren and Tumis Cleary, both jailed, left a tavern Friday and allegedly committed the riot at the Catholic Cathedral. Crowds were stirred Saturday as speakers blamed Protestants and urged revenge for Belfast riots. All three vow to turn informer for a £100 reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igo
Patrick Keeley
Belfast
Curren
Cleary
Labor Notes Report on Strikes and Labor Actions
Chicago trades and labor assemblies discuss arbitration efforts with Calumet Iron Co and extend boycotts. Minneapolis streetcar drivers strike after being barred from sitting. police protection sought. San Francisco iron workers adopt nonunion bide for 400 workers. Ottawa Vatican reply backs diocesan stance against Knights of Labor. Narratives cover marriage, motherhood, and social debates alongside labor news.
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Trades and Labor Assemblies
Chicago
Citizens
Cummings
Calumet Iron Company
Issne
Calumet Company
Minneapolis
Goodrich
Sp. Lotis
Representative Council of the Iron Trader
San Francisco
Union Iron Works
Carding Taerhereau
Ottawa
Ont
Rome
Diocesan Council of
Quebec
Knights of Labor
Vatican
Catholic Church
Charles Smith
St. Louis
Knights of Labor strike actions and rail dispute update
At a Springfield Mi meeting on the 16th the miners in the Third District ordered a district strike after arbitration failed to set a satisfactory price. In St Louis on the 14th warrants were issued for 47 Knights of Labor including McGarry and Nolay for conspiracy to destroy Missouri Pacific railroad infrastructure. Bishop Duhamul denounces Emerits of Labor. Ottawa Catholics warned. St Louis Knights assembly now has 116 servant girls. Third Avenue street car workers in New York pressed for old hands to be rehired. the company rejected the proposal.
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Third District
Springfield
Board of Arbitration
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Duhamul
Ottawa
Ont
T. Louis
Knights of Labor
Third Avenue
New York
Fire and rail plans dominate Wisconsin news
Frmr home accident near Eland Junction caused by kerosene lamp fire. three children saved by Mrs Hagen. Ashland threads a large blast furnace project to produce iron daily, needing ore and charcoal. Sumner Trempealeau votes $10,000 for Fairchild to Osseo railway. Milwaukee stockholders declare 5 percent dividend.
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Frmr
W. J. Gen
Eland Junction
Mre
Hagen
Ailwaukea
Ashland
Sumner
Trempeatéau County
Ext Claire
Joux Chalk
Wisconsin
Lafayette
Ind
Mas
Davin Futrer
Tomas
Dresden
Arthur Turnbdull
Black River
Little's On
Hoe
A Turbulent Ride and a Humorous Hurricane Tale
Passengers on the She St Louis express endured a overbearing toddler and a domineering mother as the boy's shrieks and mischief prompted nurse neglect and admonitions. A Kansas City note recounts a hurricane tale of a man pressed into prayer, improvising a hurried grace as winds and wreckage erupt around him.
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St. Louis Express
Macy
Peculiar Letter of Credit From A Lumber Yard Startup
An Ohio capitaI lumber yard hopeful seeks credit through a reference from his former employer. The letter, while somewhat ambiguous, praises the man as faithful and respected, yet notes his unfamiliarity with the new venture and hints at potential shortcomings. The document reads as a cautious endorsement rather than a strong guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Altogether Bad Voter Tale From San Francheco
A country lawyer defends two Mexicans in a serious crime case and gets them off. After the trial the grateful client empties his pockets, giving twenty dollars and a watch, plus a jackknife. The lawyer keeps the money and watch, returning only the knife. The Rev J H Cason of Graham Texas wonders about funds to build two Baptist churches. advice suggests covering travel expenses. Chicago population note cites 485,000 quarts of strawberries daily. The etching by C. Walters is four years in progress.
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J. H. Cason
Graham
Tex
Texas
Werald
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Marshfield Times
Marshfield, Wis
Thomas A. Borton
Publibe
Experiense
Choira
Ev von
Wits
Oled
Rover
Evevonneran
Bastien
Anericar Turnerbusd
Congressional Proceedings
Inyuatant Ohio
Sedlan Depeedations
Tavis Drolwrea Sane
Antepey
Jake &Hasp
Furne! Informer
AN Bensay
Pennsylvania
Philndalphia
Battle of
Missionary Ridge
Lendsay
Hiecounsel
Zoological Gardens
Smith
Agmn
St. Jacobs
Calcutta
Gromas
Brooklyn Board of Health
Auys
Tyanyonssus
Tharei
Hulitaz
New Orleans
Wisconsin State News
Hounr
Maddison
GW. A. Smith
Amherst
G. WV. T
W. B. Hazeltine
Madison
G R
Oconamowoc
Geo Peep
Marinetee
Rouen Hargowan
Vroodman
Harrower
Moore
Wilber
Powell
John Plankinton
Grand Avenue
Fourth
Charles B. Ludington
James Ludington
Sucattary
Taam
la Grosse
Father Obermueller
la Crosse
St. Rosa de Viterbo
Chetek
Wisconsin Fire Underwriters’ Union
Ati Ita
John H. Warner
Ricite
W. L. Jones
WC. Griffthe
Wieconsin
Dodgeville
Peter Sprang
Messrs. Smelter and
Hahn
Avausr Carroll
Eau Claire
Drommond
Loymenmmr
Rice
Cameron _Janctton
Rica Lake
Long Lake
Bad River
Hurley
Trafic
Tomuntiates
James Lyon
Charles Barker
Rice Lake
Lyons
M. Lyons
M. Lyons, of the Wholesate Liquor Firma
Parkins, Lyons & Co
St. Paul
B. von Gonpes
Kure Ludwig
Hayara
B. von Gudden
Dahkosh
William Gudden
Black Wolf
Winnebago County
Tas Light Horse Squadron
Guorar Warisserr
Menomorre
Newson Pwiuno
Green & Burton's
Iith
Harvey
Harry
Carcago
C. Waliisr
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