Aus flooded Brisbane as hundreds die in rising waters
Brisbane reports heavy flood losses across Queensland with many bodies found in deserted houses. Maryborough and Tiaro submerged, Ipswich sees twenty two deaths. Rail and telegraph out, residents flee to high ground as flood waters rise and decay causes a strong stench from wreckage.
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Brisbane
Main Street
Queensland
Maryborough
March County
Tiaro
The
Mary
Ipswich
Lfe
Fatal Fire in a Tenement on Orchard Street
Four people died in an early morning fire at a five story tenement at 187 Orchard Street. Roumanian Jewish occupants fled in night clothes as gas smells filled the stairs. Firemen saved those on narrow fire escapes while three adults and a three month old infant were found dead from suffocation and another victim died after hospitalization.
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New York
Orchard Street
Morris Cohen
Sophen
Pauline Goldberg
Bread Riots in Marseilles End After Settlement
Bread riots erupted in Marseilles as unemployed bakers clashed with police while carts moved bread to distribution centers. Guards defended depots and a bakery was stormed. two rioters were wounded and ten strikers arrested. A new price and wage arrangement was set to take effect, ending the strike and restoring calm.
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Paris
Marseilles
Abattoir
Wis
Panic Aboard India As Mutiny Breaks Out On Deck
The British steamer India carrying 454 steerage passengers from Mediterranean ports faced heavy seas and mutiny amid coal shortages. Aware of danger, the crew subdued the mutineers, the vessel limped to Bermuda for repairs arriving January 44 and detained until January 30. The panic spread among Italians and other passengers as the bow suffered damage and seawater flooded compartments. Later, at Toronto society meeting, Prof Goldwin Smith faced pressure to resign life membership over annexation stance and presidency of Confederation Union Club.
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India
New York
Mediterranean
Straits of Gibraltar
Bermuda
New extradition treaty with Sweden sent to Senate
The president has sent to the Senate a negotiated extradition treaty with Sweden. It requires delivery of persons charged with or convicted of crimes including murder theft fraud and many others, with several exemptions and protections. The treaty takes effect 30 days after ratification and supersedes the March 1860 treaty for acts after that date.
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Washington
Senate
Sweden
Ubatlee
Week in Trade Reflects Large Yet Cautious Business
G Dun & Co. reports surprisingly large current trade but lingering fears about the future. You see congressional uncertainties, gold pressure, and anti option bill effects minimal for now. Chicago shows big meat and grain receipts while exports lag, money markets stay steady, and total clearings rise 5 percent from last year.
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New York
G. Dun & Co
Senate
Chicago
Un sociable Ghost Reported Near Brownsdale Minnesota
A genuine ghost is sighted near Brownsdale in Ramsey Station six miles west, terrorizing residents. The tall armless figure appears nightly, speaks with a few, and vanishes after meditating with eyes on the ground. Armed groups have shot at it with no effect, heightening local fear among men women and children.
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Brownsdale
Minn
Ramsey Station
Ghastly Story From Ronendor Bay By British Ship V Partridge
A Caribbean coast tale begins when Commander Wel don lands at Ronendor Bay and discovers a dead man in a cabin. Evidence suggests scurvy as the cause, with a makeshift crutch and empty water tins nearby. A separate hut holds a negro skull, adding grim detail to the starvation narrative.
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New York
Ronendor Bay
Caribbean Sea
Weldon
V Partridge
Ronendor
Kidnaped and Held for Ransom in Puebla
Puebla Mexico special Carlos Gonzales assistant Secretary of the Supreme Court of Puebla state has been missing for nearly three weeks. Authorities fear he was kidnapped by outlaws and is being held for ransom. He was popular in official and social circles and was soon to wed a young lady of this city. His finances are reported to be in order.
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Puebla
Mex
Carlos Gonzales
Supreme Court of the State of
Cruce
Lamar
Washington
Howell Edmunds Jackson
Tennessee
Jackson
United States Court
Capitol
House
Ice Gorge on the Ohio River Thunders Through Cincinnati
The Great Gorge in the Ohio River surged from New Richmond toward Cincinnati, tearing the ferry Cincinnati from its moorings and sweeping 160 barges downstream. The river stood twenty four feet high, packed shore to shore with ice, while boats struggled to cling to the bank in a life and death effort to avoid destruction.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio River
New Richmond
Beatty Found Guilty in Homestead Poisoning Case
Robert J. Beatty was found guilty as indicted after a nine minute jury deliberation. He was taken back to jail with a worried look as the verdict was read. Meanwhile John Clifford, a Homestead striker, stood trial for killing J T Connors and others during the July 6 battle with Pinkerton men, pleading not guilty.
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Pinkerton
Homestead
Clifford
Guthrie dime novel sparks U S marshals row
A Oklahoma publishing deal for a Dalton brothers dime novel portrays Deputy Marshal Ransom Payne as the hero who tracked the outlaws. Marshal Grimes revoked Payne’s commission and accused him of supplying the manuscript, claiming real danger was avoided. The dispute shocks the Marshal's office and may lead to further consequences.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Flash Literature Publishing
Dalton Brothers
United States
Ransom Payne
United States Marshal’s
Grimes
Daltons
Two Millions Divided At Wall Street Ai Meeting
New York special meeting in a Wall Street office after hours distributed 1 870 000 in cash to attendees led by James K Keene. The profits came from Keen s bull campaign in National Cordage Company stocks. The meeting included Keene collaborators and reported quick assets of 1 202 000, making total profits nearly 2 600 000. Nova Scotia Coal Mines Leasing Bill Signed by Lieutenant Governor to American syndicate.
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New York
Wall Street
James K. Keene
Keen
National
Keene
Iminde
Wife's Testimony Ties Doctor to Haddock Murder in Iowa Case
Mrs Emma Drummond testifies in open court accusing her husband Jon Drummond of involvement in the Haddock murder at Syux City Iowa. She describes hush money plans, a divorce bid, and a Bareknuckle past of a character known as Bulldog Dick. The trial's outcome remains unsettled as the tale draws public attention.
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Emma Drummond
Denver
Haddock
Syux City
Iowa
Jon Drummond
Americ
Drummond
Yankton
Hattie Wren
Mather
Bulldog Dick
Res
Bin
Union Pacific
Omaha
Shipwrecked Sailors Ate Teh Thekla Survivor Story
Three sailors from the Norwegian ship Thekla survived sixteen days adrift after her wreck in heavy seas. They strangled a fourth crewman and ate him as water and food ran out, with two survivors later recounting the tale while haunted by madness from exposure and starvation. The Thekla departed Philadelphia on December 2. nine men remained aloft in rigging as rescue came on June 7.
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Hiumburg
Thekia
Thekla
Philadelphia
Slocan Slogan Sparks Spokane Mining Boom
Excitement spreads over Slocan mineral finds as Great Northern carries large itinerant parties toward new camps. Gov Burke leads eight, recent arrivals bring funds, and buyers flood Ruslo town lots. Prospectors sell locations to fund new ventures while prices climb ahead of a spring stampede.
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Slocan
Spokane
Great Northern
John M. Burke
Idaho
Kush
Bonner’s Ferry
Naotonal Lake
Ruslo
Leadville
Typhus Spread Prompts Quarantines and Extra Inspectors
New York health authorities rush to halt typhus as 37 houses are quarantined and the Industrial Mission School on West Thirty second Street closes. Harlem reports a case as police coordinate guard details and $3,000 funds hire 20 inspectors to survey lodging houses for 30 days.
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New York
Industrial Mission School
West
Bellevue Hospital
Byrnes
Board of Estimate
Immense Interests in Shift of Administrations
Washington dispatch outlines vast government expenditures and a looming reform. It argues Uncle Sam & Rep will dissolve with new managers, noting weekly outlays near ten million dollars and the sprawling, crowded Capitol complex. It highlights the interior department’s overwork, scattered bureaus, and calls for a Department of Commerce with a new Cabinet post to restore order and give leaders time to plan.
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Washington
Uncle Sam & Rep
Great Britain
London
Armours
Chicago
Res
Department of Commerce
Secretary of the Interior
Issay
Ihn
Patent Office
Census Office
Geological Survey
Great National Parks
United States
Government bureaus burst their walls in the capital
The Interior Department dominates a sprawling federal apparatus. Offices spill from crowded Treasury and Library quarters as the White House enlarges. The Capitol houses the National Library in a chaotic jumble while the Interior becomes a vast, catchall bureau for scattered duties and surplus items.
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White House
Treasury
Bureau
Congressional
National Library
Capitol
Department of the Interior
Lively Competition for Local Mail Contract in Md
A man offered to carry mail between Boonsboro and Keedysville daily except Sunday free of charge. The contract went to another bidder who offered annual compensation of one cent. The free carrier wonders why he was not awarded the job. The piece also notes two fixed rules for measuring human form: eight heads determine height, and the center of total length aligns with the front end of the pelvis.
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Boonsborough
Keedysville
Unlucky Engine on Erie Line No 73 Recalled
The Erie old broad gauge No 73 was famed as the road's unluckiest engine. It served in the Susquehanna yards and is said to have killed thirty nine persons including four women and twenty three children. Additionally seventy men were crippled by this engine.
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Erie
Susquehanna Yards
Senator Cameron Seeds Blue Grass on Georgia Farm
Senator Don Cameron seed s 100 acres of his Donegal farm near Marietta with Kentucky bluegrass. He believes it will adapt as well as the native soil for nutritious pasturage to support fancy blooded stock. Pleasant dreams are the sunshine of the night.
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Georgia
Don Cameron
Donegal
Cat Marietta
Kentucky
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