Death of Bishop Phillips Brooks in Boston
Bishop Phillips Brooks died of heart failure triggered by a violent coughing fit while ill with a sore throat. Doctors misjudged the illness until diphtheria signs appeared. funeral expected private due to contagion. Clergy across denominations mourned Brooks as an ideal preacher, with universal praise from Congregational, Universalist, Baptist and Methodist ministers.
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Phillips Brooks
Boston
Brooks
Young Wisconsin boy given life for brutal murder
Hans Anderson a 15 year old from Lincoln County Wisconsin was sentenced to state prison for life by Judge Bardeen in the circuit court. The trial described a cold blooded killing of neighbor Homefield with two buckshot charges, after plotting with his 11 year old brother to obtain money for a future abroad. The youths buried the body, lived at the scene for two weeks, and later confessed to neighbor Johnson. The judge noted the youth's age and expressed hope for possible pardon on grounds of youth.
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Hans Anderson
Merri
Wis
Lis
Bardeen
Wisconsin
Lincoln County
Homefield
Tnd
Homefield’s
Hans
Homefield Lad
M Woods
Johnson
Prentice
Harris-Potts
New York
Hanton
St. Louis
George Wells
Ben Wells
Rollerton
Marion County
Vatican
United States
Mgr
Satolli
Washington
Congress
Treasury
George T. Bowes
Kansas City
James D. Burton
Burton
Bowes
New York Court of Appeals
James Hughes
Chicago
National Garment Workers’ Assembly
Rioting in Amsterdam Unemployed March Against Authorities
Amsterdam special reports unemployed workers marching to protest poverty with socialist songs. Police clashed as two hundred officers dispersed the melee after stones were thrown and sword blows inflicted. Leaders captured. city fears further trouble amid excitement. Petrified snakes found near Rockvale and to be shown at the World’s Fair. Justice L Q B Lamar dies at Micon Georgia.
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Amsterdam
London
Brussels
Sucis
Canon City
Cal
Rockvale
Santa Fe
Raiders seize liquor in Navajo camp raid tale
Reports from Dolores Colorado describe a band of Navajo Indians attacking a German run saloon sixty miles from town. About fifty attackers overpowered eight present and carried away goods including liquor and goods from store. Tense scene as Indians circle on horseback and tensions rise among settlers and prospectors along the San Juan route.
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Colorado
Dolores
Colo
San Juan
United States
Alice
Nivajo Mike
Through Train Brings In A Cholera Death In St Paul Germany Emigrant
A sixteen year old German emigrant Hoog died on a Midwest through train from Baden Germany under suspected cholera. Health officials ordered body disinfection and burial after swift inspection and Coroner Whitcomb and Dr Hoyt confirmed the cholera case. The passenger party included four other emigrants with clean New York health certificates.
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St. Paul
Suo Road
Englebert Hoog
Health Department
Whitcomb
Hoyt
Dis
Minneapolis Health Department
Wacotta Street
Hoog
Baden
Germany
New York Health Department
Lizards Skins Trade and Cold Peach Crop Report
The state of Viabusco shipped lizard skins to the United States last year, with natives harvesting vast numbers for export to Europe and Mexico. In Dover the peach crop suffered a bitter cold spell, but growers remain hopeful as trees recover. A legislative resolution seeks closer commercial ties with the United States through a Queen’s committee visit to Wiehlistae for information.
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United S
Tulasco
Dover
Defi
Henry Ridgey
Jie
Honolulu
Wiehlistae
United States
Wreck at Winn Junction Daunts Passengers
A misplaced switch at Winn Junction near Alton caused the Cleveland Cincinnati St Louis South Western Limited passenger train to crash into a standing oil train. Six dead, nineteen fatally injured, fifty burned, with engine and seven oil cars destroyed and total losses around $125,000. rescue crews rushed to aid victims and the wreck sparked a large fire.
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Winn Junction
Alton Junction
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Southwestern Limited
Wann
Blreman Disk White
Hanlf
Alton
Baying
Counterfeiters Sun to Earth Captured in Wisconsin
West Superior Wis special police and United States Secret Service arrested two men, Thomas Patterson and A C Mack, in their beds at 309 Tower Avenue after a tip. Cast plaster molds found, coins counterfeit including dollars halves quarters dimes, and a travel plan sent to St Louis. Bond set at 5000 dollars. Mack cooperated with authorities.
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Wisconsin
West Superior
Wis
United States Secret Service Department
Porter
Secret Services
Tower Avenue
Thomas Patterson
A. C. Mack
Patterson
C. J. Porter
United States Secret Service
Nick Redmond
United States
Hirper
T. Louis
Mack
Harper
Murdered for Her Daughter on Donsola Farm
Edith Keller, 52, was killed at her home on a farm east of Donsola in Uuian County. James McEntire and Francis Settlemoir were jailed in Jonesboro after coroner’s inquest testimony that they threatened the daughter, Miss Weller, and fired a shot through window and curtain, missing her and killing Mrs. Keller.
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Anna
Edith Keller
Donsola
Uuian County
James McEntire
Francis Settlemoir
Jonesboro
McEntire
France warns Britain over Egyptian independence tensions
France, under instructions from its minister, sent a note to Britain stating it cannot remain indifferent to any British act that would infringe on the independence of the Khedive in Egypt, signaling heightened diplomatic strain between Paris and London.
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France
Great Britain
London
Egypt
DUN & CO REPORT ON SEVERE WEATHER AND TRADE
Dun and Co weekly review notes weather contributed to shrinkage in business with mixed signals. Chicago shows improving winter goods sales and spring purchases. currency returns from the West slow but money available. Wheat receipts up. corn and oats higher. cotton down then recovers. Pork, coffee and egg prices rise. stock market strong. Gold exports rise to £4,000,005 but bankers warn possible future trouble. Business confidence remains high nationwide amid Congressional activity. Total U.S. failures: 332 in week, 40 last week, 325 year ago.
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New York
BR. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Chicago
Boston
Congress
Narrow Escape Of Passengers From Sinking Ship
London special reports a northeast snowstorm causing coastal hazards in England. The Brighton, on the New Haven to Dieppe run, hit a gale near Dieppe, leaving eighty passengers ashore as the hull opened. A cutter capsized and five pilots died attempting rescue. only two of seven aboard survived.
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London
England
Brighton
Brighton Railway Company
New Haven
Dieppe
Dempsey Found Guilty in Poison Trial At Pittsburg
District Master Workman Dempsey of the Knights of Labor is found guilty on the charge of administering poison to W. E. Griffiths. Judge Stowe directs the jury with no opinion on the evidence. Dempsey’s counsel plans a new trial as the crowd reacts outside the courtroom and a £500 fine plus ten years imprisonment is noted.
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Porter
Dempsey
Mike
Court tumult as father tries to seize child during divorce
In Wichita an episode in the District Court saw Oscar Saanders attempt to abduct his three year old child during a custody hearing. Mrs Sanders fainted. a struggle erupted with a brother of the mother. Judge Reed intervened. He lifted Sanders by the neck and sat him down, then returned the child to its mother.
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Detroit
Edwin F. Mack
Citzens’ Savings Bank
Andrew Granger
Chicago
Wichita
Ian
Oscar Saanders
Sanders
Senators chosen in multiple states in joint legislative sessions
Across states, lawmakers reelected incumbents to the U S Senate. Notable results include Missouri’s Cockerell, Michigan’s Stockbridge, Pennsylvania’s Quay, New York’s Murphy, and confirmations or re-elections in several capitals. Votes varied but all signaled continued party control and forthcoming terms.
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Cockerell
Missouri
Stockbridge
Michigan
Quay In
Pennsylvania
Murphy WU
Hiscock
New York
Albany
Edward Murphy, Jr
Frank Hiscock
United States
Senate
Whitelaw Reid
Assembly
Murphy
St. Paul
Davis
Jefferson City
Francis Marion Cockrell
United States Senate
Harrisburg
Quay
Boston
Mass
H. C. Lodge
Dover del
George Gray
Hartford
Conn
Joseph R. Hawley
Augusta
Eugene Hale
Sacramento
Gal
Stephen M. White
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Ind
David Turpie
Turpie
Fairbanks
Lansing
Mich
Francis B. Stockbridge
Sundry civil bill outlines large river and harbor funding
The Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill totals 39.8 million dollars with major river and harbor provisions. Key items include 16.1 million for river and harbor improvements, 1.37 million for life saving and coast services, 2 million for St Marys River, 1.6 million for Mississippi River works, and 1.0 million for the Chicago to Buffalo canal area plus 32.07 million for Mississippi River and Missouri River commissions.
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Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Uarantine Service
United States
Galveston Harbor
Hay Lake
St. Mary's River
Michigan
Great Kanawha River
West Virginia
Ohio River
Minneapolis
Minn
The
Falls
Creat Lakes
Chicago
Duluth
Bufalo
Cascades
Columbia River
Oregon
Humboldt Harbor
California
Mississippi River
Mississippi River Commission
Missouri River
Sioux City
Iowa
Missouri River Commission
Allegheny
Japan to Prohibit Sealing by Foreign Vessels
Vancouver special consul Kito reports Japan will ban sealing by foreigners along its coast and deploy warships to enforce allocations. Parliament approved funding as the value of seals taken abroad last year nears $810,000, while Japanese crews secured $26,000. Sealing firms in Japan pressed the policy.
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Japan
Vancouver
B. C
Kito
Coal Famine Strains Chicago Railways and Carnegies Targeted
The harsh three week cold has caused a coal famine, crippling eastern railroads as engines die on tracks and coal is diverted from flat cars to move remaining freight. In Cincinnati a Homestead striker adviser seeks $30,000 to prosecute Carnegie Company officials.
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Chicago
Carnegies
Cincinnati
Homestead
Carnegie Company
Wolves Prowl as European Winter Ravages Cities
Severe European winter continues to grip the continent with Berlin reporting 23 degrees. Three people found frozen to death in the streets as Elbe navigation stalls and Hamburg vessels redirect. Prussia and East Prussia suffer. Balkan wolves roam towns near Belgrade, with a young girl killed in the suburbs by starving animals.
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Europe
Berlin
Elbe
Hamburg
South America
Bremerhaven
Bradenburg
East Prussia
Balkans
Servia
Belgrade
Cold Months Devastate Canada With Record Low Temps
The report details extreme cold across Canada with twenty six days below zero, temperatures often 16 to 20 degrees below, causing widespread suffering. It notes wolves invading Montenegro sheep folds and hunger driven raids in Russia, while several men in Nanticoke are frozen to death in small canoes.
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Montenegro
Russia
Canada
Convention for Good Roads Plans Considered in Washington
At a National League for Good Roads convention in Washington, the resolutions committee proposed thanking the press and urged continued cooperation. It called for nonpartisan road work, recommended agriculture and mechanical colleges train in road construction and maintenance, and advised agricultural experiment stations to support the effort with public funds. The legislation committee urged Congress seek $15,000 to survey U S highways.
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National League For Good Roads
Washington
Committee On
Colleges of Agriculture and Chanical Arts
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Open Air Ceremonies for World's Fair Opening
The executive committee rejected a indoor ceremony plan for May 1 at Jackson Park. Admission would be 50 cents to hear speeches from the grounds, with broadcasts for those near the platform, as up to 200000 visitors may attend. Meanwhile Indiana passes a misdemeanor bill against firing workers for union involvement. A separate measure seeks $50000 to fund the National Grand Army encampment in Indianapolis this September.
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Jackson Park
Indiana House
National Grand Army of the Republic
Indianapolis
Meredith
Grand Army
How the World Wags
New York City faces coal shortages as a general memo of political and legal notes states ex governor FIFER of Illinois is ill and Sam JONES seeks a joint debate with Ingersoll. Kentucky allocates 100000 for a World's Fair exhibit while Hawley is re elected in Connecticut. Multiple incidents include a burned building in James Town and a steamer burning in Paducah. The Mercury, a new Democratic morning daily, starts in New York.
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New York City
Fifer
Illinois
Sam Jones
Ingersoll
Kentucky
Hawley
Connecticut
Stock Houp
Lehigh Road
Lloyd & Watson
Jamestown
N. C
Loés
New York
The
Mercury
Faulkner
Camden
West Virginia
Kenna
Senate
McGarrahan
Knox & Sons
Boston
Cheyenne
Wyo
Mississppi
Paducah
Metropolitan Opera House
C. C. Hixon
New Whatcom
Ore
Wisconsin
Michigan
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