German Exhibits Safe From Cholera, Hamburg Disinfects
Consul Johnson reports not a single package may depart Hamburg for America without thorough disinfection. German officials including Privy Councillor Wermuth and Prof Kuch reaffirm no cholera risk from goods carried via Hamburg to the World's Fair, while cautions focus on human contact and travel from infected districts.
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Spee
Mamburg
Chicago
Garden City
Wermuth
Wiyl
Hamburg
Uo Bild
Kuch
Milinburg
Llamburz
Cuienzo
Johnson
America
Boy Burns to Death in Oil Fire After Shelter Tragedy
Bradford special reports a 10 year old boy died at his mother's home from burns that covered him from head to foot. An old shed used as a playhouse by local boys housed a stove and a bucket of crude petroleum. A group set the bucket alight, igniting the oil and clothing as the boy stood near the fire. He was rushed to safety, then to his mother, but succumbed hours later. Police intervened as a lynch mob formed. officers persuaded the crowd to let the law take its course.
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John Lezett
Hegeert
Jini
Clulin
Tle
Ena Hte
Howe
Pittburg
Rochester
N.Y
Jubilant Inauguration of Mexican Southern Railway
The Times-Democrat in New Orleans reports the formal inauguration of the Mexican Southern Railway from Pueblo to this city as part of a Pan American link. President Diaz attends in his native city as crowds surge, with 650 guests at Juarez Theater and troops reviewed by federal officers. The three day celebration marks a major commercial milestone in Mexico.
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Mexico
Mexican Southern Railway
Pueblo
Psole
Pasies
Jegilature
Juarez Theater
Iceberg collision leaves crew stranded near Labrador
Captain Quinn of the schooner Pearl Nelson reports hitting an iceberg in dense fog off Labrador. The vessel ran aground on the berg, with 209 feet of hull exposed. Most of the crew deserted, but two men remained aboard after a sealing current pushed the berg free and allowed them to refloat. The captain claims he could have saved the vessel without help if not for the deserters.
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Provincetows
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Quinn
Pearl Nelson
Labrador
Bere
Qima
Ene
Fotanil
Vesel
Spanish Columbia Celebration in Madrid Draws Royal Guests
The Madrid event featured the King and Queen of the Portuai with a palace balcony appearance. A large crowd gathered at the Columbus cavalade as spectators viewed historical pageantry and a bullfight arranged for the royal benefit, highlighting national spectacle and public interest.
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Columbiia Celebraton
Madrid
Balcades
Sand Municipal
Columbus Cavalmade
Portus
Bloody Feud Grips Kemper County Miss
A violent feud between the Tolbert and allied factions erupts in Kemper County. Tom Tolbert, a white man with prior sentence for rape, escapes and is pursued by deputies and a posse. A clash at an Indian blacksmith shop leaves deputy Thomas Cole dead and raises fears of further bloodshed as a bloodhound party heads toward the scene twenty five miles away.
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Kemper County
Mis
Kampar
Tom Tolbert
Telbert
Hickory
Kemper
Tolbert
Will Sinks
Tom Donald
Spinks
Donald
John Tolbert
Tom
Columbus Women Halt Street Railroad Plot on Oak Street
In Columbus Ohio a proposed double track by the City Railway Company faced unanimous homeowner remonstrance after about 400 workers tore up pavement on Oak Street on a Sunday. Homeowners armed with hoses and a revolver defended their property until the sheriff secured an injunction and halted work. Sheriff pursuit followed when Superintendent Atchison resisted.
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Ohio
City Railway Company
Oak Street
Charles Munsion
Siti Lim
Atchison
Atchi
Nearlielkliehk
National and World Briefs From The Week In Review
The weekly Trade Review notes trade held firm despite the presidential election, with strong wholesale demand and heavy money markets. crop reports show smaller yields for wheat and cotton. Dramatic notices cover a monstrous cannibalism case in Bessarabia, All Souls Day services in Cincinnati drawing over twenty five thousand mourners, Dahomey campaign actions by French forces, and Dublin landlords urging eviction tenants to withdraw from convention talks.
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New York
HW. G. Dun & Co
Werkly Trade Review
Chicago
West
Eith Stecks
Europe
Big Brooklyn warehouse fire claims two lives
A blaze at Holton Bliss Dallett warehouses on the river front, agented for Red Line steamers, caused an estimated 500000 loss. The cotton filled structure collapsed trapping two firefighters, John Francis Spaulding aged 40 and Wayland Estes aged 32, who died.
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River Front
Holton, Bliss & Dallett
Red Line
James Smith
John Francis Spaulding
Wayland Estes
May lure Harrison to Boston as Melee hints at residence
J R Melee son-in-law of President Harrison says it is too early to confirm where the President will live after March but Boston hosts a cordial welcome if he leaves Washington and Indianapolis is a favored original home with Mrs Harrison’s illness shaping past plans. He notes Brookline retreat as a likely address.
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Chardson
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J. R. Melee
Harrison
Mr. Meiee
Wahington
Indianapolis
Durango Iron Mountain Deal Ties to Huntington
A Durango dispatch reports one of Mexico’s largest mining deals, the purchase of the Durango iron mountain and local steel works by Collis P. Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific. The price is undisclosed but believed to reach millions, promising dominance of iron production in Mexico and the Americas. The vein contains the world’s largest iron deposit, with ore extracted from near the surface. The mountain has long been operated by a European syndicate and is famed as a potential eighth wonder, per Humboldt.
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San Antonio
Texas
Durango
Mexico
Iron Mountain
Collis P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Company
Huntingto
Duranzo
Huntington
IdPeest Iron Works
Humboldt
Death by fire at Thram house sparks insurance plot theory
In Marshfield Wisconsin speculation centers on the burning of Ferdinand J Thram s house near Romeo twelve miles north as a possible arson to defraud life and accident insurance. The coroner s jury ruled death by burning but later talk points to a staged blaze to commit fraud.
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Marshfield
Wis
Ferdinand J. Thram
Romeo
Thrum
Ing
Pauper Inmate Inherits $80,000 Estate After Brother’s Death
California reports indicate Barney Dunning, long a resident of the city poor farm for 22 years, has fallen heir to an estate valued at $80,000. The fortune came from his brother William Dunning, who left California after 1849 and amassed wealth before his recent death.
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Pittsburg
California
Barney Dunning
Dunning
William
Elizabeth jailbird Mary Doyle returns after thirty years
New York reports Elizabeth police chief Tenney recognizes Mary Doyle, age about sixty, back in town under the alias Eugenie Hoffman. Doyle, a career thief focused on sneak thievery, spent thirty years in prison with a recent Philadelphia arrest for rifling a residence. Her long record includes a 1865 hotel room theft that sparked a wartime bank loss in Lincoln’s era.
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Nenk Theland
New York
George C. Tenney
Elizabeth
Mary Doyle
Mary
Eugenie Hoffman
Line
Lincoln
Warrisbury Bank
Washington
Phildelphia
Elizabeth Firrmen
Chayamian
City of Belfast Makes Arctic Quarantine Entry
The steamship City of Belfast from East Indian ports arrived at quarantine after a stormy Atlantic crossing with a severely damaged hull. Lacking coal for five days, Captain McAlpin ordered removal of all combustible woodwork and mast components to keep the engines alive. The ship burned masts, bowsprit, and deck structures to reach quarantine, sacrificing forecastle bunks and cargo to survive the voyage.
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Belfast
Atlantic
Beirut
Sourbaya
Java
Gibaltar
Caythin McAlpin
Dynamite Bomb Kills Several at Paris Police Station
A dynamite device exploded before the Avenue de Opera police station in Paris injuring and killing multiple officials and bystanders. Police deem anarchists responsible for the attack on the Barnaux Mining Company office, tearing through the station and surrounding walls.
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Paris
Avenue de Opera
Barnaux Mining Company
Buileins
Carmaux Company
Gazin
Severn
Gizlhn
Carminx Coipiany
Five Bandits Rob Train at Wharton Station in Cherokee Strip
Five masked men halted a southbound Santa Fe train at Wharton lonely station. They knocked two passengers senseless, freed the express car, dynamited the door, and fired at guards before abandoning the attempt to crack the safe after an hour. The robbers fled with only seized arms and some express matter. U S Marshall Mansen and five deputies pursued by special train.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Santa Fe
Whart Na Lonely
Cherokee Strip
Wagner
Reihe
Truthmen
United States
Marhal Mansen
Old Grudge Ends in Death in Tennessee Feud
In Spring City Tennessee and nearby Corfu New York, a long running feud erupts into violence. A Swafford Sr was shot dead, Jim Swafford and John Swafford wounded, Mose Tollett fatally, while Bill Swafford and Pete Matt and Bob Tollett escape unharmed. The case follows a years long family feud.
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Menn
Bledsore
Tollytts
A. Swafford
Jim Swafford
Bill Swafford
John Swafford
Gary Swifford
Mose Tollett
Matt
Bob
Pete Tollett
Dakota Republicans lead as returns lag in state electors
Reports show Republicans ahead in electors with Crainson Pruitten conceding a close race but missing enough returns to gauge the Legislature. Claims of Republican gains follow sparse county returns and notes that Democrats and independents may hold about half the Legislature.
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Democratic Committee
Republian
Sheldton
Govenor
van Osdel
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Vickler
IL Cas
Hbif Adoen
Legisature
Chriuian Greene
Republican State Committee
Tlankson
FLEECES THAT ARE GOLDEN TEST MARKET PRICES FOR SOUTH DAKOTA SHEEP
T M Morkiy of Joscoe South Dakota reports on shipments to Sioux City and St Paul. He notes strong demand for Dakota bred sheep, high wool values, and the potential for Sioux City as a major stocker market, with thousands more sheep expected to move in coming months. He advocates shifts to Shropshires Lincolns and Southdowns and cites association growth from 260 to a larger base while praising South Dakota wool quality. A second column previews Custer City as a future mining hub in the Black Hills with historic quartz mining and anticipated new extraction methods.
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Tlarneys Peak
Uuter
Harnay Peak Company
Journey Peak Company
Develo Nent
North Carolina
Iuavinson . Co
Toei
Toadown
Hopkins
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Sonth Pakota
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St Paul
Association
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