Year 1893 Mortality Report Highlights Noted Figures
Chicago dispatch reviews 1893 deaths and crime trends with prominent losses in the United States. It lists Harvard professor Eben Ford, ex-president Rutherford B. Hayes, James G. Blaine, and others, plus rail, pestilence and lynching tallies, executions, and fraud losses across states.
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Cinsago
United States
Eben N. Hereford
Harvard
Charles A. Capps
New York Seventh Regiment
B. F Butler
Rutherford B. Hayes
Julius Eichberg
Justice Lamar
Supreme Court
Phillips Brooks
James G Blaine
Norvin Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Meauregard
Rufus Hatch
Allen Manuel
Santa Fe Railroad
Andrew Peabody
Harvant
Record of Major Charitable Gifts and Notable Events
A long list details benefactions with gifts and wills totaling millions to Yale Bowdoin Harvard Stanford and others including 6.83 million from Chicago. The piece also notes 1903 fire losses totaling 184 856 040 and 189 356 40 grand totals. It reports the District of Columbia grand jury discharge of Donlan and Ohio Legislature organization with McConico as president pro tem and Boxwell as speaker. Also coverage of Breckinridge polemics and a cave-in in New Jersey and elopements in St Louis.
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Tauia
North
Pleka
CAA
Tfornia
Dinols
Uslinna
Kentucky
Massacusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Texas
Wisconsin
Washington
Indian Territory
Omaha
Idaho
Nevada
South Carolina
Oklahoma
District of Columbia
Horace Smith
Springfield
Mass
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Yale College
Edward F Bearles
Boston
Bowdoin College
John Huntington
Cleveland
Emily Eckert
Philadelphia
Gordon Mackay
Harvard University
A. J. White
Henry Rosenberg
Galveston Tax
Charitise
Logan H Roots
Little Rock
Ark
Laland Stanford
San Francisco
Cala
Stanford University
Anna H. Wilstach
German Hospital
Genoa
A . Drexel
T C Son
Masa
Denom
Charles B. Beck
Jane Holmes
Pittsburg
Marshall Field
Chicago
Columbian Museum
Anna Brown
Quincy
Montgomery
San Franciscn College
Johnson
Hospital
Yma
Zeneiows
United States
Couttees
Jane
McConica
Senate
Representative Boxwell
House
Boxwell
McKinley
Griffin
Prendergast Guilty of Murder in Manner and Form
Judge Brentano delivers verdict in the Car B. Harrison murder case. Patrick Eugene John Prendergast is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. jury and public react with strong, emotional affirmation. Remarks review insanity defenses and delusion standards, detailing conditions for mental irresponsibility and alternative acquittal.
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Wald
Ber
Caroaco
Patrick Eugene John Prendergast
Fitegerald
Prendergast
Apeak
Brentano
Verdict on Prendergast Conviction Sparks Mixed Reactions
Jurors found Prendergast guilty and condemned him to death. Attorneys noted deterrence potential, while Chicago figures praised the verdict as upholding law and order. Chauncey Depew called it a vindication of law and city safety.
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Chauney Depew
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Prenvergast
Chicago
Escape of Chris Evans Sparks Nationwide Manhunt in California
Fresno crowds and sheriffs join a massive posse in pursuit after Evans, who had escaped from jail en route to a life sentence for a De Vic murder. Morrell, a former detainee turned ally, is accused of complicity. police arrest three Hutchinson siblings connected to the plan as fears of further violence rise.
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Cal
Fremo
Chris Evans
Fresno
Evans
Stats Penitentiary
de Vic
San Joaquin Valley
Morrell
Freleasi
Visalia
Madera
Aptuss
Southern Pacific Railroad
Cochran
Mra Evans
Scott
Los Angeles
Jaway
Hutchinson
Not a Promising Outlook Bradstreets Doesn't See Much Encouragement
Bradstreets reports a decline in general trade volume this week with wholesale dullness continuing. Production cuts persist in textiles and metals, wages held steady or idle, and wheat and flour imports add to stock totals. Detroit shows fair activity, Indianapolis and Chicago lag, Louisville dull, Milwaukee cautious, St Louis steadier, Kansas City invoicing, and Omaha smaller than last week.
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Bradstreets
United States
Canada
Detroit
Indianapolis
Louisville
Chicago
Milwaukee
St Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Albino deer sighting and shot report in Foreat county area
A white albino deer was seen near President and Cloughs dam in Foreat county before a similar deer was shot near Foxburg by H A Wilson. It is the first albino killed in the area in 25 years and visitors gathered at the Du Bois house for a glimpse of the unusual animal. A deputy game warden reports a small herd of about two dozen buffalo in North Park Renitt county, being fed by locals who protect them. In Cripple Creek a new gold strike appears at the Camilla mine with quartz vein samples averaging $703 per ton. The Denver side notes the snowbound Lander stage in Denver with five feet of snow.
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Clough's Dam
Marionville
Foreat
Foxburg
Foreat County
H A Wilson
du Bois
North Park
Renitt County
Colorado
Denver News
Cripple Creek
Orkple Creek
Colo
Eee
Camilla
Havens
Guyet Hills
Arden Orate
Iari Aes
Financially Could Not Be Called Tricks That Were Vain
Pettit details multiple Northern Pacific dealings exposing alleged improprieties. Directors Abbott Colby Hoyt and Henry Villard benefited through inflated valuations and stock swaps, including Chicago and Great Western and related lines. The Rocky Fork Cooke City sale allowed a listed gain of 600000 in bonds after a 800000 rail cost and 200000 coal lands.
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Sport Rees
Cawey
Payne
Sakinasts Bad Bélae Syraciwens
Mitwathek Aea
Billas
Pettit
Philadelphia
E See ‘Ucific Railway Company
Hletbelbre
Jenkins
United States
Thomas F. Oakes
Henry C. Payne
Henry C. Rouse
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Reed
Fish and Gould
Erie
Road
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Company
Villard
Thomas C. Oakes
Roswell , Rolston
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Abbot
Colby
Hoyt
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Chicago and Great Western Railroad
Bridgeport and
South Hi
Chicago
Harlem
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Batavia
Rocky Fork
Heroic in His Agony At Indiana Gas Station Blast
At East Chicago a gas pipeline explosion injured George Melvin, W C Welderhold, and John Yoder while workers tried to repair a leak. A lantern flare ignited escaping gas, tearing iron apart and throwing men in all directions. one man burned his face after losing part of his scalp, yet he crawled a quarter mile to shut off the main valve before collapsing.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Indiana Natural Gas Company
Chicago
George Melvin
W C. Welderhold
Indiana Gas Company
John Yoder
Fire destroys Benton grocery as blaze rages through building
Fire swept through a Benton Illinois grocery on the east side nave damaging the structure and its contents. Authorities suspect incendiary work as the cause though details remain unclear.
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Benton, Ill
Taylor
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