Empress of Brazil Dies Causes Grief Across Brazil
Dom Pedro grieves deeply at Empress's death in Rio. Queen Victoria and President Carnot send condolences. Ex-emperor supported by doctors, Empress death follows fainting fits, last words express regret for not blessing kin. Brazil mourns, Barboza denies confiscation, two-year period to dispose of property guaranteed.
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Oporto
Dom Pedro
Queen Victoria
Carnot
Japura
Brazil
Lisbon
Rio Janeiro
Washington
Ruy Barboza
Valente
Imperial
Parnell Charges Divorce Action Aimed At Him
From Wonvpvon to Lafayette and Indianapolis reports, Parnell claims Captain O Shea sued for divorce as political play and accuses Loyal Union backer Huston of instigating the move. Houston denies involvement and says he learned of the case only from newspaper notices. Additional items: bank president Pierce dies at 97, two hat firms fail in Indianapolis due to mild weather, St Louis Academy of Music collapse injures workers, and Admiral Kimberly is replaced by Commodore George Brown at Pacific station.
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Wonpvon
Parnell
O’shea
Huston
Loyal Union
Special Parnell Commission
Piggott
Barnwell Lynching Inquest and Black Move to Leave
A New York Times report from Columbia South Carolina details the coroner’s inquest into eight lynched Black men. The jury says gunshot deaths, masked lynchers unknown, families remove two bodies while six stay. Troops quell tensions as Black residents plan exit from Barnwell County.
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Barnwell County
New York
Columbia
S. C
Barnwell
Ripley Johnson
Mitchell Adams
Richardson
Predict a Good Year for Trade Promises Prosperous 1890
The Sun summarizes business leaders nationwide predicting a prosperous year ahead. Banks, cotton interests, railroads, and the money market are upbeat, driven by good crops and rising demand for equipment, though coal wool and paper trades show exceptions and overproduction affects paper.
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New York
the Sun
Boston
New Orleans
Death by gas in bath-house bath tragedy report
An elderly Kokomo man, J. B. Clarke, died after proprietor George Wrinkle left a gas jet on to warm bathwater. Wrinkle locked the bathroom and departed, leaving Clarke in the bath where he was found dead. The case highlights negligence in a local bath-house.
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Peru
Ind
J. B. Clarke
Kokomo
George Wrinkle
Clarke
Wrinkle
Eleven Die in Fire at Theodore Gross Home in Huron
Terrible blaze in Huron Michigan on December 31 destroys a two story frame house. Eleven people perished all from the Gross family including Theodore and Mary and eight children. Miss Lena Erb a visitor also died. Only two of thirteen occupants escaped. Witnesses cite a blown out lamp explosion as the likely cause.
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Hovenston
Mich
Huron
Theodore Gross
Mary Gross
Katie Gross
John Gross
Anton Gross
Lizzie Gross
Joseph Gross
Michael Gross
Lena Gross
Lena Erb
Lake Linden
Katie
Theodore
Nicholas
Gross
Erb
Peter
Osceola
Desperadoes Struck Down by Stranger in Frontier Town
From Indian Territory comes a tale of Red Lendall and Choctaw Pete seizing Tishwawa on Christmas Day. A well armed stranger, believed to be Winchester Frank, shot Lendall and killed Pete after a duel, then rode away after dining with grateful townsfolk.
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St. Louis
Dee
Red Lendall
Choctaw Pete
Tishwawa
Pete
Lendal
Lendall
Winchester Frank
Influenza Epidemic Claims Several Victims Across Cities
New York reports rising influenza deaths with 762 in one week and 665 the prior. Harvard instructor George W. Lawin dies at 29 after peritonitis and grippe. Henry W. Longley dies of pneumonia after influenza. Europe wide scare with 25 000 treated in Philadelphia and 1 500 000 victims continent wide.
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Boston
George W. Lawin
Harvard College
Massachusetts General Hospital
New York
Sanitary
Health Department
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Newark
N. J
Philadelphia
Paris
Europe
Monte Carlo
Berlin
Stockholm
Sweden
Mysterious double murder at Mount Sterling Wis
A well to do farmer Jerry O Neil and his wife were found fatally shot in bed at Mount Sterling Crawford County Wisconsin about twenty two miles from the city. The killer escaped with nothing taken. Eight family members were in the house at the time.
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Mount Sterling
Wis
Farmer O'Neil
Bosconert
Crawford County
Jerry O'Neil
Death of Mrs. Robert Tyler former White House lady
Montgomery report recalls Mrs. Robert Tyler 74 daughter of Thomas Cooper and Mary Fairlie. She married Robert Tyler in 1840 and, at the request of President Tyler and his wife, served as lady of the White House during the first three years of his administration.
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Robert Tyler
White House
Montgomery
Ala
Brief World News Roundup Of Fire Deaths And Protests
Two more bodies found in Boston fire ruins. Yazoo City cotton worth 300000 burned. Meredith mill loss 100000. Portland shoe factory fire 35000. Chicago cattle shot. railroads kill 259 last year. Bull killed torreador in Cadiz. Macomb aids Ramsey farmers. Macon fire destroys six buildings, 15000 loss. Waterloo temperance convention protests repeal. La Payraut shoots captain on plantation. Judge Warren dies in Augusta. Wisconsin backs Bennett law on compulsory education. New Hampshire closes saloons under prohibition. Mill owner Millard found dead, 14000 missing. Iowa state birthday marked by flags. Mrs Victora Schilling fading in New York. Windsor Locks smallpox outbreak in rag-room workers. Westminster BC fire losses 64000. Brazilian immigrants protest naturalization plan.
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Portland
Ore
Chicago
Cadiz
Spain
Macomb
Ramsey County
N. C
Macon
Waterloo
Houma
T. A. Wood
Ernest la Payraut
Kit Warren
Georgia
Augusta
State Teachers’ Convention
Wisconsin
Iowa
Commonwealth
Victora Schilling
Morisini
Schilling
New York
Windsor Locks
Conn
Seymour Paper Mill
Egypt
Columbia Printing Company, Lyer & Co
Stationers
Wolfenden Bros
New Westminster
B. C
Paris Missionaries Murdered by Natives Near Harrar
Intelligence from Obock reports two French mission aries traveling from Zeilah to Harrar were attacked by natives with eight Greek escorts. All members of the party were killed. London telegrams note Mr Gladstone's eightieth birthday celebrated at Hawarden with hundreds of congratulations including from the Prince and Princess of Wales.
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Paris
Obock
Tajurah Bay
Africa
Zeilah
Harrar
London
Gladstone
Hawarden
Prince and Princess of Wales
Chicago Markets Report Dull Prices Across Staples
The Chicago market summary shows flour and grain prices steady to dull with No. 2 cash corn around 30 to 31 cents, oats steady, rye quiet, and barley in moderate demand. Live cattle and hogs move moderately with mixed quotes, while butter, eggs, and poultry show varied firming and steady trends.
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Chicago
Mess
Dalry
New York
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J. A. Joel
Furnishing Goods Department
S. Side Square
Dom Pedros
Indiana
Lafayette
Martin L. Pierce
First National Bank
Portsmouth
N. H
Mason
Indianapolis
Dec
Joseph Schloss & Co
Herman Bumperger
St. Loui
Academy of Music
Kimberly
Pacific
George Brown
Norfolk Navy Yard
Rochester
N. Y
New York Court of Appeals
Buffalo
Kemmler
Nec
Columbia Heights
Connellsville
Order of
United American Mechanics
Huron, Mich
Alexander Beck & Son
Charles A. Furbush
M. A. Furbush & Co
Muncie
Allen Banderson
Browning
Westminster Abbey
Chaucer
Spencer
Abraham Cowley
San Francisco
Oakland
Jane Erwin
Mary
Bessie
Harry
Peter Rasmussen
Duuru, Minn
Herman Keenara
Lake Avenue
Bempere
Hunterdon County
Dallas
Tex
Mosher Machine Company
Clyde
Ovington
Susan L. Stanwood
James G. Blaine
Yazoo City
Miss
Hodgeson
Meredith
the Review Print
Ped
Tionery
Grammes
How. Garden St
J. W. Bond
Darcey
J. W
Broadway
J. I. Heedman
Jacob Byers
Hale Township
Warren County
Illinois
Monmouth
Kirkwood
Little York
Henry Tubbs
Monmouth Nat'l Bank
Nat'l Bank of
A. Rankin
Gerlaw
Duroe
Jersey
Poland
Henry Giddings
Floyd Township
Mit National Bank
Galesburg
Fok Sales Destrabie
N. Spring Street
John M. Turnbull
East Live Square
Sane Horn
H. A. Water
Henry Patterson
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