31 Dec 1886
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1886
Page
1
Report of a large fire devastating a Maryland village dominates the round up of fresh news. Other items include German deputies protesting their treatment by Czechs, a claim about a theft by Cummings tied to debts, a Texas strike denounced as false, and a tragic death of a young Italian girl crushed by an elevated railroad engine.
An early morning blaze in Max Luono Missouri destroyed Flint's restaurant, nearby residences, and several stores including Bunnell's liquor shop, with losses estimated from 25 000 to 60 000. No injuries reported as residents aided firefighting and evacuations.
Mrs Witrock mother of Jim Cummins explains to detectives the motive for the robbery. He aimed to save the mortgage on their home by stealing money from an express car as the due date for a $1700 loan approached. The Bohemian Diet in Vienna faces a Czech opposition walkout over claims. The German deputies threaten to abstain from sittings for three weeks to force consideration of their demands, risking a Diet adjournment.
A jumble of telegraphic notes reports a widow denying her husband’s conversion to Catholicism, a man dying after falling into a factory vat, and widespread rainfall and disease updates from Mendoza. It also covers farm and cattle policy talks, legal delays in New York, German settlement plans in Queensland, and political developments in Chicago and Albany. The U S Arctic steamer Thetis to be commissioned, with orders for Alaska service and Navy representation noted.
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