California Rail Disaster At Open Draw Bridge
A California train plunged through an open draw bridge over San Antonio creek in West Oakland on the afternoon of the 30th, causing many deaths and missing. Passengers were thrown into water, with dozens later recovered. the engineer and fireman survived. Rescue efforts followed as authorities counted bodies and identified victims amid chaotic scenes and rumors.
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California
Oakland
San Francisco
San Antonio Creek
Western
West
Alameda
Keene
Bam Dunn
O’brien
Traimmon
Berath
Martin Kelly
H. Avetin
Florence Austin
Ryan
J. B. Crayne
E.R. Robinson
Laini Majesta
John Dyer
Sacramento
Williams
Auld
Honolulu
Kenan
H. Maletta
F.F. Finley
Francisco
Celf
Gorge T. Hawley
James Dunlap
They Flee The Country In Scandal of Mrs Martin
New York dispatch May 27 reports Mrs John Bidulph Martin Victoria Woodhull with Tandy Coe Jennie Claflin and Dennis O Halloran sailing on the Columbia to Europe. Mrs Martins daughter Zula Maud Woodhull denies panic or threats claim, cites Mr Martins London business and complex affairs, says the pair will return in fall with a new sociological paper in October.
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Lady Cook
Peculations at Oswego National Bank Raise Bank Failure Fears
Oswego New York reports place cashier C A Thompson at the center of a growing shortage amid bank collapse fears. Estimates range from $20,000 to $75,000, with comparisons to the 1855 Oswego Bank failure. Thompson has transferred property to creditors while some claim two prominent Owego figures are implicated. James Dee, the Oswego Chronicle correspondent, notes Thompson was once involved in wheat losses and insists the Rock Island matter does not tie to the Oswego case.
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Oswego National Bank
Oswego
New York
C. A. Thompson
Greator
Bank of Oswego
Thompson
Big Four
James Dee
Exchange
Dee
Rock Island
Nebraska Banking Association
Oing
McCook
Neb
Brooklyn
C. E. Parker
Tioga County
James I’. Dee
Owego
Geteman
Albany
Elopement Sparks Fatal Shooting at Hope Indiana Farm
Hampton Transon, a wealthy livery stable keeper, was shot by Otto Beneff on May 17 as Beneff attempted to elope with Transon’s 17 year old daughter. The father, armed, fired if his gun misfired. Beneff returned fire, injuring Transon and fleeing.
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Hampton Transon
Hope
Ind
Otto Beneff
Transon
Beneff
Beneft
Seneff
Holden Murder Case Seeks Writ of Habeas Corpus
Clifton Holden, sentenced to death in Redwood Falls Minnesota, will petition the U S Supreme Court for relief via a writ of habeas corpus. Attorneys argue the Toby Day Smith law underpins the alleged murder and that its application is ex post facto and violates the U S Constitution.
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Holden
Clifton Holden
Redwood Falls
Minu
United States Supreme Court
United States
Holden Release Tied to Medley Case Decision
Based on the Medley decision from Colorado reported in United States Supreme Court Reporter volume 10 pages 384, the application anticipates remand to state courts. The outcome is the potential release of Holden.
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Medley
Colorado
United States Supreme Court Reporter
Holden
Self Confessed Murderer Detained in Chicago
Telegraphic report states John Williams of Leeds England, 31, is held at Central Police station as confessing to the murder of Emm Roberts alias Jones in 1879. He says he met her in Leeds in 1870, was rejected, beat her with a hammer, fled to Manchester Cardiff and then Chicago, and has since been a lakes sailor. Authorities in Leeds have been telegraphed for details.
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Chicago
John Williams
Leeds
Eng
Central
Emm Roberts
Jones
Williams
Emma Roberts
Alias Jones
Greenwood
Manchester
Cardiff
Wales
Weatphen
Harpery
Kirkgate
The Cultivation of Rice in Savannah Fields
A Savannah letter describes rice cultivation on low lands with dammed waters and sluice gates. Seed is planted in rows flooded briefly to deter rats, fields are managed in rapid rotations, and water levels rise and fall to force growth. The plant reaches two to three feet before heavy rains or storms threaten, but careful water control yields a productive crop that often outperforms cotton.
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Savannah
Plush Loom Triumph Brings Plush Making Home in Pawtucket
The Philadelphia Press reports that a Pawtucket firm began plush manufacture after years of secrecy and trials. A lone loom sparked a full system of home production, challenging foreign mills in car and upholstery plush, though the car trade remains largely foreign.
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Pawtucket
Europe
Philadelphia Press
Absent minded professor eyed for Cecilia in rumor
A fragment from a German paper suggests young Prof Y may be plagued by absent mindedness and could become a match for Cecilia, according to gossip. The note hints at a potential union but offers no concrete details or dates.
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Prof. Y
Cecilia
Eminent Mormon Women Lead Utah Church's Public Life
A Chicago Times Salt Lake City correspondent profiles leading Mormon women in Utah across the church's benevolent, educational, and suffrage work. It highlights Zina Young, Helen Whitney, Sarah Kimball, Priscinda Kimball, Elmina Taylor, Elizabeth Toward, Emelline Wells, Mary Freeze, Louise Felt, Romanto Pratt, Zina Williams, Augusta Crocheron, and Emily Woodmansee as central figures shaping religion, education, and social reform in the Mormon community.
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Salt Cake City
Utah
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Saltaie
Chicago Times
Lo Salt
Lake City
Church of Latter Day Saints
Mormon Church
Tin Mormon Church
Tomperance
Admst
Zitu
Young
Watertown
Jefferson County
N. Y
Bringham Young
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Church
Helen Mar Whitney
Heber C. Kimball
Vilate
Horace K. Whitney
Orson F. Whitney
Salt Lak City
Sarah M. Kimball
Kimball Haa
Kimball
Ehubel
Priselida
Salt Lake City
Chorcl
Elmina S. Taylor
George T. Taylor
Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Society
Taylor
New York
Elizabeth Toward
Tresland
Emelline B. Wells
Gou
Duny
HW. Wells
Woman's Exponent
Mrs
Mary E. Freege
Janos P. Freeze
Young Gables' Mutual Improvement Associations
Salt Walken City
Freeze
Louise Felt
Joseph D
Desert Hospital
Zina Young Williams
Brigham Young
Thomas Williams
Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution
William
A French Deputy Wears Workingman's Blouse to Parliament
Article recalls M. Thryrier a French chamber of deputies member who wore a workingman's blouse instead of formal attire. A former coal miner turned wine grower and Socialist, he rose to office on this badge of labor. His blouse made him instantly famous in Paris though it risked ridicule abroad.
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Ress
Wall
M. Thryrier
Chamber of Deputies
M. Thirsier
Prexant Chamber of Deputies
France
Warrs
Fries
M. Thirrier
Commonfvy
Bivynga 4
Paris
Ancient Dutch Farmhouse Architecture Described in Detail
The article surveys a 250 year old Dutch dwelling near Enkhulzen in North Holland. It details a square ground plan, timber pyramid roof with thatch and stork nest, pantiled sections, brick chimneys, a hay loft, and a brick-paved central passage with cow stalls. Interiors feature paneled walls, Joseph prints, an old glass cupboard, and a tiled fireplace with a grid of rooms forming the living space.
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Holland
Enkhulzen
North Holland
Joseph
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Traina
Salt
M Thrivrier
Chamber of Deputie
Wlynse
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