Various Global Tidbits From 1890s Dispatches
Read of electric lighting in Japan, Edison dubbed The King of Light in Paris, and the 1890 census year starting June 1. Notes include British pay for a Washington minister, gold premiums in Argentina, capital punishment debates, a 250th anniversary celebration, sugar refineries in Philadelphia, and mixed curiosities from fashion to fruit crops and odd discoveries.
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Chantrvoix
Toxic
Japan
Paris
Edison
Washington
Amichigdsn
Newspost
R. L
Patschrote
Massachusetts
United States
Pension Service
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Anton. L. Thomas
Utah
Philadelphia
Jug Spring Creek
Newville Pa
Ellsworth
Castle Garden
Alaska
Thos H. Jones
Leatherera
Pittsford
Mich
Claus Spreckels
Laris
New American Minster
Whitelaw- Reid
May Davis
Oregon
Iss
Boston
Maine
Titusville
Princess of Wales
Europe
London
Michigan
Ma Gladstone
Vienna
Buenos Ayres
Rudolf
Germany agrees to restore King Malietoa after indemnity dispute
Beaux May 22 The special correspondent says Germany will restore King Malietoa after long American pressure. A new hurdle arises over indemnity with the German claim that Samoan killings and cruelties by natives merit special payment. Negotiations continue in committee with possible plenary reference.
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Malieba
Germany
Simon
Patient Presumed Dead Survives Funeral Shock
In Lafayette Bun nard of Viouixville Chester County Pennsylvania an ill man near death revived after burial preparations began. The undertaker attempted to preserve the body but on Saturday he showed signs of life and doctors treated him as blood flowed. Though recovering slowly he is not expected to fully recover from his pulmonary illness.
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Philadelphia
New York
Citizen sues forty railroads over unfiled annual reports
In RauLeich North Carolina on May 22, W T Hodge filed a superior court suit seeking penalties from forty railroads for failing to file annual reports under a 20 year old state law. Each violation carries a 50 penalty, aiming to recover up to 20000 for the plaintiff and others who sue.
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Nmi Hodge
Tragic double death at Evizabetu funeral in Evizapetu
Ambrose Van Tassel, 35, collapsed and died during his wife Tae family’s funeral at 113 Evizabetu Ave. The next day Mew Vaan Tasseli fell ill and died in Susac, leaving five minor children. Van Tassel fainted during the service and died shortly after.
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Evizapetu
N. J
Ambrose van Tassel
Tae
Riot in Forest City Missouri Ends Without Injuries
Forest City residents faced a new clash last night as three guards fought a crowd believed to be a gang. Shots were fired by both sides, with no injuries reported, and the town remains tense.
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Little Roex
Ank
Forest City
Epidemic Disease Shuts Trimbla Wis School Doors
May 22 report from Rep Wixa Mixs notes a suspected hydrophobia outbreak in Trimbla Wisconsin. The local school district closes and pupils are confined at home while men pledge to kill stray dogs in town.
Treasury cash value estimate tops seven hundred million
Treasury accountants estimate the cash value of currency coin and securities handed to Treasurer Haston by former Treasurer Hyatt totals 723000000 dollars.
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Wassinatox
Treasury
Haston
Hyatt
Barnard and associates moved for safekeeping in Knoxville
Four of six condemned murderers slated for hanging at Sneedville on July 32 were brought to Knoxville Texas for safe keeping. John Barnard Jr Anderson Barnard and Wesley Gilbert were among those transferred for confinement ahead of the sentence execution.
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Knoxville
Texas
John Barnard, Jr
John Barnard
Anderson Barnard
Wesley Gilbert
Sneedville
Donation to Rutger’s Endowment Fund Revealed
President Gates of Rutgers College received a $25,000 donation from an unknown friend of the institution in New York for the Endowment Fund. The gift was announced in New Brunswick New Jersey on May 22.
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New Bronsswick
N. J
Presid Ient Gates
Rutger’s College
New York
Five-year-old dies in Manchester blaze accident
Hubert Koehn, age five, was fatally burned yesterday in Manchester when he, left alone with his mother away, lit a lamp and his clothing caught fire.
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WiarenetTse
Hubert Koehn
Manchester
Ocean Steamship Record Beaten by City of Paris
The City of Paris again beat the record, passing Hrobead at 10 16 last night with an actual time of passage of Saas and 35 minutes.
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Quesnstrowny
Paris
Hrobead
Saas
Tornado Wrecks Homes in Lackawanna Valley Pa
A violent storm passed through Lackawanna Valley causing multiple homes to be wrecked and injuries among occupants. In Wilkesbarre Charlies Robinson and Charles White were injured when their houses were swept from foundations. Scranton and Clark's Green also reported downed trees and damaged buildings with no fatalities reported.
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Lackawanna Valley
Pennsylvania
Wilkesbarre
Charlies Robinson
Charles White
Scranton
Clark’s Green
Caterpillars Block Maine Rail Line Delays Freight Train
A new Canadian Pacific branch in Maine was blocked for hours by millions of gray caterpillars swarming the tracks. Locomotive wheels crushed the insects and oiled the rails as workers fought to clear them. After ten hours, the freight train managed a ten mile run while officials seek forecasts on caterpillar movement.
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Maine
Boston
Canadian Pacific
Gophers Spur Iowa Farmers to War on Pests
Farmers in Iowa counties launch a gopher extermination drive as bounty payments rise. In Boone County this spring over 13,900 gopher scalps have been presented and paid, with County Auditor Everhall issuing more than 3,000 warrants, far exceeding typical annual totals.
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Fort Dopast
Iowa
Boone County
Authtor Everhall
Fined for Employing an Alien aboard Minch
The schooner Sophia Minch owner was fined 312 dollars by Cleveland port inspectors for employing an alien as an officer aboard the vessel. The U.S. law imposes 50 cents per ton on tonnage. the Minch registered 84 tons, yielding the stated fine.
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Cleveland, O
United States
Pensioners Will Get Their Money
A telegraphed report says the pension appropriation is exhausted, but Commissioner Tanner notes only the usual requisition moves funds from the Treasury to U S depositories. Pension agents will check the funds for June payments.
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Tanner
Treasury
United States
French fresco painter attacks Maria Roque in Chestnut incident
Louis Gauilot, a young painter arriving from France, proposed to Maria Roque a music teacher. After his proposal was rejected he shot himself in a nearby window area near Garrison. He died within minutes.
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Loui
Louis Gauilot
France
Mizz
Maria Roque
Boiler Explosion Injures Several At Bradford Yard
In DuaRukstox West Virginia on May 21 the Bradford brick yard boiler exploded injuring Clarence Stalnaker who was badly scalded and leg broken. Thomas Wesley and "Brad" Rainss were badly hurt plus three other workers lightly hurt. Cause of the explosion is unknown.
Pigott’s Insurance Will Be Paid Despite Suicide
The English and Scottish Life Assurance Company reports £830 surplus in Pigott’s life policy. The manager says Pigott’s death by self act voids the policy, but due to distressing facts the full amount will be paid to the deceased’s orphan.
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Pigott
Loxpox
Scottish Law Life Assurance Company
Figott
Hoe
Su’eds
Poisoned River Suspected Source From Glucose Factory
DesMoinges May 20. Secretary Kennedy of the State Board of Health reports to the Governor on a fish kill along the Iowa river from Marshalltown downstream. Water samples show heavy pollution and a sticky coating on fish. The pollution extends about fifty miles and affects stock drinking water. Further investigation will determine if the glucose works in Marshalltown caused the contamination. The Fish Commissioner backs the health board in pursuing a thorough inquiry.
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DesMoinges
Isa
Kennedy
State Board of Health
Tama
Iowa River
Marshalltown
Rapid Transit Mails and Such Matter Sent at High Speed
A new transport scheme between New York and Boston aims to move mail and passengers at speeds over four miles per minute, covering 230 miles in under an hour. An experimental run in Boston impressed scientists including Prof A A Dolbear. Inventor John Williams explains a magnetic car on a single rail using insulated coils to pull the car forward, with potential to move thousands of letters daily at low cost.
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New York
Boston
A. A. Dolbear
Tult’s College
John G. Williams
Onston
How Matters Get Mixed When a Man Marries His Niece
Weston West Virginia May 20 A novel and singular marriage revealed though celebrated in New York City on April 30 The groom is an aged wealthy bachelor with seventy five summers the bride a twenty five year old blonde The man is the bride’s great uncle making her aunt to her father and sister to her own mother creating a complex family relation system The match has caused amusement among friends
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Weston
W. Va
New York City
Lewis and Warrison
Dime Novel Hero Slays Two Friends in Vigilante Style
Frank Jasinski aged sixteen fires at Frank Krowski and Mike Moku from his father's saloon doorway. Krowski dies from a chest wound while Moku is lightly injured. Jasinski, linked to a local gang, fled after the shootings and possessed a Wild West outfit and weapons.
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Yino
CuHicaGco
Frank Jasinski
Frank Krowski
Jasinski
Krowski
Triner
Saloonist Frederick Kinzzl Faces Lip Cancer Fight
New Philadelphia Ohio May 20 Frederick Kinzzl a local saloonist has traveled to New York for cancer treatment on the lip The disease arose after he bit his lip at dinner a decayed tooth poisoned the flesh and the cancer has grown with severe pain Kinzzl’s condition is described as very dangerous.
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New
Philadelphia
Frederick Kinzzl
N. Y
Nine Drowned After Skiff Capsize Near Vicassure
A party of ten returning from a Louisiana shore trip in two skiffs near West Pasa, Vicassure Mississippi, were overturned by high winds. Nine passengers drowned, with only a girl surviving.
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Nins
Vicassure
Miss
West Pasa
Louisiana
Earthquake Report Shakes California Cities
Telegraphic reports from Middle California say an earthquake struck at 3 13 yesterday morning. Severe shocks hit areas including the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco, toppling some chimneys and waking nearly all sleepers in the city.
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California
San Francisco
Middle California
San Joaquin Valley
Large Pine Deal In Florida Mills Lands Forty Miles Rail
An English syndicate secured 400000 acres of land and about forty miles of railroad with Muscogee Lumber Company George Robinson Mill Company and Michigan Lumber Company interests. The sale, closed Saturday, totals 1500000 dollars and marks the biggest pine property deal in the area.
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Florida Lumber
Prensacola
Fua
Muscogee Lumber Company
George Robinson Mill Company
Michigan Lumber Company
Woman Dies After Fall From Ladder Near Saprva
Mrs. Mahala Persinger, wife of farmer John Persinger, fell from a step ladder while arranging a vine on the veranda near Saprva Ohio. She died last night from internal injuries suffered in the accident yesterday.
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Mahala Persinger
John Persinger
Electric Fire Engine Invented by Bridgeport Man
G E Ruther of Bridgeport Connecticut claims a new system the electric fire engine would replace steam with motors powered by local dynamos. Wires run from nearest dynamos to hydrants with automatic startup upon fire alarm. At scene, a quick connection would energize pumps instantly.
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New York
G. E. Ruther
Bridgeport
Conn
Hermit Joshua Clark Found Dead Among Sheep
Joshua Clark an 82 year old hermit who lived in Dayton township in a hut with a flock of sheep was found dead in a large shed used with the animals. A lamb served as a pillow and two sheep carcasses lay under his bed. A dish held raw pork his last meal. He was once a school teacher and left some property.
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Saco, Bix
Joshua Clark
Dayton
Clark
Hog Cholera Hits Lincolnville Hog Herd
Wasgass, Inc., May 18. Hog cholera has appeared among Msad Shannahan's hogs at Lincolnville. Seventy five animals have died so far. The disease has not yet spread to nearby hogs and officials will take measures to prevent further spread.
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Wasgass, Inc
Msad Shannahan
Lincolnville
Train collision near Mahoningtowa injures crew in New Castle
Two freight trains on the Pittsburgh and Western railroad collided near Mahoningtowa yesterday morning. Brakemen A T Scots and Frank Camron were badly injured, the latter possibly fatally. Five freight cars and an engine were wrecked. No flagmen out.
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New Castle
Pittsburgh and Western
Mahoningtowa
Yestern
A T. Scots
Frank Camron
Cashier Arrested in $100 Embezzlement Case
B Darby, cashier for the Mutual District Messenger Company in Boston, is under arrest on a charge of embezzling $100 from the Western Union Telegraph Company. He allegedly inflated monthly company bills against Western Union.
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Boston
Meg
W .- B. Darby
Mutual District Mssenger Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Pension appropriation exhausted in current fiscal year
The Treasury Department disbursed 11,280,000 on pensions over the past week, exhausting the appropriation for the current fiscal year totaling 61,000,000. The action ends the available funds for pension payments for the year.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Murdered by Husband on Boulevard and Eighty first
New York May 20. Louise Wilson aged nineteen was shot and instantly killed by her husband Charles at Boulevard and Eighty first street. The murderer escaped.
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New Youk
Louiaa, Wilson
Chas
Boulevard and
Eighty-first Street
Health Officer Reports Yellow Fever Case in Jacksonville
Dr Porter state health officer confirms a suspected yellow fever case in Jacksonville. The examination and reporting process is underway as authorities monitor the port area for further transmission.
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Jacksonville
Porter
Palmotto
Austrian Man Lashes After Abuse Claim
In Horton Kansas on May 18 Jez Pelz an Austrian in the restaurant business was seized from his home by two hundred men and given seventy five lashes on the bare back for beating his stepdaughter aged thirteen to force her to sign over property.
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Horton
Kas
Jez. Pelz
Pelz
Ir Property
Illinois House Advances Australian System Election Plan
In Springfield on May 13 the House read a bill adopting the Australian system as a special order for Wednesday. The chamber also passed a bill imposing heavy penalties for adulteration of dairy products.
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Springfield
Ill
State Intelligence Summary of Crimes and Accidents
Frank Younes, member of a gang, arrested in Rushville for counterfeiting. Dr L B Staley of Knox County breaks multiple bones in repeated accidents. Ferdinand Schroeder murders his wife and kills himself in Indianapolis. Parry robbed of 375 dollars plus watch and chain in Richmond. New pension board formed in Crawfordsville led by Talbot Ensminger and Ristine. Elizabeth McCarry sues Madison Ship Yard Co for 10000 after husband killed in shaft. Brazil launches oil company with 100000 capital. Marion to gain Lafayette car works. fish destroyed by dynamite in Marion County. Trotting Grounds at Columbus suffer 1200 loss from fire. Landmark drownings, arsons, and thefts reported across Indiana towns. Injuries from accidents, fights, and a fish containing a car link discovered in a catfish. Purdue builds 2000 dollar electric station. Knox County settlers plan reunion June 6 at Vincennes fair grounds. Gas trust forms in Wasase with 100000 capital. Anderson wife killer case. Richmond hotel owner robbed of 375. Memorial address planned for New Albany cemetery May 3. Greencastle barn struck by lightning injuring two boys. Cap Owl claims 100 years old. Columbus public water questioned for health.
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Frank Younes
Rushville
L. B. Staley
Knox County
Dr. Staley
Indianapolis
Ferdinand Schroeder
Madison Ship Yard Company
Brazil
Marion
Lafayette
Columbus
William
Geo. Pratt
Slantingburg
Calder Monroe
Shelbyville
Dr. Grove
Richmond
John Bristow
Dayton
Dick Sinex
Bristow
George Mowery
Morristown
Jeffersonville
Ohio Bridge
Charles Corwix
Winchester
Joann Hior
Jacob Flyke
Fort Wayne
John Heth
Evansville
James L. Duncan
Hancock County
Purdue University
Vincennes Fair Grounds
Hiram A. Foulks
Wasase
Anderson
William Keller
Joan Perry
Sherman
Rev
C. W. Lee
National Cemetery
New Albany
Greencastle
Tanmied Carbatt
Jacobs
Crumston
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New England
Hyattaville
Henry George
Com Onera
Cop Terjsto
America
Malietoa
Samoa
Forest City, Mo
U. S. Treasury
Connecticut
Indiana
Parsons
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