Curious Miscellany From Distant Lands and Local Notices
A varied column notes Teraticlet in Cape Cod, a hotel planned at Uniontown by a man named Soup, and elephants killed fifty seven in Jdin last year. It mentions coins, trains, and people such as Count Herbert Bismarck, Miss Snappen, and Colonel J. R. Taylor.
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Cape Cod
Epison
Asbury Pars
Soup
Uniontown
Herbert Bismarck
Paris
Miran
Servin
Finneral AY
Phinty
Tennesse
MacGi
Mitenen
New York
Edinburgh
Comnaman
Boise City
Turonone Lawn
Virginia City
Tur
London
Salares
Califonia
New York Stock Exchange
St. Lowie
Madson
Cons
Portland
England
Conong
Tres Moines
Hogr
Sorsa Victoria
Henry LI
Sears
George OE
Ovrer wWether
Korkbride
Philadephia
Lendor
MinoHis
J. R. Tayuon
Wichita
Kan
Germany
Collingswood
N. J
New Haven
Connu
Brazil
South
Dom Pedro
Kensington
N. H
Glapsrost
Tam Noton
Water Spout Ravages Hot Springs Town
A night storm in Hot Springs Arkansas caused a water spout that flooded Central Avenue turning it into an angry torrent. Buildings were wrecked many hotels submerged up to four feet. Six people are missing and five bodies recovered. property damage is estimated high.
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Hot Springs
Ank
Ang. St
Central Avenue
CAN'T BE A CITIZEN A CHINAMAN AND HOMESTEAD ENTRY
A General Land Office reply states a Chinaman cannot become a citizen under Revised Statutes section 1990 and thus cannot make an original homestead entry. The Nebraska Land Office notes an application from a Chinese person in Wyoming to take a timber culture entry, with no decision yet.
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Wasnrseton
Sh Aldetter
General Land Office
Nebrasti
Tmaasiog
Land Office
Cahinaman
Wyoming
Crowler the chimpanzee dies at forty minutes past even o'clock
New York reports the death of Crowler a renowned chimpanzee described as the greatest quadrumanous citizen. Born in the Congo he weighed fifteen pounds at arrival and was carried in a superintendent's overcoat to the garden. He was easily trained and sat at the table using a knife fork spoon dish and napkin.
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New York
Crowler
America
Mit
Crawley
Congo
Spain
Massacre of surveying party by Indians near Panama frontier
San Bias brings Panama dates noting a massacre near the boundary between the Department of Sucraitente and Totonica pan. A surveying party fixing the borders was fired upon. Don Carlos Rosal, commander of the escort, and twenty others were killed.
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San Francisco
Can
San Bias
Panama
Department
Sucraitente
Totonicapan
Don Carlos Rosal
Aged Axorcide and Suicida in New York
Elis Kahn a German cigarmaker aged 61 of 17 East Sixth Street killed his wife this morning and wounded himself fatally after the act. He inflicted abdominal wounds then cut his wrist and throat. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital where lapa rotomy was performed.
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New York
Elis Kahn
W17 East Sixth Streat
Bellevue Hospital
Fire at Franksville Endangers Village Grain Stacks
In Franksville Wis a son of Rev Evans accidentally set fire to fourteen stacks of grain destroying 104 bushels. About 250 farmers battled seven hours with water teams to quell the blaze and save the village from total destruction.
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Wis
Franksville
Evans
Substitute for Jute Bagging Attracts Attention In WiLameron
A bale of cotton received in WiLameron North Carolina is wrapped in pine straw bagging made by a local manufacturing company. It passed all tests including that of compress and is believed to replace jute bagging at lower cost.
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WiLameron
N. C
China declines to ratify treaty restricting Chinese subjects
Loxpon August 31 China has refused to ratify the agreement with the United States that would restrict the admission of Chinese subjects into the United States.
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China
Loxpon
United States
Tragic Baltimore Fire Buries Seven Firemen
A major blaze in Baltimore, starting at the E. A. Prior toy warehouse on South Sharp Street, exploded amid fireworks and spread to Winkelman drug and Levy hat firms. Seven firemen died, three bodies recovered, and losses reach about 1.5 million dollars with most insured.
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Baltimore
E. A. Prior & Co
Sharp Street
J. H W. Winkelman & Co
M.S. Levy & Co
Lombard
Pratt Street
John Kelley
Vigilantes Kill Seventeen Outlaws in Quick Shootout
A vigilant group surrounded a camp in Paladera after cattle and horse thefts. When the outlaws refused to surrender, the fair exchange turned deadly as twelve minutes of firing left seventeen dead and three vigilantes killed with nine wounded. Sixteen stolen horses were recovered.
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Kansas City
Paladera
Fatal Fire Claims Three At American House
A blaze at the American House in West Sorehorn Wisconsin on Sept 2 caused 27000 damage and killed three men. Patrick Claire a Canadian was identified among the victims while two others remained unnamed. The fire started with a lamp explosion in a room used by drunken lodgers.
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West Sorehorn
Wis
Patrick Claire
Waterspout Strikes Little Rock Area Causes Destruction
The Arkansas waterspout that hit Little Rock area on Thursday night broke at Palarm twenty miles west of the city. A storm gathering prompted fears of a tornado as the cloud dissolved and released a vast torrent, sweeping the countryside bare.
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Little Rec
Ark
Palarm
Emigrants Detained at Castle Garden Under Contract
Among the detained emigrants today at Castle Garden are Ernest Wilhelm Haswell his wife and four daughters who came under contract to work at Schmitt s sad cloth factory Hartford Conn Schmitt paid their passage from Europe.
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Castle Garden
Ernest Wilhelm Haswell
Schmitt
Hartford
Conn
Europe
Man Dies After Water Hose Strikes Face In Minnesota
Debra Minnesota reports Gabriel Marillo died after being struck in the face by a hydrant water jet days earlier. His false teeth were forced down his throat and removed causing a fatal hemorrhage.
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Debra
Minn
Gabriel Marillo
Six Section Men Killed Near Booneville Station
A Booneville Mo report says six section men were killed when a freight train jumped the track near a small station south of St. Louis. A caboose filled with passengers escaped serious injury as the train wreck occurred yesterday.
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St. Louis
Booneville
Twenty Five New Cases Reported In Jacksonville
Official bulletin for the twenty four hours ending 6 p.m. September 2 shows twenty five new cases and two deaths. Total cases to date reach 259 with 34 deaths and 152 under treatment.
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Jacksonville
Fra
Three at a Time Lynching in Oxford Granville
A mob lynched three prisoners in Oxford North Carolina, two men Henry and John Tanner linked to a June murder, and Alonzo Smith held for arson and burglary. The mob seized jailers and an officer, then fled. bodies found next day. The military arrived too late to stop the act.
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Raleigh
N. C
Oxford
Granville County
Henry Tanner
John Tanner
Alonzo Smith
John
Squire Grissom
Smith
Lyneh
Starherd Remarks on Canada and British Power
A Starherd leader warns that Canada is a British dependency with English ironclads behind her guns. It suggests U S leaders may provoke a response by ignoring the Trent affair reference and the tone of U S politics.
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United States
Canada
Great Britain
Robbers Attack Antwerp Man Near Fort Wagner
On Saturday Chester, son of a prominent resident of Antwerp Ohio, came to town and withdrew cash from a bank. He was waylaid, bound, and gagged with sand before being laid on the Wabash track to be run over by a train. He was found in time and taken home for care.
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Fort Wagner, Inc
Chester
Antwerp
Los
Gold in Michigan Mining Report
Captain Treverthen of the Michigan mine arrives with two hundred pounds of goal bearing quartz. Nearly a ton remains underground awaiting extraction. Peter Gin Grass, landowner, retains ten percent. Quartz from the Lake Superior Iron Company shaft shows free wall ore discovery.
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Michigan
Isapruxe
Mire
Treverthen
Michsian
Peter Gingrass
Lake Superior Iron Company
Indian Troubles Greatly Exaggerated
Denver September 3 reports there is no truth in claims that a hundred whites were massacred by Indians. A fight occurred days ago between a bend of Southern Wyoming and a band from Paradox Valley with reports of Indian casualties, but details have not yet been received.
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Denver
Con
Wie
Paradox Valley
Arkansas Election Returns Show Democratic Victory
Returns received up to midnight indicate a 25,000 vote majority for the Democratic candidate for Governor, with large Democratic majorities in both legislative chambers. The campaign was the most exciting in fifteen years in Arkansas.
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Limite Rock
Ark
Yellow Fever aboard Adele Thacsera near the capes
The Argus reports the schooner Adele Thacsera off the capes with yellow fever aboard and two crew members under medical attention. Denawakke Beeakwaten, Der., Sept 3.
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Denawakke Beeakwaten
Der
Argus
Adele Thacsera
Capes
Big Winnie Dead Aids a Prodigious Fat Woman Buried in Baltimore
In Laurel Cemetery near Baltimore eight men dig a long slide to lay Big Winnie the famous fat woman to rest. Born in Kentucky in 1800, she weighed 549 pounds and mothered ten children. She toured many cities before dying of fatty degeneration of the heart at a Baltimore boarding house.
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Baltimore
Laurel Cemetery
Big Winnie
Henry County
Johnson
Canadian Cabinet Holds First Meeting After Retaliation Plan
The Ottawa Cabinet met after President Cleveland’s retaliatory message to Congress. Britain’s Salisbury urged caution in replying to Sir John Macdonald on trade relations since Confederation and U S rights, amid possible repercussions for Canada. Cabinet divisions over the proposed remedies emerged, signaling potential strain with the Home Government.
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Ottawa
Cleveland
Congress
Si Joln Macdonald
United States
Canada
Dominion
Salisbury
Lord Salisbury
Sir John
Etis
The Yellow Fever Scourge in Jacksonville
The official bulletin reports forty three new cases today in Jacksonville Fria with one death. Mrs Starko of 116 East Forsyth Street is among the dead, bringing total deaths to date to three. The day records the worst yet with widespread infections including the suburbs.
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Jacksonville
Fria
Starko
East Forsyth Street
Ferry Signals Split Battle in France Election
In Paris on September 4 M Ferry warned the upcoming general election would pit the Republic against monarchy empire dictatorship and reaction. He supported returning to the old voting method but urged Republican union to defeat Boulangism.
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Paaris
M. Ferry
Zemircement
Postal Clerk Missing in Tennessee Robbery Case
Detectives of the Post Office Department search for FE. Carpenter a Cincinnati Southern railroad postal clerk accused of systematically rifling letters. Carpenter is believed to have fled to Canarhs.
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Crattancocs
Tenn
Post Office Department
Carpenter
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Canarhs
Connecticut Democratic Convention in New Haven
Democratic State Convention held in New Haven today. Nominees announced include Governor Lezon S Morris, Lieutenant Governor Senator Borkhham, Secretary of State Henry Bishop, Treasurer James G. Martin.
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New Haven
Lezon
Morris
Senator Borkhham
Henry Bishop
James G. Martin
Stone Crushes Man in West Virginia Train Incident
Charles Loudensinger aged seventy six was killed near Camenos West Virginia when a building stone weighing over two hundred pounds fell from a passing train car and rolled onto him yesterday.
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Camenos
W. Va
Charles Loudensinger
Officer Shot in Allegheny City Killing
Allegheny City Pa private officer William Niller was shot and killed by John Deminey just after 1 AM. Deminey entered the premises during the early hours of September 4 and fatally wounded the officer.
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Firtseurer
Wm. Niller
Allegheny City
John Deminey
Import of Jute Bagging Free of Duty Proposed in Senate
The Senate considered a bill by Mr Rea gan to permit the importation of jute bagging free of duty and referred it to the Finance Committee. House actions included a fortifications bill report and a joint resolution for temporary government expenditures. The Oklahoma bill and prints of government securities were debated and passed.
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Washington
Senate
Reagan
Committee On Finance
Nr Plumb
Committee On Appropriations
Plumb
Platte
Arkansas
Colorado
House
Forney
Ala
Wheeler Ala
Oklahoma
Blatt
Capitol
Dll Craig
R. Blair
Western Union Telegraph Company
Congress
George
Cubram
Horst
Dockery iMovi
Anderson
Breckinnridge
Biount
McCreary City
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Cutiererte
Richmond
Augusta
Gal
Athenta
Kansas City
Athinisa
Mir Kenderson
Yeas
Ap.m
Senatr
Stesfart
Housa
Mx Scott
Pennsylvania
West
O Congress
Yyu Poault
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Crowley
Oxford, North Carolina
Uncle Sam
Delaware
French Republic
J. S. Lewis
Republican
L. C. Johnson
Woodville
Mississippi Valley
Medical Association
St Louis
Eptember
Buffalo
Rochester
Utica
Vena
Chatsanoogza
Tean
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