Deadly collapse at Madison Avenue fair in New York
A fair in the Madison Avenue Garden, New York, caused the front of the building to fall outward and a roof to collapse. Seven or eight people were killed and many injured. The ruin spread over a crowd of dancers and spectators, with rare artworks destroyed and property damage extensive.
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Madison Avenue Garden
New York
Madison Avenue
Erie Canal
Utica
United States Court For Connecticut
R. Hoe & Co
Cottrell & Babcock
New Jersey
Kemble
Rumburger
Petroff
Salter
Jesse R. Crawford
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Canada
Montreal
United States
Hull
Ottawa
Buffalo
Gripsack
Bondhead
Ont
Brookhaven
Long Island
Flippen & Walker
Danville
Irteen
Forest City
Ark
South Shaftsbury
Spencer Perris
R. Hoyle
Concord
N. H
Los Angeles
Cal
Baltimore
Bremen
Germany
Austria
Sweden
Norway
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Multiple incidents report turmoil and disasters across regions
Narration aggregates lynching in Missouri, shipwrecks and gale losses on Lake Michigan, a Manitowoc crowd’s violence, Apache conflict clearing in New Mexico, and tornado like cyclone damage in central Illinois. Reports include ship rescue failures, disease outbreaks at a convent, a San Francisco editor’s murder, and widespread fire and immigrant movements with varied fatalities and property losses.
Tornado devastates Fayetteville and Mississippi town
A cyclone sweeps Fayetteville Arkansas destroying much, with thirty foot wide track, many injured and several killed. A separate report from Macon Mississippi notes eighteen dead and widespread destruction. Fires in North Carolina and Kentucky floods accompany the storm news with various deaths and losses.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Mrecie
North Carolina
Kentucky
Graham Ormsby
Macon
Misa
Jopen Seligman
New York
New Orleans
Miss
World news briefs from the era list famine riots and political moves
Reports describe Kurdish and Mescia hunger in Asiatic Turkey as Christian missionaries appeal for aid. Gladstone plans a quiet Parliament session focusing on peace abroad. Ripon likely to succeed Lytton as India’s viceroy. A Lithuanian worker arrested for Winter Palace explosion admits guilt. Yokohama earthquake damages many buildings including the US Naval Hospital. Famine and pestilence devastate Russian provinces with empty granaries. Aristarchi, brother of the Turkish minister in Washington, sentenced in Constantinople. Bismarck’s health worsens as Germany nears key Reichstag measures.
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Kurdistan
Mescia
Turkey
Gladstone
Arine
Oime
Marquis of Ripon
Chaiman
Washington
Lord Lytton
India
St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Shevitch
Kalonga
Yokohama
United States Naval Hospital
Georgiki Bey
Aristarchi
Constantinople
Sekoe
Bismarck
Germany
Reichstag
Luxembourg
Expedition to Arctic seas and education bills move in Congress
Congress debated and passed a bill authorizing an Arctic expedition with a temporary scientific station at Lady Franklin Bay. The Indian Appropriation bill advanced after Kel logg resolutions were set aside, while the House adopted a Fortune Key outrages information resolution. The District of Columbia Appropriation bill passed and a seven member commission on orthography in public documents and schools was introduced.
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Senate
Ohio
Meredith R. Willet
Bryan
John H. Little
Springfield
Cyrus Cade, Sr
Pleasan
William A. Hunt
St. Clairville
Cleveland
House
District of Columbia
Morrill
Wyoming
Baldwin
Detroit River
Harris
German Society
New York
Jefferson
Dawes
John B. Stickney
United States
Florida
Edgar M. Marble
Michigan
Joseph K. McCammon
Pennsylvania
Marbie
the Immortals
Downey
Capitol
Garfield
Pee
Committee On Rules
Congress
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Thomas Jefferson
R. C. Winthrop
Department of State
Crapo
Jr. Ransom
Cockrell
Secretary of War
Missouri
Kellogg-Spofford
Cox
Committee On Foreign Affairs
J. Waddell
Marshfield
Anelect Committee
Donnelly Ve. Washburn
Mersrs
Carlisle
Bicknell
Reagan
Lounberry
O'Neill
Updegraff
Iowa
Butterworth
West Point
Brewer
Dunnell
Secretary of the Treasury
Vance
Bayne
Washington
Gen. Custer
Thomas
Cele
Fortune Bay
Singleton
Maj. Reno
Morse
Committee On Naval Affairs
Blackburn
Randall
Kansas
Coffroth
Treasury
Méssie
McMahon
Cobb
Monroe
Claflin
Springer-Manning Committee
Deuster
Stephen A. McCarty
Lady Franklin Bay
Kellogg
Felix Coate
Committee On Education and Labor
Editor Charles De Young Murdered by Mayor Kal luch Son
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Charles De Young was shot dead inside the paper’s Kearney and Bush Street office by Rev Isaac M Kalloch the mayor’s son. He was struck by multiple shots as he faced the doorway and died after medical aid failed. Kal luch was arrested and held at the city prison. Autopsy cited a bullet through the jugular vein. Funeral services followed a large public procession.
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Brown County
Ohio
Charles de Young
San Francisco Chronicle
L M. Kalloch
L. Kalloch
Rockbridge
Sharpsburg
Carlinville
San Francisco
Michael de Young
Will
Charles
Milwaukee
Kearney and
Bush Streets
Edward Spear
E. B. Read
Kearney Street
Isaac M. Kalloch
Kalloch
Mr. de Young
Elias de Young
Kearney
Bush Streeze
de Young
Young Kalloch
Boston
Ederlam & Co
Kall
Why Chinamen Never Naturalize
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt cites a harsh translation from China’s penal code, claiming any renunciation of allegiance leads to execution and confiscation. It argues the law drives John to delay naturalization, preferring to stay Chinese rather than change, praising the policy as a boon to California.
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China
John
California
Shoes on Wires Tale From Crimea to Alsace
A brave voltigeur of the Imperial Guard asks his father for strong shoes and a 5 franc piece. The father sends the money in a shoe hung on telegraph wires. A later passerby exchanges the shoes, and the father learns the boy not only got new shoes but returned the old ones, prompting a humorous misunderstanding.
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Imperial Guard
Crimea
Alsace
Bethinking
Lermin Gary from Syracuse Earns Pay with Whistling Shows
Lermin Gary of Syracuse performs whistling concerts to earn money. She is young and attractive with puckered lips, and her whistling voice resembles a piccolo.
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Lermin Gary
Syracuse
Red River Valley and the Great Wheat Harvest
A detailed look at the Red river valley from Minnesota to Manitoba explores its lake like plains and the Mississippi drainage theory. It notes the vast land rush since 1877 with railways selling millions of acres and a growing population in the fertile Northwest.
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Henry J. van Dyke, Jr
Harper's Magazine
Red River
Lake Traverse
Minnesota
Lake Winnipeg
Mississippi
Big Stone Lake
Winnipeg Basin
Nelson River
Gulf of Mexico
Superior
Michigan
Hudson Bay
G. K. Warren
United States Engineer Corps
Red River Valley
Manitoba
England
United States
Northwest
Dakota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Vincent
Pembina
Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Railway
Circumstantial Evidence Against a Uncle in Niece Murder
A historical report recalls a man condemned on circumstantial proof for his niece’s murder. The niece cried Dont kill me and a gunshot ended her life, leading to execution. Years later she fled to England and revealed the true affair with a disapproved lover reshaping the case.
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Abe
England
Timely Topics on House Cleaning Hints
Practical home guidance covers vermin deterrents with copperas and whitewash, floor polishing with beeswax and turpentine, cleaning methods for beds and walls, and steps for preparing surfaces before repainting. Includes kitchen and furniture care, stain removal, and making calcimine mixtures for walls.
Crown of England gems and Japanese hari-kari customs noted
The article lists the crown jewels value near five hundred thousand dollars with details on diamonds and pearls. It then explains hari-kari as a Japanese form of death by self action to protect honor, plus a description of the Australian boomerang and its unique flight path.
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England
Japan
Australia
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Weekly Wews Review
Louisiana
Texas
Vermont
Hancock
Connecticut
Tre Dlinois Greenbackers
Chicago
A. J. Streeter
Mercer
Andrew B. Adair
J. M. Thomson
W. T. Ingram
Jackson
G. W. Evans
H. G. Whitlock
Jacksonville
Cincinnati
Georgia
Sherman
Blaine
Grant
Oregon
Washburne
Edmunds
Savannah News
Moberly
Port St. Ignace
Mich
Lake Michigan
Manitowoc
Hatch
New Mexico
Memphis
Salina
Topeka
Huron City
Great Lakes
Siam
America
Evarts
Richmond
Appomattox
Cart
KE. M. Wheat
Ordnance Corps
United States District Court
Tennessee
Trigg
Whittaker
Berlin
Jamaica
West Indies
Queen Victoria
Lord Beaconsfield
Tay Bridge
Cabul
Afghanistan
Stewart
Ghazeni
Great Britain
Earl Granville
Foreign Department
Marquis of Hartington
Mr. Childers
Lord Selbourne
W. E. Forster
Ireland
Lord Northcote
Admiralty
Calcutta
Theeban
Ghaznee
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