Prominent Figures and Events Noted in Fragmented Dispatches
The report sketches various items including a secretary to Swins in Paria moving to London and a pending Brazil treaty, Ohio River rise predictions, a New York bank closing on the 18th with cap depreciation near $1,000,000, death of a Minnesota figure after long illness, a Buenos Aires incident with a revolver shot, and exoneration of Quay by the Young Men's Democratic club in Philadelphia. It also mentions arrests in Flint Michigan, Admiral Porter’s memorial, sculptor Sucrose’s Garfield bust, and grief-stricken wife surrounding Luerrsen’s death reports, plus a Wild West show return and Canada-linked details.
Senate Ends Session With Broad Civil and Military Bills
The Senate reported progress on the Fortifications bill and discussed a Diplomatic amendment. It passed the Meuse joint resolution correcting tariff punctuation, considered Indian and Army appropriations, and moved toward new customs house plans for New York. Headlines cited Sherman’s funeral escort orders, pension bills, and immigration debates as the session recessed.
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Senate
Mcfonnell
Adhooser
Déll
EB Tuyter
Fithtam
Omrow
Sherman Mers
W. A. Pleffer
Kamport
Jumelson & Fort
Reet
District of Columbia
Military Academy
Ate
West
United States
Great Britain
Pension Billa
Death of Minnesota's Governor Henry Hastings Sibley
The long time Minnesota figure Henry Hastings Sibley died at his St. Paul home at age eighty one after months of illness. He was Minnesota's first governor and the state’s oldest pioneer and led military campaigns against the Sioux. Funeral planned for Friday at St. Paul’s Church. In a separate Brooklyn fire, five people died, a mother and her four children, from a fat kitchen blaze at Tompkins Street.
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Gesexat Hexay
Siscer
Minnesota
Vrchoats
Earl of Coventry
Prince of Wales
Gordon Cumming
Mererrr
United States
St Louis
Sherman
Seventh Cavalry
Wounded Knee Creek
Aclere
McKenzie
Bank of England
London
New York Central
Churchville
J. F. Baxtos
Providence
St. Part
Mina
Peb
Henry Hastings Sibley
St. Paul
Sibley
Great American Fur Company
John Jacob Astor
Northwest
New States
Inri
Linncoln
Board of Regents
the State University
St. Paul's Church
New York
Brooklyn
Tomkins Street
Delmonfee Place
Fred Holdma
John Henry
Jacob Enrich
Terrific Tunnel Collision Near Grand Central Depot
A shop train in the Fourth Avenue tunnel near Grand Central Depot was struck by New Haven local No. 10 after stopping at Eighty Fifth Street. Five people were killed and four seriously injured, with further bodies feared. rescue and fire crews battled flames as investigators scrutinized signals and train management. Louis C. Fowler, engineer of the New Haven train, was arrested and jailed.
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Grand Central Depot
New Yor City
New Yons
Fourth Avenue Railroad
Eighty-fifth Street
New Haven
James
Claud Burard
McEver
Frank Carter
David's Island
Ares
Louis C. Fowler
Fowler
Mr. Webb
New York Central
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Mott Haven Junction
New Haven Road
Hidden Treasure and Public Notices Across States
Reading through a mixed local wire of Southern Gleanings items, Rutledge Georgia yields a chamber of discovery as J S Snell unearths a 1759 Spanish coin during repair on the Babylon house with $4,500 total found. Mississippi governors list and biographical notes follow, plus reports from Gatlinburg to Jackson on arrests, assassinations, land taxes, and public notices.
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Rutledge
Babylon
J. 5
Smell
Mr. Snell
Snell
Diamond Joe Revxonos dies owner of steamers and railways
Obituary notes Justin Revxonos known as Diamond Joe dies in Prescott Arizona. He owned the Diamond Joe Line steamers between St Louis and St Paul and was sole owner of the Hot Springs Railroad in Arkansas with mining interests in Colorado and Arizona. Other items report a fatal shootout near Somerset Kentucky and a series of local incidents and political notes.
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Justin Revxonos
Diamond Joe
Prescott
Arizona
St. Louis
St. Paul
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Colorado
Somerset
Sherif John Williams
Williams
Hancock
Kansas City
Southwestern Soap Association
Deed Body of Feansyivants Logger Found Near Altoona
The body of George Collier, a well known Altoona resident and logging worker, was found on the mountain side near Altoona two days after he vanished. He had earlier fallen on a log and suffered a severe arm wound, later left the hospital to resume work. Weather and exposure led to his death by freezing. Papers found on his person identified him.
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Feansyivants
Altoona
Attoona
Thomas Stiles
George Collier
Collier
Thas Institution
Havel destroys bark Mascott off Bay Ridge in New York
The German Lloyd Steamer Havel struck the Italian bark Mascott near buoy No 9 off Bay Ridge after leaving Hoboken for Bremen. Eleven Mascott crew saved, two boys aboard Mascott from San Domingo missing. Havel backed off as boats lowered amid swift tides. A separate incident reports Phoebe Derny killed by a 60 foot elevator fall in the Chamber of Commerce building. elevator man James Black faces investigation.
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Hoboken
Bremen
Mascott
Bay Ridge
San Domingo
Cacase
Phoebe Denrly
Chamber of Commerce
James Black
Miss Price
Black Lee
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Swins Im Paria
Brazil
Ohio
Monongahela
Merican Loan and Trust Com
Jayon Hexer HaAstixes
Isin
Genin Buenos Ayres
Fe Geertse Toxisos, Presidhe Younge Men's Democratic On
Philadelphia
Quay
Thompson
H. Gorsemani
Flint Mich
Gen’ Mateal Insurance Com
Porter
Washington
Garfield
Bertin Om
Luerrsen
The
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Juper Wallace
Bank Wrecker Simmons
Ria
Marr Escoutre
Omaha
Neb
Harel
Lloyds Line
N. Y
Wisconsin
General Sherman
New York City
Farure Teowas
Suramax
General Assembly
Knights of Labor
Grand Opera House
Rochester
Windsor Hotel
Jacos C. Bespex
St. Joseph
Interior Department
New Glasgow
N.S
H. K. Exos
Missouri, Kansas , Texas Railroad Company
Prescott House
San Francisco
Greve
Wst
Wth Tee Manefacharer
Baltimore
South Carolina
Manchester
Southern Emigration and Colonization Society
Little Rock
Ark
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Sjared
Meary
Shade
Terese Hacre
Ism
Henry Shade
Dr. McAnnally
Dr. McAnally
Southern Methodist
Surreander House
M. E. Dunlap
Niagara Falls
McLean House
Appomattox
Grant
Lee
M. H. Ragland
Dunlap
Mary Raban
Edwardsville
Mra McPhee
North Carolina
Raban
Warren County
McPhee
Judge
Warder
Chattanooga
Tenn
Junie Warder
Simpson Fagette
Wil Son
Dessaiter
Sear C. Collins
Memphis
Collins
Morales
Graham
Tex
Fort Worth
Sit
Cabel
Mr. Gould
Jay Gould
Pacific Coast
Congress
William Dickerson
Doraville
Humboldt, Tenn
Bob Birdsong
Crittenden
Chapman Coleman
John J. Crittenden
Kentucky
Louisville
Rafe Bkittrel
Tennessee
Florence
Ala
Lr. Smith
Ruston
Sanborn Jones
Rockmart
Philips’ Legion
Armor’s Ferry
Winthrop Sargent
Claitorne
Robert Willams
David Hotere
TATE
David Holmes
Mt George Potodertter, Elected Bate Bnnada ‘Walter Leake
Awnetenee
David Holmen
Geran
Brandes
Ebretert
Abram W. Sseort
Hirem G. Runneile
Charles Lynch
Sesh - Alevandes
GG McNuttee
Tigtem M. Tucker
Albert
J. W. Matthews
Jobo A. Quitman
Jobo J. Geis
Meoory
Foote
Jobo J
Robert Lowry
J. Alcorn
Coahoma County
Lowry
Ger. Stone
Ames
Stone
Ger. Alcorn
Gov. Lowry
W. H. McCardle
Massachusetts
Land Syndicates
Garenville
Burroughs Land Company
Valley Land Company
W. R Trigg
Sunflower County
Board of Supervisors
Rupert Hirr
Hinds County
Shiloh
Rankin County
Madison County
Board of Control
Jackson
James Stu
Coffeeville
Jobn Selk
Fraser's Crossing
Brunswick
Supreme Court of Georgia
Freaxcis Lirwetzix
Plymouth
Penn
House of
Buttes
Ber
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