Wreck on West Penn Railroad Near Sarver
A train carrying One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteers from Butler to Pittsburgh derailed after the rails spread on a Sarver bridge. Two killed and about twenty injured, including ex Mayor Lyon and General Rowley, with many serious wounds. Rescue crews, doctors, and hospital transports rushed to aid victims as the wreck unfolded.
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West Penn
Sarver Station
Lyon
General Rowley
Howley
Allegheny City
Carver Bridge
Huffy
Kirtland
Sharpsburg
Freeport
Tarentum
Allegheny
Federal Street
Chestnut
Sixteenth Street Bridge
Fed
Chestnut Streets
Allegheny General Hospital
M. Thom
Sullivan Guilty in Prize Fight Verdict at Purvis
Mississippi jury finds John L Sullivan guilty of prize fighting after a long trial in Purvis with District Attorney Neville arguing for the state and ex Attorney General Ford for the defense. Indictments also issued against Charley Johnston and others as Sullivan shows worry before sentence.
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Mississippi
John L. Sullivan
Charley Johnston
Purvis
Miss
Sullivan
Neville
Ford
Calhoun
Green
Kilrais
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway earnings slide
Baltimore August 16 The statement of earnings and expenses of the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway Co for July 1889 shows a net earnings increase of 21,674 over July. For the first six months the net earnings total 135,986, exceeding the fixed charges of 135,000 at 6 percent on 2,250,000 bonds.
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Baltinmore
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway
The Drinking Habit Message Fragment
A fragmentary OCR item titled The Drinking Habit presents unreadable garbled text about beverages or products. The readable portion mentions no clear events, names, dates, or locations to identify a specific person or organization.
Yale Graduate Clarence Pell Shot Dead in New York Hunt
Coroner's jury finds Clarence Pell of New York and Yale class of 1882 killed in a hunting accident near Lake Herkimer. Elllis Roberts fired at a tan object mistaken for a deer. Pell died in the hands of his guide Spell. Roberts is exonerated from blame.
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Clarence Guest Pell
New York
Walter T. Pell
Northwoods
Lake
Herkimer County
You Pell
Eeery
James
Cox
Ellis H. Roberts
Utica
Vane Sherman
Roberts
Young Roberts
Clarence Pell
Pell
Spell
Joint encampment of National Guard and U S Regulars closes
August 16 report from Mt. Gretna notes a busy closing day of the joint encampment. U S cavalry visited the rifle range and fired. Governor’s troop shot well. batteries of U S Regulars and National Guard drilled under Captain Turnbull Brinckle and others. National Guards held dress parade. Governor’s tents largely set. Regulars begin firing drills Monday with completion by the 30th as a large U S army representation gathers.
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Mr. GeeTya
National Guard
United States
United States Cavalry
Oe Ierniee
Urgeon
Vernor
United States Regulars
National Ees
Cap- Turnbull
Brinckle
Com
National Guards
Hudson
Wena
Governor's Dosceuens
United States Army
Washouts Halt Camden Railroad Links in South Carolina
Heavy rain caused 12 inches to fall in two hours washing away seven miles of the Camden branch and flooding the Santee river area. Connections to Camden shut down with damage along the Wilmington and Augusta lines. Widespread destruction includes washed cotton fields and hundreds of drowned cattle.
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Camden
South Carolina Railway
Dsden
Death on Fire Island Identifies Henry Warden
The body found on Fire Island Beach, once thought to be Prof. Hogan the missing aeronaut, is identified as Henry Warden of Warden. He came to New York to study music and became despondent. Relatives in Chicago received a letter saying he was tired of life. The body was taken to Chicago by his relatives.
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Sullivan
Fitzpatrick
New York
Purvis
Charlie Johnston
Brooklyn
Johnston
Bagbyylon
L. J
Fire Island Beach
Hogan
Henry Warden
Warden
Chicago
Big coal land deal nets 40000 acres for syndicate
Spring Valley Coal Company led by W. L. Scott of Pennsylvania has completed the purchase of 40,000 acres of coal lands in Bureau La Salle and Putnam counties in Illinois. The acquisition includes fire clay and mining rights along six miles of the Illinois river, securing riparian rights. It is described as the largest coal field in the West owned by a single syndicate.
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Dispatch
la Sauez
Itx
Spring Valley Coal Company
W. L. Scott
Pennsylvania
Bureau, la Salle
Putnam Counties
Bothes
Illinois River
West
Costly Contract Labor Plea in Capitol Project
In Austin on August 16 a U S Court heard Gus Wilke and Abner Taylor plead guilty to importing skilled European labor for the new capitol. They were fined $1,000 and costs in each of 64 cases.
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Austin
Tex
United States
Gus Wilke
Abner Taylor
Europe
Capitol
Boulanger Manifesto Endorses Hill Cause in Paris
A manifesto signed by General Boulanger Count Dillon and Henri Rochefort denounces the Senate Court as arbitrary and mendacious and asserts continued faith in the French electorate. The document notes ongoing coups d etat and pledges perseverance amid political turmoil. The report also mentions a Minneapolis forgery case involving J Frank Cellom, released from jail.
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London
General Boulanger
Count Dillon
Henri Rochefort
Senate Court
France
Murder Convicts Hanged in Lake Chanurs Witnessed by Thousands
Louis Meer White and Summer Millsr were executed by hanging in Lake Chanurs Louisiana on August 14. The double execution drew about a thousand spectators as the prisoners faced the sentence for murder.
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Lake Chanurs
Louis Meer White
Summer Millsr
Justice Field arrested on murder charge in San Francisco
Justice Stephen J. Field of the U S Supreme Court was arrested on a murder charge in San Francisco regarding the death of David S. Terry at Lathrop. A writ of habeas corpus was granted, Field was released on bail, and the case drew a crowded courtroom and delayed adjournment for Terry’s funeral.
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Stephen J. Field
Supreme Court
Terry
Sawyer
California Supreme Court
San Frarcisco
United States Supreme Court
David
Lathrop
United States Circuit Court
Justice Field
Rix
Crisslaghacis
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Judge Brewer
Jo Sawyer
Cunningham
Crowley
Lees
United States Marshal
Ee Ee
Circuit Court District Attorney
Sheriff Ee
Satan
Justice Fields
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sarah Althea Terry
Justices Field
Sharon
Brazilian mail steamer Alliance saved by Yankee crew
A fire aboard the Brazilian steamship Alliance on July 8, 135 miles from Bahia spread from a forward steam area where 45 casks of rum and cotton were stored. Captain Beers and his Yankee officers battled the blaze with water from hoses while Engineer Van Aderstine and crew readied lifeboats. passengers were saved with only hull damage. Bahia later received $1,600 for gifts to the brave sailors.
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Tash
Dispatch
New York
Brazilian Mail
Alliance
Bahia
Brazil
Joseph Neptune
Ins Leey
Beacheh
Capt
Beers
van Aderstine
Sotaii
Presenta
Man fatally shoots wife then dies in rural Tennessee
Nashville August 16 Henry Prewitt 30 of Spring Creek shot and killed his wife as she stayed with her aunt then wounded his mother in law and killed himself. A Texas migrant and former cowboy, he had sold liquor illegally and fled toward a field where he shot himself, ending the tragedy.
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Sprcial Talegham
Dispatch
Nashville
Henry Prewitt
Spring Creek
Prewitt
Texas
Cherokee Commission Plans Opening 1,000,000 Acres
A Muskogee dispatch says Judge A M Wilson leads the Cherokee Commission to Atoka to negotiate transfer of Choctaws Chickasaws and Arapahoes from their reservation to the Cherokee lands. The aim is to open 1,000,000 acres in the Cherokee Strip for settlement within a year. General Fairchild attended the G A E encampment in Milwaukee while ex Governer Hartranft may resign due to ill health.
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Kansas City
Muskogee
I. T
Anya
A. M. Wilson
Fairchild
Milwaukee
Hartranft
Wilson
Atoka
New oil field developed in West Virginia belt
Mercantons West Virginia August 16 The Smith and Aiken oil well matches early reports calling it a gusher with 300 to 600 barrels. The discovery centers in the eastern portion of the field and marks the belt heart. Major operators hail this as the greatest white sand oil find since Butler. The field spans several miles into Marion county with Standard Oil pursuing gas territory reserves and many private leases trading at fabulous prices as new capitalists rush in.
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Mercantons
W. Va
Smith & Aiken
West Virgina
Butler, Pake
Marion County
Standard Oil Company
Opposition Victory Forces Withdrawal of Measure in Salisbury
In Loroox August 16 the Salisbury government faced a setback as a tithes bill debate continued in the House of Commons. Sir William Vernon Harcourt urged the Speaker to rule on whether amendments creating a new bill should be introduced anew. The Speaker ruled the bill a trammeled enactment and it was withdrawn, not to be reintroduced in its current form.
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Loroox
House of Commons
William G. Vernon Harcourt
Derby
Cloudburst Wrecks Tracks and Harms Farmers in West Virginia
A cloudburst in Lost Creek valley caused extensive damage in Clarksburg County. Debris washed onto the Western and Clarksburg Railroad tracks suspending traffic all day. Farmers report severe losses and disruption from the flood.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Lost Creek
Western and
Turkish Troops Enter Crete Amid Insurgent Resistance
A dispatch from Crete reports Turkish forces fortifying positions at Cavea despite insurgent opposition. Fifteen hundred Turkish reinforcements have arrived with six thousand more expected, heightening the military presence in the area.
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Crete
Lowpox
Cavea
Life of an Actress Anew in Romantic Novel
A historical romance pivots on Lettie as she eludes social scrutiny and follows a forbidden appeal to Tom. The intrigue centers on ambition, moral choices, and the delicate dance of love within a cloistered society.
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Aca
Tom Narrow
English Syndicate Aims to Buy All Allegheny Breweries
J J O Reiley, local representative of the English syndicate, confirms a $100,000,000 capital plan and says options have been placed on nearly every Allegheny county brewery. He says the group views investments in U S industries as profitable, denies hostile intent, and notes three similar syndicates exist with headquarters in New York.
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Allegheny County
Brewers' Trust
Toe DisPatch
J. J. O’ Reiley
America
Indies
Trab
Sena
Siseamling
New York
Witnesses Testify on Train Engine Reversal in Forest Lawn Crash
In the Forest Lawn Railway accident inquest here witnesses state the express engine lever was reversed before the collision. A photo shows the reverse lever not visible, but a rod linked to the motion appears, suggesting steam power operated the engine forward at the moment of the crash.
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Disrater
Roeugstrer
Ashatadinad
Forest Lawn
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D. A. Jones
Jacob K. Deemer
One Hundred and Second Regiment
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Frederick Graff
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Pittsburg
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Jamestown
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