Deacon on Trial After Violent Crime in Cannes
The trial centers on Deacon accused of voluntary homicide after a confrontation at a Cannes hotel. He fired thrice at Abeille, killing him, claiming he surprised his wife in alleged improper conduct. The judge's proceedings reveal a tense defense and questions of intent rather than premeditation. If convicted, penalties under the French code could include lengthy imprisonment. Separately, Mauritus Island suffered a catastrophic hurricane on April 29, with widespread destruction, loss of life, and large crop damage prompting military aid and relief.
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Juge d’Instrnational
Escon
Abeille
Bould
Deacon
Dacon
Ige
Tamas
Cannes
Splendide
Knight Deacon
Madame
Absilies
Weille
Eille
Jo Oved
Port Louis
Mauritus
Isle
France
England Needs Cheap Silver and The Standard View
Lowpos May 10 The Standard argues against loose talk on economic questions and criticizes Lord Salisbury and Goschen for failed silver policy. It warns that a rise in silver prices would badly affect foreign trade, India, and annual loan interest of about £17,000,000, urging stability in silver and monetary policy.
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Lowpos
the Standard
Lord Salisbury
Hastings
Goschen
America
Trent
Phos
India
Plural Voting Controversy Delays Reform Bill Passage
London May 19 The House of Commons debated second reading of the abolition of plural voting. A clergyman with 50 votes and other cases were cited. Liberal Thomas Wallace Kassel proposed delaying one man one vote until full representation in Britain and Ireland is distributed. Closure and Russell's amendment passed with 247 votes to 189.
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London
House of Comons
George Shaw-Lefevre
Thomas Wallace Kassel
Homeule
Great Britain
Ireland
Ussell
Trancaucasia Earthquake Devastates Eri n Region
Odessa dispatches report a massive earthquake in Transcaucasia near Eri n in the Zengi area. At least 27 people killed and many injured as tremors toppled sturdy buildings and sent residents fleeing.
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Odessa
Transcaucasia
Erin
Appalling Loss of Life and Property on Islands
Advices received from Mauritius report a powerful hurricane causing widespread damage to ships, shipping, preps, and buildings on the islands. The storm halted harbor activities and endangered residents, with authorities assessing casualties and seeking aid.
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Lowpost
Mauritus
Fortune Made by Accident in African Diamond Field
In South Africa a commercial traveler named O Reilly noticed pretty stones with Boer children near K Griqualand West. He took one to Grahamstown, where an expert deemed it a first water diamond. Sold to Sir Philip Wodehouse for 5,000 dollars, later resold for about 25,000 pounds, triggering the river discovery and the De Beers mine revelation two years later.
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South Africa
O'Reilly
Griqualand West
Grahamstown
Sir Phillip Wodehouse
Great de Beer
Pursuit by a Spider Inspires a Plains Adventure
Dr. W. H. Hudson recounts a trek across a dry grass plain when a huge spider pursued him. The creature leaped along the whip lash and climbed it, coming within inches of the hand that held the whip before the man dropped it. The spiders appear formidable, standing on hind feet like fighters before lunging with all eight legs.
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W. H. Hudson
Luxury in the Andes at Bucaramanga
The New York Sun describes Bucaramanga as a top of the Andes luxury town with house apartments opening to square gardens cooled by fountains. Grand reception rooms overlook street traffic yet reveal floral interiors through folding doors. Salons display gilded furnishings, Persian carpets, Indian draperies, and vast silver bric-a-brac.
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New York Sun
Bucaramanga
Persia
India
Andes
Monkey's lack of knot tying shown in study
A St Louis Globe-Democrat report notes that monkeys cannot untie a simple knot. Tied with a cord, the animal may gnaw or break the string, but without observation and reasoning it cannot loosen the knot.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cat Finds Diamond Thief by Playing on Floor
A New York family’s cat, fond of expensive playthings, led to the recovery of a missing $400 diamond after the wife notified police and advertised a reward. The cat was seen playing with the gem on the floor. papers did not disclose any portion of the reward to the cat.
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Harpers
New York
Curious eel swallowing horse tale and Canton sights
A horse drinking from a mill pond swallowed an eel and now shies at it, owner unsure if the eel or a trait of the horse causes the odd wriggling. In Canton sights, the Execution Ground, Hall of Judgment and Temple of the Five Hundred Genii are described, with potter’s heads of criminals and news that hundreds of rooms are rented weekly in The Dispatch advertising columns.
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Canton
Centr
THE
Dispatch
Pittsburg
Bargains in Wallpaper at Allen's Wood Street Store
Great clearance sale of this season's fine wallpaper continues at M. Allen's shop on Wood Street near Firth Avenue. Benefiting shoppers with reduced prices on premium wall coverings.
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Finel M. Allen
Wood Street
Firth Avenue
Union Carpentry Clash Near Loughead Mills
At Loughead Modisette and Co big planing mills Uniontown May 19 a veteran carpenter, William Custer, was fined 25 dollars and suspended four months by the union for employing non union labor on a house. Custer denies involvement stressing the work was handled by his wife and says he will report for work risking a strike.
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Uniontown
Loughead, Modisette & Co
William Custer
Trades’ Union
Isbor
Custer
Tapping Rich Coal Fields Extend Hempfield Line
The old Hempfield Railroad owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad will be extended within a month to Sewickley station on the Baltimore and Ohio line. The line from Rodebaugh to Madison covered 11 miles, with 200 to 300 workers to begin grading. Rich coal lands along the route attract Philadelphia and Greensburg capital, and several new coal works are being erected, including a 12,000 acre purchase by Madison Coal Company.
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Hempfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sewickley Station
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Rodebaugh
Madison
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Jeannette
Pennsylvania
Corps of Engineers
Philaadelphia
Greensburg
Madison Coal Company
Arbitration Sheds Light On Granite Strike And Prefix
The report notes Tuxane as a potential arbitration settlement for a granite strike. It cites National Elgin Watch Company planning to rise capital to 5 to 6 million dollars, a Boston syndicate eyeing Mexico City district rail operations, and various corporate assignments or legal actions involving Pike Manufacturing, Edward M. Benjamin, Swegger Organ Company, and New York Life Insurance. Details include liabilities, assets, and a court test of a contract with an insurance firm.
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National Elgin Watch Company
Boston
City of
Mexico
Washington
Maverick Bank
Pike Manufacturing Company
Pell City
Ala
Edward M. Benjamin
New York
Swegger Organ Company
Beaver Falls
Dominion Millers’ Association
Europe
Narrarey Pacific declares quarterly dividend and railroad capital boost
Directors of Narrarey Pacific announce the quarterly dividend, and the Concord and Montreal Railroad capital rises by 1 200 000 to 96. Earntyas and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad April 1892 figures show earnings 2 018 708, increase 75 463, expenses 1 481 274, increase 150 523, net 87 434, decrease 75. Japox McCormick issues a temporary injunction restraining Texas Attorney General from suit for forfeit.
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Narrarey Pacific
Concord and Montreal Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Japox McCormick
Attorney General of
Texas
Rail lines, legal cases, and Mexican railroad expansion
The article notes the State land grant stance for the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and the Northwestern blind passenger pool resisting abandonment after Rock Island withdrawal. It reports dropped indictments against Thomas Mitchell and J Johnson for discriminating freight rates. It confirms New Mexican National Construction Company will complete a Col mina to Guadalajara line, linking to the Pacific at Manzanillo and continuing to Montezuma near aaya.
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Houston and
Texas Central Railroad
Rock Island
Chiccago
Thomas Mitchell
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
J. Johnson
New Mexican National Construction Company
Colmina
Guadalajara
Pacific Ocean
Manzanillo
Mexico National Railway
Montezuma
Aaya
Slight store fire on Second Avenue causes $200 loss
A lamp explosion started a small blaze at Mrs. Maennedy store, 815 Second Avenue, at 8 o'clock last night, damaging stock and furniture estimated at 200 dollars. In Hartford Connecticut, a vast forest fire southwest of Windsor Locks has burned over 500 acres, destroying lumber and cut wood with heavy pecuniary loss.
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Second Avenue
River News and Notes Louisville River Conditions
River observations from Louisville report rising waters with nine feet six inches on the falls and eleven feet on the canal. Freight boats like the John K. Speed proceed toward Memphis while other lines anchor near Cincinnati and Evansville. Weather is clear and cool with temperatures around mid 60s.
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Louisville
John K. Speed
Memphis
Sam Fawcett
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Fleetwood
Big Kanawaha
Evansville
Fall City
River News Flows From Many Ports With Rising Waters
Ohio and Kanawha rivers surge after heavy rains. ships and tows report rising levels and damaged barges. The New Orleans and Memphis docks see arrivals and departures including City of St. Louis and Iron Queen. A towboat collision near Beal street sinks barges, total loss estimated at 25000 dollars.
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Ohio
Hudson
Congo
John Moren
Joseph Walton
Fred Wilson
Jessie
Hetherington
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New South
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Cincinnati
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Iron Queen
Pittsbore
Bedford
Piltsburg
Courier
Kersburg
New Orleans
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St. Louis
Pleasant
Vicksstoc
Arkansas City
W. W. O'Neil
Missouri
Walton
Mempills
Beny
Thamond
Beal Street
John Gaston
T. Lewis
Cherokee
Memphis Gy
Providence
Natchez
Hoxie
Hiver
Clear
Mexico frox shower and auroral display fill pages
Mexico Missouri reports a frox shower while Lick Observatory notes an auroral display Wednesday night. Across the border cattle suffer from a deadly plague along the Arizona Mexico line. Quebec rejects abolishing the Legislative Council 4 to 19. Rumor links a judge to the Bering Sea arbitration. Philadelphia police reveal Robert Kelly shot by Mrs. Stedman near a residence entry. An explosive gas blast in a New York tenement wrecks a saloon injuring 12. Coroner’s jury assigns mine explosion deaths to insufficient ventilation. Countess Margery faces reverse fortune with a levied attachment in Salt Lake City. Goulds found guilty of bank fraud at Rochester. sentencing today. Episcopal and AME Church notices lead to reforms and elections.
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Mexico
Lick Observatory
Arizona
Quebec
Legislative Council
United States District Court
Chi
Bering Sea
New York
Henry Schaefer
Roslyn
Wash
Margery
Tom Thumb
Salt Lake City
Rollers & Keller
Mrs. Thumb & Museum
Denver
Albert L. Gould
Allen Gould
United States
Stochester
N. Y
General F. Whitney
Albany City National Bank
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Arkansas
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Southern Christian
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