Earthquake Scare Grips Britain Across Cities
An unprecedented English earthquake struck from Durham to Surrey and London to the Welsh coast at 5 30 on Thursday, lasting seconds with two shocks. Cheltenham Ledbury and Dean Forest reported strongest tremors. Buildings shook furniture moved panic rose as rumbling thunder and hail accompanied the event.
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Great Britain
Durham
Surrey
London
Cheltenthem
Ledbury
Dean Forest
Birmingham
Shropshire
Worcester
Hereford
Liverpool
Shrewsbury
Three Children Die in Powder Fire at Foster Ohio
Wm Stevens of Gallipolis Ohio brought home large powder to dry and placed it near a fireplace. Children, amused by casting powder into the fire, ignited it causing a blaze that burned the home and seriously injured the mother and Stevens. The father crawled through fumes to recover the bodies of his three children.
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Foster
Ohio
Wm. Stevens
Galliopolis
Stevens
Bryan Wins South Dakota Vote By 183 Points
The official South Dakota election count at Pierre shows William Jennings Bryan ahead by 133 votes over McKinley with both Republican congressmen defeated. The tally confirms Bryan’s statewide plurality amid contesting results.
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South Dakota
Pierre
Bryan
McKinley
New York
NcKinley
Palmer
Prohibition
Laws Want Stronger Rules for Interstate Travel
The interstate commerce commission issued its 83rd annual report to Congress denouncing weak laws and seeking amendments to empower enforcement. It urges making ticket brokerage on interstate tickets a penal offense and proposes other legal changes to strengthen the commission’s findings and decisions.
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Interstate Commetes Commisson
Congress
Weyler defends Maceo death in Havana Province
Gen Weyler issues a translated Spanish statement defending General Maceo’s death as a result of insurgent weakness and poor state of rebel bands. He argues Maceo was not killed in an ambush, cites field conditions in Pinar del Rio and Havana, and says Maceo died with his troops after their defeat and retreat to Havana.
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New York World
Havana
Weyler
Macau
Barana
Maceo
Maximo Gomez
Zerlucka
SRY
Pinar del Rio
Tebleh
Bely
Trocha
Havana Province
Wryler
Laurada Sails to Gibraltar Avoids Valencia Trouble
A Palma dispatch reports the American steamer Laurada has sailed from Palermo directly to Gibraltar avoiding Valencia, easing fears of riots near the U S consulate. The ship Tatrads leaves Palermo for Gibraltar to load cargo for America. In Washington officials hoped to prevent international incidents tied to the Cuban insurgent service. The Wool Growers Association in session endorses passage of a protective tariff bill and plans a Washington meeting January 5 1887 to press wool industry claims.
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Laurada
Gibraltar
Valencia
Palma
Majotica
Tatrads
Palermo
Gibaltar
America
Washington
Stamship
United States
Wool Growers Resolve
National
Wool Growers’ Association
Congress
Farms for Convicts Plan At New York Salvation Army Meeting
The Salvation Army held a Thursday meeting in Carmagic Hall New York where Commander Booth Tucker proposed a $20000 plan to buy forty acres near New York and create small colonies from three to five acres each. He would place men from penal institutions on these farms and support a potato patch and wood yard with an interstate exchange.
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Salvation Army
Carmagie Hall
New York
Booth Tucker
Say Macéo Is Alive In Havenia Death Celebrations Halted
Passengers arriving at Key West from Havana report Antonio Maced is alive and well in Matanzas. Festivities in Havana celebrating his death have been ordered stopped after news of his survival.
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Havenia
Sinate
Macro
Key West
Havana
Antonio Maced
Matanzas
Exciting Senate Debate Sparks Partisan Exchange
A brisk Senate session featured leaders from all parties debating tariff and finance amid broader national issues. West and Teller clashed over the Dingley bill while Gorman and Platt weighed prospects, with a prevailing view that the bill’s fate remained unsettled and no further effort would be pursued.
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Congress
Sherton
Frye
Teller
Gorman
West
Aldrigh
Flatt
Mitchell
Oregon
Chandler
Hale
Allen
McKinley
Bryan
Cleveland
Senator West
Platt
Finance Committee
Sharma
Dingley Hill
Snowbound Fakima Indians near Mount Tacoma rescued plan
A Tacoma dispatch reports Fakima Indians starving and freezing in the Cascade Mountains. Judge Erwin at Simcoe orders a relief party from Chehalis to reach the base of Mount Tacoma. Seventeen to eighteen hunters were caught by a recent snowstorm. one rider trekked seventy miles to Chehalis with news of ten feet of snow and dead horses. The agent vows no expense to save the imprisoned group.
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A. Tacoma
Wash
Cascade Mountains
Erwin
Simcoe
Yakimas
Chehalis
Mt Tacoma
Erwitt
Washington
Enjo ys Lux ury in Jail New York Attorney Runs a Law Business
New York jail inmate attorney George Robinson, jailed over alimony, reports luxurious cell life at Ladsow Street Jail. He claims good health and merriment, noting a ten by ten cell with heavy curtains, fine paintings, and expensive furnishings, including a roll top desk and couch.
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New York
New York City
George Robinson
Ladsow Street
Tamsent
Robinson
Silver Men Meet In Washington To Plan Silver Coalition
Conference of officers and executive committee of the American Bimetallic Union met in Washington D C on Tuesday to devise ways to continue advocacy for free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1. They discussed convening silver readers nationwide to form a comprehensive organization and coordinate with state silver groups and white metal leaders through the 1900 campaign.
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Officers of Bimetallic Union
Washington
American Bimetallic Union
Washington, D. C
National WCTU Convention Planned for Buffalo 1897
The next national convention of the W C T U is expected to be held in Buffalo New York in 1897. The organization has received a hearty invitation from Buffalo officials and expects to make the event a success. Proximity to Toronto where the World WCTU convention will be held makes Buffalo the most desirable site.
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W. C.T. Uy
Buffalo
N. Y
Bufalo
Toronto
Baseball Pitching Cannon Demonstrated at Princeton
Professor Charles H Hinton unveiled a base ball pitching cannon at Price ton College gymnasium Princeton NJ before the college team and a large student audience A canvas checkstop was set up and from the cannon at the pitcher's place balls were pitched showing curves and speeds The invention aims to save pitchers in practice and the Princeton nine will use the device for indoor winter practice as an experiment.
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Priceton College
Charles H. Hinton
Princeton
Hinton
Prinester Nine
Alk
Bill to Change Method of Execution in Pennsylvania
A forthcoming Pennsylvania legislative session will consider a bill to replace hanging or electrocution with lethal asphyxiation in sleep for condemned inmates. Joseph H. Choate declares candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat in succession to David B. Hill of New York.
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Pennsylvania
David B. Hill
Joseph H. Choate
United States Senate
New York
Market quotations for livestock and grains across cities
The listing covers Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with bids for cattle hogs sheep and assorted grains. Prices are given per head or per bushel for No 2 red No 2 wheat No 2 corn and No 2 oats along with butter eggs and clover seed notes.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Iowa Farm Stats Show Big Crop Values and Losses
The Iowa Board of Statistics reports gross soil product of 333.6 million dollars with hogs, cattle, and crops leading. Corn tops at 210 million bushels valued around 43 million. hog cholera losses reach about 25 million. Rural county losses range from 1 to 47 percent, averaging over 30 percent statewide. A farmer Andrew Hart, two miles southeast of Lemoine, was killed by a burglar. a hundred-strong posse searches for the thief. The Des Moines sheriffs convention seeks court ruling on new fee law for serving papers. Municipal graft cases surface in Des Moines. A C G Payne sues for breach of promise, Supreme Court upholds 16,000 verdict. New Chicago Great Western depot planned for Marshalltown. Dubuque bank formed with 10 million capital. branches planned in Europe. Postmasters Thorne and Maurer die of heart disease. Ongoing cholera decimates hogs. fort dodge and council bluff updates, plus various local incidents and civic plans.
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Yowa Board of Statistics
Bureau of Statistics
Calhoun
Winnishiek
Andrew Hart
George W. Taft
Lemoitre
Hert
Claxton
Tom Falion
Fort Dodge
Angie Berger
Guinton
Louis Lohmann
Wheatland
Des Moines
Farmers’ Alliance of
Des Moines and Iowa Towns Hit By Crimes and Local Affairs
A decade of mishaps and political shifts surface in Iowa regions. Des Moines records fifty nine deaths in a month with many minors. Muscatine contemplates a Henonéra house replacement after a flood of local incidents. Hamburg sees a stabbing amid quarrels. a new telephone plant in Cliscén sparks a rate war. Reports cover arson penalties, election irregularities in Epworth, and a local library funding setback following court rulings.
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Washington
Henry Viotho
Ireton
Deiligg
Muscatine
Clinton
Werden
Iowa City
Johnson V County
Sliave Lutz
Wes
Hamburg
Jacob Cope
Land
Albert McFarland
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Cliscén
Bel
Towa
Des Moines
Larchwood
Ee Cohen
Olinger
Shick
Council
de. Gerris
Ellis
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