Orizaba Volcano Erupts Alarm Reaches Mexican Towns
Report from Veracruz says the Peak of Orizaba erupts with vapors and smoke from 100 vents. Nearby cities Caradoba Orizaba Kalaha and many villages fear fallout as tremors shake the region. A Vera Cruz government scientific commission will study the eruption and issue safety recommendations. Mass prayers fill local churches as residents brace for possible damage.
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Coradoba
Fera Cruz
Mexico
Orizeba
Caradoba
Orizaba
Kalaha
Government of
Vera Cruz
Mexco
Destructive Hazelton Slope Mine Fire Threatens Region
A severe blaze at Hazelton slope of Lehigh Valley Coal Co. threatens Hazelton area. The fire, near the Laurel Hill colliery, has closed the shaft and imperiled connected properties. Estimated damage exceeds $1,000,000 as efforts to pump water and control the blaze continue with uncertain prospects.
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Hazelton Slope
Hazelton
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Laurel Hill
Horses Thieves Roasted Alive After Cabin Fire
A posse pursued two horse thieves who stole a herd in the Choctaw nation for ten days. They cornered the men in a woods edge cabin, then set the house ablaze. The thieves perished in the flames after refusing surrender, as the posse pressed the assault.
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Enterprise
Opening Up a New Territory Prescott Railroad Opens
Prescott Arizona marked by the opening of the Santa Fe Prescott and Phoenix Railroad scheduled for next week. The Salt River Valley loses access to a local market but gains quick, rail linked communication with Northern Arizona and California.
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Prescott
Arizona
Santa Fe
Phoenix
Salt River Valley
California
Kansas
Troop transport sails from Barcelona to Cuba amid cheers
The steamer Alfonso XII departed Barcelona for a Cuban port with two battalions of infantry aboard. Crowds lined the route cheering as bands played at the wharf where the ship lay. The Madrid battle journal heads to Cadiz to embark for Cuba. Senate speaker Martinez de Campos praised the government’s activity in sending troops and urged severe measures against rebels while urging hastened political reforms in Cuba.
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Alphonso XII
Barcelona
Alphonso XIII
Thawry
Jou
Madrid
Cadet
Cuba
Senate
Marchal
Hayward Guilty Murder Verdict Shocks Minneapolis Crowd
In the Hayward trial Judge Smith charged the jury, they returned a guilty verdict for murder in the first degree. The crowd filled streets as warrants for perjury were sworn against two defense witnesses Maggie Wachter and George A. Guindell by attorney RB Odell.
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Minneapolis
Hayward
Smith
Minnesota
Harry Hayward
Barry Hayward
RB. Odell
Maggie Wachter
George A. Guindell
Taken by the Japanese New Chwang captured after bloody battle
Dispatches report the Japanese First Army assaulting and capturing New Chwang after 13 hours of hard fighting. Chinese forces suffered heavy losses with about 1,900 killed, 1,830 dead in the town, 500 surrendering, and 16 guns plus war materiel seized. Japanese losses were around 206 killed and wounded. Additional reports note 10,000 Chinese under Gen Lang advancing at Taping Shan but repulsed by Japanese artillery.
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New Chwang
Hiroshima
Nodza
Lang
Taping Shan
Washington
Tokio
First
Geo. Noduz
Better Feeling in Trade After Congress Adjourns
New York trade summary notes improved sentiment following congressional adjournment. Gold flow steadies, wages fall, and coal miners strike near Pittsburg with thousands of building workers also out. Wheat and corn futures show mixed moves amid large weekly receipts and rising pork and beef prices. Failures drop in the United States, with total liabilities around 11.25 million in February.
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Congress
Facwt
New York
Dun 4 Cos Weekly Review of Trade
Pittsburg
Forther
Atlantic
Cor
United States
Canada
Spain demands recall of U S Consul General Havana
Spain seeks the recall of Ramon O Williams as United States Consul General in Havana after Gen Calleja requests the move. A cabinet meeting backed the demand while Spain ordered troop reinforcements to Santiago de Cuba and planned their deployment aboard ships from Santander Cadiz Corunna and Barcelona. The Mercedes will transport 2 000 000 cartridges to Cuba as military preparations intensify.
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Havana
Calleja
Cuba
Santiago de Ciba
War Office
Santander
Cadiz
Corunna
Barcelona
Willembark
Mercedes
Washington
Eward
Ramon O. Williams
New York
Sete Bee
Steamer Havel Runs Aground In New York Harbor Entry
The North German Lloyd steamer Havel, Captain Jungst, went ashore on the north side of Gedney's channel while entering New York Harbor. Eight tugs moved to assist at high water as passengers, 185 cabin and 71 steerage, remained largely asleep. Engine reversals failed to free the vessel, which listed heavily to starboard as ice dimmed harbor lights and the buoy went unseen until too late.
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Havel
New York Harbor
New York
Lloyd
Jungst
Gedney
Longfellow steamer wrecked under fog near Cincinnati
The Longfellow of the Memphis and Cincinnati Pocket Line struck a pier of the Chesapeake and Ohio Bridge at Cincinnati in heavy fog Friday morning. The boat split in two and sank with twelve lives lost, while passengers rushed to deck as alarms sounded and rescue efforts began.
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Longfellow
Memphis
Cincinnati
Chesapeake and Ohio
New Orleans
David Aldridge
Cleveland
Anderson
J. W.aull
Dayton
Ohio
J. W. Aull
John L. Carter
Newport
Gus Chanrei
Johnson
James Mitter
Thomas Reardon
Michael Russell
Walker
New York
John Kirker
Kentucky
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Hercules Cartel
Longfellows
A scar saved his life a young man nearly hanged
Walter Bryant, a young man with distinctive forehead and arm marks, narrowly avoided execution for a murder he did not commit. Identifications by Harris’s ex-sheriff showed Bryant lacked a key ankle scar, prompting release in St. Joseph Missouri after authorities acknowledged the resemblance to the fugitive Thomas Harris.
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Walter Brrant
St. Joseph
Bryant
Springfield
Thomas Harris
John McDowell
Harris
E Bryant
Santa Rose
Cal
Sheridan
Wye
Little Rock
Ark
Atchison County
William Turner
Red Willows County
Neb
Turner
McDowell
Bryant Fromt
Nina
Notable Figures Share Odd Hobbies and Incidents
The article surveys a medley of public figures including Henry Villard, Senator Murphy, M Casimir Perier, Anna Shaw, George Kennan, the Marquis of Tweeddale, General McCook, Signorine Labrioa, Bernard the artist, and Mu Wheeler Wilcox. It notes Villard planning to reside in Berlin, Perier preparing a pamphlet, Labrioa earning a doftorate at eighteen, and Mills of Texas boiling over with dramatic temper, among other curiosities and anecdotes.
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Henry Villard
Berlin
Dean Hole
Senator Murphy
Washington
M. Casimir Perier
Anna Shaw
D. D
George Kennan
Siberian
Marquis of Tweeddale
McCook
Bernard
Paris
Mu Wheeler Wilcox
Tom L. Johnson
Euclid Avenue
Oliver Street
Claveland
Hayward Found Guilty in Catherine Ging Murder Case
Minneapolis judge presided as jurors found Harry Hayward guilty of murdering Catherine Ging, a Minneapolis dressmaker. The verdict followed two rides with her carriage on the Calhoun shoreline and a lengthy trial that concluded with the life or death decision delivered to the clerk.
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Heyward
Ats
Miss Ging
Advy A. Hayward
Harry
Dee
Advy
Claus A. Blixt
Ozark Fats
Blixt
Minneapolis
Catherine Ging
Harry Hayward
Fudge Smith
Neil McNeil
Neil
Kobler
Lake Calhoun
Gneeman
Per W
Gonsvan
Grant Street
Sue
West Hotel
West
No-To-Bac hailed as cure of tobacco habit by Caldwell man
Caldwell New Jersey March 21 1895 a Caldwell man tells how he quit tobacco after thirty six years of chewing smoking snuff and dipping He describes brutal withdrawal and nervous tremors then credits No-To-Bac from Sterling Remedy Company with a swift cure He urges others to try the product and warns against counterfeit imitations while citing a guaranteed cure and refunds The piece also recounts how Gen Arthur dismissed naming a dispatch vessel as The Concord versus Dolphin with a quip on concord in naval naming
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Providence
Gar
Driggist Hasler
Caldwell
Sterling Remedy Company
New York
Chicago
Iparathy
Avy
Gen. Arthur
Newport
Dolphin
Chandler
Militie
Pitcairn
Arthur
Concord
New Hampshire
Capt
Reeder
Chan- Gler
New York Times
Hailstorm in Dubuque Sets Record on June 16 1882
The most wonderful hailstorm on record occurred in Dubuque Iowa on June 16 1882. It began at 2 25 p m and lasted thirteen minutes. Hail depth reached three feet with stones weighing up to two and a half pounds and of various shapes and textures. A Belfast Maine butcher trains two hogs to darkness and drives them behind a sled with two tame skis observed nearby.
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Greenville
Sheakleyville
Dubuque
Belfast
Darness
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Methodist Episcopal Church
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E.G. Andrews
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Dublin
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Irish National Sea
John Morley
House of Commons
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Pueblo
Sylvia
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Mrsuty
Spain
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Ashor
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Trinidad
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Richrode
Reichstag
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Agrarian Party
Petia County
Washinton
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the Treasury
Festrys
Gbsaw AL Ey Buy
Dreyfus
Erench
Drevel
Senator Mills
Texas
Marry Hatwaand, Catherine Ging
Gould
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